Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1921-06-23
TENNESSEE
4 STATE ITEMS

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TreZevant.-Farmers OF this section
are realizing some good money from
the shipping of beans this season.
They are getting good prices for this
crop, but the yield is very short and
the acreage is also short this year.
Jackson.-Joe Joseph, former mer-
chant here and past Eralted Ruler OF
the local Elks' lodge, who was drowned
in New York recently, was buried in
Washington, according to messages
received here. Mr.. Joseph was drowned
while fishing.
Union City.-Col. Hume r. Fields
died at his hame here. His death
was not unexpected as he had been
i'll for several months. His wife died
a number of years ago. Col. Fields
was "a years old and had a distin
guished war record.
Trezevant.-While watching a ball
game at Mckenzie recently, Cecil
Moore, young son of John Moore of
that place, suffered the loss of an
eye. A stray ball hit him in the eye,
putting out the member and fractur-
ing the bone around the eye.
untingden.-Carroll county is to
have second class postoffice at Nc.
Kenzie, beginning July /. The office
at that place has already received no
LITIGATION to that effect. Mckenzie
has been growing rapidly for the past
few years both in population and busi
ness.
Knoxville.-An Roane county is
greatly interested in the recent dis
covery of gold in the ridges about Pc
land Hollow. An analysis made by
DIR. G. C. Childress CT Knoxville shows
$007.91 to the ton of ore taken from
an outcropping on the Poland farm,
near Hartman.
Neutrality-suspicious. Frances, enc OF
the founders of st. Cecilia academy,
a Catholic school for girls in this city,
died at the academy. Mother Frances
came here from st. Mary 's-in-the
Woods Ohio, with four other Domin
lean sisters to found a school for girls
GO years ago and st. Cecilia was the
result.
Camden.-Dunn & Woodal, contrac-
tors of Atlanta, Ca, who were the sue
cessful bidders recently on the sec
ton of the Memphis-to-Bristol highway
from Trotter's Landing on the Ten
nessee river, to Camden, are here and
are making their arrangements to
commence work upon the highway by
July l..
Observation-Disclosures of the American
Legion, Memphis Post No. /, decided
to make lively fight for the erection
Of an additional building at the U. s.
Marine hospital at recent meeting
of the post. The matter will be pre-
scented to congress, officials of the
legion say, and pressed until the fight
is won or the vote is cast against it.
Memphis. - Police were aroused
shortly after midnight by a fire in one
If the cells at police headquarters and
IN investigation found that w. H. Nc
1uire arrested on charges of larceny
md vocation of the narcotic laws, had
orn loose some of the excelsior pad
ling in his cell and made fire. He
to the police that it was
too cold" for him. Ma damage was
lone.
Jackson.-From six to eight thou
and farmers of west Tennessee will
,e entertained in Jackson, according
o plans being perfected by Mr.. H. S.
ity of Tennessee. Farmers of Fl
ounties will come here to attend DEM
at the experimental sta
ion, one group of counties being in
tied one day until the entire group
ave attended
Chattanooga M. NJ. Allison,
ounsel for the A. G. S. railroad, has
a temporary injunction re-
training Sheriff J. NJ. Holmes Of Tren-
on. Ga, from destroying a carload of
,hisky which he seized while en- route
0 Los Angeles from a Kentucky dis
illery and also an order requiring the
heriff TO appear at Atlanta and show
ause why the shipment should not be
lrned over to the railroad company.
Newport. -Officers will ask imme-
lately for the extradtion Of Rufus
esther, arrested at Pittsburgh, Pa,
n the charge of aiding in the recent
Oldup there of James H. Neal de-
artment store manager, who was
lot dead by pal Of Costner's. The
ennessean is wanted in Newport for
lie alleged murder of Humphrey Car
,r, near Cosby. Tenn, last summer
here Is a reward of $3.50 offered by
rmer Gov. Roberts for Costner's ar
st.
Knoxville.--Efforts made to estab-
III the identity Of the member oh the
lartet who killed George Lewis near
linton on the night of May 30.
owed unavailing. All four of the
en- are now in the Knox county jail.