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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-07-07
THE GROWING OF
POTATOES FOR PROFIT
Why the German Farmer Produces Larger
the American Grower

In potato growing, as in any other
business, the beginner can hardly
hope to be as successful as the man
who has been in the business a de-
cade or more. The successful grower is
he who, knowing the conditions requi-
site for success, secures those condi-
tions and persistently pursues we'll
thought-out course of action.
Some Of the important conditions
upon which success depends are
enumerated by. Samuel Fraser in
Farming as follows:
1. Suitable soil and climatic con-
ditions.
2. Good seed of varieties suited to
the environment and to the market.
3. Economical and suitable meth
DDS of planting, cultivating and spray
ing.
4. Good methods of harvesting,
storing and marketing.
The main points considered in this
article are those of planting and cul-
ture, but before proceeding to those
it is advisable to say a word about
the soil and the seed; for these are
important links in the chain of sue
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DENTAL DON'TS.

Never bite threads. The enamel Of q
front tooth may be cracked from crowE
to sum by too much pressure or little
grooves may be worn in tooth that ia
constantly used for this purpose. More
serious still is the risk of killing the
nerve, which will result in the tooth
turning black.
Do not take a drink of icewater and
follow it up with sip of hot tea or
coffee. This also is liable to- crack the
enamel.
Do not use the front teeth for biting
hard substances. Nature planned these
teeth for cutting purposes, such as a
stalk of celery or piece of bread. Tne
two teeth Immediately back of these on
either side are to tear with; those still
farther to the rear are for grinding the
food. Even the grinders or molars are
not intended to bear; the pressure of a
hard substance, yet many, persons
think nothing Of trying TO crack nut
shell or 70 remove, the top ST a screw
cap bottle with the teeth: -
-: Do not neglect:to brush the teeth and
cleanse the mouth before going to bed
and Immediately upon, rising in the
morning, as well as after every meal,
in crder to relieve the mouth Of the se-
cretions which may have a corrosive
:ctiOn on the enamel :. !: III = @z E
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varieties, although he may grow but
two or three varieties commercially;
these, however should be the best.
Having secured suitable variety. it
has been shown that the same can
usually be improved by using none
but heavy yielding plants for seed pur-
poses. The seed should be stored in a
cool place. A week or two before
planting it should be spread on we'll
lighted barn floor or some other light
place, two or three tubers thick, in Or
der to cause the buds to begin to grow.
The seed should not be cut until
the day it is needed for planting, since
cutting the sets week or more ahead
of time reduces the yield. The seed
pieces should be chunky, not thin, and
weigh about three ounces each or be
about the size of a hens egg. Seed
smaller or larger than this size is not
so profitable. Early varieties, and
those which are shy in starting, should
not be cut, but in these cases whole
tubers of medium size should be plant
ed. With these exceptions, it does not
matter whether the seed be cut or
whole. The important point to note
is that it's yield is proportional to the
size of the seed piece, and the size of
seed which can be used depends to
some extent upon it's cost. Under nor
NAL conditions, it is best to use piece
weighing about three ounces, as al
ready stated.
When possible, manure should be
applied to the previous crop, or else
in the fall, at the rate of ten to IS
tons per acre, and the land plowed
from eight to u inches deep. In some
sections of Maine where snow covers
the land, it is narrowed and fitted in
the fall, but generally speaking it is
better to defer this until spring. The
disc and the acme harrows are excel
lent tools for fitting, and the seed-bed
should be well prepared. There should
be about six inches of fine soil, and it
