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Cross ville Chronicle.
I CONSOLIDATED
i 1896
OROSBVILLE CHRONICLE
CROSSVILLE. TENNESSEE. WEDNESDAY. MARCH 10. 1915.
NO. I0
VOL. XXIX.
ABOUT ROOT CROPS.
The Carrot Is One That Would Prove
Profitable Here, Says Hawkeye.
Editor Chronicle :
1 want to say a word about a root
crop that should be more generally
raised than it is, especially in this
county, as it seems to be particularly
adapted to our soil. The crop in ques
tion is carrots.
They are a very healthful food for
nearly all kinds ot stock and also for
people as well. Horses, cattle and
sheep are very fond of them after they
once get a taste of them.
I fully believe they can be made to
produce as large, a crop as any root
that can be named, unless it is man
gels. Lat year 1 dug a full half bushel
meas r i from a one-rod row. Any one
caii 11 e What that would be pera':re,
couii . ..; 'he rows two feet apart.
Tbei n be grovn even clodr than
that and they will grow very close in
the row, but to get the largest roots
they snould be thinned to 2 to 4 inches
apart. 1 often leave them a great deal
thicker than that and get a good yield,
but smaller roots.
A great many do not raise them be-
II 1 nn4
cause the seea is so smau aim uu
nlants very small when they first ap-
near. If they are planted very early
in the season weeds will give a good
deal of trouble and much hand weeding
will have to be done, but if the ground
kflnt . stirred and the small weeds
killed nntil some time in June then the
crop planted witn a good quick-acting
fertilizer in the drill, one will not have
much trouble with weeds and the work
rn nparlv all be done with cultivator
and hoe. Some may think that is too
late planting but wiith our average
season that will give them plenty of
time to fully mature. a crop. Last year
I haf forgotten my raw of cairots until
June 20, 1 then planted the row, using
some hen manure and a little fertilizer
(12 per cent phosphoric acid and 12 per
cent potash) in the row to give them a
quick start, f he row was in our truck
patch and got three o? four workings
with the cultivator, a hoeing or two
and thinaing done mostly with the hoe;
there were no weeds to speak of. Soil
was pretty thin.
Along in early part en the winter I
wanted a mess of carrot to cook and
went out and dug half a .bushel basket
full and wasi surprised at the short
piece of the row it took. When 1
measured it S found it jue one rod.
The most of the row is still in the
ground. They tan be left sM winter in
the ground just where they grew if the
crowns are covered with an inch or two
of soil ; a shallow furrow with a suiali
turning plow will do that rapidly.
It takes only a small quantity of
seed as the seeds are small and light,
but it is oest to sop very thick and
then thin out, as the seed is c heap. It
can be giown here as easily a turnip
seed an . in exactly the same limner.
There is something in this mountain
soil that seems exactly sui Led to the
growth of carrots as they grow very
luxuriantly if given a fair eliance.
1 hope all the farmers of the county
will try fit least a small patch thisyetW
and I think they wlil be greatly pleasei?
witn thm. Then try eating some of j
them for they are fine in soups ana
just plain ooiled with butter on them
or hoileil and then fried. They make
as fine pies as pumpkins, made in ex
actly the same way.
Don't forgot to give your horses a
taste ot thatti raw, or the old cow or
an old e ve with lamb, if the dogs have
left you iny of the latter.
Yours for oettur farming.
Hawkeye.
POWDER AND COTTON,
Nearly All the Powder Used by the
Warring Mations Is Made From
Cotton,
Many people are not aware that cot
ton plays the important part that it
does in the manufacture of powder
used in the great war now going on in
Europe. Here are a few facts on that
point :
More than 60 per cent of the powder
used today is made from cotton linters.
Linters are the fine cotton that cilngs
to the seed when it is removed from
the cotton in the course of ginnng.
When linters cannot be had cotton is
used. Linters are preferred because it
does not require so much labor to chop
it fine enough to make powder.
