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1907 November 1st & 8th

DRESDEN ENTERPRISE and Sharon Tribune

Friday, November 1, 1907

Obituary
Again, death has invaded our midst and claimed for its victim the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. BRUNDIGE, who reside two miles east of Latham. Cora BRUNDIGE was born May 5, 1892; died June 26, 1907; aged 15 years, one month and twenty one days. It is vain to try to portray the noble qualities that belonged to the deceased. Cora was an obedient and loving brought under the care of a teacher. Her schoolmates say they never heard Cora speak an unkind word at any time. She was universally liked by all who knew her. Cora was a beautiful flower, but was transplanted to bloom in heaven in the garden of love. Her Friend

Hall’s Branch Budget Column
Bro. John MILES will fill his regular appointment at West Union Saturday and Sunday.
Mrs. Carrie BENNETT was sick last week with something like chills.
Let me correct an error in my column last week, my friend Prof. Noel MILLER and I were classmates seventeen years ago, not seventy years ago.
Mrs. Nannie SUDDATH has been right sick for several days.
Clint McDANIEL and Mrs. Eva GASKINS were married October 20th. Mr. McDANIEL is a hard working man and a consecrated Christian residing near Olivet, in No. 6. His wife died year before last. His bride is an industrious, kind hearted Christian and has made her home in Fulton for several years up to her husbands’ death last spring.
Brother Henry SISSON hauled part of his cotton to McKenzie last week and had it baled and placed in the warehouse there to be sold by the union.
Prof. W. F. BEVIL and his good singers will sing at Crawford’s schoolhouse Sunday.
My uncle, Z. T. WOOLVERTON, Hayward, Mo., writes me that the well known Rev. Wild Bill EVANS, held a ten days’ meeting at Portageville and didn’t get any professions; he got mad and called the people by names not fit to be mentioned, and that he died in the hospital at Memphis with paralysis of the brain soon after. He also writes that his son, Jim, a Weakley County boy, is a traveling evangelist and has with him, Rev. John W. ZOOK.

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Barnie LASTER is cleaning out his pond on his new home that he purchased from C. H. FELTS a short time ago.
Miss Addie GLASGOW will commence her school at Tumbling Creek schoolhouse the 15th of November.
Mr. Glen VERDELL is going to build a new tobacco barn on his place.
J. H. ANDERSON is going to the place where J. B. FELTS now lives.
John G. LAWRENCE has purchased part of the J. D. FELTS place for $330 and is talking of moving in the near future.
Mr. Ples WARD, Ed STEEL, Rev. JOHNSON and Esq. W. L. GAINER went to Nashville last week to see the president.
Mr. Will DUKE, our sawmill man, is going to move his mill from near Steel’s bridge, on the Como and McKenzie road, just east of Phelps levy.

Christmasville Column
We now have two thriving dry goods and grocery stores, one all around, up to date blacksmith shop, a good church and Sunday school, one good school building, a Masonic lodge, Odd Fellows lodge, Rebekah lodge, W. O. W. camp, and a Farmers Union. The facts are our merchants are enjoying a fine trade, and all our institutions progressing nicely.
Connie McFARLAND, our blacksmith, has purchased a lot from Prof. A. C. ELINOR, adjoining Tom ADEN’s lot, and is erecting a nice little cottage on it.
Hermon Scarbrough is able to be out after four weeks of slow fever.
Prof. A. C. ELINOR sold his farm, known as the John COOPER place, last week to John MANN; consideration, $600.

