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Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1918-11-22
fIrs. Harry Williamson

frs. Harry Williamson
Mrs. Norma Williamson, wife
of Harry Williamson. and
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. II. A.
Deshong, Of Atwood, died Sunday
night at 10 o'clock at Pacolet
Mills, 5. G., from complications of
influenza and pneumonia. She was
born May 2, 1896, and married
July "a, 1918. When she was IL
years of age she professed religion
and united with the Baptist. church
in which she held Der membership
till moving to Pacolet Mills, where
she and Mr.. Williamson joined
M.E.C.S. She was a consecrated
christian and teacher in the Sunday
school. also a teacher in the day
school at Pacolet Mills, where her
husband is employed as industrial
Y. M. G. A. secretary. With
Characteristic fortitude and kind
ness she nursed two women, one of
them TRAINED nurse, through a
siege of influenza, when every one
else fled in terror from the hotel
in which they lived, and later her
husband to returning to health,
when the dread malady struck her
young life down. Her father and
mother reached her bedside Thurs
day. The funeral service was con.
Quoted at Atwood Wednesday by
her pastor, Rev. M. R. Patrick,
who, with Mr.. Westmoreland,
general manager of the Mills, &C,
companied the sorrowing young
husband and parents home, Inter
ment was in the Atwood cemetery.
A canopy of flowers expressed the
love of her friends, many of whom
attended the last sad rite.
The Democrat joins the many
friends of the bereaved families
in expressing the deepest regret
and sorrow over the death of their
loved one. We are keenly APP.
preciative Of the fact that she was
a constant reader the Democrat
and compared it to a letter from
home.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1918-11-22
THE FIRST DISTRICT

Bob McNail, E. M. Moore, Ernest
Seavers and A. E. Barnett, leading
citizens of the First district, were
here Wednesday on business. Mr..
McNail said he had delivered to citi-
zens of his community Tuesday
$500 worth of bonds and was here
to pay the cash over to the banks.
The First came over the top in the
United War Work Campaign, the col
ored people of the district contribut-
ing $50 in cash. While here Mr..
Moore bought $500 worth of War
Savings Stamps. The First is all right
and don't you forget it.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1918-11-22
NEXT SAVINGS PLAN

Secretary McAdoo, of the United
States Treasury, has given out the
following statement, which he de-
sires transmitted to ali country chair
men and other workers, regarding the
general plan of War Savings for the
year 1919:
The Secretary of the Treasury has
determined upon the issuance of a
new series of War Savings Certif-
Gates and Stamps to be placed on sale
early in 1919 and to be known as the
Series of 1919. The new Series
will have a maturity date of January
1, 1924, and in practically all res
poets will be issued on the same
terms and in the same manner as the
present series Of 1918.
A new $500 War Savings Stamp,
blue in color, bearing the head Of
Benjamin Franklin, the apostle of
saving, and former Postmaster Gen.
eral, is in preparation. The new
stamps will be placed on sale early
in 1919. 80
The same Thrift Stamps and Thrift
Cards now in use will be continued
in 1919 and will be exchangeable
into new Series of 1919 War Savings
Stamps payable January /, 1924, in
the same way as the exchange has
been made during this year into the
Series of 1918 War Savings Stamps.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1918-11-22
TO RELEASE MEN

The navy is in a position to re-
lease $4,000 men in the course of the
next month, Secretary Daniels has
announced. Applications for release
will be considered Immediately from
young men who wish to return to col
lege and who sacrificed business in.
terests in order to enter the war.
The vacancies occurring from these
discharges will be filled from the
training camps, it was stated.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1918-11-22
Town and County News

