Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1918-01-04
TENNESSEE GLEANINGS
News of Interest Prepared
In Epitomized Form by
Special Writers

Of the strike was announced by Fred
erick G. Davis Of the federal bureau
Of Cancellation,
L. L. Fonville, prominent and
successful member of the Jackson
bar, and the Rev. ]. A. Daever, pas.
tor of the Cumberland Presbyterian
church, Jackson, have gone to New
York, whence they will sail for
France to do Y. M. C. A. war work.
The Paris city council has appoint
ed committee to negotiate for tie
purchase Of additional ground for q
filtration plant for the city water
Some months ago the city votsl
bonds to take care OF this plant and
also other city work
Gov. Tom c. Rye, who has been con-
fined to his room for a week or mo e,
Is greatly improved. He has been sui.
fering with a severe attack Of grippe,
and Tor time 1t was feared tina:
pneumonia might develop.
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W. Y. Allen Of. Gallatin has been
appointed by State Director Thomas
R. Preston Of Chattanooga as chair
man of the war savings certificate
campaign. which has been launched
In Sumner county.
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The organization of the Boosters
was perfected at Somerville by the
adoption of resolutions setting forth
their purposes and plans and the ell, &C.
ton of officers from the younger bust.
ness and professional men of the city.
Francis Burdet Of Knoxville, qua
ner on the u s. s. Afnerika, died at
sea, Dec 2, Of heart failure, accord
ing to information received by the
young mans father, Gustave Burdet
Malone Waller, aged o. son OF Dr.
Amos L. Waller OF Juno, died at the
United States naval station at Nor
folk, Va, after short illness OF
measles and bronchial pneumonia.
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Henry ]. Swindler, after serving
Newbern as mayor for sixteen years.
has retired voluntarily from the of.
flee. The newly-elected mayor is 1--we
N. Williams.
The Y. w. G. A. war fund campaign
met with an enthusiastic response at
Spring Hill, the two teams OF won.
en-, headed by Percy Brown and
Haynes Ayres, raising g315.
The first Knoxville candidate to
qualify for the republican county pri
mary Of March 21 is W. c.. Grimm.
who seeks the nomination for chan.
cellor of Knox county.
Miss Callie MCGEE, an esteemed
and popular teacher in the jackson
high school, fell upon the street while
returning from school and broke her
left arm.
DR.. G. c. English Of Mt. Pleasant
has received commission and lett
Fort Oglethorpe. DR.. English is q
graduate Of Vanderbilt medical |
school.
On a recent order from the post
office department at Washington, the |
Humboldt office became the central |
accounting office Of Gibson county.
Mrs. Isla Williams Polhill, United |
States demonstration of home eco
Monies, has organized club Of thirty
members at Pulaski
George X. Mcclellan. circulation
manager of the Bristol Herald-Cour
Ter, has volunteered for service In
the medical corps
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Col R. S. Fletcher of Jackson has
been called to Fort Bayard, N. NJ.
where his nephew, John T. Fletcher,
is critically i'll.
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The heaviest ice fields that have
passed Memphis In over thirty years
are floating slowly down the Missis-
sippi river.
John Gallavin, prominent cen
tractor of Franklin broke one Of his
arms by falling on frozen pave
ment
Knoxville is covered by a blanket
of snow four inches deep, the heav-
lest in thirty-one years.
Watkins Ewell is the first Dyers-
burg youngster to adopt a French or
phan.
The gymnasium Of the Sewanes
academy was destroyed Oy
fire.
In United States district court for
he western district Of Tennessee, DR..
Benjamin Friedman and Leon S. and
]. N. Thompson, druggists, Memphis,
we're convicted by jury OF conspira-
sy to violate the Harrison anti-nar-
sotic law on two counts Each count
carries & maximum pehalty Of two
years Imprisonment and $4,000 fine
A woman registered at Chatta.
1oog hotel as Baroness Iona Wilhel. /
nina Sutton zollner was arrested By
'ederal authorities and is being held