The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1914-10-16
WoMEM's CHRISTIAN TEiwRER
ANcs UNION HOLDS ELEe
TioN AND Apsouass>
BEST WORK or THE YEAR
Martin Picked Az Meeting Place for
Next vssr--Tenasefanee Banner
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+. Il. Convention was the election OF
officers and the selection Of the 1915
Convention place For the latter two
Invitations were extended, by Martin
and Nashville. The convention voted
unanimously TO so to>Martin. Ths
following officers were elected: Pres
ident, Mrs silsna M. Holman. Fayette;
vice president, Mrs. Estelle MacMil-
Ian. Knoxville: recording secretary,
Mrs. Mary ?. Blank. Nashville: treas,
urer. Mrs. Elizabeth David Collins,
| Winchester,
The only new OFFICER I'm the cabinet
Is the vice president
The Loyal Temperance Legion ban,
ner was awarded the Big Sandy lie.
gion for the hast work dens dariag the
| year.
The resolutions adopted express
qualification at the spread OF the tenn.
peranee movement. urge the eradica.
ton OF the social Q, |. deplore the
tendency OF women 10 follow fashions
10 the extreme Of immodesty In dress.
urges punishment for violation OF the
anticigArette law. urges the Legislar
ture TO provide school for feeble
minded children and recommend UNI.
form legislation relative 20 county
warehouses.
The annual gold medal contest wa,
conducted at the CLOSING session
Good Roads Men Meet
Delegates are arriving for the m.
nual convention OF the Southern Ap.
palachian Good Roads association.
which convenes In Bristol. Or. Joseph
Hyde Pratt. state Eeologisi Of North
Carolina, who Ii president Of the as
sociation. says that the meeting will
be the largest congress ever held In
the south In the interest Of better
highways. There will be delegates
from all Of the southern states and
number of southern governors are ex'
pected TO be In attendance.
A souvenir OF the convention will
be a new road map which has Just
been completed by Henry Roberts,
Of this city. and which shows all Of
the new macadamised roads In this
section OF the south. This map has
been gotten up and published at an
expense Of over 1900. 70 be aistribut.
cd at this convention.
The convention will be In session
three days. while here the visitors
win be driven over the splendid new
macadamized roads OF East Tennessee
and southwest Virginia, which lead In
every direction out OF Bristol. The
visitors will observe the plan Of
building roads by convict labor. which
IL IN force In Virginia, and In Ten.
nessee they win see the roads being
built by contract This win afford
an excellent opportunity for comparing
the two methods Of highway con.
struction.
Live Wires" TO Organize.
The Paris meeting Of the Live
Wires OF Tennessee" was such a sue.
cess that Secretary Daniel and the
Paris business MEMS Club In consid.
ering Invitations 10 call another meet.
ing at q very early date In some other
city Of the state. possibly In Middle
Tennessee. II interest continues TO
grow, meetings win continue to be
held from month to month In the vari-
Gus cities Of the state. The Live
Wires are the men Of the state Of
Tennessee. In the various walks OF
life, who have and viii do things and
make personal sacrifices for the up
lift and further development OF the
state Of Tennessee az whole.
MuntcIpat Plsnts Productive.
The Business Mems Club Of Hum.
boldt will send delegation to Paris
for the purpose OF inspecting the mu.
nicipai water and light plant Of Paris.
These two Paris plants are models.
and the manner in which the City Of
Paris has conducted the business re-
iat!ve TO the pants Is well worth
notice.
Civic League Aided.
The Madison County court. In Quar-
terry session, appropriated ti.0o5 for
the partial maintenance Of the Civic
League Hospital The city OF Jack.
son appropriates a like amount m.
nualiy and the hospital cares for the
charity patients OF the city and
county.
Work Roads Near Milan.
The ~orkhouse prisoners OF Gibson
county were brought to Milan. Quar-
tiers have been provided for them IN
the building known 90 the old mayors
Office. They will be put to work upon
the public roads leading into Miiar
for the nsxt several rucnths.
Rain WHICH fell Thursday night and
Friday and which threatened mcmen-
tarily TO fall all day Saturday. probably
prevented the Trt-State Fair frufn
achieving a new attendance record
fhka wn~y 1s B~F