Column Heading Missing (Probably Gleason)
Mr. Joe ALEXANDER is building a handsome new residence in West End.
The gasoline pea huller operated by Messrs. Jim HIGGINS and Wiley PAGE is the thing to hull peas with.
Mr. Henry BROGDON, of Ill., has been here visiting his brother, Mr. Jake BROGDON.
Tom ARNOLD has bought a place in No.12 from Mr. Tom MOORE and will move there this fall; consideration $525.
Mr. and Mrs. John BRAWNER entertained the young people Saturday night with a candy stew.
Mr. John BLACK has sold his farm to Mr. George AYLOR; consideration not known. It is thought that Mr. BLACK will move to Benton County.
Albert TREVATHAN and wife have moved back to Gleason from Hickman.
Joe C. PARKS tells me he is going to Dresden to embark in the drug business.
C. H. GIBSON made eighty gallons on one half acre.
Guy ALEXANDER, who has been in Arkansas several weeks looking after his stave factory, is at home with his family, some of whom are sick.
Birch ATKINS, Ned CASTLEMAN and Herman COCHRAN received appointments a few days ago as railway mail clerks and will go out at once.
Mr. Jonah KELLEY, of No. 24, has moved to Gleason and will live with his granddaughter, Mrs. Lucy White. Uncle Jonah lived here several years ago and Gleason welcomes him back.
Mr. Earnest CALL, who for several years has been with Hoffman & Son, Martin, will establish a new grocery here at once in the produce house.
Mr. L. GRIFFITH, who resides two miles south of Gleason, came near getting his leg broken last week. He was hauling wood with Tom McMAHAN and Mr. GRIFFITH’s foot got caught between the brakebeam and the wagon, almost jerking him off the wagon. His leg was considerably mashed, but no bones were broken. He was laid up several days.
A debating society has been organized at Peace and Harmony. The first subject will be “That married life affords more pleasure than single life.” Affirmative: Herman WELDON and Willie McKENZIE, Negative: Stanly COLLINS and Wayne McGUFFEE.
Miss Mary SMITH, who resides near Fancy, lost a gold watch at the fair. It was found and returned to her by Mr. J. B. M. DECK.

Town and County Column
Dr. Shobe SMITH has added another room to his residence.
Mr. W. O. TUCK, the restaurateur has put in a three hundred dollar peanut and popcorn parcher.
The beloved wife of Rev. MAXEDON, a Methodist minister residing at Martin, died at the family residence last Thursday morning at an early hour, after a lingering illness of cancer. The interment occurred at the East Side cemetery. The deceased is survived by her husband and five children.
Mr. Charles BILES, the best telephone man in West Tennessee, has again assumed charge of Cumberland’s four exchanges in this county, Dresden, Gleason, Sharon, and Greenfield. Mr. Cat FREEMAN will move from Sharon to Dresden.
Our citizens will be glad to learn that the case against Mr. Charles A. ESKERIDGE was disposed of in the Federal court at Jackson this week in a manner most favorable to Mr. ESKRIDGE.
Mr. Marvin MOONEY and family left last week for New Orleans, where he is instructor for the athletic club of that city.

Public Wells Column
Mrs. HAMM has returned home after a months’ visit to her daughter in Arkansas.
George ADAMS is right sick with pneumonia.
L. W. TRAVIS was right puny last week.
Robert LAWLER has moved back to his father’s.
Henry MOON is putting down a well for Frank ELLIS.
Albert ADAMS has bought Willie GARDNER’s place, better known as the TREVATHAN
Place, paying $600.
Mr. John ROWLETT has moved his home out on the road to the old Warmoth place which is a pretty place for a dwelling.
Old Uncle Oliver WAGGONER is at his daughter’s, Mrs. Dora WAGGONER, is very low and not expected to live but a few more hours.
Milburn TEMPLETON, little son of J. M. TEMPLETON, is right sick and it is feared he has pneumonia.

Up To Date Doings Column
Mr. John SHELL has added to the looks of our town by the erection of a building in the center of town.
Mr. Deck BELL, the Elm Tree blacksmith, tells me that he is coming back home and will “gee Old Beck” next spring.
Headley BURTON is preparing to start for New Mexico, where he will join his father.
Messrs. John Wess and Brook WEBB swapped places and moved.
Mr. Frank McCLURE was baptized last Sunday by Eld. A. V. CLESSON as a result of the three days’ meeting here.
Mr. Ed REEVES had a hand, Jim BRANNON, working for him all summer. BRANNON
went to Hazel with a load of produce, and putting the horse in a stable, left the country, taking $6.50 of Mr. REEVES’ money.

