The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1921-12-16
TENNESSEE
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Jackson January 8.
H. e. Riley elected worshipful mas.
ter Of Lexington Masonic lodge.
Illness fatal to DR.. Edward e. Kerr,
well known Chattanooga physician.
Three per cent Of McLemoresville's
inhabitants are octogenarians.
James Ward, wounded at Franklin
while assisting officer to arrest negro,
died at hospital.
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New home Of Moose lodge, costing
approximately $65OOO is nearing com.
pletion at Jackson.
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John Wierman, tried at Knoxville,
will serve the rest OF his life In prison
for murder of Robert Roark, hermit.
John L. johnson reappointed clerk
and master Of chancery court at Gov
ington.
Three suspects held at Chattanooga
for robbing safe at Cleveland, Tenn,
and looting cash register.
American Life and Casulty company
organized at jackson with capital Of
100000
Movement under way at Jasper to
organize cooperative creamery CON-
pany.
Fifth annual fat stock show held at
Nashville with more entries than ever
before.
Ernest Cults, imperial potentate,
will be entertained by Knoxville Shrin-
ers early in January.
Banks and business men join move
10 aid poultry raisers OF Madison
county.
Jones Rosser, Moscow negro, burned
to death trying to save household
goods from his burning home,
Former Gov. Malcolm Patterson de-
iivered lecture at M. Z. Church at
Greenfield last week.
Through barge service between
Nashville and New Orleans will be es-
tabished early in January.
Jury acquits THONGS H. Poote, one
of six men charged with attempting
to wreck street car during strike at
Nashville in 1920.
Jury at Savannah acquits Frank and
Charles Brown of the mprder, several
months ago, of Charles J.. Byrd
Final plans for million-dollar M. E..
school to be located at Jackson ex-
pected to be made soon. Property for
site already secured.
Every county in state will be repre-.
scented at good roads meet to be held
in Nashville early in January under
auspices OF automobile club.
Abe Shatz has the distinction OF be-
ing the first Union City man to ship
sweet potatoes to northern markets.
Car of his tubers now headed for De-
troit.
Noah w. Cooper, Sunday blue law
advocate and candidate for congress,
has been presented with long-handled
gourd by women of Coffee county.
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A Knoxville drug firm needed a ship.
ment Of drugs In hurry. Order was
sent in by long distance and wholesale
house at Lexington, Ky, delivered the
goods by airplane.
Although highwayman shot poin
blank at John King, night Waterman
IN Chattanooga, bullet lodged in head
without causing fatal Injury.
James Lakefort, hunting near Chat.
tanooga, uses the butt of his gun to
stir up bevy OF quail in clump Of BUSH
es. Fatally injured when gun dis.
charged.
Colonel Forbes will probe charges
that ex.service men have been mis-.
treated at Tennessee. Agricultural and
Normal school.
Apple trees In orchard OF Granger
county farmer near Knoxville that
failed to bear during summer season
now loaded with fruit.
En- route tc Nashville from Okla
homa City, Okla. a man, supposed
from papers found on his person to be
w. T. Voorhees,. was possibly fatally
injured in an automobile accident on
the Memphis. Bristol highway six miles
east Of Brownsville.
A pint OF blood, given by an ambu'
lance attendant who volunteered for
the TRANSMISSION, failed to save the life
OF Reuben Ware, Is. who was carried
10 a Chattanooga hospital. Both of his
legs were cut off when he fell while
trying to hop train.
w. T. VOORHEES,. Oklahoma City, IA
tally injured when his auto overturned
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