Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-09-01
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[ ennessee State News

The following companies have filed
exceptions with the Railroad Commits
sion regarding the recent assessment
Kansas City. Fort Scott & Memphis
Railroad; Kansas City, Memphis &
Birmingham Railroad; Mobile, Jack
son & Kansas City Railroad; Louis
vile & Nashville Railroad Tennessee
& North Carolina Railroad; Little Riv-
err Railroad; Hartman C Northeastern
Railroad; Chesapeake & Nashville
Railroad; Middle & East Tennessee
Central Railroad; East Tennessee &
Western North Carolina Railroad;
Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pa
cific Railroad; Southern Railway;
Belt Railway Of Chattanooga; Clarks.
vile Railway & Light Company; Men,
phis Street Railway; Western Union
Telegraph Company; Jackson Home
Telephone Company; American Tele-
phone Company; Citizens Telephone
Company of Morristown; Citizens
Telephone G Construction Company;
Gainesboro Telephone Company; Con-
solidated Telephone Company; Jack
son & Suburban Street Railway Com
pany.
A bloody feud battle occurred near
Alice Station. on the Queen & Cries.
cent Railroad, about two miles south
of Hartman junction, last week.
Frederick Miller and his son John
Miller, aged %, and Fred Johnson
were killed and Henry Miller, another
son of Fred Miller, aged IS, was dam
| gerously wounded. The men were en-
route to the station. When they were
two miles from the depot they were
tred upon by men from ambush. The
older Miller and his son John fell dead
at the first fire, while the younger Mil
Ter and johnson were enabled to re-
turn the fire. 1t is not known how
many men were in the other party.
johnson was struck twice in the sec.
ond volley and fell dead. Seeing that
he would be unable to fight the enemy
single-handed, the younger Miller rode
away with his right hand shot off. For
more than twenty years a feud war
has ragged between the Miller and
Rawlings families. 1t is not known
what members of the latter family
We're engaged in the fight. 1t is the
belief of the people of the community
that other killings will follow.
A remarkable reunion was held near
Hickory Valley few days since, when
the children grand children and great
grand children Of Justus Lake, one of
the first residents to settle near Hicls-
DRY Valley, met at the Lake grave
yard to clean off his grave. This has
been an annual event for years There
were about seventy-fve present, fifty
of whom were descendants of Grand.
pa Lake, of whom Mrs. Margaret Scott
of Salisbury is the only living child
She has lived out her three score and
ten years. The youngest descendant
is three months old. This burying.
ground is one of the Oldest in the coun.
try. Among those resting there is
Uncle Billie Crawford. a well-known
Cumberland Presbyterian minister in
ye olden time. After the exercises at
the grave were concluded bountiful
basket dinner and barbecue were
served.
The Gatlin tobacco rehandling plant
at Paris, has been purchased by
Douthit & Ezell, large tobacco dealers
of Mayfield, KY. The present build
ing, which is 55xS5 feet, will be re
} modelled and new one 60x100 feet
will be added. 1t is said that the new
firm will give employment to sixty
hands. Henry county, in which Paris
is situated. is one of the best tobacco
counties in the State, and one veal
produced the largest yield Of any coun
ty in the United States. While tht
: acreage this year is not very large
the quality is unusually good, Th'
certainty of a home market at fai
prices will stimulate production, ant
there will be an increased acreage II
future.
A most remarkable case in medica
annals, and one unheard of before, i
that of negro section hand on tn
Nashville, Chattanooga & st. Loui
Railroad at Huntingdon. While work
ing on the road the negro had a fl
to lodge in one of his eyes. He coul
not dislodge the unwelcome insect
and as the eye became swollen an
very sore the negro called on loca
! optician. On examining the eye just
few hours after the fly had found lods
p ment therein, it was found that tn
q insect had blown" the interior of tn
q eye, and large number of moving oil
q jects were removed by the doctor.
similar case has never before hee