The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-01-04
FROM ALL PARTS
OF ENNESSEE
Reports of Interesting
Events Boiled Down
for Hasty Perusal.

sue Carried IN the el6cLlOn Dy n6dfi.
three to one.
Bristol.-The first annual corn clul
exhibit under the direction of the di
vision of extension, University of Ten
nessee, was held at Blountville las
week, with J. E. Dali, county agent
in charge.
Union City.-Run into by a freight
while he was trying to get a hand
car off the track, L. c. Summers, sec
ton foreman of the NJ. & o, railroad
was almost instantly killed a few
miles south Of Union City.
Knoxville Twelve miners were
killed in an explosion of mine No. 3
of the Oar Dour Coal & Coke com
pany, at Catosa, near here. Seventy
five men were in the mine. All es.
capped except those killed outright.
Columbia.-A probe Of the charges
against w. T. Boaz, dismissed super.
intendent Of the Tennessee orphan
home, has been completed by the
Maury county grand jury, which made
its final report to the circuit court.
Celina.-This section of the state
was for many days In the grip of one
~ tho xxrnrot naId xuoyag avar i1unuv,
for many years. Both Cumberland
and Obed rivers were frozen over for
the first time in more than twenty
years.
Dickson. ]. M. Thomp-
son, who was on trial In the circuit
court here, charged with embezzle-
ment of about $4,000 of Dickson
eounty's funds during the six years
he was trustee Of the county, has
been acquitted.
Troy.-The Troy auxiliary OF the
Memphis and Shelby county chapter
Of the American Red Cross has made
and shipped to date 81 pairs Of pa
jamas, 81 bed shirts, 43 pairs of socks,
IL wash cloths, ~ pairs of operating
leggings and 10 sweaters.
Pulash.-While the snow was on
the ground the past week thousands
of rabbits were killed in Giles county,
supplying the local market and ship
bers, through whom several thousand
dressed rabbits found their way to
city markets at good prices.
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Huntingdon.-C. w. Blakey, former.
ly state boys work secretary in the
Tennessee Y. M. c. A., and secretary
of the boys department in Y. NJ. c..
A. In Atlanta, Ca, the past two years.
has been granted leave of absence
by the Atlanta board for work in the
army camps in France.
Lexington.-No patriotic move ever
went stronger in this town than the
Red Cross work among the ladies,
who have banded themselves into
club and meet at regular intervals for
knitting necessary furnishings for the
work of the organization which is do.
ing so much for the relief of the sol.
diers.
Clarksville.-H. d. WEIGH OF Mont.
gomery county, who has been working
under the direction of County Farm
Demonstration Agent W. S. Baldwin,
In an attempt to bring the crop yields
Of his farm to higher standard, was
surprised this year when his demon.
stration in corn yielded 751s bushels
to the acre.
noxville.-Perry Patty, posseman,
was shot In the left shoulder and pain.
fully injured when he and T. B. WINS,
field deputy internal revenue collect
or, and w. B. Upton, deputy United
States marshal. raided wildcat dis.
tillery and engaged in a pitched bat.
tie with six Sewer county moon.
sinners in the mountains.
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Huntingdon.-The Carroll county
teachers association has been reor.
ganized with Miss Love Hawkings
chairman and Miss Kennedy secre
tary. The association adopted a plan
Of subdividing and grouping the va.
rious school districts into commune
ties and naming one school In the
group as the community center.
Knoxviile.-The first candidate tc
qualify for the republican county pri
mary Of March 81 is w. C. Grimm. who
seeks the nomination for chancellor
Of Knox county.
NashvIlle.-Gov. Tom C. Rye, who
has been confined to his room for
week or more, Is greatly improved. He
has been suffering with a severe at
tack Of grippe. and for time ii was
feared that pneumonia might develop
Humboldt-0n a recent order from
the post office department at Wash
lngton the Humboldt office became the
central accounting office OF Gibson
county.
Sewanee.-The gymnasium Of the
Sewanee Military academy was de
stroyed By fire.