Oxford in Turmoil as Four Claim Clerks Fight for Office
Oxford faces a clerk muddle with four claimed city commissioners after an election for City Clerk produced Louis Stephens as the top vote getter though ineligible. H. A. Moore was named interim clerk as a contest proceeds while Mayor Beanland and Commissioner Farr clash over warrants and recognition. A recall threat looms as Governor Bilbo’s commission is scrutinized.
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Rmpayor
Oxford
Lawshee
Louis Stephens
Mr. Stephens
Stephne
Stedicas
Beanland
Farr
Stephens
John Falkner
H. A. Moore
Moore
Hach
Bilbo
Death of Mrs Elizabeth Adams in Oxford
Mrs Elizabeth Adams 63 wife of Hon R S Adams died at 10 am after thirty years in Oxford. She had five children and the funeral from Ash Street on Sunday at 4 pm with interment in the city cemetery. Rev W W Woollard officiated. Survived by husband five children Mrs W E Major Blue Mountain Mrs C Lyles Paris W S Adams New Albany W W Adams Hughes Ark and Mrs W G Bobo Shreveport La.
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Elizabeth Adams
R. S. Adams
Adams
Oxford
Ash Street
W. W. Woollard
First Methodist Church
Card of Thanks for Loss of Wife and Mother
The Adams family thanks friends for acts of kindness and expressions of sympathy during illness and death of their wife and mother. They appreciate the beautiful floral offerings and pray for God's blessings on all. Signed R. S. Adams and children.
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R. S. Adams
Democratic primary candidates announced for August 1919
Announcement lists named gentlemen authorized to announce their candidacy in the Democratic primary set for August 1919, subject to the Democratic party's action.
List of Local Election Candidates and Officials
A compiled slate lists candidates for Governor, Penitentiary Trustee Third Districts, State Revenue Agent, State Senator, Representative, Chancery Clerk, Treasurer, County Superintendent, Tax Assessor, and Supervisors by beat, plus Circuit Clerk. Names include LEE M. RUSSELL, J. ED TATE, STOKES V. ROBERTSON, H. L. DAVIS, J. M. SAUNDERS, D. F. HOYLE, J. F. GOOLSBY, GLENN W. WHITEHEAD, M. WOODWARD, LONZO F. PATTON, G. H. EVANS, I. A. PURVIS, J. H. ANDERSON, T. D. RAGLANS, F. A. MCCLELLEN, G. H. ADAMS, H. T. SMITH, CHESTER A. MCLARTY, J. E. ALLEN, EMNES P. MOONEY, H. T. SIMPSON, W. BRUSHING, H. P. STEPHENS, B. A. BRYANT, J. HENRY TIDWELL, R. F. SAUNDERS, S. T. RAYBURN, J. M. TATUM, THAD W. PATTON, J OREN BROWN, S. S. WEBSTER, J. K. DOCK MILLER.
State Memorial for Soldiers and Sailors
Mississippi plans a Memorial Hall with three features Court of Honor War Museum and Reunion Hall. The Court of Honor will list every local Army or Navy entrant and include Confederate and war organization records. The War Museum will display Mississippi war relics and Allied equipment from wars. The Hall of Reunion will host large public events and conventions.
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Mississippi State Memorial
Court of Honor
War Museem
National Memorial Association
Wm. H. Taft
Mothers of Mississippi
The
Red Cross
Draft Boards
Councils of Defense
Liberty Loan Organizations
War Museum
Mississippi
Reunion
Memorable Locals and Memorial Fund Drive Notes
Local society notes list Miss Frances Brown visiting in Jackson Mississippi and travel updates for many families with relatives in Oxford and nearby towns. The Mississippi Memorial Fund campaign runs June 26 through July 5, 1919, urging residents to contribute in honor of soldiers.
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Mississippi
Mississippi Memorial Fund
Postponement of Lafayette County Reconstruction Convention
The Lafayette County Reconstruction Convention planned for Oxford on June 12 and 13 has been postponed to July 4 and will be held in conjunction with the Welcome to Our Returned Soldiers at the Camp Ground. Chairman W. D. Hedleston announces the change.
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Lafayette County
Oxford
Camp Ground
W. D. Hedleston
Oxford Lady in California Visits Southern Exhibit
Mrs. D. F. Carter of Oxford visited the large Los Angeles exhibit of Southern California products on May 26 there with Itetuxes and moving pictures forming part of the daily program. She plans to tour other Southland sights before returning home.
