Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1910-08-25
over THE STATE.


laws. Chattanooga is dry" Every
near-beer stand, soft drink stand and
restaurant where it was claimed in
toxicants were sold has been closed
by order Of Chief Of Police T. p Nc
Mahon, and truly "the lid is on"
For sometime there was a spirit of,
rebellion among dealers. They Den=v-
ed that the order was perpetual and
insisted that the chief Of police had
no right to allow them to lay in a
/ heavy stock Of wet goods, only to
j clap on the lid at a time when the
I loss would be greatest. Wise mem
4 bers Of the profession soon killed
this One man was asked whether
or not he would obey the order Of
/ the chief and remain closed.
Sure" was the reply. IT am pow
! erless to do otherwise. All of us are
operating in direct violation Of the
law, and are at the mercy of the po-
lice department 1t would be the
height of folly to antagonize the chief
of police under these circumstances.
None of the clubs EJre interfered
with, although the wholesale dealers
are included in the order. Many firms
of this nature were ordered to appear
in court to answer charge OF sell
ing whiskey.
NashYille-The Tennessee railroad
commission has just completed its
supplemental assessment of taxable
property for the years 1909 and 1910.
The total amounts to $1,419,5S794.
This is more than usual. The in
crease came chiefly from the extern
sion of corporate limits of towns and
cities by the legislature of 1909 tax
ing in property not heretofore assess
ed for town and city purposes.
The municipalities benefited by the
supplemental assessments are:
Ashland City, Celina, Cleveland,
Coal Creek, Dunlap, Etowah, Ellen
dale. Erwin, Fayetteville, Finley, Cor
louisville, Mamphis, Mission Ridge,
Mitchellville, Mountainview, Park
City, Puryear, Ridgley, Sardis, Spen-
Ger, South Fulton, Trenton, Waynes-
boro.
Hartman Engineers are now at
work surveying the right of way for
the new Hartman, Knoxville and
Eastern railway There will be sew
eral lines run out of the city, as there
are several ways of exit, and 1t, of
course, will seek the best. Officials
of the Southern and theSQ. & G rail
way visited the city. 1t is thought
by some that their object was to learn
of the work of the new road. The
road will have route twelve miles
shorter to KNOXVILLE than any road
T6W leaving here.
Citizens of Hartman have sub
scribed $4,000 to the company for the
purchase of right of way and termi-
nal site for the new road. This leaves
$500 yet to be subscribed, but 1t Will
no doubt be forthcoming.
Nashville petition in involun-
tary bankruptcy was filed here in the
United States district court against
the Bon Air Coal and Iron company.
Under the order issued by the chan
Gerry court of Davidson county a short
time ago, the administration of the
estate is in the hands of Robert
Vaughan clerk and master, but the
petition transfers the litigation from
the chancery court of Davidson coun-
ty to the United States district court,
sitting as court of bankruptcy.
Nashville President Roosevelt,
c,,Ao- p,nnlo+ ora tho hishOn Of Chi
cago are among the notables who wlsi
attend the meeting of the Brother-
hood of st. Andrews in this city on
September 2S-October 2.
Nashyille.-In his talk before the
hoard of trade Colonel William ]. on
yer, who spoke in the interest OF a
Nashville display at the Appalachian
exposition, said Nashville never had
better investment than when it put
million dollars into the Tennessee
Central. But the road, as 1t STANDS,
is dead, continued Mr.. Oliver. II
Nashville is game and will build the
Tennessee Central from Hartman to
Knoxville, then l will see that 1t gets
connection with a road already in OF
Grafton from Knoxville to Seviervllle,
and l will guarantee to build road
from Sevierville to the North Caro-
lima line which will give Nashville
direct route to the Seaboard The au-
dience received the suggestion with
mods of approval.
Bristol.-The will of the late Con-
gresham Walter Preston Brownlow
of the First Tennessee district, which
was probated in the county court at
Jonesboro, Tenn, reveals that he left
his entire estate in the hands of trus.
tees for a period of twelve years, but
the will provides that the estate shall
ultimately be divided among the five
children with substantial equity, his
widow being generously provided for
in any event.
The estate, which consists OF real
estate and personal property, largely
represented in the stock of the John
son City Traction company, In which |
he held controlling interest, is be-