Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-11-30
TENNESSEE
BRIEFLY TOLD EVENTS
OF THE STATE


Negroes of Madison county raised
1000 in the army Y. M. G. A. cam
paign.
Louis Adams of selmer has been aP
pointed fuel administrator for McNairy
county.
William Tucker, Jr, has been ap-
pointed fuel administrator for Gande-
erdale county.
Regular quarterly meeting of the
McNairy county singing convention
was held at Finger
The Odd Fellows Of Jackson are
planning to organize an encampment
branch Of the order in the city.
Guy Mallard of Trimble, soldier
boy at home on a furlough, was hit by
train at Newbern and badly hurt.
The Madison county corn club show
was great success, some Of the best
specimens ever seen being presented
A home demonstration club was or.
ganized at Paris by Miss Ruby Mof'
fatt, emergency home demonstration
agent,
Mrs. Grace Robbins, state vice-pres'
ident of the Womans Christian Tenn.
perance union, visited the Paris w.
C. T. U.
j. N. Fite, president of the Central
lumber company at Jackson, fell down
a 15-foot stairway at the plant and
suffered serious injuries.
A box supper at the EdgeWood
school at Newbern, netted more than
$50, which will be used for an orga
for the Union Sunday school.
"The Cardinal Light Infantry" is the
name given to military company re'
Gently organized at Union university
under the captaincy of R. M. Jennings
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Baptists Of Knoxville and upper East
Tennessee may purchase Lincoln Me-
mortal hospital from trustees Of Lin.
coin Memorial university at Cumber.
band Gap.
At tea and reception given at the
Young Women's Boarding home at
Jackson more than 500 was raised
for this institution, which is home
for working girls.
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Farmers Of the Gravel Hill commu.
nifty, near Selma, met at the school
building, and planned a campaign to
beautify the campus and make many
needed improvements.
The republican senatorial and ju-
dicial committee Of the First district
has, in view of the fact that they had
no opposition, annulled the primary
called for December 5.
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Two Memphis detectives, a former
patrolman and three others were in.
dicted by the Shelby county grand
jury on charges of larceny of nineteen
cases of whiskey confiscated by the
police in raid.
The federal grand jury at Chatta.
nooga returned an Indictment against
j. F. Smith, an electrician, for inter.
ference with and obstruction of inter
state commerce, the case growing out
of the recent street car rioting.
Col. A. w. Ewing Griffin, who was
elected president of the North Amer
Jean board of embalmers, in annual
session at Jacksonville, Flas is mem
her of the firm Of Implicit & Griffin,
of Jackson.
Fiery Howard, 2S, died at Camp
jackson, Columbia S. G., Of pneu.
monia, and his body was brought to
Lenox. He was Dyer's first soldier
who has given his life for his country,
being one of the first drafted men sent
to the training camp.
H. w. Stanley, receiver of the Ten
nessee Central railroad. has informed
w. 3. Meyer, federal fuel administra.
tor for Tennessee, that in the future
all locomotives on the western diyis.
ion Of the road, Nashville to Hopkins
vile, would consume wood instead of
coal.
A reception was rendered Rev. R. A.
Clark, pastor OF the Covington First
Methodist church, and his family, by
the members Of that church. Rev. Mr..
Clark, who has served as pastor of the
First Methodist church for the past
year, was recently appointed by the
bishop to serve another year at Gov.
lngton.
Fuel Administrator Myer has named
the following county administrators:
John Tomey, Scott county, Helen
wood; J. S. Johnson, Eickson county,
]. B. WGlker, Hickman
county, Centreville; Geo. G. Taylor,
Greene county, Greenevil1e; George
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