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1907 June 7th, 14th and 21st

Friday, June 6, 1907

One day last week, Mrs. Sarah SHARPE and daughter, Mrs. COSKIEN, of Springfield, Ill, came to Weakley County to see her sister, Mrs. Joe TUTOR, residing near Martin, and Mrs. Catherine PASCHALL, widow of the late N. W. PASCHALL. Mrs. PASCHALL reared Mrs. SHARPE’s sister, but she had not seen her sister or Mrs. PASCHALL for forty seven years and it was through the efforts of Miss Florence PASHALL, who saw mention made of Mrs. TUTOR in the Enterprise, that the reunion was effected. Miss Florence gives us the following data concerning the separation and the reunion of the sisters:
About fifty years ago, a family by the name of DRAKE moved from Middle Tennessee to Hickman, Ky. Joe DRAKE had married in Middle Tennessee, a widow, Mrs. VANCE, with four small children. They lived after moving to Hickman in a house boat and the husband was overseer of a crew of timber men who worked on an island in the Mississippi, near Hickman, called Wolf Island. Those who worked on this island or in house boats kept their cattle on the island and as there was only one place which did not overflow, all the cattle had to be driven together and it was during an overflow that there arose some trouble about the cattle between a man named DAVIS, who lived on the island, and DRAKE; DAVIS shot and killed DRAKE, DAVIS crossing the river in Missouri and escaping was never caught.
The mother lived only a few months after her husband’s death and the children were taken by strangers with the exception of the little half sister, Josephine DRAKE, who was taken by her uncle, Patton DRAKE, who had come to Dresden some years previous to his brother, and who was my grandfather. Paralee VANCE, the other girl, was taken by a Mr. (unreadable) and family, who lived in Kentucky. Sarah VANCE by Dr. (unreadable) and family, who moved who moved immediately to Springfield, Illinois and the boys, William and David, by strangers, whose names could not be learned. So by this means the children lost trace of one another entirely. This was forty seven years ago.
Last June, Mr. and Mrs. R. N. NEELEY, of Fulton, Ky., attended the state fair in Springfield, Illinois and chanced to meet a Mrs. SHARPE, who later was found to be Sarah VANCE.
Mrs. SHARPE, finding Mrs. NEELY lived near Dresden, she inquired for Josephine DRAKE, remembering she was taken by relatives and thinking she might find some trace of her. Mrs. SHARPE did not remember who had taken her own sister, as they were strangers, but thought, perhaps, she might find Josephine. Mrs. Neely could give no information then, but promised to help Mrs. SHARPE, as she seemed very anxious to find her relatives. Mrs. NEELY, after coming home, wrote Mrs. Matt HOUSE, a cousin of hers, to inquire for Josephine DRAKE. Mrs. HOUSE’s husband, having found my mother’s maiden name to have been DRAKE, sent the letter to her, and as Josephine DRAKE was an own cousin of my mother’s, I wrote Mrs. NEELY all my mother knew concerning Josephine, who had married, and lived at Union City for a while, but left there and had since died near Memphis sixteen years ago. But my mother had known Paralee, the older sister, she having married Joe TUTOR, of near Martin, but had never known anything of the younger sister, Sarah. Thinking Mrs. TUTOR dead , through a news item in the Enterprise, I found Will TUTOR, to whom I wrote, and found Mrs. TUTOR still living. I then wrote each sister sending addresses, and put them in correspondence with each other and later received letters of thanks in the same mail from each sister. The brothers can not be traced. They were supposed to have been killed in the war, but Mrs. SHARPE and daughter, Mrs. COSKIEN, have visited Mrs. SHARPE’s sister, Mrs. TUTOR, thus the sisters, after having been lost to each other for forty seven years, have been reunited.
Mrs. SHARPE and daughter left for Jamestown, Va., last Monday to spend a few days at the exposition.

Commencement Week
This has been commencement week at Cobb and Nichols Training School and each evening’s exercises has been witnessed by an overflowing house, even all standing room being taken. The town is full of visitors and friends of the school, and is has been a memorable for Dresden, such as was never witnessed here.

Hinkledale News Column
Mrs. Lafon is better.
Mrs. Louise COLEMAN, of No. 19 is not expected to get well.
Mrs. Maggie ADEN has been on the sick list for several days.
Mr.. John LOONEY came very near getting killed several days ago while sawing timber.
Holcomb, the two year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Tom BAKER, died Sunday morning and was buried at Concord Monday.
Mrs. Ed WARD, the mail carrier’s wife is very sick with congestion. Dr. WRIGHT, of Huntingdon, and Dr. Harry ALEXANDER, of McKenzie, are attending her.

Mr. L. D. DODDS is running for the office of County Trustee.
Mr. H. L. (Bud) TURNER is running for the office of county tax assessor.

Public Wells Column
Leonard ADAMS is very sick with bilious fever.
Robert TREVATHAN is very sick again.
Heber FINCH is bad off with the mumps; also Mr. PATTERSON’s boys.
L. W. TRAVIS has gone to the reunion and will travel in the interest of his water gate.
Mrs. Ellen MILES had new potatoes the first week in May.
Prof. J. A. MILES is going to teach the school here and Arthur McGEHEE and Miss Maggie MILES at Eastern Academy.

Tumbling Creek Column
Mr. Sam TODD has been sick for a week or more.
Pearl BELL has been on the puny list a week or two.

