Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1921-04-15
TENNESSEE
EVENTS
GatheredfrOmAnCOr-
ners of the State and
Told in Briefest Form

! question Of law in Tennessee is a Sc
quel to the trial of Charlie Fife, farm
or, Polk county, at Ducktown, wherein
he was convicted of two murders, the
first case resulting in a sentence Of
SO years in the penitentiary and the
second electrocution. If the law is ex-
ecuted according to the manner in
which the verdicts were returned,
Fife, after serving his SO years, would
be taken to the electric chair in the
year 1920.
Jackson.v-One hundred and fifty
one arrests were made during the
month of March by the local police de-
partment, according to the monthly re-
port of Chief of Police Alex. Stegall,
submitted to the city commission.
This is the smallest number of arrests
made in any one month during the
term Of Chief Stegall. Fines amount,
ing to $3.50 were assessed in city court
against the offenders, and $477.5O cash
was collected in fines.
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Memphis.-The suit of A. B. Car
ruthers and others against Thomas
Stubblefield was settled in chancery,
when Stubblefield agreed to dispose
Of several head Of cattle which he has
been keeping at Belyedere and Poplar.
Property owners in the neighborhood
claimed that Stubblefield had planned
to operate dairy there. They ap.
pealed to chancery court for an in.
junction. @.S
Chattanooga.-Chattanoogas latest
manufacturing plant the Cole Engi.
neering Co.. has been opened. The
company is engaged in the manufac.
ture of Cole metal products, specialize
ing on Cole silver white metal, used
for trimming, and in the Cole no-grip
bearing metals Mr. Cole holds the
secret formula for the two metals. He
operates another plant in Chester, Pa.
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Knoxville.-A. L. Evans, county |
Judge of Union county, enjoined J.. S. !
Graves, through the circuit court, |
from assuming the office of juvenile |
judge of Union county under an act
passed by the legislature through the
efforts of Senator Press Monroe. Judge
Evans was elected to office for a term
of eight years and he claims the new
act legislates him out of office.
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Lebanon.-T members of the
Clyde Bratton post Of the American
Legion have made arrangements with
the John B. Rogers company to put on
a play called Hoop La" by local tai
ent. The members of the Legion are
very enthusiastic over the expected re-
suits of the play, which will be given
at the Lyric theatre two days.
Union City,-The commissioners of
the county Jail and courthouse of this
county have had Jail in this city thor.
oughly cleaned and painted, inside and
out. They found the jail to be in a
very insanitary condition and have
had floors repaired and secured, walls
painted and all furniture and bedding
cleaned and disinfected.
Union City.-A highway is to be con-
;tructed leading from Union City to
Reelfoot Lake. There was an enthu-
,iastic meeting held here in further
lnce Of this project by members of the
county highway commission and COM
nittees from the districts through
which said road will pass, heretofore
appointed
Memphis.-A number of Memphians
ire interested in the organization of
ne Dixie Mutual Insurance corpora.
ion, recently formed, and which win
AVE headquarters here. The company
will engage in automobile insurance
BUSINESS, writing complete coverage
or automobile risks.
Bristol--After discussion of the To-
al water question at well-attended I
mass meeting of citizens, a vote was
aiken and it was found that ma.
ority favored the proposed bill pro i
iding for possible merger of the two I
peal systems as sent to the state leg e
stature recently,
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Jackson. The honor list for the ex. I
Of flies and the destruc. T
ion of their breeding places, in the Z
ampaign being actively put on by the |,
last Union school, as announced, in
ludes: Elizabeth Kinsey, Hugh Par.
am, Sarah Malone Francis Leeper
nd Sam Gibbs. !.
Ashland City.-Col. P. P. Pickard,
asher of the Ashland City Bank &
rust company, who recently under. =
ent rather serious operation at I
-ashvilIe infirmary, is reported to De !
apidly convalescing. !
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Ripley .--April has been designated
ere as loyalty" month" in the $751; W
100000 campaign of the Baptists Of "
le south. 81
Nashville.-The Tennessee supreme
,urt held an act Of 1919 making trans
1rtation Of more than three gallons II
intoxicating liquor felony to be I'M &
The act undertook to tb
mend an act without specifying the It
It amended. q
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