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Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-08-24
BY HARD BLOWS
The Only Way the War Can be
Won Thinks Gen. Pershing

Maj. Gen. Pershing, the Ameri-
can commander, told the Associ-
ated Press that the war can be won
only by hard and torceful blows
delivered by a well-trained Ameri-
can army working in conjunction
with the allied armies.
Deplorlng the lukewarmness of
the American people in regard to
the war, Gen. Pershing added:
Every man, woman and child
should support the administration
in its determination to arm and
equip the American army and to
keep up its morale and that of the
allied armies. This war will not
be won by talk or by subscribing
to the Red Cross. The American
people must come to a full reaIiza-
ton of what the war means. 1t
can be won only by striking hard
and forceful blows, not otherwise. "
The general was very emphatic
in the interview, which lasted only
= few minutes.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-08-24
SHOT FROM AMBUSH
POstOffice Inspector Shot and
Killed in Chester County

Ebert L. Lambert, postoffice in
spector, was shot and killed last
Thursday night at Stantonville, 10
miles east of Selmer, by John
Gibson, a rural route carrier.
The inspector had gone to Stan
tonville to look after some contro-
versy between the postmaster and
the carrier. After supper the in
spector and the carrier were in
conversation in the yard of w. G.
Elan. In a short time the shoot
ing occurred, three shots being
fred. One of the shots struck the
lower arm of the Inspector, went
through it and through the body
of Mr.. Lambert. He lived through
the night, dying early Friday
morning. The deceased leaves a
wife and three children. He had
been in the service about three
years and this was his first trip to
Stantonville.
Mr.. Gibson is a young man of
good habits and has a wife and
children. He has been carrier
from the Stantonville Office for
several years. There were no wit
neSses.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-08-24

At the meeting of the South
western District Baptist Associa-
ton, which met with Toms Creek
Baptist church last October. the
following motion was made and
unanimously passed:
by motion each church in the
association is asked to select their
messengers about six weeks before
the meeting of the next associa-
ton and report their names to the
moderator, who will from these
names select the chairmen of the
various committees and notify
them, so that they may draw up
their reports and have them made
upon their arrival, so that the mat
ter contained therein may be au-
thentic."
Will the churches of the associa-
ton please attend to this matter as
soon as they possibly can do 500 The
object of the motion is that when
the reports are read they may con-
tain matter which presents our
work as it now is, and facts upon
which the public may rely with
certainty. We now have only
seven or eight weeks until the
meeting of the association, which
is Friday before the second Sun
day IN October.
GEO. S. PRIos.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-08-24
FOR COUNTY JUDGE
Geo. nj. Woods Enters Contest
for Nomination

In the proper column of the
Democrat this week will be found
the announcement of Geo. M.
Woods, as candidate for county
Judge of Carroll county. The an
nouncement is made subject to the
action of the republican primary
of September IA.
Mr.. Woods is no stranger to the
readers of the Democrat, and needs
no words of commentator from
us. He is well and favorably
known all over the county and
has many friends who will take
great pleasure in helping him in
the race for the nomination for
Judge. He served the people two
terms as trustee of the county and
made a most excellent official. In
fact, as trustee he was as good as
the best, making record of which
he, as we'll as his friends, are JUS
tifable in looking to with special
pride.
While Mr.. Woods has served
two terms in the trustees Office,
they were, as he insists, short
terms, and be had to make four
strenuous campaigns to win them.
He is an upright citizen, hon
orable and square in bis dealings
in business way and has a clean
life and a good rec> I'd back of him,
and if elected, he will, no doubt,
make an efficient and painstaking
county judge.
Heis making a vigorous canvass
and will appreciate any assistance
rendered him by his fir lends.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-08-24
CANDIDATE FOR TRUSTEE
w. II. Cannon Seeks the NOmi-
nation of His Party

