The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-05-12
SHILOH monument
READY TO UNv||L
MISS MILDRED WHITE, or 4 FRls, !,
TENN, TO DRAW cURTA'K.
MAY IL.
MEMORIAL COST s5o,otk.o0 |
United Daughters Of confeders or
ferIns to Memory of Lost G Use
To Be Dedicated in shiIo
Park.

Selmer.-The $4,000 Conf srate
monument erected by the tYnited
Daughters of the Confederacy il Prem
tiss Circle on the Shiloh Natior MIL
itary park has been completed.
Miss Mildred White of Paris, Fenri.,
daughter of Mrs. Alexander B. Nhite,
director-general of the work, lifts the
veil on the afternoon of May II, fol-
lowing impressive ceremonies.
The monument covers a gro9nd OF
5Ox % feet, the die being 35 feeiwide.
The figures are bronze, the pan5ls are
gray Georgia marble and the Rse Is
North Carolina granite. In the fenter
of the monument are three fel&le fig
ures-"Death," might" and M1pnfed-
eracy"-which Sculptor FredefEk O..
Hubbard of Chicago portrays hN idea
of Defeated Victory" On th5 first
day of the Battle of Shiloh, April g.,
1852, the Confederates were VICTORIOUS.
death" took away the comma5ler-in-
chief, Albert Sidney Johnston; and
might" brought re-inforcements,to the
Federals. The figure of "De%h' is
taking the laurel wreath Of Fictory
away from "Confederacy, while
might" stands ready to cou6te the
victory.
Knoxville.-More than $500 tersons
are expected to attend the hnnuai
meeting Of the East TennesseeYduca-
tional association, which will alvene
in Knoxville Oct. 25. An OK IT OF
school work from every schot the
eastern division Of the state ~ Dc
one Of the features.
Misunderstanding to Sill Etecn-
nicality in failure to print part
of the election notice, the recef bond
issue voted in Humboldt for high
school building has been decpfed IL
legal and another election hssa been
called May 15.
Lynnville.-After wandering IN the
open for four nights and thra days
without food L f7 Fsr E R5fay, {
in the woods about five miles from
here.
Covington.-Chaplain y. B. Frazier,
who was chaplain on the Olympia, Ad-
miral Dewys flagship at the battle Of
Manila, and who is the third senior
chaplain in the U. S. navy, SPOKE at
the courthouse here.
lexington 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 al recruiting Office on
May 10,
Jacksonville democratic primary
to elect candidates for the positions of
judge and attorney general of The six
teenth judicial circuit of Tennessee
was set for July 20. ~
Ripley.-The people of Lauderdale
county are aroused as never before
over the impending danger Of food
shortage.
Jackson,-A portion of the right car
Of M. H. Taylor was bitten Off by a
horse. When Mr.. Taylor started across
the street to his office, the vicious
horse made lunge at him and bit off
a considerable portion of his ear
Rogerville.-Floyd 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 grand
jury returned an Indictment against
Vickers, who had disappeared.
%a&A
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 q
permanent aviation training school
near that city.
Jackson Mass meetings in the in
terest of the public safety and food
preparedness campaign in West Ten
nessee are being held daily through
cut Madison county, under the direc-
ton Of Judd Brooks, farm demonstra-
ton agent, and Mrs. Margaret Lans.
den, county homo economics agent.
SssSs
Washington, d. 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.
Service Appreciated.
Several men have been with the
comnany for more than thirty years