Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1921-02-24
TENNESSEE
! STATE ITEMS

, grand larceny for alleged theft of
} case Of shoes from a T. c. freight ca
} In this city.
Newbern.-Fire of undetermine
origin destroyed the stock barn o
Richard Ladd. a substantial farmer
residing a few miles south of New
, bern. There were IS barrels Of corn
with a quantity of other supplies, con
sumed in the blaze.
Franklin.-The Rev. Lynn Walker
of Bristol, who has accepted a call t
the First Presbyterian church here
has written that he will arrive to take
up work in his new field on April
Mr.. Walker has preached here sew
eral times and made an excellent i'm
preston.
Fayetteville.-In the case of OPP
Hopper against the Nashville, Chat
tanooga & ST. Louis railway for the
alleged damage of mule at a sur.
face stock gap, the court granted the
motion of the defense to dismiss the
suit, holding there was no evidence to
support a verdict.
Newbern-The Newbern Straw
berry Growers association met here
for the purpose of promoting the in
creased acreage of Strawberries and
sweet potatoes. Farmers signed
! pledged to increase the acreage of
sweet potatoes and strawberries to
several hundred acres about Newbern
next year.
' Clarksville.-Free medical clinics
will be established in Clarksville's
schools, according to plans formulat.
ed at a recent meeting Of the County
Medical association. DR.. J. W. Bran
dau was elected president, DR.. R. B.
Macon, vice-president, and DR.. H. H.
Edmonson, secretary treasurer The
retiring officers are DR.. John W. Ross
and DR.. Bryce F. Runyon.
I Nashville.-The Rev. w. B. Beau
champ, director general of the cen
tenary of missions movement of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, South,
announced that 100000 was distrib-
uted recently to the various annual
conference mission boards in the
south for apportionment among the
poorly paid ministers serving in rural,
mountain and mission fields.
GAINESVILLE gold watches, one |
belonging to l.. B. Askew, Jr., one to
his wife, Mr. Askew's signet ring and
one of Mrs. Askew's rings, and about
$50 in money, comprised the loot
from the home of l. B. Askew, Sr., on
S. Second street, less than block
from the business section of town, re-
Gently. The house was entered in
broad daylight and police have no
clue as to the guilty parties.
Nashville. - The sixtieth anniver-
sary of Confederation Inauguration
day, Jefferson Davis having taken the
oath of office as president of the
States of America at the
capitol in Montgomery, Ala, Feb IS,
1861, was observed here by the local
affiliated chapters of the United
of the Confederacy. JEFF
ferson Davis was elected president by
The provisional congress at Montgom-
cry Feb. 9, 1861.
Clarksville.-All records for high t
prices on loose floors in GAINESVILLE {
we're shattered when the Clarksville |
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sold $50 pounds of fine leaf raised t
~ Harris G. Williams of this county t
or $47.50 per hundred. Another bas-
let of tobacco raised by these farm 7
RS was sold for $45 per hundred
While large quantity of the offer !.
ngs of about $4,000 pounds on this =
loor was sold for $3.50 and $40. The u
ecord price in 1920 was $43.50. !
Knoxville.-Three witnesses who c.
yere with Mr.. and Mrs. l.. L. Mills A
n the night they we're shot to death p
year ago, identified Thomas Phil t.
ps as the man who committed the il
lurders. Phillips is on trial at Lee v
DIR City on first degree charge of CT
Mr.. Mills. He was tried te
,rmerly and found guilty of murder il
lg Mrs. Mills, but the verdict was m
the second degree and he was at w
lat time given a sentence of life m
nprisonment, which was affirmed by m
e supreme court. in
Benton.--Fire destroyed the store -,
coupled by emmett & Mcdonald, I"
eir stock of goods, livery stable .,
/ one side Of the store, and barn VI
/ the other. The stock of goods Id
as valued at $4,000 to $4,000, and M
as insured at $4,000. The store DC
Hiding and the adjoining livery ao
able were the property OF John S. III
Iamblin, an attorney Of this place. DO
ley were valued at about $1,000 and an
sured at $500. The burned barn I'M
is owned by G. w. Gamble, and lie
IS valued at $1,000, with no insur- OF
ce. be
Knoxville.--"A days work for a