Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1921-07-29
TENNESSEE
EVENTS
GatheredfrOm AIICOr-
ners Of the State and
Told in Briefest Form

tel, and escaped with bag contain.
ing $500.
Cookeville.-The summer school OF
the Tennessee Polytechnic institute
closed its 1921 session. This has been
the most successful and largely attend.
ed summer school in the history Of the
T. P. /.
Greenfield-A revival will be held
at the Methodist church at Brooks
Chapel, beginning Sunday July 81.
The meeting will be conducted by
Rev. G. T. Sellars and wife.
Memphis.-Tyree Taylor, formerly
chief United States deputy marshal
for Western Tennessee, must spend
seven years in the federal penitentiary
at Atlanta. Taylor, arraigned at spe-
cial session of federal court, pleaded
guilty to having accepted brides from
bootleggers here in 1918. Fines ag
gregating $685. also we're assessed
against him. The charge Of conspir.
acy against Mrs. Tyree Taylor was
nolle pressed upon recommendation Of
District Attorney w. D. Kyser.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. has been re-
ceived here of the death of the death
of Charles N. Williams, 80, Of Camp.
bell, Mo-, who died in the Dickson hos
pital in Paragould, Ark, following an
operation. Mr.. Williams was a native
of Carroll county but for about six
years he has lived in Campbell. Dur.
ing the war he spent ten months in
overseas service.
Tracy City.-Troy Perry and Robert
Cleek became involved in difficulty.
Cleek was stabbed with knife, the
wound being in the breast just over
the heart. He was carried to the hos.
pital at Sewanee and the last report
from him was that he was resting very
well. Perry was arrested and bound
over to court under bond in the sum
Of $4,000.
Camden.-The school enumeration
of Magnolia school district No. IA has
been completed and shows a total of
1,469 children of school age from 6 to
81. This is a gain of 80 over last
years census of 1,437.
Huntingdon.-The annual picnic Of
the Stonewall Jackson camp, Confed-
crate Veterans, will be held at Shiloh
church, four miles east of Mckenzie.
The speakers will be Attorney-General
G. c. Sherrod, Of Humboldt, and Capt.
Gordon Browning, of Huntingdon. The
program includes a band of old fid.
dlers, readings and a drill of ex-serv-
ice men in uniform.
Martin.-The carnival put on by To-
cal talent to raise additional funds for
the community park and Fairgrounds
was success from a financial stand
point some $4,000 being cleared above
expenses.
Chattanooga.-No event of the past
decade means more to Chattanooga
than the leasing Of the Muscle Shoals
properties by Henry Ford, in the opin-
4on of leading manufacturers of this
city, c. w. Howard, manager of the
industrial bureau of the chamber of
commerce, says that there is no doubt
but it means an increase of popula-
tion of 100000 by 1880.
Macon.-The former stone building
of L. D. Boswell, merchant, is under
way of reconstucting This store was
made of brick and after the fire had
burned the woodwork the walls were
left standing Part of this has been
torn away, as it was in bad condition.
This was one Of the largest stores at
Macon before the fire, but the new
building will not be as large.
Milan.-Under the management OF
Rev. G. Frank Burns, pastor of First
Presbyterian church, Milan, the Daily
Vacation Bible school has had a sue
cessful term.
Knoxville.-At the instance of state
pure food inspectors from Nashville,
four Knoxville meat dealers were ar
rested on charges of putting poison in
hamburger to prevent spelling.
TreEevant.-News has reached here
that the state highway commission
has decided that the Bristol-to-M Mem.
phis highway will follow the old rail-
road bed surveyed through Carroll
county sixty years ago from Hunting
don east via McLemoresville and on to
Milan where the highway will inter-
sect the Burlington highway, going
then to Jackson.
Savannah.-The state geological de-
partment has placed two men in Har-
ulAI Cuuhty W HdhS survey SSpSCldl-
ly Of the eastern part Of the county.
C. c. Anderson and G. NJ. Perrin are
in charge Of the work and are pushing
out on the roads leading east and
south and north of the town, with
headquarters at the county town.
Dyersburg.-The Dyer county pike
commission is advertising for bids for
the first hard surfaced roads to be
built by the county, bids to be opened
August 1.