Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1917-11-01

Lde presbyterian CnuTCn rs W CuHNene
with the First Presbyterian church
here Oct. rs.
Chattanooga. - Judge David La.
Fayette Snodgrass, Sc, former justice
OF the supreme court OF Tennessee,
died at his home here
Dyersburg.-Jess Winters, Of Trim
BILE, was lodged in Jail on Stacker
charge. He failed to register, but his
contention is that he is still under Fl
years Of age.
Brisol-The Bristol iron furnace,
built 29 years ago, and standing idle
for the last ten years. has been solo
by the Virginia Iron and Coke com.
pany for 100000 cash.
Murfreesboro. -, The Rutherford
county democratic committee fixed
the date OF the primary for the county
court clerk in this county as Dec. s,
the date of the judicial primary.
Milan.-Britt Davis, of Columbia,
Tenn, representing the government
bought 116 head of horses and mules
here through Kizer G. Son. The
stock will be used in the army.
Nashville-The enrolment at Van.
derbilt University at the end of the
first week this year, as compared with
that of the first week last year, shows
falling off of 1862 in all departments
Dyersburg.-The Merchants and
Manufacturers association and the
Business Mems club are making ex-
tensive arrangements for the com.
munity fair to be held here Oct. o.
Jackson.-Mrs. Thos. Polk, of Jack.
son, state regent of the Daughters of
the American Revolution, announces
Nov. and 8 as dates upon which tho
state meeting will be held in Nash,
VILE
Trezevant.-This section was visit
ed by killing frost. 1t is thought
that much damage was done cotton,
especially in the lowlands, where the
crop had not made much progress in
maturing
Knoxville. Gov. Thos c. Rye, his
staff, Mrs. Alex Caldwell and Rutledge
Smith of Nashville were the guests
at luncheon given at the Woman's
Building at the East Tennessee Divis.
ion Fair.
Newbern.-The Dyer county farm
ers at present are realizing good
money out of their cotton crop this
fall and as a result they are in a
better condition than they have been
In many years.
Chattanooga impressive and
solemn ceremony was conducted at
Camp Warden Mclean when W. L.
Mclean, editor of the Philadelphia
Ledger and father of the young Lieut.
Warden Mclean. who was killed dur
ing the May camp by being thrown
from his horse and in whose memory
the camp is named, presented 10 the
camp on behalf of himself and wife
a stand of colors.
Atlanta.-There are 7,1O0 men from
Tennessee at Camp Gordon affected
by the sweeping orders changing the
personnel of the camp. Tennessee
has approximately 1000 more men
than Georgia's white contingent at
the camp. 1t is estimated that so
per cent of those now at Camp Cor.
don will be transferred 10 the national
guard divisions, the remainder being
ordered to Columbia.
Memphis. Prayers to Almighty God
for victory in the great war should as
cend daily from the hearts of every
man, woman and child in the United
States, declared the Rev. H. P Hurt
in sermon on Praying for the AL
lies" at the Union Avenue Baptist
church here. The minister said Amer
lea was battling for Christianity, dem.
ocracy anud humanity, and bitterly
denounced the Huns. 1t is the duty OF
every man to purchase Liberty bonds
and contribute his share toward
bringing nearer the close of the aw.
full war, he said
Chattanooga-The street car union
voted to accept the compromise plan
for the settlement of the street car
strike, by a vote of SO to 81.
Memphis persons were hurt,
three perhaps seriously, when two
eastbound street cars crashed together
In rear-end collision.
Murfreesboro The Middle Tennes-
see State Normal opened its seventh
annual session with the best attend
ance in it's history.
Chattanooga.-Call has been issued
for the twenty-fourth annual conven-
ton of the United Daughters of the
Confederacy for this city Nov. 1917.
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