Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-08-11

made a lengthy address. Dr. Bach |
man stated that the board would rec
ommenda number of changes in jails |
and prisons in the near future. The
total separation Of young prisoners
from hardened criminals, he said, was
matter that deserved immediate at
tention. Sheriff Kries, of Knox coun-
ty, secured the adoption of resolu-
ton by which each sheriff agreed to
wage unrelenting warfare on Sunday
whisky selling, gambling houses and
designation houses. A committee was
appointed to formulate some plan by
which jails would be better protected
against mobs. A uniform description
blank was adopted.
News of a horrible crime comes
from Henderson. south of Jackson.
The 11-months-old son of John Dun
can, farmer, died suddenly. There
were suspicious of something wrong
when the infant was buried, and they
daily grew stronger. Duncan disap-
peared from the community, and his
wiz NOhlCobSuy SlDS uCl Eiul
husband with killing the child. She
said he beat it when it was only
months old, and he had kept it up.
The infant feared its unnatural father,
crawling to it's mother in terror when
ever he came home. The day Of the
killing the wife was in bed, and when
her husband came in the child fed as
he entered the door. This so enraged
him, she alleges, that he snatched up
the infant and sat it down on its head
upon the floor, crushing it's insides
loose. He then, she said, beat 1t in the
back until it was dead.
While Gov. Cox was writing a par
don for George Upton, life convict,
a telephone message from the prison
announced Tiptons death from con-
sumption. The Governor had gone to
the prison in response to the pleas Of
Tipton's mother and father and ex-
Gov. Taylor to see the man, and told
him he would pardon him as soon as
he could get back to his Office. Tip
ton and r. V. Smallman murdered a
peddler in Monroe county in 1894
Smallman's sentence of death was
committed to life Imprisonment, but
Upton turned States evidence and got
a life sentence.
John Bell was arrested at Soddy,
twenty miles from Chattanooga, on
the charge of entering the house OF
Henry Martin and with the aid of an
accomplice carrying off a safe weigh
ing $50 pounds, which contained about
S240. The men were unable to open
the safe Martin is the secretary for
the Miners Union at Soddy, and as it
was pay day it was thought he would
have a large amount of money in the
safe Bell admitted his guilt to Sher-
if Ship. but refused to state the name
of the man who was with him.
The largest crowd, perhaps, that
ever assembled in Lauderdale county,
was present to fittingly celebrate the
annual reunion of John Sutherland
Camp, U. G. ", held at Cane Creek
Grove, one mile north of Ripley, last
week. Every section of the county
was represented, and visitors were
present from the neighboring counties
of Dyer, Crockett, Upton and Hay
wood. the camps from these counties
being largely represented. The rain
made the roads fine for travelling, and
with the exception of the heat, the day
was an ideal one for the occasion.
The Tennessee State Board of Pen
sion Examiners has acted favorably
on more than 100 applications for pen
, sions filed by widows of Confederate
Il, soldiers. There are large number Of
. applications yet to be acted on, anC
J delay is being caused in some cases
for want of sufficient proof, which ne
cessitates correspondence in order tt
secure all the facts required by the
: board.
A special meeting of the board o
directors of the Lincoln Memorial Uni
versity, near Cumberland Gap, Tenn.
was held in New York last week tt
take action on the proposal recent!
f made by the Tennessee Medical Col
: lege to form a substantial union wifi
S Lincoln University. The board tool
r favorable action on the proposal ant
e appointed a committee with power Il
t carry out the details.
= The Bon Air Coal and Iron Com
1 pany announces that it will fire TO-
more coke ovens on August Is at it
: plant at Eastland, about fifteen mile
:. from Bon Air Two hundred ovens ar
being built, but only half of them viii
= be ready at that time.
3 For accepting fees from persons t
9 whom he issued health certificates
while he was being paid $40 per da
for his services by tAe city of Cha..a
e nooga, DR.. ]. S. Shoff, superintendent
= of the quarantine service. was dis
e charged summarily by Acting Mayo
T. Doughty.
S The tent meeting held at Milan b
Il Evangelist Small, of the Christia
l. Church, closed last week. The NEE
II ing was success and Rev. Small d.
o livered some able sermons. Severa
y members were added to the locs
church.
g A ten days tent meeting has recen
S w closed ar Hickory Valley Durin