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Source:  Tennessee State Library & Archives Microfilm  — States Graphic — Brownsville, Tennessee — Volume 36 No. 11 — Friday, February 27, 1903

LOCAL HAPPENINGS AT TIBBS — The Misses LEE having their charming cousin, Miss Annie FORKRUM, on several weeks visit. Her home is at Moscow.

FROM LEBANON; FEBRUARY 23, 1903 — Fat McCONNICO is in a perfect fenzy of delight, It’s a boy.

BY VIRTUE — of an oversight on our part, we failed to note the birthday entertainment of Miss Kathleen HARBERT, which happy event was celebrated at the home of her grandfather, Mr. J. E. TYUS, on the 14th of Feb. Those present were Misses Kathleen HARBERT; Fannie DAVIE; Lizzie McCONNICO; Altie COMPTON; Sallie KING; Mary BISHOP; Fannie TYUS; Messrs. Hiram MANN; Jack JARRETT; James PATTON; Henry MANN; Carey DAVIE; William JARRETT; Munsey McCONNICO. Rovers. Tommy TYUS; B. T. JARRETT; Henry BISHOP.

FROM FORKED DEER — H. A. RAINEY’s son Clyde, is quite sick with slow fever and has been for two weeks.

LOCAL HAPPENINGS AT GATES; February 23, 1903 —

We have just heard of a very queer marriage. Right here at us, in Haywood County, Mr. Ruben BURNS and his neice, Miss Ida BOESHEARS were married in Lauderdale County by Esq. LUCAS.

LEE PARKER & Miss Amanda EVERETT, of Maryville, will be married soon. A perculiar feature of this affair is that Miss EVERETT was picked out by his first wife for PARKER’d second wife as she lay on her death bed.

DANCEYVILLE NEWS AND NOTES — Professor Emmett SEAY and Willie McMAHON will be married at Danceyville Sunday next.

GIBSON COUNTY NEWS; TRENTON HERALD DEMOCRAT —

R. W. BARTON, mayor of Greenfield, died at his home in Greenfield last Saturday evening. He was 85 years old and a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. He has four brothers younger than himself; S. G. BARTON, aged 82 years and W. C. BARTON, aged 80 years, living in Greenfield; J. M. BARTON, aged 78 years, living in the 24th District of this county, and T. G. BARTON who lives at Rutherford is 75 years. R. W. BARTON, deceased, was the father of 10 children. J. M. BARTON fathered 12 children; S. G. BARTON fathered 11 children; W. C. BARTON fathered 10 children; and T. G. BARTON fathered 12 children.

Dr. J. H. THOMAS was called to Brownsville on account of the serious illness of Hon. Dorsey O. THOMAS, who suffered a stroke of paralysis.

LAUDERDALE COUNTY NEWS — Miss Inez GREAVES, of Manila, Ark., and Mr. Robert HARRIS, a well-known business man of that place were married last Monday. She is the daughter of Mr. & Mrs. B. B. GREAVES, formerly of Ripley.

KILLING IN MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE — W. J. BASS, a railroad fireman, shot and killed John MARSHELL, also a railroader, at Memphis, Tenn. BASS claims self-defense.

CALLED OUT AND KILLED — Robert McCAN was called to a door of his boarding house at Jackson, Tennessee, and shot to death.

LOCAL NEWS —

Mrs. MARTIN, sister of Mrs. W. T. BULLIFIN, is sick at the latter’s residence on Washington St. John K. WALKER, who has been quite ill at his home on South Margin street is reported better.

Simon PITTMAN’s baby girl was severely burned on the face and hand Saturday evening by falling on a stove. Mrs. H. E. HILDEBRANT, who recently removed from Brownsville, has decided to make her home in Memphis, and has bought a handsome residence on Mulherry street for which she paid $6, 500.

Miss Ethel TURNER, daughter of Mrs. Hardin TURNER, who has been suffering from a severe case of pneumonia, is reported very low with scarcely any hope of recovery.

The will of Mr. John A. GREER, a prominent and very wealthy citizen of Jackson, is published in the West Tennessee Whig, of Feb. 20th. Mr. GREER had lived the allotted span of human life; his early manhood having been spent in or near Denmark, his later years as president of the First National Bank of Jackson. Mr. GREER was twice married; his first wife was Miss INGRAM, of Madison County; his last, the widow of Rev. Willis INGRAM, a Presbyterian minister.

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL —

Mrs. Charles TALIAFERRO announces the approaching marriage of her daughter, Marie, to Mr. J. C. WILLIAMS, of Montgomery, Ala., Wednesday, March 4th, 1903. No cards in the city.

Miss Sara WILLIAMSON, of Gulf Port, Miss., is visiting her sister, Mrs. J. B. LAWRENCE. Mrs. J. McDade JONES, nee Miss Julia TALIAFERRO, is visiting her mother, Mrs. Charlie TALIAFERRO.

Mr. & Mrs. T. C. RAINEY have moved from Jackson, Tenn., to Meridan, Miss., where they will make their future home.

Charlie MULHERON, of Blytheville, Ark., was here Saturday and Sunday, on a visit to his uncle, D. O. THOMAS, who was stricken with paralysis last week.