Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-03-02
TENNESSEE
Interesting Events
From all Parts
of the State


The revival at Thompson station Is
drawing cargo crowds.
The next state examination will be
held at Dyersburg March 30 and 81.
The beekeepers of Bradley county
have perfected an organization.
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The McMinnville district of Chris
tan Endeavor convention was held
last week.
The ladies of the Athens Browning
circle have organized a chrysanthe.
mum club.
The great revival that has been in
progress at Fayetteville for over two
weeks has closed
A campaign for 500 new members
has been inaugurated by Knoxville
camp of Modern Woodmen of America.
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The man who introduced weiner-
wursts, hot. tamales and hokey-pokey
to Knoxville, Harry Royston, is dead.
The building owned and occupied By
William Moore on Key Komer street,
in Brownsville, was entirely destroyed
by fire.
Search Is being made for 17.year-old
Roscoe Wilson, son of w. F. Wilson, Of
Covington, who has been missing one
week.
A mass meeting was held at the
courthouse in Dyersburg to protest
against the proposed drainage OF Reel
foot lake.
A large party of Saginaw, Mich,
capitalists were entertained by the
Knoxville board of commerce and real
estate board
The $4,000 coupon bonds of Henry
county, authorized to meet the coun
tvs outstanding indebtedness were sold
to the Paris banks.
Special Commissioner E. Doak at
Nashville has postponed the sale of
the Tennessee Central railroad until
the first of March.
William Wayne died at his home in
Clarksdale, aged IA years. His aged
wife was buried in the city cemetery
only one week ago.
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The farmers living near Camden
have organized themselves into what
is known as the Benton county potato
growers association.
The Morrison board of mayor and
aldermen, at a recent meeting, in
creased the corporation tax rate from
fifteen cents to one dollar.
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The city police of Dyersburg cap
tured a wagon load of liquor which
was being transferred from the Missis.
sippi river in an automobile to Dyers-
burg.
The sequel to a neighborhood dance
near Mt. Juliet, was the killing of Rob-
ert Ward, aged about 80, by Bob
Fakes, at whose house the dance was
given.
The board Of trustees of the l. D. o.
F. home at ClaEksville contemplate
securing moving picture company
for the purpose Of making films OF the
home.
President Wilson has nominated
Mira. Sallie A. Hammer as postmaster
at McMinnvills to succeed her hus.
band, A. r. Hammer, who died short
time ago.
The county court, in special session
at Chattanooga, voted to issue $7S4, 900
in bonds under the authority of an en-
abling act passed by the present gen.
eral assembly.
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Rev. s. A. Atwood, pastor of the Bap-
fist church at Brownsville, has accept
ed the call to the Dyersburg Baptist
church and will take charge of the pull
pit here March /.
Chris Uhlian, a well-known farmer
of near Nashville, is under indictment,
charged with the murder of v. Ander.
son. whom he fatally injured in an en-
counter in a local poolroom a few
weeks ago.
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Mrs. Elizabeth Walker Hays, grand
daughter Of John c. McLemore, one of
the founders of Memphis, and herself
a resident of the city for so years, died
at the home of her son, j. w. Hays,
general manager of the Commercial
Appeal.
Despite the pouring rain a large
crowd OF men and women gathered in
the school auditorium at McMinnville
to hear an address on suffrage by the
national organizer, Miss Josephine
Miller of Little Rock, who has Just
returned from nursing in France.
The Fifth Maryland infantry, LOO
in number, under command of Col.
John Hinkley, spent over two hours at