The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1919-09-19
TENNESSEE
BRIEFLY TOLD EVENTS
OF THE STATE

an increase of $1,1S9,685 over the
same month of last year.
Memphis. - Plans to bring together
all the Y. M. C. A. secretaries in this
territory who served overseas during
the war are being worked out by Dr..
e. E. George, general secretary of the
local Y. M. G. A.
Memphis The weighing of the
hay and grain on the official scales
of the Memphis Merchants Exchange
will be accepted by all railroads east
of the Mississippi river as official and
reweighing will be unnecessary.
Newbern - Charlie w. Glass, form
er editor of the Newbern Tennessean,
who has seen eighteen months serv-
ice in Paris, France, has returned to
his home here and has gone to Tren-
ton. where he has purchased the Tren-
ton Gazette.
Chattanooga. Declaring that Of
flee holders, men in public life and
men high up in the business world
were buying liquor and drinking 1t,
Judge Sam D. McReynolds in his
charge to the grand jury called Tor
their indictment.
Memphis. - Collector of Customs
George p Woollen received the larg-
est single shipment of imported goods
from France that has reached Mem
phis from the overseas republic since
the signing of the armistice Duty
on the imports was $1,63l.
Jackson. - Il appeal to every man
in Tennessee who loves his home and
his state and it's great institutions 10
stand by the constituted authorities
in these perilous times" declared GOV.
A. H. Roberts in an address to the as
sembly of West Tennessee farmers
Nashville = A slight Improvement
is noted in Tennessee's cotton crop
for August rs, when the condition
was SO per cent compared with 81 per
cent on July 25, as reported by Z. L.
Morris field agent bureau of crop es-
Inmates, and would indicate crop
of about 100000 50O-pound bales for
Tennessee.
Nashville. - In an election held In
Tennessee Thursday under an act
passed at the last session OF the Cen
eral Assembly the proposition OF hold
ing a constitutional convention was
defeated by a large majority, reports
received from all parts of the state TO-
night indicating vote of at least two
to one against the proposition.
Memphis. - Plans for a policy by
which the University of Tennessee
can take education to the homes OF
the people of the state, as is now BE-
ing done by the agricultural college,
were presented at meeting OF Gov
Roberts, President H. A. Morgan OF
the university and the board or trus-
tees with the local alumni assocla-
ton.
Memphis.-In the campaign for on
time passenger train service in the
southern region, the Illinois Central
railroad in July again led all other
lines, lettering its fine June record
by putting 9S5 per cent of all its
trains into final terminals on time
despite delays for any cause, lncIud-
ing slow connections.
Brownsville.-After travelling near
Iy thirty minutes ahead of schedule
three-fourths of the day and being re-
ceived cordially by 5000 ship by truck
and good roads delegates as far as
Lauderdale county, the Memphis snip
by truck caravan arrived at the lively
little town of Brownsville five hours
behind time.
Newbern. - Complete reports of the
registration in Newbern shows that
662 people registered here, of which
12S were women.
Medina. = The Medina High School
opened with a large attendance and
flattering prospects for a successful
fall and winter term.
Nashville. - More than a hundred
members of the Tennessee Dental AS
ISOLATION attended the fifty-second an
nual convention of the association.
&c
Memphis. - Unless their former
vaccination "took," all prospective pu-
pills for the city schools must be vac
cinated before they will be allowed to
attend.