The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-08-13
About a half-dozen insurance
agents have been in town during the
/ week-and we are still living.


war the fourth Sunday in thi
month.
Mr.. Z. ". Pickett, Of Hart
sell, Ala, is here on visit to hi
family, Who have been guests o.
Mr.. II. c. Callahan for severa
weeks.
"A party from Hickory Valley
consisting of Misses Lou Ella and
Sarah Flint Ferguson, Elizabeth and
Sarah Richardson, Pattye McAnulty
and Mr.. James Rose Ghaparoned by
Mr.. and Mrs. T. n. Prewitt and
Mrs. Eliza Rose are spending the
week at Dunlap Springs.
The BOLIVAR BULLETIN passed
its thirty-third anniversary last
week, and the fact that it has sur
vived so long is not only compli-
ment to the intelligence of the peo-
pie of Hardeman County, but speaks
volumes for the conservatism and
ability of it's publisher.-Nashville
Banner.
Mr.. Sol Loeb, chief clerk for
that up-to-date firm of Lipsky Bros,
Whiteville, is one of the most ex-
pert statesmen that ever faced a Gus
toner across a Hardeman County
counter. Give him an idea of your
wants, and he does the rest. Nat
urally, he is one of the most courte-
Gus of men, but sometimes he be-
comes "Cross." His friends, who
are legion, understand him, how
ever, and do not censure him.
Miss Ressie Polk, the accom-
plished daughter of Col. Thomas
Polk, of Jackson, entertained a num-
Der of friends at the Duncan Hotel,
Whiteville, last week with a ''house-
party" Among those present were
Miss Kate Jennings, Nashville; Hat
tie Temple, Jackson; Messrs. B.
Duke, Aleck Dancey, Bond Ander-
son, Jackson. Last Friday after
noon they visited the Western Hos
pital, and were entertained by the
officials of that institution.
Thomas Rhodes, colored, was
arrested at Whiteville Tuesday by
Marshal Tisdale, brought to Bolt
var and confined in Jail. He is ac-
cused o. numbering negro in Mem
phis about a month ago. Rhodes
was formely from this county and
our officials were notified to be on
the lookout for him. Sheriff Sam
mons telegraphed Sheriff Carnes of
the arrest. A deputy responded to
the telegram and carried the prison
err to Memphis Wednesday.
Mr.. James Deming, of Dallas,
Texas, is visiting relatives in Har-
deman. He was in Bolivar Monday
and called at our office. Mr.. Dem
ing was born and reared in this
county. He left here thirteen years
ago for the Lone Star State, where,
we are glad to learn, he has prospered.
The BULLETIN has been a weekly
visitor to him for many years. He
renewed his own subscription and
ordered the paper sent to his father
at Fruitland, Tenn.
Esquire w. J. Cox returned
Wednesday evening from Nashville,
where he went to represent Harde-
man County on Magistrates Day"
at the Centennial. He reports the
attendance small, but the meeting in
other respects a success. Esquire
Cox scattered 1000 copies of the
"History of Hardeman County"
among the boys. Among other
business transacted at the meeting
it was decided to organize County
Court League, to meet annually. A
committee was appointed to arrange
plans for same. Esquire Cox was
honored with the craftsmanship of
that committee.
Mrs. Rivers Norment died at
Rogers Springs, in the 18th district
of Hardeman County, Monday, Au
gust eth, 1897, in the 25th year of
her age. Her remains were buried
at the Price graveyard, near White
vile, Tuesday. Mrs. Norment was
the daughter of Esquire w. A.
Caruthers. She was married to Mr..
Rivers Norment on November 18th,
1894 For two years prior to her
death she was an invalid. Skilled
physicians exerted every effort to re-
store her to health. As a
last resort, she requested to be car