McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-03-09

BrlStOl.-Col. PatricK Hagan, law
yer, capitalist and philanthropist, died
at his home at Dungannon. He was in
his Goth year.
Knoxville. Military training in To-
cal public schools is the object Of a
movement soon to be inaugurated by
the junior board OF commerce.
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I Newport.-The fight in and around
Newport in the matter of extending
the corporate boundaries is growing
into mixed and mingled proportions.
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Liberty.-The farmers of this coun.
ty report that the extreme cold wealth
er, especially of Feb. 2, 4 and 6, dam.
aged the wheat crop considerably.
Bristol-William H. Lynn, city COM
missioner, announces that, on account
of i'll health, he will not be a candi-
date for reelection in June of this
year.
Bristol.-A. l.. Osborne, of Bristol,
has purchased what is known as the
Florida farm, consisting OF 600 acres,
fronting on the Louisville & Nashville
railway.
Brownsville.-Re E. l.. Atwood de-
livered his farewell sermon at tae
Baptist church to a crowded house.
He has accepted a call to the church
in Dyersburg.
Nashville.-Dr. Edward P. Childs at
present member of the faculty OF
Wisconsin university, Madison, has
accepted the presidency of Cumber.
land university at Lebanon.
Johnson City.-An appointment of
prominence Is that of Miss Sarah
Hunter of Johnson City as maid of
honor to the Confederate reunion to
be held in Washington, d. C.
Bristol-Hon. J. H. Faucette, whose
second term as mayor of Bristol, un-
der commission form of government,
expires in June next announced that
he would not be a candidate for re-
election.
Nashville.-Henry Robinson, negro
sexton of the First Presbyterian
church, was fined $50 in the city court
on the charge of allowing dope"
addicts to congregate In the basement
of that place Of worship.
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Morristown.-Morrist command
cry, knights Templar, received an Of
fetal visit from the Hon. j. Newton
Thompson OF Memphis, grand eminent
commander of the state. and Inspect
or D. G. Crabtree, of Chattanooga.
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Oakdale-Engineer Weddle, of Dan
Vile, and head brakeman Roberts,
also of Danville, were instantly killed
when a Queen & Crescent freight
train ran into a gigantic slide about
eight miles south Of Burnside, Ky.
Bristol.-The body of the Rev. Jas
H. Weaver, DID,, who died in Western
North Carolina, was brought to EN-
DRY and buried on the college campus,
where rest many of the noble dead of
the Methodist Episcopal church, South.
Johnson City.-Cicero McNees, a
we'll known farmer and his wife Of
three weeks, were found dead in their
home few miles from here. The cor
oner's jury decided that their deaths
were the result of murder and suicide.
Covington.-Jim McCulloch, who
shot and killed George Garland, ne
gro, in this city, waived examination,
and was bound over to circcit court
under $1,000 bond. which McCulloch
executed Immediately and was re-
leased.
Chattanooga survey Of the city
and suburbs is proposed as the best
means of drafting a bill for the an
nexation of all suburbs into the Great
er Chattanooga scheme. This plan
was suggested to the city commission
ers by the legislative delegation.
Selmer.-The regular two days SEES.
sion of the McNairy county singing
convention has adjourned. Large
crowds attended each session and the
interest throughout was the best ever
known since organization Is years
ago.
Dresden.-Two hundred and thirty.
two loads of tobacco were delivered
to the various tobacco warehouses In
! Dresden one day last week. Over 800.
600 was paid from the banks here
for what was unloaded. But little Of
the weed remains unsold in this sec
ton.
Chattanooga.-Dr. Robert Allen Ha-
den, the American missionary to
China under the direction of the Pres.
byterian board of missions, Nashville,
whose life was lost when the French
transport Athos was sunk off the coast
o! Malta, was on his way to visit his
wife and children In Switzerland,
whom he had not seen for six years.
Clarksville.-A reduced light bill
representing an annual saving of 49,.
500 is promised consumers of electric.
ity in GAINESVILLE, provided the new
schedule of rates which has been sub.
mitted to Mayor Marable by w. H.
Weiss, engineer and rate expert, is
acceptable to the mayor and board of
aldermen and the electric light com.
pany.
Manchester.-Express agents in COT.
fee county are dolly shipping many