The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-03-15

enthusiastic membership.
Gibbs.--C E. Bushart sold his farm,
near here, to John Semones for $10,
500-a tract of seventy-five acres.
Dyersburg 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 THE home of W. B. Nc
Bride, in the Thirteenth district, was
destroyed by fire. There was no in
surance; loss, $4,000.
Rutherford.-Th Obion Presbytery
of the Cumberland Presbyterian church
met in regular session last week at
Bells chapel, five miles west of here.
Paris.-Parnell Hickman, who is in
the signal service at Fort Leaven.
worth, Kan, is another Paris boy who
has been honored with the rank Of SER
geant.
Paris-Dr o. K. Warmack of Nc
Kinnon is the new physician for the
Louisville & Nashville railroad EN-
ployes here. He will move his family
here Oct. l.
Nashville. 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, po-
tato vines and some other things show
the effect of the frost.
Newbern.-The cotton buyers here
are getting everything in shape to han
die the cotton crop. The crop is es.i.
mated to be 80 per cent better than
the growers thought at first.
Paris.-Last week<several men were
called from Paris for army service,
among them being Dr. ]. L. Johnston, d
dentist; Robert L. Murray, Arthur Sen
sing, N. d. Copeland and Ora Kendall.
Memphis. The total registration at
the West Tennessee State Normal
school to date is 1,524, DR.. A. A. Kin,
cannon, president, states that he is
confident that by October the NUM-
Der will be increased to 1000.
Newbsrn-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
registration.
Knoxville. Although the date for
the encampment of the Tennessee ma
tional guardsmen here has been post
poned several times, Col. D. G. Chap
man now has information which indi,
Gates that it will likely be held the
lost of September or early in October,
Nearly $500 soldiers are expected.
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Selmer.--L. G. Dickey, farmer, was
the victim Of very serious accident
while working at Weatherford's gir,
nine miles southeast of Selmer. He
attempted to clean the saws while the
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.
/ Newbern. 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. G. Wilson. the newly elected farm
agent for Dyer county. The county
has been requested by the government
| to increase the wheat acreage by 5000
acres.
The following Tennesseans haze
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
Beauregard, 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
Beauregard, La; Luther Ward, Gin.
ton, Tenn, Camp Perry, Ohio
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| Chattanooga. - Chattanooga school
authorities are faced by perplexing
| problem. A small colony of wives OF
| Germans interned at Fort Oglethorpe
have settled in one of the city's su.
| DurbS With them are eonoa IN ohs1