Sudden Death
The entire populace of Dresden was shocked on last Saturday night
shortly after 7 o�clock to learn that Mr. C. W. COTTRELL had very
suddenly expired at his home. Mr. COTTRELL had been at the bank
all day and apparently in robust health, but was taken suddenly
ill that evening and expired in ten minutes time.
Dr. BAXTER, his half brother, arrived a few minutes before he 
died and administered medical aid. 
Mr. COTTRELL came to this county from North Carolina overland
with his parents when six years of age, and has resided here ever
since. For a number of years, he engaged in the mercantile
business here and enjoyed a very extensive patronage, but retired
in 1896 and devoted his entire time to the presidency of the
Weakley County Bank, one of the strongest financial institutions
in the county, to the time of his demise. He was a man of few
words and slow to express an opinion on current questions; he
attended strictly to his own affairs. He had gained what earthly
possessions he had by hard toil and shrewd management, and was
at the time of his death one of the wealthiest men of the county.
A large number of prominent and influential men from this and 
many adjoining counties attended his funeral Sunday afternoon.
He leaves, besides an aged wife, a sister, Mrs. Bettie FREEMAN,
of Paris, and a half brother, Dr. G. I. BAXTER, of Dresden. 
There were no children. 
Funeral services were conducted Sunday at the residence by Rev.
RUSSELL. Interment took place at Dresden cemetery. 

On Thursday night, March 24, after a continued illness of that
fatal disease, consumption, the death angel visited the home of
Mr. and Mrs. John VAUGHAN, of near Dukedom, and quietly called
their son, George, from his earthly pilgrimage to that blest
abode in the sweet beyond.
On Friday, a vast concourse of relatives and friends attended the
burial services held by Bro. John G. VINCENT, after which the body
was laid to rest in the Sandy Branch cemetery. George was an
intelligent and highly respected young man of twnety four years
of age. George had made his home in the west for the past three
years, but he reached home and spent a few months in the loving
care of father and mother, brothers and sisters, and friends.   
Georgia O. MUZZELL

Hall�s Branch Budget Column
Water in the Obion river and the Thompson creek bottom has been
        very high all week and crossing at Janes� Mill was
        impossible except by swimming or canoe. We are cut off
        from Gleason, our market town. This proves the extreme
        need for a levee here.
Mr. William LAMB Sr. sold a nice young horse recently to Mr. P.P. 
CARLTON, for $100. The horse is now in Uncle Sam�s
        service, being used for the R. F. D. business. 
Mr. Cole WHEAT and family moved to near Jane�s Mill recently, to
        the farm Mr. WHEAT purchased from Mr. T. J. NEWBERRY last
        year. 
Mr. John SIMMONS has sold his farm near West Union to Messrs. Jim
        and Tom TREVILLIAN for $100, and is moving to a place near      Trenton.
Suddoth Bros. purchased 2,000 pounds of baled timothy hay recently
        from Mr. Bob BUNTIN at 80 cents per hundred.
Mrs. Dennis LUNSFORD returned to her home near Terrell Station last
        week, after a stay of two weeks with her parents, Mr. and
        Mrs. T. I. BOSWELL.
Finis PASCHAL of near Como, was in our midst Sunday.

From No. 6 Column
Uncle Jack OLIVER is very poorly indeed. 
Mr. Jim COP is able to be out again.
Messrs. L. E. GARRETT and Tommy NEWBERRY had pretty good luck last
        Friday with their new net. They caught 48 fish, and the
        forty eight weighed forty six pounds.
Mr. Jim BROWN and family are at Mrs. BROWN�s mother�s near Cottage
        Grove. Mrs. BROWN and both their children are very sick.
        The baby is not expected to live.
Mr. Jack PASCHAL is on the sick list.
Mr. PERRY, son of  �Squire PERRY, is to begin a writing school at
        Adam�s school house Monday.
Messrs. Bill FEATHERSTON and son, Duke SHEPP, Walter REYNOLDS and
        the CALLISON brothers have organized a Tobacco Stripping
        club, and propose to strip a barnful a day, so if any of
        you readers want to have your tobacco stripped at once,
        let them know. 
Mrs. Caroline MAPSON is very sick.
Mr. Asberry CALLISON had a pretty cool bath Friday night after
        the big rain, coming home from the Olivet school turn 
        out. He says though that the water wasn�t very deep,
        just came up to his shoulders.

