The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1918-09-20
TENNESSEE
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Cookeville. - Twenty-Five drafted
men from Jackson county and twenty
six from Clay county entrained a.
Double Springs for the Spartanburg. j.
c.. training camp.
Knoxville.-More than 1000 are ex.
pected to attend the Bible conferences
which will DO held here beginning
Oct. "a. Noted ministers OF the United
States and England will speak.
Memphis.-Prof. Nicholas Aerri
weather Williams. 70 years old. one
OF Memphis most prominent educs.
tors, died at the home OF his daughter.
in-law. Mrs. Edwin Williams
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Osborne, Fra
zier Reams and Porter Jarrett, three
Winchester boys. have been comia.s
stoned as second lieutenants, after
training at Camp Taylor. Louisville
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Knoxville.-Corp. James T. Jones, OF
Knoxville. has been recommended by
Col. Cary +. Spence for a distinguished
service order cross after showing ex.
ceptional bravery ut the front whi.s
under fire.
Lynchburg.-Lieut. I,ogue Parks n
rived here from France. Lest Parks
had been in France In the thickest OF
the fight for the past year. He LETT
for Camp Meade, where he will serve
in instruction work.
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Cookeville.-Putnam county has a
negro captain now battling In France.
Capt. Vance Marchbanks was born aud
reared in the Fifteenth civil district
OF this county. from which place no
Joined the regular army several yea n
ago.
Knoxville Federation cf
Labor convened here for three days
convention. II was the semiannual
convention OF the state organization
Legislation in the interests of organic
"a labor was the chief top for dis.
q sion.
Rgfield.-A. L. Dorsey is In re-
n letter from Capt. Thomas
l(leroy. formerly Of Nashville. who
now serving with the army some
where In Belgium. In whiq visit
from the king Of England ID pe front
lines Is described.
Johnson City-Seven we're hurt In
passenger train derailment at Bull Gap
when Southern train split switch.
Tho locomotive and forward coac, |
kept to the main line. while two cars
following took the siding. one over.
turning when they collided with q
switch engine.
Fayetteville.-An interesting and ap. |
propriate program was given at the |
court house in memory OF Lafayette.
under the auspices OF the woman's
Council OF National DE |
tense. Prof. Il. X. Morgan made an in
talk on Lafayette and Our
Debt to France"
Brownsville.-Mr. and Mrs. q. W.
Lyle have received n telegram from
Lieut.. Richard II. Lyle, saying he was
In New York. having been sent back
from France as an instructor. Lieut.
Lyle has been in the thick of the fight
for weeks. being with the Fourth reg
ment OF the Third division.
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Observation-Disclosures was receiy.
cd here that James G. Wooten was
killed in action on Aug. I. The infor.
nation was given in two letters, one
from a companion OF the fallen hero 70
his father and another from William
Fry. who is an army field clerk in
France. TO his father. Judge John W
Fry.
Nashville.-The Davidson County
Poultry association held an interesting
and important meeting at the com.
mercial club and disposed OF much
business affecting the future interes.
81 the association. Many matters o:
detail relative to the poultry exhibit
1t the state fair this year under the
auspices OF the association were ar.
ranged for.
acknowledgements In Tennessee
will be interested in news received
here from Lieut. Eyander Shapard Of
he Royal aviation forces tEnglishl.
rho is now flying and fighting in
france. Lieut.. Shapard's recent le:-
ers tell OF his first aerial encounter in
which he accounted for German
,lane. A later letter tells also of NJ.
lccident in which ais own plane wa.
but without injury 10 him
Nashville. Tenn.-Fines have been
assessed by the Federal Food Admins
ration IN Tennessee and paid TO the
Red Cross chapters where the offenses
occurred. during the week. as follows:
Roane Iron Company. T. l. Brown
md Hartsell. Of Roane county. SIS foe
IeIing flour in violation Of rules.
r. A. Taylor. a merchant OF Shelby
file. SIS for selling goods in violation
4 the regulations.
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