Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1918-09-05
TENNESSEE
BRIEFLY TOLD EVENTS
OF THE STATE

lOI All lHS COMPANIES III thO Sh"SS'
There are at present about 10 commits
stoned officers leading the men in the
four battalions OF the state, and these
will take a thorough and extensive and
intensive course under regular army
officers appointed for the purpose.
Then the long looked for and expected
camp will come.
Memphis Somewhat disiigured.
but still in the ring With the othe:
fellows | went over the top four times
but a machine gun bullet got me In
the right hand. Nothing serious. no
fingers injured, and expect to be back
again soon" The foregoing was the
cryptic message received from Zellla
Mason, Memphis boy, who is fighting
with the regulars in France. Mason is
a son of DR.. T. e. Mason of Tunica,
Miss. He enlisted May 30, 1917, and
has been in France since last Septem
Der He was wounded in the fighting
on the Marine.
$50
Jacksonville local machine gun
company, with Roy S. Rochelle as
captain, has been made an infantry
company by order OF Adjt.-Gen. Buck.
ner. 1t will be known as Company
D, with headquarters at Jackson. One
platoon is located at Dickson and an
other at Paris. 1t is one of the largest
companies in the state, having approx
imately 1870 members.
Chattanooga.-M Elizabeth Grant,
wife of Lieut.. Howard Grant. Sixth
Infantry, was instantly killed when an
automobile in which she and her young
son, J. B. Padgett. were riding was
precipitated off the new Wauxahatchle
pike. Mrs. Grants neck was broken
in the 25-foot plunge. Her son was Sc
riously hurt
Washington Nine enlisted men OF
the navy were commended by Secre.
tary Daniels for courage in volunteer
ing to take a boat through dense fog
to rescue 26 officers and men from the
British steamship City of Vienna when
she went ashore on the Canadian
coast Lincoln E. Freels, seaman,
Knoxville, is one of the men.
Knoxville.-Dr w. s. Nash, chair.
man of the draft board for Knoxville,
Division No. /, has been appointed a
selective service instructor with the
rank and salary of'major. He was nc.
titled of the appointment by Provost
Marshal.General Crowder, with in
structions to report to Washington
Jackson.A meeting of the Ozark
fruit growers association was held for
tomato growers. The reports showed
under the cooperative plan pursued
cnis year the crop had been highly
profitable, yielding the farmer from
$3.50 to 5000 per acre profit. Next year
it is planned to plant an increased
acreage.
Nashyille-The state funding board
has renewed the short term notes IS
ued a year ago to meet deficit ct
100000 in state finances. The notes
are dated Aug. 20, 1918, and mature In
six months par and interest S25 pre-
MUM and hearing interest of ga per
cent.
Trenton Patriotic services were
observed at the courthouse here. y
service flag bearing 1900 stars was
presented to Gibson county by the
Chapter of the U. d. c.
Five of the G:ars are gold
Bristol.-A special election will be
held here On September to decide
the tie vote received by ]. w. RAIDER
and George C. Pile, candidates for
magistrate in the seventeenth civil dis
trict.
Bristol.-Ernest NJ Mooney, former
director of the Bristol Y. NJ.
C. A., has written a letter to tie sec
rotary of the association here stating
that he has reached France safely
Paris.-News reaches here that Will
liam Boyd Dunn, Henry county boy.
has been killed on the western front
in France Young Dunn enlisted a
few days after war was declared.
Nashville-John B. McFerrin, aged
&c. prominent business man, died here.
He was connected with large Nash
Vile printing establishment and widely
known over the state.
Paris.-Dr r. ]. McFall was killed
by north-bound Nashville, Chattanooga
& ST. Louis passenger train striking
he automobile in which the doctor
was riding.
Knoxville.-Col E. Morgan, former
man Of Memphis, has ac-
3epted an appointment in the publicity
department of the Y. NJ. c. A. for war
work.
Jackson.-The annual chase of the
Forked Deer Red Fox club began at
Crawford Springs on the Madison-Hen-
lerson county line and continued
last week, with a large
number of huntsmen from Tennessee
md adjoining states present.
Covington--The city commission has