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1907 August 30th to Oct 18th - scattered pages

DRESDEN ENTERPRISE and Sharon Tribune

August 30, 1907 - October 18, 1907
These papers are largely damaged with major portions missing or unreadable, none of these “scraps”contain the top of the first page which is the only place the dates of the issue are printed.

Town and County Column
Prof. Oscar FEATHERSTONE has gone from Nashville to Pike City, Ark.
Mrs. Pauline ROOKS arrived last week last week from Los Angeles, Cal., and will be here several weeks with relatives and friends.
Prof. John W. ELDER, perhaps the best penman in this whole section, commenced a penmanship school at Gardner last Monday, opening up with nearly thirty pupils.
Mr. W. ESKRIDGE informs us that he has resigned his position as assistant postmaster and will again take up carpenter work. He will be succeeded by Mr. Clint GIBBS, who will make an efficient assistant.
The jury in the Sharon gin case on last Friday gave a verdict in favor of the gin company. Mr. UNDERWOOD sued for $10,000 for the death of his son, Olin UNDERWOOD. Counsel for UNDERWOOD asked for a new trial, the motion being overruled, and it was announced that an appeal would be taken to the Supreme Court.
Thieves entered J. A. IRVINE’s grocery Friday night, getting $35 in money and $5 in checks.
L. C. HANNINGS and Mr. LOVELACE, trustees in the matter of Ed L. HOUSE, bankrupt, will on Saturday, August 31, sell the stock of goods of said HOUSE at his place of business in Martin.
Mrs. Emmie SMITH, widow of Will SMITH, who met a horrible death on the railroad last year while engaged in the performance of his duties near Millington, was married on last Sunday night at Lebanon Church, north of Dresden, to Mr. John MORRIS, formerly of this county, but now residing in St. Louis. The couple left Tuesday night for that city, where they will reside. The bride is a most attractive young woman and the groom is an energetic, honorable gentleman.
Mr. Clarence FREEMAN, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. E. FREEMAN, residing south of Dresden, was on Wednesday of last week united in marriage at Waco, Texas to Miss Ludie GLOVER. The marriage was a profound surprise to the friends of Mr. FREEMAN, who went to Texas several weeks ago, obstensilby to take a vacation. He and bride arrived at Martin Friday and will make their home there, where Mr. FREEMAN is a trusted employee of the I. C. Railroad company. Mrs. FREEMAN taught school at Vincent’s Schoolhouse, north of Dresden, last year. At that time, her parents resided at Huntingdon, but later moved to Texas.
Letters are printed from Mr. Lee OWENS of Cisco, Texas and Mr. T. N. CORNELL of Artesia, New Mexico, who are subscribing to the Enterprise.

Gleason and No. 23 Column
Road Work in No. 23 is at a standstill, Mr. DOHERTY and his family being sick.
A fine boy was born to Mr. and Mrs. Barnie DUNLAP. They live at Greenfield. Mr. DUNLAP used to live here.
Mr. AUSTIN will teach the school at Freeman’s in place of Miss Odesi COLLINS. Miss COLLINS is in the millinery business at Gleason, and thought it best not to take the school again.
Mr. Lonnie McDEARMON and Miss Nannie WILLIAMS were married, last Sunday.
Dick PATE and Miss Effie BYNUM were married on the second Sunday by Esq. Fonzo HIGGS.
Dave DELLINGER and Miss Len SAWYERS were married last Sunday.

(Probably) Town and County Column
Mr. Chas. HYNDS, one of No. 20’s best and most industrious young farmers, is rejoicing over the arrival of a new girl at his home.
Esq. Will HOUSE informs us that Mr. John SIMPSON, father of Isham SIMPSON, is very low at his home in No. 17 with catarrhal fever.
Miss Malinda, the fifteen year old daughter of Mr. Jim O’ STEIN, residing in no.25, was buried on last Saturday at Blooming Grove. Death was due to lung trouble.
Mr. W. C. HALL, who will conduct the public school here this term, arrived this week and is preparing for the opening nest Monday.
Almary MAYO, son of Mr. George MAYO, near Pillowville, is at the point of death. He has been down for six weeks with fever and on Wednesday night was appointed very low.
On Wednesday morning Mr. W. L. RITCHIE was united in marriage to his cousin, Miss Mattie RITCHIE, at the home of Esq. R. P. GROOMS, who officiated. The bride is the daughter of Mr. Davie RITCHIE, a prominent citizen of our No.15. The groom is a nephew of our good friend, Mr. Joe RITCHIE. Both the young people reside in No. 15.

