Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1917-09-20

GlehbOn,-lH he l5ll-lo term VI ehN
Gleason high school will open on the
second Monday in September.
Memphis.-After shooting down the
guard, seven negro boys, alleged law
breakers. escaped from the negro
juvenile detention quarters.
Fayetteville people of Fay
etteville and Lincoln county gave a
farewell reception in honor OF the
countys volunteers and draft men.
Paris.-Battery d, stationed in this
city and under command of Capt. Leon
Caraway, is the first battery in the
state, 1t is said, to recruit to full war
strength
Bristol Bristol automobile owners
have been worried with auto pilferers.
Several cars have been stolen, later to
be abandoned on suburban driveways
or streets.
Knoxville. Elmer Lambdin, pres.
ident of the Tennessee State Baptist
Young Peoples union, announces he
will resign to become secretary of the
Alabama b. Y, P. U.
Union City.-For the drafted men &C.
cepted for service in the army from
Ohio county a public going away"
party was held in court square here on
the afternoon of Sept 8.
Dyersburg. The Business Mems
club here has decided to make every
effort to have Dyersburg selected as
one of the landing places for the avia'
ton school in Memphis.
Knoxville.-Miss Lillian Byrn San.
som, 80, school teacher, died at local
hospital, following injuries sustained
few hours previous when she was
struck by an automobile.
Bristol.-The Bristol ladies of the
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
will entertain for the first time the
state organization this fall. The state
meeting will begin Oct. 1.
Columbia.-Judge j. T. Mcknight
handed down decision in the famous
dog law suit, holding the dog law
passed during the session Of the legis'
lature in 1907 unconstitutional.
Dyersburg w. Moss, county
chairman of the council of national
defense, has selected delegates to at.
tend the Farmers Institute, to be held
in Jackson Sept. IL, 10 and IA.
Johnson City.-Great interest is be-
ing manifested in this county and
nearby sections in tobacco raising this
year and several thousand acres are
now under cultivation for the market
this fall.
Chattanooga.-Josephine Robinson,
aged IS, who was shot by her husband,
Roy T. Robinson, private of the U. s.
Eleventh cavalry, is dead. Robinson,
after shooting his wife, fired bullet
into his own head He is expected TO
recover.
Dyersburg. e. Magee, Sam Fer
guson and John L. Sinclair, election
commissioners for Dyer county, have
called an election to be held Sept. G
in Trimble to elect a mayor, tax as.
SCISSOR, aldermen and member of the
school board.
Jackson.-In order to put the gray,
eled streets in the business section Of
the city in good shape for the winter,
the public utility department of the
commission is having the streets scar
flied and they will be resurfaced with
gravel and binding oil.
GAINESVILLE. Messrs. Chap and John
Cunningham. who two years ago pur-
chased herd of registered Shorthoru
cattle in Ohio, have been quite sue
cessful with them. They have sold q
sufficient number to pay for their pur-
chase and have now a number equiv
alent to their original herd on hand.
MISUNDERSTANDING S. P. Anderson
of the association of commerce has re-
ceived assurances from Congressman
Il. w. Sims and Senator j. X. Shields
that they are working in Jackson's in
terest for the location of the infantry
arms and machine gun schools which
are to be located somewhere in the
south Jackson threw its hats in the
ring" for these camps last week.
Chattanooga Chattanooga big pa.
rade of the men drafted for military
service will take place on the eve of
mobilization, and elaborate arrange
ments are in the hands of the commit
tee Officers at Fort Oglethorpe have
been asked for cavalry troops and regi,
mental bands, and the committees plan
the biggest, most spectacular parade
in the history of the city.
Epperson Springs.-At the conclud-
ing session of the Tennessee bar asso-
citation here, Col E. Watkins of Chat
tanooga was elected president; A. w.
Akers of Nashville, vice-president for
Middle Tennessee; Chas. J. Jones Of
Athens, vice-president for East Ten
nessee, and II. R. Boyd, president
for West Tennessee. Lee Winchester
of Memphis was reelected secretary
Tho Mace of meeting for next wear is