About one pound of powder is made
from each pound' ? linters.
In America there are live gunpowder
plants with a normal output, oi ten
millions of pounds ; when run to full
capacity they can produce fifteen mil
lion pounds of powder in a. year, which
would require 30,000 bales of linters.
The powder making capacity of Eu
rope is from ten to twenty times that
of America. It is possible for Europe
I to produce 300,000,000 pounds of pow
der in a year. That would mean the
consumption of 600,000 bales of linters
or cotton, and it is claimed that Europe
is shooting away all the powder they
can make. It is very probable that
not less than 46 (100 bales of cotton or
used annually., tor
the warring nations
MASS MEETING CALL
DIXIE HIGHWAY
LOOKING TO THE
DIXIE HIGHWAY
linters are be:,
powder alone L;
of Europe.
It is the big
powder. It re
i hs that eat up the
jires 300 pounds of
powder to fire a 12-inch gun. Infantry
could fire 42,000 shots with ..that
amount of powder. It is possible for
a modern battleship to use 5,000 to
6,000 pounds of powder in one round of
all its guns. i'hat is equal to ten or
or twelve bales of cotton.
So, it will be seen that war is a great
consumer of cotton on the one hand
while it paralyzes many industries that
would use cotton in a more desirable
and humane way.
J.MPORTANT WHEAT DISCOVERIES
Tne Illinois Agricultural Department
has discovered a wheat that will thrive
on alkali land. This is of great im
portance as there are many thousand
acres of alkail lands in the south-wt'-tern
part of the country that have
no1 been cultivated to much extent be-
cauv ot being so -aeavny enargwi
Witt, alkali.
The Ohio Agricultural Station has
developed a wheat that will not lodge
umiet .conditions that have proved very
destructive to the ordinary wheat.
This wail mean an immense saving to
wheat grower in mmt parts of the
country-
Leading Citizens from Nearly All Parts
of the County Join in the Call and
a Large Attendance Is Ex
pected Next Saturday.
We, the undersigned citizens of
Crossville and Cumberland county, be
lieving that the proposed Dixie High
way, that is planned to extend from
Ctiicagc, 111., to Tauipp, Fla., would
be ot untold benefit to this county and
believing this to be the most desirable
section of Tennessee through which it
could pass, are very desirous of lending
all posible aid to bringing it through
this county.
To that end we request that the cit
izens of the entire county, so far as
possible, meet in the court house at
Crossville, Saturday, March 13, at 1 p
m., to discuss the most reasonable and
probable means of lending such aid
and encouragement to this project as
are within our ability as a people and
as a county. Also to discuss means for
further extension ot the work on the
Me.nphis-to-Bristol highway, now par
tially completed through our county.
Further, to appoint a committee to
attend the meeting at Chattanooga,
April 8, calling together the governors
of six, states, and all other persons in
terested in the building of said Toad,
for the purpose of devising ways and
means for compieiw- Hue. . project- at
he oarliest possible date
J. C. Kemmer,
D. M. Wheeier.
A. L. Tabor,
Lee Noland,
J. L. Burnett,
.J. E. Burnett,
U P. Burnett,
W. F. Bandy.
S. C. Bishop,
Hoe Stanley,
R. A. Powel.
I. S. Cline,
J. Q. Wyatt,
J. L. Brown,
M. F. Reed,
W. C. Ktyes,
J. W. Dorton,
V. L. Lewis,
Jas. Smith,
J. S. Reed.
WAR SITUATION.
The English and French war shiosi
are hammering away at the Darda
nelles forts and their fall seems only a
question of time, but it now seems that
the task is not so simile as was at first
thought. The Russian Black Sea fleet
is moving on Constantinople from the
least, but the Turkish and Austrian
fleets will endeavor tdstay their prog
ress, which promises -4 least some de
j lay, but the final oitcome does not
iseem likely to be alte'ed.
