The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-06-30
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see cities and towns will participate II
! the field day for the Boy Scouts o
East Tennessee, to be held at Morris
town July 4. Contests will be oper
to every registered scout in good stand
ing.
The Nashville, Chattanooga & st
Louis Railway has. completed a sur
yey for the right of way for d branch
line Of the Western & Atlantic Rail
way from Graysville, Ga, to Fort
Oglethorpe, and contracts for right Of
way are now being signed
Greeneville is to have knitting fac
tory and the work of erecting the build
ing has already begun 1t will be
4, erected on the south side of the town
where many new buildings are being
erected. 1t is expected that the build
ing will be ready for occupation before
cold weather
The jury in the case of the state
against John Bass and j. Arthur Page
charged with the murder, November
Is, 1916, of Beskie Boatwright and Cal
lie Havener at their resort on Pea
Ridge, announced verdict of murder
in the second degree, following the
trial in Lexington. A new trial will be
sought.
Congressman Hubert Fisher visited
Memphis, accompanied by DR.. D. B.
Reath, of the signal corps, to investi.
gate various sites offered by Memphis
as a permanent aviation school If
$40 acres of land can be found that is
level and accessible, Memphis will Sc.
cure school where 1900 to 1900 ayia.
tors will be in constant training.
Resolved, that should any employe
of the city of Nashville desire to enlist
in the service of our country, he shall,
upon application to the commission,
be granted leave of absence for such
period as required by this enlistment"
This resolution was passed by the
Board of City Commissioners of Nash.
vile.
Governor Rye has already forwarded
the names of all the Tennessee army
draft exemption boards to PRESIDENT
Wilson as recommended officially, but
the appointment to the boards are to
be made by the President himself II
is thought that the President will fol-
low recommendation as made to the
Governor by the Mayors and various
authorities throughout the state
Knoxville garbage cans contain much
human food and animal food is the
positive statement Of United States Of
ficials, An analysis of the contents OF
these cans would 80 to- tsfsy }sscrs:aSss
say the oficialsI8lB.hey urge that a
chemist or food specialist analyze the
contents of such garbage cans from
week to week and the report be fur
nished to the public.
The War Department in telegraphic
communications to Rutledge Smith
state registration officer. urged that
steps be taken at once to recruit Ten
nessees full strength by June 30. Mr.
Smith at once got in touch with re,
cruiting officers in the state and also
called attention of eligible soldiers In
the state to golden opportunity te
volunteer.
John R. Rison, of Paris, prominent
in politics and lodges, man of wealth
and father of grown children was made
10 fD11l Mt in a CIit HlnH a met him
in the Federal Court in Memphis by
Miss Josie B. Price, of Fort Worth.
Texas, who alleges that Risen failed tc
keep his contract to marry her after
the death of his first wife She asks
for $4,000 damages.
Clay Lewis, of Cumberland City, has
been commissioned first lieutenant
and given orders to proceed to raise
company from Stewart county. Mr..
Thomas Miller of Nashville has been
commissioned captain of the company,
to be known as Fort Donelson Rifles,
Already the work Of recruiting has
begun and it is expected in short
time to have the company complete.
Senator Mcclellan was paid the com
pliment by Vice-President Marshall OF
being invited to preside over the Sen
ate during day last week. 1t is not
| customary, under the traditions OF the
Senate, for a Senator to be accorded
this honor until he has served at least
one session in the upper chamber
Senator Mcclellan entered the body last
March.
An alleged German plot, which in.
cluded the destruction by dynamite Of
the Louisville and Nashville Railroad
bridge in Knoxville, the residence and
munitions plant of William ]. Oliver
the Southern Car Works, knitting and
-four mills at Lenoir City. Tenn, and q
large plant of the Atlas Powder Com
! any at Etowah, Tenn, is believed te
have been foiled by the arrest OF tive
| young men in Knoxville.
Any drink containing alcohol was
defined by the Fostoffice Department
! as intoxicating liquor within the mean
ing OF the law forbiddng mailing oil
liquor advertisements into dry terri
tory after !uly / MetyI, wood and de
7atu:ed a,coAol are excepted The de
'aTtmcht ru.e4 also that the prohibi
zion gwainsi acknowledgements annlipg tC