The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-12-14
TENNESSEE
BRIEFLY TOLD EVENTS
OF THE STATE

| Nashville. State Geologist Wilbur
A. Nelson returned from the upper
part of the state, where his depart
ment, in cooperation with the United
States geological survey, is engaged in
! oil and gas work Charles Butts of
| Washington is in charge of the survey
party, assisted by H. e. Hamilton, ira.
verse man of the Tennessee sociological
| survey,
A detail oil and gas structural map
will be made by the party now in the
field, showing the best locations for
| drl.nng. Two wells in the area EN-,
braced in Pickett, Overton and Clay
counties have already been drilled and
fair amount of oil is being secured.
There are other places in the area
where it is thought that other wella
| will soon be in operation.
Bristol.-Damage done by the big
| fire which wiped out two of the largest
buildings in the business district and
three smaller structures, Is estimated
at a half million dollars. The Dosser
| Bros department store, new build
| ing, is a total loss. Thousands of dol.
lars in dry goods were destroyed in the
Mahoney-Jon dry goods house. Rain
falling shortly after the alarm was
turned in probably saved other prop
erty, as a high wind carried sparks
over the entire city.
Jacksonville farmers Of Madison
county who raise registered swine met
| here and organized swine associa.
| ton ]. S. Johnson and Judd Brooks
| were elected respectively temporary
president and secretary. A member
ship fee of S. was levied, to be used in
| developing the purposes Of the organi
| zation whose main object is to encour-
| age the raising of high grade regis
| tered hogs.
Nashville-Fuel Administrator w E
| Myer announced that no change had
| been ordered with reference to light
ress nights in Tennessee. Tennessee
will still observe Monday and Tuesday
nights as lightless, as formerly said
Mr. Myer. "The people of Tennessee
should not forget" he said, that this
states quota in the fuel conservation
plan is 375,O0O tons of coal between
now and April, 1919"
Chattanooga.-According to reliable
| information all army cantonments in
| the southeast are to be dismantled and
abandoned, with the exception of Fort
Oglethorpe, Ga. Camp Jackson, s. C..
| and Camp Gordon, Atlanta. Men now
at the camps to be abandoned will be
/ either sent home or transferred to the
environments which are to become per
InaRent, 1t is. said that over 10000
men are to be kept at Fort 0glethorpe
| Columbia. The National Foxhunt
ers' Association meet opened here with
an attendance surprising that of al
other meets. A hundred hunters, witt
800 dogs from dozen states or more
represented the visitors.
w. J. Dudley of Sullivan Ind, witt
his dog Fannie D., won the champion
ship in the bench show of the Nationa
Fox Hunters association.
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Nashville supreme court u
Tennessee will hold special meeting
here Dec. 9 to hear arguments in the
suit brought to have the antifee law
enacted by the last general assembly
declared invalid. The law which ap
plies to Is of the largest counties O
the state, places all county officials OF
salary, abolishing the fee system.
Savannah, Ga.-Mrs. Jodie G. Forres
ter has been advised of the death o
her husband, Sergt, Jodie G. Forester
on the transport Otranto, lost off tn
Scottish coast several weeks ago. HI
left from Fort Scriven and had beer
in the service six years. His parents
live at Pinson, Tenn.
|
: Washington-Four postmas
tiers appointed in Tennessee are: Fruit
land, Gibson county, Annie L. McKin
ley; Linden, Perry county, James 0
Daniel; Saltillo Hardin county, Frank
lin D. Duck; Whit Thorn, Carroll coun
ty, John r. Holmes.
Chattanooga notice of thu
death Of Capt. Joseph F. Carney, Com
pany F, One Hundred and Seventeenth
Infantry, Thirtieth Division, in tn
drive between Cambria and st. Quen
tin, was received here.
! Knoxville - The city commission
unanimously adopted resolution re
scinding the skip-stop system for thu
Knoxville Railway & Light company
The system became effective in Knox
Vile July 90,
!. Lexington. The pupils of Lexington
training school are proud OF. their rec
l. q i 80.