Jonesboro Jots Column
The Meridian church now has the best locks that can be obtained. The session voted that the singing class shall have new song books, the church to pay for same.
The revival at the M. E. church in Greenfield has had upwards of two hundred professions and among this number, some of the hardest sinners of Greenfield. It has done much for the betterment of the morals of Greenfield.
Mr. Frank PERRY, our noble old citizen and veterinarian, has formulated a remedy with which he can cure the much troublesome bone spavin on horses. In the past fourteen years he has cured one hundred and thirty odd cases of fistula. In these years he has only failed to cure three cases that were given entirely over to him.
Last week I received a letter from Claud CURLEE at Paradise, Miss. He sends me a dollar to have the Enterprise sent to him. He has a good position there, and writes on the stationary of J. E. HUMBER, merchant and planter. It will be remembered that Claud went to Bowling Green and took a business course.
The CRAWLEY land selling failed to materialize because certain of the heirs refused to sign the deed to Messrs ELINOR and OVERTON. The land will now have to be sold through the court for partition.
The Revs. Harve LEWIS and Tucker MOORE began a protracted meeting at Dunlap’s schoolhouse.
Clint COOPER and Miss Florence BOBBITT and Tom GILLIAM and Miss Maudie COOPER were married at Mr. Rice P. GROOMS’ Sunday afternoon.
I learn that Mr. Mack BARBER and wife will live with Mrs. BODKIN, Mr. BARBER’s sister.
Oscar ROBINS was laid to rest in the Meridian cemetery Friday afternoon. He is thought to have been murdered this side of Jackson. He was on his way to Mayfield. A father, mother and some brothers who reside in the vicinity of Greenfield, survive.
Our genial mail carrier, A. C. PERRY informs me his route has been extended beginning November 1.
Last week, Rev. HASKINS’ house at Greenfield burned. He was up in Kentucky preaching, but the family was home. One of the girls went into the closet after supper with a lighted lamp, and must have set some clothing afire. It was a beautiful dwelling, and insured.
Roland FERNSTROM and Miss Letha SWINDELL were happily married Sunday. The bride is the daughter of Mr. Jim SWINDELL.
Teb CANTRELL has swapped W. H. CURLEE a mule colt and a horse colt for Walter’s fine span of mules, paying him $190 difference. Teb has one of the largest and finest farms in No. 15 and he says he has skimmed the soil long enough with a sorry team.
I have just had a telephone conversation with our genial, good natured citizen, Allen SHARP, who has just returned from Tahlequah, I. T., where be has been on a visit to his brothers, who are big merchants out there.
Roy GALEY, who has a good position in Memphis, returned to his job after several days visit to home folks.

From District No.12 Column
Mr. Elwood MARTIN will have his new dwelling ready to move into after a few more days’ work.
Mr. Fount SCATES two eldest sons, caught eight opossums last Wednesday.
Mr. Glen BARLOW’s ten year old daughter died of typhoid fever last Saturday. Mr. BARLOW lives in the Hinkledale community, but formerly lived in this neighborhood.

Route No. 2 Martin Column
Those on the puny list are little Georgia McGEHEE, Norman GARNER and Mrs. W. A. MCCLAIN.
Mr. John BOMER’s twin babies are very ill.
Mr. John RHODES and wife went to the lake and stayed a week; he says they had a hog killing time. His team ran away and he hunted part of the time for them but couldn’t find them and had to pay a fellow $5.00 to bring them to him.
Uncle Oliver WAGGENER came to Mr. Charley WAGGENER’s on a visit and got sick while there, and came near dying. They think that his recovery is doubtful.

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The residences of C. A. ALLEN and G. W. DENT, in west Sharon, are near completion.
R. L. DODDS returned Monday to Brookhaven, Miss. after a pleasant visit with friends and relatives.
The foundation is being laid for C. C. PARISH’s beautiful new residence in south town.
Miss Mary Gill MITCHELL left Monday for Winons, Miss.
J. H. CADE made a business trip to Hickman, Ky., last week.
J. M. CORNELL was nominated constable for the 8th district in the primary Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Will TRUE, of Booneville, Miss., are visiting relatives here.
Mr. NAILING and daughter, of Union City, are visiting Jim GLASS and family.
R. E. BAXTER, of Salt Lake City, Utah, is visiting friends and relatives in the city.
E. N. GODDARD is in Fulton, working this week.
Bud ROBERTSON, colored, received a severe wound on the head and neck from a sharp instrument in the hand of Saint MANLY, colored.
Mr. R. D. MORGAN and wife returned from Paducah, Tuesday, accompanied by Mrs. MORGAN’s mother. Mr. MORGAN and family will move to Paducah shortly.
E. E. MARLOR and Mr. WOMBLE, of Greenfield, two of McADAMS’ carpenters are here at work with J. E. RIDINGS, as there is nothing doing in Greenfield.
O. R. BEARD, F. P. FONVILLE, M. V. ROBERTS and Len ROBERTS left Monday for Reelfoot Lake on a fishing and hunting expedition.

