Alexandria Times
Volume 1 - Alexandria Tenn. - Number 4
April 25, 1894
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Dixon Springs.
Mr.’s L. C. Alexander and S. M. Young will leave for Nashville, to be present at the Judicial Convention tomorrow; our people are very enthusiastic for Judge Geo. Seay.
Elder E. A. Eelam, of Gallatin, began a meeting at church to-day.
Our school is progressing nicely under the management of Mrs. J. L. De?ow.
The church thanks Mrs. Lucy Werner, Of Louisville, for the silver pitcher.
Sykes.
Apr. 23- The town of Sykes is a very small place, but we have fine farming lands around here and a few excellent framers.
Grant
Apr. 16- Mess. Susie James, of Hogan Creek, who has been visiting her son, Rev, T, J. Eastes, returned home.
Mr. G. W. Gill and his wife went to Gordonsville to visit Mrs. Joe Whitley, who is very sick.
Misses Davie & Ona Griffin, of Watertown, visited friends near Grant and attended preaching Sunday at C. P. Church.
Esq. J. T. Shaver has improved his dwelling by a new yard fence.
Mrs. W. H. Lincoln happened to a very serious accident last week by getting her arm broken.
Miss Ethel Eastes, who has been visiting her Uncle, John Eastes, has returned home.
Mrs. Mary Barbee and son went to Watertown last week to visit her daughter, Mrs. Joe Barger.
Gordonsville
April 23- Mrs. J. B. Whitley is improving.
S.S. Harper and A. L. Orange returned form Nashville Friday.
Eugene Anderson, who is going to school at Watertown, is visiting his parents at this place.
J. S. Johnson, of Hickman, was in town.
B. V. High. Of Chestnut Mound, was in town.
W. D. Gold and Daughter, of Carthage, were here visiting friends.
Dr. W. E. Whitley lost a fine mare on the 20th. She died of lock-jaw.
J. S. Simpson is having his house painted by James Prentice.
The ladies of the Methodist church gave a oyster supper at the school house Friday night.
Daisy Oliver and Bettie Sanders, of Carthage, attended the oyster supper.
G. R. Minton went to Nashville with a car load of hogs.
Levi Baird returned from Jackson County.
Hogan’s Creek
Apr. 23- Mr. Bart H. Stewart and Miss Mary F. Clark were married yesterday at Jessie Clark’s, on Dyers Branch, J. W. Bailey. Officiated.
Robert Enoch, of this place, passed away peacefully and quietly, last Wednesday, April 18th, at the good old age of 75 years. Funeral services were held by J. W. Bailey.
Mrs. T. A. Bradley suffered greatly with neuralgia last week.
J. J. Estes has indications of a rising on his face from an old hurt he sustained last winter.
Wiley B. Denny and his mother went to Carthage Sunday.
Mr. Allen Baines has moved his sawmill from Enoch, to Paynes Bend.
Baker Bros. and Lee Enoch are hauling a lot of fine ash timber, from Thomas Crutchfields. They expect to move over 100,000 feet.
Turner Rogers went to see his father’s folks at Brush Creek.
Cut worms by the thousands seam to have possession of farmland.
Messrs. Davis and Dunlay, of Smithville, passed through last week, dealing out a few jugs and churns, but unlike some others of late, their jugs were empty.
It occurs to us that Mr. Jordan Pritchett was a little too hasty in dealing off his socks as winter seems to hold on, and he may need them.
Nearby Wilson
COMMERCE
Apr. 21- Stanley Meador, one of DeKalb County’s popular framers, was in to see us Sunday.
Mrs. J. P. Bartlett and Emma Lindsey returned Monday
From a visit to relatives in Brush Creek.
We have heard that our old friend, E. S. Bowers, is to be in the race for constable.
Miss Memmel Lee, of Hartville, is here on a visit.
Rev. H. J. Lanham and family, of Cainsville. Came down Saturday.
D. B. Hastings is getting ready to build a new hen house. When finished to will be 50 ft long and 20 ft wide.
Rev. H. J. Lanham, of Alexandria, preached here at the C.P. church Sunday.
Candidates are thicker than tickets this week.
Mattie Bailey, col., died near here at 19.
Bob Lee, of Alexandria, Liv Tubb’s salesman was down.
Some of the framers will not plant corn in the middle of the year on account of the cutworms.
