Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1917-11-29

been appointed fuel administrator for
/ Dyer county.
| Jackson.-Negroes Of Madison coun-
~ raised $1,000 in the army Y. NJ. c..
A. campaign.
Selmer-Louis Adams of Selmer has
been appointed fuel administrator for
McNairy county.
Ripley.-William Tucker, Jr., has
been appointed fuel administrator for
Lauderdale county.
Selmer.-Regular quarterly meeting
of the McNairy county singing con-
vention was held at Finger.
Trimble Mallard, a soldier
boy at home on furlough, was hit by
a train at Newbern and badly hurt.
Jacksonville Odd Fellows of Jack
son are planning to organize an en-
campment branch of the order in the
city.
Paris.-Mrs. Grace Robbins, state
vice president of the Woman's Chris
tian Temperance union, visited the To-
cal w. c. T. U.
Jacksonville Madison county corn
club show, held In the courthouse, was
a great success, some of the best speci-
mems ever seen being presented.
Springfield.-J w. Brown, cashier
of the Springfield National bank of
this place, has been appointed treas
urer of the Tennessee Bankers asso-
citation.
Observation-Disclosures plumbers have
gone on a strike, their demands for 50
per day, eight hour basis, having been
refused by the master plumbers upon
request.
Covington-The doctors Of Munford
and Atoka have organized the Mum
ford medical society and elected j. b.
Witherington president and ]. ]. Elem
ing secretary.
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community met at the school building,
and planned a campaign to beauty I
the campus and make many needed i'm
provements.
Memphis.-Thomas D. Lawler, 16,
whose father is attending the reserve
officers training school at Fort Ogle-
thorpe, enlisted in the marine co.ps as
as-saI srrr,reap hoy,
Jacksonville Cardinal Light In
fantry' is the name giveh to a mill
tary company recently org~nized at
Union university under the captaincy
of r. M. jennings.
Knoxville.-The republican senatori-
al and judicial committee of the First
district, has in view of the fact that
they had no opposition, annulled the
primary called for December s.
Observation-Disclosures of Knoxville
and upper East Tennessee may pur-
chase Lincoln Memorial hospital here
from trustees of Lincoln Memorial
university at Cumberland Gap.
Paris.-The Red Cross girls at Grove
High school have been divided into
squads of five, with captain for each
The object is to see how much each
SQUAD can accomplish in a patriotic
way.
Jackson.-At a tea and reception
given at the Young Women's Boarding
home, by the women who are in charge,
more than 500 was raised for this in.
stitution, which Is ho!Ge for working
girls.
Knoxville. Federal investigation of
the selling of coal to the city of Knox
Vile at 81 a ton more than the price
fixed by the government is being con-
Quoted by the fuel administration at
Washington.
Paris.-Mrs. A. P. Boyd, who spent
much of her girlhood knitting socks
for the soldiers in the Civil War, has
opened aa training school here for
girls anu boys WIN "ASh " iSe'iH 'AAS
art OF knitting.
Memphis.-In the future all socials
given by the Ladies' Aid circle of the
Bartlett Methodist church will be de-
void of Refreshments. The serving OF
sweets and cakes has been tabooed by |
the society in an effort at conserva-
ton.
Jackson.-Col A. Ewing Griffin, who
was elected president of the North |
American board of embalmers, In an
nual session at Jacksonville, Fla, is
member of the firm of Implicit Il
Griffin, of Jackson.
Covington.-Mrs Matte Fletcher, |
daughter of ]. w. Boswell, OF the |
Drummond vicinity, through her after.
neys, has compromised her suit against
the Illinois Central railroad for &c.,
900. Mrs. Fletcher was suing for the
killing of her husband, flagman.
Chattanooga-Th United Daughters