The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-07-27
TENNESSEE PICKlNCS
Wire Tappings Over Volun-
teer Sale Prepared in
Epitomized Form

j. S. Moore, a prominent farmer of
Brighton, dropped dead in the field.
An election for 100000 pike bonds
in Hancock county carried by 500 ma
jority.
Military training may be added to
the school curriculum ,of the Bristol
public schools
The Carroll county court set aside
10-cent tax on the hundred dollars for
high school purposes.
The hay crop in Dyer county is said
to be the shortest ever known in the
history of the county.
Mrs. Arthur Smith was burned to
death at Dunlap when the Smith home
was destroyed by fire.
The Irish potato crop in Dyer coun.
ty has been harvested and a record.
breaker crop is reported.
Two children of Joe Brasfield, who
lives near Solo, were burned to death
when the home was destroyed by fire.
w. G. McAfee, a leading citizen Of
TigYett, has been elected county and
levee commissioner for Dyer county.
A Red Cross auxiliary to the Mem
phis chapter has been organized at
Adamsville, in east McNairy county.
Capt Joseph Russell Trotter, Jr.,
who formerly lived near Clarksville,
is captain in Gen. Pershings com.
mand.
Business men took much interest in
burg theater for the benefit of the Boy
Scouts.
Edwin Sumner Gardner, one of the
most widely known horsemen in the |
SOUTH died at his home, Avondale, near |
Gallatin, of apoplexy.
Chattanooga was selected over B1r.
mingham as the headquarters Of the
extension committee of the All-South'
ern Christian Fndeavor.
The charred bones Of an adult hui
man being were found in the woods |
near Bald Hill, about fifteen miles
southeast of CookeviIle.
M. J. Jenkins, popular citizen of
Dyersburg, was elected president Of
he rural carriers association at their
recent meeting in Nashville
Jerry Nave, a Jackson boy, was one
If the sailors on board the transport
Neptune, which was in the fleet to
larry American troops TO France.
A handsome herd of registered Here
ord cattle, numbering sixteen, have
'een imported to Mt. Pleasant FROM
illinois by Hinton Kittrell
The great union revival being con,
ucted in Paris by Rev. Clyde Lee FIT,
and his assistants, is doing
great good in the community I
The Henderson county teachers In ,
titute under the direction of Supt.
tits E. Holmes, was held at Leyingt ,
IN with an enrolment of over $50. ;
Rev. H. J. Mikell, rector of Christ'g
lurch, the leading Episcopal church
{ Nashville, announces that he haF
,cepted the post OF bishop of Atlanta.
Mrs Thomas Polk, state regent OF
10 Daughters of the American Revolu- y
on, has been elected chairman for S
lest Tennessee of the Woman's ma Il
onal council of defense.
John L. Cobbs of the United States "
rest service is in Johnson City, Sc
ring recruits for the Lumber Jack q
egiment," which is now being organ =
ed for service in France.
Hon. B. ]. Howard, who had served W
r % years as attorney general OF N
e twelfth judicial circuit of Tennes' Y
e, died at his home in Jackson at
ralysis. RI
Maj. Gen. John P. Morrison, who was
signed to the command of all regular Al
,ops at Chickamauga park, is one of III
: best known writer's on military -
bjects in the country. .,
Buddy Morgan, formerly all-South. o,
/ center on the Vanderbilt football 70
m. is now in France with Gen. Id
rshing as a member of the Johns