The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-04-04

most successful growers in the county
told as last Saturday he had not plant
ed an oat and expected to put in more
than hundred acres.
Dee Bradsher of Oakland. a brother
of County Assessor John Bradsher,
has arrived from France and is now at
the hospital at Chattanooga. He was
severely wounded about the close of
the fighting last November and has
been in the hospital ever since that time.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jim Havercamp have
moved from their home on West street
in the northern part of town to the
John Boyd farm on the Jarnigan road.
Mr.. Havercamp recently bought from
w. S. Latta the latter's farm adjoining
tn Ross place just beyond the Boyd
place where he has moved.
For SALE-The Trotting Stallion,
Fayette Promise, Registered American
Trotting Horse Association. Two
years, ten months, old, l6 hands high,
weighs 1040, rich.bay color, well broken
for his age and good disposition. Will
sell or trade. j. L. Parsons, R. 8,
Somerville.
DUR0C gifts Best bunch | ever
owned. bred for March ferrow to Chief
Gano and Orion King Model. Pricing
them 80 they are sure to make money,
whether for fancy breeding. stock or
meat. All regist red and immune, $50,
SIS ana $500 T. A. Norman. Il
Fayette county loses one of her best
families in the recent removal of W. T.
Cartwright and family from Oakland
to Memphis where they now live. Mr..
Cartwright has formed a partnership
with H. A. Washington and they are
engaged in the real estate and fire in
surance business.
The large oaks in the cemetery that
died last summer from the severe
drowth and heat are being taken out
this week by J. A. Mcqueen and a
force of hands employed by Mayor
Crawford for that purpose. The loss
of these fine trees hits heavy blow at
the beauty of the cemetery, but there
is no remedy and their removal is i'm
perative.
The local exemption board has ceased
to exhist with the shipment this week
to Nashville of the papers and property
of the Office. Chief Clerk w. M.
Pierce got the entire holdings Of the
Office packed and shipped them to Nash
vile the first of the week and closed
the doors finally at that time. Thus
passes the leading war body of the
county.
In this issue of The Falcon appears
an advertisement of four thousand
acres of the great Lespedeza Farm that
lies in this county. This is land north
of Lagrange and which was bought by
them from Capt W. F. Hancocke a
number of years ago and has been won
derfully improved. 1t is, without doubt,
among the best improved lands in this
section, and viii be good purchase
for a farmer.
The last shipment of hogs shipped by
the Cooperative Association of this
place sold at prices up to 500 per 100
pounds, the highest prices any hogs
from here have ever brought on the
st. Louis market and the managers of
of the association are much elated.
The lowest of grade in the shipment
brought good prices and gave the best
of satisfaction to the owners of the
hogs.
T. H. Griffin Esq. of LAGRANGE told
us Tuesday Of the capture at that place
Monday night of negro who had been
for weeks entering the store of C. L.
Pankey and taking such goods as he
needed, going in on many different
nights. But on this trip he was caught
in the store with goods on him amp was
forced to tell of other goods he had
stolen and about $40 worth were locat-
ed and gotten back. The negro was
lodged in. jail. Tuesday.
L. N. Carter lie the first farmer in
the county known to have planted
ton this year He had planted six re
when seen IN town last Saturday, M ca
20. This is pretty early for plan INK
the staple in THIS section, tho some
have succeeded in the past in ct ng
good stands from March paintings.
where lister paintings failed The l.
con learns that John Brys.t. a colofe