The Democrat this week is au-
thorized to announce w. H. Can
non of Atwood as a candidate for
trustee of Carroll county. His an
nouncement is subject to the action
of the republican party as expressed
in the primary of September IA.
Mr.. Cannon was a candidate for
this office four years ago. making a
splendid race, and having waited
four years and until his successful
opponent was serving his endorse
ment term, he decided to again ask
the voters of his party for the nom
nation. He is making an active
canvass of the county and will APP
preciate any influence that may be
exerted in his behalf, or votes that
may be cast for him oni the day of
the primary.
Mr.. Cannon is a fine young man,
has had much business experience,
honorable in his dealings and is
thoroughly competent to fill the of
flee, and if elected will make a trus-
tee that will reflect credit upon the
county as well as upon himself. He
has beer a member of the county
court from the Twenty-frst district
and at the last election was elected
a member of the county board of
education. In both positions he has
proven himself thoroughly capable
and watchful of the county's in
terests. He is very popular in his
home community and stands high in
the : estimation Of all who know
him.
Mr.. Cannon is well fitted. both in
personal character and qualifica-
ton, to make the county an efficient
and painstaking official and if elect
ed he promises the county his very
best service.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-08-24

troduced to society the past sea
son, and it is a source of regret to
her wide circle Of friends that her
home will no longer be in Mem
phis.
The groom is the son of Attor-
ney j. w. Murphy and Mrs.
Murphy of Huntingdon, Tenn,
and has many friends throughout
the state. He graduated from the
University of the South at Sewanee
in June and was one of the sue.
cessful candidates for a commission
at the training camp at Fort 0gle-
thorpe, Ga.
Within a few days Lieut.. Muir
ply will take his bride for a visit
with his parents, before their de-
parture to join his regiment, the
Fifty-fourth Infantry, U. S. A. at
Fort Oglethorpe. Tuesdays Com
mercial Appeal.
Mr.. Murphy's home is in Hunt
ingdon where he has a host of
friends. No better young man
ever went out from this place and
his friends congratulate him and
his lovely bride upon the happy
union and wish them all the hap
piness and prosperity that can come
their way. They arrived Wed
nesday night for a short stay with
Mr.. Murphy's parents before
leaving for Fort Oglethorpe.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-08-24
SCHOOL FUND
Apportionment for Carroll Brings
Nice Sum

The semi-annual apportionment
of the public school money was
made BY J. B. Thomson, state
comptroller, the latter part of last
week.
The apportionment was made in
compliance with the law, which
provides that 338 per cent of the
gross revenue of the state shall be
paid into the general education
fund, and the comptroller of the
treasury is directed to pass over
on the first day of January and
the first day of July of each year
to the credit of said fund the
amount due according to the pro-
visions of said act.
The gross revenue from January
4, 1917, to July l, 1917, was
$4,810,339.42. and after deducting
receipts from charitable institu-
tions and other legal credits,
amounting to 81, 500, 556. 50, the
following balance is left, 81, no.
1892. Thirty-three and one
third per cent of this, which is
placed to the credit of schools,
amounts to ST.. 036, 927,61.
OF this sum the common schools
get $632, 1854, and for equaliz-
ing the common schools $103,-
1926. The remainder goes to
state normals, University of Ten
nesse, high schools, libraries, etc.
The amount Carroll county gets
from the fund is $6,755.07. The
scholastic population of Carroll is
8,442.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-08-24
A County Farm

A demonstration farm in every
county traversed by the lines of
the n, c, & st. L. railway is the
plan of John Howe Peyton, presi-
dent of that road, according to in
formation given out by one close
to Mr.. Peyton.
The N, G. & st. L. railway has
been remarkably successful with
its demonstration farms and has
stimulated interest in better farm
ing in the localities surrounding
its farms. Mr.. Peyton proposes
to purchase farms outright from
time to time and put young men
from agricultural colleges in
charge.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-08-24
OUT FOR SHERIFF
M. L. Robinson, of the Eighteenth
District, in the Race

In the proper column of the
Democrat will be found the an
nouncement of NJ. L. Robinson,
of the Eighteenth district, for the
nomination for sheriff. He makes
his announcement subject to the
action of the republican primary
of September IA.
Mr.. Robinson comes from that
rock-ribbed republican district,
where but few democrats reside,
and where all republican candi-
dates look for a big vote in the
general elections, and are never
disappointed. 1t is also a district
that has seldom furnished a county
officer, and Mr.. Robinson is claim
ing that the district is entitled to
some recognition this time.
Mr.. Robinson, however, is max
ing the race upon his own merit,
and his fitness and qualifications
for the Office. He has served two
years as deputy sheriff and three
years as constable and his exper-
fence in these offices renders him
familiar. to a considerable degree
at least, with the duties of the
sheriff's Office.
He is an upright citizen, a high
toned christian gentleman, and
stands we'll in his community. He
is making an active race, present
ing his claims to the voters of his
party and he will appreciate to the
fullest extent any assistance that
may be given him in his race for
the nomination.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-08-24
Rally Day

