Friday, January 22, 1904
The Dresden Enterprise
Dresden, Tennessee
Small-Pox Situation
Grows more Alarmimg - Quite a Number of New Cases.
The small-pox situation is growing more serious in this
county, but the board of health is leaving no stone unturned
for stamping out the disease. The cases now in the county were
imported from other localities, none having its origin here.
There were several suspicious cases last week at the home of
W. C. INSCO, living on Paris Street in Dresden, but as Dr.
FINCH had not fully made up his mind that they were small-pox,
we made no mention of them, not desiring to create undue
alarm, but after we had gone to press it was decided that the
cases were genuine small-pox, and the yellow flag was hoisted.
Mr. INSCO�s son, Monroe, was brought in from the country with
a well-developed case, and six of the family now have the
disease, none, however, in a very bad form, except for the
young man brought in from the country.
Another case has developed in the Salem Neighborhood, west of
here. Everett WRIGHT, living on one of the farms of Mr. Mat
HOUSE, has a malignant case. This makes three infections in
that section, all being in different families. These cases are
all getting along nicely and no serious results are expectd.
Jonesboro Jots Column -
Our esteemed friend, William RICHEE, tells the writer he was
in Greenfield recently,
and while there had D. R.
BARNET to fill and crown
several of his teeth.
F. E. CARLTON�s little 8 year old son, Fred, has been quite
sick for the past few
days.
The people of No. 15 have been greatly agitated over whether
we should have three
or four school houses in the
district. There was a
tremendous heavy vote polled.
Those favoring four schools
won by a large majority.
The school house that
was started in Bob SCATES�
wood lot some time ago
will now be speedily pushed
to a finish, as a result
of Saturday�s election.
Thursday, Mr. Will CARLTON and Miss Iva GROOMS, two of our
most highly respected
young people quietly drove
to Wade HAILEY�s at Greenfield,
and were happily
united in the holy bonds
of matrimony.
Hall�s Branch Budget Column
The young people were right royally entertained at the home
of Dr. T. J. BOSWELL
Saturday night.
Will SUDDOTH, who has been right sick is improving.
Mrs. Andrew HART, who is partly paralized, is no better.
Another stroke is likely
to occur at any time which
would certainly prove
fatal.
Will LAMB, Sr., purchased a pair of nice mare mules from Mr.
Allie BRUMMITT Friday,
paying $325 for them.
Mr. and Mrs. Robt SUDDOTH treated a number of their friends to
an excellent dinner Sunday.
The infant child of Mr. and Mrs. Edward JONES is sick.
Gus ATKINS was in our midst buying hogs Tuesday.
Arthur LOCKHART is on the puny list.
Esq. Will HAWKS was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Robt. SUDDOTH
Sunday.
We have news of the death of Mrs. RUDD, mother of Hiram RUDD.
Deceased died of pneumonia
Saturday at her home near
Jane�s mill.
Miss Sallie SUDDOTH is spending a few days with friends near
Gleason.
Mary Hays Happenings Column
The measles are still raging in this vicinity.
S. D. COLLIER has a new corn crusher. All who want corn
crushed, call and see
him.
Miss Sallie PATTERSON has closed her school at Mary Hays on
account of measles and
returned to her home at
Greenfield.
We are sorry to chronicle the death of Sister Sallie BELL,
wife of C. J. BELL and
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
William BREWER; she died
last Friday morning at
eleven o�clock. She was
22. She leaves a little babe
about a week old, a husband,
father and mother, one
sister, four brothers
and two step-children to mourn
her death. Her remains
were laid to rest at the Collier graveyard.
Ruthville Rumors Column
Mr. and Mrs. M. B. SAWYER, who have been here visiting friends
and relatives here since
the holidays, returned to
their home in Siedell,
Texas.
W. J. BURKE has returned from a visit of two weeks� to
Maraduke, Ark.
Word was received here Tuesday of the death of Mr. John LEE
He has several relatives
and friends here, who are
sorry to learn of his
death.
Will MOSS and sister Miss Mary, of Martin, spent Wednesday
night here.
Jonesboro Jottings Column
Last Saturday evening the death angel called on Mr. and Mrs.
Bob WHARTON, and took
their little darling, Hayden.
Ed JACKSON, has been very ill with pneumonia.
Virgil KING and wife have moved to our section.
Hyndsver Hits Column
Our tax assessor, E. T. ELLIOTT, went to work Monday.
Mrs. Dr. HYNDS is on the sick list.
Sidney MARTIN has measles.
W. R. KIMBLE is reported seriously ill with bone erysipelas.
Mr. D. E. TUCK, son of Geo. E. TUCK, and Miss Ella DOUGLAS
were married while seated
in their buggy in front of
the W. W. LEE residence.
Esquire CARNEY officiating.
Mr. TUCK is a prosperous
young farmer of this vicinity
and his bride is the
accomplished daughter of one of
Obions most prosperous
citizens.
