McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1920-06-18
Brief News of
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authority to accept applicants for
| service in the Panama Canal Zone, the
Philippine Islands and the Hawaiian
Islands.
Jackson George L. Johnson
president of the Carroll county Sun
day school association, is planning to
bring the county up to the banner
standard.
Nashville. - Miss Margaret NICE
Kercheval, after a vacation of several
months, has rendered her resignation
as librarian of Carnegie library to take
effect July 1.
Memphis. Membership campaign of
the Memphis retail credit mems asso-
citation will be continued few weeks
on account of NashviEes challenging
the Bluff City to contest
Jackson.--A good increase in the
realty trading of Madison county is
shown by the record Of transfer dur
| ing the past week as compared with
the exchanges recorded the previous
week.
Ripley. Palmer Barfield, prominent
| farmer of Hale's Point, was drowned
at THE Divide when his horse stun
bled and fell as he was fording the
stream Mr.. Barfield was on his way
| to Ripley.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT of a 50-gallon
still located about one and one-half
miles southeast of league, Hardeman
county, near the Jackson-Bo road
was effected by three of the local pro-
| hibition agents.
Paris.-Mrs. Q. E. Routon, mother
chairman for Henry county in the
war history committee for Tennessee,
has been making survey Of the field
and perfecting her organization In
each district in the county.
Knoxville.-A special federal Judge
may come to Knoxville to hear the
case of w. l.. Hass ct al. vs. George
l.. Berry ct al, involving alleged mis-
appropriation Of funds of the Interna-
tional Printing Pressmens Union.
Memphis, Transportation of alu-
minum ore by river from Bauxippi,
Ark, a few miles below Memphis, to
st. Louis, has been resumed. The
Sprague, which Is owned by the Alu-
minum Ore Company, has re-entered
the trade.
Observation-Disclosures leads the
cities Of Tennessee in percentage in
the recent grading made by the Unit
ed States public health service in
standing in the fight for yenereal dis
ease control, according to Capt. Geo.
A, Hays, in charge of this work In
Tennessee.
Friendship citizens of Friend
| ship met and reorganized school
board, electing c. H. Scales president
Mr. Scales has been an active school
worker in the town for nearly twenty
| years, and has been president of the
school board for about 10 years H.
L. Zones was elected secretary and
treasurer of the new board.
Jackson view of furthering
the civic movement to beautify Jack
son and render the home premises
more attractive, Dr. G. w. Davis, dean
of the agricultural department of
Union University, is offering special
course In landscape gardening in con-
nection with the regular summer
course of the university.
Memphis. -Postmaster G. w. Met
calf, Jr., is in receipt of advice from
the postmaster generals office in
Washington that the salary of the
Memphis postmaster has been raised
from $4,000 to $4,000, TO take effect on
July l, this year. The assistant post
masters salary has also been increas-
ed from $4,000 to $4,000 per annum, to
take effect the same date.
| Memphis. Notwithstanding the
fact that the hardwood lumber market
has been quiet during the last week,
the outlook for business is vastly
brighter than was the case only week
ago. The brightest single spot on the
commercial horizon is the easing up
OF the financial situation Bankers
give out the encouraging news that the
worst has passed and predict a con-
tinued easing up of credits.
Nashville--That the date for the
calling of the special session of the
legislature and the matters to be in
cluded in the call would not be de-
cided for several days was the state
ment Of Gov. Roberts. He is now in
communication with various members
OF the Legislature relative to the deci-
sion as to the time and subjects, and
that he would not make the call until
he could ascertain the time best suited
/ for the members and the matters that
should properly be taken up by the
session.
/ Dyersburg. Judge r. A. Elkins, pre-.
siding judge OF the Dyer county circuit
court, has pretermitted the June term
of court.
Jackson Marriage licenses were
granted to 10 couples from the office
of County Court Clerk j. A. Thomp-
son during the past week.
Covington.-John Danderstedt rs.
well known citizen of south Covington,
was stricken while on his wagon here
and died as he was being taken to his
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