The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-05-29
LOCAL AND PERSONAL NEWS

Mr. N. - Mchae was ma Ierry
County this week
DR. a. r. Luter, of Luterton. was
in town Wednesday
Dr a. H. Capps, of Coxburgh,
was in town Tuesday.
The county board Of equalizers
meet here next Monday.
Mr.. W.. p. Diggs, OF Holladay,
was in the city Wednesday,
Mr. Eula Hudson is convalescent
after an illness of several days.
Children's day viii be observed
at Postoak next Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. w. Il. Hubbs has returned
homefrom a visit TO relatives at Big
Sandy
DIR. and Mrs. H. w. Watkins, of
Hollow Rock, visited friends here
Sunday
Mr.. Lester Hudson, OF Hollow
Rock, spent Sunday with Camden
relatives.
Mrs. j. d. Yarbrough and child,
of Nashville, are visiting Camden
relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. i. Phillips, of
Hollow Rock, spent Sunday with
Camden relatives.
Mr.. J. Il. Pierce Joined his wife
here Sunday, and they returned
to Ariadne Monday.
DR. r. b. Travis requests that his
grass blade be returned to him by
the one borrowing it.
Clerk and Master ID. G. Hudson
and DIR. E. NJ. McAuley were called
to Point Mason Tuesday.
Mrs. II. E. McElyea and chill
dren, Of Humphreys County, are
visiting Camden relatives.
Miss Mary Neal, one OF Holla-
days lovely bellies, is the guest of
Mr.. and Mrs. Z. J. Dodd, South
Camden.
DIR. w. ?. McGill was called to
Dickson Wednesday to attend the
beside Of his father, who was re-
ported very sick.
County Clerk G. b. Greer has is
sued marriage licenses to Homer
Elmore and Mary Dickson, d. M.
Hollingsworth and Velia Wick and
! w. II. Townsend and Lena David
son.
Quite a number from here will
attend the inaugural ceremonies Of
| the Tennessee Centennial and In
ternational Exposition at Nashville
next Monday and Tuesday. We
understand a special low rate Of
$l.75 for the round trip is made
by the Nashville, Chattanooga and
st. Louis Railroad to rs or more
persons on one ticket travelling in
a body.
Ferrell, the little child OF Mr.
and Mrs. I. HI. Bateman, died very
suddenly Thursday night Of last
week. The child was taken with
Group early in the evening, and it
died about eight O'Clock. We join
the many friends OF the bereaved
family inextending coincidence and
sympathy. The remains were in
TERED Friday afternoon at Camden
Cemetery.
Despite the fact that it was rather
cool and threatened rain, the ice
cream supper Tuesday evening was
a pronounced success. The pro-
ceeds amounted to S21.80; the ex-
penses, S1405 The balance, S7.75,
was placed in the hands of Sheriff
w. A, Lashlee to be applied to re-
pairing or building a new fence at
, Camden Cemetery. The young
men who inaugdrated the move
ment deserve much credit. They
desire us to return their thanks to
the ladies who so kindly assisted in
making the supper a success.
A Big Sandy special tothe Nash
vile American Tuesday says CDR.
j. T. Alsup, one Of the leading ply
sicians, or formerly so, of this coun-
ty, died yesterday from taking toe
much chloral night before last. DR.
Alsup at one time had bright pros
poets as a physician, graduating
. with honors at the University Of
Tennessee in the class of 1898. On
I returning home, he built up nice
! practice, but took to the morphine
{ habit, and was semitic Bolivar about
! seven months ago. He seemed tx
be all RIGHT finally and nronerlv n