Little Locals

PROF. ANDERSON closed his school.
J. P. JOHNSON is acting deputy trustee this week.
W. L. NOELL is speaking of building a resident on his lot on Lexington Street.
R. P. HALL and family of this county left for Texas, their future home.

Should our friend LAWHON of the Leader desire the position of coal oil inspector at McKenzie, he should make BOB TAYLOR a present of a span of Texas ponies.

NARCISSUS BUTLER and family have returned from the Choctaw Nation and will locate on a farm near Clarksburg. Mrs. Butler is a sister of PROF. ANDERSON who will live with them.

GEORGE N. FRIZZELL and family, who have been visiting in here and Henderson County for several weeks, returned to their home in Texas today. They were accompanied by MRS. DOC. KING and son.

W. W. NAPIER, president of the E. T V. & G. railroad, and W. G. SADLER, president of the National Fertilizer works, were here a couple of days, bird hunting.

The sad intelligence reached here last Tuesday of the death of MRS. W. A. HAWKINS of Silver City, New Mexico. She died last Monday and will be buried at Nashville, the home of her people, tomorrow.

SID OLIVER and BUD PERRY had a misunderstanding last Saturday and attempted to settle it in a manner much to the detriment of manly beauty of each. They contributed $5 each to the city treasury.

Only a few old people live to see their children reach their 50th birthday, but WILSON NESBITT and wife, who live near town, are both over 80 years old and have a son who reached his 52nd birthday. The old folks are in good health and seem to be enjoying life.

Personal
D. H. C. MOORE of Humboldt is here.
WALTER CARNES went to McKenzie.
H. C. CLARK of McKenzie was here.
SAM HENDRICK went to Nashville.
J. H. BRAMLEY of McLemoresville was here.
U. H. SCOTT went to Nashville on business.
Sheriff SANDERS went across Sandy on business.
R. F. ROSS went to Dresden.
R. A COOPER of McLemoresville was here on business.
S. A BROWN, our county register, is in Mississippi.
J. B WARREN of Lavinia was here.
REV. R. T. BROWN went to Hollow Rock.
MISS BEULAH BRAMLEY of near McLemoresville was here shopping.
MRS. TURNER JOHNSON returned last Sunday from visiting relatives at Gleason, Martin and Milan.
W. B. DINWIDDIE of the firm SPELLINGS, DINWIDDIE and Co. of McKenzie was here on business.
MRS. ANDERSON and MISS JOELLA NEWTON of McLemoresville shopped here.

County Court

MRS. N. N. WARLICK was appointed administrator of the estate of J. N. WARLICK.

J. D MOORE, T. A. MCNEILL, and A. E. BARNETT were appointed commissioners to assign one year’s support for J. N. WARLICK’s widow and family from the time of his death.

W. A DINWIDDIE was appointed guardian for ED and FRANK COOPER, heirs of F. M. COOPER.

E. W WILLIAMS, HOWARD HALL and T. J. DILL were appointed commissioners to lay off and assign to H. M. COMPTON homestead and dower out of the lands of F. S. COMPTON, deceased.

BENJAMIN KENDALL offered his resignation as guardian of WILLIE WATSON, minor heir of JOHN WATSON, deceased.

The HEZIKIAH COBLE lands were ordered to be held for division among the heirs.

More Removals

ELLIE JOHNSON moved to A.M. LEE’S place on Jackson street and DR. J. W. OWNBY is running the City Hotel.

MRS. A. W. HAKINS moved to the R. H. MCCLAIN place.

UNCLE HARRY O. HOOD moved to town, living in the TOM BRYANT residence.

TRUSTEE PALMER rented MRS. A. W. HAWKINS’ residence near town.

Masquerade Party
The young people did themselves proud last Friday in the masquerade party at R. H. CARTER’S. It was the first of its kind they had gotten up for some time… attending: MISSES CORA TOWNES, LENA HAWKINS, CORINNA HILLIARD, JESSIE PRIEST, LOTTIE WADE, ERNEST HILLIARD, FLORENCE CARTER, MABEL YOUNG, LINNIE MCCRACKEN, SALLIE LEACH, LULU HAWKINS, IVY WILLIAMS, EVA PRINCE, DORA ELLIOTT, ETHEL MCCLAIN, Messrs. LUTHER CARTER, JOHN NEELY, FRANK JOHNSON, PROF. WESTBROOKE, JEB ANDERSON, WALTER CARNES, WILL TOWNES, LEWIS PARKER, FRED WALERS, RUFE MCCLAIN, PRIEST CLARK, DR. COS, ED LEACH, WILL CARTER, JIM MCCALL, WARREN PARSONS and ELWOOD WATSON.