District No. 1 Column
Mrs. Josh STEPHENSON is on the sick list.
Mrs. Kizzie FARMER is still lingering; she is no better.
Jon KEY closed a singing school at Mt. Vernon.
Mr. Clifford MORRIS has moved his family to Murray, Ky., to live.
Dr. Alvin SHELTON is having his old residence torn down and is going to have a new one built.
Miss Lela STEPHENSON has returned from Texas, where she has been visiting her sister, Mrs. FOSTER.
Mrs. Eula ATKINS had a sale last week and sold some of her stock, a wagon and farming tools.
Mr. George AUSTIN had a runaway a few days ago, which resulted in smashing up his buggy.
Mr. Bob AUSTIN, who had the measles some time ago, is able to be mixing among his friends again.
Dr. Luther DONAHO, who was crippled a few days ago, is able to be going around with aid of his stick.
One day last week, the neighbors met and worked over Mr. Talmer WALLACE’s crop, he and wife have been sick for a long time.
Mr. N. S. HARRIS has returned from Texas and Indian Territory, where he has been visiting his children; he is very much pleased with the country.
Mr. Rece AUSTIN has just closed an instrumental music school at Austin Springs; he always has success everywhere he goes.
Last Sunday, Green FORCE and Bill BYRUM were engaged in a fight, both being cut, though not serious. Their wounds were dressed by Dr. Luther DONAHO.
Mr. Ben MORGAN hauled off two big loads of hoops last week; guess he has some pocket change now, and would like for the circus to come this way, so he could take the children.
Miss Ora WIGGINS died of typhoid fever last Saturday and was buried at Union Hall Sunday. The family has the sympathy of the entire community. About two years ago, they lost one of their girls. They were both loved by all who knew them.

Sharon Column
Mr. W. BROCK and family, of Savage, Miss., are here.
Mr. S. A. BESSENT has been confined to his bed with flux.
Mr. T. O. GLASS moved this week to his beautiful new home in North Sharon.
Audrey OSBURN has something like typhoid fever. We hope he will soon be up again.
Mrs. Sallie TERRY, of Whiteville, is here visiting his mother, Mrs. Betty HOLLIS, and other relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. G. H. PARRISH, of Greenfield, visited Mrs. PARRISH’S son, Quinch EDMUNDSON and wife, here this week.
Mr. Carl DUNLAP sister, Miss Latisha, have left for Little Rock, Ark., to reside permanently
Misses Bennie and Eddie BONDURANT and Carrie SHANNON have returned from the Jamestown Exposition and other noted points.
Mrs. Fannie TILLMAN continues very ill at her home, one mile west of town.
Mr. J. F. PERRY, one of Sharon’s jolly bachelors, is spending this week and St. Louis and Nashville.
Mr. C. P. SHELBY, who has been in Center, Mo., came home sick.
Mr. J. N. HARKEY is having his residence re-painted and other improvements on it.
Uncle Tom OWEN, who left here last winter for Los Angeles, Cal., to make his future home, returned last Sunday.
The beloved wife of Mr. J. J. BENNETT died at her home in Jackson last Thursday night and was brought here and buried Friday. She had typhoid fever and was sick about two weeks. She was about forty years of age; the daughter of Mrs. Allie ALLEN, of this place. It had been only about two weeks since her brother, Mr. Roger ALLEN died. She leaves a husband, four children, a mother, four brothers, three sisters and a host of relatives and friends to mourn her death.
This community mourns the death of that good, noble old citizen Mr. Garfison (?) who died at his home west of Sharon last Sunday at the ripe old age of ninety two years and two months. His remains were interred Monday at Mt. Vernon. He came to this county about twenty six years ago from Mississippi. A long line of descendants survive him. There are five living children, thirty seven grandchildren, and thirty five great grandchildren.

