Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1918-08-29


Franklin.-The home of H. North
Lazenby was burned here, and all his
meat and lard, only partially covered
by insurance.
Chattanooga. - With approximately
1000 members in attendance, the an
nual session of the Tennessee Bar As
sociation was held at the Signal Noun
tain Inn
Washington.-John S. Daniel OF
Clarksville has been commissioned a
major in the Judge advocate general
office. He viii probably be assigned
first TO duty in this city.
Milan. -Twenty-one young men en-
.relned from Gibson County last week
,or Camp Shelby, Hattiesburg, Miss.
for training. Some of the young fe.
lows registered ON June 5.
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Covington.- forty-third annual
reunion of Upton County Confederate
Veterans was held at Brighton last
week under auspices of Joe Brown
Bivouac, United Confederate Veterans
Nashville.-D. F. Banks. aged 81
years, one of Davidson County's most
prominent citizens, died at his home
here from heart trouble. DR.. Banks
was one of the Oldest practicing physi
clans of the county.
Knoxville-The Edgefield Arsenal
big shell plant at Kingsport, Tenn.
Is being constructed Work has been
hampered by lack OF labor, but the
construction force was increased by
several hundred soldiers.
Memphis. - Approximately 27,OoC
Memphis and Shelby County men will
be indicted for military service If reg
istration limits are changed to Is and
As years, 1t is estimated by Memphis
exemption board chairmen.
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Chattanooga.-Twe counties
may now be called "over" in the wal
savings campaign and the per capita
for the state is increased from SIG tC
nearly s1S, according to estimates ir
the office of the state director.
Chattanooga With the election Of
the Hon. Julian Wilson of Memphis al
.~.-...s...4 ~ n,,noaad AfnI u XUatIfya
and Lee Winchester of Memphis a.
secretary of the Tennessee Bar Asso
citation, the annual convention at the
Signal Mountain Inn. was brought Il
a close
Knoxville. new loco
motives were placed in service by thu
Southern Railway during the pas
month and 100 more engines will b
delivered by the manufacturers as fas
as they are completed. Increased trat
fic due to the war made this equip
ment necessary.
Clarksville.-Mrs P: A. Rodriguez
of this city, has received information
from her son, William, who is Il
France, which stated that he had beer
commissioned second lieutenant O
field artillery, and that Joe Cox, WI
liam Daniel and Dayton Watson hal
also beeA commissioned
Nash gille-While the amendment Il
the selective military service act, max
ing The draft age IS to As years, ha'
not yet been enacted into law, thu
state council of national defense il
already making preliminary arrange
msnts to put the amended law into If
feet without the slightest delay.
Chattanooga.-Ex improve
meats are being carried on at For
Oglethorpe and many new buildings
are in course of erection, showing tina
the government intends to make thi;
one of the largest camps in the coun
try.
Nashville.-The constitutionality O
the statute of 1917. prohibiting tbs
movement of Intoxicating liquors il
Tennessee, as well as the receipt d
such liquors and their possession il
unlawful transportation, was upheld
and sustained by the supreme court al
its final opinion session at the state
capitol
Secretary of State Ike B. Stevens
mas issued a charter to the People
Bank of Clinton, with capital stock
of $4,000 The incorporators are J
H. Worthington, R. A. Moses, J. H
Wallace, C. W. Cross and s. B. Hall
J. J. Heflin, assistant superintendent
of the state banking department, has
been appointed manager of the fedora
reserve bank at Memphis, according t.
an announcement received in Nash
Vile.
Tennessee recently retired $3.50, 00(
of the states bonds and also paid of
10000 of University bonds. Arrange
ments have been made for the renewa
of s1,000,000 short-tern notes issued
year ago to meet a deficit OF that
amount in the states finances. The
notes fall due on August q. On july
| $250.000 interest was paid on thf