Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1921-02-10
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ty-fourth district. died suddenly OF
heart disease.
Lexington.-Th store OF ]. NJ.
Sheppard. general merchant. IL miles
south of this place, was entered and
clothing and merchandise valued al
5000 taken.
Huntingdon.-G. A. Boswell, 35. died
recently at his home. He was a good
citizen and is survived by his wife
and one child.
Huntingdon.-Smith P Finley, 81, a
we'll known and useful citizen, died re-
Gently at the home of his son, VIII
Finley, north of town. from the ills
incident to old age.
Nashville.-The Tennessee senate
confirmed the appointment by Gov.
Taylor of Prof. ]. B. Brown of Chat
tanooga as superintendent OF public
instruction, the appointment to be eff
fective on the expiration of the in
cumbents term, April Is. .
Knoxville.-Tennesse can save and
rehabilitate its forests by the simple
expedient of preventing forest fires.
according to ]. G. Peters, chief of
state cooperation, United States for
est service Mr.. Peters spoke before
the third annual meeting of the Ten
nessee Forestry Association, coming
from Washington for that purpose.
Medina.-The grocery store of Nc
Cutchan & Barksdale and the adjoining
garage of Jack McCutchan were de-
stroyed by fire recently. McCutchan &
Barksdale carried furniture, hardware
and farming implements. Nothing was
saved of their stock. Their loss is only
partially covered by insurance. The
cars and tools from the garage were
saved. 1t is not known how the fire
originated.
Memphis.-Rabbi w H. Fineshrib
err, in a sermon at the Poplar Avenue
Temple recently, contended that
Shakespeare's drama, "The Merchant
of Venice" should be eliminated from
the curriculum of our public schools.
DR.. Fineshriber pointed out that the
play was written when the question OF
readmitting the Jews into England
was being agitated, and in an age
when more than 20 anti-Semltlc plays
were published.
Ripley.-The collection of taxes In
Lauderdale county is now far behind
the corresponding date last year.
"This," said Trustee A. A. Utley to-
day, "can be attributed to two causes,
in my opinion The first, of course,
is the general shortage OF money and
the second is due to the fact that
there is a bill pending in the legisla-
ture which, if passed, will allow the
taxpayers the privilege of paying 80
per cent by March and SO per cent
July l.
Nashville.-Formal notice of contest
of the seat of Mrs. J. Parks Worley,
who was elected to the senate to sue
coed her late husband, upon the face
of the returns, has been filed by her
opponent in the special election, II.
M. Mcneil of Kingsport. McNeils Pc
tition alleges that despite the fact that
1885 voters were registered in Kings
port, his home, and that LILO Of them
cast their ballots in the November
election only 1870 were allowed to vote
in the senatorial race because of
ruling of the election judges at the
Kingsport box.
Knoxville.-United response on the
part of coal operators and shippers TO
the proposal to meet in Knoxville Fri
dav and organize tidewater exchange,
to be located at Charleston. S. c., for
the purpose of improving the classl1l'
cation of coal for foreign markets and
for other purposes, is reported by }. h.
Mccoy, secretary of an eX-officlo COM
mittee appointed in Washington. Many
REPLIES have already been received
from coal interests in New York, Wash
ington. Minneapolis, Toledo, Philadel-
phia, Chattanooga, Nashville, Charles
ton, Pittsburg and other cities.
Knoxville,-Twenty thousand gal
Ions of beer, several nests of stills of
from rs to 200 gallons capacity, 1873
fermenters, all of $50 gallon capacity,
and 200 gallons of whisky We're de-
stroyed in the most sensational raid
in the history of prohibition in this
section, conducted in the Cosbey dis
trict of Cooke county recently Three
men were arrested and left in the
Cooke county Jail as result OF the
raid and 20 men of the governments
Flying squadron from the states of
North Carolina, Virginia and Tennes.
see, in company with officials of Mar
shall Frank w. Flenniken and Prohi- |
bition Agent w. l.. Mcdonald, return
ed to Knoxville this morning.
Knoxvlle.--A convention of Baptist |
men for the state of Tennessee will
be held at Nashville March 10 and IL,
Judge A. r. Brown, j. 7. Henderson
and Prof. Harry Clark will attend
from Knoxville.