Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1921-06-30
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lock eight Of the Cumberland river.
KnoxYille.-A report TO the Journal
and Tribune from Cumberland Gap
says that the three men held there
in connection with the murder Of A. c.
Sassar have been released
Trezevant.-Prof d. T.. Barnhill,
county superintendent Of public in
struction. announces that an examina-
ton for those desiring to take teacher
examinations will be held at Hunting
don in July
Huntingdon.-A. N. McKeIvey. own
er of the Huntington shoe hospital,
is erecting a brick building on the
square in Huntingdon adjoining the
Mccall building and will occupy 1t as
a shoe repair shop.
Dyersburg.-The resignation OF DR..
f. L. Atwood of the Baptist Church
has been accepted and he will enter
upon his new duties with the Tennes-
see College for Women at Murfrees'
boro early in July.
Chattanooga-In a two days drive
for membership the lUcal post Ameri-
can legion, between six ana seven hun
dred names we're added to the rolls.
This drive was preliminary to the
state convention which meets here
soon.
Trezevant.-The annual state con-
vention of Tennessee rural letter car
riers will be held at Martin. A very
interesting programme mas been ar
ranged and a number of prominent
speakers are scheduled for addresses,
among them being Senator Mcclellan
Memphis.-George Norwood, negro,
23, 236 Turley street, made VOW to
let very one paddle his own canoe.
Norwood is at the General hospital
with his right hip shattered by bull
let. And it all resulted from Norwood
trying to act as peace-maker in an al
tercation between two negro men and
a negress.
Nashville.-An indictment was re-
turned by the Davidson county grand
Jury against Oscar Clark of Algood,
who has been prominent candidate
for federal prohibition enforcement Of
ficer for Tennessee, the charge being
that he was arrested at the state fair
September 25 last in the act of taking
a drink from bottle.
Huntingdon-The Woman's club had
a treat in the way of a discussion on
Mural decorating by Mrs. Zoe Carnes
Whitman, of new York. Mrs. Conan is
the wife of an interior decorator snd
has met with success in several lines
of commercial art herself one or ner
achievements being the decoration
several years ago of the American
club house in Shanghai, China.
Memphis-William Orr, son OF Rev.
J. w Orr, sos McLemore avenue, is
confined at St. Josephs hospital with
a broken leg, sustained when he was
knocked from his bicycle at Fourth
street and Beale avenue. The boy is
said to have been run down by an ice
cream truck He was knocked to the
sidewalk, witnesses say. His leg was
broken above the knee.
Memphis.-His age was the main
defense of George MCGEE, 81, negro,
when brought before Judge Tom
Harsh on a charge Of obtaining money |
under false pretense. A number OF
white persons testified George had
lived in Crittenden county, Ark, for
81 years, and that he never before
had been in trouble. The case was
nolle pressed.
Huntingdon.-The Carroll County |
Medical association WILL meet in Hunt
ingdon, the principal speaker of the |
occasion being DR.. Duncan Eve, Jro
of Nashville. His topic will be Non
Union of Fractures DR.. A. l. Den |
nison of Mckenzie will discuss "Consti- |
tutional Effect of Errors in Refrac-
ton" DR.. J. w. Williams of McKen'
zie will speak on the topic, Acute En-
eritis."
Memphis. -OrganizStion of boys |
club is being planned by the Memphis |
Rotary club. Lewis D. Fort, member |
of the boys work executive commit
tee, accompanied by Frank d. Fuller, |
chairman of the A. B. Hill school COM |
mittee, will leave for Chicago to at |
tend meeting of the Union League |
club of that city and to study the |
workings of the organization for the
local club.
Milan-The continued drouth with
the exception of a few light, scattered |
showers in this vicinity, has been very |
detrimental to all growing crops.
Some few fields of cotton nave never
come up. Cultivation in ground that
has been thoroughly worked causes
the moisture to come to the top of the
ground. A big rain is needed to satu-
rate the ground and cause the crops
to grow rapidly.
Knoxville-Memphss TO Bristol high
way will have direct connection with
Asheville over hard surfaced road by