McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-01-19


and Woodward.
Memphis.-Albert Perkins, former.
ly bookkeper in the office of the com.
missioner of streets, bridges and sew.
ers Of the city of Memphis, was elect
ed county auditor.
Kingsport-The building operations
of Kingsport go on apace. Many new
buildings are going up all over the
city. Most Of the business buildings
are being built of brick.
pringfeld.-The election held Sat
urday for the purpose of voting $50, 900
worth of bonds carried almost unani-
mously, only eight votes being cast
against the bond issue.
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McKenzie.-A church workers con-
ference for West Tennessee presby.
terry for the Presbyterian church, u.
S. A., will be held at the Mckenzie
First Presbyterian church.
Jefferson City.-About twenty-five
dairymen of Jefferson county met here
and recognized the COW testing asso.
citation for the coming year. Much en-.
thusiasm was shown by the mem bers.
Dyersburg.-Dr. M. ID. Austin, pas
tor of the Baptist church for the last
three years, rendered his resignation
to his congregation and has accepted a
call to the Baptist church at Yer
sailles, Ky.
Knoxville,-The Too oil we'll near
Glen Mary, Tenn, which came in last
week, yielded 500 barrels in the first
Is hours of flow. 1t is said to be the
largest strike yet made in either Ten
nessee or Kentucky oil fields.
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GAINESVILLE. Five architects, c. K.
Colley of Nashville, J. A. Dickey of
Nashville, J. w. Gaddis of Vincennes,
T. NJ Gardner of Nashville and G. Tandy
Smith, Jr., of this city, submitted plans
for new high school building.
Nashville.-The estate Of the late
Harry S. Stokes was sued in the chan
Gerry court of this county by J. C. More
lock, court reporter, for the collection
of $4,000 claimed to be owed to him
by Mr.. Stokes for work due in connec-
tion with the city hall probe.
Jackson.-A c. Doggett, the new
secretary of the Y. M. c. A. for Jack.
son, has arrived and assumed the du-
ties of the office. Immediate repairs
will be made on the building, and the
outlook is regarded as very encourag-
ing for year of splendid achieve
ment.
Smithville.-ln the quarterly ses.
sion Of the county court a great deal
of interest was manifested in the race
for county superintendent. Emmons
Given of Libery was eleced. He is a
young man 20 years old and highly ed
ucated and in every way well qualified
for the duties of the office. The court
ordered bridge to be built across
Smith Fork, near the Salem church,
which is about mile beyond Liberty,
and will connect the Clear Fork coun-
try.
Lebanon.-The next annual conven.
ton of the Delta Sigma Phi fraternity
will be held in Nashville in December,
1917. c. F. Baxter and ]. L. Tippit,
delegates of Omicron Chapter at Cum
berland University, have arrived from
the 1916 convention in Chicago with
news that the next national conven-
ton would be brought to Nashville.
The contest over the 1917 meeting
place was very spirited between Chi
cago, Dallas, Philadelphia and Nash
vile.
Nashville. J. Cummins. re-
Gently pardoned by Gov. Whitman az
ter having served three years in the
New York prison for having violated
the New York banking laws, was
given a welcome when he reached
Nashville. He was met at the station
by Representatives of every business
and social organization in the city and
to the home of his brother,
John d. Cummins, where he had lunch
con with his aged mother. He refused
to discuss his plans for the future.
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Memphis.-In reading the history Of
Memphis one cannot but be impressed
by the following paragraph: $50 far as
known, the first marriage recorded in
Memphis was on May 1, 1920, when
Overton w. Carr was married to Mary
Hill. The ceremony was performed by
Jacob Upton, justice of the peace"
This particular episode in the history
o. Memphis made more than an ordi-
nary impression upon the mind of the
author of the pageant Memphis" In
making up her list of characters, Mrs.
Annah Robinson Watson states that
she has kept in mind number of parts
which the descendants of this notable
couple would fit most admirably.
Pulaski.-County Judge ]. c. Han
nah has appointed committee to con-
Ter with the poor farm commissioners
N regard to building a new county
asylum for the insane to replace the
1ne recently burned.
Memphis.-Alleging that she was
burned while receiving X-ray examina-
lions, and that her injuries were due
o negligent handling, Ethel Clements,
through her attorneys, filed suit for
$4,000 damages in the circuit court
against Drs. ]. e. Johnson, w. l.
aucks, d. P. Kincaid and N. X. Moody.
Jacksonville grand Jury has re