Friday, February 17, 1905  THE DRESDEN ENTERPRISE
    Dresden, Tennessee

In memory of Vivian 
On January 5, 19005, the death angel vivited the home of Charlie
and Laura SLAUGHTER, and claimed for itís voctim their darling
Vivian. She was ten years, eleven months and fifteen days old. She
leaves a father and mother, one brother, one sister and a host of
friends to mourn her death. She was tenderly laid to rest in the
Good Spring Cemetery by loving hands  
             Written by her sister Everette SLAUGHTER

In memory of our dear father, who departed this life February 3,
1905; age, sixty five years and eighteen days. He was born in
Kentucky January 13, 1839; served four years during the civil war.
He was married to May E. HATCHET in 1865. To this union
were born four children, two passed away as infants, the other
two are left to mourn his death. After the death of our of mother,
he was married again to M. E. OLIVER; to this union was born
a sweet little girl who died at the age of three. He had been a
sufferer of dropsey for four years and ten months. He was a
devoted husband, a kind, loving father, and a good neighbor. He
was a member of the Missionary Baptist Church for about forty
years.
He leaves a heart broken wife and two children and a foster son
whom he had taken at age five, and who stayed with him for
twenty six years.           Elzie and Beulah Flippo

Christmasville Capers Column   (too late for last week)
Mr. and Mrs. Will STAFFORD are the proud parents of a new
young lady at their home.
Jim NEAL and his brother John are both very low of pneumonia..
Robert Garrett has smallpox, his wife has not yet taken them and
they have secured Mr. John ELLIS for nurse.

Death has come into our midst again and taken John H. GUFFEE.
He was born in Gibson County March 11, 1840 and departed this
life February 6, 1905, after a yearsí suffering with consumption. He
fought gallantly with the south in the Civil War; joined the Masons
soon after returning, married Miss Bettie BURNS in 1868, who
survives him. He leaves one son , three daughters and two sisters.
                                                             Trixy

Obituary  
On February 7, 1905, Theopilus E. HIGGS died. He was born
January 13, 1882 near Greenfield, where he lived until his death.
He joined the M. E. Church at Mt. Herman, and served as steward
the last two years of his life. He leaves a father, three brothers, two
sisters and a host of friends to mourn his death.
Funeral services were conducted at this fatherís home by his pastor,
E. J. PETERS and his remains were laid away in the family burying
ground.

News Notes From No. 14 Column  
Mr. Lee WOOD was here last Friday and bought a fine lot of hogs
    paying four cents per pound.
Mr. J. E. BLAKE, of near Mt. Pelia delivered to Mr. W. T.
    LAWLER  last Saturday, fifty seven hogs averaging 150
    pounds each bringing him $4.50 per hundred.
Aunt Julia ELLIS of near Meda, mother of Sid ELLIS died last
    Saturday morning.
M. E. STEVENSON, our tax assessor has been making big
    tracks in the snow, going from house to house wanting to know
    just what every  man has and say that Mr. McWHERTER, the
    trustee will come here next fall and make us pay for everything
    we leave. (And there ainít anyone who likes it, either).

Ralston Report Column  
Mrs. J. R. BRAGG is here at her parentís with a real sick baby.
Mrs. LAWLER (nee Emma VAUGHAN) of Paducah, Ky., is
    here visiting  and reports that small  pox is raging in Paducah,
    though a very light form.
Mrs. Onie BRIGHTWELL, from the country is here at Mrs.
    EDMONDSONís on her way to Ark. waiting  for the weather
    to permit her to cross at Cairo, Ill.
T. D. CHILDRESS has started for Mexico on his return home; we
    also learn that C. R. BROOKSand family are in company with
    him. They are coming  back to Tennessee to live.
E. L. FREEMAN has bought HARDEMANís Bros. Grocery. Mr.
    HARDEMAN will leave for Texas to be with his brother, Everett
     who recently went there.

