The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1921-01-28
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Tdings of Tennessee
Tersely Told NeWs Happenings
About Your NeighbOrs From
All Sections of The VOL
unteer State
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TO TALK FARM FINANCE.
Memphis Delegation To Be Present at
Madison Meeting.

place the county on sound financial
and agricultural basis for the coming
year. The farm development bureau
OF the Memphis Chamber of Com
merce will aid the movement by send
ing a committee of the leading bust
ness and professional men from the
Bluff City to enter discussion with the
local business men in preparing a
plan that will relieve the situation
which the south faces at present.
1t is the plan of the county council
Of agriculture to put before the farm.
ers the exact figures that have been
compiled as to the amount of cotton
mat remains unsOld at this time and
an effort will be made to have the
farmers reduce the cotton acreage and
to grow more feedstuffs.
Selmer. - The McNairy County
Teachers association held a very in.
terestlng meeting here. The following
program was rendered to large at.
tendance of members: Roll call Of
teachers. Round table discussions
(a) Methods of Stimulating School At
tendance; (b) County Superintend-
nts', Teachers and Parents Task in
Relation to School Attendance; Com
munity Organization and School Com.
munity Center. w. e. Wilson; discus.
sion, led by C. A. Morphis, The Com.
pulsory School Law, Supt. Terry Aber.
nathy. The next meeting will be held
here Saturday, Feb. 10.
Knoxville.-Jim Upton, q sawyer
and preacher, was instantly killed;
Carl Henry, a sawmill laborer, is at
the point OF death in Cooper Hill
hospital, and Charles Fife, also mill
laborer. was shot In the back and
slightly wounded as the result OF a
three-cornered row at Appalachia
Bridge. rs miles from Benton. Polk
county. The tragedy Is said to have
followed an alleged remark made
about Flies wife.
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Jacksonville county council OF
agriculture will meet at an early date
at the Association Of Commerce, for
the purpose OF formulating plans for
meetings throughout the
county and to push drive for new
members. The board of directors and
all t,nav, hare IF tho nOupnti ara ,,.uad
to be present at the meeting. as many
important matters will be discussed.
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Clarksville. The modern dance, mo-
ton picture shows and social card
playing were condemned as unneces-
sary world amusements, and absti.
nen from participation in such amuse.
ments urged In resolutions adopted at
the business session of the Tennessee |
Epworth league conference at the
street Methodist church in
his city.
Nashville.--W. NJ. Taylor OF Mem
phis, senior grand warden OF the Ten.
iessee Grand Lodge of Masons, will .
be elected deputy grand master by /
he annual session of the grand lodge.
Besides the grand lodge, meetings are
llso being held of the grand chapter
md the grand council, the two higher
,odies of capitular Masonry.
Jacksonville court OF civil appeals
or the western division OF the state,
which has been in session here for the
last two weeks. adjourned. The court
It the time of adjournment had fin
shed the Gibson county docket and
vas ready to take up the Upton and
'ayette county dockets when II re-
onvenes.
Chattanooga Robinson. for
ner business agent OF the Chatta-
ooga Machinists' Union, and six other
abor leaders. were fined IS and costs
nd three unions. machinists. black.
miths and boilermakers, $40 and
osts each by Chancellor Garvin on a
barge OF contempt OF court.
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Humboldt.-Harris ]. Nelson. young
business man, who has been
lissing for 10 days. is in San Pedro
al. near Los Angeles. Letters were
eceived from him by his mother and
life. He went direct from Jackson
nd wrote Immediately en- his arrival
here.
Ripley-The quarterly meeting OF
lie woman's Missionary union Of the
ig Hatchie Baptist association will
e held at the First Baptist church in
lis city. An invitation Is also ex-
snded to othe- missionary societies
the town to be present.
Huntingdon.-The Farmers Union .
ore Of Huntingdon burned to the
round yesterday morning. ali the con-
.nts being destroyed. The exact loss
not known. but a recent invoice OF
ock showed about s1S.5OO. The prop ,
~ is insured for $500.
Chattanooga-Tucker Hehrick. dep
y sheriff Of Polk county. who was :
lot through the abdomen in a pistol +.
lei at a dance at Consuags, near the ,
sorgia state line. is dead from the
tests OF the wound. according tr
.ws received here. ,