Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1920-12-23
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CRAIG GETS FIVE MILLIONS,
Total Tax Collections Received a
Nashville Are $40, 100000.

income
office on the final day for payment
without a penalty. bringing the total
collections for the last quarter TO So'-
O25,338.41. almost equaling the amounts
collected on the first and third IN
stallments, and surprising that COL
lected on the second payment. The
total collections for the year are more
than $2O9OO,OO0.
Comparative figures on the collec-
tions for quarterly installment pay
ments for the first Is days of the last
months in the quarters show S5'25S'-
1896 collected in March; $4'9lS-
6S792 in June; $5,13O,902.69 in Sep
TENDER. and $5,025, 1884 in December
Collector Craig said that he was
highly delighted with the large per-
centage of collections, giving the
credit to his efficient field and office
forces. In his opinion the taxpayers
OF no state in the Union have met
their income tax obligations more
promptly or more periodically than
those of Tennessee, who have PAID 10
per cent of the taxes imposed, few
being delinquent.
The two girls were waiting upon
the table and had retired to the kitch'
Ell when their dispute commenced. In
the heat of their disagreement the
Pratt girl is said to have struck her
companion with her hand, to which
the Glenn girl responded with SINH
lar blow. At this point the Pratt girl
picked up a wooden brush which had
been used in the kitchen for scrub
hing tables, and hit the other girl
with the back of the brush over the
left eye. In falling Miss Glenn struck
her head against the leg of bench
used in the kitchen for holding dishes
and other articles. The girl died in
IS minutes.
KnOxville.-Cotton growers through
out Tenne 3see have their raw cotton
on hands and merchants who depend
upon them for trade have their store
houses filled with high-priced goods
marked down to bargains. Cotton
mill men look for an increase within
a few weeks, and by July they expect
that the staple will reach a price OF
25 cents a pound. Cotton mills In
the state are running on half time,
with only a slight cut in wages. They
expect to be running on full time by
March /. when jobbers and retailers
will be placing their orders for fall
trade.
Darden.-Fire, originating myster-
iousiy in the general store OF Duke
Bros. destroyed completely that store
and stock of goods, spreading to an
adjacent large general store OF ). H.
Lunn. containing the post office, de-
stroying each, also licking up store
of ]. R. Lunn containing undertakers
supplies, and consuming a small store
house belonging to Tom Small, used
for residence purposes, doing $4,000
damage.
Smyrna.-The vault of the First Ma
tional bank here was entered and val
liable notes, registered and unregls'
tered Liberty bonds, amount unknown
but said to be large, taken from the
deposit boxes, along with the surplus
stock of stamps of the postoffice. The
postoffice was also entered, but little
OF value was taken
Knoxville.-Announcem is made
by Gov. -elect ALI A. Taylor that he
will appoint Capt T. F. Peck, of Etc
wah, as commissioning of agriculture
He formerly held this place. Selec-
ton of an acknowledgement and a Sec
rotary to the governor will be defer
fered until after the new executive
has taken office.
Jackson.-At meeting of the board
of directors of the Madison County
council Of agriculture, resolution
was unanimously adopted indorsing
the action of the Memphis cotton con-
ference of Dec. 7-8 to the effect that
there be a so per cent reduction In
cotton acreage for 1921.
Puryear. December II was a holt
day for all the rural schools OF this
county. The teachers were summon.
ed to meeting in Paris that day for
the purpose Of determining some
means by which the present school
term can be heightened.
Dresden.-William n. Morgan, AZ,
residing six miles north of Dresden,
committed suicide. Morgan at one
time was a wealthy and influential
citizen. 1t is said that we was wor-
ried over family and financial troubles.
Clarksville.--V. M. Wallace, farmer,
living five miles from this city, died
from the effects of fall. He had
climbed to the top pier of the barn to
take down some tobacco, when his foot
slipped and he fell to the ground
about 30 feet. He was So years old.
Chattanooga. Chattanooga has
been selected as one of the southern
cities for one of the proposed series
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