Northern Part of No. 2 Column   now have fever.
Will TAYLOR is stepping high over the arrival of a boy.
John Jones is smiling mighty big, it’s a girl, their first.
Mrs. Nellie LANG is this proud mother of twins, a girl and a boy, born Sunday.
Rasco JOHNSON has taken the contract to complete building the levee between Martin and McConnell.
Uncle Lou LANIER tells me that his fine mare (Lucy) got badly cut on a disk harrow; he is afraid that she will always be lame in that leg.
Mattie Bailey is very low and cannot sit up at all. She has been nearly blind all her life; has scrofula in her eyes and it has gone to her lungs.

News From No. 12 Column
George PARKER, the son of Obe PAARKER, is very sick with slow fever.
Prof. Monroe GALEY is teaching a singing school at Green Hill. He has a large class.
Mr. Jake DELANEY is now anchoring near the river of death; has been in bad health for quite a while.
Mrs. Gus MILLER’s two little girls have about recovered from a slow fever, but he and two little boys now have fever.
Mr. Pinkle Cooper’s little boy fell from the top of the gate post last week and bruised and cut a very ugly gash on the little fellow’s head.
Miss Edith JORDEN, of Nashville, is giving lessons to the young people in the vicinity on organ and piano at Jesse CARTER’s. Miss JORDEN played the organ at Blooming Grove last Sunday.
Robert CUTLER, the 12 year old son of Dug CUTLER, was trying to get on a mule; the mule wheeled around, the boy fell off, having his foot in a rope and had the foot not slipped out, he would have been killed.
Mr. John COSTEN is the oldest citizen in No. 12, having passed his eighty fourth mile stone.

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Uba Utterings Column
Mrs. Dr. SAWYER was sick last week with the Chills, but is up now.
S. P. SAWYER, son of Uncle Dan SAWYER, is visiting friends and relatives here.
Dr. T. E. SAWYER returned from Nashville suffering with a very bad hand, a little case of blood poisoning, he states; he suffered very intensely with it all the time he was gone.

Cornith and New Salem Column
Mrs. Ollie HILLIARD is right sick at this writing.
Mr. O. T. BROWN’s brother from Obion County came up to see him last week and brought two fine blooded lambs.
Mrs. Daley WASH has two chickens, one with three legs and one with four.

Dukedom Doings Column
Uncle John VINCENT, who has been in feeble health, is improving.
Mr. Sam PAYNE”s wife, who has been sick for some days, died Sunday night at 7 o’clock and was buried at Good Springs Monday.
Esq. Geo. AUSTIN has some legal papers, which if executed, would join Zack SCARBROUGH and Miss Bertha JONES in matrimonial bliss, but both creeks are from hill to hill.
Geo. And Tom WIGGINS, sons of Mr. Will WIGGINS, who lives on the state line, say that Eld. G. S. JONES is a hustler at building chimneys, he built three chimneys in three days, two of them were stacks for Will WILLIAMS’ new house. Mr. John HENLEY is the contractor.

Town and Country Column
Mr. John TAYLOR, our blacksmith, has been having a serious time with his teeth.
Miss Elinor KILLEBREW has taken Mrs. Willie BARTON’s place at the sanitarium.
Mesdames Dora TRAVIS and D. M. McELWRATH were called to the bedside of Mrs. Len TAYLOR, at Fulton, last Friday. Mrs. TAYLOR, nee McKEEN, is a niece of Mrs. TRAVIS and reported quite low.
Mr. A. R. TUCK, of Rector, Ark., son of that good, old man, Mr. Geo. TUCK, has established a barber shop in Dresden, located in R. G. MALOAN’s house on the north side of the square.
The old lady PEACE, who is eighty seven years of age and the grandmother of Mr. J. L. DUKE, is very ill at her home in Martin, and Mr. DUKE was called to see her Thursday night. She seems to have suffered a complete breakdown.
Mr. Walter FREEMAN has severed his connection with Brummitt & Parks and has established a livery, sale and trade stable at the Maloan barn, south of the new hotel.
Mrs. R. A. TODD was born June 24, 1858; was married to Green TODD January 28, 1872.
There were nine children born to this union, two dying in infancy. She leaves a husband, four sons and three daughters to mourn her departure. She professed religion in 1880, and joined the Missionary Baptist Church at Thompson Creek in 1881, where she lived a consistent member until death. The burial service was conducted by H. W. JACKSON after which her body was tenderly laid to rest at the New Hope burying ground to await the resurrection morning.

