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Source:  Tennessee State Library & Archives Microfilm  — States Graphic — Brownsville, Tennessee — Volume 36 No. 25 — Friday, June 3 [sic – 5?], 1903

LOCAL HAPPENINGS AT REIN — Mr. W. T. MORRIS, of Bells, visited his daughter, Mrs. W. JACOCKS, yesterday, returning home this evening. Mrs. JACOCKS has been in very poor state of health for a long time.

LOCAL HAPPENINGS AT CAROLINA, JUNE 2 — Mr. Henry Lewis BOND and family, of Ennis, Texas, are visiting their parents, Mr. & Mrs. W. P. BOND. Mr. BOND will return home on Wednesday. Mrs. BOND will remain some time with West Tennessee kin. Mr. Julian BOND, of Memphis, who has been visiting Carolina’s Mr. & Mrs. W. P. BOND, has returned to Memphis.

CROCKETT COUNTY NEWS, BELLS SENTINEL —

Cards are out announcing the marriage of Mr. T. F. EAST, of Memphis, to Miss Lizzie Laura ANDREWS, the accomplished daughter of Mr. & Mrs. C. P. ANDREWS, of this city, on Monday evening, June 8, 1903.

Major J. C. BEST and Miss Lula GLENN, were married at the residence of Mrs. Ras HICKS, on Christian Avenue, at 2:30 o’clock on Thursday the 28th inst., in the presence of a few friends and relatives, Rev. A. F. STEM performing the ceremony in a very impressing manner.

DYER COUNTY NEWS, GAZETTE.

FRANK DOBBS — the 16-year-old son of W. J. F. DOBBS, was drowned in the Forked Deer River near Tigertail last Thursday. Young DOBBS, who was fishing, fell from his canoe and as he could not swim, met his death in a watery grave.

MRS. ANN CHAMBERS — died in Dyersburg on the 20th inst., at the home of her grandson, DR. W. P. WATSON. Mrs. CHAMBERS was a most excellant woman, and died at an advanced age of 76 years. Her funeral was preached last Thursday by Rev. R. H. MAHON, and the deceased was buried in her old home in Crockett County. (State Gazette)

LAUDERDALE COUNTY NEWS, RIPLEY NEWS —

Dr. & Mrs. Isaac READ, of Fulton, Ky., are guests of Mr. & Mrs. E. C. READ.

Miss Carrie SANFORD is visiting her aunt, Mrs. Hattie TAYLOR, at Ruldoph. Mr. SANFORD spent Sunday there. The many friends of Mrs. TAYLOR regret that she continues very ill.

DELINQUENT TAXPAYERS, TAKE NOTICE —

District 8: T. B. HUGHES, Sr., 8 acres; bounded on north by MIDYETT, south by NOEL, east by BROWN, west by Noel; tax, $3.28.

Corporation of Brownsville;W. E. FARMER, 1 town lot, tax, $3.16.

LOCAL NEWS —

C. L. CARLTON and family have moved from the Lebanon neighborhood to town, and are now occupying the MANN residence on Lafayette St.

Mr. Zack BIGGS, of Trenton, has been appointed cattle inspector for West Tennessee, vice, C. C. SHAW.

The escape from the jail at Jackson on the 29th, of four of the most noted and desperate prisioners of this country has stirred the entire United States. The prisoners were: SAMUEL MILLER, under sentence of death for wife murder; GEO. CARROLL, under sentence of twelve years confinement for robbing the bank at Whiteville; LEE CAHN, under fifteen years sentence confinement for robbery; and GEORGE DAY, under sentence of fifteen years for robbery.

MR. & MRS. E. TAYLOR — of Stanton, Tenn., announce the approaching marriage of their daughter, Mary Windsor, to Mr. John Henry WARE, Wednesday evening at the Methodist Church at the last place. (Memphis Scimitar)

WHITEVILLE NEWS, 29TH — Yesterday at 4 p. m. in the parlor of her country home, Miss Emma KINNEY and Mr. Sam HILL were united in the bonds of holy matrimony by Rev. J. R. HARDIN, in the presence of a large concourse of friends and relatives.

INVITATIONS ARE OUT — by Mr. & Mrs. J. C. SANDERS, announcing the marriage of their daughter, Mary Lea, to Mr. Julian E. FIELD, Jr., of Denison, Texas. Miss SANDERS is a granddaughter of ex-Chief Justice Benj. J. LEA, of Lebanon.

ANNOUNCEMENT WAS MADE — by Miss Margaret HOWELL at her luncheon on Wednesday, of the engagement of one of the members of the party, Miss Minnie BOND and Alexander J. PORTER. Miss BOND is the daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Frank P. BOND. Mr. PORTER is the son of the late Capt. A. J. & Mrs. Rebecca A. PORTER. (Nashville American)

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL —

Mrs. Ella NORTHERN, of Marianna, Ark., is the guest of her sister, Mrs. J. A. WILDER.

Mr. & Mrs. Henry Lewis BOND, of Ennis, Tex., are the guests of Mrs. Cora SEVIER, West Main Street.

T. J. CARTER and family came down last week from Dongola, Ill., to visit relatives. Mrs. CARTER is still here.

Mr. A. A. EMERSON has returned to his home in Augusta, after a visit to his daughters, Mesdames James B. & George KINNEY.

Somerville Reporter; Mr. & Mrs. S. A. BAINES, of Brownsville, are guests at Mr. W. A. RHEA. They came over to see Mrs. BAIN’s sister, Mrs. Fannie Belle RHEA, who is quite sick.

Mr. Ed MOORE, of Indianapolis, Ind., and Mr. Will MOORE, of Ashville, N. C., are in the city, the guests of their father, Dr. W. B. MOORE, Lafayette St.

Misses Mamie & Sallie GRAY, daughters of our esteemed fellow citizen, John T. GRAY, of the Fourth District, have returned from Holly Springs, Miss., where they were pupils in Presbyterian college there. Miss Mamie graduated with distinction.