Putnam County herald. (Cookeville, Tenn.) 1903-1922, 1916-08-03
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A water works plant will be srecte,
In Knoxville at cost of 9375,000.
The 17-months-old child of Tarme
Crockett, who resides near Chatta
nooga, died Of infantile paralysis.
Thirty thousand pounds of Glove
seed will arrive In Knoxville from tn,
southern part Of France this week
Notice Of the big shipment has beer
received by the Knoxville collector O
customs.
The total registration for the pres
ent session of the Summer School o.
the South is 1913, including the peo
pie from Knoxville, which leaves thi.
still the largest summer school in the
South.
The Dry Creek zinc. lead and silver
mines of near Liberty have been leas
cd to the Nebraska Mining Company
Tor operation. The company is pre-
pairing to begin work at an early date
outcroppings of the ore found in these
mines extends over several miles.
A mammoth tomato plucked from q
vine In the garden of Mrs. Louis
Adams, Of Selmer, was exhibited to
many people as curiosity. 1t Is OF
the Ponderous variety, is a perfect
growth and measures 26 inches in
circumference, weighing two and three.
quarter pounds.
While walking in her sleep Miss
Grace Herring. the 17-year-old daugh-
ter Of Mr.. and Mrs. A. H. Herring, of
Nashville, fell from the second-story
window of their home and was seri-
ously injured. Both of her left limbs
were broken and other injuries re-
ceived.
The City Commission of Bristol has
adopted ordinances providing for the
collection of revenues aggregating lin
excess Of $4,000 to meet the expenses
of the current year. The tax rate is
81 on every 500 of valuation, AMI
this 10 divided up to meet the various
items included in the annual budget.
A celebration incident to the action
Of the University of Tennessee trus-
tees in continuing the summer school
Of the South as an integral part of
the university course was held in
Knoxville by the $500 students by
special program at which much en-
thusfasm was evident.
Col. w. A. Henderson, of Washing
ton, general solicitor for the Southern
Railway Company, will address the
members of the East Tennessee Press
Association on August II at their busi-
ness session to be held on the campus
Of the Lincoln Memorial University
at Cumberland Gap
The seventh custer suit to be
brought against Memphis city oficials
in the past six months has been filed
against w. T. McLain, vice mayor and
fire, and police commissioner He is
charged with Iwillful neglect of duty
and misconduct in connection with en-
forcement Of liquor laws. rs ,sitas,ul
Attorney General Estes. Of Shelby
County, was removed from ONCE Sat
urday by the Legislature on impeach-
meat charges. which alleged among
other things, that he conspired to col
lect fees Illegally He was not, how.
ever, disqualified from holding ofice
In the future. : srAa 9aF sss1
Sydney H. Veal, the secretary and
treasurer Of the Tennessee Veneer
Corporation at johnson City, received
word from France OF the death Of his
brother, James, who was killed in ac-
ton during the recent British drive
on July 1, Mr.. Veal being shot dead
while in charge of machine gun.
Hal Mosely, of Chattanooga, presi-
dent Of the state branch OF the Amer
ican Poultry Association, will go as
q delegate to the American Poultry
Association meeting at Cleveland, Au-
gust Z. and will make an effort to Sc
cure the 1917 meeting Of the associa-
ton for Chattanooga
A gun tournament participated in
By about forty of the best shots in
the Southland will be held in Knox
Vile August and 3. It will be under
luS euoPxSGSs Va TIC AuOXVlile Guu |
Club, which has received q certificate |
Df registration from the Interstate As
ISOLATION secretary authorizing the
shoot rs official
M. o. Eldridge. government road |
expert. has inspected the road work |
In Knox County. He commends the |
Knox County Good Roads Commission |
n its expenditure OF the $500,000 pro-
vided in legislative act. However,
he states that provision should be
made for more permanent mainte-
nance Of the road system.
The Dixie Highway Council has de-
,ided to make application for an in
,rease of the convicts at work on the |
Suck Creek section of the highway
n order to finish the work by Decem-
yer /. There are now 26 convicts at |
work on the Hamilton County side,
while there are 70 at work ON the
Marion County side.
After friendly fight Of four years
he will of Joe Alb Sawyer, who died
our years ago, in which Robert Saw
'er, his 12-year-old son, had been dis