Christmas Activities and Visits Across Lafayette County
The article lists social events and visits from Lafayette County residents during a recent week. Mrs. W. P. Anderson hosted a Christmas themed College Hill Club gathering with demonstrations by Miss Emma Mathis and Miss Doney, followed by refreshments. Miss Doney traveled to Sunflower County and Tupelo for poultry judging and show participation, with several local entrants named. Other notes include Marines veteran Noah Clark returning home, visits to Fair View, Delta, and Hopewell, and Miss Coney attending Home Demonstration district meetings to study basketry and prepare for Southwest district sessions in Jackson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Price
Lee Almond
Memphis
College Hill
W. P Anderson
Emma Mathis
Miss Doney
Mesdames Mathis
Hid
Elizabeth Walker
Miss Deeny
D. B. Ray
Lafayette
Tupelo
Noah Clark
The
Marines
Abbeville
Lee Lipscomb, Jr
Sam Roane
Fair View
Fountain Calloway
Delta
Gillespie Latham
Hopewell
A. F. Calloway
Esta Rowan
New Albany
Billy Cox
Lorena Barry Ross
Ross
Mexico
Oxford
Grace Brown
Duck Hill
J. B. Brown
Presbyterian Church
B. Orr
John Eddins
Byhalia
Coney
Ctreenwood
Jackson
Watson plots to succeed Lodge as Senate leader
A Republican Senate clash centers on replacing Lodge with Watson as leader. Critics say Watson could unite factions behind Harding's program while Lodge and allies form a counter bloc and press a progressive agenda. The Daugherty impeachment dispute adds further partisan tension, with public debate expected over accountability and presidential influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senator Watson
Lodge
Senate
Senator Lodge
Watson
Ind
Harding
Congress
Senator Gooding
Rep
Iowa
Moses
House
Curtis
Kans
Senate Republicans
Senator Curtis
Impeachment Promises 1924 Campaign Controversy
Spectators predict Daugherty impeachment will become a major issue in the 1924 presidential campaign. Republicans and Harding opponents expect the proceedings to embarrass the administration regardless of Congress action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Draugherty
Harding
Harry M. Daugherty
Congress
Oxford Students Denounce Fake Story About Burned Russell
University of Mississippi students denounce in a mass meeting a Memphis Press report claiming 50 plus Ole Miss students burned Russell in effigy. They condemn the article as a fabrication and demand legal redress, praising reporters covering the Birkhead Russell trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Mississippi
Memphis Press
C. H. McNeil
Lee M. Russell
Birkhead-Russell
Memphis
Tenn
Russell
Woods
Oxford
United Press
C. H. Meneil
Jis
Aes
Mississi
Land Sale Notice in Lafayette County Mississippi
Santa Fetched Him King Wyley visits his old home in Blue Springs Oxford. Land to be sold to the highest bidder for cash to satisfy debt under a trust deed. includes 1140 acres in sections 13 14 23 24 township 8 range 4 West. Trustee J W Mauldin states title believed good but sale conveys as trustee only. December 5 1922.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missippi
Oxford
R. C. Carter
B. F. Beckham
IL. E. Brown
M. EB. Brown
Lafayette County
Mississippi
J. W. Mauldin
Christmas Eve in Camp Highlights Aisle of Faint Treasures
A dozen miners in Bilger's camp scavenged dim shelves for a festive dinner. A weary stranger asks for toys for his ten year old, explaining his boy travels from Missouri and has waited two years, prompting a quiet stir among buyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alf
Bilger’s
Cape Cod
Missouri
Notice of Contracts for Beat 3 Road District in Lafayette County
The chairman of the Beat 3 Road District in Lafayette County Mississippi will award contracts at public outcry at College Hill beginning 10 a m Saturday December 36 1922 for dragging bond issue roads per plans and specifications. Contracts require Board of Supervisors approval and bidders must post bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beat Three Road District
Lafayette County
Miss
College Hill
Beat 3
Board of Supervisors
M. Price
Road Commissioners
Road District
Land Sale Notice in Lafayette County Mississippi
Notice of sale under a deed of trust dated August 8 1922 by B F Beckham and wife Arlette Beckham as security for payments to M A Blackmur and W E Blackmur. Due default and at their request the sale will be January 1 1923 within legal hours at the south door of the Lafayette County Courthouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. F. Beckham
Arlette Beckham
M. A. Blackmur
W. E. Blackmur
Lafayette County
Lafayette County bid notices seek ton ton tractor and 1923 depository
The Lafayette County Board of Supervisors invites sealed bids by January 2 1923 for a second hand ton ton tractor for Beat 4 road district and for county depository services for 1923. Public awards follow at Oxford Court House at 1 30 PM for three bridges in Beat 3 and Beat 2 with plans on file. bonds required and bids subject to rejection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Supervisors
Lafayette County
Mississippi
W. M. Woodward
Land Sale Notice in Lafayette County Mississippi
Commissioner of the Chancery Court announces sale of about 220 acres in Township 10 Range 4 west Lafayette County Mississippi as partition of the homestead of M A Goodwin. Sale set for December 26 1922 at the south door of the County Courthouse cash only. Title believed good but sold as commissioner only.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chancery Court
Lafayette County
Mississippi
Sallie Shipp
R. J. Goodwin
Said County
Metes
Paris and
Spring Dale
Said Read
Goodwin Creek
Said Creek
A. T. Ross
M. A.goodwin
W. M. Woodward
R.F. Kimmons
Non-Residence Notice in Lafayette County Chancery Case 1922
In Lafayette County Mississippi Chancery Court November Term 1922 Complainants D N Tankersley and Oscar Tolson vs Hag J G Howkins non residence notice directed to J G Howkins Jr of Greenwood Virginia requires appearance January 1923 to plead answer or demur to the original bill No 5426 witnessed by Chancery Clerk W M Woodward with seal November 22 1922 dated November 28 1922
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chancery Court
Lafayette County
Mississippi
D. N. Tankersley
J. G. Howkins
J. G. Howkins, Jr
Greenwood
Virginia
Oscar Tolson
W. M. Woodward
Chancery
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Eorge W. Price
Lafayette County Press
Oxford Eagle
Independent
City of
Vyample
U. S
J. A. Smallwood
G. K. Smith
Holt
Indianola
Moss Andrews
W. B. Ross
Central Club
Walter Sullivan
Dallas Melarty
Johnson
Guin
Ala
Clifford Davis
Daugherty
Republican House
Sinen
Ruby McCoy
First NationAl Bank
Jas. Stone
Oldham
Stone & Stone
Attorneys-at-Law
Oxford and
Charleston, Miss
McNeil
Santa
King Wyley
Blue Springs
County Court House
Dry Branch
Bruce Bunch
Slough
Puss Cuss Creek
Joe Lawhorn
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