Polk County news. [volume], December 22, 1921, Image 1

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A HOME PAPER PRINTED FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY.
VOLUME 13
Sr.ton. Tnnen, Thurtdajr, Pc. 22, . 1921
NO. 40
Spirit Negro Away
Lawsuit Oyer
Three Prisoners Undecided, Savs
'.
For Safe Keeping
Khoxville Mob
fake French Leave Cant. Lillard
Tennessee Power
Company Hearing
-i '
Nashville, Tom., Hoc. 18.
The state raihoui muI puLlic
utilities commission will resume
bearing on the Tennessee Power
Company Monday morning, at
which time it wil consider placing
a value on the properties of the
c.onipuny for rate-making pur
poses and the establishment of re-,
turn on same- I he commission
will also take up the question of
individual contracts of the com
pany to determine whether or not
these contracts are " preferential
ami whether or not they place an
uudue burden upon the publi; and
whether or not they should be ct
I
aside on that account- . . j
It is estimated that, perhaps, j
two days wiil be consumed in the !
hearing. j
Iitowab. I en p.. Dec. IS.
Thomas Ross, negro, charged with
the murder of J. V. Johnson,
negro, nstauraut proprietor, wno
was arrested in Atlanta, was re
turned to this place tonight and
taken to Athens and placed in
jail for safekeeping.
C. D. Strong, a detective of the
L. N., arrested the negro. Chief
of Police Tom Davis, of this city,
Sheriff Shoemaker and Deputy
Cline returned the negro to Ten
nessee.
A small party composed mainly
of negroes gathered at the 'depot
a id fired several shots when the
negro -was placed in an an'omo
Charles S. Nuchols Wants
$15,000 Damage
Y. T. ("ate.. Sheriff, of
Knox
New
countv, and his surety, the
Amsterdam L.asuany , company
were made defendants .. in : a suit
filed i the circtiijcoiiirt of Hamil
ton county, seeding -'damage in
the sum of $15,000 for Injuries re
ceived bv Charles t S- Nuchols
during an alleged assault by the
sheriff and his deputies when they
fired on a crowd gathered on the
courthouse lawn-in Knoxville.
The cause of the shooting, it is
alleged, was that- the sheriff
thought an attack jwas to be made
biie for the trip to Athens. Noon the iailin a" or to remove
f uther demonstration was made.
a negro charged wi th ' assauking a
white school teacher. . Miss Mar-
. ' ' - V . ' . , '
tin.- 1 he officers jre said to have
Do your" advertising in these A good business man advertises believed the crowd jon 'the court-
co'iiiiins.
his business. How abe-ut YOU?
Wow
r Every Field Ust
962S
F.0.6.Detroit
P. t't'
I
Pumps
Waier
Every
house lawn was a ihob formed, for
the purpose of ". lynching the
negro. - -
Joe V. Villiamsand Col." John
S Shambliu. the latter from Ben
ton. are attorneys., for the com
plainant. ;, ,
The bill o lieges that Nuchols,
who is the son of -Dr. J. D.
Nucholsv of -Benton, was strolling
along the street with his bride : of
wawekslle xiaL' h i . arm
about her waist. When the
sheriff's force fired' a yolley at
the crowd young Nuchols, it is
alleged, received a bullet through
his neck and bedy, resulting in
paralyzing ins rigtit arm, tne in
Miry being permanent- It is said
that the bullet that passed thru
Nuchols' body struck his wife,
entering ner, pack, mulcting a
minor flesh wound- The shoot
ing occurred at 9 p.m. August
19, 1921.
The contention of the plaintiff's
attorneys will be that there
l hree prisoners broke jail here
early Satuniav morning- Their
names were John Tippett, Jess
lilrod and a man by the name- of
L nulermilk. s
i lie last two named were
charged with wife desertion, and
Knoxville, Tenn.. Dec. l7.
Captain David V. Lillard, , of '.
Ltowah, popular officer, of the
117th infantry during the war.
stated that hehad not definaiely '
decided whether he would seek
the Democratic nomination for
Tippett is charged with enteiing congressman from the ord district-
the residence of O. L. Williams
and
taking
a lot of
at Ocoee,
clothing belonging to Luther
Moore, who was boarding at Mr
Williams'.
