LAUDERDALE COUNTY, TN - NEWSPAPERS - Misc. Articles
====================================================================
     USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing
         free information on the Internet, data may be used by
         non-commercial entities, as long as this message
         remains on all copied material. These electronic
         pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit
         or for presentation by other persons or organizations.

         Persons or organizations desiring to use this material
         for purposes other than stated above must obtain the
         written consent of the file contributor.

         This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb
         Archives by: Sarah Hutcherson <saramai@bellsouth.net>
==================================================================== 
ITEMS FROM MEMPHIS PRESS SCIMITAR FOR MISC. FILE IN  LAUDERDALE COUNTY ARCHIVES

SECOND SECTION   VOLUME 47  NO.36   FRIDAY JANUARY 21,1927
WILL OMITS SONS; RIPLEY,TENNESSEE JAN.21--The will of MRS.V.B. GLIMP has been
probated in County Court here.  MRS.GLIMP was an old and well-known resident of
this county,living at the old homeplace at Glimp on her farm of 130 acres.She
appointed SAM L.BERG of Ripley, as executor, with instructions to sell her real
estate and divide the proceeds among six of her children,stating in her will
that she had already given to her two children,JIM and OSCAR,all she wanted them
to have,and made no provision in the will for them.She gave $2000 in cash to her
son,WHEELER GLIMP,as Trustee of her two grandchildren, THELMA and WILLIE MAY
SAFALEY,to be paid to them when they reach their majority.Her mules and farming
tools went to WHEELER GLIMP, and the balance of her personal property,money and
household goods to her daughter, Leanna GLIMP,(married AVERY WEBB)

RIPLEY,TENN.JAN.21--The "Long Chain Man" from Nashville has come and gone,and in
his wake,has left misery and anguish in the hearts of the loved ones of those he
carried away.It has been a long time since a prisoner left Lauderdale County to
serve life. The crime for which CURLEY McKINLEY was convicted was revolting.Last
April,this negro,who was estranged from his wife,returned to her home and in the
presence of their children,shot and killed his wife and daughter.  Others from
Lauderdale County were negroes; VASSER JOHNSON, three years in agricultural
school for boys for forgery; GILL GREEN,three years for robbery; SANDFORD
TAYLOR, two years for house-breaking and larceny; ANDREW JOHNSON, one year for
larceny.