Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1920-09-30
TENNESSEE
GLEANINGS

Nashyille.-Union street car men Of
ficially called OFF the street car strike.
/ Bolivar.-The postosfIce department
will establish village delivery for the
town Of Bolivar,
Milan.-C. B. Harvey. ~. a farmer,
dropped dead from heart failure at
his home east OF here.
Lexington.-Mrs. Talitha Cumi
Coffman, aged 80, died at the home
OF her daughter near BargertOn.
Lexington.-Mr Carolyn E. Sum-
mers. aged "A, died at the family
home in Williston.
Bristol.-Robert Shipley, 65, citizen
of New Bethel, dropped dead at the
railroad station at Piney Flats, Tenn.
Kuoxvllle-Vard Stonevipher was
shot and instantly killed near his
home at Petros. Dave Jones was
placed in Jail here charged with muir
der.
Jacksonville thrilling adventure of
flight in the air offered by Memphis
aviators during their stay here was
experienced by approximately so
Jacksonians.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS death resulted to
J. S. Holmes, traffic policeman, sta
toned at Main street and Gayoso
avenue, when he was mangled by a
big automobile truck.
Acknowledged agents of Jackson
raided an Illicit disstillery three miles
east of league, in Hardama county,
and destroyed the entire outfit. The
still was Of 40 gallons capacity.
Clarksville.-The farm of w. B.
Dunlop, consisting of 500 acres, stu
ated six miles east OF this city, was
sold at public auction, the considera-
tion being $4,000, or $50 per acre.
Bristol.-John A. Burnett, 80, Con-
federate veteran of Bluff City, Tenn,
Is dead. He fought under Gen. Rob
ert E. Lee and served in the Confed-
crate army throughout the conflict.
ashville-Tennessee horses swept
the card at the State Fair harness
races last week. Van H, bred and |
owned in Murfreesboro, took the Her
mitage Stake handily. He stepped the
first mile in 1903 "a.
ri pYypVnQP
from the roof of his residence here |
and sustained a fractured ankle and
one fractured rib. He was repairing |
leak on a gable when his foot slip |
ped and he fell to the ground.
Nashyille.-Ch Chancellor ]. B. New |
man of the Davidson county chancery |
court, in deciding poll tax test case
here held that women were entitled
to vote in the November election
whether they paid poll tax or not.
Chattanooga Charles ("SlimO |
Austin, charged with the murder of
Leo Friedman, merchant, was convict
ed by a jury in criminal court here
and given an indeterminate sentence
of one to five years in the peniten-
tiary.
Nashville.-The Tennessee railroad
commission has granted the increas-
ed freight, passenger and Pullman
rates on intrastate traffic to conform
with the increases allowed the rail-
roads by the interstate commerce
commission.
Observation-Disclosures will be held in
the new agricultural building within
the next 80 or 40 days, according to
a prediction made by T. Asbury
Wright, chairman of the building
committee of the board of trustees OF
the university.
Jacksonville first workout OF the
Union University football team was
held on the campus Lrder the direc-
ton of Perry Callahan, former Varsity
star. who will coach the Union eleven
until Prof. A. ]. Robinson OF Brussels
Belgium, takes charge of the ath-
letics at the college.
ChattanOOga.-Ih Jury nearing ms
case of Taylor Neal and C. ]. Jack
son, negroes, held for killing Abe
Baron of this city, and attacking his
companion young woman living in
Americas, Ca, returned q verdict OF
in the first degree against
both defendants. Counsel for defense
gave notice of a motion for a new
trial.
Memphis.-The Home for lncurables
and the Salvation Army of this city
are to be the beneficiaries of gen
erous bequest-a tribute of love from
a former Memphian for his old home
town. Word has been received that
almost the entire estate of the late L.
c.. Nefler, who died few months ago
in Oldham county, Kentucky was left
a., tr,,et IN ha divided equally between |