Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1917-10-11

federate Veterans of Western Tennes-
see and Western Kentucky here.
Bristol.-The annual convention of
the Tennessee State Woman's Chris.
tian Temperance union will be held
here Oct. 70, 10, II and Is.
sssss
Jellico.-Dr. o. c. Mayberry has re.
ceived an appointment as lieutenant
in the dentistry department of the U.
8. army.
Whiteville, revival In progress
at the M. &. Church, South, has been
one OF the very best in the history of
the town.
Paris.-The opening OF the Henry
county fair in Paris was marked by
the largest attendance known in sew
eral years
observation-disclosures and patrolmen
Of Knoxville have asked the city com.
mission for an increase of SIS to 800
in salaries.
Newbern.-The public roads along
the mail routes throughout Dyer coun.
ty have been graded and pu. in excel.
lent condition.
Major Elisha Spencer Denton of
Knoxville has been appointed COM
mandant ut the University Of Tennes.
see for the 1878 term.
Cookeyille.-The 1917-1918 session
of the Tennessee Polytechnic Insti.
tute opened under the most favorable
auspices. The enrolment of students
is the largest in the history of the In
stitution.
Dyersburg.-At a meeting of the
Merchants and Manufacturers associa.
ton and the Business Mems club at
the courthouse, John R. Hurt was
elected president of the consolidated
organizations.
Chattanooga.-Th southern head.
quarters of the Young Peoples Society
of the Christian church has been NOV
ed from Birmingham to Chattanooga,
with Karl Lehman as general secre.
tary in charge.
Knoxville.-After thrilling expert
ences as an ambulance driver with
the British army in France, DR.. Geo.
Herbert Clarke has retrned to the
University of Tennessee as professor
of English literature.
Dyersburg. Sheriff Pursell
arrested two hoboes while they were
passing through Dyersburg in box
car in possession of a quantity OF
whiskey. There was another man
with them at the time of the capture.
but he escaped.
Bristol.-With millions of walnut
gunstocks of American origin now In
use among the allies and in the army
camps of this country, the walnut tim
Der manufacturers, it is said, are now
being commissioned to cut walnut OF
proper dimensions for making airplane
propellers as means of speeding the
work of providing formidable fleet
which is to use the new Liberty" mo-
tor.
Nashville.-The Farmers Union has
elected the following officers for the
next year: ]. H. HOFFMAN, Humboldt,
president; B. A. Cherry, Estill Springs,
vice president; c. w. Brooks, Atwood,
secretary and treasurer. The follow
ing were chosen to serve as members
of the state executive committee s.
P. Porter Huntingdon; Prof. H. d.
McCulley, Cookeville; Prof, H. A.
Morgan, Knoxville; Phil s. Taylor,
Jonesboro, and M. A. Barnett, Etc
wah. The following were chosen as
delegates to the next national conven-
ton. which meets at Jonesboro, Ark,
Nov. II to 10: ]. III. HOFFMAN, dele
gate-at-large and Phil s. Taylor, alter
nate
Jackson.-Judge Joseph C. Higgins
of Nashville, president of the Tennes
see Bar association, while in the city
stated in an interview that he heartily
concurs in the sense expressed in the
memorial to be presented to the court
from the American Bar association
urging that the length Of court opin
ions be shortened.
ashviile.-Lonnie Wilson and "a
wife, Lille, couple in their teens,
charged with causing their newborn
baby to bleed to death and burning
the body in the crate, were convicted
in the criminal court of involuntary
manslaughter, the husband being Civ
en- from one to five years in prison
and the wife 90 days in the workhouse
Jackson.-To supply the men on the
battleship Tennessee with knitted
goods is an undertaking which is de
sired to be brought about by Mrs
Thomas Polk, state regent of the
Daughters OF the American Revolution
All knitted articles which the D. A. r