The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-07-23
was visiting friends in Moscow the past

was visiting friends in Moscow the past
week.
None of the waring nations have yet
suffered a single defeat that they have
not been able to explain in the follow
ing report: 1--WE retired TO readjust
our lines,
Miss Kittie Wilburn of East Second
street has returned home from visiting
friends in Moscow.
Berlin reports the capture of 521, $50
Russians. Still, it does not seem to
have taken enough.
Mr.. and Mrs. 7. W. Rives of East
Third street were visiting relatives in
Memphis the first of the week.
What has become of the law against
throwing paper on the streets, or rather,
what has become of enforcing the
law? No one has been arrested or
fined for breaking the law, yet some
one could be every day, What is the
use of passing a law if we are not GO
ing to enforce it?
A man that loves children surely has
"the milk of kindness" in his heart.
j. T. McNamee, Sr., took seven little
boys in his auto TO Memphis one day
last week and they had great time in
the city and at 0verton park,
Did you ever try kindness upon a
man who did not like you? Sometimes
the "coals of fire" will not burn, but
when they do, how good it makes you
feel.
Mrs. l.. G. Bouton, Mrs. Frank Nc
Clellan. Miss Emma Lou Mcclellan,
Mrs. Alma Trout, of Grand Junction,
Tennessee; Mrs. Ed Upshaw of Atlanta,
Georgia; and Mr. and Mrs, Elred Nc.
Kinnon of Hillsboro, Texas, were guests
of Mr., and Mrs, j. B. Sims on East
Fourth Street the past week.
On being elected Register by the
members of the County Court on the
forty sixth ballot, during the time of
which first one and then an other of the
candidates were ahead, Mr.. Mathews
has luck. In fact he is covered allover
with luck. He has the kind of luck
that sticketh closer than a brother.
He has the same kind of luck that a
man had who had grown tired and
wearied with the follies of the world
and who ives determined 10 die. And
while he was going to do it, he deter
mined to make sure and certain job
of it. He got him a box of matches,
can of coal oil, rope, loaded pistol.
and bottle of poison, and went to the
river to bid farewell to this beautiful
world. He got in koat and rowed
under the limb of tree that grew up
on the rivers bank. He stood up in
the boat. tied one end of the rope to
the limb of the tree and the other end
around his neck, poured coal oil all
over him, swallowed the poison, took
the pistol in one hand, struck match
with the other and set afire the coal oil,
kicked the boat from under him, and
fired the pistol at his head, but luck was
with him. The pistol ball missed his
head, cut the rope in two, he fell into
the river, the water put out the flames.
and, also acted as an emetic when he
swallowed great deal of it. and he
threw up the poisan. Being a good
swimmer and greatly discouraged he
gave il up as bad job, swan out,
went home, and ran for the legislature
and was elected.
Miss Annie Hunt has returned home
on Locust Avenue from attending the
teachers course at the West Tennessee
Normal.
We are to have the Register race all
over again. The defeated candidates
will appeal from the decision of the
County Court to the vote Of the people
in primary before the next August
election. and some mere viii Join them
in that race. Getting their rations at
the public corn crib has an enticing
aIlurement to Fayette Countisns.
Mr.. ]. F. Dale and family. who have
been for several weeks at their summer
home on Locust Avenue, have returned
to Chattanooga.
It's poor policy to run down your
neighbor in order to build up your own
reputation.
Miss Virginia Hunt has returned home
on Locust Avenue from visiting rela-
tives in Memphis.
Learn from past mistakes to do bet
ter, and subscribe to your county
paper
Route Three.