The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-01-13
LATE NEWS CONDENSED
Happenings O'ertbe Com.
mOnwealth Cleaned
From Various
Places

native of Marshall county and haC
lived there the greater part of his life
Lawrenceburg- Prof, L. N. Lump
kins was reelected county superin
tendent of public instruction by the
recent quarterly court, his vote being
Is to IL in favor of his opponent, Mrs
T. B. Smith.
Pulaski-The Rev. A. H. Huff, who
has been pastor of the Baptist church
here, but Is now in the life insurance
business, announces that he will re
move to Fayetteville in a few days te
reside.
Chattanooga Considerable excite
ment was created in st. Elmo when
Fate Evans, whose mind has been i'm
balanced for some time, ran amuch
with shotgun, terrorizing the entire
neighborhood.
MISUNDERSTANDING struck the
large cotton gin of J. l.. Essary & Co
at Darden, IL miles east of this place
and destroyed the buildings, machin
cry, about sixty bales cotton and {
carload of cotton seed.
Knoxville.-The Todd oil well near
Glen Mary, Tenn, which came in last
week, yielded 800 barrels in the fl
Is hours of flow. 1t is said to be the
largest strike yet made in either Ten
nessee or Kentucky oil fields.
Knoxville-The Union national bank
of this city is sending out, with other
printed matter of interest to farmers
the premium list of the midwinter fat
stock show which is to be held at the
University of Tennessee farm January
% to 26.
Hartsville-At the quarterly session
of county court Squire R. P. Huffman
was reelected chairman; Willard N
Smith, county attorney; T. B. Wood
more, reelected county superintend
ent of schools, and Squire G. G. vii
son, chairman pro TEN.
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Nashville.-The estate of the late
Harry S. Stokes was sued in the chan
Gerry court of this county by ]. G. More
lock, court reporter, for the collection
of $4,000 claimed to be owed to him
by Mr.. Stokes for work due in connec
ton with the city hall probe.
Jackson grand jury has re-
turned true bill against Lindsey De,
Loach and Roy DUNCAN, two young
farmers IN the ffaentn disrrTct. clfssr
with the murder of Ezra Leathers, who
was shot from ambush last November.
The case will be called for trial on
January %.
MISUNDERSTANDING that she was
burned while receiving X-ray examina-
tions, and that her injuries were due
to negligent handling, Ethel Clements,
through her attorneys, filed suit for
$25 900 damages in the circuit court
against Drs. J. E. Johnson, w. l..
Rucks, d. P. Kincaid and N K. Moody.
Lawrenceburg -The sum OF S3,00O
was appropriated by the county court
to aid in the improvement OF the pub
lie square, the city agreeing to in
crease the amount to $4,000. This
amount, in addition to the pro rata oil
the road bond money, it is. thought,
will put the square in first-class con,
dition.
Memphis. reading the history OF
Memphis one cannot but be impressed
by the following paragraph: $50 far as
known, the first marriage recorded in
Memphis was on May 1, 1920, when
Overton w. Carr was married to Mary
Hill. The ceremony was performed by
Jacob Upton, justice of the peace
This particular episode in the history
O: Memphis made more than an ordi
nary impression upon the mind OF the
author of the pageant Memphis" In
making up her list of characters, Mrs
Annah Robinson Watson states that
she has kept in mind a number of parts
which the descendants of this notable
couple would fit most admirably.
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Pulaski.-At an adjourned meeting
of the board of aldermen to consider
charges against City Marshall Cincin
natus B. Barnes, the authority OF tht
board to act in the matter was ques
toned by Mr.. Barnes attorneys, W
B. Smithson and Stewart Wilkes.
Monterey.-A $500 gymnasium Is be
ing constructed at city high school
The work has progressed rapidly un
der the supervision of the principal
J. N. Wallace. Home economics ant
manual training was taken up the frs
Of the year.