Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1918-08-22
FROM ALL PARTS
OF TENNESSEE
Reports of Interesting
Events Boiled Down
for Hasty Perusal.


johnson City.-The wholesale house
of Lockett Brothers, was destroyed by
fire, entailing loss of stock estimat.
cd at $4,000.
Nashville-The Southern Associa-
ton of High Schools, Normal Schools
and Colleges held its second meeting
at George Peabody College for Teach
ers.
Newbern-The Newbern high school
will open its fall and winter terms be-
ginning Sept 2, under the supervision
of Prof. C. r. Mullins and Prof. Den
ton.
Memphis.-Ten United States navy
recruits were accepted at the Mem
phis navy recruiting station. Five
were Memphis boys out of the ten &C
copied.
Knoxyille-John J. Bryant, SS, died
at a local hospital, having been run
down by an automobile truck when
he sustained, among other injuries, a
fractured skull.
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Nashville.-The federal food admin
lstration OF Tennessee, of which III. A.
Morgan is director, and the Tennessee
Retail Hardware Association, held
Joint meeting here.
hiteville-About 200 negro preach
ers attended the district conference of
the Methodist Episcopal church (col-
ored) held here. Delegates came from
all parts Of the country.
ashville.-Chairman L. d. Hill of
the democratic state primary board is
sued a notice calling upon all county
boards, as prescribed by law, to meet
| and canvass the election returns.
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Dyersburg. Grills, the II
year-old son of County superintendent
of Education R. M. Grills, was drowned
in the Obion river, near Trimble, when
out swimming with party of friends.
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Nashville.-The executive committee
| of the Nashville chapter of the Red
Cross has authorized the formation Of
local Red Cross motor corps. Com.
mander Gen. e. B. Harrington, of the
southern division, came here for the
purpose Of perfecting this organiza-
| ton.
Memphis -Richard Husti and Carl
Shoeswinkle, alien Germans, who have
been in the custody of federal officials
| for several days, will be interned at
Fort Oglethorpe, according to tele-
graphic orders received here by United
States Marshal Stanley Trezevant. The
men are automobile mechanics and
violated their permits in leaving Gin.
cinnati several weeks ago.
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Milan.-The Red Cross held con.
tribution auction sale last week and
realized $2O2.25. This was for little
items of donations, the biggest being
pig and the smallest being the pen.
ny given by child. A SIS pig donated
brought $5695, and small basket of
fruit donated by little girl. was sold
ard resold to amount to $14.5Q A
cake baked by one of the citizens who
was born in Germany brought $22.
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| Nashville.-Governor Rye issued s
statement on the state primary and
the result: ut appears from the re-
turns in the senatorial election that
Senator Shields has been nominated
to succeed himself and l most cheer.
fully submit to the verdict of the peo-
pie as expressed at the ballot box.
wish to say, however, that l waged
an open fight for the coveted honor
and presented my case as best could
in the brief campaign l made"
| Reports from two-thirds of the state
show that Shields has received 23,02O
votes and Governor Rye 9,972 votes.
This same two-thirds of the state had
voted 1878 for Judge Roberts and
$3.50 for Austin Peay. The counties
not heard from are largely in East
Tennessee.
Estimates as to the total vote from
10000 to $4,000, but it is generally &C.
knowledged that very light vote was
polled, probably the lightest in years.
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Knoxville.-The 117th infantry, COM
posed of Tennessee troops, has been
in the trenches in quiet sector, but
under gruelling fire from the German
artillery, after being reviewed by Gen.
Pershing, according to letter from
Col. Cary F. Spence, commanding the
regiment, to his wife in this city.
Colonel Spence had narrow escape
when eight boche shells burst about
the automobile in which he was riding.
They moved out on good order with
only few scratches"
Mustard gas is giving the men a
great deal of trouble, and they are
forced to sleep in the daytime as the
bombardment is so terrific at night,
with the consequent greater hazard Of
being gassed.
Tennessee stands third among the
states in the Union in the sale of war
savings stamps, which is being con-
Quoted by merchants all over the coun-
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