Mr. J. W. LEE, who has been suffering for several weeks with
a complication of diseases,
died Monday and was buried
the following day at
Pisgah cemetery. Services by Rev.
J. E. JONES. �Captain�
as he was called by his many
friends, was in his 46th
year, having been born in
1858; he was born and
raised in this (20th) district
and was liked by all
who knew him. In politics he was
a republican, belonged
to no church and never married.
He leaves a mother, two
brothers, Wills and George,
three sisters, Mrs. Ellen
REA, Mrs. Lacy BYARS, and
Mrs. Katy SULLIVAN, and
a host of other relatives and
friends to mourn his
death.
Mt. Harmon Items Column
It is reported that Mrs. Frankie HATCHIE has taken pneumonia.
Mr. Lorenzo HIGGS lost five of his fattening hogs by giving
them too much salty brine.
Mr. Philip ADAMS and family left a short time ago for Rector,
Ark. their future home.
Mr. Jack HIGGS bought Mr. ADAMS� house furniture and is
keeping bach in the house
formerly occupied by him.
We know there is too
much calico hereabouts for Jack
to keep bach long.
Messrs. Pete WILSON and Curtis GARNER left for Missouri the
other day.
Mr. Arnet HESTER, from near Martin, visited his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. N. J. HESTER,
Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Mr. Jim Hatchie killed a 490 lb. hog since christmas.
Mr. Tom YEARGIN has ceiled the boy�s room upstairs at his
father�s. We suppose
that he and wife will live at
Mr. Yeargain�s this winnter.
Mr. L. J. HARRIS has ceiled and papered his west room.
W. H. SMITH and J. H. HESTER have been helping Lee NEWBERRY
to make boards to cover
a wagon shelter which Lee is
aiming to build.
Bro. PETERS organized a class meeting last Sunday at this
place and appointed C.M.
YEARGAIN leader.
12th District Doings Column
Miss Claud ALEXANDER has a good school at the new schoolhouse
which takes the place
of Vaughan�s. Forty two on roll.
Mr. R. B. CLARK has been down for some time with kidney
trouble, but is improving.
Mr. Jas. S. PARKS, who has been down ever since July, is now
in a very critical condition;
his friends have lost
all hopes of his recovery.
Miss Dell COSTEN, who has been sick for some time, is thought
to be some better, but
still in a critical condition.
Marvin BLACK, who has been in Iola, Kan. for the past year,
came home a few days
ago.
John F. GRINER has just finished putting up one mile of the
American wire fence on
his farm. Mr GRINER is one of
No. 12�s most enterprising
farmers.
Mr. W. F. HOBBS, who has been down for four weeks with
inflamatory rheumatism,
is able to be out again.
Mr. Ed DILENGER has bought fifty acres of land from V. C.
ADAMS and will build
right soon.
Shocking Accident
John SMITH, of Greenfield, but in the employ of the I. C.
railroad company as switchman at Fulton, was killed at the
latter place Thursday afternoon of last week. Mr. SMITH was
a single man and employed with the railroad for a short time,
was standing on the cowcatcher platform of a moving switch
engine, the engine moving forward, he attempted to leap off
to throw a switch but slipped and fell sprawling across the
rails in front of the train, and death was instantaneous. The
remains were taken to Greenfield, the home of his parents, and
interred Friday. The family had resided at Greenfield but a
short time but those who knew the unfortunate young man speak
highly of him.
Town and County Column
Mrs. W. B. MAYO is visiting in Mayfield.
Miss Annebelle FINCH has recovered from a severe of throat
afflection.
Mr. J. A. GIBBS is improving his premises by the erection of
new fencing.
Mr. Edgar PRIESTLY, brother of Esquire PRIESTLEY is very low
of measles and not expected
to recover.
Our good friend and staunch democrat, Jim WELSH, the Dukedom
dry goods merchant, is
very sick with measles.
Mr. Charley ROSS, Dukedom�s polite, accomating postmaster,
who has been quite ill,
is better.
We are informed by Snod FARMER that Arthur HYNDS has a �tater
yarn under preparation
that even excels anything yet
published. Same will
appear in early May. He is
confined to his room,
but will be out before long.
Mr. TUB, brother-in-law of Brother RUSSELL, was here
last week from Middle
Tennessee, looking out a
location. He espressed
himself as being well pleased
with our people and country.
We understand that Messrs. W. D. BRASFIELD, Joe Loyd, J. A.
IRVINE, W. B. MAYO and
others will leave here the
first of next month for
a tour through Oklahoma and
Indian Territories.
Mr. John FARMER, of No. 3, tells us Mr. Bose SMITH, a very
substantial and highly
respected young citizen of the
vicinity of Gardner,
was united in marriage here Sunday
night to Miss Ada RIDGEWAY,
of Illinois, who was here
on a visit to relatives.
