Has No Scheme Up Sleeves In Tennessee Agriculture Tug
A Tennessean report quotes Hon. Join Thompson denying any plan to perpetuate himself via a departmental reorganization. He recalls past efforts to secularize the department from politics, noting bills by Overton Lea for a nonpartisan board and arguing that the department should be funded by fees and that inspectors’ salaries are already covered, with no new revenue bills passed.
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Join Thompson
Ol. Thompson
Department of Agriculture
Capt. Hooper
Tennessean
State Senate
Overton Lea
Luke Lea
Commission of Agriculture
Hooper
Agricultural Department
Thompson
Board of Agriculture
Bbc
Thoaypen
Commissioner of Agriculture
Tennessee Experiment Station
Mr. Thompson
Agrire
Collision injures Dr D Massey in Washington street car crash
Dr D Massey newly elected to fill the late Walter P Brownlow's term in the House of Representatives was seriously hurt in a collision between two street cars. He suffered cuts to the face head and injuries to limbs and body. He was rushed to the House office building and later to his hotel to rest.
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Washington
D. Massey
Walter P. Brownlow
House of Representatives
Death of Bristol Contractor Gabriel C Harris
Gabriel C Harris, a wealthy Bristol contractor with properties in Bristol and nearby Johnson City and Elizabethton, is critically ill with tuberculosis and may die soon. He arranged a granite cemetery monument and leaves a widow with no children. Funeral will be handled by the local Masonic lodge and Bristol Masons, with burial in Bristol this afternoon.
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C. Harris
Bristol
Tenn
G. . Harris
Johnson City
Elizabethton
Solar Street
Gabriel C. Harris
Masonic Lodge
Masons
Young Woman in Columbus Mississippi Takes Her Life
Miss Willie Askew aged 16 committed suicide here yesterday with a revolver. No cause known. The family was prominent locally and politically. Her father Inte Jos Askew was a former state railroad commissioner and her grandfather Gen J H Sharp was a Confederate veteran and former speaker of the state house.
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Columbus
Miss
Dee
Willie Askew
Miss Askew
Jos Askew
J. H. Sharp
House of Representatives
Clergyman Missing In Asheville After Friday Afternoon
The Rev. D. Miller, pastor of Bethel Church, Asheville, has been missing since last Friday afternoon. Despite searches by family and friends, he has not been found. He was last seen at Biltmore railway station.
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Asheville
N. C
D.d. Miller
Bethel M
Biltmore
Editorial on Rolin Cooper and political justice in a divisive case
The piece defends Rolin Cooper amid the Carmack family feud, praising his refusal to abandon pacification, his legal appeals, and his eventual acquittal. It condemns manipulative politics and a late effort to reopen the case, urging fair, open battle and warning against behind the scenes plots and personal gain.
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Loried
Cooper
Poe
Neil
Sells and Massey in Political Standoff Forewarns Future Battles
The piece notes ongoing friction between Senator Sells and Dr. Massey in Republican politics, with postmasters and pension-board appointments fueling cross purposes. It predicts stormy times ahead, with leadership unsettled and potential one termers amid factional maneuvering and strategic vacancies.
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Tts
Sells
Dr. Massey
Massey
Congress
Sella
Bristol
Greeneville
Wexler Sells Farm on the Watauga River
ER B. Wexler of Bristol sells his 487 acre Watauga River farm in Sullivan County to W. G. Fulton of Gray Son County Virginia. Fulton will take charge at once. The price is not stated but believed to exceed $25,000. The farm is among the county’s best and features handsome buildings.
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ER. B. Wexler
Bristol
Watauga River
Sullivan County
W. G. Fulton
Grayson County
Virginia
Opposition to Lorimer Reports Solid Senate Push
Washington December 20 opposition to the Lorimer exoneration grows as several senators agree to push for a postponement of the subject until after the holidays. They seek time for members to study the testimony and the committee report at privileges and elections.
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Washington
Senate
Lorimer
Connecon
Niinots
Henator Hopkins
Nashville to host Tennessee postal savings bank test
Nashville announces Johnson City as the single Tennessee postoffice chosen for the postal savings bank experiment. Postmaster General Hitchcock says regulations and forms are ready for deposits to begin January 5, with one experimental office in each state and territory to test the service under the limited appropriation.
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Nashville
Johnson City
Postoffice Department
Tennessee
Postal Savings Bank
Nashville Post Ofice
Washington
Hitchcock
Preacher Catlett Dies After Gunshot Near Maryville
Reverend W. A. Catlett, a Baptist minister and former Immanual Baptist pastor in South Knoxville, died at 12:40 PM near Maryville from a gunshot wound to the breast. Investigators were unsure if the shooting was accidental or intentional after he bought a shell and the gun fired at a store where only a girl was present. Catlett had been in ill health for months.
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Maryville
W. A. Catlett
Immanual Baptist Church
Knoxville
Catlett
W. R. Cupp
Mr. Catlett
Judge A. S. Buchanan Takes Oath of Office
Judge Arthur S. Buchanan of Memphis was sworn in as a justice of the Supreme Court by Justice M. M. Nell after appointment by Governor Patterson to succeed W. D. Beard. The court adjourned for the holidays. the Court of Civil Appeals also recessed.
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Nashville
Tenn
Arthur
Buchanan
Memphis
Supreme Bench
Patterson
W. D. Beard
Justce M. M. Nell
Shields
Supreme Court
Court of Civil Appeals
Jackson
Stanley Barlow Named Private Secretary to Congressman-Elect
Congressman-elect 8. KR announces J. Stanley Barlow of this city as private secretary. The $1,500 a year post is described as creditable, with Mr. Barlow praised as industrious and capable.
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KR. Sells
J. Stanley Barlow
Bis
Barlow
Three Bodies Found. Man Arrested in Durham Arson Murder
Three charred bodies were found in the burned Sanders home near Hester, 20 miles from Durham. A girl’s hair in a blood pool and a bloodstained pocket knife tied to Na than Montague led to his arrest for assault, murder, and arson. He was held for an inquest and transfer to the state penitentiary.
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Durham
J. L. Sanders
Hester
Montague
Bienga
State Penitentiary
Sanders
Mary Sanders
Wilson
Deathly Practical Joke Sealed Man Inside Mule Carcass
Young Harris Georgia December 19 Bart Brown a county resident was placed inside a dead mule carcass and sewn up by companions after a drinking spree. He remained six hours until two men cut him free bleeding but sober and frightened. Brown vows vengeance while recovering.
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Young
Harris
Bart Brown
Brown
Dr Docker Endorses Cardal Tonic in Clyde Testimony
Mrs T A Docker of Clyde Kentucky praises Cardal the woman’s tonic noting five years of illness that kept her in bed and unable to work. She claims the remedy restored her health and ability to perform daily tasks, while describing ongoing pain and headaches as remaining issues, urging others to obtain it from their druggists.
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Clyde
T. A. Docker
Cardal
Gare ‘Gul
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