STATESVILLE.
Mrs. Emma Smith, who has been very sick for days, is improving.
Mrs. Mary Whitlock, who has been sick for many weeks, is fast improving.
Marvine Turner is able to be out again. He was thrown from a horse at Prosperity the second Sunday and the fall gave him a general shaking up, beside several bruises. The horse jumped against Mr. Jim Mullinax’s buggy, turned it over, and Mr. Mullinax and his daughter were thrown out of the buggy, but not hurt.
Mr. J. R. Patton, of Round Lick, is very sick at the present with fever.
Capt. John Patton is attending the S. S. convention and Presbytery at Murfreesboro.
Messrs. Andrew Whitlock and Jim Luck, of Watertown were the guests of W, A, Whitlock, Saturday.
An infant child of Mr. & Mrs. Rucker, was buried at the Davis Burying-ground Thursday.
Mrs. Susan Patton, of Watertown, has been visiting relatives in Statesville this week.
April 20th - The saw mill firm of Patton and Jewell has moved their engine from the mill on Kennedy Creek, it being too small to do the needed work on the creek. There will be a larger engine to take its place.
Miss Nora Patton, spent Sunday with Miss Ada and Daisy Knight, and Miss Sallie Jennings the same night with Miss Rutha Cox.
Rev. Mr., Hayes, the blind preacher, filled the pulpit Saturday and Sunday at Smith Fork, and Sunday night at Statesville in M. E. Church. It was very interesting to us to see him read his raised letters. He is a splendid Talker, is a graduate from Arkansaw, and will soon graduate from Kentucky.
Dr. Buger will soon be ready to build his new house in our little town.
Guy.
WATERTOWN
Apr. 22 – Mrs. Ashley Young has been visiting her parents at Auburn this past week.
D. S. Boyd was in Nashville the later part of this week.
Messrs, Gannaway and Eastes, were in Hartsville Sunday.
Clifford Griffin returned from Nashville this afternoon. He made the trip on his bicycle.
Frank Turner, of Gordonsville, was down today on his wheel.
W. E. Hale left for a business trip to Nashville this morning.
Two of the young ladies in our town went horseback riding this afternoon.
Mrs. Daisy Thomas is visiting her brother-in-law, Wood Thomas, near Prosperity.
S. B. Grandstaff has commenced work on the foundation of his large produce house.
Mr. James Cox, Jr. of Greenvale, spent Sunday with friends in the East End.
T. A. and Alex Young returned Friday from Columbia, where they had shipped a car load of fine harnesses and saddlestock. They realized some handsome figures.
Albert McAdoo, Ed Wood, and Joe Nevile, took in the city of Cedars on their wheels Sunday afternoon.
The entertainment at the residence of Mr. Joe Phillips Friday evening was quite a pleasant affair. All present enjoyed themselves hugely. Refreshments, dainty and nice, were served.
Miss Ethel Odom of Kenton TN, was visiting Mr. and Mrs. S. L. McAffery last week.
Mrs. Capt. High and Miss Hettle Brewis of Auburn, were visiting the family of Jas. Brewis, Friday and Saturday.
C. E. Gannaway, of Unionville, is spending a few days with friends in our little city.
FORK-OF-PIKES
April 22 Guess there will be plenty of corn raised in "China" this year- stays so cold it can’t come up and perhaps it will grow down the other way.
There never was known to be so many worms. They have eaten the clover, compelling the farmers to pasture.
Wish somebody would marry so we’d have something to talk about.
Mrs. Ellen Givan had a quilting last Wednesday. Those big dinners, such as Mrs. Givan’s so daintily prepares, are what the quilters always enjoy.
Miss Jennie Powell spent Friday night with Miss Mattie Griffith.
Joe Barry and family visited relatives in our midst this week.
Master Frank West Groom is spending several days with his auntie, Mrs. Neal, of Watertown.
Mrs. F. L. Hays and son Mr. Tilden formerly of this place, but now of Murfreesboro, spent several days in our midst last week.
Misses Bell Walden and Jennie Adamson, two of Round Top’s charming girls, spent Saturday and Sunday at Win. Robinson’s.
J. W. Groom and family visited relatives near Alexandria Friday.
Miss Isa Givans and Miss Geneva Bratten, of Liberty spent Wednesday night at J. R. Wests’
Miss Nettie Youngblood is visiting at her grandfather’s Mr. Wm Griffith.
