The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-10-12

county.
Paris.-J. F. Russell, a prominent
farmer of the Elkhorn section, killed
an owl which measured 81 inches from
tip to tip,
Mt. Pleasant.-With an allotment of
$115,0O0, Mt. Pleasant, of the seventh
district, has gone handsomely over the
top in the Liberty Loan drive by over
subscribing total of $172,16O.
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 $$3OO,OOO.
Milligan College.-The students Of
Milligan college of required age were
formally indicted into the S. A. T. c.
on Oct 1. This date had a peculiar
significance for more than 500 colleges
and 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 Staubs The
alter in eagerness to hear in full the
messages of several distinguished
speakers.
Selmer.--Lieuts. H. G. 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 1900 feet The town was en-.
circled several times and the pilot en-.
tertained with some fancy diving, loop.
ing the loop, and gave a splendid exhi
bition Of driving before landing
Chattanooga-A robbery of fhe quar-
termaster's department att Fort Qgle-
s4ssss Sc sEa 3 u. assa ! J
arrest of Sergt. j. GPollow, according to
police authorities Thousands Of dol
lars worth of leather and faincoats
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
Covington,- Boshers, farmer
of District No r. aged "a, son of ]. P.
Boshers, shot and killed Curtis Var
bro, negro, aged &c. on the public
square in Covington. 1t appears that
Yarbro owed Boshers an account for
hauling hay and refused to pay it, and
when Boshers demonstrated with him
witnesses state that Yarbro advanced
on BOshors 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 a $4,000
bond before Justice j l.. Richardson
was released.
Huntingdon.-Lieu 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 a marksman he was selected t.
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 Oglethorpe
and made a record of so out of so as a
sharpshooter Capt. Carter will be
transferred shortly to Camp Sherman,
Chillicothe, o., to become member of
the Ninety-fifth division.
Washington. United States de.
partment of agriculture has announced
the appointment of the following men
to act with the district draft boards
of Tennessee as advisers regarding ag.
ricultural needs:
H. K. Bryson, Nashville, agricultural
adviser to district board for middle
district, with headquarters at Nash.
vile.
A. N. Jackson, Louisville, agricultu-
raj adviser to district board for East
ern Tennessee, with headquarters at
Knoxville.
]. P. Matthews, Oakland, agricultu.
raj adviser to district board for the
Western district, with headquarters at
Memphis.
The agricultural advisers are not to
be members of the district boards, but
are to furnish to the boards facts rela-
tive to farm labor requirements, not
only of their own districts but Of the
entire country. Such information will
be supplied to the advisers by the de-
partment of agriculture. The advisers