The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-12-01
FROM ALL PARTS
OF TENNESSEE
Reports of Interesting
Events Boiled Down
for Hasty Perusal.

Dyersburg. Granger Latta has
been appointed fuel administrator for
Dyer county.
Jackson.-Negroes of Madison coun-
ty raised $1,000 in the army Y. M. G.
A. campaign.
Selmer-Loufs Adams of Seln1er has
been appointed fuel administrator for
McNairy county.
Dyersburg. the Dyer county corn
club show Trimble carried off first
community prize.
Selmer.-Regular quarterly meeting
of the McNairy county singing con-
vention was held at Finger.
| Hohenwald.- 7-year-old son OF
Ferris Savage, farmer, is dead from the
result of fall over stump.
|
Trimble-Guy Mallard, a soldier
boy at home on a furlough, was hit by
a train at Newbern and badly hurt.
Selmer-The McNairy county teach
ers' association will hold its regular
meeting in Selmer Saturday, Dec /.
Jackson.-The Odd Fellows Of jack
son are planning to organize an en-
campment branch of the order in tue
city.
Knoxville.-A municipal wood yard
will be established for the benefit OF
citizens of Knoxville by the city com,
mission.
Paris.-A home demonstration club
was organized in Paris by Miss Ruby
Moffatt, emergency home denonstra-
ton agent.
Paris.-Mrs. Grace Robbins, state
vice president of the Womans Chris
tan Temperance union, visited the 10
cal w, G. T. U.
Jackson.-Lon W. Milan Of Beech
Bluff, 20, draft soldier stationed at
E Camp Sewer, Greenville, s. g, died
there of pneumonia.
Paris.-The November term OF the
circuit court for Henry county closed
its work, after having disposed of an
unusually heavy docket
M
Dyersburg Scott, a8SO-year
old negro, attacked Mrs. Herbert Hud
son at her home five miles north OF
this city, and made his escafh
49, $780,
Selmer. Farmers of the 6taFel Till
community met at the scA0 4 building,
and planned a campaign t. beauty
c the campus and make many SEEDED in
i provements.
n Jacksoh.-"The Cardinal Light In
4 fantry" is the name given to mill
J. tary company recently organized al
Union university under the captaincy
. of R. NJ Jennings.
Knoxville-One hundred and thre'
n
l. Pin Hook, Tenn, to the Rev. ]. T. Sex
D, ton, the blacksmith preacher" whit
n has closed a revival at that town am
y returned to Knoxville.
d Covington.-A reception was ten
" dered Rev. r. A. Clark, pastor OF thu
le First Methodist church, and his fam
& lily by the members of that church
Rev. Mr.. Clark, who has served a.
= pastor of the First Methodist churcl
for the past year, was recently ap
pointed by the bishop to serve anoth
er year here
noxville-Baptists of Knoxville
and upper East Tennessee may puI
y chase Lincoln Memorial hospital her
from trustees Of Lincoln Memoria
N university at Cumberland Gap.
al Paris-The Red Cross girls at Grov
o High school have been divided int
ii squads of five, with captain for each
re The object is to see how much eac
j. squad can accomplish in patriot
"a way.
60 Jackson.-At a tea and receptio
~ given at the Young Women's Boardin
= home, by the women who are in charge
he more than $500 was raised for this IL
20 stitution, which is home for workin
III girls.
"a
fo mphis.-Two city detectives, on
ed former patrolman and three other
IT were indicted by the grand jury o
charges Of larceny of nineteen case
of whiskey confiscated by the polio
In raid.
KnoxVille.-The republican, senator
--s al and judicial committee of the Fir
district has in view of the fact thu
they had no opposition, anns1lled til
primary called for DecemberiS.
Dyersburg-F Howard, %, die
at Camp Jackson, Columbia, Is. c.,
pneumonia, and his body was Sbrougl
to Lenox, where funeral services SWel
held by the Dew. Leggette He wi
Dyer's first soldier who has givenah
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