is better to defer planting for few
| days than to put the seed into a hard,
| cloddy: soil. An application of fer
T tilizers~ is generally made and the
| writer has used the following mixture
| for several years: 100 to $50 pounds
if muriate of potash, applied in fall or
early spring; with 300 to 400 pounds of
! acid phosphate GIG per cent, avail
able) and 100 pounds of sulphate of
ammonia applied when planting. A
! mixture of 40 to so pounds of nitrate
of soda and so or ~ pounds of dried
blood might be used instead of 100
pounds of sulphate of ammonia, is de-
sired. Anyone who has solved the
fertilizer problem for himself and
| knows which fertilizers meet his re-
quirements is advised to retain the
same.
i Russia, which. grows nearly 10,000,-
| 900 acres with the crudest of methods
and implements, produces an average
yield of about 81 bushels per acre.;
Germany produces an average yield
of over 200 bushels per acre on an
area of 100000 acres; while in Amer
lea on our 100000 acres, blessed with
an abundant fund Of information as to
the requirements of the crop, with ex-
cellent soils, and, as some affirm, the
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cess; and here-it is well to emphasize
that 1t requires neglect OF but one de-
tail to turn what might have been Sue
cess into failure. A chain is no strong
er than its weakest link. If we secure
an ideal soil and the best of seed, and
neglect to spray for the bugs or the
blight, the crop may be failure; or,
IT the spraying be carelessly done, it
may do nothing except add to the ex-
pense. The utmost care and precision
in doing the work are required, and in
most cases failures are due to lack of
care in some detail which, at the first
consideration, might appear to be in
significant. The successful grower is
successful then because he has learned
often by costly experience, where the
weak links are, and being forwarned
he is forearmed
The soil considered best is sandy,
gravelly or medium loan, we'll sup
piled with organic matter, although
potatoes are successfully grown on
soils little lighter, and, in some
cases, on heavier loans provided they
are we'll drained The commercial
grower, however, would better select
the soil suited to the crop and let
| some one else try to grow the pota-
toes with the handicap of heavy
loan soil.
The roots of potatoes extend to the
depth of two and one-half to four feet
in the soil, and cultivation of the soil
to this depth is advised. This cannot
be done by mechanical means, but sue
cessful growers accomplish the effect
by means of plants which have long
and strong tap roots, as clover, sugar
beets, mangels, alfalfa, and, in some
cases, buckwheat. Thus it will be
seen that to grow successful crops of
potatoes, one must begin the cultiva-
tion three, four or more years before
planting the seed. Timber is an excel
lent crop to precede potatoes, because
it leaves the soil in such good me-
chanical condition, but no rotation in
Guiding this crop is feasible. The long
and strong roots of the plants men
toned when they decay leave the soil
open, porous, we'll supplied with air
and favorable for producing heavy
yields. Buckwheat is an excellent crop
to precede potatoes if the soil is a
heavy loan. Summarized then, we
might say that good rotation used
for light to medium loans in the great
potato belt, i. e., the northern states
near the lakes from Maine to Mime
sofa, is: Q) Grain; oats, barley and
oats, seeded with clover and timothy;
! (2) clover, mown twice; (3) timothy
and clover. mown: (4) potatoes; an
other being: ID oats; (2) wheat; G
and ~ clover and timothy; (5) pota-
toes or corn Terry Of Ohio, on light
loan used a. wheat, az clover, (3)
potatoes; but found that clover every
third year was a little too frequent. A
fourth course would be better. @=l%.:
On heavy loan it is advisable to use
buckwheat before potatoes. thus: ~
oats; .(2) wheat; (3), clover and tim
othy, mown;= a. clover and timothy
cut early, plowed and ssown to buck
wheat; (5) potatoes: d ~ Z. !.
=. The successful grower must more
i 81 less of an 5experimantari q REGARD to
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-07-07

