Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-08-24

Miss Maynard Traywick
visiting in Lexington
I. Writ Evans and family ar
visiting relatives in the Sixth dis
trict.
The Woman's Club met las
Saturday afternoon with Mrs. F
Ray Moomaw.
j. A. Thompson. wife an,
daughter, of Milan. are visiting
relatives here this week.
Mrs. 7. J. Landlord anC
daughters are visiting Mrs. FloyG
IDinwiddie in Henry county.
Rev. j. E. Jones and wife, o.
Hollow Rock, are the guests Of
Mr.. and Mrs. E. NJ. Dollar.
Ed MeNail brought in a negro
from Mckenzie last Tuesday and
placed him in Jail. The charge
against him was vagrancy.
There will be an all-day singing
at PalmerS Shelter Sunday, Au-
gusst &c. g. H, Presson will con-
duct she singing. Everybody in.
vited.
j. H. Shuford and Miss Jessie
Shuford and Master Arthur Tay-
Tor, of the Twentieth district, were
Huntingdon visitors last Saturday.
They we're here trading with our
merchants and attending to some
business matters.
F. T. Tobey left Tuesday morn
ing for Arkansas to look after
some drainage matters. He was
accompanied as far as Memphis by
Mrs. Tobey, who will visit there
during his absence. They will be
gone about ten days.
J. A. Thompson, Of Milan, who
was visiting here the first of the
week, told the writer of 10-acre
tract of land lying one mile from
Milan selling for 81, 400. The
land lies in the truck growing sec
ton of the Milan community.
r. @. Darlington received a
Cablegram from his son, John
Darlington, a few days ago. John
is some where in France. He is
doing Y. NJ. G. A. work among
the army boys. The message only
announced that he made the trip
in safety,
John D. Lowrance. who has
been away from Carroll county for
% years, is back on a visit. Mr..
Lowrance lives in Arizona, in that
irrigated section of the country,
and is doing well. While heis visit
ing relatives and old friends here
his wife is with her relatives in
Kentucky.
The concrete walk leading from
the square to the county Jail was
completed this week. This inn
provement has been quite an adj
dition to that part of the town and
adds very much to its appearance.
Such improvements come high, but
they add to the value and general
attractiveness of the property.
The protracted meeting at
Mount Zion last week was a splen-
did success. There were several
conversions and the christian peo-
pie were greatly revived. Rev.
w. d. Pickens, the paster, was
assisted in the meeting by his
brother, Rev. j. Nj. Pickens, of
Memphis. Some fine preaching
was done and large crowds at
tended the services.
The Democrat failed last week
to mention the fact that DIR. Roy
A. Douglas had been called by the
government into army service. He
had a commission as lieutenant in
the Medical Reserve Corps, and
was directed to report at Washing.
ton. DR.. Douglas is a fine young
physician. He spent nine years in
preparing himself for bis life work,
and is well fitted to make the army
q useful man.
The mayor and aldermen of
Huntingdon, at their regular meet
ing last Tuesday night, decided to
put down concrete walks on West
Main street. THIS was formerly
jackson street. This will then be
one of the real attractive streets of
the town, aHd tourists coming in
on the Memphis-to-B Bristol high
way will get a good impression of
our town. Concrete walks will
also be put down in East End.