The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1910-04-01
over The STATE.


ence at Memphis on April ~ of rep
resentatives of all textile manufacture
ing interests and all labor Organiza
tons in the cotton states to consider
matters on child and female labor
This is the second conference of this
character to be held under authority
OF a resolution of the Tennessee leg.
iSlature
Nashville, Tenn.-The total of fire
losses in tennessee for 1909 is $500.
QUO less than for the previous year,
according to the annual report of A
II. Upton, state fire marshal The loss
IN 1903 amounted to $2,613,545. The
fires reported numbered 1913; bulld
lngs damaged l,548 value OF builu
lngs, $5,64O,641; value of cantents
$4,43S,35S; loss to buildings $1,270,.
577; loss to contents S1,342,96S.
During the past year there were
more fires in December than in any
other month, though the loss was
greatest during January.
the fire loss in Hancock was less
than in any county OF the state. 9th
er counties reporting only one fire
were Blount, Clay, Granger, Morgan,
Overton, Perry, Sewer. The county
reporting the greatest number vi
fires was Shelby, reporting three hun,
dred and sixty, with total loss OF
$691 900. This was also the greatest
loss reported. In Davidson, there
were one hundred and ninety -tive
fires, with total loss of 100000. IT,
Hamilton there were eighty-three
fires, with total loss of S106,OOO.
Nashville, Tenn.-Figures compiled
in the secretary of states office,
where automobile records are kept,
show that there are about three thOus
and buzz wagons in Tennessee, rough
ly estimated to be worth $6,000,000.
Memphis has the greatest number,
seven hundred and seventy; Nashville
is next with six hundred and eighty
tAree, followed by Chattanooga with
four hundred and three, and Knoxville
with two hundred and eight. In a few
cases in the larger cities, one license
covers the ownership of more than
one machine.
Chattanooga, Tenn.-That no dam
age was done to the fruit trees of the
surrounding section by the recent
low temperature is the opinion of the
peach growers of this city who have
orchards in the vicinity of Chatta-
nooga. 1t is said that the trees were
all in a good healthy condition when
the cold snap struck, and able to
withstand it's rgors without harm
The fact that the freeze came when
the weather was dry is the reason
that there were no bad results anon
the peach orchards. Had the buds on
the trees been wet, they would have
perhaps been frozen and killed out
right. The fruit growers here are
predicting bumper crops for this sea
son provided something unexpected
does not happen to hurt the trees be-
fore the bearing time comes.
Knoxville, Tenn.-Applicatio was
made for charter for the Appalach.
ian Knitting mills. The capital is $50.
coo. The company will at once open
knitting mill here and will employ
about one hundred and fifty opera
tives.
1t was also learned that a present
concern, the Standard Knitting mills, !
would double it's capital and capac- !
ity. It's capital now being $4,000.
Knoxville, Tenn. - J. Will Taylor, |
postmaster at LaFollette, forwarded |
his resignation to Washington. He re-
signs to make the race for mayor at |
that place. His four years expired |
four months ago, but successor has |
never been named, and hot fight be-
tween the Austin and Hale factions |
has centered about the place. The |
resignation will probably force an ap-
pointment.
Knoxville, Tenn.-Local officials of
the Louisville and Nashville railroad
filed application for charter for the
Athens and Tellico Railroad company,
capital $4,000. The charter provide
that the company shall own and oper-
ate railroad in the counties of Nc.
Mimi and Monroe, Tennessee. The
Tellico road, recently purchased BY
the Louisville & Nashville, is now op
Grated in these counties
Nashville, Tenn.-Notices have
been sent to the various public ser
vice corporations in Tennessee by the
commission, instructing the
to file with the commits
sion reports of taxable property By
May /. At that time the commission
intends to begin the work of making
he annual assessment Of railroad
md other. This assessment will in
dude all extensions, improvements
md acquisitions to property since
January 10, 1909, from which date
he biennial assessment completed
asst fall dates. The biennial assess
nent will hold good on all property
except such extensions, etc.
Johnson City, Tenn.-The publ
chools of Washington county have
losed. The session was six and one
lalf months, the longest by two
weeks of any in the history of the