Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1920-08-19
NEWS NUGGETS
OF TENNESSEE

after undergoing two operations at
'DyersSurg hospital.
Celina.-The Clay County Fair As
sociation concluded its fifteenth an
nual exhibition. The fair was splea
did success in every way.
Friendship.-James Bailey Of near
.Fowlkes and Miss Annie Lee Grant,
daughter OF Dave Grant of the Fit
teenth district of this county, were
united in marriage.
Huntingdon.-Cody Hickman and
Miss Lucille Melton were married at
home of Judge Wilson Enoehs, who Of
ficiated. The groom spent 13 months
in France with the American expedi
tionary forces.
Paris.-Circuit Court Clerk w. H
Morton received word that his nephew
Everett Morton, died in Salt Lake
CITY. Utah. following an operation,
Young Morton was the son of the late
DR.. Horace Morton of Henry, Tenn.
Cookeville.-The T. ]. Gregory
handle works, one of the largest
handle factories in the state, and one
of Cookeville's greatest manufactur-
ing assets, which burned recently,
entailing a loss of about 100000, will
be rebuilt at once by Mr.. Gregory.
,-.-----s,, III. fo~,,, o,.r, ;pct;tr1to
held at Columbia is pronounced the
best held in the history of the assH'
citation. Col. Edgar Graham, presi-
dent of the Middle Tennessee Farm
er's Association, was accompanied to
Columbia by an unusually large num-
Der of delegates, representing almost
every section of the county.
Memphis.-The rapidly falling river
at Memphis having Increased that dan
ger of the canal opposite the foot OF
Jefferson avenue becoming completely
closed to navigation on account of sha4'
low water, the three government dreds
es have been put to work in the shoals
and began scooping mud from the bot
Nashville-In a pistol fight here Sam
uel Borum, ex-sheriff of Davidson cou1.'
ty, shot and killed John Yeaman, form
er state fire marshal, and himself wa'
shot and seriously wounded by Yea
man. Several bystanders were report
ed having been hit by stray bullets.
The tragedy was enacted in the pubic
square, where hundreds of persons
were congregated.
Knoxville.-Three men, in big tour
ing car, drove up to Mosheim, Tenn
hank. entered it at the point of a pistol.
took what loose money there was L.
sight, $500, and after imprisoning the
bank employee, escaped. Freeing MIN
self. the cashier raised an alarm AM
led a hot pursuit. Ten miles from the
town the bandits abandoned their car
and escaped on foot through the
mountains.
Nashville-The West Tennessee Nor
NAL school at Memphis will get Sl50,
900 if the school bond bill introduced
in the legislature goes through without
mishap. The bill provides for tot"l
issue of S625,000 A total of $150,00C.
allotted to the three white normals at
Memphis, Murfreesboro and Johnson
CITY: $4,000, to the Polytechnic lnsti
tute at Cookeville and $4,000 to thu
negro normal at Nashville.
$3.50"
Camp Perry, Md.-Two Memph
youths, Sergeant Phillip Herlein am
Private John A. Motley, Of Company L.
Memphis national guards, came here to
partjcipate in the national rifle match
es With II other Tennessee guardsmea
Her!eIn and Motley won their way &c
Ca1ni Perry by expert shooting, while
at state encampment at Knoxville
Tenn, in July. They are competing
against regular army riflemen.
Knoxville.-Dr. Andrew L. Ander'
son. the only living veteran of the
Fourteenth regiment which took az
active part in the Mexican war during
the struggle of Texas for its independ
ence during the years of 1S46-47. While
en- route to his future home at Roct-
wood. from the mountain branch home
at Johnson City, whence veterans have
been transferred to Hampton, Va DR.
Anderson has passed his ninetieth
year. He has a wonderful memory,
and can recall dates and acts as
though they had only happened yes
terday.
Cincinnati O.-Richard and Thom'
as Young, brothers of Ludlow, Ky"
sportsmen, began a novel launch trip
down the Mississippi river to the Mex
lean gulf. thence through the Florida
straits and along the Florida coast to
Palm Beach, Fla on the Atlantic. The
first stop is to be Memphis, Tenn,
New Orleans, Pensacola, Tampa, Key
West. Miami and Jacksonville will b?
visited enroute. The launch will cost
over $4,000, and palatial fittings and
stores valued at as much more pro
vide ease and comfort for an extended
cruise.
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