Cloverdale Column
Little Virgie TATE is right sick with scarlet fever.
Mrs. Lula JOHNSON and baby are on the sick list.
Mr. Jim HILL is hard at work on his new residence, near the schoolhouse.
Mr. and Mrs. John AYLOR are proud parents of a fine boy.
Mr. George MOORE’s baby, is very sick with chills and fever.
Mrs. R. MARTIN, was called to her daughter’s, Mrs. HICKS, at Water Valley, who is very sick.
Mrs. LACKEY has a sick boy; also Mrs. Geo LACKEY, who has slow fever, is reported better.
Mr. R. MARTIN says it is a mistake about him buying a lot in Sharon.

Corinth and New Salem Column
A great big boy arrived at the home of Mr. Jack ROBERTS several days ago.
Mr. C. S. THOMPSON has a hog gone that disappeared in a mysterious manner on Saturday of the fair. He left his hogs in a lot and when he returned that night found that one of his best hogs was gone.
We are sorry to report that Mr. Alfred JOHNSON’s baby was taken very ill a few days ago with something like bronchial trouble and may prove to be serious.
Mr. Bill FINNEY has bought the Jim ADAMS farm, down in the river bottom near the tank. There were twenty acres with ordinary improvements; consideration $450.

Notes From No. 14 Column
One of the twin babies of Mr. and Mrs. John BOMAR has been very ill for some time; his little boy is also very sick.
The wife of Mr. Monroe CRUTCHFIELD, at Hillside, is in a serious condition with heart failure and general disability and the physicians are doubtful of her recovery. She has been ailing for several months, but was much better until recently, having gone to Dawson Springs some time ago, the water proving a great relief to her, but has relapsed.

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A trained nurse arrived from Nashville and is at the bedside of Miss Velda BOYD, who has typhoid fever. At this writing the young lady is resting very well.
Messrs. T. E. LOYD, Bill MAYO, S. P. SCOTT, J. B. FINCH, T. A. McELWRATH, Babe STACK and T. E. TAYLOR left Sunday for a weeks’ outing at Reelfoot Lake.
B. M. BEVILL, a most exemplary young man, has purchased Finney SMMERS” restaurant, on the north side, and has employed R. FISHER, who will be chief cook and bottle washer.
Guy MILES returned from Dresden Tuesday, where he has been at the bedside of his wife, who has been critically ill. He reports her as slightly improved. – Obion Democrat
Mrs. Miles is at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. PASCHALL and is convalescent.

Shafter Sayings Column
Oscar SUTHERBERRY’s is like a poor man’s lease- from ear to ear; it’s a boy, born last Monday.
I helped Mr. Jeter BRASFIELD and Mr. Jas. Johnson and sons to build about two hundred rods of wire fence.
My good friend Alex GROOMS, had a narrow escape being killed at the north crossing of the railroad in Greenfield. This crossing is very steep and while he was going down with a load of logs, his wagon tongue broke and threw his team down and the wagon in the gulley with him and the team. However, all escaped without being hurt.

Latham Items Column
Mrs. Billie PAGE received news that her mother, who resides near Cuba, Ky., was not expected to live.
Avie, little two year old son of Mr. Messer BARBER, has been right sick for the past week.
(Too late for last week)
Mrs. Ida BARBER, beloved wife of Mr. Elmer BARBER, died last Sunday evening of typhoid fever. She leaves a husband, father, two brothers, and a baby girl, eighteen months old. Funeral services were held at Bible Union by Bro. Long, after which her body was tenderly laid to rest at the Winstead burying ground.
Bennett SHANKLING’s wife and one baby died Sunday and were buried Sunday. It is thought that the other baby is dying.
Mr. J. F. MATHENY is very sick and Dr. BAXTER was called in attendance.

DRESDEN ENTERPRISE and Sharon Tribune

Friday, November 8, 1907

Latham Items Column
Mr. Jim WINSTEAD has a very severe attack of pneumonia in both lungs.
The other little babe of Burnett SHANKLIN died last week, and was buried by the side of its mother and sister who preceded it to the grave only one week ago.
Mrs. Lucy WINSTEAD is slowly slipping away with consumption.
Otto PRICE came very near getting hurt seriously one day last week while at school, he having gone on very early with a number of other boys ahead of the teacher, and was playing; he was cutting down a small bush with his knife, when a piece blew off the bush, striking him just above the right eye, cutting a large gash to the bone, which required three stitches.
Mr. Tus RAY moved over near Dukedom; Mr. LEAGAN will probably occupy the place vacated by him. Mr. PIERCE will probably occupy the place of LEAGAN; Mr. Willis LEAGAN will move from near Pleasant Hill into our midst, and Will MORGAN will move nearer Latham than where he now lives.

