McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-03-16
TENNESSEE
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Observation-Disclosures of Beech
Camp No. 81, Woodmen of the World,
celebrated their annual banquet by
giving a chicken broil.
Indian Mound.--J. T. GLASGOW, a
successful farmer, living on Long
Greet, sold 65 chickens, some Of them
ROSTERS, for $1.4O each.
Atuens.-The Tennessee bone-dry
law was ushered into effect in Athens
by the ringing of church bells and the
blowing of factory whistles.
Dresden.-Aunt Eliza Hays, an aged
negro woman and long a resident of
Dresden, is dead here. She had au-
thentic proof that she was past 100
years.
Greenville.-The regular term of
the federal court commenced here
with a large number of attorneys
from all the upper East Tennessee
counties present.
Newbern.--A small steam tubgoa.
has been put into operation in the
Forked Deer river at Dyersburg, and
will run from Dyersburg to points on
the Mississippi river.
Paris.-The municipal election for
the City Of Paris will take place on
the second Saturday in April, when
there will be elected mayor, iity
marshal and three aldermen.
Pulaski.-A protracted meeting is
boing conducted here at the Presbyter-
ian church. DR.. Marion s. Kennedy,
the pastor, will be assisted by the
Rev. e. G. McDougal, of Lewisburg.
Nashville.-Martha Overton Dickin-
son, wife Of Ex-Secretary of War ia
cob NJ. Dickinson, of Nashville and
Chicago, and member of one of the
most prominent Tennessee families, is
dead at the home OF her sister.
Knoxville-Over fifty families
along the Tennessee river and the
creeks which flow into it have been
made temporarily homless by the high
water, which followed the heavy and
steady rains of the past few days.
Paris.-The Henry County Fair AS
ISOLATION at a directors meeting, has
1895 to be used as
premiums outside of the donations
given by stock breeders associations
and by merchants and private citizens.
Springfield.-More hopeful reports
are coming in from the wheat crop,
which appeared to be almost ruined
by the freeze early in February. The
damage was great, but the roots were
not as badly killed as appeared at
first.
Newbern.-E. r. Ditmore, of near
town, one of the best-known cattle
raisers of the state, and one of the
largest landowners OF this county,
shipped 80 head of cattle from here
to the St. Louis markets and the
bunch netted $4,000.
observation-disclosures announcing
the first sale Of registered Shorthorn
cattle to be made by the East Tennes-
see Shorthorn breeders association
will be ready for distribution soon.
Fifty head Of animals will be offered
at this sale March %, after they have
been placed in the show ring and
Judged for beef quality by Col. R. L.
Scale of Alabama, representative Of
the American Shorthorn breeders as
ISOLATION.
Clarksville.-The school teachers of
the county were delighted when they
We're recently paid money for their
services rendered nearly a year ago.
At that time the school funds of the
county were exhausted, but in order
to prevent the schools operating for a
less time than eight months, Judge,
Tyler requested that the warrants be
issued to the teachers and that he
would see that they would get the
money owing them in full
Covington.-The following munich
pal officers of Covington, who were
in primary last fall, were
elected without opposition: Mayor J.
J. Green; recorder and treasurer, /.
L. Bringle; city marshal, N. B. Ports;
assistant city marshal, ]. L. Hudson;
aldermen, L. o. Baltzer, w. A. Barrett,
John bearing, Grant Reid, w. M. SIM
onton and Nal Smith; city board of
R. B. Baptist, w. H. Bailey,
@. A. Girdner, J. ]. Miller and E. L.
worrell. These officers will be in.
Quoted into office in April.
Memphis. N. Fte, Jackson, was
elected president and w. X. Hall, Full
ton, KY, vice-president of the South
ern retail lumber dealers association
at the seventh annual convention of
the organization. V. r. Smith, Men,
phis, was reelected secretary. The as
ISOLATION will meet in Memphis again
next year.
Nashville.-Matt r. Allen, president
OF the Allen manufactu ing company,
died at the home OF his daughter, Mrs.
s. G. Steiner, in New Orleans. He
was 70 years old.
gristol.-After defeating several
propositions to issue bonds for roads,
Johnson county finally voted by a
majority of about 400, to issue bonds
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