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VOLUME 31-No. 42
HUNTINGDON, TENNESSEE. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1919
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TEACHERS NEEDED
SALARIES TOO LOW
Tennessee Experiencing Diffi
culties Securing Teachers
for Rural Schools
The state is finding it difficult to
supply the crowded schools in the
state with teachers. The regular
examination for teachers was held
in July, and, not securing enough
qualified pedagogues, a supple'
mental examination was held , in
September, still this ' extra ex
amination did not produce suffi
cient teachers, and a third exam
ination has been called for Decem
ber. '
While there are many teachers
taking examination and qualifying,
when it comes to working for the
salaries paid county teachers in
Tennessee they decline the jobs
and accept positions in trade anP
mdustry,i 'wnich are more remerae
rative.
There will be no less than fifteen
or twenty schools in Carroll county
short of teachers this winter. Or
at least that is the indication at
this time. On account of the
salaries paid teachers here some of
our teachers have gore to other
counties and others have entered
other lines of business.
Given Decoration
Mrs. Joseph E. Jones, of Dres
den, mother of Lieut. Herbert
Jones, Vanderbilt graduate, killed
in France, was presented with a
distinguisiiea service meaai in
recognition of the services of her
. son Wednesday morning of last
week in the chapel at Vanderbilt
University.
Appropriate services marked the
occasion the presentation being
made by Maj. H. L. Landers, of
the local army recruiting station,
who was a colonel in the A. E. F.
Maj. Landers made an eloquent
speech, telling of the spirit of the
men who made up the army of the
United States, and how they will
ingly made sacrifices for their
country. . .
All ex-service men in the univer
sity stood at attention and saluted
when the medal was presented to
the mother of the dead hero.
Against Pofiteering
In his charge Monday to the
grand jury at the opening of the
federal court at Jackson, Judge J.
E. McCall was very emphatic and
explicit in regard to the duty of
the grand jary in searching out
profiteers. Along-suffering pub
lic warmly applauded the sentiment
expressed by Judge McCall that
the guilty be punished.
Federal Court
The fall term of the federal
court convened in Jackson last
Monday, Judge John E. McCall
presiding. Due to the illness of
John E. McCall the court did not
meet last April and the docket was
larger than usual. Several of the
members of the Huntingdon bar
attended this court the first of the
week.
MOONEY SPEAKS
RODSVELT MEMORIAL
The Memphis Editor Delivers
Fine Address, in Huntingdon
Friday Afternoon
C. P. J. Moouey editor of the
Memphis Commercial Appeal,
spoke here Friday afternoon at
the courthouse in the interest of
the Roosevelt memorial fund. He
was introduced by the chariman,
George T. McCall, and spoke for
more than an hour to the large and
interested audience on the needs of
better citizenship, better civic
ideals, better health conditions,
better morals and better 'family
life, all of which were advocated
by the great citizen, Theodore
Roosevelt.
Circuit Court, which was in
special session, adjourned for the
address. .s . .
A jury selected for the Wilder
murder trial was in the" jury-box.
In concluding Mr. Mooney humor
ously alluded to them by saying
that it was his first experience at
having part of his audienoe fereed
to listen to him whether or no.
The speaker very clearly pointed
out the importance of ' high ideals I
in citizenship and how conditions
can be made better by makiDg
better citizens through correct
teaching and living. He referred
to the efforts that had been made
during the last several years
for civic improvement and declared
that we had a better state, a better
people and higher moral .ideas as
a consequence of those efforts. He
hoped to see the day when we
would have no need for jails and
places of punishment for crimes.
Buy Land
1 A special from Camden says:
A real estate deal of more than
usual interest was made here Thurs
day, when S. L. Peeler, R. R.
Melton and W. M. Kincannon
purchased from Joe T. Hester, of
Huntingdon. Ira L. Presson and
G, B. Holladay. of this place, two
large tracts of land adjacent to the
Memphis-to-BristoI highway, seven
miles west of here on Big Sandy
river, the two tracts containing
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about 850 acres of rich-timbered
land. On this land is what is
claimed by timber dealers to be
the finest bodv of timber on Biy
Sandy river. The consideration
was nearly $20,000.
LAI TRANSFERS
MAKE BIG SHOWING
Real Estate Transfers During
Ten Months Amounted to
Nearly $1,500,000
A large number of real estate
transfers have been recorded in the
county court clerk's office during
the past ten months. The aggregate
of these transfers amount to nearly
$1,500,000, and it shows much
activity in the real estate business
of the county. Land has increased
in value more rapidly during the
past year than during any one year
in the history of the county, and
we do not believe it has yet cone
as high as it will go.
Following we give the transfers
for each month for the past ten
months: January, $136,250; Feb
ruary, $103,950; March $130,400;
April,$56,050: May, $81,650; June,
$44,300; July, $81,650; August,
$151,700; September $292,600, and
October about $225,000.
