McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1920-09-24
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have been gone over by Washington
authorities and announcement / o
these, together with The purchase o
the site. for the improvement is all tina
remains before material is placed oil
the ground. Under the plan mpr'
than 100000 Is to be spent by the gov
eminent in the Memphis district.
Nashville What IL now thought t
be well organized gang of Libert,
bond thieves continued their opera
tions here by entering the safety Ide
post vaults of the Whites Creel
Bank e. Trust company and ransack
ing the contents of the boxes. Owing
to the difficulty in making "a checl
of the individual ,depositers who hat
papers and vaiuables at the bank fol
safe-keeping, an estimate of The
amount Of svaluables and papers Sc
cured cannot be made. i
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Knoxville, ITO perpetuate fame Of
four Confederate heroes, jefferson ba
Wis, Robt. E. Lee, John B. Gordon and
Jubal Early, Union veteran of the
civil war. HectortW.s Church, of oxford
New York. has left his estate of $4,000
/ In Liberty bonds to the United Daugh
ters of the Confederacy, according to
information received here.
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Franklin.-A sad accident occurred
as a'result Of the heavy rains near
Berry's Chapel. In this county. A Miss
Allen, in attempting % cross the creek
while going for her little sisters and
brothers, who were in school was
drowned. Her body was found some
distance down the creef, almost buried
in mud and trash.
Memphis. Married women can new
get jobs as teachers in, the public
schools. according to an announcem mi
Of Prof. Wharton s. Jones, isuperin
tendent of schools. This is made nee
essary because OF the shortage sol
teachers. At present II ere are approx
imately 25 vacancies in the city
school system i2stetsi 3saf ftts1s
Clarksville.-A verdict Of guilty ioi
murder In the first degree with miti
eating circumstances was returned
against Irwin C. higgins, on trial in
the criminal court for the murder loi
w. Frank Smith on April 2 this year
The punishment was fixed by the jur,
at 81 years; in the state penitentiafs
Nashville. More than a half-milli6r
dollars has been expended by the
Methodist Episcopal Church, South, In
Belgium. Poland and. Czecho- S;ovakia
during the current year, according te
the report of the committee ON suct
expenditures made to the boa.d Of
missions hore. FIN assF, FIG Is
Dresden.-Joe w. Esnes and Miss
BeuIah Cox were united in marriage
here at the home OF the brides par
ents. Mr.. 4Eanes. who saw service IN
France, where he received eleven ma
chine gun wounds in the ,Argonns For
est.
Paris.-A bean measuring 3h fee,
and weighing about IA " pounds
grown by r. N. French, near Spring
vile. is on exhibition and has created
much interest The bean is said te
have excellent food value.
~ifittt 9i3S 80 s7,i lia1i W r ~
.l Dresden.--Beckham Ryan, OF Mar
tin, announced that he win be q can
Ss;ate for county court clerk TO- Issue
coed w. J. letter, incumbent. who will
retire from office at the end Of this
his second term. Dnnist,, al f4ilt8.
Chattanooga.r-R. WI Payne sForI
Fayne, Ala, 2 deputy Of the Law and
Order league for the enforcement 81
prohibition was here and told Of the
capture Of three wildcat stills on Sand
Mountain. " ~ ilsisiis liis 'iill3R
Brownsville.--The first bale OF cot
ton Of the 1890 season for Haywood
county was brought Ia by Dave iPerk
ms, coIored. and was raised on tbs
farm of Postmaster VIM Thomas. =
Byrdstown.--O was struck Id Pick
EFT county about five miles east o
Byrdstown. on Halbert's creek, on tn
lease OF the Harbor Oh company! Tht
is thought 70 IT, be a spod we'll .eAllluslsi i.
Dresden, = Doyle Suddoth. is. sol
Of Attorney r. L. Suddoth. had tn,
misfortune to sustain a broken arm
caused by back-firing of his automo
bile. Z "'
Dyersburg.-The schools of this cit,
opened with d larger attendance thar
ever known in their history, d
Jackson.-Joseph Wesley KnightoI
of Newton, Miss; Ernest Green ant
william Bush Of Friendship. Tenn.
were enlisted by Chief j. 3. White o
the local navy recruiting station. Tht
boys enlisted for two years to serve
aboard the us. S. Tennessee, e.1,
ilAiTii. : 80 s's1i''ii ','N ~
-Nonpartisan clubs. from
all over the state met In Nashville t
map out plans for a statewide cam
paign prior to the November elections
The meeting was called by the officials
of the tennessee State Federation c
Chattanooga4-fThrp.s in the bus
mess section here were Mortified wheI
truck crushed the life out Of Fairfa,
Chance, two-year-old baby Of Mr. anf
Mrs. Frank S. Chance, while the moth
er. with three children. we're attempt
ing to cross Market street n ats
Carthage.--The largest real estats
deal in the history Of this county wa;
concluded here when W. 2. Myer. for