BIG PROFITS, IN. TOMATOES
Very few vegetables pay larger profits
than early tomatoes, and the crop is
especially desirable for gardeners and
farmers having plenty Of land, says
Farming for May. {, This vegetable
reaches the market at q time when
people are craving for vegetables of an
appetizing nature. and as glad to pay
libertalx prices for products Of high
quality. =@5 & s..5... 5s.:5s i -.
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finest agricultural implements in the
world, our average yield for the past
ten years is but IS bushels per acre.
In view of our present knowledge. it
seems that about four inches is the
best depth at which to plant. If plant
ed shallower, there is likely to be a
large number of sunburnt tubers; and
if deeper, the cost of harvesting ex-
ceeds the value of the increased yield.
The depth of planting influences the
depth at which the tubers form, and it
has been found that tubers which de-
velop about three or four inches below
the surface are more uniform in tex
ture, Of better cooking quality and of
better favor than those grown nearer
the surface. :, I
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Champagne and Conversation.

The genial flow of conversation
which follows the circulation of the
champagne at the dinner table is due,
according to Prof. Sterling, not to
stimulation, but to the paralysis of the
inhibitory centers, those cerebral
brakes which prevent our tongues and
our emotions from running away with
us.
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Preferred Numbers.

''How will you have your aig cook.
ed?" asked the waiter,
my what?"
II said, how will you have your atg
cooked?"
Young lady," said the customer,
you speak in a singular fashion. Can't
you make it plural?"'
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Not Inconsistent

Nell-You don't mean to say you're
going to marry him? E.> ..~.
Believes. -
Nell-The IDEAL Why, you said you
wouldn't marry him if he were the last
aor+1, r k-r~~
Belle (snappily)=-w my gra'
cious! he isn't, is he?< a
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What He Wanted.

"HdI v1o "dHeoo' -
Mrs. McCall-so you like to go to
dinner at your. grandmother's. eh?
:. Willie e-Yes'm. r.. .:::: :: .s
Mrs: AcCall--Because You're Il.
ways sure to get enough to eat thsre.
eh - + / ~: n: M ;.sS s*. 81
! Willie Oh, nv IL because Il m
always sufe to EeS 800 much &szIEs:a:s y
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Embroidered Ora 80 Linen:

i I Grass linen emb oidered In japanese
style, both zin5 white and blue, Is among
the prettiest drapery for the dining
Toom 9 i! !. BILE Glass az d Ina doyltes Is
"
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: Masculine. View.

Mrs. Newpop-Mrs. stringer is the
most candid woman I ever met. She
frankly admits that her baby is not
as smart as ours.
Newpop- Candid flddlesticks! That
woman is base hypocrite.
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z5 Almost any woman Will believe 4
story that has 4 scandal. attached 10
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City Church Directory
THE PUBLIC ALWAYS WELCOME

First Baptist Church-E Main Street. Rev
w. james Robinson, Pastor: PastOrlum, II
Harris Avenue. Sunday school - 9:l5 a. M.
Preaching 1880 a. III. and 13O p, m Il, Y. t
U.-6:3O p. m; Prayer Meetng-We
1:3O p, m.
Christian Church, Main Street, Rev, j
Lem Keevil Pastor Residence. 209 Buffalo
Street Bible ScboOl-9a. m: Communion anC
Sermon-lO:3Oa IL, M; Y. p. 5, G. l.. $3.50 p m
Preaching-7;30 p, m, Prayer Meeting We'd
ueSday 1870 p. M
ST. Johns Church (Episcopal -Roan Street
aud Myrtle Avenue.
First Methodist Episcopal Church Corner OF
Main and Roam StreetS-kev. A. = Beaman
Pastor; Parsonage 100 S Roam Street. Sunday
Schools u. m, Preaching 1890 a m; Ep-
worth League-8:30 p. m; Preaching $50 p
m; Prayer Meeting Wednesday, 7:30 p. NJ,
Market Street M Z Church, South-Rev. NJ
T. Carrco, d. D., Pastor; Parsonage. Corner
Market and Roam Streets. Preaching 1880 Il
m, aud 7!30 p m; Sunday School 3 "a. M; Ep-
worth League meets A. minutes before evening
preaching; Prayer Meeting Wednesday, f:3t
p IN,
First Presbyterian Church, Corner Main and
humboldt Streets, Rev, j. EdmundS Brown
Pastor; Manse ll6 Watauga Avenue. Sunday
S;hool-9:l5 u, m: Preaching--l0;3O a. m and
i:l0p M C. T., -6;45 p, IN; Prayer Meeting
Wednesday. 1880 p m.
Watauga Avenue Presbyterian Church-Rev
j ,re A, Moore, Pastor; Manse, COS Watauga
Avenue. Sunday School $50 a. m; Preaching
--l0:ll u IN; c. r. -6:45 p. m: Song Service
aud Sermon 1;3Dp, m; Prayer Meeting We'd
nnsday. 1:3O p. III.
United Brethren in Christ Church and Par
Seuase, corner Roam Street and Watauga Ave
Me Rev q. w. Arnold Pastor, Sunday School
"a m Preaching-l0:l5 a. m. and 1:3O p, m.
Y u. $. G. E,-b:@ p IN; Prayer and Bible
Study Wednesday, 1880 p III.
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Sewer stable with my own hands, and
can assure you of its genuineness.
Other segments have gone to the State
Historical Society, and to others who
would preserve them as historic relics.
Elizabeth Sewer park was the
daughter of Capt. Robt. Sewer, the
son of Valentine Sewer, the son of
Robert Sewer, the brother of Governor
John Sewer, and captain of a company
in Col. Sewers regiment. He fell NOR
tally wounded at Kings mountain
while leading his company in that
memorable battle.
No grant shaft or monumental stone
marks the spot where valor sleeps. His
bones keep silent vigil on the lonely
mountain side beneath the starry
monarchs of the wood as they chant
with every breeze the requiem of the
braves perpetual in memoriam of
"The last libation that Liberty draws
From the heart that breaks and bleeds
in its cause.
Yours respectfully,
j. P. PARK
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Bag and Money Lost.

