The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1916-10-06


Miss Roberts will be Mrs. Coulter.
Remorse caused Frank GREGG, cont
vict in the Michigan prison. to make
voluntary confession that he shot and
killed Frank M. Mckinney, polic6a
man Of North Vernon, Ind, on the
night Of Jan, 15. 1915.
Thieves invaded the Illinois prison
honor farm while the convicts slept
and stole team and wagon.
Unless England lifts the dye emI
barge, the coloring on 2cent stamps
viii become deathly pale. The cheeks
are tinted with crimson lake, made In
Germany.
American Indians are no longer .
dying race, Cato Sells, United States
commissioner of Indian affairs, says.
There are $4,000 Indians in "a states,
settled on so reservations. The death
rate has been reduced and births are
increasing.
Mrs. Belva A. Lockwood, the only
woman who ever ran for president of
the United States on regularly nom~
mated ticket, has declared herself 10
be for President Wilson.
Minneapolis millers declare that
flour may retail at $40 barrel in the
near future If wheat prices continue
to rise.
Sub. Lieut. Nungesser OF the French
aviation service brought down two
aeroplanes, making II, and a captive
balloon.
Stringent regulation Of the manufac-
ture and sale of pulque, the principal
strong drink OF Mexico, has been or
dered by First Chief Carranza. The
new regulations double the tax.
The Republican national committee
announces that Gov Whitman will
make a speaking trip in the middle
west this month. He will sptak in In
dianapolis Oct. II, in Chicago Oct, IL,
in ST. Louis Oct. Is and in Louisville
Oct. IA.
The German emperor has issued .
letter OF thanks to the German ship
yards, which have already completed
repairs On the ships damaged in the
Jutland battle.
The Roman Catholic home at Beau.
mont, Canada, was destroyed by fire.
There were upward of 200 children
and aged persons in the institution
and all were safely removed. Loss,
$4,000,
President Wilson went to his old
home to vote at the New Jersey Dem,
ocratic primaries. His ballot was No.
IL and he voted 'er straight"
Edward e. Martini, Chicago's big
gest policeman. is dead. He weighed
431 pounds and was feet inches
tall.
1t is a greater crime in Greene
county, ILL.,, to steal six hens than to
steal Ford. Juries in the Carrollton
circuit court have so decided. The
hen thief got 80 days and the machine
stealer 60.
Undermined by construction work
on the new Coney Island subway, a
portion Of Sixty-eighth street, Brook
lyn,. between Fifth and Sixth avenues,
caved in.
McFarren Davis, for q years editor
Of the Paris (Ill) Beacon, and one Of
the most widely known editors OF GEN.
trail Illinois, is dead.
The cornerstone OF a $4,000 public
library building at Nevada, Mo, was
laid with Masonic ceremonies. The
Rev. DR.. c. H. Briggs of Sedalia Of.
ficiated.
The printers supply statesmen have
advertised for the ''uggliest girl In
town" They want her to lead a grand
march in Madison Square.
DR.. Eva Harding, known in Kansas
as the fighting woman" filed her pc
tition as an Independent candidate for
congress in the first Kansas district.
Members OF + battery, Illinois artil-
lery, numbering 119 men, most OF
whom are students at the University
OF Illinois, have been mustered out.
A worlds record for exports was set
by this country during August. The
exports totaled $4,000. This is $685.
100000 higher than the previous REQ
ord.
The Jury at lola, Kan. before which
Mrs. Ruby Stevens was tried for the
murder Of Clifford Kistrer, q young
farmer. was unable to agree.
Brig. Gen. John ]. Pershing, COM
mander OF the American forces in
Mexico, has been made a major gem
eral, succeeding the late Mai. Gen.
Albert L. Mills.
James Owen Of Milwaukee was.
drawing a short one when he got =
Communication from ChaftannnRa II