McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-01-26

trouble. he was 90 years old.
Knoxville.-Knoxville's $225,000 wa
ter bonds were sold to a Cincinnati
bond firm for premium in excess o.
$4,000.
Clarksdale.-Ed Award reports tha
he has Plymouth Rock hen that dur
ing last year laid something more thar
three hundred eggs.
Nashville.-A meeting of the Ten
nessee Printers federation was helt
here, observing the two hundred ant
twelfth anniversary of the birth O.
Benjamin Franklin.
Limestone.-W. S. Keebler, wealthy
farmer and stock raiser, has won the
distinction of having raised and ship
ped to an eastern market the fines
steer during the season.
Knoxville.-The site of the Hote
Imperial, destroyed by fire last March
has been purchased by a syndicate fol
the purpose of erecting another hos
telry, modern In every respect.
Dyersburg.-A brass band has beer
organized here with thirty-flve pieces
James Ebersole OF Meridian, Miss.
has been engaged as leader and enter,
upon the work Of training his men a
once.
Nashviile-Tennessee Ice Cream
manufacturer association held its an
nual convention In this city and wen
on record as faviring the pasteurizinl
OF all milk products going into ics
cream.
Sevierville.-Howard Clark of Nor
ristown and J. J. Stafford of Sewer
vile have returned from Ohio, where
they purchased a car load of regis
tered Aberdeen-Angus cattle to ado
to their established herds.
ville-The first farm loan asso
station in Tennessee under the fedora
farm loan act Is the Davidson county
rural credits association. Eighteen
members were enrolled, and applica
ton for loans were made totaling $46,
600.
Knoxville.-The death Of Admira
George Dewey recalls the fact that he
visited here in the spring of 1900
when he dedicated the tablet marking
the birthplace Of Admiral Farragut al
loves Ferry. Admiral Dewey stayed
here for three days and was royalty
entertained
Bristol.-In the election OF James
W. Lynn to the vice presidency of the
First National bank of Bristol the
stockholders and directors conferred
an honor. that was we'll deserved. Mr.
Lynn has been Identified with the in
stitution since his boyhood, having
begun as a messenger.
Knoxville.-The city of Knoxville
may erect a modern tuberculosis SAM
tarium on the site of the East Tennes
see sanitarium property, seven miles
north of the city. A proposition has
been made by the city to erect the
structure If the acreage of the santa
rum is given to the city for the pur
pose.
Nashville-An offer by the Nashville
Terminal company to leave the arbi
tration of the discharged flremen's
grievances solely to the testimony oil
the firemen themselves and thus pro
coed with the arbitration hearings be
fore the special board of mediators
was rejected by representatives of the
firemen.
Goodlettsville.- large gray vol
Saturday night attacked flock oil
sheep four miles north Of here, killing
several fine ewes. A very exciting hum
was begun next morning, the big ami
NAL being tracked in the snow. The
hunt lasted all day Sunday, and was
taken up again Monday, when the vol
was jumped from his lair He was
run for three hours through briars and
brush by a 16-months old collie dog
The chase ended about noon by shot
The quarterly county court at its ad
journed session Saturday passed the
resolution authorizing new road law
for Maury county and asked that the
representatives from this county, T. Y
English and w. J. Russell, both mem
bers of the county court, have the
bill passed at the present session OF
the legislature. The new bill provides
that every man in the county that
owns a wagon be compelled to work
the road for four days for each wagon
he owns, and special road tax is also
assessed on all city property, An ad
ditional tax was assessed on all auto
mobiles.
Newbern-Dr. NJ. d. Austin, who has
been pastor of the First Baptist church
at Dyersburg for three years, has ten
dered his resignation and. accepted q
call to the Baptist church at Versailles
Ky. DR.. Austin is one of the leading
ministers of West Tennessee.
Knoxville.-The Knox county good
roads commission, which has had su
pervision of half million dollars ex
penditure for Knox county roads, has
sent to each member of the Knox coun
ty delegation request to present
some measure that will provide fol
maintenance of roads.
Jaekson.-J. F. Tomlin, who sells
medicines in this section, was robbed
as he was enroute from Jackson to
Denmark. A man riding In an automo
bile. with a mask on his face. and pts
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