The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1917-08-10
TENNESSEE
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Interesting Events
From all Parts
Of The State

HsTtsvi,ae The farmers OF Troas.
dais county met here and selected
twsats-ons delegates 10 the insiitass
In Nashville.
Brsstoi--Hristoi's second company OF
soldiers. organised recently and desls'
mated ~ ccmaany A. has been re-
designated ~ company r.
jackson. The s~year-cld )eon Vt ]. A.
Horn. OF Ranger, rcceatIy eaashsd up
q cccklebur which had beer lodged In
his vindpiee or bEoncAisss three yeasa.
Liberty Charles n. Smith. who was
stabbed In the head with q knife and
allied BIZ Lotion Malone, near Alex
andria. was buried In tho Salem GENE.
terry at this place
Bristol.---Ftiek Rouse. the ls-year
old ron OF j. e, Rouse. OF that com.
munity, was drowned at Iiig Greek
park here. The young man was ap-
parently seized with cramps
wartbarg - The Morgan County
teacher institute, which, has Just
closed here. was pronounced by the
teachers to DO one Of the best and
most interesting ever held In the
county,
Knoxville "A canning factory with
. capacity Of 10000 cans per day. was
opened here by q, L. Lewis and ]. s.
Adcock. grain dealers. About seven.
ty.five persons will at frat be en-.
ploysd.
Lexington. now Baptist church
was organised at Enville on the edge
Of this county. There were thirteen
eissrfeY iafsinbsss. on the HsF -agsaEs,
nation. vino adopted the usual articles
Of faith and church covenant "~
Jackson. --Drs. y. J, OConnor and
W, q. Saunders. local physicians. who
volunteered their services for the U.
3. army medical reserve eorpa. have
received instructions to report to rnedi.
cal headquarters Of the southeastern
division. OF Charleston. 8. G.
Dyersburs. The land owners OF the
area embraced by the North Fork
drainage district met At Dyersburg
and lot the contract to dig ditch
from the Gibsoh county line to Dyers-
burg The meeting was presided over
by ]. n. Parker.
Newborn pretracted meetings are
In progress In every sectiln OF Dyer
county and mach interest Is being
manifested, The pastors OF the
are urging the boys that are
expecting to he called 10 the front 70
tive better lives.
Knoxville A total Of s23.0G7 wo-
men are enlisted in the army Of food
In. Tennessee, estimates
Miss Virginia + Moore, who has
charge OF the home economics work
In Tennessee for the government,
with headquarters at the University
OF Tennessee.
sss..s :
Jackson. While riding on an NJ. q
O. freight train from 81, Louis 10 his
home In Columbia. Miss. from which
place he he'd received telegram that
his mother was dying. Eugene Moody,
"a years. fell between moving cars
In the yards here and both legs were
TO such an extent that he died
at the hospital.
Nashville. "A brutal murder. which
occurred at the state penIteutiary.
came 10 light, as far a. the outside
world Ia concerned. when VIII Davis.
! negro convict. was taken to the
Davidson eennsy jail TO make arrange
merss fer trial In the criminal court |
Davis stabbed and killed Ed. McCurty.
another negro convict
Nashville. The July Resources Of
Tennessce" In Just Off the press This
issue contains an article on Market. |
Ing WoodIot Products In Tennessee"
written by W. .. Sterrett Of the L. !.
forestry service and published b iae
division OF the state geological
survey, in cooperation with the fed.
sral government
sssss
Chattanooga. DR.. O. 3. Hank. East
rsvenue agent, was indict.
I'd by the grand Jury here on charge
pf extortion and wilful neglect Of Off
rial duty. The indictment was based
IN disclosures made Of methods fol
lowed In esfecting compromise OF
hack taxes on ths estate Of the late
George N. Hansen OF Chattanooga.
Union City In order To resfert the
Of the local Red Cross
chapter q meeting Of its members ~aa
held At the Red Cross work rooms tn
ne Eiks building A complete list OF
,gncers was announced following the
business meeting Or. ". N. Turner
. chairman OF the organization and
Mrs. w. II, swisgert. ST.. vice chair-
man: Mrs. Napier. treasurer. Miss An.
ale B. Little, secretary.