Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1919-01-03
TENNESSEE
BRIEFLY TOLD EVENTS
OF THE STATE

GOunLy uG4C50lAOns
Chattanooga.-The Hamilton Ma.
tional Bank, of Chattanooga, has pur.
chased the Bank Of Commerce, a state
bank with capital stock of $15O,OOO
The Bank of Commerce was organized
several years ago by c. t. Knedler,
and its last report showed 100000 de
posits.
Chattanooga. = Lieut-Col Knowles,
commander of the base hospital at
Fort oglethorpe, said that very few OF
his force would be discharged from
service, They will be kept intact to
look after the hospital during the de-
mobilization period, and then to care
for wounded soldiers.
Bristol. - John Campbell, farmer,
was killed at Ruthon, Sullivan county,
when a limb from a falling tree struck
him on the head, crushing his skull
and rendering him unconscious. He
was cutting saw timber when the acct
dent occurred. He was 81 years old
Two OF his soma are with the army in
France.
Memphis. = More than 200 Mem.
phis soldier boys in training in Ameri
can camps have been demobilized and
returned home. The chief camps turn.
ing out local boys were Camps Shelby
Miss; Camp Gordon, Ca; Camp Pike,
Ark; Camp Mcclellan and camps in
New Jersey and New York, where
they were prepared to go over.
Dyersburg. - The home of e. NJ
King, this city, was damaged by fire,
supposed to have originated from
defective flue. This was one of the
handsomest homes in this section of
the state, being one of the show places
of Dyersburg. The upper story was
severely damaged, especially the ball
room, and the loss is near $4,000.
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Memphis-T. ]. Buzard has received
a letter from his son, Thomas V. Blu
zard, Of the forestry division, Ameri
can expeditionary force, stating that
his left hand was caught in the saw
at sawmill where he was superin-
tendent and amputated at the wrist
Young Buzard enlisted in the forestry
division in Memphis Nov. "a, 1917. He
sailed for France Jan. g. Since arriV-
ing "over there" he has been in charge
Of sawmill work in the big forests Of
Eastern France
Chattanooga. = City Commissioner
Betterman will ask the city commits.
sion to indorse an amendment to the
old law covering acts of embezzlement
by not making 1t applicable to officials
In office. The old law provides that
If an embezzler pays back what he has
taken he can escape punishment by
law. This provision the commissioner
will seek to have amended so as to
make it not applicable to public Off.
cials who default with public reve.
hue.
Knoxville.-'I am of the opinion that
we will be over here for some time
Lt looks as If the divisions that have
made good are the ones that will re-
main over here" says Col. Cary F.
Spence, commanding the 117th infan'
try told Third Tennessee), composed
Of Tennessee boys), in a letter to his
wife here.
Col. Spence announces in his letter
that Maj. C. B. Hathaway, of Eliza
bethon, and formerly an instructor at
rusculum college, is wounded badly.
Capt. David Lellard, of Etowah, also
Is badly wounded But we hope and
pray that they wili pull through" the
colonel continued. mo Drawer men
ever lived than these two"
Nashville. - State Fuel Administra.
Tor w. E. Myer returned to Nashville
from trip to Washington, D. c., and
New York City, on official business.
He announced that Jan. l, 1919, his
department. of the national council Of
defense at state headquarters will be
closed, but he will continue as state
'uel administrator until some time in
he spring of next year
R. NJ. Roberts, of the fuel efficiency
md conservation department, will re-
main on duty until Jan. 10, 1918, while
Ill other employees will cease work
with the new year.
While the coal situation is better, it
n by no means removed from the dan
ger and possibility of becoming very
to the public, and it is
% guard against d recurrence of past
conditions that the adj
will continue. State Min.
ng Inspector Shifflett is busy with re-
PORTS of mine operation this year, and
rom reports to Dec. it is estimated
hat the production in this state in
-91S will be 10 per cent greater than
n 1917 and will make the output near
100000 tons.
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Knoxville. = Still only little more
han Is years old, Private Martin L.
spangler has made a most interesting
ecord in the great war He has the
distinction of having been in the first
md last battles in which the Ameri-
ans participated, and comes out with.