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VOLUME 39.
DRESDEN, TENN., DEC. 16, 1921
No. 34.
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St. Louis Negro Tells Attorney
Harper Why He Killed Wal
ter Morgan at Martin "
Attorney Walter Harper of Mar
tin returned from St. Louis last week
with a sworn confession of the negro
confined in the St. Loui3 work house
who says he is the slayer of Walter
Morgan, night policeman, at' Martin
in 1913. . "
Mr. Harper brought back with him
the confession of the negro, made to
Mr. Harper and sworn to before a
notary public. The negro says that
he is serving time in the St. Louis
work house for a crime that he did
not commit and for this reason would
rather return to Tennessee and
stand trial for the murder of Morgan
than do time in St. Louis for a crime
he did not commit.
Mr. Morgan asked the negro why
he killed Morgan. His reply was that
on the night previous Morgan had
raided a negro dive where this ne
gro, who gives his .name as Will
Carter, was in in company with a no
torious negro woman. He told all
the details, even to. giving the loca
tion of the bridge across a small
ditch north of the passenger station
at Martin,, the location of the negro
Odd Fellows hall and so on, and Mr.
Harper believes he is the assassin of
Walter Morgan.
Gen. Morris has prepared requisi
tions papers, which will be forwarded
to the governor of Missouri by uov.
Alf Tavlor. and if the requisition is
granted the ..negro will be brought
here at once, which will very likely
be the latter part of th s week or
early next week. Under the Missou
ri laws the negro cannot be released
from the work house withou; a requi
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Enterprise Ads Are
Worth Real Money
Mr. E. E. Robinson, the wide-awake
and thoroughly progressive merchant
on the northwest corner, starts some
thing new this week. While it has
been claimed "there is nothing new
under te sun," Robinson has found
something that is entirely different,
as will be seen from his very unique
ad in today's Enterprse.
Robinson is going to give cash for
copies of his ad cut from today's En
terprise and brought to his store.
Yesl cash! Robinson is always doing
something different, and thfs time
Tie wants to find out how many peo
ple read Enterprise ads.
There is always cash to readers
of this paper who read the ads. Bar
gains in wanted merchandise are list
ed in Enterprise ads every week, and
jthe reader who does not look over
these ads carefully is actually, losing
money.
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Arrested for Failure
to Send to School
Mr. Jim Stallings, a citizen of the
Sixth district, was tried on last Fri
day on a warrant sworn out by the
county truant officer, Miss Vera
Duggan, charging failure to comply
with the statute requiring parents
and guardians to have their children
and wards in school the required
number of days.
The case was gone into at some
length before the trial magistrate,
who held that under the law he was
compelled to levy a fine upon Mr.
StalMngs. However, the fine was
suspended upon his promise to put hig
child in school. .
A number of other similar cases
- have been reported from various sec
tions of the county and warrants will
be issued and prosecutions conducted
.just as soon as the truant officer can
get to them.
CAMPAIGN FOR HEW
Rev.' Jewell Meeting With
Splendid Encouragement,
Plans $25,000 Edifice
Within a fortnight, or perhaps less
time, Dresden Methodists will be in
the midst of an active campaign se
curing contr.b.utions for a new house
of worship to cost in the neighbor
hood of $25,000 when completed.
However, the present plan is to
complete as much as possible now and
then later finish it. The new building
as planned by Rev. Jewell and the
committee, composed of F. C. Ezell
and Dr. J. L. Jones, will include a
basement, Sunday school rooms, large
auditorium, the latter on the ground
floorj pastor's study in fact, a mod
ern edifice in every particular, one
as befits the wealth and refinement
of this community.
The present building was erected
the year 1866, directly after the close
of the civil war, according to Mr.
John P. Gibbs, who remembers when
the building was constructed. This
was 55 years ago, and in all these
years more than half a century-
there has been nothing done to the
church building to improve cr en
large it, except some additions made
20 years ago. These improvements
however, were of minor importance,
adding no additional room. The walls
were heightened and the present en
trance made, whereas before the
front was plain, with two dooi;s in
the west end.
Rev. Jewell is meeting with splen
did encouragement and states that
he hopes to have the required amount
pledged within a very short time.
Some . very liberal donations are
promised though not absolutely
pledged at this t'me, and others are
confidently expected.
With two new churches, each cost
ing about $25,000 and a brand-new
$35,000 school building old Dresden
promises to outshine 'em all.
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Popular Dresden
Girl Married Sunday
On last Sunday, at Shafter, Mr,
John Gardner, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Gus Gardner, well-to-do and highly
respected citizen residing near Hill
side, and Miss Norine Tice, the beau
tiful daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. L
Tice, of Dresden, were happily united
fn the holy bonds of wedlock.
Several couples of friends of the
young people witnessed-the ceremony,
which was performed while seated
in their car.
