The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-05-05
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federal service. 1t will be stationed at
Belle Mead camp.
An unidentified man murdered j. H.
Dickerson, of James County, an aged
farmer. Mrs. j. M. Dickerson, sister
in-law, was struck in the head with an
ak, but will recover
Rutledge Smith, of Cookeville, has
been appointed by Gov. Rye to repre-.
sent Tennessee at a military, defense
and food conference at Washington,
this week.
Nashville's Commercial Club tele-
graphed to the French and British
ambassadors at Washington, invita-
tons to the visiting French and Brit
ish war councils to visit Nashville
while in this country.
The act of the recent legislature
in regard to wages of guards at the
state prisons provide for a minimum
of $40 per month, with an Increase
of SIS per month until the maximum
wage of $50 per month is attained
Board and lodging are also supplied.
Major E. S, Walton, commandant a
Fort Oglethorpe, has requested the
war department to send one of the
motor truck companies of thirty-three
cars used on the Mexican border to
Fort Oglethorpe to be used in haul
ing supplies from Chattanooga to the
fort.
John T. Tune was killed, Miss Susie
Murphy seriously. injured and the
Misses Coggin bruised when Tune lost
control of an automobile he was driv
ing on steep hill near Shelbyvilla.
The machine turned a double somer
sault over an embankment at the bot.
tom.
Correspondence indicates that the
summer term at the State normal, in
Johnson City, which will begin June 4,
and continue six weeks, will have a
large attendance. Last year nearly
seven hundred Tennessee teachers reg
istered for the summer term, and it is
possible that the enrolment will be
even larger this year.
Fourteen hundred members are now
enrolled in the Knoxville chapter OF
, the Red Cross as a result of the mem
| bership campaign now in progress.
| At the beginning of the campaign
there were about 400 members, but
the campaign committee does not in
tend to stop until 1000 members have
been secured.
The will of the late H. c.. AbereromI
bic, who died as the result of injuries
received in an automobile accident
was probated in Chattanooga. II
estate is estimated at about So S.
! He left $4,000 to build a monuns
himself and wife and $4,000 to the
upkeep and maintenance of the GENE.
terry at Chickamauga, Ga.
Improvements amounting to approx
mately 100000 are to be made to the
grounds at Ooltewah, recently pur.
chased by the Seventh-day Adventists,
where college for the southern states
has been established Less than a
| year ago a tract of land containing
more than 300 acres was purchased,
and the work of fitting it up for college
purposes was Immediately begun.
The pant of the Walsh and Weide.
ner Boiler Company valued at $3.50, 900
was burned in Chattanooga The
erecting, assembling machine and
blacksmith shops and tower were
i totally destroyed. The company car
ried $4,000 insurance. This com
pany did a large export business,
especially in South America The
plant will be rebuilt at once
A board headed by Captain James
S. Young, Jr., was appointed at TT.
| OglethOrpe to conduct examinations
Of applicants for admission to the re.
serve officers training camp. All
army recruiting stations in North Car
DINA and Tennessee were auth
orized to examine applicants to save
them from coming to TT. Oglethorpe
before the training camp opened
May /.
Directors of the Southern Pine Asso
citation, in session in Memphis, ap
pointed a committee of nine to confer
with members of the Federal Shipping
Board in Washington, to fix maximum
prices and arrange for the delivery Of
whatever amount of pine lumber thaf
may be required in the construction Of
the fleet of wooden vessels to be bull
under the direction of the Shipping
Board.
Among bills recently becoming law
is a senate bill providing for lega
holidays in Tennessee, as follows
New Years day, January L. Washing
toms birthday, February %; Fourth 0
July; first Monday in September, La
Dor day; Good Friday, Christmas
Decoration day, May 30, and Confed
crate Memorial day, June 3. When til
holiday falls on Sunday the followiri
Monday will be observed
The trial of Miles Wallace, rura
. carrier out of Lexington was held BIZ
fore Mayor Davis on the charge Q
shipping several gallons of intoxica
ing liquors from Paducah to Lexington
boxed and labeled carbon" and al
dressed to the Lexington Water
Light Plant. Mr.. Wallace was fine
$50 and costs and bound over to tn
next term Of the circuit court in til
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