November and December will
ikely be good months and the
aggregate for the year will indicate
much activity in land dealing for
the good year 1919.
All young men want
Double Breasters
Just now they're the thing. The greatest
degree of style possible are in ours. You won't stop
to analyze their many fine points. Your first impression
is that they're your kind of clothes in every way. You're
right; they are.
The snppiest models;
newest types in great valued suits
They start right by giving you fine woolens
in rich new patterns; smart keely styled high waisted
models in plain and belter designs. You will be glad to have
one of these; you can't go wrong on any clothes O or
you buy here. See the impressive values at -
and others at
$30 $40 $45 $50
If it's newit's here
Men's Fall Hats Are Ready
Style's the thing nowdays in hats. Hats
that blend comfort, style and economy;
just the correct dimension and shape.
$4.00, $5.00 and up
THIRD RED CROSS
ROLL CALL DRIVE
The President Urges Suppoit
of the Third Red Cross
Roll Call Drive
President Wilson in a letter to
the people of the country says:
As President of the United States
and President of the American
Red Cross I recommend and urge
a generous response to the Third
Red.Cross Roll Call Drive, which
opens on November 2, with the
observance of Red Cross Sunday
and appropriately closes on No
vember 11, the first anniversary
of the signing of the armistice.
Twenty million adults joined the
Red Cross during the war, prompt
ed by a patriotic desire to render
service to cheir country and to the
cause for which the United States
was engaged in war.. Our patriot
ism should stand the test of peace
as well as the test of war, and it is
an intelligently patriotic program
which the Red Cross proposes, a
continuance of a service to our
soldiers and sailors, who look to it
for many things, and a transfer
ence to the problems of peace at
home of the experience and mHh
ods which it acquired during the
war.
It is on membership the stress
of the present campaign is laid,
for the Red Cross seeks to asso
ciate the people in welfare work
throughout the land, especially in
those communities where neither
official nor unofficial provision has
been made for adequate public
health and social service.
Dr. R. A. Douglass, chairman
of the Third Red Cross Roll Call
Drive for the Huntingdon Chapter,
has appointed a chairman in each
district, and is hoping that each
and every one will rally to. the
support of these chairman and ren
der all the service possible. This
is not a campaign for funds, but a
campaign for members. Bifty
cents of each membership fee will
be retained for work in the county.
Laying Concret Walk
A concret walk is being put on
the south side of West Main street.
A walk will also be laid on the
north side of this street. We hope
the contractors will succeed in
getting these walks completed be
fore bad weather set in.
PRIEST & PRIEST
GETS TWENTY YEARS
WILDER CONVICTED
The Jury Was Out Only a Few
Hours and Brings in Ver
dict of Guilty
The Wilder murder case resulted
in a conviction of murder in the
second degree and the penalty was
fixed at .twenty years in the peni
tentiary. The jury got the case Saturday
night about 6 o'clock, and between
9 and 10 o'clock brought in a ver
dict. The verdict was received
and the jury discharged.
This case was taken up Thurs
day and the remainder of the week
given to the hearing. It was a
hard fought battle. The state was
represented by ex-Gov. Tom C.
Rye, acting attorney-general, and
J. Sam Johnson, while George T.
McCall and Capt. Gordon Brown
ing represented the defendant.
Every inch of the ground was con
tested, and strong and eloquent
speeches were made to the jury.
July, 1913, over six years ago,
Dave Wilder, who lived a short
distance west of town, in a fit of
! passion, snot nis motner-in-law,
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stantly, and fired a shot at his own
wife, Mrs. Green's daughter, who,
in a faint, fell to the ground, and
the murderer left the scene, think
ing both were dead.
S. G. Aden was then sheriff and
made a dilligent search for Wil
der, but failed to locate him. He
retired from office, his time having
expired. Sheriff Kirk was elected
and served four years, and Aden
was again elected. Upon assum
ing office he renewed his efforts to
find Wilder and bring him to trial.
He was located in Michigan, and
after a hard fight with the Mich
gan officers and friends, who tried
to have him retained under habeas
corpus and luacy proceedings, he
finally reached Huntingdon with
his man.
At the time of the killing Gov.
Rye was attorney-general and the
grand jury, under his direction,
found an indictment against Wil
der, charging murder in the first
degree. Mr. Rye resigned his
office as attorney-general and was
elected governor of his state. After
serving two terms he retired from
office, returned to his home in
Paris and entered the practice of
Fine Quality Shirts Are Here
Great things here in shirts. Really elegant
bargains in fine qualities that will stand the
laundry's gaff.
$1.50 and more
law again. Oa account of the sick
ness of Gen. Sherrod's wife Gov.
Rye was asked to act as attorney-
general while Mr. Sherrod at
tended the bedside of his wife.
