Jackson County sentinel. (Gainesboro, Tenn.) 1914-current, 1916-12-01

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tions are about TO be formed by the
farmers Of Monroe and Louden couA-
ties, one in each county. II is expect.
ed that at least 400 cows will be sub
scribed to each association, and then q
competent COW tester will be employed
who will visit the diaries of the mem
bers Of the associations and test the
cows, once each month.
Suits for q sum agEregsting more
! than $l,0OO,o0o were brought in cir
cult court in Knoxville, by the Ten
nessee Copper company, nonresident
corporation having ofices in Knox
county, making number of insur-
ance companies the defendants in the
suit. II is stated that suit grows out
of a fire last March that destroyed
much property belonging to the plain
! tiff company.
Pythian week in Tennessee will be
inaugurated in Knoxville Monday, No
vember 81 Throughout the week
there will be series OF limitations
and conventions, those scheduled sub
sequent to the Knoxville convention
being; The second, at lockwood. No
vember Is; the third, at Nashville,
November 80 the fourth, at Jackson,
November 80, and the fifth at Mem
phis, December l. f..
The Lenoir Car Works has just re-
ceived another large order for cars
from the Southern Railway Company.
This order is a rush order, calling for
1900 cars of different kinds, includ-
ing cabooses. This is the fourth large
order received by the car works dur
ing the past six months. The pay roll
now amounts to approximately $4,000
week and over 1900 men are en-
ployed.
Malcolm r. Patterson, former gov
ernor of Tennessee, in an address in
Cincinnati, Ohio, on THE Mind Of a
Nation" declared that civilization had
outgrown the liquor traffic and that
the nation must arise to the level OF
patriotic and scientific thought. The
meeting at which the former Tonnes
see chief executive spoke was the first
Of a series which will be held in the
State in an effort to place Ohio in the
dry column.
Ordering that the property OF the
Tennessee Central Railroad company
be seld not later than February 10,
Judge E. T. Sanford signed the decree
of foreclosure. Under ii the property
Of the company willjbe sold by Special
Master f. L. Doak at public auction
either on February IA or 10, No bid
of less than $3.50, 900 will be accept
ed, and the decree provides that the
purchasers shall pay this amount in
cash.
Constable James J. Grammar, OF Lee
noir City, while walking through an
old cemetery, came upon package
concealed in a growth Of honeysuckle
vines, which had seven pints OF wills
ky in it, Apparently the package for
raerly contained fifty-six piRts. The
LIQUOR has been placed in the city hall
ana officers are on the lockout for
clues leading to the identity OF the
supposed "bootlesser" who was usihg
the graveyard as his place OF business.
A hearing Of great Importance to
'the farmers and farm organizations or
Tennessee will be held at Nashville on
| November "A by the, federal farm loan
board. This hearing is for the pur-
pose OF getting information TO guide
the board in determining the bound
aries of the twelve federal land bank
districts into which the country is
TO be divided for the admission OF the
new rural credits law, known as the
federal farm loan act
The Sewer County Boys Corn club
rally day was held at Stvlerville.
Twenty-nine of the boys had complet-
ed their record books and sen; in their
exhibits of ten ears. The largest yield
of corn was made by Willie Dixon. OF
Pigeon Forge, who made 119 10 bu-
shells on one acre. The lowest yield
was 4614 bushels per acre. The aver
age yield was s19 bushels pere acre
for the 20 boys. The average cost Of
producing this corn was 27.5 cents per
bushel.
Federal agents have begun an in.
vestigation of the high cost of coal in
the Memphis district, and the first
thing discovered was a number OF
loaded coal cars parked on switch
tracks after being shipped to dealers.
who were paying demurrage rather
! than unload them. 1t is declared by
special agents that the government
may determine that there is COM
bine between certain railroads pene-
trating the coal districts Of Alabama,
Kentucky and Illinois, and the mine
operators, to keep up the prices.
With the death OF the Rev. X. X
Sutherland, field agent and instructor,
Emory and Henry college, the historic
Methodist institution has lost by death
three members of its faculty and stu
dent body within a period Of ten days
The first to die was young Mr.. En-
met, OF Knoxville, who was studying
for the ministry, and who fell dead
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