The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1921-12-23
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w. r. Voorhees,, was possibly fatally
injured in an automobile accident on
the Memphis Bristol highway six miles
east of Brownsville.
s Earl Hall is the hero of the Knox.
Vile hoosegow. A prisoner thought he
caught the jailer off guard and at
tempted 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 So 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 HI. Poote, one
of six men charged with attempting
to wreck street car during strike at
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 $4,000,000
for church work has been taken up by
stewardship committee of Presbyte-
rian church at Chattanooga.
Committee will call on officials OF
N, C. & st. L. railroad to protest re-
moval of terminals from Lexington to
Hollow Rock Junction.
Although highwayman shot point
blank at John King, night Waterman
in Chattanooga, bullet lodged in head
without causing fatal injury.
Seventyfive stills destroyed, $4,000
gallons of mash seized and 80 arrests
was dry agents record in Tennessee
for November.
4 Colonel Forbes will probe charges
that ex-service men have been mis-
treated at Tennessee Agricultural and
Normal school.
Apple trees in orchard of Granger
county farmer near Knoxville that
failed to bear during summer season
now loaded with fruit.
Older boys convention at Union
City 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
approximately $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 at Jasper to
organize cooperative creamery COM
pany.
Fifth annual fat stock show held at
Nashville with more entries than ever
before.
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 M. e. Church at
Greenfield last week.
Through barge service between
Nashville and New Orleans will be es-
tablished early in January.
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Vanderbilt football schedule calls for
two intersectional games next season.
Up to November IA Madison county
had ginned 1877 bales.
Sos-s
Democratic state committee Will
meet in Nashville December %.
Illness fatal to DR.. Edward e. Kerr,
well known-C Chattanooga physician.
$50
Damage of 100000 caused by fire
started in Chattanooga garage.