The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1921-01-14
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Tdings Of Tennessee
Tersely Told Neus Happenings
About Your Neighbors From
All Sections of The VOL
unteer State
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CRAIG GETS FIVE MILLIONS.
Total Tax Collections Received a
Nashville Are $20. 100000,

| OillCG Ou inc lludf udy LOT pay l1ou
without penalty bringing the tota
collections for the last quarter to SIS,
025,338.41, almost equaling the amount:
| collected on the first and third in
stallments, and SURPRISING that col
lected on the second payment. The
total collections for the year are more
than $20,3O0,O00.
Comparative figures on the collec
tons for quarterly installment pay
ments for the first Is days of the last
months In the quarters show $685.,
1906 collected in March; $4,918.
687.92 in June; $5,13O,902.69 in Sep
TENDER, and $5,O25, 1884 in December
Collector Craig said that he was
highly delighted with the large per-
centage of collections, giving the
credit to his efficient field and office
forces. In his opinion the taxpayers
OF no state in the Union have met
their income tax obligations more
promptly or more periodically than
those Of Tennessee, who have paid g.
per cent Of the taxes imposed, few
being delinquent.
The two girls were waiting upon
the table and had retired to the kltch-
en- when their dispute commenced. In
the heat of their disagreement the
Pratt girl is said to have struck her
companion with her hand, to which
the Glenn girl responded with SINH
lar blow. At this point the Pratt girl
picked up wooden brush which had
been used In the kitchen for scrub
bling tables, and hit the other girl
with the back of the brush over the
left eye. In falling Miss Glenn struck
her head against the leg of a bench
used in the kitchen for holding dishes
and other articles. The girl died in
Is minutes.
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Knoxville.--Cotton growers through
out Tennessee have their raw cotton
on hands and merchants who depend
upon them for trade have their store
houses filled with high-priced goods
marked down to bargains. Cotton
mill men look for an increase within
few weeks, and by July they expect
that the staple will reach a price of
25 cents a pound. Cotton mills in
the state are running on half time.
with only slight cut in wages. They
expect to be running on full time by
March ], when jobbers and retailers
will be placing their orders for fall
trade.
Darden.-Fire, originating myster-
iously i'll the general store Of Duke
Bros, destroyed completely that store
and stock of goods, spreading to an
adjacent large general store of J. r.
Lunn, containing the post office, de-
strOying each, also licking up store
Of ]. R. Lunn containing undertakers'
supplies, and consuming small store,
house belonging to Tom Small used |
,or residence purposes, doing $4,000 |
1amage.
Smyrna.-The vault of the First Ma, |
ional bank here was entered and val |
liable notes, registered and unregis.
cred Liberty bonds amount unknown,
tut said to be large, taken from the
leposit boxes, along with the surplus
took of stamps of the postoffice. The
'ostoffice was also entered, but little
# value was taken.
Knoxville.-Announccment is made
y Gov.-elect Alf A. Taylor that he
Till appoint Capt. T. F. Peck, of Etc.
Yah, as commissioner of agriculture.
lie formerly held this place. Selec.
ion Of an Acknowledgement and a sec.
etary to the governor will be defer.
cred until after the new executive
as taken office.
Jackson.-At meeting Of the board
directors of the Madison County
0uncil of agriculture, resolution
as unanimously adopted indorsing
lie action of the Memphis cotton con-
'rence of Dec. rs to the effect that
lere be a so per cent reduction in
,tton acreage for 1921.
Puryear.-December IL was a holt
" for all the rural schools of this
'unty. The teachers were summon.
to meeting in Paris that day for
e purpose of determining some
cans by which the present school
RIM can be heightened.
INSTRUMENTATION E. Morgan, AZ,
siding six miles north of Dresden,
mmitted suicide. Morgan at ona
ne was a wealthy and influential
izen. 1t is said that we was wor-
ID over family and financial troubles.