Valley Mob Lynches Dolphus Ross Near Water Valley
Water Valley Herald reports a mob seized Dolphus Ross and his son Leroy from the county jail after destroying the cell locks. Dolphus Ross was found dead east of Wyatts Chapel with bullets, while Leroy reportedly released and at large. An aged woman survived a prior attack nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Water Valley
Angie Cofer
Gant
Dolphus Ross
Ross
Shreiff Frost
Leroy
Negro Ross
Negro Ross and Son
Wyatts Chapel
Water Valley Herald
Social Notes Of Oxford Area Visitors And Residents
Mrs S E Lee visits daughter in Ruleville. W T Jones trips to Pey and returns. Clyde Huggins spends weekend in Memphis on business. Carpenter of Dumas Miss returns home. Carroll Sanford of New Albany visits Oxford. M B Eisner West Point visits sister Mrs Jones. Hazel Smith spends Easter in Como. O F Turner and daughter of Sturgis guests of Mr Turner. C M Smith's residence noted. G G Defoore and family from Greenwood move to Lawson cottage. Ethel Mathis returns from Fairfax with sister Mrs Buford Mathis and baby. will visit Oxford and College Hill. Olivette Farrell of Memphis to visit aunt later week. Mary and Corinne Miller of Holly Springs visit Sarah Hannon Tankersley. Jim Mathis of Memphis visits mother Mrs Nina Mathis. Higinbotham spends a few days with sister Mrs Smith on College Hill. Ingrahm of Eupora visits brother Mr Jones Harvey. Mable Hollowell and daughter of Pine Bluff Ark guests of Mrs W L Goodwin. Clyde Huggins attends Panquet by Reo Motor Co at The Chisea Hotel in Memphis. BE C Cook of Ortwood guest of Mrs Chambers. Miss Mary Filmoe of College Hill street has tonsils removed at Bromletts Hospital. Emma Bates of Clarksdale visits sister Miss Ida Bates. Mrs Watt Wardlow listed with Tenn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. E. Lee
Ruleville
W. T. Jones
Pee
Clyde Huggins
Memphis
Carpenter of
Dumas
Alonza Garrett
Carroll Sanford
New Albany
Oxford
M. B. Eisner
West Point
Mrs. Jones
Hazel Smith
Como
O. F. Turner
Sturgis
Turner
C. M
Ingrahm
Eupora
Jones Harvey
Mable Hollowell
Pine Bluff
Ark
W. L. Goodwin
Reo Motor Co
Chisea Hotel
BE. C. Cook
Ortwood
Chambers
Mary Filmoe
Colley Hill Street
Bromletts Hospital
Emma Bates
Clarksdale
Ida Bates
Watt Wardlow
Jury Deadlock Closes Lafayette Circuit Term
The Lafayette county circuit term ended Tuesday as jurors could not reach a verdict in the Poland murder case. The trial began Saturday with a 40 person venire and ended after about 24 hours of deliberation, the jury reporting no agreement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lafayette County
Poland
Elton Harris
W. G. Boyette
John W. Falkner
R. H. Knox
George Mitchell
Tupelo
Roane
Grand Jury Report from Lafayette County March term 1921
The Grand Jury of Lafayette County reports after six days and 188 witnesses six days of work resulted in 21 indictments. They found the county jail sanitary and inmates well cared for, noted roof repairs needed at the county home kitchen, cited illicit liquor activity and perjury, praised county books as neatly kept, and ask to be discharged. Foreman B B Russell signs the final report with thanks to Judge W A Roane and Mr. Knox.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford
Miss
W. A. Roane
Lafayette County
Knox
B. B. Russell
Legal docket notes from Oxford court dispositions
A list of cases disposed or continued in the Oxford court, including juries verdicts of not guilty in City of Oxford vs Andy Ivey, mistrial in Claude Poland, and numerous continuances and dismissals such as State cases with Walter Granberry Jessee Irby Albert Hollowell Tom Isom George Pegues and Abe Shorter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Granberry
Jessee Irby
Albert Hollowell
Justice Peace Court
George Pegues
Tom Isom
Chas. Car
Elbert Perry
Jim Sanders
John Perkins
Grant Dickens
Dock Dickens
Abe Shorter
Fred Shorter
Pete Oliver
John Gamble
Lee Gordon
City of Oxford
Andy Ivey
State
Jim Cash
Jim Locket
M. C. Jenkins
Claude Poland
G. W. Russell
Home Insurance Company
W. D. Austin
Home Mutual Insurance Co
J. S. Eis
J. H. Morris
J. M. Tatum
Dow Palmtree
Dollar Day in Oxford Prompts Call for a Business League
A local editorial urges Oxford to form a commercial club to back a planned Dollar Day business push. It cites Blytheville Arkansas, where merchants staged a successful first dollar day under Chamber of Commerce leadership, with broad public advertising and community booths. The piece argues Oxford can replicate the effort if merchants unite and organize, highlighting several local business leaders as potential organizers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eagle
Oxford
The
Wilson
Porter Hardware Co
Johnston
Gardner
Claude Roach
Eddie Avent
Geo. Knight
Linker
Hughes
Guy Cook
Geo. Woodward
Charles FE. Sisk
Arkansas
Blyteville
Ark
