The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-03-08
TENNESSEE
Interesting Events
From all Parts
of the State

The revival at Thompson station is
drawing cargo crowds.
The beekeepers of Bradley county
have perfected an organization.
Search is being made for 17-year-old
Roscoe Wilson, son of w. F. Wilson, Of
Covington, who has been missing one
week.
A large party of Saginaw, Mich,
capitalists were entertained by the
Knoxville board of commerce and real
estate board
The $4,000 coupon bonds of Henry
county, authorized to meet the coun-
tvs outstanding indebtedness were sold
to the Paris banks.
Special Commissioner f. Doak at
Nashville has postponed the sale of
the Tennessee Central railroad until
the first of March.
Two hundred and thirty-two loads
Of tobacco were delivered to the vari-
GUS tobacco warehouses in Dresden
one day last week.
A large feed barn belonging to
Lemon Wallace, near Goodbars, was
struck by lightning and nine COWS
were instantly killed.
The Morrison board of mayor and
aldermen, at a recent meeting, In
creased the corporation tax rate from
fifteen cents to one dollar.
The city police of Dyersburg cap
tured wagon load Of liquor which
was being transferred from the Missis-
sippi river in an automobile to Dyers-
burg.
DR.. Edward P. Childs, at present a
member of the faculty of Wisconsin |
university, Madison, has accepted the
presidency of Cumberland university |
at Lebanon.
A two days session of the Tennes !
see Pathological association, over
which President Charles E. Little OF
Peabody college of Nashville, presid
ed, was held at Maryville.
The Brandon Training school has
held it's preliminary declamationscon,
test in order to select representatives
for Vanderbilt and the University OF
Tennessee. Ten young men partic
pated.
Chris Uhlian, well-known farmer
If near Nashville, is under indictment,
charged with the murder of V. Ander,
on. whom he fatally injured in an en-
counter in a local poolroom a few
weeks ago.
Express agents in Coffee county are
ally shipping many packages of liz ,
Tor back to the dealers. The cause
iven is that the recipients are try
ng to get more than the allotted four ,
uarts before March 1. ]
An unknown negro was taken from {
freight train at Dyer by Deputy
heriff w. T. Pentecost, and a re.
Oliver and four quarts of whisky were
'und in his possession. After these
ere taken from his he escaped from Z
le officer. S
Despite the pouring rain a large
'owd of men and women gathered in I,
e school auditorium at McMinnville
hear an address on suffrage by the {
ltional organizer, Miss Josephine \
iller of Little Rock, who has just
turned from nursing in France.
The members of the GAINESVILLE
hool board met and opened beds on
9 erection of high school buildings
the site of the building burned in
All bids failed to come n,
thin the $4,000 limit specified in K
e advertisement and consequently is
contract was let. ~ ~
n
After lowering between life and N
ath in an unconscious state for "a it
urs, Billy Downing. aged SO years,
, veteran horse trainer, well known
everybody in this section, died of =,
ctured skull and internal injuries ~
,eived in a fall from the hay loft of n
nier's livery stable. :
81
PRESIDENT Wilson has nominated til
5. Sallie A. Hammer as postmaster ~ =.
McMinnville to succeed her hus- dc
ID, A. r. Hammer. who died a short th
e ago. 90
he county court. in special session
voted to issue $7S4, 900
,o,5s under tho ortborit,, ~ a., en- mi