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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1922
Page
4
Official notice lists obituary and bank card charges at one cent per word paid in advance. Advertising rates include 88 1 3 cents per inch for display and 1 cent per word for classified with a 25 cent minimum. Subscriptions require prepayment, rates given, no free copies, no credit, telephone 108.
State and District offices are $25, County offices $15, City offices $5. Announcements must be paid in advance. Rates cover write ups through the first and second primaries.
The Eagle reports Joe H. Ford of Houston Mississippi seeks the Democratic primary nomination for Circuit Judge in the Third Judicial District. The notice also names Thomas E. Pegram of Ripley Mississippi as a candidate in the same race.
G T Irby announces candidacy for Marshal of Oxford, subject to Democratic Primaries. He seeks the city office as the party process moves forward.
Classified column lists positions for hosiery sellers with pay and no experience needed, an electrician referral, goats for sale, children's bed set, a house and lot for sale near Burgess High School, heating stoves and furniture for sale, and two furnished rooms for rent. Aug notes indicate dates and contact references.
J. E. Peacock Painter and Paper Hanger offers estimates and will be in Oxford. R. L. Reese, specialist in piano work, for sale of potted plants. Mrs G B Taylor advertises plants and phone contact. J Heard buys W L Smith property on Pontotoc Street. Lost or stolen Spitz white female dog. reward offered for recovery by W B McMahon.
Mr. and Mrs. George Knight with children Estelle George and Miss Jane Hicks along with Messrs Donald and John Woodward enjoyed a five day stay at the Club House last week. A truck breakdown on their return extended the trip by four days. Mrs Tom Harkins visits daughter Mrs John Falkner on the coast. Miss Mary E Doney and others are at home after visiting relatives.
Mry Louise Harkins eleven year old daughter of Mr and Mrs R E Harkins of this city won the trip in the heard contest following ten years spent at the short course at A and M College.
Lafayette County Camp 752 U C V will meet at the Court House on Monday September 4 at the same time as the pension board. All veterans are urged to attend. This is a very important meeting. J L Shinault Commander.
The Circuit Court of Lafayette County Mississippi orders the regular September 1922 term to be pretermitted in vacation on August 23 1922 after a petition by the county bar and officials and a finding of insufficient docket business. Judge John W T Falkner signs the order.
The Chancery Court of Lafayette County Mississippi orders an administrator sale for estate of Charles Ghist. On September 4 1922 at Oxford courthouse public outcry will list personal property including dry cleaning equipment and vehicles plus real estate Lot 2 East 23 and a vacant lot with metes and bounds. Cash terms. Signed Jerry Upshaw administrator August 8 1922.
Notices warn Taylor Jackson and Miles Dennis to appear in Lafayette County courts in 1922. Edith Jackson sues Taylor Jackson for divorce. Miles Dennis faces an attachment suit. Clark’s seal dated August 16 1922, Oxford Mississippi.
Mr. M. L. Hisaw and sister visited Mr. Rack Maples and his sister this Sunday. Mr. J. R. Maples was hosted by his brother Alex Maples on Sunday.
The white teachers fall tests run Thursday August 31 at 2 pm through September 1 and 2. A second white exam occurs Thursday September 14 at 2 pm through September 15 and 16. Negro exams are Friday and Saturday September 8 and 9 and Friday and Saturday September 22 and 23. No cross testing permitted by race.
Legal notice states contracts for transporting school children to schools without existing agreements will be made at 2 o'clock Friday September 8 1922 at the court house in Oxford.
The Clerk of the Board of Supervisors Lafayette County Mississippi invites sealed bids by 12 noon on Tuesday September 5 1922 for keeping the County Home and inmates for 1923 supplying about 40 tons coal to the county courthouse and jail and purchasing a second hand Caterpillar tractor for roads District Beat 4 The Board may reject all bids This notice dated August 12 1922 with publication Aug 17 24 31.
The Lafayette County Board of Supervisors will let contracts at public outcry beginning 1:30 PM September 5 1922 for bridge work on the Yocona River Beat 4 sidelines. Projects include installing beats under the south river bridge at Profit crossing, building a 100 ft bridge at Buford's Mill Beat 3 and raising an existing creek bridge 18 inches, plus about 100 ft of bridging at the south end of the 500 ft bridge on Oliver Levee in the Yocona River bottom.
Public notices announce contracts for building and bridge work in Lafayette County Mississippi. Bids require bond for faithful performance and may be rejected. Election notices set September primary dates for Oxford city offices.
Mrs. Alonzo Ford of Biloxi Mississippi credits Thedford s Black-Draught with relief from a year of nervous indigestion and constipation. She describes improved liver condition, reduced nightly laxative need, and better skin color after using the remedy and recommends it for indigestion and headaches. Her mother also benefited and now uses it.
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