Wednesday afternoon H. L. Prosser,
paymaster of the Cranberry Furnace
Co., made his regular monthly pill
grimage to the rock quarry on the Mar
row Gauge for the purpose of paying
the employees. He started with 1857. IS
in currency and coin in small hand
bag, and carried the bag in the bottom
of stanhope. Very much to his sur
prise and chagrin when he reached the
quarry he found that he had lost boil
bag and money en- route. He was &C
companied by young lady and neither
of them had any idea where the losl
occurred. Every possible effort wa
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DIR. J. P. Park has sent to the Regent
of the ID. A. r. at Knoxville section
of log from the first courthouse in
Tennessee, and sent with it the follow
ing explanatory letter
To the Regent, D. A. r., Knoxville,
Tenn:
| herewith send your chapter a sec.
tion of log taken from the first court
house in Tennessee (Jonesboro).
When the original structure was torn
down the logs were used in the con-
struction of a stable on the Blair prop
erty. This property came into the pos
session of Capt. James Sewer, and by
inheritance into the possession of bis
daughter, Elizabeth Sewer Park.
This piece of timber l took from the
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Read the big announcement in this
issue headed Display" etc.

Read the big announcement in this
issue headed Display" etc.
Don't let your silver tarnish. Silver
cream will clean without injuring the
metal. For sale by VIM. Silver & Co.
Miss Ethel Darlington returned Sat
urday to her home at Chester, Pa,
after short visit to Mrs. nellie Bewley.
Miss Margaret Quinn has returned
to her home at Fall Branch after a
pleasant visit to her brothers in this
city.
Mrs. DIR. Stuart, accompanied by
Mrs, Gus. Broderick and Miss Mabel
Keeper, drove over from Jonesboro
Saturday.
H. F. Gardner, of Bristol, and P. H.
Gardner, of Tampa, Fla, spent last
week with their brother, J. r. Gard
ner, of this city.
The old reliable Hoosier drill does
the work right and is sold right by the
Barton Mountcastle Hardware Compa-
ny, sole agents for this territory.
J. e. Leonard, wife and three chill
dren, of Walla Walla, Wash, are spend
ing few weeks among relatives and
friends in this city.
Buy Hoosier drill and prepare to
make crop next season. You can get
one with price and terms to suit from
the Barton Mountcastle Hardware Co.
Lost. Between my residence, on
West Locust street, and First Presby-
terrain church, pair spectacles and case.
Finder please return to Mrs. Chas.
Moore and receive reward.
Mrs. W. B. johnson, Misses Lena Bar
ton and Mary Lyle gave a musicale and
literary entertainment at Elizabethton
last Friday night AMI realized a hand
some sum, besides highly entertaining
the cultured audience.
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Local and Personal.

Henry DeArmond sells real estate.
Order your steaks and roasts from
jackson.
Arthur and Henry Erwin have re-
turned to Yale.
Henry DeArmond buys, sells and
rents property.
G.. W. Sitton had business up the
Narrow Gauge last week.
No more high prices for fresh meats,
you can go to Jackson's.
Mrs Lindamood, of Wytheville, Va,
is visiting friends in this city.
G. W. Hodge, of Memphis, is visit
ing relatives in this city for several
days.
+. P. Irwin and wife, of Piqua, Ohio,
are guests of Mr.. and Mrs. ;. q. Will
liams.
W. Fl. Jewell and W. r.. Ponder have
formed partnership and will operate
coal yard.
New Century metal polish will clean
and brighten all metals. For sale by
VIM. Silver & Co.
Miss Lucy Darden has returned to
her place in Whisman Bros. store after
IA two weeks vacation.
Master Chas. DArden spent his vaca :
ton at Limestone and has returned
home and entered school.
W. H. Jewell has given up his posi-
ton with Hart Il Houston aud is sue
ceeded by George Jewell.
Silver cream makes your silverware
look good as new aud does it no harm.
For sale by VIM. Silver & Go.
Miss Mcneil, a very charming young
lady from Bristol, is the guest of Miss
Bessie Lyle at Hotel Carnegie.
For Sale or Rent - A Smith Premier
typewriter, in good repair,
H. w. Lyle Printing Go.
Mrs. Mary Nelson and daughter
after spending the summer in this city
returned to Knoxville Monday.
Ed Stuart and wife left Monday fo
Mineral Wells, Texas, after visiting
Mr.. Stuart for week in this city.
The largest line, the greatest variety
the best prices, either on or off you
walls, wall paper. Patton Drug Co.
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Rev. w. j. Robinson, of johnson
City, was callsd as pastor of the Nor
riston First Baptist Church last Sun.
day morning. He preached here sun.
day night and made a most favorable
impression on those who heard him
He has the call under consideration
and it is hoped he will accept. Nor
ristown Republican.
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Mrs. John W. Cameron Dead,

