The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-01-12
FROM ALL PARTS
OF TENNESSEE
Reports of Interesting
Events Boiled Down
for Hasty Perusai.

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Knoxville-No more sherbets or
ices will be manufactured in Knox,
vile during the war.
Memphis.-A report from the Mem
phis fire department shows that dur.
ing the year 1917 the department has
| made exactly 1,762 runs.
Chattanooga. = Manufacturers in
dorse the presidents action in taking
railroads under government control.
Dyers5uTG.-The Red Cross mem
bership drive in Dyer county has re-
suited in securing about SOC new
| members.
Chattanooga Mrs. Sarah scalf,
who, according to relatives, was III
years old, died here after an illness
of two weeks.
Observation-Disclosures Blauvelt of Chi
cago committed suicide by leaping
from bridge over the Cumberland
river in this city
Knoxville. = Twenty-Five students
and graduates of University of Ten
nessee have left here for Camp Pike,
Ark, to enter the third officers train
ing school,
Dyersburg.-The Dyer county farm
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loan association has received it's first
check from the federal loan bank in
Louisville, covering a loan in this
county on real estate.
Lexington.-A big hog production
rally for Henderson county will be
held here Friday, Jan IL, under the
management of Hugh A. Powers,
county farm demonstration.
Knoxville. = Miners employed at
Peabody voted unanimously to work
on Sundays in order to relieve the
coal shortage. The vote was volun-
tary on the part of the miners.
Chattanaoga.-W. NJ. Landess, farm
demonstration of Hamilton county, and
Mrs. j. B, Lauderbach will conduct
an annual short course in war eco
Monies for rural men and women.
Bethpage. Mrs. Peter w. Cannon,
at her home three miles fro y,
fell and broke her T!fm. S. sgals
walking across the back perch, which
was slick with ice, when she fell,
breaking both bones of her arm.
TullahCma - Mrs Eva Taylor
passed away here at the residence of
Mrs ], B. Cowan at the age of 80
years. Mrs. Taylor was a sister of
The wife of Gen. n B. Forrest and
is the last surviving member Of her
immediate family.
Knoxville.-Baroness Zollner, held
in jail at Chattanooga on charges of
conspiracy against the United States
government, will he brought to Knox
vile for hearing before Judge E.
T. Sanford, Jan. %, according to Dis
trict Attorney w. T. Kennerly.
Knoxville.-John P. Davis, an at
torney of Tazewell, has made bond
to appear before federal court here in
February. Davis is charged with hav-
ing failed and refused to serve as a
member of the legal advisory board
to the exemption board of Claiborne
county, Davis was formerly a mem
Der Of the state senate.
Nashville.-Gov Rye presented to
the county judge of Humphreys coun-
ty and the county judge of Benton
county each a gavel made from wood
taken from the hull CT one of the old
union ships sunk in the Tennessee
river at Johnsonville by Gen. N. B.
Forrest in 1864.
Jackson.-Dr. Luther Little, who
closes very successful four-year pas
torate of the First Baptist church in
Jackson to become pastor of tue First |
church in Charlotte, N. c., has been
preaching for Is years.
Knoxville.-Federal court here has
been adjourned until Feb. 4, by an or
der of Judge E. r. Sanford. The or
der was given so that the lawyers
might assist in work on the draft le-
gal advisory board.
noXville.-Charged with having
resisted and fired upon federal Off
GERS who raided an illicit distilling
outfit in the Walden's Creek section
of Sevier county about two weeks
ago, Wise Fox, Walter Emert, Arthur
Shular and Pleas Shular, alleged
moonshiners, were placed under ar.
rest
Johnson City.-Accordin to a re-
port from Kingsport, there are 46
cases of smallpox in the flourishing
city of opportunities. However, no
apprehension on the part of the au-
thor4ties is felt, as the disease mani |
tests itself in mild for.
Understandable primary cleo.
ton held here to nominate candi. |