The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1921-12-23
TENNESSEE
EVENTS
Gathered from ALI Cor
ners Of the State and
Told in Briefest Form

W. i. NooTnees, was possibly fatally
Injured In an automobile accident on
the Memphis Bristol highway six miles
east OF Brownsville.
Earl Hall Ii the hero of the Knox.
Vile hoosegow. A prisoner thought he
caught the jailer off guard and at.
tempted a break for liberty. Hall
knocked him out and drove other pris.
oners back to their cells.
Tom Warren of Friendship fell in
love with his stepmother after the
death Of his father. The romance cul.
minated In their marriage. The bride
Is 6S and the groom 4S.
James Lakefort. hunting near Chat
tanooga, uses the butt OF his gun to
stir up bevy Of quail in clump of bush
es. Fatally injured when gun dis
charged.
Jury acQuits Thomas II. Poote, one
OF six men charged with attempting
to wreck street car during strike al
NASHVILLE In 1920.
Women filing divorce complaints at
Chattanooga will not be required to
pay usual proctor's fee. according to
decision OF Chancellor Garvin.
Steps to raise more than $4,000, 900
for church work has been taken up by
stewardship committee OF Presbyte.
rian church at Chattanooga.
Committee will call on officials Of
~. c. 4 st. l.. railroad to protest re.
moval Of terminals from Lexington to
Hollow Rock Junction.
Although hiEhwayman shot point
blank at John King. night Waterman
In Chattanooga, bullet lodged In head
without causing fatal injury.
Seventy-five stills destroyed. $4,000
gallons OF mash seized and 80 arrests
was dry agents record in Tennessee
for November.
Colonel Forbes will probe charges
that ex.service men have been mis-.
treated at Tennessee Agricultural. and
Normal school. I'd
Apple trees In orchard OF Granger
county farmer near Knoxville that
failed to bear during summer season
now loaded with fruit.
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Older boys convention at Union
Cry adjourns after adopting plan OF
work for coming year.
James Ward. wounded at Franklin
while assisting officer to arrest negro,
died at hospital.
New home of Moose lodge. costing
$4,000. is nearing COM
pletion at Jackson.
John wierman. tried at Knoxville,
will serve the rest Of his life In prison
for murder Of Robert Roark, hermit.
John l.. Johnson reappointed clerk
and master OF chancery court at Gov.
ington..
Movement under way Mt Jasper TO
organize cooperative creamery com.
pany.
Fifth annual fat stock show held al
Nashville with more entries than ever
before.
1890
Ernest Cults. imperial potentate,
will be entertained by Knoxville Shrin.
ers early in January.
Banks and business men Join move
to aid poultry raisers Of Madison
county.
Jones Rosser. Moscow negro. burned |
to death trying TO save household
goods from his burning home.
Former Gov. Malcolm Patterson de- |
lIvered lecture at NJ. +. Church at
Greenfield last week.
Through barge service between
Nashville and New orleans will be es.
tabllshed early in January.
Vanderbilt football schedule calls for
two intersectional games next season.
Up TO November II Madison county
had ginned 1877 bales.
Democratic state committee win
meet In Nashville December IS.
Illness fatal to DIR. Edward +. Kerr.
well known Chattanoosa physician.
Damage Of $4,000 caused by fire
started in Chattanooga garage.
Roger Dawson elected Worshipfal
master DyeTsburg Masonic lodge
Davidson county woa first honors a;
annual corn show.
v. l.. Rurket slain al his HON. In
Newbern by unknown assasslns
James Lowe. world war vet. he'd on
bigamy charge at Knoxville.
Long Illness fatal q NJ ". Wheeler.
pioneer resident OF Milan.
Harry Ramer. Jackson. freight con.
iuctor on NJ. 4 o. found dead in bed.
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