Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1921-03-18
TENNESSEE
EVENTS
GatheredfrOmAlICor-
ners Of the State and
Told in Briefest Form

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Ripley. AT the Methodist church re-
Gently Geo. S. Yolz was host to de-
lightful three-course dinner rendered
his Sunday School class. Mr. Volz is
true friend Of the boys, and his class
is composed Of 20 real young Ameri.
cans. Mr.. Volz was POSTMASTER and
the program consisted of music, under
the direction OF Miss Eloise Pierson,
and short talks were made by F. G.
Bullock on 1.-THE Prodigal Father" r..
G. Sanford, Helping the Boys to Keep
Fit" and w. G. L. Rice, What the
Community Owed to the Boys"
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McMinnville.- The Woman's Civic
League, which was discontinued few
years ago, when the ladies were all so
busy with Red Cross work, was reor.
ganized few days ago with a mem.
bership of about eighty. The follow
ing officers were elected: Mrs r. l..
Maloney, president; Mrs. Kelly f.
Potter and Mrs. Emmett Bonner, vice.
presidents; Mrs. James 7. Sims, sec.
rotary and Miss Amanda ColVille,
treasurer.
Newborn, -The strawberry indus.
try, which is becoming the chief crop
in the Newbern territory, is being
strongly financed BY both banks in
Newbern The bankers are urging
more acreage and will loan the farm
ers money in this section to increase
the acreage. Strawberries are one Of
the most profitable crops that can DO
grown in this section and a largely
increased acreage will be put out this
year.
Fayetteville.-The jury in the cases
of Joe Carly, Charles Vowel, Jim
Robinson and Theo Dismukes, ne
groes, charged with having aided two
prisoners to escape from the Lincoln
county Jail, returned verdict Of
guilty. Carly and Yowell, held ring
leaders, were given five years in
prison and Robinson and Dismukes,
charged with having aided in the es-
cape, were given three years in prison.
Observation-Disclosures of the World
In Tennessee will convene in Knox.
vile for their biennial state conven.
ton. The biennial convention of the
Woodmen Circle will be held stimuli
taneously. More than 700 delegates
arc expected. Mayor Neal will dal!v,
er the address Of welcome and the
response will be by Head Consul A.
Grant Matthews, prominent Memphis
attorney and a speaker of eloquence.
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Paris.-On April the voters of this
city will elect mayor, three aldermen
and chief Of police. The race is
warming up. There are two aspirants
for the office Of mayor, DR.. r. A. Fox,
dentist, and John r. Rison, Jr., pub,
Usher Of the Partisan, have announc-
ed. There are three out for chief Of
police, and just how many aldermanic
candidates remains to be determined.
Memphis.-The number of typhoid
fever cases in Memphis is mounting
daily, records In the city health office
show, and officials are as yet unable
to ascertain the cause of the diseass,
The total number Of cases is 35 posi-
tive with others suspected. Inocula-
ton of everyone in the areas covered
by the disease Is in progress, under
the health department.
Chattanooga May IL, Is, IA and
10 >isFtannoqncod as the date for the
meeting gaeE the state convention of
the Tennessee. Federation of Wom-
EMS Clubs BY Mrs, Clarence H. Stew
ard, president. The convention VIII
be held at the Lincoln Memorial uni
versity at Harrogats, near Cunber-
land Gap, at the invitation Of officials
Of that institution. II
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Memphis Unless the supreme cougT
reyerses the decision of Judge Tom
Harsh, made in the Second Criminal
court, Mary Thompson Mcnamara will
serve her sentence of from one to rs
years in the penitentiary on charge
Of perjury. She was convicted forat-
tempting to change her testimony
when she sent Allen Mcnamara to the
prison for life.
Chattanooga. Sir knight 2. G.
Crabtree of Lookout Compandery
had the distinction Of representing
both the local and state organiza-
tons at impressive ceremonies in Ma.
rion. o., that had as their purpose the
making Of President Warren g,
Harding knight Templar.
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Lynchburg There will be a sale
Of registered Duroc hogs at the Brook
side farm Of F. w. Motlow. Fifty head
Of very fine individuals win be sold
McMinnville.---At a recent meeting
the Warren county pure bred poultry
association was organized, with Wn;.
II. Magness, president.
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Ccl3keville. The death Of Col. ].
Ed Jones Of Monterey. removed one
Of the best known and most highly
citizens of Putnam county.
He was about rs years old and made