The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-08-31

~ liquor law.
$sanchester-Miss Rena Bailey Is
ne first Manchester girl to volunteer
in the department of Red Cross nurs'
ing. The first volunteer for this de-
partment in Coffee county was Miss
Rosa Havron of Tullahoma
Chattanooga The second batch Of
German alien prisoners, numbering
500, arrived at Fort Oglethorpe from
Hot Springs, N. G. OF the 1900 pris-
oners to be transferred to the post at
Chickamauga, 900 have safely reached
here.
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: Memphis-M. B. Webster, 2S, forme
assistant entry clerk at the National
City bank here, who pleaded guilty to
making false entry in the banks books,
has been taken to the federal peniten,
tiary at Atlanta, Ca, where he mus.
serve out a five-year sentence.
Lebanon.-At a meeting of the exec
utive committee Of the Wilson county
chapter of the Red Gross, Gen, w. s..
Faulkner was unanimously elected
county chairman to succeed j. T. Odum
whose resignation was reluctantly ac-
cepted. Gen. Faulkner has long been
especially interested in the work Of
the Red Cross
Fayetteville.-A party Of sixteen
railroad men returning to Coldwater
had narrow escape when the car
jumped the track. Silus Lavender, Jr,
of Smyrna had his left arm broken. He
was brought to Fayetteville for surgl-
cal attention. The rest Of the party
were unhurt. The men were making
the trip ON flat car ruin by gas motor.
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Ga.ladn.--Capt e - K. Barry
former Vanderbilt gaa command Of
tue Vanderbilt boapi eguit in France
las been mentioned di5patehee from
slhe IRON \ ~ c0nsp bravery "a
he fghHeS ,hserg
Capt Barry is the son " @rs Mar7
Lara Barry Of tIis place and orother
of Lieut-Col John A. Barry Of the reg
ular army.
Jackson Following wholesale ar
rests in Crockett county few days
ago, of alleged bootleggers by the Fed
eral authorities, Deputy Marshal King
brought in Ed Craig Of that county.
He was given preliminary hearing
before Commissioner Robert |. Chester
and was held under a $1,000 bond to
appear before the federal grand jury
Q meet here in October
,
Chattanooga Judge M. M. Allison,
president of the Dixie highway assc-
citation, will probably accept the APP
pointment Of regional director of the
highway transport zone, comprising
the states of Tennessee, Alabama
Georgia., Mississippi, Florida, NORTH
and South Carolina. The directorshie
has been Offered Judge Allison by The
highway transport committee of the
Council of National Defense.
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Fayetteville-One of the active agen
cies for war work in Middle Tennessee
is the Lincoln county woman's coin.
mittee, Council of National Defense,
which was organized early in the
spring at public war conference. The
woman's committee has CHAIRMAN in
each of the twenty-five civil districts
Of the county and each chairman has a
committee of local helpers who assist
her in the various forms of war work.
1853
Washington. War department Off
Gals make two announcements of in
terest to Tennesseans: Contractors
will be asked to submit bids for i'm
provements on the Lotus building in
Memphis, which has been selected by
government agents for convalescent
hospital.
The government has also approved
the West Tennessee State Normal
school, near Memphis, for an army
training corps. The only condition
precedent to establishing this corps is
the enrolment of 100 students for mil
itary training. These proposed gov,
eminent activities in Memphis are inn
portant The convalescent hospital
will provide for the accommodation Of
1000 beds, which means permanent
employment to force Of approximate
ly 1000 nurses, attendants (who will
be enlisted men), and surgeons.
Gallatin-Mrs. Mary Sharp, IS years,
and little son, Calvert Mcmahon Sharp,
years, were burned to death at their
home on the Nashville turnpike. Earl,
husband of Mrs, Sharp, had gone into
cellar in the yard for some house
hold articles and his wife followed
with lighted candle. Mr.. Sharp
smelling gas in the cellar, called to his
! wife not to bring light, but too late
to stop the explosion of gas which en-
veloped the woman and child in flames
in an instant Mr. Sharp and an older
daughter were seriously burned in try
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