The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-02-05
eRONANvILLE.

large lot of goods for his house
at the Upper Slough.
Mrs. Efie Terrell and daughter,
from near Woodland. were aboard
the Georgia Saturday en- route to
Barfeld. Ark, to visit relatives.
The river has been full Of ice all
the past week and steamboating is
a serious proposition at present.
The Georgia Lee came near being
sunk at Pt. Pleasant on her up trip
by the storm that swept over this
section Monday night
Mr.. Guy M. Brown, superintend.
ent of the Memphis Gun Co s plant
at Lower Slough, is now champion
of all the ice skaters. Mr. Brown
was reared on the Gulf and this
was his first experience where
ponds froze over, and he sure enjoys
the sport of skating.
Misses Maudie Dublin, Celesiine
Tanning and Callie Wray; Messrs.
Albert flaming and Oscar Haley
spent Sunday at the home of Mrs.
Meta Dublin at Lower Slough.
On account OF so much ice in front
OF the warehouse at the Upper
Slough, the Georgia Lee was una.
bic to land there Saturday and as a
consequence she had to put off the
freight for that point at the Lower
Slough, where, after unloading
large amount of stuff it took on 200
of the AIS snakes of cotton that
were waiting for shipment.
K. Thomas Dublin and wife and
son, Erie, spent Saturday night i'll
the village at the house of Tom
Dublin, ST., and attended the buri-
al of JOHNNIE Ferguson Sunday af-
ternoon.
Virgie Dublin, one of the most
young men of this place,
returned Saturday from a visit to
his sister, Mrs. Laura Gender, near
Hawk $, Ky.
Candidates have begun to an
nounce tor the August election. At
present there are two for circuit
court clerk, Rev. r. Y. Blackwell
and Chas. LeDuke, and tour for
trustee, ex-Sheriff Walter billiard,
]. Harry Smith, ex. Trus-
Tee Jas. p. Alexander and the in
,umbent II. Taylor Mobiles.
Last Thursday VIM Buckalew,
Ed Mullins and VIM. Moss, broth
er-in-law to Buckalew, went out in
the bottom coon hunting to while
away the cold days and to enjoy
themselves. A short while before
shutdown they freed some four or
i've coons up dead cypress tree
ind proceeded to fire the tree in
,tanter. The tree soon burned to
alling and it fell against another
rec and broke in two, one end fly
ng back and striking Buckalew
severe blow, knocking his gun and
rat some fifteen or twenty feet
way. He dodged behind another
rec, thus saving his life perhaps.
Moss was less fortunate, and was
:aught under the log and on the ice
ind rendered unconscious in the
winkling Of an eye. BY some
means Buckalew and his step.son, i
Cd Mullins, managed to get the
Unfortunate man from under the
og. They built fire and Bucka-
ew started for help which was no
learer than seven IN les, just as the
,un went down. leaving Mullins
With what was soon dead man.
When Buckalew returned with help
O carry him home he found. he had
,een dead tor some time, 1t was
for a wagon TO be ca
led over b e numerous frozen
)ayous, so he had to be carried on
blankets fastened to poles seven
niles over the ice. Some places
he ice was not sufficiently strong
o bear the weight of the men at
,nce, so some would cross and drag
he dead man across on the blan-
sets.l He was buried at the Cronan-
lille cemetery Friday. He was a
.trong, healthy man and had a
lumber Of friends.
Some time ago John Thomas Fer
ruson. a former Lake county boy,
eturned to his fathers near this
'illage from Luxora, Ark, where
le was employed by the Lee Line
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