Tumbling Creek Column
Mrs. Pearl BELL is quite sick at this writing.
J. B. FELTS has been on the puny list, but is better.
Mr. N. R. WARD is better at this writing.
Barney LASSITER is going to build a new henhouse and is cutting and hauling lags now.

Gleason and No. 23 District Column
Since the post office has moved out of Dr. TERRELL’s house, he is preparing to put in a large stock of drugs.
There is an error in last week’s letter. It was Robert TRENTHAM, and not Robert TREVATHAN, who is a single man, who has a brand new boy.
Mr. Bennett BYNUM has closed his stave factory, telling his hands he could only pay them in checks and if they did not see fit to work they might take a lay off of a few days, which they decided to do.
Mr. DeWitt LARKIN has accepted a position with M. H. LEVY as salesman. Mr. BYNUM who has been with LEVY for some time, will go on the railroad as a brakeman.
The little son of Dr. ALLEN, who resides about three miles north of Gleason, fell off the fence Sunday, breaking his arm. He was brought to town and Dr. McBRIDE reset the broken member.
C. E. DOWD, who was cut very badly by Clint HOUSE two years ago, tells me that he is going to build himself a nice brick residence in the spring. Mr. Dowd can move houses, build chimneys, plaster, and, in fact, do most anything.

Christmasville Capers Column
Mrs. H. J. SCATES is on the sick list.
Prof. A. C. ELINOR received his contract from the educational board last week to teach at the Mt. Arie School, in No. 16.
James ROSS and Chas. BAKER are preparing to open a new store about tw miles east of here, near Priest BLACK’s. They have the logs at the mill now and hope to be ready for business inside of thirty days. This scribe attended a working at the Misses SHAWS. There were about twenty hands present, recovering several outbuildings and putting some new sills under the dwelling. But the best of all was the delicious dinner served about 11:00.
AL RUCKER and family moved to Gleason last week. Mr. RUCKER is a first class silver smith and will go into that business.
Mrs. Robt. YOUNG and Miss Josephine SHAW, are raising money to refence the Pilgrim’s Rest graveyard. This is badly needed and we should all respond liberally.

Peck’s Pickings Column
The Odd Fellows are preparing to erect a new store and hall, all combined at Tom OVERTON’s store, which will be a nice building.
Marvin COX’s horse fell down at CRAWLEY’s store last Sunday and threw his shoulder out of place, hurting the boy very badly.
Mr. Les SEAVERS has a very fine crop of tobacco.
Mrs. Margaret BODKINS has been very ill for the past few days.
Billie RITCHIE sold his place to Clint COOPER.
Alford COLEMAN is on the sick list.

Pension Board’s Report
We find the following old soldiers, and old soldier’s widows in this county added to the rolls.
R. B. CREWS, J. M. NULL and S, H, WILEY, McKenzie; Mrs. Mary E. DAVIS, Martin; Mrs. Martha E. KILLIBREW, Cottage Grove; Sarah J. NIX, Fulton; Louise H. RUSSELL, McKenzie.

From District No. 12 Column
Prof. W. D. McDONALD is now putting lumber on the ground to erect a nice cottage, just west of Greenfield.
Mr. Robert HEARN went up to Dickson today to enter the Normal college the second term.
Miss Gertrude VAUGHN was at the singing at Union Grove last Sunday evening after an absence of several weeks.
Mr. John HOBBS, who came from North Carolina several months ago, and Miss Ona HOBBS, daughter of Mr. J. H. HOBBS are to get married on Nov. 6.

From No. 6 Column
Mr. Edgar TODD had a crib and stable raising last week.
Mr. Clay BEVILL has bought two acres of land from his father and is building a new house.
Messrs. Bill FEATHERSTON & Son are building a new storehouse.
Lumber is being stacked on the ground of the new Christian Church near Orr Springs. Mr.
Edgar REYNOLDS will be the boss carpenter of the work.
Mr. Sidney PHELPS is putting up a new residence at Orr Springs.
Edgar TODD sold his place last week to Mr. Clint ALEXANDER for the sum of $1,800.
Mr. Walter COX has part of the lumber on the ground to build him a new house this fall.
Mr. Aleck RADFORD informs me that his father in law, Uncle Jimmie DEASON is totally blind. He has had but one eye for a number of years and now that is gone.
Our schools in No. 6 began this Monday morning. Miss Vera NEWBERRY is at Eagle Hill, Miss Mattie FOWLER at Butler’s, Miss Daisy POTTER at Jolley Springs. I have not learned who will be at Olivet.

