Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1918-02-15

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and that member was badly in.
iuFed again. The accident oc-
cured some days ago, during the
slick weather, and be has been
kept in ever since. His friends
fear it will be some time before he
will be able to be out again.
An entertainment was given at
the home of Mr.. I. S. jenkins
Wednesday night ID honor Of
Clifford and Buster" Rust, two
of our soldier boys, who are home
on furlough. Quite a number
of the young people gathered to
do honor to the occasion, and a
very pleasant time was enjoyed.
| G. L. Butler. who formerly
lived in this county. but now re.
sides at Bemis, is only SO years
old, but he has reared a family of
eleven children, and the youngest
is past 81. A remarkable fact is
that there has never been any
death in his immediate family. He
is the father of Roy Butler of our
town.
Geo. w. Nowlin, who formerly
lived in Irrelevant and Mckenzie.
but more recently a citizen of
Greenfield, is dead. He died in
Augusta. Ark, where he was Wis
ting his daughter, when he was
taken sick. His remains were
brought to Mckenzie for burial,
and were laid to rest in Mt. Olivet
Wednesday of last week. Mr. Now
lin was well-kDown to many of our
readers, who will regret his death
Miss Loucretia Owen has re-
signed her position as rural school
supervisor. She will take SIX
weeks course in the Peabody and
also do welfare work for the Nash
vile, Chattanooga 4 st. Louis
railway. Prof. Barnhill in refer
ring to her resignation spoke in
the very highest terms of her work
as a school supervisor, and regards
her giving up the work as a dis
tinct loss to the schools of the
county.
Work is progressing we'll on
Drainage District No. 2. This
district has its beginning in Hen
derson county, and drains Big
Sandy river to the N, G. 6 St, l..
railroad near Hollow Rock June
ton. A dredge boat is being built
at Westport to take the work on
from the point where the railroad
crosses the river near that town.
1t is expected to have the boat
completed and at work some time
this spring. This ditch drains
some very fine bodies of land.
The roads in Carroll county
since the thaw have, in some sec
tions, been almost impossible The
ground had been frozen so long
that when the thaw came, deep
mud followed, and the roads were
easily cut to pieces by haulers. and
travel over them with any degree
of satisfaction was out of the ques-
ton. The roads in this county
are easily made disagreeable to
travel over, but they soon dry
out and with proper dragging are
again placed in fairly good condi-
ton.
The summer-like days the first
of the week did more good toward
conserving fuel than heatless Mon
day could possibly have done. This
change in the temperature proved
very acceptable to everybody. 1t
gives the shut-ins an opportunity
to get out and enjoy outdoor life
for a while, and in many ways
proved blessing to the people.
1t is not reasonable to suppose that
we will have no more cold weather,
but there is no reason why we
should not enjoy the warm weather
while we have chance.
After today, February Is, the
price of the Democrat will be 81. so
a year. No subscription will be
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will ent,s@ you to the paper four
months, and no name will be en-
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without a cash payment. The ac-
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tention to this will be appreciated.
The city dads have had one of
the pumps at the power house