The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-02-17


finished the examination of the trees
in the largest orchards. The warm
days in January followed by the recent
blizzard have been the ruin Of one OF
the most valuable crops, the Elberta
peaches, which are killed beyond a
doubt.
The Citizens Bank, WATERFOWL,
which was closed by the state banking
department Jan. 10, reopened for bust
ness last week. Superintendent of
Banks ]. L. Emerson states that this
is one of the good provisions of the
state banking law-that closed bank
may resume business upon making
good all differences and complying
with all requirements of the law.
Secret orders received in Memphis
by Captain ]. G. Morrow from Wash
ington resulted in the aviation, corps
of seventy-five men in Memphis hasten
ening preparations for service work,
such as accepting recruits and start
ing of the army aviation school.
Daily practice work has begun. The
school was moved to Memphis from
Chicago.
All search for Raymond Stinnett,
the Is year old son of Mrs. Mary Stin-
nett, of Jefferson city, who disappeared
from his hsme has proved unavailing.
The boy left schol, January 22, and was
last seen in Knoxville. Stinnett has
light hair, light complexion, slender,
is five feet tall, and when he left home
was wearing a blue serge coat, striped
trousers, corduroy cap, blue shirt
and black shoes.
Although less than 46 years old, Mrs.
Thomas Goens, formerly Of Claiborne
county in Tennessee, now residing
near Craftsville, KY, is the mother Of
sixteen children, twelve of whom are
still living. There are no twins,
Mrs. Goens says she has three sons in
the U. s. army who will show their
colors for the right should the -impend-
ing trouble between this country and
Germany result in war.
Patrick L. Thornburgh, aged "a,
member of company A, First North
Carolina infantry, died as a result Of
an accident that happened as the
special train carrying his regiment
home from Texas was leaving Knox
vile. Thornburgh had climbed on top
of car and was waving farewell
when his head struck viaduct sup
ports and he was knocked to the
ground.
The Kentucky Trettlng Horse Breed
ers' Association announced that 500
horses have been named for the $751;
600 futueity to be decided here in
October. Tennessee has Is entries,
Frank G. Jones having five, Hugh N.
Nulam, five and Oakhurst farm, FIVE.
The names of the entries were not an
nounced. Patchen Wilkes farm, Ken
lucky, heads the list with 81. Two
hundred and seventy nominators are
representa- from 25 states and Canada.
German citizens in Tennessee seek
sns information of aGy sort should
apply to the Swiss Consul at Cincin-
natl. All of the German consuls will
leave the United States, and the work
of Consul Merger at Cincinnati will be
turned over to Edmund Luthy, whose
address in Cincinnati is 1904 Vine
street. Consul Mergers territory was
the same as that of the Swiss Consul,
embracing the States Of Ohio, Ken.
lucky, Indiana and Tennessee.
The report of the state food and
drugs department for January shows
ITO towns visited and 1,275 inspections
made by four inspectors. The inspec
ton covered forty-five counties. Eleven
different lots of food were condemned
including meats, canned vegetables
pickles, molasses, ETC. Six short
weight and four fraudulent measuring
devices were condemned. The fnspec'
lions discovered many packages of
food offered for sale not properly
labeled and dealers were warned.
About three miles of the bed of the
Knoxville, Sevierville & Eastern rail
road extension has been built and
work on the steel bridge across the
river near Sevierville is progressing
The road is being extended from Sc
vierville to Gatlinburg, distance OF
about twenty-five miles, for which
rights-of-way have been secured. The
extension is expected to be completed
by July /. This road is being built
through some of the most valuable iron
ore land in East Tennessee.
Considerable difficulty is being ex
perienced by the legislative committee
Investigating claims against the state
by citizens of the section adjacent ia
the Brushy Mountain mines caused by
the overflow of Crooked creek. The
records of the investigating committee
of the legislature of 1911 have not been
found, and the present committee is
at loss to determine just how many
claims have previously been settled
twenty-five claims are now registered
against Tennessee on this score.
Although living within 100 miles OF
each other, William Adams, residing
on the Claiborne county, Tennessee
border, met his sister, Mrs. Ben P
Webb, of Sergent, KY, last week fol-
the first time in about thirty years
They believed each other as dead
Through local paper year age
William Adams was located in Tenn