The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1918-04-05


Flower and vegetable plants for sale
by the ladies Of the Press yterian
church in the court house yard, April
18th.
Some one at the front is fighting for
you. Back him up by giving him good
books and magazines. The public h.
brary win send them for yor
For Sale-Half and Halt cotton seed
$500 per hundred pounds. Apply to
B. A. Whitelaw at old Brownsville Liv-
cry & Livestock Barn. If
! Preaching services at Marvin Sal
day morning at IL o'clock, 81 at
Chestnut Grove in the afternoon by
the pastor. B. j. Russell.
Cotton Seed-We are distributing
our last car of Kings Early seed. Those
who have placed orders viii please call
and get them at once. Davis & Raj
ney. 1S
! Special services at Blackwell School
house Sunday morning at !! o'clock,
and at Zion at p. M, conducted by
Mr.. E. c. Sturdivant ard Mr. C. L.
Carlton.
Let your idle books help our soldiers
"Vou can do your Bit by Immediately
bringing good books to the public IL
brary to be forwarded to the army
camps, the fronet and the hospitals.
The committees from several dis
tricts in the county have already re-
ported the amounts allotted to them
for the local Red Cross as secured in
full for the twelve months. Every
district i. the county is expected to
report within the next few lays
Presbyterian Church = Sunday
school at $3.50. We hope every member
of the church and Sunday school will
make special effort to be present, and
on time. Communion service at II
o'clock. Every member of the church
is expected to be present at the quar-
terly communion service. Others are
welcome. Evening service at 9 o'clock.
Lieut.-Col. Robert Thomas has been
transferred from Camp Pike, Little
Rock, Ark, to Camp Sheridan, Mont
gomery, Ala. There he will be in
charge of a regiment of engineers.
Lieut.-Col Thomas splendid efficien-
sy as a soldier has gained for him
rapid promotion in the service. He is
making a record of which his friends
are justly proud,
R. R. Rainey, Miss Ethel Corbett,
} Mrs. Mcl4aurine and Miss Jones went
to Eurekaton Tuesday night for the
purpose of presenting the question of
the Third Liberty Loan and reo-gani2-
irg the community club there. They
had their ride for nothing as only
few persons were present although the
meeting had been advertised before
hand Our good citizens in that neigh
borhood should get busy, for these are
questions about which loyal Americans
cannot afford to be Indifferent.
Edward Byars died Wednesday,
April 8, at the home of his arents
Mr.. and Mrs. Ned Byars, of Rudolph,
aged % years. Interment Thursday
afternoon at two o'clock at Taberna-
Gle cemetery. Services were conduct
ed by Rev. B. j. Russell Young By
airs had been in i'll health for some
time and his death, which occurred on
his twenty-second birthday, was not
unexpected. TO his parents Ii their
hour Of grief will go the sympathy of
many friends.
DR.. .. w. Kerr died at his home on
Hatchie Avenue at / a. m. Monday,
April list. aged IS years, IL months
and Is days. Funeral services were
held at the residence at o'clock Mon
day afternoon conducted by DR.. w. A.
Freeman. Interment at lakewood
cemetery. DR.. Kerr was reared in this
county. At one time he was in the
hardware business in Brownsville and
later practiced medicine in the Leb-
anon neighborhood. He was man of
good character, honest and upright in
his dealings. He was a consistent
member of the Methodist church. There
are left to mourn his death two daugh-
tiers, Mrs. Emma Hill and Miss Eliza
beth Kerr, both Of this city, and one
son, William Kerr, also of this city.