Jonesboro Jots Column
Our good neighbors finally got enough subscribers to get a 
        telephone company  from here to Greenfield.  The
        company furnishes all of the materials and does all the
        work of building it to get connection at Greenfield for
        five years at two dollars a year; at the expiration of
        the five years the phone will belong to the regular phone   company.
The company are as follows: Green MANESS, John
        OVERTON, John DUNLAP, Dr. W. R. MOORE, and C.L. WHICKER.
        I am predicting that these gentlemen will make the wire 
        fairly ring with their tongue chatter and caterwaul as
        they have worn the blue ribbon for being the best talkers
        in Nos. 15 and 16. 
Last week Henry POPE swapped his farm to E. J. CANTRELL for his,
        giving a hundred dollars for the valuable timber to boot.
        Mr. CANTRELL has sold the Pope farm to Dr. MOORE for six
        hundred dollars.
Last Thursday at half past three o�clock, Mr. Henry MOORE and
        Miss Gertrude GARRETT of Christmasville were married by
        Bro. GILBERT while sitting in their buggy. The following
        were waiters: Dr. BERRYHILL and Miss Carrie McCLURE,
        Claude FEATHERSTON and Miss Lillian BOMER, Floyd McCLURE
        and Miss Rubie COOPER, John McCLURE, and Miss Lela
        GARRETT. The party then drove to Mr. LEWIS', where supper
        was served.
I learn from a friend that while the corpse of Vester ELIS was on
        it�s way for burial Tuesday of last week it was caught out
        in the storm. The hearse was blown over and the corpse
        thrown out on the ground. A barn standing by the roadside
        was blown down at the same time, and a log fell across
        the coffin, bursting it badly.
Last evening while passing Jesse WILLIAM�s farm I noticed the
        finest berry patch that I have seen this spring; there
        too, was a newly set blackberry patch. It seems Mr.
        WILLIAMS has gone full length into the fruit business.
I learn from W. N. RICHE that the candidates for legislature who
        spoke at Rinda Saturday night stirred the crowd up 
        considerably by their forceful oratory.
Rice GROOMS, of Rinda has been seriously ill for the past week,
        but is now better.

Ore Springs Siftings Column 
Mr. Sam NEWBERRY improves very slowly.
Prof. Ernest SMITH will begin a three months� school at Lambs
        next Monday. Ernest says there is more money in teaching
        school than in replevying cows.
Miss Sis HEARN is on the sick list.
It is said that Mr. Asberry CALLISON came very near being drowned
        Friday night in the Thompson creek bottom. He had been to
        the pound supper and while there, an unusually heavy rain
        fell. The bottom was full of water. He lost his route,
        fell into the creek and was most frozen to death when he
        reached his home.
Mrs. Martha FOWLER is reported worse again. 
Mr. Asa GREER is very low with dropsy of the heart.
Charlie ALLMAN and wife went to the home of Uncle Hosie MALOAN
        one day last week after turnip salad. You may guess that
        it is a scarce article around here.
The little child of Christ ROBERTS, died last Saturday and was 
        laid to rest a Wesley�s chapel burying ground Sunday
        afternoon at 3 o�clock. She was their darling babe and 
        the pride and joy of their home. She was ablout one year
        old, and a dear, sweet, loving child. 
                Written by her little friend, Ella OVERBY.

Obituary
Mrs. Nancy Clmira BOWLIN was born May 15, 1854, and departed this
life March 26, 1875; aged forty nine years, ten months and eleven
days. She was married to S. S. BOWLIN January 18, 1875. She has
lived a christian life for thirty five years and was a member of
the M. E. church, South. She was a good companion and a kind
mother. A husband and three sons, one daughter, one sister and
five grandchildren and a host of friends are left to mourn her
death.                          By a friend, Anna RAWLS

In memory of Little Lottie WEBB
Tongue can not express the sadness of my heart when I write in
memory of Lottie; she was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Acy WEBB,
formerly of Palmersville. She will be sadly missed by her parents;
but the almighty God saw fit to take her away on Feb. 25, 1904. 
                Written by  Virginia A. BOYD,  Elm Tree, Tenn.

Meda Matters Column
W. L. AYERS is on the sick list at this writing.
Mrs. Julia ELLIS is still sick.
L. T. CRUTCHFIELD was in Sharon Monday.
Miss Ellie HAMPHILL is on the sick list. 
The young people were royally entertained at Mr. Herbert PENICK�s 
Saturday night at a party.
Let�s all go to Dr. STEPHENS�. He has a new cook stove and,
        I reckon, plenty to eat.

Hyndsver Hits Column
Mrs. Ellen SHARON is sick.
The infant child of Mr. and Mrs. Hubert VAUGHAN was buried at
        Oak Hill the 24th.
Mrs. W. H. HESTER moved here from No.14 Monday.
R. H. DAVIS and G. W. WASH went to Ralston, Monday, where they
        with a committee from the churches on Martin circuit, 
        expanded the parsonage and assessed the circuit $120
        to repair it.
W. W. HOUSE, administrator of J. W. LEE�s estate, will on April
        6, at the residence 2 and one half miles northeast of
        Hyndsver, sell the personal property of said estate
        consisting of corn, hay, wheat, farming implements,
        mules, horses, etc.
W. H. DAWSON had a barn of tobacco blown down during the wind
        last week.
A telegram was received here last Saturday from Rector, Ark.,
        announcing the death of Mrs. Fannie HYNDS HOLLEY that
        morning. She was the daughter of Benj. D. HYNDS, who
        lived in this county twenty five or more years ago.
        She married Jas. N. HOLLEY about fifteen years ago.
        Besides her husband, she leaves four children, girls, 
        one sister and other relatives to mourn her death. 