R. F. D. No. 1 Hyndsver Column
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. T. M. CARNEY on the 29th, a girl.
The infant child of Robert WELDON was buried at Oak Hill Sunday.
Mr. and Mts. Henry LAWLER are the proud parents of a boy, born since our last.
This neighborhood was excited last week by the news reaching here that W. C. CHAMBERS had shot a man near Westmore’s Mill, which report seemed true, but it seems that the shooting was in self de-fence.
Mrs. Walter CHAPPLE is reported better this week.
J. h. BICHUM, C. H. JONES, and Bash HARRIS and their families have just returned from the lake. All report plenty of fish and ducks and having a nice time there.

Town and County Column
Mrs. MITTIE, widow of the late Len PARKER, who died at his home near Dukedom three or four weeks ago, died at her home in that vicinity on last Sunday morning. Mrs. PARKER’s maiden name was WARD, daughter of Neil WARD, a pioneer of this county.
While working on the new residence of Mr. Bob WHITNELL in north Martin on last Tuesday, the scaffold on which Will DILDINE was standing gave away,. He fell fourteen feet to the ground rendering him unconscious. No bones were broken, but he is in a serious condition.
The remains of Moss TURWEVILLE, who died in Mississippi last Saturday, reached Martin Sunday and were interred at Ease Side Cemetery Monday, after appropriate services conducted by Rev.McCOY. The deceased was about twenty four years of age and the son of that good old man, Uncle Jim TUBERVILLE, who moved to Martin from Latham vicinity a year or more ago. He was engaged with his brother Tobe at a mill in Mississippi and was stricken with typhoid fever and died.
A wedding here Sunday night at 11 o’clock that created a profound surprise was that of Martin’s skilled young carpenter and contractor, Mr. H. H. WIMPLE, who was married to Miss Nora COX of Greenfield.
Mr. Charlie TUCK has purchased Tom BRINKLEY’s house and lot near the depot.
Mr. Lawrence TARRY and Miss Beatrice Blaycock were married last Sunday by Esq. J. A. ESKRIDGE at his home.
Last Monday, Drs. R. M. LITTLE, I. J. TATUM, and Hugh BARR removed a tumor from the lower jaw of Mr. Myron MYRICK at the latter’s home near the county farm. The operation was successful and the patient is recovering.
The Greenfield box factory closed down all of its machinery by the order of Mr. WARD of Chicago, on account of the financial flurry and throws one hundred men temporarily out of employment.
Old Uncle Billy JACKSON, aged about eighty five years, is near death at the home of his daughter in McKenzie, erysipelas and pneumonia being the trouble. This grand old patriot resided for a number of years in No. 15, near Greenfield, and has legions of friends who will be pained to learn of his illness.
Mr. Jim ELDER informs us of the death of the three year old child of young Dave FREEMAN, residing three miles south of Martin. Death was due to diphtheria. Mr. FREEMAN is himself in a precarious condition having contracted the disease from the child.
Old Uncle Newt RAY, aged seventy four years, died at his home near Dukedom Monday of pneumonia. He has been sick but forty eight hours. The interment took place Tuesday at Good Springs. The deceased was an ex-Confederate soldier and drew a pension. His wife and one daughter survive him. He and Mrs. RAY have been separated for several months, and it will be remembered that some time ago, while attempting a reconciliation with Mrs. RAY, he was cut on the wrist with a knife, which, he claimed, was in her hands.

Cal CHAMBERS Kills Bob CAMPBELL
News reached here last Friday of the killing on the previous night of Bob CAMPBELL by Cal CHAMBERS, the killing taking place in the woods between Westmoreland’s Mill and Dukedom. CHAMBERS has a camp in that vicinity and is building the Westmoreland levee, and it is claimed that CHAMBERS, CAMPBELL, two of the latter’s boys and another party whose name we have been unable to learn, were all over there drunk. CHAMBERS claims that CAMPBELL asked him to go to his (CAMPBELL’S) house and spend the night, as it was raining and cold; that he accepted the invitation; that they started; that CAMPBELL took him in a lonely spot in the woods demanded of CHAMBERS that he give him his money; that CAMPBELL knocked him down, but that he got up and began shooting, at the same time throwing his pocketbook, containing some two hundred dollars, to one side of the road. CHAMBERS went on to his camp, where he spent the night, and in the morning told of what had occurred the night before.
A searching party found the dead body of CAMPBELL at the spot designated by CHAMBERS with two bullet holes in his face., one near the mouth, either which would have produced death.
A jury of inquest was impaneled and returned a verdict “that CAMPBELL came to his death by a pistol shot in the hands of Cal CHAMBERS in self-defense”. CHAMBERS later had the two boys of CAMPBELL arrested for alleged threats said to have been made against him. The boys were arraigned before Esq. B. A. GAULDEN, but CHAMBERS failing to appear to prosecute them, they were released. CHAMBERS was rearrested Monday on a warrant sworn out by CAMPBELL boys and sighted to appear before Esq. Gaulden on next Wednesday, making bond in the sum of $500 for his appearance. Mr. CAMPBELL was about fifty five years of age, and had always borne a good reputation in that vicinity. Sentiment was at first against CHAMBERS, but our understanding now is that there has been a changed and he is not as severely condemned.

