McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-10-04
FROM ALL PARTS
OF TENNESSEE
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Nashville Rye appointed Her
vey Whitfield of GAINESVILLE to be his
secretary to succeed Hallum w, Good
loe, resigned to become chief clerk OF
the state banking department.
Newbern.-Luther Lochridge, a we'll
known Newbern citizen, has been pro-
NOTED from the officers training
school at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga, to cap
tain, according to relatives here.
Huntingdon.--A cablegram has been
received announcing the safe arrival
overseas of the Rev. H. G. Ryan, who
resigned the pastorate of the Metho-
dist church here to accept war work
In the Y. M. G. a.
Brighton. The store of Baird Bros.
was burglarized and considerable
amount of dry goods stolen. The front
door Of the building was forced. This
is the second time within the past few
weeks that this store has been robbed.
Brownsville.--Capt. Alfred Boyd has
sold his Red Bud farm to Howard
Bros. & Winford, Of Gift. The tract
consists of 1000 acres, and sold for
100000. This is the largest single
sale of land OF the year in this county.
Observation-Disclosures of war work
ers in this section will feature the ex
hibits at the Chattanooga district fairs
which opened Sept. 80. An agricultural
school for boys selected from corn
clubs in various counties in this Sec
ton of the state was concluded each
afternoon of the fair week.
Milan.-Four old Confederate veter-
ans went from here to attend the re-
union of old soldiers at Tulsa, Okla.
w. ]. Altman, James Williams, Thos
Parrish and William House were thos.
making the trip. The veterans OF 81
are rapidly passing away and owing
to age and physical disability but few
are able to stand the long trip.
Trenton. W. Bischoff, Hell.
delberg graduate and practicing dent
Est, pleaded guilty in federal court to
o charge of attempting to blow up the
naval machinery plant of Gould & Eb.
erhardt at lriyington, N. j., on June PSI
last Federal agents frustrated the at
tempt. Bischoff will be sentenced,
later. s
Nashville The First Regiment, Ten.
pessee Militia, has been incorporated
in Tennessee under the general well
fare provision of the statutes. The
purpose as stated in the preamble Of
the charter granted by the secretary of
state is to give protection against law
lessness and prevent invasion of the
state.
It will be home defense league or
home guard and will be subject to the
call of the governor of the state.
The incorporators of the First Ten
nessee Militia are John r. Aust, Chas.
Sykes, Morris Ellis, Gillespie Sykes, ].
X. Polk, Roger M. Jones, w. g. Perry.
Members of the militia will be &C
cepted from 16 to so years of age. The
organizations comprising the militia
will be on the plan Of the military
companies which used to be a feature
of the military life in Tennessee-the
Porter Rifles, the Chickasaw Guards,
Hermitage Guards, Witt Rifles and
other such organizations. Companies
of the militia will be organized in
large number Of cities in the state,
and bylaws will be adopted to govern
their work and operations. :,
Memphis-The following young men
applied for enlistment and were ac-
cepted at the marine corps recruiting
office: M. H. Straup, Grand Junction.
Tenn; Tom Reeder, Gamer, Tenn;
Lacie r. Hamm, Ramer, Tenn; Rob-
ert N. Wynn. Grand Junction, Tenn;
John R. Wynn, Grand Junction, Tenn;
L. ]. Oswald, Tunica, Miss; Robert M.
Hemsley, Mason, Tenn; Neil g. Lu-
ton, Ripley, Tenn; Mark G.. Williams.
Covington. Tenn; John A. Jackson,
Batesville, Miss; Thomas e. Neil, Car
rollton, Miss.
The following enlisted from Mem
phis: Harry s. Scarborough, Claud L
Lyon, John e. Thon. Hugh M. Easley,
Paul ]. Hockersmith, Leland J. Boyett,
Elmo j. Marley, Lloyd J. Calhoun,
Warren W. Barnard, Ebert E. Land.
Washington Army orders issued
Sept. 26: Second Lieut.. Ralph l.. Eel.
lows, infantry, is relieved from duty
with the United States training de-
tachment at the University of Colo
RADIO, Boulder, COL and directed to
proceed to Union University. Jackson,