Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1919-08-29
TENNESSEE
BRIEFLY TOLD EVENTS
OF THE STATE

Jackson. - The freight rate PROPOSE
ton will be open for discussion by all
property owners Of this city at the
mass meeting which is to be held at
the courthouse Saturday, Aug. 81
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Nashville. The first real blow by
federal officials against food hoardCrs
and profiteers in Nashville was daliv-
cred when nearly million eggs were
seized in the Noel & Company cold
storage plant.
Trenton. Messrs. W. e. Boring
Of Nashville and R. E. Cron of Gala
tin arrived in Trenton and are repre-
senting the state equalization board
In the effort to read1ust the property
valuations Of the state.
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Chattanooga. Samuel M. Chamb-
Hiss, aged so, brother of Mayor A. w,
Chambliss and one of the leading mem.
bers Of the Chattanooga bar, ended
his life by shooting himself in the
head with a revolver.
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Nashville - The Tennessee public
utilities and railroad commission set
Sept for the date on which to hear
the Western Union Telegraph company
on the proposition of continuing the
government rates on telegraph service.
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Jacksonville association of COM
merce has named Addison Johnson as
manager of tie general campaign to
complete the raising Of the necessary
funds to purchase the building site
for the new 100000 ,woman's college.
Nashville. state has paid
$99464 to date for the special inves-
tigators and counsel in the secret
probe being conducted by Judge Frank
Sanchez and others, leading to a pos
sible custer suit against Mayor Cup
ton and other city officials.
Jackson.-The state board Of equal.
cation, in session here. has comnleted
taking evidence as to the valuation
OF the property in the first seven dis
tricts Of the county, and SO far the
members state that they are well
pleased with the valuations estab-
lished by witnesses from these dis
tricts.
Chattanooga.-Following confer
ence of General Manager Horace
Baker and other officials Of the South
ern Railway system, 1t was announced
that the railroad will Immediately be-
gin the construction Of a million dollar
steel bridge across the Tennessee
river eight miles above the city to re-
place the one condemned and aban-
doned few days ago.
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Memphis. items sent out by
the Southern Alluvial Land Associa-
ton to newspapers in northern cities,
prominent among them Chicago, have
brought results. Many of the members |
Of the association are receiving ttters
daily from southern negroes who were
lured north, asking for jobs and stat
ing that they are anxious to return
to the sunny south,
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Jackson.-With the purpose Of sup
plying every ex-seryice man who re-
turns to Jackson and Madison county
with. suitable job and of finding en-
ployment for the number Of returned
soldiers who are now in the city with
no means of support, the home service
station Of the Red Cross is co-operat-
ng with the Association Of Commerce
md has begun an active campaign to
put every employer in Jackson who
AN possibly use an additional man in
lirect touch with these men who left
Madison county to fight in the world
var and have now returned asking for
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Covington. - The forty-fourth an
lual reunion of Upton County Confed-
crate Veterans was held at Brighton,
5000 people from Upton and adoin-
ng counties being in attendance.
Jackson. 80 A great many negro no.
,oes are now passing through the city,
on the southbound trains,
according to statement made by Dep
lty Sheriff G. H. Webb.
Knoxville. - Knoxville gets 83,OSS +
ans of the army food supply, 10000
'ounds of dried beans, 1892 pounds
# flour, 1000 pounds Of rice and l..
81 cakes of toilet soap.
Jackson. - The county health sur
ey under the supervision of State Di-
ector Bishop of rural sanitation has
lready begun with Huntersville as its
tarting point
Newbern. - News has reached here
rom Yorkville that thieves entered
he Yorkville postoffice and took 500.
eyeral stores were broken into at the
anne time.
Huntington. Reviyais are being
cid at this season over the county.
Chattanooga The United States dis
let attorney by libel proceedings
led in the federal court, seized $500