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Evening star., 1915-09-19
Protected by the Trees.

No doubt this ingenious French plan
for mitigating some of the discom-
forts of trench life in winter would
not be possible in the open. Here the
trees afford a protection from shells. So
the soldiers have constructed defenses of
woven withes, packed with earth
These Mathematician walls are from
three to six feet thick and six or seven
feet high. At intervals there are
mitrailleuse cabins and roofed-in bomb
proofs. 1t may be granted that they
would not stand for ten minutes
against artillery. But before shells
can reach them acres of woodland must
be cut down
You will notice" said my Tennessee
Frenchman, that our cabins are
drained"
Cabins must afford protection from
shells and rife balls even more than
from the weather in war time. SO that
these structures are Immensely thick
as to the wall and massive as to the
roof. An inner wall of logs is sur
rounded by layer of earth held in
place by a second wall of logs. Some
times there is third wall. Often the
outer wall is of this wovenwithe work
in which the Frenchman is a pioneer.
1t again confines a thickness of dirt.
Such a cabin would not merely be a
protection against an ordinary. field
piece, but would be delightfully."- com
Portable in winter unless the water
seeped up from below
AS guard against this the ca BINS
are surrounded by tiny moats, perhaps
two feet deep and a foot wide, which
drain into hollows through which the
waterways pass off. sometimes DRAMA :
BILE hummOck is found in which a
bonb-proof habitation may be built.
Where possible the Lofraines have add
ed a further refinement in wire entan-
elements to their defenses. The wires
are placed in bitches below the sur
face of the ground. In this fashion
they are protected from shell fire My
Tennessee F'renchman jovially referred
to them as .'fy-trapS-
Imagine the anger of the Germans
when they think the wires have all
been swept away and they come upon
these hidden pits full Of tangled wires.
DO you know of what they make me
think?
didn't, of course.
That sunken road at Waterloo he
said with a certain gravity.
Evening star., 1915-09-19

Count ToIstoy's secretary says 1ha'
the great writer's library contained 1o,-
600 volumes in thirty-tWo languages
There were almost as many books in
English as in Russian, S,415, against
3505, respectively.
Evening star., 1915-09-19

located in the Cholas valley. the Homo
lulu station in Pearl Harbor, the army
and navy post, and the Philippine ter
minal at Cavite. overlooking Manila
bay. The Pearl Harbor and Cavite link
of the system will be more than 5000
miles in length, whereas the greatest
communicating link of wireless now
in existence is that across the Atlantic,
slightly under $500 miles.
New Record for Height.
Excepting the Eiffel tower in Paris
the towers of this Pacific system are
also to establish a new record for
height, for they will be in the neigh
borhood of 500 feet high. And in
every other way will this system be
framed on lines of immensely never
before attempted, for the various sta
tions will possess generating facilities
that may be virtually compared to
Evening star., 1915-09-19

Embracing six handsome pieces
in golden oak-Colonial Buffet and
Extension Table and four Fine
Imitation -leather Seat BoX-frame
Dining Chairs. Real value, $45.
Special, $31.75.
Evening star., 1915-09-19
PREPARESF FOR WAR
DURING THE WINTER
Army of the Lorraine Fixes Up
Quarters for the Cold.
Weather Period.
NO TALK OF FINISHING
UP JOB BY CHRISTMAS
French Soldiers Settle Down to
Fight Until War Is Over and
Has Been Won.
BY HERBERT COREY.
Copyright. 1889

