Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1917-05-24
MISS MILDRED WHITE, or PARIS,
TENN, TO DRAW CURTAIN.
MAY II.
MEMORIAL COST S5O,OOO.OO
United Daughters Of confederacy Of
fering TO Memory of Lost Cause
To BE Dedicated in Shiloh
Park.

HOHuineul SioSlcu W tAO ChAtOu
Daughters of the Confederacy in Prem
tiss Circle on the Shiloh National Mil
itary park has been completed.
Miss Mildred White of Paris, Tenn,
daughter of Mrs Alexander B. White,
director-general of"the york. lifts the
veil on the afternoon OF May IL, fol-
lowing impressive ceremonies.
The monument covers a ground Of
so 90 feet, the die being 35 feet wide.
The figures are bronze, the panels are
gray Georgia marble and the base Is
North Carolina granite. In the center
of the monument are three female fig
ures-"Death," might" and "Confed-
eracy"-which Sculptor Frederick c.
Hubbard of Chicago portrays his idea
of Defeated Victory" On the first
day of the Battle Of Shiloh April 6,
1862, the Confederates were victorious.
death" took away the commander-in-
chief, Albert Sidney Johnston; and
might" brought re-inforcements to the
Federals. The figure of death" is
taking the laurel wreath of victory
away from sConfederacy." while
might" stands ready to complete the
victory.
Knoxville More than $500 persons
are expected to attend tie annual
meeting of the East Tennessee educa.
tional association, which will convene
in Knoxville Oct 25. An exhibit Of
school work from every school in the
eastern division of the state will be
one of the features.
umboldt.-Owing to a slight tech
nicality in failure to print part
of the election notice, the recent bond
issue voted in Humboldt for high
school building has been declared il.
legal and another election has been
called May IL.
| Lynnville.-After wandering In the
open for four nights and three days
without food and water Miss Jessie
Evans, who left her home. ezAs found
in the woods about five miles from
here
! CoviRgton. j. B.. Frazier
who was chaplain on the Olympia, Ad
miral Dewy's flagship at tho battle OF
Manila, and who is the third senior
chaplain in the U. s. navy spoke al
the courthouse here.
MISUNDERSTANDING Officer M. G
Fitzhugh for the U. S. army, who has
been stationed here for several months
received orders from the department
to close the lc ri recruiting office On
May 10,
Jacksonville annual West Tennes
see athletic, musical and oratorica
meet was held in this city, at which
there were 500 or more visiting school
children from practically every county
in this section.
Washington, ID. CDR. John Nor
ris, of Somerville, Tenn, last week
appointed first lieutenant in the
medical reserve corps of the army
has been placed on the list of doctors
who are available and who may be
sent to France at once.
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Knoxville. With representatives
from nearly every state in Dixie in al
tendance, the tenth annual convention
of the southern commercial secre
taries' association convened here.
s+sss
Jackson. democratic primary
to elect candidates for the positions O
Judge and attorney general of the six
teenth judicial circuit of TENNESSEE
was set\for July 20.
Ripley.-The people OF Lauderdal'
county are aroused as never before
over the impending danger of foot
shortage.
Jackson,-A portion of the right ca
of NJ. H. Taylor was bitten off by ,
horse When Mr.. Taylor started across
the street to his office, the vicious
horse made lunge at him and bit of
considerable portion of his eer
Rogerville. Vickers, arrested
here and charged with killing James
Blizzard, near Gate City, Va, 20 years
ago, agreed to return to Virginia. Biz
card was found dead in bed, chopped
to pieces with an ak, and the CRANE
jury returned an indictment agains
Vickers, who had disappeared.
Washington, d. C.-The war depart
ment issued an order instructing Ma
jor. F. D. Foulois to go To Memphis
for the purpose of inspecting the sew
eral sites offered for establishing
permanent aviation trainings schoo
rear that city.
Jackson.--Mass meetings in the In
terest of the public safety and foo
preparedness campaign in West Ter
nessee are being held daily through
out Madison county, under the direC
ton of Judd Brooks, farm demonstra
ton agent. and Mrs. Margaret Lans
der, county home economics agent.