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Source:  Tennessee State Library & Archives Microfilm  — States Graphic — Brownsville, Tennessee — Volume 36 No. 20 — Friday, May 1, 1903

NEWS OF THE WORLD —

Dr. James L. GANTRELL, aged 68 years, was hanged at Butler, Mo., for the murder of D. D. DONEGAN, a Colorado miner.

James N. TYNER, assistant attorney for the postoffice department, has been summarily dismissed as a result of the investigation being conducted into frauds alleged to have been perpetrated in connection with get-rich-quick concerns. The coasting schooner, Nellie Willing, has been given up for lost, supposed to have gone down with all on board during the storm which recently swept the Atlantic coast.

DANCEYVILLE NEWS AND NOTES —

Bee CRAWFORD left last week for Pine Bluff, Ark., where he goes to resume his position with the Cottonbelt railroad.

Mr. & Mrs. I. B. DANCY announce the arrival of a very juvenile visitor, a girl.

Mrs. W. J. NAYLOR, of Covington, spent several days with her sister, Mrs. W. B. MARTIN.

LOCAL HAPPENINGS AT EUREKATON —

Mrs. George POWELL is in Memphis having her eyes treated.

Miss Stella LEA is visiting her sister, Mrs. Jas CRAIG.

We are sorry indeed to state that Mr. J. S. STUART is still very low.

A. P. STUART, of Hatchey, Miss., is visiting his father.

OUR HILLSIDE LETTER —

Mr. W. O. WILSON, son of Rev. J. C. WILSON, and his accomplished niece, Miss Pattie May McCOOL, popular people of the Second District were here last week.

Little Tommy POWELL, son of B. A. POWELL, Sr., has been spending the week fishing on the Big Hatchie. His uncle, J. A. POWELL, accompanied him.

J. L. STUART, Sr., is quite ill at the home of his son-in- law, S. B. MOORE. Mr. STUART is about 70 years old.

LOCALS AND PERSONALS FROM NUTBUSH —

Miss Hattie PERRY, who has been teaching school at Toulon, discontinued her school last Friday.

Jessie BRADFORD, colored, shot his wife through the head Thursday. She died about 1 p. m.

LOCAL NEWS —

Wallace K. LINYARD, of Somerville and Miss Hortense TRANSON, of Andrew Chapel were married at Jackson, Tenn., on the 28th ult., Rev. A. B. JONES officiating.

Messrs. Abe STERNBERGER and Henry SOLOMON, of this place, and Lee BERG, of Ripley, have formed a partnership and are engaged in the wholesale liquor business in Memphis.

Hon. Wm. C. HARRIS, of Tiptonville, died at a St. Louis Hospital last Monday. He was a leading citizen of Lake County.

Will THOMAS, aged about 27 years, died Saturday night at the home of his father, Mr. John THOMAS, a well-known citizen of Chestnut Grove neighborhood. He had been confined to his bed for several months with rheumatism. Deceased leaves a wife and one child. His remains were interred in the Chestnut Grove cemetery Sunday.

IN MEMORIUM — At the annual meeting of the Tenn. Med. Association held in Nashville April 13, 14, 15, the following resolution were presented and adopted: Revolved: That the death of Dr. Thomas K. POWELL, of Danceyville, Tenn., ex- president of the association, the medical profession throughout the country has lost a most valuable member; etc. Respectfully submitted: J. A. McSWAIN; G. C. SAVAGE and J. A. CROOK.

FROM FORKED DEER — Hattie and Ida Lee PERRY, of Woodville, were in our town Saturday. Miss Hattie is an accomplished pianist.

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL —

Married at Waverly, Tenn., Hon. Yandell HANN, of Waverly, and Miss Nell RUST, of Milan. She has visited Brownsville often with many friends here.

Mrs. G. H. WINFIELD, of Alamo, visited her sister, Mrs. E. S. READ this week.

J. E. GREAVES and son, Willie, of Nut Bush, were here Wednesday.

Miss Mattie Sue CROWDER, who has been teaching at Whiteville for the past several months, has returned home.

Juliues LEVY, who was recently operated on at Binghampton, N. Y. for appendicitis, is here for a few weeks with parents, Mr. & Mrs. L. LEVY.

Mrs. F. C. HEARD has returned from Gainsville, Texas, where she has been on an extended visit to her sister, Mrs. L. B. EDWARDS and her son, E. T. HEARD. Mrs. CARTER, of Trenton, is visiting her sister, Mrs. Henry J. SMITH, and other relatives.