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Weakley County, Tennessee

Dresden Enterprise Newspaper

Transcribed from Microfilm by Martha Smith

1906 October 5th & 12th
Friday, October 5, 1906 Quarterly Court The inclemency of the weather did not prevent a large number of magistrates from assembling here Monday morning to attend the October term of the Quarterly Court of Weakley County. However, it was after ten o’clock before a quorum could be had. Judge HILL’s report was read, adopted and spread upon the minutes of the court. The following is a list of the newly elected members: No. 1, W H. RIDDLE; No. 2, J. M. ADAMS; No. 3, R. C. WHARTON, H. A. Gammons; No. 6, J. M. FOSTER, Walter Owen; No. 7, J. H. GOODWYN; No. 9, H. L. HIGGS, G. A. HORNBEAK; No. 10, A. F. HIGGS, W. J. JETER; No. 11, C. W. TREVATHAN, J. P. M. DECK; No. 12, T. R. BRAWNER; No. 13, Ben GAULDEN; No. 15, Rice GROOMS; No. 16, B. L. PITTMAN; No. 17, Roy SAWYER; No. 18, W. S. MILES; No. 19, Syl FISHER, R. W. SIMMONS; No. 23, C. N. FREEMAN; No. 24, H. A. REAVIS. Re-elected Members No. 1, G. T. AUSTIN, Jr.; No. 2, E. B. JOLLEY, J. M. RIDGEWAY; No.4, L. A. WINSTEAD, J. A. ESKRIDGE; No. 5, J. M. BUCKLEY, H. A. ROBERTS; No. 7, J. R. LITTLE, R. N. IRVINE, R. B. FREEMAN; No. 8, G. M. TERRY, B. W. BRUCE; No. 11, W. L. GAINER; No. 13, Almus GOLDEN; No. 14, G. A. KENNEDY, G. B. BUTLER; No. 15, J. R. DUDLEY, C. H. ROSS; No. 17, R. E. HOLLADAY; No, 18, E. L. FREEMAN; No. 20, W. W. HOUSE, J. W. CARNEY; No. 22, J. C. LIPSCOMB, J. R. RACHELS; No. 23, W. R. HAWKS; No. 24, J. W. PARHAM; No. 25, J. L. EAVES. Most of the time of this term of court was taken up with making appropriations for various purposes, and the appropriation docket for this year is the heaviest in years. Most of it is for bridge and levee work. Esq. R. N. IRVINE’s term having expired as poorhouses commissioner, the court elected as his successor, Esq. E. L. FREEMAN. Esq. IRVINE did not stand for re-election and Mr. P. P. PEYTON was the other candidate. The following notaries were elected: W. T. KILLEBREW, E. E. ATKINS, Syl FISHER, R. N. IRVINE, W. I. SIMPSON, J. M. FOSTER, E. T. BRASFIELD, J. E. EDWARDS, H. L. HIGGS, N. J. RAY, W. L. CRAWLEY, J. L. EAVES. Deferred to the January court were the questions: (1) having a commissioner for roads and bridges who will be responsible for letting out contracts etc., (2) the question of providing water for the jail and water closets for the courthouse. The sheriff was ordered to remove the public privy south of the jail. Death of a Child In memory of Beulah, the 11 year old daughter of Noah CRITTENDON and wife, Beulah was not thought to be very sick until about a week before her death which occurred on Saturday, September the 22nd. She had slow fever and her physicians had dismissed her, after which she relapsed about ten days before she died. Her younger sister had fever first and Beulah waited on her with such tender care for a child her age. She had gone and has joined her mother, who preceded her a few years ago. She was a good child of a bright and sunny disposition, always for fun. We would say to her family and friends, to sorrow not as those who have no hope and to her stepmother, who ministered to those two children with so much patience, that you will get your reward. I had known Beulah only a few months, yet loved her; we will miss her O, so much. A short burial service was conducted by Mr. HICKS and W. W. House at Bible Union on Sunday evening, after which her body was laid to rest in the cemetery, there to await the resurrection morn. Writtten by Mrs. N. E. JENKINS An article is printed about the Street Fair which is to be October 18th through the 20th. North Part of No. 2 Column I learn that Frank SMITH and Roy RITCHIE have made a land deal. School at Salem has been stopped for a week on account of the teacher, Mr. Marion CLARK, being sick. Those on the sick list are: Bonnie LANIER, Mrs. Charley TURNER, and daughter, Katie, Bettie