McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-01-11
TENNESSEE
BRIEFLY TOLD EVENTS
OF THE STATE
Raising hogs in Henry county is

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The Red Cross membership drive in
Dyer county resulted in securing
500 new members.
The Rev. Peter Wager, "a years old,
for As years an Episcopal clergyman,
died at his home in Wells.
Federal court at Knoxville has
been adjourned until Feb. 4, by an or
der of Judge E. T. Sanford.
The gin and warehouse Of the East
st. Louis cotton oil company at He
loise was destroyed by fire.
Several cases of smallpox, measles
and mumps are reported to exist In
Dyer county on the Obion river at
Bogota.
A report from the Memphis fire de-
partment shows that during the year
1917 the department has made exact
ly 1,762 runs.
Mrs. Sarah Scalf, who, according to
relatives, was 1T years old, died at
Chattanooga after an illness of two
weeks.
j. M. Henderson, prominent resident
of Pinson, was killed while hunting.
when his automatic shotgun was. &C.
cidentally discharged.
More than 1900 new accounts have
been opened by the Jackson postof-
flee since the war savings stamp
campaign was started.
The Selmer postoffice has been des-
ignated by the postoffice department
at Washington as the distributing CEN
ter for McNairy county.
West Tennessee college of Dyer has
80 former pupils in the military SER
vice of the United States. Prof. w.
J. Davies is the principal.
Private Pillow Rich of Clay county
met tragic death when he either fell
or jumped from a westbound passen-
ger train east Of Monterey.
. Twenty-Five students and graduates
of University of Tennessee have left
for Camp Pike, Ark, to enter the
third officers training school.
The Dyer county farm loan associa.
ton has received its first check from
the federal loan bank in Louisville,
covering loan on real estate.
A number Of soldiers from Newbern
who are stationed at Greenville, S. c..
are spending the holidays with their
parents before sailing for France.
w. G. Sadler, 73, secretary of the
national association for fertilizer
manufacturers, was found dead in
his bed at his home nine miles from
Waverly.
The entire business section of Rip
ley was threatened by fire and before
the flames were conquered damage g.
timated at from $4,000 to $4,000 was
sustained.
A big hog production rally for Hem
derson county will be held at Lexing-
ton Friday, Jan. II, under the man
agement of Hugh A. towers, county
farm demonstrator.
According to report from Kings
port, there are IS cases Of smallpox
In the flourshing city Of opportuni-
ties. However, the disease manifests
itself in a mild form.
w. M. Landess, farm demonstration
of Hamilton county, and Mrs. ]. B.
Lauderbach will conduct an annual
short course in war economics for
rural men and women.
w. D. Scruggs, former chief clerk
in the secretary of states office un-
der Secretary Sneed, has been grant
ed time to make up the shortage of
$1,000 discovered in his accounts.
Baroness Zollner is being held tn
the Hamilton county jail accused Of
being a German spy. She will doubt
less be confined in some internment
camp until after peace is declared.
The death of Alexander A. Reagan,
a gallant Confederate veteran and
one of Putnam county's most highly
respected citizens, occurred at his
home in Cookeville, following an ILL.,
ness of several months.
Rev. Fred H. PEBBLES, who resigned
the pastorats Of the First Methodist
church at Lexington to enter the Y.
M. G. A. war service. has been as
signed to Camp Gordon, Ca, for
training. He will be sent overseas
later.
Private Joseph L. Daley Of the
Fifty-first infantry was shot and
killed by sentry at the post hospital
at Fort Oglethorpe. Daley was in the
psychopathic ward at the hospital suf-
fering from insanity.
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Lieut.. j. w. Spaulding, Sixth infan-
try, is confined in his headquarters at
Chickamauga park, awaiting trial by
general court-martial, in connection
with his relations with Baroness Zoll-
ner, who is held In the county jail at
Chattanooga on a charge of espion
age.
While government inspectors sert
to Flat Rock to investigate the mine