The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-01-17

We are requested TO announce that
there will be no service at the Baptist
church next Sunday.
In number of sections of the county
the influenza has renewed its attacks
on the people and many are suffering
with the disease. Several schools again
had TO suspend and the attendance in
others has heen much reduced by the
prevalence of the disease. The mslady
is of much less severe type than was
the first epidemic of the kind that
spread over this section.
Judge Flzhugh of the Memphis city
court last Saturday fined the proprietor
of pool room in that city $25 for al
lowing minors to play in his establish
ment, altho the lads had writton per.
mits from their mothers to play. Judge
Filzhugh held that pool room proprie.
tor has no right to permit minors to
play in his place, even with the permits
of parents.
DR.. A. 0. Boals is back after visit
of three weeks to several points in this
and other states, seeing relatives, look
ing after business matters and enjoying
general rest from work and care
Among other places visited, he spent
several days at Dyersburg as the guest
of DR.. M. E. Rust who is so pleasantly
remembered by many former patrons in
this county.
Owing to the uncertainties of the
weather it has been decided not to hold
an institute for the white teachers of
he county in January or February.
Last year it was tried without success
and the weather prevented holding
meeting in December this year, so that
it was decided not to try to hold another
until March. The date and program
will be published in these columns in
time to give ample notice.
Lieut.. Jas. E. Loggins notified his
parents here a few days ago by tele-
gram of his assignment to service
aboard army transports bringing Amer
lean soldiers from France. The assign
ment came direct from the office of the
Adjutant General Of the Army at Wash
ington and he reported with eight Cap
tains for the same service at Hoboken,
N. j., on January 10 and his duties
will be In the line of rehabilitation of
returned soldiers, having charge of the
preparation Of the papers Of discharged
men.
j. H. Holloway and family left here
few days ago for Forest City, Arkan-
sas, where he has leased land and will
makehis future home. He will engage
10 farming on large scale, having in
charge one of the best delta planta-
tions of that section of the state. He
was born and reared here and has spent
his entire life in and near Somerville, and
has .lo,s of friends here who wish him
we'll in his new home. His son,
James, will continue here as an EN-.
ploye of the Fayette County Bank,
where he has been the past year.
A verylreculiar and unusual thing hap
pened last week by which c. L. Attkei-
SOC of the Asbury neighborhood lost q
good horse. Twoof his horses got out
of his lot and one was found next day
with his neck broken and an old metal
tub tied 10 his tail. The tub had evi-
iently caused the animal to run with I
fright into the ditch and break bis neck.
The other horse was found two days
alter some distance from home. No
.eason can be assigned for such action
~ any one and it can not be reasoned
nut why anyone would do such thing
Is tie tub to a horses tail.
The colored teachers will meet in
heir monthly institute on January rs.
hat being the fourth Saturday in the
month. The County Superintendent is
ending cut a special letter to colored
eachers In which be urges them to at
end this meeting. Colored teachers
ave not taken an interest in thess
nee tings. but the school law requires
heir attendance and the law must be
White people can do favor
o the colored teachers In their commu-
tiles BY warning them that they must
ttend these Institutes. The meeting /,
'iIl open at 10 a. m. and close at IL.
D. J. Douglass and wife are leaving
his week for St. Louis, where be joins 7
is son, Tom, who is establishing In
rat city the Douglass Lumber Com
any for the transaction Of wholesale
Imber business. The younger Mr.
auglass was reared and educated here
- l-~A~w G..aAnl