Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1921-07-08
TENNESSEE
EVENTS
GatheredfrOmA lCOr-
ners Of the State and
Told IN Briefest Form

OF the southern golf tournament only
to be defeated by Perry Adair Of At
lanta, will defend his title of city
champion In 36-hole match with w.
G. Harris at the Memphis country
club. Wenzler and Esarris were the
survivors in the championship fight
Of the city tournament recently. The
final was postponed on account OF the
Nashville tournament.
Chattanooga.-It has been announo.
ed at the local internal revenue col.
leetor's office that Sidney Lucas, one
OF the staff, had been selected as a
member Of the flying squadron" which
Is to cover the southeastern states be-
ginning July for the purpose of in
vestigating and checking all delin-
quent federal taxes.
Knoxville. ely William Billiard and his
son, Can Billiard, have been convicted
of second degree murder at Maynards.
vile for the killing Of Fisher Norton
last September, following religious
meeting, during which the Billiards
took exception to the conduct of re-
marks Of Norton and his two com
panions.
Lucy.-The Lucy Parent-Teachers'
association entertained informally on
the school grounds in honor of Miss
Charl 0. Williams, county superintend-
emit Of education; DR.. Andrew A. Kin
cannon, president of West Tennessee
State Normal school; Miss Lula H.
Grim, high school supervisor; Miss
Adele France, elementary supervisor,
and Miss Margaret Williams, secretary
of the board Of education.
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Milan. Packing and shipping OF
green tomatoes has started The to-
matoes are of good siSe and shape, de-
spite the long continued drouth. T.
c. Sawyers has charge of the work
and is using the compress building to
pack in. The growers have been
shipping ripe tomatoes for several
days and have received good prices
for them.
Shelbyville.-The marketing COM
mittee Of the Bedford County Council
of Agriculture, shelbyville, Tenn, sold
41OOO pounds Of wool On June II. This
sale according to w. L. Fowler, coun-
ty agent, was the largesS farmers CO.
operative wool sale, by much more than
100 per cent ever held in Tennessee.
Thirty thousand pounds of this wool
classed as clear of burrs and sold for
the record price of 1880 per hundred.
Ripley.-Robert Pooi IS, was shot
and killed and Stanley Fersythe was
probably fatally wounded in a general
fight at an ice cream supper at Hale's
Point, near here. w. r. Buttram has
surrendered and is charged with the
shooting Buttram claims that he tried
to act as peacemaker when the fight
started, but began shooting when he
was attacked by Pool.
Memphis. The Rev. Mart Gary
Smith rector Of Holy Trinity church
here, has accepted call to the pas
torate Of Christ Episcopal church at
Hornell, N. Y. He rendered his resig-
nation to take effect August ! and will
spend month at tAe University of
Chicago before taking up his new
work.
Nashville--In compliance with the
act of 1921, which regulates real es-
tate brokers and statesmen and under
which the real estate commission was
created, approximately 5000 applica-
lions have been received by the real
estate commission from brokers and
statesmen over the state.
Chattanooga. Judge Samuel A. Sib-
ley. In the federal court at Atlanta, |
has continued the injunction obtained |
by the Southern railroad against Sher-
iff j. M. Holmes, of trenton, Ga, to
prevent the destruction of carload
of liquor seized by the officer while it
was en- route from a Kentucky distil-
lery to drug firm at Los Angeles.
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Memphis -Arrangeaents have been
perfected for the showing of the mo-
ton pictures made on sne recent Shrine
to Jacksonville, Fla, at
local picture house Tuesday and We'd
nesday, July and 6. The proceeds
will go to the Crippled Children's Hos
pital fund.
Union City.-Good rains have fallen
in many parts of this county recently,
but there are some few sections of the
still needing rain very badly
All farmers say that the outlook in
this county for bumper crop is flat
tering. Clover soweo this spring Is
dying very rapidly, in fact much of it
is already dead, due to dry weather.
sAass
Dover-In the state examination
held here recently, four made life Ger.
tificates. Forty-six took the examina-
lion and eighteen passed. Mrs. James
NJ. Waggoner, editor Of the Dover Cou.
rier. made the highest average, 81 per
cent. being one of the four who made
life certificates.
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Memphis-The faces Of Superintend-
snt Wynn Cullen and his assistants at
he Overton Park Zoo are serious, and
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