Attorney L. E. HOLLADAY received a telephone message Tuesday
saying that his mother
was quite ill at her home in
No. 17 and not expected
to live, and left immediately
for her bedside.
Mrs. HOLLADAY has been ill for some
time with grip and heart
trouble and her recovery is
doubtful.
It has been reported that Mr. Bennett BYNUM, of Gleason, would
install a stave factory
here, but this is incorrect.
Mr. BYRUM has thousands
of staves on his yards at
Gleason and has no room
for more, and we have been
informed that he has
been endevoring to make a deal
with Mr. Bud LITTLE to
saw a lot of staves here for
him, Mr. BYRUM to furnish
the saw and Mr. LITTLE the
power, and operate same
in conjuction with the spoke
factory.
Little Maggie, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bud LITTLE has been
quite ill this week.
Mrs. W. W. AUSTIN died suddenly at her home in McKenzie
Tuesday; aged 62 years.
Deceased was a relative of
Uncle B. BANDY, of Gleason,
and was well known in
this county.
As we go to press, we learn that Mr. Larkin BANDY, one of
the best citizens of
the Gleason community, is not
expected to live. Mr.
Bandy has pneumonia and on
Tuesday developed flux.
His many friends pray for
him a speedy recovery.
Mr. W. P. PARKER and family packed their belongings this week
and left for Rector,
Ark., where they will reside in
the future. This makes
a grand total of about a dozen
families who have left
the Dukedom vicinity this year
for Rackansack. Their
places have been filled by
others from distant states.
Several members of the Dresden bar attended the funeral of Hon.
John E. WELLS at Union
City Sunday. Mr. WELLS died at
his home in Union
City Saturday, after a brief illness.
Uncle Bill THOMPSON says he won�t be satisfied till every
man in the county is
a regular reader of the Enterprise.
Mr. Jas. BRAGG, an old Dresden boy, now residing at Pittsburg,
Kan., sends us a dollar
for the Enterprise.
Mr. J. W. ADAMS returned Tuesday from Rector , Ark., where he
went with his father,
Mr. Philip ADAMS, who will
reside there. The entire
trip was made through the
country. The younger
ADAMS will remain here and is
engaged in the timber
business.
Messrs. PARKS, WHITE, and BRUMMITT, three of Gleason�s
progressive, energetic,
young capitalists have
formed a stock company
for dealing in mules. Every
Saturday is mule day
at Gleason and Mr.Chester
LASATER tells us that
on last Saturday there were
many mules in Gleason
and trading was very brisk,
some fancy prices being
paid.
Chester STEEL, son of our esteemed friend, Ed STEEL, is
studying telegraphy at
the depot here under Agent
McKENZIE, a first-class
master over a first-class
apprentice. Chester is
one of the best boys in this
whole community and the
day is not far distant when
he will a position of
honor and merit in railroad
circles; he is just the
quality of young men who
always succeed.
Mr. Clarence HAWKINS, son of Chancellor HAWKINS, Huntingdon,
was here Tuesday meeting
our people. Mr. HAWKINS,
who is a brilliant young
member of the Huntingdon
bar, is a candidate for
floater to suceed Hon. F. P.
FONVILLE.
Young Mr. BOWERS, son of W. J. BOWERS, who left the vicinity
of West Union in 1901
and settled at Avery, Texas, has
been spending a month
with relatives, and was in
Saturday to renew up
for the Enterprise.
The people of this community deeply sympathize with Will Dan
HIGHFIELD, whose home,
east of Dresden, was burned to
the ground last week,
and have shown their sympathy in
a very substantial way,
indeed. Marshal Jim TAYLOR
circulated a subscription
list and secured a nice
donation for Will, and
the people of his immediate
neighborhood contributed
liberally. Will is an honest, hardworking,
deserving boy; he last year, besides
providing for his brothers
and sisters, paid over
two hundred dollars indebtedness
left by his father
when the latter died.
Such young men may always
rely upon friends in times of adversity.
Mrs. J. B. L. TERRELL suffered a slight stroke of paraalysis
Wednesday night. The
left side of the body is affected.
Mrs. R. B. KING, who returned a few weeks ago and who has been
ill at the home of Mr.
T. I. LITTLE, on Thursday
developed a case of small-pox.
She has been removed to
a vacant house belonging
to Mr. T. M. LITTLE.
On Sunday morning Messrs. Floyd and Jess STEPHENSON will go
forth free men. They
have served out over one-half of
the jail sentence imposed
upon them and Judge MAIDEN
has agreed to remit the
balance of the imprisonment.
The young men speak in
the highest terms of praise of
Sheriff DODDS and family,
not alone for the kind
treatment they themselves
have received, but for the
other prisoners as well.
Floyd says nothing is left
undone by the Sheriff
and family for the comfort of
the occupants of the
jail and says he has heard no
complaint from no one.
The jail is thoroughly
cleaned from cellar to garret
every day and good, wholesome
food is furnished.
