Local visits and trips noted around Corinth and Cherokee
Several residents and visitors are listed with travel to Corinth, Memphis, Burnsville, Cherokee, and Pormsville. Among names mentioned are Mr Bennett, Miss Ollie Hudson, Miss Vergie Carter, Mr F A Pearcey, Mr J A Pyle, Miss Mat Patterson, Mrs E Newcomb, Miss Harris, Miss Zoula Hill, Miss Mattie Hill, Prof G Lyfth, Mr J F Starkey, and Miss Annie Jourdan. Activities include business trips, visiting relatives, and social engagements with dates scattered this week and last.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Faircloth
Memphis
John Webb Jr
Pormsville
Ollie Hudson
Local Social Notes From Burnsville Area Highlights
Names of residents and visitors appear in a dense roundup: Misses Hlow, Rioda, Mae Haney, Julia Bayless, Altha Brown, Ollie Hudson, and many others travel, visit, or return. Community figures include A B Patterson at Grand Lodge 100 F event at West Point and H S Massey supervising 62,000 ties loaded at Sheffield. Warnings to buy coal, and local ads for raisins, lace, laundry, and other goods punctuate the social ledger.
Jackson Martin wedding ties town to springtime vows
Miss Mattie Allen Jackson wed Berry Lee Martin Jr in a May 12 ceremony at the Jackson residence. Mendelssohn’s wedding march opened the procession with groomsmen, bridesmaids, and ring bearers preceding the couple under a white bell. Gifts included a silver tea service and solid silver flatware plus a furnished house and lot. Guests noted the couple’s family ties and wished them a bright future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inka
W. C. Jackson
Mattie Allen
Berry Lee Martin, Jr
Jackson
Mendelssohn
Miss Williams
Earl Goyer
William Graham
Kittie Mae Walker
Alma McKnight
Eugene Hall
Lucien Carmichael
Virginia Wilson
Sara Wise
Martha Frances Allen
Randolph
Methodist Church
Betty Martin
Doubleheader Victory and Sunday Church Address
The report notes a 13-1 and 14-4 doubleheader win described in lively local sports tone. It also mentions a Sunday May 22 address at the Methodist Church on The Bible and the Mid Evening topic, plus a sewing machine sale from Wilson sewing machine with former price $60 now $25 at G T Carmichael & Son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunshine Hawt
Methodist Church
Wilson
Carmichael & Son
Free Will Offering Supports Church Organ Fund
The Presbyterian ladies hosted a free will offering event at Mrs RL McKnight’s residence with many attendees. Readings by Col Hawks and Mrs Annie Tatum McKinney accompanied the gathering, yielding funds for a new church organ. Also noted are a cottage for rent on Fifth Street and Kate Brown’s unanimous election as first assistant at Moss Point High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Presbyterian Church
RL McKnight
Col Hawks
Annie Tatum McKinney
Fifth Street
Main and Vine
T Ross
W W Harris
Kate Brown
Moss Point
Flour brands advertised by CW McKnight at white brick store
The advertisement promotes reliable flour brands Tube Rose Bob White and Horton's Best as guaranteed. The white brick store serves as the headquarters for top groceries under CW McKnight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob White
Horton's Best
Reliable
Best Groceries
CW McKnight
Attendee Declines Sikeston High School Closing Exercises
The writers acknowledge an invitation to Sikeston Missouri high school's closing exercises. They note their niece Frances Cora Baker belongs to the graduating class and express regret that they cannot attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sikeston
Frances Cora Baker
Trustees Call Meeting At Agricultural High School
A quorum attended last Saturday but no action was taken due to the absence of N L Phillips and J O Looney. Another meeting is set for next Saturday when all are hoped to be present. Also noted are new supplies of Scott's Gossypium and acid phosphate at GT Carmichael & Son. Mr and Mrs Jesse Shippy plan to move to Grenada Mississippi. Mr Whit Fairless is in town today. Recent heavy showers improved the cotton crop outlook as fraud investigations reveal fake bills of lading harming European dealers to the tune of over a million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Agricultural High School
