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From: Vicky Hutchings <>
Subject: RE: [TNGIBSON-L] The Rutherford Register - Jan 25, 1907
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1998 07:34:17 -0500


In the McCorkle Diary, Ms. McCorkle tells of William Turner's sawmill
accident in Tatumville, TN. The boiler blew up on 11/23/1901 killing
three men and wounding two others (one being Joseph Dozier). In the
diary, she goes on to say that Joseph Dozier died two days later on the
25th of November, 1901.

I have, to date, not been able to find any additional information on the
accident nor have I been able to locate where Joseph might have been
buried. If you run across any reference to this, I would be greatly
appreciative!

Any help you could provide would be greatly appreciated.

Vicky

-----Original Message-----
From: edclark [mailto:]
Sent: Thursday, July 30, 1998 7:25 AM
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Subject: [TNGIBSON-L] The Rutherford Register - Jan 25, 1907

Hi everyone,

If anyone objects to getting these, please let me know. As I go through
each issue, I'm transcribing just the local "news" into a file. In
time, I want to have a file for an entire year. If I ever get that far,
I'll post the file to our web site. In the meantime, I thought it would
be "entertaining" to see what went on in a week in a small Gibson County
town earlier this century.

First, left over stuff from 11 Jan 1907...

A boy tipping the beam at fifteen pounds was born to Mr. and Mrs. B.
Swink in the 19th district Tuesday.

A jury of inquest pulled Henry Decoat, colored, from a pool of water
near the railroad track at the bluff near the old Garrison Mill site
about three miles north of town last Friday evening. The section crew
garded the dead negro in his watery bed till the proper authorities were
carried from Rutherford to the scene. The negro was seen get on the
north bould local Friday and was thought to be working his way to
Wickliffe. We understand that he was seen by Mr. Elbert Peel to alight
from the moving train and run down the embankment stumbling over a bush
where he fell into the water. The jury of inquest could get no evidence
from the train crew or any one else that gave them any clew as to the
manner in which he lost his life. Papers on his person identified him
as Henry Decoat of Jackson. The Jackson authorities were communicated
with and the father of the dead man asked that the remains be shipped to
Jackson which was done Saturday afternoon. A bad wound on his head was
the cause of his death, but how inflicted is not known.

=====[ Jan 18, 1907 ]=====

Ed Johnstone was in Humboldt Saturday.

Mrs. Eph Smith is visiting relatives in Dyer.

Ed Ward was over from Kenton Wednesday.

Mrs. J. R. Pate is the guest of relatives in Kenton.

Clinton Atkins of Trenton was in the city Saturday.

A girl was born to Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Carruth Sunday night.

C. M. Stubblefield moved his family to Union City Saturday.

Mrs. Neil Johnstone visited relatives in Greenfield the past week.

Mrs. Kate Courtney and Miss Bessie Tinkle were in Union City Saturday.

Agent R. D. Patrick is having some improvements made on his residence.

Mr. and Mrs. Charley Halford visited relatives in Dyer Sunday and
Monday.

Misses Lucy Killough and Hattie Gibbs of Trenton spent Saturday in the
city.

The W. P. Elrod Co. has erected an additional ware room in the rear of
their big store.

The weather this week, though fairly cold, has not been sufficient to
encourage hog killing.

Miss Belva Minton of Kenton has accepted a position as saleslady with
the W. P. Elrod Co.

Little Miss Charlie Lain of Trenton made a week end visit to her aunt,
Mrs. Lyle Davidson.

Miss Alice Raines of Dyer has accepted a position as saleslady with M.
Peel Dry Goods Co., and will begin work February 1st.

There is considerable tainted meat in the community.

Mrs. R. D. Patrick and children visitied relatives in Mississippi last
week.

A number of the young people are preparing to present a drama soon at
Academy Hall.

Mrs. White has returned to Nashville after a short visit to her sister,
Mrs. R. L. Thornton.

J. S. Mount has moved back here from Union City. He is on the road for
the Mayfield Woolen Mills.

The Pure Food Law should include the man who offers tainted meat for
sale at the present high price.

Hardy Bros. & Haguewood Co. have just received a shipment of very fine
harness and other leather goods of superior quality.

W. D. Kizer of Milan is advertised to be in Rutherford to buy horses and
mules from 4 to 8 years old, next Monday, Jan. 28.

W. H. Carruth has sold his half interest in the livery stable on Front
street to his partner, Lyle Davidson, and the latter is now the sole
owner.

Mr. J. W. Glasscock, who purchased the N. L. Davis blacksmith lot in
connection with the Thornton property, has torn down the shop
preparatory to erecting a residence thereon.

The music and expression pupils of Misses Tinkle and McKinney will give
a recital in the College hall Friday evening, January 25th. They will
be assisted by Prof. John Rook.

Mrs. R. D. Patrick returned, Saturday, from a visit to her old
Mississippi home. She reports that flowers and all vegetation is in as
full boom as at any time during the summer months.

Mr. N. L. Davis, our competent blacksmith and undertaker, informs us
that the shop he has just torn down was creted twenty-two years ago. He
is now located on the opposite side of the street.

The new passing track and the house track so long promised, will be put
in here right away if the weather remains so the grading crew can do its
work.

The M. & O. has just received several fine large passenger engines that
are being "broke-in" in the freight service.

L. K. Tinkle of the M. & O., was here Monday and moved his family to the
residence vacated by C. M. Stubblefield. Pros. Eph Smith and Carl Hanks
will occupy the place vacated by Tinkle.

We begin this week the publication of weekly church notes by Rev. T. G.
Lowery. We hope our readers will appreciate a church department and
that it will become a fixture.

Pearce & Klopp, the Trenton cattle and hog buyers, got three car loads
of hogs out of the community last week. They paid excellent prices.
The hogs were shipped to St. Louis Tuesday of this week.

Thursday of last week a good many mules were brought to the city. About
twenty of them were sold at a good round price.

Mr. McLaren has rented the store room from Dr. Rickman and the same is
being fitted up for his business which we understand is to be a
confectionery stand and billiard or pool room.

Allen Smith of McKenzie was in the community a few days ago and bought
ten cars of cattle and one of hogs from Wilton Wade at $5,000. Mount
and Lock of this city sold him twenty head of fine cattle.

One evening late last week our tonsorial artist, Will T. Wilkes,
jokingly remarked that he would crawl on his hands and knees all the way
from Peel's store to the railroad through the middle of the street,
which was about ten or twelve inches deep in soft black mud, for the sum
of five dollars. The crowd present quickly made up the amount and Mr.
Wilkes begun the journey which was accomplished in seven minutes with
ease and with shouts from his audience. The people on the east side,
who were not "on to" the amusement, but saw a man come crawling down the
muddy street, made up their minds that a crazy man was in the community
until the matter was explained to them.

There is a section in this issue about folks from Shady Grove and Walnut
Grove if anyone is interested I'll post this as well.

Take care folks,

Eddy G. Clark
Gibson County TNGenWeb Coordinator

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