BRAWNER, Tom GILL, Lonie and Eran TUTOR, Mr. Alfred HENDERSON, Luther BULLINGTON, and Norma DUKE. Town and County Column Mr. Ed STEELE has arrangements just about perfected and will start a dairy here soon, delivering milk, sweet and butter, and butter daily. On Thursday of last week Mr. R. B. SPENCE and Miss Maggie MOSS, very popular and prominent young people of No. 17, were united in the holy bonds of wedlock at Fulton. Mayor BRASFIELD last week purchased the Barton lot, situated on the south side of the square; consideration $800. He will erect two offices and a café thereon early next year. Mr. H. H. KEMPEL, Martin’s skilled contractor and home builder, has been awarded the contract for doing the woodwork on the sanitarium being built here by Mr. H. H. BARR. Mr. KEMPEL is a competent workman and guarantees a first class job in every particular. Mr. Henry DEASON has purchased Dr. BAXTER’s drug store, which is located next door to the post office, the deal having been closed last week. Mr. DEASON is a skilled pharmacist, having served in that capacity under Dr. AMMONS at Gleason for several years. Mr. J. A. (Bump) IRVNE has been confined to his bed several days, and it is feared that he is taking fever. Mr. and Mrs. Jack HIGGS, residing in No. 10, have a brand new boy at their home, born Tuesday night. We understand that Mr. Bob FOWLER’s 4 months old baby is very low with pneumonia and not expected to live. Mr. G. A. PEERY tells us that he has a stalk of sorghum cane which measures twelve feet nine inches in height. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. McKENZIE announce the marriage of their daughter, Miss Kate, to Mayor W. D. BRASFIELD to be held on Tuesday, October 16. Our good friend, Mr. Bob VAUGHAN, of Ralston, has our profound thanks for a lot of fine roasting ears and beans. Mr. Basil FOSTER, who served three years with Uncle Sam’s army in the Philippine Islands, returned to the home of his father at Gleason Wednesday. The young gentleman made a most enviable record while in the army and relates a number of interesting events which he personally witnessed Mr. Ed FREEMAN died at his home, south of Martin, on Tuesday after a long and painful illness. Mr. FREEMAN was one of the most substantial citizens of that community and until within the years a most active, industrious man. He is survived by his wife and five children three girls and three boys. The beloved wife of Mr. Dock FOWLER, residing west of Palmersville, on the Palmersville-Latham road, died Monday night after an illness of two days duration of gall-stone colic, having taken sick Sunday. The deceased was the sister of Esq. Bill RIDDLE, of No. 1, and was fifty-one years of age. A husband and one child survive her. Elder Jim THOMAS officiated at the funeral. Postmaster Chas. A. ESKRIDGE at Dresden on last Saturday removed from office by Post office Inspector KINKAVE. Mr. J. J. WHITE on last Monday presented us a bunch of fully developed raspberries, the third crop on the same vines this year. Hon. Jos. E. JONES attended Hopewell presbytery of the Presbyterian Church, U. S. A., at Trezevant on Saturday of last week and reports a perfectly harmonious meeting. Prof. Green HAWKS reports his school at Morgan’s schoolhouse in a flourishing condition. The handsome residence of Mr. Tom GLASS in Sharon was burned to the ground Tuesday night during the absence of the family. This was perhaps, the handsomest residence in Sharon and was erected but a few months ago. Mr. GLASS and family were at the home of his father, having gone there early in the day to spend the day and night and as near everyone in the town were at the show that night no help could be secured to save the household effects, all of which were burned. The origin of the fire is unknown, but there is a strong suspicion that it was first robbed and then fired. Insurance on the building and contents amounts to $3,500. The child of Charley SPATES, residing near Arden