Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1920-12-30
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Tidings Of Tennessee
Tersely Told NeDs Happenings
About Your Neighbors From
All Sections Of The VOL
unteer State
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CRAIG GETS FIVE MILLIONS.

CRAIG GETS FIVE MILLIONS.
Total Tax Collections Received ct
Nashville Are $40, SOC, 900.
Nashville.--More than $525,00o n
income taxes reached Collector Craig's
office on the final day for payment
without q penalty, bringing the total
collections for the last quarter to $5,-
025, 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 10000, 900.
Comparative figures on the colleo-
lions for quarterly installment pay
ments for the first Is days Of the last
months in the quarters show $685.
1896 collected in March; $4,91Sr
68792 in June; $5,130,9o2.69 in Sep
TENDER, and $5,0a5, 1884 in December.
J. Collector Craig said that he was
highly delighted with the large per-
centage Of collections, giving the
credit to his efficient fled 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 80
per cent Of the taxes imposed, few
being delinquent.
The two girls were waiting upon
the table and had retired to the kitch-
en- 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 simi-
lar blow. At this point the Pratt girl
picked up wooden brush which had
been used In the kitchen for scrub
bing 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 q bench
used in the kitchen for holding dishes
and other articles. The girl died IN
rs minutes.
Knoxville Cotton growers through
out TenEe ssee 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
d few weeks, and by July they expect
that the staple will reach q price Of
rs cents pound. Cotton mills In
the state are running on half time.
with only slight cut in wages. They
expect to be running on fill time by
March /, when jobbers and retailers
viii be placing their orders for fail
srade.
4 Darden. Fire, originating myster-
/ ioussy In the general store OF Duke
Bros, destroyed completely that store
and stock Of goods, spreading to an
| adjacent large general store Of ]. r.
Lunn, containing the post office, de-
stroying each, also licking up a store
Of ]. r. Lunn containing undertakers'
supplies, and consuming a small store
house belonging to Ton Small, used
COR residence purposes, doing $4,000
| damage.
Smvrna.--The vault Of the First Ma
lonal bank here was entered and val
liable notes, registered and unregis.
tered Liberty bonds, amount unknown,
but said to he 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. --Announcement is made
by Coy. elect All A. Taylor that ke
will appoint Capt T. r. Peck, of Etc
| wah, as commissioner OF agriculture
!. 4e formerly held this place. Selec
ion Of an adjutant aneral and sec
,etary to the governor will be defer
erred until after the new executive
las taken office.
Jackson.-At meeting OF the bo4t
II directors Of the 4sl~4i54h s.At.
council of agriculture, a resolution
was unanimously adopted indorsfni
the action Of the Memphis cotton con
ference OF Dec. 7-8 to the effect tina
there be a SO per cent reduction n
cotton acreage for 1921.
Purysar.--December II was . holi
day for all the rural schools Of thf
Z county. The teachers were summoH
! I'd TO a meeting in Paris that day TO
the purpose OF determining som
raans nv which the present gChoC