Jackson County sentinel. (Gainesboro, Tenn.) 1914-current, 1917-01-12
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Several casks Of bottled beer and
several hundred half pints OF lisusr
we're conascated BY the Memphis -
lice In . raid On . club.
Eight hundred and ferry bushels 81
corn we're gathered frezl twelve acres
of land in Bradley County this year.
The corn Is Meals PayBsaster variety.
Robbers blew open the vault Of the
Johnson Pcstefice Sunday Night and
escapd with $1e,ooo worth Of STAMPS
and $100 in money.
Thomas r. Peck, Of Etowah, fsrner
Commissioner Of Agriculture, was
elected as q member Of the beard Of
trustees Of the state fair 70 succseS
Prof. H. A. Morgan, resigned.
Sunday, December 10, has been pre-
claimed Army Day In Tennessee" BY
Gov. Tom C. Rye, when appeals viii
be made ever the state fer aid for tAe
Army Y. M. C. A., which IL keiAg osA-
Quoted among the Tennessee trssHs -
the border.
Ed d. Conners. depesea one year
ago as Knoxville's CHEZ ef Pslice BY
the incoming City Con nissisa, In Q
resolution passed by . 'najo1ty vete,
was ordered reinstated by the TeaAes'
see Supreme Court snd swarssA s1.Sss
accumulated salary. ..
Russell Horton, an i-yeas-sla lAz
from the country near R.istsl, anxious
to sec his grandfather In kes.aska,
left Bristol and is making tAe Trip 70
that state alone. A tag ttasAsA to his
coat contaiLs instructors fer ceHSpc'
tors and trainmel csHceining the UP
The $4,000 endowment funa Of the
University Of Chattanooga was cen
pleted by the receipt Of . check from
Andrew Carnegie for 32e.0es and On
other from the Rockefeller Founda
tons general educaties beard for
$31, ooe.
During the month Of November the
bank clearings Of Nashville were s42,
103, 563, which is q record for the city'i
clearinghouse, the former record, e.
tablished last month, being S41,s7ssSS
The nearest approach to these ngures
was in January, 1914, when the tsta
amounted to nearly s3s. syeoe.
An unusual occurrence on the rivs'
took place In Memphis, when steam
boat owners were forced to have cea
fer dozen daily packets leaving Mem
phis for points On the NJ ssissippi Riv
or hauled to the boats In wagons q
q result Of extremely low water AM
scarcity of coal In the hirbsr.
The services Of the Federal Board o
Mediation and Cancellation we're aske'
for by President Peytsn Of the Nash
VILE, Chattanooga 4 st. Louis Railwa!
to adjust controversy with the road
employees, which already mas results'
In the brotherhood members votfnl
overwhelmingly in favor Of strike
The Johnson County Eigh School .
Mountain City. the mes eastward Q
all the high schools In Tennessee
being in the extreme Nor theastern cor
ner Of the state. Is the best In lis bis
tory. The school Is dtAng excelieR
work and the people are proud Of II
It has Just closed its fall term with n
enrolment Of ESQ
Five passengers were hurt, nene 70
tally, when an East Chattanooga stree
car left the rails and plunged dow
a steep embanknent. The car crashe'
into a negro's house, in.uring q bah.
sleeping In its cradle. The car va
prevented BY the house from turniAI
over, this preventing possible Aeav!
loss Of life.
The passage by Cong ess OF la'
giving tariff protection to. American
dye and chemical manufacturers. II
anticipation of German competitor
after the war, will be o. vast beneA
to the mammoth new Federal Dye
Chemical Cenpany's plant at KiAgs
pert and will probably make the Sui
livan County plant enc OF the larges
of Its kind In the country.
Guilty Of murder" said the fur.
| IN the case Of Mark and Wash Lang
ford, whe are charged with killini
Lee Warner, Is years ole. son Of j. D
Warner, Q merchant OF Clarksvtlle
The case attracted a great deal of In
terest. At the. time 1t occurred u,
killing created q sensation. and Wasi
LAngford was removed from the court
violence being feared.
Fifty.three head Of pure bred breed
| Ing cattle Of the Hereford breed YER
ssld at auction in Nashville fer 81, 236
or an average Of s230.s4 apiece. Thi
sale was conducted by the Middle Tea
nessee Beef Breeders Association, a
orgaaisstisa of cattlsmen In Midi;
Tennessee who are interested in de
yeleping the beef cattle interests O
| their part Of the state and Of the stat,
as Q whsle.
Omitted States Judge Sanford rule<
| IN Federal Court that the City o.
Athens, Tenn, was no. liable fol
S22, go In bonds issued by citizens Of
that town In 1881 for stock In tn,
Nashville & Tellice Railway. Suit fol
payment was brought by W. g. ClsmI