Putnam County herald. (Cookeville, Tenn.) 1903-1922, 1916-06-08

| AS the result OF an investigation
that has just been made in East Ten
nessee by committee composed of F
X. Noschang, general president; Jacob
! Fischer, general secretary-treasure-
and J. c. Shanessy, general organizer
representing the Journeymen Ban beTs
International Union of America, an in
| stitution for the treatment of tubercu-
losis may be established in East Ten
nessee at cost of a million dollars.
Insurance of it's profits against loss
through the destruction of its build
| ings by fire to the amount of $900,00O
Is carried by the Tennessee Copper Co.,
and as a result of the fire which de-
stroyed its trinitrotouluol plants sew
eral weeks ago it has filed claim
with insurance companies for $735, 600,
covering loss of profits at $4,000 per
day for 245 days, the time it estimates
will be required in which to rebuild
and get its plant in operation.
Governor Rye has named seven ply
sicians to represent Tennessee at the
national convention of alienists and
neurologists at Chicago June 1928.
The convention, will have to do with
crimes and insanity and methods for
lessening it. The following are the
| delegates appointed by Governor Rye:
Drs. C. p. McNabb and W. A. Austin,
of Knoxville; A. w. Harris and ]. w.
Stevens, of Nashville; s. T. Rucker
and G.. C. Petty, of Memphis, and L. E.
Ragsdale, of Williamsport.
If State Game and Fish Warden w.
d. Howser can have his way and the
project is looked upon with favorable
attention, Reelfoot Lake will be turned
into the largest fish hatchery in the
world and Tennessee and the South
will have little cause to fear for
shortage of fish. 1t is contended that
Reelfoot Lake is an ideal location and
is admirably fitted for this work. An
other reason for casting eyes upon it
for this purpose is that the task of
making it into giant fish hatchery
can be undertaken at slight cost.
The Pilgrim Congregational Church
at Chattanooga is faced with peculiar
problem. Recently the church pur-
chased the Bijou Theater and convert
ed it into house of worship, and this
left the city without an available opera
house, the other two old theaters being
dismantled some time ago. The Bos-
ton Opera Company wants to come
here for engagement and has made ap-
plication to the officials of the church
for authority to use the theater-church
for the performances, and this board
is now wrestling with the question:
Prof. w. W. Carson, instructor in
civil engineering for the past thirty
one years, has resigned his chair at
the University of Tennessee. He is II
years of age and has decided to retire
to private life, though he will be re-
tained as emeritus professor. Ma
than w. Dougherty, remembered best
for his fame as football star in the
days when Tennessee could boast of
standing right along with the best in
the business, was elected assistant pro-
fessor in civil engineering and will
ultimately be given the chair vacated
by Prof. Carson.
A British army officer who wells him.
self under an assumed name visited
Chattanooga inspecting large num-
ber of 6.G-inch shells being made by
the Columbia Iron Works for the al
lies in the European war The COM
pany was not equipped for making
shells when the order came some
months ago, but at once began work
on the necessary machinery and has
now one of the best equipped factories
for making the particular kind of
shells of any plant in the country The
company has on hand large quantity
of shells ready for shipment as soon
as the inspection is completed
Trezevant is now assured of high
school, according to the decision of the
Supreme Court. During the last ses-
sion Of the Legislature bill was
passed creating special high school |
district at this place and levying a tax /
to maintain the school, During the |
recent session of the school, when the !
county trustee was preparing to collect |
so by local citizens and the lower court |
ruled against the school board and the |
case was appealed to the Supreme
Court and the higher court reversed
the decision of the lower court and |
ruled that the law was constitutional 4
The 1916 strawberry season has end
ed at Trezevant The yield this year
was the biggest on record. There were
about forty cars of this fruit shipped
from the local market. These ship
ments contained about 1900 crates,
DR. some 250,000 quarts of berries,
which brought to the growers more
han $4,000 and to the pickers about
$4,000. This crop as usual was picked
largely by women and children, and
he money was distributed so we'll that
here were but few families in the
community that did not receive some
benefit. Growers will soon begin to
ship their blackberries, and this crop
s. Also good Daver