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Newspaper

Oxford Eagle

Location

Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America

Date

May 12, 1921

Page

1

First Woman Elected Adams County Education Superintendent

Natchez Miss May 7 Miss V Josephine Pitts teacher at Natchez public school was elected county superintendent of Adams county education in a special election to fill the unexpired term. She is the first Mississippi woman elected to public office. Pitts led the race by 412 votes over the nearest opponent with strong backing from women voters and substantial support from men.

Natchez V. Josephine Pitts Adams County Miss Fitts Mississippi

P T Association Sells Chautauqua Tickets for School

The Parent-Teacher's Association will divide the town into districts to sell chautauqua tickets. Funds from ticket sales go to the school library, aiding students and the library alike.

P.T. Association

Wisconsin Day With The Browning Club

The Browning club enjoyed a Wisconsin themed afternoon at Mrs. B. L. Guyton’s home. Mrs. Crosier chaired the program featuring instrumental music, a talk on Wisconsin days, a solo by Miss Lovett, Wisconsin notes, and a Who’s Who in Wisconsin segment led by Mrs. Robinson.

Browning Club B. L. Guyton Wisconsin Crosier Glenn Miss Lovett Woodlett Robinson

Mississippi School Year Deemed Most Successful In State History

W F Bond state superintendent reports the just closing scholastic year as the most successful in Mississippi. He cites excellent winter weather, near-epidemic free health, higher attendance and enrollment, 60 percent rise in common school appropriation, and widespread support for better education. He notes gains since 1918 and optimistic outlook for 1921 22. The note ends with a remark on credit access.

W. F. Bond Ruarl Mississippi

Large 1921 class graduation at the University

The University of Mississippi announces a large 1921 graduating class with leading speakers from liberal arts and law. Notables include Lois Hathorn, Sidney Bryan Berry, and Ivey Peebles among many graduates in liberal arts, law, medicine, engineering, and pharmacy. The piece lists senior law names, arts and science degrees, and engineering graduates. A separate wedding reports Miss Jean Mathis’s marriage to Wood B. Hall at College Hill Presbyterian Church with a large turnout and reception.

University of Mississippi Lois Hathorn University Sidney Bryan Berry Brexton Liberal Arts Ivey Peebles Philadelphia Lester W. Austin Nettleton Guy Amsler Leakesville Dewey T. Brown Sidon D. W. Brown Rateliff Fulton Bell Tula H. P. Curd Holly Springs Braxton L. Currie Harpersville Hindman Doxey Robert R. Dinsmore Dinsmore Colin O. Gilbert Winchester Percy D. Graves Canton Henry Vere Hobbs Brookhaven Pat Henry, Jr Vicksburg Ellis C. Henry Moorehead William Haralson Meridian Alfred Y. Harper Jackson Henry M. Hood Kilmicheal James M. Hood Kilmichael James C. Jourdon, Jr Iulia Adam L Pinola Ben F. Wasson, Jr Greenville James M. Wells Magee Clifton A. West Aberdeen Charles D. Williams Yazoo City Robert X. Williams Oxford Diane Lester Batesville Janie Willard Maudlin Pontotoc Annette Mebane Hickory Flat Lavinia McLaurin Fayette Horace D. Pickens Toccopola Sadie Hopkins Louisville Hroaceeleans Travis Pratt MceGahey Embry Wallace H. McLarty Water Valley Edwin Tye Neilson Lexington Myra Irma Nicholson Eva Phelps McComb William Eward Potts Madison Station Mary Lynda Ramey Paul Rogers Ackerman James Melvin Rowsey Laurel Edward Lee Russell Memphis Tenn Arnold Henry Scott Lucedale Robert Waterson Scott Presbyterian Church College Hill Jean Mathis Nina Mathis Wood B. Hall Bay Springs Hedleston Ernest Shaw Deco M. T. Bush Buford Mathis Fairfax Okla Marjorie Tankersley Margaret Carnathan Mildre Murry Eugenia Shaw Florence Carnathan Corrine Buford May Johnson Annie Bowe Sarah Hzemon Buchanan Mathis-Hall Corinne Buford Whitehaven Plume Point Messrs. Hall Scott and R. E. Hannell Rienzi Hall

