EXCERPTS FROM THE 1926 EDITIONS OF
THE LAUDERDALE COUNTY ENTERPRISE
Published weekly
in Ripley, Tennessee
Transcribed from
the originals by Sarah Hutcherson
Typed and
Indexed by Carolyn Duvall
*** PLEASE NOTE
*** Some pages were inadvertently omitted in the indexing process. They are
indicated by parenthesis and are numbered (89) through (93).
ENTERPRISE
Friday January 1, 1926
Henning
Mr. S. L. Thum and family left
overland Saturday for Lakeland, Fla. where they will reside.
Mr. Max Anthony, of Houston, Texas, spent last week with his
father, Mr. C. M. Anthony.
Mrs. Griffith and daughter, spent Christmas with parents,
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Coker.
Mr. Atwood Fields and family, of Coushatta, La., visited his
grandmother, Mrs. Seyton, last week.
Miss Vella B. Lloyd returned to Martin with her sister, Mrs.
Downing, and while there will have her tonsils removed.
Mr. J.B. Alston left Friday morning for Paterson, N.J. to
join his wife on a visit in the home of their daughter, Mrs. A.W. Tuholski.
Mrs. Sam Ballard died Wednesday morning at her home two
miles east of town. She was 88 years of age. She was buried Thursday at
Bethlehem cemetery.
Mr. Guy Roy, whose marriage to Miss Margaret Green, of Nashville
occurred Wednesday afternoon at the home of Mr. Lynn Farrar, arrived Thursday
to spend a few days here with relatives.
Gates
Mr. Paul Avery, of Rantoul, Ill., is visiting home folks here.
Miss Mabel Greaves, of Indianapolis, Ind., is visiting her
aunt, Mrs. Lula Jones.
Miss Gladys Gholson, of Tiptonville, is visiting her uncle,
Mr. R.W. Gholson.
Mr. E.B. Whitaker of Memphis spent the week with parents,
Mr. & Mrs. C.S. Whitaker.
Mr. W.L. Milam, age 50, died at the home of Mr. John
Tomlinson early Friday morning. Funeral services were held at the Methodist
Church the following day, interment was in Gates cemetery. Deceased is survived
by four children, Mrs. Paul Rogers Pryor, Mr. Leo Milam, Mr. I.F. Milam, of
Nashville, and Miss Gladys Milam; also several brothers and sisters.
Curve
Mrs. J.H. Stephenson was called to Memphis last week by the illness of her
little grandson, Raymond Sutton.
Mr. Bob Nixon of Memphis spent Christmas day with his
mother, Mrs. Josie Nixon.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Tillman spent Xmas week with parents, Mr.
& Mrs. Jim Tillman.
Mrs. J.M. Stewart of Ripley spent Monday and Tuesday with
her aunt, Mrs. J.G. Thompson.
Messrs. Guy and Lloyd Ball, of Memphis, spent Friday with
their mother, Mrs. J.F. Polston.
A Peep Into
The Past-January 6. 1899
Miss Annie Young spent the holidays in Kentucky with her uncle, Mr. James
Anthony.
Seventy-eight young people enjoyed a bountiful supper given
by Mr. Mose Savage and wife at their home in Haywood County last week. Miss
Leila Baker
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won the cake for
being prettiest girl there. The Lauderdale County girls always "take the
cake".
At Grace church near town, on Wednesday evening at 6:30
o'clock, four couples were united in marriage under one ceremony performed by
Rev. Knight of the Curve circuit. The contracting parties were: Felix Byrn and
Miss Mattie Levid; Decatur Price and Miss Elnora Levid; Fletcher Austin and
Miss Viola Keltner; Mack Duvall and Miss Zellie Langley.
End Peep Into
Past
Arp
Mr. and Mrs. Spaine, of Marianna, Ark. spent the holidays with parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J.F. White.
Miss Jennie Sue Chandler, of this place, and Mr. Cliff
Thompson, of Durhamville, surprised their many friends by driving to Ripley and
getting married Wednesday of last week.
Woodville
Miss Kate Chapman, of Alamo, spent a few days last week with her mother, Mrs.
Sallie Chapman.
Mrs. Oliver McConnico and daughter, of Paris, spent the
holidays with her brother, Mr. Aubrey Hardy.
Mr. Avery Willis, of Blytheville, Ark., and sisters, Misses
Emma Sue and Bertha, of Brownsville and Nankipoo, respectively, spent Friday
with their mother, Mrs. John Lancaster.
Miss Geraldine Wells happened to a very painful accident
Xmas morning. While standing before the grate her
clothing caught fire and she was badly burned before the flames were
extinguished.
Glimp
Misses Emma Lou and Pauline Barfield spent a few days last week with their
sister, Mrs. O.D. Braden, in Henning.
Social
Happenings
Miss Kate Savage and Mr. Guilford Hutcherson were quietly married on Saturday
evening, Dec. 26, at the Methodist parsonage in Covington. The only attendants
were Miss Frances Jenkins and Mr. Walter Scott Hutcheson. Mr. and Mrs.
Hutcheson are both very popular, being attractive in person and fine in
character. Immediately after the ceremony Mr. & Mrs. Hutcheson left on the
southbound train. They will be at home to their friends at the home of Mrs. Val
Sanford.
The home of Mr. and Mrs. George Hutcherson was resplendent with bright Xmas
decorations on Xmas Eve afternoon when a number of the little girl friends of
their young daughter, Georgetta, were the recipients of her charming
hospitality. The feature of the afternoon was the beautiful big Christmas tree,
so elaborately decorated and lighted with myriad tiny varicolored electric
lights. When the guests had all arrived a lovely duet, "Babe in the
Manger" was sung by Laura Winston Steele and Shirley Steele. Then, just
for one hour seven of the ornaments from the tree became alive and lingered
with the other guests. They were the angel (Cherry Barbee), the spangled lady
(Georgetta Hutcherson), Paper Pop-Corn (Jeanette Foust), two silver stars
(Shirley and Laura Winston Steele), two red candles (Martha Bruce Pierson and
Frances Prichard). When the time was up and the ornaments had returned to the
tree, an enjoyable musical program was given, as follows, Vocal solo,
"Christmas Is Coming", Georgetta Hutcherson, Duet, "Holy
Night", Jeanette and Margaret Foust; Chorus, "Christmas Carol".
Favors from the tree
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to each little
girl were a do]], a whistle and a string of candy beads. Other guests than
those on the program were Mary Majors, Ruth Carney, Elizabeth Craig, Gene
Pierson and some of their mothers.
On Christmas Day at 5 O'clock in the afternoon, Miss La Mai
West daughter of Mr. & Mrs. I.P. West, Jr., and Mr. Porter Craig, of
Mobile, Ala., were married at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Bickers, Rev. W.M.
Powell performing the ceremony. Mr. Craig is the son of Mrs. Ed Craig, of
Mary's Chapel. Mr. and Mrs. Craig will reside in Mobile.
Miss Jennie Sue Chandler and Mr. I.C. Thompson were married
on Wednesday evening Dec. 23, at the home of Rev. J.M. Kendall.
On December 24, 1925 at 6 o'clock, Miss Virginia Meacham, of
Durhamville, and Mr. Floyd Sills of Paducah, Ky., were quietly married at the
home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. P.A. Meacham of Durhamville. Mr.
Sills is a son of Mr. and Mrs. A.D. Sills of Mayfield, Ky., and is connected
with the Paducah Box & Basket Co.
Additional
Locals
Dr. L.O. Leavell was stricken with appendicitis Saturday night and underwent an
operation at the Baptist hospital Monday morning. Advices from his bedside are
that he is getting along as well as could be expected.
Mr. and Mrs. W.F. Wardlaw had as guests during the holidays
their children: Mr. & Mrs. H.L. Wardlaw and two children of Toledo, Ohio;
Mrs. M.H. Galloway, of Glascow, Ky.; Mr. & Mrs. G.F. Callahan and children
of Caruthersville, Mo.; Mr. & Mrs. Arthur McGoldrick and children and Mrs.
L.H. Galloway of Memphis; Mrs. W.L. Whitfield from Henning.
Mr. J.W. Alford spent a few days the past week in Memphis with his son, Mr. Geo
Alford, who is in St. Joseph's hospital recovering from severe injuries received
when struck by a Gerber truck on Dec. 23. His face was badly lacerated, lip
split, several teeth knocked out and other injuries about the head and lower
limbs. Young Alford is an employee of the Memphis Press in the Circulation
Department.
Mary's Chapel
Miss Jewell Klutts spent several days in Ripley during the holidays.
Miss Janie Klutts visited Miss Effie Burns at Whitefield a
few days last week.
Mr. Porter Craig, of Mobile, Ala. spent Christmas here with
friends and relatives.
Mr. Dan Klutts, of Ripley, visited in the Lonnie Heathcott
home here recently.
Mrs. Etta Williams is attending the bedside of a little
grandchild of Mr. & Mrs. Phillip Rushing near Conner.
Pleasant Hill
Mrs. Lucile Thompson of East St. Louis, is visiting her parents, Mr. & Mrs.
L.E. Roy.
A little son of Mr. and Mrs. D.C. Heath died Monday evening
after a lingering illness with meningitis. He was laid to rest Wednesday in
Tipton County.
Cross Roads
Mrs. Kiestler, of Brownsville, is visiting her sister, Mrs. W.E. Bentley.
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Milam attended the funeral of their
uncle, Mr. Wat Milam, at Gates Saturday.
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Mrs. Dora Davis and children of Blytheville, Ark., and Mrs. Ann Butts, of
Memphis, spent Monday with parents, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Davis.
Miss Sallie Mai Daniels of Conner, and Mr. Ernest Underwood
were quietly married Saturday afternoon in the presence of a few friends, Esq.
G.P. Thompson performing the ceremony.
Cedar Grove
Mr. Charlie Tull, of Hayti, Mo., is visiting his sister, Mrs. Katherine
Kennedy.
Mr. J.M. Smith, of Curve, visited his son, Mr. Austin Smith,
Monday at this place.
Mr. Ross Hutcherson, of Ripley, has moved to the house
vacated by Mr. Austin Smith.
Mr. and Mrs. John Keltner, of Flippen, spent Saturday night
and Sunday with Mr. & Mrs. Clifton Hutcherson.
Mr. and Mrs. Dave Hutcherson and daughter, Edna Earl, and
Mrs. P.F. Hutcherson of Ripley; Mrs. Kate Carnell and daughter of Kentucky,
spent Saturday with Mrs. Malone Hutcherson.
Central
Mrs. Joe M. Crihfield spent Friday night with her sister, Mrs. John Stewart.
Miss Ivy Jewell Boyd spent the weekend with her aunt, Mrs.
Atlee Boyd in Ripley.
Mr. & Mrs. Bob Weaver, Mr. & Mrs. John Stewart, Mrs.
James Boyd and Mr. Hiram Hargett & wife spent Xmas in the A.J. Hargett
home.
Knob-Creek
Mr. and Mrs. Ross Treadwell and two children visited their aunt, Mrs. Amanda
Schinenger, Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. G.A. Crews and children visited their aunt,
Mrs. Bud Hall, at Bald Knob Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Gus Young and children of Central, visited her
parents, Mr. & Mrs. R.C. Crihfield Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. Chester Frazier and children and Mrs. Leonard
Beard and baby of the Bluff, visited in the Will Kellick home Wednesday night.
Mr. and Mrs. Scott Andrews and children, of Central, and Mr.
& Mrs. S.D. Akin, of Henning Farm, visited in the R.C. Crihfield home
Saturday.
Midway
Mr. Joe Dunavant, of Toulon, and Mr. Charlie Dunavant and family, from near
Conner, spent Saturday with their sister, Mrs. Will Walton.
Mr. Emmett Holcomb, of Nut Bush; Miss Hattie Dunavant, of
Toulon, and Mr. Duke and Miss Annie Mai Dunavant from near Conner, visited Miss
Hattie Pearl Daniels Saturday.
Local and
Personal
Miss Rachel Wilkinson of Jackson is visiting her sister, Mrs. Fred Wilkes.
Mr. Nando Butler, of Etayaw, Ark., is visiting his sister,
Mrs. A.H. Craig.
Mrs. M.E. Matthews and daughter, of Finley, is visiting Mrs.
Emma Klutts.
Frances, Bill and Jane Utley are visiting their grandmother,
Mrs. Mattie Utley in Halls.
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Judge George W. Young has been quite sick for several days, kidney trouble
having developed.
A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. T.H. Green last
Saturday. She has been christened Alma Eugenia.
Mr. & Mrs. Lyle Maness and daughter, of Jackson, spent
the weekend with Mr. & Mrs. Ben White.
Messrs. Francis and Garnett Dunavant, of Memphis, spent the
week-end with parents, Mr. & Mrs. J.V. Dunavant.
A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Carney in Memphis on
Dec. 23. He has been christened Robert Shannon Carney.
Mr. R.R. Maloan and sons, Roger and Walter, of Dallas,
Texas, spent a few days with relatives here the first of the week.
Mr. J.G. Morris fell down the steps at Lackey's Barber Shop
Monday and sustained several broken ribs.
Mr. and Mrs. R.I. Roberson and son, Bernard, of Memphis,
returned home Wed. after a visit to his uncle, Mr. W.F. Roberson at Lightfoot.
Dr. F.H. Peeples was called to Milam Saturday by the illness
and subsequent death of Mrs. R.H. Webb, who made her home with his parents for
many years.
Mrs. G. Whit Young was a guest in the home of Mrs. Susie
Kirkpatrick in Memphis Christmas Day at a dinner in honor of her father, Mr.
J.A. Anthony.
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ENTERPRISE
Friday January 8, 1926
County Court
C.C. Hutcherson, O.D. Hendren and W.J. Apperson were permitted to hawk and
peddle without license.
Notaries elected- M.M. Shoemake, Wm. W. Hutcheson, W.S.
Crook, W.T. Savage. (among others)
To The Public
My son, Chester Tucker, age 18 years, has left my home without my consent and
against my will. I will hold anyone responsible who employs or detains him.
J.S. Tucker Halls, Tenn., Rt. 1.
***A Peep
Into The Past--January 13, 1899
Mr. J.T. Mitchell and Mrs. Fannie Sandsbury were married in the 15th district
Wednesday.
Mr. Pomp Majors has been the happiest man in Ripley since
last Sunday when he became papa of a fine girl baby, christened Jessie Snyder
Majors.
Geo. W. Hutcherson and J.T. Webb have the agency in
Lauderdale, Tipton, Crockett and Stewart counties for a monkey wrench, patented
by S.J. Johnson in 1894. It is so constructed that at a moment's notice it can
be converted into a brace wrench, small vice or be reduced to an ordinary monkey
wrench shape. It can be seen at the blacksmith shop of G.W. Hutcherson.- End
Peep into Past***
Social
Happenings
A very quiet and pleasing wedding took place at the Fortner Hotel about 11:45
Thursday Jan. 7th when Mr. E.H. Cocke and Miss Effie Cochran were united in
marriage in the presence of a few witnesses, Rev. E.H. Hutchison, pastor of the
Central Christian Church of Covington.
Forked Deer
Miss Rosa Hardy returned Sunday to Blytheville, Ark., after two weeks' vacation
spent with parents, Mr. and Mrs. H.M. Hardy.
Miss Eugenia Griffin, of Rives; Mr. Lloyd Griffin, of Maud,
Miss., and Mr. J.F. Griffin, of Hendrix College, Conway, Ark., spent the
holidays with their mother, Mrs. Mattie Griffin.
Henning
Mrs. E.L. Vaughn is visiting her sister, Miss Ruby Bringle, in Tampa, Fla.
Mrs. C.D. Bussey is visiting her daughter, Mrs. John Boldin,
in Newbern.
Mr. W.A. Fields and family have moved back to their home
after spending the past 12 months in Memphis.
Mrs. R.A. Halliburton returned Tuesday night to Memphis to
attend the bedside of her daughter, Mrs. Bates Porter.
Miss Cullie Knight left Monday for Memphis to take a
business course.
Mrs. W.E. Bradford, her sister, accompanied her for several
days' visit.
News has been received here of the marriage of Mr. J.C.
Dudley and Miss Nelle Wynn which took place in Nashville on Saturday, Dec.
26th. The bride has been at the head of the Wesley House in Nashville.
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Woodvi1le
Mr. Marvin Roberson attended the funeral of his brother at Concord Friday.
Miss Mildred Davis spent a few days last week with her aunt,
Mrs. Hays, at Curve.
Mr. and Mrs. Wiley Daniels and Mrs. Leon Perciful, of
Dyersburg, attended the funeral of their cousin, Miss Gladys Burlison, in
Memphis Sunday.
Mary's Chapel
Mr. Chas. Klutts visited relatives near Gold Dust recently.
Miss Irene Klutts spent several days last week with
relatives at Conner.
An infant of Mr. and Mrs. Leon Adkerson was brought to this
place and buried Saturday afternoon.
Flippin
Mr. Odell Hutcherson is moving on Mr. W.R. Thornley's place.
Mr. M.K. Underwood was kicked by a mule one day last week
but is improving.
Mr. Chas. Cox attended court in Ripley Monday. Miss Willie
Akin taught in his place.
Mrs. Elnora Caldwell and children, Montelle and Mattie,
spent Saturday with Mrs. Nelia Fergason.
Mrs. Lou Vest visited her brother, Mr. Job Kerley, in his
new home near Mary's Chapel Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. J.L. Brown and children, of Dyer, visited Mrs.
Brown's parents, Mr. & Mrs. J.T. Newton, Saturday.
Pleasant Hill
Miss Hattie Cox has returned to her home in Memphis, having been called back by
the serious illness of her aunt, Mrs. R.C. Cox.
Whitefield
Mrs. D.W. Ross visited her sister, Mrs. T.E. Gay, near Ripley the past week.
Perciful
Mr. Clyde Milam and family attended the funeral of Mr. Wat Milam at Gates
Saturday.
Mr. G.O. Peterson, of Oakville Sanitorium, visited his
sister, Mrs. Theo. Yancey Xmas Day.
Ashport
Mrs. George Cook spent one day last week with her sister, Mrs. Henry Burns.
Miss Katherine Milstead, of Missouri, is visiting her mother
Mrs. Charlie Umphrey.
Little Rena Burns is visiting her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
C.L. Gaines at Asbury.
Little Rosa Woodard, of Gold Dust, spent last week with her
sister, Mrs. Charlie Lawson.
Miss Thelma Gaines, of Asbury, attended the bedside of her
sister, Mrs. Bessie Burns, last week.
Mrs. Tom Minner attended the bedside of her daughter, Miss
Ruth Richerson, at Arp one day the past week.
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Mr. Willie Barnes and Miss Ruby Cunningham were quietly
married at the home of Rev. W.E. Hughes.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed McGragy have returned to their home in
Blytheville, Ark., after spending a few days with parents, Mr. & Mrs. Jesse
Curley.
Mascedonia
Mrs. Mittie Frazier moved to Ripley last Thursday.
Miss Mamie Frazier, of Memphis, spent the holidays here with
homefolks.
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Hutcherson and baby, of Steele, Mo., are
visiting here.
Mr. M.J. Reece was called to the bedside of his mother
Sunday night. She departed this life Monday morning, Jan. 4th.
The house and contents of Mrs. Mollie Keltner were destroyed
by fire Tuesday night. Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Hall, who were living in the same
house, were also heavy losers. Neither carried insurance.
Gates
Mr. Willie E. Robison, of Memphis, spent Sunday with parents, Mr. and Mrs. B.F.
Robison.
Grandma McCraw returned to the home of her son, Mr. W.E.
McCraw, Tuesday night after a visit to relatives in Covington.
Bluff
Mrs. Jesse Cox, of Memphis, is visiting her mother here.
Mr. G.C. Webb and son spent Saturday afternoon at Edith.
Williamstown
Miss LaNelle Best spent last week in Memphis with her sister, Mrs. I.C. Kee.
Midway
Miss Jewell Vaden and Mr. John Wesley Williams were quietly married at
Brownsville Tuesday of last week.
Rutherford
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Hutcherson and little daughter, Irene, of Hayti, Mo. are
visiting parents here.
Mr. Brown Morton, of Dyersburg is attending the bedside of
his father who is quite ill with erysipelas.
Master Murrey Upton has returned to his home in Dyersburg,
after spending two weeks with his grandmother, Mrs. B.B. Gooch.
Local and
Personal
Mrs. Pauline Currie is confined to her home by illness.
Mr. Henry Adkerson died at Ashport Tuesday and was buried
the following day at Mary's Chapel.
Champ C. Conner, of St. Louis, is visiting his sister, Mrs.
Annie Verser.
Mrs. James Hilliard and sister, Miss Mattie Rice of
Dyersburg, visited their aunt, Mrs. W.T. Rice last week.
Mr. John S. Evans has been elected night watchman to succeed
Mr. W.B. Campbell, resigned. A good selection.
Miss Dorothy Johnson has returned to her home in
Hansonhurst, after a week's visit with her sister, Mrs. L.A. Meacham.
Mr. and Mrs. Ben H. White are being congratulated upon the
celebration of
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their 25th
wedding anniversary on Jan. 1st.
Mrs. S.J. Walton, of Memphis, is visiting her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. W.B. Campbell. Mr. Walton and Mr. Ben Campbell Jr. spent Sunday here.
The little poodle dog, "Tootsie", belonging to
Judge and Mrs. Geo. W. Young, had two teeth extracted Wednesday and is reported
doing fine.
Miss Willie Kate Jackson left Wednesday night for Dallas,
Texas to visit Mrs. C.B. Brooks. Mrs. Brooks was formerly Miss Annie Ross
Montague.
Mr. Burnly Green is not associated with his brother, Mr. Tom
Green, as proprietors of the City Service Station on the northeast corner of
the square.
Dr. and Mrs. M.M. Lindsay have been advised that their son,
Lieut. Motte Lindsay, Jr. underwent an operation for appendicitis in the
government hospital in San Diago, Calif. Thurs. of last week, and is getting
along nicely.
Arp
A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. George Richardson Dec. 31st.
Mrs. Ab Pitts and daughter, Opal, have returned from a visit in Memphis.
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ENTERPRISE
Friday January 15, 1926
***A Peep
Into The Past- -January 20, 1899
Dr. W.D. Henley died at his home near Curve yesterday.
Glimp Item-- Mr. Minas Winsett is all smiles--it's a fine
girl.
Mr. J.D. Rice's little son, Auzia, is improving after a
severe attack of diphtheria.
The home of Mr. John Anderson Johnston, three miles south of
Ripley, was the scene of a quiet wedding Wednesday morning at 8:15 o'clock, the
contracting parties being Miss Lizzie, the queenly daughter of the honored
household, and Mr. Allen C. Strayhorn, of Friendship, Crockett county. Rev.
B.F. Blackmon, pastor of the Ripley Methodist Church, performed the ceremony in
the presence of only relatives and a few friends. The happy couple left on the
9:20 train for Friendship where an elegant reception awaited them at the home of
the groom. End Peep into Past
Gates
Mr. R.L. Hardy was called home from Gulfport, Miss., the latter part of the
week by the illness of his brother, who was seriously cut by Ernest Reddick. He
was rushed to a hospital in Dyersburg and is reported as doing nicely.
Henning
Mary Turner is ill with flu and is being attended by a trained nurse.
Mr. R.A. Halliburton was called to Memphis Monday by the
illness of his daughter, Mrs. Bates Porter.
Mrs. Annie Wills Greaves was born Sept. 25, 1839 in Dinwiddie
county, near Petersburg, Va. When 12 years of age, she, with her father Austin
Wills, and a younger sister moved to Brownsville, Tenn. to make their home. In
1861 she was joined in marriage to Edwin R. Greaves who preceded her in death
15 years ago. She united with the Methodist church in young womanhood and lived
by precept and example a Christian life. While an invalid for more than two
years, not a word of complaint ever passed her lips. As a very dear friend
expressed it, "Her life was like a benediction. We always felt better for
being in her presence." The patience with which she bore her affliction
was a beautiful example of Christian fortitude. On the morning of Jan. 7th, she
quietly fell asleep and her spirit took its flight to join the host of friends
and relatives in that celestial city who was waiting for her coming--one of
whom was a loving mother whom she never had the pleasure of knowing. Her
remains were laid to rest Friday morning in Bethlehem Cemetery after the
funeral services conducted by her pastor, Rev. C.C. Newbill in the home of her
daughter, Mrs. George Alston. Many beautiful flowers attested the love in which
she was held by her many friends and relatives. She leaves behind to mourn the
loss of a loving and devoted mother, four daughters, Mrs. H.B. Moorer, Mrs.
George Alston, Misses Fannie and Ella Greaves.
Local and
Personal
Mrs. S.B. Bibb is quite ill with pneumonia.
Miss Luna Barbour, of Curve, is visiting Mrs. J.L. Barbour.
Mrs. A. Klutts left yesterday for Jackson to visit Mrs. Jack
Marks.
A daughter was born to Dr. and Mrs. V.W. Yates on January
6th.
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Mrs. Taylor, of Danville, Ky., is visiting her daughter,
Mrs. A.B. Klutts.
Mr. W.E. Bentley is reported seriously ill at his home near
Cross Roads.
Mrs. M.L. Pierce, of Trimble, spent Thurs. and Fri. with her
sister, Mrs. J.M. Taylor.
Miss Lillie Jenkins has returned from a sojourn of six
months in Asheville, NC with her cousin, Mrs. W.C. Wadsworth.
Mayor Folts received notice Monday of the illness of his
daughter, Miss Valerie, with tonsilitis at Agnes Scott College. Her condition
is not serious.
The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Paris died Wed. night at
their home near Arp. Death resulted from injuries received by being burned about
a month ago.
A little son of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Ruffin, of Blytheville,
Ark., died Monday night. Mr. & Mrs. E. Russell, Misses Fay and Christeen
Craig and Mr. D.W. Ross attended the funeral Tuesday.
Mrs. Emmett Conner was called to Memphis Wednesday to the
bedside of her sister, Mrs. Lee Winchester who was in an auto wreck Tuesday
night in which one person was killed. Mrs. Winchester had lacerations of the
head and lip.
Flippen
Mr. Chas. Cox spent the week-end at home.
Mr. Odell Hutcherson was in Ripley Saturday.
Mr. Buford Hill, of Covington, is visiting his brother, Mr.
Robert Hill.
Mr. Carnell, of Halls, visited his sister, Mrs. Frank
Chipman Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. John M. Maness, Jr. of Ripley visited Mrs. W.J.
Elder one day last week.
Bluff
Miss Alice Crihfield and a little son of Mr. Willie Brown are on the sick list.
Mrs. Lester Newman and daughters, Alma Annie and Irene, of
Memphis, are visiting relatives here.
Mary's Chapel
Mrs. Pete Craig is suffering with tonsilitis and bronchitis.
Mrs. H.J. Maness spent Monday with Mrs. A.H. Craig in
Ripley.
Little James Thomas Craig was quite sick several days this
week.
Little Edward, James and Dempster Heathcott have been quite
sick several days but are better.
Ashport
A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Kirkpatrick January 1.
Mrs. Lena Price and son, Vater, spent Monday with her
parents, Mr. & Mrs. G.W. Kiestler, at Lightfoot.
Mr. and Mrs. G.W. Jones, of Luckett, spent Wednesday of last
week with their daughter, Mrs. Harry Webb.
Miss Henrietta Williams and Mr. Pal Shoaf surprised their
friends by getting married Sunday night in Memphis.
Woodville
Sunday will be a day long remembered by the people of Woodville and community,
it being the 54th marriage anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur
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Davis, one of
the oldest and most beloved couples in this section. To show how popular and
well loved they are to the people of this community, we surprised them with a
wonderful feast. All who went carried a well-filled basket which was enjoyed by
all who were there, 82 being present.
Cedar Grove
Mrs. Irene Howell, of Glimp, spent a few days with her mother, Mrs. Hattie
Colvin.
Mrs. Malone Hutcherson spent Friday with her mother, Mrs.
George Underwood, in Ripley.
Miss Annie Lee Hutcherson spent Monday in Ripley with her
grandmother, Mrs. Annie Underwood.
Mrs. Jesse Bickers, of Ripley, spent Tues. and Wed. with her
sister, Mrs. Malone Hutcherson.
Mr. and Mrs. Bud Kenneday, from near Stonewall, spent Sat.
and Sun. with their son, Mr. Wm. Kenneday.
Mr. Joe Andy Smith, who moved here from Curve, and who has
been confined to his bed several months is getting along nicely.
Edith
Miss Willie Akin spent Sunday at Mascedonia with her sister, Mrs. Buddie Cates.
Mr. Brackin Crihfield and Miss Willie Lou Craig surprised
their many friends Wednesday afternoon by getting married.
Mrs. Hanna Arwood, of Dyersburg, spent the week-end here
with children, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Grear and Mr. and Mrs. Dump Arwood.
On Monday, Jan. 4, the death angel entered the home of Mr.
Fayette Reece and bore away the spirit of his beloved wife and wafted it to the
great beyond. She was born March 20, 1868 and was 57 years of age. She
professed faith and joined the Baptist church 41 years ago and lived a devoted
Christian to the end. She had been in failing health for many years, and was
confined to her bed nearly two years. She leaves a husband and five children,
three brothers and a host of relatives and friends. She was laid to rest the
following day at Pleasant Grove cemetery beneath a mound of flowers. Funeral
services were conducted by Bro. M.F. Savage, of Ripley.
Death
Willie Mae Smith Cox was born March 20, 1897 in Carlisle county, Ky., moved
with her parents to Ballard county, Ky., where she spent her childhood days,
and later moved to Tennessee where she was married to Robert Thomas Cox. To
this union was born three children, Etna Larue, Rebecca Marie, and Robert Thomas
Cox, Jr. She joined the M.E. Church at the early age of 12 years, and lived a
devouted Christian until she was claimed by death January 1, 1926. She held her
membership at New Bethlehem at Stanton. She is survived by her husband, R.T.
Cox; three children; parents, Mr. and Mrs. D.H. Smith, of Memphis; four
sisters, Mrs. J.R. Randell, of Paducah, Ky.; Mrs. A.W. Meeks, and Miss Elvie
Smith, of Memphis; and Mrs. D.O. Raclor, of Brownsville; also four brothers,
M.E. Smith, of Kansas City, Mo.; S.D. Smith, of Dallas, Texas; Marvin Smith, of
Memphis; and E.M. Smith of Stanton. She was a sister of the late Mrs. T.
McDonald of Brownsville.
Perciful
Mr. Buck Tallant and family have moved to Dry Hill.
Mrs. John Scallions, of Concord, spent Thursday with Mrs.
Thee Yancey.
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Mr. Rufus Lemons and family, of Woodville, have moved on Mr.
John White's place.
Mrs. Lee Ellis spent a few days last week with her aunt,
Mrs. W.W. Williams at Gates.
Mr. Cas Peterson and family, of Forked Deer, have moved on
Mr. Charlie Akin's place here.
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Savley, of Woodville, were guests of
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bob Escue Sunday.
Mrs. C.E. Williams, Mrs. J.E. White, Mrs. Merton Hendren,
Mr. John White, and Miss Beulah Williams attended the funeral of Mr. Henry
Adkerson at Mary's Chapel Wednesday of last week.
Knob Creek
Master Campbell Kelley is on the sick list.
Mr. J.A. Keltner, of Edith, was in the Dr. Lott home
Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Lott, of Curve, visited their son, Dr. Lott,
Tuesday night.
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Crihfield, of the Bluff, spent Sunday in
the R.C. Crihfield home.
Little Guy Hall, of Bald Knob, spent Thursday night with his
cousin, Mr. G.A. Crews.
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Herron and family of Dry Hill spent Sunday
in the T.H. Latham home.
Mrs. Gertrude Treadwell and children attended the funeral of
Mrs. Fayette Reece at Edith Tuesday.
Order of
Publication
State of Tennessee
Lauderdale County
Berg &
Shafer, Herman Schafer surviving partner and Mrs. Bertha Berg
vs
W.P. Walker
In this cause it appearing by affidavit that the defendent, W.P. Walker, is
justly indebted to the plaintiffs, and resides out of the state, so that
ordinary process of law cannot be served on him, and an original attachment having
being levied on his property; it is therefore ordered that publication be made
in the Lauderdale County Enterprise, a newspaper published in the town of
Ripley, Tennessee, for four consecutive weeks, commanding the said W.P. Walker
to appear before me at my office in Ripley, Tennessee, on Feb. 6, 1926 at 9
o'clock a.m. and make defense to the said suit against him or the same will
proceed ex parte. This January 8, 1926. S. T. Kirkpatrick, J.P.
Cold Creek
Mr. John Wilkes Pennington has returned from Middle Tennessee where he spent
several months.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Cook and family have moved to the E.L.
Howard place.
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Smith have returned from Halespoint and
were accompanied by her mother, Mrs. Laura Richerson.
Pleasant Hill
Little Lucian Minner is numbered with the sick.
Mr. and Mrs. Norman Moore have returned to their home at
Orysa after a
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week's visit
here.
Mr. and Mrs. Champ Lloyd and Mrs. D.G. Thum spent several
days in Memphis last week with relatives.
Miss Ruby Lankford, of Henning was a guest of her sister,
Mrs. Simmie Burns, several days the past week.
Miss Cora Owens, of Orysa, has returned home after spending
several days here with Mr. and Mrs. H.C. Moore.
Mrs. Aaron Bizzell and daughter, Miss Winnie Lee, and Miss
Maxine McGarrity of Henning, and Mr. Lester Hopkins of Salem attended services
here Sunday.
Forked Deer
Mrs. W. J. Hartman is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Dave Wells.
Miss Annie Halliburton, of Memphis, is visiting parents, Mr.
and Mrs. G.T. Halliburton.
Mr. Carl Pearson returned Saturday to his home in
Alexandria, La., after a week's visit with parents.
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ENTERPRISE
Friday January 22, 1926
***A Peep
Into The Past-January 27, 1899
Mr. T.P. Ferguson has bought Dr. Halton's residence.
Mrs. C.C. Anderson is now living with Mrs. C.C. Verser, five
miles east of Ripley.
Lightfoot Item: Mr. Mansfield Roberson is all smiles
over the arrival of a fine girl at his home. In a special election for
magistrate held Friday in the 6th district, W.M. Morris was elected to
succeed the late T.O. Thompson.
Miss Martha Steele had the misfortune last Sunday to fall
from the elevated passage plank on the bridge and sustained injuries which have
confined her to her bed, and may prove an injury for life.
R.A. Best & Bro. is the style of a new grocery firm in
Ripley, located one door north of the post office. The firm is composed of R.A.
and E.N. Best, and the business will be in charge of the former, who was
salesman for R.C. Klutts for eight years.
Messrs. Lee Berg and Henry Solomon and families and Messrs.
Herman Schafer and Jonas Sternberger attended the marriage of Mr. Harry
Felsenthal to Miss Bessie Sternberger in Brownsville Wednesday night.
"Uncle Ed" Dupree was also one of the invited guests, and he
went--snow or no snow.
Gates Item: Mr. Raymond Bradford and Miss Florence
Durham were married at the Methodist church last Sunday evening following the
close of the service. - (another wedding print & fold makes it
impossible to read) End of Peep into the Past ***
Dissolution
Notice:
Notice is hereby given that the partnership, operating as The Gift Shop,
Ripley, Tenn., and composed of Mrs. Henry L. Johnston and Mrs. B.C. Durham Jr.,
has been dissolved, Mrs. B.C. Durham Jr. retiring from the partnership. The
Gift Shop, together with a Beauty Parlor, will be conducted by Mrs. Johnston.
This Jan. 2, 1926 1-22-4t Mrs. B.C. Durham Jr. - Mrs. H.L. Johnston.
Lauderdale
County Conditions are Good.
That conditions in Lauderdale county, the biggest strawberry producing county
in the world, are promising is the statement of Alonzo Klutts, cashier of
the First Savings Bank in Ripley, who is here visiting his sisters; Mrs. Harris
Brown and Mrs. B.M. Elam. Mr. Klutts says that all the cotton farmers who
diversified in 1925 came out well financially. Only those who depended entirely
upon the cotton crop are suffering. He looks for another big strawberry crop in
Lauderdale this year and he believes that many of the Mississippi bottom land
farmers are going to plant something besides cotton in 1926. Lauderdale county
produces a million dollar berry crop each year...Jackson Sun--Jan. 18th.
Dr. Sims
Visits Ripley
Dr. J.P. Sims of Friendship, spent Monday night in Ripley. He is associated
with his son, Editor Leslie Sims, in the Publication of the Tri County News in
his home town. The doctor is being prominently mentioned for Senator from the
counties of Crockett, Dyer and Lauderdale. Thus his visit to this county.
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Craig
Mr. Andrew Hargett, of Central, spent Friday night with Mr. Quinton Young.
Mr. F.E. Becton, of Arp, spent Monday with his daughter,
Mrs. Hiram Weaver.
Mr. Garland Duvall and family have moved to the B.B. Griffin
place near Stonewall.
Mr. Herman Weaver and family have moved to their new home
that has just been completed.
Miss Lillie Tucker, of Ripley, spent several days this week
with her aunt, Mrs. Ike Brown.
Pea Ridge
The little son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Waldo is ill with pneumonia.
Aunt Sarah Crawford, of Memphis, is visiting the J.S.
Richerson home.
Mr. J.S. Richerson and sons, Fred and Dean, made a business
trip to Covington Saturday.
Mrs. W.W. Hopkins spent one day last week in the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Urban Haynes, at Crutcher.
Shot From
Ambush
Halls, Tenn., Jan. 19-- While unharnessing his horse at a late hour Saturday
night, Jim Cherry was shot in the head by an unseen party. A local physician
was called and 14 shots were taken from the victim's head. None of the shot had
penetrated Cherry's skull, which shows the assailant fired from a distance.
Local authorities are seeking clues that will lead to the discovery of the
would-be murderer.
Asbury
Mr. Reb Haynes has moved his family from Central to this community.
Mr. Eddie Haynes, of Covington, is a guest of his sister,
Mrs. A.I. White.
Miss Thelma Gaines spent Tuesday in Ripley, guest of her
sister, Mrs. George Cook.
Mr. Dave Craig and son, Walter Craig, were guests of Mr.
A.Y. Braden Sunday.
Mr. V.T. Gaines, of Memphis, was a guest of parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Charley Gaines recently.
Messrs. Brady Keltner, of Mascedonia, and Lynn Rice of Curve
were guests in the A.B. White home recently.
We are glad to report that Mr. A.B. White is able to be up
after being confined for three weeks with erysipelas.
Mascedonia
Mr. Floyd Sanders, of Hayti, Mo., is visiting friends and relatives here.
Mr. Sterling Herron, of Nankipoo, spent Monday night in the Bud
Hall home.
Mrs. M.M. Keltner, whose home burned some time ago, has
started to batching in an outhouse in the yard.
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Mr. Paul Keltner, of Memphis, spent the weekend with his mother, Mrs. M.M.
Keltner.
Mrs. Sallie Royer is on the sick list.
Little William Morris is ill with pneumonia.
A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. J.C. Hamby Jan. 16th.
Mrs. Allen Smith, of Memphis, is visiting her sister, Mrs.
Ed Bright
Mrs. Odie Hamby and son, O.W. spent the weekend with her
sister, Mrs A.E. Grammer in Ripley.
Card of
Thanks
We take this method of thanking our neighbors and friends who were so kind to
our dear wife and mother during her long illness and death. We especially thank
Dr. J.H. Lackey. adv. M.D. Reece and children.
In Loving
Memory
At the close of the day on Jan. 13, 1926 God sent an angel to visit the once
happy home of Mr. and Mrs. Roy F. Paris and bore away on its snowy white wings
the spirit of their darling baby boy, Reginald Horley. On Dec. 13 the child was
severely burned, this being the cause of his death. His little hands were
burned until all the fingers of his right hand but one had to be taken off, and
also the little finger on the left hand.
Dear little hands, I miss them so,
All through the day wherever I go,
All through the night, how lonely it seems,
For no little hands wake me out of my dreams.
Yes, little
Horley, we miss you so, but our blessed Saviour in His infinite mercy knows
best and we must submit to His will. Little Horley was only 11 months and
15 days old, having been born Jan. 29, 1925 and died Jan. 13, 1926 and was laid
to rest in Holmes cemetery. Funeral services were conducted at the cemetery by
Rev. J.M. Kendall.
We had a little treasure once,
He was our joy and pride;
We loved him, ah! perhaps too well
For soon he slept and died.
All is dark within our dwelling,
Lonely are our hearts today,
For the one we loved so dearly
Has passed forever away.
adv. Heart-Broken Mother
Flippin
Mr. Bruce White has flu.
Miss Ruth Webb is on the sick list.
Kathleen and Memsi White were sick several days last week.
Mrs. Birdie Elder visited Mrs. Mack Maness Jr. in Ripley
Monday.
Mrs. Elnora Caldwell, of Curve, visited her mother, Mrs.
Nelia Ferguson, last week.
It was Fletcher McWilliams who moved on Mrs. Roberson's
place, instead of Mr. Mack Williams.
A.D. Elder has taken up the blind mule that has been trying
to find a living and is feeding him. A worthy deed for a boy.
Rutherford
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Mr. W.L. Morton, who has been quite ill with erysipelas, is improving.
Master Hall Grady spent Sat. & Sun. with his sister,
Mrs. W.L. Kennedy near Ripley.
Cedar Grove
Mr. Cantwell, who has been in Memphis with his daughter, has returned home.
Mrs. Kathleen Kennedy had a stroke of paralysis Sunday
morning which affected her speech.
Mr. Hall Moody, of Unionville, spent Saturday night and
Sunday here with his sister, Mrs. Will Kenneday.
Mr. Charlie Tull and son, Jim, of Hayti, Mo., were called
here by the serious illness of his sister, Mrs. Kathleen Kennedy.
Mrs. Volmer, of Memphis, and Mrs. J.T. Eckford, of
Covington, were called here by the illness of their aunt, Mrs. Kennedy.
Mrs. Jim McCoy and family, of Unionville, were called here
to attend the bedside of her mother, Mrs. Kathleen Kennedy.
Those on the sick list in this community are Mrs. Rowey
Crain, Guy Underwood, Billie Sellers and Linwood Robins, the latter having
double pneumonia.
Concord
Mrs. J.S. Pickard is quite ill with typhoid fever.
Miss Edna Lacy, who is teaching school at Layne, spent the
past week with parents in Halls.
Mrs. Ruby Leggett spent Wed. near Cross Roads with parents,
France Leggett.
Mrs. A.E. Brantley and daughter spent Wednesday at Gates
with her brother, Mr. Will Doerr.
Mr. Dupree Brantley spent Wed. of last week near Double
Bridges with his grandfather, Mr. S.N. Brantley.
Mrs. R.B. Buffaloe and daug. Janice, of Halls, spent a week
with her mother, Mrs. J.S. Pickard.
Misses Eunice and Tessie Layne spent the weekend near
Perciful with grandparents, Mr. & Mrs. J.E. White.
Henning
Miss Katherine Lewis has resigned her position in the Ridgely school and
returned home.
Miss Cullie Knight, of Memphis, spent the weekend with her
sister, Mrs. W.E. Bradford.
Mr. J.J. Mengel left last Thursday for Fort Meyers, Fla., on
a visit to his son, J.J. Mengel Jr.
Luckett
Miss Myrna McGarrity spent the weekend with relatives in Ripley.
Mr. H.B. McGarrity has returned home after a visit to his
sister in Brinkley, Ark.
Little Inez and Mildred Jones of Salem spent Sat. night and
Sunday with their uncle, Mr. H.B. McGarrity.
Woodville
Mr. Hawk Roberson, from near Gates, visited in the home of his son, Mr. Marvin
Roberson, the past week.
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Cross Roads
Mr. W.E. Bentley is improving after a severe attack of heart trouble.
Glimp
Mr. John Vowell, Mr. and Mrs. John Gaines and baby, Mr. John McDonald and son
are on the sick list.
Mr. J.A. Barfield, of Henning, spent Saturday night and
Sunday with his sister, Mrs. O.R. Dunavant.
Knob Creek
Mr. Willie Brown, of Dyersburg, spent Sunday night with his uncle, Mr. Ross
Treadwell.
Mr. W.E. Crews of Nankipoo spent time Monday with his son, Mr. G.A. Crews.
Little Jennie Sue Jennings of Mascedonia spent Monday with
her cousin, Miss Hilda Fowler.
Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Garrett and baby visited in the home of
her brother, Mr. G.A. Crews Monday.
Pleasant Hill
Miss Inez McGarrity was a guest of her uncle, Mr. Clyde Bizzell, near Salem
several days last week.
Mrs. Flossie Bilbrey has returned home after spending
several days in Henning with parents, Mr. and Mrs. N. C. Sinclair.
Mrs. P.L. Evans has returned home after spending three weeks
in Memphis with her sons, Messrs. Thomas and George Stanley.
Conner
Mr. Joe Jenkins of Arp is spending this week with his sister, Mrs. Mack Kirby.
Mr. and Mrs. Dallas Hall, of Forked Deer, spent the weekend
with Mrs. Jesse Lovell.
Mrs. Bettie Ballard, of Henning, spent the weekend with her
sister, Mrs. J.T. Kirkess.
Mr. and Mrs. J.E. Spiller spent one day last week with her
sister, Mrs. Tommie Fennell, near Ripley.
Mrs. John R. Jones has been attending the bedside of her
daughter, Mrs. Walter Baggett, at Ripley.
Miss Leona Lovell and Miss Mattie Mai Ellis spent Saturday
night and Sunday with their aunt, Mrs. Alice Lee, at Mary's Chapel.
Curve
Mrs. Julia Harrison of Ripley is visiting her sister, Mrs. Andrew Lott.
Mrs. Nettie Embrey of Tipton spent last week with her
sister, Mrs. A.L. Glascock.
Miss Nellie Wyley of Dyersburg spent the weekend with her
sister, Mrs. Andrew Dunavant.
Miss Imogene Darby of Covington visited her aunt, Mrs. J.H.
Stephenson, the latter part of the week.
Gates
Miss Essie Capelle visited her sister, Mrs. G.G. McLeod, in Ripley last
weekend.
Mr. Ezell Hamil visited his brothers, Messrs. Irvin and
Durwald Hamil
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N. this week.
Mrs. W.D. Parker has returned from three weeks visit with her daughter, Mrs. C.
Bond, in Louisville, Ky.
Dr. and Mrs. R.B. Wilson were called to Memphis Friday by
the death of the former's cousin, Mrs. Dora Gregory.
Mrs. A.B. Strain, of Memphis, spent the weekend with her
brother, Mr. G.C. Hartman, and sister, Mrs. W.D. Wells of Forked Deer.
Mrs. S.B. Hill was operated on at the Methodist hospital in
Memphis Thursday of last week. Mr. Hill returned from Memphis Monday night,
reporting she is doing nicely.
Mr. Finis Garrett, son of Mr. L.E. Garrett, who lives near
here, was carried to the Methodist Hospital in Memphis Saturday, where he
underwent an operation the following Monday. He was accompanied by his sister,
Mrs. E.B. Wood and his uncle, Mr. C.E. Garrett.
Perciful
Little Farris Escue has pneumonia.
Mr. Hubert Dunavant, of Conner, spent the weekend with his
sister, Mrs. Emmett White.
Little Evelyn and Kelten Hall, of Concord, spent the weekend
with their aunt, Mrs. Frank Akin.
Local and
Personal
A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. F.D. McKee Sunday night.
A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Scott in Memphis last
week.
Little Mary Margaret Daniels and John Parrish Daniels are on
the sick list.
Mrs. Floyd Sills, of Fulton, Ky., is visiting her
brother, Mr. Lester Meacham.
Master Tom Ward Steele is recovering from a severe attack of
pneumonia.
Mr. J. Mack Maness Jr. left for Atlanta, Ga. Tuesday night
to spend a few days.
Mrs. Julian Sutton, of Curve, is visiting her son, Mr. H.M.
Sutton and family.
Mrs. Sam Ferguson, of Dyersburg, is visiting her niece, Mrs.
B.A. McKnight.
Mrs. J.A. Johnson is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Elbert
Reams, in Rosdale, Miss.
A son was born Tuesday to Mr. and Mrs. Murchison Sutton. He
has been christened H.M. Sutton Jr.
Mrs. Raymond Crook, who resides near Henning, underwent an operation
for appendicitis Wednesday in the Ripley hospital.
Mr. Lester Meacham and daughter, Nona, who were quite ill
last week with pneumonia, are recovering, the nurse being dismissed Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. G. Lynn left Wednesday for Lebanon to
attend the closing exercises of the Lebanon Law School, their son, Mr. Wm. H.
Lynn being among the large class to graduate.
Mr. Edgar Tims met with a very painful and near-serious
accident Monday while working at the cotton gin at Ashport. A wet bale of
cotton was being ginned and it was necessary to remove some of the staple from
the press by hand, which Mr. Tims was in the act of doing, when the tamper fell
on his head. Several teeth were knocked out and twelve stitches had to be taken
in his mouth. So badly was his face lacerated and swollen that he is still
unable to open his eyes. He was brought to the city hospital for treatment.
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Notice
All persons are hereby notified not to hire my sons, Clin and Roosevelt, 15 and
16 years of age, unless they pay me for their services. George Martin, Henning,
Tenn. Rt. I 1-22-1t
Notice
I will not be
responsible hereafter for anything charged to me unless upon written order from
me or my wife. This Jan. 1, 1926 1-8-4t J.T. Coughlan.
Real Estate
Transfers
A.B. Klutts to C.C. Partee, lot in Ripley, exchange R.L. Klutts to Phillip M.
Rushing, 88 acres in 2nd district $3000.
G.M. Partee (folded) to D.Y. Nelson, 30 1/4 acres, District
11, $2089.60
R. Lee Webb to W.R. Langley, two tracts, 7th district, $1346
etc. A. Klutts to Pearl McKee, 51 acres, 1st district, $2600
C.M. Crook to W.D. Newman, two tracts in 6th district $2860
G.J. Underwood to C.M. Crook, 77 acres in 7th district $3800
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ENTERPRISE
Friday January 29, 1926
Luckett
Mrs. Jesse Davis and children, of Memphis, are visiting her mother, Mrs. Etta
Cooper.
Mr. Robert Bryan, of Covington, is spending a few days with
his sister, Mrs. Willie Alexander.
Notice of
Dissolution of Partnership
Notice is hereby given that the partnership heretofore existing and doing a
retail coal business at Ripley, Tennessee, under the firm name and style of Ben
Williams Coal Company, composed of the undersigned, has this day by mutual
agreement been dissolved and shall no longer exist for any purpose. This Jan.
23, 1926 1-29-4 Ben Williams L.M. Kirkpatrick Asbury
Mr. Austin Maxwell was sick several days the past week.
Mr. Isaiah Webb, of Luckett, spent Sunday and Monday with
his cousin, Mr. Montelle Temple.
Golddust
Two little children of Mrs. J.R. Yochum are sick.
Idell, little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Scott, has
pneumonia.
Little Bernice Hancock and little Charles Meuller were
burned very badly last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Willie Butler, of Ashport, have moved here and
are rooming with her father, Mr. W.J. Stone.
Mr. Odis Clark of the U.S. Navy who arrived home Dec. 26 on
a furlough and was married to Miss Maggie Lou Schafer on Dec. 28, left Jan. 13
for New York. His wife accompanied him as far as Ripley.
In Memoriam:
In loving remembrance of my dear sister, Mrs. D.H. Hutcherson who departed this
life January 23, 1923.
Sad and sudden was the call,
Of a loving sister, missed by all,
While she lies in peaceful sleep,
Her memory I will always keep.
In sorrow, grief and sadness,
You left me, sister, dear,
No more with joy and gladness
Your loving voice I hear.
Long days and nights she bore in pain,
To wait for cure that never came;
But God alone, who thought it best,
Did cease her pain and give her rest.
I think of her in silence,
No eyes can see me weep,
But still within my aching heart
Her memory I shall keep.
You are gone, but not forgotten
Never will your memory fade;
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Loving
thoughts will always linger
Around the grave in which you're laid.
It was so hard to part from you,
Although I did not see you die;
I only knew you went away
And never said goodbye.
I love her, yes, I love her,
But Jesus loved her more;
And he hath gently called her,
To yonder shining shore.
The Golden Gates were opened,
A loving voice said, "Come."
And with farewell unspoken,
She calmly entered home.
adv. Sister
Central
Little Mamie Chipman is very sick with pneumonia.
Mr. Jesse Cox returned Saturday from Memphis.
Miss Eva Brown spent a few days the past week at Henning
Farm and accompanied home by Miss Annie Dell Akin.
Mr. Joe Tucker, J.D. and David Newman were called to Bolivar
Saturday afternoon to the bedside of Mrs. Mattie Tucker.
Miss Annie Lee Hutcherson and Mr. Homer Adkerson surprised
their friends Saturday afternoon by being married at the W.T. Andrews home.
Miss Elnora
Coker Dead
After an illness of only seven days of pneumonia Elnora Coker, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Newt Coker died at her home near Lovelace Crossing, two miles south of
Henning, on Thursday night, Jan. 21. She was 16 years of age. She professed
faith in Christ at Salem church, but never united with a church. Nora was loved
by everyone who knew her. Funeral services were held at the family residence
the following day, conducted by Rev. C.C. Newbill, and interment was in
Bethlehem cemetery. A Friend.
Conner
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Spiller of Ripley, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. J.E.
Spiller.
Miss Leona Lovell spent a few days last week with Mrs.
Dallas Hall near Forked Deer.
Miss Rosie Baggett, of Ripley, spent Saturday night and
Sunday with Miss Louise Crowder.
Miss Allie White and Miss Thelma Chalk, of Woodville, spent
Sunday afternoon with Miss Eusley Kirby.
Mr. and Mrs. Daisy Jones and little daughter, Mary, of Nut
Bush, spent Sunday with her sister, Mrs. S.A. Johnson.
Mr. and Mrs. Mack Kirby have moved to Memphis, and Mr. J.T.
Kirby and family are moving to the place vacated by them.
Mr. and Mrs. Newt Escue and little son, Hubert, and Miss
Mary Walk visited in the Lottie Klutts home Sunday night at Mary's Chapel
Mr. Robert Dunavant, of this place, and Miss Virginia Lovis,
of Halls, surprised their friends by getting married Saturday afternoon.
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Coal Creek
Mrs. Ben Harrison is able to be up after two weeks illness.
Mr. and Mrs. S.J. Webb made a business trip in Ripley last
Thursday.
Mr. Joe Tucker was called to the bedside of his wife at
Bolivar Saturday.
Mrs. Katie Webb, Mrs. Bessie Shands and little Talmadge
Harrison are on the sick list.
Mrs. Willie Caldwell was called to Central Sunday morning by
the illness of her father.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Hargett and children, of Central,
visited the W.H. Howard home Sunday.
Mrs. Anna Pennington spent Sunday with her mother, who is
quite ill in the Bob Lee Taylor home on the Bluff.
Mr. and Mrs. John Langley and children, from near Cedar
Grove, spent several days last week in the home of her sister, Mrs. W.F.
Caldwell.
Perciful
Mr. Theo Yancey attended the bedside of Mr. Ed Garrett at Gates Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Robison have moved to the place vacated by
Mr. Arnold Escue.
Mrs. Merton Hendren and little son spent the past week with
their aunt, Mrs. W.W. Williams, at Gates.
Concord
Miss Thelma Chalk spent Saturday night and Sunday at Perciful with her aunt,
Miss Allie White.
Mr. and Mrs. J.E. White of Perciful, spent Saturday with
their daughter, Mrs. Walter Chalk.
Mr. Onie Lee Moore, of Tigertail, spent a few days the past
week with his aunt, Mrs. Lottie Dew.
Mrs. Ruby Leggett and Miss Alice Fennell spent Sunday
morning at Cross Roads with Mrs. France Leggett.
Knob Creek
Mr. John Harrison, of Dyersburg, spent Tuesday night with his daughter, T.W.
Latham.
Mr. Geo. Crews received a message last week that his mother
had undergone an operation at Dyersburg, having two cataracts removed from one
eye. She is the wife of Will Crews of Nankipoo.
Forked Deer
Mrs. W.H. Poindexter and Mrs. Lawson Hardy are on the sick list.
Mr. W.M. Hardy, of Jackson, spent the weekend with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. H.M. Hardy.
Misses Annie and Gullie Halliburton visited their sister,
Miss Mattie Halliburton in Memphis last week.
Rutherford
Mr. W.A.
Brasfield, of Chic[ago], has moved his family on the W.A. Hughes farm.
Mary's Chapel
Mr. R.C. Criner has moved his family back to their home here.
Miss Beulah Williams, of Perciful, is visiting Misses Janie
and Jewell Klutts.
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Miss Jewell Klutts spent Saturday night and Sunday with Mrs. Jim Smith at
Ripley.
Little Fred Wallace Maness is quite sick with membranous
Croup. He is reported some better.
Mr. Seth R. Conner left Saturday night for the government
hospital in Virginia, where he will make his home.
Miss Bessie Hendren is attending the bedside of Miss Grace
Hendren who is in Memphis under treatment.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Klutts and two children, Mrs. M.E.
Williams, and Mrs. T.C. Stone attended a birthday dinner and quilting last week
given by Mrs. Bud Smith at Conner.
