McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1922-10-06
Volume XXI.
TRIP TO MEMPHIS

made by members of the County
Court and others will no doubt
result in much good. The JUS
tices of the Peace making the
trip were j. B. Huggins, ]. w.
Williams, J. T. McCullar, w. w.
Jopling, Chas. Barham, R, A. N.
Lipford, j. R. Burks, Lee Meeks.
Edgar Raines, w P. Surratt, w.
7. Carothers, Frank Wilson, W.
B. PUNK. William Hester and
Riley Lewis. Others in the del
egation were J. r. Swain, Coun-
ty Court Clerk; F. O. Hamilton,
Trustee; Terry Abernathy, Coun-
ty Superintendent; W. T. McKell.
County Agent; Jack Kirby, Sup
erintendent of Roads; w. K. Alb
ernathv, James Boiling, J. R.
Gooch, j. A. Houston, J. R
Hamm, John Dancer, Eugene
Hamm, Robert Shelton, Jim Pas
chal, Jim Moore, ] e. Williams.
Dewey Williams, Mrs, Mamie
Mcleod, Mrs j. r. Smith. DR.. J.
r. Smith, ]. R. Swain. Jr., Fred
Hamilton, William McKell, Will
lam McCullar, L A. Beatty, ].
o. Sewell, ]. E. Barham, ]. W.
Purviance, Halle Hamm, Dewey
McCullar, W. J. Clayton, Chas.
Hendrix, who joined the delega-
tion at Bolivar, Earl Punk, Bud
Hamm. Grady Alternately, Ernest
Tedford. r. D. Etheridge, A W.
Tanning, John V. Houston, DR..
J. ], Abernathy and wife, Mrs.
w. E. Emmons and son, H c..
Wardlow, Judge Mitchell. Carl
Dillon, Charlie Hurst, Marian
Sweat, G. L. Haynes, Dave Rob-
inson, A. S. Robinson, Gambler
Haynes, Cleo Barr, Jess Smith.
Earl Gooch, H. G. Gooch, T. r.
Hammons, and Hill Fowler, who
drove the car for j. E. Williams.
The first stop Tuesday was at
Bolivar, and after making ar
rangements with the hotel al
Somerville for dinner, the en-
tire party left Bolivar about IL
o'clock, arriving at Somerville
about 1890. Dinner was served
and the party left Somerville
about two o'clock and the next
stop was at Raleigh, where fin
al arrangements for the remain
der of the trip were made.
Charles Hendrix was selected as
the pilot and following him all
the cars, men. women and child
rem were soon in front of the Y.
M. C. A., on Madison Avenue in
the Bluff City. Accommodations
were quickly secured and all the
delegation comfortably situated.
Some of the crowd instead OF
taking quarters at the Y. M. G.
A., spent the night with friends
and relatives in the city. AT
7:30 that evening the delegation
in the assembly room of the Y.
M. C. A., was addressed by Hon.
T. B. King, and the program fol
the next day was arranged. Al
500 the next morning, under the
leadership of Mr.. King, the del.
egation made a trip to Arkansas
and there viewed the rich lands
of our sister state, and the mag
nifcient hard-surface roads lead
ing out of Memphis. At 11:O(
the delegation drove to the mair
entrance of the Tri-State Fail
grounds and in a little while al
of them were inside taking in the
sights and looking over thi'
mammoth exhibition, the great
lest in the south.
The photograph of the delega
tion was made in front of thu
womans' building. The GROVE
then separated and spent the da!
pleasantly and proftably in look
inp over the exhibits that mad
up the best fair in all the south
AT 500 another meeting wa
held when arrangements wer
made for the return trip. Tn
next morning at 900 the delega
tion began the homeward jour
ney, most of them coming bacl
the route travelled in going t
Memphis and three cars goinl
by way of Holly Springs, Tupel
and Corinth, Mississippi. In tn