Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1918-08-22
FROM ALL PARTS
OF TENNESSEE
Reports of Interesting
Events Boiled Down
for Hasty Perusal.


for Hasty Perusal.
Greenfield-Th state Sunday schoo
convention was Ea.d here last week
Covington-The city commission has
awarded the contract for grading am
paving the principal streets of the city
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.
Nashville.-John B. McFerrln, aged
46, prominent business man, died here
He was connected with a large Nash
vile printing establishment and widely
known over the state.
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Paris.-News reaches here that VII
liam Boyd Dunn, 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. M
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 to decide
the tie vote received by J. 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, 50, is the third man from here
to be killed in France within the pas
month.
Trenton-Patriotic services were |
observed at the courthouse here. y
service flag bearing 1900 stars was
presented to Gibson County by the I
Russell-Hill Chapter Ct the U. D. G.
Five of the stars are gold.
Jackson.-The annual chase of the
Forked Deer Red Fox club began al
Crawford Springs on the Madison-Hen-
derson county line and continued
last week, with a large
number of huntsmen from Tennessee I
and adjoining states present L
Jackson.-A meeting of the Ozark
fruit growers association was held for
tomato growers. The reports shovel
under the cooperative plan pursued
his year the crop had been highly
profitable, yielding the farmer from
1850 to 5000 per acre profit. Next year
t is planned to plant an increased
acreage.
Knoxville.-Dr w. s. Nash, chair
nan of the draft board for Knoxville,
Division No. l, has been appointed
elective service instructor with tbs
ank and salary of major. He was nc ,
flied of the appointment by Provost
Iarshal-General Crowder, with in
tructions to report to Washington inn
nediately.
Misunderstanding enlisted men of !
he navy were commended by Secre- /
airy Daniels for courage in volunteer
1g to take boat through a dense fog y
, rescue rs officers and men from the t
british steamship City of Vienna when I
he went ashore on the Canadian y
past. Lincoln E. Freels, seaman, a
knoxville, is one of the men. "
Paris.-Dr r. J. McFall was killed u
y bound Nashville, Chattanooga T.
st. Louis passenger train striking e,
le automobile in which the doctor h
as riding. 3;
Knoxville-Col. E. Morgan. former ri
swspaper man of Memphis, has ac- al
,pted an appointment in the publicity 70
apartment of the Y. M. C. A. for war cces
ork. q
Chattanooga.-Mrs. Elizabeth Grant, n
lfe OF Lieut. Howard Grant. Sixth
fantry, was instantly killed when an
tomobile in which she and her young
N, ]. B. Padgett, were riding was =.
ecipitated off the new Wauxahatchle VI
Ike. Mrs Grants neck was broken '"
the 25-foot plunge. Her son was Sc
,usly hurt. M
Jackson local machine gun co
mpany, with Roy 8. Rochelle as
plain, has been made an infantry In
mpany by order of Adit.-Gen Buck 9
r. 1t will be known as Company go
with headquarters at Jackson. One an am
ltoon is located at Dickson and an s sgni
Ter at Paris. II is one Of the largest
npanies In the state. having approx
ately 1870 members.
City.-Within two weeks
, officer training camp for all the