McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-07-06


| Dyersburg-The West Tennessee
Sunday School institute held three
day session in Dyersburg with ITO del
egates present.
Nashville.-Gov. Rye has granted q
pardon to George F. Weller of Mar.
shall county, convicted of the unlawful
sale of whisky.
Knoxville. Epworth League
summer institute Of the Holston con
ference started here with 500 dele
gates in attendance.
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| Selmer.-The annual Lexington dis
trict conference of the Methodist Epis
copal church, South, will be held a.
Hollow Rock. July 1912.
Huntingdon-Circuit court convened
here with Judge Thomas e. HARDWOOD
presiding and Attorney General Hills
man Taylor representing the state.
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| Bristol.-F. !. Derby in connection
with the American shorthorn breed
ers' association, will hold sale Of
registered shorthorn cattle in Bristol
July 25.
| Morristown-Mrs. r. Roger Miller
has been officially notified by nationa
headquarters of her appointment as
local commissioner of the Girl Scouts
of America.
Bristol.-A. w. Fisher, physical di
rector of the local Young Mems Chris
tian association, has been called Il
Fort Oglethorpe where he will do as
ISOLATION work.
Chattanooga.-Charles Dunn, aget
Al years, was shot and instantly killed
here by his brother-in-law, James X
Mathis. Family troubles are blamed
for the tragedy.
Concord.-Arrangements are being
made for the third annual reunion o.
Farragut graduates, former students
and teachers, to be held at Farragut
school August II.
Jackson.-Under orders of the su
preme court, as handed down in re
cent opinions, big bunch of prison
ers were removed to the state peni
Tertiary at Nashville.
Dyersburg.-A mass meeting wal
held at the courthouse here for tn,
purpose of organizing vigilance com
mittee and home guard for the protec
tion OF Dyer county during the war.
| Chattanooga-Two chauffeurs, G
L. Mcclure and Erwin Starks, boti
members of Chattanooga families, me-
horrible deaths in an automobile &C
cident near Rock Springs, on the La
fayette- Chattanooga road.
Dyersburg.-The merchants asso
citation of Dyer county met at thu
courthouse to arrange for a markeI
for the surplus potatoes of the county
Dyer county has what 1t never had be
fort, surplus food crop.
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Ashland City.--The election hell
here for the purpose of voting on thu
issuance of ten thousand dollars IL
bonds for the erection of high schoo
building resulted practically unani
mously in favor Of the bonds.
Nashville-Owners of stock through
out the territory traversed by thu
Nashville, Chattanooga & st. Loui!
railway are asked to cooperate witt
the road in its efforts to reduce thu
damage to stock along its lines.
i Nashville.-In connection with tn,
plan to buy the Tennessee Contra
railroad, the Illinois Central railroad
according to a report published here
is planning to build a new line be
tween Nashville and Chattanooga.
| Trenton. Major A. E. Frost, IL
charge of United States army recruit
ing in Memphis, will discuss at Tren
ton, July is, some Of the phases o
American participation in the Euro
pean war from a military standpoint
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| Selina-Sheriff ]. M. Gray has re
turned from Spivsy, in the west enc
of this county, bringing with him San
Coulter, citizen of the third pre-
cinct of this county, who is charged
with failing to register on June 5. Thii
is the first Stacker" discovered IL
this county.
! Nashville. Officers were elected a
the state Baptist Young Peoples uniol
convention held in the Edgefield Bar
fist church, as follows: President, ]
e. Lambdin, Knoxville; vice-presl
dents: East Tennessee, T. L. Gates
Knoxville; Middle Tennessee. H.
McNeely, Orlinda; West Tennessee, J
i A. Hanson, Memphis. Recording sec
rotary, Eugene Alsup, Nashville; treas
urer, Earl Robinson, Chattanooga
Group leaders: Chattanooga, Miss G
Robinson; Knoxville, Miss Pearl d.
Wis; Memphis, q H. Rutherford; Mash
vile, M. L. Sedberry. ?
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Morristown.-July Fourth viii b
the occasion OF an event of suprem,
importance to the Boy Scouts Of Eas
Tennessee. Troops, individual scouts
and crack teams from all sections o
East Tennessee will meet in Morris
town in open competition for the high