The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1922-01-13
TENN ESSEE
EVENTS
Gatheredfrom ALI Cor
ners Of the State and
Told In Briefest Form
w. F. Stephenson will head the
Memphis exchange club for 1922.

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Eight negro workmen were entomb-
ed when a trench at ROSEWOOD ball
park, Memphis, suddenly collapsed.
Farm loan bank will establish branch
In Nashville. Open for business soon.
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Jackson tax rate increased from
$115 to $1.35.
Up to December /, 21,406 bales of
cotton had been ginned in Dyer coun-
ty, according to U. s. census report.
J. w. McGleish elected mayor Of
Brownsville.
$1,000
G. c. Threadglll elected mayor OF
Milan by big majority.
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Southern railroad shops at Knox
vile will lay off approximately 1,2OO
men soon.
Leslie Vernon, new postmaster at
Alamo is On the job.
Heavy fines and jail sentences were
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law by Federal Judge Ross during SEES
sion Of u. S. court at Cookeville.
Mrs. Clara May Boshers of Coving-
ton is dead as the result Of starting q
fire with gasoline.
Ministerial association considers
bringing Billy Sunday to Knoxville for
evangelical campaign in 1922.
Work will begin early in year on
link of highway connecting Jackson
and Brownsville.
David W. Lillard, former service
man of Chattanooga, will seek con-
gressional nomination in third district
Four thousand checks sent out by
Jackson banks to members Of Christ
mas savings clubs.
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Body of John R. Mitchell, 6S, found
near home of his son at Selmer. Pa
ralysis caused death. coroner's jury
held.
Mass meeting will be held in Tren-
ton soon to oppose proposed method
of highway improvement sanctioned
by state highway commission.
Fire that razed two buildings in the
heart of Nashville caused a loss of
100000, and for time threatened the
business district.
Maurice Mayes, negro: condemned
to die for murder of white woman at
Knoxville, granted 90-day respite by :.
Governor Taylor.
Amount received from real and per-
sonaI taxes this year will be $157,950,
according to statement Of Jackson tax
assessor.
Although fatally wounded, Deputy
Sheriff Ward at Knoxville put bullet
through the heart of Sherman Hat
maker when he resisted arrest.
After tour OF state, Mrs. HI. l.. Fox
has reported u governor that enforce
ment of child labor laws show marked
Improvement
William r.. Keys has assumed duties
as head of the postoffice inspection de-
partment embracing Tennessee, Ala
bama and Mississippi.
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Enforcers captured 100 gallons OF
corn liquor at the Union bottling works
in Chattanooga and arrested R. F. Zim-
norman, proprietor.
William j. Combs is under bond at
Covington, following the killing of his
son-in-law, Dennis Smith, who was shot
to death in Combs barnyard.
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Illness of years duration termi-
mated in the death of Capt. J. M.
Brooks, 81. pioneer resident Of Knox.
vile.
John A. Weatherly died at his home
near Selmer, aged so.
Mrs. v. e. Barfield, wellknown wo-
man of Ripley, who died following
brief illness, is survived by fourteen
children.
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Following pleas of guilty to house
breaking charge in court at Trenton
Dade Forester and Charles Rutledge
given sentences of three to 20 years.
Representative FINS Garrett will be
one of the principal speakers at the
Hull harmony banquet at Nashville
December %.
Jackson automobile club has decid-
ed to lend its aid and assist in every