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1907 October 24th

DRESDEN ENTERPRISE and Sharon Tribune

Friday, October 24, 1907

The first page of this issue is devoted to “The First Exhibition of the Weakley County Fair Association more than a success”.

Up to Date Doings Column
Mr. Hardy BELL and Miss Minnie WEBB drove to Esq. George AUSTIN’s where they were united in marriage.
Mr. Henry COLEMAN made forty seven gallons of molasses off of less than one half acre of ground.
Prof. John KEY and Zack SADLER are teaching a singing school at Mt. Zion.
Mr. Coy CARRINGTON has moved to Wilder’s Mill up in Henry County and Mr. Tom SANDORF is occupying the place where he lived.
Mr. Oakford SAUNDERS has moved to the house formerly belonging to Mr. Will McCLAIN.
Mr. J. J. WYMINGER came in Saturday night from Mr. Ed DAMAS’ where he is making him a new house out of his old one.

Hall’s Branch Budget Column.
West Union is preparing to build a new church building.
Will SUDDATH is getting material ready to build some stables, a crib, smokehouse, etc.
School opened up at Lamb’s and is being taught by Prof. Harve MADDOX, who taught there last winter. He will return to college and complete his education next year.
Huelett COLLIER, of near Chicago, Ill. came in on the morning train Sunday and spent the day at the singing at West Union and the night with his sister, Mrs. May TODD.
Miss Minnie INMAN entered school at West Union to study bookkeeping. She is the first to enter this school to study secondary work this term.
Mrs. E. M. LOCKHART and children, of Siloam, spent last week with the formers’ parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jack PASCHELL, in Como vicinity, and our merchant Marion to visit his neighbors or keep batch, and I think he had rather visit than cook.
Charlie SMITH and family, who moved to Palmersville last spring, moved back here last week into the house they left, which is occupied by Buck BOOTH, brother of Mrs. SMITH, and his sharecropper, L. D. OLIVER. Oliver will move over near Olivet, in No. 6, about Christmas, and SMITH will again try farming with BOOTH, his brother in law and partner in business. He moved off a year for the benefit of his wife’s health.

Tumbling Creek Column
Mr. W. H. BUTLER has bought a farm near Paris and will move to it soon; consideration $1,750.
Mrs. L. A. SMITH will leave for Bon Aqua Springs Monday.
Mr. J. B. FELTS will move to his new home, one mile from Paris, next week.
Mr. George DICKENS and Miss May CLEMENT were happily married last Sunday.
Prof. Curtis BELL will sing at Tumbling Creek church every Monday night.

Gleason and 23rd District Column
Mr. Gilbert WRIGHT and Miss Nora STALCUP were married in a run away wedding. The parents objected to the marriage because of her extreme youth. The groom is the son of Mr. Tom WRIGHT.
Ed BYNUM sold his farm to Will ARMOR for $575. and ARMOR later sold it for $650.
Our liveryman, Egbert WHITE, had a good horse to die Saturday from being driven to the fair and back.
Max LEVY will not get moved to his new business house until after the Christmas holidays.

Uba Uttering Column
J. A. VOWELL and Walter DAMERON lost by fire last week a new frame barn and four acres of tobacco. The tobacco had been sold for 10 cents around.
Mrs. Mollie McCLAIN happened to a very painful accident while rehanging a window shade. Her little finger of the right hand hung on the window bracket when she slipped and fell.
Mr. Fred ENGLEHART, from some part of Arkansas, on the Mississippi River, is here hunting his wife and children, who left here with her mother and brother three weeks ago, supposedly for home, but have not been heard from since.
Uncle Henry Vaughan is repairing his house.

