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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1919
Page
6
Official notice lists subscription rates and terms for the Oxford Eagle and Lafayette County Press including prices for one year eight months and six months with in advance payment. Advertising rates for display and classified ads are specified and penalties for nonpayment noted.
The Jones County News backs Governor hopeful Lee M. Russell, railing against centralization and praising democratic principles. It argues the Mississippi governor race will shape the state's future for decades and calls readers to hear Russell speak on state issues.
The piece endorses Lee M Russell as best fitted for governor, arguing he would act for all people and county voters should unite behind him. It notes political divisions, calls him a clean man, and cites loyalty to the county and its residents.
Lieut-Gov Lee M Russell will address voters in Ellisville on Saturday April 5 at 10 30 am. It marks his first Jones County appearance for the Mississippi gubernatorial bid. Russell, long active in state politics, served four terms as a county representative and four years as a state senator. He was elected Lieutenant Governor by a large majority and is a Ole Miss graduate in arts and law.
A campaign endorsement praising Claude R. Horne as a capable business man from Carrolton for the railroad commission. The piece argues the office shapes shipping policy, favors practical legislation, and urges voters in the district to consider Horne’s qualifications and experience in business.
A brief notice announces more vacancies in the class starting at Vicksburg Sanitarium Training School for Nurses in Vicksburg Mississippi. Young women may apply for details and those starting with the Fall Class should apply now to complete probation before classes begin. July 17 41p.
Notice to interested parties in Lafayette Marshall and Panola Counties Mississippi that the Hays Drainage District commissioners filed their June 30 1919 report and a hearing for July 28 1919 at 1 p m at the Oxford County Court House to confirm modify or contest the report W M Woodward Chancery Clerk and ex officio clerk of the drainage boards with G A Woodward D C dated June 30 1919 and July 8 10 17 24
The Russell Central Campaign Committee demands correction from the Macon Beacon over alleged misinformation about Lee M Russell. They defend his wartime services, speeches, and support for Liberty Bonds, War Savings Stamps, Red Cross, YMCA, and insist he volunteered for duty despite age.
Misses Laware and Polly Green visit Holly Springs and Memphis this week. Memphis visitors Mr and Mrs W R Samuels stay with Mrs Samuels. Susie May Baird visits Mrs Hiram Baird. Rev Warner preached at the Baptist church. Presley Good left for Dallas. Dunbar Owens home from the army visits his mother Mrs Owens. Mrs John Pierce and children visit their mother Mrs JJ Anderson. Carrie Lewis returns from Culley’s Hospital Oxford after tonsil removal. Mrs Hopper and children visit Corinth. C D Brown and daughter pass through Water Valley en route to Memphis. Moonlight picnic at Fair View by Moody Calloway attended by Kathrine and Edith Good, Maggie May, Kathrine Anderson, Wallace Mansell, and Loyd Dupay.
A Cincinnati genius introduces Freezone a tiny bottle that coats corns and calluses. Drop a little on each corn lift away without soreness and irritation. The advertisement touts quick relief and universal usage for hard and soft corns and intertoe corn.
The notice lists named gentlemen as candidates in the Democratic primary to be held in August 1919 subject to the Democratic party action. The document records official announcements of candidates and party procedures for the primary.
The document names LEE M. RUSSELL for Governor and lists candidates for Penitentiary Trustee Third District J E D Tate State Revenue Agent Stokes V Robertson Railroad Commissioner Claude R Horne W B Wilson and others including H L Davis for State Senator J M Saunders D F Hoyle J F Goolsby Isaac Fulton Bell for positions of Chancery Clerk Glenn W Whitehead W M Woodward Lonzo F Patton and for Treasurer G H Evans I A Purvis J H Anderson T D Ragland F A McClellen G H Adams for County Superintendent H T Smith Chester A McLarty for Tax Assessor J E Allen Emyel P Mooney Fox Simpson and for Supervisors W Brushing H P Stephens B A Bryant J Henry Tidwell R F Saunders S T Rayburn M Tatum Thad W Patton J Oren Brown and for Circuit Clerk S S Webster J K Dock Miller.
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