Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1904-09-30
A Good Investment.

A Good Investment.
The stockholders Of the Montgom-
ry County Fair Association have
wound up the business Of the recent
county stock show, and announce
hat they cleared IS per cent on the
money invested. Subscribers tt
took who desire to have the same
'eturned will receive the amount Of
heir subscriptions in full from thu
Of the association. III,
association will be made permanent
Charged With Blaamy.
Thomas Robertson, alias West
aged so, is in jail at Knoxville
charged with bigamy. He married
MS first wife twelve years ago. Sh,
deserted him shortly after marriage
and later he heard she was dead snt
took another wife. His second wifi
has also deserted him. Wife mum
Der one turned up and Robertson wa
arrested.
Preparing to Entertain Veterans.
At a meeting of John ingram
Bivouac, Confederate Veterans, &C
tive preparations were begun for en-
tertaining the State reunion of Con
federate veterans to be held at Jack
son in October. Companies A an,
B of Nashville, will be guests of tn
people Of Jackson during the re
union.
crime on the Decrease.
Attorney-G General W. H. Buttram
whose circuit covers many of tn
mountain counties, says that term
Of court in the out counties hav
been cut from a week to ten day
at the most. Crime in all forms, h
says, has greatly diminished, whic
he attributes to the good results Q
the Adams law.
Madison Presbytery.
The Madison Presbytery, CON
posed Of about forty churches of th
Cumberland Presbyterian denomir
alton in Madison, Henderson, Dect
tus, McNairy, Hardeman and Che.
ter counties, met last week at Mour
Tabor, in Madison county. It wa
one of the largest attended session
ever held by the presbytery.
Would Dissolve County.
The fire that visited Hartsyil
some weeks ago, and which can
near wiping that little town off Il
map, has, to certain extent, di
couraged the people Of Trousda
county, and petition has bee
signed by a majority Of the citizer
of the town, asking that the count
be dissolved and 60 back to the coul
ties from which it was taken whe
organized.
Paradise for Hunters.
A remarkable squirrel story com
from Palmyra, Montgomery count
The statement is made that Il
squirrels are SO plentiful there tn,
they recently got into Wilson
chapel and gnawed the seats ar
window facings SO as to considerab
defaoe them. This vicinity wou'
certainly be paradise for hunte
with good shotguns.
Big Logs From Bolivar.
Hardeman county is famed for i
fine timber. At present some il
mense logs are being shipped fro
Bolivar to Northern markets. Tv
recently sent from there measure
81 and 81 inches in diameter. ha
ing an appropriated number
2,107 and 2,460 square feet, respes
lively, in each.
New Railroad.
An application for charter +
the Florence & Clifton railroad h
been filed at Chattanooga by Col. /
Watkins and other prominent Cha
tan0ogans. The company propos
to build railroad seventy-six mil
long from Florence, Ala, to Clifto
Wayne county, Tenn, which is n
now penetrated by a railroad.
Preachers Slayer Captured.
Elihu Wisdom, who brutally mu
dered Rev. A. J. Brooks, a Bapti
preacher, in Maury county
Christmas eve, 1901, was arrest
near Mount Pleasant few days az
There was a reward Of 5000 I
him.
Steel Company Enjolned.
The Knoxville Iron Company h
enjoined the United States Ste
Company officers and agents, ps
ticularly H. II. Atwater, of Penns,
vania, from enticing away skill
employees to be used as strike-brea
ers in Pennsylvania.
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