Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1910-10-06

h STATE.
spite Of the aid OF an
mbers OF secret orders
RAY Of able counsel, Graf
former Bristol policeman.
'icted Of the murder OF Illus
dress. a fellow policeman
nom be shot down over seven
go. ana sentenced 10 twenty
n the penitentiary.
0tion for a new trial was made
be sentence was pronounced.
had been at large in the West
e shooting, avoiding detectives
posing as a detective himself. He
was not suspected for years. although
detectives with whom he was associ-
ated had his picture and literature de-
seribing him The chief of the SpO-
kane police handed Walk his own pic
ture, telling him he could make a good
catch and get a good reward, not real
zing that Walk was the man de-
.scribed.
Sweetwater-Th mill known as
the old Peters mill at Philadelphia,
belonging to Jaems H. Scott, caught
fire and was completely destroyed
Some 1,200 bushels of wheat and 600
bushels of corn were burned, togeth-
er with the mill machinery, all OF
which was a total loss.
Plans are being perfected for Con-
servation Day at the Appalachian Elk
position Among the features of that
day will be the address Of Clifford
Pinchot
Dyer.-The Confederate reunion OF
Gibson county took place at Dyer in
beautiful forest grove in the suburbs
of the town This was the largest
gathering that has attended these an
nual reunions in many years. Tho
crowd was estimated at from 1900 to
1000 people.
Prof. Carl Holiday, of Southwestern
Presbyterian University of GAINESVILLE,
has severed his connection with that
institution, to become the acting pro-
fessor of English literature in Wander
bilt University, at Nashville.
Revenue officers located and seized |
two wildcat distiIleries in Sewer |
county. The stills were located in a
ravine of the Cumberland mountains |
and had combined capacity of 100
gallons daily. Two thousand gallons
of beer were destroyed.
Dresden. = Six thousand people
passed through the gates at the fair
the opening day, a record-breaking
crowd for the first day.
Backed by Memphis men of wealth
and influence, number of prominent
cotton growers of Tennessee, Arkan-
las and Mississippi have planned to
establish IN Memphis farmers ware
rouse company, modelled after the ia
nous million-dollar warehouse COM
oany of Mississippi
Union City-The Democratic con.
sressional convention that was to'have
'een held here for the purpose of
,lacing in nomination a candidate to
oppose Mr.. Garrett, has been post
,oned.
On the heels Of a report that Lou
sVille syndicate acquired possession
f large tract of land to bore for oil
nd gas is another report that oil men
rom the vicinity Of Stoy, ILL.,, will in
estigate the possibilities of this
ounty.
The jury in the case of Napier By
UNI, on trial at Lebanon for wife MUIR
er, brought in a verdict of murder in
he first degree. The murder occurred
t Silver Springs on August of this
ear. The evidence showed that By
UNI slipped up to the window and
red three shots into his wife's body
s she was lying on the bed.
In the federal court at Knoxville
Judge Sanford granted new trial in
ne case of Paul e. Stevenson ct al.
$. the Tennessee Copper Company.
sued for $4,000 dam
ges as compensation for damage I
one their property by sulphur fumes n
'om the copper plant at Ducktown.
he Jury in the case awarded $40 dam J
ges. I
lexington lightning struck tree /
n the grounds of Oak Grove church,
,ur miles east of the place where the
essions of the Beech River Baptist