The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1918-11-15
TENNESSEE
BRIEFLY TOLD EVENTS
OF THE STATE

the royal corps of the British army,
will lecture here Nov. 20 unler the
auspices of Knoxville chapter of the
". I'd Cross, on his escape from Ger.
man prison camp and his subsequent
| experiences.
Rendered unconscious by bullet
wound at an altitude of 5000 feet.
Lieut.. O'Brien crashed to earth, but
lived. He was captured by the Ger
mans and was being transported to
reprisal prison camp when he leaped
through the window of a speeding ex-
press train and escaped in the dark
ness. He then began his perilous jour-
ney through Germany, Luxembourg and
Belgium, walking distance of $50
miles in 70 days. This remarkable jour.
ney was ended when he dug his way
beneath an electric fence and knelt
upon the soil of Holland to thank God
for his deliverance.
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Nashville.-Final negotiations have
been completed for the immediate es-
Enlistment of a government hospital
for wounded soldiers in Nashville.
The unfinished Galloway hospital and
state school for blind are to be used
as the site. Col John A. Hornsby,
head of procurement board of the war
department, and party, left last week
after wiring Washington to forward
men and materials for immediate con-
struction.
! Johnson City.-Holston conference
of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in
session here, by an overwhelming vote
favored granting equal rights to wom-
en- of the church. The conference also
voted to combine the two Holston
schools-Martha Washington at Alb
ingdon, Va, and Emery and Henry Col
lege at Emery, Va, the charter of the
former to be surrendered.
Knoxville-George E. Gresham, dep
uty at Chattanooga of the United
States district court, has been appoint
ed clerk of the federal district court
for East Tennessee, succeeding Capt |
Horace Van Deventer, resigned to be-
come captain in the quartermaster
department of the army.
Knoxville.-The supreme court Of
Tennessee in an opinion handed down |
he sustained the constitutionality of |
city ordinance requiring transfer
companies to make a report to the po-
lice department of all persons moving
from one place to another.
Henderson.-The united war work
campaign for Chester county, beginning
Nov. IL, had meeting of executive
committee organized, and appointed
the chairmen for each division and ap.
portioned the amount for each district
to raise.
Newbern.-Farmers in the Ninth dis
trict at Churchton, four miles east of
Newbern, are losing considerable
number of cattle from disease that
has been pronounced blackleg, accord
ing to the statement of farmers in that
section.
Milan-Owing to the recent rains
very little cotton in this community
has been gathered by the growers, as
the fields have been too wet to work.
But the greater portion has been pick
ed out and placed on the market.
Knoxville. Secretary VIM. G. Nc
Adoo's nephew, Lieut. James Saunders
O'Neal, died Oct. 2 as the result NJ
wounds received in action with the
American expeditionary forces, accord
ing to information received
Covington.-The first sleet of the
season fell here Nov. /. The down
POUR which came from cloud that !
came up suddenly from the west last )
ed hardly two minutes, and melted as y
fast as it fell.
Knoxville.-An increase averaging
about 500 per capita is contemplated
for members of Knoxville's fire and po- Z
lice departments. They now receive =
about $50. n
Dyersburg.-Plans have been per- 4
fected by the executive committee to !
rush the Dyer county war work ca n $
paign, which opens November II.
Cordova.-W. H. Yates has the lar
gest turnip on exhibition here Of any .
farmer. He brought in turnip that .
weighed five and a quarter pounds.
Nashville.-Following meeting OF
city, county and state health authori-
ties, it was decided to lift the ban on
heaters and schools here.