The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-10-26

| All church services have been sus
pended.
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| Friendship-The second annual com.
munity fair opened here with a good
attendance and some very fine exhih'
its in every department. The Crockett.
county farmers institute was also in
session and some fine talks on agri-
culture was made.
Jacksonville Jackson Elks lodge
subscribed at it's last meeting $1,000
for Liberty bonds of the fourth issue
The lodge has bought bonds of $500
and UP in the other three issues and
has contributed heavily to the Red
Cross, Y. M. G. A. and other war causes
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Covington.-Much interest Is being
aroused in the revival meeting which
is being held in the First Presby.e
rian church. Rev. Albert Keller, pas,
| tor of the Presbyterian church at Ath
| ems, Tenn, assisted by Rev. R. p.
Walker of the Covington Presbyte
rian church, conducted the services
Union City.-C. G. Thomas, who re
sides near Harris Station, Obion coun.
| ty, has sold from one acre of tomatoes
more than 400 bushels and will gather
100 bushels more. He has sold more
for less than so cents per bushcl
Thomas is Confederate veteran, rs
years old, and has grown and is mar
keting his crop of tomatoes.
Mckenzie The thirty-seventh an
nual convention of the Woman's Chris
tian Temperance Union held most
interesting session here. Patriotism
was the keynote Every thought OF
the consecrated workers is for the bet.
terment of the state, the Union and
the world. The presidents address
summarized the work of the past and
the aims of the future.
Nashville.-After conference be
tween the city health officer, DR.. DIN
West of the state board of health, an,;
A. p Surgeon, P. G. Deriyaux of the
United States public health service, 1t
was decided by the city health officer,
w. r. Sibbitt, to close all picture
shows, theatres and other nonessential
places of amusement for an indefinite
period for the purpose of further lin
iting the communication of influenza
in SO far as the measure may be useful
This decision was reached after very
careful consideration and follows sim
liar action by health authorities in nu.
merous large cities where influenza is
also prevalent.
Mason.-News was received here Of
the severe injury in France of Private
w. Dodson Hunt, formerly a merchant
of Mason Hunt was wounded in &C.
ton, having one eye put out, his rign;
arm shot off and his figure badly dis.
figured. Young Hunt sold out his
business here and volunteered when
the United States entered the war HI.
was in training at Camp Sewer and
was member of the One Hundred
and Thirtieth Division, in the artillery
corps. He has brother and cousin in
the same division, also a brother in
the jewelry business at Whiteville
Memphis. This city and Shelby
county closed the first week of the
fourth Liberty loan campaign with Of.
ficially recognized subscriptions aggre.
eating $6,110,000, against the county
quota of $11,940,000 This means that
Memphis and Shelby county have rails
ed slightly more than one-half of their
quota with the campaign only one.
third over.
All public and parochial schools,
places of amusement, including Thea
ters, moving picture houses and dane,
halls and churches, have been ordered
closed at once by the Memphis board
of health as the first move in the cam
paign to gain control of the epidemic
of Spanish influenza which has swept
over the city. i
Every man and woman, white ana
black, employed by hetMemphis office
of the Pullman company, has sub \
scribed for fourth Liberty loan bonds,
according to announcement made by
W. H. Bucher, district superintendent. !
The Pullman employees have subscribed
a total of $12,250. II
One of the bright spots of the fourth
Liberty loan campaign is the splendid I
manner in which Memphis and Shelby
county negroes are buying Liberty
bonds. B. M. Roddy, chairman of the
colored organization in the city, re.
ported that the colored citizens If II
Memphis have subscribed in excess OF /
100000. This total will be substan-
TALLY increased before the campaign
closes
Chattanooga -Lieutenants Oaks and /
Johnson of the German guard at FL i
Oglethorpe are held in the guard house I
on orders from the department Of JUS
lice, it was learned here The two Of +
ficers were arrested in the home of /
two women, wives of informed Ger
mans, in the suburbs of the city. mi.f +
L1ry authorities state. When taken
D'ttore the prison commander the Iiei-