The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-03-24

Nashville, steps Will snortIy DC lahon
to inaugurate statewide campaign
for funds to complete the monument
in the state capital grounds. Already
the base for the statue has been con-
structed at the main south entrance
to the grounds for which the associa-
ton has paid $4,000, which is pay
ment in full for this work.
Breeders of purebred Aberdeen-An-
gus beef cattle have organized an as.
ISOLATION in Blount county The OBJ
ject of the association Is first to de-
yelop the Aberdeen-Angus breed, and,
second, to bring to the attention OF the
buying world Blount county as pro-
Queer of high-class beef cattle. Special
arrangements are to be made to guar
antee to thepurchaser the livestock
sold from that county.
For the purity of the ballot in David
son county, the Nashville delegation
in the legislature has consented to In
troduce bill raising the pay OF cleo
ton clerks, registrars and judges from
81 to So per day, and to make service
In such positions compulsory. These
steps were urged by the county cleo
ton commission who complained OF
inability to secure competent men.
The bill applies to Davidson only.
A senate committee to investigate
the high cost Of coal and food met in
Nashville and heard encouragement
from various parts of the state. At
torney-General r. A. Mynatt, of Knox
Vile, speaking of the coal situation in
his section, said that shildren had
frozen to death in East Tennessee.
Among the suggestions offered was
that grand juries be given inquisitor-
ial power to investigate.
The Nashville, Chattanooga & st.
Louis railway has rendered the use
of its right-of-way to its employees in
the maintenance Of way department
for cultivation. There are some 1900
employees in this department and this
action ON the part Of the road is to en-.
courage cultivation Of gardens to bring
down the high cost Of living to the men.
Several hundred acres of productive
land will thus be opened to cultivation
along the road.
Passage of an anti-pass, an anti
lobby bill, adjustment of the fee sys-
tenn, the convict lease system and
other needed legislation was urged by
Gov. Tom c. Rye In q special mes
sage to the two houses of the State
Legislature. Pointing out the time
left at this session, the Governor urged
that the Legislature hasten to carry
out their platform pledges with regard
to laws which were promised and
which have not yet been enacted.
Since the home gardening move.
ment began throughout the country
as q means to meet the increased cost
of food, the Department Of Agriculture
in Washington, d. G., has been swamp
cd with hundred DIS Of Of Thousands Of re
quests for free seeds. The free seeds
provided by Congress are distributed
as members of Congress themselves
direct, and this years supply of about
100000 worth was long ago exhaust
ed. No more free seeds will be avail
able until late in the summer.
The Loundon County Cooperative
Cow Testing association has issued
its report for the month ending
March l, showing that herds Of COWS
in the association have gained in pro
duction while the cost of feeding and
caring for them was reduced. In one
herd the cost of feeding was $26.61
less than for the previous month. This
herd showed an increase of 1923 pounds
of milk and 1913 pounds of butter fat
The additional profit thus obtained
amounted to $49.50 for the herd.
Col. ]. w. Farley, former govern
ment census taker for Memphis dis
trict, Is authority for information tina
German agents are working thruou
southern states to induce negroes t.
desert the government In case OF war
| He said the agents were PROMISING
the negroes equal privileges and urg
| ing them to resent other treatmen
by Americans. Farley made repor
! to federal authorities, designating
/ town near Jackson, Miss, where h
claims many negroes are holdin
secret meetings and have been armed
The Tennessee pure seed" law wa
upheld by the State Supreme Cour'
This law provides that all seed sol
| In this state in the market must stan
a rigid inspection and that the selle
must comply with rigid requirement
of the state department OF agricu
ture in order to guarantee that tn
seed offered for sale comes up to
stipulated standard of purity. The La
was enacted in 1909 but has neve
been enforced because Of the opinio
of the state officials that the law wa
unconstitutional.
Petroleum in paying quantities ha
been found in twenty or more Kel
lucky counties. In as many MOI
counties test wells are now drilling
preparation shown for beginning
testing, and the summer season wi
doubtless add quite a number of ne
extensions to the productive are
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