SUMMERS, west of here, died Tuesday. Mrs. DIBBLE, an aged mother in Israel and widow of the last Dr. DIBBLE, died at her home in Martin on Last Friday at the ripe old age of seventy six years. The deceased is survived by several children, Mrs. MURPHY, Mrs. L. G. McMILLIN and Mr. Will DIBBELL. Miss Susan E. GARRETT died at the home of her brother, Mr. Ellen GARRETT, in No. 6, on last Thursday morning about 10 o’clock. She had been apparently well, with the exception of having had several chills and on the morning of her death, which was very unexpected by the family, she laid down to keep quiet, hoping to ward off a chill, for that day. Mr. GARRETT went to the lot, and returning a few moments later, found her dead. It is presumed that she had a sudden attack of rheumatism of the heart, which resulted in her death, as she had complained of rheumatic pains for some time. The deceased was seventy years of age and was born and reared where she died. She was the sister of Messrs. Noah and Ellen GARRETT and aunt of Hon. Finis J. GARRETT, who was called home from Tiptonville to attend her funeral. The body was interred at the family graveyard Friday. Miss Susan was a member of the Middle Fork Primitive Baptist church; she was a very pious woman and greatly loved by a large circle of friends. We understand the Greenfield school has closed on account of a case of scarlet fever there. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. BARTON have a new girl at their home, born last Saturday, and their first. The child died at an early hour Tuesday morning and was interred in the Woodlawn cemetery at Sharon Wednesday. Esq. Hugh ROBERTS, of Palmersville, informs us that on last Sunday he single-handed raided a full fledged crap game, capturing nine “sports.” He fined them $2 each and the trimmings. News Notes From No. 14 Column The infant child of Mr. and Mrs. G. E. BISHOP died Monday morning after a short illness of malarial fever. The family did not know the child was so bad till the morning of its death. On arising they thought it would be best to phone for a physician, as the fever was raging, but it was dead before he arrived. Interment took place at the Collier graveyard Tuesday. Mr. H. B. BELL, of the lower end of this district, has purchased a third interest in the firm of Priestly and Collier, implement dealers at Martin, and will move his family to town soon. Cane Creek Column J. W. POWELL is on the sick list. Sanford SMITH and family moved down close to Memphis last week. Born, to Mr. and Mrs. E. B. KEMP, last Sunday night, a boy who weighs ten pounds. A trial was held in Esq. Hugh ROBERT’s court last Thursday between T. A. RIDGEWAY and W. D. PICKARD. RIDGEWAY sued PICKARD for breach of peace. It came up over a land trade. PICKARD went to close a trade with RIDGEWAY, and RIDGEWAY ordered him off his land. Northern Part of No. 8 Column Mr. John SMART is able to be up again. Mrs. Mollie DIGGS is on the sick list. Mrs. Jim EDWARDS is improving. Mr. Frank LACKEY’s barn of tobacco was burned today. Mr. Davie CROCKETT and wife are both sick. His son, Printice, will leave again for Mississippi to tend to business there. Hall’s Branch Budget Column Bro. J. L. WOOLVERTON and family, of Hayward, Mo., are visiting relatives here. After about a year’s silence, W. D. JANES’ old roller mill is in operation again and we are glad to hear the old familiar rumbling. Mr. Walter SMITH, our obliging mail carrier took a rest last week and the mail was carried by his substitute, Mr. Horace REAVIS. The levee workers here were rained out last week. Mr. Babe BAKER has the bridge work done. Jonesboro Jots Column Sam and Callie BAKER’s little infant baby died Saturday night ad was buried at Pilgrim. Iva OVERTON purchased a three year old mare last week for $155. John POPE is buying up a lot of hogs to feed for the market later on. J. W. STOUT bought a fine milk cow from Miss Allie NUTTING Saturday. John Dunlap has been quite sick. When