Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1917-10-04
WILL HAVE FORESTRY
AND MINERAL EXHIBIT
TENNEssEE's WEALTH WILL BE
SEEN IN STATE DISPLAY AT
MEMPHIS.
GeoIcqist viii Bring Coal, Iron, Gold
and Silver Specimens to Memphis
Exposition September % to 2s, Sec.
Rotary Fuller Announces.

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Fair, which begins its annual seven
day run Sept %, according to Frank
d. Fuller, secretary of the fair associ.
alton. who returned from NJ vile,
where he arranged for both the dis
plays.
Arrangements were made by Mr..
Fuller with A. H. Pardue, state geolo-
gist and p. S. Maddox, state forester,
to install immense booths at the fair.
showing to the most minute detail the
riches beneath the earth and the
wealth Of growth above.
Coal and iron ore deposits, phos.
plate rock and even gold and silver
found in certain parts of the state
will be piled in great profusion in the
exhibit building under direct supervis-
ION of the state geologist.
Trees of common and uncommon
variety and shrubs of every character
will be transplanted here and bow
their greetings to the hundreds of
thousands of visitors. Methods of
grating and treating bark wounds will
be shown as well.
This will be one of the greatest ed
vocational exhibits ever staged by any
fair in the SOUTH" said Mr.. Fuller.
There are many minerals mined here.
some in great quantity and others in
a lesser degree. Then, too, there are
some minerals found here many per-
sons do not know the state affords. Il
will do more to advertise our mineral
resources than any one feature could
possibly do.
"The ordinary person rarely stops to
think of our forests, but when you
take into consideration that the state
regards the woods sufficiently to en-
ploy a guardian for them, the realiza-
ton of their value is apparent The
United States government spends mil
lions on our forests, and it is part
of the harvest from this work the pub
lie will reap when it sees the forestry
exhibit"
Athens.-The Rev. Albert Keller,
the new pastor of the Mars Hill Pres.
byterian church in Athens, and the
Rev. S. b. Oglle, new pastor of the
First Baptist church, have arrived and
both ministers filled their pulpits Sun
day morning and evening and were
heard by large congregations. DIR.
Keller comes from st. Louis and DR..
Ogle from Nashville.
1899
Trezevant.-Central Association of
Baptists met in the eighty-first annu-
al session with the lakewood church,
between Milan and Cades, for three
days session, with Moderator. b. F.
FARRELL of Humboldt in the chair and
Clerk CT. H. Warren of Jackson at the
table
Memphis.-The first bale of cotton
Of the growth of 1917 from Shelby
county arrived in Memphis by auto
truck. 1t was produced and shipped
by R. L. Cox, Collierville, Tenn, and
was consigned to the Stewart-Gw
company, cotton factors The cotton
graded good middling, full 1-16-inch
staple.
Jackson.-Dr. F. NJ. McRee of Union
City was reelected president OF the
West Tennessee Farmers institute, in
session here. J. E. Griffin of Fayette
county was chosen vice-president and
Walter S. Bell of Madison county, sec.
retary-treasurer.
Memphis.-Fire destroyed the build.
ing and contents of the Joseph Rosen.
field company, ladies clothing. Loss
$4,000, partly covered by insurance.
Memphis.-Trapped on the upper
floor of her residence by flames which
cut off her escape by stairs, Mrs. John
story window. She was painfully in
jured.
Newbern.-The public roads along
the mail routes throughout Dyer coun-
ty have been graded and pu. in excel.
lent condition.
Alamo.-The Maccabees of Tennes-
see will hold a state convention in the
city of Dyersburg on Tuesday, Nov.
6. There are a large number of tents
and each tent will have a representa-
tive to this convention.
Jacksonville Rev. H. r. Rose, the,
new pastor of the First Methodist
church, made his first appearance be-
fore the congregation, and preached to
large congregation.
Paris.-There was a reunion of Con-
federate Veterans of Western Tennes.
see and Western Kentucky here.
KnoXville.-Sam E. Clearfge, for IL
years East Tennessee clerk to the
supreme court, was reelected to that
position by the court for another term
of six years.
WATERFOWL. While operating join
er at the Watertown planning mill Ell.
nest Palon, son of the proprietor,
lost three fingers from his right hand.
Chattanooga. Earl Graul interned
German sailor, who died at base hos
pital, Fort Oglethorpe. was given
military funeral and his body in lerl ed