Scraughorn Sniggers Column
Little Weslay JACKSON, son of Nellie JACKSON, is low with
        pneumonia at this writing.
We learn that a school, conducted by Miss Georgia MUZZLE, will 
        commence Monday.

Fancy Facts Column
Uncle Goodwin TUCKER is reported better.
Mr. Guy WRY and Miss Pearl PONNES were united in the hold bonds
        of matrimony last Sunday evening at Esq. N. M. TUCKER�s.
Little Hayes and Georgia FOWLER are visiting relatives at 
        Trenton. 
Mrs. Betty MATHENY is on the sick list.
Miss Mary Ella BRANN is going to work at the milliner trade with
        Miss Ellen FOWLER this spring. 

Ruthville Rumors Column
The concert and comedy by the Ruthville String Band was crowded
        to overflowing. The band consisted of: Messrs. Rube
        STEPHENS, Will FULLERTON, S. P. SAWYER, R. P. SPENCE,
        Ollie THOMAS, Leonard GRUBBS, V. N. DAMRON, and Dr. T. 
        E. SAWYER. 
Mr. Tom REAMS is quite sick of bilious fever.
Tom MATHENY of Hyndsver was at the concert Saturday night.
Mrs. Fanny ROGERS is confined to her bed with nervous
        prostration.
George OLDHAM�s barn was blown down and much of his tobacco
        damaged; also a buggy which was in the barn.
John RHODES was in his barn stripping tobacco when the wind came,
        and the barn was wrecked and two horses, which were in 
        the barn were killed.
Rev. CLARK, of Como, preached an interesting sermon at Obion
        Chapel.
Richard MOSS has been very sick the past week.

Latham Lispings Column 
The storm picked up Mr. Will JONES� new house  and shook it,
        then set it back on the foundation. Will, with tears in
        his eyes, caught his wife by the arm, and they left for
        Mr. MONTGOMERY�S in the worst of the storm.
Mr. L. A. WINSTEAD has just returned from the eastern markets 
        where he purchased his spring stock of goods.
Elder BIRMINGHAM, of Chicage, has been visiting his brother in
        law, Dr. RAMSEY. 
Mr. All CLARK and Miss Mathilda BLACKARD were married Friday;
        Esq. ATKINS officiated.
Miss Mollie LOCHRIDGE has accepted the position of milliner with
        Mr. I. A. WINSTEAD. 
Miss Iren WESTBROOK, the daughter of Mr. J. B. WESTBROOK, died
         Tuesday afternoon at 1 o�clock.
Mr. Tom STOW�s cow has twin heifer calves. Tom says he does not
        realize much milk from the cow, but would not take $100.
        for the outfit.

Pleasant Hill Happenings Column
A sad accident happened to Mr. Willis DISMUKES Monday morning.
        His house burned and scarcely anything was saved.
Miss Levina SMITH and Mr. Albert VINSON were united in marriage
        last Sunday morning. The bride is amiable and admired by
        all who know her.

Non Resident Notice
To Vastina GARDNER a bill of divorce by husband Napoleon GARDNER.

Insolvency Notice
Estate of W. W. MILLER by T. A. MILLER and W. L. GOULDER Adm�s.

