The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-06-06
FROM ALL PARTS
OF TENNESSEE
Reports of Interesting
Events Boiled Down
for Hasty Perusal.


year.
Jackson.-Drilling for oil and gas
on Madison county farms will start
soon, company having been formed
here and a number of leases secured
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Nashville.-Willie Evans of Petros
was appointed chief mine inspector by
Governor Roberts, succeeding r. A.
Shiftlett, who served in, this capacity
for about 20 years.
Nashville.-Gen. Harvey Hannah and
George N. WEIGH, members Of The rail
road commission, were at Knoxville
recently inspecting and ap0raisins
railroad property.
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Chattanooga-The body Of Arthur
Thurman, one of the victims of the
indianapolis Speedway race, was
brought here and forwarded TO Gin.
chat, Ca, his old home, for burial,
Lexington.-The county high school
board has purchased the Fesmire farm
north OF town, consisting of 40 acres
for a site for the new $4,000 high
school building, which is to be con-
structed at once.
Jsckson,-Chancellor J. N. Powers
of the University OF Mississippi, deliv.
cred the annual address before the
Jackson high school class in the pres
ence OF large crowd. Diplomas were
awarded 60 graduates.
Nashville-Miss Jim McEwen and
Mrs. Gertrude Weidinger both OF
whom served In the recent legisla.
ture as expressing clerks, have been
appointed to clerkships in the state
department of highways.
Ripley.-Dr. J. w, Sanford, secre-
tary OF the Lauderdale county medical
society, called the physicians of the
county together for the purpose of dis.
cussing further plans for a county hos
pital to be built at Ripley.
SeImer.-Trustee of McNairy coun-
ty Frank o. Hamilton announces that
he has no 1918 delinquent taxes to ad.
vertise. This is a record thought not
to be approached by any other collec.
tor in the state of Tennessee.
Selmer-A live stock asso citation
has been organized in the Ninth dis
trict. southeast MoNairy county. The
following are officers: John ]. Aber.
nathy. president; W. d. Hagy, vice
president, and G. L. Chambers. secre-
tary and treasurer.
Jackson.-Sergt. Mack M. Harper,
recently returned from overseas,
where he served 81 months with the
18th engineers on the Flanders front,
announced his candidacy for sheriff
Of Madison county. his being the first
soldier declaration for office.
Union City.-The outlook for good
fruit crop in this section is most ia.
vorable, especially as to peaches and
berries of all kinds. The section of
the country CONTIGUOUS to the Reelfoot
lake is said to have more peaches this
year than for a number of years.
Chattanooga Alvin c. York,
hero of the battle of the Argonne, Is
to leave his mountain home at Pail
Mall next week to come to Chattanoo-
ga, where he will join delegation OF
Rotarians and attend the national con.
vention at Salt Lake City, Utah, on
June 10.
Munford. The first section Of gray.
eled road in Upton county is to be
built at once. The town of Atoka Is
sued a challenge to the town Of Nun.
ford to meet Munford half way with
Sraveled pike connecting the two
towns, and both towns are working
to reach the goal first
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Memphis.-The largest class In the
history OF Crockett vocational high
school will graduate on the Night Of
June IT. The commencement exer.
cises will be held at the Scottish Rite
Cathedral. Eighty-three students from
the pre-vocational and vocational de-
partments win receive their diplomas.
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Nashville.-At a meeting Of thu
Tennessee memorial commission held
at the state capitol committee COM
posed of Gov. A. H. Roberts, Mayor
William Cupton and Albert F. Hill,
was appointed to take options on all
property lying within the bounds OF
the proposed memorial plan and re-
port their findings to the next regular
session Of the commission. which viii
be held at the capitol June IL.
Memphis. local architects have
agreed to submit plans for the new
municipal auditorium and market
house. which win be erected within
the next year or so at the corner OF
Poplar avenue and North Main street
SMYRNA movement has been
launched in Smyrna for a new high
school building to cost about $4,000.