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Source:  Tennessee State Library & Archives Microfilm  — States Graphic — Brownsville, Tennessee — Volume 36 No. 36 — Friday, August 21, 1903

GIBSON COUNTY NEWS — MR. & MRS. CURTIS PATRICK, who have been making Hattiesburg, Miss., their home for sometime have returned to Humboldt and again taken up their abode here. Mr. PATRICK has his old position at the Louisville & Nashville freight office.

CAROLINA — MISS EULA, the daughter on Mr. & Mrs. Emerson WALKER, of Nut Bush, met with a serious accident last week. She and girlfriends went down to Granpa’s farm and she in jumping out of a wagon, caught her foot and in falling crushed the leg between the ankle and the knee. Dr. MULHERON entertains the hope of her being alright.

DYERSBURG GAZETTE — John PENDERGRASS & Holman DODSON were arrested by Sheriff DUNLAP, charged with selling whiskey at the Bond Mill.

LOCAL NEWS —

Mrs. Virginia SHAW, mother of Mr. J. L. SHAW is quite sick at the family residence.

Hon. H. S. MALLORY, a leading lawyer at Jackson, died at his home on Wednesday last in his 61st year.

Masters Lee & Lawson & Miss Laura, twelve-year-old tripletts of Mr. & Mrs. Henderson HARDY, of Forked Deer, were in town shopping. They are healthy, exceeding bright and well formed.

Mr. Y. C. BUMPASS returned Tuesday after a weeks’ absence at Puryear, Henry County, where he was in attendance at the bedside of his father, G. L. BUMPASS, who died Sunday evening at the great age of 91 years, 11 months and one day. He was born near Princeton, Ky., of revolutionary parentage and nearly all his life a resident of Henry Co.

THE SYMPATHIES — of the Wellwood community are with MR. J. M. WEDDLE in the loss of his estimable wife, MRS. KATE WEDDLE, aged about 25 years, which event took place at her home Sunday, the 16th after a wedded life of 6 years. She was a member of the Baptist church. Three children-one infant about three months old, the husband, one brother and three sisters mourn her early demise. Her remains were interred at Zion on Monday last.

THE BODY OF — a notorious negro named CRUTCHFIELD was found on the banks of Poplar Creek in District #1 near Eurekaton on Monday morning last where it is presumably been dragged from the water by dogs. Three negroes, OLIE JETER, EUGENE VOSS and ALBERT POWELL were arrested for the crime. POWELL turned States evidence and stated the three of them intercepted him on his way from church Sunday, August 9th, that JETER with a club did the killing, crushing the skull. CRUTCHFIELD was a very bad negro, and it is understood he made threats against certain negroes in jail here.

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL —

Miss Lizzie MARTIN of Danceyville is visiting her aunt, Mrs. Tom SIMMONS at Henry Station.

MRS. WEBB of Atoka, is guest of her brother and sister, Mr. & Mrs. W. H. ROSE on East Main Street.

Mrs. William EDWARDS has returned to her home in Memphis after a visit with parents, Mr. & Mrs. L. A. THOMAS. MRS. J. D. WALLACE and little daughter, Elizabeth, of Covington, are the guests of her parents, Mr. & Mrs. Newton CURRIE.