McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-05-31

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school work to enter the aviation ser
vice.
Chattanooga.--As an innovation in
local industrial circles, 20 girls, repre-
senting high type of womanhood,
donned overalls and went TO work for
local manufacturing plant In its
shops.
Johnson City.-All negroes have
left Erwin following the riot attend
ing the burning of the dead body OF
Tom Devert, mob leaders having or.
dered every negro to leave town i'm.
mediately.
Jackson.-Thomas E. Gates, evan
gelical singer, known well in Tennes-
see and adjoining states, died sudden
ly in Hot Springs, according to mes
sage received by his father, Capt T.
M. Gates.
Jacksonville celebrated murder
case from Gibson county, styled Sam
Taylor vs.. State, was argued in the
supreme court, with Attorney w. w.
Heron Of Trenton representing the
defendant and Assistant Attorney Cen
eral w. H. Stuttgart the state.
l. Henderson.-The Red Cross drive
was carried out in Henderson county
under the direction of John s. Fielder,
county chairman. Speakers from the
legal, ministerial teaching and COM
mercfal professions wholeheartedly
gave themselves to the campaign and
touched every nook and Granny of the
county.
Dyersburg-The dredgeboat Marion
arrived here from st. Louis ready to
dig the North Forked Deer drainage
ditch, which begins at the Gibson
county line and continues to Dyers.
burg. The ditch is 26 miles long and
drains fertile section of country. A.
V. Wills & Son of ST. Louis are own
ers of the boat and have the contract !
for the ditch.
season of the berry crop Of Milan and
vicinity has closed. Prices were good
from the first to the end of the sea
son. Growers realized much money
| from the crop. notwithstanding there
was only about 40 per cent of crop,
having been killed by the April frost.
The crop was shipped in carload lots
to eastern markets by the local buy.
ers.
| Camden.-Gov. Tom C. Rye will
speak here at the courthouse in the
interest of the Red Cross war fund
The ladies of this place are making
all necessary arrangements for the
parade and indications are that there
will be large crowd present. The
merchants of Camden have agreed to
close their places of business from
1880 to 2:30 and will hear Gov. Rye
speak.
Observation-Disclosures j. w. Nc.
Glathery of Humboldt has obtained
an agreement from every business
house in town to accept war savings
stamps and thrift stamps from every
| postoffice employee in payment for all
| bills made during the month OF June
AS the local office employs about 20
men on good salaries, this movement
will boost the sale of stamps to CON
siderable extent for the month of
June. This lead may be followed by
other employers of labor for other
months, taking one factory a month.
Knoxville East Tennessee coun-
ties, Greene in particular (and Greene
is one of the best agricultural counties
in the state), report that wheat is fall.
| ing in the fields. A sample of this
fallen wheat was forwarded from
Greene county to the state pathologist,
who diagnozed the disease as due to
the effects Of joint worms.
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Jackson.--On April ~ $500 was
stolen from the home Of William An
drew, this city, and young colored
girl, 10 years old, an employee OF the
home. was arrested charged, with the
crime. She confessed and implicated
others. Four hundred and fifty-fivs
dollars of the money was recovered.
The confessed thief was turned over
to the juvenile court.
Murfreesboro.- Porter e, Compton,
reported as severely wounded in
France. Is son Of Ed Compton,
farmer formerly residing on the Halls
Hill pike, but now living on the Ben
Batey farm, off from the Lascassas
pike. The young man il about Is
years Of age and enlisted In the regu-
| lar army about three years ago. The
family is . well-known and substantial
one In this county.
Caplevine.--A Red Cross anniver.
sary rally was held here, which car.
ried Capleville away over the top on
the quota assigned to It for the sec
ond war fund campaign. The allot-
ment for Capleville was $3.50. The col
lection taken at the rally Melted $725
for the fund.
Jacksonville West Tennessee Med
zeal and Surgical association, which
embraces all of West Tennessee, and
which had Jackson for its permanent
meeting place and home for number
OF years, was In session here.
Knoxville.-The annual convention
OF the Tennessee Retail jewelers. as
ISOLATION will be held at Knoxville,
at the Board Of Commerce building
July 30 and 81, instead of June 10 and
20, as previously announced. The Of
ficers and members all feel that the
change will be for the better, and we