The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-03-31
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phis, is the first woman in the South
to apply for service in the navy.
Washington county voted s750,000
bonds for the building Of improved
highways.
For the first time in the history Of
the organization, the American Laryn-
geological, Pathological, Oenithological
society, met in Memphis.
The club women of Bristol are plan
ming to turn the uncultivated spots Of
the city into one vast garden this sum-
mer in an effort to combat the high
cost of living.
Approximately $1oO,OOO,OO0 will be
issued in farm loan bonds during the
next IL months, according to estimates
made by the Farm Loan Board on the
number of applications received The
first bonds may be issued this week.
Work ON the Wayne-Hardin railroad
an extension of the Tennessee Western,
which is operated by the L. & N. from
Iron City to Collinwood, will begin
about April Is, according to official an
nouncement.
Governor T. G. Rye, having signed
the $1,000,000 bond issue bill for the
University of Tennessee, an enthusiast
tic celebration was held by the stu.
dents, faculty and citizens Of Knox
Vile.
Weakley county corn club boys are
making special effort this year to ex-
coed even the enviable work they did
last season More than 100 boys COM
pleted last year successfully. The
average yield of corn to the acre was
6046 bushels.
The $4,000 Confederate monument
erected by the United Daughters Of
the Confederacy on Shiloh battlefield
will be unveiled May II. The erection
of the monument has been one of the
| largest projects ever undertaken by
the Daughters of the Confederacy.
The bill abolishing convSft labor in
the manufacture of goods in the peni-
tertiary passed the House, and as the
same bill has passed the Senate it only
needs the Governors signature to be a
law The present contracts expire in
I 1918, when prison made goods will be
at an end in the state.
William Thomas, negro, who after
escaping from Jail at Dyersburg, shot
4 and killed Jeff Yarbrough, deputy
sheriff, after he had been wounded by
the officer, was hanged by a mob at
Halls, Tenn, where he surrendered.
Two other negroes who escaped with
Thomas were recaptured.
Postmaster w. P. Chandler, OF
Knoxville, comes fifth In the ~ a ~ u
postmasters in the United States who
secured the largest number of recruits
for the regular army, during the re
cent recruiting campaign for the reg
ular army for service on the border
He obtained forty recruits, having. in
fact secured as many as all combined
An agreement was reached in Gin
cinnati, O., by officials of the Queen B
Crescent Railroad and ]. w. Anderson
General Chairman of the Order Of
Railroad Telegraphers, whereby all
the telegraph employees on the North
ern and Southern links of the road
are granted an increase of II per cent
in wages effective from March /.
The beginning of the work of double
tracking the Southern railway from
Morristown to point within a few
miles of Asheville, which will complete
the double track from Knoxville tC
Asheville, the cost of which is les
timated to be about 100000 may
be somewhat delayed on account Of
the threatened war between the United
States and Germany. III
John Lightsinger, charged with the
robbery of nine Nashville churches
before captured by city detectives
pleaded guilty on charges of house
breaking and larceny and was sen
fenced to from one to five years il
each case. Among the articles re
covered as a result of his arrest was {
piano stolen from the Grace Cumber
land Presbyterian church.
when congress convenes in speci6
session. April 2, it will give the presi
dent power to callrout 100000 volun
teers to protect this country" sal
United States Senator X. d. Mcclellan
Senator Mcclellan said the navy wa
ready to defend the country, an
enough officers had been develops
along the Mexican border to train Al
army of sufficient size to meet an
military demand.
w. T. Fleming, Of near Clarksville
claims the record in diversification O
farming last year. Mr. Fleming cult
waited 1872 acres of tobacco, from whicl
he made more than 10000 pounds, an
for which he received $13 per hundre
His expenses were only 80 cents. L
! addition to the tobacco crop, he SUI
! tivated Is acres Of corn and made Is
bushels of Irish potatoes, five bushel
of navy beans and 10 bushels of peas.
The Louisville and Nashville raj
road has placed armed guards a
each end of the tri-state and Poo
Valley Ridge tunnels German spie
have been reported in che, section q
Cumberland Gap, and the measure wa
taken as precaution to prevent dan
age to the tunnels which would s,
riously impair traffic if mot stop
altogether for months.