Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1921-02-24
TENNESSEE
EVENTS
Gathered from All Cor
ners Of the State and
Told in Briefest Form

CldTKSVlll6.-lI present plans mdle-
rialize, at least fifteen and probably
more oil wells will be drilled in this
county during the present year, and
before Christmas complete test will
be given every locality where there
is the least indication Of petroleum,
according to Collier Goodlett, attor-
ney, who has been diligent for several
months In assisting and putting
through leases for concerns from all
sections of the United States.
Memphis daring plot to seize
a consignment of registered mail VAL
ued at. more than 100000, bandits en-
tered the Grand Central station recent
ly, grabbed one pouch of letters and
two others containing insured parcel
post packages and escaped through
the brilliantly lighted depot. The
value of the haul had not been deter
mined but it was not believed to ex-
coed $500, and possibly checks which
would not be negotiable.
Columbia State Senator G.
Y. Clarke of Maury county, just before
leaving for a business trip of ten days
through Mississippi and Louisiana, is.
sued a public statement bitterly op-
posing the proposed $50,000,000 bond
issue for the state. DR.. Clarke, as
senator two years ago, made vigor-
GUS fight against a similar bond issue,
and contributed no little to the defeat
Of the bill providing for the issuance
OF bonds in this sum.
s>s
Knoxville.-Although already con-
victed and now serving life sentence
in the state penitentiary on charge
of having killed his fatherin-law, Tom
Phillips will go on trial at London on
charge Of having killed his mother
in-law. Phillips emphatically denies
the charge and contends that he was
not near the scene of the crime which
/, occurred about six months ago, when
| Mr.. and Mrs. Mills were returning
from church.
|
Chattanooga. -, General contractors
/ OF Chattanooga have served notice to
employees that beginning April l wages
| in all lines will be reduced 20 per cent
and that days work for a days
| pay" will be demanded, the announce.
ment being made In a signed commu'
nication to Charles w. Howard, man.
ager Of the Industrial board Of the
chamber Of commerce.
Lewisburg.-The Marshall County
| Council of Agriculture held its annual
winter poultry show in Lewisburg and
| was attended by many breeders from
throughout this county and adjoining
counties. There were large number
of exhibits OF variety Of breeds and
they we're pronounced the most at
| tractive ever seen here.
| s&sts
| Chattanooga.-Henry Young and
Austin Buckner are under arrest al
Asheville. N. c.. charged with impli.
cation in the theft Of automobiles In
Tennessee. They are held on informar
tion furnished by Chief of Detectives
w. H. Hackett, OF Chattanooga, who
has just returned from Asheville
where he identified five automobiles
stolen from this section.
|
Memphis.-The regular quarterly
meeting of the Southern Sash, Door
and Mill Manufacturers association
will be held here soon, according to
officials. Delegates from IA states
will attend, and business of interest
will be discussed The business SEES
sions will be held at Hotel Chisca.
Columbia.-An egg and money show
or at Mcdowell school netted $50 t.
be applied to the Central Europe re
lief fund Nearly every pupil in the
school brought either money or eggs
The highest price paio for single
egg at an auction netted $3.50.
Lewisburg. prospects II
this county are reported as very
bright Ihe crop is making LIS
growth on account of the favorable
weather. Crimson clover has also hat
fine growth and has afforded mucf
pasture for the farmers.
Union City.-According to reports
from the farmers, more clover seed
grass seed and oats will be sOwed this
season than usual. Very little tobacco
and very little cotton will be planted
Cedar Hill.-The Cedar Hill Stud!
club held a meeting recently at thu
home of Mrs. w. e. Bigger The sub
ject of this months study was th'
works of Kate Douglas Wiggin.