At a meeting of the board of mayor and aldermen of Martin,
held last Saturday morning,
the bond of W. D. FRAZIER,
under indictment there
for tippling, was reduced from
$100 to $50, provided
the said Frazier would move his
family from Martin and
remain away for two years.
The bondsmen of FRAZIER
will make a strenuous effort
to get him to agree to
this, as deputy John VOWELL
says he has a clear clean-out
case against him.
The year and a half old son of Mr. Ed TRAVATHAN, of near
Gleason, was painfully
scalded last Friday. Mr.
TREVATHAN was preparing
to kill hogs and had taken a
kettle of boiling water
off the fire; while his
attention was attracted
elsewhere the little fellow
took hold of the kettle
and pulled it over on himself,
the hot water scalding
himself dreadfully. One foot
and leg is burned severly
and it is thought that both
hands are so badly scalded
he will be maimed for life.
The sad accident has
cast a gloom over the entire
neighborhood and the
family has the sympathy of many
friends. The little sufferer
was resting very well
late Wednesday afternoon,
so friend BENNETT, of
Gleason, informed us.
MT. Pelia Pick-ups Columnn
Measles are here. a fine crop. Percy BARHEE, Lois AVERY and
several others are now
sick.
Miss Floara BUTLER has entered Hall-Moody institute at Martin.
Dr. C. P. ALLEN, of Sharon, visited his dughter, Mrs. Dr.
GOLDSBY, this week.
Little Leland TODD who has been dangerously ill several days,
is convalsant.
J. B. BUTLER is on the sick list.
The Dock AVERY place was sold to Jas AVERY at $580.
Casey TODD, auditor for the Cumberland Telephone company is
at the bedside of his
little son.
R, L, CAUDLE and family visited at Limbs this week.
Jackson BELL, of New Home, visited the family of Jeff GARDNER
Wednesday.
Mr. Earl JONES and Miss Ella OSMAN, two popular young people,
last Sunday drove to
�squire STOVALL�s and were
married.
John GARDNER, of Texas, and Miss Jessie GARDNER, of Rives,
visited the family of
Rufe JACKSON the first of the
week.
A. B. TANSIL, of McKenzie, spent a few days with his family
this week.
Tom JEANS and family, of Texas, are visiting relatives near
town. They formerly lived
here.
B. COVINGTON, of Crystal, is with his uncle here this week.
Martin Column
Miss Susie ADAMS, of Sharon, visited here.
Mrs. P. W. HENDRIX, who has been real sick of measles, is
slowly improving.
Mr. John LEE, who lives near Hyndsver, is very sick and his
recovery is doubtful.
Tom White COULTER, wife and child, of Pine Bluff, Ark., are
visiting relatives here.
Will WRIGHT is very sick with mesles and it is thought that
his recovery is somewhat
doubtful.
Mrs. Pearl ELLIOTT, who has been real sick of measles and
pneumonia, is on the
road to recovery.
Mrs. J. ASKEW and J. C. ASKEW are at Kenton this week attending
and waiting on Earnest
ASKEW�s wife.
Dr. STEEL, one of the East Side druggists, was called to
Memphis last Sunday to
see his father, who is very
sick.
Will BLYTHE, of Fulton, has opened up a skating rink, upstairs
over Chambers & Son
old stand, on East Side of town.
Uncle Mike HOLEY is right sick of appendicitis. While he is
very sick, it�s thought
he will, in the course of two
or three weeks be able
to be up.
Thelmer, the 5 year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. E. DUKE,
who recently moved from
here to Jackson, is right sick
and her recovery thought
to be doubtful.
Dr. C. M. SEBASTIAN was called to Kenton last Saturday to see
Earnest ASKEW�s wife,
but she is slowly improving.
Miss Fanny RIDGWAY and Bozzie SMITH were married here last
Sunday morning at 10
o�clock, by Rev. A. E. SCOTT.
Mrs. Will MURRAY departed this life last Saturday, after two
weeks� illness. She was
carried to Mattoon, Ill., for
burial. She leaves a
husband and one child, two weeks
old, besides other relatives
and friends.
Hoyden WHARTON, the 3-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Bob WHARTON,
died at the WHARTON home
last Saturday of locked
bowels. He was buried
at Whorten graveyard, near Mt.
Pelia last Sunday at
12 o�clock. He was a bright little
fellow, and it is hard
for the parents to give him up.
Mrs. Ella BELL, wife of Jackson BELL, departed this life last
Friday morning at 10:30
o�clock, in her twenty-first
year. She was a member
of the Missionary Baptist
church. She was buried
at Collier�s graveyard last
Saturday evening at 2
o�clock. She leaves one child
(just one week old),
husband, father, mother, one
sister, and four brothers
to mourn her death.
