McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-08-24


the Montgomry county fair to be held
at Dunbar's cave on Aug. %, 20, "a
and rs have been completed.
Knoxville.-Anna Reilly, aged H.
were drowned in the Holston river
near Mascot. 1t is supposed that they
we're made powerless by cramps.
Observation-Disclosures dream is al
last realized in the completion of what
able educators pronounce as perhaps
the finest rural high school in America.
Jackson.-Mrs. Lonnie Thomas, who
took half an ounce of carbolic acid In
the store of c. R. Hotchkiss, jeweler,
this city, with suicidal intent, will re
cover.
Chattanooga. S. Elkins, lineman
for the Cumberland Telephone Com
pany, was fatally injured when in de-
scending a pole he came in contact
with live wire.
Lexington John Reed, aged &c, lie
dead from a stroke of paralysis at his
home near Shady Hill. He was dem.
ocrat, Methodist, a lifelong farmer
and an upright citizen.
Chattanooga.-One hundred and five
students for the medical officers
training camp have arrived. Five new
cantons of this camp have been com
pleted and were opened.
Knoxville.-T. H. Campbell, editor
Of the Newport Plain Talk, was shot
In the arm in raid on a blockaded
still near Bybee, in which he partici.
pated as one of the possemen.
Covington.-W. o. Menefee, scholas.
tic enumerator of Upton county, has
just finished taking the scholastic pop
ulation of District No. /, and reports
he population as follows: White male
students, 1927; white female students,
80.
Lexington.-Prof. j. o. Brown, su.
perintendent of the Lexington schools,
has announced joint opening of the
county high school and the
city schools ON Tuesday, Sept. 4. at
which time it is expected there will be
an enrolment of above 400.
$3.50.
Jackson.-John l.. Lancaster ma.
tive of Jackson, and now president of
the Texas & Pacific Railroad Co.,
with headquarters at New Orleans,
paid visit to his relatives and form.
or neighbors in Jackson and enter.
Eained number of relatives at dinner
In his private car.
Nashville. - The manufac turers
throughout the state, according t) a
:tatement made by Chas. c. Gilbert,
secretary of-the Tennessee manufactur.
srs' association, are making prepare
ions to adhere to the child labor law,
both of the state and nation, which
becomes effective Sept. /.
Ripley.-Last year the one-day fair
Tor Lauderdale county was such sig
nal success and the first attempt, too,
Tor many years, inspired the people
'or greater fair this year At meet
ng of the promoters Of the enterprise
Il was decided to have a one-ray fair
again this fall and the date set is Fri.
lay, October 10.
Nashville-B e. Siebert, nephew OF
Gen. w. l.. Siebert, who is with Gen.
persning in France, has just been ac-
,epted into the national army here.
Young Siebert also has great uncle
n the German army. In spite of this
act he is anxious to get to France and
oin his American uncle with the Per.
,hing expedition.
Mobilization Camp, Nashville. -
Father and son in the same military
the father private and the
ION sergeant, is the unusual relation
Of Private Edward F. Bledsoe and
Sergt. Walter H. Bledsoe of Company
A, First Tennessee Infantry. in train
ng at Mobilization Camp. Both are
The father is a stair
worker by trade and the son machin-
st.
Knoxville. The East Tennessee
Press association at the concluding
session of its annual convention held
1t Pressmen's Home elected the fol-
owing officers: President, ]. B.
Hedge of Maryville; vice-president, A.
.. Mime of Jacksburg; secretary-treas-
lrer, E. M. Hardy of Morristown. THE
voted unanimously to build
| permanent clubhouse on the site do
lated by the trustees Of the Press
mems Home at Hales Springs.
Selmer-At recent meeting Of the
.cwn board of education ]. A. Hous-
ON, Louis Adams and J. H. Alexander,
he faculty for the Selmer high school
or the term Of 1918, was announced
completed. The personnel of the fac
lily includes: w. N. Xix of Lexing-
ON, Tenn, principal; VIM. Grady
Iamm, Misses Vista Brady of Knox.
lille, Florence English, Irene Ingram,
1ornelia Crook and Kathleen Wood.
Miss Wood is the musical director.
Paris.-John Richardson. prominent
farmer of the Manlyville section, was
elected president of the farmers insti.
ute when that organization was reor.
yanized.
Knoxyille.-An extraordinary ses.
sion of the legislature will be called
o consider the prevailing prices OF
,oal and food in Knoxville and Ten
lessee and the best way [, reduce the