Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1918-05-10
!. FROM ALL PARTS
!. OF TENNESSEE
Reports of Interesting
Events Boiled Down
for Hasty Perusal.

Union City.-Farmers in this sec
ton are going to put out 100 acres o.
tomatoes for the early market
Knoxville. Crawford Bales, 14-year
old boy was horribly mangled beneath
Southern railway freight train here
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Newbern. -One Of the largest acre
ages Of Irish and sweet potato crops
will be grown In this county this year,
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Nashville-Th Southern Metho
dist board Of missions authorized q
subscription for $4,000 of Liberty
loan bonds.
Jackson.--A $4,000 corporation foE
the manufacture and distribution Of
the smokeless fuel emonomizer is be.
ing formed here.
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Dyersburg.-At meeting OF the
commercial club arrangements were
made to put on a community fair In
Dyersburg next October.
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Dyersburg. - The Dyersburg Red
Cross rooms have been moved from
the basement Of the Sugg hotel to the
Forked Deer club rooms.
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Whiteville.-M. A. Webb, represent
alive of Hardeman county in the
lower house of representatives, is Sc
riously I'll at his home here.
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Dyersburg, -The West Tennessee
Ice association was organized in
Dyersburg with 20 ice factories OF
West Tennessee represented.
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Knoxville. -Passenger agents of.
fees Of the Norfolk & Western and
the NJ, c. & st. L. railroads will close
May for the period of the war.
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Knoxville. Construction of $1,000
900 nitrate plant at Maryville is ex-
pected to result in the improving OF
the main highway from Maryville to
Knoxville.
Knoxville.-Richard Cooley of Knox.
vile, United States internal reve
nue. officer, shot himself through the
head in the lavatory on the second
floor Of the federal building.
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Jackson. manufacturers and
the railroad agents are complaining OF
shortage OF labor as result Of
recent visit Of labor agents from Nash
vile, Sheffield and elsewhere.
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Newbern.-Since making the sur.
vey Of the present crop, County Agents
8. G. Alternately and Miss Ruth Lus'
combe Of Dyersburg have been push
Ing the food production campaign.
Paris. L, Stewart, president OF
the Henry County Sunday school vs.
ISOLATION, has called the first annual
meeting to be held at Palestine
church, five miles west Of Paris, on
the first Sunday in May.
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Bolivar. - An immense American
flag was raised at the Western hos.
pital with appropriate exercises, con-
sisting Of songs addresses, readings,
etc. Dr. J. B. Bond, superintendent
of the institution, presided.
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Knoxville. - East Tennessee and
Kentucky coal mines
produced 1SO,915 tons more during the
month Of March Of this year than tho
corresponding month of 1917, accord
ing to the latest government report.
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Lexington.-News has been received
here by his many friends Of the ap.
pointment of Rev. Fred H. Peoples,
formerly pastor Of the Methodist Epis-
copal church, South, at this place, to
q chaplaincy in the national army. to
be stationed at Camp Greenleaf, Fort |
Ga.
Newbern.-The farmers in the rural
districts OF Dyer county we're busy
working the public roads over the
county last week, owing to the cult.
waited land being too wet to work.
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Chattanooga Liberty day in Chat
tanooga was featured by a thrilling |
spectacle under direction Of |
Col. ]. N. Pickering, chief Of staff,
Sixth division, including an exact du-
plimation Of trench warfare as prac-
iced on the fields of Picardy.
CoOkeville.-The student body Of
Tennessee Polytechnic institute has
lust closed q very vigorous thrift and |
war saving campaign, which was car:
He'd on In business-Ake and system
atic manner. The student body was
divided into two sides, the Army and |
he Navy.
Dyersburg.-At a meeting Of the
Business Mems club, Red Cross and |
,ther organizations in the courthouse,
t was resolved to establish a commu-
lity club In Dyersburg. This will be |
along the lines of the community |
,lubs already established in the