Nineteeth District Column  
Mr. Ed SUMMERS and Miss Cora LACKEY were united
    in marriage.
Death came Monday, February 6, and claimed Mr. Andrew
GARRISON as itís victim after a lingering illness. He was born
in Mississippi and moved with his father to Tennessee when a boy.
He was a member of the M. E. Church south, until his death. He
was buried at Mt. Vernon Cemetery. Mr. GARRISONís wife
and children have gone on long before. He leaves a son and a
daughter, three sisters and an aged father. He was a good man
and had many friends.

Mr. Adkins GARDNER had a severe attack of colic.
Mr. Ralph RILEY carried two wagon loads of hogs to Martin
    last week.
Mr. A. A. LONGíS baby has been dangerously ill.
Mr. Jim SUMMERS has accepted a position on the railroad
    as mail clerk.
Mr. Albert WILLIAMís team ran away but he was not injured.
Mrs. Ara HENDREN is still very low with consumption.
Tom and Polk BROOKís picture gallery burned Sunday morning
     Loss about $400.

Smithís School House Column  
Dr. CLARK has moved to Gleason.
Our school, taught by Prof. FELTS and Miss Hattie BRAGG is
    doing fine.
Mr. DODSON has moved back here from Ark. to his farm,
    bought of  Mr. ATKINS.

Halls Branch Budget Column  
Mrs. A. Z. SMITH is improving.
The following gentlemen changed horses last week:
    S. W. LOCKHART and L. D. OLIVER,
    J.M. LOCKHART and Bud Lou  WILKINS.
    When the signs get right, they will swope them despite bad
    weather.
Mr. T. J. BOSWELL is selling his corn at $2.00 per barrel. Mr.
    Will FINCH bought twelve barrels.
Mr. John TODD sold a fine horse last week for $190.00.
Messrs.CLASSON and Babe BARKER were in Dresden Monday.

>From No. 18 Column  
Mr. Jim HENRY is on the sick list.
Mr. J. A. BROOKS  is a good man to be a trader.
Mr. W. A. GARNER thinks that dry beef will not be a scarcity
    this spring.
Mr. John VOWELL would make a good sheriff.
Mr. J. C. McLAIN of Kossuth Mississippi is visiting his brother
    Sam McLAIN.                  Wm. McLAIN (correspondent)

>From No. 6 Column  
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Wess TUCKER a fine boy.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Jim DAVIS a twelve pound boy.
Mrs. Mildred MOORE is at Jim DAVISí sick with la grippe.
Mr. Tom ELDRIDGE received a telephone message last Friday,
    telling him to come at once, his father was very sick at Latham.
Ione, little daughter of Mr. Jesse BUNTIN, has had a severe case
    of tonsilitis, which has affected her hearing. Dr. TATUM took
    oneof her tonsils out last Saturday night. If she gets along well,
    he will take out the other one.
The weekly cottage prayer meeting will be held at Mr. Jim
    BEVILLís next Saturday.

Non Resident Notices   C. E. BILES etc. vs  Kate BILES et als
    (now  residents of Eddy County, New Mexico)
             Charley MOREHEAD, a bill of divorce
             Ray CALVERT, a bill of divorce (he is now a ressident
                            of Arkansas)
            Charley GARDNER, a bill of divorce
Sheriffís Sale   BROCK BROS. and Co.  vs  Egbert JETER
                                        ( land in the tenth district)
                        I. F. TERRY  vs  Bob PARHAM