topyrlght, 1919
IN THE FOREST OF PARROY, August
s3.-Winter quarters have been prepared
for the army of the Lorraine There is
no longer any talk of finishing up this
job by Christmas. The French soldier
has settled down with that CHEEKY pa
tience which is one of his notable char
acteristics to keep on fighting until the
war is overland he has won the war.
Not bad cabin" said SOLDIER at
headquarters here today. We had been
observing the sturdy little house in which
the commanding officer lives.
Did you built it, | asked. He nodded
II learned how in Tennessee" said he.
The Forest of Parroy is one of the de-
fenses of Nancy and the department of
Meurthe- e-et- -MoselIe. on the map it shows
only as Il shaded area. In peace times
1t is one OF the carefully forested tracts
in which this part of France abounds. One
or two good roads run through it. Be
tween these roads the ground is swampy
under foot at the first hint of wet weather.
The larger trees have been culed out and
sold. What remains is what an Ameri-
can lumbeTuan would call second growth.
Between the slender trunks bushes grow
thickly.
1T was too wet for the Germans here
last winter" said the staff officer. I'VE
surprised them by taking the forest and
we have held it ever since"
No newspaper men had visited the for
est of Parroy until our party arrived. We
We're not particularly enthusiastic about
forests. one forest, We held, was singu-
larly like any other forest. They We're all
composed Of trees, which prevented one
seeing anything. What we desired We're
thrills. What we got We're winter quar-
ters. 1t was a prosaic but an i1iumnat
ing compromise
why are the trenches built on top OF
the ground?' we asked.
Because we'd drown in an ordinary
trench here in the winter time
Evening star., 1915-09-19
German Trenches Very Close.

An inouisitiye visitor thrust his head
up above the lip of the trench. He had
not been able to see through MS loop
hole. 1t had been SO screened by TWIST
ed branches that while the man In the
trench could have seen any one com
ing no man outside could have detected
the narrow slit behind which the rifle
man crouched. The man nearest to the
curious one pulled him down hastily.
1t appears that the Germans were only
a short distance very snort dls-
tance-away. In that open ground be-
tween the forest and the little village
which seemed so much at peace until
one turned the glasses on it men were
lying in holes waiting for just such
curious folk. The French listening
posts We're perhaps forty yards away.
Not forty yards from them were the
German outpoStS. If any man In them
forgot himself and yawned or stretched
an incautious leg bullet would au-
wise him of his error.
When you leave the trench be quiet,
our officer ordered.
We got out of that trench as Natty
Bumppo used to evade the lroquoiS-
one man at time. He slipped behind
a tree and followed the guide wire.
That guide wire was a real comfort.
Keeping by it's side one not only avoid
ed the softer mud, but also escaped
those open places through which an
alert rlf1eman on the Olhef Slue mig nl
send q bullet. Sometimes the guide
wire took turns that seemed ridiculous.
But a moments study gave the reason.
a short cut is distinctly not the short
est way home in these woodS-unless
one has reference to that long home, to
which few go willingly.
Throughout this forest are these COM
Portable wooden huts and these above
ground trenches. The conclusion is in
evitable that the Army of the Lorraine
is planning merely to hold the line this
winter. Time is fighting for the allies.
/ do not believe that the French have
made a serious attack on this sector
of the front since the present positions
were gained. in March. Now and then
the Germans attack, but without much
ginger. The conclusion is that they
think there are softer spots along the
front than are to be found in these
wire wrapped, pit-concealing, gun-fill-
ed woods.
1t may be that the French plan an
offensive here. 1 saw no signs of it.
1t will be conceded, however, that such
plans are not advertised in advance
My own belief is that the part of the
front in which Nancy is the plum of
the pudding is not to see the hardest
fighting. The big drive" will be made
somewhere else.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-07-23
One of Our Needs.

