Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1918-11-08
TENNESSEE
BRIEFLY TOLD EVENTS
OF THE STATE

experiences.
Rendered uAOOVseiOus BY q bullet
WOund 81 en- altitude Of 5000 feet
Lieut.. 0'BriSa crashed 10 sarth, but
lived He Was captured by the Ger
mans and Yves being transported to
reprisal prison camp when he leaped
through the window Of a speeding eS
press train and escaped in the dark
ness. He then began his perilous jour
ney through Germany, Luxembourg and
Belgium, walking a distance Of 25e
miles In ~ days. This remarkable jour
ney was ended when he dug his way
beneath an electric fence and knell
upon the soil Of Holland to thank God
for his deliverance.
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NashVille.-Final negotiations have
been completed for the immediate es,
Enlistment of a government hospital
for wounded soldiers in Nashville.
The unfinished Galloway hospital and
state school for blind are to be used
as the site Col. John A. Hornsby,
head OF procurement board Of the war
department, and party, left last week
after wiring Washington to forward
men and materials for immediate con.
struction.
Johnson City.-Holston conference
Of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in
session here, by an overwhelming vote
favored granting equal rights to WON
en- Of the church The conference also
voted to combine the two Holston
schools-Martha Washington at Alb
ingdon, Va, and Emery and Henry Col.
loge at Emery, Va, the charter Of the
former to be surrendered.
Knoxville. e. Gresham, dep
Uty at Chattanooga of the United
States district court, has been appoint
ed clerk of the federal district court
for East Tennessee, succeeding Capt
Horace Van Deventer, resigned to be
come a captain in the quartermaster
department Of the army.
Knoxville.-The supreme court OF
Tennessee in an opinion handed down
here sustained the constituti0nality OF
q city ordinance requiring transfer
companies to make report to the po'
lice department of all persons moving
from one place to another.
Henderson. -Thc united war work
campaign oF1Chester county, beginning
Nov. IL, had q meeting of executive
committee organized, and appointed
the chairmen for each division and aP,
portiOned the amount for each district
to raise.
NSwbern.-FNrmere in the Ninth dis.
trict at Churchton, four miles east OF
Newborn, are losing q considerable
number of cattle from q disease that
has been pronounced blackleg, accord.
ing to the statement Of farmers in that |
section.
Milan.-oVins to the recent rAirs
very little cotton in this community
has been gathered by the growers. Al
the fields have bean too wet to work. |
But the greater portion has been pick.
cd out and placed on the market.
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Knoxville. Secretary VIM. @. Nc. |
Adoo's nephew, Lieut.. James Saunders
O'Neal, diea Oct. as the result VI
wounds received in action with the
American eTpeditionary forces, accord.
ing to information received
Covingtoa.-ThO first slsst of the
season fell here Nov. /. The down.
pour, which came from a cloud that
came up suddenly from the west, last.
cd hardly two minutes, and melted as
fast as 1t fell.
Knoxville. increase averaging
ab@lt $50 per capita is contemplated
for members OF KnoIville's fire and pc.
lice departments. They now receivS
about $50.
Dyersburg. have been per,
fected by the executive committee to
rush the Dyer county war work can.
paign, which opens November IL.
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CoYdova.-W. H. Yates has the lar.
rest turnip on exhibition here Of any
farmer. He brought in tuTniS that
weighed five and quarter pounds.
Nashville, Following meeting OF
city, county and state health authori.
ties, 1t was decided to lift the baa on
theatera and schools here.
Knoxville,-TAe state supreme court
adjourned until Nov. IL in order to AZ
low attorneys to fill out gusstionaires.
NashviIls.-S. s. Mcconnell, superln.
tendent OF banks. announced the an
Dointment OF D. d. Robertson Of
as state bank examiner,
vice Meredith Flautt, who recently re.
a.