The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1910-04-29
over THE STATE.

| democratic primary of June T. /
| view OF recent political events /
| Tennessee and the governors pardo
OF Colonel Duncan r. Cooper, cor
victed of the Carmack murder all,
sentenced to twenty years in prison
! the statement of Governor Patterson
is particularly interesting. 1t make
sever thousand words.
MorristoWn, Tenn.-The Morris
town board of trade is now worllin,
| on cooperative scheme that bio
fair to accomplish great things TO-
the small towns in this part of uppel
east Tennessee. The idea is to form
an organization composed of CONNER
cial bodies of the various towns 10
Gated between Knoxville and Bristol
1nls organization as whole VII
take up the work of advertising the
towns it represents and inducing de
sirable Industries to locate in this
section.
Nashville, Tenn.-The majority
the state funding board has amend.
ed it's original order, and State Treas
urer Reau E. Folk issued his check
on the sinking fund for the purchase
of 100000 of three per cent bono
at SO 3-4 and interest. The origina.
price fixed by the majority of tn
board was 81 1-S and interest, and
the difference is saving of S1,12.
to the state .Mandamus proceedings
are possible to collect this difference.
Nashville, Tenn.-Colonel Baxter
Smith, this city, received news o.
90 ;,%.
tary of the Chickamauga Park com
mission, and Immediately wired L.;
acceptance. Colonel Smith is an e.
confederate.
Newport, Tenn.-The pike comm'c-
sioners are pushing the work on tne
road between Newport and the JEFF
ferson county line By the new sur
Vey the road will be much shorter
and on better grade When this is
there will be a continuous
pike to Knoxville, second to none l..
east Tennessee.
Nashville, Tenn.-A charter has
been granted to the Laurel Forks rail
way company, Charter county, capital
stock $4,000, lncorporators, A. H.
Finn, T. j. Marlborough, A. S. Britt
r. b. Howell and Thomas G. Henson
Knoxville, Tenn.-One of the mos,
bountiful strawberry crops ever gath.
cred in east Tennessee is predicted
tor this region this year From every
direction comes reports of prospec-
i've bountiful crops and local dealers
are expecting to handle large amounts
IF berries at low prices during the 7
season just opening. High prices yet
prevail. This is due to the earliness
II the season, when Florida grown |
berries are almost exclusively avai! |
lble, as yet, but few berries grown
n east Tennessee have appeared on
he market.
The rains of last week have grea.
y benefited the coming crop. They !
erved to not only promote t1e
rowth of the berries but they also
astened their ripening Local deal
rs say that the market will be re.
leved in the. receipt of homegrown
erries but very little before May |.
Knoxville, Tenn.-Edwin Johnson,
ged about twenty years, was con.
lcted OF manslaughter in criminal
curt and given a sentence of eigh-
cen months. He operated an auto
'hich ran down and killed a small
oy, William Phillips, last August.
AT the time of the killing a large
umber of people considered it an I'M
voidable accident.
Bristol, Tcnn.-Forest fires nav,
rought great havoc in Shady val
y and the mountains adjoining in
ohnson countq. Several houses
ere burned in Shady valley and
any other homes were threatened
Reports received show that the
nc or the fire was a hundred miles
length, burning over portions OF
'hnson county, Tennessee Az
'unty, North Carolina, and Grayson
unty, Virginia.
Nashville, Tenn.-Robin j. Cooper ,,
ed new bond for $4,000 in tb 7
lninal court to appear, when want :
!, to answer to the charge of MUIR =
ring former United States Senator :
Ward w. Carmack. The bond w
5ned by j, c. Bradford, D. S. Wi. ;
ms and j. H. Thompson. -.
Many believe that this is the las q
rmalty in the famous case, and .
at because of the difficulty in get g
g a jury young Copper will never .
called to the bar. g
The pardon of Cooper, Sr., con. :,
ues to be the one absorbing topic
Tennessee. The Carmack support a.
issued synopsis of pardons is. q
cd by Governor Patterson durins Z
term. These number nine hun. ',
ed and fifty-six exclusive of com Il
tations. OF these pardons, one n
ndred and fifty-two were given to ~
n convicted of murder. =,
colonel Cooper apparently is great n,
relieved by his release. He is seen
the streets more frequently than in
time since the shooting Usually 6,
is accompanied by few friends n,
his course down the street is a,
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