The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-02-10

The bill repeating the anti.capital
punishment law in Tennessee passed
the Legislature and was signed by
Governor Rye.
In the event the severance of diplo-
matte relations with Germany leads to
war and it becomes necessary for
President Wilson to call for volunteers,
all of the cavalry and infantry recruits
for Tennessee, with the exception OF
the Third Congressional District, will
be molilized at Memphis. This is in
accordance with plan worked out by
the war college division of volunteer
army in the event of an emergency.
Lucky" Harry X. Baldwin is willing
to try his luck on treacherous prop
osition. From New South Memphis,
he has written to the marriage license
bureau in New York City asking it to
find him wife, as he is lonely. She
must be some nice lady, not past 80
and willing to live on poultry farm"
Harry admits he is very fond of black
eyes, also black hair, and especially
those who weigh near the 165-pound
class"
Tobacco sales were large at Clarks-
Vile last week and almost 100000
pounds were sold at the loose hoor
warehouses. The highest price paid
was for a good leaf, which brought
$14.1O per 100 pounds. Lugs ranged
from $3.50 to $1O.22. Many buyers were
present to bid on the offerings. The
extreme cold weather is expected to
put stop to heavy deliveries for few
days, as none of the farmers will &C
cept the weed on cold days.
Keen interest is being manifested
in the possibility that the Illinois Cen
trail and Southern Railroad may soon
take over the Tennessee Central, ex-
tending from Hopkinsville to Harr1-
man, Tenn, the Illinois Central to take
the road from Hopkinsville to Nash
vile and the Southern to have the Sec
.tiont from Nashville to Hartman This
was the arrangement under which they
operated the Tennessee Central for
about three years several years ago:
The Criminal Court grand jury in
Nashville has returned indictments
against IL locker clubs and three
large wholesale distributing concerns.
The information on which the indict-
ments were returned was furnished by
Commissioner Eskew, of the State
Pure Food and Drug Department.
Practically all of the clubs against
which indictments were returned
have closed their doors, but the indict-
ments covered alleged offenses COM
mitted sometime ago.
The sum of $1S6,000 would be an
equitable annual income for the Uni
versity of Tennessee from the state,
conservatively estimates Dr. Brown
Ayres, president, who decries the plan
proposed in a bill now before the Leg
islature to allow the university an
annual appropriation of only $4,000.
The appropriation proposed by the bill
would be some 10 or Is per cent less
than it is at present receiving. This
year the university's portion of the
states revenue amounted to $4,000.
An agricultural campaign to cover
all of West Tennessee is being planned
by the Division of Extension of the
University of Tennessee in co-opera-
ton with the Tri-State Better Farm
ing Committee. Sixty speakers will
enter West Tennessee on February IL
to work with the farmers for the pur'
pose of making farming in West Ten
nessee even more profitable than it is
now. This campaign is to prepare the
cotton farmers to meet boil weivil con
ditions. The pest has just made its
appearance in the western counties.
The Tennessee Central Railroad is
to be offered for sale at public auction
in Nashville under decree of the
United States District Court next
week. That under this decree nc
sale will be made seems to be the
consensus of opinion of those famil
lar with the circumstances II nc
sale be effected, it is believed the
Illinois Central and the Southern
Railroads will foreclose the prior lier
mortgage by which their $4,Ol4,O0l
Tennessee Central bonds are secured
and thereby acquire possession OF the
road.
The antipass bill passed the lower
house of the Legislature. The bill was
amended, however, so as to exempt
farmers attending agricultural instl
tutes, employees, physicians and coun
sci of railroad and their families; mu
nicipal officers, policemen and firemen
members of the State departments Of
agriculture, health and education
newspaper people, and the inmates ano
officials of public and private char
| liable institutions. 1t was also amend
| ed to provide for the interchange oi
passes among railroads to railroad EN-
ployes.
Memphis is preparing the first and
biggest pageant ever staged in the
South. It will be a double celebra
ton, beginning May 22nd and lasting
three days, featuring the opening o.
the Harahan Bridge across the Mis-