McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-08-17
FROM ALL PARTS
OF TENNESSEE
Reports of Interesting
Events Boiled Down
for Hasty Perusal.

County Red Cross Chapter was organ
lied here at the Presbyterian church.
Monteagle.-A sacred concern was
given here. The largest attendance of
the season was present-six hundred
people.
Dyersburg. AT a meeting of the
copnty council of defense, it was unan-
imously agreed to hold one-day fair
in Dyersburg this fall.
Clarksville.-Aaa arrangements for
the Montgomry county fair to be held
at Dunbar's cave on Aug. %, 20, "a
and rs have been completed.
Chattanooga. A farewell dinner
dance was given the members of Bat
terry IL of the officers training camp
at the Golf and Country Club.
Knoxville. bank clearings
as shown by the Knoxville clearing
house continue to show an increase
OfST WCGhp VI laoL Soi. e
Friendship big Shorthorn cat
tie sale and picnic attracted people
from several counties to Friendship
and the cattle sold at good prices.
Nashyille.-The private homes of
Nashville will be thrown open on the
afternoon and evening of Aug. Is to
every soldier encamped in Nashville.
Newbern. P. Lane, a
prominent citizen Of Dyer county, was
appointed postmaster at Bogota, in the
Obion river district. to succeed F. H.
Bledsoe. resigned.
observation-disclosures Townsend, Jr..
a Newbern boy, has enlisted In the
aviation corps as craftsman. He will
be stationed at Fort Sam Houston,
Tex, for short time.
Chattanooga.--One hundred and five
students for the medical officers
training camp have arrived. Five new
cantons of this camp have been COM
pleted and were opened.
Clarksville.-An arrangements for
lives near Sango, was seriously hurt
by the overturning of his automobile
while he was going home from picnic
on the Port Royal turnpike.
Selmer.-Officials of the Burlington
highway were in Selmer recently. J. s.
Alexander, supervisor of the Shiloh
Park division, of Bradford, Tenn, and
G. L. Thetford, engineer, composed the
party.
Camden-Earl McRae, aged 20, was
drowned at Johnsonville. McRae was
helping push log around barge in
the Tennessee river and as he gave
the log shove lost his footing and
went over.
Mt. Pleasant-Rev. r. E. L. Jarvis,
former pastor of Wanamakers church,
Philadelphia, now of Grand Rapids,
Mich, conducted two weeks revival
In the Methodist church, of which his
brother, Rev. H. M. Jarvis, is pastor.
Johnsonville.-An engineering force
is at this place removing wrecks OF
more than 20 vessels, gunboats and
transports, captured or crippled when
the Confederate cavalry leader, Gen.
N. 8. Forrest, made his famous attack
Dyersburg e. Magee, Sam Fer
guson and John L. Sinclair, election
for Dyer county, have
opened the registration books for the
purpose of registration, and to con-
tinue open for tn days, for the regular
biennial registration.
Dyersburg.-The local recruiting Of
Ace OF the United Stats army has en-
listed many recruits the past two or
three weeks. In the spring the office
did remarkable work, sending more
men to the army than any other re-
cruiting station in Tennessee.
Memphis. Joseph c. Higgins,
president OF the Tennessee Bar asso-
citation, announces the 1917 meeting OF
the association will be held at Epper-
son Springs, Aug 30-31. Judge Hig-
gins says this meeting will be largely
A most interesting program
has been prepared.
Knoxville.-The Knox county crimi-
nal court grand Jury, as result of
Its probe into causes of the high price
Of coal here, found that "the devil
ment is all done at the Mines The
only solution of the situation the
grand jury could find was for the fed
eral government, by proper regula-
tions, to buy and resell coal at price
based upon the cost of production plus
a reasonable profit.
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Jackson.-Wade BACKYARD, son of the
late County Court Clerk w. T. Black
ard, who recently went to washington
to take the examination for service in
the United States aviation corps,
passed and has been admitted to train
ing.
Knoxville Anonymous letters and
telephone messages threatening bodily
harm, disruption of domestic affairs,
political calamity and other misfor-
tune, unless the bounding of Ed Con-
ners is stopped" have been received
by Mayor John e. Mcmillan.
Jackson.-About so auto owners OF
the city formed an organization at a
called meeting at the courthouse with
C. R. Hotchkiss being named as presi-
dent and o. p Stoyall secretary-treas-