Mr. Not RYAN departed this life at his home, three miles north
of town, last Monday
evening, in his 52nd year. He was
an honest, upright, christian
gentleman and was
prepared for death. He
died of pnuemonia. Funeral
services were held at
Salem. Tuesday evening at 1
o�clock, after which
the remains were laid to rest
by kind and loving hands.
Ore Springs Siftings Column
Esq. G. W. NEWBERRY has la grippe.
Jim Powers has been sick for some time with pneumonia.
Bob HEARN wears a smile since the arrival of another boy.
Ned CASTLEMAN has measles.
Miss Addie GLASGOW, who has been teaching at Latham, has
dismissed her school
and returned home on account
of the measles.
Born, to Mr. Clint HEARN and wife, on Friday, a girl.
John PERRY says he must plant a large crop this year, as he
has another boy, who
made his appearance last week.
Land Sale - James WINE et als vs Tom BAILEY
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JANUARY 29th 1904 - DRESDEN ENTERPRISE
Friday, January 29, 1904
Dresden Enterprise
Dresden, Tennessee
In Memorium
Albert H. ANDERSON was born in Sumner county,
Tennessee, May
14, 1821; departed this life Dec. 31, 1903;
was married to
Ellen E. H. KIRK about the year 1840, in Springfield,
Robertson, Tenn. To this union was born four
children - three
boys and one girl. In 1857 he moved with his
family to Jersey
City, Jersey county, Ill. On account of his
wife�s failing
health, he moved to Weakley county, Tennessee
in 1858. In May
1859, his wife died leaving him with four
children.
In September 1960 he was married to Miss Mary
J. DENNING. To
this union was born three children, two girls
and one boy. His
last wife and two of her children and three
of his first
wife�s survive him.
He was the grandfather of sixteen children
and the great
grandfather of five children. He professed
faith in Christ,
when young, joined the M. E. church, south
and lived in it
until death. He was a kind husband and an
indulgent father,
a good neighbor, paid his debts and earned
a living by
honest toil; met strangers with courtesy and
always received
his friends with the warm hospitality of a
christian gentle-
man. True to his convictions, always stood
up boldly and
proclaimed aloud for what he conceived to
be right. The
writer has known him for about 40 years and
often enjoyed the
hospitality of his home. The writer has known
him for about
40 years and often enjoyed the hospitality
of his home. He
is gone; he has paid the debt we must all
pay sooner or later.
We believe he is basking in the sunlight of
God�s eternal
presence. A Friend.
The rural letter carriers of Weakley met a
Greenfield and
organized an association. Attending: W.C.
BRAWNER, W. A.
CASHON, C. W. LOONEY, W. H. IVY, J. J. RIVERS,
of Martin;
I. F. REAGOR, J. C. PICE, of Sharon; A. C.
PERRY, J. T.
WESTMORELAND, W. P. LASATER, of Greenfield.
Weakley County Old People
Mr. B. M. STOWE is 73 years of age and lives,
with his wife,
Patience STOWE in the 4th district, near Latham.
They have
been living together for fifty one years as
husband and wife
there in the 4th district and are the parents
of sixteen
children, eight of whom lived to be grown
and eight died in
infancy. (Unreadable two or three lines)
Uncle P. J. TUCKER is the oldest man living
in Weakley county
that was born and raised in the county. He
is in his eightieth
year and has been married three times and
is the father of
twenty three children by his three wives.
Twenty of these
children lived to be grown, or nearly so,
and three died in
infancy. He now lives within five miles of
the place where he
was born and reared. He lives in the 25th
district, but was
born in the 5th district, near the line between
the two.
Lennos PARRISH, who lives in the 19th district,
near where he
was born and raised, is seventy one years
old and in good
health. He has been married twice and is the
father of
fourteen children by his first marriage. His
second wife had
no children. She is still living. Ten of his
fourteen children
lived to be grown.
These three families have been the fathers
and mothers of
fifty three children. They have been hard
working farming
people devoted christians and always attended
to their own
affairs and let others do the same. They hae
always been kind
and charitable to the poor and needy, and
they will meet some
day in the sweet land beyand to reap the joys
of their honesty.
Marriage License
Rice BROKS to Kate PARHAM
W. C. STEEL to Lina ANDERSON
A. M. KINSAY to Ethel SLAUGHTER
Death of Mrs. WILCOX
On Wednesday, January 13, Mrs. Mary BOUNDURANT
WILCOX died at
her home near Como, of pneumonia. She was
born March 2, 1846.
She professed religion when but 15 years of
age, and joined
the protestant Methodist church. After remaining
in that church
for a short time, she withdrew and united
with the M. E. church
South, with her sister. There she remained
until her marriage
to John WILCOX, of Henry county, she joined
the Cumberland
Presbyterian church of which her husband was
a member. She
lived a faithful devout christian life, always
true to her
church vows.
She leaves her husband and four children (rest
unreadable)
Meda Matters Column
Mr. Jack ADAMS, formerly of Tennessee, but
now of South
McALISTER, I. T. is here.
