The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-04-16
Jackson, Tennessee

ed at that meeting. Esq Wilkinson is
one of the most substantial citizens of
Fayette county, successful business
man and splendid citizen.
Fred Goosmann, Past Grand Protector
of the Knights and Ladies of Honor of
Tennessee, accompanied by j. NJ. Hull,
Representative of Azalea Lodge No.
1897, Of Somerville, will leave next
Tuesday for Nashville. Tennessee to at
tend the meeting of the Grand Lodge
of Tennessee which will convene on
Wednesday morning April the 2lst.
Fred Goosman will not return until
Saturday morning April the oath.
There is hardly harder worked man
in Fayette county just now than j. W.
Moffatt, farm demonstration agent.
He is on his visits to his demonstration
plots and is going every night. Farmers
are clamoring for his advice and instruc-
tion and he is accommodating every
possible man. That his work will show
more profitable results this year than
it did last there is not doubt.
Chairman w. C. Reeves of the county
board of education has called meeting
of that board to meet on Tuesday May
Is at which time teachers for the sew
eral public schools of the county will be
taken up and passed upon by the board.
The board has usually met in recent
years about that date for this purpose,
their April meeting coming rather too
early to dispose of these matters.
The Rhea Drug Co. installed in their
drug store in this city last week hand |
some new soda fountain in place of the
enc which has been in use there for
several years past. They had recently |
installed a parlor in their store for
serving their lady customers, and now
with the installation of their new foun-
tian there is nothing lacking to enable
them to give most splendid service to
their cold drink customers.
H. S. Nichols, assistant state agent |
for farm demonstration work, made
short visit to this city on last Saturday
The Falcon was much gratified to no.
tify Mr.. Nichols that the $500 fund for
the county agent in this county was
complete and that the agreement which
he had previously asked for was ready
for him. That agreement has been
signed by The Falcon and turned over
to him.
The regular monthly meeting of the
home-mskers club will be held in their
rooms in the Skaller building on next
Saturday. April Is, and The Falcon is
asked to urge every member to be pres
ent. Many of the gifts to the rest
room have been received and placed,
and it is hoped to have the furnishings
completed by the hour of meeting
Saturday. Every member is wanted
at that time.
The SomervilIe Accommodation on the
Southern Railway will OH next Sunday
change Its leaving time from Somerville,
departing at 6:35 instead of $40, and
will arrive at TAO p. m. instead of 7;25,
its present schedule. After the new
schedule goes into effect that train will
run on Sundays on the same schedule
as on other days. These instructions
were recently issued by Capt. c. A.
DeSaussure. general passenger agent. |
Demonstration Agent j. W. Moffstt
reports that G. W. Farrar has ten
acre field of cotton which is up to q
pretty good stand. This is the first
cotton in the county up. so far as we
have heard. Farmers in town last
Saturday had planted much of the crop
but most of it was only begun last week /
and will not be up for some time unless
it keeps warmer than most of the
weather We have had recently Mr..
Farrar certainly gets in the lead this
year.