The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-04-12

Selmer.-A great patriotic mass
meeting was held in the courthouse at
Selmer.
Trezevant.-After being In session
for four days and night, the Bible in
s%titute, held at the Baptist church, has
adjourned.
T%rezeVant. - The newly installed
board Of city officials has determined
that bootlegging whiskey must be
stopped in Trezevant.
Greenbrier One of the worst hail
storms ever known struck here last
week. Hailstones piled up in places
over n foot in depth.
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Nashville.-R. G. Gleaves, a practi-
cal undertaken of Greenbfier, has in
vented and secured a patent on a self
locking grave vault cover.
Union City,-Nat Murphy, Jr., three
year-old son Of Nat Murphy, a wealthy
farmer lear here, died as aresult Of
falling into boiling hot I've water.
Union City.-Ten thousand surgical
dressings were shipped to Atlanta
headquarters by the local Red Cross
chapter for the month of March.
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Jackson.-Dr. A. A. Booth, for many
years a practicing physician en- Jack
son, has gone to Nashville to take a
special course in Vanderbilt Univers-
ity.
Newbern.-There is reported to b0
several cases OF smallpox in Dyer eoun-
ty. All efforts are being used to pre-
vent further spreading of the epA
demic.
Jackson.-B. E. Dickerson Of Dem
mark, member OF a well-known and
prominent family in this section, was
shot and instantly killed while seated
in his home reading.
Bristol.-The Republicans OF Sulli-
van county reorganized by the election
of J.. E., Miller Of Indian Springs to
succeed S. B. Cunning as chairman OF
the county committee.
Jackson.-Fully 5000 school chill
dren of the city and county participant
ed In a patriotic parade here Saturday,
the opening of the third Liberty loan
campaign.
Newbern.-A strong contest has
been launched in Newbern between
the Newbern high school girls and the
Boy Scouts In the third Liberty loan
campaign.
Chattanooga.-A large warehouse at
the packing plant in Alton Park was
burned with a large lot OF lard. entail
ing an estimated loss of from $4,000
to $4,000.
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Nashville.-The club house OF the
Nashville baseball team was destroyed
by fire. With the club house were de-
stroyed 20 uniforms, balls, bats, gloves
and other paraphernalia of the club,
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Smithyille.-The Bird s. Rhea farm,
one of the noted farms OF DeKalb
county, has changed hands. The heirs
of the late Bird S. Rhea sold this SPLEEN
did farm to Edd Ragland of Cookevihe
for $4,000.
Humboldt.-No stone Is being left
unturned by Gibson county leaders in
perfecting the organization to put
across in a hurry the sale of Gibson
county's quota of s371,7OO in the third
loan.
Newbern.-The Dyer County singing
convention will convene for a two-day
in this county at Beech Grove.
four miles south Of Fowlkes. April 10
and IA.
Rockwood.-Five hundred citizens
the home OF Nelson Dale, who
had been accredited with seditlous ut
.terances. and compelled the family to
salute the American flag. apologize
and desist from remarks In the future.
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF South
srn lumber interests met here in con-
with John II. Kirby OF Hous-
.on, Texas, lumber administrator for
he South and vicepresident OF the
Southern Pine Association, to perfect
plans for the speeding up OF timber
production and delivery and to devise
,ther measures to meet the increased
reeds Of the government In its war
program.
Huntingdon.-Red Cross donation
lay in this county. which was appro-
observed here. was a grand
A crowd OF 1000 or 5000
was present and enterd hearth
y into every feature.
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Selmer-McNairy county is fast
coming 70 the front in the way Of Inn
and diversified farming. The
Import given Leonard ]. Karr. county
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