Mr. W. L. Vick and family spent Sunday at J. W. Grooms’.
Mr. and Mrs. U. W. Neal were up from Watertown last week.
Dr. Squires and wife spent Sunday at H. G. Roys’.
Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Evans spent Sunday with Miss Ella Measles.
Mrs. Callie Henley is visiting her on parents Clear Fork.
Chas. Robinson and family came down Friday from Milton.
W. B. Griffith and wife visited at Sam Henly’s Sunday.
If you want to see your name in the paper just hand it to "Hustler," and if you don’t want to see it, you had better keep close.
We could almost see the trees put forth their leaves so green on the morning after the rain.
Farmers are very busy harrowing their corn and removing the hard crust from off the corn. HUSTLER
EXUM
April18 The farmers are plowing corn.
J. B. Hays and G. W. Fitts have returned from Nashville.
S. W. Watson is not any better at present.
Some say the gardens are all killed.
After a close examination of the fruit trees today, I see most of the apples are killed, and most of the peaches. I see the young apricot trees are all killed.
Your writer and J. M. Young will go to Nashville this week.
Mr. Evertte Trapp’s little baby died near here yesterday with the measles. It is raging in our country.
Young’s and Titts are buying hogs.
Lewis Martin is buying chickens, geese, pigeons, guineas, and turkeys. Lewis is a hustler; he says the poultry trade pays.
Cane Pitman, moved near town a while back.
Cisero Fisher, is as fat as ever. Tobe Midget, as small as ever. Free Tom, as black as ever.
E. M. H.
ANOTHER WORLD’S AFFAIR
Japan will have a World’s Fair in 1895 at Hivgo, the old capital of the empire.
INDIANA GRAIN
The condition of grain in Indiana is improving. The damage from frost is also less than was first reported.
SENATOR HILL DENOUNCED
Three thousand Democrats in mass meeting assembled at San Francisco denounced the tariff utterances of Senator Hill.
STREET CARS HELD UP
Two street cars have been held up by highwayman in San Francisco within four days, the passengers being stripped of their valuables.
THREE CHILDREN CREMATED
The cabin of John Duncan, a Negro living about five miles from Pineville, KY, caught fire and burned down, cremating tree small children.
TERRIFIC EXPLOSIOIN
There was a terrific explosion at Los Angeles, CA, a day or two ago. The shock shook the city like an earthquake, and three stores were demolished.
GRANT CLAIM VOID
At Santa Fe, NM, the United States Court of Private Land Claims, handed down a decision declaring void the Gervacie Noland grant claim of about 600,000 acres in Mora County.
KIDNAPPERS ARRESTED
Mrs. Della Nan Horn and Frederick H. Lloyd, who are held at New York upon the charge of kidnapping Charles Kuntz, 9 years old, have not been able yet to find bail.
1,000 MEN OUT OF WORK
The strike among the pressman in the big lithographing houses of New York City is still in progress. Over 1,00 men are out of work, and work in all the departments is at a standstill.
THE IRON HALL’S RESERVE FUND
The Massachusetts Supreme Court has handed down a decision ordering that $380,000 the reserve fund of the Massachusetts
branches of the Iron Hall be paid to the receiver at Indianapolis.
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100,000 LOGS
A timber run that will bring out nearly 100,000 logs is now on in the Big Sandy River and all of the Ashland, KY, mills will be enabled to start by May 1. These mills employ fully 1,000.
A WOMAN DEFAULTER
Mrs. R. E. Pulliam, City Treasurer of Ft. Scott, KS, the only one of her sex in the state in such a position, is short $1,300. It is not thought that she has been dishonest, but money is missing just the same.
BODY FOUND
The body of James Lambeth, who mysteriously disappeared fifteen days ago, has been found floating in Mud River, Three miles from Russellville, KY. It is not known yet whether he suicided or was murdered.
BANK ROBBED
The bank of Barry & Downing at Nashville, MI, was robbed Monday night of $2,000 belonging to the proprietors, $400 in stamps kept there by the postmaster, and probably other smaller amounts in private boxes.
BOOM IN MOONSHINING
The recent decision of the Commissioner of Internal revenue increasing the number of bushels of grain to be used in making a gallon of spirituous liquors has already caused a boom in the moonshining business in Arkansas.
