The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1920-04-30
NEWS NUGGETS
OF TENNESSEE

Nashville-A band for the Fourth
Tennessee Regiment has been organic
ed at Dyersburg. according to Gen.
Baxter Sweeney.
Gleason.-The livery barn of E. A.
White, including much feedstuff was
destroyed by fire. Several automc-
biles were burned.
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Dresden.-The funeral Of Noah }.
Garrett from the Ninth Congressional
District of Tennessee, was held here
at the family residence.
Nashville.-D. F. NJ McRee. state
commissioner of agriculture, is in
Montgomery, where he went to attend
the conference of cottonsgrowers.
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Bolivar. The Bank of Hornsby is a
new institution just chartered at
Hornsby Station, 10 miles east of Boli,
var, on the G.. M. & N Railroad.
NasRville.-The resignation OF capt
Abe D. Waldauer of Company l., Mem
phis, Fourth Tennessee Regiment was
received by Adjt. Gen. Baxter Sweeney
Nashville.-The coal car shortage
has almost forced the closing OF the
states mines at Brushy Mountain, &C
cording to Lewis Pope, manager of the
board Of control.
McKenzie.-The unusually heavy
white frost has probably killed the
fruit that was not already killed by
the heavy freeze a week ago, Carol!
County farmers will suffer heavily
Nashville.-The vein of coal discov
cred at Stovall Gap, Truesdale County
is nothing more than what is termed
Chattanooga black slate according
to State Geologist Wilbur A. Nelson.
Boil var.-One of the largest timber
deals ever made in Hardeman County
was closed when c. c. Jones sold to
Morgan & Hitchcock of Indiana 1900
acres of finely timbered land for $780,
900.
Memphis.-Out Of the spring clinic
given annually by the Memphis Dental
Society there was organized the Trl'
State Dental Clinic Club, composed of
dentists from Tennessee, Arkansas and
Mississippi.
Nashville-The typhoid rate in Ten
I nassee will show a marked decrease
during the present year. in the opinion
of members of the state board OF
health, who met for the purpose of
rendering their annual report.
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Trezevant.-Several sticks of dyna
mite exploded On the dredgeboat on
the Reedy Creek canal several miles
east of here and did much damage
o the boat and painfully but not Sc
riously injured one of the laborers.
Brownsville.-The travelling public
will receive with satisfaction informa'
ton that the Pythlan Hotel here is
soon to undergo a transformation by
being converted into a first-class hos
telry by its new owner, r. n. Bond.
Nashville.-An order has been issued
from the adjutant generals depart
ment authorizing the formation of Bat
terry A, first separate battalion of field
artillery, to be located at Memphis.
This will be the first artillery organiza,
ton of the National Guard of Ten
nessee.
Dayton.-The Rhea County Court
voted to issue 100000 in bonds, to be
used in the construction of system
of concrete roads in the county, being
the first county south Ct the Ohio
River to take action providing for
concrete highway the entire length of
the county.
Nashville.-An examination for the
teachers in the schools for the state
will be held in the various counties on
May IA and Is, according to informa'
ton received from educational authori'
ties. This examination will be held In
all counties where deemed advisable
by the county superintendent.
Jackson-Dr. A. U. Boone, promin'
ent Baptist minister of Memphis, de-
livered the principal discourse at the
annual meeting of the West Tennessee
Baptist Missionary Convention being
held in the First Church here and at.
tended by $50 delegates from various
counties of this great division.
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Nashville.-Announcem Of the
semi-annual apportionment Of the
school fund for the state has been
completed and according to an an.