Fire Companies Must Not Quit Mississippi
The Coast Beacon reports support for Mr. Robertson as Hinds County Court upholds an injunction preventing 165 fire insurance firms from withdrawing while antitrust cases are settled. The piece likens current sentiment to historical actions protecting revenue agents, praises judicial enforcement, and argues newspapers should defend courts against corporate criticism. The Magnolia Gazette notes similar themes of corporate flight and accountability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Revenue
Robertson
Mississippi
Chancery Court
Hinds County
Coast Beacon
Hinds County Gazette
Wirt Adams
Stokes Robertson
Wall Street Journal
New York
Adams
Beacon
Jackson
Denmark
Magnolia Gazett@e
Record of 275 Subscriptions in One Day at Oxford
A list of 275 newspaper subscribers gathered on a single day at Oxford is reported. The names span many towns and routes, including City, University, and rural routes, with numerous individuals from Mississippi, Oklahoma, and nearby areas noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford
R. Pp. Singleton
City
A. M. Hall
S. H. McNeely
Burt
H. C. Wait
Etta
B. J. Wiley
W. A. Pope
W. J. M. Purvis
J. M. Saunders
A. M. Mitchell
Abbeville
Alvin Hipps
Waylor
S. D. Roane
John R. Harkins
Water Valley
J. BR. Peacock
Louise Wilson
M. M. Mullin
J. M. Anderson
Cornish
J. M. Johnson
T. A. Dunn
E. H. Kimmons
John Landreth
Willie Ayles
Jack Campbell
Cit
H. C. Wiley
R. H. McElroy
Pr. P. Neill
W. T. Major
T. J. Hale
M. C. Crouch
Eliza Pegues
M. L. Mooney
P. L. Rainwater
Walter Sullivan
Howamd MecCarkle
W. S. Crouch
John Garwood
Catespy Wiley
C. J. Hamilton
G. W. Cohran
R. P. Nuanaly
Blytheville
Ark
I. T. McClain
L. B. McClain
Robbstown
Tex
G. F. Thomas
J. McMalone
J. E. Fudge
W. E. McEwen
M. E. Nichols
Kentwood
E. B. Snipes
J. G. King
C. V. Williams
Fruitdale
Ala
J. A. Moore
Brownsville
Tean
J. W. Buzbee
Taylor
C. N. Woolverson
J. T. Chambers
L. L. Robuck
Martha Smith
G. W. Smith
EK. C. Newman
Joe Mize
H. A. Rankin
C. C. Clemmons
R. A. Baugiman
W. J. Lovelady
R. J. L. H. Still
W. C. Pettis
Carl Watts
G. PF
Alderson
W. M. Friarson
C. A. McLarty
J. H. Crouch
J. W. Cook
Abeville
M. A. Jones
Colorado Springs
W.R. Boles
R. B. Jones
H. P. Stephens
J. E. Neilson
D. E. Wiley
S. F. Hyde
Pontotoc
Daniel Davis
Tula
Tl. L. Davis
R. M. Parker
H. H. James
J. R. Maples
A. Herring
R. L. Tomlinson
HH. P. Whie
W. N. Scott
W. H. Kimmons
Miss Lillie Stoate
F. H. Fant
Coahoma
R. T. Holcomb
D. B. Cromwell
F. H. Kimmons
W. D. McNeely
H. C. Holcomb
T. E. Duan
H. F
McLarty
W. A. Scarbrough
University
P. Farr
B. Reynolds
Oxford High School Notes Chapel talk and Girls Reserve meeting
Regular chapel on February 2 featured Rev Mitchell speaking on life and success. A large Girls Reserve meeting at the public school discussed the Holly Springs Y conference, the banquet, club work for the next year, and welcomed new member Alice Holmes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitchell
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Ruth Barry
Holly Springs
Emma Grace Johnson
Marian Leave
Dorothy Oldham
Margaret Carnation
Mrss Oldham
Alice Holmes
Oxford
Rev R Q Leavell Recalls Travels Abroad in China and Japan
Rev Roland Q Leavell pastor of First Baptist Oxford recently returned from three months in Japan and China. He spoke to a large audience at morning services and plans a two hour talk next Friday evening detailing sights experiences and missionary progress in the foreign field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roland Q. Leavell
First Baptist Church of
Oxford
Japan
China
Leavell
Roland
Bank President Relives Abductive 3 Month Nightmare Across U S
O M Harris of Houlka Mississippi, bank president, describes being beaten robbed and drugged by bandits in Memphis then driven across the country. He awoke in Los Angeles four days ago with hazy memory and his nephew in Mississippi wired funds for his return. He recalls a single clear moment when locals laughed at him as a supposed relative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Cal
O. M. Harris
Bank of
Mac W. Reed
Mississippi City
Mr. Harrill
Houlka
Memphis
Houska
Texas
Harris
Houlke
Melton Acquitted of Murder Charge in Mississippi Trial
Coffeeville Mississippi February four jury returns verdict not guilty in the murder case of Robert Melton charged with killing his brother in law Lee Tierce on March twenty seventh last year. Trial featured 50 man venire and testimonies from Dr. Coleman Dr. Sayle Jim Simpson and others detailing the shooting near Bates drug store.
