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EE. E. M. LONG
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Over Wehman's Hardware Store
Union City, Tenn.
Telephones
Office 144; Residence 695-J
DR. E. M. LONG
DENTIST
Over Wehman'B Hardware Store
Union City, Tenn.
Telephones
Office 144; Residence 695-J
UNION CITY, TENN., FRIDAY, MARCH 24, 1922.
VOL. 32, NO. 52
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MEMPHIS GIRLS TAKE
STATE BASKET TITLE
ALL-STATE GIRLS FIVE
L. Butler, Memphis.
L. Brown, Troy.
C. Flack, Union City.
G. Berry, Memphis.
G. Taylor, Troy.
SECOND ALL-STATE
L. Dahnke, Union City.
C. Sneed, Peabody.
G. Davis, Peabody.
G. Warren, Memphis.
Picked by Miss Genevieve Col
lins of Peabody and Tommy Zer-foss.
Memphis lassies are State cage
champions.
They won the 'ille last night when
they defated Troy, 31 to 18, in the
finals of the Peabody-Tennessean
girls tournament.
-. Hujpe-Fogg's girls were unable to
equal the feat of the- boys in grab
bing the Tennessee crown in the
tVage. .They passed out of the cham
pionship scramble before the rush of
the Troy girls. The home lacsies
staged a gallant fight, tut the floor
fates sent the finals to West Tennes
see. Again it was Miss Butler, the mar
vel of the girls' court, vho brought
victory to the Memphis Hi lassies.
Never has her equal been seen in
any girls' basket ball. Her marks
manship was uncanny and only three
of the shots she took at- the net
missed fire. Shf was superb in
handling the ball, and her leadership
was brilliant.
Miss Butler of Memphis, single
handed, won the title. She'wac re
sponsible for all of the 31 points
made by the Shelby County lassies,
a feat rarely duplicated on any floor.
Friday night Miss Butler made 41
points of her team's total and her
yrecord last night in the finals piled
her total up to 95 points.
Miss Brown, of Troy, the runner
up, was second, with 51 points, while
Miss Rose of Hume-Fogg was best of
the Nashville tossers, with 23 mark
ers to her credit.
The line-UD.
Memphis, 31
Position.
. . F. . .
Troy, 18.
Broadway . . .
Brown
Burnett
....... Morris
Taylor
'H. DnuiilwiiT F. ..
, Broadway . . .
c. ...
QUIUIVU ....
Berry G.
Warren. Guv. . . . G
.Cude, Norton
- Field Goals Butler 15, Morris
2, Brown 2. Foul goals Brown 10,
Butler 1. Substitutes Norton for
Cude; Guy for Warren.
Points scored by the teams were
as follows:
snphis, 107; Troy, 83; Union
CltyT35; Peabody, 31; Hume-Fogs-,
28; Columbia, 19; Central, 16;
Springfield, 15; Gallatin, 9; Clarks
ville, 8.
The highest foul shooters were:
Brown (Troy), 30; Rose (H.-F.),
19; Dahnke (Union Cit7), 10; But
ler (Memphis), 10; Blanton (Union
City), 9; Moon (Springfield), 8;
Tipton (Clarksville),1 8.
The highest field goal shooters
wcr j'
Butler M Memphis), 42; Brown
(Troy), 11; Morris (Troy), 8; Bur
nett (Troy), 5; Broadway (Mem
phis), 6; Sneed (Peabody), 5; War
wick (Peabody), 5.
The high individual ccorers were:
Butler (Memphis), 95; Brown
(Troy), 51; Rose (H.-F.), 23;
Dahnke (Un ion City), 18; Morris
(Troy), 16; Buinett (Troy), 14;
Broadway (Memphis) 13; Blanton,
(Union City), 13.
In additioifto the title the Mem
phis lassies were avarded a hand
some trophy presented by Howe and
, Emerson.
Mies Ethel Norton, who conceived
the idea for this tournament, is de
serving of lavish praise for her pi
oneer work, in behalf of girls' basket
ball in Tennessee. The manner In
which she conducted the tourney re
flected praise upon her judgment and
efficiency. So successful was the
tournament at its repetition again
next year is assured.
Not a hitch arose at any time dur
ing the tournament. The refereeing
was high-class, though very strict,
and the teams , responded quickly to
the change in officiating.
Not a complaint was registered, al
though some teams were severely
crippled by the infliction of heavy
penalties from the officials. BlinUey
Horn, in Nashville Tennesseean.
FRIDAY'S EVENTS.
