The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-04-14

MEMBER election, and the date of the
primary is set for the first Thursday
In August. Watchers for each candi.
date are provided for and 1t is made
q rlisdemeanor for persons to vote In
both republican and democratic pri.
rsaries and is punishable by fine OF
from $50 to $500.
Big Mass Meeting of Patriots.
Five thousand people from the Tri.
States are expected to attend a parti,
otto demonstration to be held at Over.
ton park in Memphis on the afternoon
'of Easter Sunday to reaffirm their 10y.
atty to the nation.
The meeting was arranged by the
Memphis Lions club with the co-opera,
ton of nearly 1000 other civic, patri.
otic and commercial organizations.
Speakers have been selected from
the leading figures Of the south.
Among them are Gen. Luke E. Wright,
who was a member of the cabinet dur.
ing President Taft's administration;
bishop Thomas F. Gailor of tbs Epis.
tppal diocese Of Tennessee.
Church and schools have united to
ia the movement and will attend
Their pupils and parishioners.
A chorus OF 500 voices is Icing
trained to sing patriotic songs. The
Memphis companies of the First Ten,
nessee Infantry, just returned from
border service at Eagle Pass, Tex,
have been invited to take part in the
demonstration and several troops OF
the Boy Scouts have accepted invita-
tons to attend in a body.
Soldiers of the Union and Confed-
eracy will march side by side in full
uniform and military accoutrement.
Veterans of the Spanish-American war
will also be there in full uniform.
Governor Grants Two Pardons.
Gov Rye has granted pardons in two
cases. j. w. Watson was convicted
in Putnam county in 1914 of forgery
and he was sentenced to term in
the penitentiary of from three to f1f-
teen years. There we're doubts raised
as to the guilt of Watson and the par
don was recommended by judge OF
the supreme court to which an appeal
had been made.
Harry Timmons was convicted in
Shelby county in 1914 of burglary and
sentenced to serve term of Is to 40
years for it. In November, 1915, his
sentence was commuted to five years.
Adds Brown Portrait To Gallery.
A portrait of Gov. Neil S. Brown
was presented to the state library on
Tuesday. Judge Nathan Green OF
Cumberland university made the pres.
entation. The portrait is the gift OF
Gen. FULLY Brown, son of Governor
Brown. Governor Rye, members of the
supreme court, state officials and
members and relatives of the family
were present.
Compensation Act Shelved.
The senate, by vote of Is to Ia,
tabled the workingman's compensa-
ton act, thus finally disposing of any
legislation of the kind at this session.
The vote came after the bill cham
pioned by the labor people had been
showed aside and a bill advocated by
the manufacturers had been substi'
tuted.
Convicts Are Returned To Camp.
Three of the five convicts who cut
their way to liberty through the cage
at. the old Capitol Camp last wee
were captured in boat on Big Blac
river, near Port Gibson, Sunday after
noon by a penitentiary guard. The
men were returned to the camp from
which they escaped.
Three convicts Granted cIemenoy.
Three pardons were issued by Gov.
Rye. brown Parham of Rhea> county.
of selling whisky, was reliev.
ed Of an unserved portion of his six
sentence. John Lawson, Haw,
kins county, convicted of begetting an
iilegitimate child, and sentenced to
Two years in the penitentiary in 1915.
received clemency, due to the death OF
his wife. Miles Wood, colored, Mar.
shall county, convicted of larceny AM
given sentence of six rsonths.