The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-03-15
FROM ALL PARTS
OF TENNESSEE
Reports Of Interesting
Events Boiled Down
for Hasty Perusal.

banker and other prominent business
men.
Trezevant.-Ths West Tennessee
Baptist Sunday school convention was
held this week at the Baptist church
at Whiteville.
Huntingdon.-An effort is being
made to grow sweet potatoes in this
community in larger quantities than
ever before.
Observation-Disclosures secured $500
worth of fancy ladies' coat suits and
silk when they robbed the largest dry
goods store here.
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Memphis.-A campaign for 500 new
members has been fnaugurated by the
local Y. M. C. A. and various teams
are reporting excellent progress.
Knoxville.-Reuel E. Jones, fireman
on the Coster division of the Southern
railway, vas instantly killed near Clln-
ton when he fell under the engine on
which he was riding.
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Gleason.-Jerome ]. Mccain, aged
about 60 years, a prominent citizen re-
siding about seven miles northeast Of
Gleason, was found dead in his car
about n mile from his home.
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Milan.-The Milan branch OF the
Memphis Red Cross has made another
shipment of supplies. The ladies are
in earnest about their duty to the
soldier boys and never tire of their
work.
Rockwood.-Ed Purdy, aged 81, shot
firer of Round Island mine No. 2, OF
Chamberlain, and Geo. Childs, aged 10,
car loader, also of Chamberlain, we're
instantly killed by a premature explo-
sion OF dynamite.
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Chattanooga.-The greatest medical
talent Of America assembled at Camp
Greenleaf and participated in the for
NAL dedication of the war medical au-
oitorium, the gift of Mrs. William Nc
Lean of Philadelphia.
Nashville Approximate profits for
February of SS9,SO1.94 are shown in
the report covering operations at the
Brushy mountain mines during the
month, which has been received by the
TENNESSEE board of control.
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Lexington-A preachers and Chris
tian workers school will be held at
Union Baptist church, near Chester
field. this county, beginning Monday,
April l, under direction of v, B. Fill
son Of Chattanooga, field secretary OF
the Baptist state mission board.
Trezevant.-Letters have been re-
ceived by the parents of Hall Gala
way, James Goodwin and Ebert
Brooks, all three Trezevant boys, who
are now at the front In France. These
boys all volunteered in the United
States marines at Memphis last June.
observation-disclosures Of vice.chair-
men OF the medical advisory boards of
the state were ordered to proceed to
Camp Gordon to take four days in
struction in physical examinations.
The order was given in a telegram
sent to the various chairmen by Mai.
Rutledge Smith.
Nashville.-There will be a great
patriotic rally in every county of Ten
nessee on the first Monday in April.
Gov. Rye sent to every judge or chair
mar Of the county court and every JUS
tice of the peace in the state a letter
urging that these meetings be extern
sively announced.
Nashville.-Seventh Day Adventis.s
throughout the southern union confer
ence, including the smaller confer
ences Of Alabama, Kentucky, Lou!Si-
ana, Mississippi and Western Tonnes
see, with headquarters at Nashville,
will attend the world conference OF tie
denomination In San Francisco from
March 2S to April IA.
Greenville, s. C.-The artillery at
Camp Sewer, composed mainly OF
Tennesseans and North Carolinians.
Is ready for the beginning Of the end
OF intensive military training here be-
fore going overseas. The second bat
talon Of the Hath field artillery. for
merly the First Tennessee regiment.
has been selected for the honor OF be-
ing the first TO do actual firing on the
artillery range at Cleveland Mills, &C
miles above Greenville. In tse heart
OF the mountains. The battalion will
leave on March Is, and Il is supposed
that II will remain for two weeks. The
First battalion will follow the Second.
remaining for a like time.
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Greenville. s. C.-Hon. T. C. Ash
croft, until recently mayor OF Mem
phis. has been here several days fsril-
iarizing himself with the different
units Of the Thirtieth division at Camp
Sewer. He will visit Camp Pike IN
Arkansas. Fort Sill in Oklahoma and
the Texas camps. II is understood
that later. when the southern troops
begin 10 freely move overseas. the for
mer mayor viii proceed directly 10