Marriage licenses:
P. HAYNES to TEMPS GREEN; J. R THOMAS to M. J. STACY, W. I. TRAYWICK t WILLELLA GRAY, J. Y. PEARCE to CORA PEARCE. Colored: CHARLEY WEATHERS to VAN KING.

Trezevant
MRS. RENA MARSHALL visited MRS. BURNS at McKenzie.
E. R. JOHNSON was in Jackson on business.
MISS ELLA HUTCHERSON and HANCE BLANKS were in Milan.
DR. BROWN rented the residence of Mr. ENLOE for next year.
BEN HILLSMAN and NAT HURDLE returned from Greenfield where they have been all fall.
JOHN KIRBY, former resident, now of Greenfield, was here.
MISS ESTELLE HILLSMAN gave the young folks a sociable last Friday.
MISSES ETHEL and EDITH ROPER came home Thursday to have Thanksgiving…. Signed VELMA.

McKenzie Items
COL. BOB MOORE of Milan was here.
WILL PALMER of Gleason visited friends here.
BOB PRATT of Bethel College visited at Trezevant.
Hon. A. H.MUNFORD of Clarksburg as here.
REV. E. H. LYLES of Bethel College went to visit homefolks at Humboldt.
DR. CURTIS and DR. GORDON and Capt. MEBANE went to the lake to hunt and fish.
MS. W. J. SEDBERRY visited the family of her father W. F SCATES.
WALTER CARNES, one of Huntingdon’s nicest young men, visited his sister and friends.
CAPT. A. H. DUNCAN of the firm GROVE & DUNCAN druggists at Paris, was here en route to Fulton, Kentucky.
MRS D. J. BOWDEN and family returned from Sharon where they visited the family of F. P. FONVILLE.
MISS ELLA COULTER of Bethel College was called home to Dyers where her sister is very ill.
COL. HENRY HALL of Camden visited his children who are attending school at McTyeire Institute.
W. O. MCLEAN, late depot agent of the L. & N. here, but now of Sheffield, Alabama, was here.
WILIAM ELLIS of McTyeire Institute, who has been sick for several days at his home in Crockett County, returned to school.
ARTHUR ALLEN, after suffering several weeks with rheumatism, is able to behind the counters at MOORE & BURNS.
W. F RICHARDSON of Humboldt, a student at McTyeire Institute, is here traveling for the People’s Mutual Benefit Association of Elkhart, Indiana.
BEN BROCK and MISS LENA DESHONG and EDGAR JACKSON and MISS HATTIE KENT came over from Greenfield Sunday and spent the day with MISSES LINNIE LITTLE and ORA DESHONG.
Building: MR. BERRYHILL and MR. FOSTER, each building on Magnolia street; GEORGE JONES is building on his lot recently bought from the Pate estate.

Shot in the Mouth
Two little brothers of JOE DUDLEY, colored, who lives between Huntingdon and Hico, one seven and the other nine years old, were playing with a pistol last Saturday, the younger one got shot in the mouth, knocking out several teeth and lodging in front of the right ear. DR. MCCALL and DR. COX removed the ball and the little fellow is doing quite well.

Macedonia Items
DR. G B. GORDON went to lake, killed one duck, and returned.
MISS SALLIE LANKFORD of Henry County visited the family of N. LANKFORD.
MISS ROBBIE KIRBY is visiting friends in Henry County.
D. H. PRITCHARD went to Clarksburg.
THOMAS LANKFORD will go to McKenzie as a salesman for the firm of PLUMMER, MAYS & Co.

Northern people continue to pour into the 9th district at a considerable rate. We extend to them all a hearty welcome.

MRS. SWAIN is very low with bronchitis.
JACK RANDLE of McKenzie was here.
J. W GORDON completed his new house.
T. N. LANKFORD was appointed assistant correspondent to the agricultural department from Carroll County.
SAM SPARKS accompanied by MISS DORA LANKFORD visited McKenzie Sunday.

BRYANT-GARDNER
D. B. BRYANT of this place and MRS. JENNIE GARDNER of Hickman (Smith Co) were married at the bride’s house in Hickman last Wednesday, (December 5, 1888). REV. W. J. MCCOY of this place performed the ceremony in a beautiful though impressive manner. RUFE MCCLAIN, MRS. A. G HAWKINS, MRS. W. T WARREN and MISS MATTIE CARNES of this town attended the wedding. The contracting parties and friends arrived here on the evening train and repaired to the residence of A. BRYANT, father of the groom, where a most excellent supper awaited them. A number of relatives and friends had gathered at Mr. Bryant’s to bear testimony to the couple and to enjoy the sumptuous supper so elegantly served by the family. The bride is a gifted and cultured lady in every sense of those terms and enjoys the admiration and confidence and cordial regard of the good people of her town. The groom is well known to the readers of the Democrat as a perfect gentleman, and occupies the position of mail agent for the N. C. & St. Lou! is railroad.