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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1919
Page
4
Oxford Eagle announces obituary and bank card charges at one cent per word, advance payment required. Advertising rates set at two cents per inch for display and one cent per word for classed ads with a minimum 26 cent charge. Subscriptions: one year in advance one dollar, six months one dollar, four months one dollar. outside United States two dollars per year.
The second primary to complete nominations for state county and beat officers is set for Tuesday August 2. Every free man should vote for the men of his choice and not rely on others. The Eagle backs Lee M Russell for Governor as the best man from North Mississippi and Lafayette county. Vote for your choice but vote.
A column laments petty prohibitions and new penalties that target everyday acts such as hotel bed linens cracked china and even a clock running fast or slow. It argues many arrests rise from meaningless offenses and warns such laws erode respect for law while harming citizens dignity.
In Lafayette County Mississippi trustee J S Douglass will sell at public auction on September 1 1919 at the county courthouse steps the Geo Lockhart farm totaling 300 acres described as portions of sections 9 10 16 township range and the East half of section 16 with 2 bay mares mules and related personal property. The sale follows a deed of trust dated February 26 1915 securing indebtedness to Goodwin Brown Co recorded in book 67 page 2938. The property known as the Geo Lockhart place formerly occupied by the Lockhart family.
Oxford Mississippi city officials set an election for September 8 1919 to recall Mayor E D Beanland and Councilman J S Furr following petitions. The election commissioners A M Hall J A Tankersley and G R Bowles are tasked with registration, ballot preparation, polling and returns. City Clerk H A Moore issued the notice July 30 1919 with publication dates July 31 August 7 and 14.
EMUEL P. MOONEY of Oxford Mississippi expresses gratitude for the August 5 primary vote and appeals to Lafayette County voters for support in the August 26 election. He cites a 244 vote spread among 900 ballots, pledges to serve under the principle equal rights to all and no special privileges, and promises faithful duty and public service if elected.
The Lafayette County Mississippi Clerk’s office invites sealed bids by 12 noon on September 2, 1919, for construction of three bridges and levee widening in Beat 4 and Beat 1 and 3, with plans on file and bonds required. The Board may reject any bids, and officials note Oscar Johnston traveled through Benton county yesterday.
A group of Lafayette County citizens petitions the Mississippi Pardoning Board to grant Jeff Armstrong a pardon. He was sentenced to five years for Grand Larceny in September 1916 and served over three. supporters cite model behavior and claim innocence, asserting the yearling calf theft did not prove Grand Larceny. The petition notes Armstrong’s good community reputation and asks clemency.
A reflective line notes that many sensible men seem foolish when they force a wit not aligned with their natural endowments. It suggests authenticity over forced cleverness and the folly of mis casting oneself.
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