One of the needs of this county and
section was illustrated here last Satur-
day, farmer brought to town for sale
wagon load Of his new Oat crop which
he had just threshed and found no
market for them. Somerville and
other towns in Fayette county and in
most of Western Tennessee have been
for ages buyers Of grain instead of
sellers. This condition has placed the
entire grain business of these com
munities in the hands of the merchants
and supply men. And it has made the
the business largely business of small
purchases. Merchants and supply men
seldom buy feed stuff in large
quantities, in fact more frequently than
otherwise the purchases are made in
less than car lots, thus increasing the
freight charges per bushe on grain and
making the cost to consumer more.
Such thing as shipping grain away
from Fayette county has hardly been
known. But there are present indica-
tons of a surplus of these crops for
next year and the crying need just now
or at the gathering time in the fall is
an elevator and company with suffi-
cient capital to handle the surplus crop
of feed stuffs. There is a splendid
opening in Somerville for such an in
stitution and it should prove paying
business to its owners and genuine
public benefit in furnishing ready
market for grains, hay, field seeds, and
such allied interests and articles which
the farmer has to sell or to buy in the
years of diversified farming now before
us and almost at hand. The farmer is
not going to raise oats and corn and
hay beyond his own needs unless there
is a market near at hand for his surplus
of these crops, If no individual feels
like taking up this line of business then
company of public spirited business
men who have at heart the good of the
territory around this city should band
together and install an elevator, buy
oats. wheat, corn, hay and such articles
and sell all kinds of feed stuff to such
consumers as do not raise them, and
supply field seeds to farmers in their
season. There is a magnificent field of
work for some body in this line right
here and at other points in the county
and progressive citizens should see to
it that these markets are furnished
and that no farmer in Fayette county
ever has a wagon load of any farm crop
that he can not realize ready money
for.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-07-23

The scandle unearthed in Nashville
municipal affairs bears out the position
taken by The Falcon several years ago
when it declared that the law requiring
trustees to publish their annual state
meats should be rigidly complied with.
The laws Of Tennessee do not require
enough publicity at best and certainly
no official should dare to ignore any law
that has for its purpose giving the
public information in regard to the
collecting and disbursing of the public
funds. We are Of the same opinion
now that we were when we first de-
clared in favor this publicity and we be-
lieve that publicity of official matters
and expenditures during the past six
or se7en years would have saved the
Capitol City of the disgrace which has
been brought upon it. Every muni-
cipality, no matter how small, every
county and every state official handling
public funds should be required by law
to make public the items passing thru
his hands at stated intervals each year.
And further, we believe that every
official handling public money should
have a strict audit made of his books
once each year and the result given to
the public. IL all such funds are pro-
perly handled and properly accounted
for the public and the officer will both
feel better for the publicity, and if
there is wrong the public should know
IL
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-07-23

interest in more progressive methods
of farming here and is sure evidence
that our farmers realize the value the
station will be to them if they will visit
it and get this value.
The day was spent in visiting the
different plots of ground worked under
different methods, supplied with differ
ent fertilizers, subject to different 70.
tations, etc. And in each case mem
bers of the department staff were pre-
sent to explain the details of culture of
each field visited.
An interesting feature of the day Is
visit was the trip TO the farm stables
where the splendid Percherons and the
herd of excellent dairy cattle were seen.
Those visiting the station return to
this county with a higher idea of farm
ing and with a determination to do
better farming in the future than they
have been doing. And those who still
refuse to go, and declare that they
were good farmers before the expert
mental farm specialists were born, will
continue to raise cotton and buy feeds,
and on their cotton land they will
average bale to six or eight acres.
The Falcon is delighted that greater in
terest is manifested in better and more
diversified farming in Fayette county
and in these advances can be seen bet.
ter things for this county.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-07-23
TIRED, WORKOUT AND
MISERABLE

Many Somerville People in This Con.
dition.
There is little rest for many kid
ney sufferer.
The kidneys feel congested, sore
and painful.
Urinary passages are often irregular
aud distressing.
The sufferer, tired, WORKOUT, de-
pressed.
Weak kidneys need quick help
Need special kidney remedy.
Doan's Kidney Pills have stood the
test.
Have proven their merit to thous-
ands of kidney sufferers.
Can any Somerville reader doubt this
evidence?
Mrs. M. s. Richie, N. Main St..
Somerville says: Il suffered from
severe headaches and dizzy spells and
felt all run down. | knew that nv
kidneys needed attention and when a
friend urged me to try Doan's Kidney
Pills, ! did. They soon benefited me
and after ! had finished two boxes, |
was rid of the trouble. have never
had return attack"
Price Soc. at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for kidney remedy get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mrs. Richie had. Foster ilburn Co.,
Props, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-07-23

