The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-08-31
TENNESSEE GLEANINGS
| News of Interest Prepared
in Epitomized Form by
Special Writer'S

at the concluding session of It's annual
convention held at Pressmen's Home
elected the following officers: Prest-
dent J. B Hedge of Maryville; vice.
president, A. e. Mime of Jacksburg;
secretary-treasurer, E. M. Hardy OK
Morristown. The association voted
unanimously to build permanent
clubhouse on the site donated by the
trustees of the Pressmen's Home at
Hale Springs.
At a recent meeting of the Selmer
board of education, J. A. Houston,
Louis Adams and J. H. Alexander, the
faculty for the Selmer high school for
the term of 1918, Yves announced
completed. The personnel Of the fac
ulty includes: w. N. Nix Of Lexington,
Tenn, principal; VIM. Grady Hamr1'
Misses Vista Brady OF Knoxville
Florence English, Irene Ingram, Cor
nelia Crook and Kathleen Wood. MISE
Wood is the musical director.
James E. Parker, aged 80, shot ana
killed Dan Smith, aged As, another
farmer, in the Thirteenth civil district
of Madison county. The killing was
the result of dispute over wagon
trade, involving an amount of $4.OO.
Miss Florence Whiteside, 70, OF
Chattanooga, one of the early pupils OF
Mary Baker Eddy, Christian Science
founder, is dead in Chicago. Her fam
ily is said to have owned Lookout
Mountain during the civil War.
The 1000 men commissioned at the
Fort Oglethorpe training camp have
departed for their homes and will re-
port to duties assigned them IN vari'
GUS branches of the army after ~
day furlough.
Silas r. Ryan, lineman for tele-
phone company, was instantly killed
while he was working at the top OF
pole at Chattanooga. Ryan was resi-
dent of Murfreesboro.
Mrs. w. r. Moore of Unionville has
been dcubly bereaved in the loss OF
| her 6-year-old son, who died Aug. IL,
and another son, % years Of age, who
died Aug. Is.
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The Giles county teachers associa-
ton has elected The following officers:
r. N. Chenaulr, president; j. B. White.
vice-president, and Robert A. Butler.
secretary. 49,
George Tucker, a railroad trainman
of Jackson, has returned from Little
Rock, Ark, where he conducted sue
cessful revival, preaching to railroad
men.
Henry Adams, a prominent farmer
of Gleason, sustained fractured hip
when a buggy in which he was riding
overturned in descending steep HILL
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The SETTLERS of '61," an organiza
ton of the older citizens of Jackson
and their immediate descendants, Will
hold it's annual outing on Aug. 30.
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A new drainage district has been
formed in Carroll, Gibson and Weak
lev counties. The district is along the
houth fork of the Obion river
Rev. G.. H. Mount of Laneview was
passenger on the City of Athens, sunk
off the African coast, with a loss OF
10 lives, but was rescued.
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T. p. Jernigan of Paris has been
notified of the promotion of his son,
Philip Jernigan, to the rank of major
in the aviation corps.
J. H. Lucas of Friendship has re-
ceived a letter from his brother, Ho
mer F. Lucas, from Somewhere In
France"
The women of Dyersburg and Dyer
county have perfected a county com
mittee of the council of national de-
tense.
At least fifty young women OF Ten
nessee have accepted positions as Ste
nographers in Washington since the
war.
In order to get Madison countys
quota of 2S5, the exemption board
found it necessary to examine 700 men,
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The Franklin county fair association
will hold it's Twelfth annual fair at Win
chester Aug. %, 80 and 81.
The livery and feed barn Of the Sc
vance Fuel & Iron Co. at Tracy City
was destroyed by fire.
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