Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1910-12-08
OYER The STATE.

| tCRUf a state highway from bElsloi
20 memphis, diagCnaily across the
tate. watch contemplates the COM
pletion OF the road without cent OF
cost to the state, and instead Of re
curing ten years, or even one year,
or one month or one week, it is to be
built IN one day.
The project starts at a m. and
at Z d. m. the line is open, connect
ed up and ready for the first through
business.
Captain Hooper talked entertaining
ly OF the project in which he takes
such vital, as well as an intelligent,
interest
ITO begin WITH" said Captain
Hooper, "the route would have to be
laid out by an engineer, whose pay
would have to come from private
sources.
Then it must be remembered that
in many counties in East and Middle
Tennessee roads are already built
which would be serviceable for the
proposed highway.
For the others, my ideas would be
for the men along the proposed high
way to join in a special building day,
like one of the old-time log-rollings or
house raisings, when every man quit
his own work and came to help his
neighbor.
"This 'one-day' plan was carried out
lin Iowa recently and proved a sue
cess, and am convinced that it can
be done in Tennessee. The CONNER
cial travellers are interested in such
a highway and l am anxious to CO.
operate with them"
Nashville Ebert Merida, who Nv
/ ed his ninety years without ever
having ais face shaved or his hair
cut, is dead at his home near here
of typhoid fever He was one OF the
Oldest settlers of Brown county. In
his little log house are number OF
/ rattlesnake skins, to the wearing OF
which as belts he attributed his long
life.
Chattanooga passage of
smoke ordinance for the purpose OF
abating the smoke nuisance in CHAT
tanooga is being agitated in the board
of health. Steps are being taken by
that body towards having the coun-
Gil act on the project.
Bristol.-There is much discussion
There as to the matter OF local OPP
4 ton election in June, as the 'drys
4 NAV call it, Under tn e Virginia
H laws such an election may be called
every two years on petition OF TWEEN
/ ty-fye per cent. of the voters. There
| II division of sentiment as to
rhYstaer It would be wise for the tenn
Z + {Seraflce people 10 can an election
and try to vote out the saloons or
wait until after the Virginia and
/ Tennessee legislatures meet again
The Tennessee legislature meets IN
January and people of Virginia would
not want to vote out the saloon with
tbe possibility of the legislature re-
| storing it to the Tennessee half OF
the city.
Knoxyille.-The Ministerial asso-
i citation of johnson City, at its meet
ing issued an address to the women
of that city urging them to remove
their hats at Sunday evening churcn
| services. The address, signed by eV-
| cry minister in town except one'
states that it is not because the min
listers do not admire the lovely crea-
tions worn, but in order that the gos'
mol NAV have full power.
Washington, D. C.-In the report
Of Brig. Gen. w. H. Bixby, cher OF
engineers of the United State army,
tne Tennessee river requirements IN
the neignborhood of Chattanooga are
s245, 900, of which amount $oo'ooo
| l. for use above Chattanooga and
| s1S0 600 below that city. The rec
concentrations for the streams OF Zen
nessee are:
| Cumberland river, above Nash
vile, $4,000.
Tennessee river, above Chattanoo-
ga. $4,000; below Chattanooga III
tennessee and Alabama, $1S0,0OO.
The entire appropriation for rivers
and harbors work for the fiscal year
ending June 80, 1912, are estimatea
at $SO,O95,69S.
acknowledgements for November
Of the office of state Treasurer Reau
| n Folk were $174,559.SS and the dis
bursements $16s,4O626. The CHIEF
| items of receipts were: County trus-
tees. s16,53n25; county court clerks
s67,e5o.74; circuit court clerks 81
| 1864; msntenance of convicts, 800
0e2 "a. bureau of agriculture, $2'5oo;
hosnital for insane, East Tennessee
81 .59713; Middle tennessee, So'4S4-
81. tennessee Industrial school, 30
1SSs2 The principal disbursements
were. state prosecutions, $l2,2SSoo;
interest ON state debt, SS,464'5O; 1u-
dicial salaries, $14,541.6O; hospltal Ior
insane East Tennessee, $6'Ool,zo;
Middle Tennessee, $9,516.5O; West
tennessee, sS,154.79; deaf and aumo
school s5,O5741; school for the bind
"a GO 90; industrial school, $0'eoo.-
az. maintenance of convicts, $SO'47S,-
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