The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-08-17

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seven men here for Camp Shelby. Hat
tiesburg, Miss.
Alamo.-The Alamo nigh school
opened with an enrolment of 265 pu-
pills. the largest number ever enrolled
on the first day.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of 80 years was
given to Everett Dyer, in criminal
court, charged with the murder of his
wife here several months ago
McKenzie.-Miss Mildred Meadors
of this place is the first Carroll county
girl to volunteer for training in the
nurses reserve corps of the Red Cross.
Petersburg Lillian Perrins
Davis Of Lexington has bought the Pc
tersburg Herald, and has moved here
to assume duties as editor and pub
fisher.
Menglewood.-Th store of the Men.
gle Box company and two residences
were destroyed by fire, entailing
loss estimated at $4,000, partly Gov
cred by insurance.
Dyersburg. The Hosmer hospital OF
this place was damaged by fire origi'
mating from a defective flue. The
damage will reach several thousand
dollars, it is said
Ba1dwyn-Melvin Bryson, years
old, who was burned when a lamp eX
ploded and covered him with blazing
oil as he lay asleep on the floor, died
after days of dreadful suffering.
observation-disclosures E. West, son OF
Ed West of Oliver Springs, was killed
ON the Marine front on July 10, accord,
Ing to a message received from the
United States war department by his
father
Cookeville.-T Tennessee Poly
technic Institute has been approved
by the state board of education for the
student army training corps which is
to be offered to certain schools by the
war department
Milan.-The Milan chapter Of the
Red Cross held sale of articles that
were donated by the people, consisting
of canned fruits, preserves, fruits,
cakes and small pig, realizing the
sum of $106.4S.
Nashville-Gen Tully Brown, SOD
of former Gov. Neill S. Brown, and ad.
jutant-general of Tennessee under the
Patterson regime, died at his home
here after an illness extending over q
period Of two years.
Martin-Rev. e. F. Adams of the
First Baptist Church, Fulton, KY, has
been called to the care of the First
church here, succeeding DR.. l. N. Pc
nick, who accepted chair in Union
University, Jackson.
Newbern.-The Dyer County Farm
Loan association met and elected the
following officers: A. B. Dickersor,
president; J. M. Pritchard, vice presi-
dent; ]. C. Doyle, secretary-treasure
R. e. Rice, attorney.
Adamsville.-The friends of Chas
M. Kemp, Company B, 121st infantry.
Macon, Ca, will be glad to know that
that he has recently been promoted
to captain Capt Kemp is well
known Adamsville boy.
Nashville. F. Price, of
West Nashville, drowned Sunday. af-
ternoon while trying to save little
girl who stepped off ledge into wa
ter over her head in the Cumberland
river near the state penitentiary.
Lexington. Rev. j. e. Berktresser.
a young Baptist minister of this sec
ton, has resigned the care of the
church at Spring Creek to enter army
Y. M. C. A. work. He Is a graduate
of Union University, Jackson, Tenn
Memphis. was the hottest
day of the year here, according to the
government thermometer, the maxi
mum temperature registering slightly
above 80. Only twice since 1900 has
this temperature been exceeded On
July 20, 1901, the thermometer showed
104, while on August Of the same
year 102 was reached. The maximum
temperature on June ~, 1914, was 80
A rainfall of .05 of an inch about
pm. brought relief to the sweltering
citizens of Memphis.
The name OF Corporal Rufus H. Creel,
Memphis, appeared in the casualty
list August 10. The dispatch stated
that the degree of Creels wounds had
not been determined. A telegram was
received by CreePs family to this eff
feet, stating that he is in base hos
pital in France, having been wounded
on July IS. Creel was 10 years old
when he volunteered in the army al
the Memphis recruiting station in
January, 1917.
Memphis-This city has again gone
over the top. For two weeks there has
been nation wide campaign for the
purpose of enlisting young women In