McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-07-26
FROM ALL PARTS
/. OF TENNESSEE
Reports Of Interesting
Events Boiled Down
for Hasty, Perusal.

Chattanooga. Sheriff Bush and q
posse are securing the mountains near
Soddy for Fred Chanceey, an alleged
deserter from the army, who shot and
seriously wounded Deputy Sheriff Jas
Grove, when the deputy attempted to
arrest him.
Memphis annual meeting of
the Shelby County. Association was
called to order by DR.. D. A. Ellis, mod
orator, at the Highland Heights Bap
| list church Devotional services were
conducted by Dr. A. R. Bond, editor Of
the Baptist and Reflector, Nashville.
Chattanooga.-Col. J, r. d. Mathe-
son has arrived at Fort Oglethorpe
and assumed command of the 605th en-.
gineers in place of Col. Crosby, re-
Gently transferred to Washington.
Lieut.. Col. Philip b. Flemming, also Of
the engineers, has been transferred to
Camp HUMPHREYS.
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Nashville. detail of soldiers
who have been engaged in Dekalb
county in rounding up deserters and
slackers for some weeks have captured
10 men. Besides these three have been
killed. One was shot by soldier in
self-defense, another was shot by the
sheriff of the county and the third
committed suicide. 1t Is stated that
there are still 10 deserters and slack
ers hiding in the hills.
Lexington, Ky.--Four Tennesseans,
retained at Camp Buell. as instructors
and non-commissioned men until called
for an officers training camp, left here
for Camp Gordon, Atlanta, to enter
the officers training school. They are
Clifford Kilmer, Erwin; C. N. Brown,
Memphis; ]. R. Mewhinney and J, w.
Hager, Nashville. Three other Ten
nesseans have been recommended for
| the school. They are G. w. Brayton,
p w. Alexander and j. r. Whiteside.
Nashville. Commissioner Of Agri-
culture H. K. Bryson, filled the va
cancy caused by the resignation of
E. H. Ramsey, who is now in training
camp by appointing William T. Ma
gruder Of Davidson county. Mr.. Ma
gruder was highly Endorsed by dairy
educators and other authorities of the
state. He is graduate of Ohio Uni
yersity and has been in the dairy bust
ness for the past six years.
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Knoxville.-First Lieut.. L. w. New
land. Knoxville physician, serving
with American expeditionary forces in
France, is dead from injuries received
while treating wounded in Red Cross
hospital in France, according to
message received by his wife. His
wounds were inflicted by German
bombs in an air raid deliberately
planned and executed by Germans. The
hospital was plainly marked with
cross 100 feet long Despite this the
airmen shut off their motors, dropped
to within a few hundred feet of the
hospital, and dropped four bombs upon
the hospital. Two enlisted men were
killed outright ana nine of the hos
pital personnel were wounded
Nashville. Official figures from tina
office of Resident Engineer E. Il.
Johnson OF the Old Hickory works,
the governments new powder mills
here, show total Of $4,000 workmen
employed at the present time, with an
increase to $4,000 operating employees
when the nine units of the complete
plant are put into operation. The
weekly payroll is $750,Oo0.
Chattanooga Reports of the sue
cesses OF the various counties in the
war savings pledge compiled at state
headquarters show that nine counties
have exceeded their quotas by good
percentages and seven have reached
their quotas. OF the four large coun-
ties, Shelby has obtained only SO per
cent Of its quota.
1t was stated at headquarters thsl
the counties that have exceeded their
quotas by large margin are contin-
uing the drive with the greatest inter
est and enthusiasm and there is no
telling how far they will CO. Wilson
county leads with 1872 per cent. Lin
ooln, the county first to go over, Is
over by 20 per cent IN
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The other counties that are over fol-
low in order: Trousdale and Ruther
ford, ITO per cent; Giles, 104 per cent;
Davidson, 103 per cent; Hamilton, los
per cent; Weakley, 102 per cent;
Franklin, 101 per cent; Robertson, 1ot
per cent; Bedford, 100 per cent; Jack
son, 100 per cent; James, 100 pei
cent; Dekalb, 100 per cent; Upton, 106
per cent; Smith, 100 per cent; Moore,
30 per cent.
Memphis for the Unit.
ed States employment service to take
over the handling of common labor on
August were made at a conference
Of district and state directors and ex-
aminers in charge Of government labor
agencies in Tennessee, Illinois and
Missouri in st. Louis last week.
DR.. ]. t. Ware. federal director Of
the United States employment service
in Tennessee, and J. d. Barbee, exam
liner in charge of the Memphis office,
returned from the conference with de
tailed information on the new work Il
be undertaken by their department.
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KnoxvilIe..-Gen. J. r. Penland died
At his home here. He was formerly
United States district attorney general