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Newspaper
Laurel Daily Argus
Location
Laurel, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1912
Page
4
Edg Harris editor and manager announces annual and short term rates for The Digs and The Laurel Herald. One year by carrier 10 dollars, six months 5, three months 2.50, one month 0.75. Rural route subscribers may pay 3 dollars a year in advance. Weekly subscribers pay 40 cents per issue. Special rural resident pricing and advance payment available.
A long list of local meetings and events spans April from the County Supervisors to the City Council and upcoming exams and conventions. It notes a Woman’s Suffrage Convention, a drainage congress, and a Confederate monument event, with multiple school and farmers gatherings across Laurel, Ellsville, and Jackson.
A discussion in The Brookhavin Leader explores how theft is framed, noting deflating labels like defaulter and excuses tied to class, gender, and intoxication. It cites neighbors viewing theft through social optics and mentions tax data from Washington County with a race and pay disparity context.
The missives critique public school funding for Black Belt education while a Mississippi boll weevil tale circulates in a Lazoo City Herald letter. A plan to turn schoolhouses into social centers receives support as rural life and education are linked with better roads funding and press changes in Collins and local governance.
Mrs Wallan CalvIn Chilton monochinist entertained a large Laurel audience at the courthouse dinner hour under the Alkalist Lyceum System for the benefit of the First Methodist Church. About $20 was raised for the church with profits going to the entertainment fund. The event received praise from attendees and friends alike.
Governor grants clemency to Jackson Meek and Lafayette Robinson of Jong County in September 1910, pardoning Jesse Holifield tied to grand larceny and silencing two others connected to the same case.
The committee thanks contributors for supporting a concrete ground floor at Tess Grates Hospital. It notes the worn condition of the ground floor and urges further donations to fund a new, brighter space. Committee chairs Ghaireman, L Williams, R Rowell, M G Bowen, and L G Gates are listed.
Dunagin Whitaker Co advertises latest silk patterns and yard goods available, promoting a sale on fabrics priced from one catty per yard and higher.
A reflective fragment satirizes Easter fashion as hats eclipse sermons. The piece chronicles streets, hats, ribbons, and straw bonnets in a lively era voice, noting observers amused by millinery splendor and the church scene.
Silk dresses offered in all sizes priced from eight dollars and up.
A Pascagoula Democrat Star report recounts a young woman who begins a shoe shining venture at the Parker Hotel and at a One Price Store. Her plan includes earning by shining shoes and a possible $500 target with a $200 bonus after six months, drawing mixed reaction from locals.
This afternoon a varsity baseball doubleheader features Taurelugh School versus Pear River Agricultural High School. First pitch is at two o'clock in fine weather and a large crowd is expected at the park for a fast, vigorous contest. The Poplarville team, led by Prof W Jacobs, is registered at the Southern hotel. Lineups list pitchers and fielders for both sides, with Moosis Searcy Davis and W W Doolittle accompanying the Laurel squad in support.
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