The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1919-03-28

wealth Cleaned From
Various Places
Jackson. Jackson Rotary Club
has grown to a membership Of 80.
Indian Mound.-The movement of
the 1918 tobacco crop to market con-
tinues, and the prices received are the
largest since civil war days.
Jackson.-The street car barn of the
Jackson Railway and Light company,
recently destroyed by fire, will be re"
built on latest improved plans.
Decherd-The Franklin county high
school defeated the Winchester high
school 10 to 9 in a baseball game play"
ed here in the F. c. H. S. campus
Knoxville. Morgan McClung,
aged GA. died here. He was brother
of the late Lee McClung, treasurer OF
the United States under President
Taft.
Jackson. - Twenty-Five delegates
from the various Woodmen OF the
World camps in this city and county
went to Nashville to attend the state
convention
Bristol.-John H. Caldwell and SEN
ator J. Parks Worley are among those
mentioned for appointment to the Unit
ed States marshalship of the Eastern
district of the state.
mo.-Representative of Gibson,
Haywood and Crockett counties met IN
the courthouse here in the interest or
the proposed $50,OO0,000 bond issue for
road building now before the legisla-
ture.
Martin.-Thomas L.. Lloyd, "a, died
at his residence in Dresden, nine miles
east of Martin. Mr.. Lloyd was mem
Der of the Methodist church for more
than so years, and a prominent Mason
as long.
Nashville.-S. w. Sheriff., state SUI
perintendent of public instruction, Wis
tied Dyersburg, where he delivered an
address to the teachers of Dyer county
and Sunday spoke at an educational
rally at Trimble.
Nashvillo.-E. I. du Pone de Ne
mours & Co., the worlds largest pow
der and by-products manufacturers,
will erect a $15,000,000 plant here, ad'
iacent to the Old Hickory powder
works, soon to be taken over and op'
Grated by the government.
untingdon.-Carroll county has ex-
ceeded her quota of French orphans,
according to Mrs. Neill Wright of
Huntingdon, chairman. The county
row has 1O2 adoptions, Huntingdon
having 35, Mckenzie 33, Trezevant Id
and number of other communities
ranging from one to three.
Chattanooga-At an election held
here to decide whether 100000 in
bonds would be issued to build me-
mortal auditorium for soldiers and sail
ors, the project carried by good ma
iority. 1t is proposed to make the me-
mortal one of the most imposing in the
state under plans already worked out
by the Kiwanis club.
Knoxville, Tenn.-Celebrating the
twelfth anniversary of Knoxville's vot-
ing dry, program given here Sunday
under the auspices Of the w. c. T. U.
Knoxville went dry twelve years ago,
with decisive majority of 1929 votes.
A total of 6,419 votes were cast, OF
which number Alta were for dry"
while 2,245 were wet"
Union City.-The joint committee
from the state senate and house, cons
posed of Senators Houk Rice and
Caldwell and Representatives Moose,
Dunlap, Griffen and Coward came
here to inspect Obion county roads.
Among other roads inspected is the
route of the proposed highway from
Reelfoot Lake to this place. This
road, which is to extend from Samburg
to Union City, by way of Hornbeak and
Troy, is to be paid for with fish roy
alties and proceeds from hunters IL
censes.
Martin.-The old Weakley County |
Fair association is being renewed in
this county. This time it is to have
some features not heretofore belong
tnn II is to he the WeakleY County |