come all right when you have demon
strated that you are doing business on
ud-to-date methods. Your proof must
be in shape of prices advertised in plain
figures. Your customers are entitled
to that evidence of good faith. Make
your local paper serve as substitute
for a catalogue. Describe your goods
and quote your prices. There is no
reason why you should be ashamed
of them. You will find that your quo
tations are just as low, if not below,
those of the city competitor and your
customres will be surprised to learn
that you have always sold just as
cheap, although you did not advertise
that fact.
Whenever you begin to think that
page or one-half page advertisement
each week in your local paper is ex-
pensive, just remember that one of
the big mail order houses In the west
spends $l2, 600 every year for its
catalogue.
(The continuation Of this letter will
appear next week. 1t will be of inter-
est to taxpayers and also to those
mothers who have boys and girls who
are anxious to leave home and try
their fortunes in some large city or
who are compelled to do 80 because
of lack of opportunity to earn a livH-
hood in the home town.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-07-23

Some one advised me to take Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Ihad
taken 50 much medicine and my doctor
said he could do me no good so told my
husband he might get me bottle and /
would try il By the time had taken
it | felt better. continued its use, and
now am well and strong.
Il have always recommended your
medicine ever since | was so wonder
fully benefited by it and l hope this
letter viii be the means Of saving some
other poor woman from suffering. -
Mrs. MARTHA SEAvEY, Box I144,
Unionville, Missouri.
The makers of Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound have thousands Of
such letters as that above : they tell
the truth, else they could not have been
obtained for love or money. This med
icine Is no stranger = it has stood the
test for years.
II there are any complications you
De not anderstand write to Lydia y.
Piskkam Medicine CO. (eonhaentiaD
LTnn, lass. Tear letter win be epeRe6,
res9 and answered 81 . wezsa and
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The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-07-23
EXIT cAL0MEL
No More Nasty, Disagreeable
Effects.

Liv-Ver-Lax is now rapidly taking
the place of calomel everywhere. 1t il
just as effective. cleansing the system
thoroughly of bile, toning up the liver;
and making that sluggish feeling dis
appear like magic. Yet it is pleasan,
to take, and has none of the disagree
able after effects that make Us dread
eslOmel 30 much.
Feel fine all the time. Take Liv-ver-
Lax regularly, and health becomes a
habit.
Guarantees. Every genuine bottle
bears the likeness Of L. <. Grigsby,
and II IL does not give satisfaction your
money ~iIl be returned. Fer sale Ia
tie b. 5oc ard 81 bottles At Rbsas
Drug Store. sdv. 81
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-07-23
Fayette County Farmers al
Experiment Farm.

On July 14th there were nearly two
hundred Fayette county farmers at
tending the state experimental farm at
jackson. This was the day set apart
by the agricultural authorities as Fay
cite county day and on this day the
farmers Of this county were given
special invitation to visit the state farm
and see the work that is being done
there in the interest of better and more
profitable farming. 1t is indeed graft
flying to note the large number who
were in attendance This is the third
year that day has been set apart for
the farmers of each county to visit the
experimental station and on former
years the attendance from this county
has not been as large as it should have
been. The incl essed numbers who at
tended this year indicates an increased
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-07-23
The Newt Fair.