Town and Country Column  
Carl SIMS is quite ill with typhoid.
Uncle Joe EZZELL and wife of Palmersville are ill.
Esq. Zeb GROOMS said that John OVERTON of the 15th is
    quite sick.
Mrs. Lula LOYD has a severe case of la grippe.
John W. COOK, a Weakley County old soldier has just been
    granted a pension by the state.
Mr. Tom LOYD is recovering from a severe fall.
Mr. Walter DARNELL, aged fifty five years and highly respected
    citizen of the 15th died last week of pneumonia.
Uncle Bill THOMPSON, the mail carrier from Dresden to
    Palmersville and Jewell was ill last week. Mr. Boyd
    McWHERTER handled the mail.
Homer HIGGS, editor of the Greenfield Times, refers to districts
    1 and 5 as ìBloody No. 1î and ìBloody No. 5î. This is an
    injustice to the good people of those districts.
Ep. E. JOHNSON one of No. 10ís best farmers says the
    Enterprise has more interesting county news that any other
    newspaper.
Mr. A. L. KILLEBREW tells us his neighbor Frank HARKEY
    is moving to Oklahoma.
The trial of Booker ATKINS, has been postponed until
    February 28.
Mr. John BUSHART of Gardner had a huge limb fall on him while
    felling a tree nearly killing him.
Prof. Sam FEATHERSTON tells us that the three year old of
    Mr. Conda RICHMOND, of  Greenfield, had his clothes
    became ignited due to the door of the heating stove been left
    open. He died at 7 oíclock that night.
Dr. R. M. LITTLE has had a severe case of la grippe.
Brother A. E. SCOTT of Martin has kept a records of the weather
    for years.
Mrs. May beloved wife of  T. W. BOWDEN died at her home in
Holdersville, I. T. of pneumonia and was buried Thursday at
Corinth near Sharon. Deseased was a sister of Dr. Ed SHANNON
of  Sharon. She is survivied by a husband and four children. Esq.
George  TERRY tells us Mrs. BOWDEN was one of Sharonís
most beautiful women. She left this county two years ago.

We suggest that Jim INSCO, the SANDEFER boys, Sid HARRIS
    et als come for the next sessionof the quarterly court with a
    strong petition demanding a levee and a change of road for the
    Boydsville road which is in a miserable condition.
John A. PASCHALL, Gleason MALOAN, J. W. THOMAS,
Esq. R. E. HALLADAY, L. A. BIGGS, Dr. H. S. COPELAND,
W. T. KILLEBREW, Doak McWHERTER, Sid HARRIS and
    others are securing stock for a new bank in Dresden.
Mr. Ike STOWE, five miles north of Dresden has new twin
    girls, who arrived Tuesday.

Town and Country Column (continued)  
A serious accident accurred at Greenfield Tuesday afternoon.
Mr. Walter PATTERSON resides three hundred yards from the
depot, down the railroad and is in the habit of catching a train and
riding home. Tuesday, he got on the local at the depot and alighted
on his head rather than his feet. The attending physician thinks he
is internally injured.

Twelfth District Doings Column  
Mrs. Rily GRIGGS, Mrs. Victor CLARK, and  Mr. Clifford
    CLARK are all on the sick list.
Mrs. Nannie HAGLER, wife of Mr. Oscar HAGLER died at the
home of her mother, Mrs. J. M. SUMMERS, Saturday, February
11, of consumption. She leaves a husband and one little boy eight
years old, a mother. four brothers, and a sister, her father having
proceeded her in death five years ago. On account of severe
weather, services were held at the home of Rev. R. B. CREWS,
after which her remains were laid in a row with her five children,
who all died in thier infancy at the Everett Cemetery. She was a
member of the C. P. Church and died a most trimuphant death.

Gleason Gleaning Column  
The Jones Hotel caught fire Monday night about 2 oíclock but
    was extinguished before any great amount of damage.
Mr. Guy ALEXANDER, cashier of Gleason Bank was united in
    marriage last Monday in Jackson to Mrs. HICKS of McKenzie.

Mrs. Tom CARLTON died Wednesday morning at 7 oíclock at
her home one and one half miles west of here and was buried at
Sharon Thursday. She was about sixty years of age and had been
sick for sometime. Mrs. CARLTON was a member of the
Methodist Church.

Mt. Hermon Items Column  
Miss Alice SEALS who  has been very low for some time with
    consumption  is slowly sinking away.
Our mail carrier, Mr. Tom WESTMORELAND has never failed
    a day this winter, carrying the mail.
Mr. S. E. RODMAN never misses a day except Sunday, sawing
    and getting up wood.
Mr. Colie SMITH has been here since Christmas visiting his mother,
    brother and sister left for Hot Springs, Ark.

