The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1920-09-10

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Lite Miss Daisy Foots. daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. ]. L. Foote of Warm
School, this county, won the sec9ud
honors in the girls division of the West
Tennessee Bread contest at Jackson
the fl st of this week. She won first
honors hire in the county contest last
Friday and went to Jackson as a rep
resentative of Fayette county 10 the
division contest.
Prof. Burrus Mat hews and fami y
left here last week for Demorest,
Georgia, where he hes accepted pos
ition as a teacher for the coming
school year. He first was offered a
place in Oklahoma and thought he
would accept it until this Georgia
place was offered and which was more
attractive than the 0klahoms place.
j. D. Sanders and two daughters,
Miss Lena and Miss Locke, were here
last Saturday visiting friends. They
lived in Somervile for long time
while Mr.. Sanders was in the service
of the N. C. and ST. L. Ry, but have
| lived in Chicago for the past ten or
twelve years, where he il in railroad
work. They are guests of his brother
at Oakland during their visit to the
eunty.
Harvey Morris has accepted a. pos
ition as a salesman for Rhea Drug
Company and began his duties there
some days ago. He was employed there
several years ago and was one of the
city S most popular salsmen and many
friends and customers of that time
will welcome him back to this city.
Ike City Council last Thursday ac-
cepted the resignation of w. S. Newly
as city marshall and elected W. S.
Latta to fill the vacanny caused thereby.
Mr.. Latta took the oath of Office at once
and has since been serving as marshall,
He has served the city in the same ca
D c ty before and those who have en-
the opera ion of the law under his ad-
ministration of that office admit that
the ci v has had no better official.
The Planters Gin and Lumber Com
pany's new gin and saw mill plant near
the N. C. depot is nearing completion
and we are advised will be ready in a
few days to begin ginning. The saw
mill has been running for month and
has cut the lumber used in erecting the
housing for the entire plant. This plant
is owned and operated entirely by local
capital, the owners being J. S. TAYLOR,
J. L. Sanders, r. w. Sessums, W. C.
Latta.
Murrell & Scott is the name of a
new grocery firm that makes its initial
bow to the Somerville public this week.
The new firm is composed, of W. Jeff
Murrell and Joe H. Scott, both wei
known young business men of this city.
They have leased the j. w. Shaw bus
mess hJuse on the wet side of the
square, so long the bus uess home of
Jacob Hirsh. and the building lie unde
going work to put it in fist class con-
dition. The new firm will handle all
kinds of staple and fancy groceries AID
produce
The next Tennessee Legislature will
probably district the state for leg
islative representation and when he
matter comes up Fayette county should
be divorced from Shelby county in her
fioterial presentation. AS it now is it
amounts to Shelby having an additional
representative all the time, since that
county never gives Fayette say at
the floterial representative. tho it is
Favettes population that is entitled TO
three fourtas of the allotted number
',ustifying the foater. 1t certainly
time for Fayette be divorced from
Shelby.