Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1918-08-30
FROM ALL PARTS
OF TENNESSEE
Reports of Interesting
Events Boiled Down
for Hasty Perusal.

AWARDED the contract Tor grazing ahH
paving the principal streets Of the city
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Fosterville--A number Of ladies from
this place served lunch for the Red
Cross at the Rutherford county fair
at Murfreesboro.
Paris. Nearly 100 contracts have
been signed by Henry county farmers,
leasing land to @. w. Demming o.
Nashville, to bore for oil and gas
Nashville. John B. McFerrin, agad
46, prominent business man, died here.
He was connected with a large Nash
vile printing establishment and widely
known over the state.
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Paris.-News reaches here that vii
liam Boyd Dunn, Henry county boy,
has been killed on the western front
In France. Young DunA enlisted
few days after war was declared,
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Bristol Ernest NJ Mooney, former
physical director of the Bristol Y. M.
G. A., has written a letter to the sec
Rotary Of the association here stating
that he has reached France safely.
Bristol-A special election will be
held here on September to decide
the tie vote received by j. w. RAIDER
and George G. Pile, candidates for
magistrate in the seventeenth civil dis
trict.
Oliver Springs The world war is
making heavy inroads upon the yolun
teers from this place. Wade Cum
mings, 80, is the third man from here
to be killed in France within the pas
month.
Trenton. Patriotic services wsre
observed at the courthouse here X
service flag bearing 1900 stars was
presented to Gibson county by the
Russell-Hill Chapter of the U. D. G.
Five of the stars are gold
Jacksonville annual chase Of the
Forked Deer Red Fox club began at
Crawford Springs on the Madfson-Hsn
derson county line and continued
throughout last week, with a large
number of huntsmen from Tennesses
and adjoining states present.
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Jackson.-A meeting of the Ozark
fruit growers association was held for
tomato growers. The reports showed
under the cooperative plan pursued
this year the crop had been highly
profitable, yielding the farmer from
$3.50 to 5000 per acre profit. Next year
it is planned to plant an increased
acreage.
Knoxville.-Dr. w. S. Nash, chair.
man of the draft board for Knoxville,
No. /, has been appointed
selective service instructor with thG
rank and salary of major. He was no
titled of the appointment by Provost
General Crowder, with in.
Btructions to report to Washington I'm
mediately.
Washington. enlisted men OF
the navy were commended BY SecFe-
tary Daniels for courage in volunteer
Ing to take boat through dense fog
to rescue 26 officers and men from the
British steamship City Of Vienna when
she went ashore on the Canadian
coast. Lincoln e. Freels, seaman,
is one Of the men.
Paris.--Dr. R. J. McFall was killed
by north-bound Nashville, Chattanooga
st. Louis passenger train striking
he automobile in which the doctor
was riding.
Knoxville. e. Morgan, former
newspaper man Of Memphis, has &C
,epted an appointment in the publicity
Of the Y. M. @. A. for war
work.
Chattanooga,-Mrs. Elizabeth Grant.
wife of Lieut.. Howard Grant, Sixth
infantry, was instantly killed when an
automobile in which she and her young
ION, ]. B. Padgett, were riding was
Drecipitated off the new Wauxahatchle
like. Mrs. Grants neck was broken
n the 25-foot plunge Her SON was Sc
iously hurt.
Jacksonville local machine gun
with Roy s. Rochelle as
aptain, has been made an infantry
ompany by order Of Adjt.-Gen Buck
Ter. It will be known as Companv
}, with headquarters at Jackson on
'latoon is located at Dickson and an
ther at Paris. It is one Of the larges.
ompanies in the state, having approx
mately 100 members.
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Fountain City.-Within two weeks
ne officer training camp for all the
commissioned officers Of the Fourth
tennessee regiment will be held at the
ifle range here, followed within All
Their short period by training camp
DR. all the companies in the state
here are at present about rs commits
Toned officers leading the men in the
our battalions Of the state. and these
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