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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1915
Page
3
Local items from Easter Sunday list store ads and services at Crow's Store 105 with promotions from Jack Morgan. Health news reports Mrs. E H Barry and Mrs Kate Jackson ill, Judge D M Kimbrough improving, Miss Pearl Leavell at home, and Jamie Sims recovering from appendicitis. Circuit Court adjournment noted to aid farmers.
The notice announces Oscar Allen of Denmark as a candidate for Lafayette County Treasurer. A native of the county and son of E. A. Allen, he is educated and studious but unable to perform physical labor due to a stroke paralysis. he asks voters to consider his qualifications at the primary.
Mr A C McElreath, a well known citizen from the county's southeastern portion, is announced as a candidate for Supervisor from Beat 1. He is described as a good citizen, farmer, and successful teacher seeking voter support.
Mr and Mrs Ep Sparks express sincere thanks to friends and citizens of Oxford for kindness and sympathy after the serious illness and death of their daughter.
Dr. Y. D. Butler, optical specialist from Jackson and St. Louis, will be at Colonial Oxford on Tuesday March 23 for free consultation and advice. The noted optometrist, renowned for universal satisfaction, appears here only for one day.
Announcement this week favors M. D. Wait for Supervisor Beat 2. He has served four years on the board as a reliable advisor and provided satisfaction in the role. At friends’ solicitation he has consented to run again, and voters will consider him for the position.
Trustee Matthews reports on Feb 18 18 and 20 at Parchman and other camps. He notes improvements in new sergeants and farm operations with near 300 double plows ready for planting, stock in fair condition, some sickness, and plans to market cattle and improve facilities. He highlights higher penitentiary appraisals, reports two deaths, a new commissary building, and proposed lime rock plants with AG approval sought.
The announcement praises Ed J. Matthews as a progressive young citizen and successful farmer, native to the county and the son of Hon. P. E. Matthews. It asks county voters to consider his candidacy for Tax Assessor, noting his business qualifications for the important position.
The Rev Dr J Leighton Stuart of the Nanking Seminary will address First Presbyterian Church on China Sunday morning at eleven and seven thirty in the evening. Born in China and educated in America, he has served thirteen years as a missionary. In light of Chinese Japanese tensions his talks will be timely and are open to all.
Mr W B H Chaney of Sutherlin Virginia writes after twelve months of head catarrh he drank four bottles of Peruna and says the severe head pains vanished and the whole system improved. The Peruna Company claims thousands of testimonials and offers a free booklet.
Applications for loans from 3100 to 10000 on improved and unimproved town property and farm lands. 5 percent interest, payable annually or semi annually. Term one to ten years. Provide description, join valuation of property offered as security and improvements. Seek county representatives. attorney or real estate men preferred. Send two character references and stamps for blanks. Southeastern Loan Association Fourth National Bank Building Atlanta Ga.
Z T White traveled from Memphis to Tunica when he suffered heart trouble and died on the train last Thursday. The Oxford resident was married to Lottie Pegoes and longtime in the area. Burial occurred at Elmwood Cemetery in Memphis in the family lot with many mourners.
A notice for a meeting of officers and members of the La fayette County Shippers Association in Oxford on Saturday March 20 1915 at 2:00 PM above Capt Neills Store. The session will discuss cooperation in growing and marketing crops. President Jor Sampers and Secretary CW Spawn urge every progressive farmer to attend.
Messenger offers to carry mail to and from the depot and to transfer baggage. Seeks notification of trunks or boxes to be moved. Requests a call thirty minutes before train time at 191 to coordinate transfers and pickup at the depot.
The board of directors of the Oxford County Shipping Association met last Saturday March 13 to finalize organization begun March 10. Vice-President McLarty presided as the business hour proved busy with several unfinished items slated for the next meeting. The board adjourned to reconvene Saturday March 20 at 1:00 PM.
An old ad fragment urges a family to rely on Pine Tar Honey from Dr. Belt for cold relief, heartily claiming the product assists every member, including a baby, with immediate soothing effects.
An optimistic man believes a cough medicine will penetrate the lining and kill germs to clear the trouble. He holds a bottle labeled Dr King's New?
The fragment discusses ear ailment treatment and mentions constitutional remedies. It references inflamed conditions of the tympanic region and the Eustachian tube. A note from Ed Cheret Co Toledo Ohio advertises family pills for constipation.
Notice lists precinct by precinct dates for voter registration in Lafayette County with many misspellings and broken dates. Registrar G B Taylor states offices are open for existing or moved voters and those not registered. A separate sale ad offers a room house and lot on Second North Street with terms from D J Lucas in Oxford Michigan.
Mrs Salina J Moore of University Street Oxford praises Dean Kidney Pills for easing back and spine pain and preventing trouble. She reports three or four boxes relieved suffering and recommends the product as reliable, priced 50 cents at all dealers.
Judgment debtor The Financial Union Association requested sale under court order in Lafayette County. Sheriff Temple lists property at the northeast corner of the southeast quarter Section 5 Town 6 Range 4 West, containing one acre with improvements, including a two-story frame building, to satisfy a recorded judgment. Sale begins at the Beale County line site by public auction for cash on the 3rd day of March 191.
A notice of sale by trustee J S Doveniss under a Seed of Trust to Jim Thacker and Sallie A Thacker lists Lafayette County Mississippi property for cash. It includes 160 acres in section 36, township 3 west, range 3 west, plus livestock a jay horse mule Bill Neely a dark bay mare mule three year old, and cattle. The sale occurs at the court house in Oxford Mississippi with a stated time. The document is dated February 12 1915.
Advertises Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy as a trusted cure sold at many cross road grocery stores. Claims universal favorable verdicts and value for money, urging purchase as a reliable remedy available everywhere.
The Lafayette county board of supervisors orders sealed bids for a project near Tom Perry’s residence with plans and specifications in the chancery clerk’s office. Bids accepted until a stated date. the board reserves the right to reject any or all bids.
Notice of sale of property in Lafayette County Mississippi to satisfy a deed of trust by GW Jackeor and others to W P Gods. The sale is to be held at the courthouse in Oxford on April 5 1925 and describes two tracts with detailed bearings and measurements totaling about 100 acres. The clerk cautions title is only as vested in the holder of record.
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