The remains of Eugene, nine year old son of Mrs. Eddie Webb,
who resided with Mr. and Mrs. Pate Walpool at Curve, was brought here for
interment. His death resulted from typhoid pneumonia.
Bexar
Little Stella Pearl Young was on the sick list a few days last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Homer Lee Adkerson were guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Horace Burnham of Coal Creek Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. John Parker entertained the young people
Saturday night with a musical which everyone enjoyed.
Mrs. W.T. Curtis, who has been attending the bedside of her
mother, Mrs. Garrett, at Halls, returned home Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Gus Young and daughters, Lady B. and Stella,
spent Sunday in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Reece Crihfield at Edith.
Bluff .
Mr. W.E. Crihfield of Edith visited in the J.H. Crihfield home Sunday.
Mr. Bud Armour and Mrs. Alice Beard were in Mascedonia
Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Maude Taylor, of Walnut Grove, spent the past week here
at the bedside of her mother.
Mrs. Jessie Cox and little daughter, Minnie, of Memphis
spent Saturday night and Sunday here.
Mrs. Hazel Arwood and Willie Lou Crihfield, of Edith, and
Mrs. Willie May Dunavant, of Bald Knob, visited Mrs. G.C. Webb Sunday
afternoon.
Cross Roads
Mr. John Bibb, from near Arp, has moved his family here.
Mrs. Lee Ellis spent Monday with her sister, Mrs. Wesley
Ellis.
Mascedonia
Mr. Chas. Cox has a very sick child.
Mrs. Marvin Hall spent Wednesday night at Edith with Mrs.
Dump Arwood.
Mrs. Harold Evans and sons, Edward and Billy, of Asbury, are
visiting her sister, Mrs. Auzie Rice.
Lightfoot
Little Milton Woodard has been ill the past few days.
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Griggs are parents of a daughter born
Jan. 23.
Mr. Wm. Roberson, of Ripley, is ill at the home of his
father, Mr. W.M. Roberson.
Mr. J.M. Chism and little son, Joe M., visited in the W.L.
Chism home Sunday afternoon.
Mr. Wm. Lightfoot and sister, Kathleen, of Ripley spent the
weekend here with homefolks.
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Mrs. Dave Hargett and children, of New Hope, visited in the home of her
brother, Mr. A.N. Crowder.
Miss Irma Lou Haynes, of Blytheville, Ark., is spending a
few weeks with her cousin, Miss Magdeline Matthews.
Local and
Personal
Miss Mary Gudger is on the sick list.
Mr. Sid Evans is again confined to his bed.
A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. George Garrett Sunday.
Mrs. G.R. Evans and little daughter, Pauline, are ill with
the flu.
Mrs. W.T. Williams and little son, Wilford, are sick with
the flu.
Mrs. Cecil Lee, of Dyersburg, is visiting her aunt, Mrs.
E.M. Luton.
Mr. R.Y. Drake has been confined to his home by illness
since Monday.
Mr. Eugene Savage, of Bolivar, was a guest in the C.D.
Maclin home Sunday.
Mr. M.F. Savage gives his special attention to our fruit
department Savage Grocery.
Miss Dixie Lockard, of Blytheville, Ark., spent the weekend
with Mrs. J.W. Rainey.
Mr. J.L. Fortner, of Halespoint, is quite sick at the home
of Mr. J.T. Coughlan in Ripley.
Mr. Lonnie Young, of Memphis, spent Sunday with parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Henry Young.
A son was born last week to Mr. and Mrs. Harry Edney. He has
been christened Billy Edney.
Mrs. M.A. Gurgers, of Memphis, was called here to attend the
bedside of Mrs. T.J. Blackwell.
Mrs. J.D. McLeod left Wednesday for Hickman, Ky. on a visit
to her sister, Mrs. P.B. Black.
Miss Dorothy Pierce has returned to her home in Toone after
a month's visit with Mrs. C.D. Maclin.
Mrs. C.O. Wilkes and little daughter, Isabel, returned
Friday from a visit to homefolks in Atlanta, Ga.
Mary Lee, little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Dailey, who
has been ill the past week with bronchitis, is improving.
Mr. T.E. Lockard has returned to his home in Fort Benning,
Ga. after a brief visit with friends and relatives in Ripley.
Tom Ward Steele, who has been quite sick with pneumonia, is
better.
Shirley Steele has been sick with the flu but is improving.
Miss Elvie Wilson, of Memphis, spent Saturday night and
Sunday with parents, Mr. and Mrs. E.F. Wilson. Her mother returned with her and
is spending this week in Memphis.
Dr. and Mrs. G.A. Lusk left Monday to visit their daughter,
Mrs. F.W. Bondurant, in Dallas, Texas and will be absent some time. Enroute
they spent a few days in Memphis with their daughter, Mrs. A.B. Falls.
Mrs. C.C. Partee Jr. sustained painful injuries in her left
hip Tuesday night about 8:30, caused by a fall as she stooped to remove a rug
in her home. She was carried to Dr. Campbell's Clinic in Memphis Thursday
morning for treatment.
Mr. Billie McDearman of Unionville, while hunting Tuesday,
fell and a discharge from his gun entered one of his lower limbs, shooting off
the knee cap and otherwise injuring the limb. He was carried to a Dyersburg hospital
for treatment.
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News was received here Thursday night of last week that Miss Mary Tatum had
been burned to death at her home in Friendship. She was 67 years of age, and a
native of Lauderdale county. She was a sister of Mr. Waddy Tatum, who for many
years was a merchant at Glimp. Miss Tatum had lived nearly all her life in the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Lankford near Henning, and had resided in
Friendship only about three months.
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ENTERPRISE
Friday February 5, 1926
Doctor Ill At
74 Revealed As A Woman--Mena, Ark., Jan. 25
The illness that may be her last has revealed that Dr. M.V. Mayfield of this
town has fooled the countryside for more than a quarter of a century and that
the doctor is a woman. The masquerade as a man became known only when friends
and nurses found it necessary to give the doctor a bath, when her condition
became so weakened that she was unable to care for herself. The doctor is 74
years of age.
Dr. Mayfield has practiced medicine here for many years as a man. Patients have
come from far and wide to receive the treatments that only a physician of long
years' experience and rare attainments could give. This little resort town had
come to be a mecca for the ill, who sought the health giving air of the Arkansas
Ozarks, coupled with superior medical attention that was available. People who
had enjoyed the beneficial waters of Hot Springs, have come to this balmy
atmosphere high in the hills to recuperate. From many towns and cities far
distant they came. And all aclaimed Dr. Mayfield as a capable general
practitioner.
People of the Ozarks have a way of accepting newcomers at their face value. So
many years ago when Dr. Mayfield, then a middle aged "man" with a
general knowledge of medicine, came to this little village, hung out his
shingle and started in to care for the ills of the people, no questions were
asked. Dr. Mayfield was accepted for what he was. No suspicion was ever cast on
the doctor's sex. None regarded him as curious or effeminate. Retiring in disposition
the doctor was sought after and made the confidant of many of the countryside
young belles and beaux. The doctor's practice became exceedingly profitable and
at no time was he too fully occupied to go any distance into the country at any
hour or any weather conditions to care for the sick.
Just a few days ago an illness of protracted duration became serious. Those in
attendance upon her decided that the doctor must undergo certain ablutions.
Then, lo and behold, the doctor lost "his" masculine sex and was
revealed to the world as a woman.
Dr. Mayfield told nothing of her life history to the people of Mena when she
came here. Since her illness she has given those at her bedside but little.
Born in England, her parents because of legal requirements needed a son to
protect property rights and she was dressed as a boy and grew into
"manhood", wearing the garb of the male sex. Time wore along and the
habit became her own. Taking up the study of medicine, the boy blossomed into a
qualified physician, but kept to the clothing of her childhood. Years wore
along and the woman found herself a part and parcel of the life of the Ozark
hills, living at first at Siloam Springs, Gentry, Sulpher Springs and then at
Mena. Now it is doubtful whether she will recover from her present illness and
the interesting history of the intervening years may soon be lost forever
unless Dr. Mayfield lays bare her life story.
Open Filling
Stations Illegal In Tennessee--Nashville, Tenn., Jan. 30
The supreme court held that the selling of gasoline is included within the
ordinary business of a merchant and for that reason cannot lawfully be done on
Sunday. This holding applies to all points within the state of Tennessee. An
opinion was filed in this case for publication by Justice Frank P. Hall.
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Dry Forces
Capture Barges and Prisoners on River-Covington, Tenn., Jan. 31
Sheriff D.B. Rice and Deputy Sheriff F.L. Johnson of Tipton County, Tennessee;
Sheriff James Bass and a number of his deputies of Mississippi County, Ark.,
Chief Prohibition Officer Rowden of Little Rock, Ark., and U.S. Deputies Burns
and Stubblefield joined forces Friday afternoon about 4 o'clock and captured a
floating still de lux, the outfit being on three large barges, which was moored
to the west bank of Island 35 in the Mississippi River. [long article]
***A Peep
Into The Past Feb. 10. 1899
Mr. Robert Weaver and Miss Lillie Keltner were married last Sunday, Esq. G.T.
Hargett officiating.
Messrs. A.A. Young and James Anthony attended the funeral of
Esq. B.G. Gregory in Henning last Tuesday.
In the Battle of Manila last Sunday, between the American
forces and the insurgents, Sergeant Bernard Sharpe, a Lauderdale County boy, a
member of the third U.S. Artillery, received a slight flesh wound in his leg. End
Peep Into Past***
A Miraculous
Escape
Mr. and Mrs. Sterling H. Abernathy, of Memphis, while enroute to visit parents
near Halls Sunday, had a narrow escape from death. Just as they approached the
levee in Covington, Mr. Abernathy discovered the steering gear to his Dodge car
was locked. The car was almost at a stop when it tumbled head first down the
embankment, turning over and landing upright though in the opposite direction
from the way it was going, with the back of the car in the water., Mrs.
Abernathy and one year old baby was thrown through the top of the car as it was
turning over, landing them in 8 or 10 feet of water. Mr. Abernathy was knocked
unconscious for a time. When he came to and realized what had happened he noticed
his wife clinging to a small willow from 12 to 15 feet from the car in the
water. Mr. Abernathy jumped into the water and rescued his wife but the baby
was gone. Watching the surface they saw the baby still farther out drifting
away and rescued it. Mr. Turner, mail carrier out of Henning, proved the good
Samaritan, and rushed the family to a nearby home where aid was given. None of
the occupants of the car received even a scratch in the accident.
Mr. and Mrs. Abernathy returned to Memphis Sunday
accompanied by Mr. A.G. Steelman.
Breaks News
of Death to Wife as Husband Appears-Covington, Tenn., Jan. 31
A
man supposed to be Wm. Lassiter, who lives a few miles out of town, was killed
on the Illinois Central Railroad last night, not far from Covington. The I.C.
workmen who identified the body decided to break the news to his widow. They
had the body taken to the city and a delegation headed for the Lassiter
home.
Mrs. Lassiter was in the house and the railroad men were
invited in. "Mrs. Lassiter," said the spokesman, "we have a very
painful duty to perform. Your husband has met a very serious accident. He was
killed by a train on the IC last night."
"That's very strange," said Mrs. Lassiter,
"He was in the dining room not more than five minutes ago." At this
moment William Lassiter stalked into the room.
The body at Covington is awaiting further identifications.
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Marriage
Licenses
Dallas Hall & Miss Lula Lovell
Robt. N. Dunavant & Miss Virginia Lewis
Homer Adkerson & Miss Annie Lee Hutcherson
Edgar Vaughn & Miss Florence Murley
Notice To The
Public
Positively I will not be responsible for anything charged to me without a
written order by me. 2-5-2t W.G. Dennie
Dissolutions
Notice
The partnership heretofore existing between the undersigned under the firm name
of Klutts & Lassiter, has been dissolved and shall no longer exist for any
purpose. All accounts due the firm are to be paid to J.A. Klutts, and any
indebtedness will be borne equally by us. This Feb. 1, 1926 5-5-4t J.A. Klutts
and Austin Lassiter
Additional
Locals
The 10 year old daughter of Mr. Ernest Ellis, who resides on the Reynolds place
near Edith, fell from a log wagon last Friday and narrowly escaped instant
death. The wheel of the wagon stopped on the child's body and had to be lifted
off. The knee cap was torn off and the bones below so badly broken, that they
protruded from the side of the limb. The child was brought to the Ripley
hospital for treatment, and is doing as well as could be expected.
Charles
Anthony Gaines
On January 26, 1926, an angel visited the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Gaines and
carried away the spirit of their darling baby Charles Anthony. We all know it's
hard to give him up, but God knows best.
[Long poem] adv. One Who Loved Him
Lightfoot
Mrs. W.B. Black was on the sick list a few days last week.
Mr. Bill Braden, of Asbury, spent several days last week
with his sister, Mrs. C.U. Roberson.
Mr. Collins Barnes, of Memphis, spent the weekend with
parents, Mr. and Mrs. E.B. Barnes.
Master Leamon Roberson visited grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
A.C. Braden, near Asbury Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. E.G. Lockard had as their guests Sunday, Mr.
Mose Lockard, of Brownsville, Miss Dixie Lockard, of Blytheville, Ark., and
Miss Eva Dell Jones of Luckett.
Luckett
Mrs. A.I. Webb is on the sick list.
Miss Era Jamison, of Memphis, is visiting her sister, Mrs.
J.W. Williams.
Miss Mollie Balderson, who has been quite sick with
pneumonia, is expected no better.
Miss Victoria Vandergriff, of Glimp, spent a few days last
week with her sister, Mrs. Edward Woodard.
The house belonging to Mr. W.L. Briggs, known as the Dennie
Place, was destroyed by fire Friday night. Mr. Edward Woodard was living
there. Most of his household goods were saved, but those of Mr. W.L.
McPherson which was stored were destroyed. The origin of the fire is unknown as
it started in the
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room where Mr. McPherson's things were. Mr. Briggs carried no insurance.
Cross Roads
Little Jesse Frank Davis is on the sick list.
Mrs. Wesley Ellis was quite sick the past week.
Mr. Charlie Scallions and family of Arkansas have moved
here.
Mrs. Herman Webb and baby, of Central, visited in the Geo.
Tilman home last week.
Mr. J.T. Bibb and family have moved from Arp to the place
vacated by Mr. Archie McNeil.
Miss Jewell Daniels, of Conner, spent several days last week
with her sister, Mrs. Ernest Underwood.
Cedar Grove
Mrs. E.L. Hutcherson spent several days this week with relatives in Ripley.
Mrs. Pearl Underwood spent Saturday with her sister, Mrs.
Brown, at Central.
Mr. I.A. Guthrie and family visited his sister, Mrs. J.W.
Mullikin at Central Sunday.
Master Edward Kenneday, of Memphis, is visiting his grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Kenneday.
Mr. and Mrs. W.R. Savage, from near Ripley, spent Sunday
with her parents, Mr. & Mrs. J.W. Hoeft.
Mrs. J.T. Eckford, of Covington, who has attended the
bedside of her aunt returned home Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil DeLoach spent Sunday afternoon with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. C.M. Campbell, at Dry Hill.
Mr. Wes Linson, of Memphis, has moved his family here and
are living with her parents, Mr. & Mrs. J.M. Smith.
Mr. Page Newman, of Blytheville, Ark., spent a few days here
last week with his sister, Mrs. Will Drumwright.
Mrs. Grady and daughter, Miss Mary of Unionville, visited
her daughter, Mrs. Will Kenneday Saturday and Sunday night.
Mrs. Catherine Kenneday, who had a stoke of paralysis some
time ago, is unable to speak but is doing as well as can be expected.
Misses Louise Hutcherson, Effie Sellers, and Hallie Mai
Underwood spent Saturday night with Miss Ara Sue Underwood and attended the
musical given by Mr. and Mrs. John Webb near Curve.
Glimp
Mrs. W.M. Miller is on the sick list.
Mrs. W.T. Vowel] and son, W.T. Jr. spent Monday in Luckett.
Mr. Jim Simpson, of Williamstown, spent Sunday with Mr.
Solon Crook.
Mr. Walter Douglas from near Ripley spent Monday night with
Mr. and Mrs. John Vowell.
Coal Creek
Miss Gertie Howard spent the weekend with her sister, Mrs. Altie Crihfield,
near Henning Farm.
Little Inez and Pauline Webb spent Saturday night with their
aunt, Mrs. C.N. Armour, near the Henning Farm.
Mr. Dupree Harrison, of Memphis, spent Sunday with homefolks
here and was accompanied to Memphis by his brother, Everette.
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Curve
Mrs. Julian Sutton is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Verno Anderson, in Covington.
J.B., ten year old son of Mr. Ollie Webster, is very sick
with double pneumonia.
Mr. C.L. Williams is in Memphis this week, going down to
have a cataract removed from his left eye. A similar operation was performed on
his right eye last year.
After an illness of ten days, Mrs. Effie Warpool died
Tuesday morning and was buried Wednesday at Mary's Chapel. Rev. G.W. Tracy
conducted the funeral services. Mrs. Warpool is survived by six children, four
daughters and one son. [error]
Fire of an unknown reason caused quite a little excitement
here Monday afternoon, when a dresser in the home of Mrs. Kate Rutledge was
discovered to be aflame. The fire was extinguished, however, before it spread
but the contents of the dresser was destroyed.
Bluff
Mr. Everett Harrison, of Coal Creek, spent Friday night here.
Messrs. G.C. Webb and C.N. Armour were in Ripley Monday.
Mrs. Ada Riddick spent Monday with Mrs. Dewey Crihfield at
Edith.
Messrs. H.L. Pickens and John Bratcher spent Monday near
Coal Creek.
Mr. and Mrs. Dave Crihfield spent Sunday night at Edith with
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Gray.
Mr. and Mrs. B.M. Riddick spent Saturday night and Sunday at
Dry Hill with the latter's mother.
Henning
Mrs. Chas. Scott, of Memphis, spent Friday here with her uncle.
Mrs. H.P. Moorer spent Sunday and Monday with her daughter,
Miss Cornelia Moorer, at Normal.
Mrs. R.A. Halliburton is again in Memphis with her daughter,
Mrs. Bates Porter, who is slowly improving.
Miss Ruby Bringle, who has recently returned from Tampa,
Fla., was a guest of her sister, Mrs. E.L. Vaughn Friday night.
Dissolution
of Partnership
Notice is hereby given that the partnership heretofore existing between W.F.
Garner and O.R. Dunavant doing business at Henning, Tennessee, under the firm
name and style of Garner and Dunavant has on this day been dissolved by mutual
consent, Mr. O.R. Dunavant, Jr. retiring. All parties indebted to said firm may
pay same to either party and all parties having claims against said firm will
present them for payment. This 10th day of February 1926. W.F. Garner O.R.
Dunavant, Jr.
Asbury
Mr. Charley Gaines is seriously ill with pneumonia.
Mrs. Potter is seriously ill with pleurisy the past week.
A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gaines on Jan.
30th.
Mr. Thomas Klutts, of Mary's Chapel, was a Sunday visitor
here.
Mr. John D. Gaines left a few days ago for Whiting, Ind. to
make his home.
Mrs. Emma Klutts, of Ripley, was a Sunday guest in the home
of N.J. Henderson.
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Langley's
Mill
Mr. Decatur
Colvin made a business trip to Ripley Saturday.
Miss Alina Colvin spent Sunday in the home of A.R. White at Flippen.
Mr. Joe Kelly and Mr. Ben Colvin made a business trip to Ripley Saturday.
Miss Ona White, of Flippen, spent Friday night in Mrs. Hattie Colvin's home here.
Mrs. Bruce White, of Flippen, spent Saturday afternoon with her mother, Mrs.
Alice Kelly.
Miss Alina Colvin was a guest of Misses Pauline and Altie White at Flippen
Wednesday night.
We learn that Mr. Lewis Hardy, who is in a Dyersburg hospital, will soon be
able to return home.
Mrs. Chas. Holloway and little son, William Clyde, spent Sunday in the home of
Mrs. B.F. Webb at Flippen.
Conner
Mr. Jesse Lovell
spent Sunday at Curve with Mrs. W.J. Ellis.
Mrs. W.D. New spent Sunday with her daughter, Mrs. Bob Criner, at Mary's
Chapel.
Mr. and Mrs. J.E. Spiller spent Sunday near Woodville with parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Leggett.
Mr. and Mrs. C.C. King of Arp spent one day last week with her mother, Mrs.
Rosetta Kirby.
Mr. and Mrs. Daniels and children of Durhamville spent Sunday with parents, Mr.
& Mrs. Alex Daniels.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Holcomb and son Wilburt spent Sunday with Mr. & Mrs.
Bill Lee at Orysa.
Miss Leona Lovell and Miss Mattie Mai Ellis spent the weekend at Curve with
their aunt, Mrs. W.J. Ellis.
Master Harbert Howard and Charlie Lovell, of Forked Deer, were Sunday guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Lovell.
Mr. and Mrs. Newt Escue and little son, Hubert, spent Sunday near Gold Dust
with his sister, Mrs. Bob Murley.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Underwood from near Cross Roads, spent Sunday with parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Alex Daniels.
Mr. and Mrs. Monroe Stanley and children, of Durhamville, spent Saturday night
and Sunday with parents, Mr. and J.W. Kirby.
Rutherford
Mrs. William Lee
and children, from near Dyersburg, spent last week in the B.S. Cowell home.
Master Murry Upton of Dyersburg spent last weekend with his grandmother, Mrs.
B.B. Gooch.
Mrs. Herman Underwood, who underwent an operation at Ripley, is here at the home
of her mother and is reported doing nicely.
Mrs. S.C. Meter, of this place, and Mr. G.W. Meter and family, of Lightfoot,
spent Sunday in the C.H. Ray home near Unionville.
Ashport
Mr. Wes Waldo is
very sick with pneumonia.
Miss Elnora Osteen, who has pneumonia, is reported better.
Mr. Elbert Lockard, of Lightfoot, was in this community Friday.
Mr. Edgar Tims, who was hurt at the gin recently, is reported better.
Miss Lillian Osteen is visiting her cousin, Mrs. Pearl Lockard, at Lightfoot.
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Miss Lucille Woodard,
of Lightfoot, is visiting her sister, Mrs. Zula Lawson.
Miss Bessie Burns happened to a painful accident Sunday when she fell from a
car and cut her arm to the bone.
Mr. Iridell Kiestler and family and Mr. Stanton Price and family spent Sunday
at Lightfoot with parents, Mr. and Mrs. G.W. Kiestler.
Misses Ellen Lawson and Nellie Cannon and Messrs. Charlie Miller and Blucher
Cannon visited in the John Nelson home at Lightfoot Friday night.
Woodville
Mrs. Marvin
Roberson and Mrs. John Daniels, Sr., are on the sick list.
Mr. C. Wells visited his aunt, Mrs. Poindexter, near Forked Deer Sunday.
Mr. Willie Wiley has moved in the house vacated by Mr. Robert Clark near the
store.
Mr. Robert Clark and wife of Forked Deer, visited his father, Mr. & Mrs.
H.C. Clark Sunday.
Mrs. G.T. Scott and children of Brownsville visited her mother, Mrs. W.J.
Wilson, the past week.
Mr. James Evans and Mr. Williams, of Memphis, visited the former's grandmother,
Mrs. G.W. Smith, Sunday.
Whitefield
Mr. and Mrs.
J.A. Brogdon and sons, James and Emmett, from Henning, spent Saturday night and
Sunday with relatives here.
Among those who have flu are Mrs. Will Wheatley and son, Raymond, Mr. Charlie
Montgomery, Mr. Bernie Barcroft, Master Jesse Latham and little Vennie Lou
Miller.
Concord
Mrs. S.J.
Pickard continues quite ill with typhoid fever.
Mr. John Dew spent the weekend at South Fork with Mr. Pleas Moore.
Mrs. J.C. Layne spent Saturday at Perciful with her mother, Mrs. J.E. White.
Miss Willie Voss spent the past weekend in Ripley with her uncle, Mr. John
Hendren.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Dew and little daughter, Aurie, spent Wednesday of last
week near Halls with parents, Mr. & Mrs. Z.M. Moore.
Mr. and Mrs. Archie McNeil and daughter, Evelyn, spent Saturday night and
Sunday near Curve with parents, Mr. & Mrs. Billy Newman.
Mr. Leo Milam died at his home near Forked Deer Friday morning after a long
illness. He is survived by a wife and children, one brother and two sisters.
Interment was in Concord cemetery Saturday morning at 11 o'clock.
Gates
Mr. Paul Avery
returned Tuesday afternoon from Rantoul, Illinois.
Mr. T.G. Avery and daughter, Rebecca, spent Tuesday in Ripley.
Mrs. J.H. Lee was called to the bedside of her aunt, Mrs. Henry Poindexter, in
Forked Deer.
Mrs. Myrl Thomas and Miss Eugenia Williams, of Memphis, visited parents, Mr.
and Mrs. J.A. Williams Sunday.
Mrs. C.E. Rigsby, of Memphis, spent the latter part of the week with parents,
Mr. and Mrs. J.A. Williams.
Mr. L. Hollingsworth was called to Camden Wed. by the serious illness and death
of his mother. He returned Tuesday afternoon.
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Mrs. Dotson, of
Halls, spent Saturday and Sunday with her daughter, Miss Cora Belle, who is
confined to her bed in the home of Mrs. Lula Jones.
Master William Robison and sister, Mary Frances, have returned from Memphis to
make their home with grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J.A. Williams and Mr. &
Mrs. B.F. Robison.
Dr. R.B. Wilson and family left Sunday afternoon to make their home in Memphis,
where he has accepted a position in the Marine Hospital.
Bexar
Mrs. Miller is
ill with pneumonia.
A son was born Monday to Mr. and Mrs. Hughy Hendren.
Mrs. G.A. Webb and son, Montell, spent Sunday at Lightfoot.
Mr. Lee Esra and family spent Sunday in the home of Mr. Ben Hutcherson at Dry
Hill.
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Koonce, of Arp, spent Sunday in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Gus
Young.
Mr. and Mrs. Johnie Webb entertained the young people Saturday night with a
musicale which everyone enjoyed.
Mr. and Mrs. Homer Adkerson spent Wednesday of last week in the home of the
latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Malone Hutcherson at Cedar Grove.
Mascedonia
Mr. Jule Hunt is
on the sick list.
Mr. J.D. Rice spent Sunday at Dry Hill in the N.W. Barbour home.
Selma, Odessa and Turner Escue are improving after a severe attack of flu.
Mr. Auzie Rice and daughters, Lavenia and Virginia, visited at Curve Sunday
afternoon.
Mrs. Dewey Crihfield and two children, of Edith, spent Thursday with her
grandmother, Mrs. S.W. Pickens.
Masters O.B. and Etheridge Hutcherson of Nankipoo spent Saturday night and
Sunday with Master Alford Pickens.
Mrs. Flora Cheek and dau. Daisy, of the Bluff, visited her aunt, Mrs. S.W. Clay
last week.
Knob Creek
Little Louise
Treadwell and little Buddie Crews are on the sick list.
Local and
Personal
Miss Margaret
McCallum is recovering from flu.
Mrs. Jane Henry has been sick several days with flu.
Mrs. Lewis Thompson, of El Paso, Texas, is a guest of Mrs. J.M. Scott.
Mr. Anderson Maclin, who is attending school in Memphis, spent the weekend at
home.
Mrs. W.H. Baynes and children, Mary Louise and Jane, have been ill the past
week with the flu.
Misses Frances Nolen and Elna Crouch, of Memphis, were guests of Miss Pauline
Nolen Tuesday.
Mr. Albert Johnson, of Memphis, spent the weekend in Ripley with his sister,
Mrs. L.A. Meacham.
Mr. L.A. Meacham and little daughter, Nona, are recovering after two weeks
illness of pneumonia.
Mrs. C.B. Russell, of Detroit, Mich., is visiting parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.F.
Fergason.
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Mr. Duff Johnson
returned Tuesday from Roseland, Ark., where he had been employed the past six
months as manager of a gin and sawmill.
The many friends of Mrs. C.C. Partee will be glad to know that her condition is
much improved. She is still under the care of Dr. Willis Campbell at his
clinic.
Central
"Grandma"
Kenneday had a stroke of paralysis last week and is very ill.
Mr. Joe Tucker took his children to Bolivar Friday to see their mother.
Mr. C. Robbins' little son, who has been very low with pneumonia, is better.
Mr. Tom Hargett has built a new house where his old one recently burned, and
has moved into it.
"Aunt Martha" Caldwell, who is in her 95th year, is confined to her
bed at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Ed Sutton.
Pleasant Hill
Little Carney
White was numbered among our sick the past week.
Miss Callie White is visiting in the home of Mrs. H.D. Bell in Memphis.
Miss Maxine McGarrity, who is attending school in Henning, spent the weekend
here with homefolks.
Mr. and Mrs. L.E. Roy were called to the bedside of their daughter, Mrs.
Thompson, in East St. Louis last week.
Notice
All members of
the John Sutherland Camp, Confederate Veterans, are called to meet Saturday,
Feb. 13, 1926, at the Clerk and Master's office at the courthouse, 2 p.m. Come
prepared to pay your dues, and to arrange for the "Reunion" which
meets this year at Birmingham, and also to take up the matter of "Drive
for Stone Mountain Souvenir Coins."
P.N. Conner, Commander
A.0. Durham, Adjutant
Walter Lewis
Tillman
On Monday
morning, December 28, 1925, occurred the death of Baby Walter Lewis Tillman,
after two weeks' serious illness of bronchial pneumonia. The winsome little one
was nine months and twenty-two days of age, his birthday being March 6, 1925.
He leaves besides his stricken parents, Mr. and Mrs. John A. Tillman; five
brothers, J.A., Crafton, Arnel, Marvin and Beecher; and one sister, Clifton.
The funeral services were held at the home Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock,
conducted by Rev. J.P. Cummins of the Methodist church. Interment was in
Prairie Rest Cemetery. Relatives in Tennessee and Arkansas were unable to be
present.
Near a shady
wall a rose once grew,
Budded and blossomed in God's free light,
Watered and fed by morning dew,
Shedding its sweetness day and night.
As it grew and blossomed fair and tall,
Slowly rising to loftier height,
It came to a crevice in the wall,
Through which there shone a beam of light.
Onward it crept with added strength
With never a thought of fear or pride
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And it followed the light through the crevice's length,
And unfolded itself on the other side.
The light, the dew, the broadening view,
Were found the same as they were before,
And lost itself in beauties new,
Breathing its fragrance more and more.
Shall claim of death cause us to grieve,
And make our courage faint or fall?
Nay, let us faith and hope receive
The rose still grows beyond the wall,
Scattering fragrance far and wide,
Just as it did in days of yore;
Just as it did on the other side,
Just as it will forever more.
One Who Loved Him
Delavan, Ill.,
Jan.6, 1926 adv.
Note
Mr. and Mrs.
Tillman were both born and reared near Ripley, moving to Illinois in 1918. He
is a grandson of G.W. Tillman, and a brother of A.W. Tillman who still resides
in this county --- Editors.
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ENTERPRISE
Friday February 12, 1926
Fair Warning
After Feb. 15,
it will be a violation of the law to trap, shoot, destroy, or disturb foxes
until Nov. 15, and those violating this law will be prosecuted to the extent of
the law. John S. Evans--Deputy State Game Warden.
***A Peep
Into The Past-February 17, 1899
Mr. Wm. G. Lynn
and family are boarding with T.D. Cobb.
A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Johnston Saturday night.
Mr. George W. Ayers died at the home of Mr. R. Taylor at Ashport on Feb. 4th.
Mr. George H. Brooks has bought the interest of Mr. Joe Stacy in the Ripley Hardware
Co.
Mrs. Rainey Ross [?] moved from Memphis and is living with Mr. Monroe Garrett
and family.
Glimp item: The bright faces of Messrs. Joe Mann and Walter Hutcheson, of Mack,
were seen in our city last Thursday.
Mrs. Cox will sing at the Valentine party at the residence of Mr. J. Y. Barbee
Friday night.
The coldest weather in the history of West Tennessee has prevailed the past
week, the thermometer registering 12 degrees below last Sunday.
Our soldier boys who were mustered out at Columbia, S.C., on the 8th, have been
arriving home one by one, until only a few remain away.
- Mayor George W. Young attended Mardi Gras in Memphis Monday and was
accidently shot in the leg below the knee by the discharge of a pistol in the
pocket of some unknown person.
Mr. Joseph Osteen, one of the early settlers of the county, died on the 10th at
his home near Lightfoot. He came to Lauderdale in 1827, and was considered one
of our most successful farmers. He was a Christian devoted to his family and
friends, obedient to the laws of God and man, and universally loved. He was 82
years of age, a close student of the Bible, and it seemed to be his chief
delight to converse on the great truths found therein. He was a member of
Liberty and was buried at Mt. Pleasant. End of Peep Into Past***
Welfare Agent
Visits Here
Last week Miss
Florida Ringgold, field agent welfare division, state dept. of institutions,
was in Ripley, and after a visit to the county jail and county home, met a few
citizens in the City Club rooms to talk over the problems. She offered some
suggestions that could improve conditions at the jail. One was the arrangements
of the toilets. A separate place ought to be provided for men and women.
She was very
complimentary of the county farm, saying it was far above average. There are
two or three children there that ought to be placed elsewhere, she suggested.
Miss Ringgold also suggested that a nurse to assist in caring for the patients
would be money well spent.
R.F. Butts
Dead
The remains of
Mr. R.F. Butts arrived in Ripley Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock, and were laid
to rest in the Old Cemetery, following services at the grave, conducted by Dr.
F.H. Peeples, pastor of the First Methodist Church, where Mr. Butts held his
membership during his citizenship of about 65 years
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in Ripley. It
was only a few months ago that he removed to Memphis to live with his daughter,
Mrs. Katie Cocke, at 1175 Greenwood Street, in whose home he passed away Monday
morning, Feb. 8, 1926 at 5 o'clock. He would have been 90 years of age had he
survived until April 8th. He was born in N.C., but moved to Ripley in 1860. His
wife preceeded him in death several years, and of this union only three
children survive; the daughter with whom he made his home and who looked after
him so tenderly during his last days, and two sons, R.T. Butts, of Kansas City,
Mo., and A.M. Butts, of Denver, Colo. The two sons could not be present at the
last sad rites, but Mrs. Cocke and her son, Mr. Thomas J. Cocke and Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Patterson accompanied the remains to Ripley where many friends of
the deceased joined the funeral cortege to the city of our dead. Mr. Butts was
esteemed most highly by the people of Ripley as a Christian gentleman and
exemplary citizen. He lived close to the Master, and his daily walk and
conversation made its impress for good upon the lives of his fellow men.
Circuit Court
In the case of Wes Turner, charged with transporting, the jury failed to agree
and a mistrial was entered. Two other cases against him, tippling and receiving
and transporting, were dismissed on motion of attorney general on the ground
that proof was insufficient to sustain the charges.
A.G. Spraggins was fined $50 in one case for violating the
game law and two other cases under a similar charge were dismissed at cost of
defendant.
Insolvent
Notice
Having suggested the insolvancy of the estate of O.C. Ferguson, deceased to C.
S. Carney, clerk of the county court of Lauderdale County, all persons having
claims against estate are here by notified to file them, duly authenticated,
with said clerk on or before May 10, 1926, or same will be forever barred. This
Feb. 10, 1926 J.E. Pierson, Admr.
Gates
Miss Eugenia Williams, of Memphis, spent Sunday with parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.A.
Williams.
Dr. J.A. Bradford, of Marion, Ark., spent last week in the
home of his nephew, Mr. F.B. Bradford.
Mrs. A.B. Green and baby, Ann, and Miss Lillian Lee of
Ripley spent Sunday with parents, Mr. & Mrs. J.H. Lee.
Mrs. A.A. Coffman and children of Crockett county spent
Monday and Tuesday in the home of her father, Dr. J.R. Conyers.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Cates, of Maury City, visited in the home
of the former's brother, Mr. S.E. Cates Sunday.
Bexar
Mrs. Herman
Thompson, of Memphis, is visiting her sister, Mrs. H.H Hendren.
Misses Pansy and Lois Andrews spent the weekend with Miss Edna Kelly near
Central.
Mr. and Mrs. Gus Young and children spent Sunday afternoon in the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Jim Young near Ripley.
Mr. and Mrs. Scott Andrews and little sons, Bernice and O'Neil, spent Sunday in
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Reese Crihfield at Edith.
Cross Roads
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Mrs. Pollie
Ellis is spending a few days with her grandson, Mr. Wesley Ellis.
Mr. Polk Crowder, of Conner, spent Sunday in the W.E. Bentley home.
Mr. T. Anderson, of Brownsville, is making his home with his daughter, Mrs.
W.E. Bentley.
Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Davis and children spent Sunday with their aunt, Mrs. John
Stringer, at Concord.
Henning
Mrs. T.A. Biggs,
of Memphis, spent Sunday with parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Poston.
J.H. Luckett, of Halls, spent last week with his brother, J.V. Alston.
Miss Pauline Hall, of Memphis, was a Sunday visitor in the home of her uncle,
D.W. Brandon.
B.A. Wilkes, of McGee, Ark., was called here last week by the illness of his
father, B.F. Wilkes.
Good Colored
Citizen Dies
On February 5,
1926 at 6 p.m. the death angel visited the home of W.E. Palmer and carried that
noble soul of his to that city of undying rest. He was born in Haywood County
Nov. 16, 1872. He was the son of George and Salina Palmer. His parents moved to
Lauderdale when he was a small boy and located at Henning. Here he grew to
manhood and in 1897 was married to Cynthia Murray, daughter of Tom Murray. To
this union a daughter was born. He leaves to mourn his loss, his wife, Cynthia
Palmer; a daughter, Bertha G. Haley; two grandsons, A.M. Palmer and G.W. Boyce
Haley. His sister, Hattie Fisher, of Carbondale, Ill.; and brother, Charles
Palmer, of Mobile, Ala., were all present at the services except the latter.
W.E. Palmer had been in the lumber business in Henning several years, and had
built up an excellent trade and made many friends, respected by members of both
races, as was demonstrated at the funeral services, the white citizens
occupying one section of the church, and had words of commendation coming from
the leading citizens among whom were Mr. S.M. Roy, who paid a lasting tribute
to the deceased. Following Mr. Roy of the whites present, came words of praise
from Mr. W.W. Nall, a representative of ICRR. A life long friend,
J.G. Fisher
Curve
A son was born
Saturday to Mr. & Mrs. J.M. Vaden.
Mrs. A.E. Anderson spent Sunday in Clinton, Ky., a guest of Mrs. C.W. Bridges.
Mrs. T.Y. Wylia, of Covington, is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Andrew Dunavant.
Mr. Bill Thompson, of Memphis, spent Friday with parents, Mr. and Mrs. G.P.
Thompson, leaving Saturday morning for Miami, Fla.
Mr. and Mrs. L.E. Beaver and Mr. Eddie Lee Thompson and sister, Miss Kate, of
Memphis, spent Sunday with parents, Mr. and Mrs. G.P. Thompson.
Coal Creek
Grandma Lyell,
of Bexar, is visiting her son, Mr. Henry Lyell.
Mrs. Charlie Lyell and baby spent Sunday and Monday with Mrs. Hollis Harrison.
Mr. Joe Prescott and family, of Mascedonia, spent Sunday in the Bennie
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Harrison
home.
Mr. and Mrs.
W.W. Webb of Central spent Sunday in the S.J. Webb home.
Mrs. W.F. Caldwell is attending the bedside of her grandmother in the Ed Sutton
home at Bald Knob.
Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Cox and little daughter of Central spent Sunday in the W.J.
Howard home.
Edith
Little Forrest
Earl Wright is able to be up after an illness of double pneumonia.
A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Simon Meadows Jan. 29th. He has been christened
William Simon, Jr.
Mr. Van Craig is able to return to his work at Ripley after a few days' illness
at the home of his mother.
Mary's Chapel
Mr. Chas. Klutts
is visiting in Memphis.
Little Margie Williams is quite ill with flu.
Mrs. Nannie Criner is visiting her son, Mr. R.C. Criner.
Mr. Harry Bray, of Whitefield, is visiting his sister, Mrs. Odie Stone.
Mrs. H.O. Hendren is attending the bedside of Mrs. Hughy Hendren at Bexar.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Klutts visited in the Robert Smith home at Arp recently.
Mr. John Moore, of Gates, and Miss Montine Lee, of this place, motored to
Ripley Saturday afternoon and were married. Their only attendants were Mr.
Marvin Moore, brother of the groom, and Miss Ola Lillie, of Crockett county.
The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alex Lee.
Knob Creek
Mr. and Mrs.
Scott Andrews and children, of Central, spent Sunday with their aunt, Mrs. R.C.
Crihfield.
Mr. and Mrs. J.L. Jennings and children, of Mascedonia, spent last Thursday
night with his sister, Mrs. Ross Treadwell.
Perciful
Mrs. C.E.
Williams is attending the bedside of Mr. Louis Stanley at Woodville.
Mr. Robert Dunavant and family of Conner, spent Sunday in the Emmett White
home.
Mr. Harvey Newman and family of Curve spent the weekend with parents, Mr. &
Mrs. Theo Yancey.
Arp
Mrs. Sallie
Royer is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Joe Apperson, at Central.
Mr. and Mrs. Allie Harrison visited his mother, Mrs. Fannie Duke at Craig
Sunday.
Mrs. Lula Lewis, of Memphis, is attending the bedside of her father, Mr. W.M.
Morris.
Mrs. W.F. Wardlaw, of Ripley, spent the past week with her daughter, Mrs. P.P.
Walsh.
Mr. R.L. Dennie spent Saturday and Sunday with his sister, Mrs. Albert Johnson,
at Brownsville.
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Miss Frances
Thompson, of Memphis, spent the weekend with her mother, Mrs. Ollie Thompson.
Concord
Miss Edna Lacy
spent the weekend in Halls with parents, Mr. and Mrs. Claud Lacy.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Edwards, of Jackson, spent Sunday with their aunt, Mrs. W.F.
Dodd.
Mrs. Robert Dew and little daughter, Aurie, and Miss Birdie Dew spent Thursday
near Halls.
Mr. Robert Dew and daughter, Aurie, spent Sunday near Gates with his brother,
Mr. E.O. Dew.
Miss Eunice Layne spent the weekend with grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J.E. White
at Perciful.
Miss Alice Fennell spent Thursday and Friday at Cross Roads with grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. France Leggett.
Mrs. Case World and sister, Mrs. Blanch Stokes, from near Curve, spent Saturday
afternoon here with Mrs. R.L. Cagle.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe World and children, of Cross Roads, spent Saturday night and
Sunday here with their sister, Mrs. R.L. Cagle.
Lightfoot
Mr. William
Roberson, of Ripley, spent Monday night in the home of his father, Mr. W.M.
Roberson.
Mrs. C.U. Roberson spent a few days last week with her mother, Mrs. A.C. Braden
at Asbury.
Mrs.. Willie McMahon, of Asbury, spent the weekend with grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. Jim Nelson.
Mr. and Mrs. Elbert Lockard spent Sunday in the home of Mr. & Mrs. G.W.
Jones in Luckett.
Miss Roxie Gilliam and sister Willie Mai, spent the weekend with their brother,
Mr. Bob Gilliam.
Pleasant Hill
Mrs. W.E.
McGarrity visited in Henning Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Jones are parents of a daughter born recently.
Mr. D.H. White and children, Robert and Carney, are visiting relatives and
friends at Orysa.
Mr. Walter Clapp has moved his family to Edith and Mr. McDonald, of Glimp, has
moved to the place vacated by Mr. Clapp.
Mr. and Mrs. L.E. Roy have returned home from East St. Louis, where they were
called by the illness of their daughter, Mrs. Lucille Thompson. They reported
Mrs. Thompson is doing nicely.
Conner
Mr. Dewey Lovell
continues to improve after a long illness.
Mr. George Hutcherson is spending a few days with his daughter, Mrs. J.H.
Lovell.
Mr. and Mrs. Henderson Rice, of Ripley, visited Mr. Alex Daniel last Sunday.
Messrs. J.H. Lovell, Will Roberts and Jack Heathcock went to Memphis Sunday for
treatment.
Mr. and Mrs. Newt Escue and little son Hubert, visited his brother, Mr. Jim
Escue, near Forked Heer Sunday.
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Mr. George
Howard, of Memphis, Mr. Cecil Escue and Mr. Merry Hall of Forked Deer, visited
in the J.H. Lovell home Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe White and Mr. Ed Kirby and two children, Aaron and Elizah,
spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Kirby at Arp.
Glimp
Mrs. John Gaines
and son David, are on the sick list.
Mr. and Mrs. Burns of Arp spent Sunday with her sister, Mrs. J.A. Gaines.
Mr. and Mrs. Clay Williams and son, Dan, of Ripley spent Sunday here with
friends.
Mrs. Alice Williams, of Williamstown, is spending the week with her daughter,
Mrs. Louise Best.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Crook had as Sunday guests, Mrs. Laura Lankford and Mr.
Albert Henry Crook, of Henning; Mr. and Mrs. R.S. Gift, of Covington; Mrs.
Scott and sons, J.B. and Edward, of Orysa; Mr. and Mrs. Tom Crook and children,
of Arkansas.
Mascedonia
Mr. J.G. Clay is
now living with his son, Mr. E.M. Clay near Central.
Mr. Floyd Sanders, of Hayti, Mo., is visiting his sister, Mrs. Marvin Hall.
Mr. E.D. Hutcherson, of Nankipoo, spent Sunday night with Mr. Ivan Pickens.
Those on the sick list are Mesdames W.H. Howard, Bell Bridges and Aunt Nan
Arwood.
Mr. Brady Keltner is suffering with a very sore thumb caused by getting it
mashed one day last week.
Mesdames I.W. Pace and R.L. Pickens attended the bedside of Aunt Martha
Caldwell, near Central Monday afternoon.
Asbury
Mr. and Mrs.
J.P. Haynes have moved from Central to this community.
Miss Sallie Luton and brother, Mr. Henry Luton, spent Sunday in Memphis.
Mr. Worley (one of the inmates of the county house) died Friday morning after
several weeks illness, his death being caused by cancer.
Pea Ridge
Mrs. Urban
Haynes of Crutcher, spent a few nights last week in the home of her mother,
Mrs. W.W. Hopkins.
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Hopkins, of Memphis, spent one night last week in the home
of his mother, Mrs. W.W. Hopkins.
Mrs. W.W. Hopkins and son, Lester; Mr. Marion Mitchell, and Mrs. Urban Haynes
and baby spent the weekend with relatives in Memphis.
For Sale
Pure bred Rhode
Island eggs and Black Minorca eggs, either at $1.00 per sitting of 15.
Telephone 3506. Mrs. Jeff Webb, Ripley, Tenn. Route 3 2-12-3t
Local and
Personal
Mrs. J.L.
Barbour is recovering from flu.
Mrs. W.R. Burgess is recovering from flu.
Mrs. W.M. Utley and son, Bill, are sick with flu.
Mrs. S.S. Neighbors was on the sick list Wednesday.
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Mr. Allen
Anthony has been sick with flu for several days.
Mrs. A.H. Martins, of Memphis, is visiting her sister, Mrs. John R. Tucker.
Mrs. Mattie Utley, of Halls, spent the weekend with her son, Mrs. W.M. Utley.
Mr. Tom Wakefield, of Memphis, is visiting his brother, Mr. Jack Wakefield.
Mr. Julius Klutts, of Vicksburg, Miss., is visiting his mother, Mrs. J.W.
Jackson.
Misses Signa Crihfield and Altie and Luna Barbour spent Saturday in Memphis.
Mrs. H.B. Nunn attended a reception given by Mrs. A.G. Hargett in Halls
yesterday.
Mrs. B.G. Marr, of Dyersburg, spent Wednesday with her sister, Mrs. Howell
Read.
Mrs. H.H. Womble, of Memphis, spent last week with her mother, Mrs. J.H.
Walker.
Mr. Ollin C. Glimp and Miss Thomas were married last week in Georgetown, Texas.
Mr. and Mrs. John Duncan, of Nankipoo, spent Sunday in the home of Mr. T.A.
Byler.
Martha Ann, little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Russell Rose, has been sick the
past week.
Ella and Mavis Arnold have been quite sick with flu for past ten days but are
reported better.
Mr. Austin Lassiter and family moved last week to the Abernathy residence
on-Depot Street.
Mrs. J.E. Pierson and son, Tom Blair, returned Wednesday from a month's visit
in Miami, Fla.
Mr. J.E. Rose spent Saturday and Sunday with his daughter, Mrs. J.E. Hamilton,
in Memphis.
Dr. E.C. Lightfoot, of Arma, Kansas, is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A.C.
Lightfoot.
Mr. R.D. Jenkins spent several days this week in Little Rock, Ark. with his
sister, Mrs. C.J. Hamilton.
Laura Winston Steele, Virginia Lackey Steele and Helen Steele have been quite
sick but are getting better.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Given have rented rooms in Mrs. Hugh Rice's cottage,
recently vacated by Mr. and Mrs. Carl Dodson.
Mr. and Mrs. A.L. Griffin, of Mack, spent Monday with their daughter, Mrs. J.M.
Hendricks, who is on the sick list.
Mr. and Mrs. W.H. White left Thursday for Greenwood, Miss., to spend a month
with their daughter, Mrs. L.A. Williams.
Mrs. George W. Hutcherson and sister, Miss Maline [?] Folts, are ill with flu.
Miss Georgetta Hutcherson who has been sick, is able to be up.
Relatives here have been advised of the serious illness by smallpox of Mr.
Elvis Latham, son of Mr. and Mrs. J.R. Latham, in Los Angeles, Calif.
Mrs. Waverly Sims, of LaGrange, is a guest of her mother, Mrs. R.G. Anthony, at
Durhamville, and her sister, Mrs. E.T. Anthony, in Ripley.
Mrs. Wm. Tucker, Jr. spent several days this week with her daughter, Mrs. A.C.
Oliver, in Newhardt, Ark., having accompanied her home Monday.
Mr. A.M. McDonald, of Memphis, who has been visiting his daughter, Mrs. Lanier
in Nut Bush, is now a guest of his daughter, Mrs. J.A. Higgins, in Ripley.
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The Ellis child,
who was injured last week by a log wagon, was taken to Memphis Sunday night.
Her condition is said to be critical, her injured limb having become infected.
Mr. Wm. L. Drumwright, son of Mr. and Mrs. W.A. Drumwright, of Nut Bush, is
home on a 30-day furlough from Fort McPherson, Ga. He is a member of Co. K.,
22nd Infantry.
Messrs. John Klutts, Grover Kimble, and J.B. McKinney, Lawson Fergason and Fred
Wilkes spent Monday night in Memphis, going down to the Jack Dempsey prize
fight exhibition.
A little son of Mr. and Mrs. P.N. Conner Jr. was bitten several times on the ankle
by a bulldog in front of Mrs. Dailey's store Tuesday. The child was riding a
bicycle and the dog pulled him off of it. The dog is said to be owned by Mr.
W.D. Clark.
Miss Mary Conyers, of Gates, winning sponsor in the Stone Mountain Memorial
Contest for Lauderdale County, left Thursday for Nashville to attend a
Confederate Ball given in honor of all the sponsors in the state. She was
accompanied by Mrs. Mollie Ferguson.
The residence of Mr. Will Campbell, six miles north of Ripley, was destroyed by
fire Monday about 12 o'clock, together with practically all of his household
goods. Only Mrs. Campbell and two children were at home at the time. Loss is
estimated at $1500 with only $400 insurance on house, and $250 on furnishings.
The family is now living in a cottage on his father's place near Dry Hill.
Williamstown
Mrs. Alice
Williams is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Floyd Best, at Glimp.
Miss Lanelle Best, of Ripley, spent the weekend with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
E.M. Best.
Mr. and Mrs. I.C. Kee and children spent Sunday with parents, Mr. & Mrs.
E.M. Best.
Ashport
Mrs. Bessie
Burns, who fell from a car and hurt her arm, is improving.
Mr. Ben Osteen spent the weekend with his cousin, Mr. E.G. Lockard, at
Lightfoot.
Mrs. Paul Hipp is attending the bedside of her brother, Mr. Bud Osteen Sr. at
the Ripley hospital.
Misses Dixie and Bessie Lou Jones and Miss Enon McGarrity, of Luckett, spent
the weekend with Mrs. Alice Webb.
Dry Hill
Mrs. N.W.
Barbour and son, Jno., are on the sick list.
Mrs. R.J. Sutton spent Sunday in Ripley with her daughter, Mrs. Russell Rose.
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ENTERPRISE
Friday February 19, 1926
***A Peep
Into The Past--February 24, 1899
Mr. Tim Simpson,
an aged citizen living near Asbury, died last Friday.
Miss Lillie Mays, of Batesville, Miss., is paying a visit to her many Ripley
friends.
Mr. Oscar Brown of Searcy, Ark., has accepted a position with S.M. Roy &
Co. at Henning.
Mr. J.M. Barham, of Jackson, has opened a harness shop in the rear of Z.A.
Barfield's grocery.
Hurricane Hill Item: Ben Edwards made a flying trip to Graves Chapel one day
last week to see his "best girl".
Henning Item: Rev. Bedford L. Harris and T.W. Rice attended the funeral of Mr.
Charlie F. Rice at Orysa Monday.
Woodville Item: Mr. Geo. Smith, one of our most successful farmers, returned
Friday from a business trip to Cincinnati, Ohio.
Mr. John W. Barfield, one of the oldest and most honored citizens of the
county, died Sunday at his home three miles west of Henning. End of Past
Times***
County Agents
News Notes
Mrs. R.C. Morris,
poultry demonstrator of Arp community in her January report stated that she
sold 46 culls, which brought her $66.30, and that her flock of 53 White
Orpington hens produced eggs valued at $13.20 which makes her gross income for
the month of January a total of $79.50.
Mr. Ben Lang
Dead
The many friends
of Ben Lang in Ripley and Lauderdale county will read of his death with much
sorrow. Mr. Lang resided in Ripley at one time a number of years and by his
happy disposition and uniform courtesy, made lasting friends. Friday's
Commercial Appeal carried the following notice of his death:
"Benjamin
Lang, age 61, prominent insurance man connected with Marxi & Bensdorf as a
representative of the Travelers' Insurance Co. of Hartford, Conn., for 20
years, died yesterday morning at 10:30 o'clock at his residence, 215 Avalon
Place. Mr. Lang succumbed to an illness of three months duration which was
attributed to heart trouble. Mr. Lang was born in Louisville, Ky. At the age of
30 years he moved to Ripley, Tennessee, where he lived a short time, then moved
to Memphis. After being here a short time he married Miss Leah Loeb, sister of
Henry Loeb, well known laundry owner here, 26 years ago. Mr. Lang had scores of
friends and was well liked by all who knew him. Surviving are his widow,
Leah Loeb Lang; two daughters, Miss Carolyn Lang and Mrs. Avron Spiro, of this
city; two sisters, Mrs. A. Greenbaum of Los Angeles, Calif. and Mrs. A. Marcus
of Louisville, Ky."
Card of
Thanks
Mrs. S.A. Cocke
and family, of Memphis, wish to express their deep appreciation for the
sympathy, love and kindness of their many friends in their recent bereavement.
Most especially do we thank Dr. J.H. Lackey and Dr. F.H. Peeples. May God Bless
You All. adv.
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Mr. Tom
Bridgewater Dead
A noble soul
went home to God when Mr. T.T. Bridgewater passed away last Friday night at his
home in Ripley. He had been a citizen of our town only a few years, moving here
from Nut Bush, where he spent the greater portion of his life, and where he was
married in 1899 to Mrs. Williams. He is survived by his widow and three
step-children, Mr. Jim Williams and Mrs. Robert Walker, of Nut Bush, and Mrs.
P.N. Conner, Jr., of Ripley. Of his immediate family only one sister survives,
Mrs. A.C. Dixon, of Nut Bush. During his boyhood years he lived ? a few years,
his father being the jailer at that time. Deceased was a good man, as pure a
soul as ever lived, and his life of 70 years had not been lived in vain. The
funeral services were conducted by Dr. L.O. Leavell at the home Saturday
afternoon and the remains were laid to rest in Trinity cemetery near Nut
Bush.
Social
Happenings
Mrs. J.R.
Crutcher entertained at her home in Henning with a beautiful appointed party
especially complimenting her daughter, Mrs. John F. Crutcher of Ft. Riley,
Kansas. Among the guests were Mesdames W.C. Thompson, Tom Steele Jr., J.E.
Pierson, and B.C. Durham of Ripley.
The wedding of
Miss Lucy Richards and Mr. Dick Hart was solemnized at the bride's mother's
home, Mrs. Margaret Richards, in Dyersburg on Monday afternoon, Feb. 15, at 5
o'clock. Rev. Clubb officiated using the double ring ceremony in the presence
of immediate families of the bride and groom. Mr. Hart is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. N.A. Hart of Ripley.
