Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 156, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 June 1920 — TENNESSEE GOVERNOR CALLS SPECIAL SESSION [ARTICLE]

TENNESSEE GOVERNOR CALLS SPECIAL SESSION

। ; The governor of Tennessee has Called the legislature of that state to meet in special session on August 9 to consider the ratification of the nineteenth amendment to the national constitution. This is the woman suffrage •amendment, which now needs the support of one more state to put it in force. Almost every northern state has ratified this Amendment, most of the southern states have refused to do so. The state of Georgia refused to ratify Monday when the Georgia state senate defeated ratification by a vote of 19 to 15. Crown 'Point is the mecca for Sunday pleasure seekers this year. The Lake county capitol with her horse, automobile and motorcycle races, her automobile polo and aeroplane stunts is attracting immense throngs. The town seems to .have suddenly wakened up until it is one of the leading center* of entertainment in the country. Probably Clarence Fate, head of the Chamber of Commerce, is. responsible for the unusual activity up that way. - The /College Inn restaurant, recently purchased by A. E. Wallace and Jack Murphy, will open within the next few days. New fixtures have been installed throughout. Morocco, Monon, Crown Point > and Wheatfield are repared to hanpdle many visitors at their Fifth of July celebrations. '