Obituary
Mrs. Patience Elizabeth Smithwick, (nee Stow) was born November 11, 1839; died November 30, 1905; aged sixty eight years and nineteen days. She was married to B. A. STOW November 17, 1852. She made a profession of Christ and joined the Missionary Baptist Church at New Hope in 1858, and lived a consistent member until her death. She was the mother of sixteen children, twelve boys and four girls. Eight died in infancy, and eight she raised to be grown. Six of these survived her: T. J. STOW, Mrs. J. T. GLASGOW, B. A. STOWE, Mrs. E. E. WINSTEAD, E. A. STOW and Miss Pearl STOW. There is also an aged husband to mourn her death. She was the grandmother of forty seven and one great grand child, nineteen of them living. She was a faithful attendant to the sick, ever ready and willing to lend a helping hand to the afflicted. Grandmother’s last illness was of a long duration but in the spirit of the Lamb of God she bore it, not once murmuring against the goodness of God. All she craved was to die. She said that if it was God’s will she was ready to go. In the death of grandmother, New Hope church is bereft of one of its best members.            Written by her granddaughter,   Valeria Glasgow

Miss Bessie KEITH
The sixteen year old daughter of Mr. Isaac KEITH, was buried Friday, January 3. Bessie was sick about three weeks; she had the rheumatism, and when she got sick, she told her papa that she never would get well. Bessie was a sweet girl and everybody that knew her. The remains were laid to rest at the Freeman graveyard. Brother Bob sang two songs and held prayer. She leaves two sisters; a father and three brothers and many relatives and friends to mourn her death.
                                                                  Written by Maud BRUMMITT

Gone But Not Forgotten
On Wednesday morning, March 6, one of the saddest death’s that has ever been witnessed occurred at the home of Mr. Isaac ADAMS; when the beloved wife and companion, Mrs. Josephine ADAMS, was called from earthly suffering and sorrow to a happier home above. Mrs. ADAMS was born November 1873; aged thirty three years, four months and five days. She was a devoted wife, a good mother and true Christian. She professed a hope in Christ when young, and joined the M. E. church. She was fully prepared to go, and some time before her death she called her husband to the bedside and told him she was going to die, and that there was nothing in her way, and bade him to keep her little children together. The deceased was the daughter of Capt. John EDWARDS. She leaves a husband, five children, a father and four sisters to mourn her death.          Written by her sister and Niece, Mrs. Minnie ADAMS and Mrs. Addie ADAMS

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Town and County Column (Partial)
Mrs. Will WINSTEAD informs us of a peculiar freak of lightening that struck John GARNER’s house in No. 25 about daylight on Wednesday. The top of the chimney was torn off, seven windows were broken out and a number of holes in the house on either side of the chimney. A bed post was torn to pieces and the bed thrown to the floor. There were three children in the bed at the time, but none were injured. There were nine people in the house and none were injured except Mr. GARNER, who was shocked, but not seriously.
Mr. S. J. MEAMS and Miss Ellen WORKMAN , highly respected young people of No. 25, were happily married last Sunday at the home of Esq. J. L. EAVES, who officiated.
Col. Abe CRITTENDON, one of the pioneer citizens of Obion County, died Sunday at his home near Rives, of paralysis. Mr. CRITTENDON was a good man and will be greatly missed by everyone in his community.
Luther DONOHO, of Palmersville, has just completed the full four year course and graduated from the medical department of the University of Tennessee at Nashville. He will hang out his sign at Palmersville.
The beloved wife of Mr. Lawrence TARRY died at the family residence at Dukedom Wednesday morning after a lingering illness of consumption. The deceased is survived by her husband and three children, and was about thirty years of age. She was a native of Kentucky and a most Christian woman.
A very pretty wedding was solemnized at the home of Mr. John BRAGG, in No. 6, the contracting parties being Mr. Chad T. LOVELACE, the popular young druggist of Como, and Miss Hattie May BRAGG, Rev. J. C. RUDD officiating.