The Tennessee State Fair, this year
September 20, 81, %, %, "a and rs
one week-will be fair for the peopI,
Of Tennessee exhibits.
You will see all the cattle, all the
hogs and all the sheep, and all the agri
cultural and horticultural product.
from our Tennessee Farms. When yor
come to the State Fair you will not see
cattle from Ohio, sheep from Wiscon.
sin. hogs from Illinois, ETC., but you
will see what we produce in Old Ten.
nsssee, and you will see as good cattle,
sheep and hogs as are produced in the
world. Best Of all, the premium money
will go back into the pockets of Ten.
nessee farmers.
You will feel proud of the fact, too.
You will see the big horse show, the
best that will be held in the South,
good races, fire works, free acts. and
thousand and one things that will edu-
cate and amuse.
OF course it will be impossible to see.
in one day, as big thing as the Ten
nessee State Fair. You should arrange
to take in the fair for at least two
days visit.
You will see quite change from the
fairs that have gone before. New
buildings are being erected. The grand
stand, woman's building, agricultural
building, pure food show, automobile
show and merchants display building
will all be connected. and you can 20
from one building to another without
going out doors. Never mind the
weather. The Tennessee State Fair il
bigger than weather.
There will at least be twenty depart
ments, all educational. Yes, there
viii be thrilling amusements going on
al the ume. free acts, the best that
can be had.
All seats free for the entire day
shows. At night reserved seats may
be had in part of the grand stand.
You owe it to yourself, your family,
your community, your county, your
state to not only attend but to make
an exhibit at your state fair.
II you don't attend your state fair.
never tell it, for it will put you in bad
standing with your neighbors.
OF course you viii bring the good
wife. the children, the sweetheart, or
the sister, for you would not think Of
being that selfish. to attend and 20
home and tell them what you saw.
thinking that would satisfy the home
folks.
A eatalcF giving fullirformation free
on application.
Address J. ". RHsswurn. Secretary.
Nashville, Tenn.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-07-23

A lengthy circular issued by the
American Trusth Society says in one Of
its last paragraphs Garry twenty
dollar gold piece in your pocket or at
your home as a protest against financ-
ing Of our munition exporters,
and we are perfectly willing to follow
their requests if they will furnish the
twenty.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-07-23
Why YOU ARE NERVOUS

The nervous system is the alarm system
Of the human body.
In perfect health we hardly realize that
we have a network of nerves, but when
health is ebbing, when strength is declin-
ing, the same nervous system gives the
alarm in headaches, tiredness, dreamful
sleep, irritability and unless corrected,
leads straight to a breakdown.
To correct nervousness, SCOTS Emul-
sion is exactly what you should take; its
rich nutriment gets into the blood and
rich blood feeds the tiny nerve-ceils while
the whole system responds to its refresh
ing tonic force. 1t is free from alcohol.
scott & BOVINE Bloomfield, NJ,
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-07-23

The American Truth Society says
pay in gold, but we are taking any kind
we can get, just send it in silver, green
back, gold, or check on a solvent
bank is alright since the passage of our
recent bad check law in Tennessee.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-07-23

With the Tennessee legislature hard
ly a corpse several announcements
have already been made in the state
for membership in the next legislature.
There must be pretty good picking in
Nashville in legislative times.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-07-23

An esteemed contemporary boasts of
10 pound cabbage head raised in its
community. That's nothing to some
we knOwthat weigh ten times 10 pounds
and walk on two legs.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-07-23

could hardly W ak
across the floor with
out h olding on to
something. | had
nervous spells and
my fingers would
cramp and my face
would draw, and l
could not speak, nor
sleep to do any good,
had no appetite, and
everyone thought /
would mt live
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-07-23
Whenever You Need q General Tonls
Take Groves

The Old Standard Groves Tasteless
chill Tonic Is equally valuable as q
General Tonic because 1t contains the
well known tonic properties of QUININE
and IRON. It acts on the Liver, Drives
cut Malaria, Enriches the Blood and
Builds up the Whole System. 50 cents
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-07-23
THOUGHT She
COULD NOT LIVE
Restored to Health by Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.

Unionville, Mo- suffered from q
female trouble and got so weak that I
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-07-23
Fayette County Justices.

We have on hand constantly the fol.
owing blanks, and shall be glad to re-
ceive your orders at the following
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-07-23
The FAYETTE FALCON
v, 7. LOGGlNS, EDITOR and PROP.

aa.ered AZ the postofice of Somerville,
enn.. az second-class matter.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-07-23

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