The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1919-02-28
FROM ALL PARTS
OF TENNESSEE
Reports of Interesting
Events Boiled Down
for Hasty Pcrusal.

Somerville.-Five hundred Fayette
county farmers heard Prof. ]. l.. High
saw plead for a reduction In cotton
acreage and the growing of more food
stuffs. Z
Boliyar.-A meeting OF the farmers.
merchants and bankers of Hardeman
county was held in Bolivar. II was
unanimously agreed to reduce the cot
ton acreage one-third in 1919.
Washington.-It was stated that the
Thirtieth Division probably would
start for home March /. This division
is composed OF Tennessee, North Car.
olina, South Carolina and District OF
Columbia troops.
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shville.--Hersche b. Howard,
son OF the late Maj II. Is. Howard, of
Mount Pleasant. and member of one
of the most prominent Middle Tennes.
zee families, was found dead In room
in the Windsor Hotel.
Dyersburg. a we'll attended
mass.meeting held here the farmers
of Dyer county went on record as ia
voring a reduction In the cotton acre.
age for the 1919 crop. and pledging
themselves as ready to back any plan
.t.h kn al
leans, provided the entire cotton belt
favored 1t.
sden.-Hundreds and thousands
OF pounds of tobacco are being daily
delivered here at the tobacco houses,
Prices paid for the weed run from z
to II cents per pound for Tugs, and
from 10 to 20 cents per pound for the
leaf. This farm product has brought
into the county more than $1,000,O00
since the season commenced.
Jackson. Messages received from
Washington by Sam Baum state that
his son. Amos Baum. who was mem.
Der OF the United States naval crew
aboard the Inflated American oil
tanker J. M. Guffy. which sank ON
Cape Race, is safe. The message states
that while the ship sank, all the crew
and passengers we're rescued
Union City.-The Farmers Coope
rative association. OF kenton. Tenn.
has been organized for the purpose OF
selling everything farmer needs and
buying everything farmer has to
sell. The capital stock IL placed al
$40, 900. and has as It's incorporators
number Of wealthy men. and they
guarantee TO the stockholders 10 pei
cent plus n share In the profits.
Brownsville.-In resposse to the
call made by Gov. Roberts for the OBJ
servance OF safe and Sane Farming
Day" more than thousand farmers
merchants and bankers assembled In
the circuit court room In this city and
perfected a definite organization Tor
the purpose of decreasing by at least
10 per cent the cotton acreage in Hay
wood county and increasing the acre
age of the food and feed corps.
Ripley.-A mass meeting was held
at the courthouse in response to q
call issued by Senator w. II. Miller
and Representative r. II. Oldham to
ascertain the wishes of the people rel
alive to the road law for Lauderdalt
county. II was the consensus OF the
meeting to have the present road law
for I.auderdale county repealed and a
new one enacted The chairman ap
pointed committee composed OF one
mar from each civil district TO ascer
tain the wishes Of the people in each
district relative To the new law. and
during the recess OF the legislature
said bin viii he drafted and presented
for passage after the recess.
Washington. table showing the
number Of men furnished To the army
hy each state during the war was made
public by the War Department. New
York led with 367.sei. and Nevada
stood last with s.i05 In the total of D..
757.s2i men obtained BY draft, volun
tary enlistment or through the nation.
al guard Men actually furnished ran
very closely. the table shows. to the
obligation Of the states making theii
quotas proportionaic To 'h"'- popula
ton. The figures are complied up tt
Nov. ~. The states in the south fur
nished the following number Of sol
diers. Texas. i6l.0s5. Georgia. ~.
soc. Oklahoma. So.is9: Tennessee
Eases: Kentucky. 1905 Alabama
7ts7S. Virginia. 73.ese; North Caro-
lima. 5s.00S, Louisiana. s5.sSs. ar
kansas. si.o3s: Mississippi. si.saS'
south Carolina. b3.lSe: Florida. q.
sai.
Washington. Employment r1ndi
lions in the south. east Of the Nissis-
sippi river. during the past seek WeTe