Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1921-06-03
TENNESSEE
EVENTS
GatheredfrOmAnCOr-
ners of the State and
Told in Briefest Form

Knoxville.-C. " Holderman, junior
supreme counselor of the United Com
mercial Travellers, was in the city re-
Gently. Speaking of the scandal by
which the mailing list of the order
was stolen and gotten into the hands
of politicians, he said the guilty par.
ties had been found in the person of
woman employed in the office of the
publishing concern, which prints the
U. c. T. Sample Case given to her hus-
band and sold for $91750. The execu-
tive committee of the order went to
/ great trouble and expense to find the
guilty party.
Dyersburg The great hardwood
sawmill and veneer plant of the Mem
gel Company, located at Mengelwood,
10 miles northwest of here, in Dyer
county, and which at peak times has
provided employment for more than
500 men, will probably be dismantled
after logs now on hand are sawed. By
the middle of July it is expected that
practically all Of the 351 men now en-
ployed will be laid off and the opera
ton brought to close.
Nashville.-More than $1,000,0 900 has
already been subscribed to the Chris
tian education movement of the M. E.
church, South, which is seeking to
raise $33,000,000, These gifts have
been voluntary contributions and Di-
rector General j. H. Reynolds and
Secretary of Education Stonewall And
erson expressed themselves as hopeful
that the entire sum asked for would
be realized.
Notwithstanding to republican
leaders in the city, Robert L. Garden,
state insurance commissioner, will
send his resignation to Gov. Taylor in
the very near future. The revelations
concerning Mr.. Camden which were
brought out in the investigation of al.
legged bribery conditions at the capitol
are embarrassing the state admins
tration, according to these leaders.
Chattanooga. T. Townsend, Of
Augusta, Ca, was elected president Of
the southern railway agents associa-
ton at the final session of the annual
convention on Signal Mountain, other
officers named being ]. s. Parks, Pin
ners Point, Va, vice president; |. A.
Battle, Knoxville, Tenn, secretary,
and Edward S. Marsh, Spencer, N. c.,
treasurer.
Covington.-Sheriff c. N. Voltz ar.
rested Clarence Blakely on a charge
OF shooting with intent to commit muir
der in the first degree. Jesse Taylor,
night Waterman at the Upton cotton
mills, who was shot, is said to have
charged that Blakely shot him. Taylor
was shot through the lung, but 1t is
thought that he will recover.
ashville.-Through the efforts of
Bishop Eugene R. Hendrix of the M.
e. church, South, the graves of every
southern Methodist preacher will be
decorated on Memorial Day, May 80,
and brief addresses will be delivered
by noted ministers, recounting the life
and labors of the deceased clergymen.
sAsss
Chattanooga the instance Of
United States Judge Edward T. San
ford, federal court here was adjourned
for an hour during the funeral serv-
ices, out Of respect of the late Justice
White. A meeting was held in the
court room, where resolutions were
adopted expressing their sympathy.
Knoxville -Four hundred furniture
men, including members of the Ten
nessee retail furniture dealers asso-
citation, representatives of factories
and travelling statesmen, are expected
to attend the ninth annual state con-
vention, which will be held at the
business mems club here.
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Gibson.-The big store of H. p Hale
was broken into and several hundred
dollars worth of goods, consisting Of
mems shirts, collars and furnishings,
shoes, hats, caps, etc., ladies' waists,
silk and cotton hosiery, shoes, blouses,
millinery, satins and taffetas in bolts
stolen.
Huntingdon.-The announcement Of
the appointment of Judge ]. w. Ross
20 the federal bench for west Tennes.
see was received here with much
pleasure by his many friends; likewise
the appointment Of Hon. s. e. Murray
to the district attorneyship
sssas
Newbern.-The new hotel building
being built by ]. A. McClanahan is
nearing completion and will be ready
FOR business about June l. The hotel
will have rs guest rooms with all
modern conveniences 1t will be known
as Hotel Newbern."
Nashville. The jury Of view engag-
ed in appraising the property required
for the execution of the memorial