Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1919-01-31

iIreatOn. Miss JrisSom has taught
here two terms and has a host OF
friends WHO regret to see her leave.
E X, Higgins left Thursday for
St. Louis, where he will remain
! for a short time preparatory to
entering upon his duties on the
road. Mrs. Rigging left for Ala
bama, where she will spend sew
eral weeks visiting
r. d. Quinn has recently bought
the building known as the Butler
building, now occupied BY Wiley
& Grenade. Don is contemplating
extensive improvements on the
building, and use it as store
house for potatoes.
Emerson Argo, of Martin, spent
two days here last week. He was
on his way to Irrelevant, and was
accompanied BY his son, Hesker,
who has just returned from France.
Mr.. Argo lost his wife with flu a
few weeks ago.
j. A. Mcdonald has sold his
place to Claud Leach, of Atwood.
Mr.. Leach will move here and con-
tinue the raising of full-blooded
chickens. We are glad to welcome
Mr.. Leach as we know him to be
a frst-class citizen. He is brother
of Clifford Leach of Leach, Ever
EFT & Co.
A telegram reached here Sunday
stating that Mrs. Boone MILFORD,
better known here as Miss Lizzie
Witt, had been operated on in
TT. Smith, Ark, hospital. Her
many friends here are very anx-
ious about her condition. MIR. and
Mrs. Wilford have a baby just two
weeks old.
Mrs. Ada Collier left Sunday
for Chickasha, Okla, after re-
ceiving a telegram that Miss Eva
Harris had died. This will be sad
news to everybody around Nc
Kenzie as Miss Harris was we'll
known here. She was a daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Harris.
having lived here for a number of
years.
George Bouldin, the Hico mer-
chant. and one of our most pros.
porous farmers and timber men,
went to Nashville last week, also
to Paducah. KY, looking for a
sawmill. Mr.. Bouldin recently
bought timber enough to make
over 100000 crossties, and is
putting in mill to saw the ties.
All of Mckenzie will be indeed
sorry that bud Kizer, the we'll
known mule man, dropped dead in
Milan last Sunday night. Mr..
Kizer had host of friends in Nc
Kenzie. He went on the plan that
his word was his bond, and any
time a man bought a mule from
him be knew he could depend on
what be said.
Mr.. and Mrs. Phenton Smith |
arrived Wednesday from Atlanta,
Ga. Mr.. Smith was in camp
there until about three weeks ago,
having received his discharge and |
accepted a position 10 Atlanta
They both have had flu. and as
soon as Mr.. Smith has recovered
sufficiently he will return to re-
sumo his position.
Miss Virginia Rulings, daughter
of Monroe Rulings, of near here,
has become mentally unbalanced |
following a severe illness with in
Auenza. Miss Rulings was a
bright and accomplished young
woman. She had almost recovered
from the attack of influenza be-
fore her mind became affected to
such an extent that it. was notice
able. The young lady's many
friends, as well as those of her
father, regret to learn Of her mis-
fortune, and sincerely hope that
she will recover.
Tom White. Of Mississippi, who |
was reared and educated here. was
here three days last week looking
after his interests here and visit
ing friends; he has also been down
in Obion county on his farm. Tom
said he had not seen better spirit
existing in years than was now ex-
isting around Mckenzie in the way
of boosting the home town. In
fact, he was so well impressed that
he made application to join the
commercial club and paid six
months in advance. If you are
booster you will join and then at
tend.
There have been sixty-three car
loads of sweet potatoes shipped
from Mckenzie this season, and
probably one half of the crop is
still on hand. There are on an
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