The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-07-24
MY COUNTRY
'TISOF THEE
By S. J. FULLWOOD
TENNESSEE

Tennessee is III the east south
central group of states in these
United States. 1t is bounded on
the north by Kentucky ana VT
oinia: on the east by North Car
DINA; on the south by Georgia
Alabama and Mississippi; ana on
the west by Arkansas and MIS-
souri,. The natural western
boundary is the Mississippi river
The topography of the state IS
mountainous in, the eastern por.
tion-theSe mountains being OF
the range of 'Appalachians. me
central portion of the state is MI
". but not mountainous only IN
the Cumberland mountain regions
in the north central part; and the
western portion near the Mlssiss-
ippi river is bottom land OF ex-
tremely alluvial soil structure
The table land of the Cumber-
land mountains has an average
altitude of 1000 feet. The Great
Smoky mountains form in part,
the eastern border of Tennessee
and attitudes range upward 70
5000 feet in places. Mr.. HuyoI
is the highest peak in the state
with an altitude OF $3.50 1eet
above sea level. -,
IL p bool::!et published by the
Department of Agriculture for
Tennessee, we are given a small
copy of the state seal, done IN
black and white. This copy mea-
sures one and a half inches IN
diameter. Between the outer and
inner rims of the seal. reading
from life to right, we see The
Great Seal of the State OF Tenn
esSee" and at the bottom appears
1876" In the center of the
seal at the bottom appears the
word Commerce." with a beat
sailing on a stream Just above
the word. In exact center APP
pears the word agriculture" AT
the top of this inner circle APP
pears the Roman numerals
xvi" and inscribed therein
from left to right is seen: a pillow,
8 sheaf of wheat or corn, and q
small tree. .a.. -.
The State flower for Tennessee
is 1.-THE Iris" The nickname or
the name the state goes by some.
times is, "The Volunteer State"
The State bird is the Mocking.
bird. The State song is entitled
my Homeland, Tennessee" The
is 100000. And the
state capitol is located at Nash
Vile.
Tennessee has a state flag. The
flag is of q deep red color, with
a blue inset in the middle. On
this field of blue is seen three
white stars. The outer edge of
the flag is also blue; and the
whole is mounted on gold staff,
The flag is best described in the
following poem given to us by
the State Department of Agricul-
ture:
"Three stars upon a field of blue
God keep the mstrong and free
One stands for me, one stands
for you,
One stands for Tennessee"
Agriculture is the leading in
dustry of the state. The MAJOR
crop is Indian corn. Other I'M
portant crops raised there in
clude: tobacco, cotton, field crops
all kinds of fguits. Livestock
is an important agricultural in
dustry in the state as well.
The major mineral of the state
is coal. Of this mineral a large
quantity of it is converted into
coke for intra-state and out of
state shipments. "Iron ores are
found i'm forty-four counties"
The production of silver in Tenn
essee reached 1888 ounces in
1880. Much zinc is found in The
state. among the non-metallic
minerals may be mentioned large
deposits of phosphate rock, clay
products, sandstone, marble and
limestone" Also we find large
amounts of photographers stone,
cement and slate. Tennessee
marble is used extensively in
building, and it forms the inside
casing of the National Capitol
and Library of Congress in Wash
ington."
Transportation in the state con-
sists largely of steam railways,
river navigation and highway
traffic. "There are 1862 miles
of steam railways and 507 miles
of electric railways in the state.
The state maintains 6571 miles
of highway, Of which 5000 miles
are surfaced. The chief railways
are the Nashville, Chattanooga
and st. Louis; the Louisville and
Nashville; and the Tennessee
Central" The Mississippi and
Tennessee rivers form most of
the river shipping done in the
state.
In Tennessee there are 1861 es-
Establishments for manufacture,
which employ a total of 94,909
wage earners. The principle
forms of manufacture in the
state are: agricultural products,
of which the leading forms are:
flour and grist mills, extensive
manufacturing of cotton goods,
lumber products, dyestuffs, leath-
err. textiles of woolens, wagons,
and implements. Some iron and
steel manufacturing is done in
Tennessee.
An interesting factor in the
study of Tennessee as a state is
found in connection with the pop
ulation. Tennessee is almost
wholly American in population.