A wedding that
came as a distinct surprise to their many friends was that of Miss Nina Augusta
Fisher and Mr. Max Huneyman Oldham which occurred Sunday morning at 10 o'clock
in Tampa, Fla. Mrs. Oldham has lived here since babyhood with her grandmother,
Mrs. T.A. Rice. She has held a position of music teacher in Ripley and Jackson,
Tenn. since her graduation. Mr. Oldham is the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Jim
Oldham Jr. of Orysa. He is engaged as a civil engineer and for the present is
located in Arcadia, Fla.
Whitefield
Mr. Jesse Matthews
of Halls is living with Mr. Eddie Gay.
Mrs. George Miller and children, who have been living with Mr. J. Connell, have
moved to Blytheville, Ark.
Mascedonia
A son was born
to Mr. and Mrs. Will Mayfield Feb. 16th.
Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher Lusk, of Eylau, were Sunday guests of Mrs. Mollie
Keltner.
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Hall spent the weekend with her father, Mr. E. Sanders, in
Hayti, Mo.
Miss Virginia Faie Rice was confined to her bed several days last week by a
fall she received at school.
Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Railey, of Gary, Ind., have a very sick child at the home of
her uncle, Mr. Tom Clay.
Cedar Grove
Little Carlton
Drumwright has pneumonia.
Mrs. Kenneday, who had a stroke of paralysis four weeks ago, is still unable to
speak.
Mr. Grady, from near Halls, visited his daughter, Mrs. Will Kennedy, one night
this week.
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Mr. and Mrs.
P.J. Hutcherson of Ripley visited his brother, Mr. Malone Hutcherson Sunday.
Mr. Fred Hutcherson and two boy friends from Memphis visited his mother here
Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Savage, Mrs. Devro Sellers, Mr. Wayne Andrews and Miss Lois
Hutcherson motored to Covington Sunday afternoon.
Cross Roads
Mr. and Mrs.
Herman Milam are at Concord, attending the bedside of his mother, who has
pneumonia.
Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Daniels, of Ripley, attended the bedside of their father,
Mr. W.E. Bentley Saturday night & Sunday.
Mr. Hiram Bentley and son of the Henning Farm; Mr. Oscar Bentley and family, of
Dry Hill; and Mr. David Bentley and family, from near Gates, attended the bedside
of Mr. W.E. Bentley last Sunday.
Bluff
Little Harvey
Webb has tonsilitis.
Mr. Joe M. Crihfield is able to be up after an attack of flu.
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Crihfield have moved to the F. Sanders place at Coal Creek.
Pleasant Hill
Mr. E.C. Skinner
and Coral Skinner are on the sick list.
Mr. Horace Given is able to be up after a week's illness of flu.
Miss Maxine McGarrity, of Henning, spent the weekend here with homefolks.
Mr. L.M. Boyd, of Cherry, was a guest of his sister, Mrs. W.R. Halliburton
Sunday.
Mrs. Aaron Bizzell and daughter, Miss Willie Lee, of Henning, attended church
here Sunday and were accompanied home by Mrs. W.E. McGarrity.
Conner
Mr. and Mrs.
Newt Escue and little son are on the sick list.
Little Louis Johnson had the misfortune of getting one of his hands scalded
Monday.
Mr. J.H. Lovell has returned home from Memphis, and is reported much better.
Mr. Cecil Escue attended the bedside of Mr. and Mrs. Newt Escue and little son
Sunday afternoon.
Mary's Chapel
Mr. Horace Lee
and little daughters, Beatrice and Altie, spent Sunday in the Summers home near
Curve.
Mrs. J.W. Jackson and sons, Mr. Jake Klutts, of Ripley, and Mr. Julius Klutts
of Mississippi, spent Sunday with Mrs. Lillie Hill.
Messrs. Hamil and Hubert Maness of Memphis, and Frank Maness, of Chicago,
visited their brother, Mr. Henry Maness, here Sunday.
Mr. R.C. Criner and daughter, Miss Bessie, spent last week at Open Lake and
were accompanied home by Mrs. Boatwright and Miss Violet Ross.
Mr. Ed Kirby, of Conner, and Mrs. Lottie Klutts, of this place, motored to
Ripley Friday afternoon and surprised their friends by getting married.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Klutts and Mrs. Ed Craig motored to Twist, Ark., Friday,
returning Sunday accompanied by Mrs. Paul Klutts and four children.
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Coal Creek
Little Parnell
Webb is quite sick.
Mr. Jack Crihfield and sister Ruth are sick with flu.
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Crihfield of the Bluff have moved here.
Mr. Perry Webb spent Saturday night and Sunday with Mr. Barney Newman at
Central.
Mr. Jesse Shand captured an eagle last week which measured seven feet wing to
wing.
Grandma Lyell has returned home after a week's visit in the home of her son,
Mr. Henry Lyell.
Mr. Herman Pennington and Miss Ida Cannon, of Flippen, got married last week.
They are living with Mrs. Anna Pennington.
Luckett
Mrs. J.B.
Williams who underwent an operation at the Ripley hospital for appendicitis,
has returned home and is doing nicely.
Knob Creek
Ross Dennison
and Marie Latham are on the sick list.
Mr. Baker, of Unionville, spent a few days here with his daughter, Mrs. W.F.
Lott.
Messrs. Fletcher and Castile Fortner were called to Coal Creek Thursday by the
illness of parents.
Wiley-Wilson
Miss Elvie Ann
Wilson, daughter of Mr. E.F. Wilson, of Ripley, became the bride of Mr. J.H.
Wiley, Sunday afternoon at the home of Mr. W.T. Cartwright, 267 South Watkins
Street. Rev. R.A. Clark, pastor of Madison Heights Methodist Church, performed
the ceremony in the presence of a small gathering of relatives and intimate
friends. The wedding music was rendered by Miss Louise Cartwright.
Immediately after the ceremony the young couple left for New Orleans, Tuscumbia
and other southern points. Mr. Wiley is an accountant connected with the ICR.
--Commercial Appeal
DeVinney-Hatcher
The marriage of
Miss Edna Marie Hatcher, of Greenville, Miss., to Mr. Louis A. DeVinney, of
Memphis, was solemnized Monday evening at the parsonage of the Linden Avenue
Christian Church, the Rev. Walter M. White officiating.
Mr. and Mrs. DeVinney have gone to spend their honeymoon in Hot Springs, Ark.,
after which they will be at home to their friends at 1225 Mississippi
Blvd.--News Scimitar
Perciful
Mr. Arnold Escue
and family of Memphis have moved to the place vacated by Mrs. Bert Ellis.
Mr. Clarence Rogers from near Brownsville is now making his home here with Mr.
J.E. White.
Mrs. Bob Escue attended the bedside of her daughter, Mrs. Raymond Savley at
Woodville Monday.
Woodville
Mrs. Fred Hall
visited her sister, Mrs. Willie Wiley, the past weekend.
Mrs. Bob Davis visited her mother, Mrs. Stanley, at Dry Hill Sunday.
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Mr. and Mrs. Al
Altiman of Brownsville were Sunday guests in the home of Mr. John Lancaster.
Henning
Mr. H.W. Keller
has been quite ill in the home of his daughter, Mrs. D.J. Currie.
Mrs. C.M. Anthony was called to Atwood Friday by the illness of her mother,
Mrs. Keeton.
Misses Virginia and Elizabeth Scott, of Gates, spent the weekend here with
their father, Mr. T.P. Scott.
Miss Carolyn Lipscomb, of Como, Miss., is here on a visit to her grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. R.B. Lipscomb.
Mrs. W.A. Fields went to Memphis Saturday to attend the bedside of her
daughter, Mrs. J.J. Compton, who is quite sick.
Mr. and Mrs. Olin Glimp, newlyweds from Georgetown, Texas, arrived last week.
They are stopping at Rains Hotel for the present.
Central
Aunt Becky
Wilson is very sick.
Aunt Martha Caldwell is some better.
A daughter was born last week to Mr. and Mrs. Ed Sutton.
Mr. Carter Sutton was called to the bedside of Mr. Will Sutton near Brownsville
last week but he died before he got there.
Miss Mildred Abernathy, from near Glimp, was here this week for a few days
visit to her aunt, Mrs. J.L. Hancock.
Dr. J.A. Bradford, of Marion, Ark., spent Sunday night with Mr. and Mrs. W.H.
Andrews. Mr. Andrews purchased the doctor's farm Monday.
Mr. John Moore says the chicken thieves made a haul on his mother's hen house
the other night and took all she had but one. His mother, who is past 80 years
of age, lives by herself and depends upon her chickens for a part of her
living. Those who did this are mean enough to rob the dead.
Concord
Mrs. Levi
Morris, of Ripley, attended the bedside of her mother, Mrs. J.B. Milam, a few
days last week.
Gates
Miss Virginia
Lee spent Monday night and Tuesday with her sister, Mrs. A.B. Green, in Ripley.
Mrs. F.B. Bradford had as her guest Thursday night, her cousin, Mrs. King
Rogers, of Dyersburg.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Bradford, of Henning, visited in the home of their sister,
Mrs. J.F. Baucom, Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Cawley, of Alamo, visited the latter's sister, Mrs. T.B.
Williams, Saturday night and Sunday.
Asbury
Miss Thelma
Gaines is on the sick list.
Mr. Jasper Henderson is confined to his bed with flu.
Mrs. W.T. Leggett, of Woodville, is a guest of her daughter, Mrs. J.A. Maxwell.
Mr. Will Craig, of Ashport, was a guest of his brother, Mr. J.D. Craig, one day
last week.
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Glimp
Miss Elizabeth
Crook is ill with flu.
Mr. and Mrs. J.H. Crook have moved back from Dyersburg.
Mr. John Vowel], who has been confined to his bed for some time with rheumatism
is no better.
Local and
Personal
Mrs. Grover
Kimble left Thursday for Covington to undergo an operation.
Mrs. M.M. Lindsay was called to Memphis Monday by the illness of her father.
We learn that Mr. Ed Garrett's coupe was destroyed by fire near town Wednesday.
Mr. Mel Scott of Dyersburg spent Sunday with parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joe M.
Scott.
Mrs. M.F. Thurmond, of Tulsa, Okla., is visiting her daug. Mrs. Eva Miller at
Whitefield.
Mr. Geo. Hutcherson was on the sick list Monday and Tuesday. His family have
recovered from the flu.
Mrs. L.D. Bruce, of Memphis, was called here Saturday by the illness of her
mother, Mrs. N.L. Wilkerson.
Mr. Laverne Hackett and wife of Indianapolis, Ind., was here on a visit to
parents Mr. & Mrs. W.B.
Hackett.
Messrs. Jack and
Verlin Wakefield are able to be up after several days' illness of flu. Their
mother is still confined to her bed.
Mrs. N.L. Wilkinson, who is visiting her daughter, Mrs. G.J. Johnson, has been
seriously ill for the past two weeks with flu, but is now improving.
Mrs. Jesse Bickers arrived Saturday night from Mobile, Ala., and is attending
the bedside of her mother, Mrs. Geo. Underwood, who is seriously ill at her
home near town.
Mrs. T.C. McCallum, of Memphis, is attending the bedside of her uncle, Mr. C.H.
Rice, who is quite ill at his home in Orysa.
Pansy Ethel Ellis, 10 year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Ellis, who was
recently injured by a log wagon, died Monday afternoon at Dr. Campbell's Clinic
in Memphis. The remains were brought to Ripley Tuesday and laid to rest in
Grace cemetery.
Mr. W.G. Speck celebrated his 73rd birthday last Sunday and his children, Mr.
and Mrs. A.W. Steele and Mr. and Mrs. Murrel Parrott, came up from Memphis to
be present on this occasion.
Mr. Elvis Latham died of smallpox Monday of last week at his home in Los
Angeles, Calif., and his remains were laid to rest in that city. He was the
second oldest son of Mr. and Mrs. J.R. Latham, formerly of Ripley, and was born
and reared near Ripley. He was 21 years of age. An epidemic of smallpox has
been raging in Los Angeles for several months and over 100,000 citizens have
been vaccinated by the city health physicians.
Real Estate
Transfers
A.P. Thurmond to
C.N. Armour, 201 5/10 acres in 8th district; $3,224.
J.W. Hardy to J.M. Vaden, two tracts in 7th district; $1500.
J.E. Pierson, trustee, to Alonzo Klutts, 53 acres in 10th district; $500.
E.C. Thurmond to H.B. Thurmond et al, interest in 55 acres in 16th district;
$500.
J.L. Thurmond to E.E. Thurmond et al, 52 acres in 16th district; $2000.
F.M. Murley et ux et al to Mrs. Ellen Hargett, 16 acres in 6th district, $600.
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M.F. Savage to
Mayor and Alderman of Ripley, lot in Ripley, $240.
C.H. Klutts to G.M. Partee, 18 126/100 acres in 2nd district; $1,750.
Gold Dust
Miss Katie
Mueller is visiting in Cardwell, Mo.
Mr. Joe Woodard, of Ashport, spent last week with his sister, Mrs. C.A. Mueller
and family.
Master Leon Stone spent Saturday night with his brother, Mr. Ed Stone, at
Plumpoint.
Mr. W.J. Stone and sons, James and Tom, spent Sunday with his son Mr. Ed Stone
and family at Plumpoint.
Mrs. Fannie Schafer and daughter, Mrs. O.E. Clark, left Sunday for Milwaukee,
Wisc., where they will reside.
Mr. and Mrs. John Hugh Wilson and son, Bobbie, and Mr. Frank Shoemake left last
week for Milwaukee, Wisc. where they will reside.
Williamstown
Mr. and Mrs.
Arthur Griffin, of Mack, visited parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Griffin Sunday.
Dry Hill
Little Sarah
Covington is numbered among the sick.
Mr. and Mrs. Will Green, of Memphis, are visiting parents, Mr. and Mrs. C.M.
Campbell.
Mr. George Barbour, who has been confined to his bed with flu for some time, is
able to be up.
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ENTERPRISE
Friday February 26, 1926
***A Peep
Into The Past--March 3, 1899
Mr. Frank
Williams has bought the Dick Purdue Place in east Ripley.
Mr. John Stanley is home from the war, and is ready to dig cisterns, etc.
Albert Wyley and wife of Bell Eagle visited relatives in Woodville Sunday.
Mrs. R.C. Klutts and Mrs. Ernest Bowden were guests of Mrs. W.A. Jennings in
Henning Friday.
Mr. Tom Currie and Miss Lillie Hutcherson were married Feb. 22 at the home of
the bride near Flippen.
Mr. Joe White returned Monday night from Paragould, Ark., where he spent a week
with relatives and "friends".
Mr. Charlie Porter is now associated with his father in conducting the
drug business of J.R. Crutcher & Co. in Henning. End Peep Into Past***
Leg Cut Off
By Train
Newman Todd, a
young man 16 years of age, claiming Fulton, Ky. as his home, had his right leg
cut off half way between the knee and ankle by a freight train at the depot in
Ripley Wednesday morning, when he attempted to hop a coal car. Three boy
companions were with him and had gotten on the train, but it had gained too
great headway for Todd to get on when he attempted it and he fell. His wounds
were dressed by Dr. Joe B. Lackey and he and his companions were sent to his
home town on the 9:52 train which arrived shortly after the accident.
Social
Happenings
Mrs. Susie
Anthony Kirkpatrick and Mr. Sam Holloway were married in Memphis last Saturday
night at the home of the bride's father, Mr. J.A. Anthony.
Dry Hill
Mr. J.G. Clay,
of Central, is visiting his daughter, Mrs. E.F. Wilson Jr.
Mrs. M.M. Keltner gave a party Saturday night in honor of Misses Mai and Fai
Rice.
Messrs. James and Guy Stanley, of Memphis, spent Sunday with their mother, Mrs.
Joe Stanley.
Misses Altie and Luna Barbour spent the weekend in Ripley with their brother,
Mr. J.L. Barbour.
Misses Clyde and Flurie Langley and Messrs. Hubert and Geo. Langley of Bexar
were in this community Sunday.
Messrs. Paul Keltner of Memphis, Floyd Sanders, William Hall and Paul Thurman,
of Edith, were in this community Sunday afternoon.
Edith
Those on the
sick list are Mr. and Mrs. E.D. Crihfield, Mrs. Dump Arwood, and Mrs. Pete
Bragg.
Knob Creek
A son was born
to Mr. and Mrs. Will Kellick on Feb. 17th.
Mr. Fletcher Fortner and little son, Ward, are on the sick list.
Mr. Ross Treadwell and his daughter Louise are confined to their bed with
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the flu.
Mr. R.C. Jennings, of Mascedonia, is visiting his daughter, Mrs. Ross
Treadwell.
Forked Deer
Mr. Raymond Akin
spent last weekend with his sister, Mrs. Mack Dunavant, at Brighton.
Miss Eugenia Griffen, of Rives, spent the weekend here with her mother, Mrs.
Mattie Griffen.
Mrs. Cecil Humphreys spent Friday night in Halls with her sister, Mrs. J.R.
Wells, and mother, Mrs. W.M. French.
Miss Eddie Cathey, who has been in Oakville Sanitarium for treatment the past
two years, is at home with Mr. & Mrs. J.W. Pearson.
Mrs. Clark of Henderson visited her daughter, Miss Harriet Clark, in the home
of Mr. Will Williams Friday.
Cross Roads
Mr. Guy Duvall
and family, from near Ripley, and Mr. Alvis Williams and family, of Central,
visited in the H.H. Dew home Sunday.
Williamstown
Miss Annie Lauri
Wood is visiting her aunt, Mrs. W.T. Williams, in Ripley.
Miss Patti Rhea Spence, of Halls, spent the weekend here with her sister, Miss
Nell Spence.
Asbury
Mr. Joe Glenn
and son, Luton, are ill with flu.
Little Andrew White has recovered from flu and tonsilitis.
Henning
Mr. and Mrs.
R.E. Graves are parents of a daughter born Feb. 21st.
Miss Cullie Knight, of Memphis, was a weekend guest of her sister, Mrs. W.E.
Bradford.
Mrs. W.H. Clement, of Mobile, Ala., is here on a visit to her sister, Mrs.
Frank Keller.
Mr. Geo. Halliburton, of Duncan, Okla., was here last week on a visit to his
aunt, Mrs. Geo. Thum.
Mr. Geo. Miller was called to Wilmington, Delaware, on February 18th by the
serious illness and death of his father, Mr. W.H. Miller.
Flippen
Mr. and Mrs.
John Fergason visited their daughter, Mrs. Marvin Spiller, at Ripley Sunday
afternoon.
Mr. Henry Keltner moved from Curve to this place last week.
Ashport
Mr. Barrington
Mason has moved his family from Ripley to this place.
Mr. and Mrs. Pal Shoaf, of Memphis, are visiting her mother, Mrs. Florence
Williams.
Mr. Pink Braden, of Lightfoot, spent a few hours Sunday in the Harry Webb home.
Mr. and Mrs. E.G. Lockard of Lightfoot spent Sunday with Mr. And Mrs. C.H.
Webb.
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Miss Maude
Griggs spent last week with her sister, Mrs. Wmma Hill, in Blytheville, Ark.
Mrs. Paul Hipp is attending the bedside of her daughter, Miss Janie Hipp, who
had her tonsils removed at the Ripley hospital.
Arp
Mr. W.T. Lucas
is ill with flu.
Mrs. Sallie Royer is still confined to her bed with flu.
Lightfoot
Mrs. Everett
Pearce was ill with tonsilitis last week.
Mrs. R.M. Matthews spent Sunday in the home of parents, Mr. and Mrs. A.C.
Braden.
Mr. and Mrs. R.M. Johnson attended the bedside of their aunt, Mrs. Becky
Wilson, at New Hope Sunday.
Bluff
Mr. and Mrs. Jim
Cox have moved near Coal Creek with Mr. Lynn Hamby.
Master C.H. Harrell, of Dry Hill, spent Saturday night and Sunday with his
sister, Mrs. B.M. Riddick.
Woodville
Miss Geraldine
Wells, who was seriously burned Christmas, is able to be in school again.
Local and
Personal
Mrs. Carey
Anderson is ill with the flu.
Mr. W.H. Foust is on the sick list.
Capt. P.N. Conner has been quite sick the past week.
Mrs. J.0. Paris has been ill with bronchitis the past week.
Mr. W.T. Williams is able to be up after two weeks illness of flu.
Mrs. W.F. Fergason is able to be up after three weeks illness of flu.
Mrs. Lee Webb is able to be up after several days illness of bronchitis.
Mrs. J.P. Sloan, of Memphis, is a guest of her sister, Mrs. J.W. Hedgepath.
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Midyett, of Memphis, visited Mr. and Mrs. J.W. Gracy
Sunday.
Miss Alice Elizabeth Peeples who has been quite ill, is much improved.
Mr. W.M. Utley, after several days of illness, was able to resume his duties at
the store Tuesday.
Mrs. N.A. Hart was operated on at the Baptist hospital in Alexandria, La., last
week and is reported better.
Mrs. Clarence Thurmond and sons of Dyersburg spent the weekend with her mother,
Mrs. L.B. Archer.
Mr. Edward Young, of Toledo, Ohio, spent several days this week with parents,
Judge and Mrs. Geo. Young.
Miss Monica Scott who has a position in Dyersburg visited parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Joe M. Scott this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe M. Scott and daughter, Monica, are leaving this week for
Florida on a visit to Mrs. Scott's sister, Mrs. Person.
Iona, one year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Will Emmons, who reside on the G.M.
Partee farm east of Ripley, died Thursday of last week.
Mr. Joe F. Brown died at an early hour Wednesday morning at his home near
Central, after a brief illness of pneumonia, His remains were laid to rest
in
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Grace cemetery
Thursday.
Mr. E.K. Smith returned Tuesday from Lebanon, where he was called last Friday
by the illness of his little daughter, Lenora. The child has been sick with
tonsilitis the past three weeks.
A blaze on the roof of the R.C. Klutts old homestead, caused from a spark,
called out the fire department Tuesday night about 9 o'clock. It was quickly
extinguished and but little damage was done.
Sarah Etna, 19 months old daughter of Mrs. James P. Foust, of Orysa, died
Thursday of last week and was laid to rest in St. Paul cemetery. The child had
had three attacks of tonsilitis followed by other complications which resulted
in her death.
A man named King was killed Thursday night of last week in the Mississippi
bottom on the lower Forked Deer River. No one has as yet been charged with the
crime, but Sheriff Craig says he has sufficient evidence, he thinks, to ferret
out the guilty party. A shotgun was used in the murder and King's head was
almost torn from his body.
Mr. W.R. Cheek has purchased of Partee & Neighbours the business house, one
door west of the post office, formerly occupied by J.B. Crockett's Variety
Store. The building is now undergoing the necessary changes for the opening up
of the stock of goods therein by Mr. Cheek as soon as possible. He will also
conduct his store on the northeast corner of the square.
Judge Geo. Young is again at his post of duty after three months' confinement
at his home, nursing an injured limb, caused by a fall, and other complications
resulting there from. When the genial judge made his appearance at the
Courthouse Saturday morning the occasion was likened to a regular love feast
among all the inhabitants of the "temple of justice".
So overjoyed was Deputy County Clerk I.M. Steele, that he would have
overstepped the propriety of masculine felicity had not Marshal Lynn Lawrence
intervened. But laying all jokes aside, the recovery of Judge Young is a matter
of genuine delight to his countless friends throughout Lauderdale county and
elsewhere, and the Enterprise is indeed pleased to chronicle his recovery.
Buford Treatt and Oscar McClelland were given a preliminary hearing Wednesday
before Justice R.S. Banks upon charges of possessing a still, manufacturing and
possessing intoxicating liquor. Both were bound over to Circuit Court under
$250 bond each, and are in jail. Their operations were said to be in the
Mississippi bottoms on upper Forked Deer River.
Whitefield
Mrs. Nannie
Criner, of Mary's Chapel, is visiting Mrs. S.A. Parchman.
Mr. Gordon Watts, of Curve, spent Sunday night with Mr. Harry Bray.
Mr. Odie Stone and Mr. O.D. Hendren, of Mary's Chapel, visited Mr. Gill Tims
Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey Gay and children of Mary's Chapel, spent Sunday in the S.A.
Parchman home.
Glimp
Mr. and Mrs.
Burns and son of Arp spent Sunday with her sister, Mrs. John Gaines.
Mrs. N.J. Douglas has returned home after a week's visit here with her
daughter, Mrs. J.H. Vowell.
Mrs. Louise Best and children spent Saturday and Sunday in Williamstown, guests
of her mother, Mrs. Alice Williams.
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Pleasant Hill
Mrs. W.E.
McGarrity is visiting relatives in Memphis.
Mrs. P.L. Evans has returned after spending a week in Memphis and was
accompanied home by her son, Mr. George Stanley, who returned to the city
Sunday.
Miss Winnie Lee Bizzell and mother of Henning, were in this community Sunday
and were accompanied home by Miss Maxine McGarrity who is attending school
there.
Coal Creek
Mr. Sam Howard,
of Central, spent Sunday in the W.J. Howard home.
Those on the sick list are Mrs. John Broglin and Miss Pauline Webb.
Mr. and Mrs. Fate Reece, of Arp, spent Sunday in the Ode Faulkner home.
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Cox, from near Edith, spent Saturday night with relatives
here.
Little Arnett Howard is spending the week with Mrs. Henry Crihfield near the
Henning Farm.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Newman and children, of Edith, spent Sunday in the Cupard
Newman home.
Mr. Carnell Armour, from near the Henning Farm, was in the S.J. Webb home
Sunday morning.
Mrs. Hazel Cox and daughter, Minnie, of Central, were in this community Sunday
afternoon.
Mrs. Henry Lyell was called to Poplar Grove Monday by the serious illness of
her aunt, Mrs. Dailey.
Mrs. Richardson has returned to her home at Halespoint after spending week with
her daughter, Mrs. Linnie Smith.
Rutherford
Mr. and Mrs.
Briggs, of Halls, visited their daughter, Mrs. Chas. Hilliard, Sunday.
Mr. Brown Morton and Mrs. Will Tucker returned Saturday to their home in
Dyersburg.
Mr. Richard Morton and son, Robert, have been visiting in the home of Mrs. J.W.
Morton.
Mr. and Mrs. Will Kennedy, of Cedar Grove, spent Saturday night and Sunday with
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.D. Grady.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hurt and little son, Murry, of Dyersburg, spent last weekend
with their mother, Mrs. B.B. Gooch.
Death claimed Mr. W.J. Morton, one of our oldest and much beloved citizens on
the evening of February 17, 1926. He would have been 82 years of age on the
24th of May. He had for sometime been superintendent of the Sunday School at
Antioch and was an elder of the congregation. Funeral services were conducted
by his former pastor, Dr. L.K. Harding of Henning. Interment was at Halls.
Concord
Mrs. J.B. Milam
is able to be up after several days' illness of pneumonia.
Mr. J.C. Layne and daughter, Jessie Lee, spent Monday morning in Ripley.
Mr. Archie McNeal spent Sunday afternoon near Curve in the W.G. Newman home.
Mr. and Mrs. Arhie McNeal spent Saturday in Gates with his father, Mr. Fred
McNeal.
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Mr. and Mrs.
Odie Clark and children of Perciful spent Sunday in the J.F. Davis home.
Mr. Harvey Kirby spent Saturday night and Sunday near Ripley with his
grandmother, Mrs. Lee Ray.
Mrs. R.F. Wiggins, from near Halls, spent Thursday night here with her sister,
Mrs. Lottie Dew.
Miss Thelma Chalk spent the past weekend at Perciful with grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. J.E. White.
Mrs. Ernest Garrett from near Gates spent one day the past week with her
brother, Mr. J.B. Leggett.
Mrs. O.L. Davis, of Gates, was a visitor in the home of her uncle, Mr. J.B.
Milam, one day the past week.
Misses Birdie and Jennie Sue Dew spent Saturday night and Sunday with parents,
Mr. and Mrs. J.F. Davis.
Perciful
Miss Alice
Fennell, of Concord, is visiting Miss Allie White.
Mr. Rufus Lemons spent Sunday in the H.B. Stanley home at Woodville.
Mr. Montell Clark, of Concord, spent the weekend with Mr. Olin Clark.
Mr. and Mrs. Elridge Havner and baby of Halls visited in the Theo Yancey home
one day and night last week.
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ENTERPRISE
Friday March 5, 1926
Mrs. Kate
Givens Dies
After an illness
of only a week, Mrs. Katherine Hearring Givens passed away at the home of her
niece, Mrs. J.A. Bandy, in Tunica, Miss. Tuesday afternoon. Funeral services
were held at Mrs. Bandy's residence at 8 o'clock Wednesday morning, after which
the remains were brought by motor hearse to Ripley, arriving here about noon.
They were carried to the home of Mr. Henry L. Johnston, where the many friends
of the deceased gathered at 2 o'clock to pay a last tribute to this good woman
who resided in our town for over half a century. The services were conducted by
Rev. H.R. Taylor of Newbern, assisted by Dr. F.H. Peeples, pastor of the Ripley
Methodist Church, of which she was a true and loyal member from an early age up
to the time she left Ripley--about 20 years ago--when she went to live
with her only son, Mr. Andrew Given, who was making his home in Arlington, Ky.
Mrs. Givens was born Sept. 2, 1846 in Ripley, her parents came from Virginia.
Had she lived until next September she would have reached the ripe age of 80
years. She was one of eleven children, only two of whom survive; Mrs. Hettie
Montague of Ripley; and Mr. Morgan Hearring, of Dallas, Texas. She was married
in 1871, and her husband preceded her in death many years ago. To this union
only one son was born, Mr. A.U. Given, who now resides in Martin. Six
grandchildren survive. The remains were laid to rest in Maplewood Cemetery.
Fire
A dwelling
located near Cherry, owned by Mrs. W.S. Crook, valued at $2000, was destroyed
by fire Saturday night about 8:30. Mr.
R.C. Crook and family, who were living in the house, were away from home at the
time, and lost all their household goods, valued about $700, and on which they
carried no insurance. The dwelling was insured for $800.
Social
Happenings
Miss Clara Mai
Ross of Ripley and Mr. Odis Lunsford of Jonesboro, Ark., were married Saturday
afternoon at Arp. They will leave this week to visit his parents in Jonesboro,
and will go from there to Paducah, Ky. where they will reside.
The marriage of
Miss Ruth Bickers and Mr. Chester Drumwright at the Methodist parsonage in
Ripley Saturday afternoon was quite a surprise. They left that night for the
home of the groom near Pine Bluff, Ark. His parents formerly resided in
Lauderdale County, where he was born. His bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
W.H. Bickers who reside near Ripley.
Local and
Personal
Mr. and Mrs.
D.H. Hutcherson and Mr. R.D. Parnell spent Friday in Memphis.
Mrs. Addie Lominac, of Georgia, is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.F.
Hendren.
Mrs. Val Williams, of Millington, is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.A.
Hutcherson.
Mr. Joe L. DeVinney accompanied Mr. Aubrey Tucker to Hammond, La. Tuesday
night.
Mr. Adam Scott came home from Gates Monday and is ill with flu at the home of
his mother, Mrs. Lee Scott.
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Mrs. A.C.
Morrison and son Clifford, of Memphis, spent Sunday with home folks in Ripley.
Mr. W.R. Miller has purchased the Ben Williams residence on Henning Street.
Consideration, $6000.
Mr. and Mrs. C.B. Lloyd and son, Eugene, of Atoka, were Sunday guests of Mr.
John Evans and family.
Mrs. A.G. Gillum, of Erick, Okla., is attending the bedside of her father,
Capt. P.N. Conner, who is improving.
Mr. and Mrs. Newton Utley and little daughter, of Halls, spent Monday and
Tuesday with Mr. Milton Utley and family.
Mr. Wm. Fisher, age 77, died at Double Branches Tuesday and was laid to rest in
Enon Cemetery at Nankipoo the following day.
Mr. J.0. Keltner and family, Miss Sue Woodard and Mr. Edmond Gracey, of
Memphis, spent Sunday in the home of Mr. J.W. Gracy.
A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. P.B. Black in Hickman, Ky., Sunday night.
Mrs. Black will be remembered as Miss Veola Moore.
Mr. and Mrs. T.L. Yearwood have moved to the T.T. Bridgewater residence.
Mrs. Bridgewater is now living with her daughter, Mrs. P.N. Conner, Jr.
Mr. J.G. Morris, who has been confined to his home several weeks as a result of
injuries sustained in a fall, was able to be on the streets Wednesday.
Little Miss Evelyn Read visited her aunt, Mrs. B.G. Marr, in Dyersburg the
weekend. Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Howell Read, went over Sunday to accompany
her home.
Mrs. M.M. Lindsay, who has been attending the bedside of her father, Mr. C.E.
Butler, in Memphis the past two weeks, was home for a few days this week and
reports her father improving.
The people of Ripley deeply sympathize with Mr. and Mrs. E.K. Smith in the
death of their baby girl, Lenora, which occurred at Lebanon Friday. Mr. Smith
was accompanied back to Ripley by Mrs. Smith and daughter. They have rooms with
Mrs. R.W. Wood.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Tucker, Jr., Wm. Tucker III and Mr. Joe M. Tucker left
Wednesday night for Hammond, La. to attend the marriage of Mr. Aubrey Tucker
and Mrs. Lucille Hungate on Thursday evening March 4th.
Mrs. Joe S.
Hale Dead
Mrs. Joe S. Hale
died at her home near Ripley Saturday morning after a short illness. She was 63
years of age and a native of Lauderdale County and resided here all her life.
The funeral was held Sunday afternoon at Mt. Pleasant Church, conducted by Rev.
J.M. Kendall, pastor of the Ripley Methodist Church. Deceased was a splendid
woman and greatly esteemed by many friends in her immediate community as well
as in Ripley where she is well known.
She is survived by her husband and seven children: Joe S. Hale Jr.,
Ripley; John Hale, Memphis; Mrs. Tinsley Jenkins, of Ripley; Mrs. Ted Maynard,
Mrs. Elbert McMahan and Miss Valeria Hale of Ripley; and Mrs. H.B. Scott, of
Fowkles.
Death
The remains of
Mrs. Mary Sanders, age 79, who died in Memphis Sunday, were brought to Ripley,
Monday and laid to rest in the cemetery at Edith. She lived in this county at
Edith many years prior to moving to Memphis. Rev. J.M. Kendall conducted the
funeral service.
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Pleasant Hill
Mrs. J.D.
Jennings and daughters, Mattie Lou and Mary Kate, of Ripley, were here last
week.
Mr. Dan Sinclair, of Henning, visited in the home of his grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. W.R. Halliburton, Sunday.
Messrs. Everett and Albert Jennings of Ripley spent Saturday here with their
father, Mr. J.D. Jennings.
Mrs. W.E. McGarrity has returned home from Memphis after spending several days
with relatives and friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Minner and children of Gold Dust were guests of Mr. and
Mrs. E.C. Minner the past weekend.
Whitefield
Mr. Gus Spiller,
of Conner, was a guest of Mr. Marvin Porter Saturday night.
Mr. and Mrs. A.A. Williams and family of Central spent Sunday in the Bob Potter
home.
Miss Beulah Latham and Mr. Troy Savage, from near Ripley, visited in the W.A.
Latham home Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. G.H. Latham and daughter, Beulah, from near Ripley spent Saturday in the
H.H. Bray home and was accompanied by Miss Frances Bray.
Cross Roads
Little Jesse Frank
Duvall happened to a very painful accident Thursday by cutting his foot with an
axe.
Mary's -
Chapel
Miss Marie Stone
has been on the sick list several days.
Miss Jewell Klutts spent the weekend with Mrs. Jim Smith at Ripley.
Mr. and Mrs. Bud Smith and children of Conner spent Sunday here in the Chas.
Klutts home.
Mrs. Chas. Klutts and daughter, Miss Irene, returned Sunday from a visit to
Memphis and Twist, Ark.
Messrs. Sam Turner and Adrian Hill attended the bedside of Mr. J.P. Ashmore in
Ripley Friday night.
Mrs. Lillie Hill and little daughter, Evelyn, attended the bedside of Mrs. D.A.
Kimble in Covington one day recently.
Curve
Alva Glasscock
is quite sick with pneumonia.
Mr. and Mrs. W.A. Hill are recovering from severe attacks of flu.
Willie, little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Polie Miller, is slowly improving after
a severe attack of pneumonia.
Mrs. Annie Haynes returned to her home in Memphis Tuesday after two weeks visit
with her daughter, Mrs. S.V. Carmack.
Woodville
Mrs. Richard
Rogers, of Siden, Miss., is visiting her mother, Mrs. G.W. Smith.
Mr. Austin Maxwell and family visited in the home of Mr. Ernest Leggett last
Sunday.
Mrs. J.F. Perciful is attending the bedside of her daughter, Mrs. John
Heathcock, at Toulon.
Mrs. C. Stanley, of Forked Deer, spent the past weekend with her daughter,
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Mrs.
Willie Wiley.
Mrs. C. Wells attended the bedside of her sister, Mrs. John Heathcock, at low
Toulon Saturday night.
Mrs. Levi Clark spent Saturday and Sunday with her mother, Mrs. Charles Akin,
near Perciful.
Mr. Perry Smith and sister, Mrs. Leland Roe, and Mrs. Doyle, of Memphis, spent
Sunday in the home of Mrs. G.W. Smith.
Cedar Grove
A son was born
to Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Robbins on Feb. 25th.
Mr. James P. Brown and wife, of Flippen, visited her mother, Mrs. E.L.
Hutcherson, Sunday.
Mrs. Wes Linson and son, Russell, of Stonewall, spent Thursday with her
parents, Mr. & Mrs. J.M. Smith.
Mr. R.L. Burnham and wife, of Central, spent Friday night with Mr. and Mrs.
A.T. Brown.
Mr. and Mrs. Horace Burnham, of Coal Creek, spent Sunday with his sister, Mr.
and Mrs. Ross Hutcherson.
Mrs. John Gaines, of Glimp, who has been sick for some time, has been moved to
the home of her mother, Mrs. T.F. Moore.
Conner
Mrs. J.T. King,
of Ripley, spent Monday afternoon with Mrs. Rosetta Kirby.
Mr. J.H. Lovell has returned from Memphis and is reported much better.
Mrs. Tom West sat up in a chair Sunday for the first time in six months.
.Mr. Glenn Daniel spent a few days last week near Arp with Mr. Frank Murley.
Mr. Odell Hutcherson of Ripley was a Sunday guest of his sister, Mrs. J.H.
Lovell.
Miss Eusley Kirby spent a few days last week at Arp with her brother, Mr.
Vernon Kirby.
Mrs. Bob Murley, of the Mississippi bottom, is spending a few days with Mrs.
Newt Escue.
Mascedonia
Mr. Wm. Becton
is visiting his daughter, Mrs. John Styers, in Memphis.
Misses Faie and Maie Rice have been quite ill with the flu for several days.
Mrs. M.M. Keltner attended the bedside of Mr. John Jennings Tuesday at Edith.
Mrs. Rosie Reynolds and family were called to Dry Hill Saturday by the death of
the little child of Mr. Clyde Reynolds.
Coal Creek
Mrs. T.O.
Chapman, of Memphis, spent Monday night with Miss Sue Webb.
Mrs. Will Midyett and children spent Sunday in the Jim Smith home.
Mr. and Mrs. G.O. Ellis spent Sunday in the Marvin Hall home at Mascedonia.
Grandma Davis, of the Henning Farm, spent Sunday in the E.L. Howard home.
Mr. Robert Voss and family of Cedar Grove spent Sunday with their daughter,
Mrs. Willie Caldwell.
Mr. and Mrs. Carnell Armour and family from near Henning farm spent Sunday in
the S.J. Webb home.
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Mr. and Mrs.
W.J. Howard and daughter Ruth spent the weekend in the Jesse Cox home at
Central.
Lightfoot
Mrs. Jim Boyd,
of Central, spent Sunday in the E.G. Lockard home.
Mrs. C.U. Roberson spent a few days last week at Asbury with her mother, Mr.
A.C. Braden.
Mr. Collins Barnes, of Memphis, spent the weekend with parents, Mr. & Mrs.
E.B. Barnes.
Asbury
A son was born
to Mr. and Mrs. D.E. McMahan on Feb. 28th.
Miss Earline Temple spent a few days last week in Memphis with her aunt, Mrs.
Tom Temple.
Miss Miriam Douglas of Whitefield spent the weekend with her mother, Mrs. N.J.
Douglas.
Gates
Mr. and Mrs.
A.A. Coffman and Mrs. F.D. Conyer spent Sunday here with homefolks.
Mr. and Mrs. J.H. Branch of Maury City spent Friday with Mrs. J.B. Lee Jr.
Mrs. J.H. Lee and Miss Mattie Lee spent Tuesday with Mrs. A.B. Green in Ripley.
Mrs. G.W. Buffaloe, of Memphis, spent Friday with her grandfather, Mr. W.T.
Sutton.
Mrs. W.T. Hartman had as her guests Wednesday, Mrs. Clyde Sutton and sons, of
Memphis.
Mrs. Jim Stevenson, of Curve, spent Wednesday in the home of Mr. and Mrs. J.B.
Williams.
Master Freel Buffalo, of Memphis, spent Sunday with his grandfather, Mr. W.T.
Sutton.
We are glad to report that Mr. W.T. Sutton is now on the road to recovery after
being ill with the flu the past week.
Dr. C.O. Wilkes of Ripley attended the bedside of his grandfather, Mr. W.T.
Sutton.
Mr. and Mrs. Allie Hill and little daughter, of Covington, spent Sunday with
the former's brother, Mr. S.B. Hill.
Mrs. Mary E. Ferguson, Mr. and Mrs. E.S. Cates and daughter, Anita, visited
relatives in Maury City Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. H.L. Humphrey, of Blytheville, Ark., were Sunday guests in the
home of his father, Mr. S.T. Humphreys.
Mr. F.E. Warren, of Blytheville, Ark., spent Sunday here and returned Monday,
accompanied by his wife and little daughter, Margie, who spent the past two
weeks with parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.B. Lee Sr.
Forked Deer
Mr. Will Patrick
moved his family to Trenton this week.
Miss Minnie Lee Welch, of Fowlkes, visited in the J.W. Bain home last week.
Mr. G.T. Halliburton, Misses Annie and Gullie Halliburton, Mrs. W.T. Clark and
son, Thomas, were in Ripley Monday.
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Flippen
A daughter was
born to Mr. and Mrs. Henry Keltner on Feb. 27th.
Little George Tichenor, of Ashport, is visiting his grandmother, Mrs. Nealie
Fergason.
Mrs. Edgar Haynes and children, Doris and Stella Mai, and Mrs. John P. Haynes,
of Asbury, spent Tuesday with Mrs. John Fergason.
Henning
Mrs. R.A. Fields
and children left Saturday night for their home in Nacotash, La.
Mrs. L.P. Flippen, of Covington, visited in the home of Mrs. C.D. Flowers
Wednesday afternoon.
Mrs. Laura Lankford was called to Glimp Saturday by the illness of her father,
Mr. Albert Crook.
Mr. C.A. Turner, of Dyersburg, is attending the bedside of her father, Mr. H.W.
Keller, who continues quite ill.
Mr. Roy McGammon and Miss Emogene Darby of Covington, accompanied by Mr. and
Mrs. J.B. Luckett drove to Ripley Friday evening and were married by Dr. L.O.
Leavell at the Baptist parsonage.
Glimp
Mrs. T.M.
Winsett is ill with flu.
Mrs. T.E. Lloyd is on the sick list.
Mrs. Willis Hopper is on the sick list.
Mr. Albert Crook is on the sick list.
Mr. Albert Henry Crook, of Henning, spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Albert.
Concord
Miss Marjorie
White was on the sick list.
Mr. Harry White spent Sunday in Gates in the Jasper Vaden home.
Mr. Charley Ray of Ripley spent Sunday afternoon in the R.M. Dew home.
Little Wesley Lee Uselton was on the sick list.
Mr. J.I. Blewer spent Sunday at Gates with grandparents, Mr. & Mrs. J.G.
Johnson.
Miss Linnie Ray is spending this week near Ripley with her grandmother, Mrs.
Lee Ray.
Mr. B.F. Todd returned recently from a few days' visit with his son, Mr. Eddie
Dodd, in Okla. [Todd or Dodd?]
Mr. Green Moore from near Central spent Sunday here with his sister, Mrs.
Raymond Brantley.
Messrs. Dupree and Bernice Brantley spent Sunday at Asbury with their sister,
Mrs. R.A. Peacock.
Miss Viola Dew and brothers, Chesley and E.O. Jr., from near Gates, spent
Sunday in the R.M. Dew home.
Mr. and Mrs. A.E. Brantley and daughter, Christeen, spent one day the past week
at Asbury with their daughter Mr-,- R.A. Peacock.
Edith
Prof. and Mrs. J.0.
Cox spent the weekend in Halls.
Mr. and Mrs. Simon Meadows have moved to Halespoint.
A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Tom Pollard on February 27th.
Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Ferguson, of Halespoint, are making their home with Mr and
Mrs. O.B. Grear.
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Gold Dust
Mrs. M.M.
Shoemake and Mrs. Charley Shoemake are on the sick list.
Mr. Clarence Brown, of Hollins, Mo., has moved his family here and will move
later to Plumpoint.
Mrs. J.W. Clark spent Saturday night and Sunday at Ashport with Mrs. Donie
Savage and daughter.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Mueller and family, of Plumpoint, spent Sunday with her
parents, Mr. & Mrs. W.M. Nelson.
Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Miller and son, Dub, spent Sunday with her parents, Mr.
& Mrs. Daniels, near Plumpoint.
Dry Hill
Mrs. Jim
Stephenson, of Curve, spent Sunday with Mrs. A.C. Carter Sr.
Mr. Frank Carmack, of Curve, spent Sunday here with Mr. Eugene Stanley.
Mr. John Stanly and son, Hollis, attended the Raynolds funeral at Enon Sunday.
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ENTERPRISE
Friday March 12, 1926
***A Peep
Into The Past--March 17, 1899
Mr. Currin
Fergason is visiting in the city.
Mr. George Flippen is now depot agent at Gates.
Mr. Green Byron and wife left Monday for El Reno, Okla. where they will reside.
Mr. Chas. H. Porter is now at New Albany, Miss., selling the famous Porter Tree
Wash.
Mr. M. L. Davenport, one of the old familiar landmarks of Lauderdale County
passed away Tuesday morning at an early hour at his home in Ripley. He was born
near Tuscaloosa, Ala., Jan. 26, 1835 and moved with his parents to Lauderdale County
when quite young. At the age of 13 he began work on a steamboat plying between
Memphis and New Orleans, and later worked as an engineer between Bryant's Ferry
and Memphis. In 1850 he was married to Miss Mary Martin of this county and to
this union three children were born, the wife and one daughter is still living.
His remains were laid to rest in the old cemetery. End Peep Into Past***
Andrews-Sumrow
Halls, Tenn., March 5
Miss Irene
Sumrow, daughter of Mrs. Aldine Sumrow, became the bride of King S. Andrews,
son of Rev. & Mrs. S.P. Andrews. The impressive ceremony was read by the
father of the bridegroom at the home of the bride's relatives.
Tribute of
Respect
Mr. Joe F. Brown
died at his home at Central with pneumonia on Feb. 24, age 53 years, 8 months
and 15 days. He was a native of Lauderdale County, having lived here all his
life. He is survived by his wife, four daughters, one sister, and an aged
father. Funeral services were held at Grace Church by Dr. L.O. Leavell. Mr.
Brown's death was a great shock to his friends and loved ones, as he was only
sick a few days. He was highly esteemed in his home community as well as in
Ripley where he had many friends. Although he seemed to know the end was near,
he bore his suffering well and did not fear death. The sympathy of the
community goes out to his heart-broken family. We lay our tribute of reverence
tenderly knowing we cannot forget him but we have lost a friend. adv.
A Friend
Additional
Locals
Rev. Henry
Warren Brooks, 68, died at Methodist hospital Tuesday night following a heart
attack. For nearly 50 years Rev. Brooks had been a Methodist minister. Four
years in Dyersburg district; four years in Paris, Tennessee; He was a minister
at many towns in West Tennessee. Rev. Brooks was born in Lexington, Tennessee.
He graduated from Southwestern Baptist University, Jackson, Tn., and was
admitted to the Memphis conference Nov. 21, 1877, at Brownsville.
Conner
Little Joe White
Jr. is on the sick list.
Mrs. Oscar Bickers has been quite ill with pneumonia but is now able to be up.
Mr. and Mrs. J.E. Murley, of Memphis, are spending this week with
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alex Daniels.
Mr. and Mrs. J.T. King, of Ripley, spent a few hours one night last week with
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her
mother, Mrs. Rosetta Kirby.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe
White and baby and Messrs Julian and Jerome Klutts and Aaron Kirby spent Sunday
at Perciful with Mr. and Mrs. White.
Perciful
Miss Jimmie
Milam spent last week with her aunt, Mrs. Nan Linson, at Gates.
Mrs. Morris Stallings and baby of Halls visited parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charlie
Akin, recently.
Miss Valley Mai Milam spent a few days last week with her aunt, Mrs. John
Milam, of Concord.
Mr. Roy Lemons and family of Woodville spent Sunday with parents, Mr. &
Mrs. Rufus Lemons.
Miss Alice Fennell, of Concord, spent a few days last week with grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. F.M. Leggett.
Mascedonia
Mr. Marion
Midyett, age 66, died Sunday morning at 4 o'clock of pneumonia. He is survived
by an aged wife and six children, Mrs. Will Kellick, Mrs. Chester Frazier, Mrs.
Tom Cox, Mrs. Alice Beard, all of this place; Mrs. Sam Gitchell, of Yarbro,
Ark., and Mr. John Midyett of Memphis. Interment was in Grace cemetery Sunday
afternoon.
Mrs. Aldridge is
quite ill at the home of her daughter, Mrs. S.W. Clay.
Mrs. Mollie Keltner spent Monday night in Ripley with her sister, Mrs. Mittie
Frazier.
Mr. Gus Gracy, of Yarbro, Ark., attended the funeral of Mr. Marion Midyett.
Local and
Personal
Mr. J.P. Ashmore
is improving after several weeks' illness of flu and pneumonia.
Mrs. J.S. Hamilton, of Memphis, is spending this week with parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J.E. Ross.
Mrs. C.B. Russell left Sunday night for her home in Detroit, Mich., after
several weeks visit with parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.F. Fergason.
Mrs. W.R. Cheek was called to Greenville, Miss., last Friday by the illness of
her uncle, Mr. J.W. Eaker.
Abe Partee, colored, died last week in Arkansas where he had been making his
home with his son the past few years. Abe was a good negro and had spent most
of his life in Ripley where he had many friends among the white people as well
as his own race.
Ripley Route
Two
Mr. Hazard Hall,
of Halespoint, is visiting his brother, Mr. Bud Hall.
Mr. E.E. Twilla, of Memphis, is visiting his mother, Mrs. J.R. Morris.
Miss Virgie Young, of Halls, is visiting her brother, Mr. Arch Escue.
Mr. Walter Vowell, of Henning, is visiting his sister, Mrs. Pearl Twilla.
Mr. Bill Carson, of Memphis, was a guest of his cousin, Mrs. W.R. Inman last
Sunday.
Mr. Raymond Cannon, of Nankipoo, was a guest of his cousin, Mr. Louie Twilla.
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Mary's Chapel
Mr. and Mrs.
John Land of Conner spent Sunday here in the Horace Lee home.
Mrs. D.A. Kimble, of Ripley, spent a few days here last week with her sister,
Mrs. Lillie Hill.
Miss Bessie Criner attended the bedside of her aunt, Mrs. Oscar Bickers, at
Conner one day the past week.
Mrs. Robert Klutts, of Cleveland, Miss., and Mrs. J.W. Jackson, of Ripley,
spent a day last week with Mrs. Ed Kirby.
Henning
Miss Montine
Coker is visiting her sister, Mrs. W.E. Lacy, in Memphis.
Inez, youngest child of Mr. and Mrs. W.A. Lipscomb, is critically ill with
pneumonia.
Mrs. M.C. Griffith and son of Memphis are here on a visit with parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J.B. Coker.
Mr. and Mrs. Max Harvey are parents of a daughter which has been christened
Gwindolen Walker Harvey.
Coal Creek
A daughter was
born to Mr. & Mrs. Charlie Brown on March 1st.
Mrs. G.G. Calloway is attending the bedside of her mother, Mrs. Hemby, at
Edith.
Mr. Everette Harrison, of Memphis, was called here Monday by the illness of his
sister.
Mrs. W.H.
Jones Dead
After an illness
of about nine hours, Mrs. Queen Jones' spirit passed away at her home in
Luckett. She was stricken with paralysis about 10 o'clock Friday morning, March
5, and died at 7 o'clock Friday evening. She was born April 13, 1874 and a
native of Kentucky. The funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at
Lightfoot. Mrs. Queen Gill Jones was married to Mr. W.H. Jones on Feb. 3, 1870.
She is survived by her husband and eight children: Mrs. Bud Conrad, Mrs. Elmer
Conrad, Mrs. R.L. Balderson, Mrs. Claude Mitchell, Carrie Dell Jones, Sam
Jones, Palmer Jones, Elmer Jones, all of whom reside at or near home.
Bluff
A son was born
to Mrs. Gladys Reynolds on March 4th.
Mr. Chester Frazier and family and Mrs. Alice Beard and baby were called to
Mascedonia the past week by the serious illness and death Sunday morning [rest
is omitted]
Central
A son was born
to Mr. and Mrs. J.T. Hargett on March 3rd.
Mr. Marion Midyett of Edith was buried Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock in Grace
cemetery. He left many relatives to mourn his death. A large crowd attended the
funeral.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Gitchell, of Blytheville, Ark., visited parents, Mr. &
Mrs. W.D. Gitchell.
Mrs. T.O. Chapman and son, W.T., and Mrs. David Newman returned to their home
in Memphis after several days visit with relatives here.
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Woodville
Mr. Mack Murley
visited in the A.B. Dill home Sunday.
Luckett
Mr. and Mrs.
J.M. Woodard are parents of a son born March 2nd.
Mr. and Mrs. W.M. Alexander are parents of a son born March 6th.
Mr. & Mrs. Jim Webb (Selene McGarrity) are parents of a daughter born March
2nd.
Mr. and Mrs. J.A. Jones are rejoicing over the arrival of a new heir in their
home March 3rd.
Mr. Walter Gill, of Trumann, Ark., was called here Saturday by the death of his
sister, Mrs. W.H. Jones.
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ENTERPRISE
Friday March 19, 1926
A Peep Into
The Past--March 24, 1899
Miss Hettie
Wilkinson, of Memphis, is visiting Dr. M. Cartwright and family.
Henning Item: Mr. Robert Wood Jr. and Miss Jimmie Hyde were married Thursday
night.
B.L. Rainey closed his school at Bexar Friday. He is a fine teacher and is
liked by everyone.
Cards are announcing the marriage of Mr. Moreau Rice to Miss Daisy Anderson at
the home of Mr. J.H. Estes near Orysa.
Morrisville Item: Miss Lizzie Spight has charge of the free school here and has
over 60 scholars with the prospect of one more, Mr. M.L. Sapp.
Mrs. Luther Carnell died at her home at Cherokee last Friday and was bured at
Elon Sunday afternoon.
A convention of Baptists will be held at Woodville from Friday until Sunday.
Dr. Savage, of Jackson, will be present and a large crowd is expected.
Capt. Dick Madison, of Company H, who has been seeing the sights since
being
mustered out, arrived home Sunday. He is the last of our boys to return.
Mr. J.D. Lucas had the forefinger of his left hand cut nearly off in his
planning mill last Friday. This is indeed unfortunate for anyone, and
especially for a man who has only one hand.
Mr- John Conner, Jr. was moved from Ashport to his father's home in Ripley
Monday. The change will no doubt be greatly beneficial, as his general health
had become considerably impaired from the effects of a pistol wound in the leg
over five months ago. End of Peep Into Past***
Additional
Locals
Miss Annie
Buford Hughes, of Nankipoo, was carried to a hospital in Dyersburg Tuesday
night, where she underwent an operation for appendicitis. Her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Andrew Hughes, and Mr. and Mrs. E.M. Browning accompanied her there where
they were joined by Mr. J.B. Mitchell, of Ripley, who spent Tuesday and
Wednesday in Dyersburg.
Mr. W.F.
Wardlaw, who has been connected with the County Court Clerk's office since
Ripley was a mere village, says that truly "the youthful period of old
age" is when a man becomes a great grandaddy. He entered into this realm
on March 10th when a little daughter made her advent into the home of Mr.
Ryland Halliburton. With 11 children, 23 grandchildren and one great grandchild
all having to his credit, Mr. Wardlaw says he feels as spritely as when he
first fell a victim to "love's young dreams." The frosts of 40
winters have not whitened his locks, nor the heat of 30 summers bedimmed his
eyes, and he defies the world to find one who can claim a more perfect state of
happiness than he is enjoying.
Local and
Personal
Mr. H.O. Rogers
left last week for the Louisiana berry belt.
Mr. W. Dan Majors was confined to his home by illness Thursday.
Mrs. D.A. Klutts and Mrs. H.B. Nunn spent the weekend in Jackson.
Mrs. M.L. Wilkenson is slightly improved after several weeks' illness of flu.
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La. Mr. and Mrs.
R.A. Tucker left Tuesday night for their home in Hammond,
Miss Louise Wood, of Covington, was a guest of Miss Elizabeth Peeples last
weekend.