Av a 1 1
i lie prisoners were locked up
in their cages, as is usually done,
but for some reason the
ock failed to function
prisoners set to work
Odd Fellows
Elect Officers
Moonstone Lodge of the Inde-
spnngpendent Order of Odd Fellows
anu tne have elected officers for the
to f reel sueinevear as follows:
en-
themselves. 1 his they succeeded! J. Creed Brock, N, G. -'
in doing by tearing brick out. of j A. R. Arp, V. G-
the wall and gaining their liberty. Joe M. Clayton, -'"Recording
Tippett is a young boy, and on j Secretary.
account ot uis age ne was given
three years in the State fndustrt
al School at Nashville, lie was
a strangerin this section, his home
being in Mass. lie was recap
tured by officers at Etowah, Sun
day morning and returned to
jail. Elrod " was also captured
ami rt-turned to jail, -but Louder-
milk has not been apprehended. '
W. IT.- Prince, Financial Secy
D. U, Uurch, Treasurer. ,
The new officers will -be. install
ed on tlicvfirst meeting night
January- , -y-- -; -.
in
ANTIOCH
Masons- Elect
New Officers
At the last regular meeting of
tne Masons, new omcers were
elected as follows :
W. 11. Prince, 'W. .VI.
J. L. Brewer. S. W.
Bryan Witt, J. W.
H. M. Love, Secretary.
Dr. S. B. McClary, Treas. "
The new officers will be install
ed on the evening of the 2 7 1 h , the
was installation being public.
YFil!s
Silos
4k
:mf
Teed
You can plo w, disk,
harrow, harvest,
thresh, bale hay,
grind feed, fill the
silo, saw wood,
pump water, pull
stumps, do road
work or any other
power job around
the farm quicker,
easier and at less
cost toyouwith the
Fordson Tractor?
Twenty-four " hours each
day, every working day in
the year it will give maxi
mum service. Light but
powerful it gets from job
to job quicldy. - Easy to
operate and control effi
cient, economical and above
all DEPENDABLE. .
Get in the power-farming frame of mind
now. Calj, phone or drop us a card for
facts. See the Fordson in practical
operation.
GREEN MOTOR CO J
BENTON, TEMNESSEE j
no attack on the "jail, and none 1 he hastern btar oliicers will
intended: that., even if such at- he installed immediately after the
I tack had been intended, the plain- Masons install their officers
tiff was not of the alleged attack
'Runs'
party.
The novelty of this suit is that
it is probably the first instance in
which suit has been brought
against a county official in any
place other than in .the eounty
where the alleged effense was
'committed. It is expected that
the question of jurisdiction will be
raised in this case, but it is un
derstood that under the law action
mav be brought in such case at
any place where the surety com
pany involved maintains an office
l'rof. 11. D. Iluffaker represents
the New 4mster(-'am Casrtulty
here. Jr will be argued. .probably.
that it would not be competent to
hear this case in Knox county
-
courts.
Judsre Williams had little to
say regarding the case, but it is
expected that it will be a: hard
fought one, especially on the
question of jurisdiction. "
iCiattanoog? Times
A feature of the evening will be
... . i i
a banquet tendered tne Masons by
the Eastern Star ladies. . I he
banquet will be for the Masons
only .and will be free. .
Rose Rollins
Mr. R. H. Rose, of Benton
Station, and Miss Onie Rollins,
of this city, stole a march on their
friends and were quietly married
Sunday evening at the residence
v)f Rev. J- K. Johnson, the Rev.
We are hav'inp some prettyjiog ?
killing weather in this part of the'-
uirg at present. ' ; ' , ?
We had a nice crowd out at the .
bo K s vpptff .-if -it iv as -'rain yv M v e r v
body had a big tim? and 'plenty to i
eat. -
Miss Gecrgia Meta Brown spent
Saturday night and Suudav with
Miss Laura Fox.
Paul Clemmer an4 H. C. .Love
called on Misses Mildred and
Onie Biggs Sunday afternoon. .
Miss Carol Wilson is spending a,
few weeks with home folk.
There was a large crowd &t
.Sunday School Sunday morning
and at singing Sunday afternoon, : -
There will be a Xaias tree at
this ;lace Xmas eve at 6:30, also
Rev. Johnson fills his regular ap-;
pointinent at 7:30. ' .
. Guess everybody is looking for '
Santa Saturday night. I am.' ..
'Nelce Quails and family have ,
moved back to their old home
place on Kuclid Lillard' s farm.
Wishing you all a Merry Xmas
and a Happy New Year.
Mr. Johnson officiating.
Mr. Rose is a prominent resi
dent of Dento.i Station. Miss
Rollins is a daughter of Mr. B. P.
Rollins, of this city, and their
many friends will share the wishes
of the News that they have a long
and happy married life.
A BOY BABY
A card announcing the birth of a
son to Mr. and Mrs. a. j. mc
I Clary, of Columbus, Ohio, on
Dec. 12, has beei' received by the
News.
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