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Happenings Over Common:
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Various Places


now than for years.
Knoxville-The Knoxville city com.
mission will fight the new telephone
rates put into effect May 1 by the
Cumberland company.
Nashville.-The supreme court is in
session at the state capitol. The great
er part Of the docket consists Of term
cases from Shelby county.
Huntingdon.-Th members of the
Woman's club Of Huntingdon have re-
organized, after being disbanded dur.
ing the war for war work.
Knoxville.-Mrs. Rhoda England
and Mrs. Esta Braden, OF Oliver
Springs, both aged about 65, were
killed by freight train near Oliver
Springs.
Union City-The movement on foot
in this county to build hospital as a
memorial to the 0bion county boys
who fought in the world war is grow
ing rapidly.
acknowledgements out of sixty.
four hotels inspected in the state dur.
ing the month Of April were found to
be in bad condition, according to the
report of Harry l.. Eskew
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Chattanooga.-Dr Walter W. Young
Of Atlanta attempted to commit sui
eide at local hotel here by severing
the arteries in his ankles and slashing
his wrist with a safety razor.
Chattanooga.-The Tennessee osteo-
pathic association will meet here Fri
day and Saturday, ana several emil
nent practitioners from other states
are to appear on the program.
Nashville.-The first equal suffrage
state convention since the women
were given the vote In city and presi.
Dental elections is called for June
and 5, to be held in Nashville.
GENERALIZATION Holland, a farm
er living at Graham, this county, was
found dead In mudhole where it is
supposed he fell from his horse in an
attack of illness and was drowned.
Ripley.-News has been received
here OF the killing of Warner Peacock
at his home at Ashport. 16 miles west
of here on the Mississippi river, and
Frank Bum is charged with the crime.
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Ripley.--A representative meeting
of the physicians and business men Of
Ripley was held at the courthouse to
discuss plans for the erection Of
county hospital at Ripley.
Nashville.-The dead body of John
II. King, 73, widower and member Of
one of the most prominent families in
Rutherford county, was found under
q brush pile near his home at King.
wood.
Knoxville.--A dangerous maniac en-
tering the homes of Knoxville resi-.
residents night after night, is terror
izing the women of this city and is
battling all efforts Of the police to cap
ture him.
Nashville.-Goy Roberts has com.
missioned three OF Nashville's young
ladies' to play an important part in the
pageant to be staged in Memphis on
May 2024 to celebrate that city's one.
hundredth anniversary.
Dyersburg.-Walter Irwin. young
farmer employed on Moss Bros farm,
five miles south Of this city, was
killed and Irwin Talbert, restaurant
employee of this city, is 10 the county
jail charged with murder.
Nashville. Nashville Rotary
club has launched a campaign for $780,
600 to buy good farm for Sergeant
Alvin G. York, 32Sth Infantry, the
Tennessean hailed as "the greatest In
dividual hero OF the war"
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Chattanooga. - Instructions have
been received here from the general
Y. w. C. A. headquarters in New York
directing Miss Bessie Urquhart. hos.
tess, to close the hostess house at
Fort Oglethorpe on June 1.
Nashville.--Provisio for the great
educational campaign Of the Southern
Methodist church for $4,000. geo for
the various schools, colleges and uni
versities of the church was made at
meeting of the education board.
NashvilIe.-An interesting program
was rendered at st. AIMS church at
the unwilling Of a bronse tablet by the
affiliating chapters Of the United
Daughters OF the Confederacy Of Nash
vile in memory Of Mrs. Kate Littoa
Hickman.
Humboldt-The Cumberland Pres
byterian church OF this city is being
improved and remodeled.
Nashville.-Dr. A. G. Buckner, for
merly adjutant-general Of the state.
was unanimously elected By the state