The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1918-06-07
TENNESSEE
HAPPENINGS
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Interesting News Gathered
From Various Places in
the Volunteer State

burg high school, has given up his
school work to enter the aviation SER
vice.
Chattanooga.--As an innovation In
local industrial circles, 20 girls, repre-
senting high type of womanhood.
donned overalls and went to work for
local manufacturing plant in its
shops.
Johnson City.-All negroes have
| left Erwin following the riot attend
| ing the burning of the dead body Of
Tom Devert, mob leaders having or
dered every negro to leave town i'm.
mediately.
Jackson. Thomas e. Gates, evan.
gelical singer, known we'll in Tennes'
| see and adjoining states, died sudden
ly in Hot Springs, according to a mes
sage received by his father, Capt. I.
| M. Gates.
Jacksonville celebrated murder
case from Gibson county, styled Sam
Taylor VS.. State, was argued in the
supreme court, with Attorney W.. w.
Heron of Trenton representing the
defendant and Assistant Attorney Gen
eral w. H. Swiggart the state.
Henderson, Red Cross drive
was carried out in Henderson county
under the direction Of John S. Fielder,
| ~ CrooLorG from the
legal, ministerial teaching and con-
mercial professions Fundamentally
gave themselves to the campaign and
touched every nook and Granny of the
county.
Dyersburg. dredgeboat Marion
arrived here from ST. Louis ready to
dig the North Forked Deer drainage
ditch, which begins at the Gibson
county line and continues to Dyers-
burg. The ditch is rs miles long and
drains fertile section of country. A..
v. Wills & Son of st. Louis are own
ers of the boat aEd have the contract
for the ditch.
Milan-.The picking and shipping
season of the berry crop of Milan and
vicinity has closed. Prices were good
from the first to the end of the sea.
son. Growers realized much money
from the crop, Notwithstanding there
was only about 40 per cent OF crop,
having been killed by the April frost
The crop was shipped in carload lots
to eastern markets by the local buy,
ers.
Camden.-Gov. Tom G. Rye will
speak here at the courthouse in the
interest sof the Red Cross war fund
The ladies of this place are making
all necessary arrangements for the
parade and indications are that there
will be a large crowd present The
merchants of Camden have agreed to
close their places of business from
1880 to $3.50 and will hear Gov. Rye
speak.
Humboldt.-Postmas J. W. Nc
Glathery of Humboldt has obtained
an agreement from every business
house in town to accept war savings
stamps and thrift stamps from every
postoffice employe in payment for al
bills made during the month of June
AS the local office employs about II
men on good salaries, this movement
will boost the sale of stamps to con
siderable extent for the month o.
June. This lead may be followed BY
| Of 1ah for nthpl
months, taking one factory month.
Knoxville East Tennessee coun
ties, Greene in particular land Green'
is one of the best agricultural counties
in the state), report that wheat is fall
ing in the fields. A sample of thi
fallen wheat was forwarded from
Greene county to the state pathologist
who diagnozed the disease as due t.
the effects of joint worms,
ss.sss
Jackson-on April 81 $500 wa
stolen from the home of William An
drew, this city, and a young colore'
girl. 10 years old, an employee OF tn
home. was arrested charged with tn
crime. She confessed and implicatet
others. Four hundred and fifty-fiV
dollars of the money was recovered
The confessed thief was turned owe
to the juvenile court.
Observation-Disclosures E. Compton
reported as severely wounded i
France, is a son of Ed Compton,
farmer formerly residing on the Hall
Huf pike. but now living on the Be