The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-08-16

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Alamo.-The Alamo nigh school
opened with an enrolment of 265 pu
pills, the largest number ever enrolled
on the first day.
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Knoxville Sentence of 80 years was
given to Everett Dyer, In criminal
court, charged with the murder OF hls
wife here several months ago.
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McKenzie.-Miss Mildred Meadors
of this place Is the first Carroll county
girl to volunteer for training in the
nurses reserve corps of the Red Cross.
Petersburg. -Mrs. Lillian Perrins
Davis of Lexington has bought the Pc.
tersburg Herald, and has moved here
to assume duties as editor and pub.
Usher.
Menglewood.-Th store of the Men.
gle Box company and two residences
were destroyed by fire. entailing a
loss estimated at 100000, partly GOV
cred by insurance.
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Dyersburg. The Hosmer hospital OF
this place was damaged by fire origI.
mating from a defective flue. The
damage will reach several thousand
dollars, 1t is said
Bafdwyn.-Melvin Bryson, years
old, who was. burned when lamp ex,
ploded and covered him with blazing
oil as he lay asleep on the floor, died
after days Of dreadful suffering
Knoxville.-George e. West, son OF
Ed West of Oliver Springs. was killed
on the Marine front on July 10, accord.
Ing to message received from tho
United States war department by his
father.
Cookeville.-T Tennessee Poly
technic Institute has been approved
by the state board OF education for the
student army training corps which Is
to be offered to certain schools by the
war department.
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Milan.-The Milan chapter Of the
Red Cross held a sale of articles that
were donated by the people, consisting
of canned fruits, preserves. fruits.
cakes and a small pig, realizing the
sum of $106.4S.
Nashville. Tully Brown, son
of former Gov. Neill s. Brown, and ad'
jutantgeneral of Tennessee undeS the
Patterson regime, died at his home
here after an illness extending over
period OF two years.
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Martin.-Rev. E. F. Adams of the
First Baptist Church, Fulton, KY, has
been called to the care Of the Fira
church here, succeeding DIR. ]. N. Pc
nick, who accepted chair in Union
University, Jackson.
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Newbern.-The Dyer County Farm
Loan association met and elected the
following officers: A. B. Dickersor,
president; j. NJ. Pritchard, vice presi-
dent; J. C. Doyle, secretary-treasurer
r. e. Rice, attorney.
Adamsville friends of Chas
NJ. Kemp, Company B. 121st infantry,
Macon, Ca, will be glad to know that
that he has recently been promoted
to captain Capt. Kemp rs a well
known Adamsville boy.
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Nashville. -William +. Price. Of
West Nashville, drowned Sunday al.
ternoon while trying to save a little
girl who stepped off ledge into wa
ter over her head in the Cumberland
river near the state penitentiary
Lexington ]. E. Befktresser,
a young Baptist minister of this sec
tion, has resigned the care of ths
church at Spring Greek to enter army
Y. M C. A. work He is a graduate
OF Union University, Jackson. Tenn.
$500
Memphis. was the hottest
day Of the year here, according to the
government thermometer, the maxi
mum temperature registering slightly
above 80. Only twice since 1900 has
this temperature been exceeded On
July %. 1901, the thermometer showed
104, while on August OF the same
year f02 was reached The maximum
on June 81. 1914, was 90
A rainfall Of .15 OF an inch about
pm brought relief TO the sweltering
citizens Of Memphis.
The name Of Corporal Rufus II. Creel
Memphis, appeared in the casualty
list August 10. The dispatch stated
that the degree Of creel's wounds had
not been determined. A telegram was
received BY creel's family TO this ef.
feet. stating that he Il In . base hos.
pital in France. having been wounded
On July IS. Creel was 10 years old
when he volunteered in the array at
the Memphis recruiting station in
January. 1917.
Memphis.-This city has again gone
ove- the top For two weeks there has
been . nation wide campaign for the
nurnose OF euifstfng young women Ii