Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1918-04-25

oNiAh0is n great pdNllOlAi Hldsb'
meeting was held in the courthouse at
Selmer.
Trezevant.-After being in session
for four days and night, the Bible in.
stitute, held at the Baptist church, has
adjourned.
Trezevant. - The newly installed
board of city officials has determined
that bootlegging whiskey must be
stopped in Trezevant.
Greenbrier.-Oneo OF the worst hail.
storms ever known struck here last
week. Hailstones piled up in places
over one foot in depth.
|
Nashville.-R G. Gleaves, a practi.
cal undertaken of Greenbrier, has IN
vented and secured a patent on self.
locking grave vault cover.
Union City.-Nat Murphy, Jr., three
year-old son of Nat Murphy, a wealthy
farmer near here, died as aresult Of
falling into boiling hot ye water.
Union City.-Ten thousand surgical
dressings were shipped to Atlanta
headquarters by the local Red Cross
chapter for the month of March.
Jackson.-Dr. A. A. Booth, for many
years a practicing physic an in Jack.
son, has gone to Nashville to take "a
special course in Vanderbilt Univers-
ity.
Newbern.-There is reported to be
several cases of smallpox in Dyer coun.
ty. All efforts are being used to pre-
vent further spreading of the ep,
dem,c.
Jackson.-B. E. Dickerson of Den
mark, member of well-known and
prominent family in this section, was
shot and instantly killed while seated
in his home reading.
Bristol.-The Republicans Of Sulli.
van county recognized by the election
Of J. e. Miller of Indian Springs to
succeed S. B. Cunning as chairman OF
the county committee.
Jackson.-Fully 5000 school chill.
dren of the city and county partic'p pat.
ed in patriotic parade here Saturday,
the opening of the third Liberty loan
campaign.
| Newbern.--A strong contest has
been launched in Newbern between
the Newbern high school girls and the
Boy Scouts In the third Liberty loan
campaign.
Chattanooga.-A large warehouse at
the packing plant in Alton Park was
burned with large lot of lard, entail.
ing an estimated loss of from $4,000
to $4,000.
Nashville.-The club house of the
Nashville baseball team was destroyed
by fire. With the club house were de-
stroyed 20 uniforms, balls, bats, gloves
and other paraphernalla of the club.
Smithville.--The Bird S. Rhea farm,
one of the noted farms of DeKalE
county, has changed hands. The heirs
of the late Bird S. Rhea sold this splen,
did farm to Edd Ragland of Cookevilae
for $4,000.
Humboldt.-No stone is being left
unturned by Gibson county leaders in
perfecting the organization to put
across in hurry the sale Of Gibson
county's quota of $371,7O in the third
Liberty loan.
Newbern.--The Dyer County singing
convention viii convene for a two-day
sess on in this county at Beech Grove
four miles south of Fowlkes, April IL
and IA.
lockwood. hundred citizens
visited the home of Nelson Dale, who
had been accredited with seditious ut
terances, and compelled the family to
salute the American flag, apolog.z
and desist from remarks in the future
|
acknowledgement of South
ern lumber interests met here in con
ference with John H. Kirby Of Hous
ton, Texas, lumber administrator for
the South and vice-president of the
Southern Pine Association to perfect
plans for the speeding up of timber
production and delivery and to devise
other measures to meet the increased
needs of the government in its wal
, program.
Huntingdon.-Red Cross donation
day in this county, which was appro
priately observed here, was grand
success. A crowd of 1000 or 5000
: people was present and enterd hearth
ly into every feature.
: Selmer-McNairy county is fast
coming to the front in the way of i'm
; proved and diversified farming. The
, support given Leonard J. Karr, county
farm demonstration, and Miss Florence
Smith, home demonstration agent, II
very encouraging.
, Nashville.-A resolution favorini
the closing of all breweries of the
country for the duration of the war, Il
- eo-r,ordad IN onnuracc and prasi