Mr. E.L. Goen and Mr. Robin Coffman and sister, Miss Jewell, spent Sunday in
Memphis.
Miss Margaret Conner had as her guests for the weekend her three little cousins
from Memphis, Margaret, Evelyn, and Richard Lee Winchester.
Mrs. J.D. McLeod returned yesterday from several weeks' stay with her sister in
Hickman, Ky.
Mr. Lewis Conner underwent a major operation Tuesday at the Baptist hospital in
Memphis.
Mr. Jake Mitchell returned Tuesday night from two months' visit with his
children in Arkansas.
Mr. and Mrs. E.N. Kendall, of Moscow, Ky., are visiting their son, Rev. J.M.
Kendall, and family.
Messrs. E.C. Conner, Charles Conner and Jesse Berg attended the Kinzer sale in
Ashport Wednesday.
Mrs. Harry Eber returned Thursday night from three weeks' stay at Hot Springs,
Ark.
Mrs. T.A. Walker has been seriously ill since last Friday and is being attended
by a trained nurse.
Mr. John Wood has returned to Nashville after spending two weeks on business
and visiting homefolks here.
Mr. Thomas
Steele Jr., who was taken ill with flu last Friday, is able to be up, though
still confined to his home.
Mr. and Mrs.
William Johnson, of Memphis, spent Wednesday night in Ripley, guests of parents
on Brownsville Street.
Mr. and Mrs.
Ernest Underwood, of Woodville, moved to Ripley Wednesday and have rooms with
Mrs. W.T. Rice.
Mrs. J.L.
DeVinney and daughter, Onie, left Sunday for Kosciusko, Miss., on a visit to
Mrs. John DeVinney.
Mr. Bright
Tipton and family, of Brownsville, have moved to Ripley and are living in the Rogers
Cottage on Tucker Ave.
Mr. and Mrs.
C.L. Maclin and Misses Elizabeth Wilson and Annyee Griffis spent Tuesday and
Wednesday in Memphis.
Mr. Ben Williams
has purchased the residence and store of Mr. John Wood on the highway and
assumed control Wednesday.
Mrs. R.Y. Drake,
Misses Sadie and Ellis Wood, Mrs. C.S. Carney and Mrs. W.B. Midyett were in
Covington Tuesday.
Miss Ruth
Hedgepeth left Monday for Memphis, where she will take a special course at the
Tennessee Teachers College.
Messrs. Tom and
Jesse Mitchell and Edgar Haynes spent a few days the first of the week in Rosa,
Blytheville, and Osceola, Ark.
Mrs. S.A. Foust,
Mrs. A.0. Durham and daughter, Miss Mary Botts Holmes and Miss Bruce Dunavant
spent Saturday in Memphis.
Last week we failed
to note the return of Mrs. J.E. Brewer to her home in Abilene, Texas, after a
visit to her brother, Mr. Harry Hanna.
Mr. and Mrs.
Earl Johnson, of Memphis, and Mr. and Mrs. C.T. Lanier and daughter, of
Carolina, were Sunday guests of Mr. J.A. Higgens and family.
Mrs. Wardlaw
Steele and little son, Tom Ward, spent Friday and Saturday in Memphis. Mr.
Steele, who accompanied them there, returned Friday night.
Mr. J.S.
Hamilton, of Memphis, spent Saturday night and Sunday in the J.E. Rose home,
and was accompanied home by his wife who had been visiting.
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Mrs. Ezra Clark
and little son of Prescott, Arizona, are here for a few months' visit to
relatives. She reports her husband, who has been in U.S. Veterans' Hospital for
some time, is improving.
Mrs. Joe
Sternburger, Mrs. Bessie Felsenthal, Mrs. Morton Felsenthal and Mr. and Mrs.
Jonas Sternburger, of Brownsville, spent Wednesday in Ripley and were guests of
Mr. Herman Schafer, the occasion being his 68th birthday.
Mr. Robert
Rogers, of Memphis, has been sick the past week at the Fortner Hotel. He was
called here by the illness of his brother, Mr. Walker Rogers, who underwent an
operation for appendicitis at the city hospital last Friday.
Annie Hayes,
colored, better known as "Black Annie", died Sunday at her home on
Brownsville street, as a result of burns received on the previous night when
her clothing caught fire as she was standing before the fireplace.
Cross Roads
Mr. and Mrs.
Ernest Underwood have moved to Conner.
Mr. and Mrs.
Vernon Daniels, of Ripley, spent Sunday in the W.E. Bentley home.
Mr. and Mrs.
J.T. Bibb spent the weekend at Ripley, guests of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Murphy.
Asbury
Mrs. A.C. Braden
continues critically ill.
Corp. Lynn
Gaines, of Ft. Bragg, N.C., is visiting relatives and friends here.
Mr. W.G. Haynes
left last week for Fulton, Ky., on a visit to his daughter, Mrs. Effie Pyle.
Mesdames M.A.
and B.F. McMahan and Mrs. J.A. Maxwell and Mr. W.T. Burns spent Monday at
Woodville.
Rev. J.M.
Kendall and father, and Misses Elizabeth and Edna Nell Kendall were Sunday
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Gaines.
Rutherford
Miss Annie Bell
Cook is ill with measles and mumps.
Mrs. Birdie
Culley, of Memphis, is visiting her mother, Mrs. Meeks.
Master Hall
Grady spent Saturday night and Sunday with Harold Ray near Unionville.
Mr. and Mrs.
Paul Hurt and little son, of Dyersburg, spent Sunday in the B.B. Gooch home.
Mr. Brown Morton
and Mrs. Will Tucker of Dyersburg are attending the bedside of their mother,
Mrs. W.J. Morton.
Flippen
Mr. Harry
Goodwin and sister, Katie, are on the sick list.
Mr. and Mrs.
John Fergason visited Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Spiller at Ripley Sunday afternoon.
Mr. John
Bratcher, of Edith, and Miss Maggie Sanford, of Ripley, visited in the Bob
Goodman home Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. John
Fergason and little son, Lewis, spent Tuesday afternoon at Asbury with Mrs.
John Paul Haynes.
Mrs. Nelia
Fergason and little grandson, George Tichenor, spent Friday with Mr. and Mrs.
Elrado Fergason at Central.
Woodville
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Mr. and Mrs.
Rufus Lemons visited the Harris Stanley home last Sunday.
Mr. C. Wells and
family visited the John Heathcock home at Toulon Sunday.
Mr. Walter
Pewitt of Ripley visited the A.B. Dill home one day last week.
Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Clark of Forked Deer spent Sunday with his brother, Mr. Levi Clark.
Mrs. J.F.
Perciful is attending the bedside of her daughter, Mrs. John Heathcock, at
Toulon.
Bradford Fork
Little Harry
Gitchell, who has been quite sick, is better.
Mr. W.D. Newman
and wife and Mrs. Will Midyett and children attended preaching at Grace Sunday.
Mrs. Will
Midyett and mother, Mrs. Lucy Smith, of Memphis spent Monday in the home of
Mrs. Apperson.
Bro. Asa Griffen
will preach at Grace the fourth Sunday morning in this month.
Mrs. Will
Midyett had as her guests one day last week her brother, Mr. Richard 0. Smith
and wife, of Memphis; her brother, Mr. Jim Smith and family, from the Bluff;
Mr. and Mrs. W.D. Newman and Mrs. Lucy Smith, of Memphis.
Perciful
Mrs. Lucy Smith,
of Memphis, is visiting in the Chas. Peterson home.
Mr. W.G. Yancey
and family have moved here from Blytheville, Ark.
Mrs. Arnold
Escue and children spent Thursday with her sister, Mrs. Frank Grogans, at
Concord.
Mrs. Frank Smith
and little daughter, of Memphis, spent Tuesday and Wednesday with relatives here.
Mr. and Mrs.
Press Salisbury and Mr. and Mrs. Odie Clark attended the bedside of Mrs. Tollie
Chalk at Dyersburg Sunday. She had undergone a serious operation.
Glimp
Mr. and Mrs.
Odis Winsett are rejoicing over their new arrival on March 15th.
Lightfoot
Mrs. Tennie
Crowder returned home Sunday from two weeks' visit with her daughter, Mrs. Dave
Hargett at New Hope.
Miss Magdalene
Mathews and Mr. John Taylor, of Blytheville, Ark., were quietly married in
Ripley, Judge Young officiating.
Concord
Mr. John Jackson,
of Gates, was in the R.M. Dew home one day the past week.
Miss Lena Moore
is spending this week near Woodville with her sister, Mrs. Ivan Burlison.
Mr. Onnie Lee
Moore, from near Key Corner, spent Saturday night with his aunt, Mrs. Lottie
Dew.
Mr. Elijah Love,
of Friendship, spent Saturday night with his cousin, Mr. Porter Ray.
Mrs. Ray and
grandson, E.J. Ray, of Ripley, spent Saturday night and Sunday with her
daughter, Mrs. George Uselton.
Mr. Z.M. Moore
and son Horace, from near Halls, spent Sunday afternoon here with the former's
daughter, Mrs. R.M. Dew.
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Mr. and Mrs.
Ivan Burlison and children from near Woodville, spent Saturday night and Sunday
with parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sid Moore.
Knob Creek
A son was born
to Mr. and Mrs. Weldon Booker on March 11th.
Messrs. G.A.
Crews and Mr. Will Kellick were in Ripley on business Saturday.
Mr. Ross
Treadwell attended the bedside of his mother at Mascedonia Sunday.
Miss Hessie
Bridges of Mascedonia spent Monday night with Mr. and Mrs. Pleas Bridges.
Bald Knob
Mr. Bill Cannon,
of Memphis, was a guest of Mr. Oneal Reynolds Sunday.
Miss Maggie
Sanford, of Ripley, spent the weekend with her brother, Mr. Ernest Ellis.
Miss Nettie Mai
Davidson, of Finley, spent the week with her sister, Mrs. Edna Bowers.
Mr. Edgar
Davidson, of Finley, has returned home after a few days visit with his sister,
Mrs. Edna Bowers.
Cedar Grove
Mrs. Homer Lee
Adkerson and Miss Ara Sue Underwood, of Central, spent Tuesday in the
L.M. Hutcherson home.
Mr. and Mrs.
James Brown, from near Flippen, spent Saturday night and Sunday here with her
brother, Mr. M.L. Hutcherson.
Mr. and Mrs.
Ross Hutcherson spent Sunday night with her parents at Central. They went to
meet her sister, Mrs. Katie Gay and son, who were here on a visit from Indiana.
Edith
A daughter was
born to Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Beard on March 13th.
Gates
Dr. S.C.
Blankenship of Halls spent Monday with her brother, Dr. J.R. Conyers.
Mr. R.L. Hardy
was called to Dyersburg Sunday by the serious illness of his brother, Mr. Louis
Hardy, who recently underwent an operation there.
Arp
Miss Annie
Powers has pneumonia.
Little Martha
Nell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S.H. Morris, has pneumonia.
Forked Deer
Mr. Powers
Brown, of Memphis, visited his mother, Mrs. J.W. Pearson last week.
Mrs. W.M. French,
who spent the winter months with her daughter, Mrs. J.R. Wells, at Halls, is
now with her daughter, Mrs. Cecil Humphreys.
Henning
Mr. Geo. Ervin
and family spent Sunday in the home of Mr. W.L. McCullum at Munford.
Mrs. J.J.
Compton and son, of Memphis, are here on a visit to parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.A.
Fields.
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Misses Virginia
and Elizabeth Scott, of Gates, spent the weekend with their father, Mr. T.P.
Scott.
Mrs. W.E. Lacy
and daughter, of Memphis, are visiting in the home of parents, Mr. and Mrs.
J.B. Coker.
Williamstown
Mr. and Mrs. Tom
Fowler, of Ripley, spent one night last week in the Virgil Gray home.
Bluff
Mrs. Hilda Hall
is at the bedside of her sister, Mrs. J.H. Koonce, at Ashport.
Pleasant Hill
Mr. Jack North
had his face badly burned last week when he poured coal oil on hot coals in a
stove.
Someone entered
the smokehouse of Mr. E.W. North Sunday night and took from it three large
hams. There is no clue to the guilty party.
Mascedonia
Mr. John
Hutcherson and family, of Dry Hill, spent Sunday in the J.A. Prescott home.
Mr. J.D. Rice
was called to Crockett Mills Sunday by the death of his brother-in-law, Tom
Rice, which occurred Saturday morning.
Mrs. Flora Cheek
and daughter, Daisy, have returned to their home on the bluff after a week's visit
in the home of her aunt, Mrs. S.W. Clay.
Curve
Mr. Knox
Williams, of Ripley, spent Sunday with Mr. J.M. Anderson.
Mrs. J.R.
Roberts visited in the J.H. Martin home near Melville Tuesday.
Coal Creek
Master Bill
Cannon, from near Flippen, spent Thursday night with Master Perry Webb.
Mr. John Elmer
Cox, from near Central, spent a few hours in the W.J. Howard home Sunday.
Mr. W.J. Howard
spent Sunday with his daughter, Mrs. Henry Crihfield, near the Henning farm.
Mr. Joe M. Crihfield
attended a party at Mr. Clyde Hargett's near Central last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Jim
Smith and children spent Wednesday night and Thursday in the Mattie Midyett
home at Central.
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ENTERPRISE
Friday March 26, 1926
***A Peep Into
The Past--March 31, 1899
Mrs. Dora
Jenkins and daughter of Texas, arrived in Ripley Tuesday on a visit to parents,
Dr. and Mrs. - J. Folts.
Mr. Page Douglas and Miss Daisy Drumwright of Durhamville were married in
Brownsville Saturday.
B.F. Dodd, of Gates, was in to see us Tuesday. He informed us that T.L.
Stringer of his vicinity had a calf without eyes, the animal being fully
developed otherwise and growing nicely.
Mr. Phil Conner lost all his personal effects in a boarding house fire in
Memphis last week, and also received painful injuries about the feet in jumping
out of a window to the pavement.
Uncle Ed Dupree ordered the Enterprise sent to his niece, Mrs. Virgie Dalton
(nee Dillard) at St. Louis last week. Her marriage will be news to many of our
people, even at this late date, it having occurred Feb. 14th.
Mr. G.H. Moore and Miss Gertrude Greaves were married near Durhamville Sunday.
A mammoth grain elevator, 40 ft. square by 75 ft. high, with a capacity of
handling 50,000 bushels of grain daily, is to be erected at Halls by D.B.
George of Champaign, Ill., at an early date on the vacant lot at the rear of
the Hanna Hotel.
The remains of Miss Jennie Mays, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. N.W. Mays,
arrived home Tuesday night from Dallas, Texas, accompanied by her mother, two
brothers, Brooks and Fulbright, and sister, Bessie, who had been attending her
bedside.
The funeral was conducted by Rev. B.F. Blackmon and Rev. George Johnston at the
home Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock, and the remains were laid to rest in
Maplewood Cemetery. Bro. Johnston, who had known the deceased since infancy,
paid a beautiful tribute to her pure Christian life and character. Miss Jennie
had been a sufferer for many years. In company with her mother, she first
visited the sanitarium at Boulder, Colo., remaining some time before she went
to Dallas, where she had been several months prior to her death. End of Peep
into Past***
Mr. C.E.
Butler Dead
The people of
Ripley deeply sympathize with Mrs. M.M. Lindsey in the death of her father, Mr.
C.E. Butler, which occurred at his home in Memphis Monday afternoon of heart
trouble with which he had been a sufferer for many years, although only
confined to his home for five weeks. He was born in Trenton but came to
Lauderdale County a mere child and resided at Fulton many years. It was here he
married Miss Narcissa Sinclair, daughter of the late B.A. Sinclair, Esq., of
Ripley. Surviving are his widow; one daughter, Mrs. M.M. Lindsey, of Ripley;
four sons, C.E. Butler, Jr., of Little Rock, Ark.; Joe L., A.S., and W.P.
Butler of Memphis; four brothers, A.L. Butler, of Durhamville; Ed Butler of
Dallas, Texas; and W.W., and J.L. Butler of Memphis. The remains were laid to
rest in Ripley in the Old Cemetery.
Curve
Louis, little
son of Mr. F.M. Lucas, was quite sick Tuesday and Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Bob
Garrett, of Dry Hill, spent Sunday with her mother, Mrs. Willie Anderson.
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Messrs. Lloyd
and Leon Ball, of Memphis, spent Tuesday here with their mother, Mrs. J.F.
Poston.
Mrs. Erman
Beaver, of Memphis, spent last week with her mother, Mrs. G.P. Thompson. Mr.
Beaver came Sunday.
Woodville
Miss Grace
Clark, of Henning, spent the weekend with parents, Mr. and Mrs. H.C. Clark.
Mrs. Leon Smith,
of Forked Deer, visited her sister, Mrs. Wiley Daniels, one day the past week.
Mr. W.J. Wilson
and son, Sam, of Brownsville, made a business trip to Memphis one day last
week.
Mr. and Mrs.
Vernon Daniels, of Ripley, spent Sunday night with the former's father, Mr.
John Daniels, who is seriously ill.
Miss Jewell
Stanley, of Dry Hill, visited her sister, Mrs. Bob Davis, the past weekend and
attended church here Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs.
Leon Perciful and little son, Eldon, of Dyersburg, spent Saturday night and
Sunday here. Mrs. Perciful remained to attend the bedside of Mrs. J.F. Perciful,
who is ill.
Henning
Mr. J.V. Alston
spent Sunday in Halls with his mother, Mrs. C.N. Alston.
Mrs. J.N.
Armstrong returned Monday to her home in Morrilton, Ark., after several days
visit to her brother, Dr. L.K. Harding.
Needmore
Miss Essie
Twilla, of Bald Knob, spent the week with Mrs. Lula McCammon.
Mr. Clyde
Reynolds and family were Sunday guests of Mrs. Sam Sanford at Ripley.
Ashport
Mr. Ben Miller
is ill with pneumonia.
Mr. Pearl Griggs
visited Mr. Palmer Jones at Luckett Sunday.
Mr. Henry Burns spent
Sunday with Mr. Charlie Gaines at Asbury.
Mr. Charlie
Miller spent the weekend in the Bill Jones home at Luckett.
Miss Lena
Lockard, of Lightfoot, spent the weekend with Miss Jane Hipp.
Mr. and Mrs.
Cleave Whitson spent Sunday in the G.W. Jones home at Luckett.
Mr. and Mrs.
E.G. Lockard, of Lightfoot, spent Sunday in the Paul Hipp home.
Miss Maude
Griggs spent the weekend with Miss Essie Kieslter at Lightfoot.
Miss Zula Jones
spent Sunday at Luckett with her cousin, Miss Bessie Lou Jones.
Mr. Reuban Minner,
who has just arrived home from Whiting, Ind., is very ill with pneumonia.
Ashport
Mrs. Buddy
Griggs attended the funeral of Mr. Aulcie Long's baby Friday at Walnut Grove.
Mrs. Myrtle
Graves spent Saturday night and Sunday with her cousin, Mrs. Lillian Conrad, of
Luckett.
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Lightfoot
Little Lauren
Barnes fell and broke his arm Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs.
D.Y. Coughlan and Mr. W.F. Roberson visited in the J.C. Roberson home in
Memphis Sunday.
Mrs. Mattie
Roberson returned home Sunday from Osceola, Ark., where she spent the past six
months with her daughter, Mrs. R.F. Mitchell.
Knob Creek
Miss Maggie
Jennings, of Mascedonia, spent Monday night with Miss Hilda Fowler.
Miss Geievieve
Latham, of Edith, spent Wednesday night with Miss Hilda Fowler.
Mrs. Minnie
Kerlough and son, Coy, visited her cousin, Mrs. Ross Treadwell Sunday.
Mrs. Will
Kellick and children spent Saturday at Mascedonia with her mother, Mrs. R.M.
Midyett.
Mrs. Gertrude
Treadwell and daughter, Louise, visited her sister, Mrs. L.F. Cheek, in Ripley,
Monday.
Mr. and Mrs.
R.C. Crihfield spent Tuesday night and Wednesday at Central, guests of her
niece, Mrs. Scott Andrews.
Bradford Fork
Mr. Henry
Prescott, who has been very sick, is improving.
Mr. W.D. Newman and
family spent Sunday with relatives at Halls.
Mrs. Gitchell's
daughter, Agnes, of Illinois, has come to spend a few weeks with her.
Mr. Joe Newman
and daughter and Mr. Tucker went to Bolivar last Sunday to see the latter's
wife, who is improving.
Mr. D.L. Howard
and family and Mr. Claud Cagle and wife spent Sunday afternoon in Mr. Bates
Brantley's home at Nankipoo.
Luckett
Mrs. A.I. Webb
is on the sick list.
Mrs. H.B.
McGarrity is on the sick list.
Little Beatrice
Jones is reported quite sick with pneumonia.
Mrs. Jesse Davis
and children of Memphis are visiting her mother, Mrs. Etta Cooper.
Mrs. Fannie
Younger, of Lightfoot, spent one day last week with Mrs. V.B. Glimp.
Mr. Robert
Bryan, of Covington, spent a few days last week with his sister, Mrs. W.M. Alexander.
Mrs. G.W. Jones
was called to St. Louis last week by the illness of her daughter, Mrs. Bun
Vowell.
Coal Creek
Mrs. Ada
Harrison is numbered among the sick.
A daughter was
born to Mr. and Mrs. John Durham on March 17th.
Mr. Charlie Cox,
of Edith, spent Sunday with his aunt, Mrs. Ada Harrison.
Mr. Walter
Caldwell, of Memphis, was a guest of his brother, Mr. Willie Caldwell Monday.
Mr. and Mrs.
Luke Jones were called to Ripley Saturday on account of the death of her
nephew, Mr. Rozelle Howard.
Miss Ella
Broglin and little brother spent the weekend with their uncle on the Henning
Farm.
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Mrs. John Chism,
of Ripley, and Mrs. Cagle and Mrs. Ruby Cagle, of Central, spent Saturday
afternoon in the S.J. Webb home.
Mr. and Mrs.
H.M. Lyell and Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Lyell and Mrs. Viola Harrison were called to
Double Bridges Sunday by the illness of their aunt, Mrs. Joe Dailey, who is
still very sick.
Local and
Personal
Little David
Hendren has pneumonia.
Mr. J.A.J. Byrn
is able to be up after several days' illness.
Mr. R.L. Fortner
is recovering from ten days illness of the flu.
Mr. and Mrs.
Claud Neal spent Sunday with his mother in Martin.
Mr. Robert
Rogers is still confined to his bed at the Fortner Hotel.
Mrs. R.E. McKinney,
of Jackson, is visiting her sister, Mrs. John Daniels.
Mrs. F.A.
Duncan, of Memphis, visited relatives here the past week.
Mrs. L.H.
Graves, of Memphis, spent Sunday with her mother, Mrs. Fannie Keller.
Mrs. A.M.
Slaughter, of Paducah, Ky., is visiting her sister, Mrs. R.D. Parnell.
Mrs. George
Moore left last week for Hickman, Ky., to visit her daughter, Mrs. P.B. Black.
Mr. J.D. Porter,
of Gadsden, spent the weekend with his sister, Mrs. W.M. Morris.
Mr. W.T. Hay, of
Memphis, spent Wednesday night with his sister, Mrs. J.A.J. Byrn.
Mr. Walter
Rogers was able to be removed from the Ripley hospital to his home Tuesday.
Mrs. C.E. Butler
is spending a few days with her daughter, Mrs. M.M. Lindsey before returning to
Memphis.
Little James
Harold Blakely, of Memphis, is visiting his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. G.G.
McLeod.
Mrs. R.C. Bibb,
Miss Maggie Lou Bibb and Miss Mary Walker Edney, of Memphis, visited in the
home of Miss Forrest Edney Sunday.
Mrs. T.A. Walker
continues to improve and unless unforeseen complications arise, her physicians
say she will be up within two weeks.
Miss Eva
Johnston returned last week from Asheville, N.C. and will keep house for Mr.
and Mrs. J.H. Johnston during their absence in Denver, Colo.
Miss Annie
Buford Hughes was removed Wed. from her home at Nankipoo from Dyersburg, where
she underwent an operation for appendicitis last week.
Dr. F.H. Peeples
has been confined to his home several days with flu, but
is able to
be up.
Last Sunday his
pulpit was filled by Rev. H.W. Williams, of Jackson.
Mr. J.D.
Montgomery, who was spending several days with his son in San Antonio, Texas,
was called home last week by the illness of his daughter, Mrs. T.A. Walker.
In the evening
of March 18, about 3 o'clock, Mr. Julius Holcomb, age 34, died at his home near
Ripley. He is survived by two daughters, a stepson, wife, mother, four brothers
and one sister. He suffered four days with pneumonia and then entered into
rest. His remains were carried to Bethlehem cemetery. Funeral services were
held at the grave, conducted by Rev. Newbill.
Perciful
Mr. and Mrs.
Hallie Stokes are parents of a daughter born March 17th.
Miss Lena Moore,
of Concord, spent last week with her sister, Mrs. Ivan
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Burlson.
Mr. and Mrs.
Leonard Scallions spent Sunday with parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dew at Curve.
Mrs. Dupree
Nelson, of Lightfoot, spent a few days last week with parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bob
Escue.
Mr. and Mrs.
Carl Robison and baby spent Wednesday night in the Roylan Williams home at
Curve.
Mary Sue Clark and
Gay Chalk spent Sunday with their aunt, Mrs. Tollie Chalk, who is in the
hospital in Dyersburg.
Mascedonia
Mr. R.C.
Jennings is confined to his bed.
Miss Wilma
Prescott is quite sick with tonsilitis.
Mr. John Midyett
and family of Memphis are visiting his mother at this place.
Mrs. Rosa Lee
Taylor has moved from the Bluff to the Fowler Crihfield home.
Mr. Marvin Akin
and family spent a few days last week in the home of Mrs. A.B. O'Neal at Halls.
Mrs. Dave
Crihfield, of the Bluff, attended the bedside of her mother, Mrs. Fannie
Aldridge, Tuesday.
Mrs. Alice Beard
and baby, of the Bluff, are now making their home here with her mother, Mrs.
Midyett.
Mrs. Mittie
Frazier and family, of Ripley, were Sunday afternoon visitors of Mr. and Mrs.
Bennie Harden.
Messrs. John,
Eddie, Richard and Sterling Herron, of Nankipoo, spent Saturday night and
Sunday with Mr. Brady Keltner.
Mrs. R.L.
Pickens, Mrs. M.J. Reece and daughter spent Tuesday afternoon in the Dewey
Crihfield home near Edith.
Miss Mamie
Frazier, of Memphis, entertained with a storm party Tuesday night of last week
at the home of her aunt, Mrs. Mollie Keltner.
The barn and
contents of Mrs. Mollie Keltner were destroyed by fire Saturday night. Loss
about $500 without any insurance. Origin of fire unknown.
Arp
Mr. Coker
Greaves, of Memphis, is visiting his sister, Mrs. John L. Alston.
Miss Rose Hunt,
of Edith, spent the past weekend in the J.D. Morris home.
Mrs. S.L. Howard
and daughter, Stella, of Memphis; Miss Ona Howard, of Miami, Fla.; and Mr.
Elsie Howard, of Campbell, Mo., were called here by the illness and death of
their son and brother, Mr. Rozelle Howard, who passed away in Ripley Saturday
after a few days' illness of pneumonia. Funeral services were conducted Tuesday
morning at Mt. Pleasant by Dr. L.O. Leavell, of Ripley, in the presence of a
large number of friends and relatives and he was laid to rest beneath a mound
of beautiful flowers.
Glimp
Mr. J.H. Vowell
was moved to the hospital in Henning last week for Mrs. Lloyd Best and children
spent the weekend in Williamstown with Mrs. Alice Williams.
Mr. and Mrs.
O.B. Emerson and children, of Toulon, spent Sunday in the J.B. Emerson home.
Mr. and Mrs.
Ollie Braden and children, of Henning, spent Sunday in the
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I.J. Barfield
home.
Mrs. J.H. Crook
attended the bedside of her brother in Ripley Friday and Saturday.
Whitefield
Little Virginia
Bray, who has malaria fever, is slowly improving.
Mr. Oscar
Grimes, of Dyersburg, spent Saturday night and Sunday in the J.A. Grimes home.
Mr. and Mrs. W.T.O.
Gay and son, Thomas, spent Sunday in the Ethel Spiller home at Conner.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom
Mitchell and daughter, Pauline, of Asbury, spent Sunday in the I.B. Wheatley
home.
Mr. Sim Parchman
and son, James, attended the bedside of Mr. John Grigsby Sunday afternoon at
Asbury.
Mr. and Mrs.
Calvin Elder and daughter, of Durhamville, spent Sunday afternoon in the J.A.
Grimes home.
Rutherford
Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Badgett, of Dyersburg, spent Sunday in the T.L. Meeks home.
Mrs. H. W.
Brasfield and children of Nankipoo spent Saturday with Mrs. J.D. Grady.
Mr. and Mrs.
Dewey Brown and daughter, Martha Jane, of Indianna, are visiting parents here.
Mr. Jimmie Meeks
and family, from near Double Bridges, spent Sunday in the Tom Meeks home.
On Tuesday,
March 16, our community was made sad by the death of our good neighbor and
friend, Mrs. W.J. Morton. Her husband preceded her in death on Feb. 17, 1926.
She was in her 78th year. She is survived by two children, a few relatives and
a host of friends, who will ever remember her gentle face and feel that heaven
is dearer to them now than ever before since she will be waiting to welcome
them.
Cedar Grove
Mrs. Katie Gay
of Whiting, Ind. is visiting her sister, Mrs. Ross Hutcherson.
Mr. Austin Smith
and family visited the Ben Tillman home at Flippen Sunday.
Miss Louise
Hutcherson spent Sunday with Miss Arah Sue Underwood at Central.
Mrs. E.L.
Hutcherson is attending the bedside of Mrs. Presley Hutcherson in Ripley.
Cross Roads
Mr. and Mrs.
Cliff Thompson of Orysa visited parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.T. Bibb Sunday.
Miss Gladys
Tillman visited in the home of her uncle, Mr. Jim Tillman, at Curve a few days
last week.
Mr. and Mrs.
Wesley Ellis and children spent Sunday with their mother, Mrs. Williams, at
Perciful.
Mrs. M.C. Harper
and little son, Frank, of Gates, spent the weekend with her daughter, Mrs.
Alvin Davis.
Little Jewell
Davis spent Thursday night with her grandmother, Mrs. M.C. Harper, at Gates.
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Mary's Chapel
Mrs. H.J.
Maness, who has been quite sick, is reported doing better.
Mrs. Bill Hanley
of Open Lake spent the weekend here in the R.C. Criner home.
Mr. and Mrs.
Chas. Klutts and Mrs. M.E. Williams attended the bedside of Mr. Thomas Williams
in Memphis last week. Mr. Harbert Williams spent Sunday there.
Pea Ridge
Mr. Reuban
Dillingham, of Salem, spent Saturday night with Mr. Lester Hopkins.
Mrs. John Poe
and Mrs. A.A. Poe of Henning spent Wednesday in the W.W. Hopkins home.
Mrs. W.W.
Hopkins and son, Lester, and Mr. Marion Mitchell were Sunday guests in the J.L.
Sellers home in Henning.
Mr. and Mrs.
Marvin Hopkins and Mrs. Tina Bumpass, of Memphis, spent Monday night and
Tuesday in the W.W. Hopkins home.
Mr. and Mrs.
Urban Haynes and baby of Crutcher spent Wednesday night in the home of her
mother, Mrs. W.W. Hopkins.
Mrs. Jennie
Benthall and son, J.T., from near Asbury, and Mrs. Etta Johnson and daughter,
Bertha, of Poplar Grove, were Sunday guests of Mrs. J.S. Richerson.
Pleasant Hill
Mr. and Mrs.
F.I. Barfield spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Elma Lloyd at Glimp.
Mr. and Mrs.
P.L. Evans spent Saturday and Sunday in Memphis, guests of Mr. Eugene Lloyd.
Mr. and Mrs.
Walter Clapp, who moved to Edith some months ago, are moving back to this place
this week.
Mr. and Mrs.
Thompson, of East St. Louis, are visiting in the home of the latter's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. L.E. Roy.
Concord
Mrs. Margaret
Roberson, of Gates, spent Friday in the R.M. Dew home.
Mr. Aaron Queen,
of Perciful, spent the weekend with Mr. Oakley Layne.
Mr. and Mrs.
John Tomlinson, of Gates, spent Sunday in the J.B. Milam home.
Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Akin, of Perciful, spent Sunday in the J.F. Davis home.
Mrs. Levi Morris
of Ripley spent Tuesday with her mother, Mrs. J.B. Milam.
Miss Vallie
Layne spent a few days with her sister, Mrs. Clyde Hendren.
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ENTERPRISE Friday
April 2, 1926
***A Peep
Into The Past--April 7, 1899
Mr. N.L.
Robertson has assumed control of the hotel at Gates.
The Ripley Marble Works moved Tuesday to their new quarters on Depot Street.
Mrs. Wm. Henry went to Bethesda a few days ago and organized a ladies aid
society.
Master Joe Berg and S. Solomon spent Sunday with Mr. Sternberger and family in
Gates.
Mr. J.W. Bryn and wife, of Brownsville, visited relatives in Ripley and
vicinity this week.
Miss Daisy Oats of Jackson is visiting her sister, Mrs. George Porter, in the
home of Dr. J.A. Porter.
Miss Mabel McKinney, of Nashville, is visiting her brother, C.P. McKinney, Esq.
and family in Ripley.
Flippen Item: Flippen is still on the boom. John Webb is putting up a new house
and J.P. Boyd has made a new calf lot.
Misses Lottie and Lucile Conner, who are attending school in Brownsville, spent
several days this week in Ripley with their father, Mr. John Conner, Jr.
Double Bridges Item: Mr. and Mrs. B.J. Hart have the sympathy of the entire
community in the death of their little son, Willie, which occured last Sunday.
Mr. Austin Mann died at his home in Brownsville last Saturday. He was clerk and
master of the chancery court of Haywood County, and founder of the Brownsville
Tribune. He married Miss Jennie Williams of Ripley. End Of Peep Into Past***
Mrs
Bridgewater Dead
After a brief
illness of double pneumonia, Mrs. T.T. Bridgewater died Thursday morning at 5
o'clock at the home of her daughter, Mrs. P.N. Conner, Jr. It will be
remembered that her husband passed away only a few weeks ago, and as they were
so happily united for a long period in life, only a short span of time
separated their "union in death." On Friday morning her remains
will be laid beside those of her husband in Trinity Cemetery near Nut Bush,
while together their souls, reunited in the heavenly home, will through the
ceaseless years of eternity dwell with Him whom they served so faithfully on
earth.
Truly this aged
couple were numbered among the best people of Ripley as well as the Nut Bush
community where they resided for many years before moving here. Like her
husband, she was one of the most loyal members of the Methodist church, and
never absented herself from worship unless providentially hindered. The world
is always made brighter and better by such lives, and heaven is populated by no
sweeter spirits than those of Mr. and Mrs. Bridgewater.
Lightfoot
Mr. and Mrs.
E.S. Meter spent Sunday in the Clarence Meter home at Gold Dust.
Mr. A.V.
Caldwell was called to Central one day last week to attend the bedside of his
grandmother.
Mr. A.C.
Lightfoot, of Ripley, spent Sunday in the home of his brother, Mr. V.T.
Liqhtfoot.
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Bald Knob
Miss Florence
Thurman, of St. Louis, is visiting in the Geo. Jones home.
Mr. John Bratcher,
of the Bluff, was a guest of Mr. Love Twilla Sunday.
Miss Maggie
Sanford of Ripley was a guest of Miss Ersie Twilla Sunday.
Mr. John Bowers,
of Tipton County, was a guest of his son, Mr. Parker Bowers, this weekend.
Henning
Mr. Carl Thum,
of Cookeville, is visiting his father, Mr. John Whitfield.
Mrs. J.F.
Rainey, of Athens, Ala., is visiting in the home of her brother, Dr. J.R.
Crutcher.
Bluff
Mrs. Annie Davis
of the Henning Farm spent the past week in the J.H. Crihfield home.
Mr. Horace
Harrison of Bald Knob spent Saturday night with Mr. John Bratcher.
Bradford Fork
Mrs. Addie
Crutchfield, Miss Bessie Young and Miss Ivey Jewell Boyd spent Sunday afternoon
in the home of Mrs. Will Midyett.
Mrs. Williams
was carried to the Western State Hospital in Bolivar Monday.
Mrs. Bob Newman
and children of Central and Mr. Oscar Koonce and wife spent Sunday in the Will
Newman home.
ArR Mr. and Mrs.
Will White spent Sunday in the home of his brother, Mr. Jack White.
Luckett
Grandmother
Riggins is reported quite sick.
Mrs. H.B.
McGarrity, who has been on the sick list, is improving.
Miss Ruth
Pittman happened to quite a serious accident Saturday by getting lye in one of
her eyes.
Mr. John Davis
and daughter of Dyersburg spent Sunday in the H.B. McGarrity home.
Mrs. Jessie
Davis and children of Memphis have returned home after spending several days
with her mother, Mrs. Etta Cooper.
Needmore
Mr. Bob Furr has
three children ill with measles.
Mr. and Mrs.
R.W. Cannon spent one night last week in the Lonnie Twilla home at Bald Knob.
Mr. Pug Duggan
of Nankipoo was the guest of his uncle, Mr. John Duggan, Monday night.
Flippen
Mrs. O.D.
Hendren visited Mrs. George Tillman at Cross Roads Sunday.
Miss Nell Caldwell
spent the past weekend with Miss Mai Bell Caldwell at Curve.
Mr. Will Kelly
and family of Central spent Sunday afternoon in the Bruce White home.
Mrs. Mary
Keltner and Mrs. Nellie Brown spent Friday with Mrs. Bob Moody
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near
Ripley.
Mrs. Bob Goodman
spent Friday at Curve with Miss Edna Carmack, who is still confined to her bed.
Mr. and Mrs.
J.P. Haynes spent weekend here with parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Fergason.
Mrs. John
Fergason and daughter, Cleo, spent Saturday afternoon with Mrs. Marvin Spiller
in Ripley.
Mr. and Mrs.
Irvie Cunningham of Ripley spent the weekend with their mother, Mrs. B.F. Webb.
Mr. and Mrs.
Marvin Spiller of Ripley spent Saturday night and Sunday with parents, Mr. and
Mrs. John Fergason.
Mr. and Mrs.
John Hutcherson and baby and Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Hutcherson of Cedar Grove
spent Sunday with parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Keltner.
Local and
Personal
Mr. Noble Bass
has been sick the past week.
Mrs. Minnie Cox,
of Blytheville, Ark., is a guest of Miss Gladys Evans.
Miss Pearl Trice
of Chicago is a guest of Mr. and Mrs. R.D. Parnell.
A daughter
arrived in the home of Mr. and Mrs. R.B. McCallum on March 20th.
Mrs. L.S. Lloyd
of Memphis is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.V. Dunavant.
Mrs. John Duncan
of Nankipoo spent last week with parents, Mr. and Mrs. T.A. Byler.
Mr. [and Mrs.]
D.A. Wesson of Toulon were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. J.C. Wesson.
A daughter was
born last Friday to Mr. and Mrs. George Cook at the home of Mrs. M. Taylor.
Laura Marr and
Polly, children of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Savage, are ill, the former with
pneumonia.
Mrs. W.I. Ross,
Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Ross spent Wednesday and Thursday of last week in
Jonesboro, Ark. and were accompanied home by Mrs. Clara Lunsford who is
visiting her mother, Mrs. W.I. Ross.
Mr. and Mrs.
Claud Neal, Miss Ellis Wood, and Mr. and Mrs. W.B. Midyett spent Sunday in
Memphis.
Mr. Henry Myers
and Mrs. Mildred Rice, of Brownsville, were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Rozelle Conner.
Mrs. Al
Childress went to the Baptist hospital in Memphis yesterday for examination,
having been ill for three weeks.
Mr. A.B. Green
has sold his interest in the City Service Station to Mr. T.H. Green, and is
again an employee of E. Wiener.
Mrs. Ike
Hammonds underwent quite a serious operation in the Ripley hospital on Thursday
of last week but is improving.
Mrs. Mattie
Utley of Halls, a guest of her son, Mr. Milton Utley several days returning
home Wednesday night.
Mrs. R.H.
Carraway, Mrs. E.H. Hampton and Mr. Albert Johnson, of Hansonhurst, spent Sunday
with their sister, Mrs. L.A. Meacham.
Mrs. W.T. Savage
carried her little son, who has pneumonia, to the Baptist hospital in Memphis
Sunday for treatments by two eminent baby specialists.
Mr. and Mrs.
G.G. Haynes and Mr. Matt Haynes, of Blytheville, Ark., are attending the
bedside of their brother, Mr. Lee Haynes, in the Ripley hospital.
A daughter was
born Tuesday to Mr. and Mrs. Parker Green in Dyersburg.
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Mrs. Green will
be remembered as Miss Ana Fisher. The baby has been named Annie Laura Green.
Mr. S.M. Craig
of Blytheville, Ark., spent a few days in Ripley this week, returning home
Wednesday. He was called here by the illness of his brother-in-law, Mr. Lee
Haynes.
Mrs. Wm. Tucker
Jr. and Mrs. Wm. Tucker III and children spent several days this week with Mrs.
Cecil Oliver at Neuhardt, Ark. They went to attend the birthday celebration of
little Sue Oliver, who was one year old Monday.
Mrs. John
Harlen, of El Dorado, Ark., spent Tuesday night with Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Wakefield. She was enroute to Glimp to attend the bedside of her mother, Mrs.
A.H. Crook, who suffered a stroke of paralysis Monday night.
Asbury
Mr. John Grigsby
is able to sit up after six weeks' illness.
Mrs. A.C. Braden
died Saturday afternoon about 5 o'clock after seven weeks illness, her death
resulting from paralysis. She was laid to rest the following day in Asbury
cemetery beneath a mound of flowers.
Glimp
Miss Vera Vowell
spent Saturday night and Sunday with her cousin, Miss Vivian Vowell.
Mr. and Mrs.
J.E. Bowers and Misses Emma Lou and Pauline Barfield attended the funeral of
Mrs. A.C. Braden at Asbury Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. W.J. Wilson
and sons, Walter and Sam, spent Sunday afternoon in Durhamville, guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Marcus Williams.
Whitefield
Mrs. Thurman of
Halls is spending this week with her granddaughter, Mrs. Everette Miller.
Edith
Mrs. M.A. Turner
of Ripley spent Sunday with her daughter, Mrs. T.E. Miller.
Ashport
Mr. Joe Pitts of
Lightfoot spent Sunday with Mr. Elina Rossiger.
Mr. Chester Webb
spent Sunday with Mr. Walsh Jones at Luckett.
Mr. John Turner
of Ripley spent Saturday night with Mr. Samuel Rossiger.
Mrs. John Perry
of Gold Dust is attending the bedside of her nephew, James Wood.
Miss Gracie Lee
Farmer spent the weekend with Miss Lucile Woodard at Lightfoot.
The death angel
recently visited the home of Mr. Ernie Wood and claimed his little grandson,
James.
Mrs. Vera
Whitson, of the Mengel Farm, spent Monday and Tuesday with her sister, Mrs.
Myrtle Gean.
Rutherford
Misses Linnie and
Nina Chipman and Minnie Chambers, of Poplar Grove, spent Sunday with their
grandmother, Mrs. Jim Baker.
Coal Creek
Mr. John Midyett
of Memphis visited in the Jim Smith home one day last week.
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Mr. Vernon Lyell
of Arp attended the bedside of his sister, Mrs. Viola Harrison, Sunday.
Pleasant Hill
Master Robert
McDonald spent Saturday night with Mr. and Mrs. Herman Emerson of Glimp.
Mr. and Mrs.
W.E. McGarrity and daughter, Inez, were Sunday visitors in the home of Mrs.
Bizzell in Henning.
Mr. S.W. Clapp,
who had been employed at Edith the past few months, has moved his family back
to this community.
Mr. and Mrs.
Thompson, of East St. Louis, are here to make their home with the latter's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. L.E. Roy.
Mascedonia
Mrs. Will
Midyett and two children, of Central, visited in the R.M. Midyett home the past
week.
Miss Wilma Prescott, who recently had her tonsils removed, is reported better.
Mr. J.H. Adkerson and family of Dry Hill spent Sunday in the W.G. Jennings
home.
Mrs. Mittie Frazier and two sons spent Sunday with her daughter, Mrs. Bennie
Harden.
Mack
Mrs. Frank
Woodruff and son, F.L., Jr., of the bottoms spent Sunday in the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Emmett Woodruff.
Mrs. Emmett
Woodruff and daughter, Ruby, spent Wednesday of last week in Ripley with Mr.
and Mrs. Mack Maness, Jr.
Solon Rozelle
Howard
On thy dim and
shadowy brow They place an iron crown, and call thee king Of terrors, and the
spoiler of the world, Deadly assassin, that strik'st down the fair, The loved,
the good.
Saturday
morning, March 20th, 1926, death claimed for its own one of our most promising
types of young manhood ? ? of Rozelle Howard. Rozelle was born September 14,
1905 and died March 20th, 1926, being at the time of his death about twenty
years of age. In August, 1920, he professed his faith in Jesus Christ and
joined the Baptist church at his home. He was an active member of the Epworth
League. On Oct. 7, 1925, he married Miss Elsie Lucas. He was stricken with
pneumonia and in less than a week had answered the summons of his Maker. We
mourn with the bereaved family because we feel a kindred sorrow. Where they
have lost a good husband, son, and brother, we have lost a friend, an active
member of the church, and a prospective leader in the community. But our Lord
says "Blessed are they that mourn for they shall be comforted" and we
know that they will find comfort in the fact
that; "He
so lived that when his summons came to join
The innumerable caravan which moves
To that mysterious realms, where each shall take
His chamber in the silent halls of death,
He went, not like the quarry slave at night
Scourged to his dungeon, but sustained and soothed
By an unfaltering trust, approached the grave
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Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch
About him and lies down to pleasant dreams."
A young wife,
mother, father, three sisters, two brothers, and a host of other relatives and
friends mourn his death.
Adv. Lena Thompson and Frances Thompson
Curve
Mrs. Love
Langley, of Memphis, is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Ollie Webster.
Mrs. Horace
Thompson spent last week with her sister, Mrs. Bob Weaver, near Craig.
Mrs. Frank
Spicer, of Luxora, Ark., spent the weekend with her mother, Mrs. G.W. Wilson.
Mrs. Andrew Dunavant
had as Sunday guests her mother, Mrs. T.Y. Wylie, and brother Mr.
Albert Wylie, of
Covington, and sister, Miss Nell Wylie, of Dyersburg.
Cross Roads
Mrs. Mollie Underwood has been quite ill with pleurisy.
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Milam are parents of a daughter born
March 24th.
Mrs. Julius Hoeft, from near Cedar Grove, is attending the
bedside of her sister, Mrs. Mollie Underwood.
Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Davis are parents of a daughter who was
born March 28th. She has been christened Nadine Inez.
n and wife, of Brownsville, visited relatives in Ripley and vicinity this week.
Miss Daisy Oats of Jackson is visiting her sister, Mrs. George Porter, in the
home of Dr. J.A. Porter.
Mrs. Mabel McKinney, of Nashville, is visiting her brother, C. P. McKinney,
Esq. and family of Ripley.
Flippen Item: Flippen is still on the boom. John Webb is putting up a new
house and J. P. Boyd has made a new calf lot.
Misses Lottie and Lucile Conner, who are attending school in Brownsville, spent
several days this week in Ripley with their father, Mr. John Conner, Jr.
Double Brides Item: Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Hart have the sympathy of the entire
community in the death of their little son, Willie, which occured last Sunday.
Mr. Austin Mann died at his home in Brownsville last Saturday. He was
clerk and master of the chancery court of Haywood County, and founder of the
Brownsville Tribune. He married Miss Jennie Williams of Ripley. End
Of Peep Into Past***
Mrs Bridgewater
Dead
After a brief illness of double pneumonia, Mrs. T. T.
Bridgewater died Thursday morning at 5 o'clock at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. P. N. Conner, Jr. It will be remembered that her husband passed away
only a few week's ago, and as they were so happily united for a long period in
life, only a short span of time separated their "union in
death." On Friday morning her remains will be laid beside those of
her husband in Trinity Cemetery near Nut Bush, while together their souls,
reunited in the heavenly home, will through the ceaseless years of eternity
dwell with Him whom they served so faithfully on earth. Truly this aged
couple were numbered among the best people of Ripley as well as the Nut Bush
community where they resided for many years before moving here. Like her
husband, she was one of the most loyal members of the
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Methodist
church, and never absented herself from worship unless providentially
hindered. The world is always mad brighter and better by such lives, and
heave is populated by no sweeter spirits than those of Mr. and Mrs.
Bridgewater.
Lightfoot
Mr. and Mrs. E.
S. Meter spent Sunday in the Clarence Meter home at Gold Dust.
Mr. A. V. Caldwell was called to Central one day last week to attend the
bedside of his grandmother.
Mr. A. C. Lightfoot, of Ripley, spent Sunday in the home of his brother, Mr. V.
T. Lightfoot.
Bald Knob
Miss Florence
Thurman, of St. Louis, is visiting in the Geo. Jones home.
Mr. John Bratcher, of the Bluff, was a guest of Mr. Love Twilla Sunday.
Miss Maggie Sanford of Ripley was a guest of Miss Ersie Twilla Sunday.
Mr. John Bowers, of Tipton County, was a guest of his son, Mr. Parker Bowers,
this weekend.
Henning
Mr. Carl Thum of
Cookeville, is visiting his father, Mr. John Whitfield.
Mrs. J. F. Rainey, of Athens, Ala., is visiting in the home of her brother, Dr.
J. R. Crutcher.
Bluff
Mrs. Annie Davis
of the Henning Farm, spent the past week in the J. H. Crihfield home.
Mr. Horace Harrison of Bald Knob spent Saturday night with Mr. John Bratcher.
Bradford Fork
Mrs. Addie
Crutchfield, Miss Bessie Young and Miss Ivey Jewell Boyd spent Sunday afternoon
in the home of Mrs. Will Midyett.
Mrs. Williams was carried to the Western State Hospital in Bolivar Monday.
Mrs. Bob Newman and children of Central and Mr. Oscar Koonce and wife spent
Sunday in the Will Newman home.
Arp
Mr. and Mrs.
Will White spent Sunday in the home of his brother, Mr. Jack White.
Luckett
Grandmother
Riggins is reported quite sick.
Mrs. H. B. McGarrity, who has been on the sick list, is improving.
Miss Ruth Pittman happened to quite a serious accident Saturday by getting lye
in one of her eyes.
Mr. John Davis and daughter of Dyersburg spent Sunday in the H. B. McGarrity
home.
Mrs. Jessie Davis and children of Memphis have returned home after spending
several days with her mother, Mrs. Etta Cooper.
Needmore
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Mr. Bob Furr has
three children ill with measles.
Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Cannon spent one night last week in the Lonnie Twilla home
at Bald Knob.
Mr. Pug Duggan of Nankipoo was the guest of his uncle, Mr. John Duggan, Monday
night.
Flippen
Mrs. O. D.
Hendren visited Mrs. George Tillman at Cross Roads Sunday.
Miss Nell
Caldwell spent the past weekend with Miss Mai Bell Caldwell at Curve.
Mr. Will Kelly
and family of Central spent Sunday afternoon in the Bruce White home.
Mrs. Mary Keltner
and Mrs. Nellie Brown spent Friday with Mrs. Bob Moody near Ripley.
Mrs. Bob Goodman
spent Friday at Curve with Miss Edna Carmack, who is still confined to her bed.
Mr. and Mrs.
J.P. Haynes spent weekend here with parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Fergason.
Mrs. John
Fergason and daughter, Cleo, spent Saturday afternoon with Mrs. Marvin Spiller
in Ripley.
Mr. and Mrs.
Irvie Cunningham of Ripley spent the weekend with their mother, Mrs. B.F. Webb.
Mr. and Mrs.
Marvin Spiller of Ripley spent Saturday night and Sunday with parents, Mr. and
Mrs. John Fergason.
Mr. and Mrs.
John Hutcherson and baby and Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Hutcherson of Cedar Grove
spent Sunday with parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Keltner.
Local and
Personal
Mr. Noble Bass
has been sick the past week.
Mrs. Minnie Cox,
of Blytheville, Ark., is a guest of Miss Gladys Evans.
Miss Pearl Trice
of Chicago is a guest of Mr. and Mrs. R.D. Parnell.
A daughter
arrived in the home of Mr. and Mrs. R.B. McCallum on March 20th.
Mrs. L.S. Lloyd
of Memphis is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.V. Dunavant.
Mrs. John Duncan
of Nankipoo spent last week with parents, Mr. and Mrs. T.A. Byler.
Mr. [and Mrs.]
D.A. Wesson of Toulon were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. J.C. Wesson.
A daughter was
born last Friday to Mr. and Mrs. George Cook at the home of Mrs. M. Taylor.
Laura Marr and
Polly, children of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Savage, are ill, the former with
pneumonia.
Mrs. W.I. Ross,
Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Ross spent Wednesday and Thursday of last week in
Jonesboro, Ark. and were accompanied home by Mrs. Clara Lunsford who is
visiting her mother, Mrs. W.I. Ross.
Mr. and Mrs.
Claud Neal, Miss Ellis Wood, and Mr. and Mrs. W.B. Midyett spent Sunday in
Memphis.
Mr. Henry Myers
and Mrs. Mildred Rice, of Brownsville, were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Rozelle Conner.
Mrs. Al
Childress went to the Baptist hospital in Memphis yesterday for examination,
having been ill for three weeks.
Mr. A.B. Green
has sold his interest in the City Service Station to Mr. T.H. Green, and is
again an employee of E. Wiener.
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Mrs. Ike
Hammonds underwent quite a serious operation in the Ripley hospital on Thursday
of last week but is improving.
Mrs. Mattie
Utley of Halls, a guest of her son, Mr. Milton Utley several days returning
home Wednesday night.
Mrs. R.H.
Carraway, Mrs. E.H. Hampton and Mr. Albert Johnson, of Hansonhurst, spent
Sunday with their sister, Mrs. L.A. Meacham.
Mrs. W.T. Savage
carried her little son, who has pneumonia, to the Baptist hospital in Memphis
Sunday for treatments by two eminent baby specialists.
Mr. and Mrs.
G.G. Haynes and Mr. Matt Haynes, of Blytheville, Ark., are attending the
bedside of their brother, Mr. Lee Haynes, in the Ripley hospital.
A daughter was
born Tuesday to Mr. and Mrs. Parker Green in Dyersburg.
Mrs. Green will
be remembered as Miss Ana Fisher. The baby has been named Annie Laura Green.
Mr. S.M. Craig
of Blytheville, Ark., spent a few days in Ripley this week, returning home
Wednesday. He was called here by the illness of his brother-in-law, Mr. Lee
Haynes.
Mrs. Wm. Tucker
Jr. and Mrs. Wm. Tucker III and children spent several days this week with Mrs.
Cecil Oliver at Neuhardt, Ark. They went to attend the birthday celebration of
little Sue Oliver, who was one year old Monday.
Mrs. John
Harlen, of El Dorado, Ark., spent Tuesday night with Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Wakefield. She was enroute to Glimp to attend the bedside of her mother, Mrs.
A.H. Crook, who suffered a stroke of paralysis Monday night.
Asbury
Mr. John Grigsby
is able to sit up after six weeks' illness.
Mrs. A.C. Braden
died Saturday afternoon about 5 o'clock after seven weeks illness, her death
resulting from paralysis. She was laid to rest the following day in Asbury
cemetery beneath a mound of flowers.
Glimp
Miss Vera Vowell
spent Saturday night and Sunday with her cousin, Miss Vivian Vowell.
Mr. and Mrs.
J.E. Bowers and Misses Emma Lou and Pauline Barfield attended the funeral of
Mrs. A.C. Braden at Asbury Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. W.J. Wilson
and sons, Walter and Sam, spent Sunday afternoon in Durhamville, guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Marcus Williams.
Whitefield
Mrs. Thurman of
Halls is spending this week with her granddaughter, Mrs. Everette Miller.
Edith
Mrs. M.A. Turner
of Ripley spent Sunday with her daughter, Mrs. T.E. Miller.
Ashport
Mr. Joe Pitts of
Lightfoot spent Sunday with Mr. Elina Rossiger.
Mr. Chester Webb
spent Sunday with Mr. Walsh Jones at Luckett.
Mr. John Turner
of Ripley spent Saturday night with Mr. Samuel Rossiger.
Mrs. John Perry
of Gold Dust is attending the bedside of her nephew, James Wood.
Miss Gracie Lee
Farmer spent the weekend with Miss Lucile Woodard at
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Lightfoot.
The
death angel recently visited the home of Mr. Ernie Wood and claimed his little
grandson, James.
Mrs.
Vera Whitson, of the Mengel Farm, spent Monday and Tuesday with her sister,
Mrs. Myrtle Gean.
Rutherford
Misses
Linnie and Nina Chipman and Minnie Chambers, of Poplar Grove, spent Sunday with
their grandmother, Mrs. Jim Baker.
