The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-08-16
TENNESSEE
NEWS
Happenings Over Common
wealth Cleaned From
Various Places

to stick to the tax rate or $l.7l13, as
fixed at recent meeting, Shelby coun-.
ty school teachers came out of lively
fight in the court with raise in sal
airy of more than $4,000 for the next
school year. The teachers got fixed
increases of from $40 to SIS a month
on monthly salaries and three months
extra salary thrown in.
Chattanooga step in the
realization of highway between Nash
vile and Chattanooga over Cumber-
land mountain, which is now financial
ly provided for at proposed outlay
of over 100000, on the construction
of the AZ miles, wos taken by the state
highway department of Tennessee in
awarding the contracts on 20 miles of
the highway in Bedford, Moore and
Franklin counties.
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Nashville.-A proclamation was is
sued by Gov. Roberts calling for an,
election to be held September 4, jE
this state, to determine whether con
stitutional convention to propose new
constitution or changes in the present
orty-eight-year-ol instrument will be-
held Nov. Is this year.
Nashville.-The next stage in the
Methodist Centenary movement will
be churchwide evangelistic move
ont To so oe
which preparations are now under.
way.
Saturday was designated
as Burlington Highway Improvement
day in McNairy county. Two hundred
men with tractors, teams, graders,
drags and scrapers put the highway in.
excellent condition.
Memphis general reduction I'M
long distance telephone rates has been
announced by the Memphis Telephone
Company, which handles the telephone
business of the Postal Telegraph &
Gable Company.
Knoxville-Dr. H. A. Morgan, pres
ident of the University of Tennessee,
also has been retained as dean of the
college of agriculture and director of
the experiment station Of that institu--
ton.
RiplazThe hi churches of Rim.
ley inaugurated vesp services, which
were held in the cou yard, and here.
after during the summer union serv,
ives will be held at 1880 p. m.
Lexington.-Piney Creek Baptist
church, six miles southeast of town,
is experiencing wonderful revival
under the ministry of Rev. E. z. New
som of Winnsboro, Texas.
Memphis.-Since the negro detective,
force of the city lately suffered such
a disastrous wreck, Police Commits
sioner Quinn said that no effort would.
be made to revive it.
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Nashville.-This will be Southern
problem week at George Peabody Col
lege for Teachers 1t will also be one
of the most important weeks of the,
summer quarter
Memphis.-The exhibition of the,
plans for the new auditorium and
market house at Brooke Memorial Art
Gallery, Overton Park, is attracting.
much attention.
Memphis-Two Memphians. Hard
wig and Israel Peres, will represent the
Memphis Zionists at the annual con.
vention to be held in Chicago Sept. Id.
Lexington-Eld Paul Slayden. Of
Columbia, Tenn, preacher of signal
ability, ia conducting a revival in the.
FIRST Christian Church of this place.
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Trenton,-In the municipal primary
held in this city W. W. Heron was,
elected mayor over w. l., Wade. in
cunbent, by good-sized majority.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS of Jackson
are contributing this week to the fund
for the upkeep of the Purdy school in
McNairy county.
Memphis Services in honor of,
Bishop Thomas F. Gailor will be held,
in nearly every church in the diocese
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Bartlett.-Damage estimated at $40.
600 was sustained here when a terrific.
windstorm visited the town.
Jacksonville $4,000 improvements
on the local Elks' club rooms are be-
ing made in rapid order.
Nashville A vigorous protest
against raising the gas rates in Mem.
phis was filed with the state utilities
commission:
Chattanooga. The city of Chatta-
nooga will not buy any of the canned
meats offered by the government at re-
duced prices.
JacKson.--A fire that DESTROYED s26
600 worth Of veneered lumber ana
threatened to consume the antira ti,,,.