Beautiful Memorial Tablet
The beautiful bronze memorial tablet in memory of Lt. Robert Anderson, son of Dr. and Mrs. W.S. Anderson, the first soldier to fall from Wilson county in defense of his country and human liberty, may be seen in Oettinger’s window. It will be placed at the court house in a silent yet eloquent testimonial of the valor of this brave young man who fell while leading his men at Cantiguy.
Announced in the Churches
The campaign this week for the conservation of food was announced in the churches over the county on Sunday, and the ladies are working to make the response to the appeal from the government effective in this county, and it goes without saying that every one will seek to cooperate as they have done heretofore in every good word and work.
We thought yesterday as we read the tribute paid by our great President to the behavior of the American people during the war, that such high praise could certainly with truth and due propriety be applied to the people of Wilson county for it seems to us that a quicker or more heartier response could not be expected from any people.
While the increase in the number of influenza cases will prevent the rousing good meeting in the court house here Friday, it will not prevent our folks from taking the same pains to save all they can that our President when he goes to the peace conference may tell the folks there that America is big and great and has a heart bigger than it is great.
Two Little Thieves
Two little negro girls, one about 11 and the other about 13, were caught red handed this morning in the act of taking goods from the five and ten cent McClelland store and Mr. J.W. Welch, proprietor of the Welch Five and Ten Cent stores says they have also been guilt of taking articles form his place.
The largest girls had about eight rings on her fingers and stated different boys gave them to her. They were charged with taking toys and handkerchiefs and hose.
The girls, whose names are respectively Minnie Williams and Rosa Lee Horne, said that their mothers were crazy, that one was in the asylum but the other worked in the tobacco factory.
Influenza Increasing in the County
More vigilant precautions are necessary on account of the increase in the number of influenza cases in the county. Today some 15 or 18 new cases are reported, with about 52 cases altogether, some of them convalescent. The necessity for preventing public gatherings more than necessary is evident.
Fire Today
The slight fire today was caused by some tobacco graders in a small house owned by Charlie Thomas, colored, on East Green street, grading tobacco for Mr. Hiram Walston, placing the weed too near the stove where it caught. The flames were extinguished with little loss.
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