The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-04-07

4 also new PUBIC SCHUOl UulluluS,
| large Touring mill building and large
building on Main street intended for
| an apartment house, and new depot
| is promised in short time. These
improvements are the result of organ
ization. More than twelve months ago
the Burley association was organized
which has now more than three hun
bred members.
Absolute secrecy is being maintain
ed by the war department as to the
use to which Tennessee infantry will
be put should it be mustered back into
federal service. However, it is known
that the purposes to be served are
the same as those in other states.
Every munition factory and powder
plant in Tennessee is to be closely
guarded, as we'll as industries whose
facilities might be of use to the gov
eminent; also all railroad bridges.
The sale of the Dayton Coal and
Iron company's property to Francisco
G. Carey, of Philadelphia, was ratified
by the creditors of the bankrupt con-
Germ. Carey agrees to pay 100000,
fifty thousand dollars cash, and the
deeds are to be delivered when the
new purchaser expends 100000 on
Improvement on the plant at Dayton,
Rhea county. The plant consists Of
two iron furnaces and large bodies
of coal and iron lands.
The general appropriation bill for
the state has been passed by the SEN
ate. 1t carries appropriations Of
$5,000,000 and is designed to provide
for the maintenance Of the state for
the next two years. 1t provides
$4,000 each for the East Tennessee
Division fair at Knoxville, the State
fair at Nashville and the Tri-State fair
at Memphis, or total Of 100000 for
the three for two years. $4,000 was
apportioned the fair at Chattanooga.
The thirty-first annual convention Of
the Tennessee Sunday School Associa-
ton will be held in Murfreesboro June
10, 20 and 81 next. The West Tenn
essee Institute will be held in Dyers-
burg June 26, 27 and % next. The ba-
sis of representation at both of these
meetings is All pastors and superin-
tendents are ex officio delegates; in
addition to these each Sunday school
is entitled to one delegate for every
twenty-five members.
That bonds to the amount Of $4,000
issued by the town of Athens, Tenn,
in 1888, are valid is the contention in
the appeal taken to the United States
circuit court, by George Westcott Bey-
err, resident of Maine, and William J.
Clemens, who are the holders of the
bonds. The bonds are repudiated by
Athens, which is no longer town."
but it is ranked as "city." The town
avoided its responsibility for the bonds
by claiming that it was not legally in
'eeipefated at that time
AS a result of short courses in agri-
uSlu III OulllPdA County, q llNO
stock association will be organized.
The men interested in the organiza-
ton see in the livestock industry great
chances for increasing the general
prosperity Of the county. Instead Of
so much grain as is now raised, it Is
believed that live stock can be pro-
duced with greater profit. The fact
that more than 600 persons attended
the short courses indicate the extent
of the interest in the new club.
Government officers advertised for
sale on April 20 the home and business
property of E. E. Gouge the well known
Bristol distiller, to satisfy claim Of
$162,000 for taxes alleged to be due
the government from the Gouge
distilleries The property includes the
handsome Gouge home, values at
500, 900, thirty-three acres of land with
in the city limits, valuable State
street and other property. The sale
cannot be enjoined, and the only re-
course for six months is an application
for refund.
Through the city schools, extensive
vegetable and flower garden work is
being organized for the boys and girls
of Morristown. Cash prizes will be
offered for the best vegetable gardens
cultivated by boys and girls, with a
championship prize for the best gar
den in the city. Special prizes will
also be offered for the best flower
beds. Lectures will be given the boys
and girls on the preparation of their
garden plots, cultivation, etc, and free
seeds will be furnished to all who
enter the contests.
Capt. Thierichens, commander of
the Prinz Eitel Friedrich, and Lieut..
Berg, Of the Appam, commerce raiders,
are among the German sailors informed
at Fort Oglethorpe. The sailors with
their officers are very comfortably
located and seem to be well contented
with the provisions made for their
comfort during their enforced stay at
the fort. While they are not allowed
outside Of the sentry-guarded barbed
wire barricade, the men are permitted
out on the wide verandas and yard of
the barracks. The sailors are being
closely guarded and not allowed to
communicate with any visitors