The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-06-09
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voluntary raise of wages of its shop
employees in Memphis, Of IL cents an
hour, and is now effective
A contract for the Carnegie library
building for Knoxville negroes, has
been awarded. The building will cost
approximately $4,000.
The last chapter, so far as Memphis
is concerned, in the death of Les
Darcy, who died recently was written
when Mick Hawkins, trainer of the
late Australian champion, departed
with the body on the first step of the
trip back to Darcy's native land
Gen. John P. Hickman, Nashville,
received pair of spurs to use at the
Washington reunion. The spurs are
relics of the Civil war, and were sent
by Charles R. Temple, who wore them
through the war and had them on his
boots when he surrendered at Greene
vile.
Blank checks issued by a bank in
Tennessee visited by a tornado were
picked up on the streets in Marion,
Critten county, KY, where they had
been carried by the wind. Many other
instances of articles having been car
ried great distances have been re.
ported.
Governor Rye approved the follow
ing commissions for officers in the new
artillery regiment which is being re-.
cruited: Robert F. Fields, first lieuten.
ant, battery E Nashville; Joseph T..
Dunlap, first lieutenant, battery B.
GAINESVILLE; Emil Caldwell, second
lieutenant battery D, Paris.
Plans for the erection of an admins
tration building to Carson-Newman
college at Jefferson City, as well as Of
a science hall and library, the cost Of
all the work to be something like
$125,000, were discussed at meeting
of the institutions board of Trustees
at Jefferson City.
On the petition of the trial Judge,
encouragement and many citizens of
Warren county, Gov. Rye has pafdoned
Lee Anderson, an aged Confederate
veteran, who was convicted off grand
larceny in 1914 and sentenced to a
term in the penitentiary of three to
ten years. The man is Y yearslof age
The University of Tennessee may
send a Red Cross ambulance corps
to France. The recruiting of a com
pany of thirty-six men is proposed by
some of the members, the unit to be
composed of the members Of the
Alumni association. 1t is expected
that about $4,000 will be subscribed to
defray the expenses ST 4.see-sssrstlss,.
The state board Of examines for
nurses will conduct examinations in
Nashville, Knoxville and Memphis, on
Wednesday and Thursday, June and
7, all nurses throughout the state who
expect to stand these examinations
have been notified to report ito the
examining boards in the district near
est their present locations.
Wage increases, involving asproXi-
mately $1,920,000 a year, havS been
granted to more than 5000 shopmen
and firemen in the employ of the Louis.
Vile and Nashville Railroad, whose
nine-hour day was reduced to- eight.
The pay of machinists and boiler men
was increased from AZ to As cents an
hour. Car repairers, helpers and ap.
prentices shared in the increase, which
ranges from 2R cents an hou9. to
cents.
A cow testing association has just
been organized in Monroe county. 1t
was perfected under the leadership Of
J. c. Grimes, Monroe county's Efficient
farm agent. Interest in dairying has
been declining in that county for a
number of years because farmers
found that it was not profitable. With
the system that will be put into the
operation of dairying by the COW test
ing association, it is thought that at
will be made very profitable.
Announcement has been made in
Washington that Capt. Allen j.. Greer,
Capt. w. N. Hughes, Jr., and Capt. Fay
w. Brabson had been detailed for duty
with the general staff at Washington
Capt Greer has been stationed In
Chattanooga under orders from the
war department for some time as In
| structor-inspector with the Tennessee
National Guard, and has also been
| active in the organization Of the field
artillery regiment which is now being
formed in the state and Of which he Is
to be the colonel in command.
tennessee newspaper men are plan
ming to hold in Jackson on June IA
and Is the most important convention
OF the State Press association that has
been held in years. For the first time
in recent years, If not the first time ir
the history of the association, the pub
fishers of the weekly and daily news
papers will get together for discus
sion OF their common interests Among
The well known men who will make
addresses are James I. Finneys of the
| Columbia Herald and C. P. J. Mooney
II the Memphis Commercial Appeal.
| There seems to be chance fol
Chattanooga or any other city to es
cape the draft service, according to The
ruling received at Fort Oglethrope
This ruling in effect is that if any com
lmunity furnishes its quota of men fol
l.,