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Source:  Tennessee State Library & Archives Microfilm  — States Graphic — Brownsville, Tennessee — Volume 40 No. 32 [sic] — Friday, May 29, 1908

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL — 

Miss Katherine Elizabeth ROGERS, of Memphis, and Dr. William Sheppard ROGERS, of Washington, D. C., were married on Monday at 7:30 o’clock at St Patricks Church, Memphis. These people are closely related to old-time Brownsville folks, the lady being the granddaughter of Shep M. ASHE, for several years circuit court clerk of Haywood County and the groom a grandson of J. W. ROGERS, a noted character of this town, and son of Harris ROGERS, celebrated electrician and a native of Brownsville.

Mr. S. S. THOMAS, a well known and popular citizen of Brownsville, was married on Wednesday of last week to Mrs. Evalin HANNA, at Montgomery, Ala. Mrs. HANNA attended school here in her girlhood days, her home at that time being in Ky. Mr. & Mrs. Thomas arrived here last Friday and for the present are domiciled at the home of W. T. TAYLOR.

Miss Lucille NETTLE visited her sister, Mrs. H. L. CURLIN, at Hanley last week.

Calvin DIXON, of near Trenton, was here Tuesday to attend the funeral of his nephew, Bryon DIXON, at Tibbs.

Mrs. L. J. McGEE and son Maxie, returned this week from Bells, where Mrs. McGEE has been teaching music for the past year at the Bells High School.

Joseph HEARD, who last week graduated from Webb School at Bell Buckle returned home this week.

Mrs. Dr. HALLIDAY and two children, Mrs. E. R. McMAHAN and Mrs. MAXWELL and two children, came up from Stanton Sunday afternoon on a brief visit to the family of F. B. RAGLAND.

J. P. MANN was down from St. Louis visiting his siater, Mrs. Dr. J. T. ALLEN.

NEWS OF THE WEEK — Harry K. THAW’s extreme nervousness and his poor showing on the witness stand last Saturday night at the close of the habeas corpus proceedings at Poughkeepsie, were due it is said, to large consumption of large quantities of scotch whiskey, smuggled in to him while he was in Matteawan and since he has been in the Duchess county jail.

FROM BELLS —

The local union at Jones school can boast of having the oldest member in the county, Uncle Matthews WILLIAMS, who is 94 years old.

The citizens of Fruitvale petitioned the L & N Railroad to build a depot at that place.

Mr. Edgar GRIFFIN, of Columbia and Miss Isora VESTAL were united in marriage at the residence of Al VESTAL, East Bells, Wednesday evening.

The many friends of J. C. REVELL will be sorry to learn that he was taken back to the asylum at Bolivar Saturday.

A most deplorable accident happened one day last week in the Third District, when the 13-year-old son of N. C. BAILEY was caught in the line shaft of his father’s cotton gin and fearfully bruised before the engine could be stopped. The boy died a few hours later. The remains were interred in the Cypress church graveyard.

LOCAL NEWS —

Bryan DIXON, the two-year-old son of Mr. & Mrs. R. M. DIXON, of Tibbs, died Monday night after a brief illness. The interrment was in the Trinity cemetery Tuesday afternoon, Rev. Gilbert DOBBS officiating.

Born to Mr. & Mrs. Clarence MANN, Tuesday morning, a bright little Miss.

Veal, son of a well known negro preacher, died at his father’s home Saturday. The funeral took place Sunday at Salem church and was largely attended. JONES was 23 years of age, had spent several years at Lane college and was a good negro.

Robert JOHNSON, who was convicted at the September 1906 term of Haywood county circuit court of violating the age of the consent law, and was sentenced to three years in the penitentiary, had his sentence commuted to 22 months. The recommendation was made after a petition signed by the prosecutor, the girl’s father and a number of officials and citizens had been received, setting out, it is said, that the age of the girl was not stated at the trial.