Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1919-02-20
TENNESSEE.
BRIEFLY TOLD EVENTS
OF THE STATE

men at Fort Oglethorpe were placed
under arrest charged with wholesale
larceny of new automobile tires from
the commissary.
Fruitland.-This little town. five
miles north OF Humboldt, on the ".
& o. Railroad, was destroyed by fire
last week. Every business establish
ment Of the town was destroyed.
KnOxville.-The Textile Workers
Union, at a meeting heartily Endorsed
the city-wide campaign of the board
of commerce TO enlarge the organiza-
ton and include within its member.
ship men of all professions and trades,
Newbern. After suffering for
some time with tuberculosis at train
ing camp, Private c. B. Ozment, a
| prominent Dyer county boy, has died
| at local training camp, at Asheville,
n. C.
! umboldt-Ex-County Judge W. W.
| Powers is a candidate for the office of
| secretary of the state highway com
| mission. He has secured Endorsements
from Humboldt, Trenton, Rutherford.
kenton and Dyer, in this county, and
is Endorsed from all sections of West
Tennessee.
Knoxville. - That a gang of boot
leggers is systematically having liquor
shipped into Knoxville disguised in va
rious ways, and consigned to local
firms, was the opinion of the authori-
ties expressed following the capture OF
six 50-gallon barrels filled with half
pint bottles of whisky. The liquor,
captured by Sheriff w. T. Cate, was
consigned to a large local wholesale
establishment, and was labeled Con
densed Milk.' A genuine shipment of
condensed milk is en- route to the local
firm, and it is thought that the boot
leggers discovered in some manner
that the real milk was to be- sent, and
took advantage of this method.
Nashville.-Edward NJ Gillenwaters.
state fire prevention commissioner, in
the fourth annual report of his de-
partment, submitted to the governor,
giving some very interesting statistics
and information concerning his de-
partment
1t is gratifying to observe that the
,otal fire losses in the state for the
year 1918 have been greatly reduced,
with the records for 1917.
rhe figures, as compiled in this Of
ice, give the total losses for 1917 as
1887 O83 and for 1918 $4,848,044, a
Inference in favor of the latter year
# $1,4S0,039
The report very fully covers defec-
i've flues and chimneys, electric
1ires, lightning, open CRATES, matches,
parks from chimneys, gasoline, barns
nd every feature having to do with
ire prevention, and the necessary les
ons to be learned therefrom
The record made by the department
18th reference to the investigation of
lspicious and incendiary fires, con-
lotion and ultimate punishment of
tire bugs" has been excellent. The
eport shows that the department Of
re prevention investigated as many
res where there was no insurance in
1lved as those insured, which cor
'cts the erroneous impression that
rs often gained circulation that the
apartment only investigated fires
here property was insured. The de-
lrtment was created to reduce the
~ f;rn acfo In ot
o results obtained show that 1t has
zen very successful.
During the year 1918, new rules and
gulations were issued by the depart
ent, governing the operating of all
owing picture booths; how they
ould be constructed and other rules
be complied with pertaining to the
ers and other public gathering
aces. This in addition to the rules
d regulations issued on fire proven
n methods.
"Thirtieth moving,
me soon," reads cablegram re-
we'd here from Capt. Herbert Acuff,
h the Old Hickory division. II is
ieved here this indicates the divi-
n is moving to Brest to embark for
erica.
- The war department
no information on the movements
the Thirtieth division, placed on
,rity several weeks ago for early
i'm home. Officials said even IL
division was moving toward a port
there would be moth
here to indicate the date OF its de-
Lure.
ailing will depend upon the availa-
y of transports, and as the divi-
j, approximately $4,000 men. will
lire an entire fleet of vessels, its
arturo as a unit on any given date
Unlikely. The movement probably
spread over period of two or
g weeks.
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