School opens at Clarksburg Sep
TENDER 4, with an aIl-day enter
tainment. Mr.. Williams, the new
state high school Inspector, will be
there, also a state normal professor
from Memphis. We will have a
great day of enjoyment and profit.
All are invited. Dinner will be
on the ground. Come and let's
have a good time.
w. G. HALL.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-08-24

John Hutchings Heron.
Raymond E. Everett.
Elwood Watson Hilliard.
Doc Cunningham.
Commodore Dewey Compton.
Joseph Lemuel Francisco.
John Grover Tippitt.
Manuel TAYLOR.
Walter Porter.
Ephriam Lee GULL.
Charley Ernest Younger.
Homer Leonard billiard.
George Elisha Pace.
Tom Veil Moore.
Earthly Wright.
John Emmett Mount.
Roland Harrison Brandon.
Elves Piggee.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-08-24
rIurphy--Barnes

No wedding of the season has
been of greater interest than that
beautifully solemnized at st. Mary's
Cathedral last evening, when Miss
Lucretia Barnes, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. William E. Barnes, be-
came the bride of Lieut.. Joseph
Raymond Murphy.
The cathedral, which was thronged
with friends to witness the cere-
mony, was artistically decorated
with palms massed in the chancel,
while great clusters of exquisite
Shasta daisies banked the altar,
where white tapers softly cleaned.
Miss Matilda Reid presided at
the organ, skilIfully rendering a
specially selected programme of
nuptial music while the guests
were assembling.
The Voice That Breathed Der
Eden" was beautifully rendered
by the vested choir of the catheral,
by whom the wedding hymn, 20
Perfect Love-" was also sung. The
soft tones of the Italian harp,
under the skillful touch of Miss
Dorothy Friedel, who played In
Garden" and ''Traumerel, !"
served as a fitting accompaniment
to the impressive marriage service,
read at 5 o'clock by the Rev. Troy
Beatty, rector of Grace church.
The bride. who was given in
marriage by her father, was never
lovelier than in her exquisite
I bridal robes of white tulle oyer
cloth of silver, with garniture of
silver lace and a silver lace bodice.
Her misty tulle veil formed the
train and the short face veil fell
from a bandeau of silver ribbon.
Her flowers were Shasta daisies
and valley lilies in a shower bou-
quet.
The brides cousin, Miss Eu-
genia Napier, of Macon, Ca, who
was her maid of honor, was gowned
in Nile green chiffon, trimmed
with pink French flowers and low
ers' 1snots of gold ribbon, with a
bodice of pink satin brocade. She
carried a hat filled with Shasta
daisies, the green ribbon streamers
| caught in a bow over her arm.
The groom was attended by his
brother, Marion Murphy, of Hunt
ingdon, Tenn, as best man, while
Messrs. George Murphy, Turner
Gordon, Troy Beatty, Jr., and
William E. Barnes, Jr., served as
groomsmen.
The ceremony was followed by
an informal reception for relatives
and members of the bridal party
in the home of the brides parents
on Bellevue Boulevard.
Though no invitations had been
issued, hundreds of beautiful gifts
attested the popularity of bride
and groom.
! The bride is one of the most at.
tractive of the charming girls iu'
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-08-24
CompIimented

Miss Olive Wright entertained
with chafng-dish party last Fri
day night in honor of her house
guest, Miss Mary McClain, Of
Rome, Ga, and Miss Mary Done
gan, of Dickson, house guest of
Misses Opal and Camilla Jolly.
A number were present to enjoy
the delightful hospitality.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-08-24
Hard az Work Hearing Evidence
on Claims of Exemption

