The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-04-14
TENNESSEE
Epitome of Interest
ing Events That Are
Transpiring Over
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in the Unity Baptist association will
be held with the Middleton church
Friday, April 81.
Huntingdon The farmers union
store at this place bought $4,000
pounds of poultry and 1.40O dozen
eggs during four days sale.
Rives.-Claude Bolts, a stcckinan OF
this place, was bitten by mad dog.
The dog was favorite collie and was
riding in Bolts automobile at the
time.
Clarksyille.-Two and a half mil
lion pounds of tobacco were burned
here, when two warehouses were de.
stroyed by fire, causing loss of $780,
600 or more.
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Gleason.-W. E. Harrison, farmer
and merchant of Greenfield, with store
and warehouse at Limbs, 10 miles west
of Sharon, has filed voluntary petit
ton in bankruptcy.
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Jackson.-L. D. Spragle of Phila-
delphia has been made general man
ager of the Citizens gas company of
Jackson, and has assumed control of
the company's affairs.
notwithstanding an operation
for appendicitis, Miss Allie Wolfen-
barger, aged 81, drained the contents
of a two-ounce vial of carbolic acid,
dying just as the physician reached
the scene.
| Alamo.-The regular April quarterly
court met here and only one day was
required in transacting the business
before the court. w. A. ]. Riddick
chairman, presided, and every magis-
trate was in attendance.
Knoxville. For only 5 cents per
meal 1870 children are being well fed
at the Knox county industrial school,
as shown in the quarterly report of
Miss Leah Fletcher, superintendent,
to the Knox county court.
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Lexington.-The Henderson county
teachers association will hold meet
ing in the college hall here April II,
presided over by Prof. Otis E. Holmes,
county superintendent. The associa-
ton is composed of abot 100 teachets
Memphis. Organization of BABE
hospital unit and it's equipment
task which Inserted y t5ss s5sfeo,
placed before the Memphis publis Us
a concrete opportunity for the tristate
city to materially aid the fighting
forces of the United States.
Knoxville.-First Lieut.. Ashby De-
Dusk, of Company H, Second Infantry,
Middlesboro, KY, National Guard, has
received orders for the company to get
ready to entrain. The company re-
Gently returned from the Mexican bor-
der, but is ready and anxious to en-
ter the service again.
Bristol.-Compartment cars arriv-
ing here from Yellowstone National
park carried eighty head of young
elk for use in stocking the govern
ment's newly-acquired mountain lands
extending from White Top to within
ten miles of Bristol Due to the long
journey, five of these elk were dead.
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Jackson.-W A. Hassen, aged "a,
J Syrian peddler, in applying for natu-
ralization papers at the office of Cir
, CURT Court Clerk w. F. May, stated
J that he would fight for the United
States in any event, whether this
country got in war with Germany or
} even Syria. He has been in America
four years.
Knoxville.-Under provisions of the
federal land grant act, of which the
, University of Tennessee is a bene
ficiary, all graduates under 40 years
of age are subject to CONSUMPTION to
officer the army Of the United States
, In time of stress. Dean Hoskins es-
timates that 1,2O0 graduates are amen
/ able to this law,
Knoxville.-A decrease of 800 cases
heard by City Police Judge Robert P.
Williams during the month of March,
as compared with the same month last
year, is declared by him to be evi.
dence of the good effects of the "bone
dry law in Tennessee.
! Selmer.-Chairman George A. Pra-
ther, of Ramer, convened the regular
, April session of the McNairy county
court with SO members answering roll
call. A franchise for the right of
way for the proposed turnpike from
Selmer by Adamsville to Tennessee
river was granted by the court.
NashYille-A frnnn train CARRYING