Town and County Column
Keith KILLEBREW has the measles.
Will TUCK has moved his restaurant to the Enterprise old stand,
        opposite the mill.
Mayor Tom DREWRY , of Gleason, is preparing to put in a new saw
        mill at one of the gins there.
Uncle Henry ATKISSON has the profound thanks of this office for
        a nice lot of fine smoking tobacco.
A mad dog was slain in the vicinity of the West Union church 
        last Friday by Mr. Sole STAULCUP the dog had bitten
        several of Mr. STAULCUP�s hogs.
Will McGOWAN, living four miles west of here on the SUMMERS old
        place, has a well developed case of smallpox to which 
        there have been many exposures. All  those exposed
        have been quarantined by the board of health. It is not
        known where the disease was contracted.
Mr. Albert VINSON, son of J. A. VINSON, and Miss Lavina SMITH, 
        the daughter of Berry SMITH, were united in the holy
        bonds of wedlock last Sunday at the home of Esq. Jim
        PARHAM, he officiating. The wedding was somewhat of a 
        surprise to the friends of the young people. Albert is
        an industrious, honest, hard working boy, and his fair
        young bride is one of the belles of the community in
        which she resided. 
We understand that merchant Walter BELL, of Tumbling, will leave
        at an early date to cast his lot with the fortune seekers
        in the far west. Walter will prosper wherever he goes.
Miss Lottie, the beautiful and accomplished daughter of Mr. J. H.
        MOUNT, of Greenfield, was happily united in the sacred
        bonds of wedlock on last night to Mr. Clifton LEWELLYN at
        the home of the bride in Greenfield. 
Dr. J. D. McKEEN arrived here Thursday of last week from Fulton,
        to visit the family of Mr. D. M. McELWRATH and on Friday,
        while getting in a buggy, suffered a stroke of paralysis
        one whole side being affected and causing the doctor much   suffering.
At last reports he was resting well.
Rufus E. DUKE, an old Weakley county boy, who has been residing
        in Jackson for some time, will move with his family to
        Memphis, where he has been employed by a large wagon
        manufacturing concern. Rufus tells us he is at work on a
        patent engine governor, which he hopes to have on the
        market soon.
Mrs. BOWLIN, beloved wife of our good friend, Mr. Seth BOWLIN, who 
resides northeast of Dresden some twelve miles, died last   Saturday
after a lingering illness. Interment took place
        Sunday. Mrs. BOWLIN was a devout consecrated  christian
        woman and was universally esteemed.
Mr. J. C. STONE, a prominent Odd Fellow, was here Saturday and
        informed us of the death of Mr. George VAUGHAN, of No.
        13. Deceased was a son of Mr. John VAUGHAN and died 
        Thursday of consumption. He was unmarried and a highly
        esteemed young man.
Interment took place Friday at Sandy Branch burying ground.
Dr. E. H. GULLEDGE and wife arrived in Gleason last Monday on 
        the 6 o�clock train from Humboldt. Dr. GULLEDGE was
        united in marriage Monday afternoon at 3 o�clock to
        Miss Sammie GAMON, one of Humboldt�s most beautiful and  accomplished
young ladies. Dr. GULLEDGE came to this 
        county about a year ago, locating at Gleason, where he
        is held in the highest esteem.
Strayed  From my farm, 4 miles west of Dresden, 2 mares and 
        one mule; black and bay mares about 10 years old; one
        sorrel 2 year old mule.  Reward for their RETURN . 
                        Geo. ADAMS, Ralston

Mr. Tom EZZELL�s infant child was buried at Palmersville Thursday.
T. L. FRENCH was here Monday.
John HILL arrived Friday from McKenzie and is home nursing a
        case of measles.
Uncle Press DUKE and wife have arrived home from Paducah, where
        they have been attending the bedside of their son, Ben,
        whom they brought home with them and is improving.
Uncle Henry AKISSON has announced himself a candidate for tax
        assessor against Uncle Joe COVNGTON.
Prof. J. P BRANNOCK was in Gleason Saturday on business. Mr.
        BRANNOCK has been principal of the Dresden Training School
        this session.
A child of Mr. John Davenport, of No. 5, died Wednesday and was
        buried at Little Zion Thursday.
Mrs. R. E. MAIDEN entertained the Entre Nous club.
Mr. Edgar McKEEN arrived Tuesday from Fulton and is at the bedside
        of his father, Dr. J. D. McKEEN, who has paralysis. The
        Doctor is reported better.
While out surveying a piece of land for Frank JACKSON and Peyton
        CARLTON last Tuesday, Judge McGLOTHLIN was taken
        seriously ill. He was carried to his home and is still
        in a serious condition.
Last November, Judge HILL carried young Tobe LUCKETT, of west of
        here to the Industrial school at Nashville. Wednesday of
        this week a telephone message was received here from the  officials of
the school that Tobe had dropped dead that
        morning of a heart failure.
Mr. John R. THOMPSON has been appointed to fill out the unexpired
        term of C. W. COTTRELL, deceased, as president of the 
        Weakley County Bank.
For some time, Mr. and Mrs. T. G. BROCK, highly esteemed old 
        people of No. 16, have had living with them a little
        girl, whose name we are unable to learn. A few days ago
        the child�s mother, who is a widow, endeavored to get
        her child home, contrary to the wishes of Mr. BROCK and
        wife. He was here Tuesday and had the county court bind 
        the said child to him. Witnesses testified that the
        child�s mother is unable to provide for her.
The Martin Imported Coach Horse Co., composed of the following 
        gentlemen: W. T. MURPHY, Tilden FREEMAN,  John PARKER,
        Jno. A. VOWELL, G. S. KNOX, Dr. L. E. MCKAY, W. E. PARHAM,
        W. M. BULLINGTON, G. W. WHARTON, and George CLEMENT, are
        to be congratulated on securing the fine imported steed, 
Liebearitter, a registered German coach horse, paying
        $2,600 for him. This strain of horses dates back to the
        sixteenth century and at that time they were highly
        appreciated, and were used for princely presents.

Edgefield Column 
Prof. T. A. HUGHES closed what we call a nice writing school here 
Saturday evening. Every body is wild over their rapid 
        success. Not a one regrets the time or money they spent. 
A large crowd of our young people accompanied Miss Ada BRANN home
        last Saturday evening, where they spent the night and the following
day. 

