The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1920-03-19

ana spent day or TWO IN thls CITY
this week. Mr. Scrugg's position with
the lumber company is responsible
one, and his friends will be glad to
learn that he is prospecting and other
wise doing well in the Pelican state.
In addition to hiring all the labor en-
ployed by his company he has charge
of their social and moral welfare. Mr..
Scruggs says his company is cutting
about sixty acres of pine timber every
day, and that the company has enough
timber land TO last it for twenty-five
ears. Nashville Banner
Leach Hardware Company are build
ing on the west side of their building,
at the rear, a one story brick ware
room to house their paints, stoves, oils,
etc. They had their large wareroom
on North Main street to burn last year
when the American Theatre fire oc-
Cured and are building this ware room
to take the place of the one lost.
Prof. H. S. Nichols and Miss Ayrie,
District Agents for West Tennessee,
were in Somerville last Thursday to
confer with the people here with ref
erence to the organization of County
Council of Agriculture, Country Farm
Bureau. the purpose of which would be
to foster and encourage every branch
of rural life improvement, The move
ment is not for town people and BUSH
ness people as much as it is for the
people living on the farm. The farm
ers, themselves, and their people are
the ones expected to take an active
part in its work, if organized. A few
persons who could be reached were
called in and the matter was discussed,
and another meeting was called for
when the organization will be gone in
to more thoroly.
The engineers mapping out the route
of the proposed Loosahatchie Drainage
ditch have reached point opposite
Somerville in their work and will soon
complete the survey. They began at
point in Shelby county not far from
Arlington and have come up the bot
t tom to this point and are going up to
J the vicinity of Laconia where it is ex-
r pected the head Of the ditch will be
; located. AS soon as this preliminary
! survey is completed the court will pass
finally on the establishment of the
: drainage district, already considered a
+ certainty because of the unanimity
with which land owners in the proposed
district favor he project. Then will
. follow final location of the ditch and
work should be under way by fall, ac-
cording to those fostering the project.
e The annual debate between the Will
8 son and Pershing societies at the County
j High School was held last Friday night,
4 v lillian Durbin and Miss Nova Lynn
j Latta, representing the Pershing So
n ciety and Wyatt Wilkinson, Jr, and
o Miss Mamie " ilkinson, representing
the " ilson Society The question de
!. bated was Resolved that The Fay
!. cite County Court should be commended
q for issuing $500, 900 in bonds for build
ing hard surfaced roads. " The argu-
ments offered by the four speakers
we're splenidly prepared and showed
l. much study and preparation by the
D participants in the debate. All -four
J. were worthy of special mentian and il
! was no means an easy matter for the
% Judges to decide which should win,
1t tho the Pershing Society representa-
" tives were voted by a majority of the
% Judges to be winners in the debate
= Wyatt Wilkinson Esq. and R. B
7 Young ESQ.,. members of the County
! Highway Commission went to Nash
. vile the first of the week to interview
a. the State Highway Commission OF
road matters. An order was secured
. instructing the authorities at jackson
:" to deliver to this county another of the
large army trucks which was promised
n some time ago, but which has beer
IN held up for some reason until now. 4
promise was also secured for an early
- beginning on the actual surveys for tbs
6 hard surfaced roads to be built in tn
- county The State Commission nov
y promises that actual work will begil
- on this survey at an early date anC
!; that WORK of building the Bristol High
- way thru this county will be under wa.
: before the end of this year and tn
Z survey and layout of the Stage roat
>. will be started this year. Some &C
! tual work seems now in prospect with
i out further undue delay and we ma,
see actual road building before anothe
frost comes. Still another army trucl
O. has been promised this county but
90 is not yet available.
e,
The West Tennessee Teachers As
sociatiOn will hold its annual meetin
nd at the Normal School in Memphis o
at April l, 2. and 3, and teachers in Fay