The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1920-08-27

The Cemetery Association will meet
on Thursday. September 2. at p. m.
with Mrs c. L. Dickinson.
The Falcon asked Chairman Shell on
Wednesday if he had heard from Nash
vile as to action taken by the State
Board of Equalization on Fsyette coun-
ty's'tax figures and was told that no
word has been received. Mr.. Thomas,
representing the State Board, was here
last Saturday to investigate several ap-
pealsfnade by taxpayers on their as
sements and il is suppose that action
by the State Board is waiting upon that
information. The county court will be
called to meet, Chairman sShelton told
US, just as soon as he has report Of,fnal
action by the State Board.
While crossing the bridge just this
side of Joyner's Camp Ground Wednes-
day with one of the county trucks the
bridge gave away and the truck fell to
the bottom of the drainage ditch with
Charles Starks who was driving it
pinned under the truck in water foot
deep. He substained painful injury
and serious bruises, the seriousness of
which could not be told by Drs Norris
and Norman on their examination.
They will make further examination
during this Thursday morning to de-
termine just how serious the injuries
are
In the. travels of We editor over the
county the past three weeks visiting
schools the best crops we have ever
seen in the county have been met with.
Low bottoms have suffered in many
cases from too much rain, but the hill
lands and the bench lands have produced
in abundance The early corn is made,
fodder pulling and topping are in pro
gress and the crop is fine. The late
corn is fine AID with rain this week
will make as much as the early corn,
and many believe the county will once
more make corn enough to feed her
p eople and stock for the coming year.
while the cotton is as good as could be
asked and if no misfortune between now
and Christmas, will make fine YIELD
We can now sell Ford cars and trucks
and Forson trac tors on easy terms,
one half cash. balance in in,tall-
ments C. A. Oliver & Co, 9-l7-2O
Two parties of Somerville fisher
men are camping this week, one in Big
Hatchie bottom east of Whiteville and
the other at Horseshoe Lake west of
Stanton. The first party is composed
of the following: Bob Morrison. Dave
Douglass, NJ D. Boyd, H. P. Stain
back, L. W. Brinkley, Joe Scott j. c
Farris, CIR. Wirwa. and Carl Wirwa Jr
C, A. Stainback. W. H. Wilkinson,
Jack Hunter and son, Craig, and the
second party is composed of the follow
ing: A. B. Harvey. C. M. Reames, w.
&. Reeves, Willis Harvey, Charley
Creek, Calvin and Bryson Ozier.
Last Saturday could pretty will be
dubbed Watermelon Saturday" in
Not in many a day have
20 many melons been seen around the
square for sale. Several gentlemen :
standing at the north end of the court
house just before noon counted nine
wagon loads that were in their sight
rom that point and number of wagons
we're on the southern part of the square
lot visible from the north end of the
.ourt house. The quality is not extra
by any means, due to the excessive
aims, tho some good melons have been
,ffered. Saturdays prices were not
ar from one half the prices asked the
week before The canteloupe supply
s light and the quality poor, because
he pickle worms have destroyed the
Melons as fast as they began ripening.