Town and County Column
The wife of Rev. MAXEDON, Martin, is confined to her bed with cancer and her death is hourly expected.
Mrs. E .E. TANSIL is in a very low state of health and her death is liable to occur at any time.
The veterinary office of Jim CORNELL, of Martin, was burned Saturday night, and but for the heroic work of the firemen, his nearby residence would have also gone up in smoke.
Mr. W. A. Lampkins, the broom man residing south of Martin, has made arrangements to move to Martin and into the broom manufacture on a very extensive scale.
Esq. DARNELL, that grand old veteran who gallantly followed Jackson is out for the fine wagon being given away by the Enterprise.
Clarence JONES, who holds a lucrative position in Shawnee, O.T., spent last week in Dresden with relatives and taking in the fair.
Mr. W. N. SCOTT, local manager for the telephone company will leave about the first for Brownsville, where he will be in charge of the telephone exchange.
Joe C. PARKS, J. C. AMMONS’, polite, courteous gentlemanly prescriptionist, has purchased Henry DEASON’s drug store here. He is moving his family to Dresden. Mr. Roy BRASFIELD will take Joe’s place at Ammon’s drug store in Gleason.

Notes From No. 14 Column
Mr. Bud SULLIVAN, while attending the fair last week, had his pocket picked and his pocketbook, containing five dollars and two cents, stolen.
Mrs. J. T. BROWN received word one day last week that her mother, who resides in Hickman, was dangerously ill, and another message later stated her death. Mrs. BRADBERRY was a former resident of the 19th district.
The rites of matrimony were solemnized between Mr. John BROCK and Miss Myrtle HENRY last Thursday at Ralston. These young people are residents of the 18th district.
Mr. Harvie RICHARDSON and Miss Grace CATE were united in marriage last Thursday. Miss Grace is the granddaughter of Mr. J. C. CATE, while Mr. RICHARDSON is the son of Mr. George RICHARDSON of near Martin.
Logan IVIE, son of Mr. John IVIE, has just completed a course of telegraphy at Hall Moody Institute and has received a position in Arkansas.

Jonesboro Jots Column
(Much of the column is a description of the fair)
My good friends, G. H., H. V. and J. H. DREWRY had fully one half of the poultry exhibit on Thursday when I passed through it, Hoyt had six coops of his Leghorns there and had the ribbon on five of them. Harve had the finest coop of Barred Plymouth Rocks. He also ran second best on his Pekin ducks.
W. H. CURLEE has just returned from an extended visit to Texas. He tells me that his uncle, Esq. Erve CURLEE, well known to the old citizens of this county and who married my mother and father years ago, is still a magistrate out there and is the only one in that county.
Col. G. M. STOUT has suffered powerfully with a carbuncle.
Our jolly good road contractors, John LEWIS and Tom GROOMS, went over our road again.
The bidding on the CRAWLEY land was opened again. Mr. B. A. ELINOR and Mr. Jim THORN, whose wives were born, reared, and courted on the old home place, were both bidding on the place. Mr. ELINOR got it for $2,315.
Mr. BODKIN died at Bolivar and was brought to Greenfield on the midnight train. He was laid to rest in Meridian graveyard. He has been in feeble health for several years and his mind likewise had been failing. He had been in the asylum for one month when he died. He was eighty three or more years old.
Tom OVERTON has contracted with Emmett DREWRY to build his new store and Odd Fellows Hall.

Public Wells Column
Mrs. Lewis BRINKLEY, formerly of this neighborhood, but now of Black Rock, Ark., is in very bad health.
Henry MOON, has bought Tom STEPHEN’s farm, situated south of Adam’s Academy.
Edna SCATES got his buggy torn up enroute to the fair, caused by another horse getting scared at the train and backing into it.
Elias TUCK came through here Monday with a peddling wagon. He says he will be here every Monday which will be very handy.
Miss Edna BULLINGTON will assist Miss Bettie BRIGHTWELL in school at Adam’s Academy.
Old Uncle Oliver WAGGENER, who is very feeble, is visiting his daughter.

RFD No. 1 HYNDSVER
Walter CHAPPELL’s wife has been real sick for several weeks, but is improving.
Mr. J. W. REED and son are preparing to be the “boss” stock buyers in this section.
Clarence MARTIN is at home after spending several weeks at Hickman.
Dr. T. E. SAWYER says a telephone line will be run from here to Uba.
Mr. Arthur MITCHELL will move to the old Tom WHITE place this week.
Mr. Gilbert HATLER is at Sedalia Training School taking a course.
Bro. J. E. JONES preached his farewell sermon at Oak Hill Sunday.

Peck’s Pickings Column
Mr. Tom and Miss Etta GUFFEE are the proud parents of a fine girl.
Our merchant at Mineral Springs, Mr. John CRAWLEY, has returned from a visit to the
east part of Florida.