Jonesboro Jots Column
I have been looking at a picture taken more than ten years ago, when Miss Alma ELINOR (now Mrs. Alma DREWRY) was teacher At Meridian. Old man Time has wrought lots of changes in us people since then. Many are almost the same, while we little boys and girls have grown to be men and women. I have just been noticing an old picture of the Meridian school children and many others, There have been five deaths from the large concourse that were in this group in the summer of 1877. They are Mr. Dick BODKINS, Johnie COCHRAN, Arvid CANTRELL, and Mesdames Susan STOUT and Susan COLLINS. The weddings are quite numerous. They are Robert GALEY, Chas. STOVER, Henry HOLT, Clint COOPER, John CANTRELL, Roy DREWRY, Henry POPE, Vernon GALEY, W. M. GILLIAM, and the girls that have married are more numerous and are Mamie STOVER, Lela STOUT, Maud STOVER, Maud STOUT, MAUD COOPER, Verdie GALEY, Lula RAY, Addie MITCHELL, Minnie POPE, Cordie WHICKER, Pearl CANTRELL, and Mattie RICHIE. Here are to the right, B. A. ELINOR, Tom GALEY, Sol STOUT, and Bibe RAY. Some of the beardless boys have become teachers. They are G. B. ELINOR, Clint COOPER, W. M. GILLIAM and the”Prodigal” (Roy WHICKER). There stood Dr. ELINOR, who had just begun to have dreams about becoming a doctor some day. Prof. H. H. COCHRAN was there and I will testify that he looks younger today than then. Also pictured: Jim GALEY now our accommodating merchant, D. G. STOUT. telegrapher at Dresden and Edgar STOUT, now “swapping” horses. There are many more but nothing of importance has come to change their lovely faces.
Meridian graveyard needs to be cleaned. Let’s appoint Mr. John DUNLAP boss and have all the graves worked.
Sam F. STOUT is sowing a lot of wheat this fall. He is the only wheat man in this neighborhood.
Our genial mail carrier Henry COCHRAN is now taking a vacation. Mrs. COCHRAN is carrying the mail.
W. N. RICHIE sold Clint COOPER ten acres of land for $90.
Our big hog dealer, Green MANESS, tells me he has thirty eight head of hogs on a big pea field and it will take the more than two weeks to finish it, although most of them have been on it for the paste two months. Green is one of our best livers and managers, although he has not been able to make a crop since the big crop be made in 1898. In that year he came very close to dying and has been a invalid since.
Rudolph IHLENBURG, at Greenfield, has just sold his patent on his new kind of beer for$350,000. to a shrewd old German who came to Greenfield and bought it. Mr. IHLENBURG was going to Chattanooga and set up a brewery of his own. He had been for the past months having other companies to make the beer for him. It goes beyond question that Mr. IHLENBURG is the richest man in the county, for he had amassed a large fortune before the beer began to yield him any dividends. Years ago, he came to Greenfield a poor young man from Germany to keep fro serving in the army there. He began to work and accumulate money. He was soon married to Bill CONNELL’s daughter. Mr. CONNELL was then quite a wealthy and prominent citizen and raised all manner of objections to his daughter’s marriage. It would be a pleasure for the old man to come back to life and ride in the finest automobile in the country with his then poor, despised son in law, who is now in possession of well nigh half a million dollars and will be a millionaire in a few years.
After about ten years of continuous courting without a single quarrel, Lonnie HOLT and Nora POPE were married by Esq. C. H. ROSS Saturday evening. The groom is now a resident of Greenfield, but lived in district No. 16 until last fall. He is the youngest son of Mr. W. C. HOLT. The bride is the daughter of Mr. W. H. POPE. Nora is a good Christian girl and endeared our people to her by her tender devotion to her mother during her last illness.
I am told that Frank Perry sold over $25 worth of geese recently that his wife had raised.

