The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-05-19
LATE NEWS
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Happenings Over
| Comm nwealth
as Cleaned from
Various Places

Nashville.-An important meeting of
representative business men of Nash
vile was held at the commercial club
In the interest of the food prepared.
ness campaign.
$3.50
observation-disclosures. ce agents who are
unlicensed will have to seek other
fields than Tennessee, as State Insur-
ance Commissioner Dunbar is on the
lookout for them.
Memphis. Cooperating in moves to
combat the high cost of 'foodstuffs, the
| directors of the Tennessee club have
ordered all young meats stricken
from the clubs menus.
,, Memphis.-A Red Cross hospital
unit is to be established in Memphis.
DR.. Battle Malone, Vanderbilt grad
uate and well known in Nashville, will
be its director
Cleveland.-J. s. Roberts, venerable
bushes sman, prominent church mem.
Der and faithful leader in all causes
for good, celebrated his seventy-fifth
birthday anniversary.
Knoxville. members of
the sophomore, junior and senior
classes of the University of Tennes-
see have gone to-Fort Oglethorpe to
take military training.
Humboldt Gibson county dem
ocratic executive committee met in
Trenton and organized by electing t.
K Happel of Trenton chairman and T.
J. Walsh of Humboldt secretary.
Brownsville-A patriotic celebration
will take place here on May %. A TO-
foot flag pole has been secured and
planted in the ground of the Haywood
county courthouse and beautiful silk
flag will be unfurled.
Newbern.-The town of Fowlkes has
elected the following officers: Mayor,
w. H. Fones marshal, Tom WEIGH;
aldermen 0. S. Huffman, HI. w. WEIGH,
S. L. Thornton, G. A. Journegan, E. l..
Jones and D. H. Jones.
Memphis.-The history of the Ku
Klux Khan was given delegates of the
Tennessee division of the United
Daughters of the Confederacy here in
paper read before the convention by
Mrs. Grace NJ Newbill of Pulaski.
Germantown. The LATEST graduate
ing class in the schools of Shelby
county were awarded certificates at
the Mabel Williams high school be-
fore the greatest audience that ever
crowded the walls of the auditorium.
Jackson.-Judge N. r. Barham OF
the criminal court did not hesitate to
excuse the farmers who had been
summoned for jury service, feeling it
more important for farmers to cult
vate growing crops than do jury serv-
ice.
Bolivar.-The May term of circuit
court convened with Judge S. ]. Ever,
EFT presiding. L. E. Gwinn of Coving-
ton is acting as attorney general in
the absence of Gen. Upton Several
lawyers from distance ale in at
tendance.
NeWbern.-Dr. Hubert Harris of
Newbern, son of Albert Harris, who
has been attending the University of
Tennessee for the last five years, has
been assigned to active service as as
sistant surgeon with the rank of lieu-
tenant in the U. S. navy.
Fayetteville.-Mls. Sarah Spears,
aged go years, died suddenly Of heart
failure while crossing the square on
her way to the depot. Mrs Spears
had received news of the death of her
mother, Mrs. Gum, at Normandy, aid
was ON her way to attend the funeral.
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Hendersonville.- building com.
mittee of the proposed high school for
Henderson held meeting in this place
and after inspecting the site discussed
plans for the erection of the new
building, having been authorized by
the directors to proceed with the work
at once.
Harrogate.-The Lincoln Memorial
University has conferred upon Jacob
M. Dickinson, former secretary of war;
Marcus M. Marks, president of the
borough of Manhattan; former Sena
tor Theodore E. Burton of Ohio; DR.
w. S. McCombs of New York CitN
Harry S. Clarke of Knoxville, and
Franklin s. Rutau of Ohio the d.
gree of doctor Of law
Hartsyille.-Mrs. Mary s. DaltoA-
the oldest person in Trousdale county,
died at the residence of her daughter.
Mrs. Eliza Rodgers. Mrs. Dalton was
born In the same house in which she
died in January, 1918, and consequent
ly was in her Tooth year.
Knoxville.-A double tragedy occur.
red at Coin. Claiborne county, when
Jordan WEIGH, aged 6S, farmer, kill.