Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-08-24
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John Richardson was elected prest
dent OF the farmers institute at Paris.
An acute shortage Of freight cars ID
being experienced by Knoxville ship
pers.
The August term Of the McMlnn
county circuit court is being held at
Selmer
A good roads rally in the interest oil
the proposed Burlington highway was
held in Selmer.
Circuit court was in session at Wa.
overly, with Judge Cook and Gen. Bow,
man at their posts.
Lightning killed two men and seri-
ously injured boy during thunder.
storm near Abingdon.
The livery and feed barn of the Sc
vance Fuel & Iron Co. at Tracy City
was destroyed by fire.
A severe thunder and rain storm Wis
tied Dyer county, doing considerable
damage to growing corn.
The animal meeting of the Dyer
county farmers institute was held at
the county courthouse In Dyersburg.
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In order to get Madison county's
quota Of 2S5, the exemption board
found it necessary to examine 700 men.
John Richardson, county chairman
of the state council of defense, has
organized a soldiers aid committee
for Henry county.
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Rev. c. H. Mount of Laneview was a
passenger on the City Of Athens, sunk
off the African coast, with a loss of
IS lives, but was rescued.
c. S. Elkins, lineman for the Cum
berland Telephone company, was fa-
tally injured at Chattanooga when in
descending a pole he came in contact
with live wire.
Silas r. Ryan, lineman for a tele-
phone company, was instantly killed
while he was working at the top of a
pole at Chattanooga. Ryan was a resi-
dent If Murfraeshoro
Zigzag lightning struck the county
Jail at Jackson, tearing off the top of
the rear chimney and sending a "ball
of fire" through the cells and dowA
the hallway of the lower floor.
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The 1900 men commissioned at the
Fort Oglethorpe training camp have
departed for their homes and will re-
port to duties assigned them in vari-
GUS branches Of the army after a ID
day furlough.
James E. Parker, aged 80, shot and
killed Dan Smith, aged As, another
farmer, in the Thirteenth civil district
Of Madison county. The killing was
the result of dispute over a wagon
trade, involving an amount of $500.
W. o. Menefee, scholastic enumera,
tor of Upton county, has just finished
taking the scholastic population of
District No. l, and reports the popuIa.
ton as follows: White male students,
327; white female students, $40.
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B. E. Siebert, nephew Of Gen. w. l..
Siebert, who is with Gen. Pershing In
France, has just been accepted into
the national army at Nashville He is
anxious to get to France and join his
American uncle with the Pershing ex.
petition,
The manufacturers throughout the
state, according to statement made
by Chas. G. Gilbert, secretary of the
Tennessee manufacturers association,
are making preparations to adhere to
the child labor law, both of the state
and nation, which becomes effective
September l.
At recent meeting of the Selmer
board of education, j. A. Houston,
Louis Adams and ]. H. Alexander, the
faculty for the Selmer high school for
the term of 1918, was announced
completed. The personnel of the fac
ulty includes: w. N Nix Of Lexington,
Tenn, principal; VIM. Grady Hamn,
Misses Vista Braly OF Knoxville,
Florence English, Irene Ingram, Cor
nelia Crook and Kathleen Wood. Miss
Wood is the musical director.
The East Tennessee Press association
at the concluding session of it's annual
convention held at Pressmen's Home
elected the following officers: Presi-
dent j. B, Hedge of Maryville; vice
president, A. E. Mime of Jacksburg;
secretary.treasurer, E. NJ Hardy of
Morristown. The association voted
unanimously to build permanent
clubhouse on the site donated by the
trustees of the Pressmen's Home at
Hale Springs.
Expanding its executive board to Is