HANGED HIMSELF
Hon. A. B. Wood, ex-State Senator and a prominent citizen, was found dead in his barn at Saginaw, MI, yesterday, having committed suicide by hanging. Despondency, caused by financial reverses, is assigned as the cause.
REPUBLICAN BOODLE
The National Republican Committee are pouring boodle in Galveston, TX, district in an effort to elect a Negro, N. W. Cuney, to Congress.
ELECTRIC PLANT BURNED
The entire electric plant of the Capitol Gas Company, which holds contracts for the lighting of the city and the running of the street cars at Sacramento, CA, burned yesterday.
EVANGELIST CONVICTED OF ROBBERY
Mart Buzzard, an evangelist, and Joe Brownswelger were yesterday convicted of robbing and shooting Isaiah Shaeffer, a farmer nearly 90 years old residing near Groffsdale, PA.
WATCHING THEIR HUSBAND
The women of Lexington, KY are eagerly watching their husbands to see whether or not they are going to throw up their hats and yell for Brechenridge at his big "rally" there May 5.
WHISKY TRUST SURPLUS
The surplus of the Distilling & Cattle Feeding Company (the whisky trust) last year was $1,264,000.
FRANK PHILLIPS KILLED
The notorious Frank Phillips, who figured so prominently in Hatfield and McCoy fued, and Wm. Bevins, a detective, were shot and killed Monday night near the Kentucky and Virginia State line at the head of the Sandy River, by the Rickett boys, who recently killed old man Ferrell in Logan County, West Virginia.
SHOT HIS WIFE
Jerman Krueger, a German laborer, about 35 years of age, of Menaminee, WI, shot his wife, inflicting a very dangerous wound in the head, after which he shot himself fatally.
OVER 70 MILES AN HOUR
The Vanderbilt special flyer made the run of ninety-five and a half miles from Cleveland to Erie, PA, in ninety-five minutes, including a four-minute stop at Ashtabula for water. The speed for thirty-three miles was 70.7 miles per hour.
HAVE TO THANK UNCLE SAM
For the clemency shown and the general amnesty extended by President Peixoto, the Brazilian rebels have to thank the United States, for it was through the efforts of Secretary Gresham that the expediency and propriety of the humane course was urged upon the Brazilian Government.
April 25—The general intelligence of the people of Alexandria and community will compare favorably with any community in the state. There is however a lack of knowledge of general literature. Sensational newspaper articles are too often the height of our information and too little money and time is spent on what would be a real cultivation of the mind.
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There are a very few collection of books in the whole country that could be called a private library and there is nothing like a public library or reading room in Alexandria, or this whole country. A public reading room in Alexandria, well supplied with wholesome books, and the current literature of the day, would be one of the best additions that could be made to the town.
DOWELLTOWN
April 23—Several of our citizens are "down in the mouth" at this writing from the simple fact that Dr. Logan of Tullahoma, was here a few days ago with his painless method of extracting teeth. The extracting was really painless, but some of us are having very sore gums.
A considerable little sensation in the town the past three days over the report of the killing of Mr. Nash Adcock, three miles south of Smithville last Tuesday night by some who were trying to steal some liquor which Mr. Adcock was guarding,
A young man by the name of Banks is reported dangerously shot, on last Tuesday night near Sparta. The particulars are not known.
Pitching horse shoes and fishing constitutes the most fashionable fad for our sporting fraternity for the past few days.
W.H. Barry sold a horse this morning for $100.00 to Mr. Kitrell of Woodbury.
Prof. S. C. Robison of Pure Foundation College, Smithville was at home Saturday and Sunday,
Mr. Harrison Jones constable from Capling was on our streets today.
Rev. T. J. Stricklin delivered his first Sunday morning sermon in the new M. E. Church at the top of Snowshill last Sunday.
A Mr. Webster representing the Baldwin Music establishment is here talking "organs" to some of our folks.
Mrs. Kate Hodge of Macon County has been visiting here for several days.
Mr. D. A. Allen and wife, of Gordonsville, were visiting here yesterday and the day before.
Mr. I. D. Wilson, the celebrated faith doctor, was in our town today.
Which one of our citizens was it out who bought a pair of shoes and put them on wrong: i.e. the left shoe one the right foot (vice-versa) and wore them nearly out before he discovered his mistake.
