Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1921-03-03
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Of age, teacher at the Pilot OAK. Ky.
high school, was burned to death al
the school building while attempting
TO make a fire.
Chattanooga. B. Brown. recently
appointed superintendent of public
instruction, has decided to retain his
position on the Hamilton county
board of education. He says this is
net a remunerative office and there
would be no conflict in law by hold
ing both.
Chattanooga.-B. B. Stroud, prohibi-
ton enforcement officer of this dis
trict, is very indignant over the pub
LEGATION TO the effect that he and one
of his deputies held up and searched
a car occupied by two young ladies
of the Red Cross society out on the
Dry Valley road.
*sss.
Lebanon. G.. Grisham of the
Builders Supply company is erecting
a new store house on a lot in the
! forks of the street where Park ave-
nue. and East Spring street converge.
1t is understood that he is building it
for an investment, but has not closed
any contract with a renter as yet.
Lawrenceburg-W Keegan who
came here few months ago and or
gained the Lawrenceburg athletic
club, was shot through the shoulder
by Bryan Conway. Examination was
waived before Justice CARROTS court.
and Conway placed under a $4,000
bond, which he made without trouble.
ClarksVille.-M. J. Blac% for four
years manager of the McNeal & Ed
wards Co. of this city, has severed his
connection with the firm and with
his family, will leave for his former
home, Admission, Ala, to open one of a !
chain of several ready-to-wear and |
novelty stores, to be known as the |
Blacks Speciality Stores" |
Dickson.-Spring drilling has begun
and interest in the oil development is
running high in Dickson county. Oil
men are continually coming and going,
and it is now said that important de-
velopments may be looked for in this
county in the coming spring. Four
rigs are drilling for oil in Dickson
county, and two others are on loCa-
lions ready to begin drilling.
olumbia.-Capt. P. Duke Biddle,
commander of Herbert Griffith Post of
the American Legion, and physical ex-
aminer for national guard units in Co
lumbia, has gone to Nashville before
going to New York to take six months
postgraduate work in the hospitals OF
the metropolis. DR.. Biddle will not
close his office here and the examina-
ton of guard units will be conducted
by DR.. Otey Porter.
Trezevant.-Quite lot of excite
nent prevails in the Atwood commu-
nifty on account of a mad dog that has
1een running at large in that section.
The dog bit three persons before it
was killed. They were Eddie Belew
md two small sons Of Ollie Boyd. Mr.. {
3elew was out hunting when his dogs
lCI With LAlS uleid NOot anu tllCJ CA
ragged in a fight, and when Mr.. BeleW
attempted to separate them the dog 4,
,it him on the arm and he killed it. !
Chattanooga.-Th friends of C. H.
huston who have been backing him
or cabinet position have not given
p hope. The fact that Herbert Hoover
as not yet accepted the appointment
8 secretary of commerce inclines To- s.
al members of the Huston camp to t.
he belief that Mr.. Harding appointed o
Ioover with the foreknoWledge that II
e would decline and In that event he
'ould name a Southern man, and on 81
MS the Huston men are pinning their il
nth.
4,
Camden.-The Ladies' Aid society of G,
he Methodist church gave an old-time q,
pelling bee at the Boy Scouts hall, II
nd in connection with this lunches rs
nd candies were sold, the proceeds hi
Ding to furnish the parsonage. The III
ev. w. w. Henley, the pastor, pro-
)unced the spelling final. The match n,
as warmly contested and much en- u
yed by the large crowd present. A
'ize, a large cake, was Offered for or
e best speller, which was won, after
hard fight by A. L, HaSsell who