And while actintr in this capacity
it became Gov. Rye's duty to pros
ecute to conviction the man he
helped to indict over six years ago.
Insanity was the principal plea
of the defendant, and this plea
perhaps had something to do with
the length of the term fixed against
him. Wilder is a man between
35 and 40 years old, and twenty
years' service will no doubt be the
greater part of his remaining life.
. W ilder's aged father and mother,'
who are said to be very wealthy,
came from Michigan and testified
for their son. His deserted wife,
whom he attempted to kill; ap
peared against him.
The jury was composed of the
following citizens of the county, a
jury of splendid men: F. R. Bar-
ger, John Springer, H. M. Con
yers, Nathan Sellers, S. P. Myers,
W. A. Butler, J. L. Grissom,
Homer Williams, G. E. Parker,
F. L Wriffht, Charley Kelley and
T. E. Duke. N. N. Lunn and
John Argo were the officers in
charge.
NEGRO SHOT THROUGH
PRISON WINDOWS
Charged With Making Attack
on Woman Reported
Fatally Wounded
A negro named Henry Booth
was arrested Sunday night on the
charge of having attempted to at
tack the wife of a painter in Hum
boldt during the absence of the
husband. The negro was com
mitted to the city jail, which dur
ing the night was visited by un
known persons who fired on the
prisoner throuarh the windows
wounding him six times, once
through the forehead. The ne
gro is reported to be fatally
wounded.
The paaties who did the shoot
ing made a get-away, and at this
writing no arrests had been made.
The affair is very much regretted
by the people of Humboldt, but
such tragedies may be expected so
long as negroes persist in attack
ing white women.
We do all kinds of job work on
very short notice.
STRIKE THREATS
AM0NOLAB0R UNIONS
Labor Organizations are Going
Out on Strikes all Over
the Country
Labor organizations everywhere
are going out on strikes and
threating the industrial interests
of the county with complete ruin
if their pretended grievances are
not promptly met.
1 The coal miners have planned a
walkout for tomorrow if their de
mands for higher wages and
shorter hours are not granted. '
The strike of 180.000 trainmen
is imminent say heads of brother
hood if wage increase demands are
not promptly met.
There is hardlv a bic line of
business that is not more or less
affected by the strike spirit tha t
seems to permeate the labor or
ganizations of the country. And
if the threats that are being de
fiantly made are carried out the
country will suffer a great
calamity.
The pesident is in bed sick. The
congress, sitting on a volcano, does
nothing, but fuss and fume over
politics, showing clearly the in
capacity of our law makers to lay
aside factional politics and be
patriots long enough to enact
legislation to avert pendiDg dis
aster. Primary in Henry
Thederaocratic primary for the
county, offices in Henry county
was held last Saturday and re
sulted as follows: Sheriff, A. L.
Story; trustee, A. A. Grubbs;
circuit court clerk, Henry W.
Morton: county assessor, J. F.
Anderson; county superintendent
of public instruction, Joe Routen,
Nomination is equal to an election
in that county.
Law and Order
Gov. Roberts by proclamation
has designated November 9
to 15 as law and order week.
Preachers are asked to preach on
the subject of law and order on.
Sunday, November 9, and all
schools, public and private, are
expected to set aside one day for
law and order exercises. -Business
and other organizations are ex
pected to hold public meetings to
further the cause.
Teachers' Meeting
White teachers ofCarroll county
are to meet Saturday, Novem
ber 15. For several reasons the
next institute meeting of the white
teachers of Carroll county bas
been posponed till Saturday,
November 15. Program will ap
pear in next week's papers, Some
things of vital importance to the
schools will be discussed. Meet-,
ing will be held at the school
building instead of the court house.
Remember the date November 15.
W. S. Denton,
Chairman.
D. T. Barnhill,
County Superintendent.
DOUBLE WEDDING
CEREMONY ON TRAIN
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Young Lady Well Known Here
Marries Under Rather
Unique Surroundings
A romantic double wedding took
place oa the train en route from
Wildersville to Lexington Wed
nesday afternoon of last week at
6:46 o'lock, the contracting parties
being Robert E. Bunch, of Lex
ington, and Miss Lucile Bolen, of
Wildersvilie; Will T. Roberts, of
Alberton, and Miss Ruby Finch,
of Wildersville, Rev. Fleetwood
Ball, of the Baptist church of Lex
ington, officiating. The ceremony
was performed as the couples stood
1n the vestibule of the train, which
was speeding along at the rate of
30 miles an hour. The respective
brides are the daughters of Dr. C
E. Bolen and John O. Finch, qf
Wildersville, and the grooms are
the sons of Sol M. Bunch and C.
Thos. Roberts, all wortny repre
sentatives of prominent families.
They continued the bridal trip to
Jackson.
Miss Bolen has .relatives in
Huntingdon and has visited here
quite often. , Her many friends
here wish for her a most happy
and prosperous married life.'
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