McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-08-23
FROM ALL PARTS
OF TENNESSEE
Reports Of Interesting
Events Boiled Down
for Hasty Perusal.

Greenfield The state Sunday school
convention was held here last week.
Covington-The city commission has
awarded the contract for grading and
paving the principal streets of the city.
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Fosterville-A number of ladies from
this place served lunch for the Red
Cross at the Rutherford county fair
at Murfreesboro
paris.--Nearly 100 contracts have
been signed by Henry county farmers,
leasing land to c. w. Demming, Of
Nashville, to bore for Oil and gas.
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Nashville.-John B. McFerrin, aged,
46, prominent business man, died here,
He was connected with large Nash:
vile printing establishment and widely
known over the state.
Paris. News reaches here that Will
liam Boyd Dunn, a Henry county boy
has been killed on the western front
In France. Young Dunn enlisted a
few days after war was declared.
Bristol Ernest NJ. Mooney, former
physical director of the Bristol Y. NJ.
C. A., has written letter to the sec.
rotary of the association here stating
that he has reached France safely.
Bristol.--A special election will be
held here on September z to decide
the tie vote received by ]. w. RAIDER
and George C. Pile, candidates for
magistrate in the seventeenth civil dis
trict.
Oliver Springs.-The world war is
making heavy inroads upon the volun-
teers from this place. Wade Cum
mings, 80, is the third man from here
to be killed in France within the pasH
month.
Trenton. patriotic services were
observed at the courthouse here. y
service flag bearing 1900 stars was
presented to Gibson county by the
Russell-TIili Chapter of the U. d. G..
Five Of the stars are gold
jackson. The annual chase OF the
f'orked Deer Red Fox club began at
Crawford Springs on the Madison Hens
Eerson county line and continued
throughout last week, with a large
number of huntsmen from Tennessee
and adjoining states present.
Jackson.-A meeting of the Ozark
fruit growers association was held for
tomato growers. The reports showed
under the cooperative plan pursued
this year the crop had been highly
profitable, yielding the farmer from
$3.50 to $500 per acre profit. Next year
it Is planned to plant an increased
acreage.
Knoxville.-Dr. w. s. Nash, chair
man of the draft board for Knoxville,
Division No. 1, has been appointed a
selective service instructor with the
rank and salary of major. He was no
titled of the appointment by Provost
Acknowledgement Crowder, with in
structions to report to Washington i'm.
imediately.
Washington. MINNIE enlisted men OF
the navy were commended by Score
tary Daniels for courage in volunteer
ing to take 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 q. Freels, seaman.
Knoxville, is one Of the men.
! Paris.--Dr. r. J. McFall was killed
by north-bound Nashville, Chattanooga
q st. Louis passenger train striking
the automobile in which the doctor
was riding.
Knoxville.-Col q. Morgan, former
newspaper man Of Memphis. has ac-
cepted an appointment In the publicity
department o. the Y. M. G. A. for war
work.
Chattanooga.--Mrs. 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
lprecipitated Off the new Wauxahatchle
pike. Mrs. Grants neck was broken
In the 25-foot plunge. Her son was Sc
,riously hurt.
Jackson. local machine gun
company, with Roy 8. Rochelle as
captain, has been made an infantry
company by order of Adjt-Gen. Buck
ner. It will be known as Company
d, with headquarters at Jackson. One
platoon is located at Dickson and an.
other at Paris. It is one Of the largest
companies in the state. having approx
imately 100 members.
Fountain City.-Within two weeks
one officer training camp for all the
commissioned officers of the Fourth
Tennessee regiment will be held at the
rifle range here, followed within All.
other short period by training camp
for all the companies In the state.
There are at present about rs commits
stoned officers leading the men In the
four battalions Of the state, and these
will take thorough and extensive and
intensive course under regular army
officers appointed for the purpose.
Then the long-looked for and expected
camp will come.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. disfigured.
but still in the ring. With the other
fellows | went over the top four times