McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1922-07-14
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In good state of cultivation.
Every prisoner confined in the Nc
Marry county Jail escaped by the use
of an iron bar and file.
The Millington Jersey calf club
held its first meeting, with more than
forty present. w. H. Boss, Jr., was
elected president.
Arrangements are being made for
a party of 25 farmers of Dyer County
to make a trip into the dairy sections
of Illinois, Wisconsin and Iowa.
The citizens of Gleason, co-operat-
ing with farmers and agricultural
forces operating in the state, have
set Wednesday, July 10, as a picnic
day and rally day.
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The McNairy county court, In reg
ular quarterly session here, voted an
appropriation of $1,000 as supple
ment to continue the work Of County
Agent w. T. McKell.
Following a quarrel. w. L. Mullens,
a rural carrier out Of the postoffice
at Murfreesb0ro, shot and killed
Frank Brown, a substitute rural car
rier, in the rear Of the postoffice.
Jackson has raised the $4,000 neces-
sary to insure this citys getting the
Lee highway route when the question
comes up at the meeting of the high
way directors in Chattanooga.
A committee from the Madison
county court is studying the report
submitted by the tax revision commit
tee appointed at a recent meeting of
citizens.
Clyde Bishop is dead and Fayette
Williams perhaps fatally injured, the
result of pistol battle over moon
shining liquor at Englewood near
Athens.
A new bank will be doing business
in Hazel in the near future, accord.
ing to some of the leading stockhold-
ers of the proposed new institution,
their application for charter having
been already approved.
The annual convention Of the state
federation OF business and profess
sional womens clubs opened in Chat.
tanooga with a large number of dele
gates present from all parts of the
state.
The total assessment of all prop
erty in McNairy county is $5,196,271.
here are 333.3S3 acres, assessed at
s41S,172. There are 500 lots assessed
at s63S, 100. Assessments on personal
property amounted to $370,S62.
Robert X. Christenberry, of Old Nc.
Lemoresville Carroll county, has
been appointed general prohibition
agent under the office of the Ken
tucky-Tennessee division, with head
quarters in Louisville, Ky.
Senator John R. Tillman, of Chester
County, has announced for the Demo
cratic nomination as state senator
from the 25th district, composed of
Madison, Chester and Henderson
counties. Tillman represented the
district in the last senate.
Joe F. Odle, who entered the Demo
cratic primary election for represent
alive from (the twenty-first floterial
district, composed of the counties of
Benton and Decatur, will be declared
the nominee as no one opposed him
for the nomination.
Sale OF the plant Of the DecamI
Glass Casket Company, bankrupt 10
Gated in Industrial North Chattanooga
has been completed according to an
nouncement by ]. H. McCallum trus
tee. The property brought $56oOO
the price set for the plant.
H. ]. Lynch, federal prohibition Of
ficer, was shot and instantly killed by
Finley Young, of Gainesville follow
ing a raid on an Illicit still located
upon the property of Young, accord
ing to federal officers at Nashville.
J. Wynn Barton, elected one Of the
publishing agents of the M. E. Church
South, has arrived in Nashville and
taken office.
Frank Garden, city attorney OF Chat
tanooga, resigned that position i'm
mediately after the city commission
mad passed on final reading the reso
luton, agreeing to the merger Of the
several local public service corpora
tons and transferring the franchise
Of the Chattanooga Railway & Ligh
Company to the Tennessee Electri'
Power Company.
More than $50 Jacksonians availec
| themselves Of the privilege Of attend
ing the big picnic and outing giver
under the auspices OF the Volunteer
NJ America at Felsenthal Springs sew
eral miles east of Jackson.
One of the largest whisky makinl
centers in the south was wiped on
when federal agents and county Of
ficers raided Wardon's Hollow, destro,
ed two monster stills, hundreds Q
| gallons of mash and equipment with
In a mile of the sheriff's office a