Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1918-12-05
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Newbern.-The ban AGAINST public
meetings, including public schools
churches and picture shows, in New
bern has been lifted here.
Dyersburg.-County Agent w. G
Wilson announces a competition fol-
the corn and pig club boys of the
county, to be held in Dyersburg Nov
30. A special corn show in connection
with the boys show will be open to
both men and boys, with special prizes
for the men.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Balm of Camden
Tenn, charged with completely in
wrecking a bank at Wartrace, several
years ago, was sentenced to five years
in the federal prison at Atlanta. w
H. Hooser, cashier of the bank, is now
serving on five-year term, having
pleaded guilty in 1916.
Johnson City.-Fire destroyed the
main building of Milligan college here
causing a loss of $4,000. Only one
building remains, the girls dormitory
and it is announced that the school
will be continued. Among the student
body are many from the student army
training corps. Many of the boys were
attending football game and lost con
siderable of their personal property.
Knoxville.-A cablegram from Brig
Gen. l.. D. Tyson to Mrs. Tyson con
firms the death of their son, Lieut.
Charles McGhee Tyson, and states
that the body has been recovered and
will be brought to Knoxville for burial
Gen. Tyson, commander of the Fifty
ninth Brigade, Thirtieth Division, A
E. F., went to England Immediately af.
ter signing of the armistice and made
arrangements for having his SOM
body returned home
Lieut. Tyson's death resulted from a
seaplane accident off the English coast
Oct II. Young Tyson belonged to the
Royal Air Force.
Memphis.-By oversubscribing the
United War Work Campaign quota for
Shelby county by many thousands OF
dollars, Memphis and Shelby county
have again attested their patriotism
raising 1891, OS9 for the activities OF
the war work organizations minister.
ing to the soldiers and sailors.
The greatest campaign in the nature
of free will offering in the history OF
the county practically ended when at
their final meeting the team captains
and team members made their reports
With a quota of $475,OOO, the 81
counties - including Shelby - raised
$553,654, an oversubscription of more
than 5000 for the district. The quota
of Shelby county was $4,000.
Extraordinarily was set aside to
celebrate as centenary day by the
Methodists Of Jackson and of the
whole Memphis conference. The cent
enary missionary effort inaugurated
by the NJ. E. Church, and to commence
during the new conference year, pro
vides for raising $35000,000 for varied
missions during the five-year period
succeeding. Prominent laymen of the
church participate in this movement
as we'll as all of the bishops, presid
ing elders preachers and secretaries
Bishop James Atkins presided over
the sessions of the conference, which
was scheduled to be held in the
First Methodist church. The Memphis
conference is one of three confer
ences included in the episcopal dis
trict of Bishop Atkins, the other two
being the North Alabama conference
and the Tennessee conference.
The Memphis conference includes al
the Methodist churches of the city OF
Memphis and Of West Tennessee
There are in this conference eight dis
tricts, each under a presiding elder
as follows: Brownsville district, j. V
Freeman, presiding elder; Dyersburg
district, w. C. Waters, presiding cid
er; Jackson district, w. D. jenkins
presiding elder; Lexington district, ]
N Pickens, presiding elder; Memphis
district, T. E. Sharp, presiding elder;
Paducah district, l.. D. Hamilton, pre-
siding elder; Paris district, w. w
Adams, presiding elder; Union City
district, w. w. Armstrong, presiding
elder.
Memphis-This city is to have q
real birthday party. She is going tc
celebrate the passing of the century
mark of her existence in May, 1919, II
movement fostered by the Hon. ]
H. Malone finds the ready response il
the hearts of the general public that il
has already found in the county court
the city commission, Rotary club, Ii
ons' club, Kiwanis club and number
of civic welfare organizations before
which Judge Malone has appeared and
spoken of the plan.
Nineteen hundred and nineteen Is
not only the one hundredth birthday o.
the city of Memphis, but it is the cen
tennial of the founding of Shelby coun
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