Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1918-01-18
TENNESSEE
Interesting Events
From all Parts
of the State


mitted suicide by leaping from a
bridge over the Cumberland river at
Nashville.
The Madison county court appro'
priated 5000 for a continuation of the
girls tomato club and women's home
demonstration work.
There have been sold to the pro-
duce shippers of Milan in the past 80
days by the hunters Of this section
thousands of rabbits.
Thirteen hundred and seventy en-.
listed men have arrived at Fort Ogle-
thorpe from Camp Greenleaf to attend
the officers third training camp.
Prof, John ]. Hendrickson, formerly
principal in the Greenfield high school,
assumed his new duties as principal in
the Industrial and Training school at
Humboldt.
Sheriff Davidson Of Gibson county
is preparing to send box of liquor
to the war department This liquor
has been confiscated during the last
three months.
Contrary to expectation, no radical
changes were made in the operation
of the Southern railroad at the con.
ference Of general officers held at
Chattanooga.
Among the United States railroad
commissioners reported arrested in
Siberia by the BolsheVik government
is thought to be Lieut.. Edward A. Eos
ter Of Knoxville.
Preparations are being made at
Camp Greenleaf, headquarters Of the
medical reserve corps at Fort Ogle-
thorpe, for the training of 5000 med
ical officers by March /.
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county, reporting for the year Of 1917;
made an average yield per acre of
1888 bushels, at an average cost Of
$1S.77 per acre, or 25.74 cents per
bushel
At meeting Of the Lexington board
Of mayor and aldermen o.. T. Fielder,
alderman and chairman of the board,
was unanimously elected to fill out the
unexpired term of the late Mayor G..
c. Davis.
Active solicitation of business by
agents of outside railroads whose rails
do not run into Nashville have entire
ly ceased and several commercial and
freight agents have been called to
their home offices.
Fuel Administrator Williams has
modified his regulation limiting the
purchase of coal to half ton at Chat
tanooga, and issued an order that con-
sumers may buy one ton of lump or
two tons Of mine run.
At a meeting Of the Haywood coun.
ty high school board in Brownsville
the resignation of Prof. W. M. McLau-
rine as principal Of the high school
was accepted and Prof. j. R. Tits
worth, first assistant, was elected.
At a meeting of the Humboldt bust
ness mems club the directors author
ICED the committee having in charge
the sale of thrift stamps to say to the
children of the Humboldt city schools
that the club will pay for the last 25-
cent stamp for each IS certificate the
school children will take up to and in
Guiding June, 1918.
The annual meeting of the state
school officers closed two-day ses-
sion at Nashville with the election of
Officers for the ensuing year, result
ing as follows: J. M. Hatfield Of Put
nam county, president; John w. Will
liams of Portland, vice president;
Claude J. Bell Of Nashville, CORE
spending secretary, P. L. Harmed Of
GAINESVILLE, treasurer; 7. e Lowry Of
Bells and Hubert Bell of Nashville, as
sistant secretaries; Superintendent S.
w. Sheriff., Joe Jennings of Campbell
county, r. L. Harris of Columbia, f.
e. Ranck of Pulaski, Miss Charl Will
liams of Shelby county, executive COM
mittee
DR.. Samuel r. Parker, one OF the
leading physicians of Lexington, Sec
rotary of the Henderson county med
ical society and prominent in higher
UP medical organizations, has heen
accepted for medical service in the
United States army.
approximately only 400 unnatural
lied German and Austrian males IA
years old or over reside in the 80
counties Of East Tennessee, accord
ing to report made to Attorney-Gen-
eral Gregory by United States Mar
shall ]. R. Thompson.
John P. Davis, an attorney Of Taze.
we'll, has made bond to appear be-
fore federal court at Knoxville in
February Davis is charged with hav-
ing failed and refused to serve as
member of the legal advisory board
to the exemption board Of Claiborne
county. Davis was formerly a mem.