Coal
Creek
Mr.
John Midyett of Memphis visited in the Jim Smith home one day last week.
Mrs.
Green will be remembered as Miss Ana Fisher. The baby has been named Annie
Laura Green.
Mr.
S.M. Craig of Blytheville, Ark., spent a few days in Ripley this week,
returning home Wednesday. He was called here by the illness of his
brother-in-law, Mr. Lee Haynes.
Mrs.
Wm. Tucker Jr. and Mrs. Wm. Tucker III and children spent several days this
week with Mrs. Cecil Oliver at Neuhardt, Ark. They went to attend the birthday
celebration of little Sue Oliver, who was one year old Monday.
Mrs.
John Harlen, of El Dorado, Ark., spent Tuesday night with Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Wakefield. She was enroute to Glimp to attend the bedside of her mother, Mrs.
A.H. Crook, who suffered a stroke of paralysis Monday night.
Asbury
Mr.
John Grigsby is able to sit up after six weeks' illness.
Mrs.
A.C. Braden died Saturday afternoon about 5 o'clock after seven weeks illness,
her death resulting from paralysis. She was laid to rest the following day in
Asbury cemetery beneath a mound of flowers.
Glimp
Miss
Vera Vowell spent Saturday night and Sunday with her cousin, Miss Vivian
Vowell.
Mr.
and Mrs. J.E. Bowers and Misses Emma Lou and Pauline Barfield attended the
funeral of Mrs. A.C. Braden at Asbury Sunday afternoon.
Mrs.
W.J. Wilson and sons, Walter and Sam, spent Sunday afternoon in Durhamville,
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Marcus Williams.
Whitefield
Mrs.
Thurman of Halls is spending this week with her granddaughter, Mrs. Everette
Miller.
Edith
Mrs.
M.A. Turner of Ripley spent Sunday with her daughter, Mrs. T.E. Miller.
Ashport
Mr.
Joe Pitts of Lightfoot spent Sunday with Mr. Elina Rossiger.
Mr.
Chester Webb spent Sunday with Mr. Walsh Jones at Luckett.
Mr.
John Turner of Ripley spent Saturday night with Mr. Samuel Rossiger.
Mrs.
John Perry of Gold Dust is attending the bedside of her nephew, James Wood.
Miss
Gracie Lee Farmer spent the weekend with Miss Lucile Woodard at Lightfoot.
The
death angel recently visited the home of Mr. Ernie Wood and claimed his little
grandson, James.
Mrs.
Vera Whitson, of the Mengel Farm, spent Monday and Tuesday with her sister,
Mrs. Myrtle Gean.
Rutherford
Misses
Linnie and Nina Chipman and Minnie Chambers, of Poplar Grove, spent Sunday with
their grandmother, Mrs. Jim Baker.
Coal
Creek
Mr.
John Midyett of Memphis visited in the Jim Smith home one day last week.
Mr.
Vernon Lyell of Arp attended the bedside of his sister, Mrs. Viola Harrison,
Sunday.
Pleasant
Hill
Master
Robert McDonald spent Saturday night with Mr. and Mrs. Herman Emerson of Glimp.
Mr.
and Mrs. W.E. McGarrity and daughter, Inez, were Sunday visitors in the home of
Mrs. Bizzell in Henning.
Mr.
S.W. Clapp, who had been employed at Edith the past few months, has moved his
family back to this community.
Mr.
and Mrs. Thompson, of East St. Louis, are here to make their home with the
latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. L.E. Roy.
Mascedonia
Mrs.
Will Midyett and two children, of Central, visited in the R.M. Midyett home the
past week.
Miss
Wilma Prescott, who recently had her tonsils removed, is reported better.
Mr.
J.H. Adkerson and family of Dry Hill spent Sunday in the W.G. Jennings home.
Mrs.
Mittie Frazier and two sons spent Sunday with her daughter, Mrs. Bennie Harden.
Mack
Mrs.
Frank Woodruff and son, F.L., Jr., of the bottoms spent Sunday in the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Emmett Woodruff.
Mrs.
Emmett Woodruff and daughter, Ruby, spent Wednesday of last week in Ripley with
Mr. and Mrs. Mack Maness, Jr.
Solon
Rozelle Howard
On
thy dim and shadowy brow They place an iron crown, and call thee king Of
terrors, and the spoiler of the world, Deadly assassin, that strik'st down the
fair, The loved, the good.
Saturday
morning, March 20th, 1926, death claimed for its own one of our most promising
types of young manhood ? ? of Rozelle Howard. Rozelle was born September 14,
1905 and died March 20th, 1926, being at the time of his death about twenty
years of age. In August, 1920, he professed his faith in Jesus Christ and
joined the Baptist church at his home. He was an active member of the Epworth
League. On Oct. 7, 1925, he married Miss Elsie Lucas.
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He
was stricken with pneumonia and in less than a week had answered the summons of
his Maker. We mourn with the bereaved family because we feel a kindred
sorrow. Where they have lost a good husband, son, and brother, we have
lost a friend, an active member of the church, and a prospective leader in the
community. But our Lord says "Blessed are they that mourn for they
shall be comforted" and we know that they will find comfort in the fact
that;
"He so lived that
when his summons came to join
The innumerable caravan which moves
To that mysterious realms, where each shall take
His chamber in the silent halls of death,
He went, not like the quarry slave at night
Scourged to his dungeon, but sustained and soothed
By an unfaltering trust, approached the grave
Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch
About him and lies down to pleasant dreams."
A
young wife, mother, father, three sisters, two brothers, and a host of other
relatives and friends mourn his death.
Ad.
Lena Thompson and Frances Thompson
Curve
Mrs.
Love Langley, of Memphis, is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Ollie Webster.
Mrs. Horace Thompson spent last week with her sister, Mrs. Bob Weaver, near
Craig.
Mrs. Frank Spicer of Luxora, Ark., spent the weekend with her mother, Mrs. G.
W. Wilson.
Mrs. Andrew Dunavant had as Sunday guests her mother, Mrs. T. Y. Wylie, and
brother Mr. Albert Wylie, of Covington, and sister, Miss Nell Wylie, of
Dyersburg.
Cross
Roads
Mrs.
Mollie Underwood has been quite ill with pleurisy.
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Milam are parents of a daughter born March 24th.
Mrs. Julius Hoeft, from near Cedar Grove, is attending the bedside of her
sister, Mrs. Mollie Underwood.
Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Davis are parents of a daughter who was born March
28th. She has been christened Nadine Inez.
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ENTERPRISE
Friday April 9, 1926
County Court
The farm of W.C.
Sutton was changed from the 14th to the 6th district.
John Summers was
permitted to hawk and peddle without license.
Cross Roads
Mr. Edward Milam
and brother, Amos, spent Sunday in the Geo. Tillman home.
Mr. and Mrs.
Ernest Underwood of Ripley attended the bedside of their mother one night last
week.
Mr. and Mrs.
Polk Crowder and children, of Conner, attended the bedside Monday night of Mr.
W.E. Bentley who continues quite ill.
***A Peep
Into The Past--April 14, 1899
Miss Pearl
Sparks left Monday for Maryville to attend the Tennessee Federation of Clubs.
Mr. N.W. Barbour and family and Mr. James Rice and family spent Sunday at
Flippen, guests of Mr. James Levid and family.
Dr. D.I. Dupree has purchased the interest of Dr. Read in the dental office and
will conduct the business hereafter at the same place.
Dr. J.A. Porter is attending a series of lectures in Chicago. During his
absence his partner, Dr. W.C. Cardwell, will look after his practice.
Mr G.W. Spore, a prominent timber dealer of Tomato, Ark., a former citizen of
the 5th district of Lauderdale County, was in Ripley Monday.
Flippen Item: Mr. George Tillman returned Sunday from Goodwin, Ark. We are glad
to have him with us again. End of Peep Into Past***
Bluff
Mr. and Mrs.
Herman Pennington have moved near Ripley.
Mr. G.C. Webb
and family spent Sunday at Coal Creek in the J.S. Webb home.
Mr. John
Bratcher spent one night last week with Mr. Horace Harrison at Bald Knob.
Card Of
Thanks
We are
deeply grateful for the many kindnesses shown our dear brother, Mr. E.B.
Wadsworth, during his last illness and after he passed away. And especially do
we thank Dr. J.R. Lewis for his untiring efforts and the many friends who sent
? floral offerings. Adv. Brothers and Sister
Edith
Mrs. J.0. Cox
taught school for Esq. Chas. Cox at Flippen while he attended county court.
Miss Bessie
Beard, of Dry Hill, spent Monday night with her sister, Mrs. Walter Byler.
Mrs. Bracken
Crihfield, from near Henning Farm, spent the weekend with her mother, Mrs. W.A.
Craig.
Mr. and Mrs.
S.M. Culp and sons, Tony and Latney, of Bells, were guests of Mrs. Culp's
brother, Prof. J.0. Cox and family last week.
Mrs. Bessie
Peacock, of Gold Dust, Mrs. Donie Savage and daughter of
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Ashport,
and Katie Mueller of Gold Dust, were Sunday afternoon visitors here.
Coal Creek
Mr. and Mrs.
C.N. Armour spent Sunday in the S.J. Webb home.
Mr. Butler
Lyell, of Bexar, spent Sunday with his brother, Mr. H.M. Lyell.
Mrs. Mattie
Midyett and children of Central spent Monday night in the Jim Smith home.
Mr. and Mrs. Jesse
Cox and little daughter, Minnie, spent Thursday night in the W.J. Howard home.
Bald Knob
Mr. Pug Duggan
and Mr. Earley Midyett were in this community Sunday.
Luckett
Mrs. H.B.
McGarrity is slowly improving.
Mrs. Luther
Skinner and Miss Myrna McGarrity were in Ripley Thursday.
Knob Creek
Mr. Louis
Fortner of Coal Creek spent Wednesday night with his brother, Mr. Fletcher
Fortner.
Mr. and Mrs. Guy
Young and children of Central spent Sunday with her mother, Mrs. R.C.
Crihfield.
Lightfoot
Mrs. J.T. Alford,
of Blytheville, Ark., was called here last week by the illness of Mr. G.W.
Younger's baby, who has pneumonia. He is reported better.
Gates
Mrs. Mollie E.
Ferguson spent Easter with her daughter, Miss Cornelia Jones in Memphis.
Mr. S.B. Hill
was called to Covington Tuesday by the serious illness of his cousin, Warner
Hall [Hill]. He was accompanied by his daughter, Helen.
The J.E.
Piersons', the Egbert Piersons', the Eugene Piersons', Mrs. Drake and Mrs. Ella
Pierson of Ripley; Mr. and Mrs. J.J. Chaney of Crockett County; Mr. and Mrs.
Shelton Spence and daughters, Misses Nell and Patty Ray, of Halls, attended the
funeral of Mrs. Lucy Chaney, Monday. Mrs. Lucy Chaney, age 77 years, died at
the home of her son, Mr. J.P. Chaney, with whom she lived, Sunday morning at 11
o'clock. Funeral services were held at the Methodist Church Monday morning at
10 o'clock, conducted by her pastor, Rev. J.K. Pafford. The remains were
interred in Gates cemetery.
Cedar Grove
Mr. Fred
Hutcherson, of Memphis, spent Sunday here with homefolks.
Mrs. E.L.
Hutcherson has returned home from Ripley, where she attended the bedside of
Mrs. Presley Hutcherson.
Misses Louise
Hutcherson and Effie Sellers attended the play given by Mr. and Mrs. W.H.
Andrews near Central Saturday night.
Mr. James P.
Brown and wife of Flippen, and Mr. Homer Lee Adkerson and wife of Central spent
Sunday night with Mr. L.M. Hutcherson.
Mary's Chapel
Mrs. H.J. Maness
is improving.
Miss Irene
Klutts spent the weekend with relatives at Conner.
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Little James T.
Craig has been suffering the past week with a sprained ankle.
Mr. and Mrs.
Chas. Klutts and two children spent Sunday with relatives at Conner.
Mrs. B.A.
Styers, from near Ripley, attended the bedside of Mrs. H.J. Maness here one day
last week.
Mrs. M.E. Williams
attended the bedside of her daughter, Mrs. Phillip Rushing, near Conner several
days last week.
Death Of A.R.
Cleaves
Mr. Adee R.
Cleaves passed away at his home in Ripley Saturday night and his remains were
laid to rest in the cemetery at Mary's Chapel by the side of his three children
who had preceded him in death. The funeral service was held at the Ripley
Baptist Church at 2:30, conducted by Dr. L.O. Leavell. Mr. Cleaves was in his
37th year having been born in Mason, Tenn. Sept. 26, 1889. On Nov. 12, 1911, he
was married to Miss Annie May Fowler, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C.P. Fowler, of
Ripley, and to this union three children were born. With the exception of a few
years spent in Mississippi, he had resided in Ripley since his marriage and was
an electrician by occupation, for several years, being in the employ of the
Cumberland Tel. & Telegraph Co. Though only confined to his home a few
months, he had been in failing health for a year or more, and his death was not
unexpected. He was a member of the Methodist church and a Mason, though he had
never moved his membership in either to Ripley. His wife survives him, also his
mother, Mrs. C.C. Adams.
Local and
Personal
Miss Marie
Wilkinson, of Memphis, is a guest of Mrs. G.J. Johnson.
Miss Louise
Foust, of Memphis, was a Sunday guest of Mrs. Marvin Stewart.
Mr. J.L. Daniels
and family spent the weekend in Jackson and Henderson.
Mr. and Mrs.
G.A. Girdner of Covington were Sunday visitors in Ripley.
Mr. and Mrs.
C.L. Maclin and Mr. Fred Maclin were in Memphis Monday.
Messrs. Andrew
and J.B. Crockett were in Covington on business Wednesday.
Mr. Adolph
Wiener, of Nashville, spent Wednesday with his brother, Mr. E. Wiener.
Miss Daisy
Lightfoot, of Blytheville, Ark., is visiting her aunt, Mrs. R.L. Fortner.
Mrs. Pillow and
Mrs. Clarence Thurmond of Dyersburg were in Ripley Sunday and Monday.
Miss Fanny
Neighbours of Tupelo, Miss. is visiting with Miss Ethel Neighbours for the
weekend.
Mrs. W.H.
Crihfield of Edith spent Monday and Tuesday with their daughter, Mrs. J.L.
Barbour.
Miss Ruth
Hedgepeth, who is attending the Teachers College in Memphis, spent Sunday at
home.
Mrs. J.L.
DeVinney and daughter, Miss Onie, have returned from several weeks' visit in
Mississippi.
Mr. Joe White
and family, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Ballard, and Mrs. Ben White spent Sunday in
Memphis.
Rev. L.D.
Hamilton, P.E. of the Brownsville district, attended the funeral of Mr. E.B.
Wadsworth at Arp Monday.
Mr. and Mrs.
E.P. McCallum and son and Mrs. T.C. McCallum, of Memphis, spent Sunday with
relatives in Ripley.
Mr. and Mrs.
Andrew Hughes and daughter, Miss Annie Buford, of Nankipoo, were visitors in
Ripley Tuesday
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Mr. H.H.
McWherter, of Memphis, traveling freight and passenger agent of the I.C.
Railroad, was in Ripley Tuesday.
Mrs. Jennie
Chapman and daughter, Miss Narcissa, of Memphis, were weekend guests of Mr. and
Mrs. J.B. Chapman.
Mr. and Mrs.
A.W. Steele and Mr. and Mrs. Murrell Parrott, of Memphis, were Sunday guests in
the home of Mr. W.G. Speck. Mrs. Steele is spending the week here.
Mr. Louis
Kirkpatrick, of Russellville, Ky., and son, Mr. Robert Kirkpatrick of
Louisville, Ky. visited relatives here a few days this week.
Mrs. Tom Jones
of Dyersburg and Miss Julia May Rodgers of Memphis spent the weekend with
parents, Mr. and Mrs. L.G. Rodgers.
Mr. W.C.
Wadsworth, who was at Ashville, N.C. with his family, was called here to attend
the bedside of his brother, Mr. E.B. Wadsworth.
Mrs. A.B. White
of Poplar Bluff, Mo. is visiting parents, Mr. and Mrs. D.J. Garrett, at Edith.
Mr. White accompanied her but only spent Tuesday.
Mr. Eugene
Thornley, of Bellville, Ill., and Mr. Ernest Thornley, of Memphis, were called
here Sunday by the death of their uncle, Mr. E.B. Wadsworth.
Mr. and Mrs.
J.0. Keltner and children, Mildred and Milton, and Mr. and Mrs. Marshel and
daughter, Alma, of Memphis, were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. J.W. Gracy.
Mr. and Mrs.
Lester Meacham and daughters, Nona and Annie Florence, and Messrs. William
Walker and Jesse Meacham motored to Hansonhurst Sunday to spend the day with
Mrs. Meacham's father, Mr. A.B. Johnson.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam
Berg and children, Carol Betty and S.L. Jr., accompanied by Mrs. Lee Berg,
spent several days this week in Memphis. While there Mr. Berg and his children
had their tonsils removed at the Methodist hospital.
Mrs. J.R.
Colclough, of Wichita Falls, Texas, was called here Sunday by the serious
illness of her brother's wife, Mrs. R.R. Halliburton, Jr. Mrs. Halliburton's
condition is still critical, though she was reported slightly improved
yesterday.
Two young white
men, James Grammer and Leonard Landreth, who live near Ripley, each about 18
years of age, were arrested in Covington Wednesday, charged with disposing of
chickens stolen from the home of Mr. J.R. Lewis in Henning, and bound over to
circuit court under bond of $250. each, which they had not made as we went to
press. Mr. Lewis recovered about 10 of his fowls.
Concord
A son was born
Sunday to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Dew.
Mr. and Mrs.
Horace Rainey, of Gates, spent Sunday in the J.F. Davis home.
Mr. John Dew,
from near Gates, spent Sunday afternoon in the A.E. Brantley home.
Miss Edna Lacy
spent the past weekend at Halls with parents, Mr. and Mrs. Claud Lacy.
Mr. Aaron Queen,
of Perciful, spent one night last week with Mr. Oakley Layne.
Miss Allie
White, of Perciful, spent one night the past week with her sister, Mrs. Walter
Chalk.
Mr. and Mrs.
John S. Moore, of Gates, spent Thursday here with parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sid
Moore.
Mrs. Alice Lou
Brantley and children spent Saturday and Sunday near Central with her brother,
Mr. Green Moore.
Mr. and Mrs.
Archie McNeal spent Saturday night and Sunday near Curve
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with
parents, Mr. and Mrs. G.W. Newman.
Mrs. Lizzie Voss
and children spent Saturday night near Forked Deer with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Will Williams.
Mr. and Mrs.
O.L. Davis and son of Gates spent Saturday night and Sunday with parents, Mr.
and Mrs. J.F. Davis.
Mr. Joe Mack
Williams, who is spending a few months in the Herman Leggett home, spent the
weekend with parents near Flippen.
Mr. and Mrs.
Herman Leggett, of this place, and Mr. and Mrs. F.M. Leggett of Cross Roads
spent Sunday in the Lonnie Fennell home near Ripley.
Pleasant Hill
Misses Madeline
North, Blannie Sue Bizzell and Hattie Cox were in Edith Saturday.
Mr. W.R.
Halliburton has been confined to his bed several days with high blood pressure.
Mrs. Willie Mai
Cox of Blytheville, Ark. is visiting her sisters, Misses Anna and Callie White.
Mrs. J.C. Wilkinson,
of Amory, Miss., Mrs. ? Gaines of Paragould, Ark., Misses Blannie Bizzell and
Marie Wilkinson, of Memphis, were called to the bedside of Mr. W.R. Halliburton
Monday night.
Mascedonia
Miss Genevieve
Latham of Edith spent Saturday night with Miss Maude Jennings.
Mr. Efford
Duggan and family, of the Henning Farm, spent Sunday in the Otis Goodwin home.
Mr. John Midyett
has returned to his home in Memphis after two weeks' visit with his mother
here.
Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas E. Cates spent Saturday night with parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.B. Akin, at
Edith.
Flippen
Mrs. Nelia
Fergason spent Monday at Central with Mr. and Mrs. Elrado Fergason.
Mrs. A] Caldwell
and children, of Curve, visited her mother, Mrs. Nelia Fergason Sunday.
Misses Katie and
Altie Goodman spent Saturday night and Sunday with Miss Maggie Sanford at
Ripley.
Misses Katie and
Altie Goodman and Mr. John Bratcher attended the Easter services at Edith
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs.
J.P. Haynes of Asbury and Mrs. Marvin Spiller of Ripley spent the weekend with
parents here.
Whitefield
Little Virginia
Bray is able to be up after five weeks' illness.
Miss Bessie Mai
Northcott has returned to her home in Yarbro, Ark.
Mr. Leonard
Latham and Mr. Barney Bizzell, of St. Louis, are home on a visit.
Mr. Lawson Bray
and Mr. Wayne Roberts of Ripley spent Saturday night with Mr. Harry Bray.
Mr. Frank Holt
and family, from near Ripley, spent Sunday afternoon in the J. Connell home.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom
Mitchell and daughter, Pauline, of Asbury; and Mr. Will Chipman and family, of
Arp, spent Sunday in the I.B. Wheatley home.
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Those who
visited in the H.H. Bray home Sunday were Mr. and Mrs. J.A. Brogdon and sons,
James and Emmet, of Henning; and Mr. and Mrs. Odie Stone and son, Edward, of Mary's
Chapel.
Mr. Walter
Wheatley, Miss Ara Wheatley and Misses Frances and Mary Lee Bray spent the
weekend with Mrs. J.D. Northcott, at Yarbro, Ark., and were accompanied home by
Miss Louise Northcott.
E.B.
Wadsworth Dead
After an illness
of only six days of double pneumonia, Mr. E.B. Wadsworth died Sunday afternoon
and was laid to rest Monday afternoon in Mt. Pleasant cemetery near Arp.
Funeral services were conducted by Dr. F.H. Peeples, assisted by Rev. J.M.
Kendall at Mt. Pleasant Church at 2:30 o'clock in the presence of many friends
and relatives of the deceased. Mr. Wadsworth was 44 years of age and was born
in this county near Arp, where he resided until about 15 years ago when he
moved to Ripley. He was a barber by trade and followed this occupation until
last year when he sold out to engage in the transfer business. He is survived
by a wife and two sons, 16 and 13 years of age respectively; also four brothers
and one sister: Rev. L.R. Wadsworth, of Milam; W.B., J.H. and W.C. Wadsworth
and Mrs. Dora Thornley, of this county.
Central
Mr. E.S. Haynes
has a sick child.
Esq. W.T.
Andrews has been sick for the last week.
Mr. W.C. Hancock
and family of Gold Dust were here Sunday.
Mr. Floyd
Harrison and Ell Hargett were in Ripley on business.
Mr. Lee Vaughan
and wife of Memphis were here Saturday night and Sunday to see his father, Mr.
L.M. Vaughn.
Mr. Horace
Burnham took his wife to Memphis Sunday to undergo another operation, which is
the third she has undergone.
Mr. Jim
Caldwell, of Widner, Ark., was here Saturday and was accompanied home Sunday by
his wife, who had been here the past two weeks.
Mr. Preston
Barbour, who has been living in Memphis, was here last week to see his father,
Mr. W.G. Barbour. He left Wednesday for East Tennessee near Chattanooga, where
he has employment.
Central
Aunt Martha
Caldwell, who is in her 95th year, and who was so very sick with pneumonia, is
now better. Her brother, Mr. A.L. Brown, who is in his 91st year, is very
feeble. This is the oldest couple in the county.
Asbury
Mr. Montelle
Haynes left a few days ago to make his home in Blytheville, Ark.
Mrs. W. Gaines
attended the bedside of Mr. Lee Haynes at Ripley hospital Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Glenn and children spent Sunday in the home of Mr. and Mrs. W.A. Blankenship.
Mrs. C.L. Gaines
and Mrs. J.T. Benthall spent one day last week in Ripley, guests of Mrs. Geo.
Cook.
Miss Sallie
Luton spent the weekend at Durhamville, a guest in the home of Mr. and Mrs.
P.A. Meacham.
Little Frances
Luton of Ripley spent several days the past week with grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. H.C. Luton.
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Mrs. H.C. Luton
and son, Mr. Henry Luton, spent Sunday in Memphis, guests in the home of Mr.
and Mrs. James Luton.
Mr. and Mrs.
Willie Mc Mahan and Mr. and Mrs. Austin Maxwell spent Sunday
at Gates,
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Erb Garrett.
Mr. Jesse A.
Given of Glimp and Miss Miriam A. Douglas, from near Ripley, surprised their
many friends by driving to Covington Sunday morning and getting married. The
bride is the daughter of Mrs. N.J. Douglas. Mr. Given is a son of Mr. J.G.
Given, of Pleasant Hill.
Curve
Mr. and Mrs.
N.J. Harward spent Sunday in Memphis with her sister, Mrs. J.M. Travis.
Miss Crystal
Garrett of Memphis spent the weekend with parents, Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Garrett.
Miss Crystal
Tillman of Blytheville, Ark. spent Saturday night with parents, Mr. and Mrs.
J.H. Tillman.
Poplar Grove
Mr. H.A. Ammons
spent Sunday with his father, Mr. W.C. Ammons.
Mr. Bob Hendren
and daughter, Bertha, attended services at Campground Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs.
A.D. Ammons and family, of Williamstown, were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs.
C.M. Allen.
Miss Ella Clark
had as her Sunday guests, Mr. and Mrs. J.W. Watkins, of Ripley, and Mr. and
Mrs. Lankford Fields, of Henning.
Woodville
Mr. Tom Chapman
was in Brownsville Monday on business.
Mr. Irvin
Chapman, of Covington, was here Monday.
Mrs. J.E.
Chapman, wife and little son visited in Brownsville Tuesday.
Mr. B.W. Chapman
of Covington was in the home of his mother last Friday.
Mr. Perry Smith and
sister, Mrs. Lillie Roe and Mrs. Doyle of Memphis spent Easter here with Mrs.
G.W. Smith.
Mr. and Mrs.
John Heathcock and little son, John, spent Sunday in the home of her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. J.F. Perciful.
Mrs. Hallie
Wendell returned to her home in Dyersburg Monday after a month's visit with her
sister, Mrs. W.J. Wilson.
Arp
Mr. and Mrs.
LeRoy Becton, of Unionville, visited in the F.E. Becton home one day recently.
Mr. and Mrs.
Ivan Garrett were called to Memphis last week by the illness of her sister, who
is in a hospital there.
Mr. and Mrs.
Wilmer Wadsworth, of Memphis, were called here Monday to attend the funeral of
his uncle, Mr. E.B. Wadsworth.
Mr. George
Trimble is visiting his daughter, Mrs. Clarence Hargett, at Central. Mr.
Trimble celebrated his 81st birthday last Friday.
Henning
Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Gift, of Rialto, were Sunday guests in the home of Mrs. Laura Lankford.
Mr. and Mrs.
George Barfield and daughter spent Sunday with Mrs. Tab Barfield at Cherry.
Miss Margaret
Roy has returned home from a visit of several weeks with
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relatives
in Brinkley, Ark.
Mrs. Lillie
Scott, who recently returned from Miami, Fla., is visiting in the home of T.P.
Scott.
Miss Stella
Sanford, of Ripley, was a Sunday guest of grandparents, Dr. and Mrs. H.W. Sanford.
Miss LaRue
Lankford, of Blytheville, Ark., spent the weekend with her mother, Mrs. Laura
Lankford.
Mrs. E.R. Oldham
returned to her home at Orysa Tuesday after ten days' visit with her sister,
Mrs. C.D. Flowers.
Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Barfield and daughter and Miss Urline Meadows, of Cherry, were Sunday
guests of Mr. and Mrs. R.A. Halliburton.
Mrs. W.A. fields
returned Thursday evening from Memphis, accompanied by her daughter, Miss Ruby,
who was able to leave the hospital.
Mr. and Mrs.
J.B. Alston returned Monday night from the Methodist hospital in Memphis. Mr.
Alston is rapidly recovering from an operation.
W.E. Hurt
Dead
Halls, Tenn.,
April 5-- W.E. Hurt, 52 years, owner and proprietor of Halls Supply Company for
a number of years, died here suddenly Friday evening at 7 o'clock. Mr. Hurt had
been in the Mercantile business for over 20 years and retired from active work
only a few months ago. He was born and reared in this community and was a
highly esteemed citizen. For a number of years he has been a member of First
Baptist Church.
Mack
Mrs. Mike
Wallace, of Price, spent Saturday with her mother, Mrs. J.H. Bailey.
Mrs. Willie
Bragg and son, W.C. Jr., of the Walker Farm, spent Monday and Tuesday with her
father, Mr. McCullough.
Mrs. B.F. Rose returned
home Friday from Burlison, where she had been attending the bedside of her
mother, who is improving.
Conner
Mrs. J.S.
Johnson and children, Pinkie and Donnie, were in Ripley Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs.
Newt Escue attended the bedside of his sister, Mrs. George Lovell, this week.
Mr. and Mrs.
Daisy Vaughn, of Nut Bush, spent Sunday here with their sister, Mrs. A.S.
Johnson.
Mr. and Mrs.
Robert N. Dunavant spent the weekend at Halls with parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis.
Mr. and Mrs.
Richard Mills and children spent Sunday at Forked Deer, guests of Mrs. Dewey
Daniels.
Mr. and Mrs.
John Koonce, from near Central, spent Saturday night and Sunday with parents,
Mr. and Mrs. J.W. Kirby.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed
Kirby and children, Julius and Jessie, and Mrs. Joe White and baby spent Sunday
at Nut Bush with Mrs. Joe Northcott.
Mr. F.M. Spiller
and sister, Miss Zella, spent one night last week with their aunt, Mrs. Lonnie
Fennell, near Ripley and were accompanied home by little Marie Fennell.
Rutherford
Mrs. Emma Burks
spent Sunday with her daughter, Mrs. Verter Warpole at Double Bridges.
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Mr. and Mrs.
T.L. Meeks and Mr. and Mrs. John Duncan attended the Hurt funeral at Halls
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs.
Paul Hurt and little son, Murray, of Dyersburg spent Sunday with their mother,
Mrs. B.B. Gooch.
Special
Election Notice
An election is
hereby ordered to be held in the 5th civil district of Lauderdale County, on
Thursday, April 29, 1926 for the purpose of electing a Justice of the Peace of
said district to fill out the unexpired term of C.G. Taylor who has removed
from the state.
The following
officers, judges and clerks are hereby appointed to hold said election:
GOLD DUST
Officer: W.M.
Nelson
Judges: R.J. Reviere, J.R. Yochum, J.E. Davis
Clerks: Joe C. Davis, Jr., W.C. Hancock
ASH PORT
Officer: W.M.
Chipman
Judges: J.F. Minner, Tom F. Conner, J.E. Wilson
Clerks: Chas. A. Wood, Doss Cannon
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ENTERPRISE
Friday April 16, 1926
A Peep Into
The Past--April 21, 1899
R.H. Oldham and
wife visited Bluff City Tuesday.
Mrs. Vasser
Moriarty is visiting friends and relatives in Jackson.
Mr. Will
Johnston, of Covington, spent Sunday with homefolks in Ripley.
Mr. Goodloe
Partee and Miss Pannie Oldham visited in Brownsville Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs.
R.W. Wood visited Mrs. Hall at Double Bridges a few days this week.
Mr. and Mrs.
Chas. Flowers and Miss Daisy Scott, of Henning, were in the city Saturday.
Miss Bessie
Graves got her right hand badly sprained playing ball at school the first of
the week.
Messrs. Watson
Willis, Sam Berg, Jonas Sternberger and Chas. Maclin attended the races in
Memphis Monday.
Mr. G.N. Grear
has sold his business at Chickasawba, Ark. and returned to his home in this
county at Edith.
Lightfoot Item:
Mr. Joe Mann paid our village an affectionate and smiling visit Sunday. What is
the attraction, Joe?
Mr. George
Ewing, formerly a member of the firm of Bradley & Ewing, blacksmiths of
Ripley, received a check last week for $2187.50, his pro rata of his father's
estate in England.
Prof. W.B.
Lunsford has enrolled in the school at Lightfoot, taking a special course in
Latin and Mathematics under Prof. G.G. McLeod, who is one of the finest
instructors in the state. End Of Peep Into Past
Local and
Personal
Mrs. R.B. Read
has been sick with the flu.
Mr. D.B. Archer
is able to be up after several days' illness.
Mr. and Mrs.
W.F. Padgett spent Tuesday in Memphis.
Mr. and Mrs.
E.B. Wright spent Sunday in Jackson.
Mrs. R.R.
Halliburton, Jr. is much improved since last week.
Mrs. L.B. Archer
is spending this week with her sister in Newbern.
Miss Willie
Williams, of Atlanta, Ga., is a guest of Mrs. C.O. Wilkes.
Mrs. Dora
Thornley spent the weekend with her son in Memphis.
Mrs. M.V.
Burgess has gone to Eutaw, Ala. to spend several months.
Mr. A.J. Barbee
Sr. attended district conference in Ridgley last week.
Messrs. C.A. and
Ed Tillman, of Tomato, Ark., spent Tuesday in Ripley.
Mr. and Mrs.
R.L. Fortner spent Tuesday with Mrs. C.D. Flowers in Henning.
Mr. and Mrs.
Merrell, of Memphis, spent Sunday with Mr. J.A. Clore and family.
Mr. Joe M.
Tucker and children and Miss Lizzie Harris spent Sunday in Jackson.
Mrs. J.P. Black,
of Lightfoot, spent last week with her daughter, Mrs. T.L. Nelson.
Mr. Earl Oakley
and Miss Hazel Kenley, of Osceola, Ark., were visitors in Ripley Sunday.
Mrs. P.F.
Hutcherson, who has been sick the past three weeks, is still confined to her
bed.
Mrs. B.C.
Walker, of Fulton, Ky., is visiting relatives in Ripley. Mr. Walker spent
Sunday here.
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Rev. G.B. Harris
and wife and Mr. and Mrs. C.L. Maclin attended Presbytary in Memphis this week.
Mrs. S.S.
Neighbours and Mrs. W.C. Thompson left Tuesday night on a ten days' visit to
New York.
Miss Frances
Lovelace, of Memphis, was a guest of her aunt, Mrs. J.R. Johnston, several days
last week.
Mr. Jack Boner,
of California, who is visiting his brothers in Halls, spent a few days this
week with his niece, Mrs. J.A. Clore.
Mr. and Mrs.
Ches. Maclin and children, and Mrs. E.M. Johnson were called to Toone Monday by
the death of Dr. A. Black.
Mrs. Burton
Sanford spent Thursday in Memphis with her brother, Mr. Wilmer Barfield, who
underwent an operation for appendicitis last Saturday.
Mr. W.B.
Henderson and Miss Lillie Ragon went to the Baptist Hospital in Memphis
Wednesday where Mr. Henderson will have his tonsils removed.
Mr. P.L. Watson,
of Union City, succeeds Mr. Davidson as manager at the
Postal
Telegraph station in Ripley. Mr. Davidson has been transferred to Dyersburg.
Mr. J.H.
Johnston returned Sunday from Denver, Colo. The many friends of his daughter,
Miss Louise, will be glad to know that the climate has proven beneficial to her
even during the short time she has been there.
Mrs. Lee Hardy,
of Forked Deer, spent Wednesday night in Ripley with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
J.C. Wesson. She left yesterday fro Marvell, Ark., to visit her sister, Mrs.
W.H. Hay, who had just returned from a hospital.
Mrs. Broadus
Klutts had as her guests this week, her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mitchel Taylor,
and her sister, Mrs. Lynn Turner, of Danville, Ky. They left Thursday
afternoon, accompanied by Mrs. Klutts, for a motor trip to Newelton, La., and
will return via Biloxi, Miss., and stop for a visit with Mrs. Klutts when they
return.
Death of H.M.
Hardy
On April 8,
1926, Mr. H.M. Hardy, of Forked Deer, passed to his reward at the age of 76
years. Funeral services were held in the Hardy home Saturday afternoon at 2
o'clock, conducted by Rev. J.K. Pafford and Rev. L.D. Hamilton. Internment was
at Eureka. Mr. Hardy had been ill for fourteen months and the patience with
which he endured his intense suffering was a true test of his faith and belief
of eternal rest. He was an official of Eureka Church, one of its oldest and
most loyal members, and as long as health permitted he took active part in his
church. As a helper in the uplifting of the welfare of his community, he was
most generous and could be relied upon always for his full duty. He was a true
husband, a devoted father and a loyal father-in-law. He will be greatly missed
in Forked Deer and the entire surrounding neighborhood. After living a life so
full of good deeds, we are sure he has heard the words, "Well done, thou
good and faithful servant."
Mr. Hardy is
survived by his widow, Mrs. Mary E. Hardy, with whom he had lived 53 years, and
the following children: Mrs. Mattie E. Griffen, Lee and Lawson Hardy, of Forked
Deer; Mrs. Laura Gray and Miss Rosa Hardy, of Blytheville, Ark.; Mrs. Stella
Pace of Bardwell, Ky.; Mrs. Neppie Pearson, of Brownsville; Mrs. Ollie Hunt, of
Pleasant View; Alvin Hardy, of Edith; and Montelle Hardy, of Jackson.
Woodville
Mrs. John Akin,
of Forked Deer, visited in the home of Mrs. C. Wells Sunday.
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Mr. and Mrs.
J.E. Chapman and Mr. and Mrs. A.B. Dill visited in Brownsville Sunday.
Mr. Herbert
Willis of Mannville spent Friday night and Saturday here with his mother.
Mrs. Ernest
Leggett and children went to her mother's near Ripley Sunday for a few days'
visit.
Miss Emma Sue
Willis of Brownsville visited her mother, Mrs. John Lancaster, one day last
week.
Mr. Willie Wiley
and family spent Saturday night and Sunday with her mother, Mrs. A.C. Stanley,
near Forked Deer.
Mr. and Mrs.
Levi Clark, J.F. Perciful, and Mrs. Robt. Chalk attended the funeral of Mr.
H.M. Hardy at Forked Deer Saturday.
Edith
Mr. and Mrs.
H.W. Crihfield are still confined to their beds.
Mr. and Mrs.
J.0. Cox spent Sunday afternoon at Halls.
Mr. W.A. Craig,
of Halespoint, spent Friday night with Mr. and Mrs. Tom Pollard.
Mr. and Mrs.
Andrew Newman, of Memphis, was in our community Sunday afternoon.
Mr. Walter
Vowell, Misses Lyona Glimp and Evon McGarrity spent time in our community
Sunday.
Aunt Jennie
Pennington has been confined to her bed twelve weeks and is reported no better.
Mrs. J.L. Hemby,
who had been at the Methodist hospital for three weeks, returned home Saturday.
Mrs. Bracken
Crihfield, from near the Henning Farm, spent Sunday and Sunday night with Mrs.
W.A. Craig.
Dr. T.E. Miller
and Mrs. T.A. Brice attended the funeral of Mr. Henderson Hardy at Forked
Deer
Saturday afternoon.
Mrs. Jim
Keltner, who had been attending the bedside of her daughter, who had her
tonsils removed, returned home Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs.
Clarence Craig, Mrs. Bracken Crihfield and Miss Mary Alma Craig spent Sunday afternoon
with Mrs. M.M. Keltner.
Mr. and Mrs.
J.L. Barbour, of Ripley, and Misses Luna and Altie Barbour, of Curve, visited
in the home of Mr. and Mrs. W.H. Crihfield.
Glimp
Mr. Sam Wilson
spent last week at Price, guest of Mr. and Mrs. Bob Wilson.
Mrs. J.A. Given,
of Asbury, spent the weekend here with her sister, Mrs. J.H. Vowell.
Mrs. Laura
Lankford, of Henning, spent a few days last week here with Mr. and Mrs. Albert
Crook.
Mr. and Mrs.
O.D. Braden and children, of Henning, spent Sunday here with Mr. and Mrs. I.J.
Barfield.
Knob Creek
Little Leila Sue
Latham is ill with measles.
Miss Genevieve
Latham, of Edith, spent Tuesday night with her aunt, Mrs. Ida Latham.
Miss Ola May
Jennings, of Edith, spent Saturday night and Sunday with Miss Hilda Fowler.
Mr. G.A. Crews
spent Sunday at the bedside of his two sisters, Lady and
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Estelle
Crews, who are in a hospital in Memphis.
Mrs. M.
Schinenger and daughter Minnie, Mr. Coy Kerbough, of Edith, and Mr. Russell
Keltner, of Mascedonia, visited in the B.R. Treadwell home Sunday afternoon.
Asbury
Mrs. H.C. Luton
spent Sunday afternoon in Ripley, guest of Mrs. Rebecca Gaines.
Miss Willie
Gaines of Gold Dust spent the past week with her aunt, Mrs. Jim Wood.
Miss Julia
Savage, of Halls, was a visitor in this community a few days last week.
Mr. J.T.
McMahan, of Ripley, spent Sunday with parents, Mr. and Mrs. T.A. McMahan.
Mr. and Mrs.
Alex Edney, of Ripley, spent several days this week in the home of Mrs. Maude
Temple.
Mr. V.T. Gaines,
of Louisville, Ky., was a guest of parents, Mr. and Mrs. C.L. Gaines, several
days this week.
Pea Ridge
Mrs. Ollie
Mitchell and baby, of Memphis, spent Friday night in the home of Mrs. W.W.
Hopkins.
Mrs. Viola
Gaines and son, Gayoso, are on the sick list.
Mrs. W.W.
Hopkins spent Saturday afternoon in the home of her sister, Mrs. J.W. Poe, at
Henning.
Mr. Sid Conrad
and family, of Pleasant Hill, spent one night last week in the home of his
father, Mr. P.N. Conrad.
Curve
Mr. Thomas
Smith, of Fulton, Ky., spent the weekend with Mr. J.M. Anderson.
Mrs. Agnes Hall,
of Covington, spent last week with parents, Mr. and Mrs. R.S. Jackson.
Mr. A.T. Batts
and family are moving this week to Fulton, Ky., where they lived previous to
coming to Curve fifteen years ago. They have many friends here who regret
losing them, but wish them much success in their new home.
Cross Roads
Mrs. Mollie
Underwood is visiting her sister, Mrs. Julius Hoeft, at Cedar Grove.
Mr. W.E.
Bentley, who has been confined to his bed for some time, is reported no better.
Mrs. H.A. Tally
and Sanford Queen spent Sunday in the J.M. Smith home at Curve.
Mr. and Mrs.
Thompson and baby, of Orysa, visited parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.T. Bibb,
Wednesday.
Mr. David Bentley,
of Gates, and Mr. Guy Brasfield and two children, of Curve, attended the
bedside of Mr. W.E. Bentley, Sunday.
Mrs. Merton
Hendren and son, Coy Edward, of Perciful, returned home Saturday after a few
days' visit with friends and relatives.
Perciful
Mr. Frank
Grogans and family of Concord have moved here.
Mr. and Mrs.
Charlie Campbell of Curve were in the home of Mrs. C.E
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Williams Monday
afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Jim
Smith and Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Summers, of Ripley, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.
J.S. Ellis.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed
Kirby and sons, Aaron and Jarome, and Mr. Julius Klutts, of Mary's Chapel, were
in this community Sunday afternoon.
Among the guests
in the J.E. White home Sunday were Mr. W.V. Chalk and family, in Concord; Mr.
and Mrs. Andrew Hargett, of Central; Mr. Chepers Layne and family, of Concord;
Mr. and Mrs. Joe White and baby, of Conner.
Gates
Mrs. Kate Bell
is visiting Mrs. C.D. Flowers in Henning.
Miss Mary
Conyers is visiting her sister, Mrs. A.A. Coffman, in Memphis.
Mrs. Knox Wyse, of
Halls, spent Tuesday with her sister, Mrs. M.A. Whitaker.
Mrs. J.B. Lee
Jr. and daughter, Miss Vivian, visited parents, Mr. and Mrs. H.R. Branch, in
Maury City last weekend.
Miss Minnie Lee
Witt spent Sunday in the home of her brother, Mr. W.A. Witt, in Halls.
Mr. and Mrs.
J.B. Cullen, of Memphis, spent Tuesday afternoon in the home of Mr. W.A.
Whitaker.
Henning Farm
Miss Eva Brown,
of Curve, spent Sunday here with Miss Annie Dell Akin.
Mr. and Mrs.
H.E. Duggan, of Ripley, spent Sunday here with Mrs. Lou Bentley.
Mrs. Lou Bentley
spent a few days last week in Memphis with Mrs. Dick Bibb.
Mr. and Mrs.
Lester Goodwin spent Thursday in Ripley with his sister, Mrs. H.E. Duggan.
Little Ruth
Duggan, of Ripley, spent a few days here last week with grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. Sam Akin.
Mr. and Mrs.
Wilbert Wells, of Blytheville, Ark., are spending a few days with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Press Herron.
Bluff
Mrs. Katie Webb,
of Coal Creek, was in this community Tuesday.
Masters Riley
and Perry Webb were in Dry Hill Sunday morning.
Mr. Charlie Cox
and family, of Mascedonia, spent Sunday with parents here.
Mr. Banks Taylor
spent Saturday night and Sunday with his father at Halespoint.
Mr. Horace
Harrison, of Bald Knob, Master Lewis Faulkner, of Coal Creek, were in this
community Monday.
Master James and
Paul Howard spent Saturday night with their uncle near Coal Creek.
Messrs. Ollie
Bratcher and Floyd Taylor of Edith, and Kenneth Cummings, of Henning Farm, were
in this community Sunday.
Mrs. Callie
Estes, Mrs. Nellie Jennings and baby, of Arp, were Saturday night and Sunday
guests of Mr. Charlie Howard and family.
Poplar Grove
Mr. J.P. Henley,
of Clinton, Mo., spent the weekend with Mr. P.W.Weeks.
Mr. Carey Ammons,
of Williamstown, spent Saturday night with his brother, Mr. Luther Ammons.
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Mrs. W.B. Glenn
and Mrs. L.L. Ammons spent Friday in Williamstown with Mrs. Aubrey Ammons.
Miss Etta Clark
had as her Sunday guests, Mr. and Mrs. George Watkins, of Ripley, and Mr. and
Mrs. Lankford Fields and little daughter of Henning.
Rutherford
Mr. Gale Ball,
of Hayti, Mo., is visiting Mr. Arthur Gooch.
Mrs. S.C. Meter
is visiting her children at Lightfoot this week.
Miss Pauline
Meadows spent last week in the C.L. Hasting home.
Mr. Urel Moore
and family spent Sunday at Bruceville with Mr. Albert Espy.
Mrs. A.A. Gooch
and son, John D., spent the weekend with her brother at Lightfoot.
Mr. Eugene
Sutton, of Memphis, spent Saturday night and Sunday in the T.L. Meeks home.
Mrs. Sam
Meadows, of Unionville, is attending the bedside of her daughter, who is quite
ill with measles.
Mrs. B.B. Gooch,
Sidney Gooch, Arch Gooch and Mrs. J.D. Grady and little daughter, Mary, spent
Sunday in the G.W. Meter home at Lightfoot.
Plumpoint
Mr. and Mrs.
Chas. Shepherd were Sunday guests in the home of Mr. Algie Newman.
Mrs. Ruby
Sellers spent Saturday night with her mother, Mrs. J.M. Vadan at Curve.
Mr. and Mrs.
Marvin Savage spent Saturday night here with her mother, Mrs. Vela Scallions.
Mr. J.C. Davis,
Mrs. Mamie Meuller and son, Charles, were visitors in this community Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs.
Lev. Daniels of Ripley spent Wednesday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Daniels.
Misses Veona and
Viona Langley of Curve spent last week with their aunt, Mrs. Clark, at Gold
Dust.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed
Stone and Mrs. Ollie Jones and children spent Saturday and Sunday with Mrs.
Elbert Brooks at Gold Dust.
Whitefield
Mr. and Mrs.
H.H. Bray are on the sick list.
Mr. Clifford
Jester, of Perciful, spent the weekend with Mr. Marvin Potter.
Mr. and Mrs.
Tillman and son, Ralph, of Curve, spent Sunday in the H.H. Bray home.
Mr. and Mrs.
Gill Tims and Mr. Harry Bray spent one day the past week with Mrs. Odie Stone,
at Mary's Chapel.
Mr. Odie Stone
and Mr. W.B. Hendren, of Mary's Chapel, spent a few hours Monday in the H.H.
Bray home.
Mrs. Andrew
Prescott and Miss Georgia Hendren, of Ripley, spent a few hours Sunday in the
G.H. Latham home.
Misses Mary Lee
Bray and Louise Heathcott and Mr. Walter Wheatley visited Mrs. Northcott at Nut
Bush the past week.
Mr. Henry Dew
and family, of Curve; Mr. A.A. Williams and children, Misses Janie Miller,
Christine Arwood, and Catherine Webb, of Central, were guests of Mr. and Mrs.
W.M. Potter Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Ben
Tillman gave a musical Saturday night in honor of their
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guest, Miss Ora
Tillman, of Tomato, Ark. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Sneed and
family, of Ripley; Mr. and Mrs. Rowey Crane, of Central; Leonard Latham, of St.
Louis; and Graham Sellers, of Cedar Grove.
In Memoriam
In memory of
T.L. Pennington, who died April 17, 1925.
One year has
passed with us apart,
But the wound has never healed.
The pain has never left my heart
Since your lips in death were sealed.
Rest in peace, dear father,
Your memory shall never fade,
A loving heart will always linger
Around the grave where you were laid.
'Tis sweet to be remembered
And a pleasant thing I find,
That though you may be absent,
You still are kept in mind.
A broken-hearted daughter
Adv. Mrs. Frank Thurmond
Arp
Little Margaret
Hamby is ill with measles.
Miriam, little
daughter of Dr. and Mrs. T.B. Keltner, is ill with pneumonia.
Mr. and Mrs.
John Halfacre, of Central, visited in the Edgar Bright home Sunday.
Mr. P.P. Walsh
spent a few days recently in Dyersburg with his sister, Mrs. J.W. Read.
Mr. and Mrs. Cap
Thompson and Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Thompson, of Orysa, were Sunday visitors here.
Mr. Willie
Harris and brother, of Rosa, Ark., visited their sister, Mrs. Wm. Sandlin, a
few days last week.
Mr. and Mrs.
W.B. Wadsworth received an announcement last week of the arrival of a
granddaughter in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Bell in Bassett, Ark.
Ashport
Mr. H.B.
McGarrity, of Luckett, was in this community Sunday.
Mr. G.W. Jones
has moved his family from Luckett to this community.
Mr. Ben Miller,
who has been ill with pneumonia for the past month, is reported better.
Mr. Reuben
Minner, who has been ill with pneumonia for the past month, is able to be up.
Mrs. Myrtle Gean
and brother, Mr. Pearl Griggs, spent the weekend with friends at Luckett.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed
Jones and her mother, Mrs. Whitson, spent Sunday with relatives at Luckett.
Mr. G.W.
Kiestler and daughter, Miss Essie, spent one day last week with Mr. and Mrs.
Stanton Price.
Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Burns and children spent Saturday night and Sunday in the C.L. Gaines
home at Asbury.
Mrs. G.W.
Kiestler, of Lightfoot, and Miss Sarah Crawford, of Memphis, spent a few days
last week with Mrs. Lena Price.
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Mr. Charlie
Umphrey died Wednesday of last week, leaving a wife, six children and three
step-daughters to mourn his death. The remains were laid to rest in Asbury
cemetery.
Luckett
Mrs. Ed Jones of
Ashport spent last Friday night with Mrs. W.M. Owen.
Mr. Charles
Hendren, of Ripley, spent Saturday night with Mr. Oscar Glimp.
Miss Montine
Osteen, of Lightfoot, spent Friday night with Miss Quintus Briggs.
Mr. and Mrs.
C.H. Webb, of Ashport, spent Monday night with parents, Mr. and Mrs. A.I. Webb.
Mr. and Mrs.
Ollie Mitchell and children, of Memphis, spent a few days last week with their
mother, Mrs. Riggens.
Mr. Isaiah Webb
returned home last week from Ft. Sam Houston, Texas, where he had been
stationed for two months.
Needmore
Mr. R.W. Cannon
made a business trip in Ripley Tuesday.
Little Luella
Cannon has been ill with tonsilitis the past week.
Mr. John Herron
and Mr. Reubin Dunham made a business trip to Halls Friday.
Mr. John Eddie
Herron made a business trip to Ripley Wednesday of last week.
Mr. and Mrs.
George Herron and baby, from near Gates, spent one night last week with his
sister, Mrs. Lula Mai Cannon.
Mr. George
Cheek, of Nankipoo, and Mr. Raymond Cannon, of this place, made a business trip
to Brownsville Saturday.
Pleasant Hill
Mr. L.M. Boyd,
of Cherry, was a guest of Mrs. E.W. North, Sunday.
Mr. W.E.
McGarrity is visiting relatives in Memphis.
Miss Maxine
McGarrity, of Henning, visited homefolks here the past weekend.
Mr. and Mrs.
E.C. Minner visited Mr. and Mrs. Bill Braden at Hurricane Hill Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs.
Jesse Given, of Glimp, were Sunday guests in the Jim Given home.
Mrs. J.C.
Wilkinson has returned to her home in Amory, Miss. She was called here by the
illness and death of her father, Mr. W.R. Halliburton.
Miss Blannie Sue
Bizzell, of Memphis, returned to her home Sunday having been called here by the
illness and death of her grandfather.
This community
was saddened Tuesday evening at 5 o'clock when the angel of death came into the
home of Mrs. W.R. Halliburton and claimed her beloved husband, Mr. William
Rufus Halliburton. He was stricken with apoplexy Monday. All that loving hands
could do was done but the Lord said, "Come." He was 71 years of age
and is survived by a wife, five children, 20 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
His remains were laid to rest the following day in Bethlehem cemetery.
Coal Creek
Mr. Dewey
Harrison, of the Bluff, was in this community Monday.
Mr. and Mrs.
S.J. Webb made a business trip to Ripley Saturday.
Miss Lois
Gitchell, of Central, is spending a few days with her cousin,
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Miss Ethel
Faulkner.
Mr. and Mrs.
Solon Howard, of Arp, spent one night last week with Mr. and Mrs. Luck Jones.
Mr. Fletcher
Faulkner, of Knob Creek, spent Sunday with parents, Mr. and Mrs. O.W. Faulkner.
Mr. Willie Caldwell
and wife spent one day last week at Edith with Mr. and Mrs. Sam Caldwell.
Mr. and Mrs.
G.G. Calloway and baby spent Sunday at Edith with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs.
Hemby.
Mr. and Mrs.
Charlie Brown spent Saturday and Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Willie Brown near the
Henning farm.
Mr. and Mrs.
Will Webb and children, of Central, spent a few hours Saturday afternoon in the
S.J. Webb home.
Mr. and Mrs.
Charlie Lyell and baby spent Saturday night and Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Erse
Sanford near Ripley.
Mr. and Mrs.
Charlie Richardson and Mr. and Mrs. George Richardson, of Arp, spent Sunday
with Mr. and Mrs. O.W. Faulkner.
Mascedonia
Mr. Jesse
Mathis, of Halls, spent one night last week in the R.T. Escue home.
Mr. Coy
Kerbough, of Edith, spent Saturday night with Mr. Russell Keltner.
Miss Gladys
Abernathy, of Nankipoo, visited Miss Geraldine Jennings Sunday night.
Mr. Raymond
Nichols, of Edith, spent one night last week with Mr. Spurgeon Jennings.
Mr. Sterling
Herron, of Nankipoo, spent Saturday night and Sunday with Mr. Brady Keltner.
Mr. and Mrs.
Alfred Hutcherson, of Nankipoo, spent one day the past week with Mr. and Mrs.
T.F. Cates.
Mr. and Mrs.
E.M. Hunt and granddaughter, Ruby Harden, of Edith, spent Sunday with their
daughter, Mrs. Roy Escue.
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ENTERPRISE
Friday April 23, 1926
Kee-Githens
One of the
biggest surprises in Poplar Bluff society is the announcement of the secret
wedding of Miss Arnita Githens and George Kee, on Feb. 27, 1926. The happy
couple, accompanied by Truman Ward, a friend of the groom, left there Friday
afternoon, Feb. 26, in the groom's car for St. Louis, telling their friends
they were going there to spend the weekend with friends. In the city they were
joined by Miss Katherine Fulterton and the party then drove to Erwardsville,
Ill., Saturday afternoon, where the nuptial knot was tied, the Rev. Tucker,
pastor of the Methodist church of that place, officiating. The impressive ring
ceremony was used and a band of platinum, set with diamonds, placed on the
bride's finger. Mr. and Mrs. Kee returned to Poplar Bluff Sunday night, keeping
the wedding a secret from their many friends here. The bride is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. D.M. Githens, well-known and prominent people of Neelyville. The
groom, a popular and well-known young man, is a salesman for the
Endicott-Johnson Shoe Co. of Endicott, N.Y. and has held this responsible
position for the past five years, all of which time he has traveled in and out
of Poplar Bluff, making many friends here. He is from Ripley, Tennessee. Mr. and
Mrs. Kee left this afternoon in their car for St. Louis to spend the weekend.