Miss Bessie Owen. who has been
employed by the local board. has
returned to her home 10 the Cedar
Grove community.
Misses Birdie Cannon and Ger.
trude Morgan, of the Ninteenth
district, were week end viSiters
with Mrs. Elvis Morgan.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. COBB, of
jackson, spent Sunday night in
Huntingdon, the guest of Mr.. and
Mrs. Bruce Cooper.
Mrs. j. w. Neal, of Houston,
Texas. hsa returned to Hunting
don because of the illness of her
mother Mrs. r. H. Mitchell.
L. F. Johnson went to Nashville
Tuesday and was accompanied home
by his wife and little daughter,
Katharine, and Mrs. j. T. Patter-
son.
Mrs. Geo. Blanks and brother.
Claud Pearson, and Miss Carrie
Lee Dunlap, of Trezevant, were
guest of Mrs. j. L. Richards last
Friday.
Alvin Hawkins and Poe Mad
dox came down from Nashville,
where they are attending Wander
bilt, and spent the week end with
home folk.
Prove to yourself that you did
not over estimate your earning
capacity or your desire to keep
your word when you signed your
War Savings pledge last June.
The parents, of Casey Fuqua, of
McEwen, have been notified of his
death in France from pneumonia.
He is former /. t. S. boy and
we'll known by some ofour readers.
Jerry Gibson, of Decatur, Ala,
spent from Friday until Sunday
with bis mother, Mrs. M. +. Gib-
son, and bis sisters. Mrs. E. A.
Morgan and Mrs. M. L. Bryant.
Parties owing fertilizer notes
and store accounts are urged to call
and settle. l need money to meet
my accounts. The fertilizer notes
are now past due, ". T. Utley,
Westport, Tenn. 45-2t
County Agent G. H. Moody,
who spent a day in Camden last
week attending the county corn
show, says good progress is re.
ported in demonstration work and
club work in that county.
Miss Maurine Blanks, after visit
ing Mrs, j. l.. Richards at Hotel
Olive, returned home last Saturday.
She was accompanied as for as Nc
Kenzie by Miss Elizabeth Harvey.
who spent the day there.
John w. Hickman has pur-
chased the Hammond, place one
mile west of Huntingdon on the
Memphis Bristol Highway. The
deal was made through Fred Tate.
The consideration was about 50. 500
Miss Dilla Pearcy came over from
Martin, where she is teaching, and
spent the week end with her
aunts, Miss Cordelia and Mrs.
Henry Watkins, and participated
in the celebration of Master Cole
and Henry Watkins birthday.
Miss Cordelia Watkins, who
was called to WaverIy, KY, by
the illness of her sister, returned
home last Saturday. Her sister,
Mrs George B. Wayne, had suf-
fciently recovered to accompany
her home.
Leslie Hawkins, who had been
in camp training for army service
at Camp Hancock Ca. for some
time, and was discharged at the
close of the war. stopped off here
and spent a few days with relatives
and old friends. He is the young
est son of the late Chancellor A.
6. Hawkins and his home is in
Nevada. He left this week for
his western home.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1918-11-22
Congress Adiourns

Congress adjourned yesterday
under an agreement between DEM
ocrats and republican leaders. The
regular session Of this congress
will convene the first Of December.
So the country will not be long
without a congress being in ses-
sion.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1918-11-22
Prohibition Bill

Final legislative action was
taken last Monday by the senate
on the national wartime prohibi-
ton bill effective July | next and
continuing during the demobili-
zation. The measure reached the
president yesterday for his ap-
proval.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1918-11-22

Mrs, W., F. Jones visited re-
latiVes in Paris this week.
Do your Christmas shopping
early at &c. Grizzard's. As II
Mr.. and Mrs. j. F. Boyd, Of
Westport, we're Huntingdon shop
pefs Saturday.
Miss Winnie Walden. of Malesus,
spent the week end with Miss
Marjorie NOEL.
Receiving and opening Christ
mas goods every day at E. c. Griz-
zarG's. 45 II
Miss Effie. Williams, our popu-
lar telephone operator, spent Sun
day at Hollow Rock.
Misses Mary and Agnes Thomas,
of Mckenzie. spent Sunday with
Miss Mamie Payne.
The Huntingdon foot ball team
went over to Murray to day to
play the Murray High.
Santa Claus has decided to make
headquarters this Christmas at +.
q Grizzard's. 45-1t
FonviIle Freeman spent Sunday
in Mckenzie and ate birthday din.
ner with Edwin Regenold.
L. A. Darnell, OF McLemores-
vile, was the guest of Or. and
Mrs. j. 5. Ramsey last week.
Lugging out ashes is snap with
a Coles Original Wood Stove.
Two buckets all winter. That's ALL
For a popular family heater get
q Coles Original Wood Stove.
ANY child can control it perfectly.
Fred and Miss Mary John Giles
left last Sunday for Vega, Texas,
to visit their brother, Tom Giles.
Mrs. S. c. Harvey, of Nashville,
is visiting her daughter, Miss Eliz-
abeth Harvey, at Hotel Olive this
week.
Glenn Joyner spent the week
end in Trezeyant with his grand
parents, MIR. and Mrs. Charlie Nc
Auley.
Miss Virgie Hickman, of Nc
Lemorseville, spent Saturday until
Monday with her aunt, Mrs. Dorsey
Morgan.
Mrs. P. w. Maddox spent the
latter part of last week 10 Jack
son, the guest of her sister, Mrs.
/. N. Penick.
Miss Lola Wilder came over from
Henry, where she is teaching
music, and spent the week end
with home folk.
News has been received by the
family of 9. A. Belew of the mar
rage of their son. Audie, in Cleve-
land, Ohio, to a Cleveland lady.
Audie has good position there.
He and his bride expect to visit
Huntingdon about Christmas.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1918-11-22

