The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-02-10
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dry Dill, which puts an end to all
shipments of liquor as beverage into
the state after March LIST.
T. Charlton Howell has assumed
charge of the Chattanooga postoffice
Mr.. Howell is the twenty-first man to
hold the office in the last 81 years
He gave bond for 100000
The equal suffrage measure was de-
feated in the Senate by vote of 81
to II. The fight was one OF the hot
test in the present session of the Leg
islature.
A. L. Saunders, negro physician,
was fined $1,000 in the Federal Court
at Memphis for alleged violation of the
anti-narcotic' laws. His motion for a
new trial was overruled He paid the
fine F
Mat Watkins and Tom Leek, two
farmers who live north Of lebanon,
in the Centerville neighborhood, had
a difficulty over the location of a
division fence, which resulted in Wat
kins killing Leek with an axe.
Athens is to have another hosiery
mill Through the efforts of several
progressive business men, $4,000 has
been subscribed and charter asked
for and preparations are being read
lily made for the starting of this new
mill Property has been purchased.
The Farm Land Board in Washing
ton has made a ruling that no loans
would be granted ON farm lands unless
the lands were in sanitary condition.
the condition of the lands to be passed
upon by the State Board Of Health of
each State.
Resolutions were adopted In both
houses of the Legislature expressing
confidence in President Wilson and
pledging him the readiness Of Ten
nesseeans to do whatever duty he may
assign to them in the possible conflict
with Germany.
The custer proceedings instituted
against City Manager p F. Melon
aid, of Johnson City, were heard, but
the mayor and four aldermen stood by
the official. Mr.. Mcdonald made a
public confession of his short COM
ings and promised to avoid a repeti-
ton of the offense.
A short course for merchants of
Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia, Ala
bama, North Carolina and Georgia is
expected to be held in Knoxville about
the first week in March 1t will be
given under the auspices Of the Uni
versity of Tennessee and the Com
mercial Club of Knoxville.
February will be day of thanks
giving in Nashville and il. the entire
South. 1t is Peabody Day,Fa Semi
centennial celebration of George Pea
body's first gift to this section. Ex-
| ercises will be held in schools over
the entire section that day. but the
principal ones will be in Nashville.
The Wilson County Cooperative
Creamery closed its first five months
of operation last week. At the meet
ing of the stockholders it was ascer-
| tanned that during the five months 49,
652 pounds of butter had been made,
and that the stockholders had been
paid an average Of 1873 cents for but
| ter-fat.
Earl Ousley, of Cottage Grove,
was almost instantly killed and his
companion, Harvey Baltimore, was
probably fatally injured when an auto.
mobile in which were three other Cot.
tage Grove youths, plunged over 40
= foot embankment into water-filled
gravel pit near Paducah, Ky, during a
rainstorm.
A bill appropriating $4,000 for mail
carried in the Southern States during
the Civil War, previously passed by
the House at Washington, was passed
by the Senate last week. The money
goes to mail contractors, mostly Con
federate veterans, or their heirs. The
800 claims have been pending for more
than half century.
Springfield mills are Offering $1.9O
per bushel for wheat and fancy patent
flour is selling at the mills at $1O.4O
per barrel. Nearly all the farmers
have sold their wheat, but few are
still holding, all of them waiting for
So or better. While comparatively
few got the present high prices, all got
$3.50 or better.
Rev, Spencer Tunnel, as president
and Miss Hannah Price, as secretary
of the Audubon Society of Morristown
have written all members of the
Tennessee delegation ugring favor
able action on the bill which effects
comfy between Canada and the
United States in enforcing migratory
bird laws.
A company to manufacture wooler
blankets in Morristown has been or
ganized and charter will be applied
for at once. The company has a cap
ital stock of $4,000 New York ant
Boston business men promoted the
proposition, The chief product viii
be high grade wooden blankets, an(
it is stated that orders have already
been booked.
| Secretary of the Navy Daniels
commission to investigate sites fol
the Governments proposed 900,
900 armor plate plant and recommend
one is expected to visit Knoxville
about February 18th. The commits