District 19 Column
Mr. Tinker BROWN is dangerously ill at this writing.
Mr. Edgar HARRISON and wife attended the Jamestown exposition last week.
Me. Ben SIMMONS bought ninety acres of land, the home place of Mr. Buck ROGERS, paying $50 per acre.
Mrs. W. A. LACKEY gave the little children a strawberry supper last Tuesday afternoon.
Excitement was very high in our midst last week on account of a mad dog passing through which bit several dogs, which I know to be a fact. Also some stock and geese were bitten. He was here a day and a night before being killed. It was first thought that he bit two of Charlie PUGH’s children, but the children were only frightened by it.

Uba Utterings Column
Dr. SAWYERS is contemplating a trip to Memphis next week.
The annual singing, conducted by Prof. JOLLEY, will be held here next Sunday.

News From No. 12 Column
Mr. Jack TURNER got badly kicked by a horse the latter part of last week.
Mrs. Martha PERKINS is at her son’s (Dan) near Christmasville and is in quite feeble health, caused by nervous prostration.
Prof. J. T. SIMPSON is now teaching his second singing school at Union Grove.
On last Sunday, three lonely widowers congregated at Mrs. Ellen DILLINGER’s. I presume to sing their sad, sad songs of loneliness. But if one of the callers didn’t hear the death knell ere he departed, we are no judge of such matters.
Mr. Paul CREWS, a former citizen of this district, and brother of Rev. R. B. CREWS, died a couple of weeks ago at his home, near Barlow City, Ky. This will indeed be sad news to many of Mr. CREWS’ old friends.
Those on the sick list are: Mr. Jerry FINCH, chilling; Mr. Ed LEVER, fever; Mr. J. W. ADAMS, flux; Mrs. Maude GARDNER, a bad case of flux. Three little children of Mr. Tom BAKER, near Hinkledale, are quite sick with flux, congestion, one of the little fellows died the latter part of last week.
On last Thursday morning, about 6 o’clock, the little spirit of Raymon BERRYHILL took its flight back to the God that gave it. His body was interred at New Hope church late Thursday evening. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. Thorn. Ramon was the youngest son of Dr. A. D. BERRYHILL, a sweet smiling faced little boy. It was so hard for papa and mama to have to kiss the little boy, the darling of their hearts goodbye for ever on earth.

Corinth and New Salem Column
Mrs. John BROOKS is not any better and it is feared that fever is setting up.
The young people of this neighborhood were royally entertained at the home of Mr. Martin WARREN last Friday night.
Mrs. Pearl MADRID has accepted a position with the Bemis Cotton Mill and left immediately to take up the work.
We very respectfully invite Mr. Clem PARSLEY to come over again and help us out in our tenor singing. Clem has a voice like a mocking bird.

Route No. 4 McKenzie Column
Mrs. Jennie McDONALD is very sick.
Raymond, the little son of Dr. and Mrs. A. D. BERRYHILL, aged ten months, quietly fell asleep in Jesus May 20. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. W. M. THORN at New Hope.
Obituary
The infant babe of Mr. and Mrs. John SHAPHER died Saturday and was buried Sunday at the Travis Graveyard. Weep not for the little angel. Followed by a poem,
                   Written by Sarah ARNOLD.

Cody Cletis, the beloved little son of James L. and Lola M. CUNNINGHAM, was born September 7, 1900 and died May 27, 1907.
Cody was a sweet little darling and was loved by all who knew him, but we know while earth is made poorer, heaven was made richer; he bedded on earth to bloom in heaven. Funeral services were conducted at Oak Hill Tuesday evening at 5 o’clock by our pastor, Brother JONES, who reached a short but appropriate and strengthening sermon, to the parents and relatives. After the funeral the little form was laid to rest in the Oak Hill cemetery.              Written by his loving aunt, Mrs. Chas. HYNDS

The citizens of this community are at last awakening to the vast profits derived from the culture of strawberries and are putting out a few more acres. Messrs. John and Jim ROFFE and Rufe FREEMAN this week put out several acres. Now let others follow suit, for if we can get sufficient to ship in car lots, the transportation rate will be much less than if shipped in smaller quantities.
The friends of Adolphus TAYLOR, son of T. M. TAYLOR, of Cottage Grove, are very uneasy over the absence of the young man, who left Midlothian, Texas, May 5 for his home and since have not been seen by any of his relatives. The young man was sick and despondent when he left the Texas town and intended to take a train at Dallas for his Tennessee home. He is described as about five feet six inches in height, weight about 150 pounds, dark hair, somewhat bald, light brown eyes, smooth face and flat nose. He was of good morals and retiring disposition. His father is so uneasy at his disappearance that he has offered a reward for some information about his son.
Little Misses Anna FULTON and Irene OVERTON are visiting their grandmother, Mrs. John BRAGG.
Next Sunday afternoon the Woodmen will meet at Walker’s Chapel, three miles north of Dresden, and decorate the grave of Comrade Fletcher THOMAS, this being the regular W. O. W. decoration day.
Mrs. Eliza BOWLIN died at the home of her son, John, in Martin Tuesday night at 11 o’clock, after a very brief illness. She was attacked with a paralytic stroke Tuesday, from which she never rallied. Mrs. BOWLIN was the mother of Mrs. G. I. BAXTER, of Dresden.
The last session of the Quarterly Court appointed Messrs. Jesse DUDLEY, R. C, WHARTON, L. A. WINSTEAD, J. M. BUCKLEY and Geo. S. BOYD a committee to lay the county off into five scholastic districts with instructions to make report here the first Monday in June.

