The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1920-10-01
TENNESSEE
STATE NEWS
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TWO DE-; MANY HURT.

Nashville Trolley Car Jumps Track
and Turns Turtle.
Nashyille.-Two women we're kill.
ed and score OF persons injured
here when oneman street car turn
ed turtle after jumping the track at
Third avenue north and Church
street. The dead are; Miss Hattie
Davis. secretary OF the United Chart
ties, and an unidentified white WON
an. II was necessary for fireman to
chop hole in the car to rescue many
OF the injured.
A slick track is blamed by car Of
fic'als for the accident. A light rain
had just fallen. Motorman r. p.
Gentry was not injured. He stuck to
his car in its wild dash across the
corner OF the street until it crashed
through the police cal box and into
the wall OF a building.
Gentry Claimed the car refused to
stick on the slick track after the
emergency brakes had been applied
An examination Of the brakes after
the wreck bore out his contention
That he had applied the emergency
brakes when he saw the car would
not make the turn. Motorman Gen.
try has been in the service OF the
street car company for six years. NO
blame is attached to him ny company
officials.
Passengers on the car Tor the most
part we're womrn. They we're return
ing from church services.
knoxville,-Sadie Heath, 236 $50. n
jersey COW nine years old, has brok.
en- the milk record for all ages OF
Jersies in Tennessee Her production
for the year was 1899 pounds OF
milk and 673.2 pounds OF butter fat.
She exceeds the former milk record
by 6S2 pounds. She also is second
highest COW in production of butter
fat, and Is prospective winner of the.
American Jersey Cattle club medal
for high production. Her average
test for the year ending July Is,
1919, was 5.G3 per cent butter fat,
her highest test being 6S per cent.
She returned 70 her owner $34966
above the cost OF her feed. Sadie
Heath is owned by w. Il. Carter Of
Smyrna.
Clarksville.-The $50 pupils of two
rural schools, IS at Plainyiew. st
Roseh'll, In District Four, and IS In
Union school, near Palmyra, this
county. stacked up above the average
In health inspections conducted by
the Montgomery county health unit
which is 0peri .lf under the direc-
ton of the state board OF health.s
Campaigns are also being Put on In
ihese and other communities for
sanitary rreca It ons. Much typhoid
and smallpox incubation has BEEN
given by the health uait.
Nashville. men Of Tennes.
see are to be organized into an ef-
fective brotherhood for the better
promotion Of the general work OF the
church. according 10 plans formulated
by DR.. J. T. Henderson o. Knoxville.
secretary Of the layman's mission
.ry movement Of the Southern Bap-
list convention, who visited Nashville
or a series Of addresses and confer
ces on the matter. Tn, organiza
lion meeting will be held in Nashville
next spring.
Memphis. a half a block
II ground north Of the river and rail-
wharf and joining the F. SEQ yards
d thu banks Of the Mississippi river,
ct go and dropped into the water,
iraggirg two OF the riroad,s fiat
airs with it and some machinery,
ised in unloadi dirt from fiat cars
or fill 1g In entertainments Quick
3 ork OF scme Of the men employed by
he railroad prevented LOCOMOTIVES
'ta.ding on the same track from go
ng with the cars.
sssss
ymphis.-Thiteen bors from the
states of Tenness 'e. Arkansas and
Nlssiss ppi joined the United States
marine corps at the marine corps re-
ruling state on during thu past week,
to Capt Harry X. Pickett,
I. s. NJ. C.. officer in charge. Al
hough 65 applications we're received
iuriag the week from boys who
wanted to enter the se-vL,e. only 10
II the appl cants were su,cessfui In
passing the physical examination.
Knoxville.-Leaping from a window
1f city police court, John Wander
beck. alleged drug addict. arrested on
! charge Of lettering. In connection
With q police dragnet OF the city fol-
owing the crime wave. fell on two
i've wires. His body was burned. but
iesth was prevented beclu his
,ody did not make q circuit with the
yround.