The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-10-04


Capt. E. A. Maddox, chairman of the
county Liberty Loan organization and
Mr.. Louis Lipsky, publicity director of
same, have arranged for several Aero
planes to visit Somerville Saturday
morning tomorrow in the interest of
the Loan drive now on and the people
visiting this city on that date will have
the pleasure of examining a real aero
plane.
Relatives here were called to Mem
phis few days ago to the bedside of
w. A. Rhea who was in that city Wis
iting and was stricken with something
like opoplexy from which be suffered
for several days and from which he
has not entirely recovered. The last
information from him is that he is
slowly regaining his health and hopes
are entertained for his complete recov-
cry at an early date.
The Falcon owners alfalfa was cul
this week for the fifth time this year,
in spite of the long drowth that held
down it's growth for so long. 1t will
average five tons per acre or more for
the year and is the most profitable
mOney-value crop we know of being
made in this section. A number Of
plots have been seeded by people of the
county this fall and we hear reports of
fine stands being secured.
The Falcon carried last week five ad-
vertisement of Fayette county farmers
who had wheat for sale for planting
and those heard from report extra
good results from the advertising.
1t shows that the demand is good and
that The Falcon finds the buyer. The
county has more homegrown seed
wheat than in any year in fifty until
this and more wheat is being planted
in the county than in any year for the
past fifty.
All local attorneys and a number of
others who have been drafted for the
service have been quite busy at the
Chancery Court room for the past two
weeks filling out the questionaires of
men under the September IL registra-
ton. There are nearly 5000 Of these
draft men in the county and the work
of filling that number of questionaires
is tremendous job. and all done gra-
tbs. 1t will take several weeks to COM
plete this work.
On last Wednesday night, Sept. rs,
at eleven o'clock, A. H. Morris of,the
third district passed to his reward af-
ter lingering illness of many weeks.
He was resident of Fayette comfy
for many years. and bis presence at
home and among friends will be sadly
missed. He leaves wife, eleven child
rem and host of other near relatives
and friends to mourn his loss. All of
his children being at his bedside except
one (SaLuel l.. Morris who is with
the American Expeditionary Forces in
France. His remains were laid to rest
Friday morning, September q, in Mt.
Carmel cemetery.
A number of the members of Wom-
ms Liberty organization for this coun-
~ were busy here last Saturday taking
subscriptions for The Fourth Liberty
Loan. Inc Falcon has not had word
of the total subscriptions taken by them
but several thousand dollars that we
did hear of. Saturday was Volunteer
Day and Volunteer Badge was given
to everyone subscribing on that day.
The work was continued thru Sunday
which vas another Volunteer Day
The work of the Mems organization
began in earnest the first of this week
and committees are busy in every sec
ton of the county.
James Monroe Jones of Memphis,
recently commissioned a Captain in the
Quartermaster' branch of the hrmy
and stationed at Camp Wadsworth in
South Carolina, was found dead in his
bed at that place on Monday morning
of this week. He was reared here and
went from here to Memphis some years
ago where he has been engaged in the
wholesale grocery business. de is a
nephew of j. M. Jones of this place
and leaves two brothers, Calvin and
Tom, both of Memphis and three sis-
tiers, Misses Annie, Mildred and Susie /
also of Memphis. Burial was in Mem.
phis to which place the body was brought
Thursday Of this week.
Girl EM0N UUCE