The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-10-31
TENNESSEE
NEWS
Happenings Over Common.
wealth Cleaned From
Various Places

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educational and mid-missionary con.
vention which has been in session here
for the past week, at its concluding
meeting adopted resolution declaring
that the much discussed society equal.
lily of the races is entirely forgotten,
the purpose of the negroes and that
only justice and the rights to be good
American citizens was sought.
Chattanooga-Chairman John Lowell
Of the chamber of commerce commit.
tee having charge of the establishment
OF an aviation field here, reported that
the negotiations for the necessary
ground for the landing field had been
completed with the exception of a
small plot, which is not absolutely
necessary for the field
Memphis. -The Lumbermen's Club
at Its regular meeting Endorsed the
plans for financial support of the in.
sustrial welfare committee of the cham.
Der OF commerce, and voted unani.
mously to give to the committee the
sum of 81 for every negro laborer en-.
ployed In the plants of the club mem.
bers.
Jackson.-A scathing arrangement
of profiteers and vigorously delivered
instructions to probe deeply into the
matter of excess charges for any ne.
cessities of life In this Jurisdiction
characterized the enunciations of Judge
John Z. Mccall to the federal grand
jury.
Clarksville.-Rev. e. H. Greenwell
pastor Of the Baptist church at South
side, this county, is in the Clarksville
hospital suffering from a broken leg
sustained when he was kicked by a
mule which he had just fed in the sta.
BILE at his home at Southside.
Dyersburg.-0ne hour after Jess
Hedgepeth was convicted In the circuit
court here Of forgery and sentenced to
state prison for a term of Is years, he
escaped from the deputy sheriff who
was conducting him to the county jail.
Chattanooga.-In a decree handed
down by Circuit Judge Oscar Yarnell,
the state workmens compensation law
Is held to apply to step-children, not.
outstanding the law fails to provide
for this class Of dependents.
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Humboldt.-Work will probably be
begun next week on a stretch of levee
on the Humboldt and Alamo road, Just
west Of Humboldt. This levee will
take the place of bridge one-third
Of mile in length.
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Humboldt mob OF armed men
forced an entrance into the city Jail
Of Humboldt and wreaked summary
vengeance on negro man, Henry
Booth, charged with grossly insulting
3 white woman.
Newbern.-Reports from the bottom
districts of the Obion river north of
Newbern are that the river is over.
flowing and crops are totally lost from
the backwaters.
Newbern.-The second annual meet
ing Of the parent-teacher association
will be held in the auditorium of the
Newbern high school Thursday, No
vember 6.
Ripley.-The past two weeks have
broken all precedent for warm rainy
weather for this late in October, and
as a result but little cotton has been
picked.
Bells.-Sunday was one of unusual
interest here. The occasion was plac.
ing the service flag OF the M. E. church,
South, in the archives Of the church.
1899
Dyersburg-In boys pig club show
here Louis Roberts OF Trimble won
first prize.
Chattanooga. November IL, which
is the first anniversary OF the ending
OF the great war. win be celebrated as
Victory day in Chattanooga.
Nashville.-Col. Harry s. Berry, OF
the One Hundred and Fifteenth Field
Artillery. was elected state comman.
der OF the American Legion.
Memphis.-Wet weather during the
past week In the Memphis territory
continued to hold up the maturity and
picking of cotton.
Nashville. Of the private
acts of the general assembly of 1919,
the local laws enacted this year. have
Just been issued.
Friendship.-Friendship was host TO
the Crockett county singers conyen-
ton in an ail-dsy service at the Bap-
list church.
Jackson.-Highland park. long the
scene OF baseball and gridiron contests
OF Union university and Jackson high