McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-01-18
FROM ALL PARTS
OF TENNESSEE
Reports of Interesting
Events Boiled Down
for Hasty Perusal.

In the operation of the Southern rail-
road at the conference of general Of
ficers held here.
Huntingdon-Prof. John j. Hend-
rickson, formerly principal in the
Greenfield high school, assumed his
new duties as principal in the Indus
trial and Training school here.
Knoxville.-Among the United States
railroad commissioners reported ar
rested in Siberia by the Bolshevik
government is thought to be Lieut.
Edward A. Foster of Knoxville.
Dyersburg-The thirty-one corn club
boys of Dyer county, reporting for the
year of 1917, made an average yield
per acre of 1889 bushels, at an aver
age cost of $1S.77 per acre, or 25.74
cents per bushel.
Lexington.-At meeting of the
city board of mayor and aldermen l..
T. Fielder, alderman and chairman of
the board, was unanimously elected
to fill out the unexpired term Of the
late Mayor c. C. Davis.
Chattanooga-Three hundred more
enlisted men have arrived at Fort
Oglethorpe from Camp Greenleaf to
attend the officers third training
camp. There are now 1870 candi-
dates at Camp Warden Mclean.
Chattanooga Fuel Admins
traitor Williams modified his regula-
ton limiting the purchase of coal to a
half ton, and issued ON order that con-
sumers are now allowed to buy one
ton of lump or two tons of mine run.
Nashville.-Active solicitation Of
business by agents of outside rail-
roads whose rails do not run into
Nashville, have entirely ceased and
several commercial and freight agents
have been called to their home Of
fees
Brownsville.-At meeting of the
Haywood county high school board in
Brownsville the resignation of Prof.
w. M. McLaurine as principal Of the
high school was accepted and Prof.
]. R. Ellsworth, first assistant, was
elected.
Tn nv
court appropriated $500 for continu-
alton of the girls tomato club and
women's home demonstration work,
which is being ably handled by Mrs.
Margaret Lansden, county home dem
onstration agent.
observation-disclosures Zollner, held
in jail at Chattanooga on charges OF
conspiracy against the United States
government, will he brought to Knox
vile for hearing before Judge E.
T. Sanford, Jan. %, according to Dis
trict Attorney W. T. Kennerly.
Nashville.-A cablegram has been
received from Lieut.. Caldwell Dumas
announcing his safe arrival in France.
Lieut.. Dumas was popular student
at Vanderbilt University last year
and has host Of friends in Nashville
who will be glad to hear that he has
reached his destination in safety.
Chattanooga appropriations are be.
ing made at Camp Greenleaf, head
quarters of the medical reserve corps
at Fort Oglethorpe, for the training
of 5000 medical officers by March 1.
1t has been announced that all select
men east of the Mississippi, assigned
to the medical department, will go in
training at Camp Greenleaf.
Humboldt.-At meeting Of the
board directors Humboldt business
mems club authorized the committee
having in charge the sale of thrift
stamps to say to the children Of the
Humboldt city schools that the club
will pay for the last 25-cent stamp
for each SIS certificate the school chill
dren will take up to and including
June, 1918.
Nashville.-The annual meeting of
the state school officers closed two.
day session with the election of Of
ficers for the ensuing year, resulting
as follows: j. NJ Hatfield of Putnam
county, president; John w. Williams
Of Portland, vice-president; Claude ].
Bell of Nashville, corresponding sec.
rotary; P. l.. Harmed of GAINESVILLE
treasurer; T. e. Lowry of Bells and
Hubert Bell of Nashville, assistant
secretaries; Superintendent S. w.
Sheriff., Joe Jennings of Campbell
county, R. L. Harris of Columbia, F.
E. Ranck of Pulaski, Miss Charl Will
liams of Shelby county, executive
committee.
Tullahoma. Mrs. Eva Taylor
passed away here at the residence OF
Mrs. J. B. Cowan at the age of 80
years. Mrs TAYLOR was a sister OF
the wife of Gen. N. B. Forrest and
is the last surviving member of her
immediate family.
Nashville.-Gov. Rye presented t,
the county judge of Humphreys coun
ty and the county judge of Benton
county each a gavel made from wooC
taken from the hull Of one of the old
union ships sunk in the Tennessee
river at Johnsonville by Gen. N. B
Forrest in 1864.
Knoxville. - Miners employed al
Peabody voted unanimously to work
on Sundays in order to relieve tht
coal shortage. The vote was volun
.,~xr an tho mart of the miners