Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-01-19

on the farm Of Mrs, LIZZIE Gerhart
Two miles from this city, and carried
away about 1,200 pounds OF tobacco.
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Ashland City-At the annual meet
ing OF the Ashland City bank and trust
company to elect officers for the next
year dividend of twenty per cent
was declared.
| Pulash.-A special election has been
called here for Jan. n to fill vacancies
on the board OF aldermen, caused by
the resignation of Aldermen White
and Woodward
Memphis,-Albert Perkins, former
iy bookkeper in the office Of the com.
missioner Of streets, bridges and sew.
crs OF the city of Memphis, was elect.
ed county auditor.
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Kingsport.- building operations
of Kingsport go on apace. Many new
buildings are going up all over the
city. Most Of the business buildings
are being built of brick.
Springfeld.-The election held Sat
urday for the purpose of voting $685. 900
worth Of bonds carried almost unani-
mously, only eight votes being cast
against the bond issue
MpK on II 0b1tpob ruOy.ly o~g1 oOv1-
ference for West Tennessee presby-
terry for the Presbyterian church, z.
A., will be held at the Mckenzie
Ft1st Presbyterian church.
Jefferson City-About twenty-five
dairymen of Jefferson county met here
and reorganized the cow testing asso-
citation for the coming year. Much en-
thusiasm was shown by the members.
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Dyersburg.-Dr. M. D. Austin, pas
tor of the Baptist church for the last
three years, rendered his resignation
to his congregation and has accepted
call to the Baptist church at Yer
sailles, Ky.
Knoxyille.-The Todd oil we'll near
Glen Mary, Tenn. which came in last
week, yielded 800 barrels in the first
Is hours of flow. 1t is said to be the
largest strike yet made in either Ten
nessee or Kentucky oil fields.
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GAINESVILLE. Five architects, G. X.
Colley of Nashville, ]. A. Dickey Of
Nashville, j. w. Gaddis Of Vincennes,
T. M Gardner of Nashville and G. Tandy
Smith, Jr., of this city, submitted plans
for new high school building.
Nashyille.-The estate Of the late
Harry S. Stokes was sued in the chan
Gerry court of this county by j. G. More
lock, court reporter, for the collection
Of $4,000 claimed to be owed to him
by Mr.. Stokes for work due in connec.
ton with the city hall probe.
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Jackson.-A C. Doggett, the new
of the Y. NJ C. A. for Jack.
son, has arrived and assumed the du.
ties of the office. Immediate repairs
will be made on the building, and the
outlook is regarded as very encourag
ing for year of splendid achieve.
ment.
Smithville.-In the quarterly SEES
sion Of the county court a great deal
Of interest was manifested in the race
For county superintendent. Emmons
Given Of Libery was eleced. He is a
young man 20 years old and highly ed.
Icated and in every way well qualified
or the duties Of the office. The court
bridge to be built across
Smith Fork, near the Salem church,
which is about mile beyond Liberty,
Ind will connect the Clear Fork coun-
ry.
Lebanon.-The next annual couVen.
ion of the Delta Sigma Phi fraternity
will be held in Nashville in December,
.917. G., F. Baxter and j. l.. Tippit,
delegates of Omicron Chapter at Cum
,erland University, have arrived from
he 1916 convention in Chicago with
Jews that the next national conven-
ion would be brought to Nashville.
The contest over the 1917 meeting
lace was very spirited between Chi
ago, Dallas, Philadelphia and Nash
lille.
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Nashville William j. Cummins' re,
emily pardoned by Gov. Whitman af-
er having served three years in the
lew York prison for having violated
he New York banking laws, was
iven a welcome when he reached
Nashville. He was met at the station
y representatives of every business
nd social organization in the city and /
scorted to the home of his brother, S
ohm D. Cummins, where he had lunch Z
on with his aged mother. He refused
} discuss his plans for the future. t
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Memphis.-In reading the history of .
Iemphis one cannot but be impressed Q
y the following paragraph: $50 far as q
nown, the first marriage recorded in i
Temphis was on May 1, 1920, when
verton w. Carr was married to Mary
ill. The ceremony was performed by
acob Upton, justice of the peace G
his particular episode in the history v
Mem nhiu made more than an nrdi.