Hall’s Branch Budget Column
One of Mr. Ed GILLIAM’s children has been right sick.
Master Joe, son of William SUDDUTH is having trouble cutting teeth; he being quite sick.
Mrs. Lon, wife of John P OLIVER, has been right sick, but is better at this writing.
Messrs. Harve and Sig MADDOX, who have been in school at Dickson, are spending vacation here with homefolk.
J. M. LOCKHART, Siloam, was a welcome guest of his mother and brothers, Mrs. E. A. LOCKHART and sons, Sunday night.
Mrs. Sallie SUDDATH , mother of Messrs. Will and Robert SUDDATH, who is making her home with her home with her daughter, Mrs. W. R.HAWKS, near Gleason, is real sick with congestion of the liver. Dr. W. W. MCBRIDE, of Gleason, is the attending physician. Her son, Robert, has been at her bedside since arriving from Lebanon. Robert and his family arrived at Gleason Thursday afternoon of last week and will spend a part of his vacation with relatives and friends here. They will spend about twenty days, then return to Lebanon, where Mr. SUDDATH will take a special lecture course. As a student, Robert has made a splendid showing since entering the Lebanon law school in spite of his eyes giving him so much trouble.

Latham Items Column
George FRANCIS, on last Wednesday, while plowing on E. E. PRICE’s farm, plowed up a pistol and seven Minnie balls supposed to have been left there during the civil war.
On last Thursday, the death angel visited the home of Mr. Dave BRUNDIGE and claimed for its victim his aged mother, Mrs. Elizabeth. She was laid to rest Friday at New Hope. She leaves one sister (son?), one daughter, three sisters and a host of relatives and friends.

Pillowville Column
I learn it is all “bash” about Oscar TAYLOR’s stock having glanders.
C. E. MAYNARD returned home from Martin last Saturday where he has been going to school.
Mr. Albert MONTGOMERY has been attending the old soldiers reunion at Richmond Va. the past week.
Bob WHITE, while trying to ride a young mule last Sunday, was thrown violently to the ground, but fortunately he escaped unhurt.
I understand that John LEWIS, F. H. SCATES, and Tom GROOMS have taken the road contract from the Pence Springs on through Greenfield, receiving $900 for the same.

Dukedom Doings Column
Mr. Grant BYNUM’s horse, which he left hitched to his buggy, became frightened, broke loose and ran into a wire fence tearing loose from fence ran down the road and completely demolished the buggy.
Mr. Cook HARRIS and family, who reside two miles north of Austin Springs, have the profoundest sympathy of the entire community in the death of their little child. The little one was over a year old and had been a sufferer most of its life, and was the pet of the family. Interment took place at the Pinegar graveyard Wednesday.

Jonesboro Jots Column
Col. R. B. PERRY tells me that the people are wanting honey from all directions and he, of course, can’t supply all the demand.
Col. S. A. SMITHSON had a mule to mire down in his field recently. It stayed for a day and night and was in bad shape when pulled out.
I understand that Fount SCATES has the roads of No. 9 to work. I am told that he gets $900 and the hands. Fount has bought two yoke of oxen, which I suppose he will use.
The mill at Mineral Springs had to shut down for lack of water. They are putting down a well.
Mrs. John DUNLAP is our champion turkey raiser. She has twenty two very large spring turkeys, has lost several from some rats catching them, has thirty one eggs setting and has sold quite a lot of eggs. She has only three turkey hens.

Gardner Gems Column
Mr. John BUSHART has a bad case of the mumps.
The little daughter of Brother BELL has been sick but is able to be up.
The funeral services of Mrs. HOUSE, who died last fall, will be preached the fourth Sunday this month at the M. E. Church.
The death angel visited the home of Mr. Oscar INNESS and took the precious little daughter, their only child. The remains were laid to rest in Gardner cemetery, followed by a large concourse of sorrowing relatives and sympathizing friends.
Mr. Walter Gardner and wife were very much frightened last week. Their little boy was out in the field and went to the house very sick and his face badly swollen. They thought he had gotten snake bit so phoned Dr. YOUNG and in a short time and in a short time he became so spotted and swollen, they called him to hurry. When the doctor arrived, he found that the little fellow had a good case of nettle rash. Of course they were very much relieved.

Cloverdale News Column
Mr. Jim TATE is still very puny.
Mrs. Mary TATE is suffering very much from rheumatism of head and teeth.
Mrs. Johnnie BROOKS is very sick, she is thought to be taking fever.
Mr. Ben SIMMONS has come back to old sunny Tennessee and has bought out Mr. Buck ROBERTS, of No. 19.
Mrs. Lizzie TAYLOR, down some time with bone rheumatism, is improving.

Route No. 5 Fulton Column
Mrs. S. J. MORROW, of Anson Texas, is visiting relatives in No. 13.
Mrs. H. N. FINCH, after a pleasant visit to her son in Jackson, returned home.
Leon, the little son of Esq. Almus GOLDEN, has developed a first class case of measles.
J. Frank SMITHERMON is putting in a rural telephone.
Mrs. TAYLOR has put a nice stone curbing around the grave of her husband, the late J. L. TAYLOR, in the Mt. Moriah churchyard.
Travis, the eldest son of J. H. FARABAUGH, had the misfortune to stick one tine of a hay fork in his foot a few days ago, inflicting a painful wound.
Last Monday, W. C. SMITH, the invincible owner widower of No. 5, rigged up his surrey and drove down near Crutchfield where he was joined by Mrs. APPIWELL, and drove to Fulton, where they were united in marriage by J. T. FUTRELL, the noted marrying squire. They then drove to the home of the groom, near Uncle Harris BROOKS farm, where, an elaborate shiveree was given them Monday night.

