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Source:  Tennessee State Library & Archives Microfilm Roll #101, Misc. — States Graphic — Brownsville, Tennessee — Volume 37 No. 27 — Friday, June 17, 1904

CAROLINA — The Stork, in passing over the Tibbs neighborhood, left a fine boy at the home of Mr. Bob DIXON.

MR. JAMES SCOALS — aged nearly 85 years, died at the residence of Mr. J. E. CHAPMAN in this city on Saturday morning, and was interred in Oakwood the following afternoon. He was a native of county of Donegal, Ireland and came to America long before the war and for awhile engaged in steamboating, later railroading under the Confederate regime. He was employed by the father of Mr. CHAPMAN about 39 years since. The elder CHAPMAN dying, he became an attache of the three sons and remained with them.

A TELEGRAM — dated Colorado Springs, Colo., June 10th, 1904 was received by Capt. C. H. JONES of this place informing him that his brother Maj. Norman C. JONES was killed by a train. Capt. JONES teegraphed to inter the body near where MINNIE HAWTHORNE was formerly buried. His brother had expressed a desire to be buried there. Maj. JONES was born and raised in Haywood County, Tenn. and was 68 years old. He and his brother, Capt. H. A. JONES in 1850 entered the commission business selling cotton. When war came, he joined Co. A. 7th Tenn Cal as a private. He was paroled at Gainsville Ga. in 1865. He married Miss O’NEAL in 1866 at Columbus, Miss. He was a widower and left no children.

LOCAL NEWS —

We regret to announce the serious illness of Mr. C. H. WHITE brother of Mr. J. W. WHITE at his home in Allen Station.

Mrs. Walter RAGLAND and children of Mercer are guests of her sister, Mrs. Jeff CHAPMAN.

Edward THOMPSON, of Marianna, Ark. is in the city, guests of his aunts, Mesdames WILDER & JOHNSON.

Mr. Harry BARTLETT, of Fort Worth Texas visited his cousins Misses Eva and Elizabeth BEASLEY.

Rob MOSES who has been home some time on account of injuries received in a wreck, left Sunday morning for Chattanooga to resume his duties as express messenger on the Queen and Crescent route.

Mrs. W. R. HOLBROOK and three of her smallest children left for Bardstown, Ky. on a two weeks visit to her father, J. M. COX, Sr., who is there on a visit to his sister, Mrs. John W. CISCO.

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL —

Clarksville, Tenn. June 9th. Papers have been served here on Douglas JEFFRIES, a member of the Clarksville Kitty League team, for divorce from his wife, Mrs. Nannie BRINGLE JEFFRIES. She sues for absolute divorce, claiming mistreatment and failure to support.

A pretty home wedding was solmnized last Wednesday at 8 a. m. at the home of W. W. WILKERSON near Stanton, which united for life Dr. L. W. CULBREATH, a rising young physician of the Third District and MISS WILLIE CAPELL of Van Buren, Ark., Rev. TAYLOR officiating. The bride is a daughter of the late W. L. CAPELL, at one time Sheriff of Haywood County and a niece of our Circuit Court Clerk, B. L. CAPELL.