Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1918-02-22
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set fire, well.dressed white man. in
an apparently demented condition,
and supposed to be Frank P. r. Best
Of Chicago Heights, Ill.,, was shot to
death by Officer S. P Morrill, while
resisting an attempt to effect his res
cue from the flames.
Paris.-Miss Stella Harris. a plucky
Paris gin OF rather diminutive stat
ure, but imbued with the determine
ton which docs things worth while,
babe her Paris friends good-by a few
days ago and returned to Chicago,
where she is a member Of hospital
unit which expects to see service in
France in the near future.
Greenville.-Camp Sewer is putting
out with humps, and no less than 500
boys are nursing swollen jaws, while
reports indicated that the epidemic is
spreading and threatens to seize many
more soldiers from the thinly popu.
lated districts who never came in con.
tact with the disease in their child
hood.
Knoxyille-Convicted at the last
term of federal court of failing to
register for selective military service
James N. Newport Of Robbins, Scott
county, minister, who is said to be
opposed to army duty was sentenced
to one month in the Scott county Jail
and to pay the costs of the case.
Neutrality-suspicious. of the Southern
Baptist commission on ministerial re-
lief propose $3,OO0,OOO as the first goal
to be aimed at. Two million dollars
Of this will be used as a general en-
6owment fund to provide relief for
ministers of any age who are sick.
broken down or in need
Knoxyille.-A conference OF state,
county and several national road Of
ficials will be held February IA and
Is at the University of Tennessee. 1t
will be under the supervision of the
Tennessee highway department and
the university.
Milan,-While out rabbit hunting
Fred Sanford, Is years of age, acct
dentally shot himself in the foot. His
companion, Butch Wheeler, bound up
the wound with a piece Of suspenders
cut from his overalls, probably saving
the boys life.
Union City.-Leaving word that his
country needed his services more than
his county, Prof A. B Vaughn, Obion
county school superintendent, left his
office and boarded train for Mem
phis, where he enlisted as seaman in
the navy.
Nashville.-Gov. Tom G. Rye al
pointed Laurent Brown to act as spe-
cial judge of the First circuit court in
the custer trial of Sheriff Joe Wright,
in place of Judge T. E. Matthews
Selmer.-Sheriff A. H, Jopling re.
ports the Incarceration of two in the
McNairy county jail, the first since
November IA, 1917 The inmates are
negroes.
Athens.-The custer proceedings
against Horace Kimbrough, finance
commissioner of the town of Etowah,
filed recently, are being held up pend
ing an adjustment.
ashville.--The Tennessee Central !
railroad delivered It's carloads Of coal
to Nashville in five days.
Nashvile.-Hays Flowers, state au.
ditor since 1915, rendered his resign&-
ton to Gov Rye, who accepted it,
Dyersburg farmers OF Dyer
county in mass meeting here pledged
increased hog production this year.
Trezevant.-A mass meeting was
held here in the interest of demon
stration farm for the Trezevant high
school. Subscriptions we're secured
guaranteeing the purchase Of the
farm of about 100 acres.
Lexington has been re.
ceived here by relatives of the death
in a mysterious manner in Kansas
City of c. Ben Scott, aged 40, who for
merly resided at WildersVille, this
county.
Knoxville. -Democrats of Sullivan
in a largely attended mass
having gone on record as en-
phatically opposing woman suffrage.
Union City.-Falling on the ice on
his front steps resulted in Harry Rob
inson, popular travelling man of West
Tennessee, being seriously injured.
Lexington Henry E. Graper of
the Citizens bank has volunteered to
furnish the money to finance a pig
club for Henderson county,
Gallatin -The Naive-Spillers com.
Dany will hold their fourth annual
poultry show for Sumner county Sat
lrday, March 2.
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Dyersburg.- One Of the largest sales
If real estate in the history Of the