Mrs. J. A. ELLIS has been right sick, but
is better.
J. E. BROOKS has been right sick with la grippe,
but is now
able to be up again.
Mrs. Willie CRUTCHFIELD and family visited
N. F. CRUTCHFIELD
and family Saturday, reporting Mrs. CRUTCHFIELD to
be very sick.
A thief entered the home of Mr. Bose RUDD
while they were gone,
taking a pocketbook and the sum of $1.75 and a revolver.
Don SKAGGS sold his mare Wednesday, buying
another in a short
time.
Jonesboro Jots Column
On Jan 21st, Mrs. Almus BLAND breathed her
last at her
mother�s near Peck. as a result of measles. She
survived her infant babe only a few days. Deceased
leaves a husband, mother, two brothers and three
little children to mourn her death. She was laid to
rest in the family graveyard near Captain WRIGHT�s.
Last week, Em HOLT tore down the MITCHELL
cottage, which he
bought from C. L. WICKER and will move it to his farm
and rebuild it.
J. C. STOUT and wife, of Milan, are visiting
relatives and
friends. Mr. STOUT tells the writer that he has made
a grand success in that county and expects to make his
home for the remainder of his life. (remainder of this
column unreadable.)
Ruthville Rumors Column
Mrs. Geoerge STOWE still remains quite sick
at her father�s,
Mr. Joe REED.
Arthur ROGERS is thinking of going to Martin
to work in the
post affice, as he has been tendered a position as a
clerk in the office.
Mt. Harmon�s Items Column
On Wednesday night at seven o�clock of last
week, Mr. Jack
HIGGS and Miss Pollie HARRIS, son of Daunt HIGGS,
and daughter of L. J. HARRIS, were united in the holy
state of matrimony, at the bride�s home, Esq. Sid
OLIVER officiating.
Miss Gertrude YEARGAIN is assistant teacher
at Oak Grove,
No. 4, formerly Mt. Harmon.
Tuesday of last week the widow ABNEY fell
out the door at her
home and was painfully injured. Dr. SHANNON, of
Greenfield attended her.
Jim HATCHIE took a big load of cotton to Dresden
the other
day and received $4.10 a hundred for it.
They say Bufor SIMS of the Liberty neighborhood,
is talking
of running for constable. He has a fine reputation and
I feel that if he were elected he would make us a good
officer.
Last Saturday, Mr. Will MAY shot and crippled
a fox in the Joe
EDWARDS bottom.
Sharon Snap Shots Column
Miss Maggie HUNT is visiting in Greenfield
this week.
R. H. RUTLEDGE and son, Vance, visited Mrs.
W. K. TAYLOR,
at Dresden, Sunday.
Miss Flora TILLMAN, of Greenfield, is the
guest of Sharon
friends.
Ben HUNT, after a month�s visit to home folks,
has returned
to his home at Roswell, N. M.
Miss Florence PARISH has returned from a visit
to her sister,
Mrs. R. D. HUNT, at Greenfield.
Miss Clara NOWLIN is at home, after sn extended
visit to Mrs.
BARTON, of Dresden.
Dr. J. A. MOORE, of Bradford, is mingling
with his many
friends here.
R. O. OWEN is the guest of Dr. H. H. BROWN.
Ben BRADBERRY spent Sunday at Medina where
he will enter the
grocery business.
Mrs. O. R. BEARD is entertaining her sister
from Dyer.
Miss Fern Terry, who is teaching in the Greenfield
school,
spent Sunday with home folks.
12th District Doings
Mrs. J. W. SMYTH, who has been seriously ill
with measles is
improving.
Esq. R. B. CLARK is no better.
Mrs. W. T. COSTIN, of Paragould, Ark., reached
the bedside
of her father, Esq. R. B. CLARK, Sunday evening.
Otis MARTIN, postman on route No. 6, says
some of the bridges
are becoming dangerous on his route.
Hall�s Branch Budget
Messrs. Calvin CREWS and Robert HASTINGS,
of near Union City,
were the guests of Dr. T. J. BOSWELL and family Sunday
night.
Mr. Will SHELL has been right sick since our
last.
Mrs. E. A. LOCKHART, who has been very sick
with indigestion,
is improving at this writing.
Arthur LOCKHART spent Saturday night with
friends at Como.
The entertainmnet given by Mr. and Mrs. Babe
BARKER Wednesday
night of last week, was greatly enjoyed by all who
attended.
Uncle Bill THOMPSON was here Monday.
Mr. William LAMB, Sr. returned from a visit
to Fulton and
Union City.
Elbert GLISSON, one of No. 24�s most
worthy and energetic
young men, is working for Suddoth Bros. this week.
Real Estate Transfers
Andy Jones to Susan Jones $50.
G. O. W. McCLAIN to J. L. McCLAIN
$600
W. M. & . F. VINCENT to S. L. LITTLE
$178.
R. W. BANDY to R. J. WHITWORTH
$500.
