Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1917-07-12
LATE NEWS
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Happenings Over
Commonwealth
as Cleaned from
Various Places

observation-disclosures court adjourned
after having ben in session only a few
days.
NashVille.-The State Baptist Young
Peoples Union will hold the 1918 CON
vention in Martin.
Selmer.-The annual Lexington dis
trict conference of the Methodist Epis-
copal church, South, will be held at
Hollow Rock, July 1912.
noxville.-Greater Morristown be.
came reality when the extension OF
the municiality was approved at the
polls by a majority of 100 votes
Jackson.-In the final days shooting
at the annual tournament of the Ten
nessee trapshooters' association J. H.
Fife of Mount Pleasant won the state
championship.
Chattanooga.-Charles Dunn, aged
Al years, was shot and instantly killed
here by his brother-in.law, James X.
Mathis. Family troubles are blamed
for the tragedy.
Dyersburg--A conference of West
Tennessee agricultural agents was held
in Dyersburg for the purpose of work.
ing out a plan to take care Of the sur.
plus crop of this section.
Selmer.-At a recent meeting of the
board of directors of the McNairy
county fair association it was unani.
mously voted to hold the annual meet.
ing October 8, 10, IL and IL.
Milan.-The First Baptist church al
Milan has called Rev H, Wright OF
Adairsville, Ky, to serve the pastorate
He is removing here and will take
charge the first Sunday in July.
Dyersburg.-A mass meeting was
held at the courthouse here for the
purpose of organizing a vigilance com
mittee and home guard for the protec
ton of Dyer county during the war.
Paris.-Stars and Stripes will be
raised over the Louisville & Nashville
railroad shops in Paris on July 4, with
appropriate ceremonies. Gov. Rye Is
expected to be present aDd deliver an
address.
Huntingdon.-The engineer of drain
age district No. / of Carroll eosuty,
has finished his plans for the reclaim
ing of about 1880 acres of rich bottom
land in this district and the construc
ton of bitches will start at once.
Lexington-Rev. H. H. Drake oil
Pittsburg, Texas, we'll known through
out this section, where he has labored
extensively, has resigned that pastor
ate to accept the position of school
evangelist for the ll-Moody institute
Martin, Tenn.
hattanooga.-Lieut- Col. T. ]. Kirk
patrick has assumed charge of tho hos
pital at Fort Oglethorpe, which was for
mally converted into base hospital
| Col. Kirkpatrick has a staff Of rs sur
geons and 10 female graduate nurses
The hospital is to be enlarged by 500
beds and several additional wards.
Jackson-A conference of county ag
ricultural demonstration agents was
held here to study methods of storing
and marketing Irish potatoes. The in
tensive food crop campaigns Of the las
year resulted in the production of g
| big surplus Of potatoes and the state
| college of agriculture is putting fortl
every effort now to save the surplus
| for future use.
Humboldt-As a result of the efforts
Of strong delegations from Trenton
| Humboldt, Jackson, Henderson, En-
Vile and other towns along the cen
trail west Tennessee highway, the
state highway commission has includ
ed In the scheme of federal highways
a new cross-state highway running
| from Fulton to Martin, to Greenfield
to Trenton, to Humboldt, Jackson
| Henderson, Enville, Shiloh Park anC
on to Corinth.
Mason.-Electric lights were recent
ly turned on in Mason for the frs
time in the history of the. town.
|
Neutrality-suspicious. were elected a
the state Baptist Young Peoples uniol
convention held in the Edgefield Bap
| fist church as follows: President, J
E Lambdin, Knoxville; vice-presi
dents: East Tennessee, T. L. Gates
Knoxville; Middle Tennessee, H. L
McNeely, Orlinda; West Tennessee, J
A. Hanson, Memphis. Recording sec
rotary, Eugene Alsup, Nashville; treas
urer Earl Robinson, Chattanooga
| Group leaders: Chattanooga, Miss G
Robinson; Knoxville, Miss Pearl Da
Wis; Memphis, G H. Rutherford; Nash
vile, NJ. l.. Sedberry.
| Observation-Disclosures is plan
ming for the greatest celebration o
independence Day ever given in Cot
fee county, July 4. The big feature
of the day will be parade of the mel
who registered for military servic,
| June 5, headed by band.
|
Memphis-The county election boart
has set July 2S-the day of the consti
tutional convention election-as thu
date for the special election for magis
trate in the Fifth district, to succeed