The girls inter-state basket basket
ball tournament started here Friday
under the direction of Miss Norton
of Peabody College. Ten teams from
all over the State were represented,
three being from Nashville. Games
are played in the Peabody gym.
The first game of the tournament
was between Peabody Demonstration
School and Gallatin High School. The
Peabody team ran away with the
Gallatin girls and the Hna.1 whistle
blew with a score of 25 to 9.
In the second game of the series,
Troy High and Springfield faced each
other. The end of the first half
found the teams about neck and
neck, the score being 11 to 10 in
favor 'of Troy. In the third quarter
Troy ran her ecore up nine points,
holding Springfield to her place.
In the last quarter Troy mounted her
score to 28, leaving her opponents
with 12.
The uneasiness started off with the
team from Union City holding Cen
tral down inxthe first half of the 2
o'clock game. The Union City team
was unusually adept In getting the
ball to the goal but was somehow un
able to put it through the basket.
The goal shooting of Batey and Jop
lin of Central High' sort of " evened
things up in the first half and the
game would in most probability have
turned out more 'even had not these
two stars been put out of the game
on fouls. With their mainstays
gone, Central High was left to the
mercy of Union City, whose floor
work and passing, done mostly by
Misses Flack and Dahnke, has been
one of the features of the tourna
ment. The final score was 21 to 16
in favor of Union City.
Next came Peabody, winner of the
first morning game, to play Troy,
winner of the second. Peabody start
ed a little off form and the
team managed to keep the ball
around its goal for the greater part
of the game. The first of the game
until the second half was fairly even
with Troy somewhat in the lead.
Then Sneed, star center, got put out
on fouls. She was followed by War
wick, forward, in the same manner.
With subs in these important places
the Peabody team put up a hard fight
to the last whistle but was unable to
overcome the fast work of the Troy
five. The final score was 18 to 6.
The "first game of the night was
between Central High of Memphis
and Clarksville. The Memphis girls
warmed up in the first of the game
and began making goals. The Clarks
ville girls were unable to break the
strong defense of Memphis and suc
ceeded In getting only eight points
during the whole game against the
fifty-one of Memphis.
The last game up to date was be
tween Hume-Fogg High School and
Columbia. The game was hard fought
until the last whistle which found
Hume-Fogg with 21 points against
the 19 of Columbia. Nashville Banner.
MEMPHIS WINS FROM UNION
CITY.
Taking a commanding lead in the
opening stages of the game, Mem
phis' magnificent five won their semi
final contest with Union City in the
first game of the afternoon session
Saturday by a score of 25-14. The
West Tennessee lassies gave the co
horts of Miss Butler a terrific fight,
but superior passing and basket work
told the tale.
As In the Memphis-Clarksville
game, the goal activities of Miss But
ler were the individual features of a
spectacular duel. Easily the best
player in the tourney, the Memphis
captain shot almost at will, her rapid
floor work and almost miraculous
baskets bringing frequent applause
from the crowd.
Miss Warren played magnificently
at guard as did Miss Berry. The Mem
phis lassies lost eight points in their
margin by fouls, Misses Dahnke and
Blanton ringing four each. Miss
Broadway worked admirably with
her floor mate, and Miss Stanton
played well despite her fouling
which caused her removal from the
game. Misses Flack and Dahnke
starreVfor Union City.
The line-ups: .'
Memphis. Position. Union City
Butler, Marquette F Blanton
Broadway F Dahnke
Stanton, Butler F. Flack, Alexander
Berry........ G. . . . .Bond, Flack
Warren....... G. ...Cunningham
Referee, Hindman. Timer, Kirkes.
Scorer, Boarnman.
Field Goals Butler 9. Broadway
2. Flack 1. Blanton 1. Dahnke 1
Foul Goals Butler Goals Butler
5. Dahnke 4. Blanton 4.- Nash
ville Tennessean.
HUME-FOGG LOSES TO TROY.
The last localJype in the girls'
basket ball tournament vanished Sat
urday afternoon when Hume-Fogg
bowed to the superiority of Troy
High's fast quintet, 19-7. So blan
keted did the red-middied guards
have the Blue forwards that Hume
Fogg was unable to score from the
field, all her points coming from Miss
nose's accuracy on free chances.
The local lassies, although out
played and outclassed on the floor,
went down fighting gamely, but
Troy's floor work and basket ringing
ultimately proved their downfall.
The count was close during the first
half, but in the latter stages. Miss
Brown's basket work mounted a
score that the local lassies were un
able to overcome.
