The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1917-11-02
BROWNSVILLE.

The Colored Haywood County Fair
closed last Saturday with one of the
best fairs known in che history of
The organization. There was a large
number of people from many towns
IN west Tennessee present each day.
More than twenty Thousand people
visited this fair. DR.. G. w. Atkins of
Memphis is spending this week in
Brownsville, the guest of DR.. and
Mrs. j. w. Evans. The services at
the First Baptist Church on last Sun
day were very impressive. Rev.
Parr delivered a special sermon to
the soldiers who left Monday of this
week. Messrs Erma Taliaferro,
Clarence Lee, Robert Taylor, Char
lie Perkins and William Jones were
among the hundred soldiers who left
Monday of this week for Maryland
to enter the training camp Prof.
Rickstraw was the guest of Mr.. and
Mrs. Brain Wiley during the fair.
Miss Duvose, the supervision of Madi-
son County schools attended the fair
Saturday. Mr.. C. j. Corner of Ripley
spent the week end the guest of Mr..
land Mrs. Dave Dixon. Mr.. Dixon is
an uncle of Mr.. Corner. He returned
home delighted over the hospitality
shown him. Miss Channie Taylor
was the guest of Miss Fannie Taylor
during the fair. Miss Willie Belle
johnson and her sister were the
guests of Misses Erline and Alice
Norris last week. DR.. J. A. Lester,
a prominent physician of Nashville,
Tenn, attended the Colored Haywood
County Fair last week. His many
friends were glad to have a hand
shake with him in his former home
Rev. A. Parr, pastor Of First Baptist
Church spent several days of last
week in Covington, Tenn, attending
the state convention. Mr.. C. Fields
963 Lane Avenue, Memphis, was the
pleasant guest of Mr., and Mrs BIOL
January, during the fair. DR.. G. w
Atkins of Memphis, Tenn, spent las
week in Brownsville, the guest O
DR.. and Mrs. j. w. Evans. Mr.
Clarenc Lee spent last Sunday il
Jackson, Tenn, with sister, Mis-
Tessie Bond, who is attending Ian,
College. Prof. Rickstraw, of Tuske
gee, Ala, made most excellent ad
dress at the fair ground on Wednes
day of last week, which was schoo
day. Each of the many schools rep
! resented in the parade had beautiful
floats. Prizes were awarded the fol
lowing schools last Wednesday 70
their beautiful floats in the parade
Salem School, Mrs. Ollie Hawkin
| King, teacher, Brown Creek School,
+ Mrs. Ollie Reed Whitelaw, teacher
Willow Grove School, Mrs. Nelli
Sloan Turner, teacher. Prof. o. f
Jeffries, and his sons daughter, Mis-
Mary Jeffries of Bells, attended tn
! fair last week. Prof. Ware of Sun
q mersville, Tenn, also attended tn
+ fair. Mrs. Flora Davis is on the sic
c list this week. Mrs. Bette BatchelC
: of St. Louis, who is home on the a,
p count of illness, is convalescent ;
this writing. Rev. A. Parr spei
c Tuesday of this week over Sout
! Hatchie, to attend a funeral. d
n Shelton of Whiteville, and Miss Ma
q tie Tatum attended the fair MI
+ Fitzgerald of Mercer, Tenn, was tt
# pleasant guest of Mrs. Beaulah Tu
,s ner last Friday evening. Mrs. Be
4 tie Steele, Miss LOWE Love of Alan
r. were the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Jol
10 Bond during the fair. Mr. l.
h Joseph, special agent for Lincoln R
c. serve, spent the week end in Brown
A. vile, guest of Dr. and Mrs. ].
70 Evans. DR.. r. G. Martin, Superb
n tendent of Collins Chapel Home a.
G Hospital, Memphis, attended the f;
dc last week. Rev. ]. H. Belle of Me-
90 phis was the welcome guest of M
IN Clara Il. Reed during the fair. Pl
,e Gus BrazeltOn of Oklahoma CT
er Okla, spent several days of last we
" in Brownsville, the guest of DR.. a
Mrs. j. L. Curtis on Cherry Sire
Miss Grace McLain of Humboldt,
tended the fair Saturday. Mrs. Fl
k gerald principal Of Denmark Sch,
he Mercer, Tenn, and Miss Mer
lis weather of jackson, attended the f
NJ last week. Miss Annie Belle Rag
NJ of Humboldt, Tenn, spent last We