Carthage courier. (Carthage, Tenn.) 1913-current, 1921-06-23
* LOCAL AND PERSONAL ITEMS x

Miss Ann Thompson of Nashville
is in Carthage as the guest of Misses
Jessie Jones and Willie Dean.
Rev. j. L. Smotherman will deliver
his lecture, THE Greatest Thing in
the World June 25th at 8 p. m. al
the Methodist church at Lancaster and
at Gordonsville, June 9th at p. m
at the public School auditorium. AT
the request of the Ladies Missionary
Society he will deliver this lecture
at Tullahoma, June Both.
John Davis, building contractor of
Algood, has been spending a day or
two here with his brother, C. C. Davis
Jess Thomas of Carthage Route 2
was in Carthage Wednesday. Jess
has been at the government hospital
at johnson City for several months
taking treatment for injuries received
in the world war, and he reports that
ne IS steadily improving. He will re-
turn to johnson City in a few days
Judge Cordell Hull has returned
from trip of several days in Wash
ington.
Revs. C. B. Massey and Calvin
Gregory CT Pleasant Shade were in
Carthage Monday. Rev. Massey was
accompanied by his brother, J. A.
Massey of Louisville, KY, who, with
his wife, is visiting Rev. and Mrs.
Massey for few days.
In this issue of the Carthage Cour-
Ter appears an advertisement of How
ard Female College, Gallatin, Tenn.
This school, which under the control
of Prof. Geo. H. CroweII, is one of
the oldest and best known female col
Ieges in the state. Above all else the
school endeavors to advance the cause
OF Christianity and parents who have
girls to send to college would do well
to investigate the school
With the rains that have fallen this
week every section of Smith County
has now come out from under the Sc
we're drouth of the past seven weeks.
While the continued dry weather
worked havoc with vegetables of all
kinds and did more or less damage
&c other crops, 1T is thought the rains
came In time to save the greater mart
OF the corn crop. Also a number of
farmers have taken advantage of the
season to set tobacco plants, but as a
whole the tobacco crop will be cut
very short
The final sale of the Carthage loose
leaf tobacco warehouse will be held
Saturday, June 25th. Appearances
are that there will be a fairly large
moor offered and the reports are that
the prices of tobacco now are Tn1,ch
better than few months ago. But
the good prices have come too late
for the farmers as the most of them
declare thy have already given theirs
away.
Misses Nellie Alexander and Ann
wright of Dixon Springs were in
Carthage Wednesday.
Mrs. " b. Chapman visited her
daughter, Mrs. Blake Thackston. at
Smyrna last week.
Mrs. Geo. Warman of Louisville is
at Lock visiting her daughter, Mrs.
r. E. Cranche
The first number of the Cathage
Chatauqua will be given Friday night.
June "a. This year the programs of
the Chautauqua will be given at night
instead of afternoons and nights. Re-
member the program runs for five
nights, beginning next Friday night.
Mrs. Ben S. Read and two sons of
Denver, Colo. have arrived and are
now occupying their summer home
IN Carthage. They will be joined by
Mr.. Read a few weeks later.
I. B. Read is spending several days
in Colorado with his son, Bridges
u.
Mrs. Blake Thackston and little son
of Smyrna are here with her parents.
Esq. and Mrs. J. B. Chapman.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Duke and son.
Cecil, of Gallatin spent the weekend
in Carthage as the guests of relatives.
Cecil, who is only II years of age,
won prize by making the highest
grade on examination in the eighth
grade of the Sumner County High
Schools. Pupils from all the schools
in that county in the eighth grade
participated in the examination.
Friends here congratulate this SPLEEN
did boy on his attachments along
school work.
Don't fail to be at the COLONIAL on
Monday, July 4th, to see Tom Mix in
his greatest picture, "The Texas"
Mrs. Henry Foster has been pend-
ing several days at Cookeville visiting
her parents.
Misses Elizabeth and Daisy Aust
Hart are at Monterey visiting Mrs
Turner Price.
Mr.. and Mrs. Julian Fisher spent a
day or two in Nashville last week
Walter Stone has purchased the
new residence of Roscoe McGinness
and will move his family to Carthage
within a short time For the past
several years Mr.. Stone and family
have been residing in East Tennessee,
but now he has accepted the position
of representing this territory for the
Davis Manufacturing Co of Knox
Vile, which manufactures staple
drugs, extracts and spices. This con-
Germ, which started small, is now cap
italiZed at a quarter" of a million dol
lars and Ernest Thackston, former
Smith County boy. is vice president
of the organization. -