back Wednesday on his job.
In addition to the Sc registrants
who filed no claims for exemption
published last week, the board ha
called into the service the list pub
lished below.
These filed claims for exemp
ton, but were rejected. A YER.
few of them have appealed to th
district board. There are 80 @
these, making 146 accepted by tn
board. The board has not com
pleted its list yet, and it is not cer
tain whether another call will hav
to be made.
List of persons called. into th
of the United States no
exempted or dis charged:
Alfred Forrest Waller.
Sam G. McGregory.
Lands Alvin Hawkins.
Willie Wright Hines.
Willie Alden Brown.
Anvil David Crews.
H. r. Sutton.
Chester Williams.
Nose Pearson.
Alfred Williams.
Glover Cleveland Hudson.
Albert FOulkes.
James Arlington.
John Blake Smith.
Robert BeleW.
Thomas Verbie Rogers.
L0nnle Owens.
Marvin w. Hutch.
Clarence Dudley Hudson.
Ernest Bailey.
Lucien Wayne Pervis.
Randolph Pinkney Williams.
William Ernest Vann.
Henry Simon Brown.
Billy Daniel Myers.
Leonard Escrul Brown.
Daniel Collins.
Aka Rogers.
Troy Mays.
Connie Hopkins Sheriff..
Wallace Wright.
Richard Montague.
Carlos Cecil Mitchell.
Clinton A. Blackwell.
Bee Pate.
Early Hampton.
Frank A. Pendergrass.
Kennon Scott.
Kenneth Morgan Jackson.
Caulie Bufron Scott.
Charlie Love Coleman.
Robert Amos Gallemore.
Willie Deshong.
William Bennett Bush.
Luther Newton Forbes.
Lloyd E. Smith.
Connie E. Lewis.
Arthur Carlos Fuller.
Roy Bobo.
John Hall Gilbert.
Robbie Walker Barksdale.
Hervey Britt.
Johnnie Frank Howard.
Mathis Culp.
Claud Bailey Simmons.
John Hagler Allen.
Horace Lusky Dill.
Alfred Woodward.
Harold Bolton Hubbard.
Walter Haynes Cozart.
William Rye Harold.
Paul Howard Younger.
Walter Adolphus Bullock.
John I. Rye.
William Dennis Bum.
Arnie Shoffner.
Johe Dudly Rogers.
Henry Watterson Walker.
Phenton Cherry Smith.
DIN Hulian Page.
Joseph w. Kyle.
Hafford Randle.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-08-24

Miss Lou Cretia Owen, of Hol-
low Rock, was a Huntingdon
visitor this week.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-12-13
Here's a Merry
Christmas Game

T>HE old English game Of tip re.
quires the use Of enough assorted
Christmas candies, nuts, raisins
and other dainties to make small pile
upon table, also pair Of sugar tonga
One Of the party is chosen, who must
retire to another room, while the re-
manning players decide upon one Of the
dainties in the pile to be known as
Tip" The chosen person is then re-
called and with the tongs removes
pieces from the pile, trying to avoid
the piece named Tip, of which. howev-
er, he does not know the location. All
pieces removed belong to him unless he
moves Tip" when all must be returned
to the pile and the turn passes to the
next player, who retires to the other
room while another Tip" is named. A
player may pass his turn when. after
drawing several pieces, he wants to
avoid the possibility Of losing them
through drawing Tip" The game con-
.tinues until the - appears.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-12-13
MeCkr;5tr,7asBird

ID OASTED swan was the Christmas
IN piece de resistance in Chauccr's
day, but this dish gave place to
me peacock, and the peacock in its
turn was conquered by the turkey,
wnen Capt. John Smith, fresh from
JUS slrslnian wars, came home to tell
me amazed English folk of the bird
pc saw parading the new world
exactly like a proud Turk
owing off before his harem."
WI the peacock was in its glory
eotmastide its plumage was gen.
aa.v restored to the roasted bird and
y eeak gilded. Sometimes the whole
~ was covered with gold leaf and a
M'p q cotton, saturated with spirit,
8. ausnt In its beak-a relic possibly,
sn the English snapdragon and
oazns pudding, of the fire worship Of
psaa DAYS. A lady Of noble birth and
sleat Deputy was always chosen to
-. ne pird into the banqueting hall.
: me days of tournaments it was
80 une peacock that the knights, with
. .n.eo swords, swore their oaths Of
.a.fy and valor. The last record Of
~ iare seems to have been not upon
CHRISTMAS, but at the banquet given
. ane duke Of Granada to the duke
England. - "
=. Inust be admitted that golden pea
s.s, As ana boars' heads have most al
s.. ns sounds to one with a jaded ap-
4. ssu'e, and the England Of old. with
!. .o'stering carol singers, seems q
s. attractive land TO have lived in.
M ~. 'ne Enslishman Of today is more
- wen content to have his carols
!, ~ : " little cockney lad, to laugh
: e pantomimes in his magnificent
-. soalortable thea,ers and to feast at
No.. On turkey. mince pie and the
''aalng pudding.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-12-13
Reuiuing Old Time
,YuLe Customs