Sharon and Vicinity Column
T. D. McDEARMAN’s Ark., new brick livery stable will be completed this week.
Mr. LITTLE, of Sardis, is assisting H. E. DUCKWORTH in his carpenter work.
   Miss Vannie ALLEN went to Jackson Monday to have her eyes treated.
Bernard BROCK and Eunice MOORE. who are attending McFerrin School at Martin, spent Saturday and Sunday at home
Buck ROBERTS is to have a beautiful residence erected in west Sharon in the near future.
Mrs. Tansil TILLMAN has moved into the residence with E. E. BAXTER.
Mr. Buck MITCHELL, of Dresden, visited her sister, Mrs. J. E. THOMAS, Sunday.
Barnett ALLEN will have a beautiful residence erected in west Sharon.
Vance RUTLEDGE has returned from Marmaduke, Ark., where he has been the last few months.
R. H. TAYLOR spent a few days at home this week.
Miss Fannie CUPP has returned home from Paduah, Ky., where she has been visiting her sister, Mrs. J. J. POTTER, for the past two months.
The Misses BURROW, of Milan, Tennessee’s gifted artists and entertainers, will give one of their entertainments at the Presbyterian Church in Sharon Friday night, admission 25 cents.
L. D. DODDS has sold his farm east of town to Will NOONER.
Mrs. John FONVILLE and mother, Mrs. BARKSDALE, of Chattanooga, visited C. W. MOORE and family Thursday and Friday.
Lem JONES, of Atwood, visited friends and relatives this week.
Mr. and Mrs. M. E. CHANDLER, of Dresden, visited Dr. H. H. BROWN and wife on Saturday and Sunday.

Shafter Sayings Column
A strange occurrence happened to three brothers on Saturday. A boy was born to Joe SUTBERRY, on Sunday, a boy was born to Bud SUTBERRY and on Monday a boy was born to W. O. SUTBERRY.
Mr. Tom SHERRELL has returned from Brazas, Texas. While there he found a natural curiosity in the share of a log seventy or eighty feet long was petrified.

Public Wells Column
George GRIFFIN has moved to Fred MORGAN’s place.
Miss Eppa BALDRIDGE, of Paducah, is visiting J. M. TEMPLETON’s family.
Tom O. STEPHENSON has bought Clint MOORE’s place for $2,000, and then sold part of it to William HAMM.
Georgie MILES has finished a good bridge east of here, across Caney branch. He will move to Martin soon to work for J. F. PARKER & Sons.

Almus ADAMS lost his pocketbook containing eight to ten dollars.
Born, last Saturday, to Mr. and Mrs. Henry FIELDS, a boy.
Jube WASH who has been in bad health all year is no better.

Town and County Column
Miss Ellie THOMPSON has been transferred to Sharon as operator, and her place here will be filed by Mrs. Iva FREEMAN.
Mr. Bob JACKSON and Miss Laura Jackson were married at the courthouse here last Thursday afternoon by His Honor, Robert N IRVINE, officiating.
Eld. C. H. FELTS was called upon Sunday at his home near Tumbling Creek Church, to officiate at two weddings: J. M. McMAHAN and Miss Tommie WHITE; and Mr. Ode DENNING and Miss Itonye SMITH.
Mr. Clyde SULLIVAN was united in marriage on last Sunday to one of the most beautiful and purest young ladies this county affords, Miss Lillie KEMP, daughter of Mr. F. M. KEMP of No. 22.
Esq. Robert N. IRVINE was the officer at the marriage of two prominent couples at the home of Mr. W. P. DUKE on last Saturday afternoon, the contracting parties being Mr. Walter HENDERSON and Miss Minnie BRUCE, Mr. Arthur PICKLE and Miss Maud ORR. Miss Minnie is the daughter of Mr. Lem BRUCE and Miss Maud is the daughter of Mr. Calvin ORR.
Mr. Cole T. SMITH, residing near Fancy, was on last Sunday married to Miss Ida GATEWOOD, Esq. Neal TUCKER.

Hall’s Branch Budget Column
Will CANTRELL and family attended the meeting at Max Grove, near Palmersville, a day or two last week. Mr. Henry SISSON still has a right sore arm from getting it broken at the waist about six weeks ago. Dr. TATUM says it is likely to be several weeks yet before the wound will be entirely healed.