The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1918-11-01

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Cross training school for nurses at
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Dyersburg.-Circuit court convened
here with Judge Robert Elkins on the
bench. On account of the influenza
epidemic, the judge adjourned court
until Oct. "a.
Knoxville.-Knoxville city schools
has "dollar-a-year" man in the per-
SON of A. w. Fisher, physical director
oil the Y M G. A. He has agreed to
serve as physical director for 5000
pupils at that salary.
Milan.-Mrs. John p. Barger, res1d-
ing two miles south of here, received
a message from the War Department
that her husband, John P. Barger, was
missing in action since Sept. 10. He
was an observer with the Thirtieth
Division, General Pershing's army on
the battle lines of France.
Nashville.-News reached here that
Capt. Meade Frierson, Jr., had been
killed in action in France. The news
came in letter from comrade. Capt.
F'rierson was a son of Meade Frierson,
general manager of the Nashville.
Franklin Interurban, and was a gradu-
ate of Vanderbilt University.
Selmer.-Bishop M. Lee, 26, Nc
Marry County boy, has died of wounds
received in France. He was assisting
in dressing a wounded soldier in a
hospital when bomb burst and a par
ticle struck him. He lived five days.
Mr.. Lee was volunteer in the SER
vice and had been in France several
months.
Chattanooga.-A. P. Lockhart of this
city, arrested by department OF JUS
tice operators, was bound over to the
federal grand jury on charges of vio-
lating section of the espionage act,
and the amendment providing a pen
atty for talking against or opposing
the sale of government securities. Ills
bond was fixed at $4,000.
Coalfield.-This place holds the rec
ord for prevalence of influenza. Out
of a population of 500, all but five per-
sons were said to be down with the
disease and two able-bodied men left
t. look after the sick. The only ply
sician in the town had double pneu-
monia, and the only relief to be had
was from the services of a govern
ment physician.
Newbern.-Bill O'Sullivan Rhodes,
aged Is, met with a fatal accident near
his home after returning from SPUR"
rel hunt Crossing a bridge that was
wet his feet slipped and he fell, caus'
ing the contents of shotgun to enter
his bod Death resulted almost in
stantly. The boys mother, who is at
the point of death with tuberculosis,
had sent the lad to the woods to Kill
squirrel for her.
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Nashville. - Orville Hargis, the
Young man who shot and killed Pa
trolman John Friel here month ago,
was sentenced to term of from 10
to 20 years in the penitentiary for Sec
ond degree murder. Hargis was caught
at a garage in the act of stealing one
night, it was charged, when Patrol
man Friel attempted to arrest him.
The young man opened fire with re-
volver, inflicting wounds that resulted
in the officers death.
Memphis-While attempting to lily
through an American barrage and in
pursuit of seven fleeing Hun airplanes,
Iieut. Henry Guion Armstrong, Mem
pris aviator, was struck by shell
end, stricken by death, plunged to the
soil of Germany. Two cablegrams
conveying the sad intelligence OF
Iieut. Armstrong; death were re-
ceiyed by his father, Harry L. Arm
strong of this city. Both messages
were sent by Lieut.. Estes Armstrong
brother of the dead aviator and him.
self a member of the flying corps.
KnoxviIIe.-Lieut Charles NJ. Tyson,
reported as missing in a seaplane &C.
cident off the English coast, is the
son of Gen. and Mrs. L. d. Tyson OF
this city. His father is in France IN
command of the 59th Brigade, SOth pi-
vision, which recently has been in &C
ton near Cambria. He enlisted in
the naval aero service in July, 1871
and was made an ensign in January
and lieutenant, junior grade, in May
He sailed for England in August. Ae-
cording to advices received by his