Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1921-07-22
TENNESSEE
EVENTS
Gathered Cor
ners Of the State and
Told in Briefest Form


the Middle Tennessee experiment sta
ton has received orders to complete
work which for more than a year has
been unfinished on the big dairy barr
ia the station. The work has beer
delayed because of lack of funds
The work of repairing the auditorium
and administration building, damaged
by the recent storm, will also begir
shortly, or just as soon as adjustments
can be made with the insurance com
panies.
NashVille,-Noah w. Cooper chair
man of the Methodist central Sabbath
crusade committee, representing Il
southern conferences, has left fol
Washington, D. c., where on July IA a
petition urging the enactment of a SO
called Sunday blue law" prohibiting
the publication Of Sunday newspapers
and the operation Of Sunday trains,
will be placed in the hands of every
senator and representative in congress-
Memphis.-After Sept. the Young
Women's Christian Association OF
Memphis will be housed in house of
its own. Through the interest and
activity of committee of prominent
men Of Memphis deal was closed
with officials Of the Cumberland Tele-
phone company whereby the building
formerly used as the exchange for the
Memphis telephone company was Sc
cured for the sum of Of $4,000.
Chattanooga.-Mrs. Robert Emmett
Woodland, whose two children, Jack,
aged three, and Elizabeth, two, were
kidnapped at Cape May, N. j., is to
consult her attorney with view Of
obtaining legal possession of the chill
dren. Mrs. Woodland charged her
husband with the kidnapping, and ex.
pressed the opinion that he would take
them to either Richmond, Va, or to
Atlanta, Ca, his home.
Manchester.-Three small children
OF Clarence Quarles were hurt when
a pony buggy in which they were play
ing got started down a steep grade anG
overturned. The boy, about ten years
old, was cut under the chin, and four
stitches had to be taken. The girl,
about six years old, who was holding
a baby in her arms, was badly bruised
but the baby escaped with only few
scratches.
Elkmont Springs Elkmont Springs
opened on July 4, and many reserva,
lions for the season have been made.
There will be dancing, hiking, swim.
ming and other amusements. This
popular resort has been a haven o.
rest for many people who have cot
tages here, and others who have pat
ronized it for over fifty years, when
the springs were inaccessible.
Chattanooga.-A fig leaf may have
been sufficient in the garden of Eden,
but to force your wife to adopt Eve
modus-vivendi on chigre-infested
tract in the Ozark mountains is cruel
and inhuman treatment. So held his
honor, Judge Oscar Yarnell here in
granting Mrs. Mary King Young, %,
an absolute decree of divorce from
Chester Young.
Camden.--A cat belonging to Attor
ney C. N. Frazier Of this place recent
ly brought in two young rabbits from
a foraging expedition. Instead of pre-
pairing a feast for her kittens, the cat
decided to adopt the rabbits, and they
are now members of the cat family,
and many visitors call at the Frazier
home daily to see the adopted chill
dren."
Savannah.-Forty-six applicants took
the examination for certificates to
teach in the public schools of Hardin
county at the state test which has just
closed here. There we're n in the May
examination, and the two together
make the greatest number that have
taken the tests In this county for a
number Of years.
Knoxville. County Tax Assessor
Frank L. West has ruled that all lib
erty bonds held as surplus by corpO-
rations and banks are taxable the same
as other surplus property. One cor
poration owns 100000 in liberty
bonds, and 1t is estimated 100000
in bonds are assessable in Knox
county.
GAINESVILLE. w. L. Cook, Of
the circuit court, in written opinion,
denied the application for an iniunc-
ton to restrain the paving Of Frank
lin, Madison and Commerce streets
and Greenwood avenue, except to
very limited extent.
Columbia.-Horace l. Cevil has Just |
harvested 16O-acre field Of wheat on
his farm in the Mt. Pleasant section
and secured an average yield Of 80
bushels to the sacre. The total yield |
was 1890 bushels, which sold for
s1.25 per bushel, or $4,000.
Knoxville.-In justifying his action
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