Hopewell News Column
Mr. Robert ROWLETT is all smiles, it’s a boy.
Mrs. Mat LACKEY gave the little children a nice strawberry supper Tuesday afternoon.
The young people enjoyed a nice strawberry supper at Wm LACKEY’s Thursday night.
Hyndsver Hits Column
Miss Ollie HARRIS is thought to be taking measles.
Mr. Pet CUNNINGHAM left for his far western home.
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. G. E. CARLTON, a fine bouncing boy.
Mrs. Effie BOWERS has been on the sick list for several days.
Little Tommy CARLTON has been suffering with toothache for the past week.
Mr. Charley BOWERS has purchased the Gardner Place, near Hyndsver since my last.

Northern Part of No. 2 Column
Mr. and Mrs. Luther DUKE are the proud parents of a ten pound girl.
Mr. Dee HESTER is building some new rooms at the back of his house.
Miss Jessie HENDERSON, Mrs. Birdie RYAN, and Miss Jessie HENDERSON have been having chills.
Lawrence LANIER, of Mineral Springs, Ark., is here on a visit to his father, L. W. LANIER, and other friends and relatives.
There have been barn raisings at Harry RYAN’s, Pig ATKINSON’s and Wm. BULLINGTON’s. There was also a quilting and singing at Harry RYAN’s.
Mrs. L. W. LANIER visited her sister, Mrs. Bud MOSS at Bolivar last Sunday and says she is well and is expecting her home in a few days. She will make her home at Mrs. LANIER’s for the present.
Uncle Lue LANIER says he has four fine colts, two mules and two horses. So if you want any stock, go see him.
The oldest woman in Tennessee was in Martin Saturday, She is an old negro woman named Sallie SHADD, and claims that she is 113 years old, though some gentleman who was here at the time says she is 105. She lives near Gardner and was brought to Martin by one of her relatives.

Ruthville News Column
Mrs. Nola SPENCE is very sick with measles.
Mrs. Joe REEED and daughter, Miss Maggie, are right sick with the measles.
Born and died on last Saturday, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Jim SPENCE.
Last Tuesday morning Master Donnie GROGAN, attempting to throw at a dog, struck his
arm against an open knife which his father held, and got a very bad gash and severing an artery. Dr. SAWYER was called and dressed the wound.

Route 2 Column
Mr. Rob TREVATHAM is in very bad health.
Mrs. Dolphus PEERY is better.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy WRIGHT have a girl at their house.
Mrs. Carrie STALCUP left last Saturday for her new home in DICKSON.

DRESDEN ENTERPRISE and Sharon Tribune

Friday, June 21, 1907

Ed L. HOUSE Assigned
Ed L. HOUSE, one of the biggest dry goods merchants in Martin, in fact, in West Tennessee, assigned Tuesday at noon, naming Hon. G. E. BOWDEN, of Martin, as Trustee. He conveys in trust his stock of goods, located on the east side of Martin, also his notes and accounts, all estimated as being worth about $30,000. His liabilities are about $25,000. Poor collections and crop prospects are given as the cause of the failure.

Card Thanks
We the session and Sunday School of Meridian Cumberland Presbyterian Church, want to thank Bro. Z. W. GROOMS and wife for the nice carpet they have given to the church. We as a church and Sunday school feel that they have not forgotten our church and people. We hope to see you all again soon on this sacred old hill of your old home church. We have always found Brother GROOMS an open hearted charitable man, ready to give of his money to a charitable cause. May the Lord ever bless and prosper him.
                       W. H. CURLEE, J. P. STROUD, Committee

Death of a Good Woman
Mrs. Nola SPENCE, wife of J. J. SPENCE, and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Wheelis passed from this life on last Friday, June 14, about noon, and was buried at New (?) graveyard on Saturday. Her funeral was preached by Rev. Stewart, pastor of that church. Her infant baby boy preceded her by two weeks.
Mrs. SPENCE was barely nineteen years of age (most of this paragraph was torn off the bottom right side of the paper.)
Her death was caused from measles, and also by heart disease, from which she has been suffering several months. All through her last illness, which lasted two weeks, she bore her sufferings with great patience, never murmuring, but seeming to think it the will of God. She left a father, mother, three brothers and a sister, her husband and a little two year old boy, who just now needs so much a mother’s love and care.

Route No. 5 Fulton Column
Miss Anna FERNSTRONG, after several weeks’ visit to her grandmother, has returned to her home in Greenfield.
J. M. MILAM, living on the Fulton and Dresden road, has a two year old mare that has a young colt.
J. T. ROBERTS had two severe chills the latter part of last week, one of them lasting eight hours.
Albert and Miss Helen MADDOX, of Union City, visited the family of J. F. ROBERTS a few days ago.

Mrs. Boyd JOHNS presented her husband twin boys, each weighing seven and one half pounds. One of them died the same day and was buried at Mt. Moriah the next day.
J. F. MELTON has a brand new surrey and harness. We rarely ever see a man forge to the front as fast as this young man is doing. That new wife is certainly combing out some of the kinks.
Tom CASHON, aged fifty two, and Miss NELSON, aged seventeen, drove to Dresden last week, procured license and were united in marriage. This is Mr. CASHON’s third venture upon the matrimonial sea.
Last Sunday at 111 a. m. Luther SLAUGHTER, of No. 13, and Miss Bertie KINSEY, of the Palmersville vicinity, drove to Esq. Almus GOLDEN’s where they were united in marriage by said squire in his usual graceful style, in the presence of a few friends.