To all who may wish to kill
quail, the open season is from De-
cember to January 81, instead of
November Is to January /.
j. w. JARRETT, Clerk.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-29
Corbett's Daily Letter
 On Great Sport Topics
By JAMES J. CoRBETT.

The prize ring has known a number of freak warriors, but perhaps none except Fitzsimons ever reached more wonderful heights than that attained by Joe Walcott, the negro, who star tied fandom by his performances 2t years or so ago.
 Walcott was just five feet, one and one-half inches tall and yet, in the heydey Of his career, he took on men who were close to six feet in height and whipped them. The freakish build of the negro gave to him an upper body so powerful that he carried in his arms, shoulders and chest the fear full strength that usually is found only
 among heavyweights. And his thin tapering legs gave him the speed and agility of a bantam.
 Walcott, who was born in Barba does. West Indies, in 1872, began his pugilistic career in 1890. During his early days he fought in the bantam weight and lightweight divisions but eventually graduate into the welter- weight class and at no time after ward did he bulk much beyond the 142- pound mark.
 Walcott swept through the welter- weight ranks like a cyclone, whipped all the conspicuous lightweights who cared to try conclusions With him and then, for want of other foemen to fight, this ebony midget started after the heavyweights.
 Perhaps the most startling perform ance of Walcott's career was in 1900 when he took on Joe Choynsk, who just a short time before had fought a 20-round draw with Jim Jeffries and had held Tom SharSey even for eight furious rounds and knocked out Joe in seven rounds.
 Imagine Benny Leonard tackling Bill ly Miske or even Jack Dempsey and you have a rather fair idea of the sight that was witnessed when Choynski and Walcott stepped into the ring. Choynski was exactly 10A inches taller than Walcott, something like 40 pounds heavier and had it on the ne- gro many inches in the matter of reach Yet Walcott knocked out the great Joe Choynski as he had Dan Creedon. Au- stralian Jimmy Ryan, Jack Bonner and more than two score others.
 Walcott placed the seal of greatness upon himself in 1901 when he defeated the great George Gardner in furious 20-round contest at a time when Gard ner was supposed to be invincible against the greatest middleweights. Gardner was five feet, 11A inches tall and weighed in the neighborhood of ITO pounds for that fight, having it on the negro about 30 pounds in weight and more than 10 inches in height. Yet the midget beat Gardner all around the ring for 20 rounds, be- ing forced to leap into the air ire quently to reach the white mans head
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and swinging puncnes, and won on points by the proverbial mile.
 l Walcott during his career, which
 last battle in 1911, mingled in more than 150 ring contests, and only three
 men during all that period of time were able to knock him out, although l his opponents averaged 10 to 15 l pounds heavier and were from three to 1 10 inches taller. Walcott won 4S fights | With knockout punches-startling evil 1 dence of the power that he carried in 1 his gorilla-like arms.
 l Wolcott had neck-but it hardly 1 was discernible to the naked eye. It seemed that his head was placed 1 squarely between his shoulders. This caused his jaw to nestle on his chest there with a sleep producing wallop l usually were rewarded by broken knuckles, caused by the collision of the hand against the concrete head 1 of the negro Body punching had al- most no effect on Walcott and during
 his prime he stood up, without a chow
 Of pain. under some terrific blows to
 the heart. the ribs and the stomach. How can you beat guy that you can't hurt?' used to be the alibi of the men who had gone against Walcott
 and later were asked to explain why
 they. possessed of greater bulk and
 greater height and a longer reach, were
 beaten easily by the negro.
 The pugilistic world has known many
 wonderful fighters but I doubt if for
 size and inches, the equal of Joe Wal
 colt ever was seen before or ever will
 be seen again.