Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-04-06
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An epidemic Of whooping cough and
measles is prevalent at Lynnyille.
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The outlook is very suspicious for
Sparta to have free delivery in the
near future.
The Lebanon district conference of
the Methodist church will be held in
Gordonsville on April and 4.
Day and night guards have been
placed at both ends of the Tri-State
and Poor Valley ridge railroad tun.
nels.
A tornado swept through Trousdale
county, wrecking homes, barns and
outhouses and twisting off large forest
trees.
The Rev. George Beatty, che of the
best known citizens Of Knoxville, has
accepted the call to Newbern Christian
church.
Weakley county corn club boys are
making special effort this year to ex-
coed even the enviable work they did
last season.
Gov t. G. Rye expects to accom-
pany the second annual southern
trade trip of Knoxville business men
April 1914.
The senior class of the University
Of Chattanooga offered its services to
President Wilson as unit in the event
of hostilities.
National guard 6fficers have an
nounced that a free military training
academy had been opened 40 the Chat
tanooga armory.
A further evidence Of Cookeville's
constant growth is the fact that It's
postoffice is about to become one Of
the second class.
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The total rainfall at Knoxville for
March is 1921 inches, the greatest
amount recorded since 1875, when
1907 inches fell.
Crawford Wynns of Henry county
was acquitted of the murder of his
father-in-law, T. Y. Robbins, on the
plea of self-defense.
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The board of trustees Of the Odd
Fellows home at GAINESVILLE have been
called to meet in semi-annual session
on Tuesday, April 10.
Following the construction Of good
roads in Greene county all of the more
important places are connected by au-
tomobile hack lines.
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The Beech River Baptist association
will hold fifth Sunday meeting at
Rheuhamah church, north of Lexing-
ton, beginning April II.
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Following the course in agriculture,
conducted by experts in Sullivan coun-
ty, the farmers are being aroused to
Improvements along all lines.
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The Cookeville presbytery of the
Cumberland Presbyterian church will
convene in its regular semi-annual
session at Union Hill on April 10.
The sale of the Dayton Coal and Iron
company's property to Francis G. Clay
of Minneapolis was ratified by the
creditors OF the bankrupt concern.
The members of the Churchtown
church, four miles east of Newbern,
have donated funds to the amount of
$1,000 to erect a new church building.
Under the auspices of the Dickson
Womans Christian temperance union,
a Sunday school temperance mass
meeting was held at the First Baptist
church.
Authorities of Lincoln memorial
university, at Cumberland Gap, have
decided in view of the international
situation to provide for military tran,
ing of students.
Victor Rush, under sentence Of
death for the murder of his brother
and sister-in-law in Cumberland coun-
ty, escaped from Jail at Dayton with
four other prisoners.
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Sheriff R. T. (Dick) Gray died at
Franklin. Mr. Gray was the success
full candidate for sheriff in the race
last year, and had served only about
six months Of his time.
Knoxville business men have decid
ed, If the United States government
will accept its offer, to convert their
trade trip, planned for April, into
military preparedness expedition.
! The thirty-irst annual convention,
Of the Tennessee Sunday school asso-
citation will be held in Murfreesboro
June 10, 20 and 81. The West Tens
uessee Institute will be held in Dyers-
burg June 2s, q and 2S.
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R. T. Lewis of the Dresden bar
made formal announcement of his can.