The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1918-10-04
FROM ALL PARTS
OF TENNESSEE
Reports of Interesting
Events Boiled Down
for Hasty Perusal.
for Hasty Perusal.

Selmer-A parentteachers associa
ton has been organized here with ar
enthusiastic membership.
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Gibbs.-C. Z. Bushart sold his farm
near here, to John Semones for $40.
50O-a tract of seventy-five acres.
Dyersburg.-Two chickens auctioned
off here brought 500. They were do
mated by Capt Brackin to the Red
Cross.
Nashville.-Light frost fell here
Sept. 20. but no material damage was
done, according to the local weather
station.
Dyersburg.-Theh home of w. B. Nc
Bride. in the Thirteenth district, was
destroyed by fire. There was no in
surance; loss. $4,000
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Rutherford.-The Obion Presbytery
Of the Cumberland Presbyterian church
met IN regular session last week at
Beil's chapel, five miles west of here.
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Paris.-Parnell Hickman, who is IN
the signal service at Fort Leaver-
worth. Kan, is another Paris boy VIII }
has been honored with the rank of SER
geant.
Paris.-Dr. o. x. Warmack Of Nc
Klnnon is the new physician for the
Louisville e. Nashville railroad elm.
ployes here. He will move his family
here Oct. I.
Nashville.-The court of civil ar-
peals adjourned for one month to Ell
able attorneys Of the state to assist in
classifying men for the army. accord
ing to questionnaires.
Union City.-Frost fell throughout
this section Sept. 20, but not enough TO
materially affect the crop. Peas. pm
tato vines and some other things show
the effect of the frost.
NtWDcTu.-iuo Coitou uuycio hVi'
are getting everything in shape to han
die the cotton crop. The crop is es:i.
mated to be 30 per cent better than
the growers thought at first.
Paris.-Last week several men wero
called from Paris for army service.
among them being DR.. ]. |. Johnston. a
dentist; Robert l.. Murray. Arthur Sen.
sing, N. ID. Copeland and Ora Kendall.
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Memphis.-The total registration at
the West Tennessee State Normal
school to date is 1,524. DIR. A. A. Kin
cannon. president, states that he Is
confident that by October the num-
Der will be increased to 1000.
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Newbern,-The total registration for
Dyer county has been completed and
the record shows that 1886 signed up
with the government. The estimate
for the county was exactly that figure.
so the county made a 100 per cent
Knoxville.-Although the date for
the encampment Of the Tennessee ma.
tional guardsmen here has been post.
poned several times, Col. ID. c. Chap
man now has information which indi.
Gates that II will likely be held the
lost OF September or early in October.
Nearly $500 soldiers are expected.
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Selmer.-L. c. Dickey, farmer, was
the victim Of very serious accident
while working at weatherford's cir.
nine miles southeast Of Selmer. Ho
attempted to clean the saws while tho
machinery was in motion. His right
arm was caught and badly cut. Two
fingers were lost and the bone in the
upper arm was stripped Of all flesh.
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Newbern.-An appeal Is being made
to the farmers In Dyer county to grow
more wheat by an increase OF half over
the previous crop that has been har.
vested. according to the statement OF
w. @. Wilson. the newly elected fern
agent for Dyer county. The county
has been requested by the government
to increase the wheat acreage by 5000
acres.
The following Tennesseans have
been commissioned second lieutenants
Of infantry from fourth training camp
at Camp Pike. Ark: Harold Bond.
Oneida. Tenn. assigned TO Camp Pike,
Ark: Luther Herschel Brigham. Erin.
Tenn. Camp Pike. Ark: William Van
In Costello. Shepherd. Tenn. Camp
La: Golden Burton Fluty.
Flatwoods. Tenn. Camp Pike. Ark;
Walter Collins johnson. Jr.. Paris,
Tenn. Camp Pike. Ark; Roy William
Miller. Johnson City. Tenn. Camp
Pike. Ark: Key Pinkey Mott. Union
city. Tenn. Camp Pike. Ark; James
Perry Pullman. Rossville. Tenn. Camp
La: Luther Ward. Clin-
ION. Tenn. Camp Perry. Ohio.
Chattanooga - CHATTANOOGA school |
are faced by a perplexing
problem. A small colony Of wives OF
informed at Fort Oglethorpe !
have settled in one Of the city's su-
burbs. With them are some 80 chill. |
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