Meda Matters Column  
Burt BROOKS and family, Jim FLEMMING and family, C. D.
    TATE and Connie SUMMERS are much better.
Mr. H. ELLIS fell on the ice and fractured a rib.
Mrs. Julia ELLIS aged sixty four years, died at the home of her
    daughter. Six children are left to mourn the loss of a sainted
    mother. The body was laid to rest at the Freemanís graveyard
    on the 12th inst.
Mr. P. H. MOON has a new boy at his house.
Mr. M. CRUTCHFIELD fell on  the ice and injured his knee.

Sandy Branch Column  
Mr. Ike FRIELDS and son Whit of Marmaduke, Ark. are visiting
    Mr. Frank JONES.
Aunt Susan HATLER is worse at this writing.
The young people had a nice singing Saturday night at the home of
    Mr. Ed FELTS.
Mr. George ROGERS has had a sale. He and his family will go to
     Mississippi where he will work on the railroad.
Mr. Fletch ETHERIDGE died Sunday morning with erysipelas and
    was buried Monday at Sandy Branch.

Jonesboro Jots Column  
Richard WRIGHT is headed for Greenfield to be a ìcity dudeî.
    He has stock to get rid of.
Charlie DARNOLD died Wednesday night of an old chronic
    disease. He was laid to rest in Seminary burying ground. He
    leaves a wife and several  children.
Wednesday morning early Bud AKIN died of pneumonia. The
    remains were  laid to rest at Concord cemetery Thursday. Mr.
    AKIN leaves a wife and four children. He was forty five years
    of age. He was one of the  best natured fellows I have ever met
    and always helped those in distress when he possibly could.
Mr. and Mrs. R. F. GARRETT have smallpox, they are doing
    tolorably well.
Frank HALL has not been seen since the bad weather. It is thought
    he is taking a long winter nap.
Our good neighbor John HOLT has been quite sick.
Finis CARLTON has contracted to clear some land for Davie
    RICHIE on the tract Mr. RICHIE recently bought of Sam
    SMITHSON.
J. B. HOLT was here a few days ago from Ebridge.
Horace MITCHELL is going to move near Greenfield on
    Oscar ELAMís farm.
The parson R. H. GALEY bought his first clock last Saturday.
    He has been married about thirteen years and is one of our
    most prominent men.

Peckís Pickings Column  
John NEAL came down some time ago to visit his brother near
    Concord Church and contracted pneumonia. He died Thursday
    night. His remains were carried home and buried. Johnís father
    came down to see him and also contracted pneumonia and had
    to be carried home.
Frank HALL went down to the Mill during all this bad weather.
Mrs. W. H. POPE is real sick at present.
It is rumored that Jim SMITH of Bradford is going to buy out our
    hustling store keeper Mr. Henry FRANK.
Monroe COCHRAN has been employed by the government as
    our mail clerk.
T. M. GALEY has a very sick child.

>From Martin Column  
As soon as the snow and ice is off, there will be a broad concrete
    walk laid from the east to west end of town.
Mrs. ELLIS, 65, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
    CRUTCHFIELD,  near Meda, last Saturday and was buried
    Sunday at Emmamís cemetery.
Eugene HUTCHERSON has a new boy at his house. Eugene has
    been a cripple most of his life, but has almost ceased to limp
    at all.
Mr Calvin CRAIG has sold his barber shop to Sam FREEMAN
    and is now  prospecting up the road towards Nashville.
Mr. A. F. HOGAN, of Waverly, bought about 100 head of cattle
    here leaving checks of about $2,000.  Messrs. Woods and
    Gardner have paid out over $15,000 for hogs since Christmas.
The city of Martin is arranging to improve our electric light system.
    This will be one of the best lighted towns in the country with the
    exception of Dresden which has been brilliantly lighted for some
    time.

End of Abstracts for February 17, 1905.

The microfilm being abstracted skips from the February 17, 1905
issue to the September 1, 1905 issue and then to March 9, 1906.