District No. 19 Column
There was an old folk’s party at Mr. Davy LEE’s last Friday night, music furnished by Messrs. PATE and Tillman LACKEY.
A dog, belonging to Mr. Adkins GARDNER, and which was bitten by a mad dog three weeks ago, went mad last week. Another dog and some geese bitten by the same dog, have since died. Mr. Gardner tied his dog up Tuesday and kept him till Thursday, just to see how a mad dog would act, but saw enough by Thursday and shot the dog.
Mr. Frank BELL’s boy, and another boy, en route to Beech Grove came upon the first bridge west of B. C. DENT’s; the horse’s hind foot went through the bridge, his head and shoulders hanging off the edge of the bridge and the buggy on the horse. The horse is badly damaged and the buggy and harness torn up. The boys escaped injury.

Tumbling Creek Column
Mr. Sam TODD lost a very fine horse last week that would have sold for $150 or $200.
Will McCAIN’s baby has been dangerously sick of flux for several days, but is better.
Pink DENNING has a boy who has been quite sick for a week with fever.
J. B. FELTS will lecture at East Grove Saturday night.
Mrs. J. A. FELTS, wife of Drew FELTS, deceased, fell from the doorstep at J. C. HOGGARDS and dislocated her hip. Drs. Elvin and Ned GOLDSBY were called to reset the joint. She is getting along as well as can be expected considering her advanced age.
The horse of Jessie PAGE became frightened on last Sunday evening and began kicking. He kicked Jessie on the leg, breaking it in several ways. The attending physician reset his leg after taking out several pieces of bone. Later… Drs. BANDY, MCBRIDE and JETER are to meet this (Tuesday) morning and amputate the leg.

Latham Items Column
Mr. Tolbert FRANCIS and Mr. Green HAWKS left Friday for Madisonville, Tenn., to be gone four weeks or more.
Miss Cora BRUNDRIDGE is very low at this writing.
Mr. and Mrs. Gus RAY are the proud parents of a boy, born Sunday.
Little Emma HAWKS has been puny for the past few days.
Mr. Lum CARR’s baby has been sick with congestion and flux.
There was a singing at New Hope Sunday evening, quite a crowd attended, among them were some who had too much whiskey and as the crowd was leaving one of the drunken rowdies’ horse took fright, ran away, completely demolishing the buggy.
Mrs. Bill BUNDRIDGE happened to an accident Sunday morning which came near proving fatal. She struck her face against a shelf just below the eye and came very near putting her eye out.

Pillowville Column
The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Sam TAYLOR has been quite sick the past week.
Mrs. Ella DUNLAP, confined to her bed for five months, is able to be up again.
The infant babe of Mr. Robert McCALEB died last Saturday and the remains were laid to rest in the Mt. Zion cemetery.
Sidney DECK has a very peculiar disease which puzzled most of the doctors, but some of the old doctors, pronounced it enlargement of the feet.
Dr. A. D. BERRYHILL has been quite sick for the past week.
I am informed that Jessie CUTLER has gone into the stock business.
Mr. Albert MONTGOMERY returned home last Wednesday from the old soldiers’ reunion at Richmond, Va., and he also made a brief visit with relatives at Charlotte, N. C.
Nellie DECK, the little daughter of Mrs. Minnie DECK, came home from Knoxville last Wednesday where she has been attending the deaf and dumb school.
Mrs. Maggie MONTGOMERY is planning a trip to St. Louis to visit her son, Mr. Otis CAPPS.
Mr. T. C. GROOMS, our hustling road contractor, has begun actual labor on his part of the road after a severe spell of dropsy. Tom can be heard all hours of the night, yelling “whoa, Buck.”
C. A. BURK, one of our enterprising men who took a wild goose chase over about Gibson County returned home last Saturday and will be permanently located at Pillowville.

Route No. 2 Martin Column
Mr. and Mrs. Roe CRUTCHFIELD have come back from the springs. It seemed to help Mrs. CRUTCHFIELD some, but it did not seem to help Mr. CRUTCHFIELD any; he was right sick while gone.
While Mrs. Ada BROCK was out making her turkey pen, she drove a nail in her knee and is suffering a great deal with it.
Mr. Claud ROWLETT has 109 little turkeys.
Miss Onie STAULCUP has gone this week to stay with Mrs. Lula STAULCUP, as her health is not good.
Mr. John O. VINCENT, was down in this part last week and put up the tombstone on Mrs. Mollie GARDNER’s grave and spent the night with Mr. STAULCUP.
Mr.. Will MOORE has lost one of his horses and the other one is sick, they think it will die. The doctor thinks it was drinking water that was low in the pond and full of tadpoles.

Public Wells Column
Jack GARNER had some tobacco sold last week at eleven cents.
Mr. HAMM gave the young people a singing last Sunday night.
The material for another room at Adam’s academy is on the ground. The room is to be completed by school time.
Mrs. Lula ADAMS celebrated her birthday last Sunday by giving a dinner to her own and her husband’s kindred.

Cowhided Man will Sue
Fulton Ky., June 19 Attorney R. L. SMITH, of Clinton, was here today and left for Holley Arkansas where he goes to consult with Rev. Frank Morton HAWLEY, the young Presbyterian minister who was cowhided in this city several nights ago. It is said that HAWLEY will bring suit for $50,000 against the parties who participated in the whipping, and that is why SMITH is now in consultation with the young preacher.

