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Source:  Tennessee State Library & Archives Microfilm  — States Graphic — Brownsville, Tennessee — Volume 40 No. 40 — Friday, September 11, 1908

NEWS OF THE WEEK —

Paducah, Ky — It is reliably reported that Henry BENNETT, of Dyeusbury, Crittenden county, who was a victim of the night riders several months ago, will bring suit against his assailants in the Federal court here for damages. He was given an unmerciful whipping and recently stated he had been financially ruined. His life has been threatened lately, but a body guard of state soldiers prevents the riders from carrying out their threat. BENNETT was formerly a tobacco buyer and prosperous farmer in this county.

JOHN EARLY, the leper, has been officially exiled from his home state. The attorney general of North Carolina has rendered an opinion that the state is not called upon to care for its citizens outside its jurisdiction, and that EARLY, as a discharged soldier, should be cared for by the federal government. The embargo extends also to Mrs. EARLY.

LOCAL & PERSONAL —

LITTLE HOUSTON COZART was three years old Thursday, and his grandmother, Mrs. E. A. BARCROFT, gave him a party in honor of the event.

MISS OCTAVIA TAYLOR is visiting the family of her brother, Lewis TAYLOR in Chanute, Kansas.

A. A. BURLISON, of Blytheville, Ark., was here this week visiting his parents, Mr. & Mrs. D. A. BURLISON. Mr. BURLISON, after a seven years residence in Arkansas is thinking of moving back to Brownsville.