N L Phillips
J O Looney
J AE Pyle
Steele, Miller Co
Corinth
Harland Dies Suddenly At Riverton Hotel Keeper
J M Harland, a prominent Riverton merchant and hotel keeper, died suddenly last Tuesday, likely from heart failure. He was buried Wednesday with WO W honors. Local Woodmen from Riverton attended the burial about three miles south of Riverton, including J H Webb, RU Woodley, R W Carter, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrj M Harland
Riverton
Ala
J H Webb
RU Woodley
R W Carter
W T Woodruff
John Storment
John Massey
John T Jourdan
Charley Curtis
F H Wilson
W W Harris
Wynn improving noted in Dumas Texas
A note from Dumas Texas states that Mr TW Wynn is improving. Mr W A Flynt filled his pockets with fish hooks and left for Yellow Creek Monday. Mr Ed Barnes and his young wife are living at Corinth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dumas
Texas
TW Wynn
Mr W A Flynt
Yellow Creek
Ed Barnes
Corinth
Local Visitors and Events Note Riverton Guests
Mr Chas Greenhilly of Riverton attended with Mr J H Webb last Friday night. G T Carmichael & Sons offer Original Tube Rose Primrose and Wagoner's Wonder floorsnone. Mr and Mrs W H Phelps of Burnsville were in town yesterday. Mr F G Massey traveled to Sheffield to oversee tie loading. The Iuka Concert Band will perform several pieces at the stereopticon entertainment tomorrow night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Hall
Inka
Chas Greenhilly
Riverton
J H Webb
Primrose and
Wagoner
W. H. Phelps
Burnsville
Iuka
All Day Singing at Salem Church Event
An all day singing gathering is planned at Salem church located nine miles south of Iukanth on Sunday the 29th. Everyone is invited and asks attendees to bring well filled baskets. Rev. Cox R, 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem Church
Iukanth
Cox
Deaths and local notes from a rural community
Mrs Sallié Gholson age 73 died last night at the home of Will Randle three miles south of Tuka. She was aunt to Mrs Po Barnett. Miss Morella Watson has returned home from Vina Alabama after several months as a sales lady. The town notes mention improved electric light service and a Baptist church revival next Sunday with a new alcove nearing completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TB Collum
Cherokee
JC Miller
Inka
Sallié Gholson
Will Randle
Tuka
Po Barnett
Morella Watson
Vina, Ala
W J Epting
Baptist Church
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bennett
Markle
Maney
Gww Mitter
Kemerer
Margerum
Vergie Carter
F A Pearcey
Howard's
Mat Patterson
Burnsville Friends
E Newcomb
Route 2
Miss Harris
Chrokee
Zoula
Mattie Hill
Eastport
G Lyfth
Luka
Howard’s
J F Starkey
Mingo, Miss
Annie Jourdan
W. L. Elledge
Mattie Deardolph
Mary Hearn
Eee Hlow
Rioda
Mae Haney J
Julia Bayless
Sheffield
Altha Brown
Short,Miss
A B Patterson
Grand Lodge
West Point
Miss
Messrs J A and
W N Morgan Jr
Ardmore, Oklahoma
R E Floyd
F Floyd
H S Massey
Sheffield Landing
E. A. Payne
Mattie Carmichael
Knoxville, Tenn
Brother
G T Carmichael
Charley Hess
Marston, Mo
Alen Jemneson
Birmingham
A T Scruggs
Ora Holder
Ida Hamilton
McKnight
G W Wise
Sara
G W Jr
Madison, Ala
Berry Martin
H. Hearn’s
W Moore
H Moore
Mildred McDonald
J. B. Williams
Carrie Reid Rice
Harry Holmes
Gant
Harrisburg
Ark
J ‘T Goyer
W McKnight
Graham Bros. Basker
R. W. Carter
Charlsie Harris Wilson
R-Y. Paden
S$. Mayball
Tawamba County
Robi Mayball
Cruger, Miss
Wil
J. H. Moore
Crowell
Roare
Ike
Col. A W Hawks
Rev
J B Randolph
Alice McKinney
Ida Hyatt
W J Brinkley
Elizabeth
Tuscumbia
W F Calvert
Chicago
San Antonio
Tex
Martin
Frank Elliott
Okolona
Mineral Springs
C W Bostick
Here
GT Carmichael & Son
A H Montgomery
Tishomingo
C L Pace
Memphis Medical College
N. B. Cook
Blocton
J. W. Smelly
Old Cripple Deer
Austin
Trika
Scott
Jesse Shippy
Grenada
Whit Fairless
Schloss Bros. & Co
Baltimore
New York
Boston
W.S. Brown
Mississippi
J. M. Harland
Pearl Street
W. W. Harris
McKnight's
F. G. Massey
Fuka, Mississippi
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