The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-01-19

| TRACTOR anu Dullu6T, mas gone To f1OuS
ton, Texas, where he will assist in
shipbuilding for the government.
Chattanooga. Contrary to expecta
ton, no radical changes were made
In the operation of the Southern rail
road at the conference of general of
ficers held here
|
Cookeville.-Hugh S. Hargis, presi
| dent of the Citizens Bank of this city
has been appointed chairman for Put
nam county in charge of the sale OF
war thrift stamps.
Huntingdon-Prof. John j. Hend
rickson, formerly principal in the
Greenfield high school, assumed his
new duties as principal in the Indus
trial and Training school here.
Huntingdon. Miss Marie Parish
eldest daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Geo
Parish, of this place, had narrow es
cape with her life when her clothing
ignited before an open CRATE.
Franklin.-From the sale of the
corn exhibit held at the National bank
of Franklin $42.S5 was realizedt and
the amount was periodically donated
by the bank to the local Red Cross
chapter.
Paris,-Rev. Lambreth Hancock
for three years pastor of the First
Christian church here, has gone tc
Columbia, S. c., to take up Y. NJ G.
A work as religious secretary al
Camp Jackson
Jackson. Judge N. R. Barham dis
missed the January grand jury until
Jan. 20, following its final report
twenty-five indictments were found
in two days SESSION. Circuit court
will convene Jan. 81.
i Lexington.-At meeting of the
city board of mayor and aldermen L
T. Fielder, alderman and chairman OF
the board, was unanimously elected
to fill out the unexpired term of the
late Mayor C. C. Davis.
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Wartrace The Wartrace Red
Cross Auxiliary met and reorganized
for the ensuing year. The officers
elected are: Mrs j. H. Dyer, chair.
man; Mrs. J. W. Holt, vice chairman;
Mrs. Warren Waite, secretary aeeand
Mrs. Walter Parker treasurer &C
| Jacksonville municipal coal CON
sumption in the city boilers during
December was about 200 tons greater
than during the same period last year.
This is said to have been caused by
the poorer quality of coal and by ex-
cessive use of water, causing much
extra pumping.
sssas
| Humboldt-At meeting of the
board directors Humboldt business
mems club authorized the committee
having in charge the sale of thrift
| W soy W LllC SllllOl CA VI LllE
Humboldt city schools that the club
will pay for the last 25-cent stamp
for each S. certificate the school chill.
dren will take up to and including
June, 1918.
| Chattanooga are be-
ling made at Camp Greenleaf, head
quarters of the medical reserve corps
at Fort Oglethorpe, for the training
of 5000 medical officers by March L
1t has been announced that all select.
men east of the Mississippi, assigned
to the medical department, will 60 in
training at Camp Greenleaf.
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Knoxville.-Among the United States
railroad commissioners reported ar.
rested in Siberia by the Bolshevik
government is thought to be Lieut.
Edward A. Foster of Knoxville.
DyeSburg-The thirty-one corn club
boys of Dyer county, reporting for the
year of 1917, made an average yield
per acre of 1889 bushels. at an aver.
age cost of $18.77 per acre, or 25.74
cents per bushel
Liberty.-The stockholders of the
Bank of Liberty and the American
Savings Bank of this place have
agreed to consolidate under the name
of Liberty Savings Bank, with a CAPT
tai of $4,000.
Jacksor.--At the annual meeting OF
the directors of the local Y. M. C. A
]. e. Mercer was reelected presi
dent; A. B. Dancy, vice president
VIM. Holland, treasurer; A. P. Null
man, recording secretary, and A. G.
Doggett, general secretary.
Chattanooga hundred more
enlisted men have arrived at Fort
Oglethorpe from Camp Greenleaf tt
attend the officers third trainine
camp.
Brownsville.-At meeting of the
Haywood county high school board IL
Brownsville the resignation of Prof
w. M. McLaurine as principal of the
high school was accepted and Prof
]. r. Ellsworth, first assistant, was
elected.