The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-03-28
Tennessee
News of Interest, Gathered
From all Sections of the
Volunteer State

Chattanooga bank clearings
for last week took an unusual jump,
showing total of $6,0S1 ,O9Z94, as COM
pared with S4,40s, 64611, or an increase
of $1,571,451SS for the week ending
March %.
Huntingdon.-Th roads, bridges and
levees in Carroll county sustained
heavy damages in the recent heavy
rains. The loss on the bridges and
levees is estimated to be at least
twenty thousand dollars.
Nashville.-The supreme court al
firahed the conviction Of Albert Hunter
of Nashville for the murder Of Walter
Hamilton and rendered judgment that
Hunter be confined in the state peni
Tertiary for the period of his natural
life.
Somerville.-The third county meet
ing i'm this county Of the cotton acre
age reduction forces was held at the
courthouse here March %. Each dis
trict in the county is being organized
through a district committeeman, sew
eral districts having called meetings
to discuss plans for reducing cotton
acreage this year.
Nashville-James A. Tate, the young.
aviator killed at Pensacola, was SON
of Prof. James A. Tate OF ShelbyvilleI
Tenn, a well-known educator. Young
Tate would have received his commits
sion as ensign on April 1. He was a.
graduate of Vanderbilt, and lacked one
year of completing the law course at
Columbia university.
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Memphis. for erecting near
here 100000 tuberculosis hospital
for the care and treatment or con-
sumptives are being discussed by
members of the Memphis and Shelby
County tuberculosis Hospital Com
mittee and Dr. Robinson Bosworth, ex-
ecutive secretary of the Minnesota
Sanitarium for consumptives.
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| Huntingdon. = Morgan & Hester,
Btave manufacturers, sustained heavy
losses from the recent floods at their
stave mills, one of which is five miles
north of Huntingdon at Bennette'sA
Levee, and the other at Yuma. The
damage is heaviest at Yuma, where
thousands OF bolts and slaves were
swept out over the bottoms.
Camden.-7Mrs. L. B. McEwen, who
esided with her husband and children
three miles south Of this place. COM
the yard and saturated her clothing
afire. She went to the smokehouse in
the yeard and saturated her clothing
with coal oil and then set fire to 1t and
opened the door and ran towards the
residence, but she was burned to a
crisp before she reached 1t. &
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Chattanooga.-Test of herd of cat
tie shipped to this city from Elgin. ILL.,
revealed the presence of tuberculosis
end part Of the herd was destroyed
Federal and local inspectors who I'M
vestigated the shipment declare that
the cattle we're either slipped by In
spectors at Elgin or were "dosed" with
tuberculin by the owner in order to-
have them pass inspection by Illinois,
officials.
Milan-The war department at WASH
ington advised Mrs. Monte Hurt, grand
mother OF Lorimer Anderson, of his
| eeath somewhere in France Of pneu-
! monia. In 1917 he volunteered in Bat.
terry d, Hath field artillery, at Pariss
Tenn. Just before the battery left for~
camp he was discharged on account of.
his health. Returning home in few
months he went to Memphis and vol
inferred in the marines, and was sent
| to Paris Island for training.
Union City-A delegation of FARM
ers and live stock men from every dis
trict in Obion county met here and or
yanized the Obion County Live Stock
association. Thirty-five delegates we're
present and the following officers were
elected: @. w. Phoebus Of Union City.
president; @. c. Clogs OF Urfon City.
secretary-treasurer, with vice presi-
cent chosen from each district. An ex-
tcutive committee of five men was
also elected to transact the business OF
| OF the association.
Nashville.-The following paroled
prisoners received their final dis
charges at the hands Of Gov. Roberts:
John Roof, convicted in obion county
in 1916 on charge Of conspiracy;
Tom Doyle, convicted In Sullivan coun.
~ in 1914 on a charge OF violation OF
the age of consent law; A. L. Dion,
convicted in Hamilton county in 1916
on charge OF bigamy; Henry Carter,
convicted in Davidson county in 1916
on charge Of felonious assault. and
Luvenia Hibbett. colored, convicted in
Davidson county in 1914 on charge
OF grand larceny.
,r..hv,iia The convention Of the,