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old. Has cut on right or left hip. SIS
reward for his return. Nelson Pewitt.
stanton. Tenn. R. 2. 1.24
Hon. j. B Summers, member of the
state senate from Fayette and Hay
wood counties has been suffering for a
week with bilious attack and has
been in st. Thomas Hospital 10 Nash
vile where he could be cared for. He
was taken i'll soon after he reached
Nashville. When seen at the hospital
Wednesday of this week by The Falcon
editor he was improving. was in fine
spirits and thought he would be able to
be at the capitol on Thursday. He has
been honored with the appointment to
the Craftsmanship Of the committee
on enrolled bills in the senate, and to
membership on the educational commit
tee.
County Agent W. A. Owen who has
served this county efficiently for the
past two years has had offered him a
much better paying position of the same
kind in another state and he is debating
what he shall do in the matter. D;vi-
sion Agent Abernathy of Jackson was
here last week confering with Mr..
Owen in al effort to induce him to re-
main in this county. The increase in
salary in the position offered is large
enough to attract interest and MIR.
Owen. while desiring to remain here,
has not made up his mind that he can
afford to forego the increase offered
His removal would be distinct loss to-
the farming interests of this county.
The first Woman Notary Public ever
elected by the County Court of this
this county was chosen last week when
commission as Notary was uDani-
mousIy voted to Miss Lucy Murrel,
who is chief clerk to County Trustee
j. T. Jordan. Miss Murrell has had
much experience in court work, being
for some time chief assistant to her
! father, the late B. +. Murrell whsn he
was County Trustee. later assisting in
the office of Clerk & Master W. M.
Mayo. and stree last fal in Trustee Jor-
dams office. She is familiar with the
detail of the Notary's duties, and with
her pleasant business ways, swearing
before ner Ito deeds. mortgages, etc
only will be not of out the line of good
manners. She can be found always at
the Office Of the County Trustee.
The annual meeting of the stockhold
ers of the Favette County Bank was
held on December "a when the follow
ing board of directors was elected for
the present year: Capt H. C. Moor
man, Capt. E. A. Maddox, W. M. Mayo,
]. M. Jones, W. H Leach Sr., Wyatt
Wilkinson. W. H. Wilkinson, t. X.
Riddick. A. H. Harvey, G. W. Locke,
C C. Williams. C. K. Wirwa. DR.. ]. S.
Washington, W. A. Weber. W. I.
Loggins. The directors met in the di.
rectors' room at the bank on January
IL and reelected Capt. II. c. Moormsn
as president. Capt. E. A. Maddox as
cashier. The report of the officers
showed that the past years business
has been the largest in the history of
the bank, the deposits being larger on
January than they ever were on the
first of the year. and the net earnings
of the bank the best. The semi annua
cash dividend of 5 per cent was declared
and the surplus was then more than
$1,000 more than it was one year be-
fore.
One of the most interesting of the
boys returned from the firing line in
France is Graves Ivy. who has been on
a ten.day furlough to visit his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. J. E. Ivy. of Hickory
Withe, and was here with his sister,
Mrs. c. M. Reames. He was eight
mouths ct the front, serving at Chateau
Thiery in July where he was shot thru
The shoulder by machine gun bullet
which he still carries imbedded in his
flesb. He recovered and rejcined his
and was at the front few
days before the armistice was signed
when he received fractured knee from
falling thru German dug out. He
was slightly gassed and carries several
marks of the terrible mustard gas
thrown into the lines of the allies by
the Huns. He arrived from overseas
Turing the holiday season and was sent
to the hospital at Fl. 0eletborpe, get
ling furlough soon after his arrival
here. He will return there In few
laws to remain until entirely well.
when he will receive his final discharge
rom the service. n