The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1916-09-22
THE STATES-GRApHIC
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NEWS NOTES
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The U. S. Department of Agricul
ture attributes the present high prle'
Of hogs to the fact that last year
corn crop was soft" This condition
,ecessitated the quick disposal which
makes a shortage of feed now, It was
exnlained Hogs are selling for ovel
II cents per hundred pounds with pros
pects of a higher price being asked
dealers in Chicago say. This is the
highest price asked for hogs since
the civil war.
Owing to the scarcity and high price
of Frencr briar, a number of Ameri'
can pipe manufacturers are using
Quantities of mountain laurel roots FOL
making the bowls of pipes. The lau-
rel is obtained mainly from the nation
al forests in the southern Appalachian
mountains and answers the purpose
quite satisfactorily though pipes made
from it are said to be slightly less dur
able than the briar.
The Vitagraph Company Of America,
manufacturers and producers of the
film. THE Battle Cry Of Peace" re-
Gently filed suit in the federal court of
New York against Henry Ford for
Sl,OOO,OO0 damages which is alleged
to have been sustained by it on account
of a defamatory article that Mr.. Ford
caused to be published and sent broad
cast through the country. The PLAIN
tiff declares that the article worked
great harm to the reputation and bus
mess of the company.
In giving advice to group OF men
who were arrested by their wives for
failing to support them and who ad-
mitted that strong drink was respon-
sible for their defaults, the judge of
court in Philadelphia said: when you
feel like taking a drink, postpone it
for an hour-and by that time you will
be thirsty enough to drink water" Al
ter signing pledges to abstain from
intoxicants for various lengths of time
the men were released,
When J. F. O'Donneh, a conduct
or on a railroad in Arkansas, held his
train on a railroad in Arkansas, held
his train over for 80 minutes in order
that milk might be obtained for a
sick baby in one of the coaches, he was
worried as to what would be the out
come when the officials of the road
heard of his breech of discipline. A
few days afterward he received the
Glowing commentator from one of
the head officials "Your act proved
that railroad officials and employees
place the interests of humanity above
even discipline"
While sitting in his country home in
Overall, Va, recently DR.. S. G. Davis,
a Washington dentist, was attracted
by a boys screams. Hurryng out he
found the - year old son Of one of
his employees battling with large
copperhead snake. After killing the
snake, the doctor slashed open wound
in the boys foot where the snake had
bitten him allowing the blood to flow
freely. The action undoubtedly saved
the boys life.
More than 281,104,O00 barrels of
crude petroleum were marketed in the
United States during the year 1915.
This is more than has been marketed
during any one previous year in the
history of the industry, according to
reports from the U. S. geological sur
vey. The average price received at
the wells was GA cents a barrel.
In recovering from an attack Of in
fantile paralysis Charlie Edwards, a
four year-old boy of Greensboro, N.
c., developed taste for tobacco which
his parents have not been able to over
come. Physicians were consulted who
said that the boy is likely to continue
craving the weed until free from the
effects of the disease. He consumes
four cigars every day, his parents de-
clare
Five years ago Patrick Calhoun,
grandson of the famous South Carroll
statesman, was worth about $4,000
900. Recently at receivership proceed
ings against him he confessed that S. |
represented his entire capital stock.
Financial reverses following the San
Francisco earthquake and fire were re-
sponsible for his losses, he says.
F. E. Smith, who operates a small |
freight boat on the Columbia river,
Washington lost overheard a barrel of
blueing few years ago for which he
had to pay damages amounting to $50.
Prompted by the advance in the price |
of blueing, he went to the place recent
ly and with graphing hooks recovered |
the barrel. 1t is reported to have
brought him $1,000.
The U. S. Biological survey esti-
mates that between $50 and 200 per-
sons are killed every year in hunting
accidents. 1t also states that Is per
cent Of all the forest fires in the ma
tional forests are caused by careless
hunters and campers. The U. S. for
est service has issued warnings to
hunters to exert all possible care to /
prevent these occurrences. 1t is point
ed out that the loss Of human lives .
and the useless detruction of so much .
can be materially lessened by
ZACH one doing his part.
Previous to the time when belts be-
anne so generally used, fastidious peo-
DE objected to men removing their
oats even on the hottest days; they
lidn't like the looks Of their "gallus-