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Los Angeles
Cal
D. F. Carter
Oxford
Southern California
Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce
Carter
Southland
South Street Presbyterian Church Services and Song Service
The South Street Presbyterian Church announces morning and evening sermons by Dr. Mitchell with topics The Christian Knight at 11:00 a.m. and A Life Inventory or How Much We Have at 8:30 p.m. A song service is set for the Opera House next Sunday at 2:30 p.m. Attendance is expected to rise now that rain has ceased. Everyone is invited.
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Mitchell
Lla. m
Opera House
Social Visits Highlight Mississippi Summer
Miss Ruby Sparks travels to Itta Bena to visit friends and relatives before returning to Memphis. Miss Anne Whiteway spends the summer in Oxford enjoying the season and local sights.
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Ruby Sparks
Itta Bena
Memphis
Anne Whiteway
Oxford
For They Fought They Bled They Suffered and They Died
Dr J A Christian chairs the 2nd Congressional District committee for the Lafayette County memorial effort with Robt L Tomlinson as chairman and El Sisk as vice chairman. Rowland Leavell heads the speakers position with G M Knight as treasurer and Ella Wright as women's organization chair.
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J. A. Christian
Lafayette County
L. Tomlinson
el Sisk Js
H. Friedman
Rowland Leavell
G. M. Knight
Treas
Ella Wright
Navy anti submarine flotilla visits Mississippi river
The U S Navy anti submarine flotilla now on the Mississippi includes the submarine and the destroyer Isabel with submarine chasers and flying boats. The flotilla aims to showcase ships guns and equipment used against U boats to people along the river as it travels toward St Louis with planned calls at principal ports, a Navy band and glee club aboard, and motion pictures of navy life to be shown at each stop.
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Mississippi
Isabel
Missisippi
St. Louis
Ohio
Cairo
Illinois River
Navy
Blue Jackets
New Sewing Machines Arrive at Oxford Meat Market
A shipment of new sewing machines has arrived and is on display at the meat market located on the southwest corner of Square in Oxford. Call to view the selection and learn pricing.
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Square
Oxford
Mi - Tees
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Lee M. Russell
J. ED Tate
State Revenue
Stokes V. Robertson
H. L. Davis
J. M. Saunders
D. F. Hoyle
J. F. Goolsby
Chancery
Glenn W. Whitehead v. M. Woodward
Lonzo F. Patton
G. H. Evans
I. A. Purvis
J. H. Anderson
T. D. Raglans
F. A. McClellen
G. H. Adams
H. T. Smith
Chester A. McLarty
J. E. Allen
Emnes P. Mooney
H. T. Simpson
W. Brushing
H. P. Stephens
B. A. Bryant
J. Henry Tidwell
R. F. Saunders
S. T. Rayburn
J. M. Tatum
Thad W. Patton
J. Oren Brown
S. S. Webster
J. K
Dock) Miller
Frances Brown
of .Jackson, Venn
Kem Price
Winfield Swann
U. S. First Gas Regiment
Paris
Ror
Mars
J. N.swann
Thomas Swann
Columbia University
Bem Price
Sivley
Cornel Franklin
Wright Adams
Bob Adams
W. C. Wiley
New Albany
H. C. Wiley
Wirkwood
Little Son
Texas
Fred Wright
Dewey Linder
Vanderbilt
Dentistry
Vanderbilt University
Glenn Paddy
Little
Cliftonville
Leathers
Price
Stafford Springs
Katherine Robinson
Water
May J. C. Futrell
Clyde Lindsey
Charleston
Barry
Lindsey
Son
Jackson
Miss
Marie Poole
Sarah Webster
Holly Springs
Sadie Newell
Grace Azlin
Water Valley
Louise Roach
Howorth
West Point
Fant
Laura Eades
Batesville
Hunter Kendel
Tulsa
Okla
A. H. Kendel
Slough
Kelly
Marks
Moody Patton
Greenwood
Stacy Farr
Kosciusko
Scarborough
Lake Comorant
Lillie Stevens
John Hall Kimmons
Birmingham
Ala
John Kimmons
Audley Avent
U. S. Army
Avent
France
Robbie Eades
Fruitdale
Elizabeth Blount
Elizabeth Bell
Oxford Lady
California
South Street Presbyterian Church
Miss. Memorial Association
Mississippi Rive
W. B. McMahon
Drs. Bramlett’s Drug Store
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