Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1918-06-28
FROM ALL PARTS
OF TENNE SSEE
Reports of Interesting
Events Boiled Down
for F4asty Perusal.

Nashville The Tennessee state den
Ia tai association concluded its annual
session here. Nashville was chosen as
the next meeting place and the follow
ing officers were elected:
DR., Stanley Rich, Nashville, presi-
dent; Or. J. L Austin, Chattanooga,
first vice president; Or. James VIM,
Nashville, second vice president; DR..
J. L. Powers, Paris, recording secre-
tary; DR.. R. H. Harwood, Morristown,
corresponding secretary; DR., d. H.
johnson, Nashville, treasurer
The following executive committee
was elected: DR.. w. G. Hutchinson,
Nashville; DR.. D. M. Cattell, Memphis
DR.. C. o. Rhea Nashville.
The association adopted resolutions
calling upon the governor and the
state prison commission to employ
dentist to care for the teeth of the
prisoners.
Gov. Tom c. Rye confirmed the
death sentence of the supreme court
upon Homer Lawson, convicted Of
criminal assault in the criminal court
of Knox county, in 1917. Lawson has
been five times reprieyed by the gov
ernor in order that his friends might
present new evidence in his favor,
asking for Communication Of his SEN
tence to life Imprisonment. He will
be electrocuted.
Jackson. Hon. r. B. King Of Mem
phis was here perfecting arrange
ments for the young peoples encamp.
ment of the Memphis Conference Wo-
mans Missionary society to be held
at Crawford Springs, August i to 7.
Murfreesboro.- Fire here swept al
most through a block of business
houses, burning one bank and more
than half dozen stores. The loss is
estimated at more than 100000.
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Newbern.-The second quarterly
meeting Of the Newbern Methodist
circuit convened for two days SEES
sion at Rehoboth Church, four miles
south of Newbern, June 20 and 20.
Martin.-The state convention OF
the Baptist Young Peoples union of
the church convened here in the First
Baptist church with E. E. Hanson of
Memphis, vice chairman, presiding, Ia
the absence of the regular chairman,
]. E. Landden Of Chattanooga, who is
in the service of the country.
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Covington.- address of DR.. T.
w. Lewis, pastor of st. Johns Met l.
odist church, Memphis, was the feat
ure of the nights session of the annual
conference of the Memphis conference
Of the Epworth League. in session
here.
Knoxville. -KnoxviIle Is to have a
sanitarium for the treatment and care
of people afflicted with tuberculosis.
The board Of directors of the East
Tennessee sanitarium will build the
sanitarium and the city of Knoxville
will maintain the institution after It ID
completed.
A lone highwayman confronted the
treasurer of the Bijou theater with a
big gun and forced him to hand over
the theater's strong box, containing
several hundred dollars. Two police.
men happened to be near and respond
ed to the treasurerNs call for help by
firing at the fleeing thief. In his flight
he dropped the box and then engaged
in shooting affray with the officers
He fired six shots at them and they
fired ten, but the highwayman es,
capped.
Stating that it is an impossibility
for the Huns ever to win battle
against an allied army, "as they can
not stand cold steel" Rev. r. e. Vale,
DID,, in an impressive address at the
summer school of the south, declared
that the few advances gained by the
enemy have been by spy and intrigue
system and not heroism. DR.. Vale
praised the response OF America to
the call for additional troops to face
the fiendish forces Of the devil, and
lauded the efficiency Of the Sammies
as already demonstrated on the west
ern front.
Chattanooga. The departure Of 253
negro selectmen for Camp Dodge, Des
Moines, Iowa, was the occasion of the
biggest patriotic demonstration Of Che
draft movement
Provost guards arrested Charles
Schminrantes, resident Of ChRtta-
nooga, on the charge Of making sedl-
tious remarks about the government
and declaring that he would not buy
Liberty bonds because this would be
contributing toward killing his own
people in Germany. He was held with