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Source:  Tennessee State Library & Archives Microfilm  — States Graphic — Brownsville, Tennessee — Volume 36 No. 34 — Friday, August 7, 1903

ELUDED THE MOB. CHARLOTTE, N. C. AUGUST 2 — WILFORD ROSEBORO, the negro who is charged with having assaulted MRS. D. BEAVERS on Iredell County, then murdering her and throwing her body in a well is in a Charlotte jail. He was brought here tonight by Sheriff SUMMERS. When captured ROSEBORO had two pistols and a razor on his person.

TROUBLE BREWING. KNOXVILLE, TENN. AUGUST 2 — As a sequel to the sensational divorce suit of MRS. OLIVE THURMAN against her husband, GEN. THURMAN of Berryville, Va., friends of ex-congressman RHEA of the Nineth Va. District and Gen. THURMAN fear that there will be trouble between the men. RHEA is Mrs. THURMAN’s attorney and he caused it to be published in a Berryville paper an interview that aroused the ire of THURMAN. Mrs. THURMAN is now at Bristol. The divorce suit involves sensational charges that she was confined to an insane asylum as an alleged crazy woman when she was in the best of health.

NEWS OF THE WORLD — B. C. HILL, who murdered his wife last November in their home in Washington, was hanged last week. HILL was a grand army veteran.

LOCAL NEWS —

ED EVANS, who has been confined to his home with typhoid fever for sometime, is slowly improving.

WILL KERR came home from Osceola about two weeks ago quite sick, is improving.

MISS POLLIE CARLTON is now teaching the Wilson School west of town.

HOWELL WILSON, son of S. D. WILSON, of this place, has bought a half-interest in a job printing office in Memphis. RECENTLY, while at Chadwick, Ark., a small village near Little Rock, attending the funeral of her aunt, MRS. JEFFRIES, MRS. ELLIS A. COZART lost a diamond ring. Tuesday morning, the ring was sent to her by MISS MAGGIE MORAN, a friend of Mrs. COZART’s who recovered it from a young lady in Little Rock, who at the disappearance of the ring was also visiting in Chadwick. THE COMMERCIAL APPEAL of Sunday last published a picture of JOHN CONNER, Sr., and JACOB BYLER, the last remaining soldiers of the Mexican War, now living in Lauderdale. JOHN CONNER Sr., came to Haywood County with his parents in 1828 from Madison County, Va., is now in his 80th year, but younger than the ordinary man of 60. Each of the veterans was the father of twelve children.

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL —

On August 3rd, 1903 at the residence of G. L. STEWART, in the Fifth District, MR. S. A. COBB and MISS CALLIE BETTS were united in the holy bonds of matrimony, Esq. E. B. BOREN officiating.

DYERSBURG, TENN. July 31, Rev. A. R. WILSON, a vernable Methodist minister of this city, well-known and greatly loved over West Tennessee where he has preached for more than 50 years was married on Thursday at Louisville, Ky., to MRS. ADDIE HORNSLEY, formerly resident at Jackson, Tenn. MRS. WILSON had been visiting at Lynchburg, Va., but by arrangement they met at Louisville to be married. This is his 6th trip to the alter.

MR. MILLARD NAILL and MISS SARA SHEPHERD were married at the residence of the bride’s mother’s residence in Memphis, on the evening of July 28th, DR. POTTS of Central Baptist church officiating. MISS SALLIE BOND had returned from Nashville where she attended the PORTER-BOND marriage.

Mr. & Mrs. FRANK NUNN came up Sunday from Memphis to visit her father, J. A. BREWER. DYERSBURG HERALD; Mrs. R. M. KING of Brownsville is the guest of her sister, Mrs. J. F. HAMILTON. Master George A. BISHOFF, of Memphis is spending a few weeks vacation with his grandparents, Mr. & Mrs. J. E. SEVIER. MISS ORA BOND of Denver, Colo., is visiting her sister, Mrs. J. R. NEWBERN. Miss JOY BOND accompanies her brother, Judge Henry W. BOND on a trip to Paris.

MR. R. W. EASTLAND arrived in the city Saturday morning last from Frankfort, Ky. He is a brother of Mr. L. E. EASTLAND who last week killed JIM FARRINGTON, colored.

MRS. S. J. BARR, Miss Janie BARR and Mr. & Mrs. Fred IVES and children of Memphis arrived in the city last Saturday on a visit to City Marshel Dan RUSSELL and his family. Mr. & Mrs. IVES and children returned Monday. Mrs. IVES has charge of the notion department in B. LOWENSTEIN & Bros. retail dry goods store. Mrs. BARR is the youngest sister of the late Capt. R. S. RUSSELL.