A host of friends unite in wishing
for the happy young people a life of
undisturbed matrimonial bliss.
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ESTES PATENTEE
FORD AHAGHMENT
Dresden's Skilled Mechanic Re
turns From Washington With
O. K. of Patent
CWtfit, 1421 by ttcClur Newi(iMf 5yndkt
Mr. Artie Estes, chief mechanic at
Estes' garage, returned Friday from
Washington, where he had gone in
the interest of a Ford attachment
which he had designed and which
will be patented. In fact, the patent
is now pending.
For a long time Mr. Estes has been
working on a device to hold the Ford
fan belt on the crank shaft pulley,
and his efforts were finally reward
ed by building a pulley with flanges
on either side. With this there is ab
solutely no chance for the belt to
slip off one side or the other.
Everyone who has ever driven a
Ford well knows that a great deal of
trouble is experienced by the driver
in keeping this fan belt on. And when
it slips off the water in the radiator
boils and boils like unto a steam en
gine boiler. But with the Estes at
tachment, which will sell so cheap
that no Ford owner can do without
one, all this trouble is obviated. Al
ready several are in use in this, com
munity and arc giving entire satis
faction. Mr. Estes has not determined
whether the pulleys will be manu
factured here or elsewhere. He has
associated with him in the project
Dr. J. L. Jones aad Mr. Bob Estes.
' While in Washington Artie vas the
guest of Representative and Mrs.
Finis J. Garrett and was shown many
splendid courtesies. He visited the
house of representatives and was
given an ovation by the members of
the house, who arose to their feet
when Estes, President Harding, Sec
retary Hughes and the peace confer
ence delegation appeared before that
august body Estes coming in at
about the same, time these dignata
ries arrived and declares the ovation
was in his honor.
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FURS WEDNESDAY
Dresden Fur Dealer, B. J. By
ars, Goes to St. Louis Mar
ket With Big Shipment
B. J. Byars, the thoroughly wide
awake fur dealer, left here Wednes
day night for St. Louis with a huge
,shipment of furs, valued at $3,700.
The fura went by parcel post. They
were insured at a cost to Mr. Byars
of $50, besides the postage.
; A huge truck load of furs at the
depot Wednesday night for shipment
on the 6:50 train created a deal of
interest, especially since the consign
ment was going by mail. Each bun
dle was securely wrapped and tied
and labeled.
Among the furs were coon, opos
sum, mink, fox, skunk, etc., bought
by Mr. Byars from trappers all over
this section of the country. Almost
daily for the past month Byars has
received large shipments of furs di
rect from trappers in Tennessee, Mis
sissippi, Arkansas, Louis'na and
Texas. He is rated one of the most
extensive fur dealers in the country
and has a well established reputation
for fair dealing with those from
whom he buys. . '
"Perkle" and Perk
ier are Brought In
Officers of the law, frequently
after laying out all night in an ear
nest endeavor' to apprehend some
law breaker, are critic'sed because
the bird got away, but on Tuesday
night a raiding party composed of
Deputy Sheriff Egbert Bullock, Will
Dunn, Finis Summers and Morris
McClain got both the bird and the
goods.
An old man, gray-headed, named
McClure, was arrested at his home,
the Atkins farm in the first district,
by the raiders, who captured a bar
rel of what is termed "perkle,"
whatever that is a somekind of in
toxicant made of meal, molasses, and
so on. The barrel of stuff was found
in the basement, where also was a
furnace, but if there had been a still
at the place it had been moved, per
haps for a run that night. McClure
was brought to jail to await the ac
t'on of the grand jury.
CHARGED
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Two Former Weakley County
Boys Arrested. Trial Friday
at Paducah
Three men were arrested at Fulton
last Thursday by detectives in the
employ of the express company
charged with the robbery of the
company's office at Fulton about
Oct. 1, when $16,000 in currency,
liberty bonds and negotiable checks
were taken from the aafe while the
express agent was less than 100
iet away out on the platform re
ceiving express from a train.
Two of the men are former citi
zens of Dukedom Barney Abernatyh
and John Dudley. The third man ar
rested is Hayden Harris, of Fulton,
where also Abernathy and Dudley
now live. The accused men will have
a preliminary hearing at Paducah
today (Friday) before a U. S. com
missioner, and pending the hearing
they (are being held in jail at Hick
man in default of bail.
Attorney T. A. Francis of Duke
dom will represent Abernathy and
Dudley at the hearing in Paducah
(today. The evidence upon which the
men were arrested is said to be
purely circumstantial, there being
no positive proof that they were im
plicated in the robbery. When ar
rested, the three men had but $300
on their persons, while the sum of
$1,100 in currency, while the remain
der, about $14,900, was in bonds
and negotiable checks. All three
men maintain their innocence.
