The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-05-11
TENNESSEE
HAPPENINGS
Interesting News Gathered
From Various Places in
the Volunteer State

Pittsburg, Fa., noted lecturer, is de-
livering series of lectures at the high
school auditorium this week
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Chattanooga. - Charles Moudy, a
sawmill man of Rhea county was run
over and killed by passenger train on
the Cincinnati Southern road at Roddy.
Dyersburg-J. Fl. Bib, a merchant
Of Nankipoo, Lauderdale county, is in
the Dyer county Jail, charged with vio-
Iating the fuel orders of the govern
ment.
avannah.--Hardin countys quota
subscription of $4,000 was over raised
by more than $4,000 A prominent
citizen says he believes it will go to
100000.
Jackson.-Judge Thos. Rothrock. son
of Rev. ]. T. Rothrock of Memphis,
who is the democratic nominee for
county judge of Madison, will leave
soon to enter army service
Athens.--Five boys, beating their
way on a freight train on the Southern
railroad In some manner cut the air.
brake tube, causing the train to chash
together, killing two of the boys and
completely demolishing ten cars
Chattanooga.-Mrs. E. Schroeder, of
Los Angeles, who was nominally in
custody of department of justice agents
on suspicion of being an enemy agent,
has been released and returned to her
home in the west.
Dyersburg Dyer county has again
gone over the top With a quota of
s2S1,850 in the third Liberty loan she
passed the $350,000 mark, with four
districts unreported; 259 individual
subscribers have come across
noxville.-Fourteen of the "a Uni
versity of Tennessee young men who
attended the third officers training
camp at Camp Pike, Little Rock, Ark.
sions in the United States army.
Greenville.- Leaving a note to his
father that he was tired of life and
had decided e end bis sEs9sEaglss here .s
on earth. Clarence Yarbrough, private,
NTH infantry, native of Lawrenceburg
secured ammunition for an army rifle
and ended his own life at Camp Sc
vier
Jackson.-Rey. j. w Irion, pastor
of the Methodist church of Martin. de-
livered the annual sermon before the
graduating class OF the Memphis Con
ference Female institute, and Prof.
Barry Clark of the University of Ten
nessee faculty delivered The annual adj
dress,
chattanooga Attorney w.
r. Kinnerly announces that the case
against Baroness Iona Zollner would
not be presented to the grand jury at
the term of court now in session n
Chattanooga He said the department
Of justice will handle the case else
where.
Knoxville.-Mrs John Keeble, who
failed to appear in criminal court to
testify against her husband, who is
charged with the murder Of Anderson
Mays, has been arrested by Sheriff
John L. Getaways forces and placed
in the county jail, where. officers say.
she will remain until the case is called
Monday, April %
Chattanooga moonshiners
and bootleggers that his court would
hereafter discontinue the policy of
leniency in first offense cases, Judge
Sanford of the United States district
court for the eastern division of Ten
nessee, delivered an unusually strong
charge to the grand jury for the April
term. in which he said moonshining
was an act of disloyalty
l.exington.-D Driven to bay between
Wildersville and Farmville by a pos
SO headed by former Sheriffs John D
Franklin and H. j. Tate, the negro
murdered, Berry Moves, who killed
Sheriff w. H. Mcbride, Saturday night
was captured, after being mortalll
wounded by the officers, at whom HI
fired until shot down. His body wa
at once taken in charge by mob, VIII
took Rim from his capt0rs and brough
him to this place. Kicking the negr
from The car, a rope was placed abou
his neck the body dragged to flag
pole on the south side of the square
where he was strung up
Bells.-Crockett county, with quot
of SS6150 has purchased Libert
bonds amounting to $125,000 TIL
number Of subscribers in the count
was 1900, while the government ha
expected that only 1920 would bu
bonds.
Finley. Herbert Head. 12-year-ol
lad, surprised the Liberty loan con
mittee when he stated he wanted t
purchase $3.50 in Liberty bonds to b
paid with all his savings from his ow