The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-06-30

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Nashville.-The State Baptist Young
Peoples Union will hold the 1918 con.
vention in Martin.
Selmer.-The annual Lexington dis.
trict conference of the Methodist Epis-
copal church, South will be held at
Hollow Rock, July 1912.
noxville.-Greater Morristown be.
came reality when the extension of
the municipality was approved at the
polls by majority of 160 votes
Jackson.-In the final days shooting
at the annual tournament of the Ten
nessee trapshooters' association J. H.
Fite of Mount Pleasant won the state
championship.
Chattanooga-Char Dunn, aged
Al years, was shot and instantly killed
here by his brother-in-lay, James X.
Mathis. Family troubles are blamed
for the tragedy.
Dyersburg-A conference of West
Tennessee agricultural agents was held
in Dyersburg for the purpose of work
ing out plan to take care of the sur
plus crop of this section.
Selmer.-At recent meeting of the
board of directors of the McNairy
county fair association 1t was unani-
mously voted to hold the annual meet.
ing October 8, 10, II and IL.
Milan.-The First Baptist church at
Milan has called Rev H, Wright of
Adairsville, Ky, to serve the pastorate
He is removing here and will take
charge the first Sunday in July.
Dyersburg.-A mass meeting was
held at the courthouse here for the
purpose of organizing vigilance com,
mittee and home guard for the protec.
ton of Dyer county during the war.
Paris.-Stars and Stripes will be
raised over the Louisville & Nashville
railroad shops in Paris on July 4, with
appropriate ceremonies. Gov. Rye is
expected to be present and deliver an
address.
Huntingdon engineer of drain
age district No. of Carroll county,
has finished his plans for the reclaim,
ing of about 1880 acres Of rich bottom
! land in this district and the construc.
ton of bitches will start at once.
Lexington-Rev. III. HI. Drake of
Pittsburg, Texas, we'll known through.
out this section, where he has labored
extensively, has resigned that pastor
ate to accept the position of school
evangelist for the Hall-Moody institute,
Martin Tenn.
Chattanooga.-Lieut Col. T. ]. Kirk.
! patrick has assumed charge of the hos
pital at Fort Oglethorpe, which was for.
mally converted into base hospital.
i Col Kirkpatrick has a staff of rs sur.
geons and 10 female graduate nurses.
/ The hospital is to be enlarged by 500
beds and several additional wards.
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Jackson.-A conference of county ag.
| ricultural demonstration agents was
held here to study methods of storing
and marketing Irish potatoes. The in
tensive food crop campaigns of the last
year resulted in the production of a
big surplus of potatoes and the state
college of agriculture is putting forth
every effort now to save the surplus
for future USE
Humboldt-As result of the efforts
of strong delegations from Trenton,
Humboldt, Jackson, Henderson, En-
vile and other towns along the CEN
trail west Tennessee highway, the
state highway commission has includ-
ed In the scheme of federal highways
a new cross-state highway running
from Fulton to Martin, to Greenfield,
to Trenton, to Humboldt, Jackson,
Henderson, Enville, Shiloh Park and
on to Corinth
Mason.-Electric lights were recenx
ly turned on in Mason for the first
time in the history of the town.
Neutrality-suspicious. were elected at
the state Baptist Young Peoples union
convention held in the Edgefield Ban
list church, as follows: President, J.
3. Lambdin, Knoxville; vice-presi
dents: East Tennessee, T. L. Gates.
Knoxville; Middle Tennessee, H. L.
McNeely, Orlinda; West Tennessee, ]
A. Hanson, Memphis. Recording SEQ
rotary Eugene Alsup Nashville; treas
urer Earl Robinson, Chattanooga.
Group leaders: Chattanooga, Miss G.
Robinson; Knoxville, Miss Pearl Da.
Wis; Memphis, G H. Rutherford; Nash.
vile, M. L. Sedberry.
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| Observation-Disclosures Is plan.
ming for the greatest celebration of
Independence Day ever given in Cof-
| fee county, July 4. The big feature
of the day will be parade of the men
| who registered for military service
June 5, headed by band.
| Memphis-The county election board
has set July 2S-the day Of the consti-
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