The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1918-08-23
TENNESSEE
Epitome of Interest
ing Events That Are
Transpiring Over
the State = - =

Sumner county by majority of 2O2.
Franklin.-The home OF H. North
Lazenby was burned here, and all MS
meat and lard, only partially covered
by insurance.
Chattanooga. With approximately
1000 members in attendance, the an
nual session OF the Tennessee Bar As
sociation was held at the Signal Noun
tain Inn.
Neutrality-suspicious. s. Daniel OF
GAINESVILLE has been commissioned
major in the Judge advocate generals
office. He will probably be assigned
first to duty in this city.
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Milan.-Twenty-one young men en-
trained from Gibson County last week
for Camp Shelby, Hattiesburg, MISS,
for training. Some Of the young Eel
lows registered on June 5.
Coyington.- forty-third annual
reunion of Upton County Confederate
Veterans was held at Brighton last
week under auspices of Joe Brown
Biyouac. United Confederate Veterans
Nashville.-D. F. Banks, aged Oh
years, one of Davidson County's mosl
prominent citizens, died at his home
here from heart trouble. DR.. Banks
was one of the oldest practicing physt'
clans Of the county.
Knoxville.-The Edgefield Arsenal,
a big shell plant at Kingsport, Tenns
Is being constructed. Work has been
hampered by lack, of labor, but the
construction force was increased by
several hundred soldiers.
Memphis. Approximately $1,000
Memphis and Shelby County men will
be indicted for military service II reg
istration limits are changed to IL and
45 years, it is estimated by Memphis
exemption board chairmen.
Chattanooga.-Twe counties
may now be called "over" in the war
savings campaign and the per capita
for the state is increased from SIG to
nearly S18, according to estimates III
the office Of the state director.
Chattanooga.-Witn the election o.
the Hon. Julian Wilson of Memphis as
president to succeed Col. E.. Watkins,
and Lee Winchester of Memphis as;
secretary Of the Tennessee Bar Asso-
citation, the annual convention at the
Signal Mountain Inn, was brought to
a close.
Knoxville Thirty-sevel new loco
motives were placed in service by the
Southern Railway during the past
month and 12O more engines will b.,
delivered by the manufacturers as fast
as they are completed. Increased trat-
fic due to the war made this equip
ment necessary.
Clarksville.-Mrs. P. A. Rodriguez,
of this city, has received information
from her son, William, who is in
France, which stated that he had been
commissioned second lieutenant OF
field artillery, and that Joe Cox, VII
liam Daniel and Dayton Watson had
also been commissioned.
= notwithstanding the amendment to
the selective military service act, max
ing the draft age IS to As years, has
not vet been enacted into law, the
state council of national defense Is
already making preliminary arrange
ments to put the amended law into ct.
feet without the slightest delay.
ttanooga.-Extensive improve.
ments are being carried on at Fort
Oglethorpe and many new buildings
are in course of erection, showing that
the government intends to make this
one of the largest camps in the coun
try.
Nashville.-The constitutionality OF
the statute of 1917, prohibiting the
movement of intoxicating liquors ia
Tennessee, as well as the receipt Of
such liquors and their possession in
unlawful transportation, was upheld
and sustained by the supreme court at
its final opinion session at the state
capitol.
Secretary Of State Ike B. Stevens
has issued a charter to the Peoples
Bank Of Clinton, with a capital stock
of $4,000. The incorporators are j
n. Worthington, r. A. Moses, ]. II.
Wallace, C. w. Cross and S. B. Hall
j. Heflin. assistant superintendent
of the state banking department, has
been appointed manager Of the fedora.