The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-12-10
LOCAL AND PERSONAL

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Miss Mary Barkdull has had as her
guest the past several days Miss Mary
Grant of Memphis.
Mrs. U. X. Ivy and little son, Curry,
have been guests of relatives in Mem
phis for the past week.
WANTED-At once, 1000, 900 split or
sawed hickory billets. Weis & Lesh
Mfg. Co., Jackson, Tenn. tt,
Glenn Douglass of Longtown is assist
ing in waiting on the trade at G. W.
Locke's during the holiday season.
Miss Lille Goosmann of Memphis
spent the last weekend with her father,
F. Goosmann, at his home in this city.
Mrs. Joe Cullom and little son of Will
son, Arkansas, have been guests for
several days of the latter's parents,
MIR. and Mrs. P. K, Thurman
Miss E. Louise Goosmann had as her
guests the last weekend Miss Miriam
Griffin and Messrs. Vann Thompson
and Randell Vann of Jackson.
In 1914 Fayette county ginned 1859
bales Of cotton up to November ID, and
to the same date this year 1863, these
being the figures of the census man.
Mrs. G. G. Higgins returned from
Memphis the latter part of last week
with her little daughter, Elizabeth,
who was there for week to underg
a slight operation of the throat.
Local merchants were busy last Sat-
urday. the town was full of shoppers
and every thing had an air of good bus
mess. In fact most of the past week
gave the merchants a good trade.
], II. Holloway last week butchered
the four heaviest hogs we have heard
credited to one man. They weighed
420, S27, 27S and go total of 1875 and
made ITO pounds of sausage and l55
pounds of lard.
DIR, W. B. Battle of Galloway was q
business visitor in Somerville the latter
part Of last week. DR.. Battle is one
Of the leading physicians of the county
and his Somerville friends would be glad
if he would find business oftener in this
city.
Regular services will be held at the
Methodist church next Sunday, Sunday
School and preaching at the usua
morning hours and preaching at z in
the evening, both morning and evening
sermons by the pastor, Rev. G, W,
Wilson. The public IS cordially invited
to be present.
A fast and interesting game OF
basket ball was played on local court
on Friday, local team VS.. Central High
of Memphis. The score was in iavol
of the hume team until the last thret
or four minutes of the game, when
the visitors made several quick plays
rolling up score IL TO Z in favor Of
visitors.
SOmerville business houses which
carry line of holiday goods are be
ginning to put on the real Christmai
look They are displaying their Christ
mas speciaitles this week and the dis
plays will not let one forget that thu
joyful holiday is near at hand, TIVE
weeks from tomorrow, falling this yea
on SATURDAY..
Mrs. r. B Young, nee Miss Louise
Hobson, arrived in SomervilIe Monday
from Texas and expects her husband II
the next few days and they viii sooI
be at home to their friends at thu
Howell Taylor farm in the fourth dis
trict which MIR. Young recently pur
chased. The new owner of the plac'
expects to make 1t his home and con
templates making II a modern farm Il
all the term implies.
The new furniture and parsphrensli
of he Pythian lodge In this city ha
arrived and was in place for the regula
meeting on last Monday night. A
stated in these columns before. tn
Pythians have leased the third story o
the Fayette County Bank and tn
lodge rooms are now located there an