Hall’s Branch Budget Column
Mrs. J. W. CANTRELL is lying at the point of death today (Tuesday) Two doctors are attending her and her death is expected at any time.
Theodore UNDERWOOD and his young bride have settled down in a little cottage near by, and belonging to the latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. A. FOWLER.
My good friend, Mr. Gulley HARRIS, residing a neighbor to Dr. I. J. TATUM, near Ore Springs, is right sick, confined to his bed several days.
Thomas JONES and his son, John, have purchased from the former’s son, George, of Gleason, a fifty acre farm here at the edge of the river bottom, same being formerly part of Marion LOCKHART”s farm. It is a long strip on the east side of LOCKHART’s farm; consideration $550.00
The following delivered tobacco at Paris this week: Messrs. Buck BOOTH, Ting BARKER, Bud CRUTCHFIELD, L. D. OLIVER, and Ura KING.
The year old baby girl of Mr. and Mrs. Marion LOCKHART, residing at Siloam, north of Dresden, is very sick and its’ mother is sick also.

Black Bend Column
Mrs. Hattie JONES gave the young people a singing last Saturday night.
A number of people saw a belled buzzard at J. B. DAMRON’s last Sunday.
Master Ritchie VOWELL has been very ill with pneumonia, but is better at this writing.
Mr. James A. VOWELL is having his house painted.
It is reported that Walter DAMRON, Homer MITCHAM and others killed quite a number of fine buffalo fish during the high waters.
The army worms are doing considerable damage on L.W. LANIER’s and H. H. HYND’s farms and other farmers on the edge of the Obion bottom.

From No. 6 Column
Mrs. C. P. ALLMAN has only one goose on her place and she had laid thirty nine eggs two weeks ago and is still laying.
We had weddings, and plenty of them, last Sunday. Mr. Frank MILLER and Miss Nora AKERS were happily married, Mr. Claud LOVELACE and Miss Hattie BRAGG. All are fine young people.
Late Monday night, near 10 o’clock, Sam DAVIS’ stable caught fire and burned down, burning all of his corn, hay, gear and part of plows and came near burning up a mare and colt that were fastened up in the stable; he burned one of his hands pretty bad and singed the hair off the top of his head trying to get the door opened. The top had partly fallen in when it was discovered to be on fire. It is supposed to have been set by lightening, as the mare had her head skinned in several places and the colt was shocked considerably. The people have thrown in and come and tore down some old stables and put up some more and they are about as good as those that burned. Some have thrown in money, corn and some hay.

Oak Hill Column
Mr. Will NANNY gave the young people a sociable last Friday night.
Miss Jessie VAUGHAN, who had a bone felon on her finger for the past few weeks, has about recovered.
There will be a singing at McClain’s schoolhouse next Sunday led by Profs. Bob FREEMAN and Tobe SHAW.
Mr. Robert VAUGHAN, who has been confined to his bed for some time, is no better and he says he will never be able to sit up anymore.
Mrs. Susan TUCK, wife of G. C. TUCK, gave a quilting and a birthday dinner last Wednesday, she being sixty years of age.
Mrs. PASCHELL died at her home, near Shady Grove, last Sunday morning and her body was interred at Bible Union Monday. She has been in declining health some time, though not considered dangerous. Mrs. PASCHELL was a good Christian woman, loved by everybody and the community extends sympathy to Mr. PASCHELL.

Public Wells Column
Maggie CROCKETT has measles.
May FIELDS has the rheumatism in her arm and can’t use it much.
O. D. ROWLETT is at work at the county house, putting in a pump.
Bessie McGEHEE little daughter of Ellie McGEHEE, deceased, has the mumps.
Jack THOMPSON and Bud MOORE have gone to Dawson Springs for a few days.
Four of the Hall-Moody girls visited Misses Maggie MILES and Bettie BRIGHTWELL from Saturday until Monday.
Eddie WAGGENER's horse fell through a bridge with him and came near hurting both the horse and rider.