The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1920-11-12
TENNESSEE
EVENTS
Gathered from AllCor-
ners Of the State and
Told in Briefest Form
SALARY ON SCALE RATING.
Plan for Teachers Pay Will Come Up
in Educational Conference.

in Educational Conference.
| Knoxville Feasibility of putting
teachers of Tennessee on a scale rat
ing basis is one of the questions which
will come up at the conventions of the
| Tennessee Teachers association and
| East Tennessee ,Educa tional associa-
ton, to be held in Knoxville this week.
| By the proposed plan the salary
which a teacher draws will be COM
lnensurate with the education that he
or she received. The graduate of a
normal school will receive a certain
| amount, while the graduate of uni.
versity would receive more. The scale
would be adjusted to lit the years Of
preparation and training that were
necessary to complete the courses
| taken by the teacher. This is con-
sidered 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.
cational association.
Lebanon.-The progress of the Pres
tyterian Church CT the United States
and its various departments in Tennes
see is very pleasing, as reports to the
Tennessee synod show. This body
opened it's annual session here last
week The retiring moderator, DR..
d. A. Hobbs, of Nashville, delivered the
opening sermon. DR.. J. H. Miller of
I.nhonnn cunnHioo1 Mt IF
the Cumberland Mountain Presbyterian
church, was named moderator, and DR..
R. l. Cannon of Knoxville, temporary
clerk. The sacrament of the Lords
Supper was administered, in which
service Dr. R. A. Cody Of Dyer and
DR.. E. J. Vance of Johnson City hao
part. A session was given over to re-
ports from a number Of committees,
among them being church extension
by Rev. c. G. Hines, Spring City; pub
location and Sabbath school work, Rev.
D. A. Dobbs, Nashville, followed by an
address by Rev. Lloyd Rutland of Shan
.taflg, China. @- e.-.... zsa... g..
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emphis.-Southern MethodiSts at
lJJC lAdLAOu vi LlG AllooIOh DOdlu
and through the agency of the Won
ans Missionary council are undertak
ing to send relief to the suffering peo-
PIE of Poland by providing clothing to
keep them from freezing to death this
winter. Workers in that country are
sending urgent appeals for supplies of
warm clothing, especially underwear
and shoes. All who desire to contribute
to this cause should send packages to
the church when they will be packed
and sent to. their representative at
Newport News, Va, where representa-,
tives of the Polish government offer
to ship goods without expense.
Z;
Nashville-An independent legisla,
tive ticket has been named in Davidson
county by organized labor to oppose
the regularly nominated candidates
who were victorious in the recent pri-
mary. The platform of the new ticket
calls for a reversiOn to the council
manic form of city government, with
chief of police, city judge, tax assessor
and city attorney elected by the people,
eight-hour law for women and children,
repeal of the public utilities act,
amendment of the workmens qompen-
sation law, provision for pension for
mothers and other minor reforms.
Columbia.-The grand encampment,
Independent Order of Odd Fellows,
which began It's session here, elected
the following officers: L. S. Sigman.
Nashville grand patriarch; w. A. Dodd,
Dayton, grand high priest; C. A. Lind
sey, GAINESVILLE, senior warden; George
w. Spore, Memphis, junior warden; DR..
J. R. Harswell, Nashville, reelected
grand scribe for the 49th time, and ].
r. Fischesser, Spring City, elected
treasurer; Chas W. Kamin, grand rep
1esentative. The Rebekah assembly
also selected officers.
Lexington.-N Napoleon Flake, 2S, son
of Drew Flake, prominent white farm.
er, killed himself at his home in the
old Eighth district, IL miles northwest
of here. The young man was handling
an automatic shotgun at the time.
The belief is that the gun accidentally
discharged. He was alone at the time,
his wife and child being away from
home.
Columbia.-Gov. Roberts spoke here
to crowd which taxed the capacity
of the Grand opera house, his audience
being fully as large as that which
greeted him in the primary campaign
and fully as enthusiastic. Conserva'
five estimates arc that the governor