The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-04-20
FROM ALI. PARTS
OF TENNESSEE
Reports of Interesting
Events Boiled Down
for Hasty Perusal.

/ NHdlCaHOOSa.-- CnattanO0gaS puDll(
schools, 16 in number, with an aggre
gate enrolment of $500, have al
been organized into Red Cross units
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Dyersburg. Rem Wyatt one of by
er county's most substantial farmers
has been arrested for alleged unpatri
otto remarks regarding the Liberty
loan.
Nashville.--State Fuel Administered
or w. E. Meyer has been in Washing
ton several days comforting with tbs
officials of the national fuel admin
| istration.
Lawrenceburg- The Democrats met
here and nominated their candidates
for county offices. w. ]. Powers was
chairman and Joe Boulie secretary O!
the committee.
Chattanooga-Cha w. B. Gar
win handed down an opinion in the
Bush custer case, in which he dis
missed the bill seeking to GUST the
sheriff of Hamilton county.
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Huntingdon.-Th Huntingdon Red
Cross Chapter and auxiliary chapters
have "Hen Day" scheduled for Mon,
day, May 6, when everyone in Carroll
County is asked to donate at least
one hen.
Selmer.-The spring meeting of the
West Tennessee Presbytery of the
Presbyterian Church in the United
States of america will be held with
the Paris church, beginning on the
evening of April %.
Lewisburg.-For the first time in
about 80 years, wildcat distillery
was raided in Marshall county by
Chief of Police John Andrews, Sheriff
Batey and Marshal Bowers. The still
was operated in kitchen.
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Obion.-The Obion public school
has closed on account of an epidemic
of measles One hundred and four.
teen cases have been reported AT
Humboldt, ten miles west of Obion
there has been 300 cases and two
deaths.
$500. I~ka q.
Newbern. Word has been received
in Newbern by relatives from Maurice
Hale, a Newbern boy, who while Ell
route for France met with an acct
dent in England and sustained a
broken leg, as the result of an auto
mobile accident.
Nashville.-The first report of the
results of the Y. w. G. A. war work
campaign in Tennessee has been sent
by the director, Mrs Arch Trawick,
to the national headquarters, and an
nouncement is made that $45,581.59
was raised over the state.
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Knoxyille.-J. Will Taylor, lawyer
mayor of Lafollette and chairman Of
the Republican state executive corn
mittee, announces his candidacy for
the Republican nomination for COL.
gress from the Second district, in op-
position to Hon. Richard A. Austin, in
eumbent.
Selmer-At the annual city cleo
ton Terry Alternately was elected
mayor, A. s. Prather recorder and
Frank Curry marshal. The following
men compose the board of aldermen:
U. S, Alexander, j. H. Bigger, B. l..
Browder, c. L. Haynes, w. F. Hum.
phrey and W. c. Moore.
Johnson City.-4Carl, the 4-year-old
son of Digger Ford, living near Gray
Station, six miles west of Johnson
City, while playing in pile of saw
dust left over from a disused saw
mill, was buried under heavy mass
of the dust and died of suffocation
before he could be rescued
Dickson.-A broom which was first
donated to the Red Cross chapter in
Houston county by widow who has
two sons in the army, and had nothing
else to give, was sold here, bringing
$40, the proceeds to go to the Red
Cross chapter at this place, This
broom was first sold in Houston coun-
ty bringing $61.50. 1t was then sent
to E. l.. Lewis of Humphreys county,
who is the father of 12 sons, six OF
whom are in the service Of Uncle
Sam. 1t was sold in that county for
$3.50. 1t was then sent to r. l.. Few,
in this county, who gave it to the Red
Cross chapter with instructions to
sell as before, which was done, bring
ing $40. The broom has brought SO
far $169.50.
Nashville-Dr Lee Smith Of Doyle
has been appointed superintendent of
the East Tennessee hospital for the,
insane at Knoxville. DIR. Lee Smith
succeeds DR.. e. w. MITCHELL
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Brownsville.-May 1, 1918, has been
designated service flag day for Hay
wood county Members Or Forrest
chapter, U. d. c., have donated q beau
tiful service flag, size by feet. In
GLIDING the q white boys who go this
month, there will be 1S3 stars on this