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Newspaper
Kingsport Times
Location
Kingsport, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1925
Page
3
Rural farmers near Kingsport discuss Ordinance 19 restricting sale of milk butter and dairy products within city limits. It requires a $3 annual permit per vehicle issued by the food and dairy inspector with metal tags. City official warns buyers to inspect dairy items carefully, noting possible issues with sweet milk.
The Needy Children Fund in Kingsport rose to 395.50 with a recent 11.50 contribution. Donors were urged to give before noon Monday as the drive aims to fund a Christmas for dozens of city poor children. Contributions are anonymous and welcome in any amount.
An One Hour parking rule on Broad Street between Mui and Market Street will be rigidly enforced. Officer Th Starnes warns that violators will face the judge as cars park during business hours. The limit runs 7 am to 6 pm with no variation. Also noted is the Tennessee Public School Officers Association annual meeting in Nashville January 12 13 and 14 1926 at the Andrew Jackson Hotel with P L Harned announcing the program.
The Kingsport Board of Mayor and Aldermen approved on second reading an ordinance authorizing 800,000 in bonds for the purchase of the waterworks. The sale of lands was authorized at the election held Saturday December 12. The board will meet next Tuesday to set the 1926 city tax rate. Council members attended the Friday session in full.
Imperial household announces the Japanese Emperor endured a sudden stroke of cerebral anemia last evening. Doctors deem his condition not serious, but his departure for Numatea, his usual winter retreat, is postponed.
Four carloads of captured German war materiel arrived in Nashville and other Tennessee sites. Heavy guns and trench mortars will be distributed to cities, with a few mounted in public spaces. John Lrotwood Moore oversees distribution, selecting pieces for Nashville and other parks. Lighter relics such as helmets and grenades accompany the weapons as part of the state’s historic display plan.
Weather report summarizes rain and showers across Virginia North Carolina and Tennessee with scattered fair periods. Dry clearing Sunday night followed by colder conditions and possible rain or showers into Monday in various regions.
A special Christmas concert will be broadcast tonight on WEAP WEI WCAP WJAK WCAB Wwoc WWI WREI WCCO ESD WTAG WLI. Soprano Jeannette Vreeland and Elsie Baker lead with Lambert Murphy and William Simmons in a program of carols and sacred songs, featuring Ave Maria and O Holy Night.
The church schedules an evening worship service tonight at First Christian Church. The program features a tableaux and a dramatized reading titled The Story in Bethlehem with a planned start at 7 30.
Report states Grover Nigholasy was shot multiple times and his body dumped near the town outskirts after a mob forced him into a vehicle. Deputies feared violence as a group of men attacked and dragged him away.
Local Boy Scouts organize a Christmas toy drive to collect unused toys for Seduty and distribute them to needy children in Kingsport. Donors may call Edgar Guenther at 146 to arrange pickup or delivery by Scouts.
The borough Terrier cogesters opened their season at the high school court tonight defeating the high school of Technology of At lants 31 to 19. The Georgia nays faced a strong attack from the high school heopmen but fought on.
The Hammond post of the American Legion will gather in the Community Y post rooms at o clock Monday evening. Reports will cover the ongoing membership drive begun at the last meeting. National Commander McQuign aims to add over 100 million members nationwide this month. If the Kingsport post matches its 1925 strength this month it will earn a meritorious service citation. In coordination with the local Elks, the Hammond post will also comply.
City volunteers organize a Christmas baskets drive for the needy this week with membership chairmen urged to attend the post meeting and other members called to participate.
Kesner, an employee of the Glinchfield Portland Cement Corpora tion, was awarded 365 dollars for injuries from a trial against the National Casualty and Insurance Company. The City Judge heard the case Friday after Kesner was injured at the cement plant last September. He received 75 dollars for injuries and 100 dollars monthly for time lost. Bowlin testified for the insurance company.
Funeral services for Fred William Harris infant son of Mr and Mrs Garfield Harris were held from the Baptist church in Hilton Virginia at ten o clock yesterday morning. Interment followed in the cemetery near Five Points.
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