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Newspaper
Kingsport Times
Location
Kingsport, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1920
Page
4
The Kingsport Times edition shows the Kingsport Tennessee masthead with telephone and staff roles including Editor and Business Manager. It notes mail matter status with post office entry as second class.
The Times invites reader letters with required full signatures and option to withhold names on request. Writers must sign their letters for publication.
Notices about political candidates will be published only at the standard advertising rate. The notice emphasizes that political content is treated as advertising and charged accordingly.
Governor Roberts likely to convene a July special session to reconsider Tennessee’s cash value property tax law amid party factions. Some legislators push suffrage focus but aim to amend the tax act to curb Railroad Commission powers, hoping to appease constituents and maintain harmony. The piece urges ratification of the Susan B Anthony Amendment.
Premier Venizelos argues in a Paris cable that the United States could mandate Armenia with about 20 000 troops and a cost far below Senate estimates. He says volunteers from Armenian citizens could staff the defense and civil needs, while the U S would supply organizing power to enable Armenia to defend itself in five years.
J W Smith and R P Mullins left for New York to view real estate. Mrs J L Hamilton visited her daughter in Kingsport. Mr and Mrs John Foust of Bluff City stayed with the Barneses. Mr and Mrs Robert Barger visited the Raghs. Mrs Gertrude Ford returned home after Abingdon Va trip. Jesse Spangler had a serious accident.
An man was struck by a brick on Saturday while dynamiting the old Blountville school. He was rushed to a Bristol hospital in precarious condition. Other notes include A N Bridwell and Wesley Stanfield trips, visits by Misses Mullins Netherland and Stanfield, Oneta Smith visiting Bristol, and Kenneth Bond buying a new car.
A Fordtown annual picnic at Gray drew many residents. Miss Mary Wexlar and Miss Lena Hunt travel to Kingsport and Johnson City for visits. John Osborne from Tampa visiting relatives. Local residents house and shop hops noted, with several Yoakley family members highlighted in visits and short trips to Kingsport.
June activities in Reedy Creek include Mrs. J. F. Pecktol hosting visitors from Bristol Ford Town and Johnson City. Grape and singing teacher Prof. G S Bates conducts a ten Sunday school session at Mountain View. Other residents, including Miss Myrtle Poore and Miss Annie Mitchell, are noted with daily visits and shopping trips.
Dog owners may pay the 1920 dog tax at Bank and Trust Co. Tax due by March 23 1911. D G Hamilton Tax Assessor.
Nashville June 19 campaign kickoff with Governor A H Roberts and Col W R Crabtree. Roberts spoke at Brownsville Murfreesboro and Smyrna endorsing the Democratic platform of June 8 1920 while Crabtree attacked the Roberts administration praising simplicity and efficiency and proposing reform of the tax system calling for debate on a tax commission or constitutional changes. Crabtree pledged one two year term if elected and urged Democrats to restore party principles free of machine politics.
G H Bates conducts a Mountain View singing school Sundays 10 to 12 and 3 to 5 as Miss Maggie Fuller and Lona Reed attend Sulphur Springs decoration. Mrs Porter of East Highland plans a home entertainment Friday night June 25. Several locals, including Miss Lucile King and Miss Ina Tickle, are noted with illnesses visits and guests among Fleenor and Reed families.
A chemist notes that buyers rely on store assurances for fabric content and warns many garments labeled wool are partly cotton. A simple five minute caustic soda test dissolves wool but not cotton, revealing true fiber content to prevent cold wear.
Vera Cruz on June 18 reported two new bubonic plague cases and uncounted deaths. Dr. Mitchell, an American expert brought in by the Chamber of Commerce, now heads the rat-destruction effort with full authority and obedience required from residents.
Federal authorities allow freight trains to depart Vera Cruz but bar passenger embarkation. Heavy rains persist and fever cases rise rapidly, aggravating conditions in the area.
Announcement from Washington states Congress and the President approved a bill awarding Michael McGarvey, a New York navy yard worker, thirty five dollars to reimburse him for a set of false teeth lost at work.
Petersburg Virginia reports that after over three months of experiments the Stamscott Company has unveiled a new process to make paper pulp from cotton fibre and plans to start large scale production soon.
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