McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1922-09-01
Tennessee
EVEN I S
Happenings over the
State condensed for
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Inc COMMISSION VI tH6 B6uSIdi
assembly of the Cumberland Presby-
terrain church at Mckenzie met with
the local committee from the Com.
mercial club to transact the final
business in connection with the
transferring Of the Mckenzie pledges
and thus to definitely and perma-
nently locate Bethel college in Nc
Kenzie.
Following close on the heels Of
the acquittal of Davidson County
Grand Juror w. R. Giles charged
with contempt OF the criminal court,
three deputy sheriffs, with Sheriff
r. Louis Camp, as co-defendant in
eech case, submitted to arrest be-
fore Coroner James r. Allen, and
made bond of $1,000 in each case.
Sixty-two farmers, business men
and county agents from McNairy
and Chester counties, Tennessee, Wis
tied Aberdeen to make a study Of the
dairy interests Of the county and see
the big Aberdeen creamery which IL
the largest south of the Ohio river
and west of Alabama and the Har.
bold hog ranch, the largest feeding
lot in the world.
Congressman Joseph w. Byrns, OF
the Hermitage district, has left
Washington for Nashville to assume
control and direction OF the Demo
cratic campaign preliminary to the
meeting on Sept / Of the state
committee for the selection of a
permanent campaign manager and
for other purposes.
Friendship is growing. Several
thousand feet OF concrete walks
have been put down and others are
laid at once. A six-room addition
to the school building was recently
completed and a heating system will
be installed. Several new homes
have recently been built.
r. H. White, state director Of CT
william rehabilitation, spent two days
in Union City getting in touch with
disabled civilians in order to put
before them the advantages of in.
dustrial training offered by the state
of Tennessee.
Election of T. G. James, of Shark
ey, Miss, as president and announce
ment of winners in the derby and
all-age races marked the c,ose of the
annual encampment of I'll Forked
Deer Red Fox Club held at Craw-
ford Springs, near Jackson.
DR.. Ben Cox, pastor Of Central Bap-
tist church. Memphis, has just closed
successful revival meeting at the
Bradford First Baptist church. In
addition to being a brilliant and
forceful speaker, DR.. Cox is good
singer.
Interest at 1898 per cent will be
paid on $1,0O0,Oo0 borrowed by the
state funding board at Nashville to
take up the short term notes due
Sept. 1. The money was borrowed
for one year.
The congregation of the Walnut
Avenue Baptist church, Jackson, is
planning new structure on a new
site on Roberts avenue, according to
the statement Of Rev. r. w. Fitz-
gerald, pastor.
The state board OF education wXl
meet In Nashville soon 10 hear the
report Of the subcommittee appoint
ed to nominate successor to Prof.
Jones as president Of the Middle
Tennessee Normal at Murfreesboro.
The Greenfield Training school
opened with large enrolment. The
opening address was delivered by
Rev. F, ]. Harrell, of Dyersburg, who
! is conducting revival at the Bap.
tist church.
Two men were killed and three
others injured, two of them serious.
~, when giant derrick collapsed at
the site OF the construction Of the
new Caldwell Bank building at Nash
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Mrs. Cecil Walls, wife OF prosper
GUS farmer OF the Thirteenth district
of Carroll county recently gave birth
to triplets. two boys and one girl,
All Of the youngsters doing well.
The Yorkville High school. located
eight miles east OF Newbern, has
opened its fall and winter term with
O splendid enrolment OF pupils.
The regular city election win be
held at Trimble Sept. Z for the pur-
pose Of electing a mayor, board of
aldermen and school director,
Ninety per cent OF the mine op-
orators Of Tennessee are profiteer-
ing on coal during the present crisis
and are selling IL at the mines In
excess of the Hoover fair price fixed
by the government. according to
Wilbur A. Nelson, chairman OF the
Tennessee coal commission.
VIII Build New Parsonage.
Ripley.-The building committee Of