R. J. WHITWORTH to D. T. CAMPBELL $750.
W. E. PHILLIPS to R. J. WHITWORTH $2,500.
P. M. MILLER to A. POLLOCK $350.
Grove Hill Column
Our school is progressing under the management
of Miss Ora
McWHERTER, our teacher.
Buck PALMER is stepping high these days. It�s
a boy.
Logan Lore Column
Frank PERRY�s little boy is very sick of fever
this week.
Tom OVERTON�s little boy, Mrs Sarah Pittman
and Mrs. Ethel
OVERTON are on the puny list..
Mrs. Eliza TOMMER has returned from McLemoresville.
Sam STOUT will soon have a good fence around
part of his farm.
Insolvency Notices.
Estate of A. M. CLEMENT, deceased. G. W. NEWSBERRY,
adm.
Estate of C. M. KIMBEL, deceased. J.
L. KIMBEL, adm.
Town and County Column
Mrss. Ina LITTLE has been quite ill this week.
Mr. Edgar McKEEN and wife, are the guests
of relatives here.
Dock TAYLOR, residing near town, is all smiles,
it�s a brand
new girl, and his first.
Uncle Jim BOYD showed us a sandstone rock
the other day that
resembled exactly a young pup. The mouth, head, ears
and neck were as perfect as could be and it is quite
a curiosity.
Mr. I. J. TAYLOR, who resides north of town,
has been in
Arkansas prospecting the last ten days. He returned
Tuesday and enrolled the name of J. H. DUNLAP of
Pekin, Ark., as a yearly cash subscriber.
The Masonic Grand Lodge is in session in Nashille
this week.
The Dresden lodge is represented by Dr. Carl FINCH;
the Boydsville lodge by Mr. Jess STEVENSON and the
Palmersville Lodge by Walter RIGGINS and I. GRIFFITH.
F. P. HILL is also representing the Dresden Lodge.
Mr. Bob WHITWORTH, one of Gleason�s foremost
citizens was here
this week to have the deeds recorded for some property
he has recently purchased at Gleason. He becomes sole
owner of the hotel property opposite the depot. Mr.
WHITWORTH has been conducting the hotel for some time
and has taken such a fancy in the business that he
purchased the property.
A damage suit that promises to be quite interesting,
was filed
in the circuit court one day last week by Jones &
Jones, as cousel for plaintiffs. The style of the
suit is W. R. ROBERTS & wife vs ____ BOAZ and wife
and the amount sued for is $5,000. The parties to the
suit all reside in No. 13. It is charged in the bill
by plaintiff that the wife of Boaz slandered the wife
of ROBERTS. The suit will proabably develop some very sensational
features if it ever goes to trial.
Miss Jackie HUNT,of New Mexico, was the guest
of Mrs. L. D.
DODDS this week.
E. A. MALOAN and W. G. HICKS have formed a
partnership in a
meat market business here.
Caleb, son of our liveryman, has been quite
sick with the
measles at Greenfield the past week. Mr. BRASFIELD
has been at his bedside much of the time this past
week.
Mr. Liche GLISSON, a prominent citizen of
No. 19, died at his
home on last Saturday and was buried Sunday at Pleasant
Grove A wife and one child survive him.
C. A. BAILEY, doing business on the north
side of the square,
made an assignment for the benefit of his creditors,
naming Attorney HOLLADAY as his asignee. The assets
are in the neighborhood of one thousand dollars, with liabilities
nearly double. The stock is advertised to
be sold at greatly reduced prices, and it is thought
Mr. BAILEY will be on his feet again soon.
The officers of the newly formed Tobacco Worker�s
Union at
Martin are: James BROOKS, president; Theron BELL, vice president;
Charles EDWARDS, financial secretary;
Tiller Cox, recording secretary; and Messrs. Pinck
RAWLS, Hubert Oliver and John Carter, auditing
committee.
Messrs. J. B. OVERTON and son of No. 9 were
here and re-bid
in the ETHERIDGE tract of land situated in No. 19.
This land was sold in October, the bidding finally
closing last Friday. Messrs. OVERTON being the
purchasers,consideration $4,250.00. The tract which is
large and splendid, will be cut and sold in small
parcels by the OVERTONs, so they inform us. It is,
perhaps, one of the best tracts in the whole county,
being in part well timbered, in a rich, level section
where land commands a fair price.
The building on the east side of the square,
occupied by Joe
LOYD as a grocery, was discovered to be on fire, the
rear end of the upper story being a mass of roaring
flames. The flames were soon extinguished. The fire is
supposed to have originated from a mass of birds�
nests, built between the chimney and the weather
boarding on the outside, and that a spark from
chimney ignited it. It happened that a ladder was
standing against the house and men mounted this with
buckets of water and soon had the fire under control.
Little Miss Jennie HAMILTON has been quite
sick with measles.
Henry DRAKE tells us that the infant of Mr.
