The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-01-06

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That Tennessee pays about ten per.
cent more for quite number of school
books than the state of Kansas was
called to the attention of the state free
text book commission by John w.
Gaines, one of the members of the
commission. He submitted list of
text books that are used by both states
and showed that in nearly every in.
stance Tennessee's contract Is apprec.
iably higher than that of the state of
Kansas. An investigation is being
made.
Another attempt will be made by the
Tennessee Constitutional Convention
league to secure amendments to the
state constitution. Secretary Gilbert
Of the league announces that bills very
similar to those introduced at the last
session Of the legislature will be sub.
mitted at the approaching session ask
Ing that the people again be allowed
to vote on the question Of constitu-
tional convention. The proposition
was defeated by a small vote last
August.
Louisville has been selected as the
location for one of the IL Federal Farm
Loan banks. 1t will serve the district
composed of Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky
and Tennessee. The banks will be es-
tablished as soon as practicable. Each
will have a capital of $750,000. The
banks will be organized temporarily
by the appointment by the Federal
farm loan board of five directors for
each bank, who shall be residents of
the district in which the bank is To-
Gated.
A decision which resulted in the re-
coyery of over $4,000 worth of confis.
Gated liquor by dozen locker clubs
of Nashville was handed down by Judge
A. B. Neil in the Davidson county
criminal court. Judge Neil held that
the bench warrants he issued for the
arrest of the club operators who were
violting the liquor law did not give
the authorities the right to confscate
and hold their stocks, and that the
power to return the liquors to its right
full owner was solely with the sheriff of
the county.
Since in the process of elimination
only twenty-five contestants for the
$11,000,000 government armor plate
plant remain to be considered as avail.
able, Secretary Daniels has appointed
an expert naval committee to inspect
the places. This committee consists Of
Admiral F. F. Fletcher, Commander
Frank H. Clark and Reuben Backenhof
government engineer. The commit.
tee will start ON Its tour of inspection
at an early date and among the first
places to be visited will be Chattanooga.
Knoxville, Johnson City and Elizabeth.
ton.
A schedule of classes and list Of
faculty for the short course for high
way engineers to be conducted jointly
by the University of Tennessee and
the Tennessee State Department Of
Highways In KNOXVILLE, beginning this
week, has just been completed. The
object of this short course Is to train
a. corps of engineers who will do the
work of the counties in cooperation
with the Tennessee State Department
Of Highways and Uaited States office
of public roads, spending the Federal
aid money due to Tennessee when the
state makes like appropriation.
If the State Department of Educa-
ton can accept the provisions of the
Smith Hughes bill now pending in
Congress many hundreds of thousands
of dollars will be received by this
state to be used in vocational educa-
tion. The bill provides an appropria-
tion of 100000 for 1917, and this
appropriation is increased annually
until 1925, when 1t has reached the
100000 mark. In order to accept
the provisions of the measure 1t will
be necessary for the state to put up
dollar for dollar, to be raised by the
state or community for vocational
education.
Twenty-Five city prisoners were given
their freedom in Police Court at Knox
vile, and also presented with a Bible
and short lecture by Police Judge
Robert P Williams. Judge Williams
referred to the fact that year ago
he liberated eleven men and only one
of these appeared before him again
and several had given up lives of use
lessness and are now law-abiding citi-
zens. He had followed their careers
and he told those before him that he
would watch them anxiously to see
that they did not betray the confidence
he reposed in them by turning them
loose,
Tennessee's representation among
the notable men and women of Amer.
lea, as shown by a. careful study and
dissection of the most recent edition of
who's Who is sufficient to cause the
heart of any son or daughter Of the
Volunteer state to swell with Unstable
pride, according to Allen Griffin John.
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