McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-08-09
TENNESSEE
Epitome of Interest
ing Events That Are
Transpiring Over
the State = = =

Lebanon.-The Wilson county Sun.
day School association held very
successful convention here.
Newbern. Burton Smiley while
working with an engine, got his hand
entangled in a cog and three OF his
fingers torn off.
Knoxville.-Twenty-seven young wo-
men have registered for training as
nurses in civilian and military duty
in the drive for registration here.
Whiteville. The first open boil Of
cotton of the season was brought In
last week from the farm Of E. l.. Stew
art, six miles south of this place.
Union City.-William Stanley, the
Oldest citizen In the county, having
rounded out his 99th year, died at his
home, two miles southeast of here.
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Jackson.-Mayor Lawrence Taylor
issued a proclamation calling upon the
residents and business men to per-
manently display the American flag
from their homes and business places.
Bristol--Col. S. King, chief of labor
national defense work in Tennessee,
is officially advised of the wounding
of his son, Lieut.. Samuel L. King, who
was shot In the breast in recent fight
ing on the French front.
Mt. Pleasant.-Isaac L. Ballew, Of
the Mt Pleasant Record. has sold his
lease and option on the paper to Chas.
T. Crawford and son. The junior
member OF the firm will come here
and have entire charge Of the plant.
Decherd.-Miss Vivian Goolsby, Of
this place. and J. A. Presley, OF Scots
boro, Ala, came here from Scotsboro.
where Miss Goolsby had been teaching,
and motored to Winchester and were
married by the Rev. j. R. Parsons Of
the Methodist Episcopal Church.
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Jacksonville total assessed valua-
ton of Madison county, as shown by
the county board of equalizers, is 49,
906,625. OF this amount the county
districts have s3,723,41O, and the city
of Jackson $5,183,215. The total in
crease over 1917 is $3S9,525.
Huntingdon.-A telegram has been
received here by former Sheriff s. G..
Alden, telling of the death of his SON
in-law, Linzy Austin Goodwin, which
occurred somewhere in France. The
message stated that Goodwin was ac-
cidentally killed while working on a
train in the government service.
Nashville. Indications are that
John X. Shields has been renominated
to the United States Senate over Gov
ernor Tom c. Rye, by a majority of
10000 to $4,000 votes, as result of
the Democratic primary last week,
The headquarters of Senator Shields
gave out statement claiming that he
had carried the state by majority of
$4,000. This they claim was obtained
from reports received from all of the
SO counties of the state.
Austin Peay comedies the nominal
ton of Judge A. H. Roberts for COVER
nor by the Democrats of Tennessee
In statement given out Mr. Peay ex'
presses the hope that his campaign
might result in some good to the state
through the promotion of fiscal and
other reforms, which he discussed In
his speeches over the state.
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Newbern,-The Newbern chapter of
the Dyer county Red Cross met at the
Newbern Methodist church to nama
new officers. The Newbern chapter
has done some of the most effective
work in Dyer county. The patriotid
women work in the Red Cross rooms
here six days week and have turned
out large supply Of knitted .articlesj
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Fountain City The Americans
army has ceased to be joke, but we
have had to pay the price, and aDl
awful one, but c'est la guerre ct Isl
war;" writes Ed G.. Schwartzmann,
wounded in the marines drive, from
an American Red Cross hospital, to his
brother, John Schwartzmann.
ITO attempt to describe what / have
seen and been through with in the past
month is impossible, but let me assure
you one thing. Americans, once they
have taken ground, do not yield 1t, re'
CARELESS of dead, wounded, air bombs
or shrapnel; so you can know in your
heart that we retain every inch We
have taken.
j 1--WE are going to win and all the
kaisers you can stack UP can't stop us.
We certainly have put the fear Of
heaven into the Germans
Lexington. L. Rhodes, farmer,
living near here, was arrested and
given a preliminary hearing before
Commissioner Roberts on charge OF
harboring deserter, John Reayes, a
soldier, who left Camp Pike.
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Jackson-Joe Caveness, aged "a,
died at the Crook Sanitarium fifteen
minutes after he had been struck on
the head by hammer while engaged
in the performance Of his duties at the
Illinois Central Railroad shops. The
hammer, which flew off the handle,
struck Caveness in the temple.
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Knoxville of local jew
elers' associations throughout the state
was recommended by A. Il. Ruth.
president of the Tennessee Retail jew
elers' association, in an address at the
fourth annual convention here.
Memphis was chosen as the next
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