According to present plans, they will make their home in this city.--Poplar
Bluff (Mo.) Republican, April 16, 1926
Forked Deer
Mrs. Lee Hardy
is in Marvell, Ark. with her sister, Mrs. Will Hay, who is sick.
Mrs. H.T. Reece
is a guest of Mr. and Mrs. W.J. Humphreys.
Little Mattie
May Carter, of Halls, spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. John Carter.
Mrs. Clark and
daughter, Miss Mary Neley Clark, of Henderson, were guests of Miss Harriet
Clark during commencement.
Mrs. L.C. Pace
and daughters, Rosemary and Virginia, who have been guests of Mrs. H.M. Hardy,
returned Wednesday to their home in Bardwell, Ky. Mrs. Hardy accompanied them
for a short visit.
Laplander
Frosting
I egg, I cup of
sugar, 2 squares chocolate, cut fine; 3 tablespoons milk, 2 tablespoons butter,
112 teaspoon vanilla. Beat the egg, add milk, butter, sugar and chocolate. Cook
slowly over flame, stirring constantly. When mixture comes to a boil, remove
from fire, add vanilla and beat until thick enough to spread. [This was the
icing Mama always used on my birthday cake and I lost the recipe years
ago.--S.M.H., researcher]
Conner
Miss Leona
Lovell and Miss Bessie Mai Macon were in Ripley Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy
Spiller, of Orysa, spent Sunday in the J.E. Spiller home.
Little Elijah
Kirby spent Saturday with little Jessie Klutts at Mary's Chapel.
Mrs. Louise
Crowder is spending this week with Miss Rosa Baggett in Ripley.
Mrs. Fannie
Smith is at Cedar Grove with her daughter, Mrs. Mary Almond.
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Mr. Henry
Watson, of Orysa, spent Saturday and Sunday with Mr. Elijah Vaughn.
Mrs. Rosetta
Kirby is at Orysa attending the bedside of her sister, Mrs. Mack Fielder.
Miss Odell
Crowder spent last week in Ripley with her brother, Mr. Monroe Crowder.
Mr. Louis
Spiller, of Ripley, was a guest of parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.E. Spiller sunday.
Mr. and Mrs.
J.T. King, of Ripley, were guests of Mrs. Rosetta Kirby one night last week.
Miss Lucile McKee
of Toulon spent Saturday night and Sunday with Mrs. J.T. Kirkess.
Mr. and Mrs.
Walter Northcott of Nut Bush spent Sunday night with Mr. E.M. Vaughn.
Mr. Emmett
Kirby, Miss Zella Sipper and Miss Eusley Kirby were in Ripley Saturday night.
Miss Mary Walk
has returned home after a week's visit at Arp, guest of Mrs. C.C. Kirby.
Mr. Emmett
Holcomb, of Nut Bush, was a Sunday guest of his sister, Mrs. Charlie Dunavant.
Messrs. Tom and
Louis Williams and Jim Summers were Sunday guests of Mr. Phillip Rushing.
Mr. and Mrs.
Dorsey Vaughn, of Nut Bush, were guests of Mrs. A.S. Johnson one day last week.
Mr. and Mrs.
Luther Heathcock spent Sunday at Forked Deer, guests of Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Cashom.
Mr. and Mrs.
Newt Escue spent a few hours Sunday night at Perciful with Mr. and Mrs. Bob
Murley.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe
White and baby attended the bedside of Mr. Joe White at Woodville, who is
seriously ill.
Mr. and Mrs. Guy
Duvall and family, from near Central, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. J.E.
Spiller.
Mr. and Mrs.
Bill Lee and Mr. Luther Sanders of Orysa spent a few hours Monday night with
Mrs. Rosetta Kirby.
Mr. Luke Vaughn
and sister, Miss Etta, and Mrs. A.S. Johnson and children motored to Ashport
Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs.
Jessie Kirby, from the Mississippi bottom, spent last week with parents, Mr.
and Mrs. J.W. Kirby.
Mr. Charlie
Klutts, of Ripley; Messrs. M.C. Murley, Henry Klutts, Richard Mills, and Henry
Ervin spent Sunday afternoon with Mr. Bob Murley at Perciful.
Central
Mr. Cordius
Burnham has a new girl at his home, born a few days ago.
Mr. and Mrs. Bob
Sutton, of Halespoint, were here Saturday and Sunday, guests of his father, Mr.
Carter Sutton.
Mrs. John Hill,
of near Ripley, was here Sunday, guest of Mr. and Mrs. V.J. Miller.
Mrs. Lorene
Newman, of Memphis, is here this week to see her father, Mr. T.J. Cagle.
Mr. Horace
Burnham and Mr. Ortha Bell Adkerson motored to Memphis Sunday to see Mr.
Burnham's wife, who is in the hospital.
Cross Roads
Mr. and Mrs.
J.T. Bibb have moved back to their home at Arp.
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Mrs. Herman Webb
and children, of Central, visited in the George Tillman home one day recently.
Mrs. Merton
Hendren, of Perciful, is attending the bedside of her sister, Mrs. Wesley
Ellis.
Mr. and Mrs.
Vernon Daniels, of Ripley, attended the bedside of Mr. W.E. Bentley Monday
night. Mrs. J.T. Bibb spent the weekend at Orysa with her daughters,
Mesdames Cap and Cliff Thompson.
Concord
Mr. and Mrs.
Will Doerr, of Gates, spent one night the past week in the A.E. Brantley home.
Miss Daisy
Newman, of Curve, spent Saturday night with her sister, Mrs. Arch McNeal.
Mr. and Mrs.
J.B. Milam and sons, Edwin and Amos, spent Saturday afternoon in Gates.
Mr. and Mrs.
Herman Leggett and Miss Alice Fennell spent Saturday afternoon in Ripley.
Mr. and Mrs.
Z.M. Moore, from near Halls, spent Sunday with their daughter, Mrs. Robert Dew.
Mr. J.C. Layne
and Mr. Walter Chalk spent Sunday afternoon in Perciful in the Joe White home.
Mr. and Mrs.
W.G. Newman, from near Curve, spent Sunday afternoon in the R.M. Dew home.
Mr. and Mrs. Billie
Johnson and daughter, Mary, spent Sunday with their sister, Mrs. Mauldin Dodd.
Mr. and Mrs.
Odell Hutcherson and family, from near Flippen, were guests Sunday in the W.R.
Conatrice home.
Mrs. Arch McNeal
and daughter, Evelyn, spent Saturday near Curve with parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.G.
Newman.
Mrs. Lizzie Voss
and children spent Saturday night and Sunday at Forked Deer with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Will Williams.
Pea Ridge
Mrs. Ella
Younger and daughter, of Ripley, were in the home of Mrs. Viola Gaines Saturday
afternoon.
Mr. Gayoso
Gaines and Mr. Ishmael Gaines spent Saturday night with their aunt, Mrs. Ella
Younger, in Ripley.
Mr. Claude
Crawford, of Memphis, spent Saturday night and Sunday in the home of his
sister, Mrs. J.S. Richerson.
Messrs. Albert
Lewis and Carl Hopkins, of Memphis, spent the weekend with the latter's mother,
Mrs. W.W. Hopkins.
Mrs. W.W.
Hopkins and sons, Lester and Carl, Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Hopkins, of Memphis, and
Mr. and Mrs. Urban Haynes, of Crutcher, were Sunday guests in the M.D. Mitchell
home near Orysa.
Pleasant Hill
Mr. and Mrs.
F.I. Barfield visited Mrs. Jessie Ray in Memphis last Sunday.
Mrs. Bill Little
was a guest of her brother, Mr. E.C. Minner, several days last week.
Mr. and Mrs.
Elma Moore, of Ripley, were Sunday guests in the C.E. Moore home.
Mr. Eugene Lloyd
and Miss Withers, of Atoka, visited in the home of Mr.
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and Mrs. P.L.
Evans Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs.
Norman Moore and little daughter and Mrs. Laura Sleamaker, of Durhamville, were
Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. H.C. Moore.
Mrs. W.E.
McGarrity and daughter, Miss Inez, spent the weekend with her mother, Mrs.
Aaron Bizzell, in Henning.
Mrs. Louis
Gaines of Paragould, Ark. spent Friday and Saturday in the home of her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. E.W. North.
Mrs. Burke
Bilbrey and son, Billie, spent several days last week in Henning with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. N.C. Sinclair.
Mrs. Willie M.
Cox has returned to her home in Blytheville, Ark. after spending three weeks
here with her sisters, Misses Anna and Callie White.
Flippen
A daughter was
born to Mr. and Mrs. Burt Ellis Thursday afternoon.
Grandma Carmack,
of Curve, spent Saturday with Mrs. Bob Goodwin.
Mr. and Mrs.
Ervie Cunningham of Ripley spent Sunday with Mrs. B.F. Webb.
Mrs. John
Fergason spent Thursday at Asbury with her daughter, Mrs. John P. Haynes.
Mr. Freddie
Fergason, from near Ripley, spent Sunday afternoon in the John Fergason home.
Mrs. Nelia
Fergason and Mrs. O.D. Hendren spent Wednesday afternoon at Curve with Mrs. Alf
Hill.
Woodville
Mr. Will Clark
and family visited in the home of Mr. Robert Clark.
Mr. Dick Daniels
and wife were Sunday guests of his brother, Mr. Wiley Daniels.
Miss Kate
Chapman spent the past weekend here with her mother, Mrs. Sallie Chapman.
Mr. and Mrs.
W.J. Wilson visited their daughter, Mrs. G.T. Scott, in Brownsville Sunday.
Mr. J.W. Daniels
was able to visit his son, Mr. Albert Daniels, in Covington the past week.
Mrs. Mary Van
Austine is spending a few days in the home of her brother, Mr. H.C. Clark.
Mr. Sam Wilson
and family, of Brownsville, visited in the home of Mrs. Sallie Chapman Sunday.
Mrs. Wheatley
and children left Sunday to spend a few weeks with her father-in-law, Mr.
Crihfield, at Wellwood.
Mr. and Mrs. Al
Alderman, of Brownsville, and Mr. Herbert Willis, of Mannville, were Sunday
guests of Mr. and Mrs. J.D. Lancaster.
Mr. and Mrs.
J.E. Chapman went to Alamo Monday to carry his sister, Miss Kate, home. She had
been spending the week with her mother.
Cedar Grove
Miss Elizabeth
Tillman, of Flippen, spent Sunday with Mrs. Austin Smith.
B.L. Fitzgerald,
of Stonewall, spent Saturday with Mack and Reubin Smith.
Mrs. Annie
Guthrie, of Central, spent Sunday here with her son, Mr. I.A. Guthrie.
Mr. Ross Hutcherson
and family spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Alpheus Kenneday near Stonewall.
Mr. Leonard
Latham, from near Flippen, spent Saturday night and Sunday with Mr. Graham
Sellers.
Mr. and Mrs.
Emmett Underwood spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Louis Haynes
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in Ripley.
Mr. and Mrs.
Rowey Crain spent the weekend in the Wheeler Clay home near Mascedonia.
Mr. and Mrs.
James Burnham and daughter, of Central, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. A.T.
Brown.
Misses Callie
Kennedy, Louise Hutcherson and Effie spent Tuesday with Mr. and Mrs. W.R.
Savage near Ripley.
Mr. Ike Miller
and family, of Curve; Mr. Levy Chipman and family, from near Central, visited
in the J.T. Chipman home Sunday.
Cedar Grove
Mr. Homer Lee
Adkerson and wife, from near Central, spent Saturday night and Sunday with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. M.L. Hutcherson.
Mr. Roy Smith
and family, of Hurricane Hill; Mr. Wes Linson and family, of Stonewall;
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Tillman, of Flippen, were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. J.M.
Smith.
Mr. and Mrs.
G.W. Meter and son and Mrs. Matthews, of Lightfoot; Mrs. S.C. Meter, of
Rutherford; Mrs. Dave Grady and daughter, from near Unionville; Mr. and Mrs.
C.W. Kennedy, from near Stonewall, were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Will
Kennedy.
Coal Creek
Mr. S.J. Webb and
Miss Sue Webb spent Saturday in Ripley.
Mr. Herman Webb,
of Bexar, was in the community one day the past week.
Mrs. Hill and
daughter, of Ripley, spent Sunday afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. Willie Caldwell.
Mr. and Mrs.
Everette Harrison, who had been living in Memphis, have returned to this place.
Mrs. T.O.
Chapman and baby, of Memphis, spent Saturday night and Sunday in the S.J. Webb
home.
Mr. Bud Howard
and daughter, Gertie, spent Sunday with Mrs. Henry Crihfield near the Henning
Farm.
Mr. and Mrs.
Hollis Harrison attended the bedside of her brother's child at Arp Thursday
night of last week.
Mrs. T.O.
Chapman, of Memphis, and Mrs. Will Newman, of Central, spent Saturday afternoon
with Mrs. Bud Howard.
Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Lyell and Mrs. Charlie Lyell and baby spent Sunday at Bexar with Mr. and
Mrs. Butler Lyell.
Mr. and Mrs. Bud
Howard and two daughters, Ruth and Gertie, attended the pound supper at Mr.
Jesse Cox's at Central Saturday night.
Mrs. Cleveland
Crihfield had as her Sunday guests, Mr. and Mrs. John Chism, of Ripley, and Mr.
and Mrs. Charlie Maness and children of Arp.
Mr. and Mrs.
Jesse Shands and Mrs. H.M. Lyell were called to Arp last Wednesday by the
serious illness of Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Lyell's little son.
Miss Sue Webb
spent Friday night with her aunt, Mrs. Carnell Armour, near the Henning Farm,
and was accompanied home by Miss Geraldine Crihfield.
Williamstown
Mr. and Mrs. Tom
Fowler, of Ripley, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Jim Gray.
Mr. Henry Moore spent
Saturday night and Sunday in Glimp with Mr. Solon Crook.
Mr. Bowers
Gillespie, of Jackson, spent Sunday here with parents, Mr. and Mrs. L.L.
Gillespie.
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Miss Laura
Waits, of Mack, spent Saturday night and Sunday with Misses Alpine and Mael
Gray.
Mr. and Mrs.
Rufus Blackwell and family, of Memphis, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. E.M. Best
Sunday afternoon.
Arp
Little Miriam
Keltner continues ill with pneumonia.
Mr. and Mrs.
Wilmer Wadsworth, of Memphis, spent Sunday in the J.H. Wadsworth home.
Mr. and Mrs.
S.H. Morris carried their baby to Memphis last week to the Baptist hospital
where she underwent an operation. We are glad to note she is improving.
Curve
Misses Kate,
Essie, and Ella Coffman, of Memphis, spent Sunday with Miss Myrtle Sutton.
Mr. Rosco Nixon
had the misfortune of getting his Ford roadster torn up Sunday by being hit by
a touring car on the public road near Gates.
Bald Knob
A son was born
to Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie Twilla Monday night.
Mr. Dewey Arwood
of Ashport spent Friday night with Mr. Oneal Reynolds.
Mr. William
Twilla, of Dyer county, accompanied his cousin, Miss Ersie Twilla, home Sunday.
Knob Creek
Mr. Arq Pipkin,
of Wilson, Ark., was a guest of Mr. R.C. Crihfield Saturday.
Miss Hilda
Fowler spent Sunday with her aunt, Mrs. Mandy Schinniger, at Edith.
Mr. and Mrs.
R.C. Crihfield spent Sunday with their daughter, Mrs. Gus Young, at Central.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Newman and children, of Edith, spent Sunday in the home of
the G.A.
Crews.
Mr. and Mrs.
Will Kelleck and children spent Sunday on the Bluff, guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Chester Frazier.
Mr. K. Alridge
died at his home Monday afternoon, April 19. He had been in failing health for
some time, but was confined to his bed only three weeks.
He is survived
by a wife and five step children. His remains were laid to rest in Pleasant
Grove cemetery Tuesday.
Mary's Chapel
Mrs. Lillie Hill
and son, Adrian, visited in Memphis recently.
Mr. Pete Craig
visited in the J.E. Craig home in Ripley last Sunday.
Messrs. D.A. and
Chas. Klutts spent Sunday with relatives at Conner.
Mrs. Odie Stone
and little son, Edward, visited relatives at Conner Sunday.
Miss Violet
Ross, from near Open Lake, spent a few days with the Misses Criner.
Mrs. Bud Smith
and children, of Conner, spent one day here with the T.C. Stone's.
Mrs. R.C. Criner
and little son spent one day last week in the I.B. Wheatley home at Whitefield.
Mrs. Eula Elder
and children, from near Cross Roads, spent one day last
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week with Mrs.
R.C. Criner.
Mr. R.T. Styers,
of Ripley, and Mr. C.Y. Styers, of Memphis, were visitors in the Pete Craig
home Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs.
John Moore, of Gates, spent a few days here recently with the latter's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Alex Lee.
In Memory of
Mrs. A.C. Braden
On March 27,
1926, as another beautiful day passed out, so did a beautiful life. An angel
slipped in and quietly carried the last breath from that dear mother who had
been in this world for 73 years, trying to [do] her Master's "Do good unto
others." When she lay on her bed of affliction so many times she told us
that she was just "resting and waiting for my Master to call me to that
eternal rest." She said it would be a glorious day. She never was excited
or frightened at the thought of death, but seemed perfectly willing and ready;
said there was nothing in her way; she was going to rest. As a mother she gave
herself unselfishly to the service of her children. She was a good wife and
strong mother, holding her children with the cords of her mighty love, and yet
always insisting on the highest standards of conduct. She had her weaknesses
and made her mistakes--as we all do--but her heart was fixed on God. She
professed faith in Christ when young, joined the Baptist Church at Salem, where
she attended regularly as long as convenient. She was the mother of ten
children; giving up one when a babe; another five years ago. She leaves her
husband, A.C. Braden; five sons; J.G., P.I., O.D., J.E., and E.A. Braden; also
three daughters, Mrs. G.A. Webb, Miss Lillian Braden, and Mrs. C.U. Roberson;
two step-children, one sister, one brother, twenty-two grandchildren, and two
great-grandchildren.
Oh, yes, we miss
you; it's so lonely to know the place that has been home so long can't be the
same home anymore. Yet we realize it should be a time to rejoice to see a soul
so ready to go. May the love of our Heavenly Father draw us closer to Him on
high. After an impressive funeral service by Rev. J.M. Kendall, her body was
laid to rest in Asbury cemetery Sunday to await the resurrection on that "Glorious
morn." Adv. Her daughter.
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ENTERPRISE
Friday April 30, 1926
Circuit Court
The following
cases have been disposed of:
Solomon Williams vs Dave Soward; verdict for plaintiff, $10.
O.D. Braden vs J.T. Raines; settled out of term time.
Ben L. Wheatley vs Roy Lee; settled out of term time.
Dock Purham vs B.L. Wheatley; settled out of term time.
W.J. Lanier vs A. Stone King; judgment for plaintiff, $33.85.
P.J. Crenshaw vs A. Stone King; judgment for plaintiff, $126.55.
C.A. Love vs Chas. Roundtree; settled out of term time.
Divorces
Granted:
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Martha Johnson
vs James Johnson
Mary Hess vs
-?J. Hess
Bessie May
Shumate vs Frank Shumate
Julia Maclin vs
Jim Maclin
Charley Bonner
vs Jane Bonner
Myrtle Edlin vs
Chester Edlin
Mary Ella Laws
vs George Laws
J.W. Wardlaw vs
Maggie Wardlaw
Laura May Lee vs
John Wesley Lee
Mrs. Mollie ?
Prescott vs Richard P. Prescott
Ozelia Sawyer vs
? Sawyer
Mrs. Mary Cherry
vs A.M. Cherry
State Dockett: A.M. Meeks, transporting;
dismissed. Alf Moore, tippling; dismissed on cost.
Wes Turner, transporting; $300 and 6 months in jail.
W.E. Herring, larceny; dismissed on costs.
Robert Hunter; assault & battery. $25.
Mrs. Eva Jordon Permenter, pistol; not guilty.
J.A. Atkins, pistol; $50.00. Frank Campbell, possessing liquor; dismissed on
cost.
Newt Coker, tippling; not guilty.
Bob Sandline, pistol; nolle pros on account of absence of State witness.
Joe Moore Brown, assault to murder; stricken on motion of attorney general.
Andrew Newman, public drunkness; (blurred)
Andrew Newman, driving car drunk; stricken on motion.
Roosevelt Johnson, larceny; not guilty.
Joe Rose Jr., and Joe Rose Sr., manufacturing liquor; mistrial.
Ben Halliburton, selling liquor; stricken on motion, State witness out of
state.
Jesse Simpson alias Pal Shoaf; bad checks; stricken.
George Moore alias Bun Moore, pistol; stricken.
Clyde Daniels, possessing and transporting; dismissed on costs.
Alex McKee, possessing liquor; nolle pros.
Tillman Mansfield, larceny; stricken on motion.
Percy Taylor, receiving and transporting; not guilty.
Jim Alexander, felonious assault; stricken on motion.
Will Outlaw, receiving and transporting; pleads guilty, continued till next
court.
Will Outlaw, public profanity; stricken on motion.
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Will Outlaw, public drunkenness; stricken on motion.
James Grammer, larceny; nolle pros.
Oscar McClelland [?] and Buford Tweet; manufacturing and possession
liquor; $250 and 3 months jail.
Richmond Barbee, receiving and transporting; stricken.
Stella Roberts alias Stella Robertson, liquor, $100.00 Motion for new trial
overruled. Appealed. M.O. Moore and S.L. Moore, receiving and
transporting; $300 fine and 6 months in jail as to M.O. Moore. Appealed
S.L. Moore, not guilty. Morris Miller, selling liquor; $100 and 6 months
in jail. Appealed. Milburn Jones and Tillman Mansfield, receiving and
transporting; $100 to Mansfield. Jones not guilty.
James Curtis, driving car while drunk; stricken on motion.
Chas. Dove, manufacturing liquor; mistrial.
Will Outlaw and Graves Keller, receiving , transporting, etc., dismissed
on cost.
Odell Halliburton and Alfred Halliburton; housebreaking and larceny;
Alfred, under 16 years of age, sent to juvenile court. Odell, 3 to 10
years in Penitentiary. Leonard Landreth, Bill Landreth, and James
Grammer, larceny; Leonald Landreth and James Grammer, 1 year in
penitentiary; Bill Landreth under 16 years, sent to juvenile court.
J.W. Bond, receiving and transporting; not guilty.
J.W. Bond, pistol; stricken on motion.
Robert Smith, receiving, transporting, etc.; stricken.
Simon Estes, receiving, transporting, etc.; $100. Motion for new trial
sustained and stricken on motion.
Joe Love, pistol; $50.
Samuel Walker, pistol; stricken; already in juvenile court.
John Henry Walden, Jr., Ossie Sprewer, Jack Thompson, and Lawrence Smith,
housebreaking and larceny; Sprewer, 3 years in penitentiary; Walden, Thompson,
Smith remanded to juvenile court, each under 16 years of age.
J.R. Burton, pistol; stricken on motion.
John Warpole, public drunkenness; stricken on motion.
J.F. Curtis, public profanity; not guilty.
Wade Throgmorton, larceny; stricken on motion.
Gene Ballard alias Gene Price, receiving & transporting; not guilty.
Fletcher Barbee, murder; 10 years in penitentiary, maximum; 2 to 10 years
indeterminate sentence.
Local and
Personal
Messrs. Robert
and John Klutts spent Monday in Memphis.
Mr. D.F. Jones,
of St. Louis, is visiting his sister, Mrs. W.E. Padgett.
Mrs. Blair
Pierson, of Memphis, is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Sanford Drake.
Mrs. Lyda
Dunavant and daughter, Anna Vera, spent Monday in Memphis.
Mrs. Henry
Barker, of Johnson City, was a weekend guest of Mrs. W.T. Savage.
Mrs. J.A. Porter
had her tonsils removed in Baptist hospital in Memphis Tuesday.
Miss Sadie Wood
returned Tuesday from a visit to Mrs. Carl Dodson in Corinth, Miss.
Mr. C.L.
Parrish, Jr., of Henderson, was a weekend guest of Mr. and Mrs. J.L. Daniels.
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Mrs. Rozelle
Conner and son, Burnelle and Dunaway Conner visited in Brownsville Sunday.
Mrs. W.C.
Thompson and Mrs. S.S. Neighbours returned Wednesday from a trip to New York.
Mr. B.G. Shelton
left Monday on his regular trip for his firm, Kock Adler & Co., of
Cincinnati.
Miss Luna
Reynolds, of Memphis, was a guest of Miss Willie Lee Burns Saturday night and
Sunday.
Twin boys were
born Saturday to Mr. and Mrs. John Underwood, who live in the bluff community
near Halls.
Mr. and Mrs.
Milton E. Bacon, of Greenwood, Miss., were weekend guests in the home of Mr. Dan
Majors.
Mr. and Mrs.
J.D. McLeod left Tuesday for Alexandria, La. on a visit to Rev. Cleanth Brooks
and family.
Mr. Steve Walk
and Mrs. Mattie Buckner, of Whiteville, spent the weekend in the home of Mrs.
T.J. Landreth.
Mr. W.T.
Montgomery, of San Antonio, Texas, was a weekend guest of Mr. and Mrs. T.A.
Walker.
Mr. James
Jenkins returned last week from the Atlanta College of Pharmacy where he had
been taking a special course.
Miss Bertha
Summers, of Belzoni, Miss., and Mrs. Marr, of Dyersburg, were weekend guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Howell Read.
Mrs. J.F. Grote,
of Clinton, Iowa, arrived Thursday morning to spend several weeks with her
daughter, Mrs. C.C. Shoaf.
Mr. and Mrs.
G.W. Phillips and son, George Walter, of Memphis, were Sunday guests of Mr. and
Mrs. W.H. Steen.
Mr. Tom Wright,
of Newton, Ill., spent Tuesday in Ripley mingling with his many old time
friends who were delighted to see him.
Mrs. R.E. Turner
and Mr. and Mrs. C.P. Delashmit and daughter, Charleen, spent Sunday with Dr.
and Mrs. F.H. Peeples.
Mrs. V.P.
Moriarty, Mrs. E.M. Rice, Mrs. W. Dan Majors, Sarah Majors and James Stover
Majors spent Wednesday in Mason with their aunt, Mrs. Sarah Bond.
Mr. and Mrs.
J.A. Bandy, of Tunica, Miss., and Mr. and Mrs. G.H. Gillham, of Kerrville, were
guests of Mr. and Mrs. H.L. Johnston Saturday and Sunday.
Mr. J.N.
Fortner, of Curve, happened to a very painful accident Wednesday of last week.
He fell from a load of hay and his back was so seriously hurt that he is still
unable to walk.
Dr. Taylor
Barbee, of Knoxville, who attended the American Medical Association in Dallas,
spent Sunday with relatives here. A family reunion in his honor was held in the
home of Mr. Montelle Rice Saturday.
The fire
department was called out twice Sunday morning, first to the residence of Mrs.
W.T. Craig and later to a negro cabin back of Dr. J.W. Sanford's. Both blazes
were quickly extinguished with but slight damage to the roofs.
Mrs. W.M. Morris
was called to Humboldt Monday to see her son, Wyley Bennett, who was quite
sick. She was accompanied by her son, Mr. Joe Bennett, of Swan Lake,
Miss. After consultation with physicians, he was carried to the
Gartley-Ramsey Hospital in Memphis for treatment.
Arp
Mr. and Mrs.
Cliff Thompson of Durhamville, spent Sunday in the J.T. Bibb home.
Mr. and Mrs.
John Hale, of Memphis, spent Saturday night in the W.B. Wadsworth home.
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Mrs. Cecil
Stanley of Dry Hill spent a few days here last week in the Ivan Garrett home.
Whitefield
Mrs. A.H. Craig,
of Ripley, spent Monday with her daughter, Mrs. T.E. Gay.
Mr. Pinkney
Chipman, of Monette, Ark., spent the weekend in the J.A. Grimes home.
Miss Louise
Northcott has returned to her home in Yarbro, Ark., after spending three weeks
here.
Mr. Raymond
Connell and family, of Dyersburg, spent the weekend with Mr. J.W. Connell and
were accompanied home by little Louise and Flossie, and Master Leonard Connell.
Woodville
Miss Julia
Savage spent the past week in the home of Mrs. G.W. Smith.
Mrs. Oliver
McConnico, of Paris, is visiting her brother, Mr. Aubrey Hardy.
Mr. and Mrs.
Levi Clark spent Sunday with the latter's sister, Mrs. Morris Stallings, in
Halls.
Mr. and Mrs. C.
Wells visited in the home of his aunt, Mrs. Poindexter, at Forked Deer Sunday.
Mr. John
Heathcock and family, of Toulon, were Sunday guests of her mother, Mrs. J.P.
[or J.F. ?] Perciful.
Mr. Elbert Dill
returned home Sunday from West Point, Miss. where he had been employed in the
spoke business the past few months.
Pea Ridge
Little C.D.
Smith is ill with chicken pox.
Aunt Sarah Crawford,
of Memphis, is spending a few days in the J.S. Richerson home.
Mrs. W.W.
Hopkins was a Sunday guest in the home of her brother, Mr. Tom Mitchell, near
Salem.
Mr. Willie Stone
and two little sons, of Gold Dust, spent Saturday night in the home of Mrs.
W.W. Hopkins.
Miss Nellie
Conrad and brother, Marvin, from near Pleasant Hill, spent Sunday in the home
of their uncle, Mr. P.N. Conrad.
Mr. and Mrs.
R.A. Crawford and Mr. and Mrs. Denny Harriman and little son, of Memphis, spent
Wednesday in the J.S. Richerson home.
After spending
last week with relatives in Memphis and Arkansas, Mrs. Urban Haynes and baby
returned home Saturday accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. G.W. Haynes, of Arkansas.
Mary's Chapel
Master Jerome Klutts
has measles.
Miss Irene Klutts spent
the weekend with relatives at Conner.
Miss Jewell Klutts
spent the weekend with Mrs. Jim Smith in Ripley.
Miss Beulah Williams,
of Perciful, spent Sunday with Miss Janie Klutts.
Mr. R.C. Criner has
moved his family back to the lake where he expects to make a crop.
Mrs. R.C. Criner and
children spent Sunday with her mother, Mrs. W.D. New near Conner.
Mrs. Sherman Ellis and
daughter, Miss Catherine, from near Perciful, spent Sunday in the Pete Craig
home.
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Cross Roads
Mrs. Merton
Hendren, of Perciful, spent Saturday afternoon with her sister, Mrs. Wesley
Ellis.
Mr. and Mrs.
Lester Goodwin visited parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hinton, near Henning Farm Sunday.
Mr. T.M.
Anderson is spending a few days at Brownsville with his daughter, Mrs. Lizzie
Kiestler.
Little Paul and
Marion Woodard, of Henning Farm, spent a few days last week with their mother,
Mrs. Lester Goodwin.
Mr. and Mrs.
Polk Crowder and family of Conner, and Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Daniels, of Ripley,
attended the bedside of Mr. W.E. Bentley Sunday.
Forked Deer
Hazel Pracht, of
Brownsville, was a weekend guest of Hallie Pearson.
Miss Eugenia
Griffin, of Rives, spent the weekend with her mother, Mrs. Mattie Griffin.
Mrs. H.T. Reece
has returned to her home at Henning Farm after a visit with parents, Hr. and Mrs.
W.J. Humphreys.
Mr. and Mrs.
W.T. Clark and family and Mr. Jim Humphreys spent Sunday in Crockett County,
guests of Mr. and Mrs. E.G. Parker.
Dr. and Mrs.
J.W. Warren and family, and Mr. and Mrs. Lawson Hardy spent Sunday in
Brownsville with Mr. and Mrs. T.J. Pearson.
Marriage
Licenses
Jasper Powell
and Miss Willie May Potter
Marcus Bailey and Ella Koonce
Bud Clay and Viola Farmer
Andrew Hargett and Miss Thelma Chalk
Eugene Mitchell and Miss Veona Langley
Eugene D. Jones and Miss Essie Miller
William Bond and Clara Fleming
Ed Gunnels Jr. and Miss Inez Benham
Alex Clay and Harriet Nixon
Robert Gatlin and Miss Bessie Wiseman
John Hunt and Jim Ella Collins
John Adams and Miss Lena Williams
Charlie Vaden and Miss Willie May Gilland
Samuel Lea and Beatrice Anderson
Concord
Mr. Porter Ray
spent Saturday night near Ripley with Mr. Charlie Ray.
Mr. Aaron Queen,
of Perciful, spent Saturday night and Sunday with Mr. Oakley Layne.
Miss Dixie
Milam, of Memphis, spent Saturday night and Sunday with parents, Mr. and Mrs.
J.B. Milam.
Mr. and Mrs.
Cephus Layne and children spent Sunday afternoon in Perciful with parents, the
J.E. White's.
Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Peacock and baby of Asbury spent Saturday night and Sunday here with
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Emmett Brantley.
Mrs. G.H.
Vaughn Kills Young Clerk at Helena
Helena, Ark.,
April 22--Miss Cassie Warren, comely young woman clerk, was shot and fatally
wounded while at work in the store of S.H. Kress & Company here late this
afternoon.
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Mrs. G.H.
Vaughn, who calmly fired four bullets into the girl's body while other women in
the store screamed in terror, is in a cell in the county jail. "There was
a man in the case," say the police. For a few minutes, panic reigned in
the store following the sensational killing. Miss Warren died a half hour later
in a hospital. She was unable to make a statement. Mrs. Vaughn entered
the store about 5:40 o'clock and inquired of one of the other girls where Miss
Warren worked. The girl was pointed out to her. According to eye witnesses,
when Miss Warren looked up and saw her assailant, she called for the manager,
and started running to the stairway which lead to the manager's office. Mrs.
Vaughn fired at her as she ran, emptying her revolver, four bullets taking
effect. Leaving her victim at the head of the stairway in dying condition, she
casually walked out of the store and was arrested and disarmed as she walked
along the sidewalk. She was placed in a cell of the county jail. Miss
Warren was hastened to the hospital in a few minutes after the shooting, in an
effort to save her life but she expired within 30 minutes after reaching the
hospital. Jealousy is supposed to have been a motive for the slaying. Miss
Warren formerly lived not far from the Vaughn home outside the cemetery and
Mrs. Vaughn is said to have accused her of misconduct. Mrs. Vaughn attempted
suicide about a year ago. Troubled domestic relations was given as the cause of
her act. Mrs. G.H. Vaughn formerly resided in Memphis, leaving this city
about four years ago with her husband, to make their home in Helena. The
Vaughns have been married 14 years and have no children. Before their marriage,
Mrs. Vaughn was Miss Julia Kee, born and reared in Ripley, Tenn. She has three
sisters now residing in Memphis: Mrs. A.H. Schulten, 434 N. Manasses Ave.; Mrs.
Joseph B. Boyd, 27 North Cooper St.; and Mrs. W.D. Spencer, 23 North Cooper
Street.--Commercial Appeal
Lays Blame on
Vaughn
Helena, Ark.,
April 26--Mrs. Julia Vaughn, who shot and killed Cassie Warren here Thursday
afternoon in the S.K. Kress Store here, according to the statement by Deputy
Sheriff and Jailer, Henry Bromwell, says she has no recollection of the
incident. G.C. Warren, father of Cassie Warren, in a statement today,
lays the blame on G.H. Vaughn. He states he lived just opposite the Vaughn home
for 19 months and during 13 of these, Mrs. Vaughn was a frequent visitor at his
home, and neither he nor any members of his family noted any indications of her
being unbalanced in mind. During this time, Mr. Warren also stated that the
relationship between their families was the best until Vaughn began paying
respects to his daughter. The court announces that the usual preliminary
hearing for Mrs. Vaughn will be waived.
Real Estate
Transfers
First Savings
Bank, Ripley, Tenn., to V.P. Moriarty, lot in Ripley, $3619.30.
Wm. Wright to Alfred Holloway, 1 1/2 acres in 3rd district, $261
D.A. Kimble to Wm. Kimmerling et al, 3 acres in 2nd district, $1016.50.
D.A. Kimble to C.C. Partee et al, lot in Ripley, $2300.
V.P. Moriarty to C.C. Partee and Solon Neighbours, lot in Ripley, $4000.
H.D. Folts, trustee, to 1st Nat. Bank of Ripley, 35 acres in 3rd district,
$1500.
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J.W. Sanford et al to G.A. Lusk, lot in Ripley, $2500.
J.A. Bradford to W.H. Andrews, 43 1/4 acres in 6th district, $2500.
M.L. Southall to C.P. McKinney and J.A. Hutcheson, six tracts in the 5th &
13th districts, $4000 each.
F. Sanders to A.F. Gray, lot in 14th district, $1040.
Chas. Campbell and wife to J.F. Campbell, lot in Ripley, gift.
O.L. White to J.L. Carnell, 26 acres in 8th district, $1700.
W.T. Hay to W.A. Parrish and wife, 4-89/100 acres in 15th district, $5,413.47.
A.P. Thurmond to G.W. King, 369-9/10 acres in 8th district, $5,413.47.
H. Kinninmouth to Mrs. Mary McKnight, 6 acres in 16th district, $125.
C.C. Partee et al to W.R. Cheek, lot in Ripley, $5000.
Wardlaw Steele to Victor Jennings, 50 acres in 2nd district, $1200.
W.H. Bickers to G.M. Partee, 12 acres in 2nd district, $900.
V.P. Moriarty to Joe Clay and wife, lot in Ripley, $750.
Wardlaw Steele to E.F. Jennings, 47 acres in 2nd district, $1,050.
J.R. Jacobs to J.M. Jacobs, lot in Henning, $971.04
B.B. Griffin to Garland Duvall and wife, 35 1/2 acres in 6th district, $1250
and land.
H.J. Hyde to Lula Hines, lot in Ripley, $900.
H.D. Folts, trustee, to W.C. Sutton, et al, 186 acres in 7th district, $4,
225., etc.
Geo. F. Thum, trustee, to Geo. Harvey, interest in 10th district, $240.
Buford S. Sanford, trustee, to Robert Flagg and Irene Flagg, 44 acres in 3rd
district, $1400.
Narcissa Partee to C.C. Partee, lots in Ripley, $400.
E.L. Vaughn et al, trustees, to Tipton County Farmers Union Bank, four tracts
of land in 10th district, $39,200.
J.M. Parrish to T.S. Espey, et a], one acre in 12th district, $7500.
J.L. Dunavant to Guy Dunavant and wife, interest in land in 5th district,
$5200.
F.M. Leggett, et ux et al to J.M. Vaden, 2 112 acres in 7th district, $338.
J.D. McLeod to Joe Kerley, 57-25/100 acres in 2nd district, $3,314.80
C.R. Barbee to A.J. Barbee, three tracts in 5th district, $1,000.
John H. Wood to Ben Williams and wife, lot in 2nd district, $2335.
W.H. Leggett to F.M. Leggett, lot in 2nd district, $200.
E.B. Wadsworth to G.J. Reed, lot in Ripley, $2100.
Joe S. Hale to Joe S. Hale Jr., three tracts in 11th and 15th districts,
$8872.92.
Joe S. Hale to Velsie Hale, two tracts in 11th district, $1500.
S.P. Green to T.H. Green, lot in Halls, $1000.
W.W. Craig, trustee, to Mrs. Bessie Peacock, two tracts in 5th district, $2500.
R.B. Lipscomb to J.T. Rains and wife, lot in Henning, $6000.
Lillie Underwood et al to D.C. Crihfield, 22 15/100 acres in 14th district,
$1200.
O.D. Williams to J.J. Crook, 53 84/100 acres in 11th district, $2500.
J.J. Baker to Arleether Allen, lot in Halls, $250.
U.S. Packing Co., Inc., to Richard S. Wingfield, lot, etc. in Halls, $2000.
Willis Alston et ux to V.P. Moriarty et al, three tracts in 4th district,
$1500.
A.P. Thurmond to Geo. W. King, 119 3/10 acres in 8th district, $1980.70
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W.E. Richardson, Jr. to R.B. Lipscomb, interest in lot in Henning, $300.
W.W. Craig, trustee, to C.C. Partee, lot in Ripley, $300.
C.C. Partee to Dock Purham, lot in Ripley, $751.25.
H.L. Hanna et ux et al to R.B. Lipscomb, interest in lot in Henning, $1200.
U.S. Packing Co., Inc., to R.S. Wingfield, lots etc., Gates, $1, etc.
Wm. Stephens to A.D. Salisbury, lot in Halls, $50.
Nelson Jones to Hardy Jones, interest in 202 acres in 1st district, $10, etc.
Mrs. S.A. Stephens to Wm. Stephens, lot in Halls, $2500.
A.B. Klutts et ux et al to J.W. Hemby, lot in 2nd district, $300.
Susie North and E.W. North et al to J.D. Jennings, interest in land in 10th
district, $2000.
W.H. Winn et ex et al to T.F. Woodruff, 25 15/100 acres in 10th district,
$2920.
Henry Johnson to Charlie Johnson, 43 acres in 11th district, $1673.47.
Henry Johnson to James Horton, 43 112 acres in 1lth district, $1673.47.
O.L. White to C.D. and C.J. Bussey, lot in Halls, $4100.
Henning
Miss Clara
Wells, of Halls, is a guest of Mrs. J.H. Hopper.
Mrs. Olive
Sharpe, left Monday night for an indefinite stay in Los Angeles, Calif.
Messrs. Alston
Keller and Lloyd Garner spent last weekend with friends in Gallatin, making the
trip by motorcycle.
Gates
Miss Vivian Lee
was a weekend guest of her uncle, Mr. C.C. Lee, in Dyersburg.
Misses Pauline
and Virginia Lee spent Sunday with their sister, Mrs. A.B. Green, in Ripley.
Mr. and Mrs.
Billy Yergan, from near Dyersburg, visited parents, Mr. and Mrs. L.S. Rainey,
Sunday.
Virginia and
Elizabeth Scott, of Henning, spent from Friday until Tuesday afternoon with
their aunt, Mrs. F.B. Bradford.
Mr. and Mrs.
N.L. Robison spent several days the latter part of the week with their
daughter, Mrs. P.L. Strickland, in Dyersburg.
Mr. and Mrs.
Willie E. Robison and baby have returned to their home in Memphis after
spending several days with parents, Mr. and Mrs. B.F. Robison. They were
accompanied home by their niece, Miss Louise Robison.
Mrs. H.T. Neely
and daughter, Florence Elizabeth, of Amarillo, Texas, arrived Wednesday of last
week to spend several weeks
with parents,
Mr. and Mrs. R.J. Moore and other relatives and friends.
Coal Creek
A son was born
last week to Mr. and Mrs. Joe Cook.
Grandma Smith,
of Memphis, spent the week with her son, Mr. Jim Smith.
Miss Baby Lee
Voss, of Cedar Grove, is spending this week with her sister, Mrs. Willie
Caldwell.
Mrs. Sam Sanford
and daughter, Irene, of Ripley, spent Saturday night and Sunday with her son,
Mr. G.O. Ellis.
Mr. and Mrs.
O.W. Faulkner and children spent Sunday with their son, Mr. and Mrs. Castle
Faulkner, at Knob Creek.
Mr. Castle
Faulkner, of Knob Creek, spent Thursday afternoon with Mr.
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O. W. Faulkner,
and was accompanied home by his sister, Ethel.
Mascedonia
Mr. Chester
Frazier, of the Bluff, was a Sunday visitor here.
Mrs. Mollie
Keltner spent Monday with Mrs. E.D. Crihfield at Edith.
Mr. and Mrs. Jim
Christmas, of Nut Bush, were Sunday guests of Mrs. Mollie Keltner.
Mr. W. G.
Jennings, daughter Maud and son W.G., spent Sunday afternoon at Nankipoo.
Mr. and Mrs.
Harbert Dunavant of Edith spent several days last week in the M.M. Keltner
home.
Mr. and Mrs.
Andrew B. White of Asbury spent Saturday night and Sunday with their daughter,
Mrs. A.D. Rice.
Mr. Early
Midyett, of Henning Farm, and Mr. Russell Duggan, of Nankipoo, were Sunday
visitors at this place.
Knob Creek
Mr. Thurman
Latham is confined to his bed with measles.
Mrs. Fannie
Aldridge is visiting her son, Mr. Ross Treadwell.
Ward, little son
of Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher Fortner, is on the sick list.
Mr. and Mrs.
Scot Andrews, of Central, visited in the R.C. Crihfield home Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. J.
M. Galyean, of Mascedonia, visited in the T.W. Latham home Sunday.
Mrs. Charlie
Richardson and two sons, of Arp, visited Mr. and Mrs. Castle Fortner, Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Gus
Young, of Central, attended the bedside of their daughter, Lady, in the home of
her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Crihfield, last week.
Lightfoot
Mr. and Mrs.
Albert Fitzgerald, of Gold Dust, visited in the C. W. Woodard home Sunday.
Miss Daisy
Lightfoot, of Blytheville, Ark., is visiting in the home of her uncle, Mr. V.T.
Lightfoot.
Mrs. Meter, from
near Halls, returned home Saturday after two weeks' visit with her sons,
Messrs. E.S. and G. W. Meter.
Mr. Alvin
Haynes, of Blytheville, Ark., spent the weekend with Mr. Henry Matthews.
Perciful
Little Jim
Worrell is seriously ill with bronchial pneumonia.
Mr. Jim Ellis,
of Gadsden, attended the bedside of his mother here last week.
Mrs. Joe Willis
attended the bedside of Mrs. Bert Ellis at Central the past week.
Little Bonnie
Sue Dunavant, of Conner, is spending this week with her sister, Mrs. Emmett
White.
Glimp
Dr. and Mrs.
Harold Buck, of Chicago, announce the arrival of Hilda Love Buck. Mrs.
Buck will be remembered as Miss Evelyn Partain of this place.
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Notice To
Public
Ben Johnson,
colored, who was under contract to work for me, has left without my consent and
persons employing him are hereby notified I will exact his wages until the
claim I have against him is satisfied. This April 20, 1926. 4-23-2t W.C.
Wadsworth
Ashport
Mr. Joe Pitts of
Lightfoot was in the A. Rossinger home Sunday.
Mrs. Vera
Whitson spent the past weekend with Mrs. Albert Jones at Luckett.
Mr. G.W. Jones
and family spent Friday night in the Bill Jones home at Luckett.
Mr. Avery Webb
of Luckett spent the week with his brother, Mr. Harry Webb.
Mr. Ezra Webb
spent one night last week at Luckett with his mother, Mrs. A.I. Webb.
Miss Bessie
Conrad of Luckett spent the weekend with Misses Eva Dell and Geraldine Jones.
Mr. and Mrs. Bud
Conrad, of Luckett, spent Saturday and Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. G.W. Jones.
Mr. Ben Miller
returned home Wednesday from Ripley hospital where he has been under treatment.
Messrs. Charlie
Miller and Chester Webb spent one night last week in the G.W. Kiestler home at
Lightfoot.
Mrs. Marinda
Russell, of Abbeville, Miss., is spending a few days with her nieces, Miss Mary
Kiestler and Mrs. Lena Price.
Poplar Grove
Mrs. C.D.
Sellers, of Pleasant Hill, spent the week with her daughter, Mrs. Bob Johnson.
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie
Ammons, from near Salem, spent Sunday with his father, Mr. W.C. Ammons.
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ENTERPRISE
Friday May 7, 1926
A Peep Into
The Past--MAY 11, 1900
A son was born
Sunday to Mr. and Mrs. R.F. Scott.
Mr. H.G.
Bradford visited Gates Sunday.
Mr. Tom Speck,
of Halls, spent Sunday in Ripley.
Mr. F.A. Henry
and son, Courtney, left Wednesday for Nashville.
Mr. Thos. Steele
Jr. came home from Nashville to attend the funeral of Mrs. J.N. Wardlaw.
Mr. Jim Marshall
left yesterday for Okla., where he will make his home for some time.
Mrs. Monroe
Carney is visiting homefolks in Henry County, near Paris, and will be absent
about two weeks.
Messrs. Joe M.
Scott, John P. Cothran, Arch A. Young, and Henry Solomon attended the state
convention in Nashville yesterday.
Mrs. Ada Butler
left Tuesday for Memphis where she joined her father for Hot Springs, Ark., to
attend the Southern Baptist Convention.
Mr. Mosco
McDearman and Miss Aeolian Hall, of Halls, were married on the train between
Curve and Ripley Tuesday morning, enroute to Memphis.
Mr. Louis
Wilson, who resides three miles north of Ripley, deposited in the Lauderdale
County Bank Wednesday $6068.60, which amount he inherited from his brother's
estate in Texas. Mr. Wilson has been invalid for 18 years, afflicted with
paralysis, and the county for a long time appropriated for his support.
Mrs. Jane Davie
Wardlaw, age 75, wife of Dr. J.N. Wardlaw, died at her home in Ripley Wednesday
morning at 7 o'clock. She was one of our oldest and best loved citizens--one
who for over forty years had been identified with the highest and best elements
of our little town. She was a daughter of Dr. Davie of Haywood County. The
funeral was held at the family residence, conducted by Rev. B.F. Blackmon, and
burial was in Maplewood Cemetery. She is survived by a husband, five children,
17 grandchildren, and several great-grandchildren; also one sister and numerous
other relatives. Her son, Mr. Will Wardlaw, of Memphis, came up on Wednesday. End
of Peep Into Past***
Farmer Kills
Self
Mr. John Bill Williams,
farmer, age about 37 years, who resided near Luckett, fatally shot himself at
an early hour Wednesday morning. It is believed Williams got up as usual and
procured a shotgun without the knowledge of his family, went into the yard and
discharged the gun, the load taking effect in his stomach. After the shooting
he managed to make his way to the front porch of his home. He was carried to
the hospital in Henning where his wounds were dressed by Drs. W.C. Sanford and
J.L. Dunavant. He died at 2:30 o'clock that afternoon and his body was brought
to Ripley to the funeral parlors of Burgess & Peters for preparation for
burial. He leaves a wife and six children. It is said that his mind was
unbalanced, as he had been acting strangely for the past few days. He had his
boys to plow up some young corn Tuesday which is evidence. Williams came to
this county about 15 years ago from Arkansas. The funeral has been set for
Friday morning at 10 o'clock.
Additional
Locals
Mr. J.0. Keltner
and family, of Memphis, and Mr. and Mrs. J.W. Gracy
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spent Sunday at
the Eylau Farm, guests of Mr. and Mrs. ?. F. Lusk.
Mrs. Herman
Grear, of Blytheville, Ark., spent the weekend in the home of Mr. J.E.
White. Mr. Grear and children came Sunday after her.
Mrs. L.D. Bruce,
of Memphis, was called here this week by the illness of her mother, Mrs. N.L.
Wilkinson, in the home of Mr. G.J. Johnson. Mrs. Wilkinson is reported
improving.
Mrs. J.A.
Johnson was called to Memphis Sunday by the illness of her daughter, Mrs. E.
Reams, who was in a hospital there. Mrs. Reams was able to return to her home
in Rosedale, Miss., Wednesday.
The fire
department was called to the residence of Mr. Chester Maclin on Barbee Avenue
Tuesday night. But slight damage was done to the roof. Another fire at the home
of Mrs. McGaw on Henning Street Thursday morning was extinguished before the
fire department reached the home.
Mr. Mack
Maness Dead
After an
extended illness, Mr. J.M. Maness died at his home in Ripley at an early hour
Sunday morning. The funeral was held that afternoon at 3:30 o'clock, conducted
by Rev. M.F. Savage, assisted by Dr. L.O. Leavell, and the remains were laid to
rest in Mary's Chapel cemetery by the side of his wife who passed away in
September, 1921. Mr. Maness was born in McNairy County, but moved to Lauderdale
at an early age and had lived here practically all his life. For 27 years he
was a valued employee of the firm of J.Y. Barbee & Co. and later was a
salesman for R.C. Klutts and R.C. Klutts & Sons. He was a member of the
Baptist church and was 73 years old last January. On July 9, 1873, he
married Miss Anna Perry and five children survive this union: Mrs. A.L.
Spiller, of Nut Bush; Mrs. Oscar Oddie, of Salisbury, N.C.; Mr. Lyle Maness, of
Jackson; Mrs. B.H. White and Mr. J.M. Maness, Jr., of Memphis. Mr. Maness was a
good citizen and had many friends in Ripley and throughout the county.
Off To The
Pen
Mr. Harper,
"long chain man", from Nashville, spent Thursday night of last week
with Sheriff Craig and left the next morning with the following prisoners for
the penitentiary and reform school:
White
Colored
J.R. Burton, 3
years
Fletcher Barbee, 10 years
Robert Russell,
5 years
Odell Halliburton, 10 years
Clarence
Dunavant, 5 years
James Grammer, 1
year
Leonard
Landreth, 1 year
Billy Landreth,
reform school
Alfred
Halliburton, reform school
Residence
Damaged By Fire
The beautiful
concrete residence of Mr. A.B. Klutts suffered a loss of about $5,000 by fire
Tuesday about noon. Mr. Klutts was in Jackson and his wife had gone to take
lunch with a neighbor, and when the fire was discovered by passers-by the
entire roof was ablaze and already to fall in. Of course, under such
circumstances our excellent fire department had no showing to prevent heavy
damage, but as soon as the alarm was sounded they quickly responded, and with
three streams of water confined the major loss to the roof. The damage to the first
floor was mostly from water, except in a few places where the ceiling burned
through. The fire had no doubt been smould-
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ering several
hours before finding an outlet as no fire had been made since the breakfast
hour. The loss of household goods, estimated at $2,000, is covered by
insurance, but insurance on the building is not sufficient to cover that loss.
Marriage
Licenses
Buck Glass to
Miss Mildred Patrick
Walter Northcott to Miss Annie Vaughn
J. C. Shepherd and Miss Lucile Hughes
Richard Prescott and Miss Belle Sanders
Ralph Peres and Miss Mary Hivorra
Talmadge Roberts and Miss Ewell Lee Johnson
Herbert Thomas Gray and Miss Emma Ferdie Cates (or Cotes?)
Sanford Queen and Miss Gertrude Harper
Social
Happenings
Mr. and Mrs. W.
Dan Majors tendered a beautiful luncheon on Thursday of last week,
complimentary to Mr. and Mrs. Milton Bacon of Greenwood, Miss., who were their
guests for the day, on their way home from a visit to relatives in
Dyersburg. A silver basket holding graceful sprays of Dicentra of a
delicate shade of pink and white spirea formed the centerpiece of the daintily
appointed table. Places were laid for Mr. and Mrs. Milton Bacon, Mrs. J.
H. Estes, Mrs. James Nixon and Mr. and Mrs. Majors. The delightful menu
was served in four courses.
Local and
Personals
Mrs. Fannie
Keller has been sick several days.
Mrs. Pauline Currie was on the sick list Friday and Saturday.
Mrs. Claypool, of Shoon, Texas, is visiting her sister, Miss Ava Friscoe.
Mrs. Murrell Parrott, of Memphis, is visiting her father, Mr. W. G. Speck.
Mrs. T. J. Short, of Little Rock, Ark., is visiting her nephew, Mr. Vernon
Peters.
Miss Rosa Ragon, of Memphis, spent the weekend with her sister, Mrs. Dan
Klutts.
Mrs. Kate Hutcheson returned Tuesday night from an extended visit in Miami,
Fla.
Miss Leta Coughlan will leave Saturday in Cairo, Ill., on a visit to Mrs. W. M.
Hamby.
Mr. H. H. Womble, of Memphis, spent Saturday in Cairo, Ill., on a visit to the
home of Mrs. J. A. Walker.
Mrs. Josie Dunavant, of Curve, spent several days the past week with her
sister, Mrs. J. L. DeVinney.
Mr. R. C. Elliot and family, of Memphis, were guests in the C. S. Carney home
Saturday night and Sunday.
Mrs. A. R. McGolderick and children, of Memphis, spent several days here this
week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Wardlaw.
Mr. and Mrs. Guilford Reed moved Wednesday to the E. B. Wadsworth cottage on
Brownsville Street, which they recently purchased.
Mrs. J. W. Rainey and Mr. E. J. Meadows and son, Ray, spent Saturday and Sunday
in Monette, Ark., with Mrs. Alice Miller, who is quite sick.
Mr. Talmadge Roberts of this city and Miss Ewell Lee Johnson, of Halls, were
quietly married Saturday afternoon, May 1, at the residence of Mrs. Anna
Dewberry, Dr. F. H. Peeples, pastor of the Methodist church officiatng.
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Ashport
Mr. Palmer Jones spent Saturday and Sunday with Mr. Pearl Griggs.
Mr. Chester Webb was a guest of Mr. E.G. Lockard Saturday night.
Pleasant Hill
Eula B. Given, of Durhamville, is visiting grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. D.G.
Thum.
Mrs. Burke Bilbrey visited her mother, Mrs. N.C. Sinclair, at Henning Friday.
Mrs. Anna Golden of Coal Creek spent the weekend with her mother, Mrs. Eula
Thum.
Master Robert McDonald and grandfather, Mr. John McDonald Sr., were in Ripley
on business Friday.
Miss Blannie Sue Bizzell, of Memphis, spent the weekend with parents. Mr. and
Mrs. W.L. Bizzell.
Mr. and Mrs. F.I. Barfield spent a few hours Sunday in the home of the latter's
parents, Mrs. Wilson, at Glimp.
