Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1913-04-11

WHICH iOSt ID Dase Ddil EaliiS 4OA
on April "a, won from MeIYeir
on The Bird bY a score of 3 to !
from Greenfield On the 4th, Z to l
and from Clinton on the 9TH, 8 t
3, Pretty good showing for tn
i. I. $. team.
II. B. AIebane and wife, pros
porous old people from tn,
Twenty-third district, were il
Huntingdon on business last Sat
urday. They spent a short tim'
in the Democrat Office. They are
friends of the Democrat and w
heartily prize them as such.
w. F. Jones has been elected
secretary and treasurer of the
First Presbyterian church. He
win also 60 as a delegate to tht
Hopewell- Madison Pres byterJ
which conyenes at Milan April %.
H j. G. Wilder is alternate. w. L.
4 NOEL, the stated clerk, will attend
the meeting.
DR.. Joe Murray has purchased
the farm Of Frank P. Colvitt near
! McLemoresville. The deal was
closed last Monday. This is said
to be splendid small farm. Mr..
Colvitt has bought a farm near
| Atwood and moved to it some
months ago. We are not advised
rs to what disposition DR.. Murray
will make Of his purchase.
Buena Vista base oall team de-
feated the Hollow Rock team last
Saturday, six to four, in "A game
| featured BY the excellent pitching
of Keel for the winners and Cisco
for the losers. Both these towns
are taking a keen interest in base
ball this spring and have already
had three games of which the last
was the best played.
w. J. King, of Hico, returned
a few DAYS ago from Phoenix, Ari-
IONA, where he visited his son,
Bob King. He found his son do
ing well. He met Priest, George
and Jesse Moore, old Carroll
county boys, who now live in that
state and are prospecting. Mr..
King was delighted with the coun-
try and says he is almost tempted
to move there some time.
Miss Ruth Merritt, after spend
ing several months with her grand
father, F. G. Sanders, and other
relatives in Huntingdon, left last
Saturday for her home id Merkel,
Texas. Miss Ruth is quite an at
tractive and lovely young lady and
made many friends here, especially
among the young people, who re-
GREETED to see her leave for her
Texas home.
The sale of the Ben H. Jamison
stock Of goods to John F. Nicely,
which WAS announced in the Dem
ocrat last week, has, from some
cause, miscarried. Mr.. Nicely
reached here Saturday from Para
gould, Ark, where he resides, and
after comforting with Mr.. Murphy,
the administrator, the deal was de-
clared off. We did not learn the
cause. The business house was
thrown open Monday and the stock
is being sold at retail under charge
of the administrator.
j. w. Scott, of Cotton Plant,
Miss, was here the first Of the
week looking after same business,
meeting and shaking hands with
old friends. While Mr.. Scott has
been out of Carroll county for
some time, yet he owned home
here all the while He has, how
ever sold his farm to 9. A. Cros-
sett and the transfer was made last
Monday, The consideration was
S1,100. The farms lies in the
Eleventh district, about three
miles west of Huntingdon.
A correspondent to last weeks
issue of the Mckenzie Banner
from the Nineteenth district says:
We have three moves to record
this week, Mathew McAdoo
moved from the H. E. Sexton
place to Hico; heand George Boul-
din have installed corn meal mill
as side line to farming. w. B.
Mooge, of Long Rock. moves next
week TO Big Buck, where he has
the merchantile business. |
Joe L. Watkins and family moved |
this week from near Turner's
Academy to farm near Clear
Creek bridge"
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