A brief mention of Carrier Oklahoma.
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Subject: [TNWEAKLE] News 3-23-1906 Part 2
Part 2 of the Abstracts for:
Friday, March 23, 1906 THE DRESDEN ENTERPRISE
Dresden, Tennessee
Up- To-Date Doings Column -
J. T. BURTON has been very ill of la grippe and is no better.
Joe SHELL is putting up a large tobacco barn.
J. R. McCLUREs little boy has had a very bad spell of pneumonia.
Mr. J. Y. CRAWFORD of Mayfield, Ky., a former resident
of the 6th, has died.
Monroe S. CAMPBELL says he has the oldest cat in his district
(Sharon) or in the county, being sixteen years old next May
and minus both ears, caused by getting them frozen.
Esq. W. J. BRITE and Pone WEBB got up steam and pulled
their big thresher engine out for the purpose of trying out a
new idea - steaming the ground in place rather then burning
wood for plant beds.
The debating society at WEBBs schoolhouse -
Resolved that the printing press has been a greater benefit
than the steam power in the U. S. Speakers affirmative:
Allen WYNINGER, Tolbert BRADY, Boyd POWELL,
Tom SHOBE and Plead BURTON.
Negative: W. H. BARTON, Collier WIGGINS,
Brook WEBB, Curtis STUBBLEFIELD, Henry
STEPHENSON.
Mrs. Lou WALKER, suffering from kidney trouble, is better.
John KILLEBREW tells me his grandfather, William
KILLEBREW, known as Piney Bill, was the father of
twenty one boys by his first wife, and six girls and one boy
by his last wife, making a total of twenty eight children.
Piney Bill was born in the year 1818 and died May 18,
1905.
The suit between W. G. McWHERTER and H. A. COLEMAN
was called in Esq. J. M, BUCKLEYs court at Palmersville
last Saturday and was remanded to the Grand Jury. The suit
is a dispute over an old house on McWHERTERs place
which Coleman claimed was sold to him before
McWHERTER bought his place.
District No. 33 Column -
Mrs. SPENCE is sick.
Little Garrett GOOLSBY has bad pneumonia.
R. H. DUNN now has a full stock of dry goods.
Miss Edith MITCHELL and Mr. CHANDLER were married
by Rev. Tom CARLTON last Wednesday evening.
Little Tommie SAWYERS is sick.
Dr. G. I. BAXTER has been confined to his bed this week.
Rural mail carrier LASATER, one of Greenfields routes is a
down right hustler, having sold $5.75 worth of stamps and
postal cards in one week.
Isham STAFFORD, residing six miles east of Dresdan has been
laid up four to five weeks with rheumatism. He is taking the
famous x-ray treatments here.
Mr. J. N CHILDRESS who for the past several years has
resided in Old Mexico has left there and settled in McNab,
Arkansas.
Col. L. E. HOLLADAY has pneumonia.
Miss Mary HICKS, an invalid many years passed to her reward
Tuesday night.
Dr. J. B. FINCH has purchased the KING old place south of
the railroad.
V. S. VANCLEVE, about forty years of age died at his home
east of Dresden Tuesday night of pneumonia.
Walter BELL has located at Carrier, Oklahoma and a letter says:
Tell Bill Mayo, Bump IRVINE , Joe LLOYD, et als, that their
city lots are still here - if you can find them. This is fine land
but,
honestly speaking, I am afraid Carrier will never amount to
anything. Would advise those with lots here either to pay taxes
or sell for shat they can get.
John WEBB and wife residing the No. 23 are rejoicing over the
arrival of a fine boy at their home last Friday night.
Ab TUCK, aged about 50, a very substantial citizen of No. 25 is
at the point of death from consumption.
Mr. John OLIVE has resigned as marshal of Dresden. There are
three announced candidates Messrs. Jom TAYLOR, J. P.
GIBBS, and George MONTGOMERY.
STRAYED - One gray mare about twelve years old.
William GALLIMORE
Old Aunt Lucinda GREEN, mother of Jack GREEN died at the
latters home south of town Monday morning after a brief illness.
Death due to old age, she being seventy two years old at the
time of death.
Rumor has it that old Uncle Dick ETHERIDGE will move to town
and has rented the DOWD place on Depot Street. He has sold
his place to Uncle Jack LITTLE who will move to same at once.
Mr. A. ROWE who recently came here from Iowa and settled on
the Dresden-Sharon road has contracted with Ed STACKS for
erection of a fine dwelling place on his farm, costing $1,100.
Mr. Frank MILLER, a very prominent well-to-do young farmer of
No. 12 and Miss Dovie BRIDGES of the same district, were
married one day last week, Rev. J. C. RUDD officiating.
Word reached here that Eddie Lee JOINER, an orphan, who
was sent to the Industrial School of Nashville was shot and
fatally wounded there Sunday. The rifle was carelessly left
by one of the instructors where the boys could get it.
Esq. Will HOUSE, young magistrate of No. 20 tells us that
Oak Hill Methodist Church in his district will soon undergo
needed repairs of a new roof, new paint and so on. $200.
will be spent.
Mr. J. Y. CRAWFORD died following his being injured by
a train in Mayfield last Thursday night and his body shipped
for interment near his former home near Como. He was a
brother to Esq. C. O. CRAWFORD of No. 6.
Judge W. H. SWIGGART of Union City was here this week
on business.
Abstracts from March 23, 1906 to be continued.......
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