Beverly Robinson is painting his new house nicely.
Mrs. Nancy Atwood, of brush Creek, visited her sisters, at the tollgate, last week.
Judge Robinson is somewhat feeble this week.
CAPLING
April 22- The cold snap killed all the peaches and apples and we will have about a ¼ of a crop. All wheat was killed as well as Oats we also have a good crop of cut worms.
Well, since Wm. Hunt got beat as trustee, he has stuck to the plow handle and is making a good hand.
The health of our community is good.
J. L. R.
	SULPHUR SPRINGS
April 17- Mrs. W. H. Lincoln, while driving last week accidentally had her buggy capsize, breaking her arm, besides other bruises were a result.
Mr. J. T. Craighead, president and general manager of the telephone line running from Brush Creek to Alexandria, Is buying hogs to make his winter meat.
Misses Pearl Jones and Met Barrett, two of New Middleton’s fascinating belles, accompanied by M. E. Denny, went to Alexandria to have their picture taken this week, giving W. E. Wilkerson’s school at this place a call as they came back.
Some of our people went to S. S. convention a Hogan’s Creek.
Eld. Darnell will preach at this place next week.
Mr. Phillips has recently purchased a barouche, being interrogated as to its name; he ponderously replied, "It’s a zoo"
Mr. McGowan and Miss Lena Allen, E. M. Solomon and wife were the guests of Mr. Barnet last Sunday.
BRUSH CREEK
April 22- The school is progressing rapidly.
There have been four drummers in town.
Mr. John Overall and Ed Gleason, of Liberty, were here Sunday.
John Foust, Dib Dinges, Mayor Blackburn, Bob Kitching, W. R. Swift, Jess Kitching and Ike High were here Friday-night on their way to a ball at New Middleton. Doran McKnight, and Bob Lawrence went with them.
We have connected Brush Creek to the world.
Mr. Jim Walker and wife were her Thursday, trading.
The telephone man stayed at Mr. Smatt’s hotel last night and will leave this morning on the 11 o’clock train.
We have a corn mill here now.
CIDER.
MASHED WHILE COUPLING CARS.
AT SPRING CREEK
Monday at Spring Creek as the N. & K. train was on her out trip from Lebanon Melton Cantrell probably assisted at the last "make-up" of a train. A few moments previous to the train reaching Spring Creek he was in jubilant spirits and had not the remotest idea that an accident would soon befall him.
He had walked between two cars to raise a draw head on the Southern Iron Co. car, it being lower than other cars, and as the engineer backed up the draw heads missed one another, letting the boxes together, pressing with terrible force against the unfortunate man’s hips.
He was tenderly placed on the train and a quick run made to Watertown where two physicians were summoned to attend him. Cantrell believes that death awaited him, and expressed a willingness to die after he had seen his people.
He was carried on to Cookeville, his home, where a bride of only two months and a mother awaited him. The accident was a shock to all the people along the line as Cantrell was one of the best employees of the company, sober, industrious and well liked by all.
LATER
Cantrell died yesterday morning at 6:30.
MURDERED
Noah Adcock, a Prominent Citizen, is Instantly Killed.
On the night of the 18th inst, Noah Adcock, of the county was killed a few miles south of Smithville. The point where the killing took place is known as Shiny Rock, and has for some time had an unsavory reputation because of the continued sale of liquors there.
Mr. Adcock had been missing whiskey and concluded to watch the warehouse on the night above stated and catch the thief.
Two guns were heard in the night about 11 o’clock, and the next morning the dead body of Mr. Adcock was found on the porch of a neighbor who lived near where the whiskey was kept, with a double charge of buckshot in his neck and breast. It is supposed after having been shot Mr. Adcock was attempting to get help but after getting to the porch his strength failed and he was unable to arouse them.
Suspicion pointed to Harve Dunn and Ike Capshaw, who borrowed a gun at the house of Tom Fitts on the evening preceding the killing, which was returned with blood on it at 2 o’clock the following morning.
Capshaw was arrested and placed in jail and has confessed that he did the shooting. He states that he and Dunn were at the liquor warehouse for the purpose of stealing whisky, and were engaged in a filling the lock off when Adcock made his appearance and was advancing upon them with a gun when he shot him. He states that Adcock continued to advance upon him and was shot a second time and then struck across the head with his gun.