NPECIAL efforts are being made by
y women in many communities to
spread q revival of the old Gus
toms regarding Christmas. Some years
no Boston woman with q touch of
antiouarian spirit managed to stimu-
late Boston to revive q pretty Yule-
tide custom by celebrating its coming
BY singing carols in the streets and by
Illuminating the houses through the
pladng Of candles in the windows.
Other cities emulated Boston In this
matter. In Carlisle, Pa. community
Christmas tree was lighted in the pub
lie square, and its. glowing Joy was
continued all along the streets by light.
ed candles placed in the windows,
many Of which showed in the middle
Of the rooms SO lighted up, displayed
10 the passersby in the night, private
Christmas trees, the glitter and beauty
Of which thus were shared with all.
An objection to this attempt at glad
ness-at least SO far as concerns the
use Of candles-has been the risk Of
fire. But these days Of electricity or
even Of gas seem to minimize the idea
Of danger. and there are different de.
vices that may be applied to do away
with al risk in the carrying out Of
The friendly suggestion. It is advised
therefore that ''the gladness and
brshtness Of the home on Christmas
eve Be not kept behind closed blinds"
and 10 that end 1t Is suggested that the
light from every window, whatever its
nature, be permitted to shine into the
streets until midnight. The idea of
Light d associated with all that is good
IN life. The glow Of the cracking Yule
los betokened the hospitality ready to
reet the stranger at that time, but
there was more to it than that. Light
10 days gone by was supposed to keep
Oh evil spirits.-Sallie Wistar In Phila-
delphia Public Ledger.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-12-13
The Mothers
Christmas Gih

It never comes to Christmas but I
think about the times
We used to save our pennies and
our nickels and our dimes,
And we punched them all together,
even little baby brother
Putin somehing forthe present that
we always gave to mother.
We began to talk about it very early
in December,
Twas a very serious matter to US
children, | remember,
And we used to whisper nightly our
suggestions to each other,
For by nothing cheap and tawdry
could we show our love for
mother.
Hers must be a gift Of beauty, fit to
symbolic her ways;
Unjust represent the sweetness and
the love that marked her days.
It must be the best our money, all
combined, had power to buy,
And be something that she longed
for;nothing else would satisfy.
Then it matterednot the token, once
the purchase had been made.
1t was smuggled home and hidden
and with other treasures laid,
And we placed our present proudly
in her lap on Christmas day,
And we smothered her with kisses
and welaughedher tearsaway.
1t never comes to Christmas but |
think about the times
We used to save our pennies and
our nickels and Our dimes,
And the only folks | envy are the
sisters and the brothers
Who still have theprecious privilege
Of buying for their mothers.
-Anaeyican Boy.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-12-13
Passing Christmas
Eue Outdoors

" usual, on Christmas eve. TIC
shut oneself up in room from
the delicious South African night is
simply 10 miss one of the joys of liv.
ing. 'No one knows the stars who
has not slept, as the French happily
put, it. Il LII belle etOile. He may know
all their names and distances and mag
nitudes and yet be ignorant Of wha,
alone concerns manliind-their serene
and gladstone influence on the mind
Stevenson surely would have loved
Rhodesia for its nights alone.
One great advantage of the long
drought from which we had been suf-
fering-in RhOdeSia one must needs be
an OptimiSt or die-is that there were
practically no mosquitoes and very few
flies, SO that the STIFFNESS of mos,
quito curtain was unnecessary.
q The night was cool and silent, ex-
cept for the distant howl of jackal
and the occasional boot of an owl.
About five o'clock the life of day began
to stir, and the sun gradually turned
the mOpani and mimOsa trees>to u
golden green and bathed us in the
scent Of mimOsa blossom, the go away
bird called impertinently from bush
close by, and two green parrakeet.s
flew over our heads.
Then one little sleeper after another
rubbed his eyes and crept to the foot
of the LED to fathom the treasures Of
the Christmas stocking. AS the sun
rose higher tongues We're loosened, and
soon crackers cracked, and trumpets,
six Of them, were heralding the morn,
if not exactly in the manner of the an
gels.
The noise worried no one. But when
we had had enough we dispersed to
seek baths, and some of us were even
energetic enough TO have a round Of
golf before breakfast THE Heart Of
the Weld by Madeline Aston.