The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-09-07
TENNESSEE GLEAN|NGSI
News of Interest Prepared
in Epitomized Form by
Special Writer'S

gin the fall session Sept. II.
The fall term of the Milan high
school will start Monday, Sept. 8.
Oyer 200 Tennessee Boy Scouts are
holding their first annual encampment
at Knoxville.
One of the largest sorghum crops in
the history of Dyer county will soon
be harvested.
| The sixth annual Wartrace street
| fair and farmers carnival was held
here Saturday.
Rev. James Willis of Cowan has &C.
copied call as pastor Of the Baptist
church at Dackerd.
The annual picnic and barbecue Of
the Rutherford county creamery asso-
citation was held last week.
The series of meetings at lakewood
Missionary Baptist church, two miles
north of Milan, have closed.
Inc Selmer woman S CHRISTIAN rem
perance Union has been organized into
a Red Cross auxiliary to the Memphis
chapter.
The county high school board OF
Henry county has announced the open
ing of Grove high school Oh Tuesday,
Sept. II.
The meeting of state democratic ex-
ecutive committee, called for Saturday.
Aug. 25, was postponed until Tuesday,
Aug. %.
The faculty for the 1918 session
of Central high school of Bolivar has
been announced. M. l.. Hardin is the
principal.
At conference Of the members OF
the Baptist church at TreZevant the
pastor, Elder E. F. Adams, rendered
his resignation.
Circuit Judge Won A. Huffaker has
postponed until Sept. the hearing OF
a suspension motion against the
mayor Of Nashville.
T. P. Jernigan of Paris has been
notified of the promotion of his son.
Philip Jernigan, to the rank of major
in the aviation corps.
Friday, Sept. IA, has been set as the
date on which county primary cleo
ton will be held by the republican
party in Carroll county.
The Holston association Of Baptists
held it's one hundred and thirty-first
annual session with the New Lebanon
Baptist church, near Baileyton.
A new drainage district has been
formed in Carroll, Gibson and Weak
ey counties. The district is along the
louth fork of the Obion river.
Arrangements have been completed
by citizens of Dyer county to ATTEND
he West Tennessee farmers institute
It Jackson, Sept. 5, 6, and 6.
J. B. Gibson rural carrier, charged
With killing E. L. Lambert, postoffice
Inspector, at Stantcnville, waived ex-
animation and was released under a
$4,000 bond.
Charles E. Mason formerly manager
# a Memphis shoe store, who disap-
eared July %, leaving behind short
ge of $4,000 committed suicide in a
It. Louis hotel.
The annual meeting of the Harmony
ssociation of the Missionary Baptist
hurch will be held with the Shady
irove congregation near huntsville,
Iiss., Sept. z, s and 9.
w. H. Brooks of Atwood has been
ppointed by County Supt D. T. Barn
i'll to fill the vacancy on the county
EDUCATIONAL board caused by the resig-
alton of w. H. Cannon.
Major General John S. Morrison OF
accompanied by his aide.
apt. Louis P. Ford, has gone to Green
lille, S. c., to take command of the di-
Ision of troops in training there.
DR.. ]. l.. Weber, pastor OF the jack
IN First Methodist church, who ap-
led for enlistment as chaplain in the
. S. army, has returned from st.
ouis, where he was examined, and
lied to pass.
Provost General Marshal Crowder
ired the state council of defense that
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