The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1916-12-22
County Court January 2

The next session of the quarterl!
court of Fayette county will conven,
in this city on Tuesday. 2. 1917. A
that time some of the questions to b,
settled by the court are mentioned be
low.
The annual election of the chairman
is always one of the first questions t
be taken up at the January meeting
So far as has been learned there viii
be but one name to go before the court
for this important Office, that name
being the present chairman, W. G,
Shelton. He has been chairman of the
court about two years and has been
careful and conservative in handling
the county finances. and has made one
of the best presiding officers ever weld
ing the gavel in that important body.
A county superintendent of schools
will be elected to succeed Supt. .. K.
Donnell who has served efficiently for
fourteen years, and who announced
when elected two years ago that at
this time he would retire from office.
Following that announcement he is not
candidate for the next term. At this
time there appears hut one candidate
in the race for this Office, W. I. Log
gins, of Somerville, Earlier in the
year Prof. W. r. Seay of Brsden and
Prof. J. B. Summers of this city both
announced candidates. Prof. Seay
withdrew from the race before the
first of October at which time the ex-
animation for license to enter this race
was to be held and did not take the
examination. Prof. Summers took
three days examination but was taken
sick during the work and was unable to
take the examination on one of the
four days set apart for that work and
so, under the rules of the state board
Of education, was not able to obtain
the necessary certificate of qualitica-
tion, W. 7. Loggins took the examin-
alton in 1901 and secured grade that
entitled him to permanent certificate
Of qualification. A few weeks ago the
question of his certificate remaining
in force after he quit teaching was
raised by some one and at his request
the matter was taken up by the state
board of education and by them re-
ferred to the Encouragement of the
state at Nashville who held his certifi-
cate good and still in force, this being
given to the state superintendent in an
official opi-ion rendered a few days ago.
This condition leaves no candidate in
the race for this Office except W. I.
Loggins.
There are vacancies in the high school
board, workhouse board, poorhouse
board etc., to be filled, but when The
Falcon called at the Office of County
Court Clerk c. W. Crawford, he had
not looked up all of these and SO could
not just then tell us of all these, which
he will have ready to report to the
court when it convenes.
Serious question has been raised by
certain justices Of the wisdom Of con-
tinueing the workhouse another year.
the reason being the enormous expense
it places upon the county. But advo-
Gates of the workhouse system argue
that by no other method could the
county get as much on her roads as by
the present system. So there is the
position of the two sides, and to sug-
gest what the court may do in this
matter would be purely q guess, and
The Falcon will not indulge guess
at it.
Oae of the most important matters
the court will have to come up for con-
siderstion will be the application for
appropriation for $500 for the salary
of o farm demonstration agent for
next year and for $500 for the eanningl
club agent, The former has served
the county three years and has done
lots of good. The canning club agent
has served bat one yesr ard the result
of her work was shown nj the recent
county fair In fine shape. Both these
are particularly valuable to the county
Just now at this transition period when
we know we are in danger Of the boil
weevil and The Falcon hopes, along
with hundred of other friends Of better
farming, that the court will grant
these appropriations.
The session bids fair to q lengthy