Gleason and No. 23 District Column
Miss Tommie WHITE was called over the phone Saturday from Greenfield, the message stating that her sister, Mrs. Mollie KNIGHT was very sick. Miss Tommie and Herman WELDON left at once for her bedside.
Robert McCALEB’s little baby died last week. It will be remembered that his wife died some time ago. The little one has gone to meet its sainted mother in heaven.
Mrs. George TURNER was called over the phone to the bedside of her father, who is very sick.
Bud WILKINS has added an extension to his livery stable in Gleason. Green TREVATHAN has installed a shingle mill in with his mill, and Walter GIVENS has built a nice cottage in north Gleason. Charlie RONEY is preparing to build a nice residence.
Esq. C. W. TREVATHAN is having his house painted; it certainly adds much to its looks.
I was misinformed in regard to the letting out of the roads in No. 23. Mr. DOHERTY gets the majority of the roads and has commenced to work them.
Herman WELDON and Pleas BYNUM were out driving last week and their horse ran away, completely demolishing the buggy. The boys jumped from the vehicle and escaped injury.
Felix CRAVENS has a very sick baby at this writing with flux; his wife’s hand, which has been exceedingly inflamed, is better.
Mrs. Sallie SUDDOTH, who is very sick at the home of W. R. HAWKS, is no better.
There is some dice shooting going on at Hopewell church by somebody. They broke down one of the doors to get in a few nights ago. Shame! Shame on such conduct! There is an old buck that comes from somewhere that is leading this shameful act. There are some with eyes as keen as an eagle’s who are determined to put a stop to this business. They say they don’t know who the gamblers are, but have their weather eye on one old buck.

Sharon and Vicinity Column
Misses Nina and Douglass ADAMS, of Martin, visited here Sunday.
Uncle Jack COLE, who lives two miles east of town, is reported quite ill.
Denny TAYLOR, who has run out of Nashville as mail clerk is at home on a vacation.
Vester CRIDER, who has a run on the L. & N., from Memphis to Nashville, is home sick.
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. ROBERTS are proud of the birth of a little girl at their home.
We desire to express our gratitude to our friends who were so kind and attentive to us during the illness and death of Mrs. Celia PEACE, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jas. L. DUKE last week. Written by the family.
One of Mr. and Mrs. G. D. CAPPS’ little babies has been quite sick this week but is better now.
Luke BAILEY, mail clerk on the Tennessee Central Railroad, with headquarters at Monterey, is at home this week.
Messrs. J. L. HOLBROOK, E. P. BOYD, Talbert Lewis and John ACREE, Jr. were visitors in our city this week.
M.F. SWEARINGEN is confined to his bed this week with flux, which prevents him from his mail run on the I. C. railroad as mail clerk.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam FULLER are as happy as anyone can be, for they have a little blue eyed miss at their home, born last Wednesday.
Joe F. PITTS, the noted singer, is with Aydelott’s show; they will be in Sharon July 1st. Joe’s friends congratulate him as well as Aydelott.
E. P. DURHAM, who has been in a veterinary school at Colombus, Ohio, for the past year, is at home
Chas. POINTER, accompanied by Dr. H. B. STEPHENS and G. C. CROOK went to Jackson Sunday and had an operation performed on his right eye.
T. A. NOONER, who has been teaching in Rock Hill, W. Va., arrived home last Saturday and has accepted a position with the Sharon Drug Company.
Mr. Jake SWIFT of Decaturville, is here with a view of locating, provided he can get employment enough to justify him to do so. Mr. SWIFT is a fine musician and the members of the band are putting forth every effort to secure a good position for him.

Northern Part of No. 8 Colum
Mr. and Mrs. Sam FULLER are the proud parents of a fine girl.

Asleep in Jesus
William Albert HODGES was born November 27, 1859, died June 9, 1907; age forty seven years, six months and thirteen days; professed religion at the age of twenty seven years and joined the C. P. church at Mt. Zion, in which he remained a consistent member until death. He leaves a companion, two children, an aged father, two brothers and five sisters, a host of relatives and friends to mourn his death. Uncle Will had been in bad health for some time with that dreadful disease, consumption, and on last Sunday was thought to be so much better, but was taken worse about 10 o’clock Sunday night and lived only a little while. Though we feel deep and sincere sympathy for his bereaved family, yet we cannot recall or replace the dear one with all the sunshine and happiness that sparkled forth in the home, thus made so bright and happy which is now so sad and lonely.
Funeral services were conducted by Bro. Huston FINCH and Rev. CREWS and his remains were tenderly laid to rest at the Green burying ground.
                                                        Written by his niece, Mattie Lee HODGES

Town and County Column
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The little son of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. FERGUSON is quite sick with flux.
Ground was broken for Dennis BRASFIELD’s new brick residence near the depot and will be rushed to completion. Contractor Hubert TAYLOR will superintend the job, which is a guarantee of first class work.
A dog belonging to Mr. Bud LITTLE and supposed to be mad, was killed last Sunday morning. The dog was very irritable all day Saturday, fighting and biting every dog he met, and it was thought best to kill him. It was claimed he bit some ten or twelve dogs during the day.
We spent Monday in Sharon and find the citizens and businessmen of that town well pleased at having the tribune subscription list combined with the list of the Enterprise.

