1903 Indep by Peggy with Moore Diary
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1903 McNairy County Independent J. W. Purviance, Editor Transcribed by Patsy Norman Proofed by Peggy Derryberry Gould The travels of Clinton H. Moore, from McNairy County to Texas in 1839, was included in the 1903 McNairy County Independent. It was written by Mr. Moore in rather diary form, and is quiet lengthy and was a regular feature in the paper for about four months. Rather than have it continued each week for months, the complete diary is included in these abstracts at the end of December. Friday, January 2, 1903 Ex-Chief Isparacher of the Creek Nation died at the age of 90. Mrs. U.S. Grant left an estate valued at $243,000 to be divided among her four children. The school board leased to Prof. H.J. Cox the Selmer school building for three years. Capt. E.J. Hodges and wife celebrated their 50 th mile post on life’s journey on Dec 29. Capt Hodges is the oldest man in the county living on the same farm he was born on and never moved. He is 72 years old. His four sons, all same height, same weight, wear same size shoe and hat and names all begin with H: Horry, Henry, Harmon and Harvey. The Farmers Column : Turpentine a good remedy for sick pigs. From a teaspoon to a piglet to a tablespoon for a mature hog. Selmer High School --- Ten Months to begin Sept 1, 1902. J.A. Cox, Principal, J.D. Mullens, County Superintendent, Assist. and Mrs. H.J. Cox, Primary Dept. MARRIAGE LICENSES: W.C. Frazier to Judie Weeks W.C. Wicker to Maggie McKenzie. Will Willer to Sally Rowsey. G. Martin to Laura Dixon. Henry Dameron to L.V. Walker. Van Buren Davison to Purlie Reves. George Oneal to Mary Brooks. James Wood to Mattie Lane. Andrew William to Hattie Evans. Elija Harris to Susie Wilson. Bethel Springs Community: Bethel is the cotton town of McNairy County with shipment of 2,000 bales this season. Bethel needs good roads and hopes to raise public sentiment to spend $500 in this county in 1903. It is rumored the Illinois Central might put a line from Florence, Ala. to Jackson, Tenn., running via Shiloh and Snake Creek bottom. Land transfers: A.E. Davis, adm. of J.B. Newell estate to W.J. Young, 4-10 ac, $240. Mrs. M.B. Dickey to R S. Bell, ½ ac and town lot $40. M.J. Wilson to Wm. Warren,- $50. A.R. Huggins & wife to J.B. Huggins, 16 ac, $600. P.A. Neathery & wife to W.S. Young, 12 ac $25.- L.A. Lockman to W.S. Young, 80 ac $125.- Sam Sharp to J.R. Wardlow, – $800. J.R. Wardlow to R.A. Tays – $600.-L.C. Simpson & wife to E.D. Moore, 140 ac $200.- W.E Parrish to B.L. Kemp, one lot $10.-W. W. Rogers & wife John W. Shaw, 2 tracts $500.- J. M. King & wife to W. T. Howell, 250 ac, $450.- J.W. Purviance & wife to Frank S. Elgin, one town lot $500.- G.L. Harris & wife to A.M. Sewell, 76 ac $500.- W.M. Davis to A.M. Sewell, 9.5 ac $200. 1 SAND BOX: ... some missing.... next election vote County Superintendent and vote on the three wire fence.- -- A cold wave has struck everybody between the eyes.---Call and buy a few dozen brooms at this office at $1.50 and $5.00 per dozen. Sometime last summer or early fall, one Charley Bias was arrested on a charge of criminal assault upon a Ferguson girl who lived at Peter Bailey’s. Bias was bound over to the court by Esq. Beard and on his way to Selmer escaped, and not heard from since. A few weeks later, Bailey sat down to dinner and in taking a bite of biscuit found it bitter threw it to the floor, and a cat eating it, died suddenly. It is said the girl made the biscuits with arsenic out of revenge for Bailey for prosecuting her lover. No test was made to see if the biscuits were poison. This story also appeared in the Henderson Headlight but the names were misstated. It told Pete Bailey of Bethel Springs, an orphan girl and a man named Burles, and the whole barrel of flour had been poisoned and the whole family would have died. This story is not true. The facts of Peter Baker have been investigated and found to be true. Personals: Virgil Barnhill took Christmas with relatives in Memphis. Pet. Carter, of Dyersburg, is visiting home folks here this week. E.G. Atkins spent several days of last week in Jackson and Lexington. T.A. Tedford and family returned Saturday from a visit to relatives in Missouri. Miss May Derryberry spent the Christmas holidays with her parents at Chewalla. Alva Hudiberg, John Bigbee and Hunnely Broyles visited relatives in Hardin County last week. Miss