Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1919-11-14
FROM ALL PARTS
OF TENNESSEE
Reports Of Interesting
Events Boiled Down
for Hasty Perusal.
COTTON CROP CONDITION.
Brief Statement Issued BY Agent of
U. S. Department Of Agriculture
At NaahVlIle.

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crop, as of October 25, for Tennessee
is much lower than of September %
Is manifest. Beginning about Octobe
10, there were continuous and heav.
rains over the state until the 25th, con
veTting all cotton fields into quag
mires. Much Of the open cotton wal
beaten off, seed sproutsd in the boil
and quite lot Of green bolIS rotted
The quality was considerably lowered
and the sample will be discolored. Or
account OF wet conditions, it Is i'm
possible to tell the exact damage OF
condition, but from all information
available, the condition on October q
was 5SS6, compared with 64qe on Sep
TENDER rs, and ten year average Of
69qo for September rs.
This survey was made in accordance
with congressional resolution, and as
a report on cotton has seldom been
made in October, there is no real basis
for estimating production for this date,
The estimate of production will be
given in report of December II.
NashN .lle.-OrganiEing the children
in the health crusaders movement to
teach them the ways OF right living,
and to make them form the habit Of
performing health exercises each day
is one Of the big features Of the coming
yecr's program Of the Tennessee anti.
tuberculosis association.
Chattanooga-Bid on so miles Of
hard-surfaced roadway starting from
the Shelby county line and extending
7orthward along the Jeff Davis high
way, will be opened and contract let
on December / by the state highway
engineers.
Union City.--The ladies of circle 2
Of the Methodist church, assisted by
Miss Mary Lawson, staged "The Dees-
trict Skule' at Reynolds opera house
and cleared about 5000. This will be
donated to the pipe organ fund
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Memphis. of the most impor-
tant developments connected with the
local cotton industry in recent years is
he opening Of a government bureau
for the gathering OF statistics Of spot
cotton and cotton seed sales.
Chattanooga--An initial subscription
of $4,000 donated by Mrs. Fannie W.
johnson OF Vicksburg, Miss, has caus-
ed Sewanee campalgners Of the mill
lion dollar endowment to take a new
lease on life.
McKenzie.-The desired amount Is
now pledged to insure new plant for
a greater RcTyeire school building.
Fifty thousand dollars has been raised
but the drive will go on until $4,000
has been raised. -s.4-.
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Memphis. Of 75 applicants who
sought to enlist in the U. S. navy dur
ing the month of October, only "
were accepted for service by Chief s.
NJ. Cox of the local recruiting station.
Nashville. Under a law enacted by
the last legislature the state aids
counties in high school education and
15 per cent of the school funds are to
be divided among the SO counties.
Memphis.-Sugar virtually disap-
peared from the retail market in Mem
phis Saturday afternoon In many
Of the stores it disappeared in the
Knoxville.-A minimum salary scale
for teachers was recommended by the
East Tennessee educational associa-
closing session of the fifth annual con-
wention.
Chattanooga November II, the first
anniversary of the signing OF the
armistice. will be celebrated in pub
lie schools throughout the county.
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Chattanooga. - The University OF
Chattanooga Y. M C. A. was organized
and officers elected for the year at
Of the students.
Newbern.- Definite plans are under
way to erect new railroad depot IN
by the Illinois Central rail
'oad company.
Nashville. Acting, 1t is said, under
authority from Washington, local rail-
'oads began holding all coal on their
'ails.
Clarksville.-Real estate transfers in
Montgomery county for the week end.
ng Saturday, Nov. l, totaled sS6,229.
Mckenzie IL D. Parnell has recent
Y completed one Of the largest 20
alto houses in West Tennessee.
Knoxville. Reports from all sec
ions Of the Tennessee-Southeastern
kentucky coal field show that the
Inion miners Of District 10 responded
to the strike order, leav-
ng on duty only enough men to ope
ate the pumps.
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Chattanooga.-Tae 600 local shop
len Of the Southern railway received
/ their pay envelopes an increase Of
,ur cents an hour with the statement