McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1914-12-04
STATE FAIR SHOWS
A Loss OF $4,000
BUSINESS DEPRESSION IN SOUTH
BLAMED FOR DEFIciT-Ex.
PEcT BETTER LUCK.
FAIR TRUSTEES REELECTED
All Members of Old Board Reelected
Except F. G. Buford of Buntyn,
Who Is Succeeded by w. X.
Alternately of McNairy.

All members of the old board of
trustees of the state fair have been re-
elected except Frank G. Buford of
Buntyn, Shelby county, whose posi-
ton has been filled by the election of
w. X. Alternately of McNairy county.
Mr.. Buford had been member of the
board since the fair was organized as
state institution The board Of d.
rectors has reelected ]. w. Peck as
chairman of the board and acting pres
ident Peck's term as commissioner
of agriculture will expire in June. A
loss of $4,000 was shown by the re-
port of the, 1914 state fair. 1t was
claimed that this was due to business
depression in the south.
Weights Are Short.
Sixty per cent of the weights and
measures used in selling food in the
smaller towns of Tennessee are
wrong, according to DR.. Lucius P.
Brown, state sealer of weights and
measures and head Of the state pure
lOOu anu uTuS department.
''Of these, am of the opinion that
80 per cent work against the con-
sumer," continued DR.. Brown. "Ev-
cry county ought to have weights
and measures sealer. Only five have
this useful official now. We may ask
for additional legislation on this sub
ject."
The "bad" weights and measures
are stated to be mostly in the small
towns, and the estimate of 60 per cent
incorrect does not include the cities
of Nashville, Memphis, Chattanooga
and Knoxville.
The estimate was carefully made
after an extensive trip through Middle
and West Tennessee by Warren S.
Titcomb, deputy weights and meas.
ures sealer of the state. In one town
where AZ pieces were tested only five
were found to be correct and honest
measures. Mr.. Titcomb states he
weighed 80 prints of butter and found
only two correct prints. In the city
of Jackson he estimates that the peo-
pie are losing $40, 900 annually through
false weights and measures. Before
the law went into effect in Nashville
DR.. Brown estimates that the consum-
ers of the city must have been losing
almost quarter of million dollars a
year thro Ugh incorrect and false
weights and measures.
Loan for Cotton Raisers.
Secretary Daniel of the Paris Bust
ness Mems Club is making an effort
to secure a loan of $4,000, to be loan
ed to every farmer in Henry county
who has bale of cotton stored as
security. This cotton is good grade,
well stored and insured at 8 cents per
pound. Mr.. Daniel wants to lend at
least cents on the pound and posi-
bly, cents. This money must be Sc
cured at once. Every effort mas been
made to interest the $155, 900 Cot
ton Loan association, and now the Sec
rotary has come to the conclusion that
the whole $135 1000 900 is in the news
papers only. The loan is a safe one,
apparently, and Mr.. Daniel will secure
the loan for six or twelve months If II
can be borrowed in this country.
To Reclaim Lands.
Elaborate plans for reclamation of
waste land In West Tennessee are be-
ing made by r. S. Maddox, head Of
the new state bureau Of forestry.
Mr.. Maddox returned from trip of
several weeks through 10 West Ten
nessee counties--Henry, Carroll. Hen
derson. Madison, Gibson, Hardeman,
Fayette, McNairy, Chester and Ben
ton. He Is Of the opinion that these
counties are among the worst quilted
and washed that he has ever seen.
"My visit was both to educate the
farmers of those counties and arouse
sentiment against quilted lands, as
well as to see for myself how much
washed land there is in that section"
said State Forester Maddox.
my next work will be to stop the
gullies. | think l shall recommend
that the farmers plant either black To-
Gust, black walnut, Bermuda grass or
yellow poplar in these gullies, to keep
the land from washing and to build it
up again. These paintings will give
yield as well as stop the gullies; for
the grass may be used for grazing and
later on the trees will make timber.
/ was surprised at the large amount
of land found in that section that has
been abandoned because of the gul
lies"