Mamie Smith, who has been attending school at Jackson, is visiting her parents near Selmer. Albert Gillespie and family have been visiting the family of Capt. W.T .Powers at Parson, Tenn. Mr. E.F. Stovall, a railroad man of Louisville, spent a day with his aged mother in Selmer last week. Mrs. Kit Medlin and little son, of Jackson visited her parents Mr. & Mrs. W.E. Tedford last week. Miss Irene Houston, daughter of R.S. Houston of Guys, was guest of relatives in the city recently. Charlie Clay Stone, who has been publishing a newspaper at Sumner, Miss. for the last nine months, returned home last week. J.B. Graham and wife, who have been teaching school at Cherokee, Tenn., visited home folks and friends here during the holidays. W.T. Magee called to change paper because he is moving his family from Corinth to Covington. Hon. Will K. Abernathy left Sunday for Nashville, where he will resume his duties as representative. He was accompanied by his wife and Miss Marie Adams Mr. Latimore Sanders, in the express business at Memphis, came over to spend a few days with his brother, Dr. Henry Sanders and other relatives. Friday, January 9, 1903 Review of 1902: Strikes for unions, better wages and hours these included were coal miners, railroad, woolen mills, firemen and dockhands of tugs, packing house and department store drivers, fright handlers, grave diggers, boiler makers, and flour mills. Some were resolved and some were not. May 7, 1902 Pierre, Martinique was totally destroyed by volcano eruption of Mt. Pelee and earthquake; 30,000 people died and 10,000 other in neighboring parishes. Westminster Abbey in London: King Edward and Queen Alexander were crowned. Several business and banks failed, New York City, M.P. Anderson, real estate operator had a big lost at $1,535,212. Fires, explosions, train wrecks, blizzards, earthquakes, tornados, floods, cyclones, hurricanes caused lost of lives, property and crops. 2 The Boer War ended on May 31 at 10:30 p.m. at Pretoria under the terms that prisoners are returned to Africa without punishment, exemption of Boers from war tax and stocking of farms at British expense. News of January 1903 : West Point Military academy celebrates centennial (100 yrs) of its establishment. Work has begun on a big open hearth steel furnace at Pottsville, Pa. for the Eastern Steel Co. These furnaces have a capacity of 150,000 tons per year and will be the largest steel mill in the country. L.D. Tyson, of Knox County, was elected speaker of the lower house of the Tennessee legislature of the 77 th ballot defeating Abernathy of McNairy country. The world fair will be held at St. Louis in 1904. --- Western Colorado’s cold weather and heavy snow has resulted in heavy losses to cattle owners. These snows have cut the cattle from pastures and water. The Farmers Column: Gallatin, Tn., Summer county, 10,000 turkeys were dressed for market; they average at 15 lbs. each and sell about 9c per pounds. Statistics show that land value in the north is $60 per acre brings a rental of four to five dollars/acre, and land in the south as a market value of $15 per acre with a rental of five dollars. Halls, Tenn.: The education of our children is 3 to 4 months a year. It is felt that there should be longer terms of school and decreasing the numbers of school houses , having no more than 2 schools per civil district and one or more high schools with at less 6 months of school per year. Rose Creek : Ned Hall and Dora Hooper eloped. --- 3 new salesmen were hired at Williams Bros. Bargain store, they are Lee MacAlpin, Will Mitchell and L. D. Budlong. Marriage Licenses: S.T. McMahon to Lawdela Moore. Chas. Deming to Della McAlpin. Lee Combs to Maude Hipps. Nonresident notice: J.F Gooch vs. Jim Wade & Minnie Wade for debt of property. The Wades are non-resident of the state. News paper publication for 4 weeks commanding the Wades to appear before John H. Steadman, J.P. For McNairy County, Tn. on the 6 th day of February, 1903, or same will be proceeded with ex parte. Taxpayers’ notice: different places to collect taxes for 1902 starting Jan. 12-16, Jan. 26- 30 at Caffey, Acton, Jno. Carroll’s store, Pebble Hill, Adamsville, Milledgeville, Mt. Zion, J. H. O’Neal’s store, Leapwood. Feb. List starts on the third -13 and 16 -20 and the 25 th at Nethery’s, Rose Creek, Kerby’s, Gravel Hill, Purdy, Walker’s Mill, Stantonville, Garrett’s, Bethel, Finger, McNairy, Cypress, Chewalla, Ramer, and Guys.