The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-02-17
LATE NEWS
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Happenings Over
CommO nwealth
as Cleaned from
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Lexington-Fire destroyed the build
ing and stock of merchandise OF G. T..
Oxford at Warrens Bluff.
Paris.-D. Brundridge was killed at
Mckenzie while on duty as brakeman
for the l.. & N. railroad company.
Knoxville.-An addition to the plant
Of the Knox stove works, whereby the
capacity of the plant will be doubled,
is being built.
Memphis.-W. A. Weatherall, aged
66, widely known throughout Tennes-
see and one of the leading figures in
the Socialist party, is dead.
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Newbern.-A mass meeting will be
held at the courthouse in Dyersburg
March for the purpose of establishing
a creek in the Lewis Creek drainage
district.
Bolivar.-Cecil Gaines, of Myrtle,
Miss, is held in the Jail here charged
with being accessory before the fact in
the robbing of Thomas Gray from
whom 5000 was taken.
Franklin.-Dr. G. S. Moss sailed last
week from New York on the steamer
Columbia for Ponce, Porto Rico, where
he goes to take charge of st. Luke's
hospital, where he will be surgeon in
| charge.
Memphis.-F. L Wright, dairyman
of Horn Lake, Miss, was arrested by
pure food officer on charge of adul-
terating milk which he was selling in
Memphis. Wright is alleged to have
! been mixing his milk with water.
Bristol.-In response to call from
the National Red Cross society, the
Bristol organization is shaping mat
tiers to increase it's membership and
to make preparations for service in
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Springfield.-A number of parents
charged with violating the compulsory
school law were arraigned before
Judge c. G. Holman and in all cases
where it seemed justified the Judge
dismissed the defendants on payment
of costs.
Jackson-A man purporting tosbe
| U. S. soldier, who said war had been
declared and that he had been detailed
to raise 200 of the 375,00O volunteers
called for, suddenly left Jackson after,
the local recruiting officers issued or
ders for-A.m to depart MI mi AZ Fl
Knoxville. Samuel Bailey 1S years
old, was frozen to death at Byington,
near here, and a locomotive fireman
was frozen speeches. when an engine
stopped at Clinton for water The
body of young Bailey was found near
his home lying in field.
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Jackson.-As state regent Of the
Daughters of the American Reyolu-
ton, Mrs. Thomas Polk has called on
all members of that organization, as
we'll as all other citizens, to- display
American flags over their homes and
places of business as mark of patri-
otism.
Fayette.-Lincoln county has also
joined the ranks of expert beekeepers.
A visit to this county of G. =. Bar
tholomew, beekeeping specialist, of the
division of extension, University of
Tennessee, Knoxville, has resulted in
the formation of an organization of
beekeepers of the county.
Lexington.-Dr. j. V. Freeman of
this place, presiding elder of the Lex
ington district of the Methodist Epis-
copal church, South, and one Of the
most aggressive churchmen of his de-
nomination, has received notice Of his
appointment to the position of grand
chaplain of the Grand Lodge of Ten
nessee, Free and Accepted Masons.
Knoxville Tom" Woodfin,
aged 106 years, an ante-bellum negro,
is visiting his friend of many years
ago, D. L. Smith, prominent lawyer
OF Knoxville, counsel for the Southern
railway. Mr.. Smith is showing the
aged colored man great time and Is
enjoying the experience very much
himself He delights in letting the
old man tell his friends how he "rec-
ommenfbers" Jefferson Davis and Gen.
Lee.
Knoxville. L. Thornburgh,
aged "a, member of company A, First
North Carolina infantry, died In To-
cal hospital from injuries sustained as
the result of an accident that hap
pened as the special train taking his
regiment home from Texas was leav-
ing Knoxville. Thornburgh had
climbed on top Of car and was wav-
ing farewell when his head struck
viaduct support and he was knocked to
the ground.
Manchester. The county finance
committee of Coffee met and awarded
the deposits of the county's funds to
the First National bank of Tullahoma
and the Peoples Bank & Trust COM
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