last heard from he was some better. We learn that Grover ELINOR left for Hall-Moody last week, to stay until his school will begin at Rinda. Jim WILLIAMS has bought Henry POPE’s Carlton place, containing about nine acres with very good buildings, for $225. Babe MORRIS is in the last stages of consumption. Babe is a good boy and we are sorry to know he is afflicted with this dreadful disease. John THOMAS and Buford MITCHELL have the finest hogs in this neighborhood. Buford MITCHELL and I counted 180 squares, blooms and bowls on one stalk in his barn lot cotton. It is the finest patch of cotton I have ever seen. Mr. R. B. PERRY has certainly a fine lot of Italian bees now. They are as yellow as gold. Western Side of No. 15 Column George Maynard will soon have his new barn completed. Tom MOORE smiles and is exceedingly glad, it’s a fine girl. Little Noreen POPE had been quite sick. Mr. Jim EARLE’s baby was buried at the Meridian cemetery last Sunday. Guy SMITHSON and Oddie SURFER left for the Lone Star state last week. Henry POPE and John HOLT are on a land trade. Master BONNER got a toe mashed off by a wagon wheel running over it a few days ago. Miss Bird DUNLAP is in school at Gleason again this fall. Bird is a noble girl and we hope to see her succeed in life. It is reported that Jim WILLIAMS will teach a singing school at Meridian soon. News >From No. 12 Column Mr. Vick CLARK has a very sore hand, caused by a rising. On the sick list: Mrs. Silas GREEGS, three of Thad McDONALD’s little children, Carroll HALL, son of Mr. Tom HALL. The schools in No. 12 have been given out of the following teachers: Green Hill, Prof. Burch PFOSTER; Fair View, Miss Lucile GOAR; Hill Top, Prof. Noel MILLER. All are competent teachers who we believe will teach good schools. Peck’s Pickings Column J. B SINGLETON is preparing to build a new residence, which will be a nice one. Mr. George BOAZ will move here in the early fall. Mr. John EZZELL has just returned from the mineral wells and is much improved in health. Those on the sick list are: John DUNLAP, To GUFFEE, Tom GALEY, Callie BAKER, Zeb SCATES. Uba Utterings Column Sam LADD, over in No. 17, reports a fine girl, born last Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Murray LAMB have a fine boy, born Saturday morning. Will FERGUSON, just across the river in No. 17, burned his barn of tobacco Sunday. There has been quite a lot of sickness in the past eight to ten days. Dr. SAWYER has been hard to find at home either day or night. Verson, son of Geo. FULLER, fell or got knocked down and resulted in a partial fracture of the collarbone. Mr. C. E. KILLGORE sold his farm and ranch here last week to Mr. Frank SMITH, of Martin. Oak Hill Column Mr. Claud GARDNER’s baby, Miss Iva GARDNER, John MANN’s lttle girl and Miss Bertha BROOOKS are all on the sick list. Mrs. Alice MILLNER, of Jackson, is visiting her mother, Mrs. Webb. Mr. Almus EVANS happened to the misfortune of getting a barn of tobacco burned last Monday. Miss Blanch CARDWELL came last Monday to assist Mr. IVIE in his school. Southern Part of No. 20 Column Mr. Jack SHERON and three and his children are sick with fever. Dr. Ted LITTLE is waiting on them. On Monday night, Oct. 1, 1906, the death angel came to the home of Mr. Arvil PINKSTON and took from them their three months old baby, Ethel. The remains were laid to rest Tuesday at Pisgah. On Friday September 28, 1906, the death angel claimed for its victim Bruce, the fifteen year old boy of Mr. Verge WILLIAMS. About two weeks before his death we was taken with appendicitis and had an operation performed. He was thought to be well, and his death was caused by an abcess of the lungs, which burst and killed him in a short time. Bruce professed religion during Brother SUMMER’s tent meeting at Mt. Harmon, about one month before his death, and told his mother on his deathbed, he was ready to go. He was buried on the 29th in the Hornbeck graveyard. Brother SUMMERS preached