The guarding of Miss Taylor
proved the individual feature of the
duel, and Mioses Brown and Burnett
played excellent offensive games.
Miss Culbert played magnificently at
guard, and Miss Moore played well
after she was placed at center. Miss
Gattis performed excellently at
guard. Miss Rose-accounted for all
of Hume-Fogg's points, but inability
of the local forwards to get open
caused their downfall. Fouls com
mitted by the locals were very cost
ly. The line-ups and summary:
Troy. Position Hume-Fogg.
Brown F Rose
Burnett-Norton F. Craig, Oibble
Johnson, Hockersmith.
Morris C ..Moore
Crude G. . . Moore-Gattis
Taylor G Culbert
Referee, Zerfoss. Timer. Kirkes.
Scorers, Boardman and J31oomstein.
Field Goals Brown 3. Burnett 3.
Foul Goals Rose 7. Brown 6.
Nashville Tennessean.
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SUIT FOR $50,000
VERSUSU. R, R, GO.
Mrs. Hattie Wesson, Obion, Sues for
i, Killing Husband.
Mrs. Wesson's husband was killed
south of Obion on December 26, 1921,
by a fast train going north and
approaching Obion. It seems from
report that Mr. Wesson and a negro
man were on one of the I. C. double
tracks below Obion, walking along
the track in front of a freight train
moving south. They saw the train
approaching and hurried to get out
of the way. In doing so they ran
towards the opposite track in the
way of a fast train going north. Mr.
Wesson was knocked out to the right
of the track some fifteen or twenty
feet away, and death had taken
place when the body was found. He
was not badly bruised bjit some of
the ,leg bones were broken. The
negro was not killed but" seriously
injured.
Last week thru her attorney, Mr.
Etheldred Morris, action for $50,000
damages was brought by Mrs. Wes
son in the Circuit Court against the
I. C. R. R. Co.-
Parent-Teachers.
The entertainment given at the
High School auditorium last Friday
night by the Parent-Teachers Asso
ciation was in every respect a worthy
effort and the patronage was fairly
good, tho a few seats were vacant
that might have been taken by peo
ple who are interested in the school.
We might as well admit, to begin
with, that schools and school ath
letics are inseparable. None of us
is old enough to remember when
we had no athletics on the school
grounds. Some of us remember town
ball and bull pen, Jumping run
ning, broad and half hammered
and very little playing unless it was
athletics. Growing children must
have exercise and big ones are no
account without it. So when we
advance to football and basket ball
it is but the natural course of af
fairs. Therefore we congratulate the
Parent-Teachers Association in its
efforts for clean, healthy sports In
the school.
The entertainment was exception
ally fine. Among the singers were
Miss Ruth Marshall, Miss Minnie
Beck, Mrs. Ella Howse," Mrs. J. D.
Carlton; the reader, Miss Kathleen
Arnold. Mr. Holland, of Greenfield,
a visiting pianist, gave one or two
very fine numbers on the piano.
Mrs. Chas. Keiser made a talk along
the lines of the work of the evening
and she was, as usual, enlightening
and interesting.
Mrs. Sherman Sutherland was re
quested to conduct a spelling match,
but gave way for another evening.
The lions.
Another meeting of the Lions last
Tuesday found a good attendance.
Minister Baker was elected to fill
the vacancy made by the absence of
Rev. Clark on the park commission.
Everybody said amen.
It was then suggested that the
Lions Club foster an egg hunt on
Easter at the park.
Judge Bratton was called on for a
dif.cussion of livestock. He stated
that he had no statistics except in a
general way. First he was glad to
report that the engineer on the Jeff
Davis highway had arrived and is
getting ready for work on the right
of way. Then he made the state
rs ent that Tennessee is one of the
most important livestock States and
that Maury and Obion counties are
the principal livestock counties in
the State. Obion probably leads.
Obion shipped on an average of five
cars of livestock a day last year. Two
millions of dollars worth of livestock
last year was shipped from different
points in tne county. The livestock
men of the county are as well known
as any set of men anywhere in the
livestock business. They are well
up in the business, and when it is
hazardous they are good losers. They
lost in two years on the high market
one- million dollars. The value of
livestock in the county last year was
four million dollars. Says Judge
Bratton, hogs and soy beans and red
clever cover crops in Obion County
are more profitable and better suited
to the county than any others. This
is not a horse country and only a
fair cattle country, but it is peculiar
ly adapted to hog, hominy and hay.
