The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1910-05-06
over THE STATE.


the tributary territory, the Southern
Railway company is doing everything
in its power TO promote their inter
ests. One of the methods adopted
is the running of special agricultural
trains in cooperation with the ON
Gals of state agricultural depart
ments. Such a train was recently
run over the Mobile and Ohio railroad
from Guys to Union City, Tenn, UNI
der the direction of NJ V. Richards,
land and industrial agent OF the
Southern railway and the Mobile and
Ohio railroad, and Honorable John
Thompson, commissioner or the len
nessee agricultural department
This train bore party of lecturers
furnished by the state agricultural de-
partment, fifteen stops were MADE,
and more than two thousand i've nun
dred farmers heard the addresses.
Such signal success attended the run
ming of the train that Commissioner
Thompson has requested the South
ern to furnish similar train to be
run over it's lines in East Tennessee.
This train will probably be furnished
as soon as the state authorities are
ready to undertake the trip.
Nashville, Tenn.-Crimnal costs
for the state of Tennessee increased
over $4,000 during the year 1903. In
Davidson county the criminal courts
| increased more than $4,000 over the
previous year.
In Shelby county they decreased
nearly $4,000; in Hamilton county
decrease of $1,000 in Knox county
| decrease of nearly 500. The total
paid out by the state to the various
counties for criminal prosecutions for
the fiscal year, beginning December
20, 1908, and ending December 10,
1909, was $161 ,020.9l. For the year
preceding, the total was $157,934.7d.
The increase came in the costs be-
fore the supreme court, in the jail
fees and boarding of Juries. The
clerks, sheriffs, and witnesses fees
all decreased.
johnson City, Tenn. - Dan waters
one of the wealthy citizens OF this
place, is at Limestone looking after
the establishment of fertilizer plant.
Mr.. Walters expects to install ma
chinery which will grind livestOne
rock. It's initial capacity Will be
about twenty-five tons per day. This
pulverized stone will be sold to the
farmers at about So per ton, If this
proves to be a success, Mr.. Walters
will enlarge the factory.
Hartman, Tenn.-The industrial
school of this city has been reorganiz
ed and a new board of trustees elect
ed and has been made portege OF
the Tuskegee, Ala, institute, under
the auspices of Booker 7. Washln1
ton.
Chattanooga, Tenn. - Chattanooga
leads all Tennessee cities in the per
centage of postal receipts for Marcf
of the present year, as compared wit
March of 1909 The percentage o.
gain is 7.1S per cent. Chattanooga
receipts for March of the present
year are S39,O71.O2, and for the same
time last year $36,452.96. March o
last year was the largest month IL
the history of the local postoffice, blu
in spite of all things which have hap
pened since then the postal receipts
show a healthy increase.
Nashville, Tenn.-Governor Patter
son extended clemency in five cases
as follows:
Claude Waite, colored, fourteen
years old, Davidson county, 81!
month for petit larceny.
Porter Graves, colored, Davidson
county; $50 fine for carrying pistol
G. c. Wright fifteen years old, Poll
county: one year for larceny Serve;
, nine months.
, Theodore H. Williams, colored' fiji
, teen years old, Davidson county; al
tempted forgery; six months.
!. c.. Parrot, Carter county; felor
ious assault; eleven months ant
: twenty.nine days.
johnson City, Tenn.-The charte
for tle Nolachucky Power corpora
ton was registered and the paper
were forwarded to the secretary o
, state. The purpose of this corpora
ton is to develop a water power 10
furnishing electricity to Erwin TO
lighting the city and for manufactul
ing enterprises, including the larg
cotton mill to be erected by 0.
: Heath & Company of Charlotte, n.
, The dam will be built at the Devil
D Looking Glass on the Nolanchuck
l river, about mile from the cente
{ of Erwin. 1t is the intention of thi
corporation to begin work at once o
the construction of the dam and tn
power plant An order has bee
placed by O. P. Heath & Compan
, for machinery for the cotton mills
. With this industry as an assure
/. fact, together with the other MANI
t featuring enterprises that the chea
8 excess electric power Will bring, wi
:. place this thriving mountain tow
' among the leading manufacturing CT
les of the south.
CookevlIc, Tenn.-Jere Whitsol
receiver of the Bank of Cookevill
{ mailed out checks to the two thou
g and five hundred depositors OF tn
:, bank. This was the first pro raj