his funeral. Friday, October 12, 1906 Western Side of No. 15 Column Miss Lillie SULLIVAN is very ill with slow fever. Miss Callie ARLINGTON is very sick. Prof. Jim WILLIAMS is also on the sick list. Rolin GALEY sold a tract of land to John HOLT last week; consideration, $700. Jim HORNBUCKLE says he was walking in his woods last week, he saw a sweet potato vine, and on investigation, found it had run from his patch, which was about fifty yards away. News Notes From No. 14 Column It was reported that Mrs. James HOGARD is not expected to live many days. She has been in a low state of health all the year, and is gradually sinking. Her little six months old baby is also in a dangerous condition and is not expected to recover. Mrs. Ben VAUGHAN, a well known and highly respected young man residing west of Mt. Pelia, is almost in the clutches of death, having a very serious siege of typhoid fever. The physicians state that there is no possible chance of recovery. It will be remembered that his mother, Mrs. TOLLIE, died with the same disease a month ago. Northern Part of No. 8 Column O. R. BEARD sold $500 worth of mules last week. Mrs. Tom COLE has been quite sick the past week but is better at this writing. Mr. Eaton DAVIS and wife are the proud parents of a fine girl. Mr. L. M. REYNOLDS and Mr. H. H. REYNOLDS are here from Middle Tennessee, looking at the country, thinking probably they will move her soon. Obituary Mrs. W. F. LAMB, of Jackson, Tenn., (nee Ada Tuberville) the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jas. C. TURBERVILLE, died at the home of her parents Aug. 29, 1906. She had been visiting her old home circle in the country from Martin, and on feeling a little unusually bad, she and a sister decided to spend a short while at Dawson Springs, Ky. After leaving for the springs, she had a chill before arriving, and after having three or four chills at the springs, she returned to her parent’s home where better treatment could be had, on Aug 28, and died about 4 o’clock the following day. Her death was wholly unexpected, not only to the family, but to her, as she had been laughing and chatting to within just a few minutes of her abrupt, but painless death. The subject of this sketch was married to W. F. LAMB, now general manager of the E. E. FORBES Piano Co., Jackson, on Sept. 25, 1895. Two pretty, bright children, a boy and a girl, are left to grace the above union. As a daughter, she but few equals being obedient, loving and true. As a wife, she was loving and loyal to the end. As a sister, she always manifested a genuine light hearted and loving kindness. She was always so ready and willing to undergo a real sacrifice for parent or brother or sister and even for friends. She exhibited such sterling traits of noble womanhood that secured her a wife circle of loving friends. We, her nearest and dearest ones, lament that she, the sunflower of our home and social life, the immediate jewel of our paternal and filial affection, the beautiful combination of the good of earth and the graces of heaven; she whose heart was attuned to the music of heaven, was, when others were in gloom, disposed to chime out some note to make light their hearts and lure them heavenward, or speak some word of cheer and make strong the weak heart, or energize herself to console the disconsolate and cause them to look to the Star of Hope and take courage again, is gone from our midst. We realize our irreparable loss in her death. She professed religion in her seventeenth year and her chief ambition was to live and manifest the truth of salvation as she saw it. The funeral services were held at the M. E. Church. South, at Martin by Brothers BAKER, of Jackson, and McCOY, of Martin, where the last and fitting memorial was paid the deceased by many friends and loved ones, and was there laid to rest in the East Side cemetery. Written by a Brother District No. 23 Column Mr. J. T. WRIGHT is making molasses this week. Brothers Ed