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Source:  Tennessee State Library & Archives Microfilm  — States Graphic — Brownsville, Tennessee — Volume 36 No. 44 — Friday, October 16, 1903

CROCKETT COUNTY NEWS —

MR. JAMES KELLEY of Gold Dust, Tenn., was here last Saturday. He sold his farm near here to MR. BIRD LEWIS and was here making the deed.

MR. KINNEY MONTAGUE and MISS ALLIE WATSON were married Sunday evening.

Master BUCK WYSINGER of Birmingham, Ala., is here visiting his cousins, EMMA & JOHN BEST.

MR. WILL BRADEN is putting up a neat cottage on his farm at Cherryville. His wife who has had an attack of fever has grown worse and is now considered to be dangerously ill.

MISS ANNIE HAYNES is dangerously ill at this writing.

MRS. MAY MORRIS was again carried to Bolivar last Sunday. City Marshal R. F. FREEMAN accompanied her.

HILLVILLE — A. H. McBRIDE has sold his farm and will remove with his family to Lauderdale County.

LOCAL NEWS —

Born to MR. & Mrs. Henry HICKS last Thursday week a six pound girl;her eight brothers gladly welcome the first girl.

Wednesday, MRS. H. D. WHITEHURST was called to Nashville to attend the bedside of her son, FRED, who is reported very sick with the flux.

H. L. CURRIE — received a telegram yesterday announcing the death of his brother- in-law, PROF. S. W. PETTUS, at Kerens, Texas, who had been sick for several weeks with typhoid fever. Prof. PETTUS had been principle of the public schools at Kerens for several years and was married to MISS LYLEE CURRIE at New Orleans last December.

MR. JOHN T. NEAL — who was born in Haywood County some 65 years ago died at his home near Ferris, Texas on the evening of the 7th of this month, after a long illness of Bright’s disease. The deceased was a brother-in-law of the PITTMAN boys and with his family left this county 20 years ago for Texas, settling in Ellis County, where he lived up to the time of his death.

DIED SATURDAY MORNING LAST — at the residence of his grandparents, MR. & MRS. H. D. WHITEHURST, nine miles west of Brownsville, of malaria hematura, RIPLEY HERBERT GATES, 11 years and nine months; only child of the late HERBERT GATES and MRS. SALLIE GATES. Little Ripley was carried off suddenly. He became ill on Thursday and on Saturday he was dead. His mother, who lived in Memphis was notified and was with her boy from Friday evening until his death. The funeral was held Sunday afternoon at the family burying ground, Rev. C. S. SHOLL officiating.

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL —

Caruthersville, Mo., Oct. 9-E. H. MUSGRAVES and MISS SUSIE CREWS were married Wed. morning at the residence of her parents in St. Louis. The groom is the son of J. H. MUSGRAVE of Hanley, Haywood County, Tenn.

ROSCOE DOUGLAS COLE and MISS CORNELIA COOPER BATTLE were married at the home of the bride’s parents Wednesday at 9 p.m.