McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-10-19


see State Normal opened its seventh
annual session with the best attend
ance in its history.
Memphis.-Five persons were hurt,
three perhaps seriously, when two
eastbound street cars crashed together
In a rear-end collision.
Chattanooga street car union
voted to accept the compromise plan
for the settlement of the street car
strike, by a vote of SO to 81.
Chattanooga-Ca has been issued
for the twenty-fourth. annual conyen-
ton of the United Daughters of the
Confederacy for this city Nov. 1917.
Nashville The office building and
storehouse of the Gulf Refining com.
pany of Louisiana, and dozen dwell
ing houses burned in the suburbs.
Henry.-The Henry county semi-an-
nual singing convention will meet at
New Hope church, four miles south
east of Paris, Tenn, Nov. and 4.
Jacksonville jackson Y. M. G. A.
held membership campaign. Proper
committees for pushing the campaign
to a successful conclusion are at work.
Selmer-Leonard ]. Kerr, McNairy
county farm demonstration met with
the pupils of the Bethel Springs high
school and organized boys corn
club.
Nashville.-The Nashville, Chatta-
nooga & St. Louis Railway and the
striking freight clerks at Atlanta
reached a satisfactory settlement OF
their differences.
Memphis. war library fund
reached $1,000 the last day of the
campaign, according to statement
issued by Miss Marilla W. Freeman,
city director VI the campaign.
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Jackson.-Mrs. Thos. Polk, of Jack
son, state regent OF the Daughters of
the American Revolution, announces
Nov. s and as dates upon which the
state meeting will be held in Nash
VILE
Murfreesboro.-The Daughters of
the Confederacy of this county OBJ
served Sam Davis birthday with in
teresting exercises held at the grave
of Tennessee's favorite hero, near
Smyrna
notwithstanding cold wind and
drizzling rain, Governor Rye and
his staff and the Third Tennessee
regiment band led the parade of over
a mile long, which formally opened the
second annual East Tennessee Divis-
ion Fair.
Knoxville. - AS crowd surged
around the burning structure of the
| Knoxville Waste Paper company here,
one Goodwin ran up a ladder of the fire
department and brought down "Old
Glory" from the flagpole. He was the
hero of the crowd.
Milan.--Arthur Powell, who lives at
Idlewild, eight miles north of here,
was struck by fast freight train on
the Illinois Central Railroad The
train crew brought him here, where
he died later, He leaves wife and
two small children.
Memphis.-A local branch Of the
United States food administration was
formed at meeting held in the Cham
Der of Commerce. The local body was
organized to secure maximum result
in the campaign to secure signers to
the Hoover pledge, during the week
Of Oct 81 to rs.
Washington.-Anot aviation of.
ficer, Capt. Albert B. Smith, of the
Signal corps reserve, has been or
dered to Park field, Millington, Tenn,
to act as an instructor. He is in
structed to arrive not later than Oct.
27, by which time, it is stated, his
services will be needed.
Jackson-At an informal conference.
of number of editors of West Ten
nesssee newspaper and officials of the
food conservation board of the state,
held here, definite steps were taken
looking towards giving due publicity
to the food pledge card campaign to
be waged during the week of Oct. 81
%. This is nationwide movement
and Tennessee is organizing to do its
part.
Knoxville. -The University of Ten
nessee has received from Porter Dun.
lap, state treasurer, check for
$4,000, which is TIE trst to be re.
ceived on the bond issue. Immediate,
ly after the receipt Of the check it
was deposited in the Third National
Bank and checks were made out to
liquidate the 100000 debt which the
university has been carrying for
rumber of years The s75,00e will
be held in reserve for improvements
on the Middle Tennessee experiment
station and the Cheroffee farm, which
will be made in the near future.
Jackson.--At meeting of the Madi-
son County Democratic executive COM
mittee the primary date was changed
from the first Tuesday in March of
1918 to Dec. 10, 1917, and run-off
was provided for Dec II, 1917.
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