SPEARS preached at Ward’s chapel last Sunday night. Born, to Mr. Will MATHENY and wife, on last Wednesday, a fine boy. Mr. Hinge MONTGOMERY is all smiles over the arrival of a fine boy at his home. Mr. A. W. BRAWNER and his son, Linard, have gone to Nashville at attend the fair. Those on the sick list are: John McCALEB, George SAWYER’s little baby, Herbert WRAY, Webb McCALEB’s little baby, little Ollie V. JENKINS. Mr. Will RONEY and Miss Odes RITCHEE got married last Wednesday evening. They are prominent young people. Town and County Column Our good friend, Mr. L. B. BOLTON, sends us two sweet potatoes which measures eighteen inches long. They are quite small, extraordinary long. While working the tobacco patch one day last week, Jeff Rhoades was bitten on the hand by a spreading adder one of the most poisonous snakes in this section, causing him much suffering. Buck PALMER is the champion cattle buyer of this whole section. Last week, he bought fifty five head of cattle and delivered them to Tom WOODS at Martin, Saturday, clearing a handsome profit on the bunch. Constable Peyton CARLTON made a rich haul of train-hoppers on last Friday, capturing seven. His honor, R. N. IRVINE, fined them $2 each and the trimmings. Mr. CARLTON says the boys have for a long time made it a practice to ride the trains, but that he is going to put a stop to it. Mr. Fred TAYLOR is assisting Clerk HILLIARD in the county clerk’s office. The little daughter of Mr. W. T. KILLEBREW fell on a chair the other day, injuring herself quite painfully and is unable to walk. The two year old daughter of Mrs. Nannie PATTERSON, widow of the late Jack PATTERSON, died at the family residence in Greenfield on Monday of membrane croup. We extend profound sympathy to our fellow townsman, Mr. W. A. McCUAN, in the death of his father which occurred at Lynnville, Ky., last Saturday after a lingering illness of stomach trouble. The deceased was about seventy years of age, an influential citizen and a prominent man in his community. Miss Addie MILLER, of San Franscisco, Cal., is the guest of Mr. W. P. DUKE and family. Miss Ellie THOMSON resigned as telephone operator here Monday and left for her home near Sharon. Mr. W. T. KILLEBREW, cashier of the Palmersville bank, informs us that the bank officials hope to have the institution opened to the public by the first of next month. Mr. J. W. MORAN has very wisely suggested that, as the weather has forbade the working on the roads during the past three works, it would be best to postpone the road making contest for the street fair, and have it at another time. Mrs. Vannie, beloved wife of Mr. Glenn WELLS, one of the most substantial and highly respected citizens in the Hopewell vicinity, No. 19, died at the family residence Sunday after a lingering illness of consumption. She was a Miss KIDD previous to her marriage to Mr. WELLS. Her devoted husband, three daughters, a son, a mother and five grandchildren survive this good woman. She was about fifty years of age and a most devout Christian lady. Funeral services were held Monday at Mt. Vernon. Her body was laid to rest in the Tansil cemetery. J. FROST, Esq. was in Dresden Thursday morning and looks as healthy as upon his former visits this community. Clerk Hilliard issued two marriage licenses Saturday as follows: B. A. GOLDEN to Ora H. LAMB and Almer MORGAN to Ethel FRANCIS. Register ATKINS has been confined to his bed several days this week and it is possible that he is taking the fever, though that can not be ascertained for sure yet. Mr. Horace BRUMMITT is assisting Mr. SIMPSON in the register’s office. Hall’s Branch Budget Column Mr. Hosa MALONE has been very sick for the past week. Tom JONES is remodeling his dwelling; rolled back some old rooms and is building some new ones. Mr. Bob CONNELL, residing near Como, in No. 6, lost his crop of tobacco and most all of his hay by the fire last week. Bro. J. L. WOOLVERTON and family returned to their home at