Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1921-08-11
TENNESSEE
EVENTS
Gathered from ALI Cor
ners Of the State and
Told in Briefest Form

auspices of the woman's department oil
the fair association, which closes the
! evening previous to the opening Of the
far, September "a, from present indi'
cations is an assured success. Mrs.
Aston M. Boyd, chairman, announces
that many Memphis matrons and
maids, of various types of beauty, have
signified their intention of entering
the contest, while daily Mrs. Boyd is in
receipt of letters from young girls and
married women residing in Arkansas,
Mississippi and Tennessee, expressing
the desire to be included among the
contestants.
Dyersburg.-W. d. McCuan, local
manager of the Dyersburg Compress
company, announces that the company
has been licensed under the Federal
system of bonded warehouses. AS a
result of the company being licensed,
insurance rates have been cut twenty
five per cent.
Huntingdon-A school of citizenship
under the auspices Of the League of
Women Voters will be conducted here
by Mrs. Love Hawkins Mebane, a
prominent and well-known educator
The arrangements for the school have
been made by Mrs. NELL Wright, chair.
man for the Eighth congressional
district.
Clarksville.-Robert ONeal, for the
past two years secretary of the cham
Der of commerce, secretary of the
GAINESVILLE country club, the Clarks-
vile advertising club, the county coun-
Gil Of agriculture and other organiza-
tons, has severed these connections to
general office work of the Dickson
Sadler Drug Co.
Ripley.-Rev. G. E. Wauford, upon
his return from his vacation, will ten
der his resignation as pastor of the
First Baptist church at CovingtOn, ac-
cording to information received here
Ripley has. opened at Arp,
one of the prosperous communities of
the county, four miles west of Ripley.
Plans are one foot to build pretty
playground and park for the children
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Memphis. --Chas. Evans, 20, is back
home in Knoxville, Tenn, with mother
and father While he is minus s125,
his savings from several weeks of toll
on Texas wheat ranch, he is richer
In experience, and he remembers
certain smile of certain girl-just
before the lights went out and he came
to some hours later in field out on
the edge of Memphis.
Jackson.-Jerry McAnulty. charged |
with reckless driving of an auto, was
Jailed following crash of his car and |
that of Ed Buchanan. The McAnulty |
car was torn up and the other badly |
damaged. Two small sons of Mr.. Blu
chanan were painfully hurt.
phis.--Herbert Hoover, the man
who made fasting a patriotic duty, |
will probably appear here August 81,
speaking to merchants assembled. |
Then for the Cotton States Merchants
association.
Covington.-Mrs Albert Billings, IS,
was found dead in bed at the family |
residence by neighbors who heard a |
pistol shot. She evidently shot herself |
is the forehead, as the pistol was lying
at her side. She had been in i'll health
for several years.
Trezevant-J. T. Hester, chairman
Of the county republican committee
and r. A. Greene, secretary, have is
sued call for meeting of the county
committee to be held at Huntingdon.
The purpose of the committee meeting
is to adopt plan for county pri
mary to name the candidates for sher.
IT, trustee, register county court clerk
and circuit court clerk.
LawrenceblTg.-W M. Neeley
who enlisted in the Spanish-American
war, and also took part in the late con
flict, having been in continuous service
for % years, has returned here. He is
retired with full pay for life
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Jackson.-Bond Wilkinson, past ex
allied ruler of the local lodge Of Elks
has returned from Los Angeles, Cal
where he attended the grand lodge al
representative OF the LOCAL lodge. Mr.
Wilkinson had the misfortune to be
robbed while In the convention city
He lost his purse and railroad passes
Memphis-W. e. Greenaway, postof