McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-08-03

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Ripley.-Growers have made theil
first carload shipment OF tomatoes
The crop is fine, although the acreage
is not large this year.
Knoxyills.-A new overall manlfac
turing plant costing about $4,000 ant
employing 226 people, will be started
here by the Knoxville Overall com
pany.
Mt. Pleasant.--An enthusiastic Red
Cross meeting was held in the Sunday
school room of the Methodist church
for the purpose Of electing permanent
officers.
LAwrenceburg. - Lawrence county
will be well represented at the Middle
Tennessee Farmers institutes to be
held in Nashville the last three days
in August.
Jacksonville complete faculty Of
the Memphis Conference Female in
stitute for next and seyenty-fifth SEES
sion which opens Sept. II, is an
nounced.
Trezevant-In the election held here
to determine whether the city would
sell $12,500 bonds to improve the old
water plant, the issue was defeated by
vote Of 62 to 40.
Clarksville.-The Montgomery Coun
ty Fair association is getting every
thing in readiness for the meeting
which will be held Aug. %, %, "a and
rs at Dunbar's Cave.
Knoxville.-Rev. r. e. Vale, DID.
pastor of the Second Presbyterian
church, has sold his big five-passenger
automobile to give the proceeds to
help the heather in foreign lands.
notwithstanding Fort, chair
man of the building committee of the
First Baptist church, has announced
that the new church will be ready for
occupancy by the last of October,
Newbern.-All plans have been per
fected in Newbern to work the Jeffer
son Davis highway Aug. 7, according
to the statement of Louis G. Norvell
president of the highway association
Nashville.-Miss Ida Jarman, a stu
dent nurse, and Miss Beulah Pate, an
other nurse, were burned to death
when an explosion of alcohol in Shot
ner hospital set fire to the building
Franklin.-Dr. d. B. Cliffe, promi
nent physician and surgeon Of this
place. has received his commission
with the rank of captain, in the medi
cal corps, and will sail shortly for
France.
Chattanooga. - The Chickamauga
Trust company, one Of Chattanooga
financial institutions, broke all rec
ords when 1t declared dividend OF
Sc per cent on capital stock 81
100000.
Jackson.-During an electrical storm
lightning struck the storehouse and
residence of J. NJ Rains at Bemis
and Notwithstanding the heavy down
pour of rain, both buildings were con
sumed by fire.
Morristown.-Mr and Mrs. Charles
d. Proctor, en- route home from
church, in two-passenger car, were
struck at the powerhouse crossing b,
the K. e B. train and the car com
pletely demolished. Both occupants
died within a few moments.
Union City.-The construction work
on the $4,000 new school building Ii
being pushed rapidly by the contrac
tors and the $4,000 new school building
for the colored people is going up rap
idly, and will be ready for occupancy
by the opening of school this fall.
MISUNDERSTANDING consultation
with government officers in st. Louis
Herchel Dennison, inventor of a new
machine gun, which, 1t is claimed, will
shoot 1890 times per minute, reports
that 1t is probable that his invention
will be given a government test with
view to using the gun in the Euro
pean war;
Nashville.-The July Resources o.
Tennessee" is just off the press. This
issue contains an article on Market
ing Woodlot Products in Tennessee,
written by w. d. Stcrrett of the U. s
forestry service and published by the
forestry division of the state geological
survey. in cooperation with the fed
eral government.
Chattanooga.-Dr. o. 8. Hank, East
Tennessee revenue agent was indict
ed by the grand jury here on a charge
of extortion and wilful neglect of Off
cial duty. The indictment was based
on disclosures made Of methods fol
lowed in effecting a compromise Of
back taxes on the estate of the late
George N. Hanson of Chattanooga.
Clarksville.-Ernest Hodges, watch.
man at the Louisville G. Nashville
bridge over Red river, met his death
In a mysterious manner. The verdict
of the coroner's jury was that he came
to his death by pistol shot fired by
an unknown party.