Northern Part of No. 2 Column
Mr. Wm. BULLINGTON commenced to cut wheat Monday.
I see that Mrs. Effie LANIER has ripe peaches and apples.
I learned recently that Mr. Jessie RYAN killed a mad dog under his house the other day.
Will and Bob BRAWNER carried their father to Fulton the other day to be treated for dropsy.
Mrs. RYAN is having her house painted and the new yard fence put up; also is having the house Mr. Jessie RYAN is living in painted.

Corinth and New Salem Column
Mr. and Mrs. Luke BAILEY are the proud parents of a fine boy.
Mr. Jack COLE, one of this country’s oldest father’s is right sick at this writing.
Will FULLER is stepping mighty high over the arrival of a fine girl at her home.
Mr. T. A. NOONER, who has been teaching school in Rock Hill, S. C. for the past ten months, came home on last Friday; he says that he will take up work in Tennessee.
A few nights ago, while eating supper, Mr. C. D. EDWARDS heard a racket in the meat house and his wife hearing the noise told him that a ham fell and for him to get the ham or the rats would ruin it. Mr. EDWARDS finished his meal and went to secure the ham and on his arrival at the meat house door found that a sufficient number of rats were on the ham then for them to have eaten it all in a few minutes – fifteen in number – and they were all full grown rats.

A Loved One Gone
On June 8 the death angel spread its mantle in the home of Mr. and Mrs. G. W. FORD and gently wafted the sweet spirit of their little babe back to the God who gave it. Dear parents, do not grieve not for little (Arvevzena. ??) We know she is at rest. She was born March 28, 1906 and died Jun e 8, 1907; aged one year, two months and eleven days.
                                                              Lula Ford

Town and County Column
The son of Mr. Joe BALDRIDGE, while playing in a buggy, fell out, breaking her arm.
Miss Mary DAVIS, sister of Mr. Oscar ALEXANDER, was taken very ill while attending the Teacher’s Institute at McKenzie last week and came home. She was threatened with an attack of appendicitis, but is improving.
Hillary FREEMAN and Heber MATTHEWS, two of our hustling young men, have established a general produce business in Dresden and will buy all kinds of country produce at top prices, paying cash.
Elsie, the twelve year old daughter of G. W. FOWLER, who resides near Gleason, while out playing fell and it was thought /broke her arm by striking it against a plank. Dr. TATUM, the family physician, dressed the wound and pronounced it not broken, only a bad sprain.
Monday’s Nashville Banner contained the announcement that Mr. Samuel D. COX would be the postmaster at Gleason to succeed Wade PARKS.
Claud MOORE came in from Arkansas last week and is spending his vacation at his father’s home.
Mrs. Jas. D. EDWARDS, formerly the beautiful Miss Josie GARDNER, of this county, will arrive in a few days from Texas with her nieces, Misses Joan GARDNER and Mary Lee GARRETT, to spend the summer at the home of Mrs. Mary GARRETT.
Mr. H. C. CHILES and bride arrived from Itasca, Texas, Monday and are guests of his sister, Mrs. J. B. FINCH. Harah is receiving the congratulations of his friends upon his recent marriage to one the most beautiful and accomplished young ladies of the Lone Star state.
W. C. PENTECOST, one of the foremost and most popular citizens of the Palmersville community, is being spoken of as a suitable man to succeed Gus ATKINS as register of Weakley County.
Mr. J. P. (Dad) GIBBS arrived from Memphis Tuesday night and announced to his friends that he has received the appointment as postmaster at Dresden.
The home of Jack VICKERS, residing about four miles southwest of Dresden, was burned to the ground Tuesday afternoon. The entire family was working in the field when it burned and nothing was saved.
O. B. VINCENT, who has been dangerously ill for the past two months, at his home, has so improved as to be able to walk around the yard. Three doctors have been attending him, an osteopath from Mayfield was finally employed and seemed to have relieved him from the beginning, staying with the patient day and night for a week at a time.
Tuesday morning, Willie GAUFFEE got up at two o’clock, drove from his home to Dresden, a distance of some fifteen miles, procured a marriage license, drove home, stole his bride, went to the home of Esq. Jesse Dudley, where the knot was tied by the ‘squire. The bride is the beautiful and accomplished daughter of Mr. W. H. POPE; she is about eighteen years of age and on account of her youth, her parents objected to her marriage, but, as you know love laughs at locksmiths, and the young people outwitted the parents and are now as happy as two doves.
The case of C. A. HOUGH vs. Russell E. GARDNER over the possession of the Gardner summer home, near town, is attracting considerable attention. It is alleged that the home was rented to HOUGH for this year with the expectation that Mr. GARDNER and family would go to Europe. Later, they changed their mind and gave it out that they expected to return to Dresden, notifying HOUGH to that effect. Hough filed a bill in chancery court enjoining GARDER from interfering with him in possession of the place, and Mr. GARDNER answers the bill, denies many of the allegations therein and moves to dissolve the injunction. The case will be heard at chambers with Judge COOPER at Trenton on next Wednesday.

Ruthville News Column
Mr. Joe REED is right sick at this time.
T. U. RAWLS, our hustling, energetic merchant of Ruthville, is also on the sick list.
J. G. GIBBS is reported a little better.

