Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-11-09
TENNESSEE
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A Home Demonstration club has
been organized at Paris.
Decatur county held its first fair i'm
81 years, which was great success.
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The Dyer county farm loan associas
ton has completed its organization.
Fire completely destroyed the gin
belonging to N. H. Murphy at Covinst
ton.
The Greene county corn show will
be held in Greeneville, Saturday. Now
18th.
The Humphreys county fair closed
after one of its most successful exposi.
tons.
The Dyersburg milling company
will operate the old Kyce elevator a@
corn mill.
Robert Barfield of Ripley, who shot
and killed J. H. Gimp. 10 ct liberty
on $4,000 bond.
J. H. Gimp was shot and killed BY
Bob Barfield at Gimp, about Is miles
southwest Of Ripley.
The Southern Medical association
will hold its eleventh annual conVenS
ton in Memphis Nov. II to Is.
The annual sale of Aberdeen-Angua
cattle, scheduled to take place at BriS+
tol on Nov. 10, has been postponed In
definitely
Rev. e. s. Smith, the pastor of the
Central Christian church at MurfreeS4
boro, has resigned and will 60 to Hops
kinsville, Ky.
The safe in the selmer Mercantile
company was robbed of $72 The oD%
erations were evidently the work az
professionals.
Wheat sowing for the season in Nc.
Marry county is nearing the close The
acreage is the largest known in the
county for many years.
The Godmothers' association of tho
Red Cross organized at Nashville and
Miss Mary Ratterman was unanimous
ly chosen state chairman.
A very enthusiastic Dixie highway
meeting was held at Monteagle in the
interests Of the rural free delivery
routes across the mountain
The monument. erected on Lookout
Mountain in honor of the soldiers OF
the sixties from Ohio was dedicated
by the state monument commission.
Sixteen republican candidates for
nomination for the various county Of
fees in Cooke county qualified before
the primary election commissioners.
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Reports from the various sections oE
Dyer county indicate that the cotton
crop has been very seriously damaged
from the late season and the early
frost.
The Davidson county democratic ex-
'ecutive committee adopted primary
plan for the selection of delegates to
the judicial convention to be held De-
cember II.
The Dyer county Red Cross has
shipped II boxes of hospital supplies.
These boxes contained one complete
unit Of articles for one base hospital
of 40 patients.
Bill Buntyn Of Tiptonville has BEEN
arrested by the chief of police at Ca
'ruthersville, Mo, on suspicion of be-
ing one of the robbers who robbed the
C. M. & G. train of $4,000
The Red Cross work in Upton couns
ty is progressing rapidly. The chapter
at Covington has organized branches
at Atoka, Munford, Brighton, Clopton,
Idaville, Mt. Carmel and Tabernacle
Sheriff Webb Of Blount county has
gone to Dubuque, Iowa, to bring to
Maryyille, Tenn, Walter Fishburne,
slayer Of Sam Best, who escaped from
the Maryville Jail several months ago.
1890
After having been missing for more
than two weeks from her home, near
Wayerly, the body Of Miss Missouri
Parker, SO years old, was found by a
searching party in the woods quite a
distance from her homo.
At meeting Of the judiciary CONF
mittee Of the Twelfth judicial circuit
comprising Henderson, Chester, Deca4
tur, Perry, Hardin and the criminal
division of Madison court, it was der
cided to hold the judicial primary for
tha nomination of a democrat for at