Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1921-02-17
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Lexington.-Judge n. R. Barham o.
Jackson will preside over the circuit
court when it conyenes here.
Puryear-A tobacco firm has beer
organized here for the purpose oil
buying a certain type of tobacco. The
promoters are ]. G. Littleton and b
E. Burton of this place and c. V. Ez
ell of Paris.
Dyersburg.-There will be a con
ference in Fulton. Ky, of managers
of independent baseball clubs repre-
senting Dyersburg. Fulton. Jackson
Brownsville. Milan. Cairo and Padu'
cab, to consider plans for the coming
season.
emphis.-Alarmed over the pres
ent-day trend toward suicide as re-
lief from financial and domestic diff
ficulties, the Rev. Ben Cox, pastor of
the Central Baptist church, viii have
Suicide" as his subject at services
soon. Dr. Cox will treat the subject
with his customary vigOr.
emphis.-Advertisin for bids for
construction work on the basement,
areaways and foundation of the new
auditorium and market house will be
published on March Is, and work on
this portion of the building is expect
ed to start April l, according to an
announcement following a meeting Of
the auditorium and market house
commission.
Rosemark- Yeggmen looted every
safe deposit box in the vaults of the
Rosemark Bank and Trust company
Every bond, note and all papers found
in the collection of boxes was taken
by the robbers. Investigation when
the bank opened indicated that the
boxes were rifled after an attempt to
open the money safe inside the vault
failed
Brownsyille.-One of the most Sc
we're hailstorms of recent years visit
ed this community and hailstones av-
eraging in size the ordinary mothball
fell for several minutes. Children on
the way to school were forced to seek
shelter from the furious bombardment
from the heavens. So far as could be
ascertained there was no damage ex-
cept to a number of plant beds.
Nashville-At a recent session of
the house of representatives the only
bill of a general nature considered
was that deferring the penalty on
state and county taxes to May l. The
bill, which passed the senate after
considerable discussion, was passed
by the house and now goes to the gov
ernor for approval. The vote in the
house was 81 to 3. with present and
not voting.
Memphis.-The Memphis Methodist
Sunday School Officers and Teachers
association will hold its regular BIZ
monthly meeting in First church, Pop
Lar avenue and Second street. The
special feature of the program will
be an address by Rev. J. w. Shack
ford, general superintendent of the
teacher training department of the
Methodist Episcopal church. South.
DR.. Shackford is reputed to be
forceful speaker and an expert in Sun
day school work.
Waverly.-Memphis police believe
that in the arrest of Aaron Organ,
10, negro, captured at Waverly,
Tenn, they have good clue to the
identity of the man who shot and
killed Chas. B. Morehead, 500 Wood
lawn street, Memphis, recently. Or
gan was arrested by the sheriff at
Waverly for vagrancy after the negro
had alighted from freight train on
the n, C. & st. L. railroad. Organ
explained that he had caught the
train soon after the killing and was
on his way to Nashville.
Chattanooga.--The Tennessee riv-
err here has reached a stage Of 316
and was still slowly rising. the pre-
ulCllOu U6luS lHdJ IL may IGdCn 90
feet. Roads in several outlying sec
tions are already inundated, cutting
off travel to and from the city. Only
one street car line has been affected
so far, the track between the city
and Rossville, Ca, being covered to
an extent that prevents operation.
The road to Walden's Ridge is blocked
to travel, as is also that section ly-
ing east of mississippi Ridge.
Dyersburg -One of the most afro
cious crimes ever committed within
the borders of Dyer county occurred
at Mount Hope community, three
miles west of Dyer, when Laddie May
11-year-old daughter of Will
liam Adcock, was killed by an armed
masked burglar, who came to rob the
house Two men, masked and armed,
pushed open the front door just after
all members of the family except the
little girl had retired for the night,
Jne man held his gun on members Of
hp family while the other took $50