The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1922-02-03
TENNESSEE
! STATE ITEMS

corning 10 report SlNSH Wy ChlOi Ou
eral Prohibition officer w. H. Wynn.
Over $4,000 gallons of beer, 500 ga
Ions of whisky, 800 gallons Of excellent
brandy and 50 still IS were captured ald
destroyed in December by the govern
ment agents.
A special session of the county court
of Benton county was held for the pur-
pose of receiving the reports of the
auditors authorized at it's session the
first Monday in last July. 1t is re-
ported that the report showed manv
errors among some of the former Of
ficials.
J. N. Trigg, aged Is, Confederate
veteran and prominent business man,
died at his home in Chattanooga, fol-
lowing a, paralytic stroke suffered re-
Gently. He was native of Virginia
but had resided in Chattanooga for so
gears.
During the year 1921, % banks with
a com oined capital stock of $4,000
were organized and given permission
to do business in Tennessee, accord
ing to the annual report Of S. S, S,
Mcconnell superintendent Of banks,
submitted to Gov. Taylor
The Lions club of jackson has
agreed to sponsor the movement di.
Yected against tuberculosis in Madison
county during 1922. The club waged
the fight in 1921, collecting $4,000 for
the work and employing a public
health nurse at 5000 per month.
Two complete new chemical labora.
tories have just been installed for the
freshmen classes at the University of
Tennessee, this being part Of the
project to develop the department of
chemistry to meet the demands of the
university in it's rapid growth.
A whirlwind campaign for members
will be staged by the Madison county
farm bureau from jan 23 to %, accord
ing to the statement Of Judd Brooks,
county agent, who hopes to enlist ev-
cry farmer in this county.
State Senator e. N. Clabo of Sewer
county is free after a weeks trial on
a charge of soliciting and accepting a
bride of $500 at the last session Of the
state legislature. A verdict of mot
guilty. was delivered after the jury
had been out little more than three
Lours.
Gov. ALI Taylor has received let
ter from President Warren G. Harding
seeking to enlist his interest in the
Washington and Victory memorial
building that is in course of construc-
ton at Washington.
Announcement has been made at
the office of Dr. Olin West, secretary
of the state board of heath, that the
"Child Welfare Special would be
ready for shipment to Tennessee at an
early date.
According to the records in the
county court clerks office, 1,646 auto
mobiles were registered in Gibson
county in 1921. In 1920 a total OF
1888 were registered which shows q
comparative loss of 1872.
A meeting of the southern group Of
state farm bureaus has been called fol
Muscle Shoals, Jan. 20 and 81. Presi
,nsN nj al, t,,A4
ed in farm bureau work are expected
to be present.
Chattanooga high school students
held secret meeting in cemetery anG
decided to hold dance to defy ordel
against dancing promulgated by schoo
superintendent Ziegler. ION with the
dance is their slogan.
According to report of State Fire
Prevention Commissioner Rogers, fire
losses in Tennessee for month of No
vember totaled $224,29S. Big decreas'
over same month last year.
Will and Turley Mebane of Hunt
ingdon will have plenty of meat foI
the rest of the winter. They butch
cred registered Poland China hot
that weighed TIA pounds net.
Folks in north and east can nov
enjoy Tennessee yams. Trezevan
farmers who held sweet potatoes 70
higher market are now shipping then
out in carload lots.
Henry Smith, Newport taxi driver, Il
being held as the result of an auto &C
cident in which Mrs Mary Gould wa
killed and two men and another WON
an injured.
Roy Cockrill and Ben Sharpe, con
stables Of near Nashville, were arrest
i h. Of tho fodnrol