Boydsville Budget Column 
Mr. George McCLAIN�s family, who have been right sick with
        measles, are improving. 
Mr. C. S. BROOKS is very sick with la grippe.
Mr. Tom WORKMAN�s daughter, who has been sick for some time, is
        improving slowly. 
Mr. Wes POYNER says measles are pretty tough, but he thinks he is
        through the worst.
Our hustling stave man, Mr. Will WILDER, of Boydsville, has his
        stave factory now in operation. 
Mrs. WAIDE BROOKS is among the earliest of poultry raisers. She
        has forty little chicks about two weeks old and gets ten
        dozen eggs per week.
Mr. T. O. PICKARD has made a fence across his farm in the bottom
        on this side of the creek to keep his cattle from miring 
        in the creek. 
Our deputy sheriff, H. W. DRAKE, who has been crippled for
        several years, is improving. He out ran a twelve months
        old chicken a fair race on level ground and caught it,
        in order to have chicken for dinner.
We have been informed that the aged mother of Messrs. Frank and
        Cook KELSO died February 14, at the home of her daughter,
        near Herando, Miss., She was the wife of Uncle Bob KELSO,
        who lived near Boydsville many years ago. She was a good
        woman and loved by all who knew her, and her death is a
        sad blow to her many friends of this community.

Martin Column
Miss Lena ELLIOTT is visiting friends and relatives near Nashville.
        She will be gone a month.
Mrs. Helen DUKE and children, of Jackson, visited friends and
        relatives here.
Mr. D. W. SIMMONS, of Jackson, Miss., is here visiting his
        brother, Mr. J. S. SIMMONS and family.
Mr. A. H. OLIVER�s new house in South Martin is nearing completion.
        It will be ready for occupation in about ten days.
The brick work on Jno. WALTER�s new brick house is nearing 
        completion. It adds greatly to the looks of that part
        of town.
Miss Myrtle MAXWELL has accepted a position with B. E. DODD &
        Son, as saleslady.
Mr. and Mrs. Taylor GREEN and family, of Dyersburg, moved here
        last Monday to make this place their future home. 
Miss Lillie PEERY departed this life at the home of her mother 
        last Sunday night at 12 o�clock, in her twenty eighth
        year. She died of consumption. She had been sick for 
        quite a while, and bore her affliction with christian
        fortitude. She leaves a mother, three brothers and one
        sister, besides other relatives and numerous friends
        to mourn her death. She was a member of the Cumberland  Presbyterian
church of this place. Funeral services were
        held at the residence last Monday evening at three 
        o�clock by Rev. Allen FAUST, of McKenzie, and on Tuesday
        morning her remains were carried to West Union, near
        Dresden, and laid to rest by kind and loving hands to
        sleep her one last long sleep. 

Jewel Jottings Column
Mrs. G. W. OVERSBY is on the sick list.
Mr. Jim PARKER�s family have whooping cough and grip.
Mr. and Mrs. George FOWLER are on the sick list.
Mrs. Maud PARKER has the whooping cough.
The little son of Mr. Billy FOWLER is on the sick list.
Mrs. B. A. OVERBEY and daughter are on the sick list.

Mt. Harmon Items Column 
Mr. Jim HARRIS carried a small load to Martin and received 5 
        and 1 for it.
Mr. Tom GARNER carried three loads of Tobacco to Dresden last
        week.
The top was blown of J. E. EDWARDS� saw mill and and Lee 
        NEWBERRY stock barn.
The carpenters will finish Miss Carrie EDWARDS� new house this
        week. 
Mr. Earn LeCORNEAU will soon have his house done. His brother
         Hugh, and wife will occupy it. 
Messrs. M. I. and Milner HESTER have got peas, onion, radishes,
        beets, and irish potatoes planted and up, and have forty
        one chickens hatched off.

From No. 4 Column
Mr. Ed STROW has his residence finished , and is intending to 
        make it his home shortly.
Frank, the little three year old son of Mr. and Mrs. R. E.
        TAYLOR, has been very sick of pneumonia, but we are glad 
        to say he is improving.
Aunt Lucy PRICE is very sick and her recovery is doubtful.
Rev. C. C. McDEARMON filled his regular appointment at New Hope
        church last Sunday.
During the bad storm last week, Mr. Bee STOW found his nice
        young horse killed by a limb falling on him and breaking
        his neck.

Friday, April 8, 1904

Judgement for $2,500
A case tried in the circuit court this week that has created
considerable interest was that of Clara BINGTON vs W. L. BLAKE.
The families of the parties are prominent and wealthy citizens
of No. 14.
Miss ABINGTON sued BLAKE for a breach of marriage contract for
the sum of $5,000. Seduction was shown in aggravation of damages.
The case was tried before Judge MAIDEN without a jury. The proof
showed that the engagement began in the early part of 1898, but
was broken off in August 1899, when she attended school in Dyer.
After attending school for about six months, she returned home,
and the engagement was renewed in July, 1890; various times were
fixed for the marriage, at one time, September, 1901; again in
April, 1902 and the last time in November, 1902. The proof
further showed that a few weeks before the birth of the child
and the last date fixed for the marriage, the defendant ceased
to visit the plainntiff, and soon thereafter sold his property
and left the state, going to Kentucky. G. E. BOWDEN and Joseph
E. JONES represented the plaintiff, and Lewis and Carter, of
Paris, were counsel for the defendant. This is the largest 
verdict rendered here in a similar suit in years.

