The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-02-15
TENNESSEE
BRIEFLY TOLD EVENTS
OF THE STATE

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Eighteen cases smallpox are report
ed near Springfield.
Circuit court is In session at Spring
field, with Judge w. l.. Cook presiding
A community club has been organ
ICED at Lenox with the school as the
center.
Dr. w. W. Grant organized Calhoun
chapter, Order of Eastern Star, with
28 members.
Smith Stinson, a highly respected
citizen of Franklin, was killed by q
falling tree.
An epidemic of small pox is preva
lent near the division line of Dyer and
Gibson counties.
The midwinter conference of the
West Tennessee presbytery is in ses.
sion at Mckenzie.
The Farmers association Of Giles
county will plan organization OF farm
loan association Feb. 9.
Arrangements have been completed
for the establishment of a large wooden
blanket mill in Morristown.
County Superintendent Riley M.
Grills of Trimble is having the COM
pulsory school law enforced.
A very important meeting of the
Watauga Valley Armor Plate associa-
ton was held at Elizabethton.
J. w. Crawford, who accidentally
shot himself at Chattanooga while
playing with an old pistol, is dead
Great things are being planned for
the annual stock show day to be held
in Columbia on the first Monday in
April
A thief entered the smokehouse OF
Dick Clark, two miles east of Beth.
page, and carried away a quantity of
meat.
The ladies of Humboldt have organ
lied a strong civic league to clean up
the town, and are enlisting men as
Eighteen members of the police de-
partment at Memphis were dismissed
from service at roll calls Feb. by Po-
lice Chief Perry.
Rev. E. J. Barnett of GAINESVILLE has
returned from San Antonio, where he
left his invalid wife, and resigned as
pastor of the Christian church.
The contract has been let by John A.
purchaser of the Harmeling |
theater at Bristol, for the work of re.
modelling the historic building,
$500
The government report for cotton |
ginned in Dyer county up to Jan. 16,
shows 1886 bales against 20,572
bales during the same period last
year.
Frank Pflueger, aged about 65 years.
was found dead in the woods near
Paris. Mr.. Pflueger was hauling wood |
and his death is attributed to heart |
failure.
An election has been called for the
own of Hollow Rock for the first of
March for the purpose of electing
BOARD of mayor, recorder and alder
men or the town.
Work has just begun upon canal
n the ninth civil district of Hardeman
county which, when completed, will be
bout seven miles long. 1t will drain
hundreds of acres Of fertile land.
A citizens meeting considering san
tation and public health generally
vas held at the First Presbyterian
hurch at Milan under the direction
f the Parent-Teacher association.
A fire originating in the store of T.
!. Bell & Co., at Morrison, destroyed
BELLS, H. B. Hobbs & Son and ]. e.
& Co.'S stores, DR.. ]. A.
,lark's office building and H. L. Coop.
RS produce house.
Prof. w. L. Gentry has been ap-
ointed financial agent of Carson and
rewman college at jefferson City.
rof. Gentry is starting a campaign to
aise S125,000 to rebuild the admins
alton building recently destroyed by
re.
The management Of the Red River !
on works at GAINESVILLE have an
ounced that on July l and Dec. 81.
l17 each regI1lar employe will be