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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1920
Page
5
A crowded New Year’s Eve at Cornish schoolhouse marks a leap year party. Local residents and visitors include Bob Tabor of Paragould visiting Jess Hensley, and many ongoing greetings and holiday travel notes from Oxford and nearby areas. Rev W A Green begins his first sermon of the year at New Prospect.
The article foresees oil flowing through Lafayette County within a year and a countywide building boom centered on Oxford. It urges hard surfaced roads toward Calhoun and Pontotoc, notes Memphis as regional hub, and mentions Lafayette County's push for a six mile link from Yocona River to intersect the Jeff Davis Highway.
An advertisement promotes White's Cream Vermi fuge to expel intestinal worms in children without harming them. The product is priced at 85 cents and sold by A. H. Kendelady.
Several L A H S students near Altus have returned to their work. Mr and Mrs D T Keel moved from Richter Mississippi to their school area after Christmas with Mr and Mrs L Morgan. A V Hyde and family relocate near New Prospect to make their future home. Our school progresses under Miss Velma Wilson. A rock party was enjoyed by Miss Ida Belle Wallace Saturday night. Blue Eyes.
Avoid irregularity in the bowel movements. It leads to chronic constipation and poisons the blood. Prickly Ash Bitters is a man's remedy for putting the system in order. Price $1.25 per bottle. R. R. Chilton & Co., Special Agents.
DeKalb attorney L C Hutton, a 1910 University of Mississippi graduate and four year Kemper County attorney, moved his office to Oxford and is now located over Tate's store. Also an advertisement touts Prickly Ash Bitters as a preventive remedy for indigestion and kidney troubles, priced at 1.25 per bottle by R R Chilton Co. Special Agents.
Murray Whitehead, son of Mr. and Mrs. G W Whitehead, was painfully burned about the face last Friday when a loaded shell exploded while he played with it. His eyesight was not injured.
Mr and Mrs Relbue Price have returned to Jonesboro Arkansas after a period away. They are listed as residents of the area and their move is noted in local notices.
The January 16 1920 start of the Drive marks the operation of the constitutional Prohibition amendment. The notice outlines campaign aims to fund enforcement, education, and international reach, with emphasis on law and order, political opposition to liquor interests, and global coordination. It also includes a public drainage assessment notice for Anderson Drainage District in Lafayette and Marshal Counties Mississippi, with meeting details.
G. G. Geiger, an engineer for the Georgia Railroad in Atlanta, says Tanlac relieved his wife’s rheumatism and restored her health. He notes she gained about twenty pounds after four bottles, slept well, regained appetite, and is active again at home. All druggists sell Tanlac.
The Oxford men of the Methodist church entertained the ladies of the same church on Wednesday evening from 7 30 until late with a banquet. The table was decorated and loaded with many dishes. After eating, the tables were removed and games were played.
Amendment increases Davis Mize and Company's capital stock from 40000 to 200000 dollars establishing a total capital stock of 200000. Directors P B Furr J A Parks J S Good W W Mize H Friedman J M Spence M A Greene H L Davis acknowledge the amendment before notaries in Mississippi in January 1920 with court clerks and notaries confirming execution and dates.
Notice of sale in Oxford Mississippi Lafayette County to satisfy debt of G W Russell and wife H B Russell under F M Stowers deed of trust. Property includes 164 acres in Sec 8 Township 8 Range 2 W plus fractions and surrounding land. Sale in front of courthouse south door February 2 1920. J B Roach trustee.
The assessment roll for Wells Drainage District in Lafayette County Mississippi has been corrected and amended and filed in the clerk's office in Oxford. The county board of drainage commissioners will meet at the Oxford courthouse on January 22, 1920 at 1 PM for parties to propose changes and present evidence in support of modifications. W M Woodward signs with official seal dated January 7, 1920.
Mrs Reese and her son from Abbeville South Carolina spent several days last week in Oxford with her mother Mrs Wardlaw.
Substituted trustee J A Tankersley announces sale of Ida Cohen McEwen Farmer and Hattie Farmer land in Lafayette County Mississippi. The deed of trust dated February 5 1917 secures Emma and Grace Hustace indebtedness. Sale set January 10 1920 at Oxford courthouse during legal hours for the south half of the south half of section 14 township 8 range 3 west.
Substituted trustee J A Tankersley will sell at public auction in Oxford Mississippi on January 10 1920 the University Post Office Building and fixtures on the University of Mississippi campus including show cases safes counters chairs and lock boxes all rights and interests of E F McCall in the property arising from a 1917 deed of trust to secure a debt to J W McCall The sale is at the south door of Lafayette County Courthouse during legal hours and is conducted under the deed of trust recorded in Book 54 Page 253 in the Lafayette Chancery Clerk's office.
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