McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-05-25

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movement has been
made.
Tullahoma.-Th twenty-first an.
nual convention of the Tennessee Fed
Grafton of Women's Clubs was held at
Trenton.-A strong effort is being
made in Gibson county to raise a com
pa1y of volunteers for service in the
state guard.
Jackson.-Among the volunteers
from Jackson, James P. Pig is of the
fraternity, being writer
on the Daily Sun.
Manchester.-By vote of 1903 to 35
the voters of Manchester expressed
their disapproval of the bond issue of
$27, 900 for waterworks.
Lynnville. four-year-old
daughter of Prof. and Mrs. Charles E.
Bell, was thrown from an automobile
and her collar bone broken,
Chattanooga.-Jack Shropshire, 40,
a well-to-do farmer of Ooltewah COM
munity, committed suicide by sending
a charge of bird shot into his head.
Dyersburg.-The members of the
Dawson camp have chosen Miss Mar
garet Farris as their sponsor at the
reunion to be held in Washington.
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Jackson.-Due to the continued cool
weather, with occasional light frost,
many Of the farmers find it necessary
to plant their cotton the second time.
Humboldt school bond elec-
ton held in Humboldt to vote $4,000
for the erection of new high school
building carried by vote of 153 to 10.
Chattanooga.-Ab seven hundred
employees, mostly women, Of the Da-
Wis hosiery mill, makers Of Buster
Brown" hose, are out as the result OF
a lockout.
Jackson.-Employes of the Illinois
railroad shops in Jackson raised $215
by voluntary contributions for dona-
ton to aid the Red Cross work in the
present war.
Nashville.-The Nashville unit, com.
posed of twelve physicians of the Van
derbilt university faculty, has been
accepted by the war department for
service with the American Red Cross.
Newbern.-The town of Fowlkes has
elected the following officers: Mayor,
w. H. Zones; marshal, Tom Welch;
aldermen. o. s. Huffman, H. w. WEIGH,
S. L. Thornton, G. A. Journegan, E. L..
Jones and D. H. Jones.
Chattanooga large number OF
volunteers, including many women, of.
fered Mayor Littleton and Sheriff Bush
their services to register the men OF
military age when the regular regis
tration offices are opened.
Nashville.-The portrait OF Mrs. 81
lena Moore Holman, who as president
of the Tennessee w. c. T. U. for is
years led the forces Of temperance to
victory, was placed among the leaders
in the states history in the state IL
brary in the capitol.
Chattanooga.-Judge Louis Shep.
herd, aged IA, died suddenly at hos
pital here. Judge Shepherd was strick-
en- just after arguing a lawsuit in the
criminal court. He was the oldest
member of the Chattanooga bar, and
was widely known throughout the
country as an attorney.
Bolivar.-The 44th term of st. Kath.
crime school, the Rev. c. s. Ware, prin.
cipal, closed with an eloquent and
powerful sermon by Bishop Gailor in
st. James church, when the rites oil
confirmation were administered to a
large class.
Dyersburg. Miss Martha Hamilton
who has been at the head of the de
partment of expression in the Dyers
burg high school for some years, re
ceived a signal honor when she was
appointed head of the department Of
expression in the Peru state normal
Peru, Neb.
Knoxville-The East Tennessee
farmers convention closed its forty
fourth annual convention with the
election of the following officers: w
C. Shaw of Knoxville, president ere
elected; w. P. Earnott of Green
county, vice-president; H. A. Morgan
of Knoxville, secretary-treasurer ant
C. A. Keffer, assistant secretary.
Chattanooga.--The selection of site
for the construction Of cantonment'
to house 10000 troops at Chickamaugi
park was completed when Capt. Edw
D. Ardery. representative of the quar-
termaster generals office at Wash
ington, approved the sites picked on
by the authorities here.
Bristol.-The business men Of Bris
toll are being urged to do their best t
keep business normal.
Chattanooga.-The national guar,
will be modified July Is, according t
information received by officers a
Fort Oglethorpe and the officer;
training camp here.
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Shelbyville.-The graves of the Cor