Circuit Court
His Honor, Judge MAIDEN convened circuit court, here last Monday
morning, and the grand jury, as shown on another page of this
paper, was impaneled. The judge�s charge to the grand jury was
lengthy.
The case of J. N. HARKEY vs F. Y. ADAMS was tried Tuesday, and a        
judgement for $109.06 was rendered in favor of HARKEY.
        Mr. HARKEY, grocer at Sharon, supplied the mill hands of
        Mr. ADAMS with provisions, with the understanding that 
        the latter would stand responsible for the same. The
        account was disputed by the defendant. 
The panel jury was dismissed on Tuesday until next Monday morning.
        The criminal docket will be taken up next Monday and the
        felony docket next Wednesday.

From No. 6 Column
Mrs. Martha BEVILL is confined to her bed with rheumatism.
Dotie PEELER is very low with bronchitis.
S. W. DAVIS has a case of la gripppe.
S. S. SUMMERS has built a new room to his house; also a new yard
        and garden fence.
P. P. DAVIS moved to his new house last Thursday.
Jim BEVILL had a log rolling last Friday afternoon.
Marco PENTECOST raised a barn a few days past.
Ab and Sam POWERS have about three acres of corn planted. This is
        about the only farming in this neighborhood at present.
W. F. BEVILL had a log rolling last Thursday afternoon.
Dr. TATUM has a lot of cabbage plants set out.
Mr. Jim JOLLEY sold nineteen dozen eggs in one week.
Prof. Jack OLIVER and wife, of Martin, spent Saturday and Sunday
        with Uncle Jack OLIVER, who is very low.
F. E. GARRETTT attended the organizing  of the Odd Fellows lodge 
        at Gleason last Monday.
Mr. Lou LOONEY, of near Paris, sold to W. D. JANES about 300 
        bushels of wheat, which is being delivered at $1.15 
        per bushel.

Ruthville Rumors Column
Bob GRIGSBY, Claud LEE and John SWIFT left Sunday for Charleston, 
Missouri.
A social party was given at the home of Ed THOMAS Monday night.
        Good music was furnished by Leonard GRUBBS and Ollie
        THOWES. 
Tom REAMES is down  with slow fever. Dr. McCLURE, of Fulton, was
        out to see him Sunday.
Rev. MAXEDON filled his regular appointment at New Hope last
        Sunday.
D. C. REAMS, of near Fulton, was out here on his farm fencing 
        two or three days last week.
 

Tumbling Talk Column 
Rev. G. H. STIGLER and wife have have been visiting her mother
        the past week and have made some land deals with W. L.
        GAINOR.
Mr. Glen VERDELL will leave this  week for Missouri. 
Mr. Walter BELL has just returned home from market, where he has
        been buying his spring stock.

Vincent Schoolhouse Column
Mrs. Ellen FREEMAN is improving from la grippe.
Mrs. Celia TAYLOR is on the sick list.
Granny PASCHALL is improving slowly.
Messrs. Bud and Jim McCLAIN are the place to go and eat potatoes
        and English peas.
Call on Mrs. Bob FREEMAN for chickens.
Mr. J. J. TAYLOR and Mr. Jim McCLAIN have taken down their signs
        since Mr. Philip FREEMAN has commenced swapping horses.
Mr. C. C. TAYLOR don�t look so well, it�s a girl.
L. E. TAYLOR returned from Missouri last Monday and reports a
        nice time and a heap of water. 

JEWELL JOTINGS Column
Mr. and Mrs. Jim TUCK have la grippe.
Miss Jennie MADDOX is reported worse again. 
The little son of Billy FOWLER is no better.
Mr. and Mrs. FOWLER are reported no better. 
Mr Clay HENDERSON�s family have la grippe. 
Mr. Childous TUCK has been right ill, but is improving. 
Mr. TADEDUM says he is getting more work than he can do.
Mrs. Carrie OSTEEN is on the sick list.
Mrs. Omer LANN is no better at this writing.
Mr. Lambert OVERBEY brought out a barrel of fish Saturday and
        sold them out in a few minutes.
The writer is requested by Mr. Seth BOWLIN to RETURN his
        heartfelt thanks to his friends for kindnesses to them
        during the sickness and death of his wife. 
Mr. Jim PARKER�s family is improving.
Mr. and Mrs. BRUMMITT have moved from Mr. Sam TAYLOR�s and will
        reside on Mr. MABSCUT�s place this year. 
Mr. Allmerry TUCK and family have moved to Mr. Francis POWER�s
        place to live this year.
Messrs. Ed STACKS and Sam TAYLOR will leave for Oklahoma soon,
        to look for a location.

