Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1921-03-17
TENNESSEE
EVENTS
Gathered from All Cor
ners Of the State and
Told in Briefcst Form

a True lTlSuu Vi IHC IVY @hu hiS SA''o
is composed of 20 real young Ameri' |
cans. Mr.. Volz was POSTMASTER and
the program consisted of music, under
the direction Of Miss Eloise Pierson,
and short talks were made by F. c.
Bullock on 1.-THE Prodigal Father" r.
G. Sanford, Helping the Boys to Keep
Fit" and W. G. l., Rice, What the
Community Owed to the Boys"
McMinnville.-The Woman's Civic
League. which was discontinued few
years ago, when the ladies were all so
busy with Red Cross work, was reor'
ganized few days ago with mem
bership of about eighty. The follow
ing officers were elected, Mrs R. l..
Maloney, president; Mrs. Kelly F.
Potter and Mrs. Emmett Bonner, vice
presidents; Mrs. James t. Sims, sec.
rotary and Miss Amanda Colville,
| treasurer.
Newbern.- The strawberry indus
try, which is becoming the chief crop
in the Newbern territory, Is being
strongly financed by both banks in
Newborn. The bankers are urging
more acreage and will loan the farm
ers money in this section to increase
the acreage. Strawberries are one of
the most profitable crops that can be
grown in this section and largely
increased acreage will be put out this
year.
Fayetteville.-The jury in the cases
of Joe Carly, Charles Vowel, Jim
Robinson and Theo Dismukes, ne
groes, charged with having aided two
prisoners to escape from the Lincoln
county Jail, returned verdict OF
guilty. Carly and Vowel, held ring
leaders, we're given fip years in
prison and Robinson apd Dismukes,
charged with having aid&l in the es-
cape, were given three y rs in prison.
Kpoxville-Woodme the World
In Tennessee will conyfA In Knox
Vile for their bienniahthre conven'
ton. The biennial COM SThon OF the
Woodmen Circle will be- held stimuli
taneously. More than TOO delegates
, are expected. Mayor Neal will daisv
. err the address of welcome and the
response will be by Head Consul a
Grant Matthews, prominent Memphis
attorney and speaker of eloquence
IS Paris.-On April the voters Of this
G city will elect mayor, three aldermen
d and chief of police. The race Is
:, warming up. There are two aspirant;
e for the office of mayor. DR.. RIA. Fox
0 a dentist, and John r. Rison, Jr., pub
Usher of the Partisan, have announc
ed. There are three out for chief Of
police, and just how many aldermanit
r candidates remains to be determined
Memphis.-The number of typhoid
: fever cases in Memphis is mounting
daily, records in the city health Office
show, and officials are as yet unable
to ascertain the cause of the diseasa
The total number Of cases is 80 posi-
tive with others suspected. lnocula
ton of everyone in the areas covere'
by the disease is in progress, unde
the health department.
Chattanooga-May IL, 10, IA an
Is is announced as the date for On
meeting of the state convention o
the Tennessee Federation of Won
ems Clubs by Mrs. Clarence H. Stew
ard, president. The convention WI!
be held at the Lincoln Memorial un
versity at Harrogate, near Cumbe'
land Gap, at the invitation OF official
OF that institution.
Memphis-Unless the supreme cour
reverses the decision of Judge Tor
Harsh, made in the Second Crimina
court, Mary Thompson Mcnamara wi
serve her sentence of from one to !
years in the penitentiary on charg
of perjury. She was convicted for a
tempting to change her testimon
when she sent Allen Mcnamara to tn
prison for life
Chattanooga.-Si knight D.
Crabtree of Lookout Commands
had the distinction of representa-
both the local and state organic
lions at impressive ceremonies in M
rion, O., that had as their purpose tt
making of President Warren
Harding a knight Templar.
s*asH
Lynchburg.- will be a sa
Of registered Duroc hogs at the Broo
side farm of F. w. Motlow. Fifty hea
of very fine individuals will be sold
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McMinnville.-At recent meetir
the Warren county pure bred poulJl
orcociatiop was organized with WI