Haywood, Mo., Saturday morning after ten days visit in this part of the county. J. G. TODD, our good bachelor friend and progressive merchant, is building an addition to his store house on the “Chicken” road. Corinth and New Salem Column Mrs. J. G. WELLS died Sunday night after being sick for several years. Mrs. MOON has sold to Mr. ARDEN Somers her farm. Consideration $1,600. Mr. Tobe SHAW led the singing class last Sunday at New Salem F. P. FONVILLE was called a few days ago to the bedside of Mr. Coe D. BOWDEN in the Territory. From No. 6 Column On Thursday, Sept. 27, the death angel visited the home of Mr. F. E. GARRETT and claimed for its victim, his aged sister, Miss Susan. She was seventy years of age and only leaves two brothers of a large family. She had been a cripple for many years, having to walk with crutches all the time. She was laid to rest in the family graveyard Friday afternoon. Owing to the rain, there was no funeral preached, but a number of friends gathered to pay their last respects. Ruthville News Column Miss Ada MURRAY opened a subscription school at Sandy Branch last Monday. Mr. Pete MOSS and wife, of Nebo, Ky., returned home last Saturday after a weeks visit with Mrs. MOSS’s mother, Mrs. M. A. GRUBB. J. J. CLEMENT has traded his farm in this community to the Taylor heirs and is moving to the old home place of the late Jim TAYLOR. Those on the sick list are: Mrs. M. A. GRUBB; Mr. Bud PALMER, and Miss Myrtie Smith, who have been in bad health so long, are no better; Mrs. Jim SPENCE, who has been sick for the past few weeks with typhoid fever, is reported better at this date. Jonesboro Jots Column Mr. Zeb SCATES is dangerously ill and will probably never recover, as he is one of the oldest men in No. 15. John THOMAS sold nine fine pigs to John WALLS, who is said to be the richest unmarried man in the county, for $18. John HOLT, who sold his farm sometime ago, has bought about eighty acres of land in the lower end of this district for $700. It is rumored that Esq. Homer L HIGGS will make the race for court clerk next time. During the past two rainy weeks, Dr. W. R. MOORE made twelve to twenty calls every day. Esq. J. R. DUDLEY says it keeps him busy all the time writing land deeds. He was kept busy two days last week that I know of. He says land has doubled in price in the last two years. Prof. Ed B. FEATHERSTON is behind the counter at Ben BROCK’s store at Greenfield. He is a good salesman and look after the details of business. Ed will teach his home school this winter and will be assisted by Prof. Hilliary SMITH. It is said that Wyatt CRAWLEY keeps the best bacon to be had anywhere. I am informed that his meat wagon arrived in Greenfield one evening last week there were nearly enough hungry fellows on hand ready to carry off all he had. News >From No. 12 Column The little son of Fount SCATES has been quite sick. Mr. J. E. BRAWNER was quite sick Saturday evening but is better. Miss Bettie SEALS spent three days at Gleason last week attending the street fair and looking after other business. Miss Bettie VAUGHAN has been sick for quite a while, Public Wells Column Mrs. J. G. MILES is very sick. Arthur McGEHEE and May FIELDS, of this neighborhood, are attending school at Hall-Moody institute and say they are doing some fine work now. Mrs. Carroll HAMM has returned home from Middleton, Tenn., where she has been visiting her sister, who is in bad health. William HAMM burned a fine barn of tobacco last Friday. Had some green tobacco on the bottom tier and cured on the top, the fire started on the top. District No. 19 Column Miss Eppa GILLISPIE is real sick with typhoid fever. Mr. and Mrs. Newt ALLEN are the proud parents of a new girl. Dr. G. W. HEDGECOCK has been real sick with catarrhal fever. About half dozen of Adkins GARDNER’s boys are sick with chills. Rev. G. L. R. CROOK’s sale took place last Tuesday and he will leave next Tuesday.

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