Johnson City people were panied to
hear of the death of Mrs. John W.
Cameron, which occurred at the home
of her brother, G. G. Taylor, at Mill
gan last Friday night. The deceased
was about SO years of age, and a con
sistent member of the Presbyterian
church for almost half a century. The
remains were brought to johnson City
Saturday and the funeral services were
conducted in the Presbyterian church.
Interment in Oak Hill cemetery.
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Fall opening at the Hart &
Houston Store Wednesday and
Thursday and Thursday,
September 10Th and 9th. Ev-
cry department will be replete
with the favored styles as cor
rect as they are new. All are
welcome.
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See the Hart & Houston
Store for rugs, mating, limo
neum and oilcloth. New
stock, choice patterns.
KnOxyiIle'S Opening Day.

In this issue will be found the an
nouncement of the fall opening of
Knoxville's big department stores. The
interesting event will occur on Sep
TENDER 81, and will be worth going
many miles to see. Out-of-town visit
ors will be given special inducements
by all the stores.
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You will find a large assert
ment Of Rugs, mating, limo
neum and oilcloth at the Hart
& Houston Store. The new
est and best patterns are al
ways found here. See the
new Oriental patterns in rugs.
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There has never been such variety
OF wall paper heretofore shown in this
city as the Patton Drug Co. is carrying
this year. Prices lower than previous
wears.
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The ladies will be very much inter
ested in the art and fancy work display
next week at the store of the Tennes-
see Furniture and Supply Company.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1906-09-20

Estray Gala black and white spot
ted calf followed COW from johnson
City to my house and can be had by the
owner by paying for its feed and this
advertisement. Mrs, d. l.. Massengill,
Piney Flats, Tenn. 1866
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Swift's fertilizers and Hoosier drills
will make you a crop to be proud of,
and both are sold here exclusively by
the Barton Mountcastle Hardware Co.
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THE y COM EFT

XYTATAUGA LODGE, No PIG, l. 0. O. r.,
w meets on Monday evening Of each week.
Lodge room in Iirabson Building, East Market
street, rear OF Post ONCE. Visiting brothers
c Irdia!ly welcomed 99I
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made and is still being made to find
the party who picked up the grip, bat
so far it has been of no avail.
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Don't miss the display at the Ten
nessee Furniture and Supply Compa
ny's store next week. Every lady will
be delighted.
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1xnVn TIT. the cold.cure that does the
work in hours, and will
not make You sick. Try it
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1906-09-20

The Uuaka Handle Company will
pay you $500 per cord for ell the first
class hickory you will bring them, suit
able for making handles. Must be 80
inches, or lengths TO cut 3S inches. If
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1906-09-20

For Rent.-One office room in new
Burrow building, Main street Also
the Bolton house on East Market street.
Apply at The Comet Office. C4s)
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The Texas Wonder

Cures all kidney, bladder and rheumat-
ic troubles. Sold by all druggists, or
two months treatment by mail for 81.
DR.. E. w. Hall, 1926 Olive street, st.
Louis, Mo Send for Tennessee testi-
monials. 1131-1y
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Wanted. -Gentlema or lady, with
good reference, to travel byrail or with
rig, for firm of $3.50, 10000 capital.
Salary 81, O72 90 per year and expenses
Salary paid weekly aud expenses ad-
vanced. Address, with stamp, Jos. A.
Alexander, johnson City, Tenn.
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WANTED-A few first class table
hOarders. Have some nicely furnish
ed rooms. Desirable location and con-
venient to business part of the city.
MRS. @. W. SHARITz.
. III Walnut street.
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WANTED

WANTED. Boys to work in cigar box
lumber mil, veneer layers, graders and
helpers, indoor steady job, good wages.
Address Philadelphia Veneer d Lum-
Der Co., Knoxville, Tenn. So ct