The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-10-26
TENNESSEE
Interesting Events
From all Parts
of the State

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Paris.-Hopewell presbytery Of the
Presbyterian church met in annual SEES
sion at Gum Springs church in this
county.
Paris.--J. F. Russell, prominent
farmer of the Elkhorn section, killed
an owl which measured 81 inches from
tip to tip.
Mt. Pleasant.-With an allotment Of
$4,000, Mt. Pleasant, of the seventh
district, has gone handsomely over the
top in the Liberty Loan drive by over.
subscribing total of $172,160.
Fayetteville-It is believed that Lin.
coin county has raised her quota for
the Liberty Loan drive. The county's
quota is $362y350, and with ten dis
tricts to hear from the pledges on hand
aggregate $$3OOO0O
Milligan College.-The students OF
Milligan college Of required age were
formally indicted into the s. A. T. G.
on Oct. 1. This date had peculiar
significance for more than 500 colleges
Aesd universities throughout the United
States
Jackson "A. E. Griffin and wife left
for Grand Rapids, Mich; to attend the
annual convention of the National Flu
neral Directors association and also
the conference of the embalming
boards of North America. Mr.. Griffin
is treasurer of the National Funeral
Directors association and is president
of the embalming boards.
Knoxville.-Mrs., Samuel Phillips OF
Memphis, formerly of Knoxville, state
chairman of the woman's department
of loan activities in Tennessee, made
one Of the addresses at the great Lib
erty Loan mass meeting held here
when Knoxvillians packed Staub's The.
alter in eagerness to hear in full the
messages of several distinguished
speakers.
Selmer.-Lieuts. H. C, G. Smith and
H. R. Minehan of Park Field, Mem
phis, landed here in Curtiss training
plane No. 33951. They approached
from the north and were sighted at a
height Of 300 feet The town was en-.
circled several times and the pilot en-.
tertained with some fancy diving, loop.
ing the loop, and gave splendid exhi
bition of driving before landing.
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Chattanooga robbery Of the quar-
termaster's department at Fort Ogle.
thorpe, Ca, was unearthed with the
arrest of Sergt. J. lPollow, according to
police authorities Thousands Of dol
lars worth Of leather and raincoats
are reported missing from the quarter.
masters warehouse. According to the
police, the stolen goods were shipped
to Chattanooga in Red Cross boxes and
then reconsigned to Philadelphia.
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Covington, Carl Boshers, farmer
of District No. ~, aged "a, son Of J. P.
Boshers, shot and killed Curtis Var,
bro, negro, aged SO, on the public
square in Covington. 1t appears that
Yarbro owed Boshers an account fol-
hauling hay and refused to pay it, and
when Boshers demonstrated with him
witnesses state that Yarbro advanced
on Boshers with drawn knife, when
the latter drew pistol and and shot
Yarbro, the ball taking effect just be,
low his heart. Boshers surrendered to
officers, and after executing $4,000
bond before Justice J. L. Richardson
was released.
Huntingdon .--Lieut Robert H, Car.
ter, former Huntingdon boy, has
been awarded captains commission
at Camp Perry, o., where he has been
stationed the past six weeks at the
rifle range He made such fine rec
ord as marksman he was selected tt
shoot In the International shoot when
he qualified as an expert rifleman.
Capt Carter received his commission
as first lieutenant at the second off.
GERS training camp at Fort Oglsthorpe
and made record of so out Of 80 as a
Eharpshooter. Capt. Carter will be
transferred shortly to Camp Sherman.
ChilIicothe, o, to become . asmAer a
the Ninety-fifth divisioA.
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