The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-11-23
TENNESSEE
Epitome of Interest
ing Events That Are
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meetings, including public schools
churches and picture shows, in New
bern has been lifted here.
Dyersburg. County Agent W. 9,
Wilson announces a competition FOR
the corn and pig club boys of the
county, to be held in Dyersburg Nov.
30. A special corn show in connection
with the boys show will be open toI
both men and boys, with special prizes
for the men.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Balm of Camden,
Tenn, charged with completely in
wrecking bank at Wartrace, several
years ago, was sentenced to five years
in the federal prison at Atlanta. W.,
H. Hooser, cashier Of the bank, is now
serving on a five-year term, having
pleaded guilty in 1916.
Johnson City-Fire destroyed the
main building of Milligan college here,
causing a loss of $4,000. Only one
building remains, the girls dormitory
and it is announced that the school
will be continued. Among the student
body are many from the student army
training corps. Many of the boys were
attending a football game and lost con.
siderable of their personal property,
Knoxville.-A cablegram from Brig,
Gen. l.. D. Tyson to Mrs. Tyson con.
firms the death of their son, Lieut..
Charles McGhee Tyson, and states
that the body has been recovered and
will be brought to Knoxville for burial,
Gen. Tyson, commander of the Fifty,
ninth Brigade, Thirtieth Division, A.
! E. F., went to England Immediately af'
| ter signing of the armistice and made
arrangements for having his sons
body returned home.
Lieut.. Tyson's death resulted from a
! seaplane accident off the English coast
| Oct. IL. Young Tyson belonged to the
Royal Air Force.
| Memphis.-By oversubscribing the
United War Work Campaign quota for
Shelby county. by many thousands OF
dollars, Memphis and Shelby county
have again attested their patriotism
/ raising $331,0 for the activities Of
/ the war work organizations minister
/ ing to the soldiers and sailors.
The greatest campaign in the nature
I Of q q free will altering in the history O
the county practically ended when al
their final meeting the team captains
and team members made their reports
With a quota of $s75.000, the q
counties including Shelby raised
| $55S,654, an oversubsuiption of more
than $7S 900 for the district The quota
of Shelby county was $4,000.
!,
jackson -Thursday was set aside tt
4 celebrate as centenary day. by thu
Methodists of Jackson and of thu
. whole Memphis conference. The cent
enary missionary effort inauguratet
by the M. e. Church, and to commence
during the new conference year, pro
vides for raising $4,000 600 for varier
missions during the five-year periot
succeeding. Prominent laymen Of tn
| church participate in this movement
as we'll as all Of the bishops, presid
ing elders, preachers and secretaries
Bishop James Atkins presided owe
the sessions of the conference, whic
was scheduled to be held in tn
:, First Methodist church. The Memphi
conference is one of three confer
ences included in the episcopal dis
trict of Bishop Atkins, the other tw
being the North Alabama conferenc
and the Tennessee conference.
The Memphis conference includes a
the Methodist churches of the city {
Memphis and of West Tennessee
There are in this conference eight di
triets, each under presiding eide
as follows Brownsville district, ].
Freeman, presiding elder; Dyersbur
district, w. C. Waters, presiding ell,
:. err; Jackson district w. D. Jenkin
presiding elder; Lexington district
N. Pickens, presiding elder; Memph
district, T. e. Sharp, presiding elder
Y Paducah district, l.. D. Hamilton, pr
siding elder; Paris district, w.
e Adams, presiding elder; Union Gil
|. district, W. W. Armstrong, presidir
y elder.
4 "a
e Memphis. This city is to have
Z, real birthday party. She is going
u celebrate the passing of the centul
e mark of her existence in May, 1919,
u movement fostered by the Hon.
? H. Malone finds the ready response
J. the hearts of the general public that
a. has already found in the county coul
% the city commission, Rotary club,
D. ons' club Kiwanis club and numb
u of civic welfare organizations befo
s. which Judge Malone has appeared al
spoken of the plan.
ID Nineteen hundred and nineteen
of not only the one hundredth birthday
IN the city OF Memphis, but 1t is the &c
i tennial Of the founding of Shelby cou
Is ty as we'll. 1t is, further, the one hu
Is dredth year since the laying of t
- first boundary line between the stat
N of Tennessee and Mississippi. All