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Background. William Faulkner's great-grandfather entered northern Mississippi, so the legend has it, at the age of ten. Colonel William Falkner (the name is spelled both ways) ran away from his home at Middleton, Tenn., walked several hundred miles to Ripley, near Oxford, to stay with an uncle. He found the uncle in jail, charged with murder. He sat down on the courthouse steps and "swore he would some day build a railroad along the route he had walked...
...Memphis, which had sold 160,000 copies before it went out of print 30 years ago, made the grand tour of Europe, always went armed. He also quarreled with peace-loving Partner Thurmond, ran against him for the legislature. On election day 1889, after a savage campaign, Colonel Falkner walked out unarmed after hearing he had won, met Colonel Thurmond, who shot him down on the main street of the town they both helped to build...
...Brooks '19, F. M. Burlew 2L, D. Campbell '17, W. H. Cary '20, J. D. Chace 1GBA, C. E. Coleman '17, C. H. Corning '20, R. L. Cudd 1GBA, R. S. Damon '18, T. L. DeCamp OcC, L. O. Dudley '18, L. E. Eames '18, J. M. Falkner '20, E. A. Freeman '18, E. P. Furber '19, E. R. Gay '19, F. E. Gibbins, Jr., '20, A. A. Granovsky '18, W. T. Gunraj '17, H. S. Hall '19, N. L. Harris '19, P. W. Higgins '20, O. H. Hollis '18, G. F. Hughes '18, P. W. Ingraham...
Professor Charles P. Falkner of the University of Pennsylvania has been chosen to represent the United States in the International Monetary Conference in Brussels...
...officers of the '86 Pi Eta are as follows: President, W. C. Boyden; Vice-President, J. H. Payne; Secretary, C. M. Thompson; Treasurer, C. R. Brown; Chorister, E. H. Ferry; Stage Manager, O. B. Roberts; Artist, W. W. Simmons; Caterer, J. C. Falkner...