Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1918-05-31
TENNESSEE NEWS
IN BRIEF
Interesting Events From
Many Cities and Towns

/ Interesting Events From
i Many Cities and Towns
Humboldt Postmaster j. w. Nc
Glathery Of Humboldt has obtained
an agreement from every business
house in town to accept war savings
stamps and thrift stamps from every
postoffice employee in payment for I'll
bills made during the month of June
As the local office employs about 20
men on good salaries, this movement
will boost the sale of stamps to con.
siderable extent for the month Of
June. This lead may be followed by
other employers of labor for other
months, taking one factory month.
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Memphis The local officials of the
United States food administration, at
hearing, ordered the bakery Of P.
Ridblatt, 26S North Main street, closed
for a period of one week. This order
followed a continued non-observance
of the directions Of the food admins
tration, which require bakers to make
correct weekly reports regarding the
quantity OF wheat flour, substitutes
and other commodities used in their
business.
Murfreesboro.- Porter E. Compton,
reported as severely wounded in
France, is a son Of Ed Compton, a
farmer formerly residing on the Halls
Hill pike, but now living on the Ben
Batey farm, off from the Lascassas
pike The young man is about rs
years of age and enlisted in the regu-
lar army about three years ago. The
family is a well.known and substantial
one in this county.
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Camden-Gov. Tom @. Rye will
speak here at the courthouse in the
interest of the Red Cross war fund
The ladies of this place are making
all necessary arrangements for the
parade and indications are that there
will be large crowd present The
merchants Of Camden have agreed to
close their places of business from
1880 to 1880 and will hear Gov. Rye
speak.
Milan. The picking and shipping
season of the berry crop Of Milan and
vicinity has closed. Prices we're good
from the first to the end of the sea
son. Growers realized much money
from the crop, Notwithstanding there
was only about 40 per cent Of crop,
having been killed by the April frost.
The crop was shipped In carload lots
to eastern markets by the local buy
ers.
Jackson.-On April 81 $500 was
stolen from the home of William An
drew, this city, and young colored
girl, 10 years old, an employe OF the
home, was arrested charged with the
crime. She confessed and implicated
others. Four hundred and fifty-five
dollars Of the money was recovered
The confessed thief was turned over
to the Juvenile court.
Knoxville East Tennessee coun.
ties, Greene in particular land Greene
is one of the best agricultural counties
in the state), report that wheat is fall
ing in the fields. A sample Of this
fallen wheat was forwarded from
Greene county to the state pathologist
who dlagnozed the disease as due to
the effects Of joint worms.
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Dyersburg. The dredgeboat Marion |
arrived here from st. Louis ready to
dig the North Forked Deer drainage
ditch, which begins at the Gibson
county line and continues to Dyers
burg. The ditch is 26 miles long and |
drains a fertile section of country A,
VI Wills & Son of St. Louis are own
ers Of the boat and have the contract |
for the ditch.
Henderson Red Cross drive |
was carried out in Henderson county |
under the direction of John S. Fielder,
county chairman. Speakers from the
legal, ministerial. teaching and com.
mercial professions intellectually |
gave themselves to the campaign and
touched every nook and Granny Of the
county.
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Jacksonville celebrated murder
case from Gibson county, styled Sam
Taylor vs.. State, was argued in the
supreme court, with Attorney w. w.
Heron of Trenton representing the
defendant and Assistant Attorney Gen
eral w. H. Swiggart the state.
$3.50
Jackson. Thomas 3. Gates, evan.
gelical singer, known well in Tennes.
see and adjoining states, died sudden
ly in Hot Springs, according to mes
sage received by his father, Capt T.
NJ. Gates.
Johnson City.-All negroes have
left Erwin following the riot attend
ing the burning of the dead body Of
Tom Devert, mob leaders having or
dered every negro to leave town i'm.
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