Road Contract Awarded For Starkville District

Starkville Mississippi May 10 at a special board of supervisors meeting the bid for the reck road through district No 3 was confirmed at 39000 the lowest bid Pilkinton Brothers of Mayhew Lowndes county to begin work in a few days Ole Miss 2 Mississippi College 2 tied at University Ball Park after rain interrupted the tenth inning game ends 2 to 2

Starkville Miss Board of Supervisors Reck Road District No. 3 Pilkinton Brothers Mayhew Lowndes County Ole Miss Mississippi College University Ball Park

Mississippi Musicians Highlight Oxford Book Club Program

The Woman's Book club of Oxford presented a program in the university chapel featuring Mississippi composers and biographical sketches by Miss Alice Mayes. Mrs. L. E. Oldham served as interpreter with performances by local artists including Mrs. Annie Mimms Wright and Mr. Harvey.

W. D. Hedleston Versity de Gideon Nolan Stevarson Margaret Th Bell University Ricks’ Hall Oxford J. W. Bell D. R. Johnson Cora Gideon Gideon Woodville Larnich Dorothy Perkins Elizabeth Mr. Dickson Woman’s Book Club of University Chapel Mississippi Alice Mayes University of Mississippi L. E. Oldham Annie Mimms Wright Jackson Miss Missippian Miss Mayes Sewanee River Nannie Howell Oldham Sighing Waters Janie Sexton Holme Hazlehurst Miss Short Poe Annabelle Lee Sallie Murry Wilkins Mary Vie Rowland Chalmers Clifton Gibson Lottie V. White Cincinnati Ohio Francis Pitts Grant Meridian Arizona William Alexander Percy Greenville Hooper Glenn Buffaloe Lottie White David Neilson Ed Beanland Quartette Rowland P. W. Rowland P. W. Rowland, Jr Herron Rowland Mery Vic Rowland

Escape convict Ruby Wells captured near Senatobia Mississippi

Ruby Wells an Arkansas penitentiary escapee was recaptured by Deputies J W Whalen and Frank Moore and returned to custody. He had married a 166 year old Panola County farmer’s daughter two weeks earlier and the bride followed him to the Arkansas penitentiary before staying with relatives in the eastern county. Wells had been sentenced for forgery and escaped after four months. He told officers he shared details of his criminal career with his wife before marriage, but she kept them from her family.

Senatobia Miss Ruby Wells Arkansas State Penitentiary J. W. Whalen Frank Moore Wells Panola County Arkansas Penitentiary

Thweatt Kills Cousin In Oklahoma County Shooting

A man named W F Thweatt shot and killed his cousin Elmer Sanders nine miles south of Oxford around 9 p m Monday. The weapon was a 438 caliber pistol and only one shot was fired at close range. Thweatt surrendered to Sheriff Hartfield Tuesday morning and faces a preliminary hearing in Tula before Justice of the Peace. Sanders, about 20, was a former navy serviceman who rode wild horses, and his burial was arranged with a decent funeral outfit.

Oxfor W. F. Thweatt Elmer Sanders Sanders Thweatt the Eagle sSaujders Hartsfield B. K. Collins Oxford Hartfield Duffee Thweatt Navy South Street John Brown Sander Steele Oscar Douglas Uncle Sam Douglas Tula Jno. Falkner Eagle

Thweatt Released on 1000 Dollar Bond in Oklahoma Case

Will Thweatt was released on a $1000 bond after today’s trial in Tula for the killing of Elmer Sanders last Tuesday. Esquire W. B. Coleman and John Woolverton heard the case with Judge John Falkner representing the defendant. The state had no lawyer present as a few witnesses testified and the defense argued self defense.

Will Thweatt Tula Elmer Sanders Esquire W. B. Coleman John Woolverton John Falkner

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V. Josephine Fitts State University E. A. Pearson Weir W. E. Pettis T. H. Purvis Alton C. Butler E. N. Caffey Sweatman Miss Myrtle EB. Carey Courtland E. E. Carlton Union O. B. Jones Byhalia M. L .Land DeKalb E F. Miller West Point T. J. McCosker McComb City T. H. Riddell Kil H. S. Autrey Steele City Ala Roswell C. Basinger Mobile S. B. Beiker Cullman C. E. Catchings Nolan S. Dickson Louis C. Henderson Potts Camp M. W. Holehan Clyde J. Lewis Amory James H. Lipsey Clinton J. N. Lockard Van M. C. Wigginton Rara Avis Hall- Mathis Woman’s Book Club Thweatt Kills Fier Sanders
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