Mrs. W.E. McGarrity and children left Thursday for Memphis and were joined by
her husband to make their home there.
Mr. and Mrs. H.D. Bell and little son, Harold, of Memphis, and Mrs. Maud Cole,
of Adamsville, spent Wednesday in the home of Misses Anna and Callie White.
New Hope
Mr. and Mrs. Allie Harrison, of Arp, spent Sunday in the W.W. Miller home.
Mrs. Beulah Barbour spent last Thursday with Mrs. T.A. Brown at Cedar Grove.
- Mr. Jake Caldwell, of Central, spent Sunday with his daughter, Mrs. Lula
Mitchell.
Mr. A.L. Stewart and family spent Sunday with Mr. John Stewart and family near
Craig.
Miss Velora Hargett, of Henning, spent the weekend with parents, Mr. and Mrs.
E.D. Hargett.
Mr. Enloe Jordan spent Saturday night and Sunday with his grandmother, Mrs.
Fannie Stewart, in Ripley.
Mrs. L.N. Burks Dies
Halls, Tenn., April 27--Mrs. L.N. Burks, age 64, died at the Baird-Breur
Hospital in Dyersburg Friday after a very serious operation. She had been ill
only a few days. Mrs. Burks was the widow of the late Louis N. Burks, well
known planter of this sedan. She was a beloved little woman and was called
"Aunt Eruna" by her scores of young friends. Funeral services were
conducted Saturday by Rev. Lum Hall at Elan Baptist Church. Many beautiful
floral offerings marked her grave. She is survived by two brothers, A.S. Kenley
and L.B. Kenley, and three children, Miss Elizabeth Burks and Mrs. J.S. Walpool
of this place, and Howard Burks of Memphis. The active pallbearers were nephews
of the deceased.
Gates
Mr. James A. Greaves, of St. Louis, is visiting his aunt, Mrs. Lula Jones.
Mr. and Mrs. James Branch and baby of Maury City are visiting their sister,
Mrs. J.B. Lee Jr.
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Asbury
Mr. Frank Tichener, of Memphis, was a Sunday guest of his grandfather.
Mr. Jim Sherman.
Miss Floy Evans and Mr. G.R. Evans of Ripley and Mr. Early Midyett of
Edith were visitors in this community Sunday.
Cedar Grove
Mr. and Mrs. Levy Chipman and children visited parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.T.
Chipman, here Tuesday.
Grandma Kennedy, who has been confined to her bed with paralysis, has not
been so well the past few days.
Mr. and Mrs. Will Kennedy are in bed with measles. Mr. Kennedy had
gotten up but had a relapse.
Mr. Will Burnham and 2 sons of Yarbro, Ark., visited his sister, Mrs.
Ross Hutcherson, Sunday.
Mrs. R.L. Burnham and daughter, Katie, of near Central, spent Tuesday
here with Mrs. Ross Hutcherson.
Miss Louise Hutcherson, of this place, and sister, Mrs. Homer Lee
Adkerson, from near Central, spent Friday in Ripley with grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. George Underwood.
Mr. and Mrs. Austin Smith visited his brother, Mr. Roy Smith, at Hurri-
cane Hill Saturday night and Sunday, and was accompanied home by their little
daughter who had been visiting there the past week.
Woodville
Mr. John Travis, of Memphis, was in the home of Mr. Wiley Daniels the
past week.
Mr. A.B. Dill and son, Elbert, made a business trip to Ripley and Gates
Monday.
Mr. Will Houston, wife and little son, of Memphis, spent the weekend with
Mr. and Mrs. A. Wiley.
Mr. Hawk Roberson, of Gates, was a Sunday visitor in the home of his son,
Mr. Marvin Roberson.
Mrs. Marvin Trotter has returned to her home in Memphis after a week’s
stay at ther mother’s bedside.
Mrs. H.C. Clark had as her guests Satruday night and Sunday her sister-
in-law, Mrs. Mat Dew and children.
Administrator’s Notice
All persons holding claims against the estate of Mrs. L.J. Bridgewater,
deceased, are hereby notified to file same, duly authenticated, with the
undersigned administrator on or before Nov. 1, 1926.
This April 10, 1926 W.D. Majors, Administrator Adv. 4-23-4t
Forked Deer
Miss Flossie Vaden, of Gates, was a recent guest of Miss Virginia
Williams.
Mrs. George Stanley and daughter, Mary Lorene, were in Dyersburg Satur-
day.
Mrs. John Bain, accompanied by Miss Opal Bain, visited relatives in
Fowkles last week.
Mrs. H.M. Hardy returned home Monday night from a visit with her daughter
in Bardwell, Ky.
Mrs. Alice Sims, of Dyersburg, has been a guest of Mr. and Mrs. Henry
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Poindexter for several days.
Mrs. Smith Carter and Mattie Mai Carter, of Halls, were Sunday guests of
Mr. and Mrs. John Carter.
Mr. and Mrs. D.A. Wesson and family, of Toulon, spent Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs. John Akin.
Miss Annie Bett Halliburton has returned from Memphis and will be at home
through the summer.
Mr. and Mrs. H.T. Reece, of the Henning Farm, spent the weekend with Mr.
and Mrs. W.J. Humphreys.
Messrs. R.B. Hill, Herbert Williams, James Clark and James Smith spent
the weekend in Henderson, guests of Misses Harriet and Annie Neely Clark.
Mr. and Mrs. C.T. Humphreys had as Sunday guests Mr. and Mrs. R.J.
Humphreys and son, James, of Memphis, and Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Pace, of Dallas,
Texas.
Pea Ridge
Aunt Sarah Crawford is visiting her niece, Mrs. Mattie Mitchell, near
Orysa.
Mr. M.D. Mitchell and little son, Elvis, from near Orysa, were in this
community Monday.
Mr. Marvin Mitchell spent the weekend [with] parents, Mr. and Mrs. M.D.
Mitchell, near Orysa.
Mrs. W.W. Hopkins and sons, Lester and Earl, and Mr. Reubin Dillingham
spent Sunday in Memphis.
Mr. and Mrs. Urban Haynes and baby, of Crutcher, are spending a few days
with her mother, Mrs. W.W. Hopkins.
Mrs. J.L. Sellers and daughters, Gertie, Vergie, and Winnie and Miss Rena
Lee Lewis, of Henning, were guests in the home of Mrs. W.W. Hopkins Tuesday
afternoon
Arp
Mrs. S.Y.
Garrett, of Ripley, is spending this week in the home of Mr.
Ivan Garrett.
Mrs. Rozelle Howard spent a few days this week in Ripley with Mr. and
Mrs. C.C. Cook.
Mr. Wilson Mullikin and family of Central visited in the F.B. Thompson
home one day recently.
Mr. H.L. Griffin and family and Mrs. M.C. Hamby of Dry Hill visited in
the J.C. Hamby home Sunday.
Henning Farm
Mr. Earl Midyett was in Dyersburg Saturday.
Mr. Harry Herron made a business trip to Leachville, Ark., Saturday.
Mrs. Hiram Bentley and Miss Eula Midyett visited relatives in Memphis
this week.
Little Ruth Duggan, of Ripley, spent a few days this week with grand-
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Akin.
Central
Grandma Caldwell continues quite ill.
Mr. Will Burnham and two sons, of Blytheville, Ark., are visiting Mr. and
Mrs. R.L. Burnham.
Mr. J.G. Caldwell went to Plum Point Tuesday to spend a few days with his
son, Mr. Dee Caldwell.
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Mr. Billie
Langley went to Gold Dust Tuesday. His son, Mr. Edgar
Langley, has a very sick daughter.
Mrs. Horace Burnham came home Sunday from Memphis where she had been in
the Methodist hospital for treatment.
We are informed that Mr. Fountain Hancock, of Blytheville, Ark., formerly
of this place and brother of Mr. J.L. Hancock, is very sick with pelegra.
Mr. Alveras Williams and two daughters went to Bolivar Sunday to see his
wife who is there under treatment. They report her some better.
Mr. Carl Adkerson accompanied his wife to Memphis Wednesday of last week
and on Thursday she underwent an operation. She is reported getting along
nicely.
Curve
Mrs. J.G. Thompson spent Saturday in Ripley, guest of Mrs. Marvin
Stewart.
Mr. Bob Nixon of Memphis spent Sunday with his mother, Mrs. Josie Nixon.
Mrs. Clyde Sutton and children, of Memphis, are visiting parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Juluin Sutton.
Mr. Clifford Yort, of Jackson, spent Sunday and Monday here with parents,
Mr. and Mrs. C.S. Yort.
Mr. and Mrs. Otha Newman, of Phillipy, Miss., spent the weekend with
parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.G. Newman.
Concord
Mr. J.B. Milam and sons, Edwin and Amos, spent Saturday afternoon in
Gates.
Mrs. Emmett Brantley and daughter, Miss Pearl, spent one day recently in
Ripley.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Peacock and baby of Asbury were in the A.E. Brantley
home Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Leggett spent Sunday near Curve with their sister,
Mrs. Henry Dew.
Mr. Porter Ray and sister, Miss Linnie Ray, spent Sunday afternoon near
Ripley with Miss Irene Klutts.
Messrs. Russell and Leamond Leggett, of Friendship, spent one night last
week in the Herman Leggett home.
Misses Birdie and Jennie Sue Dew spent Sunday and Sunday night near Curve
with their cousin, Miss Daisy Newman.
Mr. and Mrs. R.B. Buffalo and daughter of Halls spent Sunday here with
parents, Mr. and Mrs. S.J. Pickard.
Died
At her home near Ripley, April 27, 1926, Mrs. Laura Beard, age 71,
beloved wife of Mr. Peter Beard; mother of Mr. Fred Beard, Mr. Major Beard,
Mr. Rosel Beard, Miss Viola Beard, Mrs. Edna Currin, Mrs. Robbie Wilson, of
Ripley; Mrs. Ardella Pettis and Mrs. Julia Skinner of St. Louis, Mo.; Mr.
Willie Beard, Mrs. Maggie Flagg and Miss Ollie Beard, of Chicago, Illinois;
sister of Mrs. Maggie Letcher, of Memphis; and a host of relatives and friends
who mourn her loss. The funeral services were held at Woodlawn Baptist Church
April 30, at 12 o’clock. The Rev. Hardin Smith of St. Louis, Mo., who had
been her pastor for more than 50 years, officiated, assisted by Rev. A. Parr,
of Covington. Internment was in Woodlawn Cemetery.
adv. N.J. Simpkins and wife
Box 444, Ripley, Tenn. Funeral Directors
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Coal Creek
Mrs. Joe Tucker has returned home from Bolivar after spending some time
there.
Mr. Lewis Faulkner spent a few days last week at Knob Creek with his
brother, Mr. Castel Faulkner.
Mr. and Mrs. Castel Faulkner, of Knob Creek, spent Sunday with parents,
Mr. and Mrs. O.W. Faulkner
Mr. and Mrs. Will Newman and daughter, Sadie Lee, of Central spent a few
hours in the Jim Smith home Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Brown and Mr. and Mrs. Everett Harrison spent the
weekend on the bluff with Mr. Dewey Harrison.
Lightfoot
Mr. A.C. Braden and daughter, Lillie, spent Sunday in the C.U. Roberson
home.
Miss Emma Lou Barfield, of Glimp, visited in the home of Mr. and Mrs.
S.E. Pierce Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. R.M. Johnson, Misses Olivia Johnson, Clarice Roberson, and
Elaine Chism attended a league social at Arp Friday night at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Glenn Grammer.
Luckett
Little Alta McGarrity, of Ripley, spent the weekend with home folks.
Miss Manone McPherson is visiting her aunt, Mrs. W.S. Mitchell, in
Memphis.
Miss Victoria Vandergriff, of Glimp, spent the weekend with her sister,
Mrs. J.B. Woodard.
Miss Evon McGarrity is spending this week in Ripley with her grandmother,
Mrs. T. N Wakefield.
Mr. and Mrs. Lem Matthews and children of Arp spent Saturday night and
Sunday with parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.L. McPherson.
Mr. Walter Briggs happened to a very painful accident Friday night by
shooting himself in one of the lower limbs. He is reported getting along
nicely.
Mr. W. M. Nelson, of Gold Dust, spent Saturday night with his sister, Mrs.
H.B. McGarrity. He was accompanied home Sunday by Mr. McGarrity and daughter,
Sarah Mai.
Messrs. Rufus and Floyd Griggs, Joe Pitts, George Osteen and Mrs. Blanche
Griggs, of Lightfoot, and Mr. Chester Webb, of Ashport, spent Sunday in the
W.L. Briggs home.
Bluff
Little Harvey
Webb is quite ill with measles.
Mr. Roy Harrell, of Dry Hill, is spending this week in the G.C. Webb
home.
Mr. and Mrs. Everett Harrison and Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Brown, of Coal
Creek, were guests in the home of Mrs. Bettie Brown. Saturday night.
Fl ippen
Mr. Jack Smith of Arp spent Saturday night with William and Roy Caldwell.
Mrs. George Tillman, of Cross Roads, spent Friday afternoon here with
Mrs. Nelia Fergason.
Mrs. Hutcherson, of Cedar Grove, spent the past week here with her
daughter, Mrs. Jimmie Brown.
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Miss Bettie Lee Fergason is spending this week in Ripley with her sister.
Mrs. Marvin Spiller.
Mr. and Mrs. Jimmie Brown were guests of Mr. Johnnie Hutcherson at Cedar
Grove Saturday night and Sunday.
Mrs. Bob Goodman and daughter, Mrs. Lofton Maxwell, visited Miss Edna
Carmack at Curve Monday afternoon.
Edith
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Lott, of Curve, spent Monday night with their son,
Mr. G.H. Lott.
Dissolution Notice
The partnership heretofore existing between N.J. Henderson and J.G.
Henderson, under the name of Henderson Bros., has been dissolved, and will not
exist hereafter for any purpose whatsoever. Neither member shall be liable in
the future for any obligation contracted in the name of Henderson Bros. but
each will individually transact business in his own name where his responsi-
bility ceases. This April 20, 1926.
4-23-4t N.J. Henderson
adv. J.G. Henderson
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ENTERPRISE Friday May 14, 1926
Henning
Mrs. J.B. Alston
was a Sunday guest of Mrs. David B. Moss in Dyersburg.
Mrs. E.R. Hall and son of Memphis are visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
J.B. Coker.
Miss Emma Lou Barfield, of Glimp, is spending this week with her sister,
Mrs. O.D. Braden.
Miss Kate Thum arrived Thursday from Denver, Colo., to spend the summer
with her mother, Mrs. Mat Thum.
Mr. and Mrs. R.L. Graves and two children spent Sunday in Millington with
Mr. and Mrs. B.L. Covington.
Mr. and Mrs. T.D. Turner are receiving congratulations over the arrival
of Thomas Jr. in their home on May 6th.
Mrs. A.W. Tuholski and little son, James M. Tuholski, of Paterson, N.J.,
are here to spend the summer with parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.B. Alston.
Mr. and Mrs. J.H. Poston, Mrs. S.H. Johnson, Mrs. R.L. Brandon and Mr.
Linmore Brandon attended the funeral of Mr. Poston’s sister, Mrs. M.A.
Montgomery, in Bells Friday. The remains of deceased were brought from her
home in Crowley, La.
Death
Funeral services of Miss Ernestine Taliaferro, daughter of Mr. E.L.
Taliaferro of Boonville, Miss., were held Sunday, May 2, in the home of Mr.
J.A. Barfield, conducted by Dr. Leavell of Ripley, burial in Poplar Grove.
The deceased was being educated by her aunt, Mrs. Nora Borum, of Blythe-
ville, Ark., at the time of her death. She was attending the University of
Columbia, Mo. and would have been sent abroad to finish her education by her
aunt, had she been spared. Her death was due to appendicitis developing
pneumonia.
Forked Deer
Mrs. Lee Hardy returned home Thursday of last week after three weeks’
visit with Mr. and Mrs. W.H. Hay in Marvell, Ark.
*** A Peep Into The Past--May 18. 1900
Work on the Ripley Oil Mill will begin on June 1st.
A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Jas. O’Rourke last week.
Miss Myra Cothran visited Mrs. J.H. Barfield in the 15th district this
week.
L.H. Hart & Bro. have purchased the livery business of T.P. Ferguson.
Mr. Norman Neighbours left Sunday for Nashville to accept a position as
lineman for the Cumberland Tel. & Tel. Co.
Cal. W.H. Poindexter and wife and daughter, Mrs. Tom Halliburton of
Forked Deer were visitors in Ripley Friday.
Mr. I. Lang and family left Tuesday for their new home in St. Louis,
followed by the love, esteem and best wishes of all our people.
Mrs. R.C. Gray, after several days’ visit with relatives, left Wednesday
for her home in Memphis, accompanied by Mrs. J.N. Wardlaw.
Mrs. Rachel Neighbours celebrated her 76th birthday Monday, and a big
dinner was given in her honor at the home of her son, Mr. W.R. Neighbours. --End
of Peep Into Past ***
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Gates
Mr. and Mrs. C. Whitaker, of Covington, spent Sunday with parents, Mr.
and Mrs. C.S. Whitaker.
Miss Cornelia Gorman and niece, Helen Hill, are visiting friends and
relatives in Memphis.
Mr. and Mrs. R.W. Gholson have as their guest, their niece, Miss Gladys
Gholson, of Tiptonville.
Mrs. J.R. Conyers spent Sunday in Memphis and was accompanied home by her
grandsons, Keith and Bobbie Coffman.
Woodville
Messrs. Roy, Ford, and Harbert Perciful, of Memphis, visited in the home
of grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J.F. Perciful, Sunday.
Editor Scott
Dies Suddenly
Mr. J.M. Scott, editor of Ridgely Banner, died very suddenly Sunday
afternoon near Wynnburg, 5 miles north of Ridgely. Mr. Scott, accompanied by
Prof. Brewer, of Ridgely, was driving after a shower of rain and the car
slipped into a ditch. Parties came and assisted them in pushing the car out
of the ditch and as Mr. Scott was getting into the car, he fell over the
steering wheel and died instantly. He is survived by one sister, Mrs. Lillian
Martin, of Memphis. His remains were shipped to Ripley on the 3 o’clock train
and were laid to rest in the St. Paul cemetery Tuesday morning after a brief
service at the grave conducted by Rev. G. Harris.
Mr. Scott was a son of Rev. J.M. Scott, who was pastor of the Ripley
Methodist Church several years a third of a century ago, and those of the
family who have passed away sleep in the cemetery near Durhamville where his
body now reposes.
Dr. George R. Stuart Dies In Birmingham
Birmingham, Ala., May 11--(AP)--Dr. George R. Stuart, for 11 years pastor
of the First M.E. Church, South Birmingham, and one of the best known minis-
ters of the south, died suddenly this afternoon at his home here. He was 69
years of age. George Rutledge Stuart was born on Dec. 14, 1857, at Talbot,
Tenn., a son of Caswell Cobb and Mariah Stuart. He was educated at Emory and
Henry College at Emory, Va., and there he met Miss Zollie Sullens. They were
married the year he graduated, 1882--and the following year Dr. Stuart was
ordained a Methodist minister and sent to Cleveland, Tenn., as pastor there,
remaining two years. (Much more of his calling, but no remaining survivors
named.)
Local and Personal
Mr. Marvin Huddleston, of Memphis, is a guest of Mr. Win. Dailey.
Mrs. S.F. Harwell and little Billie Utley are visiting in Friendship.
Mr. Guy Henderson and Miss Eva Brown spent Sunday in Blytheville, Ark.
Mrs. F.A. Johnson, of Dyersburg, is visiting Mr. and Mrs. J.F. Hendren.
Mrs. W.L. Picton, of Nashville, is visiting parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.G.
Morris.
Mrs. L.S. Lloyd, of Memphis, is visiting parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.V.
Dunavant.
Mrs. A.M. McDonald, of Memphis, is visiting her daughter, Mrs. J.A.
Higgens.
Mr. Donald Price, of Memphis, was a guest of Mr. Adam Scott Saturday and
Sunday.
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Mrs. S.Y. Garrett has been sick since Monday night. She has symptoms of
appendicitis.
Mrs. Jane Henry is visiting her niece, Mrs. L.H. Graves and other
relatives in Memphis.
Messrs. E.L. Goins, H.B. Davis, Geo. W. Hutcherson, and Sheriff A.H.
Craig were in Memphis Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. H.V. Merrell, of Memphis, were Sunday guests of her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. J.A. Clore.
Mrs. Porter Craig left Thursday for her home in Mobile, Ala., after two
weeks’ visit here with home folks.
Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Peters, Miss Dorothy Walker and Mrs. T.J. Short spent
Sunday in Whiteville with Mrs. G.W. Bruce.
Mr. Robert Carney left Friday for Telaroso, N.M., where he has accepted a
position with the New Mexico Lumber Co.
A daughter was born May 3rd to Mr. and Mrs. Bean in Washington. Mrs.
Bean, before her marriage, was Miss Annette Browning.
Several cases of smallpox are reported at Mack, three cases at Double
Bridges, and two cases at the Mounds in the Mississippi bottom.
Miss Thelma Younger, Mr. and Mrs. Willie Alston and daughter, Louise, of
Memphis, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. W.T. Younger the past week.
Mr. and Mrs. Brooks, of Mayfield, Ky., spent Saturday night and Sunday
with Ripley relatives. Mrs. Brooks before her marriage was Miss Nora Wicker-
sham.
Mrs. Bettie Johnson, who has been living in Paducah, Ky. several years,
has returned to Ripley and is making her home with her brother, Mr. J.F.
Hendren.
Miss Virginia House, who was a guest of Mrs. Win. Dailey, returned Sunday
to her home in Trenton, accompanied by Messrs. Norfleet Anthony and Tollie
C heek
The marriage of Miss Beryl Bibb, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R.C. Bibb, to
Mr. Robert C. Haggerty, has been announced to take place in Memphis on
Tuesday, May 18th.
Mr. Herman Schafer spent Sunday, Monday and Tuesday in Brownsville, guest
of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Sternberger, in whose home his brother, Mr. Ike Schafer,
of Atlantic City, N.J., is visiting.
Mr. Stephen Glenn, who recently went to the Lone Star State, has located
in Marshall, Texas where he holds a position as manager of the gents’ furnish-
ings department of Perkins Bros. Co., a large department store firm.
Cedar Grove
Mr. Fred Hutcherson, of Memphis, visited homefolks here Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Hoeft visited her sister, Mrs. B. Travis, of Gates
Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. James Burnham and daughter of Central spent Sunday here with
his sister, Mrs. Ross Hutcherson.
Henning farm
Mrs. Mollie Ward, of Nankipoo, visited her mother, Mrs. J.H. Bentley.
Mr. Buferd Akin spent Friday night in Ripley with his sister, Mrs. H.E.
Duggan.
Mr. Fletcher Duggan, of Jackson, spent Sunday here with his mother, Mrs.
Hiram Duggan.
Little Eric Duggan, of Ripley, spent the weekend here with grandparents,
Mr. and Nrs. Hiram Duggan.
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Coal Creek
Mrs. Ben Pruett and children of Arp spent sunday with her sister, Mrs.
Joseph Tucker.
Miss Nannie Rucker, of Edith, spent Monday night with her sister, Mrs.
G.G. Calloway.
Mr. and Mrs. Castel Faulkner, of Knob Creek, spent Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs. Bennie Harrison.
Mr. Lewis Faulkner spent Saturday night and Sunday at Arp with Mr. and
Mrs. Charlie Richardson.
Mr. Brown Langley, of Bexar, and Mrs. Mollie Keltner, of Mascedonia, were
in this community one day the past week.
Miss Sue Webb had as guests Sunday afternoon Mr. Joe Crihfield and
sisters, Misses Melia and Geraldine and Misses Daisy and Lucile Heathcott,
from near Henning Farm.
Perciful
Mrs. W.F. Leggett and five children are ill with measles.
Mrs. Earl Scallions, of Gold Dust, is visiting her sister, Mrs. Wesley
Leggett.
Mrs. Jim Brown and baby of Gold Dust are visiting parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Murley.
Mr. Bud Ellis of Dyersburg spent Sunday with his daughter, Mrs. Wesley
Leggett.
Mrs. Frank Smith and daughter, and Mrs. Dalton Leggett of Memphis, are
visiting here.
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Ellis and baby of Central spent Sunday with parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Ellis.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Leggett attended the bedside of their son, Mr. and
Mrs. Carl Leggett, near Friendship Sunday.
Asburv
Mr. W.T. Wood has measles.
Mrs. Robert Peacock has recovered from flu.
Miss Edna Kendall, of Ripley, was a Saturday guest of Miss Geraldine
Maxwell.
Mrs. Fannie Matthews, of Lightfoot, was a guest of Mrs. H.C. Luton.
Mr. H.A. Luton was a guest in the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Vowell
Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Dave Gaines, of Williamstown, spent Sunday with Miss Alice
McBride.
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Duggan, of Halespoint, were guests of Mr. and Mrs.
A.I. White, Monday.
Mrs. Clara May Lunsford, from near Ripley, was a guest in the home of Mr.
E.C. Gaines Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Alex Edney, of Ripley, spent the weekend in the home of Mrs.
Maude Temple.
Mrs. W.T. Burns and son, Bennie, spent Monday at Woodville, guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Ernest Leggett.
Mr. Joe S. Hale, Sr., of Arp, was a guest of his daughter, Mrs. D.E.
McMahan, Thursday of last week.
Mr. and Mrs. T.R. Maynard and children, of Ripley, were Sunday guests of
Mr. and Mrs. P.G. Maynard.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Leggett and children of Woodville spent Sunday in the
home of Mr. and Mrs. P.G. Maynard.
Mr. and Mrs. M.A. Winsett and Miss Elizabeth Gaines, of Glimp, were
Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. H.K. Maynard.
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Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Moore and son, Marvin, of Ripley, were Sunday guests
in the home of Mr. and Mrs. M.A. McMahan.
Mr. and Mrs. Auzie Rice and daughters, Fai and Mai, of Mascedonia, spent
Sunday in the home of Mr. and Mrs. A.B. White.
Mrs. M.D. Coffman, Miss Willie Voss and Mr. W.B. Voss of Gates were
weekend guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Wood.
Miss Dorothy McMahan has returned home after several days’ visit in
Memphis, accompanied by her sister, Mrs. R.I. Blackwell and children who spent
several days here with relatives.
Death--Dr. W.H. Bavnes
Dr. W.H. Baynes died at his home in Nut Bush, this county, Tuesday
afternoon, May 4, 1926, about 4 o’clock, at the age of 78 years. He had been
in poor health for some time and his death was not unexpected. For many years
Dr. Baynes practiced medicine in Haywood Co., retiring from active practice
some 15 years ago. He was graduated from a Nashville medical college,
receiving his M.D. degree. He was a member of one of Haywood County’s oldest
and most prominent families. He was well known in both Haywood and Lauderdale
counties, where he was esteemed as a splendid Christian gentleman. He was a
member of the Baptist church. Dr. Baynes is survived by three daughters,
Misses Sarah Kate and Lillie Baynes of Nut Bush; Mrs. W.I. Stewart of Ripley;
one son, Mr. W.H. Baynes Jr., of Ripley; two sisters, Mrs. J.M. Smoot and Mrs.
G.L. Young, of this county; and one brother, S.A. Baynes of brownsville.
Funeral services were held at Baptist Church Wednesday morning at 11 o’clock
conducted by Rev. J.W. Joyner. Interment was in Trinity cemetery. - -The
Brownsville States Graphic.
Edith
Pro. and Mrs. J.O. Cox moved Wednesday to Central.
Mrs. Lou Ward, of Memphis, spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. G.N.
Grear.
Mrs. Turner and daughter, Mary, spent Sunday with Dr. and Mrs. T.E.
Miller.
Curve
Mrs. Aggie Mosely, of Dresden, is visiting Mrs. J.R. Roberts.
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Manning spent the weekend in Memphis with his sister,
Mrs. J.P. James.
Mrs. C.E. Lackey and daughters, Miss Charlie Sue and Mrs. Frank Lackey of
Covington spent Tuesday with Mrs. Marvin Garret.
Mr. Clyde Sutton, of Memphis, spent Saturday and Sunday with his mother,
Mrs. J.H. Stephenson. Mrs. Sutton and children, who had been visiting here,
returned with him.
Concord
Mrs. Emmer Brantley and son, Dupree, spent Saturday in Ripley.
Mr. J.L. Brewer and sister, Juanita, spent Saturday in Gates.
Mr. Robert Dew and little daughter, Aurie, spent Saturday in Halls.
Miss Irene Klutts, from near Ripley, spent the weekend here with Miss
Linnie Ray.
Mrs. J.F. Davis spent Saturday afternoon with her daughter, Mrs. O.L.
Davis, at Gates.
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Mr. J.S. Layne and
daughters, Misses Jessie Lee and Eunice, spent
Saturday afternoon in Ripley.
Miss Thelma Hardy, of Gates, spent Saturday night and Sunday with her
aunt, Mrs. Lena Dodd.
Mr. and Mrs. Case Worlds, from near Curve, spent Saturday night and
Sunday with their aunt, Mrs. R.L. Cagle.
Pleasant Hill
Mr. L.M. Boyd, of Cherry, was a dinner guest Sunday of Mrs. E.W. North.
Mrs. Luther Skinner, of Luckett, was a Sunday guest of Mr. and Mrs. W.M.
Skinner.
Mr. and Mrs. W.E. Bowers, of Glimp, visited Mr. and Mrs. F.I. Barfield
Sunday.
Miss Frances Golden, of Glimp, spent Thursday night with grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. D.G. Thum.
Mr. John McDonald and son, Marion, and Mr. D.H. White and son, Robert,
were in Ripley Saturday.
Misses Winnie Lee Bizzell and Maxine McGarrity and Master James McGar-
rity, of Henning, attended services here Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. R.B. Barfield and family, of Charleston, Mo., spent Saturday
night in the home of Mr. and Mrs. D.G. Thum.
Mrs. J.W. Norman and son, William, of Nut Bush, and Mr. and Mrs. Norman
Moore, of Durhamville, were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. H.C. Moore.
L ightf oot
Mrs. Mattie Griggs is on the sick list.
Miss Virgie Sellers, of Henning, spent the weekend with Miss Olivia
Johnson.
Miss Demetra Carmack, of Curve, spent the weekend with Miss Clarice
Roberson.
Mr. A.C. Lightfoot, of Ripley, spent Sunday with his brother, Mr. V.T.
L ightfoot.
Mr. and Mrs. A.L. Crowder and son, A.L. Jr., spent one day last week in
Memphis.
Mr. Joe Johnson, of Luckett, spent the weekend with his brother, Mr. R.M.
Johnson.
Mrs. G.A. Webb and son, Montell, of Bexar, spent Saturday night and
Sunday in the C.U. Roberson home.
Mr. and Mrs. J.W. Vawter and son, J.W. Jr., of Dyersburg, spent Sunday
with parents, Mr. and Mrs. D.Y. Coughlan.
Mr. Montell Temple and Mrs. Linnie Pitts of Asbury spent Sunday afternoon
with Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Griggs.
Mr. and Mrs. Parker Johnson and daughter, Margaret, and Mr. and Mrs. W.B.
Black and friends visited friends in Blytheville, Ark., Sunday.
Ashport
Mrs. Lettie May Cannon is on the sick list.
Mr. Chester Webb was in Lightfoot Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Pal Shoaf were in Edith Monday.
Mr. Claud Griggs was in Luckett Sunday afternoon.
Miss Bertha Miller was in Ripley on business Friday.
Miss Dorothy Mohon, of Ripley, is visiting Miss Jane Hipp.
Miss Elnora Osteen spent the week with relatives in Ripley.
Mr. Claud Pittman, of Luckett, was in this community Sunday.
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Mr. Glenn Mitchell, of Luckett, was in this community Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. G.W. Jones spent Friday with friends in Luckett.
Mr. Elbert Lockard has moved his family from Lightfoot to this place.
Mr. Pal Shoaf has returned home after a week’s visit in Hot Springs, Ark.
Mrs. Jim McMurry and Mrs. Eva Swim were visitors at Central Monday.
Mrs. Emma Hill, of Blytheville, Ark., is visiting friends and relatives
here.
Mr. Geo. W. Kiestler, of Lightfoot, spent Friday with his son, Mr. Ila
Kiestler.
Mr. and Mrs. F.L. Jones, of Luckett, spent Sunday in the home of Mr. E.D.
Jones.
Mr. Charlie Miller spent Wednesday night with his uncle, Mr. Charlie
Griggs, in Ripley.
Miss Tabe North and Mr. David Thum, of Pleasant Hill, were in this
community Sunday.
Mr. Harris Burks, of Williamstown, spent Sunday with his brother, Mr.
Robert Burks.
Mr. and Mrs. Biggie Reviere and children of Plum Point spent Sunday with
friends here.
Mrs. Gene Burns and baby spent the weekend with her mother at Williams-
town.
Mr. and Mrs. H.S. Price spent Friday night and Saturday in the E.G.
Lockard home at Lightfoot.
Messrs. Palmer and Elma Jones, of Luckett, spent Sunday with Messrs.
Pearl and Claude Griggs.
Messrs. Ila and Tom Kiestler were called to Luckett last week by the
sudden death of Mr. John Bill Williams.
a Misses Bettie Sue and Mary Alma Craig returned home Monday to Edith after
with friends.
Miss Auvil Chipman and Mr. Aaron Chipman, of Central, spent the weekend
in the Walter Kirkpatrick home.
Bald Knob
Mr. Ewell Osteen, of Nankipoo, was in this community Sunday.
Mr. Preston Kemper, of Arp, was a Sunday guest of Mr. Lonnie Twilla.
Miss Ersie Twilla has returned from Covington after a week’s visit.
Mr. R.W. Cannon and family, of Nankipoo, were in the Morris home Sunday.
Mrs. Lela Cannon and son, Bill, of Memphis, spent Sunday with Mrs. J.R.
Morris and family.
On the Subject of Speed (an advertisement)
Luke Jackson was the fastest nigger in Central Louisianna. In fact, he
never knew just how fast he could really navigate until, one night, he was
seen making his getaway from a chicken-stealing expedition.
This time Luke was really running--untl he heard something that sounded
strangely like a pistol shot in the darkness and there was a wicked whine of a
bullet about his ears. Then it was that Luke got down to business and really
developed speed.
In which there’s a moral about the proper lubricant and fuel for your
car.
If you want it to run like a scared rabbit or a chicken-stealing nigger,
treat your car to a full round of HOCO-fuel, crank case oil, cup grease,
differential and transmission oil-then you’ll really learn what splendid
qualities there are in the car you’ve so often boasted about.
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Home Oil Co.
N.B. Buy at the sign of the Orange Pump and Green Belt.
Luckett
Messrs. Avery and Kenneth Webb were in Henning Monday.
Mr. Floyd Griggs of Lightfoot spent Saturday night with Mr. Elmer Baker.
Messrs. Walter Briggs and Palmer Jones spent Sunday with friends in
Ashport.
Messrs. Elmer Baker, Olin Briggs and J.W. Younger were visitors in Glimp
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Jones and Miss Vera Vowell were visitors in Glimp
Sunday.
Misses Sarah Mai McGarrity and Meddie Mitchell were in Lightfoot Sunday
afternoon.
Mr. Rufus Griggs, of Lightfoot, spent Saturday with Messrs. Olin and
Walter Briggs.
Mrs. Tom Griffen, from near Ashport, spent one day last week with her
mother, Mrs. Etta Cooper.
Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Davis and children, of Memphis, are visiting their
mother, Mrs. Etta Cooper.
Mr. and Mrs. Carter Tichenor spent Sunday with parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Tichenor, near Lightfoot.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Poe and children, of Salem, spent Sunday here, guests
of Mr. and Mrs. R.L. Balderson.
Mr. and Mrs. R.L. Byron and children, of Covington, spent Sunday with
their daughter, Mrs. W.M. Alexander.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Jones and children, Virgie and Emmett, and mother, Mrs.
Whitson, of Ashport, were visitors here Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. W.L. Briggs and little son, and daughter, Quintus, spent
Sunday at Lightfoot, guests of Mr. and Mrs. Bud Osteen.
Mr. and Mrs. C.H. Webb and little son, of Ashport, spent Saturday night
and Sunday with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. A.I. Webb.
Mrs. W.L. Briggs and daughter, Miss Quintus, and Mrs. W.M. Owen and Mrs.
W.L. McPherson spent Monday eveing with Mrs. J.H. McPherson at Lightfoot.
Mr. and Mrs. T.E. Bills, Mr. and Mrs. Abe Tolbert, Mrs. Carrie Nelson,
Mrs. Era Jamison and Mr. R.T. Jamison, of Memphis; Mrs. R.G. Hornback of
Jelks, Ark., and Messrs. L.A. Williams, of McClellan, Ark., were called here
last week by the death of Mr. J.B. Williams.
The remains of Mr. J.B. Williams, a well-known citizen of this place,
were laid to rest Friday at Poplar Grove cemetery. Funeral services were
conducted by Or. L.O. Leavell of Ripley. Mr. Williams was a highly respected
man, and his self-destruction was a shock to this place. He is survived by a
wife and six children.
Central
Mrs. Horace Burnham continues to improve.
Mr. Scott Andrews has a child ill with mumps.
Mr. W.C. Hancock and family, of Gold Dust, were Sunday visitors here.
Mr. and Mrs. John Bradford have been very sick the past few days with
measles.
Mr. Carl Criner took his child to the Ripley hospital Sunday to undergo
an operation.
Mrs. J.T. Cagle had a chicken recently hatched with four feet, and it is
growing nicely.
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Mr. John Carson
and family, of Memphis, were here a few days with her
father, Mr. J.E. Young.
Central
Prof. Cox will have charge of Central school next session. He and his
wife are now visiting in Memphis.
Mrs. Julia Harrison, of Ripley, has returned home after spending a week
with her daughter, Mrs. N.N. Caldwell, who has been sick.
Pea Ridge
Miss Jane Conrad continues quite ill.
Little Nettie Hopkins of Crutcher spent one night this week here.
Mr. Carl Hopkins, of Memphis, is spending a few days with homefolks here.
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Hopkins, of Memphis, were weekend guests of Mrs. W.W.
Hopkins.
Mrs. Jennie Benthal and son, Tolbert, from near Asbury, spent Wednesday
in the J.S. Richerson home.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry McBroom and children, from near Lightfoot, spent time
Saturday in the J.S. Richerson home.
Whitefield
H.H. Bray continues ill.
Mr. and Mrs. John Grisby spent Sunday in the Jim Parchman home.
Thelma Watts and Charles Miller, of Curve, spent Saturday night with Ben
Grimes.
Rev. A.L. Mayes and mother, of Curve, spent Sunday in the W.T.O. Gay
howe.
Mr. Thomas Miller, of Hurricane Hill, spent Saturday night with Mr.
Leonard Lonnell.
Mr. and Mrs. H.S. Tims and son, Hubert, spent the weekend with Mr. Edgar
Tims at Ashport.
Mr. and Mrs. J.A. Grimes and daughters, Ruth and Willie, spent Tuesday
with friends at Curve.
Mr. and Mrs. George Miller and family, of Blytheville, Ark., spent the
weekend in the J.A. Grimes home.
Sunday visitors in the H.H. Bray home were Mr. and Mrs. J.A. Brogdon and
sons, James and Emmett, of Henning, and Mrs. Odie Stone and son, Edward, of
Mary’s Chapel.
In The Kitchen- -
Use 1 1/2 pounds string or green beans, 3 eggs and 2 tbls cornstarch.
Cook beans till tender, separate into bundles of 8 or 10. Make batter by
beating egg whites till stiff, add slightly beaten yolks, continue to beat,
adding cornstarch. Place a bundle of beans on a large tablespoon and place in
batter, working batter around beans with the spoon. Fry in hot fat until
brown on all sides. Serve with the following sauce:
1 teaspoon shortening
1 teaspoon garlic
1 teaspoon on ion
1 small tomato
1 teaspoon cornstarch
salt, pepper, and sugar
Melt shortening in frying pan and cook a few minutes. Add the tomato, chopped
fine and cook until almost dry. Add cornstarch and enough water to make a
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smooth
sauté, add salt, pepper and sugar. (Garlic and onion should be put in frying
pan with shortening.)
New Hope
Mr. and Mrs.
C.S. Akin and family spent Sunday in the C.L. Sanders home at Arp.
Mr. and Mrs.
Marvin Stewart, of Ripley, spent Sunday afternoon in the W.W. Miller home.
Mr. Enloe Jordon
and Miss Irene Duvall attended the Mother's Day program at Whitefield Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Guy
Duvall and Mrs. Olivar Gay and little son attended the program at Whitefield
Sunday.
Misses Lillian
Talley and Cleo Hargett, who are attending W.T.T.C. at Memphis, spent the
weekend in the E.D. Hargett home.
Rutherford
Mr. Homer Cowell
and wife have returned home from Winnburg.
Miss Mary Lou
Meeks spent Tuesday night with her grandmother near Nankipoo.
Mr. T.L. Meeks
and family visited relatives in Memphis a few days last week.
Miss Laura Webb,
of Nankipoo, spent the weekend in the B.S. Cowell home.
Mrs. Clifton
Hilliard, of Memphis, visited her sister, Mrs. H.L. Carnell, here last week.
Mr. and Mrs.
T.L. Meeks and little daughter, May Bell, were at Cedar Grove Tuesday night.
Messrs. Arthur,
Sidney, and Arch Gooch and Hall Grady attended a play at Unionville Saturday
night.
Messrs. J.D.
Grady, A.A. Gooch and Arthur Gooch visited in the Will Kennedy home in Cedar
Grove Sunday.
Mrs. Ona Gooch
and little daughter and Mrs. Millie Gooch, of Miston, spent Tuesday with her
mother, Mrs. Jim Baker.
Mrs. J.D. Grady
is attending the bedside of her daughter, Mrs. Will Kennedy, who is quite ill
with the measles at Cedar Grove.
Williamstown
Mr. and Mrs.
I.C. Kee and children, of Nolensville, spent the weekend here with parents, Mr.
and Mrs. E.M. Best.
In Memory of
My Son, Zeb Pennington
On Sept. 21,
1917, while living at Halespoint, Tenn., my son , Zeb, age 22 years, was one of
the first citizens of Lauderdale County to volunteer his services in the World
War, and went from Ripley with the first quota. He served 18 months overseas as
a private in Co. E 117th Infantry, and received an honorable discharge on April
15, 1919. Returning to his home at Halespoint, disease which he contracted in
the service terminated in his death on Oct. 2, 1921. After his death a sister
received $28.15 per month during her life, upon a $5000 government insurance
policy which he carried, and since her death, as provided in the policy,
payments in said amount has been paid to me and will continue till the full
amount of the policy has been taken up. In addition to above sum under a
compensation act of Congress, there has been paid to me $264.52 accrued
payments and interest to date from March 25, 1925, and I am to receive under
said act $20 per month. A further sum of $692 is being paid to me in quarterly
installments of
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$59.25,
as a bonus, and two of these payments have already been received. The above
brief stretch is given not only as a memorial to him, but also to show how well
the great government under which we live provides for the families of those who
lay down their lives in defense of their country. To know that in my declining
years such provision has been made for me by my government for the great sacrifice
made in the gift of my son makes me proud that I am an American, and if my son
had to die I would rather that he lay down his life on the altar of his country
than in any other way. adv. J.W. Pennington
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ENTERPRISE
Friday May 21, 1926
***A Peep
Into The Past--May 25, 1900
Mr. Walter Hart
had important business in Alamo Sunday.
Mr. J. Avery Webb, of St. Louis, visited parents in Ripley Saturday and Sunday.
Mr. Sam Pugh returned Monday from an extended visit with relatives in Paducah,
Ky.
Miss Maude Kirkpatrick left yesterday for Holly Springs, Miss. to attend
commencement.
Mrs. Charles Partee Jr. entertained the graduating class at the Western Hotel
Saturday night.
Col. P.T. Glass has returned from Hot Springs, Ark. and a visit to Mrs. J.E.
Cunningham in Mississippi.
Mr. Arthur Davis and daughter, Miss Hatti Davis, of Woodville, left Friday for
Blytheville, Ark. to spend a few days.
Mrs. Ada G. Butler returned Saturday night from attending the Southern Baptist
Convention in Hot Springs, Ark.
Mr. Albert Huddleston and little son, of Fulton, Ky., spent Sunday in Ripley,
and was accompanied home by Miss Alma Evans.
Mr. E.C. Simpson and Mrs. Lizzie Dougan were married at the home of the bride
in Ripley Sunday, Rev. Lee Sanders officiating.
R.M. Hubbard, who lives five miles west of Ripley, has invented a cotton
chopper, which is on exhibition at Ben Bradley's shop.
Mr. James Thompson and daughters, Alta, Lillie and Bertie, of San Antonio,
Texas, have arrived to spend the summer with relatives near Ripley.
Misses Myra D. Penn and Pannie Oldham, teachers in our public school,
gave their pupils, about 75 in number, a party Wednesday night at the residence
of Mr. Frank Harbert. End Of Peep Into Past
Hagerty-Bibb
The rectory of
the Church of the Sacred Heart in Memphis was the scene of a pretty wedding
Tuesday evening when Miss Beryl Bibb became the bride of Mr. R.E. Hagerty Jr.
Monsignor Mahoney officiated in the presence of relatives and a few intimate
friends. Those attending the nuptial from Ripley were Mr. R.C. Bibb, father of
the bride, Misses Forrest and May Walker Edney and Mr. Al Childress.
Gates
Mrs. Herbert
Rigsby, of Memphis, is visiting parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.A. Williams.
Mr. and Mrs.
Ezell, of Maury City, spent Sunday with their daughter, Mrs. J.T. Hamil.
Mr. W.M. Miller
spent several days with homefolks in Dickson the last of the week.
Mrs. G.M. Pratt
and daughter, Mildred, of Greenwood, Miss., are visiting Mrs. W.A. Whitaker.
Mr. and Mrs.
Irvin Hamil and daughter, Betty Lee, and Mr. Durward Hamil, of Blytheville,
Ark., spent Sunday with parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.T. Hamil.
Messrs. R.W.
Gholson and M.L. Wood went near Nashville a few days ago after Thomas Fisher
who jumped his bond which Mr. Gholson had secured. They returned to Brownsville
jail to await trial.
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Henning Farm
Miss Eula
Midyett is spending this week near Edith with her aunt, Mrs. Alf Chambers.
Mrs. Addie
Midyett and son, Early, and McKinley Bentley attended services at Enon Sunday.
Mr. Felix Akin and
sister, Annie Dell, spent Monday and Tuesday in Ripley with their sister, Mrs.
Efford Duggan.
Samuel
Sampson Carson
The remains of
Mr. S. Sampson Carson, who died in Memphis Wednesday afternoon at his home at
1830 Walker Ave., arrived in Ripley Thursday morning by motor hearse and was
laid to rest in Maplewood Cemetery. Before leaving Memphis, funeral services
were conducted by Rev. H.B. Wade, and Rev. G.B. Harris Jr. had charge of the
service at the grave, where many of the friends of this well-known former
citizen of Ripley had gathered to pay him a last tribute of respect. Mr. Carson
was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. S.B. Carson; was born and reared in Ripley,
and resided here until a few years ago when he moved to Memphis. He was 54
years of age and is survived by one brother, Mr. George B. Carson; three
sisters, Mrs. E.W. Hamm, Mrs. Margaret Bowling and Miss Louise Carson; and one
nephew, Sampson Bowling. His death was quite a shock to the people of
Ripley, and the family have the sympathy of a host of friends in their
bereavement.
Local and
Personal
Mr. W.H. Baynes
and son, Brodie, spent sunday in Memphis.
Mrs. C.C. Shoaf
has been suffering with eye trouble the past week.
Miss Rose M.
Quinn, of Memphis, was a Sunday guest of Mrs. N.A. Yancy.
Mrs. Etta
Drewry, of Newbern, is visiting her daughter, Mrs. D.T. Turner.
Mr. and Mrs.
J.W. Gracy visited Mr. G.A. Chambers and family at Edith Sunday.
Mr. Jake
Mitchell spent Sunday in Memphis with his daughter, Miss Mamie Mitchell.
Little Miss Joy
Roberson accompanied her aunt, Mrs. W.L. Picton in Dickson on a visit.
Mr. and Mrs.
W.B. Midyett and Mr. and Mrs. Claud Nee] visited relatives in Kenton Sunday.
Mrs. J.M.
Hendren, of Brownsville, spent Tuesday with her sister-in-law, Mrs. J.C.
Wesson.
Mrs. Lee Wilson spent
Sunday with her sister, Mrs. C.C. Partee, at Dr. Campbell's Clinic in Memphis.
Mrs. R.R. Rainey
and son, Bill, of Brownsville, were guests in the home of Mr. Chas. Campbell
Tuesday.
Mrs. D.O. Rogers
has returned to her home in Lambert, Miss. after a week's visit with her
sister, Mrs. W.I. Ross.
Mr. Ike Schafer,
of White Plaines, N.Y., is visiting his brother and sister, Mr. Heman Schafer
and Mrs. Lee Berg.
Mrs. Trude
Shelton, of Columbia, spent Monday night in Ripley, guest in the home of his
brother, Mr. B. Shelton.
Mr. Garnett
Dunavant, of Memphis, spent Sunday here and was accompanied home by his sister,
Mrs. L.S. Lloyd.
Mr. and Mrs.
John Wiley, of Memphis, spent Saturday night and Sunday with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. E.F. Wilson.
Mr. Alonzo
Klutts has bought the R.M. Prichard residence on Byrn Avenue. The building is
now undergoing improvements.
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Misses Lucille
and Pauline Canady, of Dyersburg, spent the weekend in the home of their
brother, Mr. Pruett Canady, at Asbury.
Mr. Raymond
Kirkpatrick, of Greenville, Ky., spent several days here last week with his
uncles, Messrs. S.T. and R.H. Kirkpatrick.
Mrs. M.M. Potter
and little son, Monroe, and Mrs. Mary Yarbrough of Asbury, are spending this
week in Toone with their father, Mr. R.J. Siles.
A son was born
to Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Porter in Memphis, Monday. Mrs. Porter, before her
marriage, was Miss Gladys Trimble, daughter of Mr. George Trimble.
Mr. J.W. Watkins
is having his residence razed preparatory to the building of a beautiful brick
veneer bungalow, Mr. B.D. McKnight has contract to erect same.
Mr. J.A. Clore
has rented the grist mill of W.T. Rice & Son, and took charge last
Saturday. He will run a furniture repair business in connection with the mill.
Trustee R.H. Chisholm
has given Mr. B.D. McKnight the contract to erect a modern brick veneer
bungalow on the lot purchased of A.A. Young heirs on Henning Street.
Mr. W.M.
Campbell, of Manila, Ark., has purchased the poolroom and restaurant of J.C.
Klutts & Co. He and his family have rooms with Mr. Jack Hemby on Conner St.
There will be an
ice cream supper given at the home of Mrs. Mollie Keltner Saturday night, May
22. Public is cordially invited but please leave your white mule at home.
adv.
Mrs. C.B.
Brooks, of Dallas, Texas, is visiting her mother, Mrs. Hettie Montague. She and
Mrs. Montague will leave this week for Chicago and will go from there to Fort
Wayne, Ind. to visit Mr. Morgan Montague.
Dr. W.E. Turner
and children, of Arkansas City, Ark., visited here this week. Dr. Turner
returned home Tuesday, leaving the children for a more extended visit with
their grandmother, Mrs. T.F. Moore.
A pet dog
belonging to Dr. E.G. Parham bit his two children and two other children in the
neighborhood Tuesday. The dog died that night and as a precautionary measure
for fear of rabies, the head was sent to Memphis Wednesday for
examination.
Mr. and Mrs.
W.T. Hay and Dr. and Mrs. Charles Paddock of Memphis were guests of relatives
here the weekend. Mrs. J.A.J. Byrn accompanied them home and left Memphis
Tuesday for Mammoth Springs, Ark. to visit her sister, Mrs. Frank Crocker.
Asbury
Mr. and Mrs.
H.E. Evans and sons and Mr. Charlie Lloyd attended the 75th birthday
anniversary of Mr. Claudius Lloyd at Atoka Sunday.
Concord
Mr. John Dew and
sisters, Misses Birdie and Jennie Sue, spent Sunday near Gates with their
uncle, Mr. E.O. Dew.
Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Dew and children spent Sunday afternoon in Hall with their brother, Mr.
Horace Moore.
Mr. Reuben Camp
left Monday morning for his home in Fulton, Ky. after spending three months in
the R.M. Dew home.
Flippen
Mr. and Mrs.
Irvin Cunningham, of Ripley, visited Mrs. B.F. Webb Sunday.
Mrs. J.P.
Haynes, of Williamstown, is visiting her mother, Mrs. John
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M. Fergason.
Mrs. Nelia
Fergason, of Cedar Grove, was a guest of Mrs. John Fergason Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs.
Clifton Hutcherson of Cedar Grove visited in the John Keltner home Sunday.
A daughter was
born May 8th to Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Spiller at the home of Mrs. Spiller's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Fergason.
Ashport
Mr. Isaiah Webb
spent the weekend with his mother, Mrs. Ora Webb, at Luckett.
Luckett
Miss Myrna
McGarrity is on the sick list.
A son was born
May 11th to Mr. and Mrs. S.I. Griggs.
Mr. Asa Griggs,
of Luxora, Ark., is visiting his father, Mr. S.I. Griggs.
Margaret Younger
of Lightfoot spent a few days last week with her cousin, Montine Younger.
Miss Mollie
Balderson spent a few days last week with her sister, Mrs. Walter Poe, near
Salem.
Conner
Mr. Dewey Lovell
is quite sick.
Misses Mai and
Mabel McKinney, of Halls, are visiting their aunt, Mrs. Will Roberts.
Mrs. J.T. King
of Ripley visited her mother, Mrs. Rosetta Kirby, one day last week.
Mr. and Mrs.
J.E. Murley, of Memphis, spent last week with parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alex Daniels.
Mrs. Rosetta
Kirby attended [the bedside] of Mr. John King in Ripley Saturday. He is ill
with smallpox.
We are glad to
announce that Mrs. Tom West is able to visit her neighbors after about eight
months' illness.
Mr. and Mrs.
Teasie Daniels, of Durhamville, were guests of parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alex
Daniels, Saturday night.
Miss Eusley
Kirby, Miss Jewell Daniels, Mrs. Ernest Underwood and Mrs. J.E. Murley were in
Ripley Saturday.
Little Jodie
McKee of Tibbs, and little Elijah Kirby of this place spent Sunday with little
Jessie Klutts at Mary's Chapel.
Local and
Personal
Lauderdale
County was honored last week by the State Medical Convention in session in
Memphis, when that body elected as its vice president from West Tennessee Dr.
J.L. Dunavant, of Henning.
Mr. Marvin
Wilson, of Luxora, Ark., spent Monday night and Tuesday here with parents, Mr.
and Mrs. E.F. Wilson. While here he received notice that his barn at Fisher
Island near Luxora, burned Tuesday morning, entailing a loss of about $3000, as
he carried no insurance.
Mr. and Mrs.
H.D. Glass, who spend their winters in Biloxi, Miss., and summers in Harrison,
Ark., arrived Friday night for several weeks with their daughter, Mrs. Max
Williams.
Messrs. J.D.
Montgomery and J.W. Pennington are attending the Confederate Reunion at
Birmingham, Ala. The faithful old bodyguard, Louis Nelson, colored, who never
misses a reunion, accompanied them. Sickness prevented
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Capt. P.N.
Conner from attending, but his illness is not of a serious nature, we are glad to
state.
Precious Baby
by 0. Lawrence Hawthorne
Laughing eyes
that look into- The secret chamber of my heart, Lips as sweet and tender as a
rose,-Cunning little hands that seem- To draw the veils of care apart- And all
the happiness of love disclose, Dimpled cheeks that beg a kiss, And chubby feet
with dimples too, Dainty bundle of delight and cheer Precious one, I don't see
where God finds a darling babe like you, But oh, how glad I am He sent you
here!
Forked Deer
Mr. Lloyd
Griffin, of Dubbs, Miss., spent Sunday with his mother, Mrs. Mattie Griffin.
Mrs. Ike Milam
and baby, of Nashville, are visiting parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.W. Bain.
Mr. and Mrs.
Charlie Vaden of Gates were weekend guests of their mother, Mrs. Gilliam.
Mr. W.T.
Halliburton of Memphis spent Sunday with parents, Mr. and Mrs. G.T.
Halliburton.
Messrs.
Pennington and Wade, of Trenton, were guests in the home of Mr. Watson Bain the
past week.
Dr. and Mrs.
J.W. Warren and children went to Gadsden Sunday and were accompanied home by
Dr. Warren's father.
Mr. and Mrs.
Irie Gray and children, of Blytheville, Ark., arrived Sunday for a visit with
Mrs. Gray's mother, Mrs. H.M. Hardy.
Lightfoot
Miss Wordner
Meter was carried to Memphis Monday for an operation.
Miss Kathleen Lightfoot
and Mr. William Lightfoot are ill with the measles.
Mr. and Mrs.
O.D. Braden, of Henning, visited Mr. and Mrs. C.U. Roberson Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs.