Blytheville
Oxford Eagle One Dollar Subscription Offer
Saturday only the Oxford Eagle offers a one year subscription for one dollar to help county farmers. Readers are urged to renew or extend for up to five years, with emphasis that the deal will not be repeated soon and to make checks payable to the Oxford Eagle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford
Oxford Eagle
Judgments and dismissals in Lafayette County court docket
A long list of court actions shows judgments by default or for and against various parties, continuances, dismissals, and settlements involving Metropolitan Discount Company, Jones, Hines, Brown, American Express Co, Bank of Oxford, Lafayette County boards, and others. The docket includes fines, costs, and one advertisement for White's Cream Vermifuge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. R. Jones
E. G. Brown
J. W. Jarrett
American Express Co
John Stewart
O. L. Palmer
John McFadden
John W. T. Falkner
Lucey Price
R. F. Harris
W. D. Franklin
J. R. Uterbeck
First National Bank
J. A
C. S. Anderson
Henry Walker
C. W. Johnson
Lafayette County
J. A. Anderson
A. V. Hiler
M. L. Stroud
J. A. Coffee
Guss Moore
Black & Huggins
J. F. Hyde
O. B. Boone
T. J
A. H. Kendel
Easter reflections and funeral notice from Water Rev
Church notes reflect on the risen Christ and the Damascus road experiences of Paul with quotes and personal anecdotes. Rev. L. P Wasson delivers Easter message as pastor of the First Methodist Church in Water. Rev. L. M. Lipscomb conducts the funeral of Mr. Lagrone in Tula, Lafayette County, praising his Christian character.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter
Christ
Damascus Way
Paul
Damascus Road
Jerusalem
Jesus Christ
Massa
L. P Wasson
First Methodist Church
Water
L. M. Lipscomb
Lagrone
Lafayette County
Tula
Easter Services at First Presbyterian Church
Easter services planned at the First Presbyterian Church with morning and evening programs. Morning includes organ preludes hymns solos and a sermon Bringing To Light Life and Immortality. Evening features hymns anthems and solos with Miss Hustace at the organ.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Presbyterian Church
Murray
D. G. Neilson
Christ
University Quartet
Charlie Gist Die D After Month Long Illness
Charlie Gist proprietor of the Old Reliable press ing shop died at 7 30 p m Wednesday after a fever lasting about a month. A well liked African American man in Oxford and at the University he was about 33 years old. Services will be held Friday with Good Friday a legal holiday. post offices and banks nationwide closed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlie Gist
Charlie
Oxford
University
United States
Mrs Ira Purvis Hosts Delightful Sunday School Class
Mrs Ira Purvis entertained the Housekeeper s Class of the M E Sunday School with forty guests. The home was artistically decorated a fine program was rendered and most delicious refreshments served. Mrs Purvis is a charming hostess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ira’ Purvis
M. E. Sunday School
Local Tri County Medical Association in Session
The Tri Co Medical association meets this week in Oxford with guests Dr Evans of Chicago and Dr Shea of Memphis. Evans to give an address at the banquet Wednesday evening. Social events honor visiting guests and local families, with numerous Oxford residents attending bridge parties and clubs through the week.
College work starts soon in Mississippi contracts
Jackson March 21 The state bond and improvement commission holds a session to examine bids and specifications for contracts at educational institutions. The mess hall and kitchen addition to Starkville A and M College dormitory will be let tomorrow. Bids ads are ordered for new buildings at the Industrial Training School Marion County and university projects. Contracts on this work will be let at the April 14 meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson Miss
State Bond and Improvement Commission
Starkville A. & M. College
Industrial Training School
Marion County
University
Do Rats Talk to Each Other
Do Rats Talk to Each Other asks Mr M Batty of Rhode Island about Rat Snap a rodent poison. He says five cakes were used at a feed store and about six rats died daily for two weeks then numbers dropped to none. Wiley Bros and A H Kendel Oxford Mississippi sell and guarantee three sizes 35c 65c and 1.25 per package.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. M. Batty
R. I
Wiley Bros
A. H. Kendel
Oxford
Miss
Social notes from Water Valley and Oxford
Mrs. Moore hosts with daughters and their husbands while relatives visit. Kincannon siblings from Memphis and Durant stay with J C Kincannon's family. Batesville and Batesville visitors join Stanford Meek. Easter services planned with a Presbyterian program featured in this issue.
