The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-09-15
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! cording to figures eompl oers
Helms of that station nun
Der, 152 resided in Memp II
For every dollar paid South
ern Railway companv b. ar peopl
in the south during Ju u, tn
Southern railway paid Gu. ~ soutl
| $105, according to figure ounce'
| in WASHINGTON nv Compi Al A. Fl
Plant.
Under instructions fro gov
eminent Commissioner AL Y l.
Eskew and Inspector AZ l c
Medaris, of the state foe n drug
department. have left NBsl TO
Fort Oglethorpe to assist An SAM
tary inspection of the campE
Memphis having Withdraw favo
of Jackson from the race fbr loca
ton of the training camp, Etl. ae0pe
have added new enthusiasm thea
efforts and a strong and }de' nineC
effort will be made to cdn1 the
government that Jackson rs an idea
place.
Net profits of the Louisville ani
Nashville, Railroad in the first six
months of 1917 were $S,169,96017, &C
cording to a semi-annual% statement
of earnings issued. The figures show
gain of $331,594 over the same
period last year. The increase in
gross income was S293,000l
Keeping step with the activities Of
the government in conserving food
and pursuant to orders issued from
the grand lodge officers following the
meeting in Boston the Jackson lodge
of Elis, No. 1872, is planning to put
into effect food regulations that will
result in much saving.
In the criminal court in Clarksville
the case of the State vs. Mamie Par
due, the jury returned a verdict Of
murder in the first degree under "miti
eating circumstances Sentence has
not been passed 1t was charged Par.
due had crushed the skull of Alner
Nicholson and then shot him twice
causing instant death.
concerted effort upon lhe part Of
the business rganizationsIof Column.
! bia, Mt Pleasant, Hohenkald, Law,
renceburg, and Centrevillk will be
made to locate the propssed army
school for Tennessee at lthe Mert
wether Lewis monument in the corner
of Maury, Lewis and Lawrsnce coun.
ties
John r. Bender, athlete director
of the University of Tennessee, will
direct the athletic training OF 10000
soldiers at Cam Sewer ~eeenvilIe,
| s. c., and has been gra1 leave Of
absence -fr@05fif fe8s 'asas a ssfst
versity for one year. is gone Ia
Princeton, N. j. to att lu meeting
of the fourth division lac war com
mittee on athletic training
Answering inquiries from a large
number of people of Tennessee as tt
his position on the bill for insurance
for soldiers and sailors, now pendins
in the house of representatives Sen
ator Jno. K. Shields has replied thai
he is in accord with the idea ant
terms of the bill and expects to sup
port the measure when it comes be
fore the senate.
Thre additions to the faculty of the
Tennessee Military academy, a
Sweetwater, are announced. Rev. ]
l.. Bachman, D. D., becomes presiden
emeritus; Col. B. S. Patrick is com
mandant, and Capt William r, Hop
kins is assistant commandant. Dr.
Bachman is the founder of the mill
tary schools in Sweetwater, and wal
for thirty years the president o
SWeetwater, Military college.
Eight weeks ago Joseph S. Mabry
q, wrote to his parents, Mr.. and Mra
Fl. S. Mabry, of Knoxville, from tn
military training camp at Atlanta
Last week the father and mother re
ceived postcard from him, but it wa
not from the Cracker state; 1t ha,
come thousands of miles-fron
France! He is one of the first Knox
Williams to go to France with the eS
peditionary forces.
George c. Love, Fire and Polio
Commissioner and Vice Mayor of tn
city of Memphis; James p Quinlar
Chief of Police, and William J. Hayes
Inspector of Police, have been mad
defendants in an custer suit filed i
the Chancery Court by the State O
Tennessee, through Acknowledgment
Hunter Wilson This is the secon
custer suit against the aefficials With
a week.
A lawsuit of considerable impor
ance ana interest," 10 TIE many stool
holders Of the DeCamp 4.lass e. Caske
company throughout West Tennessee
has recently been settI6d and adiuste
at Bristol, Tenn Inc directors of tn
company at first decidad to locate il
factory at klngsport enn., but upo
investigation changed 3the location [
chattanooga All magters involved
thls SUIT nave been settled and the il
junction dismissed
A committee of abo9,t Inn coal one
ators from East Tenn essee and Ke
lucky coal mining al ,f,jcts are no
~ "sshlhstoh' mess operators wi
nave uata as 70 tne Est of productio
OF coal in this distrid wticb will
! presented to Coal A ,,,,nistrator Ga