>From "The Pulaski Citizen", Giles County, Tennessee Jan. 23, 1873 In Chancery At Pulaski JANUARY RULES, 1873. E. Edmundson, Com. &c., vs. W. F. Benson and others In this cause it appearing to the satisfaction of the Clerk and Master, from an affidavit to the bill, that the defendants, W. F. Benson, E. J. Beaty and her husband, J. J. Beaty, and James L. Gooch, are non-residents of the state of Tennessee, so that the ordinary process of law cannot be served on them: It is therefore ordered that publication be made for four weeks in succession in the Pulaski Citizen: a newspaper published in the town of Pulaski, in said State, requiring the said defendants to be and appear on the first day of the next term of the Chancery Court to be held for the county of Giles, at the court-house in Pulaski, on the first Monday in March next, and answer complainant’s bill, or the same will be taken for confessed as to them and set for hearing ex-parte. J. B. STACY, C & M J. & W. H. McCALLUM, Att’ys. Ja23 Feb. 13, 1873 Our young friend Ed. F. Batte, who has spent the past month with his many friends and relatives at this place, left for Texas Monday night. We are glad to know that Ed. Is doing well and is advancing rapidly in his profession. It will be some time before this place is made glad with his presence again. He takes with him the best wishes of all –also a traveling certificate of honorary membership to the Piccalo Club. May 15, 1873 Tribute of Respect Elkton Masonic Hall May 2, 1873 Whereas, we have been deprived of the companionship of Brother JOSEPH J. BEATY, who died at his house in Arkansas on the 30th day of January last, it behooves us to express our veneration for his memory: therefore be it Resolved, that Elkton Lodge, No. 24, has lost a worthy and estimable member of the community in which he lived, a good citizen and an eminent and successful physician. Resolved, That while we regret that more of his time and talent was not given to the cause of Masonry, we accord to him an honest effort to conform to its tenets, especially in the manifestations of charity to the indigent. Resolved, That we extend to his bereaved family our heartfelt sympathy in their sad loss, assuring them that we will ever be ready to befriend them in time of difficulties and afflictions. Resolved, that a copy of these resolutions be sent to the PULASKI CITIZEN for publication, and a copy be furnished his family and that they also be spread on the Lodge record. A. W. MOORE J. W. VAUGHN W. A. BAUGH Committee