The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-05-24


Chairman W. G. Shelton this week
announced the following appointments
for membership on the County Equal
izatiOn Board: W. H. Leach Sr., ]. H.
Simmons, w. C. Reeves, J. G. Smith.
F. F. Boyd. The board meets the first
Monday in June and will be in session
for three weeks going over the books of
the County Assessor and approving as
seSsments made by him. All property.
real and personal, is to be gone over and
the task each two years is no easy one.
In the city run-Off election last Sat-
urday H. P. Stainback defeated c. A.
Oliver by two votes for the sixth place
on the board of Aldermen, five having
been elected at the first election on
May 8 and Stainback and Oliver tied at
the same time, making the run.off
necessary. The new board which will
take the Office the first Thursday in
June is as follows: W. H. Leach, J. w.
Morrison. W. e. Narremore, C. R.
Wirwa. E. T. Henley and H. P. Stain
back.
Rev. W. Maxedon s assisting in re-
vival this week at Washington Heights
church, Memphis. Rev. T. G. Lowery.
will be remembered as having been as
ISOLATED with Mr.. Msxedon in a revival
here last year, ispaStor Of that church
The regular services will be neld at
the local Methodist church next Sunday.
both morning and evening. Rev. Mr..
Suggs of Oakland preaching the ser
mon at the evening service. Ithas not
yet been announced who will preach
at the morning hour.
One hundred and eighty-five dollars
was the sum realized from the Red
Cross auction last Monday. Oontribut-
ions of various and numerous articles
from Red Cross members had sweled
the collections to an interesting display
and when County Agent Owens noun
ted the block a crowd of merry,
| liberal bidders faced him. Pigs, chickens
geese and goats were among the Of
ferings and many of these attested
their birth and breeding with registra-
tion certificates attached to their
crates. Like other Enterprises spons-
oted by the local Red Cross chapter.
the sale proved pronounced success.
Under the new draft regulations sig
ned by the President last Monday, all
men who have reached the age of 81
since the last registration, June 5, 1918,
are required to register their names
with the Local Exemption Board of
the county. Chief Clerk W. M. Pierce
of the Board estimates that this will
call for the registration of from 240 to
$50 young Fsyette countians who were
not included in the last draft. Chief
Clerk Pierce desires that The Falcon
advise these new registrstahts that no
registration will be held in the several
districts as in the previous, but that
all men in Fayette affected will be re-
quired to present themselves before
the local board in Somerville for regis
tration. The Office of the board will be
open on June S, from seve n q. m. un-
til 9p. m
A meeting Of the friends Of the Coun-
ty Fair was held at the court house
Tuesday afternoon and the following
officers were elected for the coming
fair: Hon. j. P. Matthews of Oakland,
President; W. T. Loggins Secretary
and E. A. Maddox, Treasurer. The ell
ection of board Of directors. soliciticg
committee and other officials was de-
ferred to June l at which time the
next meeting is to be held. A repre-