McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-12-06
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OF TENNESSEE
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years in prison. was granted pardon
by Gov. Rye.
Martin.--Mrs. r. l.. Bushart poured
coal oil on a smoldering fire with the
result that it flashed up in her face
and she was painfully burned.
! Selmer.-The annual corn show OF
the McNairy County Corn Club boys
was held here last week. Some splen-
did corn was shown by 80 competitors,
Union City.-tSince March /. 1918,
Obion county has shipped $1,5O0, 900
worth of hogs. It is doubtful If any
other county in the south can equal
this, and but few counties in any state.
Jackson The 1919 Memphis confer.
ence will be held in Memphis at st.
Johns church. This decision was
reached by unanimous vote after an
invitation had been extended by T. w.
Lefis, pastor, and G. B. Quinn.
Knoxville. w. Taylor, father
OF Congressman-elect J. Will Taylor,
civil war veteran, former chairman of
Union county court, member of court
20 years, member OF legislature in 1891
and state senator In 1895, died at his
home at Lead Mine Bend.
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Knoxville.-Lieut Fred C. Stone, of
the medical reserve corps, has been
awarded military cross by the king
Of England for gallantry in battle and
excellence in service. Lieut. Stone, a
Liberty Hill boy, Ii attached to the
medical corps in the British expedi-
tionary forces in France.
(, Observation-Disclosures J. T. Mcclellan
Of the Louisville & Nashville Freight
No. so, northbound, was seriously in
jured, and Engineer J. M. Marshbank
pr Louisville & Nashville through
freight No. So was slightly injured
when their trains met in head-on col.
Jision two miles north of Iron City on
the Florence and Sheffield division.
Four other trainmen were injured, but
hone seriously. The injured were taken
to a hospital at Florence, Ala. Both
engines were wrecked.
The food administration has re-
newed the November price agreement
with the packers for hogs on the Chi
cago market for another month, thus
guaranteeing the pork raisers of the
country minimum price of $3.50 for
top hogs on the Chicago market until
January l. However, the food admin
istration warns the farmers that this
price cannot be maintained unless the
porkers are marketed in reasonable
quantities. The packers can and will
absorb an increase of fifteen per cent
In the receipts, but beyond this point
they cannot guarantee results.
Memphis. the concluding session
Of the Tennessee Hotel and Restau-
rant Keepers association, held here,
Chattanooga was chosen for the next
meeting of the organization, which
will taAs place in June, 1919. The fol
lowing officers were elected for the en-
suing term: Harry Van Dusen, Hotel
Northern, Chattanooga, president; Jos.
n. Isele, Hotel Arlington, Memphis,
first vice president; R. E. Hyde, Her
mitage Hotel, Nashville, second vice
president; R. R. Ramsey. Hotel Atkin,
Knoxville, third vice president; John
Lowell. Hotel Patton, Chattanooga,
secretary.
Chattanooga.---A Conference OF dis
trict attorneys general in the state of
Tennessee will be held in January in
Nashville In advance Of the opening
session Of the general assembly. The
conference will be called, it was stated
here, for the purpose Of revamping
state statutes and creating new legis-
lation governing court procedures SO
that trial Of cases in criminal courts
will be facilitated and court costs,
state and county, will be reduced. The
conference will develop non-partisan
organization, which will recommend
passage of certain constitutional bills.
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Covington. Superintendent B. o.
Duggan Of the Covington City Schools
and Of Byars-Hall High School, has
been appointed by the director Of the
section OF the federal
board Of vocational education as spe-
cial agent for the Fifth federal district,
comprising the states Of Tennessee,
Georgia, Florida, North and South Car.
DINA, for the rehabilitation re-educa-
ton and training Of disabled United
States soldiers and sailors. Mr.. Dug
CAMS headquarters will be in Atlanta.
His work will consist in the rehabilita.
ton Of disabled Tennessee soldiers
Observation-Disclosures freight rates
In Tennessee should be substantially
reduced, is the emphatic opinion Of
Chairman B. A. Enloe of the railroad
Of Tennessee, who con-
eerred with Director General McAdoo
Of the railroad administration with ref
erence to the reimbursement Of freight
rates. particularly in Tennessee. Mr..
Enloe, who represented the Eighth
district In congress for eight years and
whose name is connected with several
pieces Of constructive legislation, was
a visitor in the house and received a
cordial greeting from friends
Huntington. = An Illicit distillery
was raided near here. William Lee
fever and s. T. Holt. deputy revenue
officers from the Nashville office, ac-
companied by ex-Sheriff N. G. Kirk,
went to the Westport community In