The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-07-05
County Court Provides for
New School Building.

The county court met In quartely
session last Tuesday with every men,
Der of the court In bis place. tho d. c..
Boyd Esq. was taken sick and was
compelled to be away during the after
noon. There are several vacancies in
the courts membership which have
not been filled, owing to short time till
the regular election of all the Justices
in the County, August l. The session
of last Tuesday is the last that several
members of the court will attend, not
being candidates to succeed themselves
and in several other districts no prim-
ries have yet been held TO deter
mine who will represent them for the
next six year term.
The session was a very quiet one,
with rather more than the usual appro-
priations for necessary road, bridge and
levee work from the several pal Is of
t he county. The largest appropriation
made at the session was that for SIS,
900 for repairing the County High
School building in Somerville, complet-
ing the building at Williston, erecting
new building at Macon. These were
much needed land the appropriation
takes the place of an application made
last year for $4,000 for the purpose
and which application was voted down
by the court at its January term. At
the April term of the court committee
composed of Chairman W. G. shelton,
Capt. H, G. Moorman. G, W. Craw-
ford, d. K. Donnel and the County
Superintendent we're appointed to have
plans made and find a legal and feasi-
BILE plan for raising the necessary FUNDS;
The committee had an architect ex-
anime the present building, and draw
plans for overhauing and remodeling
thru6ut and to give his estimate for
the cost of the needed changes. With
these before the court the appropria-
tion was passed without a dissenting
vote and the school forces of the coun-
ty are highly pleased and grateful to
the court.
At meeting of the County Board of
Education held Tuesday afternoon they
appropriated $4,000 to supplement the
$4,000 appropriated by the court. thus
placing SCI, 900 at the disposal of the
building committee which the court ap-
poi nted and which is as follows: Capt.
H. G. Moorman, l. J. Walker, ID. X.
DounelI, w. M. Mayo and the County
Superintendent. The committee will
have all bids on the high school building
by the end of the week and the con-
ict will be let so that the work may
e completed by the middle of Septem-
per when the next term of the school
will begin. The work ut Williston will
proceed at once, too, and the negotia-
tions for the work at Macon will go
forward as soon as the arrangements
can be completed.
( The court elected C. o. Bryson of
this city as cotton weigher here for the
coming season. This was formerly done
here every year and there was never a
question about the regularity of the pro-
sceeding, but Of late years the buyers
snave selected their weigher. the farm
lers their weigher, and there have fire.
jquent clashes between the two weigh
ers, two being selected each year. The
action of the conrt appears satisfactory |
to both athe buyers and farmers and
conditions in the matter of weighing |
here this fall should proceed with less
friction than for any season since the
town did away with the courts weigh
er few years ago.
The court fixed the 1918 tax rate at
= 95 on the 500. this being an increase
five cents. which is to take care of
the $4,000 appropriation for school
buildings.
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