Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-02-09
TENNESSEE
BRIEFLY TOLD EVENTS
OF THE STATE

Eighteen cases smallpox are report
cd near Springfield.
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Circuit court is in session at Spring
field, with Judge W. L. Cook presiding,
A community club has been organ
lied at Lenox with the school as the
center.
DR.. w. w. Grant organized Calhoun
chapter, Order OF Eastern Star, with
rs members.
Smith Stinson, a highly respected
citizen of Franklin, was killed by a
falling tree.
An epidemic of small pox is preva.
lent near the division line of Dyer and
Gibson counties.
The midwinter conference of the
West Tennessee presbytery is in SEES.
sion at Mckenzie.
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The Farmers association Of Giles
county will plan organization Of farm
loan association Feb. 8.
Arrangements have been completed
for the establishment of large wooden
blanket mill in Morristown.
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County Superintendent Riley NJ.
Grills of Trimble is having the com.
pulsory school law enforced.
A very important meeting of the
Watauga Valley Armor Plate associa.
ton was held at Elizabethton.
J. w. Crawford, who accidentally
shot himself at Chattanooga while
playing with an old pistol, is dead
Great things are being planned for
the annual stock show day TO be held
in Columbia on the first Monday in
April.
A thief entered the smokehouse Of
Dick Clark, two miles east of Beth
page, and carried away quantity Of
meat.
The ladies Of Humboldt have organ
lied a strong civic league TO clean up
the town, and are enlisting men az
members.
Eighteen members Of the police de-
partment at Memphis were dismissed
from service at roll calls Feb. by Po-
lice Chief Perry.
Rev. E. ]. Barnett of Clarksville has
returned from San Antonio, where he
left his invalid wife, and resigned as
pastor of the Christian church.
The contract has been let by John A.
Mahoney, purchaser of the Harmeling
theater at Bristol for the work Of re-
modelling the historic building.
The government report for cotton
ginned in Dyer county up to Jan. 16.
shows 23,S76 bales against 20,572
bales during the same period last
year.
Frank Pflueger, aged about 65 years,
was found dead in the woods near
Paris. Mr.. Pflueger was hauling wood
and his death is attributed to heart
failure.
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An election has been called for the
town of Hollow Rock for the first Of
March for the purpose of electing q
board of mayor. recorder and alder
men or the town.
Work has just begun upon canal
in the ninth civil district of Hardeman
county which, when completed, will be
about seven miles long. 1t will drain
hundreds of acres of fertile land.
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A citizens meeting considering san
itation and public health generally
was held at the First Presbyterian
church at Milan under the direction
of the Parent-Teacher association.
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A fire originating in the store of T
G. Bell & Co., at Morrison, destroyed
Bells, H. B. Hobbs & Son and J. u
Blankenship & Co.'s stores, DR.. ]. A
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Clark's office building and H. L. Coop
er's produce house.
Prof. w. L. Gentry has been ap
pointed financial agent of Carson and
Newman college at Jefferson City
Prof. Gentry is starting campaign tt
| raise $125,000 to rebuild the admins
1 tration building recently destroyed b.
fire.
The management Of the Red Rivel
iron works at GAINESVILLE have an
nounced that on July / and Dec. 81
1917, each regular employee will b
credited with percentage Of his 1871
earnings as a bonus.
The fact that a young girl who hat
run away from home and was brough
back to Knoxville by the Travellers
aid at the Southern station, had tt
spend night in Jail, has caused agita
ton for a detention home for girls il
the city.
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