Putnam County herald. (Cookeville, Tenn.) 1903-1922, 1916-08-24
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Hardin -Cou.t .ty-yotes. 500, 900 bond
for good roads, ,+l-- ~
James County. by majority Of tw,
to one, voted $4,000 for road improve
ments.
The Southern Stove Manufacturer
will hold their annual convention OF
Signal Mountain, Chattanooga, Angus
% and %. go 80
The Supreme Court OF Tennessee,
will convene in Knoxville on Septem
ber II, It was announced 1t is an
ticipated that the court will be in ses
sion about three months.
Thirty-four thousand, eight hundred
and thirty-two pounds of food was
condemned in Memphis by the health
authorities in search for the source Of
typhoid fever. ~tt -e
Efforts are heing made by both
Nashville and Chattanooga to secure
Charles e. Hughes. candidate for
President on the Republican ticket, to
open the. campaign !.
C. n Bowman, aged 64, son Of DR..
Thomas Bowman, who was chaplain
OF the Senate under Lincolns admin.
istration, died at his home in Cnatta-
nooga following short illness.
The Elks' Club, OF Memphis, will be
allowed to retain a buffet for mem
bers, on the recommendation of Spe-
cial Prosecutor Sweeney to Acting
Chancellor W., w. Hughes. The case
against the club in the Memphis courts
vas dismissed. 81
A beautiful pelican was killed ON a
farm neal. Arthur, Tenn. last week
II was a large bird, white with black
tips on the wings which measured
seven feet from tip to tip. Its bill
measured ~ inches in length and it
stood five feet high.
message was sent to Secretary of
State Lansing at Washington signed
by the Chattanooga, Chamber of Com
merce officers, urging the state depart.
ment to use its influence in having
the American Mexican arbitration com
mission meeting held on Signal Noun
tain, a suburb Of that city. y
President Wilson has promoted Lieu
tenant R. Nelson Campbell to captain
OF the coast artillery corps. Captain
Campbell is now stationed at Ft. Tot
ten, New York He is a son of ]
c. Campbell, Of Johnson City, and q
graduate OF West Point Military Acad-
emy. .4, TE .....ir
DIR. Glenn L. Swiggett has resigned
his position as professor Of romance
languages at the University OF Ten,
nessee to become director of the for.
eign trade relations and the Latin di.
vision, newly created position. Or.
B. P. Claxton, Commissioner of Edu-
cation, made the appointment.
Seven East Tennesseeans were ar
rested in Chattanooga and charged
with being deserters from Camp Rye.
They. were returned to Nashville. The
men are ]. w. Bowman, Warren Cross,
Fred Atkins, H. L. Hahn, N. B. Bur.
nett, Timothy Thomqss and H. I. Bur
oett t7" ENtt ~ Ft3"' - "
Hudson Maxim, famous inventor and
author, reviewed the Tennessee state
troops at Camp Rye and expressed
himself as being delighted with the
appearance they made. "The finest !,
body of men have seen in the regu-
lar army" was the way Mr.. Maxim ex-
pressed 1t.
b. F. Stainback, of Gsllatin, has lust
completed a list of the only white
male. citizens now residing in Callatin
who were there in 1860. The list fol. !,
lows: C. w. Hitchcock, j. B. Foster.
q B. Buck, B. F. Stainback, Jesse
Moore, DR.. w. T. Allen, A. M. Blue,
g. T. Rose and w. A. Barbour.
Gordon Topp, the popular young
Dwner Of the historic old Mount Cor.
dun' estate, near Lynnville, is the
champion oat raiser OF that section !
his season. On thirty acres Mr.. Topp ,
made 800 bushels. Four hundred
bushels of the amount was made on
en- acres. M a
a campaign to raise $4,000 in Nash !
lille to assist In advertising the ap- !
state fair to secure extra
rec attractions for the exposition has |
cen launched. The Nashville boost. /
re will take the leading part in rails Y
ng the sum needed. and will begin
heir WORK at once. !
Declaring that the Sullivan County ..
all is housing ffty-three prisoners !
vhile 1t was built to accommodate only :
wenty, Sheriff George s. Barger has /
nnounced that he Will at the next :
srm Of the County Court, in October,
SIX the magistrates to either build ad-
itional cells In the building or pro- 7
ide money for guard to watch It I
ay and night, 8
DIR. H. H. Shoulders, registrar Of r
ital statistics for Tennessee, con- e
srred with Director Rogers of the E
ureau Of the Census In Washington v
ith view TO bringing the entire I
late within the national registration Z
rea. In order to do this 30 Der cent = =
the births and deaths OF the state !.