The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1914-10-09
IELl-lco. coF.HiN AND WILLIAMS.
Surg CITIZENS ApNocATlE
10000 BOND ISSUE.
COUNTIES PLAN ROADS
Meeting Held In JeliIeS Brings Large
Crowd--Would Connect Pixies A.
ready Running Through To~ns
and Farming Sections.
Nashville.


The people OF Laurel county, KY,
Whitley county, KY. and Campbell
county. Tenn. are making determined
demonstrations In favor OF good roads
foT the respective counties. Jeihco
w: crowded with automobiles and
other kinds OF vehicles from the sur
rounding towns. NIL carrying large
signs which displayed the words,
Good roads or bust" A mass meet.
Ing was held IT the Palace theater In
the afternoon. where prominent citi.
gems Of corbin. williamsburg and Jel
iIco advocated the building OF $500. 1000
worth OF good roads through the noun
tains OF these counties. TO connect with
the pixies already running throGgh the
towns ard farming sections.
Farmers institute Consenes.
Attendance upon the annual session
OF the West Tennessee Farmers iasti.
tute. which convened al Jackson. was
much. smaller than uspa, this year,
The disturbed condition OF the cotton
market was given az ore Of the prinel.
pal reasons for the reduced attendance.
The sessions are being held In the
chapel OF Union University The com
bined implement house and auditorium
being constructed at the West Tonnes
see experimental farm has not been
completed Prof H. s. Nichols OF the
government department OF agriculture
explained the new arrangement where
by the federal and state departments
are cooperating In demonstration
work. Prof " A. Morgan Of the Unit
versity OF Tennessee spoke OF THE
Dual Purpose Of Cattle" Dir, TAFT But
Ter OF Memphis discussed Live Stock
and Their Relation to Permanent Agri.
culture"
Commissioner OF Agriculture T. r
Peck was on the program, but was
absent, having been delegated by Gov.
Hooper TO attend cotton conference
In Washington.
r. T, Deberry, assistant commission
or OF agriculture and president of the
institute. requested that he not be re.
elected. saying that he would do as
much for the organization without an
office as he would with one. and that
II some othAr member Is elected II will
give them two workers instead of ore
Tri.State Fair Opens.
With a complete exhibition Of supe.
rior quality OF all grains and grasses
southern soil IL capable OF producing,
with the best cattle from 10 states EN-.
tered In the live stock show. with the
nations best poultry on display. and
with a splendid program OF entertain
ment ready to he unfolded, the Tri
State Fair at Memphis opened
A bigger or a better fair never be-
fore was staged In the south than the
one In Memphis this year. It Is com
plete In every detail. and visitors to
the grounds this week Will see prod,
pets never before eaualed. Everything
practically IL In readiness for the
opening.
Two days Of preliminary entertain
ment have afforded Walters IN inkiing
Of what was to be expected
The'live stock show Is far and away
superior to any cattle show previous
ly attempted In the south Exhibitors
from "a far north as Wisconsin. as
far east as Virginia and az far west as
Arizona ara here with their crack
show herds.
rrige. winning cattle from 10 states
have been sent To the Tri.State fair to
compete for the greatest ltst OF pre-
sniums ever offered In the south. The
cattle are from Tennessee. Mississippi,
Kentucky. Virginia, Illinois, Indiana,
Iowa, Ohio. Wisconsin and Arizona,
Seventeen carloads Of cattle from
the Illinois State fair at Springfield.
Ill, arrived aud ~ carloads OF live
stock from the Tennessee State fair
nj Nashville arrived on the grounds,
Many Of the cattle from the Illinois
State fair brought blue ribbons with
them The cattle at this fair. recog.
nised US one of the greatest state fairs
In the natten. were In competition
with the big show herds OK the north
4 and now have come south to compete
with soathernhrvd cattle.
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"Llvs Wires Meet
The following Tennessee cities
we're represented at Paris In the meet.
inE or the Live Wires Of Tennessee"
Memphis, Nashville. Humboldt. Paris.
Trenton. Martin. Mckenzie. jackson.
Clarksvillc, Dresden, Union City, Wa.
vesly, Dickson. Huntingdon and Erin
Tennessee Charters.
Charters: Gehhart Coal Il Lumber
Co, Scott county huntsville. sla,eeo,
Bonded Cooperative Il Guaranteed
Stock Company. Clay county, division
al Farmers Educational and co-opara,
tive Union ef America.
~. e. r. U. Meets.