Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1918-05-09

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TreZevant.-The commencement ex-
ercises of the Trezevant high school
will conclude on Tuesday night, May
| 18th.
Union City.-The May term of the
circuit court convened Monday for
term of four weeks, with heavy
docket
Dyersburg.-The T. BIS, local or
ganization of young men of Dyersburg,
shipped to Memphis 700 books for the
soldiers.
Bristol.-A permanent organization,
comprising the leaders of every branch
of war activities in Sullivan county,
was formed in Bristol
Paris.-The board of education for
the Grove high school, elected D. NJ.
Clements as principal of the school
for the next scholastic year.
Chattanooga.-Ca Kenneth Kern,
chief of provost guard, has been trans
fered to an eastern post and will leave
Chattanooga in a few days.
Halls.-Dr Walter NJ. White, Chris
tian pastor of Memphis, delivered a
strong commencement sermon here to
the graduates of the high school.
prominent young men have volun- |
teered their services and have enlist |
ed as machinists in the ship yards.
Chattanooga. - Osceola Geronimo
Stone, prominent lawyer and politician,
died at sanitarium here, as the re-
suit of an operation for appendicitis.
Bristol.-T. s. Mcneil, of the A. S.
Mcneil & Sons Furniture company, of
this city, has made arrangements to-
supply soldiers passing through hris-.
toll with cigarettes.
Knoxville.-One thousand gallons of
good, bad and indifferent captured
whisky were taken from the 'fDoozs
room at police headquarters and
smptied into sewer.
Trezevant.-The Red eros celebra-
ion for Irrelevant and community was
/ great success. Lunch was served by
he members of the Red Cros auxil-
airy, and receipts from the sales to-
aled $3.50. h,
Murfre esboro The Rutherford
,ounty Pure Bred Live Stock associa-
ion has been so successful with the
dvertising carried in the newspapers
hat all of the stock offered for sale !
as been taken.
Dyersburg.-S. G. Alternately reports
200 crop census cards in and the .
urvey so far indicates an increase in
ogs in the county of 30 per cent, corn
bout 20 per cent, peas about so per II
ent and hay nearly 100 per cent. /,
Nashville.-A merited promotion has
,me to Col. Daniel L.. Porter, United ii
tates internal revenue agent for the d
ennessee district, he having been ele-
tied to the position of supervising :.
venue agent for the entire United "
ates, with headquarters In the in
rnal revenue department at Wash
gton. y
Cookeville. Mountview Lodge, l. o.
F., of this city, celebrated with
nquet the ninety-ninth anniversary
the organization of the first subord-
ate Odd Fellows lodge in the United
ates, it having been instituted by
e English Odd Fellows in Baltimore,
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Franklin county Is
nished the tallest man for the train
camp at Camp Gordon, Atlanta.
vate Ernest w. Wilson, who comes
m the mountains of Franklin coun-
is six feet seven inches tall, and
,ghs 220 pounds.
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rezevant.-Robert l.. Younger died
his home near here after linger-
illness.
'aris-H. Lytton Bruce, vice chair
n of the Liberty Loan activities in y
nry county is in receipt of letter
n State Chairman John J. Heflin,
which he compliments Henry coun-
Tor going lover the top without it
az necessary for the banking insti-
ons of the county to buy single
d.
[emphis An order closing Peter
arna's bakery was issued bp J. A.
lkleman, deputy food administrator
barge of bakeries. The bakery will
closed indefinitely
ashville.-Definite plans are TAX
form for the releasing of the man
er of the country by placing wo
in certain industries. A confer.
was held at the state capitol, in
hville, last week, at which the no.
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