The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1919-06-27
TENNESSEE
NEWS
Happenings Over Common
wealth Cleaned From
Various Places

der the new dog law,
Centreville.-Centre is to have
it's first motion picture house under
local ownership and management
Memphis. T. Sledge, prominent
insurance man, aged IS, died as the
result oe - struck by the police
auto
Newbern.-The farmersS6in Dyer
county are putting out the largest
sweet potato crop ever planted in the
county.
Newbern-Old Folks day was OBJ
served at the Union Grove Cumoer-
land Presbyterian church, four miles
east of Newbern.
Nashville.-A branch federal reserve
bank may be established at NashVllle
within short time is the valuable
information from Senator Mcclellan.
Bradford.-Dr Crittenden, director
of the health campaign for gibson
county. gave typhoid incubation 10
PA persons of this city one day last
week.
Dyersburg.- w. w. Powell
formerly pastor of the first Presoy-
terrain church here, but who entered
the Y M. G. A. work, is home on
brief furlough.
Jacksonville teachers of the jack
son city schools were granted an III
crease of 20 per cent in salaries loI
the ensuing term following the annual
election by the city commission.
Lexington. welcome service FOR
returned soldiers and memorial trfp'
ute TO those who died overseas or IN
Camp was held at Rock Hill Baptlst
church. near Warren's Bluff, this coun-
ty.
Winchehter.-The Rev. and Mrs. b.
7 Byron were made happy by the as
sembling at their home on North High
street of many of their friends to Gel
citrate Mr.. Byrom's seventy-secono
birthday.
Nashville-The supreme court re-
versed the conviction OF Oscar BRAD
lev of Shelby county for the muroer
of his wife in order that the questlon
of Bradley's sanity might be more
thoroughly investigated and developed
on another trial.
Ripley. w. Sanford, one OF Tue
leading physicians of Ripley, ana VINO
held with signal honor the position OF
examining physician on the dratt
board, has been appointed medical ex-
aminer for kauderdale county Tor as
abled men who we're injured Whlle IN
Services
of young wom'
en- and a number of young men enroli'
ed for the six weeks summer term
at the West Tennessee Normal school'
Indications are that the number in at
tendance will break all previous rec
ords, and that between 500 and 6OU
will register
Nashville -Members of the Nash
vile manufacturers association ana
iobbers are now busily engaged IN
planning for the homemade goods
week which will be celebrated at the
permanent exhibit on the second and
third floors of the commercial CLUB
commencing June 16.
Dyersburg.-Henry H. Hart OF Nasn-
vile, state secretary of boys work OF
the Y.Msc. A., held conference here
with local men interested in estab-
fishing the work in this city. ], K. Nor.
rison of Memphis, Y. M. c. A. worker,
was also at the conference. Finances
will be raised to put Y. M. c. A. boy
specialist to work here at once.
1890
Memphis.-The United States civil
service announces an open competi-
tive examination for clerks, men and
women. to fill vacancies in many Of
fices in the Memphis territory. The
salaries range from $500 to $1,000
year-occasionally higher. Applicants
must be Is years or over on the date
of examination. which has been set
for June 16.
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Special music. well rem
dered. and eloquent memorial address
es featured the program of the four di-
visions of the local Brotherhood OF
Locomotive Engineers, who united for
the first time in history to commemO-