McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-04-06
Newbern.-The Dyer county school
fair will be held at Dyersburg April 10.

Clarksville.--The Montgomery coun-
ty Sunday school convention ut Anti
och, was success.
johnson City.-Bids have been asked
on the construction of the new county
asylum at the county farm.
Cookeville.-The Lebanon district
conference of the Methodist church
will be held In Gordonsville on April
and 4.
Knoxville.-Day and night guards
have been placed at both ends of the
Tri-State and Poor Valley ridge rail
road tunnels.
Knoxyille.-Gov. T. G. Rye expects
to accompany the second annual south
ern trade trip of Knoxville business
men April 1914.
Nashville.-A tornado swept through
Trousdale county, wrecking homes,
barns and outhouses and twisting off
large IOTcot tTctS.
Dresden.-Weakley county corn club
boys are making special effort this
year to exceed even the enviable work
they did last season.
Knoxville.-The total rainfall In this
section for March is 1921 inches, the
greatest amount recorded since 1875,
when 1907 inches fell.
Cookeville. Cookeville presby.
terry of the Cumberland Presbyterian.
church will convene in its regular
semi.annual session at Union Hill on
April 10.
Chattanooga sale of the Day
ton Coal and Iron company's property
to Francis G. Clay of Minneapolis was
ratified by the creditors Of the bank.
rupt concern.
Loudon-Members of the Loudoh
county cow-testing association and
their neighbors met in special session
and discussed problems that confront
the dairy farmer.
Clarksville.-Ata meeting of direct.
ors of the Montgomery county fair as
ISOLATION, Aug. %, %, "a, 20, were Sc.
lected as the days for the annual fair
at Dunbar's cave.
Paris.-Crawford Wynns of the old
23d district of Henty county was ac-
quilted of the murder of his father-in-
law, T. Y Robbins, in circuit court
here on the plea of self-defense.
Chattanooga-Victor Rush, under
sentence of death for the murder Of
his brother and sister-in-law in Cum.
berland county, escaped from Jail at
Dayton with four other prisoners.
Jackson.-ln her annual report to
the trustees, Miss Alice Drake, Ii
brarian, states that the city's appro-
priation Of $4,000 per year is not suf
ficient to operate the Jackson free
library
Waverly.-The U. S. department OF
agriculture, through its bureau of plant
| industry, has asked T. H. Richardson
county agent of Humphreys county, for
information relative to Alsike or Swed
| ish clover.
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Bristol.-At the head of a half mil
lion dollar company and recognized as
| leading business spirit here, Earl e.
Huntsman, rs, died suddenly from an
illness the nature OF which baffled
medical skill.
Chattanooga.-Plan are on foot
here to establish an art department Of
the University of Chattanooga under
the supervision of the New York
school of fine arts and directed by
Prof. Frank Parsons.
Jacksonville latest subterfuge re-
! sorted to in the shipment Of liquor into
this bone dry" state came in the form
OF common sugar barrel filled with
pint bottles of liquor with the express
tag showing potatoes"
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. guard Off
GERS have announced that a free mill
tary training academy had been open
ed at the armory where young men
would be given instruction in elemen-
tary drills without obligation to enlist.
Bristol-Capt. William L. Rice,
Bristols first mayor, is dead at So.
He came here in a stage coach from
Halifax county, Virginia, in 1866. The
next year town government was or
ganized, and he was chosen mayor.
Dresden.-R. T. Lewis Of the Ores
den bar made formal announcement
of his candidacy for the democratic
nomination for chancellor OF the Ninth
chancery division to succeed Judge
Colin P. Mckinney, who has announc.
ed as a candidate for supreme Judge.
Clarksville-At the parish meeting
of the Trinity church the Rev. Ramun.
da de OWES announced his decision to
remain in GAINESVILLE. Several days
ago Mr.. de OWES received an offer
from Paducah.
| Lawrenceburg. II. A. Ottke,
for Is years pastor or the Catholic
congregation at this place, owing to
declining health, has been relieved by
Bishop Byrns and Father l.. ]. KEN.
pheus, at one time in charge of the
Loretto congregation, and now at
Memphis, has been selected for the