The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-06-20

I. J. Lockhart of Rogers Springs has
been guest several days the past week
in this city of his nephew. Arthur
Montgomery. Mr.. Lockhart lived in
this section for many years, moving
some years ago to Rogers Springs.
A big crop of peaches is beginning to
ripen in this section, but due to excess
i've rains they are of poor quality. Many
of the early ones are said to be rotting
before ripening, and the quality of
those ripening is poor.
J. W. Morrison and James l.. Day
spent part of last week in Atlanta where
they went to attend the Laymen's
Missionary Convention of the Presby-
terrain church. They will give echoes
of the convention at the mid-week
prayer meeting service next Wednes-
day evening.
Walter Edwards, of the Third dig
trict, The Falcon hears, sold his farm
of six hundred acres to Mr.. Blalock, of
Whiteville, at $50 per acre, which is
about the best price we have heard Of
large farm in Fayette county bring
ing. 1t is one.of the best farms in the
county, with no waste land and is in a
high state of cultivation.
At the special election held at Oak
land last Saturday to elect a Corpora
ton agistrate, j. N. Clay was the
only candidate and was elected without
opposition. Mr.. clay is the new may
or of the new municipality of Oakland
and is one of the best cit zens of the
county, That he will prove a valuable
member of the county court is vouched
for by his being the unanimous choice
OF his neighbors to represent them IN
the court.
His many friends and customers will
be glad to learn that Howard NJ. Rhea
has returned to Somerville and resum-
ed the active management of the
Raea Drug Company's drug store here.
He has served for nearly two years in
the anti-narcotic service of the Gov
eernment, and has given the
place up to resume his duties here. He
is one of the most popular and success
full young business men of the town
and county and his return will be well
coined by those feeling an interest to
have progressive business town,
The Christian Endeavor meeting at
the Presbyterian Church last Sunday
was of unusual interest. Miss BERTHE
Johnson was leader and the subject was
what we owe, how to pay it" was
admirably handled by her. A number
of others took part in discussing the
topic The society meets at 7:45 each
Sunday evening. AR. Dunn will lead
next meeting the topic being; Chris
tianity and the Toilers of India. The
public is cordially invited.
The acknowledgements auto truck
service, operated by N. M. Gibson, of
this city, made its first trip last Thurs
day and has been running daily since
that time. The truck is driven by For
rest Bryson and leaves Somerville each
morning at $50 and makes the round
trip each day, delivering freight and
picking up its load in Memphis and
reaching this city in the afternoon. The
business has been fairly good for be-
ginning and the owner has the prospect
of making it a good business.
The Walker Kennedy Memorial Lii
brary of the Fayette County High
School will be kept open Tuesday and
Friday mornings from 8 to IL o'clock
each week during the summer months.
School pupils are urged to spend some
of their time reading during vacation.
The patrons and friends of tee school
are invited to make use of the library
of over three thousand books. -Burrus
Matthews, Principal.
A peculiar fact about the rains that
have prevailed so continuously for near
ly two months is that with few excep-
tons they have come from the south !
east W tn prevailing Winds much of the
time from that direction. Nine tenths
of the rains of this section in normal
times come from the west, southwest |
and northwest. And those who have
watched the weather most closely tell |
us that whenever rains come from the
southeast they are heavy and continu-
Gus, and the saying has certainly proven
true this time.
Word coming to town Thursday
brings areport of the death
from a strose of lightning Wednesday
afternoon of Tom Rhodss, colored, and
his thirteen-year-old son at Brinkley
old store site in the Second district.
Rhodes and the boy were chopping COT.