Sharon Column
Mr. Jake GARNER and family and son, Walter, and wife, have moved near McConnell.
Quince EDMONSTON is now occupying the house Mr. John GARNER moved from.
The four month old baby of Mr. and Mrs. L. T. BAILEY died last Saturday a week ago and was buried Sunday at Woodlawn cemetery.
Mr. Jesse OWEN, of Kenton, was here last week to see about building a house on his lot.
Uncle Bob MARTIN has bought a lot in west Sharon and will build a house.
Mr. Buck ROBERTS will have a new cottage erected in north Sharon.
Nick GALBREATH, the photographer, returned home Sunday from a two weeks visit to his brother at Mt, Pleasant who has been very sick with a complication of disease but is better.

Ruthville News Column
Mrs. M. A. GRUBB had a very hard chill Sunday night.
Will TAYLOR and wife left Tuesday to attend the state lodge of the I. O. O. F.

Route No. 2 Column
Little Georgia GARDNER is better at this writing.
Little Clifford STALCUP has got well and was carried home.
Mr. Guss GARDNER has bought Mr. Cleveland STEPHENSON’s place at Meda.
Mr. Jess TAYLOR is going to Guss GARDNER’s place.
Mr. Bill FINNEY is going to Uncle Jack GARDNER’s place.

From District No. 12 Column
Mr. John ROACHELL, of Arkansas, is visiting relatives and friends in this part. He left this country about thirty years ago.
Mr. Bill ELDER is visiting his sister, Mrs. Lizzie WILLIAMS, at Cuba, Ky., who has been in bad health.
Mr. R. F. ANDERSON, while pulling some red top hay from the bottom of his hay stack for his mule, drew out a very large spreading adder snake, which came out licking out its tongue and blowing like a bellows, and it is putting it very mild just to say that good old bachelor friend of mine jumped back and yelled. He is not over the shock yet.
Wash SCATES, the little son of Fount SCATES, fell out of a sapling last Sunday and broke the bones of his arm near the wrist. Dr. A. D. BERRYHILL was called in to set his arm.
Mr. Elwood MARTIN is erecting a new dwelling for himself. Those skilled carpenters, Messrs. Connie WHITEHORSE and Clint WILKINS are doing the work.
Mr. Jim WINNETT has relapsed and is quite ill again.
Miss Sarah ELDER has been right sick for a couple of days.
The four teachers of the McKenzie high school, Prof. Stanley WRIGHT, Miss Minnie THOMAS, Miss Madge CANNON and Miss Kate YOUNG, marched one hundred and six of their pupils out to Mr. Arthur PATE’s cotton patch and gave their pupils a day’s experience in the cotton patch.

From No. 6 Column
S. T. PALMER, son of John and Mary PALMER, was born in Henry County, Tennessee, on December 15, 1855; professed religion is early life and joined at the Methodist Church at Olive Branch were he lived a faithful consistent member until death. He was married to Willie E. WALLER, January 12, 1886; died October 10, 1907; aged fifty seven years, ten months and nine days. Brother PALMER was an obedient and dutiful son, a faithful, true and loving husband, and brother, an obliging, good and beloved friend and neighbor. This community has lost one of best loved man. While our hearts are sore and bleeding over out loss, we should stop and think of his gain. Though afflicted for many years, yet through it all he was patient and uncomplaining and resigned to Gods holy and righteous will. He was tenderly laid to rest at Olive Branch Cemetery.

Heading of this column missing
The beloved young wife of Mr. Elmer BARBER, son of our good friend, Mr. Buck BARBER, died at the family home near Latham Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock of typhoid fever. Interment took place at Winstead family burying ground. The deceased was in the twenty third year of her age, and was the daughter of Mr. E. E. PRICE, whose son died a few weeks ago in Jackson of the same disease. She is survived by her heart broken young husband and an only child, about one year old.
Bob TAYLOR’s restaurant, at Dukedom, adjoining H. V. PARRISH’s dry goods store on the east, mysteriously caught fire and was burned to the ground, together with another frame. TAYLOR lost everything, and had no insurance. PARRISH was damaged to the extent of about $1,500, fully covered by insurance.