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

in the presence of ,hrong OF spec
tators who gathered TO Witness the
novel stunt in payment OF bet on the
election.
Triplets. three girl, Weighing from
four to six and half pounds each
were born TO the wife OF Clarence I.
Jones. an architect OF Chattanooga
They are all living and doing well
This is the second set of triplets born
i'm Chattanooga within the past three
years. the others, two boys and a girl
are the chill 'ren of Ed Heron, member
of the city board of commission.
Finding no law to cover the ques
ton. Judge A. W. Stovall, in court
at Jackson, relied upon the wisdom oil
Solomon TO award the possession Of
pretty 12-yearold Mary Sawyers
Judge Stovall left the decision to the
child and SO denied her parents, Mr.
and Mrs Aifred Wimplc, and chose
Miss Nan Nayberry, with whom sne
Hdu I'Nib'u lpI tedIN.
In response to an appeal for the
mountain people OF the south. four
representatives of 10000 women
members OF Presbyterian mission so
cietics in the United States, from New
York are inspecting conditions in Ken
lucky and Tennessee. Their report
will decide the outcome Of what is
said TO be one of the most important
campaigns over undertaken in behalf
of the mountaineers.
United States civil service examina
tons have been arranged for the EVIL
service district in which Knoxille is 10
Gated Am ong them are: Assistant in
junior extension work, Dec. ~ struc
tural engineer and craftsman, Dec, 13
IA; chemist, Dec. 13; chemists aid
Dec. 10; physician, Dec. -; laboratory
apprentice, Dec. 1914; dairyman, Dec
10; and stenographer and typewriter
Jan. 3.
Charles H. King, a prominent Mem
phis attorney and Republican, is pay
inc an election bet by sitting in an
office decorated with crepe and other
paraphernalia suggesting a house OF
death. King bet friend Hughes would
be elected. The stake was permission
by the loser to let his Office be decor
ated in any way tn winner might
choose King lost His friend decor
ated his office in mourning,
Maj. John S. Lewis, editor OF the
Montreal, Canada, Star, who went to
the front year with the Canadian
grenadier guards. has been reported
killed in action Maj Lewis was born
in Tennessee forty-two years ago anG
was graduated from the University OF
Chicago. He was at one time reporter
on the Chicago lnter-Ocean. Since
leaving Chicago seventeen years age
he had become British citizen
Deputy Revenue Collector w. IL. Ty.
Ter, shot and killed Nathan Dale near
Cookville. After destroying still in
Jackson county, the posse with two
prisoners was motoring to Cookeville.
1t is said that Dale appeared in the
public road and refused when direct.
ed to get out of the autos way, that
he seized rock and made a demon
stration when Tyler gfabbed his
horses rein. the officer then fired
Difference OF opinion as TO whether
pellagra III an Infectious disease or
due to improper diet marked discus.
si0ns at the thirty.third annual meet.
ing OF the Tri-State Medical associa.
ton in Memphis. DR.. Joseph God.
berger, OF the United States public
health service, made the principal ar.
gument in support of the contention
that the malady WAS due, In the main,
to an unbalanced diet, and as a rem.
edy. advocated corrective dietetics.
Cigarette selling in Knoxville is to
stop. Sheriff John l.. Galloway has
issued instructions to his deputies to
take into custody Immediately every
merchant who is violating the law in
selling cigarettes. Wholesale arrests
may follow. The sheriff asserts that
he notified all tobacco dealers several
weeks ago that the anti.cigarette law
would be enforced and that they had
the option OF needing the warning or
suffering the consequences.
Kingsport, the new city in Sullivan
county, now has a population of 5000
and it is expected that within another
year it will have population of not
less than $4,000 population. In the
past year its population has trebled
and II is believed that in the future it
will increase much more rapidly. as II
is conceded that it would now have q
much larger population if there were
houses enough to supply the demand.
Although building is going forward at
a rapid pace. many people are still
living in tents.
Gen. Chss. B. Rogsn has made ar
In Knoxville. Chattanooga
and Athens, for the accommodation of
cavalry mounts and equipment for the
three state cavalry troops having
headquarters in those cities. AS soon
us the troops are brought back from
Mexico the government will furnish
permanent equipment and mounts, to
be kept at the respective home sta
tions of each troop. 1t is part of the