McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1920-10-29
TENNESSEE
EVENTS
Gathered from AnCor-
ners of the State and
Told in Briefest Form
SALARY ON SCALE RATING.
Plan for Teachers Pay Will Come Up
in Educational Conference.

ing basis is one of the questions which |
will come up at the conventions of the |
Tennessee Teachers association and
East Tenness Educa ;i0nal assOcia-
ton, tc be held in knoxville this week
By the propo ed plan the salary
which a teacher draws will be com.
inensurate with the education that he
or she received. The graduate of a
normal school will receive a certain
while the graduate of a uni
versity won receive more. The scale
would be adjusted TO 1T the years OF
! eparation and training that were
to complete the courses
taken by the teacher. This is con
side1ed one of the most fair and just
plans that have been advanced for ed
ucators.
More than 5000 teachers are expect.
ed to attend the East Tennessee Edu.
.ational association.
Lebanon.-The progress OF the Pres.
tyterian Church CT the United States
and its various departments in Tenn s.
see is very pleasing, as repor,s 10 the
Tennessee synod show This body
opened its annual ssion here last
week. The retiring moderator, Dl.
D. A. Hobbs. of Nashville, delivered the
opening sermon. DR.. }. II, Miller of
anon, synodi"al superintendent OF
;he Cumberland Mountain Presbyter an
hurch. was named moderator, and Dr.
r. |. Cannon of Knox lie, temporary
clerk. The sacrament Of the Lords
Supper was admin @red, in which
srvice DR.. R. A. Cody of by r and
Dr.. f, j. Vance of Johnson City nao
part. A session was given over to re-
ports from a number CT committees,
mO"g them being church extension
by Rev. c. c. Hines. Spring C-y; pub
'icatioa- and Sabbath schooi work, Rev.
ps>A Dobbs, Nashvill., followed b. an
Fddre by Rev Lloyd Rutland OF Shan
tuug, China.
Memphis. Southern Methodists at
tne authorization o. the mission board
and through the agency OF the Won
m Missionary council are undertak
ing to send relief 10 the suf ling poo-
RE of Poland by providing c.otli 6 TO
saap them from free2 e 20 death This
winter. Workers in that country are
sending urG n appeals for supp les OF
warm csOth.ng. especially und arwaar
u 7o'a. All who desire to cent ibute
70 this cause should send packages to
ne church when they wi be packed
ard sent to their repre- en- alive at
Newport News, Va, where representa-,
ives of the Pc ish government offer
TO ship goods without expense.
Nashvilie.-An ind pendent legisla-
tive ticket has been named in Davidson
county by organized labor to oppose
the regularly nominated cand dates
who were victorious IL the recent pri-
mary. The platform Of the new ticket
calls for a reversion 10 the council
manic form of city government, with
chief of police, city .iudge, tax assessor
nd city attorney elef ted by tne people,
eight.hour law for women and children,
repeal OF the pubic utilities act,
amendment of the workmen's compen-
alton law. provision for pension, for
mothers and other minor reforms.
Columbia The grand encampment,
Independent OAder of Odd Fellows,
which began its session here, elected
the following o ficers; L. S. S.gman,
Nashville, grand patriarch; ". A. Dodd,
Dayton, grand high priest c. A Lind
sey, C,arksville, zen or warden; George
w. Spore, Memphis, Junior warden: DIR.
J. r. Harswel, Nashville, reelected
grand scribe for the 49th time, and j.
r. Fischesser, Spring City, elected
treasurer; Chas W. Kamin, grand rep
les ntntive. The Rebekah assembly
also selected officers.
lexington Napoleon Flake, IS, son
of Dow f AXE, promin 9nt VIII te FARM
er, Killed him elf at his home in the
cd Eighth district, IL miles northwest
of here. The young man was handling
an au-omatic shotgun at the time.
The belief is that the gun acc dentally
discharged. He was alone. al the time,
his wife and child b ing away from
home.
Columbia.-Gov. Roberts spoke here
to a crowd which taxed the capacity
OF the Grand opera house, his audience
being fully as large as that which
greeted him in tn primary campaign
and fully as enthusiastic Conserva.
tive estimates are that the governor
will carry Maury county in November
by 500 majority.
Knoxyille.-Report o. the death OF
Archdeacon Hudson Stuck, in Fort
Yukon. Alaska, recalls that Tennes.
sean, Robert G. Tatum, son OF & 0. W.
Tatum, this city, was with Mr.. STUCK
when he assembled Mount Mckinley, in
June, 1913, and claims the homer OF
being the first American to raise the
Stars and Strip on the highest pin.
?acle in North America The height
OF Mount Mckinley is 1924 feet above
the sea level.
Bristol.-Robert w Rush. aged 70,
a well-known citizen O. this section,
died at his home near Abingdon. 4
Although DR. Cook of north pole
controversy fame, claimed to have
climbed Mount Mckinley, Hudson
Stuck and his party OF Americans