C. S. BROOKS, of
No. 1, died Saturday and was buried at the Rhodes
Graveyard in Kentucky.
Mr. Fred BROOKS and Miss Katie PARHAM were
happily united in
marriage Sunday at the home of Esq. J. J. HAWKINS,
that gentleman officiating.
A deal was closed here last Friday whereby
150 and 175 acres
of the Ethridge land passes into the hands of Will
SHANNON, the stave king. The consideration was $2,000.
The tract purchased by Mr. SHANNON lies east of that
purchased some time ago by Mr. J. W. MORAN, and runs
the full length of the original tract, from the Paris
road running south to the Gleason Road. Mr. Shannon
will open up a new public road through the tract, to
start from the mouth of the Palmersville road, which
branches out from the Paris road east of Dresden,
thence south to a point in what is calledt he Peyton
Carlton land, between the Davis and Carlton homesteads.
This is a laudable move, to be sure, as it will save
pulling the big red hill just east of the town. Mr.
Shannon has contracted with Frank JACKSON to do the
fencing, which will begin at once, but the new road
will begin at once, but the new road will not be opened
up to the public till late in the summer. After the
timber is cut, the land will be cut up onto small
parcels and sold.
There is no improvement in the small-pox situation
in this
county. There are eleven cases at the home of John
BREWER, in the Terrell schoolhouse neighborhood; one
case at Jim STACK�s near Higg�s mill; one at Sam
POINTER�s, near Sharon; one of John TERRELL�s, west
Dresden four miles. Ed MORRIS, residing a mile and a
half west of Palmersville, has a case and a negro was
brought in from Martin Wednesday with the disease.
Board of Health has rented a place belonging to
Steward TURNER, colored, a mile and a half west of
Dresden, and will use the same as a pesthouse. Only
patients who have no home nor any place to go will be
admitted to the pesthouse. This rule will be adherred
to strictly. In all, there are about thirty cases over
the county. there are two new cases, both among the
negro population. Will FITZGERALD�s wife and Cornelia
EDWARDS, living in the rear of the livery stable, are
the latest cases.
Hyndsver Hits Column
Born, on last Friday, to Mr. and Mrs. Hillman
PARRISH, a boy.
Jim HARRIS�s infant child is reported very
sick.
Tom HIGGS, of No. 10, visited relatives here
this week.
Esq. W. W. HOUSE visited his sister, Mrs.
J. R. SIMPSON,
Sunday.
Walter MORGAN visited relatives in No. 14
Saturday.
Prof. MORGAN suspended school Friday owing
to sickness.
Mr. Lucian T. CLARK died Jan. 26, at 7 o�clock,
a.m. after a
week�s illness of pneumonia. He was born in
this county July
22, 1840, being 63 years, 6 months, and 4
days old at the time
of his death. Mr. CLARK moved to Indiana with
his father in
1850, where he lived till 1870, when he moved
to Weakley
county, residing here ever since. He served
four years in the
Union army, and was in some of the blooddiest
battles of the
war. Was married July 20, �84, to Caroline
E. HAYES. His wife
and four children, two boys and two girls,
and one sister,
Mrs. Conse H. HYNDS, survive him. He was a
member of the Oak
Hill M. E. church, South; was a good neighbor,
liked by all
who knew him, a kind husband and a loving
father. His remains
were laid to rest in the Oak Hill cemetery
Wednesday, with
services by Rev. A. M. SCOTT, of Martin.
Gardner Gems Column
Mrs. Lee RUTLEDGE is quite ill with congestion.
Mr. and Mrs. N. C. DAVIS, of Medina, are here,
the guests
of Mr. and Mrs. F. L. PEEPLES.
Mr. J. A. GARDNER, of Texas, is here visiting
his sister, Mrs.
Tennie GOSSETT.
Mr. Ura WILLIAMS, who has been visiting relatives
in Camden,
has returned home.
Mr. A. G. GARDNER is moving to the place recently
vacated by
her son, Joe.
Ben RAGERS was the finder of the fine throughbred
hog of Mrs.
T. J. FALLWELL, which strayed from home some two weeks
ago. No time was lost in the search as a liberal reward
was offered.
Messrs. Burt MILLNER and Percy GARDNER left
today for
Paragould, Ark., in search of positions.
They are energetic young men and we hope they will
meet with success.
Mr. Everett ELDER has accepted a position
at Martin with the
I. C. Railroad Co.
Mrs. Sarah PETTYJOHN and daughter Laura, are
in Camden, the
guests of relatives and friends.
Martin Column
Mrs Lucile BOYD is visiting friends in
Fulton this week.
Miss Lillietta PERKINS has returned froma
two weeks� visit to
Nashville.
Mr. Frank COLE has been quite sick this week
at the home of Mr.
Jim ELDER.
Frank DUKE went to Jackson last Sunday to
see his neice, Thelma
DUKE who still continues quite Ill.
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