Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1921-07-21
TENNESSEE
i STATE ITEMS

conference Of the a. NJ. E. church has
adopted resolutions favoring limitation
of ornaments.
Covington.-L. E. Gwinn, of Coving-
ton, has been appointed member of
= the central council of the Tennessee
bar association.
Nashville.-Hiram Head, aged IL,
had both of his legs broken just above
the knees when a street car struck the
rear end of the ice wagon on which
he was riding.
Nashville-L B. Morley. chief clerk
of the state fire prevention depart
ment, is back at the office of the de-
partment afetr a two-weeks' vacation
spent at his home in Mountain City.
Paris-A Dodge automobile and
fire plug figured in mixup, the plug
being knocked over by the impact, and
water flooded the street until the sup
ply was cut off at the power house.
As$ss
Memphis-New telephone directo-
ries are being distributed by the Cum
berland Telephone and Telegraph Co.
Numbers are corrected up to May 10.
There now are about $4,000 telephones
in Memphis, company officials state.
Nashville.-Gov. Taylor, at the re-
quest of President Bruce R. Payne of
George Peabody college, has written
n I %
nois, inviting him to be present and
deliver an address at the Peabody con-
vocation to be held Aug. 26.
Ripley. - The Lauderdale county
summer training school for colored
teachers has closed a successful term.
Jackson, Memphis and Ripley were
represented and about 60 teachers
were in attendance. 1t is the purpose
to make this training school yearly
feature.
Covington.-An insect said by some
to be the boil weevil is doing consid-
cradle damage to the cotton crop in
various sections of Upton county
However, the insect punctures the
squares on the cotton, while the true
boil weevil is said to confine itself to
puncturing the cotton boil.
ington.-Freight cars were loot
ed and miscellaneous goods strewn
along the tracks of the N. G. & st. L.
railroad from Mullins Crossing to
Life, according to report to Sheriff
Wy n Az o,,toyooOINi1o
tracked to the home of man whose
name the sheriff declined to make
public.
Knoxville-Severe electrical and
rain and windstorms that swept over
Knoxville from the west played havoc
with the thousands of wires distributed
over the city, started several fires, did
thousands of dollars property damage
and threw the city into either total or
partial darkness from 6: 10 until 1O:G2
o'clock.
Paris.-Contracts for the completion
of the negro school building, which
has been standing in an unfinished
condition since early last spring, were
let at the regular meeting of the CITY
council. 2. w. Vaughn and S. j. Welt
man were successful bidders for the
structure. This work is to be- COM
pleted not later than September 1.
Ripley. H. Lee, of Gates, has
Withdrawn from the race for sheriff |
in the democratic primary, Aug. %.
ho fia16 A u Strain |
w. B. Wadsworth, T. H. Paschal, W.
B. Campbell and A. H Craig. T. H. |
Green, for circuit court clerk, and w.
L. Durham, for register, are the only |
candidates announced for these Of
fees.
acknowledgements in the case
of the Presbyterian synods of Missisr
sippi, Alabama, Louisiana and Tennes-
see VS.. the city. Of GAINESVILLE, to re.
move the Southwestern Presbyterian
university from GAINESVILLE to Men,
phis. were begun before Judge G. W.
Stout in chancery court. John Belle
Keeble and Curell Vance of Nashville
represent the complainant synods and
Dancey Fort and Austin Peay the city
OF GAINESVILLE.
Brownsville-A large concrete swim
ming pool has been opened to the pub
lie here, and it was soon thronged
with bathers. The basin is 165 feet
long and 65 feet wide, with an addi-
tional wading pool for the little folks
about one-fourth as large as the main
basin The pool was constructed by
local capitalists and fills long felt
need, as there is no bathing beach
nearer than Hatchie river, five miles
away. The owners have engaged the
services of Miss Mosie Hill as SWIM
ming instructor.
Chattanooga sweeping inquiry
has been launched here by the Ameri-
can Legion in connection with the dis
coyery of IL overseas men in the coun-
.t.i.. canu charcoal with Dpfty pf- |