McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-02-23

| OseitOn OI tnlS county, IOr thirty
years q preacher of the Baptist
church, died at his home at Wiser's
Bluff
| Newbern.-A mass meeting will be
held at the courthouse in Dyersburg
March for the purpose of establishing
a creek in the Lewis Creek drainage
district.
Memphis.-A crusade to enforce the
city's anti-spitting ordinance has been
started by attaches of the city's health
department, assisted by a corps of
police.
Notwithstanding the German
submarine danger zone, shipment of
twelve cases of yarn from Liverpool,
England, arrived here for local knit.
| ting mill.
Bolivar.-Cecil Gaines, Of Myrtle,
| Miss, is held in the jail here charged
with being accessory before the fact in
the robbing of Thomas Gray, from
"Hom @oOU was taken.
Clifton..-To celebrate the one hun.
dredth anniversary of Wayne county
preparations are being made for a
| great homecoming, to be held at
Waynesboro on Sept. 7-S.
Jacksonville removing brick
chimney at the old Hendricks resi-.
dence, this county, built in 1880, one
brick was removed which had the foot
print of dog plainly stamped upon It.
Bristol.-Chief of Police s. L. Odell,
commenting upon conditions in police
circles since whiskey was banished
from Bristol, declares that there is
marked dropping off in law violations.
Nashyiiie.-The Tennessee histori-
cal society held its monthly meeting
in the Watkins building. DR.. w. A.
Provine read paper on Lardner
Clark, the first merchant of Nashville.
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Franklin.-Dr. c. s. Moss sailed last
week from New York on the steamer
Columbia for Ponce, Porto Rico, where
he goes to take charge of St. Luke's
hospital, where he will be surgeon in
charge.
Knoxville.-Hale Springs, where the
pressmen's home is located. was
chosen as the place for the next semi
annual meeting of the East Tennessee
press association, by the executive
committee.
Jackson-Bringing total Of 1925,
or an average of $125 per head, the
auction sale of registered Holstein
cattle at the grounds of the West Ten
nessee fair association proved emf
nently successful.
Medina.-An epidemic of measles
caused the indefinite suspension of
the Medina high school. Other schools
in adjoining rural districts have had
to close on account of the widespread
prevalence of measles.
Jackson. T. Kranz, of Nashville,
executive secretary of the Tennessee
anti-tuberculosis league, will deliver a
special lecture on "The Public Health
and Charities" in the palm court Of
the Southern hotel.
Waverly-Rural credits gained pop.
ularity in Humphreys county when
Orson Denslow, president OF the Hum
phreys county farmers union, explain
ed the plan to special meeting OF
farmers at the courthouse here.
Memphis.-F. l. Wright, dairyman
of Horn Lake, Miss, was arrested by
pure food officer on charge of adul-
terating milk which he was selling in
Memphis. Wright is alleged to have
been mixing his milk with water.
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Knoxville.--kt the meeting Of the
executive committee OF the East Ten
nessee press association held here no
action was taken in regard TO the es-
adjustment Of cooperative paper
mill as had been originally proposed
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Columbia.--Judge ]. r. Mcknight
has announced the appointment Of
Capt w. r. Galloway, from the Fifth
district and former member of the
legislature, a member of the county
read commission to succeed Clay E.
Hight, resigned.
Lynchburg -Whiskey made many,
many years ago at the famous Jack
Daniel old-time distillery, "up the hol-
ler," at Lynchburg, and aged in
wood until it has color like that
of rare mahogany, is now being ship
ped to Hopkinsville, KY, and st. Louis.
Cumberland Gap-The deep under
tone of the events Of the three-day an
niversary celebration at Lincoln Me-
mortal university was a prayer for a
greater America to be laid on foun-
dalton of boys and girls at the univer.
sity, of the same race, type and same
sincerity of endeavor as Lincoln. Two
score senators and congressman deliv-
cred five-minute tributes, modelled af
ter the brevity of Ancolns Gettys-
burg address.
Fayetteville.-Rev. Burke Culpep-
per. one of the best known evangelists
In the south, is conducting a meet
ing at the Methodist church here.
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Lexington-Fire destroyed the build
ing and stock Of merchandise Of c. T.
Oxford at Warren's Bluff.
Knoxville-Miss Anne Martin, Of