The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-02-14
TENNESSEE
Epitome of Interest
ing Events That Are
Transpiring Over
the State = = =

Chattanooga was paid to
the memory of Theodore Roosevelt
here Sunday, at a meeting under tho
auspices of the Boy Scouts of Amer
lea. The principal address was de-
uvered by Foster V. Brown, former
attorney general of Porto Rico.
Trenton. - Col. Mack Morris, for.
merly of this city, but now of Jack
son, proposes to donate to the city Of
Trenton a hospital, to cost not less
than s15, 900, and more II necessary,
the only obligation on the part of the
city to be that it keep the hospital in
as good shape as 1t is presented.
Nashville. --Memorial services in
memory of Theodore Roosevelt were
held here Sunday at all city parks. The
exercises consisted OF eulogistic adj
dresses by prominent citizens, the sing
ing Of patriotic songs by school chill
dren and the adoption of resolutions
Of sympathy for the family of the ex-
president.
Chattanooga - AS a climax to an
unusual series OF accidents here, ]. M.
Potts, inspector for the street railway
company, was killed near the Iowa
monument, on Mission Ridge, tonight,
having been run down and horribly
mangled by car Several serious au-
tomobile accidents were reported, two
of the victims being sent to hospitals.
Knoxville - A memorial service for
ex-President Theodore Roosevelt was
held at the Second Presbyterian
church Sunday night, in which Capt.
William Rule, editor of the Journal and
Tribune, paid tribute to the late ma
tional leader, while the Boy Scouts
who took part in the program were
awarded a gold cup for highest eff
cheney.
Lexington. - Stephen A. Haboush,
shepherd OF Galilee, native Of tPales-
tine, but who has been educated in
America, preached at the Methodist
Episcopal Church, South, here, and
thrilled his auditors with recital OF
conditions in the Holy Land since the
English, under Gen. Allenby, have con-
quered and driven out the unspeakable
Turk.
Covington Smith, 10 years
of age, died as the result of injuries
sustained about o'clock one morning,
when his coat sleeve was caught in
shaft at the Cotton Oil Company
mill, while he was engaged in oiling
the moving machinery. His left arm
was torn from his body, his right leg
badly crushed and fractured, and he
suffered internal injuries.
Camden. - An epidemic has broken
out In the northern part of this county.
near Big Sandy, among the hogs, and
those familiar with its symptoms say
1t operates on the hogs in about the
same manner of the flue acts on peo-
pie. The matter has been called to
the attention of s. A. Clement, county
Judge, who is going to take the matter
up with the state veterinarian in an ef-
fort to stop further spread of the dis
ease.
Knoxville. G. w. Brooks, who
lives near here, and his five sons, are
in the army. Mr.. Brooks has just re-
turned after seven months service in
France. He has broken foot, ankle
and leg as a result of shell explosion,
while he was at the front near Verdun.
He was also gassed with mustard va
por, which settled in his wrist and tbs
lower part of his arms, which are still
sore. Mr. Brooks told the recruiting
officer that he was AZ years old, in
order that he might be accepted for
service, but friends who know him
state that score OF more years could
be added and the result would still be
lacking his exact age.
Telling OF how he enlisted, Mr..
Brooks said; Il was walking down
the street one day, and | was thinking
OF my five sons in the army, but the
idea of enlisting had never occurred
to raa Just then passed . recruiting
station. where an officer said: Why
don't yon enlist? You ought to be in
the army helping your country. I
hadn't thought 81 going before. but
said. Well. viii ycv take q man Of
ar
He looked me over and told me
that IL the physician would pass me Il
was all right with him. ] went to IL
physician and was passed on In. ] ad-
NIT that am rather ancient Il. but
that is my official age and . man can
be as young as he feels. and when I
got over there felt as young a. the
best Of them
Nashville. = The SIS Tire q vulca-
mixing Company. Memphis. increased
its cauifal stock from $4,000 70 40