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Coffeeville
Miss
Robert Melton
Lee Tierce
Robert Melfon
Richard Denman
H. H. Creekmore
Water Valley
Stone & Stone
D. M. Brown
O. M. Mooney
J. A. Massey
Rk. McLury
W. E. McComb
Melton
Bates
O. T. Coleman
Tierce
B. B. Sayle
Lee ‘Tierce
Jim Simpson
Lee
North
Jim
Tieree
Leston
Fierce
Dr. Coleman
Simpson
W. F. Shields
R. F. Pittman
Walter Goodwin
W. P. Gardner
Hewett Dorris
Drs. Coleman
Sayle
J. P. Stone
W. S. Stone
Engagement Ring Donated to Aid Starving Children in Europe
Brookhaven Mississippi reports Henry Beatty of Tomahawk North Carolina donated his late wife’s engagement ring to the European Relief Council. The ring was sent to 249 Ivy Street Atlanta for sale to fund aid for 3.5 million Central European children and a target of 10,000 Mississippi lives.
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South River
Bladen County
The
Red Cross
Ivy Street
Atlanta
Georgia
Mississippi
Herbert Hoover
European Relief Council
Adverse Ruling in Oxford Quo Warranto Proceedings
Judge Roan rules against appointed Oxford mayor and aldermen in quo warranto suit. City commissions were opposed by local counsel. Parties expect possible appeal as residents favor returning to the aldermanic form and challenge state reclassification authority before higher court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roan
Potter
Jackson
Bryan
Andrews
Oxford
Boone
P. B. Farr
Supreme Court
Dollar regains purchasing power hints in remarks
The piece notes that the dollar is slowly regaining purchasing power and predicts that it will wake up and begin to purchase again in time.
Demand for Sets Showing Cotton Standards Heavy Demand
The Bureau of Markets of the USDA reports heavy demand for official cotton standard sets. Since standards began, 1 276 complete sets and 515 fractional sets have sold. Since 1918, American-Egyptian sets include 62 full and fractional, sea-island 11, length of staple 22 full and 150 fractional sets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Market
United States Department of Agriculture
De Mille Male Quartet to Perform at University Tuesday
The De Mille Male Quartet led by Hartwell De Mille, with W. Edmund Capps James L. Galbraith and Alfred J. Atkinson, will give a concert at 8 15 p m Tuesday February 15. Miss Mildred Hall will accompany. The group is famed in the United States and Canada for its blend of four voices and repertoire of old English melodies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de Mille
Unite
Canada
Hartwell de Mille
Oxford
W. Edmund Capps
James L. Galbraith
Alfred J. Atkinson
Mildred Hall
de Milles
United States
Lyceum
Mississippi Governor Denounces Davis Fire Insurance Letter
Governor Lee M. Russell protests a New Orleans Federal Farm Loan Bank president’s press letter claiming Mississippi fire insurers could fail to provide coverage. Russell accuses interference with state laws and courts, citing anti trust actions and federal court proceedings, and urges defense of state enforcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonfi Miss
Lee M. Russell
Wilson
T. F. Davis
New Orleans
Woodrow Wilson
United States
Mississippi
Stae Revenue
Stokes
Wall Street Journal
Trust
United State Supreme Court
J. I. Davis
Pepto Mangan Promises Restored Red Blood and Vitality
An advertisement extols Pepto Mangan as a tonic to rebuild weak sluggish blood and renew energy. It claims improved appearance and charm, urges asking for Gude's Pepto Mangan, and notes both liquid and tablet forms with the same effect.
Hearty laugh likened to sun rays on a winter day
A playful compliment compares a hearty laugh to sunshine breaking through cold weather, asking if the recipient can qualify for the favorable comparison with equal warmth.
Hartley and Murchison wed at Oxford Hotel
Mr J C Hartley of Winfield Texas and Miss Leona Murchison of Tyre Mississippi were quietly married at the Oxford Hotel with Rev W L Smith officiating. They departed together for their future home after the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Hartley
Winfield
Texas
Leona Murchison
Tyre
Miss
Oxford Hotel
W.L. Smith
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Mr. Robertson
Vey Waser
Wooodwin
R. E. Ha
N. C6
Kee
L. Morgs City
J.T. Carlyle
QO. L. Gant
G. G. Roberston
T. C. Dulin
Stella Smit
W. E. Crow
R. G. Morgan
J. E. Bounds
O. T. Bunch
AS. Smith
J. R. Waller
A. W. Vaughn
J. D. Mason
Collierville
Tenn
AH. McCuley
W. L. Walker
S. S. Nester
W. E. McLarty
T. D. Ragland
R. G. Lockhart
G. W. West
R. B. West
D. T. Mitchell
R. X. Williams
E. A. Bland
Dan Almond
W. T. Scott
J. QO. Ramey
B. C. Starns
Helen Lugg
Nina Beanland
L. F. Jackson
A. Ganett
J. H. Lawshee
S. Q. White
Como
G. W. Galloway
H. L. Hunter
E. G. Carwile
G. E. Hattaway
Wayatte
J. S. McEwen
Nathen Kenton
Lomey Smith
R. L. Young
B. W. Jones
J. S. Farr
W. P. York
A. H. Kendel
A. H. Kendel, Jr
Tulsa
Okla
Benson H. Gray
J. P. Jones
E. E. Allen
E. C
Avent
Katie Waldrip
J. P. Riales
W. V. Jenson
A. V. Warner
J. W. Harris
J. D. Herndon
Walter Langham
P. S. T. City
Oxford High School
Rev. R.Q. Leavell
Will
Harrill
Memphis Bandits
Houlka Booker
American
Sahara
Uine
Durham
New Board
Russell
DAVIS
Wires Wilson
Federal ‘Warm Loan Bank
State of
Marth
Pepto Mangan
Hartley—Murchison
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