The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1897-08-13
LOCAL AND PERSONAL NEWS.

A good meeting is in progress at
Chalk Hill this week.
Mrs. j. ID. McAuley is visiting
relatives 40 Brownsville.
Rev. and Mrs. l.. J. Leland have
gone to jackson on q visit
Mrs. Vera Castleman, of Nash
vile, is here on a visit to relatives.
Mr.. A. Fry and daughter, Miss
Ada, Of Coxburgh, visited in town
Wednesday.
County Clerk Gs b. Greer has
issued license TO marry to A. G.
Barnes and Ada Novel;
The round trip fare tomorrow to
Nashville, including one admission
to the Centennial, is SlS0.
The goods of a peddler that had
been seized for non.payment Of Ii
cense, were sold at auction here
last Monday.
A. Hawkins, esq.,, returned from
Huntingdon Sunday, after an alb
sence caused by illness in his fam
lily at that place.
At the entertainment Tuesday
evening the cake was voted to Miss
LATHE Hudson, Miss Lizzie McCul-
Tough being a close second.
The calico horse belonging to a
shadyresort north of town, ran away
Friday and demolished buggy be-
longing at Saunders livery stable.
Inan alteration last Tuesday be-
tween Messrs. E. III. Harris and
Walter Kirk, the latter was slight
ly cut in the face. No arrests have
been made.
The visiting attorneys here this
week were Joe r. and Alvin Hawk
ms and j. I. Hill, of Huntingdon;
I. L. Lanier, of Waverly; Lawyer
Shannon, of Deeaturville, and 7.
Maloney, of Erin.
The teachers association meets
at Garfield tomorrow. The name
of A. A. Lindsey, on the subject of
Progress of Education and. Nor
malism" was unavoidsbly omitted
in the program last week.
Ann Perkins, an aged negress,
alarmed the town last Friday even
ing by her loud cries for help. She
resides alone in hut near the res
idence Of Mr.. j. M. Herrin, and
claims that some one was trying to
force an entrance to her room. We
have heard no further particulars.
Among our many callers during
the week were Messrs. s. w. Bul-
lock, J. A. Barnes and L. G. Flow
ers, of Big Sandy; D. B. Thomas
jr., of Eva; Thomas Broughton and
J. s. Coleman, of; Garfield; J. M
Bishop, of Sugar Tree; Bob Stag
ner, of Erin; e. K. Thompson, OF
Cooley's Landing; l, N. Melton, Of
Way, and others.
Circuit court adjourned Wednes.
day. The case of J. A. Barnes VS.
j. FL. Hudson, executor for Mary
A. Smalley, resulted in a verdict
for defendant; j. H. Brewer, fol
use, etc, vs.. j. I. Brewer, judgment
for defendant; Bank of Erin vs.. j
is. Coleman, Judgment for defend
ant. There were several condem
nation cases and all other cases
were continued.
w. H. Halliburton, esq, of Ar
| kansas, who has been visiting tn,
family of Mr.. H. +. Stigall, wht
are distantly related to him, lef
yesterday to spend several days a
| the Centennial. Mr.. Halliburton
is a son of Thomas Halliburton, the
first county court clerk Of Benton
| County, who was elected in 1886
and resigned tie Office in 1888.
Benton County voted 80 for an,
1,476 against a convention. We'd
not believe that this strong Opposi
ton to convention means that ou
people are opposed to reform of ou
organic law, but the active oppo
nents Of reform succeeded in arous
ing doubts and fears in the mind
of the people and they simply didn
propose to take any chances in tn
matter. 1t is always best to be o
the safe side, but don't always d.
pend on the professional political
for inspiration-that is what is tn
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