The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-04-26

HAPPENINGS
Interesting News Gathered
From Various Places in
the Volunteer State

health officer, has ruled that no pigs
will be allowed in the city limits after
May 1.
Trezevant-Dr. Byron w. King, Of
Pittsburg, Pa, noted lecturer, is de.
livering a series of lectures at the high.
school auditorium this week.
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Chattanooga. - Charles Moudy, a
sawmill man of Rhea county, was run
over and killed by a passenger train on
the Cincinnati Southern road at Roddy.
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Dyersburg.-J. H. Bibb, a merchant
of Nankipoo, Lauderdale county, is in
the Dyer county Jail, charged with VIC
lating the fuel orders of the govern.
ment.
Savannah.-Hardin county's quota
subscription of $65, 900 was over raised
by more than 10000. A prominent
citizen says he believes it will go to
500, 900.
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Jackson.-Judge Thos. Rothrock, son
of Rev, ]. T, Rothrock, of Memphis,
who is the democratic nominee for
county judge of Madison, will leave
DON to enter army service.
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Athens.-Five boys, beating their
way on a freight train on the Southern
railroad in some manne cut the air.
brake tube, causing the train to chash
together, killing two of the boys and
completely demollshing ten cars.
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Chattanooga.-Mrs. f. Schroeder, of
Los Angeles, who was nominaIly in
custody of department of justice agents
on suspicion OF being an enemy agent.
has been released and returned to her
home in the west.
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Dyersburg.-Dyer county has again
gone over the top. With a quota of
$2S1,S $50 in the third Liberty loan she
passed the $S50,000 mark, with four
districts u%nreported; 259 Individual
subscribers have come across.
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Knoxville.-Fourteen of the "a Uni
versity of Tennessee young men who
attended the third officers training
camp at Camp Pike, Little Rock. Ark,
have been recommended for commits
sions in the United States army.
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notwithstanding a note to his
father that he was tired Of life and
had decided to end his troubles here
on earth, Clarence Yarbrough, private,
nth infantry, native of Luxembourg,
secured ammunition for an army rifle
and ended his own life at Camp Sc.
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Jaekson.-Rev. ]. w. Irion, pastor
of the Methodist church of Martin, de-
livered the annual sermon before the
graduating class Of the Memphis Con-
ference Female institute, and Prof.
Barry Clark OF the University of Ten
nessee faculty delivered the annual ad.
dress.
Chattanooga.-District Attorney w.
T. Kinnerly that the case
against Baroness Iona Zollner would
not be presented to The grand jury at
the term of court now in session in
Chattanooga He said the department
of justice will handle the case else
where.
Knoxville.-Mrs. John Keeble. who
failed to appear In criminal court to
testify against her husband, who is
charged with the murder Of Anderson
Mays, has been arrested by Sheriff
John l.. Getaways forces and placed
in the county Jail, where, officers say,
she will remain until the case is called
Monday, April 20.
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Chattanooga.-Warning moonshiners
and bootleggers that his court would
hereafter discontinue the policy OF
leniency in first offense cases, Judge
Sanford of the United States district
court for the eastern division OF Ten
nessee. delivered an unusually strong
charge to the grand jury fer the April
term. in which he said m~oonshining
was an act OF disloyalty
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Lexington.-Driven to bay between
Wildersyille and Farmville by a pos
Sc headed by former Sheriffs John ID.
Franklin and H. j. Tate, the negro
murdered. Berry Noyes. who killed
Sheriff W. H. Mcbride, Saturday night.
captured, after being mortally
wounded by the officers. at whom he
fired until shot down. His body was
at once taken In charge by a mob, who
took him from his captors and brought
him to this place. Kicking the negro
from the car, a rope was placed about
his neck. the body dragged to a flag
pole on the south side OF the square,
he was strung up.
Bells.-crockett county, with a quotsl
Of ss6,150. has purchased Liberty
bonds amounting to s125.Oo0 The
of subscribers IN the county
1,300. while the government had
expected that only 100 would buy
bonds.
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