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Painfully Burned
By Scalding Water
Mrs. Ben Lowery, residing several
miles northwest of Dresden, sustain
ed painful burns about the feet Sat
urday, when a large wash kettle of
scalding-hot water overturned and
ran on her feet.
Mrs. Lowery had the large kettle
on the fire-place heating water pre
paratory to scouring, Mr. Lowery
came in and undertook lifting the re
ceptacle from the fire, when one side
came in contact with an obstacle and
overturned. Before Mrs. Lowery
could get out of harm's length the
hot water flooded the floor and her
shoes were filled. Both feet are ter
ribly swollen and she has suffered
intensely.
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Death of Ex-Con
federate Soldier
ELECTOFRCERS
Martin , City Lodge No. 551
Will Have Public In
Mr. J. J. Ramsey, 81 years of age,
died Monday at his home in the 19th
district and was laid to rest Tuesday
at Oak Grove burying ground, ser
vices by Rev. Fleming. The deceased
leaves a large family of children.
His was an honorable, upright career
and a man who was held in the high
est esteem by those who knew him
His was an onorable, upright career
and he goes to his final reward ready
to meet his maker in peace. He was
stricken last Saturday with pneumo
nia, dying Monday.
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Many Fine Porkers
Butchered This Week
Since certain gentlemen killed hogs
and saved their meat back in the
November warm 'spell, proving that
weather conditions have little effect
upon saving fresh pork, if properly
cared for, many citizens of the
county butchered their pork on Mon
day and Tuesday of this week.
From every section of the county
came news of neighborhood killings
and some very fine porkers were
butchered. The fattening season has
been ideal clear, free of cold, rainy
weather and hogs have thrived.
The several Masonic lodges ovet!
the county in their respective regular
sessions during the past week elect
ed officers for the following year.
The list of names found below go to
show the character of the men com
posing thessj fine organizations.
The Enterprise made an effort
to obtain names of all the officers,
but there are several lodges we were
unable to reach by 'phone, namely:
Ward's Chapel and Sidonia, and
possibly others. If the secretaries oS
these will send the Enterprise their
newly elected officers we will ba
glad to publish them.
Martin City lodge will publicly in
stall its new officers on the night of
Dec. 27, at the hall. It is a beauti
ful . impressive ceremony, and the
public will receive a rordial welcome.
Gleaton Lodge, No. 330, F. & A. M,
Eulas Collins, W. M.; Pratt Reed,
S. D.; Finis Vincent, J. D.; Dr. J. E.
Goldsby, seenjtary-treasurer; Robt,
Johnson, tyler.
Dukedom Lodge, No. 169, F. & A.M.
W. W. Marr, W. M.; J. L. Foy, S
W.; Clois Young, J. W.; S. I. Dudley,
secretary.
Sharon Lodge, No. 615, F. & A. M,
Grover Elinor, W M.; C. A. Pitts,
S. W.; W. J. Horn, II. L. Smith, J.
W.; tyler,; I. F. Reagor, treasurer;
S. C. Fuller, secretary; O. L. Har
key, S. D. ; Mark Payne, J. D. ; Frank
Hollensworth, S. D.; T. W. Burch,
J. S. ; R. D. Hunt, chaplain.
Bill Sim, No. 643, F. & A. M.
J. W. Young, W. M.; J. W. Spears,
S. W.; J. W. Jones, J. W.; Z. C,
Sims, secretary; J. J. Higgs, J. D.;
O. L. Bobbitt, S. D.; Carl Bullock,
tyler; Ernest Edmonston, and Earl
( Continued on fourth page) ;
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The Modern Wood
men Case Appealed
The case of Jack Freeman, by. G.
E. Bowden, guardian, against the
Modern Woodmen of America, in
when judgment was received against
defendants on a policy of insurance
in sum of $1,000, which policy was
issued on the life of Sam Freeman,
father of the minor child, Jack Free
man, was heard Monday on mot'ort
for new trial, and which motion was
by the court over-ruled. Thereupon
the Woodmen appealed the case tul
court of civil appeals.
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Gov. Patterson .
Charms Large
Audience Here
The large audience which filled the
auditorium at the Methodist church
in Dresden Monday night was charm
ed by the matchless address of for
mer Gov. M. R. Patterson, lecturing:
under the auspices of the Anti-Saloon
League of America.
The distinguished speaker was met
at the station by a reception commit
tee, and preceeding the lecture a mu
sical program was rendered. Judgo
Jos. E. Jones introduced Gov. Patter
son, who immediately launched upon
his address. Gov. Patterson did not
confine his remarks to the liquor
question, but branched out and in
cluded national and international is
sues confronting and disturbing the
public mind. He was rather optimis
tic of the future and believes that we
are not so badly jaded as some seem
to think. It was an able address, de
livered by an able man and Dresden
is right glad he came this way.