The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-08-25
FROM ALL PARTS
OF TENNESSEE.
Reports of Interesting
Events Boiled Down
for Hasty Perusal.

his son, Phillip Jernigan, to the rank
of major in the aviation corps.
Friendship.-The annual reunion Il
the Walker family was held at tlH
home of George Walker, the old homl-
stead, on the Tgrett-Dyersburg roal.
Trezevant.-A new drainage distrit
has been formed in Carroll GibsdI
and Wea4ley counties. The ,trict h
along the south fork of Obidl
river.
Jackson: The "Sett of '61," ab
organization of the er citizens DE-
jackson and their ! .ediate descent
ants, will hold its .nnual outing Oh
August &c..
Bristol.--Af' sitting through the
records of q 'en examined for army
service. tn" =. ~rd for Bristol and Sui
livan cou designates SO young meA
for servi
Selmer~Miss Ruby Moffatt of Shel-
byville, special conservation agent Ill
West Tennessee, delivered lecturb
and gave a practical demonstration d
canning here.
Trezevant.- Sept A. hal
been set as the date on which a coun.
ty primary election will be held by ths
Republican party in Carroll county tS
nominate candidates for county Cd
fees.
Knoxville.-Coal production had
been decreased to such an extent lit
the fields to which the Louisville d
Nashville railroad has access that thai
system has begun the confscation Of
coal.
Dyersburg. Mrs. w. r. Moore Of
Unionville has been doubly bereaved
In the loss of her 6-year-old son, who
died Aug. 10, and Perry Moore, anothl
er son, % years of age, who died
August Is.
Chattanooga-Josiah S. Rogers, 4Sl
foreman of the Columbian iron works.
was instantly killed when the Az D.
mobile he was driving "a nd rssrgs
The steering wheel shaft penetrated
his chest at the heart.
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Jackson.-James E. Parker, aged 80,
shot and killed Dan Smith, aged IS,
another farmer, in the Thirteenth civil
district of this county. The killing
was the result of a dispute over a
wagon trade, involving an amount of
$500.
Manufacturing the trucking sea-
son the truckers shipped from here
five cars of strawberries and one car
of express berries, making total of
2,O97 crates. Beans, cucumbers, APP
pies and squash total of 1885 pack
ages; cabbage, IA cars, or total Of
1929 crates; Irish potatoes 1,12O ham
pers, tomatoes SO cars, or total Of
1888 crates.
Pulash.-The Giles county teachers
association has elected the following
officers: R. N. Chenault, president; J..
B. White, vice-president, and Robert A.
Butler, secretary. The Giles county
teachers institute will be held here
Sept 6-S.
Martin, Smith, young farm
er residing northwest of Martin, went
hunting, and upon his return home
pulled his gun out of the back end of
his buggy. The hammer struck and
fired the gun, the charge of shot tear
Ing away one side of his face.
Friendship,-Mrs. j. G. Hamlet OF
Crockett Mills, vice president of the
Red Cross chapter for Crockett coun-
ty, addressed a small audience in the
Methodist church and secured several
charter members here. The charter
membership is now nearly 300.
Jackson.-George Tucker, railroad
trainman OF Jackson, has returned
from Little Rock, Ark, where he con-
Quoted a successful revival Mr.. Tuck
er's preaching to railroad men has
gained him considerable prominence
and he has been very effective as an
evangelist.
Chattanooga~-James D. Looney, 54,
OF Chattanooga, is under arrest at
Maysville, Ga, charged with poisoning
his wife, whose funeral he went to
Maysville to attend The dead woman
was Looney's fifth wife. The first one
he divorced.
observation-disclosures B. Holmes OF
Summitville, for the last three years
deputy sheriff, has announced his can.
aidacy for sheriff. He is the first man
to enter the race for any of the county
offices. The democratic primary will
be held March g.
Monastir Set Attire by 1000 Shells.
London.-Berlin reports to the Elk.
change Telegraph Company say that
Monastir has been set on fire by
by shells, 1000 of which have been
poured into the city.
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