The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-10-04
FROM ALL PARTS
OF TENNESSEE
Reports of Interesting
Events Boiled Down
for Hasty Perusal.


Tey Whitfield Of Clarksyille to be his
secretary to succeed NAHUM w. Good
loe, resigned to become chief clerk OF
the state banking department.
Newbern.-Luther Lochridge, we'll
tnown Newbern citizen, has been pro-
noted from the officers training
school at Fort oglethorpe, Ca, to cap
tain, according to relatives here.
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Huntingdonr-A cablegram has been
received announcing the safe arrival
overseas of theRev H. G. Ryan, who
resigned the pastorate OF the .detho
dist church here to accept war work
in the Y. M. c. A.
Brighton-The store OF Baird Bros
was burglarized and considerable
amount of dry goods stolen. The front
door Of the building was forced, This
Is the second time within the past few
weeks that this store has been robbed
Brownsville.-Capt. Alfred Boyd has
sold his Red Bud farm to Howard
Bros. & Winford, of Gift The tract
consists of 1000 acres, and sold for
$4,000, This is the largest single
sale of land of the year in this county
Observation-Disclosures Of war work
ers in this section will feature the ex
hibits at the Chattanooga district fair,
which opened Sept. 80 An agricultural
school for boys selected from corn
clubs In various counties in this Sec
ton OF the state was concluded each
afternoon Of the fair week.
Milan.-Four old Confederate veter.
ans went from here to attend the re.
union of oil soldiers at Tulsa, Okla.
w. J. Altman, James Williams, Thos.
Parrish and William House were those
making the trip. The veterans Of 81
pre- rapidly passing away and owing
10 age and physical disability but few
are able to stand the long trip.
Trenton.-Fred w. Bischoff, Hell
pelberg graduate and practicing dent
lst, pleaded guilty in federal court toI
charge of attempting to blow up tho
hawai- machinery plant of Gould & Eb-..
erhardt at Irivington, N. j., on June 26
last. Federal agents frustrated the at.
Tempt. Bischoff will be sentenced
later.
Nashville-The First Regiment. Ten,
pessee Militia, has been Incorporated
In Tennessee under the general well.
fare provision Of the statutes. The.
purpose as stated in the preamble OF
the charter granted by the secretary of,
state is to give protection against law
Iessness and prevent invasion of the
state.
II will be a home defense league or
home guard and will be subject to the
call OF the governor of the state.
The inccrporators of the First Ten
nessee Militia are John r. Aust, Chas.
Sykes, Morris Ellis, Gillespie Sykes. J.
K. Polk, Roger M. Jones, w. C. Perry.
Members of the militia will be az
cepted from 16 to so years of age The
organizations comprising the militia
will be on the plan OF the military
companies which used to be feature
Of the military life in Tennessee-the
Porter Rifles, the Chickasaw Guards.
Hermitage Guards, Witt Rifles and
other such organizations. Companies
Of the militia will be organized in a,
large number of cities in the state,
and bylaws will be adopted to govera
their work and operations.
Memphis. following young men
applied for enlistment and we're &C
cepted at the marine corps recruiting
office: NJ H. Straup, Grand Junction.
Tenn; Tom Reeder, 2amer, Tenn;
Lacie R. Hamm, Ramer, Tenn; Rob
ert N. Wynn, Grand Junction, Tenn
John r. Wynn, Grand Junction, Tenn;
L. J. 0swalt, Tunica, Miss. Robert NJ.
Hemsley, Mason, Tenn; Neil G. Lu-
ton. Ripley, Tenn; Mark G. Williams,
Covington, Tenn; John A. Jackson,
Batesville, Miss; Thomas E. Neil. Car.
rollton. Miss.
The following enlisted from Mem
phis: Harry s. Scarborough, Claud L
Lyon, John E. Thon. Hugh NJ. Easley,
Paul ]. Hockersmith. Leland j. Boyett,
Elmo J. Marley, Lloyd ]. Calhoun,
Warren w. Barnard, Ebert E. Land.
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Misunderstanding orders issued
Sept. Is: Second Lieut.. Ralph L. Eel
lows, infantry, is relieved from duty
with the United States training de-
tachment at the University Of Colo
RADIO, Boulder, Col. and directed 10
proceed TO Union University, Jackson.
Tenn. for duty rs commanding officer.
students army training corps unit at
that institution.
1899
Jackson.-Mrs. Marian Jane Thomp-
son. mother Of Mrs. Clint Mathis. cele-
brated her one-hndredth birthday at
the home Of her daughter last week.
she was born at Sparta, White county.
Tenn, and was reared at Trenton.
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