Halls Branch Budget Column
Mrs. Belle JONES has been right sick the past week, but is improving.
Press CHAPPEL and family of the Sharon vicinity have been with relatives here for the past two weeks and their children have been right sick with pneumonia.
Some forty or fifty of those interested in the West Union cemetery gathered with tools and by five o’clock in the afternoon the graveyard was all nicely cleaned off. At noon, a sumptuous meal was spread under the union shed. This was the first time in several years the cemetery was cleaned.
Mrs. Sallie SUDDDATH, who has been seriously sick at the home of her daughter, Mrs. W. R. HAWKS, near Gleason, for two or three weeks, is now slowly improving.
L. D. OLIVER’s little girl has been right sick with chills.
George JONES is in critical condition at his home in Gleason, his bowels have been locked for several days. I was in error last week saying that Uncle Mose DYER, deceased, had passed the century mark in age, but I find that he was born January 1812 which places his age at about ninety five and five months. Uncle Mose was a man well known and loved by many, was a kindly disposed man, harmed no one but himself. He had a powerful constitution and has underwent much exposure during his stay on earth; once owned a fine farm, which is now in the suburbs of Nashville, but lost it through bad management.

Gardner Gems Column
Charlie KILGORE was in these parts Friday.
The little child of Mr. Walter WHEELING has been very low, but is better.
Alice CRAVENS, who has been attending the school for the blind at Nashville has returned home.
Myrtle Florence and Rudolph FUQUA are at home from Nashville. Little Misss Myrtle received the medal for speaking at the close of school.
Road Commissioner GARDNER let out the contract for Nos. 3 and 14 Friday, Mr. Clint HALL being the contractor.

Jonesboro Jots Column
That venerable old citizen, Mr. Will DUNLAP, tells me that he has made seventy crops and has now begun to take a much needed rest. Mr. DUNLAP doesn’t look a day over sixty.
Next Sunday there will be a big Masonic march over the remains of Mr. Levi STOUT. It is said that he has been a Mason longer than any other man in the county. Bro. Allen FOUST will conduct the funeral service. Mr. John DUNLAP says that there will be the biggest crowd at Meridian on that day than any previous time.
John OVERTON has had considerable trouble over his corn crop. The other Sunday, his hogs knocked a gate down and got in his cornfield, destroying fifteen acres of corn, then a little yellow worm got to eating the bud out of a lot more and he was occupied some days last week planting it over.
Wyatt CRAWLEY is putting up a new fence around part of his farm.
Dr. ELINOR was called to meet Dr. COCHRAN at Ed HORTON’s in Gibson County. Ed’s child is very sick.
Mr. and Mrs. Jim DUNLAP gave the young people a party Saturday night.
I am glad to report that E. J. CANTRELL’s little girl is much better.
Jim WILLIAMS will start a singing school at Dunlap’s or Mineral Springs the tenth of July.
George HORNBUCKLE has a very sick child. It is not expected to live but a few hours.
That old rich batchelor, of No. 16, Scott ROBERTSON has begun to harvest his big crop of hay.

News From No. 12 Column
Mr. Bill SEALS boarded the train in McKenzie, last Tuesday for Wenachee, Wash. His sister had a card from him today stating that he had arrived and was well pleased with the country.
Four hundred and forty five teachers are enrolled at the state institute being held at McKenzie.

Route 4 McKenzie Column
Aunt Adaline WALKER, age seventy three died at her son’s, Mark WALKER, Friday evening. Her remains were laid to rest at Popular Springs Saturday.
Mr. Tom GILBERT is very sick with congestion.
The new phone line is about completed.

Killgore Schoolhouse Column
Mr. Bun NANNEY is sick.
Miss Em CHERRY is very low with flux.
J. G. BAKER’s infant child is very sick with flux.
Mr. Wess CHERRY was taken sick with a chill last week and is still very low. The farmers met one day last week and plowed his corn and finished setting tobacco for him.
Mr. Sol WEBB is adding very much to the looks of his place by having it painted.
There will be an all day singing at Salem the first Sunday in July.
MR. George VOWELL gave the young people a party last Saturday night.
Mrs. Gus MYRICK and son, Charley, of St. Louis are visiting her sister, Mrs. W. C. REA.
Mrs. Ellmore BLAKEMORE, who has been visiting relatives and friends here, left Sunday for her home in Missouri.
Miss Ada ALBRITTON, who attends the deaf and dumb school in Knoxville, returned home last week.

Midway Mutterings Column
Mr. Collie BREWER has a new girl at his home.
Some of our farmers are planting the areas they had intended for tobacco, with corn.
John PILLOW, of Rives, visited his mother, Mrs. J. W. PILLOW, at Fancy, Saturday and Sunday. Mrs. PILLOW is no better.
Alex SMITH, of Tumbling Creek, was through here Tuesday in searching for his cow, which left home last Friday and he thought that maybe she had come back to her old range.

District No. 1 Column
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Mr. Sidney ROBERTS informs us that he has bought out his partners in the mill at Elm Tree, Clay and Clifford MORRIS, paying $3,200 for same. Mr. ROBERTS says he would like to have his old miller, J. J. C. STEPHENSON, back with him now.
The death angel visited the home of Walter MORRIS last week and taken from them a darling little babe. The little one had pneumonia and suffered untold misery before God called it home. The bereaved parents have the sympathy of the entire community.

Cloverdale News Column
Mr. Jesse CROCKETT had his fine horse (one that he had refused $175.00 for) get cut very badly on a barbed wire one day last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam FULLER are rejoicing over the arrival of a brand new girl.
The sick are Jimmy HAMLIN, suffering very much from poison oak; Mrs. Ed SWEARINGEN, with bilious colic; Mr. Andy BETTS, with something like a flux, and Mrs. John BROOKS is reported better.