The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-06-21
RUTLEDGE SMITH
PRAISES STATE
RESPONSE OF THE YOUTH OF
TENNESSEE BRINGS WORDS
OF COMMENTATOR.
HAPPY OVER REGISTRATION
Council Of Defense Officials Elatei
With Perfect Work of Resistra-
ton Machinery-State Press
Thanked for Its Work.

Thanked for Its work.
Nashville.-The faces Of the Off
Gals in the state council Of defense
are wreathed in smiles as result OF
the registration work done throughout
the state.
An organization was set up and per-
fectaG in every county, and more than
two thousand voting precincts in the
state. The entire work of commun1-
cation with all the registration oft1-
Gals throughout the state was con-
Quoted by telegraph and telephone.
The efficiency of the organization can
best be understood when it is realized
that in every voting precinct in the
state, registration was held from sew
en- am. to nine pm, but exactly as IL
had been outlined and without the
slightest alteration of any character,
and every official doing exactly the
same kind of work at the same time.
The result was perfect registration
in every respect in which every citi-
zen of military age who could get TO
the precincts were registered. This
is a magnificent testimonial to the eff
ficiency of every person connected
with the registration.
Rutledge Smith, disbursing officer
and agent of the United States in Ten
nessee in charge of registration, stat
ed that he was gratified beyond ex-
preston with the support and coop
Grafton he had received in this under
taking. The results amply demonstrat-
ed that Tennesseans are keenly alive
to the tense situation and the neces-
sity of every one doing his "bit."
College Buildings Going Up.
The construction work on the new
Sullins college of Bristol is progress
ing rapidly. More than two-thirds OF
the brick work on the entire building
is finished and the building will be
ready for opening several weeks be.
fore time. The carpenter force has
been doubled and separate force en-.
gagged on each floor in the final stages
of construction. More than hundred
men are now working on the struc-
ture.
When completed, this college will
be one of the most modern in the
south. The building will contain q
splendid gymnasium and a swimming
pool. A large barn has been erected
for the purpose Of housing forty sad
die horses to be used exclusively by
the students. A dairy barn for the
accommodation of herd of Jersey
COWS has also been erected.
ADD TENN LETTER-B-June II =.
Lower Court Is Reversed.
The supreme court reversed the
custer suit against E. G. Buck, county
engineer of Madison county, and the
case was dismissed at the cost of the
REALTORS.
Buck was charged with a number OF
acts of official misconduct, including
Irregularities in the letting OF con-
tracts for road work and classifying &C.
counts, etc. After hearing a large
amount of proof, the chancellor found
him guilty and removed him. On ap
neal the merits of the case were not
considered, but the supreme court
held that the custer law was made to
apply only to officers holding offices
of profit or trust created by statute,
while Buck, as county engineer, was
only an employee, subject to be dis
charged on 30 days notice, and that
therefore he could not be removed by
a proceeding brought under the custer
law.