Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1918-10-04
McLemoresvllle Notes

John Robinson visited bis pa.
rents here Sunday.
Earl I. Wood was an over sun
day visitor in McLemoresville.
Prof. E II. HarreIl went to
Huntingdon Monday on business.
Clarence Bryant spent the week
end with bis parents AZ EYshtiii5thorne,
Miss Thelma BramIey spent the
week end with Miss Mary Chance.
Bruce Bennett, Of Huntingdon,
visited Brooks Chance last week.
Mr., and Mrs. d. I. Murchison,
of Atwood, we're Sunday visitors
here.
Several Of our people attended
the Swain show at Huntingdon
last week.
Mrs. w. I. Mays and Mrs. G.
H. Hickman went TO Huntingdon
Monday.
Mrs, Paul Lancaster has been at
her fathers during the absence
of Mrs. Darnall.
Liston Bedwell, Of Dyersburg,
was a recent visitor Of r. 5.
Younger and family.
Quarterly conference will con-
vene here at the NJ. E. church
next Sunday evening.
Several members Of the Wet.
U. will attend the state convention
at Mckenzie this week.
Mrs. 0. Sneed, of Mckenzie.
visited relatives here last week,
returning home Monday.
Bernice Barnes has returned to
school, after spending several days
at home with his people.
Mrs. L. A. Darnall and Mrs.
Otis Boyd have returned home,
after short stay in Memphis.
D. A. Gardner and family have
returned from Missouri, where
they visited Mr.. Gardner's brother.
Misses Pearl BeIew and Roth
and Grace Pugh spent the week
end with their parents at Atwood.
Messrs. George Adams and Ad-
rain Bramley attended the Tri-
State Fair at Memphis last week.
Wheat from Fairview Demon
stration Farm is being shipped to
the Mckenzie Milling Company
this week.
Rev. w. L, Hart went to Wes-
ley's Chapel in WeakIey county
last Saturday to ill his appoint
ment Sunday.
Rev. t. j. Stricklin, of Lexing-
ton, has donated a nice lot of books
to the M.C.I. library. They we're
received Monday.
Messrs. Willard Holmes and
Tommie Chance went to Memphis
Monday to see about entering
school at the Normal and take mil
itary training.
Will Walker, who has been
working in Mississippi, is visiting
his wife and daughter here this
week. He will work in Blythes-
vile, Ark, for a while when he
leaves here.
Cecil Minor and Earcly johnson
made a trip to Milan Saturday.
Cecil returned home that night,
but Earcly went on out to his
home near Whitthorne, and re-
turned to McLemoresville Sunday.
The faculty and students of the
M.C.l. join in sympathy with Mr..
and Mrs w. H. Brooks, of At
wood, in the loss of their son,
Roach. He heroically gave his
life in the trenches of France for
world freedom. He was a fine
young man and many relatives and
friends mourn his death.
William Haley had narrow es-
cape last week. He and a negro
boy were crossing the levee near
McLemoresville when the wagon
began to slide off the Ievee. Will
liam got off to adjust the brake
when the wagon slipped and ran
over his ankle. But for the soft
ground his foot would probably
have been crushed. As it is be
some painful bruises.
Norine Harrell, the 11-year.old
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. E. II.
Herrell, drove the bic gray team to
the mower on Fairview Demonstra-
ton Farm last Saturday and cut the
grass off Of four acres of clover.
This was done to prevent the grass
seeding the ground. Cecil Minor
and Earcly johnson cut and shock
ed sorghum on said farm Saturday. |
This farm has been greatly i'm
proved in appearance and value |
since it was made demonstration