The sheriff captured Dunn in Nashville, but on the way here he heard that it would be unsafe to proceed to Smithville with his prisoner, and carried him up the N & K railroad as far as Silver Point, where friends of Dunn liberated him.
Report is current here that Sheriff Anderson, who had Dunn in Charge, was under the influence of liquor on his retune with his prisoner, and on arriving at Silver Point left him in charge of John Wilson, and was in a house of bad repute when Dunn was liberated.
Sheriff Anderson has offered $100.00 reward for the capture of Dunn.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS
Joe Thomson is here today.
H. G. Hale was here Wednesday.
Dr. Drane has painted his dwelling.
Ed Jones, of Sykes, was in town Friday.
Joe Fite, of Round Top, was in town Wednesday.
Mose Starks, Dowelltown, was here last week.
D. D. Driver, of Temperance hall, was in town on business Wednesday.
W. H. Hays, of Forks of Pike, was here Wednesday.
D. J. Hall, the produce man of Sykes, was in town Saturday.
Jeff Blackburn went to Lebanon last week.
Mrs. Sam Thomas of Enoch Tennessee was in town trading today.
Jim Fletcher no longer uses his crutch; he now has a cork shoe.
Andrew Thompson is up on a visit from Nashville.
George Drifoos, a man of grip, was here last week.
Esq. Reynolds was over from Temperance Hall on business Monday.
Clair Odum, Of Commerce, is visiting relatives here this week.
John Chandler from Carthage was here a few days ago.
Miss Mattie Johnson of new Middleton was in town this week.
Bob Webb and Clarence Baird were in town from Smithville yesterday.
W. L. Vick of Liberty was here yesterday.
W. A. Turner of Temperance Hall was in town Monday.
Jonathan B. Smartt was in town Monday.
John Crutchfield was here last week.
Sheriff Barrett, of New Middleton, our awarder at the fair, was here Thursday.
H. J. Lanham and family, of Commerce, were here on a visit to H. D. Foust Thursday.
Mr. Sawrie of the Southern Soda Works, Nashville, was interviewing our grocery man Wednesday.
Some gentleman from down on the river brought some nice fish to town Wednesday, which sold very readily.
Smithville sent down several delegates to the Federal Court Saturday morning.
D. A. Eaton informs us that he will move back to Smithville the last of this week.
Why not fix up the East View cemetery? It could be made a beautiful place with but a little work.
Mr. Burris, a blind man, with little Jim Cooper as guide, canvassed the town, selling his song, Thursday.
Misses Della Simpson and Mary Flippin gave our office a pleasant call Monday. Call again young ladies.
Emmet Russell, representing the Cassetty Oil Co, was here Saturday and Sunday.
Miss Julia Wagoner, of Carthage, was in town today viewing the spring goods and millinery.
Misses Mattie and Alice Bradford, of New Middleton, were in town this week shopping.
Raum Barbee, of Statesville, came to Alexandria last week and bought a Favorite Sewing Machine.
A.P. Smith went to Nashville last week after some repairs for the mill. In the meantime one of the best roller mills in the States is idle.
Esq. W. M. Johnson and Constable George Thomas, of Hickman, was here yesterday.
Miss Ella Kitchings spent Sunday with her friend Miss Mary Flippen at Forks-of-Pike.
W. A. Whitlock, one of our many friends at Statesville was in to see us Monday.
W. E. Hale cashier of the bank at Watertown was up on his wheel Wednesday.
Flora Snoddy entertained a few of her friends at her home near town Saturday eve.
Mr. McNelly, of Kentucky, is visiting his uncle, Mr. Geo McNelly, here this week.
Thomas Fuller, a prominent farmer of the New Middleton neighborhood, was in to see us last week.
L. D. Hamilton, wife and child, of Cottage Home, were visiting in town Wednesday.
Judges Crowley and Tillman, candidates for circuit judge, ere here last week.
Captain Dave Dinges and daughter Pauline are away on a trip to Bon Air.
A good deal of complaint is heard among our farmers about cut worms. They seem to be cutting down the corn as quick as it comes up.
Miss Carrie Smith entertained several of her friends at the home of our popular druggist, Mr. A. B. Smith, Monday evening.
Some of our farmers have been shearing sheep the past week. We think it a little early yet for this kind of business.
