The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-11-23
TENNESSEE
BRIEFLY TOLD EVENTS
OF THE STATE
The state convention of the Order OF
Maccabees was held at Dyersburg.


Maccabees was held at DyersDurg.
ss-ss
Columbia probably enrolled the larg-
est number of pledge cards OF any city
in the state in proportion to popula-
ton.
Dave Douthal and family OF Fayette-
vile had a narrow escape when their
residence caught fire while the oecu-
pants were asleep.
The McNairy county teachers asso-
citation held it's monthly meeting In
Selmer, w. N. Hix, the president pre-
siding A splendid program was rem
dered.
The Tennessee Baptist convention
will hold it's forty-third annual session
with the First Baptist church, Mem
phis, beginning Wednesday morning.
Y0v' H. 49,.
Orion o. Yarbro is at Jackson san
itarium with pistol wound IN MS
head. as the result of mistaking the
home of W. H. Thomas for that OF his
brother.
Amendment of district chairmen In
Tennessee has been announced by
Mrs. A. H. Pardue, chairman or ex-
tension, Tennessee Federation OF wom-
ems clubs.
A large meeting of good roads peo-
ple will convene at Union City at an
early date to lay plans to aid In the
building of the Jefferson highway from
Fulton to Memphis.
The sale of the Tennessee Centrai
railroad property was again postponed
by Judge F. T. Sanford of the United
States district court. The date set for
the sale is Feb. %.
Corporal George ]. Ogle, musician
headquarters camp, Seventeenth lnfan-
try. Chattanooga, was killed by being
thrown from a truck of the quarter
masters department..
Both wholesale and retail merchants
of Jackson and Madison county have
signified their intention of abiding
strictly by the government policies on
the food conservation.
The Rev. E. e. Cobbs has been lnstl-
tinted rector of Christ church at Nash
vile with impressive ceremonies, the
Right Rev. Thomas F. Gailor, bishop
of Tennessee, officiating.
Mrs. Martha Olive Read Butler, aged
IA years. ded at her home III Nashville,
following a brief illness. She was the
sister of Opie Read, the novelist
whose home is in Chicago.
Col. S. L. King of Bristol Is just
in receipt of series of interesting
postcard views from his son, Lieut..
Samuel L. King, who is now with the
expeditionary forces in France.
DR.. George w. Jarman, former Jack
sonian and son of DR.. A. E. Jarman,
for many years president Of Union
university, visited Jackson last week
for the first time in 20 years.
A republican primary for the selec-
ton of nominees for county offices
will be held in Knox county Thurs
day. March 81, 1918, announces the
republican executive committee.
Charges of custer filed by Attorney
General Frank Thompson several
weeks ago against Mayor Mcmillan
and Commissioner Flenniken OF
Knoxville will be heard in December
by Judge Huffaker.
y w. w. Baird, member of the state
board of control, has inspected the
: Western hospital for the insane at
Bolivar. He reports the affairs OF the
institution in satisfactory shape and
the health conditions good.
The Dyer county chapter of the Red
Cross has made its first shipment OK
hospital supplies to division neadquar-
tiers at st. Louis. The shipment IN
cluded eleven large boxes filled with
hospital linens and garments.
Home demonstration agents, repre-
senting all counties of Tennessee, held
their annual session at the University
of Tennessee, bringing t!dings OF good
news from all sections of how the peo-
pie are assisting the government In
conserving to win the big war.
Five prosecutions in cases of alleged
violation of sanitary food laws at