Hall�s Branch Budget Column
Azzie SMITH is putting up a lot of palling fence around his 15
        acre lease on A. J. HART�s farm.
Lightening struck some vacant dwellings on S. W. LOCKHART�s farm 
recently, tearing them up somewhat.
Marion LOCKHART is having some dwellings put up on his farm. Mr.
        Frank BLACKARD is doing the building for the use of the 
        homes this year.
Mr. Sam MADDOX is clearing new ground on his farm near Ore 
        Springs. 
Mr. William LAMB, SR. got his pension raised from $8 to $12 
        recently.
S. W. LOCKHART and sons have just finished clearing up a portion
        of their land on Hall�s Branch.
Suddoth Bros. bought Mr. John SIMMON�s tobacco  crop, consisting
        of about 4,000 pounds, recently, for $75. 

Jonesboro Jots Column
Uncle Joe MOORE tells me that J. W. GUFFEE lost a cow the latter
        part of last week that he had refused to take $35. for.
Sunday night, there arrived at the Buford MITCHELL, a champion  
heavyweight boy. It seems that Buford has been dwelling 
        in the spiritual world of happiness since the arrival of
        the young one.
A literary society  is to be formed at Meridian Saturday night.

Non Resident Notice   To Vastina GARDNER, a bill for divorce by
        husband Napoleon GARDNER

Insolvency Notice  Estate of W. W. MILLER  T. A. MILLER and W. L. 
GOULDER, Adms.

Town and County Column 
W. E. STACKS and W. E. HICKS of the Jewell vicinity, left this
        week for Paragould, Ark.
Mr. Hayden TANSIL, son of Clerk TANSIL, left Franklin last  week
        for Sardis, Miss., where he will have absolute charge of
        a mammoth dry goods establishment. 
Mr. Will BOWMAN and wife (nee Miss Pearl DAVIS) left Martin last        
Saturday for La Centre, Ky., where they will reside till     October, when
they will RETURN to Martin. Mr. BOWMAN
        has a contract there for making brick.
Our good friend, Mr. J. W. WESCOAT, writes us from Runnels, Tex., 
renewing his subscription.
For the quarter ending April 1, the Dresden post office had a
        $254. cancellation . Postmaster ESKRIDGE says this breaks
        all previous records, and if it is kept up for four
        consecutive quarters, this office will be increased to a
        $1,000 a year office.
Lightning hit the northeast corner of the jail, knocking a huge
        hole in the brick.
Mrs. MUZZELL commenced a summer school at Pisgah on last Monday. 
Frank BARTEE is advertising his personal effects for sale . Frank 
        will move to Fulton.
Mr. W. H. HARRIS, of No. 4, tells us that a letter received by
        him a few days ago from Mr. Tom HARRIS, at Wilton, N. C.,
        says he is terribly afflicted by rheumatism  and suffers  greatly.
Uncle Bill THOMPSON tells us that last Sunday was Mr. Monroe 
        STOWE�s 73rd birthday and that his son, Mr. Bee STOWE
        gave him a grand dinner in honor of the occasion. Uncle
        Bill THOMPSON, Mr. Bill ESKRIDGE and wife, and Mr. Deck
        BOWLIN and wife were present. 
Mr. F. M. KENNEDY was able to be on the streets of Marton last
        Saturday after a severe illness.
Mr. John McKEEN was taken to his home in Fulton last Saturday. 
        While not fully recovered from his stroke of paralysis,
        he was able to be moved.
Mrs. Porter ISLOW, of Martin, who has been confined to her bed
        for several weeks with pneumonia and la grippe, is
        improving, but still not able to leave her bed.
Uncle Mack STEPHENSON, from No. 1, was here last Friday. We had
        quite a lengthy talk with him on the subject of compulsory education,
and found him in favor of the
        enactment of the law compelling parents to send their 
        children to school. He does not favor absolute compulsory attendance,
for he believes the people of this county are
        not ready for such a measure, but he thinks all children 
        should attend school at least four months during the year.
        He says he was in favor of the free school law when only
        one other white man in his district favored it.
Through the efforts of Uncle Bill JANES and others, an
        appropriation was made by the county court for a levee at
        Janes� Mill in No. 6.Mr. Sam LOCKHART, worked a good deal
        for the measure.

Mr. W. A. MILLER was here Monday from Greenfield and informed us
        of what almost terminated in a shocking accident at 
        Greenfield Saturday afternoon. Esquire DUDLEY�s oldest
        boy was crossing the railroad tracks below the depot in
        a wagon and did not see the oncoming train. When nearly 
        on the track, some one motioned to him to stop, which he
        did, and then was signaled to drive on. The rapidly 
        approaching train struck the rear end of the wagon and
        smashed it up. The horses were unhurt, but the young man
        was hurled some distance in the air, however, escaping
        serious injury. 
After weary weeks of intense suffering, the spirit of Mrs. May 
        Elizabeth PHARES, of Gleason, on Friday evening at 7 
        o�clock, took it�s flight to the God who gave it. The
        deceased had been confined to her bed some time with
        that dread disease consumption, and death came as sweet
        relief. Mrs. PHARES was a sweet christian lady and 
        besides her six children, four boys and two girls, a 
        large number of friends mourn her death. She was preceded
        to the grave by her husband some years ago. She was fifty 
        six years of age.
Some few weeks ago,  Mr. Geo. ADAMS, residing on the Dresden
        Ralston road, lost several head of horses and put in 
        about three weeks riding over the county in search of
        them. After putting an ad in the Enterprise, they were
        found in Obion County.
Capt. John W. MORAN has been sick for more than two weeks.
The Will of the late C. W. COTTRELL was probated in the ocunty
        court on last Monday morning. Mrs. COTTRELL was made
        executrix without bond.