Walter Younger, of Ripley, visited in the home of Mr. and Mrs. R.M. Johnson
Sunday.
Mr. P.I. Braden
and children, Enloe and Lucy Kate, visited Mr. and Mrs. W.L. Barbour at New
Hope last Sunday.
Conner
Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Northcott, of Tibbs, Mr. and Mrs. Joe White and Miss Eusley Kirby, of this
place, motored to Ashport Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs.
John Click and daughter, Emma, and Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Click, of Mason, spent
Sunday here with Mr. and Mrs. J.E. Spiller.
Knob Creek
Mrs. Jim Hall,
of the bluff, was in the Will Kellick home Friday.
Miss Hilda
Fowler spent Sunday with Misses Bettie Sue and Mary Alma Craig at Edith.
Mr. Rufus
Bohanan, of Coal Creek, spent Saturday night with Mr. Walter Latham.
Mr. and Mrs.
G.A. Crews and children spent Sunday at Arp, guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ivan
Garrett.
Mr. and Mrs. Gus
Young and two children, of Central, were in the R.C.
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M.
Crihfield home Saturday night.
Mrs. Ross
Treadwell and two children spent Thursday with their aunt, Mrs. J.A. Keltner,
at Edith.
Mrs. Alice Beard
and baby, Dorman, or Mascedonia, are spending the week with her sister, Mrs.
W.K. Kellick.
Mr. and Mrs.
Hollis Harrison, of Coal Creek, spent Saturday night and Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs. Castell Faulkner.
Coal Creek
Mr. and Mrs. Jim
Brown, of Central, spent Sunday in the S.J. Webb home.
Miss Opal
Pennington spent Saturday night at Arp with Miss Alice Mildred Jenkins.
Mr. and Mrs.
Everette Harrison are spending a few days in Memphis with her parents.
Mr. and Mrs.
Will Webb, of Central, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Garda Calloway.
Mr. and Mrs.
Jesse Daily, of Halls, spent one day the past week with Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Lyell.
Mr. and Mrs.
Vernon Lyell and little son, Medvin, of Arp, spent a few days the past week
with parents here.
Mr. and Mrs.
John Koonce and daughter, Reba Sue, of Central, spent Sunday in the B.E.
Harrison home.
Mrs. Henry M. Crihfield
and baby, of the Henning Farm, spent Saturday night and Sunday with her mother,
Mrs. W.J. Howard.
Messrs. Charlie
Maness and Tom Burns of Arp, and Mr. Clarence Hargett, of Central, spent Sunday
in the J.B. Crihfield home.
Messrs.
Fleetwood Cates, Kenneth Cummings and R.H. Pennington, of the Bluff, and Misses
Evelyn Pennington and Geraldine Crihfield spent Sunday evening with Miss Opal
Pennington.
Bald Knob
Mr. George Jones
gave a pick party Saturday night.
Misses Rosa Lee
and Mazie Reynolds and Messrs. Sam and Maynard Harrell were at Ashport
Saturday.
Misses Katie and
Altie Goodwin, of Flippen, attended the party Saturday night in the George
Jones home.
Whitefield
Mr. H.H. Bray
continues ill.
Mr. Ben Grimes
spent Sunday in the Frank Hoeft home near Ripley.
Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Tims spent Sunday in the I.J. Hammons home near Ripley.
Mrs. Oliver Gay
and son, Milton, of Whiting, Ind., spent Monday night in the Eddie Gay home.
Mr. and Mrs.
Gill Tims and Mr. Harry Bray spent Monday night with relatives near Henning.
Mrs. Julius
Chipman and baby spent Saturday night with her sister, Mrs. Joe Hackett, near
Ripley.
Sunday visitors
in the H.H. Bray home were Mr. and Mrs. Will Roberts and son, Wayne; Mr. and
Mrs. R.L. Bray; Mr. Jim Bray and sons, Homer and Oliver; Mrs. Mattie Smith and
son, Guy, of Ripley; Mr. Escue, of Flippen.
Henning
Mrs. Annie
Rawls, of Jackson, is visiting her niece, Mrs. L.K. Harding.
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Mr. David Colvin
spent the weekend with parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.D. Colvin.
Mr. E.H. Moorer
was able to return home Wednesday from a Memphis hospital.
Mr. and Mrs.
E.M. Oldham left Sunday for Birmingham, Ala. to attend the Confederate Reunion.
Mrs. B.F.
Rainey, of Athens, Ala., was called here Friday by the serious illness of her
brother, Dr. J.R. Crutcher.
Mr. Atwood
Fields, of Clarksdale, Miss., spent several days last week with his
grandmother, Mrs. Hanna Sexton.
The marriage of
Miss Katherine Lewis to Mr. Fred Pipkin, which took place in Dyersburg
Saturday, came as a surprise to their many friends here. Misses Ida and
Katherine Lewis had started to Ridgely to spend the day with their sister, Miss
Virginia Lewis. On reaching Dyersburg, they were met by Mr. Pipkin. They drove
around to the Methodist parsonage where Rev. Walker pronounced them man and
wife. Mr. and Mrs. Pipkin are at home to their friends in the home of Mr. J.M.
Pipkin.
Boyd's
Crossing
Mr. Frank
Fitzgerald and wife of Arkansas spent the weekend here.
Mr. Asa Griffin
and family visited Mr. B.F. Fitzgerald Sunday afternoon.
Mr. John Stewart
and wife and Mr. Andrew Hargett and wife spent Sunday in Gates, guests of Mr.
Walter Chalk.
Mr. Andrew
Newman and wife and Mrs. Dewey Newman, of Memphis, spent a few days last
week here with homefolks.
Arp
Mr. H.H. Mann
and family were called to Bells last week by the death of their uncle.
Mr. J.T. Hunt,
of Ashville, N.C., visited in the Glenn W. Grammer home last week.
Mr. J.C. Hamby
and daughters, Margaret and Pauline, spent Tuesday in Memphis.
Curve
Mrs. Harvey
Puryear was called Monday to the bedside of her father in Nashville.
Mrs. T.J. Gray,
of Brighton, is visiting her daughter, Mrs. J.H. Stephenson.
Mrs. Aggie
Moseley has returned to her home in Dresden, after several days' visit with
Mrs. J.R. Roberts.
Mr. and Mrs.
Ermon Beaver and Miss Kate Thompson, of Memphis, spent several days this week
with parents, Mr. and Mrs. G.P. Thompson.
Mr. Samms, a
highway engineer, has moved his family here from Coalmont, Ind.
They are
occupying the house recently vacated by Mr. A.T. Batts.
Mascedonia
Little Ernest Jennings
is ill with mumps.
Mr. Arch Escue
and family spent Sunday in the home of Mr. Joe Escue near Halls.
Mr. and Mrs.
Marvin Hall spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Will Lewellen at Conner.
Mr. Mayfield and
family from near Halls spent Sunday with their son, Mr. El Mayfield.
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Mr. Roy Escue
and family spent Sunday in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jart Lunsford near
Friendship.
Mr. and Mrs.
John Hutcherson and baby, of Dry Hill, spent Sunday with parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Joe Prescott.
Messrs. Brady
Keltner and Ollie Bridges attended a dance Saturday night at the home of Mr.
George Jones at Bald Knob.
Mrs. Max Arwood
and sister, Miss Willie Hardy, of Blytheville, Ark., are spending this week
with their cousin, Mrs. Mollie Keltner.
Little Hewitt
Akin, son of Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Akin, fell out of a little wagon one day last
week and broke his collar bone and one of his arms at the elbow.
Edith
Mrs. W.J. Byler
was carried to the Ripley hospital Saturday to have her tonsils removed.
Mr. Marvin Hall happened
to a very painful accident Monday while working at the sawmill. He got one of
his fingers cut off and two others badly cut. He was taken to Ripley to have
his hand dressed.
Pleasant Hill
Mr. and Mrs. H.C.
Moore are parents of a daughter born May 14th.
Mrs. Burke
Bilbrey and little son are visiting her aunt, Mrs. J.D. Jennings, of Ripley.
Mrs. W.R.
Halliburton spent Saturday and Sunday in Henning with her daughter, Mrs. N.C.
Sinclair.
Perciful
Mr. Aaron Queen
spent Saturday night with his brother, Mr. Sanford Queen, at Cross Roads.
Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Akin and Mrs. Dalton Leggett spent Saturday afternoon in the Alvin Ball
home at Curve.
Woodville
Miss Ivie Mai
Sweeney of Nut Bush spent Saturday in the home of Mrs. A.B. Dill.
Little Kate
Chapman, of Covington, is visiting her grandmother, Mrs. Sallie Chapman.
Miss Christine
Gibson and brother, of Finley, were weekend guests of Miss Alma Salisbury.
Mrs. J.D.
Lancaster had as Sunday guests, Mr. and Mrs. Al Autermann and Miss Farland, of
Brownsville.
Mr. and Mrs. Ben
Burlison and mother, and Mr. and Mrs. Ausie Burlison, of Brownsville, were
Sunday visitors here.
New Hope
Mr. Dee Jordon
spent Sunday with his daughter, Mrs. Pierce Miller.
Miss Janie D.
Miller, of Central, spent Sunday with Miss Irene Duvall.
Mr. and Mrs.
R.L. Burham, of Central, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. E.D. Hargett.
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ENTERPRISE
Friday May 28, 1926
A Peep Into
The Past--June 1, 1900
Mr. W.G.L. Rice,
of Orysa, was in Ripley Sunday.
Mr. W.T. Hay and son, Willie, spent Saturday in Dyersburg.
Dr. Ben Sanford, of Fulton, spent a few hours here Wednesday.
Rev. W.L. Anthony of Durhamville was in Ripley Tuesday.
Miss Allie Myrick, of Fulton, was a visitor in Ripley Wednesday.
Mrs. Bolin Fisher, of Durhamville, visited parents in Dyersburg last week.
Mr. Scott Kirkpatrick is home from Jackson where he attended school.
Mrs. Narcissa Wilkinson, of Mack, was a Sunday guest of Esq. B.A. Sinclair and
wife.
Mr. W.H. Hanna, of Halls, and Mr. T.C. McCallum of Durhamville were in Ripley
Wednesday.
The steam gin and mill of W.C. Crutcher at Henning, valued at $3000 was
destroyed by fire about 4 o'clock Tuesday morning. End Of Peep Into Past
Social
Happenings
Capt. and Mrs.
John Waller announce the marriage of their daughter, Jewel Ann, to Mellish
Motte Lindsey Jr., Lieutenant, junior grade, United States Navy, Thursday, the
20th of May 1926, San Diego, Calif.
Cedar Grove
Miss Currin
Travis of Gates is visiting Mr. and Mrs. W.R Hoeft.
Mr. and Mrs.
J.W. Hoeft and daughter, Effie, were in Gold Dust Saturday afternoon.
Grandmother
Kennedy, who has been confined to her bed for several months, is reported not
quite so well.
Masters Reuben
and Mack Smith spent Saturday night and Sunday at Curve, guests in the Alsie
Smith home.
Mr. and Mrs.
Will Kennedy spent Saturday night and Sunday at Stonewall with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. C.W. Kennedy.
Mr. Page Newman,
of Blytheville, Ark., has returned home after spending a week here with his
sister, Mrs. Will Drumwright.
Mr. Cecil
Deloach was called to Beeville, Texas Saturday by the serious illness of his
mother, who was to undergo an operation.
Mr. Elmer McCoy
and Mr. Hubert Moore, from near Unionville, were guests in the T.E. Kennedy
home Saturday night and Sunday.
Saturday while
playing with other children in the yard, little Clara Montine Hoeft fell and
broke her left arm between the wrist and elbow.
Mrs. S.E.
Underwood, of Louiseville, Ky., who has been visiting friends here, is spending
... with her daughter, Mrs. Green Chipman, at Gold Dust.
Flippen
Miss Altie
Goodman is still confined to her bed with measles.
A little
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Spiller is sick with measles at the home of her
grandparents, Mr. and John Fergason.
Mr. and Mrs.
Ross Hutcherson and son of Cedar Grove spent Saturday night and Sunday here
with his sister, Mrs. James Brown.
Mrs. Sallie
Gillian and daughter, Roxie, of Forked Deer, and Mr. L.H. Matthews, of
Lightfoot, were visitors in the John Fergason home Sunday
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afternoon.
Bradford Fork
Mrs. Will
Midyett spent Saturday in Ripley.
Mr. Dupree
Koonce and wife spent Saturday afternoon at Arp with his father, who is ill
with measles.
Mr. Daniels and
wife, from near Forked Deer, spent Saturday night and Sunday in the Green Moore
home.
Henning
Miss Dovie
Clark, of Ripley, was a guest last week of Miss Vella B. Lloyd.
Mr. and Mrs. Guy
Roy, of Nashville, are visiting in the home of Mr. S.M. Roy.
Mr. E.L. Vaughn
was called to Detroit last week by the illness of his mother, who suffered a
stroke of paralysis.
Mr. Beecher
Brogdon, of Monette, Ark., spent Saturday and Sunday with his mother, Mrs. M.A.
Brogdon, and his little daughter, Laverne.
Little Virginia
Scott, who suffered an attack of appendicitis Wednesday, was carried to the
Baptist hospital in Memphis Thursday. Fortunately she escaped an operation and
was able to come home Saturday.
Curve
Mrs. Frank
Spicer, of Luxora, Ark., spent the weekend with her mother, Mrs. G.W. Wilson.
Mr. Otho Hardy
spent Saturday in Memphis with his brother, who is very ill in the Baptist
hospital.
Mesdames T.Y.
Wylie, of Covington, and Josie Dunavant, of Nankipoo, spent Sunday and Monday
in the Andrew Dunavant home.
Miss Mattie Sue
Carmack, of Memphis, has returned home after spending last week here with
parents, Mr. and Mrs. A.B. Carmack.
Mr. and Mrs.
T.H. Blackwell, from near Brownsville, and Mrs. J.P. James, of Memphis, spent
Sunday in the home of their brother, Mr. Andrew Manning.
Rutherford
Mr. Albert Espey
and family, of Bruceville, spent Sunday in the Urel Moore home.
Mr. C.H. Ray,
from near Unionville, spent Saturday in the J.D. Grady home.
Master Murry
Upton, of Dyersburg, spent the weekend with his grandmother, Mrs. B.B. Gooch.
Mr. Will
Crutchfield and family of Double Branches spent Sunday with Mr. Henry Anges and
family.
Mr. and Mrs.
Homer Cowell were called to Winnburg Saturday to attend the bedside of her
mother, who is quite ill.
Mr. Billie
Wilkes and family of Whiteville spent Saturday night and Sunday with his
brother, Mr. Lucius Wilkes.
Mrs. Onie Gooch
and daughter of Miston spent Saturday in the Jim Baker home and were
accompanied home by her mother.
Woodville
Misses Olivia
and Hilda Mai Robbs of Jackson spent last week in the home of Mrs. John Lancaster.
Mrs. Hallie
Wendell, of Dyersburg, is spending a few days with her
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sister, Mrs.
W.J. Wilson.
Mrs. G.T. Scott
and children, of Brownsville, spent Saturday night with her mother, Mrs. W.J.
Wilson.
Pleasant Hill
Mrs. J.W. Norman
and son, of Nut Bush, have returned home after spending several days here with
her sister, Mrs. H.C. Moore.
Concord
Miss Sam Ethel
Leggett of Friendship spent Saturday with her cousin, Miss Alice Fennell.
Mrs. Horace
Moore and children of Halls spent the past weekend with her aunt, Mrs. Lottie
Dew.
Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Peacock and baby, of Asbury, spent Saturday and Sunday with parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Emmett Brantley.
Mr. and Mrs.
Cadell Scallions, of Jackson, and Mr. David Newman, of Curve, spent one night
the past week with their sister, Mrs. Archie McNeal.
Bald Knob
Mrs. Ora Lee
Clay, of Coal Creek, spent Sunday with Mrs. J.R. Morris.
Mr. John
Hutcherson, of Dry Hill, was a Sunday guest of Mr. Lonnie Twilla.
Little Irene
Sanford, of Ripley, spent Sunday with little Louise and Lurline Morris.
Gates
Miss Willette
Whitaker is visiting her brother, Mr. C. Whitaker, in Covington.
Mrs. Wade
Thompson and son of Bemis are visiting her sister, Mrs. J.B. Lee Jr.
Mrs. Ewell Doerr
and Mr. Roger Doerr, of Humboldt, are visiting their sister, Mrs. Wilbur Avery.
Mr. R.L. Hardy
spent Tuesday with his brother in Memphis, who is critically ill at the Baptist
hospital.
Mr. J.J. Moore,
Mrs. Schley Massey and daughter, Virginia, and Mrs. Irvin Chisholm, of Iuka,
Miss., are visiting Mrs. Alice Chisholm.
Mr. and Mrs.
H.R. Branch and Mr. and Mrs. J.H. Branch and baby of Maury City spent Sunday in
the home of Mr. J.B. Lee Jr.
Mr. and Mrs.
A.A. Coffman of Memphis were Sunday guests of their father, Dr. J.R. Conyers.
They were
accompanied home by their sons, Keith and Bobbie, who had spent two weeks with
their grandfather.
Weekend guests
of Mr. and Mrs. J.H. McKinnon were: Mr. and Mrs. J.0. McKinnon and son, John
Earl, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Leibenrood and son, Harold, of Memphis; Mr. and Mrs.
G.P. Davis and son, Harold, of Halls were Sunday guests.
Boyd's
Crossing
Mr. and Mrs.
Andrew Hargett spent in Henning Sunday afternoon.
Miss Evadell
Stewart is spending this week with Miss Minnie Lee Witt in Gates.
Mrs. Lottie
Chism of Dyersburg spent Saturday night and Sunday with her brother, Mr. Jim
Keltner.
In Memory
In memory of our
darling little boy, Ivan Ball, Jr., who departed this
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life one year
ago, May 24, 1925. We think of you each day, but as this month comes it draws
our minds closer to our little one, for we will always remember the 24th day of
this month as being the saddest day of our lives. It breaks our heart to think
how quickly you were taken from this world, but it is a relief to know that you
are in a better one, where sorrow or pain cannot trouble you again. We know
that your sweet face we cannot see here on earth again, but may God help us to
live so we may meet you on that beautiful shore. Adv. The Family.
Ashport
Mr. Harry Webb
is quite ill.
Mr. Avery Webb,
of Luckett, spent Saturday with his brother, Mr. Harry Webb.
Mrs. Ora Webb,
of Luckett, was called here Saturday by the illness of her son, Harry.
Little Lila
Kiestler, of Lightfoot, spent the past week with her sister, Miss Mary Kiestler.
Mr. and Mrs.
H.B. McGarrity and daughter, Sarah Mai, were in this community Sunday.
Mr. Wm. Woods
and mother, Mrs. Ernie Woods, attended the bedside of her mother, Mrs. Sweat,
at Luckett this week.
Pea Ridge
Mrs. Viola
Gaines and son, Ishmael, were in Ripley Thursday.
Mrs. Pink Conrad
and children spent Sunday in the Arlie Flowers home near Hatchie bottom.
Misses Minnie V.
and Birdie Hopkins and Gewren McAfee, of Crutcher, spent Sunday with Miss
Maggie Pearl Smith.
Mrs. W.W.
Hopkins had as Sunday guests, Mr. and Mrs. M.D. Mitchell and children and Mr.
and Mrs. Dee Mauldin and children, from near Orysa; Mr. and Mrs. Urban Haynes
and baby of Crutcher.
Local and
Personal
Mrs. Eugene
Hilliard, of Dyersburg, is visiting her grandfather, Mr. W.T. Rice.
Mrs. E.K. Smith
is in a Chattanooga hospital for treatment. She is improving.
Miss Audrey
Ferguson had as a guest last Sunday, Mr. Vernon Smith of Covington.
Mr. Albert
Hutcheson, Jr. returned Thursday from the Price-Webb School, Lewisburg.
Mrs. J.H. Walker
is spending this week in Henning with her daughter, Mrs. H.H. Womble.
Miss Ethel Cox,
of Memphis, was a guest of Miss Alva Moran Saturday night and Sunday.
Miss Mildred
Shoemake, of Memphis, was a Sunday guest of Mrs. T.P. Ferguson, Jr.
Mrs. L.E.
Holliday, of Dresden, was a guest of her brother, Mr. E.E. Hummell, Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs.
F.M. Wilkinson, of Corpus Christie, Texas, are guests of Mr. and Mrs. G.J.
Johnson.
Mr. and Mrs.
Jesse Bibb and daughter, of Memphis, visited Mr. W.C. Hamby and family Sunday.
Mrs. Reeves, of
Dyersburg, was a guest of her cousin, Mrs. R.D. Jenkins,
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a few days the
first of the week.
Mrs. T.A. Byler
left Wednesday from Trimble, called there by the serious illness of her cousin,
Mr. Jas. Wallace.
Miss Sarah
Elizabeth Johnson arrived home Wednesday night from French Camp Academy, at
French Camp, Miss.
Mrs. John Grote
returned Sunday to her home in Clinton, Iowa after a visit with her daughter,
Mrs. C.C. Shoaf.
Mrs. Robert
Kirkpatrick and little daughter, of Mercedes, Texas, are visiting in the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Tucker, III.
Mrs. Wm. G. Lynn
has as her guests her mother and sister, Mrs. G.H. Martin and Mrs. T.S.
McFerrin, of Memphis.
Mrs. Charles
Doran and three children, of Union City, visited her sister, Mrs. Lee Scott,
several days, returning home Tuesday.
Mr. R.E. Lemons
died of pneumonia at his home near Cross Roads Tuesday and was buried at Forked
Deer Wednesday. He was 46 years of age.
Mrs. Wesley
Fair, age 32 years, died Wednesday at her home near Durhamville, and was buried
at Durhamville Thursday morning at 11 o'clock.
Mrs. Laura
Warren, of Tigrett, and Mrs. Willie Parks, of Newbern, who were visiting their
sister, Mrs. L.B. Archer, returned home Wednesday night.
Mrs. Dan Klutts
and Miss Lillie Ragon spent Sunday and Monday in Memphis. Master Edwin Klutts,
who accompanied them, remained to spend the week.
Mrs. M.D. Webb,
after a visit with her niece, Mrs. W.H. McLesky, in Nashville, left last week
for New York to spend some time with her son, Mr. Avery Webb.
Mr. M.W. Lamb,
founder of the U.F. of A., has called a meeting of all United Farmers of
Lauderdale County at the Courthouse on Saturday May 29th, at 10 a.m.
Mrs. Carey
Sanford had as guests Saturday night and Sunday her sisters, Mrs. Louise Bowen
and Miss Allene Dickason, of Memphis. Mrs. Bowen, who is an accomplished
vocalist, rendered a beautiful solo at the Methodist church Sunday morning.
Jury Holds
Slayer of Girl To Be Insane--Helena, Ark., May 25.
A sanity hearing
was given Mrs. Julia Vaughn here this morning in the Phillips county circuit
court. After expert testimony, and witnessing the hysterical condition of the
defendant, the jury retired for a brief period of three minutes, reporting that
they were convinced she was of unsound mind. Mrs. Vaughn will be consigned to
the Arkansas State Asylum at Little Rock. Mrs. Vaughn has been confined to a
cell in the county jail since April 22, the date that she walked into the S.H.
Kress establishment here and inquired for Cassie Warren, a salesgirl, she being
pointed out to her, opened fire with a revolver, four bullets taking effect,
from which wounds her victim died within 30 minutes.
Dog Had
Rabies
Examination
showed that the pet belonging to Dr. E.G. Parham had rabies, and the children
bitten--Lee H. and Carol Bettie, children of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Berg; James
Conner, son of Mr. and Mrs. P.N. Conner, Jr.; Margaret Gene and Emmett, Jr.,
children of Dr. and Mrs. E.G. Parham--are all receiving daily treatment for
hydrophobia. Mrs. Parham was not bitten, but is also taking the treatment, as
she had a fresh wound at her hand, which may have come in contact with the
animal.
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Dissolution
Notice
The partnership
heretofore existing between J.B. Dennie and John H.
Taylor has this
day been dissolved by mutual consent, J.B. Dennie retiring.
The business at
Arp will be continued by John H. Taylor, who assumes all liabilities and will
collect all outstanding notes and accounts. This May 20, 1926 J.B. Dennie
5-28-4t John H. Taylor
Whitefield
Mr. and Mrs.
Eddie Gay spent Sunday in the A.H. Craig home.
Miss Janie
Klutts, of Mary's Chapel, spent Sunday with Miss Effie Grimes.
Mrs. Sallie Ray
and Mrs. Gilland, of Memphis, visited in the W.T.O. Gay home Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs.
W.M. Chipman and family, of Ashport, spent Sunday in the I.B. Wheatley home.
Mr. and Mrs.
Odie Stone, of Mary's Chapel, visited the H.H. Bray home the past weekend.
Gaines
Miss Myrtle
Hoskins has measles.
Mr. J.T.
Benthall and family were in the A.B. Crawford home Sunday.
Mr. George Cook
and family, of Ripley, were Sunday guests of Mrs. Chas. Gaines.
Aunt Sarah
Crawford, of Memphis, spent last week with her niece, Mrs. Benthall.
Mr. Henry
Matthews of Lightfoot was a Sunday guest of Mr. Evans Conrad.
Miss Alma
Crawford, of Williamstown, visited in the home of her aunt, Mrs. Hoskins,
Sunday.
Misses Willie
and Mary Gaines, of Gold Dust, were guests in the J.H. Wood home several days
last week.
Mrs. Evie Haynes
and little son, Leon, of Ripley, were guests of her father, Mr. Jake Mitchell,
Saturday.
Knob Creek
Mr. and Mrs.
L.F. Cheek, of Ripley, spent Saturday night with her sister, Mrs. Gertrude
Treadwell.
Miss Ethel
Faulkner has returned to her home at Coal Creek, after two weeks' visit here.
She was
accompanied home by her brother, Mr. Castle Fortner [Faulkner ?] and wife.
Coal Creek
Miss Christine
Howard, of Central, spent Sunday with Miss Gertie Howard.
Mr. and Mrs.
Jesse Cox, of Central, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Bud Howard.
Mr. and Mrs.
Charlie Maness, of Arp, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Crihfield.
Mr. and Mrs.
Willie Caldwell spent Friday night at Central with Mr. and Mrs. Ed Sutton.
Mr. and Mrs.
S.J. Webb and children spent last Sunday near the Henning Farm with Mr.
and Mrs. Carnell Armour.
Mr. Bud Howard
and Mr. Jesse Cox spent a few hours Sunday near the Henning Farm with Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Crihfield.
Mr. Archie
Thurmond and Mr. Woodrow Thurmond and sisters, Crystal and Gladys, of Union
City, spent Thursday niqht and Friday with Mr. and Mrs.
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Charlie Lyell.
Mascedonia
Mr. J.D. Rice
spent Sunday in Ripley with his brother, Mr. W.T. Rice.
Miss Stella
Sanders of Hayti, Mo. is visiting her cousin, Mrs. Marvin Hall.
Mr. and Mrs.
Cleve Hamby, of Ripley, spent Sunday with her sister, Mrs. Casey Davis.
Conner
Mrs. Lou Escue,
of Forked Deer, spent a few days recently with Mr. Newt Escue.
Mrs. Bettie
Holcomb, of Mary's Chapel, is attending the bedside of Mrs. Newt Escue.
Mrs. Robert
Kirkess spent the weekend in Ripley with parents, Mr. and Mrs. Homer Ferguson.
Mrs. J.E.
Murley, who was visiting parents here, was called to Memphis by the serious
illness of her husband, and was accompanied home by Mr. Ernest Underwood.
Cross Roads
Mr. and Mrs.
Wesley Ellis are parents of a son born the 18th.
Mrs. Dewey
Bolden, of Gadsden, spent a few days last week with her brother, Mr. Wesley
Ellis.
Mrs. Alvin Davis
and children and Mrs. Lester Goodwin spent Monday afternoon with the latter's
mother, Mrs. Hinton, near the Henning Farm.
Luckett
Mr. Elmer Baker
broke his arm last Tuesday by cranking a car.
Mr. and Mrs.
L.J. Wakefield, of Ripley, spent Sunday here with Mrs. C.A. McGarrity.
Mr. Wm. Nelson,
of Gold Dust, spent a few days with his aunt, Mrs. H.B. McGarrity.
Mr. T.L. Drake
spent the weekend in Memphis, guest of his sister, Mrs. Ollie Mitchell.
Miss Katie
Nelson, of Gold Dust, is spending a few days with Miss Sarah Mai McGarrity.
Miss Victoria
Vandegriff, of Glimp, spent the weekend with her sister, Mrs. J.E. Woodard.
Miss Lenora
Younger spent a few days last week in Henning with her aunt, Mrs. B.F. Luckett.
Mr. and Mrs.
H.B. McGarrity, Mrs. Kate Reuter and Mrs. Jim Webb spent Sunday at Gold Dust,
guests of Mr. and Mrs. W.M. Nelson.
Asbury
Mr. and Mrs.
Andrew White, Sr. attended the bedside of Mr. Joe Hale, Sr. at Arp Saturday and
Sunday.
Mrs. Lucy Smith,
who has been in a hospital in Bolivar for some time, spent several days the
past week with her brothers, Messrs. Joe and Ben Glenn, and will make her home
with her niece, Mrs. John Dungan in Blytheville.
Mary's Chapel
Mr. D.A. Klutts
is visiting relatives in North Carolina.
Mr. Chas. Klutts
and family spent Sunday afternoon in Covington.
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Mrs. J.W.
Jackson, of Ripley, spent Saturday night and Sunday here with Mrs. Lillie Hill.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed
Kirby, son Julius, daughters Jessie and Olige, spent Sunday afternoon at Arp.
Sunday guests in
the H.J. Maness home were Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Maness and son, Mrs. Fannie
Maness and son, Mr. Fred Maness and Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Watch, of Memphis; and
Mr. Joe New, of Ripley.
Mrs. Alice
Miller Dear
Sophronia Alice
Meadows, daughter of S.G. and A.E. Meadows, was born June 3, 1862, near Ripley,
and died May 21, 1926 at her home near Monette, Arkansas. She professed faith
in Christ in early life and joined Mt. Pleasant Methodist Church near Ripley.
She was married to Samuel C. Miller, Dec. 24, 1879 and to this union eight
children were born--three daughters and five sons --- four of whom survive:
George and Harvey Miller, Mrs. Alpheus Clark and Mrs. Rufus Stedman. She is
also survived by one sister, Mrs. J.W. Rainey, and three brothers, W.D., E.J.,
and A.A. Meadows. The funeral services were held at New Hope Church, of which
she was a member, Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock, conducted by her pastor, Rev.
A.L. Riggs, who paid one of the most beautiful tributes ever heard to the life
and Christian character of the deceased. She had suffered 16 months with
cancer. She said sometimes her agonies were almost more than she could bear,
and would think then that maybe they were no worse than Jesus bore on the
cross. She was endowed with a brilliant mind, but could not talk long at
a time. Her pastor and the Sunday School teachers and their classes would call
to see her and she would have them sing and pray while there. Her face was
drawn with pain, but her lips would always try to frame a smiling answer to
those who greeted her. She had lots of trouble and affliction but seemed to
look on the bright side of everything and in good spirits most of the time. At
the last she called her mother twice and said, "Don't you all see the
angels? They look just like they did before." She had not lain down for
over eight weeks, as her breath would cut off. She wanted to die and get out of
her suffering. She breathed her last at 10:35 that evening without a single
struggle. The doctors and neighbors and friends and her own immediate family
were so attentive to her and ever ready to supply her every want as much as
possible. The girls and choir rendered such good music and everybody was so
helpful and there were so many flowers. The minister said she was a specimen of
a real life. Her body was laid to rest in New Hope cemetery, near Macey, Ark.,
under a mound of flowers to await the resurrection. Sister, Druie.
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ENTERPRISE Friday
June 4, 1926
Celebrates
85th Birthday
May 22nd
recorded the 85th anniversary of the birth of our beloved fellow townsman,
Capt. C.N. Conner. By special agreement the event was celebrated the following
Sunday at the home of his son, Mr. Olin Conner. His sister, Mrs. Annie C.
Verser, who is nearing her 88th birthday, was there. Assembly included Capt.
P.N. Conner, Sr. and daughter, Mrs. Mary Day; Mrs. P.N. Conner, Jr. and
daughter, Rebecca.
A Peep Into
The Past--June 8, 1900
Dr. W.H. Summers
died at Nut Bush last Friday.
Messrs. Will Klutts and Victor Kee arrived home from Jackson where they had
been in school.
Misses Annie Tucker and Lizzie Lusk returned Friday from Boscabel College,
Nashville. Miss
Tucker was among the list of graduates. Mr. C.F. Harward of Maryland has
located at Curve, and associated himself with his brother, Mr. N.J. Harward
under the firm name of Harward Bros. They will open this season a big canning
factory at that place.
Mrs. Cliffie Jenkins departed this life Monday night after an extended illness.
She was an affectionate loving wife and mother, a faithful and consistant
Christian. The remains of this good woman were laid to rest Wednesday morning
after services conducted by her pastor, Rev. B.F. Blackmon. Kindly sympathy is
extended to the husband and little daughter in their great loss. End of Peep
Into Past
Additional
Locals
Dr. E.C.
Lightfoot, of Arma, Kansas, is here on a visit to parents, Mr. and Mrs. A.C.
Lightfoot and is enjoying an outing at the lake. He has as his guest, Mr.
Charles McFarland of Gerald, Kansas.
Mr. and Mrs.
W.D. Olds, of Greenville, Miss., who are visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
R.A. Olds, at Nankipoo, were in Ripley Wednesday. Mr. Olds had been an employee
of the fire dept. at Greenville for the past three years.
Local and
Personal
Little Woodrow
Goin has been quite ill with measles for several days.
Mr. Murray
Barbee, of Birmingham, Ala., is visiting parents, Mr. and Mrs. C.R. Barbee.
Mr. P.S. Savage
was in Memphis the first of the week taking a special course in electrical
refrigeration.
Little Miss
Evelyn Read is spending this week with her aunt, Mrs. Odie Humphreys, near Nut
Bush.
Mrs. James L.
Alley of Forrest City, Ark., spent this week with her mother, Mrs. M.L. Brodie.
Mr. J.E. Rose
has been confined to his home since Wednesday of last week as a result of
sticking a rusty nail in his foot.
Master Richard
Morrison has returned to Memphis after two weeks stay with grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. R.O. Cupp.
Mr. William
Caldwell, of Memphis, who is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. H.D. Caldwell
at Prestige, was in Ripley Tuesday.
Mrs. L.W.
Lawrence and daughter Kathleen spent several days this week in
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Memphis with her
sister, Mrs. M.A. Jurgens.
Mr. and Mrs.
J.N. Midyett and Mr. Vanderbrook and daughter, of Jackson, were guests of Mr.
and Mrs. W.B. Midyett the first of the week.
Forked Deer
Little Thomas
Clark fell Monday and broke both bones in his left arm above the wrist.
Mrs. Ike Milam
and son left for their home in Nashville after a visit with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. J.W. Bain.
Dies From
Stabs
Louis Hardy, 29,
of Gates, Tenn., died at the Baptist hospital in Memphis Saturday night as the
result of wounds sustained several weeks ago in a fight with another party at
his home town. In the fight Hardy was stabbed in the abdomen and three
different operations were performed in an attempt to save his life. The remains
were forwarded to Concord Sunday afternoon. Young Hardy is survived by brothers
and sisters as follows: Luther Hardy, of Gates; Mrs. Bertha Layne, of Halls;
Mrs. Addie Escue, and Otha and J.W. Hardy, of Gates.
Bluff
Mr. Dee Webb,
from the river, was here one day the past week.
Mr. and Mrs.
Bennie Harden of Mascedonia were Sunday visitors of Mr. and Mrs. G.W. Frazier.
Mrs. Myrtle Young
and children, of Gates, are spending this week with her brothers, Messrs. H.L.
and B.M. Riddick here.
Mrs. W.V.
Thompson and sons returned home from Memphis Monday. Mr. Thompson remained
there for medical treatment.
Luckett
Mrs. Manley
Daniels of Ripley spent Sunday with Miss Myrna McGarrity.
Mr. Isaiah Webb
of Ashport spent Sunday with parents, Mr. and Mrs. A.I. Webb.
Mr. and Mrs.
Charley Walker of Rosa, Ark. spent the weekend with Mrs. Etta Cooper.
Miss Sarah Mai
McGarrity, Mrs. Jim Webb and Miss Katie Nelson were in Ripley Friday.
Mr. and Mrs.
R.C. Crook, of Pleasant Hill, spent Sunday with Mrs. C.A. McGarrity.
Lightfoot
Mr. and Mrs.
John Henry McPherson are parents of a son born May 27th. Little Joe M. Chism
fell from a mule one day last week and bruised his arm and shoulder.
Mrs. Dave
Hargett and children of New Hope visited her mother, Mrs. Tennie Crowder,
Saturday.
Mrs. Parker
Johnson and daughters, Frances and Marguerite, of Ashport, spent one day last
week in the home of her father, Dr. S.M. Glenn.
Mrs. Wiley Ball,
of Blytheville, Ark., spent last week with her brother, Mr. Clyde Woodard.
Mr. Ball and Mr.
and Mrs. Leslie Frazier spent Sunday here, and Mrs. Ball returned home with
them.
Pleasant Hill
Mrs. Burke
Bilbrey, of Henning, was the guest of her grandmother, Mrs.
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W.R.
Halliburton, Saturday night and Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs.
P.L. Evans spent the weekend in Randolph with Mr. D.C. Heath.
The stock of
goods belonging to the late W.R. Halliburton was sold last week at auction, the
highest bid being made by Mr. J.D. Jennings. The stock brought $1721 and is
being sold at the old stand by Mr. E.W. North who has charge of the store.
Ashport
Mrs. Lena Price
spent a few days last week with her sister, Mrs. J.H. McPherson at Lightfoot.
Misses Mary and
Essie Kiestler spent the weekend with parents at Lightfoot, and were
accompanied home by Misses Dixie and Bessie Lou Jones and Mrs. Myrtle Geans.
Curve
Mr. Bob Nixon,
of Memphis, spent Sunday with his mother, Mrs. Josie Nixon.
Miss Grace Vaden
spent the weekend with her grandmother near Forked Deer.
Mrs. J.H.
Stephenson's mother, Mrs. Gray, of Brighton, returned home Sunday.
Mrs. A.L.
Dunavant spent the weekend in Covington with her mother, Mrs. T.Y. Wylie.
Mrs. B.L.
Webster and Mrs. Kate Rutledge attended the funeral of Mr. Louis Hardy at
Concord Monday.
Mr. Irvin
Tillman went to Kerrville last Saturday to work several days, relieving the
station agent at that place.
Several of Mr.
Bob Hendren's children and also the little son of Mrs. J.C. Smith have been
quite ill with measles.
Concord
Mr. and Mrs. Sam
Davis, of Brownsville, spent Sunday here with their sister, Mrs. W.F. Dodd.
Mrs. Levi
Morris, of Ripley, spent Saturday night and Sunday with parents, Mr. and Mrs.
J.B. Milam.
Mr. and Mrs.
O.L. Davis and son Lloyd, of Gates, spent Sunday with parents, Mr. and Mrs.
J.F. Davis.
Mr. and Mrs.
W.G. Newman and children of Curve spent Sunday with their daughter, Mrs. Archie
McNeal.
Mrs. Bryant
Springley and children of Memphis are spending a few days with her sister, Mrs.
W.H. Leggett.
Bradford Fork
Mr. and Mrs.
John Koonce spent Saturday night and Sunday with her mother, Mrs. Kirby, near
Conner.
Mr. and Mrs.
Andrew Newman and little son and Dewey Newman of Memphis spent Friday night and
Saturday in the J.D. Jennings home.
Mr. David Newman
and wife, Mr. and Mrs. T.O. Chapman and little son of Memphis, spent Tuesday
night and Wednesday in the home of Mr. W.D. Newman.
Asbury
Mrs. Pracht, of
Sides, Miss., spent several days recently in the home of Mrs. N.J. Douglas.
Little Frances
Luton, of Ripley, spent a few days last week with parents,
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Mr. and Mrs.
H.C. Luton.
Gates
Mrs. Myrl Thomas
of Memphis spent Sunday with parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.A. Williams.
Mrs. L.S. Rainey
spent Saturday and Sunday with her daughter, Mrs. Billy Yeager, near Dyersburg.
Mrs. Harrison
Martin, of Nankipoo, spent the week with her daughter, Mrs. J.R. Conyers and
other relatives.
Mr. Dick Elmore
has returned to his home in McGregor, Texas after a visit with relatives here
and in Forked Deer.
Mrs. H.T. Neely
and daughter, Florence Virginia, left Friday for their home in Amarillo, Texas
after spending several weeks with parents, Mr. and Mrs. R.J. Moore and other
relatives.
Henning
Mrs. J.F.
Baucom, of Gates, is a guest of her sister, Mrs. R.A. Bradford.
Mrs. Annie Rawls
returned Thursday to her home in Jackson after ten days' visit with her niece,
Mrs. L.K. Harding.
Mr. Billy Nall
happened to what might have proven a very serious accident Sunday afternoon
when a truck in which he was returning to Gates, overturned just before
reaching Gates, catching him and another young man beneath it. Fortunately,
Billy escaped with a few bruises.
Rutherford
Miss Mabel Meeks
spent last weekend with her sister, Mrs. Robert Baggett, in Dyersburg.
Mrs. S.C. Meter
spent Sunday night and Monday with her brother, Mr. J.A. West, at Unionville.
Mr. J.A. West,
Mrs. Oliver Fowkles and children, of Unionville, and Mrs. Lee West and family
and Mrs. Susie Harrell, of Alamo, spent Sunday afternoon in the J.D. Grady
home.
Flippen
Miss Pauline
White of this place and Mr. A.D. Elder of Durhamville surprised their many
friends Saturday by getting married.
Edith
Mrs. Schley
Massey and daughter, Virginia, of Iuka, Miss., are visiting her sister, Mrs.
W.T. Pollard, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom
Jones and children of Halespoint spent Sunday with their nephew, Mr. Lynn
Ferguson and wife.
Gold Dust
Miss Katie
Mueller is visiting in Memphis.
Mr. Gus
Fitzgerald was quite sick last week, but is improving.
Mr. Mack Brooks
was taken seriously ill Saturday night but is improving.
Mrs. Julia
Hinderbrand, of Point Pleasant, Mo., is visiting her son, Mr. Willie Butler.
Mrs. John Hanks
of Memphis has returned home after visiting her sister, Mrs. R.J. Reviere.
Mr. and Mrs.
H.C. Tichenor of Luxora spent Sunday with their daughter, Mrs. R.J. Reviere.
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Knob Creek
Mr. and Mrs.
Will Kellick were in Ripley Saturday.
Mrs. Frank Lott
attended the bedside of her father, Mr. Baker, at Unionville several days last
week.
Mascedonia
Mr. Paul
Keltner, of Hammond, La., spent Sunday with his mother, Mrs. Mollie Keltner.
Woodville
Mr. and Mrs.
J.E. Chapman left Sunday for Oxford, Miss. to be present at the graduation of
their nephew, Mr. Paul Buford, as a civil engineer.
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ENTERPRISE
Friday June 11, 1926
Chancery
Court
Mrs. Georgia
Ballard vs Albert Ballard; divorce granted.
Ella Hudson vs Albert Hudson; complainant dismisses.
Altanta Purham vs Jeff Purham; decree for divorce.
Ada Overton vs Wm. T. Overton; decree for divorce.
O.D. Coughlan vs Lola Frances Coughlan; decree for divorce.
Luther Brown vs Doll Brown; decree for divorce.
Elijah Ward vs Birdie Ward; decree for divorce.
Elizabeth Claybrook vs Will Claybrook; decree for divorce.
Nannie Rucker vs C.L. Rucker; decree for divorce.
Annie McKinney vs R.E. McKinney; decree for divorce.
Louis Parker vs Sarah Parker; decree for divorce.
Louise Butler Windrow vs Frank H. Windrow; decree for divorce.
H.D. Folts, Administrator, vs Marjorie Halliburton et al; sale of land for new
high school buildings in 2nd district. Confirmed.
Robert Cherry vs Carnie Cherry; complainant dismisses.
Mary Treadwell vs Earthern Treadwell; decree for divorce.
Flora Cheek vs Lonnie Cheek; decree for divorce.
W.I. Jones, guardian, vs James Alma Graves; fund report of Clerk and Master
confirmed and cause confirmed.
J.B. Colt Co. vs Daniel Wm. Ball; exceptions to disposition sustained and
ordered to retake.
Thomas Steele, Jr. vs Annie Pearl Turner; fund report confirmed and cause
retired.
Sam Alston vs Dicey Alston; complainant dismisses.
Joe Henry Morgan by next friend, Joe Morgan vs J.T. Mann; judgment for
complainant.
Thompson Bros Co. vs Oscar M. McClellan, et al; complainants dismiss bill.
A.J. Barbee et a] vs A.H. Craig; consent degree.
Mrs. Norma Fisher, administrator vs Farmers Union Bank et al; report of sale of
land confirmed and Clerk and Master ordered to pay out funds.
Margaret Carson Jiles vs Sammie Jiles; complainant dismisses.
Nora Reed vs T. Reed; complainant dismisses bill.
J.D. Newton et al vs Wm. McCord; report of sale of land confirmed.
V.P. Moriarty vs John D. Tarrant Jr., judgment for complainant.
E.J. Potter vs Ira R. Barfield; judgment on report of Clerk and Master
confirmed and cause retired to execution docket.
A Peep Into
The Past--June 15, 1900
Mr. L.H.
Jernigan and wife are visiting in Illinois.
Mr. Montelle Rice spent Sunday at his home in Orysa.
Mr. W.H. Foust, of Nankipoo, spent Sunday in Ripley.
The firm of W.B. Williams & Co. has dissolved; J.D. Lucas retiring.
Glimp Item: Mr. Archie Lightfoot of Ripley was a Sunday guest of Mr. T.P.
Alston.
Miss Virginia Wheeler left Monday to spend several weeks with relatives in
Dyersburg.
Mr. Byron Stewart of Bexar has bought two lots in Blytheville, Ark. He will
build at once on them and move his family there next fall.
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Prof. G.G. McLeod of Lightfoot returned home last week from Bowling Green, Ky.
where he completed the Scientific Degree in the Southern Normal School.
Mrs. Zee Trimble and two sons and Mrs. J.T. Tilman and daughter of Decatur,
Ala. are guests
of the families of Messrs. George Trimble and J.B. Ferguson.
Mr. T.L. Roscoe has opened a carpenter shop in the basement of the Tucker
Building. He was head workman on Mr. Allen Barbee's handsome residence, which
is a monument of beauty to his credit.
Mr. Chas. Campbell, of the Enterprise, left Monday for Chattanooga where the
Tennessee Press Association rendezvou, thence to Morehead City, N.C. where the
business meeting will be held. Enroute the Association will spend 36
hours in Ashville. Mr. Campbell will also visit in Carthage, N.C., the place of
his birth. End of Peep Into Past
Fisher-Lankford
The marriage of
Miss La Rue Lankford to Mr. Allen Fisher, which took place Saturday evening in
Dyersburg was quite a surprise to their many friends here. The happy couple
spent Sunday with the bride's grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Crook, at
Glimp. The bride, who is the daughter of Mrs. Laura Lankford, is a bright attractive
girl, noted for her sweet, amiable disposition, while the groom is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. W.B. Fisher, of Orysa. We wish this couple a bright and happy
future.
Additional
Locals
Mr. and Mrs.
V.P. Moriarty and daughter, Miss Catherine, returned Friday night from a motor
trip to Knoxville where they attended the closing exercises of the University
of Tennessee. Miss Alice Moriarty, who graduated from that institution,
accompanied them home.
Mrs. H.L. Amos
(nee Miss Marguerite Moore) of Baltimore, Md., is visiting her aunt, Mrs. M.F.
Given Sr. She married Dr. Amos several years ago and they have been living in
Baltimore where Dr. Amos is head of the medical department of Johns Hopkins
University.
Mr. George
Barnes is home from Champaign, Ill., where he attended the State University.
George is one of the campus leaders and one of the most popular students in the
university. To win first prize in a large class in the law department of Emory
College is an honor of which any young man should be very proud, and one which
but very few obtain. This honor has been conferred upon our fellow townsman,
Mr. Aubrey Folts, and the Enterprise, in behalf of the people of Ripley,
extends congratulations.
Perciful
Mrs. J. White
spent Sunday with her son, Joe White, at Conner.
Mrs. Burlison,
of Brownsville, is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Rufus Lemons.
Mrs. Jake
Burgess of Ripley is attending the bedside of her aunt, Mrs. Theo Yancey.
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Miss Ophelia
Leggett of Friendship is visiting grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. F.M. Leggett.
Mr. and Mrs.
Theo Yancey are parents of twins--boy and girl--born June 3rd. The girl weighed
8 112 pounds and the boy, 7 pounds. They have been christened Theo. and Cleo
Yancey.
Williamstown
Little Mildred
Wood is visiting her aunt, Mrs. W.T. Williams in Ripley.
Mr. Bowers
Gillispie, of Jackson, spent Sunday with parents, Mr. and Mrs. L.L. Gillispie.
Knob Creek
Mr. Gus Young
and daughter, Stella, of Central were in the R.C. Crihfield home Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. J.M
Galyean of Mascedonia spent Sunday with her brother, T.W. Latham.
Master Ross
Dennison spent Saturday night and Sunday with his uncle, S.W. Clay at
Mascedonia.
Mr. and Mrs.
Chester Frazier and children, of the bluff; and Mrs. Mittie Frazier and son,
Glenn, of Ripley, spent Sunday in the W.K. Kellick home.
Mrs. Ortha
Jennings and daughter, Gladys, of Unionville and Mrs. John Jennings and
daughter, Lorene, of Edith spent Sunday afternoon with their sister, Mrs.
Gertrude Treadwell.
Coal Creek
A daughter was
born June 5th to Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Shands.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam
Caldwell, of Edith, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Willie Caldwell.
Mrs. Bud Howard
spent Sunday with her daughter, Mrs. Henry Crihfield, near the Henning Farm.
Mr. and Mrs.
Ellie Howard spent Sunday in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bob Lee Taylor on the
Bluff.
Miss Thelma
Shands of Curve is spending this week with her brother, Mr. Jesse Shands and
family.
Mr. and Mrs. Duel
Harrison and children of the Bluff spent Saturday night and Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs. B.E. Harrison.
Mr. and Mrs.
Andrew Shands and Mr. and Mrs. Norman Shands of Curve spent Sunday afternoon in
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Shands.
Cedar Grove
Mrs. S.E.
Underwood left Sunday for her home in Louisville, Ky.
Master J.C.
Smith of Curve visited Reaburn and Mack Smith here Sunday.
Mrs. M.E.
Underwood left Saturday to visit her brother, Mr. B.F. Keltner, at Hazen, Ark.
Mr. Presley
Hutcherson and wife of Ripley visited his brother, Mr. and Mrs. Malone
Hutcherson, Sunday.
Grandmother
Kennedy, who has been confined to her bed since February, remains about the
same.
Mr. and Mrs.
Rowey Crain visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Tillman, at Flippen Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs.
Cecil Deloach visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C.M. Campbell, at Dry Hill
sunday afternoon.
Mr. Will Kennedy
and wife visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dave Grady, at Rutherford Saturday
night and Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs.
John Hutcherson and little daughter, Elizabeth, and Mr. Clifton Hutcherson and
wife visited in the J.C. Keltner home at Flippen Sunday.
Luckett
Messrs. Walter
Briggs and Paul Williams happened to a bad accident
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Saturday night
while on the way to Ashport. Their car ran off of old Coal Creek levee and
overturned, tearing it up very badly but the boys escaped with minor bruises.
Forked Deer
Mr. J.F. Griffin
arrived home Friday night from Hendrix College, Conway, Ark.
Miss Rosa Hardy
and Mr. J.F. Griffin left Sunday for Nashville, making the trip by auto.
Mr. and Mrs.
D.A. Wesson and children, of Toulon, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. J.W. Akin.
Mrs. H.M. Hardy
and Mrs. Lawson Hardy spent Wednesday of last week with Mrs. A.L. Fumbrank [?]
in Dyersburg.
Mr. and Mrs.
will Lancaster and children and Mr. Will Clark visited Mr. Levi Lancaster and
family at Trenton Sunday.
Miss Annie
Halliburton left Tuesday evening for Memphis and will leave in a few days for a
visit to Mr. and Mrs. Jack Colclough at Wichita Falls, Texas.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee
Hardy, of this place, and Mr. and Mrs. J.C. Wesson, of Ripley, motored to
Helena Crossing Sunday to meet Mr. and Mrs. W.H. Hay and children of Marvell,
Ark., who are visiting relatives in Ripley. Mrs. Hay is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Wesson.
Mrs. W.H.
Poindexter died Wednesday morning at 3:30 o'clock after an illness of six
months. She was an old and respected resident of Forked Deer, having lived here
all of her life. Mrs. Poindexter was in her 86th year and is survived by her
husband and two children, Mrs. G.T. Halliburton and Mr. Hadden Poindexter; and
seven grandchildren, all of this place. Funeral services were held at Concord
at 10 o'clock
Thursday
morning.
Rutherford
Mrs. S.C. Meter
was in Halls Saturday.
Mr. H.C. Cousins
and family, from near Key Corner, spent Sunday in the T.L. Cook home.
Messrs. C.H. Ray
and R.E. Turner and family, of Unionville, spent Sunday in the J.D. Grady home.
Mr. and Mrs.
N.E. McDearman and Mr. Everett Robertson, of Double Bridges, were in this
community Sunday.
Mary's Chapel
Little Dorothy,
Doris and Junior Hendren have recovered from measles.
Mrs. T.C. Stone
and daughters, Marie and Mildred, spent Sunday in Gold Dust.
Little James
Craig, who has had colitis the past two weeks, is much improved.
Miss Irene
Klutts spent Saturday night and Sunday with Miss Carrie Uselton near Curve.
Mr. and Mrs.
Chas. Klutts and children and Mrs. Pete Craig and little son spent Sunday with
Mrs. J.A. Criner at Conner.
Mrs. Sam Turner
and daughters, Margaret and Anna, and Mrs. Jas. Summers and little daughter,
Dorothy, spent one day recently with Mrs. Moody near Chipman Crossing.
Mr. James Klutts
and Miss Birdie Mai Craig surprised their many friends last Saturday night by
driving to Ripley and getting married. Rev. M.F. Savage officiated. We wish
them much happiness.
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Curve
Much sympathy is
extended to Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Puryear in the death Saturday of their infant
daughter.
Mr. and Mrs.
A.T. Batts have moved back from Fulton, Ky., thinking the change would benefit
Mrs. Batts, who is in bad health.
Mr. Mort
Puryear, Mr. and Mrs. J.W. Travis, of Memphis, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Bunn, and
Mrs. John W. Osteen, of Dyersburg, attended the funeral of little Marceline
Puryear last Sunday.
Double Bridges
Miss Anna
Dunavant, of Brownsville, is spending this week with her aunt, Mrs. Jim Adams.
Mrs. R.C. Wells
and daughter of Memphis are visiting her sister, Mrs. Homer Steelman.
Pleasant Hill
Mrs. W.R.
Halliburton is visiting her daughter, Mrs. J.D. Jennings, in Ripley.
Little Carney
White and Hall North are able to be up after being confined to their bed
several days with measles.
Gates
Mrs. Clarence
Bond, of Louisville, Ky., is visiting parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.D. Parker.
Mrs. J.H. Lee
was called to Forked Deer Wednesday by the death of her aunt, Mrs. W.H.
Poindexter.
Masters Freel
and Avery Buffaloe of Memphis are visiting grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J.B.
Williams.
Miss Vivian Lee
left Tuesday to visit her aunt, Mrs. F.E. Warren, in Blytheville, Ark. She was
accompanied to Memphis by her father.
Mr. and Mrs.
G.C. Hartman and son, James Harwood, were called to Curve Sunday by the death
of their little niece, daughter of Mr. Harvey Puryear.
Mr. and Mrs.
M.F. Thurmond, who reside near town, had as their Sunday guests, Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Akin, of Forked Deer, and Mr. and Mrs. Dalton Wesson and children, of
Toulon.
Mrs. J.W.
Smith Dead
An angel visited
in the home of Mr. J.W. Smith on June 4, 1926, at 10 o'clock p.m. and took from
him, his companion. Mrs. J.W. Smith will be remembered as Miss Minnie M. Tripp;
was born April 10, 1891; professed faith in Christ at the age of 16 and united
with Mitchell Grove Church. On May 13, 1914 she was married to J.W. Smith and
to this union were born five children, two of whom have gone on before. Minnie
was a kind and loving mother and always ready to help the sick and ones in need
as far as she could, and to speak to the sinners and try to get them to leave
sin and be workers for the Lord.
She is survived
by a husband and three little boys, father, stepmother, one sister, one
stepsister, three step-brothers, and a host of friends and relatives who mourn
her death. Funeral services were conducted by Bro. Ewell Hughes, and were
attended by a large crowd, after which the remains were laid to rest in Walnut
Grove cemetery under a mound of flowers.
Her stepsister,
May.
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