McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-03-29
TENNESSEE
HAPPENINGS
Interesting News Gathered
From Various Places in
the Volunteer State

ing alleged that the milling company
has shipped consignments of flour and
grits to various firms in Savannah,
Ca, with the sacks labeled to show
that they contained "a pounds mini
mum, but that the weight was sho-4
Neutrality-suspicious. Of the large
number OF requests from counties
over the state Albert Williams, state
director of the Boys Working Re
serve, announced that the time OF en-
rollment of boys in the working re-
serve had been extended one week
longer, winding up Saturday, Marc.
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Medina.-Hopewell Presbytery O..
the Cumberland Presbyterian church
was held at Medina, and was called
to order by the moderator, Ruling
Elder G.. B. Holiday. The opening
sermon was preached by Rev. s. H..
Braly and the constituting prayer was
offered by Rev. H. C. Cooper.
Ashland City.-Tom Hamilton, 35. =
farmer, killed his 11-year-old steD-
daughter Idola Dunnaway, in the
| Ninth district of Cheatham county,
and after shooting at A. P. Dozier
aud Miss Mat Dozier, with whom the
child YVES staying, took his own life
by cutting his throat.
Memphis -Thirty-five million dol.
lars for home and foreign missions
and church extension work in .ne
next five years was the amount fixed
as the minimum total by the $50 dele
| gates attending the missionary and
centenary conference in this city.
Paris.-News reaches here from the
Cottage Grove section that during
Thursday night the fine stock barn OF
Pleas A. Wade was burned to the
ground, and with 1t five fine mules and
one buggy mare, together with lot
of corn and hay.
Memphis.-Out Of 295,000 Boy
Scouts in the United States, =. D.
WALES, Jr., 17-year-old son of c. d
WALES of Memphis, has the distinc'
ton of having sold the largest mum
| Der of Liberty bonds in the second
Liberty loan campaign.
Newbern.-Will Ingram, one OF the
best farmers of Dyer county, who re.
sides on Route 2, brought five ears Of
corn to town that weigh w pounds
He reports that he raised eight acres
of corn and the yield averaged 16 Bar.
rels to the acre.
Milan.-The home Of John White, g
prominent and successful farmer and
fruit grower near Idlewild,' eight
miles northeast of Milan, was entlrh
ly consumed by fire, together with
the furnishings.
Trezevant-Experts have examined
peach trees in this section and say
that there will not be any peaches IL
this section this year, due to the fact
that the fruit buds froze during the
hard winter.
Knoxyille.--J. s. Highsaw, instruc
tor in economics at Central high
school of Memphis, has been engaged
to coach the members of the Univer
sity of Tennessee intercollegiate do
batting team.
Newbern. The farmers throughout
Dyer county are taking an active In
terest In road working. and much
good is being accomplished along the
route of the Paducah-Memphis high
way.
/ Newbern. Sheriff Polk Bryant Of
Dyer county, and former resident
| of Newbern, has received commun''
cation from his son, Milton Bryant
announcing his safe arrival in France
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Brownsville.-Th Methodist church
in this city, which has been extern
sively added to and redecorated, Ia
receiving the finishing touches and
will be ready for the Easter service.
Clifton.--As a result of q quarrel
between Will Hickerson and Frank
Bundrant of Beech Creek, Bundrant
was shot and killed by Hickerson.
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oxville.--Lutherans of Tennessee
went "over the top" in their campaign
to raise the sum Of $4,000 for work OF
the Lutheran war commission.
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Milan.--The farmers OF this secticn
have just finished picking out and dis
posing Of their seed cotton.
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Irrelevant Landlord Commu'
nifty club recently gave corn show
at Landlord, this county. County
Agent C. H. Moody attended and
awarded the prizes to the winners.
Knoxville.-A total Of 3,1S1 regis.
trants have been placed in class one
by local exemption boards, according
to information sent to the provost
marshal general
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Knoxville - Argentine lieutenants
have been sent by their government
to the University of Tennessee for a
course in agriculture.
whiteville.-Rev. Jas. H. Oakley,
who has been pastor Of the Baptist
church here for over eight years, has
resigned and will occupy the pulpit
of the Baptist church at Lineville, Ala.
Union City.-Private Floyd Lowell
Pruitt, alleged deserter from Camp