The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-06-02
FROM ALL PARTS
OF TENNESSEE
Reports of Interesting
Events Boiled Down
for Hasty Perusal.

4! tol are being urged to do their best to
keep business normal.
Milan.-The commencement sermon
| of the Milan high school was preached
IL Rev. w. C. Sellers of Memphis.
| Jacksonville Tennessee furniture
dealers association will hold the 1911
convention in Jackson on June and s.
Huntingdon.-It is highly probable
/ that Huntingdon will have free de-
livery service of mail at an early date.
! Lawrenceburg.- a growing
and wide-awake town, fourteen miles
south of here, will have hog show
Saturday, June 2.
Paris.-The sheriff and county court
clerk have made preparations for the
registration of all male persons of mil
itary age on June 5.
Jacksonville Jackson camp, Sons
of Confederate veterans, has been re-
organized, with William Holland as
commandant and c. E. Pigford as adj
| jutant.
Dyersburg.-A large number Of Con.
federate veterans from Dyersburg and
the surrounding towns will attend the
Confederate reunion in Washington,
beginning June 4.
|
F., Jacksonville Madison county rev
enue commission has completed the
annual audit of the books of Clerk and
Master Nelson and found the affairs
Of the office in good shape.
| Memphis.-Les Darcy, noted Aus
tralian pugilist, died after an illness of
several weeks. Darcys trouble began
with bad teeth, causing an infection
that eliminated in pneumonia.
! arksville.-Company K of Jackson
is commanded by Capt. Key in Clarks
vile, with 11S soldiers of the First
Tennessee regiment. They came in
on special train over the Tennessee
Central railroad.
Chattanooga James W. Gerard, for
mer ambassador to Germany, who
was to have delivered an address at
the commencement OF University of
Chattanooga, is unable to come at this
time. .eKngs v ssrs
Knoxville.-General staff officers of
the United States army, soon to be
| designated by Maj.-Gen. Leonard II.
! Wood, will visit Knoxville within the
week to inspect sites for a divisional
mobilization camp.
Nashville.-The "old guard" of the
Nashville, Chattanooga & St Louis
railway, composed of employees who
have been in the service of the road
since the civil war, held its tenth an
nual meeting here.
Nashville,-As feature Of the cam
paign for the sale of Liberty loan
bonds the banks of Nashville announc-
ed partial payment plan that will
place the bonds within reach of virtu-
ally every adult in the city.
!
Jackson-Three foreign-born must
clans, members of the orchestra for
''The Birth of a Nation" shown last
week in Jackson, were the first to ap-
ply to County Court Clerk j. A..
Thompson for registration blanks, to
be sent to New York City, their place
Of residence. Two of the men were
born in Italy, but came to this country
in early youth.
Chattanooga.-Prof. J. c. Sapp, SUI
perintendent of schools at Dalton, Ga,
near here, is dead following injuries
received when a tenant house on his
farm was blown down.
j Newbern.-The merchants of Dyer
county met at the courthouse in the
interest of the food fight, which is be-
ing waged here. Nearly every mer-
chant in the county was represented
at the meeting, and all have agreed to
cooperate with County Farm Agent
e. F. Arnold.
Martin-The tWenty-sixth annual
session Of the West Tennessee medi-
cal and surgical association held a
two-day session in Martin There were
about $50 members present. John r.
Paris, of Rutherford, president; DIR. e.
E. Sawyer Of Martin, vice president;
DIR. |. A. McSwain Of Paris, secretary
and treasurer.
Knoxville-W. o. "Chink' Lowe
Alfred W. Ogle and E. T. Evans have
been appointed second lieutenants by
President Brown Ayres of the Univer-
sity Of Tennessee, in accordance with
war department Instructions, and will
go to Washington for the marine corps
examination.
RUSSIAN FLEET RAIDS TURKS