The bombardment o the Dardanelles
is arousing Italy, Buljaria and Greece.
Greece will be sure to join the allies'
HIGH SCHOOL.
Much Interest Aroused at Chattanooga
Last Week.
Judge Geo. P. Burnett, as was an
nounced last week, attended a meeting
of the Chattanooga Automobile Club.
He returned Thursday morning.
He reports that the meeting was well
attended by representatives from the
various counties through which the
Dixie Highway will probably pass.
There were representatives from the
counties along the direct line from
Chattanooga to Louisville as well as
from counties along the line by way of
Nashville.
Judge Burnett states that the people
along the line from Chattanooga to
Nashville are making a hard pull to
have the highway located by wayof
Nashville instead of the James route,
or the route from Chattanooga by way
of Pikeville, CfOSSMlc, Jamestown,
etc but the changes favor the latter
rou'e provided the counties through
which the highway will run will show
enough interest in the proposed route.
Fentress county, through Judge Case
and County Attorney Evans, was rep
resented and proffered to turn over to
those having the matter in charge
$165,000 of tlje county's bonds provided
the road was completed through that
county. Bledsoe county proposed to
turn over a completed road through
that county provided it came that way.
They are already grading the road and
now have about twenty miles graded.
So it would seem that the only diffi
culty in getting this great highway to
come this way is getting the people of
this county sufficiently interested to
make a pull for it. This county will
lose an opportunity that will not likely
come this way again it it fails to take
active steps to secure this road IhVough
the county.
The meeting at Chattanooga last
week was only preparatory tr, wnat is
called the Governors' meeting which
will be hel i in Chattanooga April the
third, ;it n'hich thseit will be -determined
whfWS- rofrlNfthiiway i to
take Cumberlnnrfcounty should he
well represented at this meeting.
It will be necessary tor Cumberland
county to get busy and do all possible
to encourage the coming of the road
through this county . Manchester and
Nashville have already formed an or
ganizations with th object of influenc
ingthe road to come that way.
Our position is a very stragetic one
because the idea of building the road
through the most scenic sectio n tra
versed is very strong, hut it will not
do to rely on that solely. It may well
be made a very strong card in our fa
vor, hut more than that will he re
quired if we get the road.
Active work should begin at once to
develop some method for offering all
the assistance and encouragement pos
sible. The editor of the Chronicle has
talked with several prominent people
from different parts of the county and
find that the sentiment is very strong
j for offering ever.v possible encourage
ment to the road. All agree that a
concrete road between Crossville and
Chattanooga, to say nothing of the
proposed extension from Chicago to
Tampa, would be the must beneficial
thing that has come to this county
since the railroad was built. We have
no douht that if the proper steps are
taken by the people of Crossville the
Clarkrange
Somerse. Ky.,
here a lew days
encourage-
eountrv neon e will mm mml i,,..,,.i.,i,.
nr,A Itnl,, ri.ii, .... atn LV.,. i! .' . . .'
any, iLcij. i ui vjiccucjin lending an tne aid and
and Bulgaria to enter the war almost ' ment possible.
. . . I ...... I ffl. ; a , . . . .
Pro-am of Literarv Society jjlvi-' any time would create little surprise, ne time is none coo long, in tact is
Piogram ol Literary society , ijivi Grecian king it doing- all nossi short' tor arra"!?ing the propsr cond -
sion "B", to he given Friday night. ; but tne reuan Kin J MHg all possi-j tjong t() enabe a delegation from this
Song by Society. j ble to maintain neutrality. 1 he Ital- county to go to Chattanooga prepared
Devotnonl exercises J R Bose ! lan Populace favor war, but the gov- j to put up a strong fight and one that
Origin of St. Patrick's W. Lelah ement is seeking to remain neural. " Pe effective.
rtiioiiier uig i-iiiuc i ueveiupmg on
Andrew Smith, of
was visiting relatives
ago.
Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Todd were vis
iting at Stephen Todd's Saturday and
Sunday.
O. C. Conatser, of Harriman, E. M.
; Shelley and Thos. Wheeler, of James
town, were in town Sunday.
The Singing class meets every Sun
day evening for an hour.
Rev. I. W. Todd and wife were vis
iting in Toddtown last week.
C. J. Cross, ot Glen Mary, was vis
iting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. T.
Cross, a few days ago.
N. B. Atkinson is putting in a mill
about a half mile from Clarkrange.
He will run a saw mill, planing and
shingle mill.
J. M. Peters was in Jamestown sev
eral davs last week on business.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Peters were vis
iting W. H. Peters' Sunday.
Preston McDonald and Walter Sells,
of N'tHe Carrier, were visiting W. E.
McDonald a lew days ago.
J. F. Cross mailt' h business trip to
Jamestown and Lake Wednesday and
Thursday.
We have had some tine weather re
cently, which most farmers have taken
advantage of. Everybody in this sec
tion have put their gardens out.
Rev. Ellison was quite sick last week
with cold and rheumatism. He was
unable to till his appointment at Martha
Washington schoolhouse. Rev. 1. N.
Todd filled the appointment.
John Whited is very seriously sick;
is said to be in somewhat dangerous
condition with la grippe an.1 several
other complications. We wish for a
change to a speedy recovery, and hope
he will be out soon.
March 5. J. McD. 2
Lowmthal
J. R. iim.it; .:t tended church in
Grassy Cove S; ti day.
S. A. Kr-ox ami Warren Smith made
a business trip tu Gasj t oy Satur-
Mrs. J. c. Sfljjtn ami daughters weife
visiting at Verdie Tuesday of last
week.
W. O. Harris is making some im
provements on his house and expects
to move in soon.
Uncle John James, who has been
suffering with a cancer, is not able to
get out yet.
Bryan Smith, of khea county, visited
relatives here last veek.
Misses Mae Bristow and Alice Reed,
of Grassy Cove, visited relatives here
last week.
Luther and Warren Smith went to
Roddy Wednesday.
J. C. Smith has purchased a boiler
and engin1 with which he expects to
put up a grist mill near his house.
Miss Pearl Smith was shopping in
Grandview Tuesday.
Mrs. K. D. Reed and daughter, of
Keed Town, spent the week end with
Mrs. J. J. James.
Rev. H. L. Monday passed through
here Saturday on his way to Grassy
Cove.
Mau i Smith was in Grand vito shop
ping Saturday.
Jas. Smith spent the week end in
Grassy Cove.
March 6. Violet.
Crab Orchard
Burnett.
Song, Boys' Glee Club.
Newspaper: Current events. Beryl
boshbaugh ; advertising columns. Wil
lie Dunn; Sporting page, Robert
rtatey : editorial, Lester Bright ; society
notes, Elizabeth March.
Song, Girls' Glee Club.
the Russian frontier aid much interest
is manifest in that diEetion.
NIXON IN RACE.
W. M. Nixon is in the race
missioner of Chattanooga.
tion Louies off next Tuesday. Mr
Nixon will be well and favorar.lv w
for com
The elec-
The allies are said tibe almost ready
for a decided advane movement all
along the western font against the
(ermans. i he usual fvayinsr tiack and i.w.mt.,.-.i i.,. ...... ..
... ....,,.. uj uui pcupie as at one time
forth ot that battle he naa continued being manager of the Cumberland Coal
Debate: Resolved, That lnterschol- -
More ! " wmu uciiui iieiues. ,
The allies admit thi; all gams have
been vry costly.
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Crow have
bought a small farm rear Knoxville
and expect to move to it this week.
D. ivj. Wheeler's new house is near
ing completion and it is thought will
be the best house in Crab Orchard.
The Baptist folks are getting posts
uiu wue on me ground to fence the
church.
