Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-07-28

ieHlleSsee mas DrOken up the deal by
which Vanderbilt University was to alb
soib the dental department of the Uni
Verslty of Tennessee, located at Nash
vile. 1t seems there is an old contract,
made at the time the Nashville Medi-
cal College was absorbed, by which
eighteen months notice of change in
control of either the medical or dental
departments must be given before such
change can be made. Three of the
members of the faculty effected the
deal with Vanderbilt, while five others
had nc. part in it, This deal is now off
and the trustees OF the University will
select an entire new faculty and con-
tlnue the department. There may be
litigation, however, before the matter
is finally settled.
Mrs. j. D. Barbee of Nashville, died
at Memphis last week, where she has
resided since the death of her husband,
Rev. j. ID. Barbee, in December last.
Mrs. Barbee was the youngest daughter
OF David Rankin, prominent figure in
Tennessee politics in ante-bellum times,
leading Wing and for many years
Chancery Clerk of Marion County. In
her girlhood, while a student at col
lege IN McMinnvill she met DR.. Bar
bee, who was pastor of the Methodist
Church there, and several years later,
In 1866, they were married in Nashville.
Eight children were born to them, four
OF whom preceded them to the grave.
Gov. Cox has communed the three
year sentence of G. NJ. Matwiller, Shell
by County, to one year. Matwiller
was convicted last March of forgery.
The Governor gives as reasons for the
communication that Matwiller's parents
and wife are in Strengthened circum-
stances; that the parents have mort
gagged their home for money to repay
the sum secured by the forgery, and
that the convict was the tool of others.
The pardon was asked by the prosecutor
and commended by the Attorney Cen
eral, the Assistant Attorney General
and the Pardon Board.
Mrs. Chrisman, of Chattanooga. one
night last week donned mans apparel
and left the city to escape warrant
from the sheriff's Office charging her
with concealing assets. She had pre-
viously filed a petition in bankruptcy,
alleging that she had no money. 1t is
claimed that it was learned afterward
that she had large amount of money
in bank. Two officers were stationed
to guard her house, but the woman, it
is said, walked out past the officers in
mans apparel. They did not detect the
fraud until she had left the city, taking
with her the money from the bank.
The Tennessee Bar Association held
its twenty-ninth annual convention on
Lookout Mountain last week with
about 200 members present. Foster V.
Brown of Chattanooga made the address
of welcome. President j. N. Henderson
of Franklin delivered his annual ad-
dress, and in it spoke enthusiastically
of the good laws enacted during the
past year and the excellent condition of
the Bar Association. The report of
the central council showed progress
along all lines.
In statement of the conditions of
State banks in the four big cities of
Tennessee, prepared by the Comptrol-
ler's Office, Memphis leads, with resour-
ces aggregating $2l, 243, 1921. Chat
tanooga is second, with S6,336, Alp. 10;
Nashville, S5,977 1853 10, and Knoxville,
$l,044, 945.6S. The aggregate deposits
subject to check in the Memphis insti-
buttons are $l4, 500, 645. so; Chattanooga,
$3,903, 03096; Nashville, $780, 5.67,
and Knoxville, $12S, 1875. IA. The state
ment is for June 30.
w. J. Hurlburt, Land and Industrial
Agent of the Southern Railway, with
headquarters at Chattanooga, has been
ordered to Washington, and will in
future have his office there as assistant
to M. V. Richards, Land and Industrial
Agent OF the system.
Orders have been issued by Adiutant-
General Hannah directing the COM
panies of the Second Tennessee Regi-
ment to leave their home stations on
the night of Aug. and 60 straight
through to Murfreesboro, where they
will go into camp with the First Regi-
ment Battery A, unattached, Of Chat
tanooga, will also be at Murfreesboro.
Capt. H. Clay Evans, retired, died at
Chattanooga last week, aged 81 years.
Capt. Evans, who had served in tho
Philippines, was retired some time ago
on account of poor health. He was the
only son of H. Clay Evans, extension
Commissioner and ex-Consul General at
London
John Bagman, who entered the Con-
federate Soldiers Home at Nashville
from Shelby county in 1895, died at that
institution last week, aged 80 years
The members of the State Board of
Equalization will go to Memphis to look
into the Memphis bunk tax appeal
cases, instead of having the bankers
and members of the Shelby Board of
Equalization go to Nashville. II Is the
view of the State Board that it can got
at the facts better by going to Memphis.
Wheat threshing is in progress in
Obion County. The crop is turning
out some better than was thought, from
six to twelve bushels per acre, but as q
whole it is shorter than previous years.
BY vote of 2iO to 230, out of vot-
ing population of $4,000, Nashville
voted to issue $4,000 of Al per cent
bonds for the improvement of suburban
streets.