Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1912-09-13

meeting with such fine success,
that the company has extended
his territory to all of West Ten
nessee, and he will give the bust
ness his entire time.
B. G. Joyner came over from
Buena Vista Wednesday and spent
the day in Huntingdon. Mr.. JOY
ner is getting his gin in shape to
be able to do a good business. The
cotton in that section is beginning
to open and picking will soon be
in progress.
Miss Lallie Carter, of Milan, is
here this week. Miss Lallie will
be with Dodson-Carter Company
again this season and is getting
things ia sha be for the fall trade.
Miss Lallie has many friends in
Huntingdon who are glad she is to
be with them again.
Mrs. w. T. Simpson and daugh-
ter, Miss Zelma, left last Saturday
to visit Mrs. Clyde Sharp, of
Murray City. Mrs. Simpson will
spend the fall and winter with her
daughter, Mrs. Sharp, and Miss
Zelma will soon go to Wilmar,
Ark, to teach the coming school
year.
Miss Belah Landlord, after
spending the summer with home
folks, has returned to Paris, where
she has a position in the Lee
school, which opened last Monaav.
Miss Belah has taught in this
school the last two years. 1t is a
fine school and she likes her work
very much.
Mr.. d. w. Shoemaker came in
after a good visit to home folks in
Battle Creek, Mich, Indiana
polls, Ind, and other northern
points. Mr.. Shoemaker distributed
a few thousand of the fine discrip-
tive catalogues gotten out for our
city by Carver Il Carver, and re-
ports big doings for this firm this
fall and winter.
Mrs. T. E. Moody and two lit
tie sons, of Plant City, Fla, who
have been spending the summer
months with Mrs. Moody's pa
rents, Mr.. and Mrs. S. G. Her
ron, will return to her home on
September %. Mrs. Moody will
be accompanied on her return
home by her sister, Miss Rachel
Heron, who goes to Tampa, Fla,
where she taught last season. |
Ed Nesbitt, one OF the best to
do and most influential colored /
citizens Of the county, died last |
Sunday and was buried Monday. |
Nesbitt was a hard worker, accum-
ulated quite a lot of this worlds
goods and lived such life as to
command the confidence and re-
spect Of everybody, both white
and black. He was strictly honest
and reliable in his dealings with
his fellow man,
ID. j. Lowrance, of Buena Vista,
was in town last Wednesday and
told of a land deal he made a few
days ago. He sold a 40-acre farm,
lying within one one mileof Buena
Vista, to Ollie Kee. The price
paid was $1,000. The farm has
no improvements, but is fine land,
Thirteen acres of this land last
year made over 10000 pounds OF
cotton. 1t is not only good land,
but is in a good community.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. M. Ogden, who
have been visiting the Stumps and
Ogdens, have been looking over
our farm propositions with Carver
& Carver this week. Also Mr.. S.
NJ. Herr, who has been visiting
the Newhouses, will move to our
community before long. Mr.. and
Mrs. j. M. Kimmel, who came
from Illinois yesterday morning,
are here looking for large tracts
with these gentlemen.
A protracted meeting is in pro-
gress at the Baptist church this
week. 1t began last Sunday night
and is being conducted by Rev. B.
T. Huey, the pastor, assisted by
Rev. S. B. Ogle, of Franklin, KY.
Bro. Ogle is doing the preaching
and is delivering some fine SER
mons. He is an earnest, conse-
Grated worker and his sermons are
we'll received by our people. The
music is good and is an Interesting
feature of the meeting. The SER
vicices are held morning and even
ing and will continue for several
days. The crowds are fairly good.
G. w. Axtens and son came in
this week from Coldwater, Kan.
Mr.. Axtens, several weeks ago.
bought a farm in the Sixteenth
district, near the Benton and Car
roll county line, and he and his
son were on their way out to the