McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1919-12-19
Nearly Forty Years Ago


the McNairy County Indepen
dent, published at Purdy, thi
copy being of date March 19
1881. The publisher was C. G
Lewter, and the editor and pro
pfietor was j. w. Purviance.
We print in this issue some o
the news and information con
tanned in that issue of the paper
|among the same being:
4 CIRCUIT COURT PROCEEDINGS,
MARCH TERM, 1881
The grand jury for the term is
J. P. Atkins, foreman, James
Kerr, w. j. Maness, Thoma,
| Maxedon, R. D. Tedford, w. R.
Hardin, L. c. Rotten, w. G. Hal
Hey, Fra1k Fortune, Andrew
Gooch, Isaac O'neal, J. 7. Goocf
w. j. Olive. Officer, A, D. Bar
rett. The grsnd jury returned
twenty eight indictments ant
1presentments.
The Grand jury for the tern
lis: j. C. Naylor, Daniel Hill, ].
L. Fletcher, w. ]. Archer,
Matthew Deaton, N. S. White,
Robert Brooks, j. w. Latta, A,
B. Patterson, (excused) Johf
Clifton, ]. F. Carothers, W. C.
IChamness. Officer, James Phil.
lips.
MARRIAGE LICENSE ISSUED SINCE
LAST REPORT
G. S. Grove to M. F. A. Nance.
O. G. Prince to R. E. Bessel.
Floyd Nash to Alice Day,
7. M. Walker to N. C. Early.
W. M. Harris to Jennie SewelI.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
DIR. w. W. Stovall, Bethel
Springs, Tenn, inserted Sept. 20,
1879. D. W. Herring, Attorney
and Solicitor, Purdy, Tennessee.
Mckinney and Barnhill Bros,
Attorneys at law, firm composed
of G. c. Mckinney, Purdy, J. T.
Barnhill, Chewalla, R. T. Barn
hill, Corinth, J. T. Braden, At
torney at law, Purdy, Tennessee.
]. w. Pace, Attorney at law,
Purdy, Tennessee. S. L. Warren,
Attorney at law. Purdy. Tennes-
see. A. W. Stovall, Attorney at
law, Bethel Springs, Tennessee.
j. w. Purviance, Attorney at
law, Purdy Tennessee.
Among the names of the mer-
chants whose advertisements ap-
peared in that issue are found:
Jno. Barham, merchant, Hender-
son, Tennessee. R. w. Tatum,
General Merchandise, Bethel
Springs, Tennessee. F. M. Free
man, Druggist, Adamsville,
Tennessee. Hill and Simmons,
Merchants, Bethel Springs.
Tennessee. J. P. Prince, Mer-
chant. Purdy, Tennessee.
An interesting item in these
wor4s, apbears:
Attention, travellers. Daily
hack line from Savannah to Beth.
el Springs. Leave Savannah ev.
cry morning. except lpnday, and
arrives at Bethel Springs, l1fb
leaving that point at 12:45
rives at Savannah at 6 p. IA.
Adamsville Institute, for boys
and girls, Prof. NJ. R. Abernathy,
Principal.
Personal mention made Of:
| DR.. Job Bell, G. WI Shipm
Bill Sweat, Major Thompson,
D. Barry, John Combs, w
Goad, H. A. McCalpin, C. s
II. F. Huddleston, F. Hurst
Nethery, R |. Walker, ]
Jeans, Elijah Sheffield, WI
Smith, w. D. Jopling, Jack n
inson, Tipp Bagwell, Wiley 81
com, ]. P. Rogers.
In this paper IL found an adver.
tisement to sell q residence and
1.-THE owner states:
Twill sell for cash my new home
in Bethel Springs on the M. & Q.
R. R., for $500, at least $500 lesi
than it cost me to put the improve
ments on the lot. For Informa-
ton see o. ]. StovaIl, Bet4s.
Springs, or write to me at lib
Ibee, Miss, R. B. Kernodle.
! All of the above will be read
with interest by the older resi-.
dents of the county and else
where. We wonder how many
Iof the people named above arr