W J. Johnson, of New York, has
been here several days riding over the
lanrls of V. H. Sissonrn company with
John M-Nutt and Geo. Vitatoe, with a
view of buying ano putting the Ozone
coal mines m operation.
l ne scnool here is rinmr vol I ,i,lr
& Coke Company when the company j the management of Prof. Cline
1NJ1 MCITON PERPETUAL.
The i
tor, Ai
and th
stick a
is claim
since it will
the ca
court s
a crimp in
wondert u; h
employ an
and proc?t;fi
fore ui til h1
on the ftppt
such a toon
outcome wil
i-iion against the negro doc
n, at Kingston, was tried
ore decided
that it should
iade perpetual. Now it !
nderson will appeal, but
e several months before
i he tried the act of the I
0 have put very much of
ne future actions of tins
aler. it is claimed he wil!
1 er doctor to act for him
vith tne business as be
a case comes up ior iriai
isstic Contests Should Receive
Attention Than Interscholastic Con
! tests in Athletics.
j Affirmative: Vivian Dunbar, Virgil
I Fiscus. Negative : Robert Potter,
l Grace Hyder.
' Quartette, "Widow Brown," John
Rose. Will Guthrie, Robert Haley, Dick
Brady.
Local Current Events, Violet Haley.
Song, Boys' and Girls' Clee Clubs.
was doing
this county.
its largest developing in March 5
Swamp Willowby.
RHEUMATISM YIEDb QUICKLY
TO bLOAi S.
Crest
on
Isoline
You can't prevent alattack of rheu
matism from coming n. but you can
stop it almost immetately Sloan's
Liniment gently apped to the sore
joint or muscle penmates in a few
minut:? to the inflmed ?pot that
causes the pain. It othes the hot,
tnedev. swollen feelin, and in a very
short time brings a eliet that is al-
Hill,
was
John Parsons, of Creston. visited our
Sunday school at Cold Springs recently.
Casto, the little son of Joseph Lowe'
and Zora, the little damrhtrr nf ll.mioi
EI more, who have been very sick with
ate better at the
WELCOME INFORMATION.
Most middle aged men and women
are clad to learn that Foley Kidney
Pills orive relief from languidness, stiff for 25c. of any druggi
snd aore muscles and joints, puffiness the hoiipe against aids, - sore- and t' fl
under eyes, backache, bladder weak- swollen joints, lumbfo, sciatica and and Sunday
Some Dersons say that ness and rbeumatism. iney get re- like ailments, rour raney uacK it not Grover
. 11 t til ' a. . I'ahIaSii ma kn n
cannot be followed. The
be watched with interest
suits. Contain no harmful drugs,
by Reed ft Burnett.
Buck Elmore, of Pleasant
here Saturday and Sundnv.
Clarence- Adams, of Crossville, rode
down to H. M. Welch's Wednesday of
u t m i t. . spinal meningitis
K. f. Welch made a trio to Peavino nmm
Sartm passed through this sec- cT
UnclWniiarn P h,D,.h, rf.brU:'rL28- Preaching two Sermons,
most unbelievable unl you experience some fihe blooded chicken arid is going evenine " """ u,,e m lne
it. Get a bottle of kan's Liniment into the poultry business. oit'a .k r
ana nave U in '- Jph., Ray and wife w ere the guests Clark nH "ITT "TZ
L. Parsons and family Saturday church At ru sn,ina c.... uea
- - "i' i.o u'Jiiuajr,
James TnrlH anH fcia a-
PDHAflC ar,rt tariff V : " 7" - WCUfW
..v," "in, vllt IU lYiIJlFBLOn CMinnnv tnr rnoln
. tf v. . vuivfll
Sold satisfied, but it
stant re i let. 2.
d. esive almost in-
Crossvilie Sunday.
March a
Honey Bee.
ment.
March 5.
treat-
Doubtful Betsy.

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