Thirteen members of the local K. of P. lodge had their pictures taken in a group last week. The Odd Fellows also had theirs taken.
Monroe Jennings and daughter Anna, of Statesville, were here last week and bought a Wheeler & Wilson Sewing Machine.
There was a good crowd in town Saturday, buying spring goods and millinery. A good many were here from adjoining counties.
D. H. Davis, of Brush Creek, was in to see the TIMES boys Monday, and while here left some of the ever needful in payment of job work.
Cumberland University was defeated Friday by a score of 18 to 0 by the Nashville Athletics. They can take a certain umpire and reverse the score.
James Goodner is improving the looks of his residence on high street very much this week by the addition of a porch that extends across the front of his house.	
Uncle Bill Evans, of Liberty, came down yesterday morning, and of course called around and had a chat with the boys. We are always glad to see Uncle Bill.
At the Columbia horse sale last week, Mr. Bradford, of New Middleton, sold a span of fine horses sired by John Waxie, for $825.00. Gen. W. H. Jackson, of Belle Meade, became the purchaser.
Major R. A. Burford, of Dixon Springs, was in town Sunday. The Major is a candidate for the Legislature to represent our sister county, Smith. He could fill the position with credit to himself and his county,
Rev. Ira W. King, Rev. J. B. Steven, H. D. Foust, A. B. Smith, L. E. Simpson, Mrs. Bertie Barbee and Misses Mattie Bone and Carrie Smith attended the Presbytery at Lacassas last week. They report a great time. Mrs. Barbee read the address of welcome to the Missionary Board, and was afterward elected Vice-President for the following year.
D. A. Eaton went to Smithville Saturday and returned Monday.
All aboard for Federal Court was heard this morning.
Andrew Thomson and Eula Smith gave our office a call Monday.
W. E. Rich, of Round Top, was here last week.
Rev. T. H. Hinson, of Smithville, was in town Monday.
Mr. Ben representing a jewelry firm of Cincinnati was here today.
Miss Myrtle High was visiting her parents at buffalo Valley last week.
A brass band will be organized here by the Negroes next month. The teacher has already been employed.
Brush Creek is now connected with Alexandria by telephone. The first message was sent over the new line Friday night; every word could be heard plainly. We admire the enterprise shown by our neighboring town.
John L. Foust, Dib Dinges, Jeff Blackburn, Bob Lee, and Bob Kitchings were joined at Brush Creek by Doran McKnight and Bob Lawrence all on their way to the dance at New Middleton Friday night. They enjoyed the entertainment highly and say they hope another will occur soon.
Great crowds were here last week to have their pictures taken. Some, who were never in Alexandria before, came simple because they could get good photographs for $1. W. R. Reeves left Monday morning for Lebanon.
J. W. Rutland will begin to improve the residence that joins his store in a few days. He will take the upper story off, raise the lower, repaint and repaper it and make several other improvements. Which?
Ads in the April 25 TIMES
Floyd’s – Staples and Fancy Groceries
Jones Bro’s – Men’s Women’s & Youth Clothing
P.M. Drane –Dentist Office at residence on High St.
Dan Williams – Attorney at Law
B. Smith – Druggist –Prescriptions compounded any hour by A. J. Edwards
Reece’s Novelty Shop
Mrs. Lottie Moore- New Middleton Tn. Buyer of Chickens
Alexandria Roller Mill Company- High grade Flour, Meal, & Feed
D.W. Dinges, Owner- P. J. Pledge in Charge- Feed and Livery Stable.
J. D. Colvert – All kinds of tin and Sheet iron work
Dentist- Dr. Brian Tubb- office in home on Main St.
Sullin’s Bros. – Shoe Makers – Shop in Home on main St.
Roy & Jones – Everything on Wheels
J. R. Sneed & D. W. Dinges-
J. R. Sneed & Company
Contractors and builders, we are also undertakers with in stock coffins.
Carriage shop,
Foust & Son
Millinery – Mrs. M. J. Baird
Hal Tubb’s -General Store.
Bank of Alexandria-
Wm. Vick – President
Journal Bryan- Vice President
Directors-
R. B. Floyd, W. A. Turner, Dan Williams, C. W. L. Hale, J. F. Roy, U. W. Neal, Wm. Vick, T. Renus Beckwith, Journal Bryan.
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