The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-10-05
FROM ALL Parts
OF TENNESSEE
Reports of Interesting
Events Boiled Down
for Hasty Perusal.

ton has been organized here with an
enthusiastic membership.
Gibbs.-C. E. Bushart sold his farm
near here, to John Semones for $10,-
5O0-a tract of seventy-five acres.
Dyershurg. chickens auctioned
off here brought 500. They were do
mated by Capt. Brackin to the Red
Cross.
Nashville.-Light frost fell here
Sept 20, but no material damage was
done, according to the local weather
station E
Dyersburg.-The home Of W.SB Nc,
Bride, in the Thirteenth district, was
destroyed by fire. There was no in
surance; loss, $4,000.
Rutherford-The Obion Presbytery
of the Cumberland Presbyterian church
met in regular session last week at
Bells chapel, five miles west of here
Paris.-Parnell Hickman, who is in
the signal service at Fort Leayer
worth, Kan, is another Paris boy VIII
has been honored with the rank.of ser
geant.
Paris-Dr. 0. K Warmack Of Nc
,Kinnon is the new physician for the
Louisville & Nashville railroad EN-
ployes here. He will move his family
here Oct. l.
Nashyille.-The court Of civil ar
peals adjourned for one month to Ell,
able attorneys of the state to assist IN
classifying men for the army, accord
ing to questionnaires .
Union City.-Frost fell Throughout
this section Sept, 20, but not enough Il
materially affect the crop. Peas, pc
tato vines and some other things show
the effect of the frost.
Newbern.-The cotton buyers here
are getting everything in shape to han
die the cotton crop. The crop Is esq
mated to be 80 per cent better thar
the growers thought at first.
Paris.-Last week several men were
called from Paris for army service
among them being Dr. r. /. Johnston. a
dentist; Robert L, Murray, Artharl Sen
sing, N. D. Copeland and Ora Kehdall
Memphis The total registrar on a
the West Tennessee State Norma
school to date is 1924. Dr. A. A. Kin
cannon, president, states thatI he il
confident that by October / the mum
Der will be increased to 1000
NeWbern, The total registration fol
Dyer county has been completed ant
the record shows that 1886 signed Vi
with the government. The estimate
for the county was exactly that figure
so the county made a 100 per cen
registration.
observation-disclosures the date fol
the encamgment Of the Tennessee ma
tional guardsmen here has been post
pOned seyera! times, Col D. G. Chap
man now has information which indi
Gates that it will likely be held tht
lost Of September or early in October
Nearly $500 soldiers are expected
Selmer-L. G. Dickey, farmer wa,
the victim Of very serious accide9I
while working at Weatherfords gil
nine miles southeast Of Selmer. H
attempted to clean the saws while thc
machinery was in motion. His righi
arm was caught and badly cut. Tive
fingers were lost and the bone in the
upper arm was stripped of all flesh.
Newbern.-An appeal is being made
to the farmers in Dyer county to grow
more wheat by an increase of half ovel
the previous crop that has been har
vested, according to the statement OIL
W. G, Wilson, the newly elected farm
agent for Dyer county. The county
has been requested by the government
to increase the wheat acreage by 5000
acres.
The following Tennesseans haye
been commissioned second lieutenants
of infantry from fourth training canlr
at Camp Pike, Ark: Harold Bond
Oneida, Tenn, assigned to Camp Pike
Ark; Luther Herschel Brigham. Erin
Tenn, Camp Pike, Ark; William Van
in Costello, Shepherd, Tenn !, Camr
Beauregard, La; Golden Burton Fluty
Flatwoods, Tenn, Camp Pike, Ark.
Walter Collins Johnson, Jr, Paris
Tenn, Camp Pike, Ark; Roy William
Miller Johnson City, Tenn, Camp
Pike, Ark; Key Pinkey Mott, Union
City, Tenn, Camp Pike, Ark: James
Perry Pullman, Rossyille, Tenn, Camp
Beauregard, La; Luther Ward, Gin
ton, Tenn, Camp Perry, Ohio
Chattanooga. - Chattanooga schoo
authorities are faced by perplexine
problem. A small colony Of wives oil
Germans interned at Fort OglethorDe
have settled in one Of the oitx,c s,1