Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-05-26

teen years for the shooting of the OIL
GERS of Union City in their raid on
crap game, and who appealed to the
Supreme Court, that they determined
to visit punishment the negro de-
served, so one night last week a mob
was formed. determined to take Glenn
mons out and hang him to limb.
Sheriff Chiles received information
that there was no doubt of the forma-
ton Of the mob, and its determination
to secure and hang the negro, and as
soon as he received the information he
took steps to protect the negro by hay.
ing Deputies Enloe Chiles and Andy
Corum carry him in a surrey to Ter.
rell, on the Nashville, Chattanooga G
st. Louis Railroad. where they board
ed train and landed the prisoner in
the Weakley county Jail at Dresden.
The State Teachers Institute will
begin at Covington on Monday, June
II, and will continue for one month.
Teachers examinations will be held
at the close of the institute. Those
making an average mark of So or more
will secure first grade certificates, and
those securing an average of 70 or
over will be issued second grade Ger
tificates. Their names will be entered
on the roll of honor. and either of
these certificates entitle the persons
to whom they are issued to teach any
where in Tennessee for the next four
years without standing an additional
examination. and then the certificates
may be renewed. Those standing the
primary examination and making an
average of IS or over will get certifl.
Gates good for one year.
The strawberry season closed at
Dyer on the 10Th. Though the ber-
ries are plentiful and of good quality,
the prices in the markets will not JUS
tify shipping. The patches are now
free to anyone who cares TO pick them.
Thus people in that section can get
any quantity of the fruit for preserv.
ing and canning purposes merely for
the gathering. There were fifty-three
carloads shipped. averaging 450 cases
to the car; this, with twenty-four
.,
or over 100000 quarts. The value Of
the output was about $35 900, of which
the pickers received nearly $4,000,
the rate of picking being cents per
quart.
The West Tennessee State Teach.
ers' Institute will be held at Obion this
summer, beginning about the list of
June and continuing one month. The
State authorities require the county
in which the institute is to be held to
appropriate $400 with which to defray
the expenses. The County Court of
Obion county appropriated 5000 and
the citizens of Obion Immediately sub
scribed 5000 and sent in their applica-
ton for the institute, which was sue
cessful.
Rev. B. A. Cherry, the preacher who
achieved so much notoriety in connec.
ton with the burning of house at
Monteagle, and was later convicted on
a charge of subornation of perjury and
given three years sentence in pris.
on, has had his sentence committed 10
sixteen months. This will bring about
his release on June 6.
Mrs. H. e. Hearn, who has just cele
brated her 18th birthday at her home O
few miles west of Henderson, has a
remarkably strong percentage of liv
ing descendants. She is the mother OF
eleven children, nine of whom are vel
alive. She has been grandmother tc
fifty-seven, forty-six of whom are liv
ing. She has had twenty-six great
grandchildren, twenty-five of whom
are living. OF these direct descend
ants, thirty-six have just celebrated
Mrs. Hearn's 10th birthday.
The caterpillars in large number.
in Lauderdale county, especially OF
the bluff next to the Mississippi rive
bottoms, have eaten leaves from for
est trees until not a green leaf is lef
on the largest trees. In many place.
where 1t should be green in the wood.
1t now has the appearance of mid
winter, as acres in places are Just a!
bare as in January. The presence O
this worm has created much talk. ant
some fear that crops and fruit tree.
will be greatly damaged.
1t is announced that the plans TO
the military encampment to be held a
Murfreesboro have been enlarged. Il
addition to the First Tennessee Regi
ment, there will be in the camp thu
Second Regiment and Troops A and |
of Nashville and Chattanooga, respec
lively. The encampment will prob
ably be held early in August, the dat
not having yet been fixed. During tn
encampment the battle of Stone Rive
will be studied 1t is stated that tn
Third Tennessee will probably be er
camped in its own section of the State
The farmers around Halls are YER
much discouraged over the continue
rains, which are retarding plantin
considerably. Wheat has already be
gun to look bad from the effects @
wet weather. and strawberries are nc
being benefited any by the wet spri1s
The Montgomery County Teachers
Association met last week in regula
session. with large attendance, an
decided to hold county teachers II
stitute during the week beginnin
May 20.
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