Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-03-16
TENNESSEE
BRIEFLY TOLD EVENTS
OF THE STATE

April.
Judge ]. R. Moore, county judge,
has been appointed postmaster Of
Smithville.
The political pot, affecting the poll
tics of Henderson county, is begin
ming to boil.
The Rev. John Matthews of South
Carolina is conducting a mission re.
vival at Franklin.
For the past ten days the city OF
Irrelevant has been without water in
her water works plans.
The Man.h term of the circuit court
opened at Covington, with Judge s. J.
Everett of jackson presiding.
j. T. Glasgow, a successful farmer,
near Indian Mound, sold 65 chickens,
some of them ROSTERS, for $1.4O each.
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Cass Carter, Of Turkey creek, acct
dentally shot his wife with a shotgun,
the load entering her left side, killing
her instantly.
William Coulter, wealthy orange
grower of Los Angeles, CAL, is in
Dayton for the purpose Of looking up
his relatives.
A national farm loan association
was organized in Humboldt with APP
plications for loans of nearly $4,000
by Is members.
The Gibson fruit growers co-Opera'
tive association held their semi-annuPl
meeting and reelected officers for the
coming season.
Members of Beech Camp No. 81,
Woodmen of the World, at Trezevant,
celebrated their annual banquet by
giving a chicken broil.
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q. r. Ditmore, one Of the best-known
cattle raisers of Obion county, shipped
80 head of cattle to the st, Louis mar.
kets that netted $4,000.
The Tennessee bone-dry law was
ushered into effect in Athens by the
ringing of church bells and the blow
Ing Of factory whistles.
Joseph A. Johnson, ST., one Of the
oldest residents Of Nashville and at
one time the largest landholder in RH
therford county, is dead.
Prof. ]. o. Brown, for ten years SUI
perintendent Of the Henderson county
high school, has been appointed to
the faculty of the West Tennessee nor.
NAL.
In hotly contested municipal cleo.
ton at Friendship Thad Haley was
elected mayor for the third term, de-
feating F. S. Moore by a majority of
IL votes.
A small steam tugboat has been put
into operation in the Forked Deer
river at Dyersburg, and will run from
Dyersburg to points on the Missis'
sippi river.
Catalogues announcing the first
sale Of registered Shorthorn cattle by
the East Tennessee Shorthorn breed
ers' association will be ready for dis
tribution soon.
A protracted meeting is being con-
Quoted at the Presbyterian church at
Pulaski. DR.. Marion S. Kennedy, the
pastor, is assisted by the Rev. E. G.
McDougal, of Lewisburg.
Martha Overton Dickinson, wife OF
ex-Secretary of War Jacob M. Dickin'
son, Of Nashville and Chicago, and
member of one of the most prominent
Tennessee families, is dead.
After defeating several propositions
to issue bonds for roads, johnson
county finally voted by majority OF
about 400 to issue bonds in the sum
Of 100000 to construct highways.
Over fifty families along the Ten
nessee river and the creeks which
flow into it have been made tempo
rarily homeless by the high water
which followed the heavy and steady
rains of the past few days.
The Henry County Fair association
at directors meeting, has appropri
ated 1895 to be used as premiums
outside of the donations given by
stock breeders associations and BY
merchants and private citizens.
The following municipal officers oil
Covington, who were nominated in q
primary last fall, were elected with.
out opposition: Mayor, ], ]. Green; re
corder and treasurer, |. L. Bringle;
city marshal, N. B. Ports; assistant
city marshal, ]. L. Hudson; aldermen
II. o. Baltzer, w. A. Barrett, John
bearing, Grant Reid, W. M. Simonton
and Nal Smith; city board of educa.
ton, R. B. Baptist, W. H. Bailey, G. A.
Girdner, J. ]. Miller and e. L. Wor
rell. These officers will be indicted
into office in April
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