Martin Column 
Mr. A. C. McNOIR and son, Sherman, of Brookhaven, Miss., are 
        visiting C. SEBASTIAN and family.
R. W. DICKEY has moved to the Lawler house, vacated by Mr.
        HILLIARD. Mr. DICKEY will run a boarding house at the
        old Lawler house.
Roy MURRELL�s new engine for his marble shop has arrived. 
Mr. H. B. GRAY, who has been chief pharmacist for J. A. ASKEW,
        has accepted a position at Tishamingo, Ind., 
The Epworth league was well entertained by Miss Kate WINGO last
        Friday night.  
Jim HILLIARD and family have moved to Dyer.
Mr. T. M. RYAN is going to commemce the erection of two brick
        business houses on the lots just east of the printing
        office. Jno. WALTERS will do the brick work.
B. F. CONTRA held the lucky ticket that drew  the buggy at B. E.
        DODD & Son�s last Thursday. 
The infant chld of Mr. and Mrs. Fred LEE breathed it�s last last
        Monday. night at 10 o�clock. Funeral services were held
        at the residence by Rev. I. N. PENICK, after which the
        remains were laid to rest at the East Side Cemetery. 

Hyndsver Hits Column 
Mr. and Mrs. L. M. GARDNER will give the young people a singing
         Saturday night.
Mr. T. J. HICKS, while plowing in a forty acre field last week,
        let one of his mules run off in an old cistern fifteen
        feet deep. We think he deserves much praise for keeping
        the other one out.
Lent and Arthur HYNDS went to the republican convention at Union
        City last Saturday.  Tom Carney and John HATLER went to Nashville
Wednesday for the state republican convention.
We hear that Esq. W W. HOUSE will be a candidate circuit court
        clerk in 1905. Mr. HOUSE has lived in this district all 
        his life with the exception of four years.
Mr. and Mrs. George SHARON�s son is reported seriously ill.

Mt. Harmon Items Column
Born, to Mr. J. E. EDWARDS and wife, Saturday, March 2, a
        bouncing big boy.
Born, to Mr. Milton SHARP and wife, Saturday, March 2, a big
        wee, wee boy. 
Mrs. M. I. HESTER says she has made about twenty five gallons of
        soap and hasn�t begun yet.
Mr. Henry SMITH  has a bull calf born at his place that has
        no tail. 

Public Wells Whispers Column
Mrs. LAWLER has beans, onions and peas ready for sticking and
        103 little chickens. 
Mr. James WARREN taught us a good school last winter and will
        teach for us next winter.
Miss Susie FIELDS started to school at the Hall Moody Institute 
        at Martin.
Mrs. Florence McGHEE  is right sick with sore throat. I hope she
        will be better soon. 

Meda Matters Column
Mrs. Julia ELLIS, who has been sick at her daughter�s Mrs. Willie       
CRUTCHFIELD�s, for about six weeks was well enough to
        RETURN to her home Saturday.
Mr. Gus GARDNER is on the puny list.
Mr. J. W. BOMAR is having a new house erected.
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. J. A. MILES, on April 1, a boy.
W. L. AYERS went to Dresden  Monday and purchased a fine horse.
Mr. Roy WRIGHT and wife were coming from the former�s father�s,
        and when near the residence of Mr. L. V. BROOKS, their
        mule became scared at some boys running across the field,
        throwing Mrs. WRIGHT and their two children out. No 
        serious damage was done.
Curtis and Luther CRUTCHFIELD left Monday for Hickman, where
        there they are aiming to work at the factory.
Mrs. Lela RUDD is on the sick list. 

Pillowville Pointers Column
Herbert, the little son of Mr. and Mrs. W. O. GLOSSON, by some
        unknown means, caught his clothing afire on last
        Thursday and was so seriously injured that he died on
        Sunday morning. The body was buried at Seminary grave 
        yard Monday The family have the sympathy of the entire  community, as
Herbert was loved by all who knew him.
Mrs. A. F. MONTGOMERY is very low at this writing and her 
        recovery is doubtful.
Whoever told the tale about the burial of Vester ELLIS was very
        much mistaken, as the hearse was not blown over, the 
        corpse was not thrown to the ground and the coffin was
        not bursted and neither did the barn blow down. 

Administrator�s Notice  Estate of John W. LEE, deceased, W. W.
        HOUSE adm.