McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-09-14
FROM ALL PARTS
OF TENNESSEE
Reports of Interesting
Events Boiled Down
for Hasty Perusal.

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Wartrace The Wartrace prepare
tory school opened with Prof. John F
Pruett as principal
Camden.-The citizens of Camden
and Benton county held farewell
program for the Benton county soldier
boys.
Athens.-The Rev. Sigel B. Ogle Of
Nashville has been called to the pas
torate of the First Baptist church al
Athens.
Nashville The First ambulance
company of Tennessee has arrived al
Camp Mills to join the Forty-second
division.
| Newbern.--The cotton crop in this
county is reported to be later in open
ing than ever known in the history Of
the county.
Union City.-The citizens of Union
City and Obion county gave dinner
In the city park to the drafted boys
of the county.
Irrelevant. - The nomination fol-
county offices in the primary will be
held by the Republican party in this
county on Friday, Sept. IA.
Lexington. - Robert Knowles, IA
| year-old son of Chief of Police J. w
Knowles, had his leg broken when a
horse that he was riding fell.
LaFollette.-Fifteen hundred people
most of whom were miners and theii
families, gathered at the fair grounds
here and observed Labor Day.
Gleason.-A revival is In progress
here at the Methodist church. Rev
Martin, the pastor, is assisted by Rev
Hamlet of Valley Forge, Ky.
Jacksonville Jackson city schools
opened with an attendance of about
5000, under Superintendent C. B
Ijams, formerly of Chester county.
Memphis. B. Coleman, for
merly owner of the Memphis baseball
club and prominent in business and
sporting circles of Memphis for many
years, is dead.
Clarksville.-In the criminal court
in the case of the State VS.. Mamie
Pardue, the jury returned a verdict of
murder in the first degree, under miti.
eating circumstances.
notwithstanding Memphis as
the next meeting place, electing Off
GERS for another year, the sixteenth
annual session of the Tennessee Op.
tical society adjourned.
GAINESVILLE w. Johnson of Dis
trict 4 has brought freak cantaloupe
to this city. Three melons growing on
one stem, so close together that the
rinds joined, made the curiosity.
Clifton.--The work Of placing cross
ties along the roadbed leading from
Collinwood to Wayne Furnace is being
done preparatory to building the rail-
road from Collinwood to that point.
Dyersburg.-Rev. Hugh s. McCord,
pastor of the Cumberland Presbyterian
church of this city for the past five
years, rendered his resignation to his
official board, to take effect Nov. /.
Lewisburg.--A mass meeting of cit.
liens of Marshall county was held at
the courthouse for the purpose of per-
fecting permanent organization to
take action in regard to needed local
legislation.
Dyersburg. Miss Flora Shelby, who
has been in charge Of the home eco
Monies demonstration work for Dyer
county for the last two years, has re-
signed for the purpose of taking a
much needed rest.
Middlesboro.- to fusillade
of more than 100 shots fired from am
bush, three of eight men on their way
to work in one of the mines which
have been tied up by the strike here,
were wounded, one seriously.
Knoxville.-All cows which prove
"slackers'' or fail to produce the
amount of milk that they should this
winter will be indicted" and sent to
the butcher according to decision Of
the Knox County Cow Testing associ-
alton.
Cookeville.-The appointment OF
Hon. Daniel H. Morgan of this city as
an attorney for the government farm
, loan department, with his headquar.
tiers In Louisville. KY, is a merited
recognition of one of the ablest and
most popular lawyers Of this section of
the state.
Knoxville.-A total of 1924 men
registered in the biennial registration
in Knox county, according to figures
just completed by the election com.
mission.
Observation-Disclosures new levee is un.
der construction one mile east of town
between the Hall and Forester farms
on route 6, and the work is being rap
idly pushed by local contractors. A
force of so teams is busy constructing
the new dump, and when completed it
will be one OF the best roads leading
into Newborn.
Union City.-Two of the recently
elected teachers of the Union City pub
lie schools were drafted and accepted
for army duty. They are Blair Lewis,
in the commercial department of the
high school, and E. B. Garrison, the