Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1918-06-06
FROM ALL PARTS
OF TENNESSEE
Reports of Interesting
Events Boiled Down
for Hasty Perusal.

most interesting exhibit Of the WORK
Of the diocese of Tennessee.
Chattanooga.-The oath annual Sos.
SIGN of the Junior Order American
Mechanics was held here with fully
three hundred delegates present.
Jachson.-Supt. c. B. Ijams an.
nounces that there will be 81 gradu,
ates of the Jackson high school when
the diplomas are issued on May %.
Dyersburg. Norville, propri.
etor of the Silver Moon cafe, is under
arrest charged with arson. The cafe
was damaged by fire which occurred
recently.
Halls.--The local Red Cross OF
Halls is wide awake and doing their
bit for the boys "over there" At two
luncheons given in Halls the local
chapter raised $42S.O1.
Knoxville.-Three thousand farm.
ers attended the sessions of the East
Tennessee farmers convention. Food
production in order to win the war
again was the dominant note.
Nashville.--Daly Cothron, farmer
surrendered to the sheriff of Macon
county and was bound over under +.
bond of $1,000 on charge of killing
Will Miller, who was found fatally
wounded.
Knoxville.--Maj. Daniel A. Carpen.
ter, aged 81 years, former mayor OF
Knoxville, and officer in the Second
Tennessee infantry during the civil
war, and prominent local business
man, is dead.
Nashville.-Rev. William Clarence
Cook, %, who has been preaching in
Marshall and Maury counties, was ar
rested by United States officers and
taken to Columbia on the charge OF
obstructing the draft.
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Nashville.-Gov. Rye has pardoned
Minnie Sheriff., convicted in Knox
county in 1917 of violating an inJunc-
zion of the circuit court in two cases
and sentenced to three months in the
workhouse and to pay a fine of $25 in
each case
Knoxville.-Again the "unwritten
law" failed in the case of John Kee
bles, charged with murder in connec
tion with the death of Anderson
Mayes. Keeble cut Mayes II times
when upon returning home from work
he found Mayes in a room with his
wife.
Knoxville-The East Tennessee An
gus Breeders association held it's frs
annual sale here as the closure event
| of the East Tennessee farmers con
7ention. The animals we're bred IL
East Tennessee. The top price TO-
bulls was $40; for COWS, $780, Forty
six head were sold for a total Of
| $14,S00.
Memphis.-The cnnual diocesa-
convention of the Episcopal Church
in Tennessee, which has been in ses
| sion at st. Luke's church, adjournei
to meet in October in Nashville fol
the purpose Of electing bishop coad
jutor who will assist Bishop Gailor ~
administering the affairs of the do
case.
Dyersburg.-At a meeting of the re
tail grocery stores of Dyer count
pursuant to call of the county food adj
ministrator it was agreed to surren
der ON May 25 all flour in their pos
session at that time for shipment to
the government.
Chattanooga.-Res pledgins
the unqualified support of the organi
cation carrying out the governments
war program were adopted by the de
| partment of Tennessee Grand Army oil
the Republic at the closing session Of
the annual meeting.
Medj~" The ladies OF the Medina
Red Cross branch conducted boota
Oh Main street and sold stew, sand
witches, candy and auctioned off two
dressed hens. The hens brought
$43.45 and the sum cleared from the
booth amounted to $120.
Manchester. d. Kelley has beef
appointed county sheep chairman by
Food Administrator Doak Aydelot. He
will have charge of the campaign tc
induce sheep raisers to keep their
ewes and eve lambs that the produc
ton of sheep may be increased
MISUNDERSTANDING to tho court
and admitting their error, Circuit
Court Clerk James Brett, Jr., and his
attorney, Phil NJ. Canale, were fined
$50 and 500, respectively, by Judge
D. b. Puryear of the First Criminal
Court, who had cited them to answer
contempt charges.
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Chattanooga-Sec Lieut.. Oliver
Andrews of Chattanooga has resigned
from the Fourth infantry, Tennessee
natiorai guard. to accept captaincy
IN the quartermaster :orps CT the
United States army.