Putnam County herald. (Cookeville, Tenn.) 1903-1922, 1916-08-31
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Tazewell In Claiborne county was
opened and dedicated last, Friday.
A board Of trade has been organized
In Hartman, starting with an initial
enrolment of fifty-nine members.
H. c. Walters. secretary Of the Nash,
Vile Street Railway company, has pur.
chased the Lebanon Democrat. Har.
din w. Ragley, of Nashville, will be
editor.
Fifteen Clarksville "bootleggers'
who were fined S. each were put to
work on the streets cleaning up the
city with pick and shovel.
Oficial reports. for the month OF
June show there were twenty-nine
cases of infantile paralysis reported in
the state. There are at present eleven
known cases.
A she'll in an old rusty revolver in
the hands of an Appalachia boy ex.
ploded knocking out the eye of his 8.
year-old brother, Frances Strong, at
Bristol, Tenn.
The proceeds of a double-header be-
tween the Birmingham and Chatta.
nooga teams were donated to the Chat
tanooga woman suffrage organization
Each team won game.
J. N. Owens, labor organizer, has
sued the Memphis street railway for
$1,000. charging that he was assaulted
by an, employe of the company during
the recent strike.
The opening date Of the. Cookeville
Polytechnic institute has been poss.
poned from September 4 to September
Il on account of one Of the buildings
being In an unfinished condition.
An election will be held id Newport
August 80 for the purpose Of voting
for or against the proposed issuance
OF $500 bonds with which to pur.
chase . site for a high school.
John Smith. aged about 10 years, Of
Sharp's Gap, near. Knoxville, was in.
stantly willed during an electrical
storm, when lightning struck pitch.
fork In his hands.
While working at a sawmill Thomas
Arnold, the ls-year-old SON Of the late
Thomas Arnold Of Limestone creek,
was caught in cog-wheel and 50
badly mangled that he died two hours
later.
The agricultural department Of the
East Tennessee Division fair is plan
ming to put on an exhibit at the ex
position that will give a complete dis
play Of every product raised on the
farm.
City Physician M. M. Pearson, OF
Bristol, has issued a warning In re.
gard to infantile paralysis, saying that
southern people have not awakened to
the danger Of an epidemic Of the dread
disease.
Captain Charles s. jackson, 66 years
ola master of the U. s. snagboat in
Memphis for IA years and a veteran
pilot, killed himself In Memphis by
firing : bullet through his head. He !
had been in i'll health.
Liquor sealers doing business on the
Virginia side of Bristol are taking op.
tio1s on buildings in Tennessee in an. |
ticipation Of Virginia going dry in
November. They expect to conduct an
business.
A charter has been granted for the
building Of a fire-proof museum at
Nashville to perpetuate the memory Of
s. A. Cunningham, and in which to
store Confederate maps. gags and
other things of historical interest.
The department Of health of Tenn.
essee has joined hands with the New
York and government health authori.
ties In the effort to control the infan.
tile paralysis epidemic in New York
city and at the same time isolate the
Eerm Of the disease.
Knoxville leads other large southern
cities In the number Of enlistments per
LOCO population, according to q report
By the recruiting officials. The rank Of
he cities Is: Knoxville, rs per cent;
Is per cent; Memphis, Z
per cent?
Bob Buckner, accused OF bootleg
Ding" leaped from q window in Judge
K0ung's court ct Clarksville while
:ourt officers and attorneys were busy
n consultation The jump Of twelve
eet took him to q roof below and an
'ther Of Afteen feet took him to the
round.
a $25,000a planning mill, foundry
With capital stock Of $4,000 and
mother large addition to the Cleve-
and chair factory are among the new
for Cleveland, all now in
curse Of construction, work having 7
on each at about the same
ime few days ago. l.,
Several new cases Of infantile par
'lysis having developed in Memphis,
resident J. l.. Andrews, of the city
'oard of health has had guards placed
n all trains to prevent babies from
eing brought into Memphis from the
Infected districts. A strict quarantine
as been made against New York city.
Mrs. Topher Smith exhibited in
'larksville a quantity Of strawberries,
sample from her ever-bearing va
lety. Berry growers, 1t seems, are he
inning to realize that Il is possible to