Carter's Drug Store Opens in Oxford Miss
The article notes Prickly Ash Bitters sold for 1.25 per bottle by R. R. Chilton & Co. and announces Carter's Drug Store reopening in Oxford with David Carter as proprietor promising to restore customer base.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. R. Chilton & Co
Oxford
Miss
See What Irvin Nerhood Saw in Pa
An advertisement highlights Rat-Snap claims with a customer reporting forty eight dead rats. It also touts Liquid Bronze for rapid healing and lists A H Kendal of Oxford Mississippi as seller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irvin Nerhood
A. H. Kendel
Prickly Ash Bitters Advertised by Special Agents
An 19th century medical ad promises bowel cleansing to draw out impurities, restore strength and cheerfulness. It markets Prickly Ash Bitters at $1.25 per bottle and lists R. R. Chilton & Co. as special agents selling the remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. R. Chilton & Co
Oxford School Yard Sports and Graduation Events
The program lists events for April 7 including two boys basketball games at the Oxford school yard, a 7:30 p.m. declamation and graduation at Lyric Theater, and a 9:00 a.m. girls basketball game on the school yard. It includes teachers’ races 100 yards, races for girls and boys under 14, relay races, wheelbarrow and egg races, potato race, high jump, broad jump, and running events for boys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford
Lyric Theater
Lafayette County Examinations Set for April 2 at Oxford School
Examinations in Algebra Hygiene Modern History Geography Spelling Arithmetic Composition will be held Saturday April 2 at 10 am in the Oxford school building. Open to public and high school students who may enter up to two subjects. Prizes include county maps booklets and gold medals for declamation and age based groups. Teachers must submit entry names and ages to the county superintendent by April 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lafayette County
Oxford
Farm Bureau
Lafayette
Fertilizer Offered At One Dollar Per Sack In Oxford
Ose F. Turner, County Agent in Oxford Mississippi, urges farmers to buy fertilizer now as prices settle at one dollar per hundred pounds. He notes availability of Acid Phosphate bone meal nitrate of soda and Kanit, and recommends garden fertilizer for watermelons potatoes and Irish notatees. He warns of rush and delays if waited to purchase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ose F. Turner
Oxford High School Notes
At chapel Rev. R Q Leavell led devotional exercises then gave a helpful talk to the High School pupils. Miss Alice Fried man played a piano solo. A Parent Teachers Association meeting met Friday at 3 30. Mrs Finn Eatman from the University spoke to the Girls Reserve on Holy Week beautifying homes by health and fitness, praising Mrs Bat man for joining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Q. Leavell
Alice Friedman
Parent-Teachers’ Association
Finn Eatman
Mee. Watman
Teachers Examinations Schedule Announced
Examinations for white teachers start March 31 at 1 PM and run through April 1 and 2 with a second rotation two weeks later. Negro teachers test April 8 and 9 with a second session two weeks after. H. T. Smith, County Superintendent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. T. Smith, Co
Card of Thanks from Legrone Family
The Legrone family of Oxford and Cornish express gratitude for kindnesses shown during illness and death of their husband and father. They also thank friends for floral offerings and memories, signed Mrs. C. B. Legrone and Children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford
Cornish
C. B. Legrone
Also Mentioned on This Page
Valley
Grand Jury Report
Mices
Jimmie Sims
J. W. Horn
Lee Yancy
Fletcher Bruce
McKinsley Barry
D. T. Mitchell
I. C. Railroad Co. Et al
Syed Inoz
Wiley, Bros
A. F. Calloway
Tne Aean
Larchet
Mr. Montilepre
Buet
Miss Lovett
Whitman Rowland
Mal
Miss Hustace
Tri Co. Medical Association
S Evans
Chicago
Shea
Attedance
Evans
P. W. Rowland
Clarence Sivley
Ben Price
Delmartyn Vardaman
Charles Larrone
Gill Johnson
Lee Lipscomb
Methodist Church
Missrs Wade
Luther Larrone
Vicksburg
Davidson
Indianola
George Keys
Keys
Lottie Morgan
R. W. Rogers
Bridge Club
Elma Meek
Novelty Club
May Carter
Jane Cook
Etta
Jeff Cook
Guy Collins
Durant
B. K. Collins
W. A. Boone
Myrtle Farr
Pontotoc
Ernest Hooker
Weir
G. W. Boyett
Flora Buffaloe
George Buffaloe, Jr
Greenwood
Raines
A. Dee
Lafayette Spring
A Collins
Batgrae
Sekee
Minnie Starnes
Pita
Mrs. Moore
Clarke
Mrs. Avent
Moore
Elton Frazier
Jim Clayte Kincannon
Oliver Kincannon
J. C. Kincannon
Mss
Hattie Meek
Karl Meek
Batesville
Stanford Meek
S. Pickens
Toccopula
Dever Pickens
Louie Roch
Fort Smith
A. S. Ritchey
Charleston
W. Va
Ritchey
Alfred Hume
Mrs
D. I. Sultan
Gaylord Blount
Lake Street
Presbyterian Church
David Carter
Carter
Samoa
Oxford, Miss
Mississippi
Oxford High School Notes
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