The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-09-14
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Paris-The Grove county high school
has opened its fall session under pos
sibly the most suspicious circum-
stances during It's entire history.
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Trimble.--Lightning struck barn
on the farm of e. e. Parks and de-
stroyed the entire contents, including
seven binders and about two thousand
bales of hay.
Cordova.-Walter Carter and Eugene
Weakley left for the NAVY training
school. They left erIthe N, c & st.
L. railroad for Nashville, where they
will be transferred to california.
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Trimble.-The Trimble high school
opened with 24S pupils. 1t has the
name Of being one OF the best schools
in Dyer county and has turned out
more teachers than any school in the
county.
Cordova.-The Baptist church is in
the midst of revival The Rev. DR..
D. A. Ellis of the IABelle Baptist
church, Memphis, is dang the preach
ing. The Presbyterian Church has just
closed a very successful meeting.
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Trezevant-Teachera Of Carroll
county held an institute at Hunting
don on Aug 81. Amohg the subjects
discussed were the following: Pres
emit Conditions and Autlook in My
Home Community" and Community
Organization"
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Nashville E. S. Shannon was reap
pointed as postmaster All Nashville for
four-year term. Mr.. Shannon was
formerly secretary Of the Nashville
board of trade. He was appointed
postmaster four years ago to succeed
the late Maj. A. w. Wills.
Chattanooga.--Judge Moses Wright
at Lafayette gave Mrs Will Cornish
self-confessed murderer of her hus-
band, life Imprisonment, Mrs. Cornish
on the night of May II chopped her
husband into small pieces and dumped
his dismembered body into we'll.
Friendship.-A. g. Young, 13-year-old
son of Bob Young, who resides north
Of this place, was instantly killed by a
falling tree. The young man and his
brother were cutting down a small
tree, and he stumbled and fell, the tree
striking him on the head and killing
him instantly. -
Milan.-Mrs. ]. M. Mccormack of
Memphis, field secretary Of the Red
Cross work for West Tennessee, made
an address at the Presbyterian church
in the interest and progress of the
work, showing the aid being given by
the chapters Of this work. Much in
terest was aroused by her talk.
Observation-Disclosures Of an oil
switch in Plant No, of the Parks.
vile development of the Tennessee
power company, which rendered the
concrete and steel building for several
hours a seething furnace, resulted III
the death from burns Of Thomas j..
Sandifer, superintendent, and entail
ing loss in excess Of 100000.
Dyersburg.-Rev. Grover G. Nell.
vain, pastor of two of the Cumberland
Presbyterian congregations of the
county, left for New York to report for
Y. M. c. A. work overseas. Rev. w.
W. Powell, pastor of the Presbyterian
church of Dyersburg, received a tele.
gram from New York to report there
at once for overseas Y. M. C. A. work.
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Nashville.-Solomon S.. Butler, All
aged citizen of Nashville, was struck
and almost instantly killed by street
car at an early hour che morning last
week, the blow causing a fracture at
the base of the skull and deep cash
upon his head. Mr. Butler had been
deaf for about 10 years, and is thought
not to have seen the approaching car.
$500
Memphis.-The board of missions
with the presiding elders of the Mem.
phis conference of the Methodist
church, met in Memphis. The Rev. R
A. Clark, DID,, of Covington, was elect
ed missionary secretary for the con.
ference. DR.. Clark will greatly aid
in raising the $35,O0O0O0 called for
for mission and church extension in
the centenary drive.
Dyersburg The local board was
called upon for As white seIectmen to
entrain for Camp Wadsworth Sept. g.
81 negro selectmen for Camp Sherman,
Sept. l, eight limited service men for
Camp Wheeler, Sept. 6, seven special
service men to University OF Tennes-
see, Knoxville, and two limited serv
ice men to Camp Greene The local
board registered 33 men Aug. "a,
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Knoxville-Three tragedies occurred
here in quick succession, beginning
when frightened COW killed Charlie,
Warwick, s years of age, beating the
child's body into pulp as she dragged
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