Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-03-30


Richard Martin, prominent citizen,
living with his brother near Angel,
was found dead in bed.
The property of the Greeneville
chair factory was sold at public sale
for the payment Of debts.
March Is closed zone Of the most
successful terms that the public
school of Tusculum has ever had,
Jesse Foust, aged II years, and his
son, BufoTd Foust, aged rs years, both
died the same night at their home in
Greenfield.
The members of Kenton District
Knights Of Pythias will hold their
district convention at Kenton on
March 28. ~
Five members of the family of F. M.
HouseP, an undertaken Of Dyersburg,
were injured when their automobile
turned turtle.
The 169th meeting of the Obion
presbytery, Cumberland Presbyterian
church, was held with the congrega-
ton at Obion.
Drainage District No. 1 Of Carroll
county, which is along the waters of
Beaver and Crooked creeks, was re-
Gently established.
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The Paris bar has adopted resolu-
lions indorsing Judge Thos. E. Har-
wood for reelection to the judgcship
Of the circuit court
While holding a rabbit which he had
killed, Albert Little, rs, Of Dyersburg,
was accidentally shot and later died
from loss of blood
w. T. Mckenzie, youny man living
near Big Spring, was instantly killed
by falling on the saw Of sawmill
where he was at work.
The spring session Of McMinnville
presbytery of Cumberland Presbyte-
rian church was held at Bethlehem
church on Short mountain road
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John Lightsinger, charged with the
robbery of nine Nashville churches,
pleaded guilty and was sentenced to
from one to five years in six counts.
Two well equipped whiskey distil.
leries, each of 7O-gallon capacity, were
captured by revenue officers under
the shadow of the Knoxville custom.
house.
Lieut.-Col. James Gleason Of the
Third Tennessee regiment, has asked
the war department for permission to
organize regiment Of East Tennessee
volunteers.
A tunnel more than 200 feet long
will be one of the engineering works
in the extension of the Gulf, Mobile &
Northern railroad between Middleton
and Jackson.
A mass meeting was held under the
auspices of the board Of trade at Bris-
toll to discuss means Of arousing gen.
eral interest for increased agricultu-
raj production.
The children OF the /. o. F. home
that have been sick are rapidly recov-
ering. During the winter there has
been but one case of serious illness
and no fatality for more than a year.
The West Tennessee Baptist Sunday
school convention and its auxiliary
body, the Woman's missionary Union
of West Tennessee, will meet with the
First Baptist church, Ripley, April
1919.
Equipment for military company
in Vanderbilt university is asked Of
Gen. Leonard Wood by Chancellor
Kirkland, who has written for the
necessary rifles, uniforms and other
equipment.
After knocking down guard Dell
Marsh with club and wrestling his
pistol from him, G. l.. Smith and Roy
Freed, eonvicts serving time on con-
viction Of robbery, escaped from Jail
at Bolivar
A gift Of $180,OO0 by the Carnegie
Corporation Of New York for library
building at George Peabody college for
teachers is announced. The trustees
of the college have provided for an an
nual expenditure Of $1,000 for mainte-
nance.
The dead body Of a baby found In a
shoe box, which lay beside the road
way near Trimble for several days,
until the grewsome discovery was
made, has been buried near the spot
where it was found.
Now that Washington and Johnson
counties have entered the list of good
roads counties, the former by its vote,
when it decided upon a road bond is
sue of s75O,OOe. and elected commits
sioners to construct roads, East Ten.
nessee Is practically assured a com