Mr. C. S. Talley was called on for
some statements regarding the or
ganization of a building and loan as
sociation In Union City. He said
that he was not prepared for this
purpose, but he was In favor of such
an organization. Mayor Woosley,
Judge Bratton and others spoke of
the old association and its operation
in Union City thirty years ago, and
the value of the organization. Oth
ers speaking in behalf of a building
and loan organization were Messrs.
Hany Vincent, Howell Bransford,
Ben Howard, Fletcher Tate, Tom
Reynolds, Dr. Long. Mr. Bransford
spoke of the association at Blythe
ville, Ark., Mr. Reynolds of the one
at Hickman, Mr. Tate of the one at
Sparta, 111. A motion was finally
made to invite Mr. Benjamin, of
RTayfield, to meet with the Lions here
at an early date for further investi
gation of the subject.
Mr. Council, express agent, was
present, and was called on for a
statement with regard to handling
express on the night train to be
added to the service of the N., C. &
St. L. Ry., Hickman to Hollow Rock.
Mr. Council had nothing particular
from his company to offer. Person
ally he would like to see the service
established. Messrs. Burdick, Oliver,
and others favored making claim for
an extension of express service on
this run.
Supt. F. E. Ranck spoke in behalf
of the City Schools, recommending
improvements on the gymnasium and
swimming pool, or rather making
these institutions an investment in
stead of allowing them to fall into
disuse. The young people need these
institutions and if they are to be
worth anything at all there need to
be some improvements in the way
of sanitation, ventilation, plumbing
and heating, dressing rooms and
wash room. The Lions agreed to
present the matter to the Board of
Mayor and Aldermen and the prob
abilities are that the amount needed
was allowed.
Third Saturday.
Mr. Rose's third Saturday was an
other big day for Union City. Like
the first Monday, the weather was
disappointing and no doubt people
from long distances would not ven
ture out. Still a large number of
people were here and the day's ac
tivities we.re altogether encouraging.
In the park where the crowd as
sembled a fine speech was made by
Mr. W. E. Hudgins, whose predic
tions of better times were most as
suring. Mr. Hudgins was very gen
erous in praise of the people and the
country in Obion County.
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WINDSTORM LEAVES
WRECKAGE IN WAKE
Church Blown Down.
Beulah Baptist Church building,
northwest of Union City, was demol
ished by last Sunday's windstorm.
The building was overhauled and
practically new, but it seemed to be
in the storm center and the walls
were wrenched In and out and the
roof went crashing down on the
seats. The value of building was
about $2000 with insurance of $800.
The seats were insured for $200.
John T. Walker & Co., who issued
the policies, stated that adjustments
would be made immediately so that
the seats could be taken out.
Barn Destroyed.
A barn belonging to Mr. Ed Har
pole north of town was blown down
by the storm last Sunday. Valued
$300, partially insured.
County School Board.
The Board of County School Di
rectors met last Saturday to make
provisions for the county elementary
schools. The election of teachers
was postponed until the school fund
is apportioned and the board could ar
rive at some idea as to how long the
money for the districts would last.
It seeems to be the sense of the board
that the County Court will have to
Increase the school tax in order to
have money enough to run the
schools as they should be.
Near East Relief Campaign.
A campaign to raise $150,000.00
in Tennessee for the starving chil
dren of the Near East is now on.
Chattanooga is the. first large city
in Tennessee to complete its cam
paign. They raised almost $20,000
in one day for this cause. The reports
from headquarters office in Nash
ville, Tennessee, show that great in
terest is manifested all over the
State and it is believed that the
good people of this county will mea
sure up to all that is expected of
them. The quota for this county is
only $1500.
The chairman for this county is
Mr. Chas. Dietzel, and we are sure
all of the ministers will co-operate
with the chairman in making the
campaign a success.
The Near East Relief Organiza
tion is chartered by Congress and
the work is supervised by the Amer
ican Government. More than 97
cents of every dollar raised goesMo
the starving children. The Near East
is taking care of 120,000 orphans in
orphanages and there are more than
200,000 children outside of or
phanages that are being fed. During
the last five years the Near East
saved more than a million and a half
of these persecuted and tortured peo
ple from starvation and death.
We must continue to help them
until they are in position to help
themselves.
- Burglars.
' Burglars prized open the screen
door at Mr. and Mrs. Arnn's Wed
nesday night and helped themselves
to food and other articles. They got
away.
Truck Stolen.
The small truck used by the city
for electric repairing was taken out
or stolen last Sunday. It was found
stuck in a mudhole in Number Seven
and some accommodating gentleman
brought it back to town.
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