The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1917-08-03
TENNESSEE
BRIEFLY TOLD EVENTS
OF THE STATE

DfcrihnrE II, scarce AZ pleasure to
the town as we'll w q GOOD aavegsis-
Enerlt-
Tre8evant- Farmers ct this csaasy
who cultivated a crop OF tnnaaseas tAis
season are realizing bss profits From
this rroslatt-
Knoxviiie,,--'rae ncadrick Avenue
Baptist church Of this city called Rev.
William Woods. now Of Mayfteld. Ky,
to be its pastor. >
Ripley Growers have made their
Arst carload shipment of tomatoes,
The crop ~ fne, although the acreage
is not large this year
ss.ss
kuoxsiilc---A new overall msnafat
turing plant costing about fSe,eee and
employing rs people. viii he started
here by the Knoxville Cversl cow-
pany.
Mt. rleasant.-~An enthusiastic Red
Cross meeting WAS held In tie Sunday
school room Of the Methods, church
for the purpose OF elccting permanent
officers,
tawreneehuYK. Lawrence county
will he well represented at the Middle
Tennessee Farmers Institutes TO be
held in Nashville the last three days
In August.
Jacksonville complete faculty OF
the Memphis Conference Female in
stitute for next and seventy fifth ses'
sion which opens Sept u. ia an
nounesd.
Treseyant---ln the election held here
to determine whether the city would
soll sl3.6oo bonds TO improve the old
water plant. the issue was defeated by
. vote Of g. to 40,
svsss
CiarksYilla. The Montgomery Coun-
ty Fair association 10 getting every
thing In readiness for the meeting
which will be held Aus, -. 81, ~ and
~ A. nanbars Gave, .z,
Knoxville Rev, r, T., Vale, n,p,
pastor of the Second Presbyterian
church, has sold his big five. passenger
automobile TO give. the proceeds 10
help the heather in foreign lands.
ssess
Eiarksyiile Sterling Fort. chair
man OF the building committee OF the
First Baptist church, has announced
that the new church viii be ready for
occupancy by the last Of October
selmer. The annual meeting Of tho
Mci.smoresyille district conference Of
the Methodist Episcopa! church will
be held with the Noun, Vernon church
In East MGNairy county July u TO ID.
Newborn. ALI plans have been per
feeted In Newborn to work the Jefrer-
son Davis highway Aug, 7. according
to the statement OF Louis q. Sorsall,
president Of the highway association.
Nashville, ~ Miss Ida Jarman. stu
dent nurse and Miss B8ulah Pate. an,
other nurse. were burned 10 death
when an explosion OF alcohol In Shot
nar hospital SCI fire to the building
Franklin. DIR. II. u Ciiife. a promi.
nent physician and surgeon Of this
place. has received his commission.
with the rank Of captain, In the medi-
cal corps, and win sail shortly for
France.
Chattanooga. The rhickamsura
Trust company. one Of Chattanooga
financial institutions, broke all rec.
orde when II declared dividend Of
sc per cent ON capital stock ct
$1,000
Jackson. During an electrical storm
lightning struck the storebouse and
residence OF J. NJ. Rains at Bemis.
and Notwithstanding the heavy down.
pour OF rain, both buildings were cen.
sumed by fire. ~
Sashyiile Pat Gallagher Of Louis.
VILE. conductor. Of tho first section ot
freight train No 13, inbound. was Kill.
cd when the second section OF iha
train crashed into the rear end Of his
train at the Perry street crossing In
northeast Nashville
Morristown. Mr.. and MIRA Charles
d. Proctor, en- route home from
church, IN a two passenger car. wera
struck at the powerhouse crossing III
the X. e. ID. train and the car conn
pletely demolished. Both occupants
died within few moments.
Knoxville--A strong. well educated.
Young man OF German ancestry. who
has been ''ioasing" here for six weeks,
was arrested by the federal authorities
on a charge OF being q suspicious char.
acter and having talked too freely"
against the United tSates.
Union City.--The construction work
on the $4,000 new school building IL
being pushed rapidly by the censrac-
tors and the IS. 900 new school building
Tor the cclored people ia going up rap
Idly. and viii be ready for occupancy
by the opening al school this fail