The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1922-01-06
TENNESSEE
EVENTS
Gathered from All Cor
ners of the State and
Told In Briefest Form

ent declared that he had returned
home and quit the field because he had
found that unorthodox doctrines were
being taught in Chinese mission
schools with the consent of the mis-
: sion board.
The display of too much hosiery
while she was ON the witness stand
caused Won A. Huffaker, Knoxville
judge, to issue sharp reprimand to a
woman witness. He declared no wo-
man would be permitted to come into
his court and insult his sense of
modesty.
Heroism of Leila May Smith at Chat
tanooga saved her sisters baby, but
cost her own life. When the child's
clothing caught fire Miss Smith extin-
guished it, but the flames ignited her
own dress. She was burned to death.
The baby is the child of Mrs. J. B.
Grant.
DR.. George T. Harding, Jr., brother
Of the president, pointed out the need
for better care of the feeble-minded
as method of preventing crime, In an
address before students at the Madison
Rural sanatorium at Nashville.
Boy, page Mr.. Hays! Aubrey Belts
Of Erin received letter last week
which was mailed by his mother at
Humboldt Tenn, on November %.
The letter took 20 days to make 90
mile journey.
High school students are In gloom.
Superintendent Ziegler has put the
ban on Jazz dances and secret socie-
ties. Only the old-fashiened square
dances will be permitted on school |
property.
Charles B. Nuchols at Chattanooga
ssAs sued Sheriff Cate for $4,000 dam
eges. Claims he and his bride OF two
weeks were innocent bystanders when
shot by seriff's deputies repulsing at
tack on JAIL
Poultry raisers in the Bristol section
Of the country are grooming their
fowls for the poultry show which will
be staged January 81, under auspices
of the Bristol poultry association.
With grading completed only some
bridge work remains to make the
NeWbern section of Jefferson Davis
highway one of the finest roads in the
south.
Tononhn11 cto "a
street in Knoxville, lodged an auto go
ing south and was run down and Sc
irously injured by truck speeding
north.
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 Finis Garrett will be {
one of the principal speakers at the
Hull harmony banquet at Nashville 6
December %. I
Jackson automobile club has decid- !
ed to lend it's aid and assist in every !,
way possible in securing improvement
to all roads in county. ,
Amount received from real and per- 1
sonal taxes this year will be $157,950,
according to statement Of Jackson tax q
assessor.
Although fatally wounded, Deputy ]
Sheriff Ward at Knoxville put bullet b
through the heart of Sherman Hat. b
maker when he resisted arrest. a
After tour OF state, Mrs. H. L. Fox
las reported u governor that enforce
nent of child labor laws show marked :,
:,
Enforcers captured 100 gallons of Il
orn liquor at the Union bottling works n
n Chattanooga and arrested R. F. Zim- p
herman, proprietor. e.
William J. Combs Is under bond at q
!ovington, following the killing Of his m
Dennis Smith. who was shot a,
} death in Combs barnyard.
Illness of years duration termi- y
ated in the death of Capt. ]. M. =
rocks, 81, pioneer resident of Knox ~
Tile. sc
Mrs. v. e. Barfield, well-known wo- m
an Of Ripley, who died following ve
lief illness, is survived by fourteen to
lildren. "
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Body of John R. Mitchell, SO, found n
lar home of his son at Selmer. Pa n
lysis caused death, coroner's jury m
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