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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1906
Page
3
Local social notes list visits by Mr N H Alderson in Oxford with Mr Baxter Sparks of Attica and Mr Deeil Shands of Grenada. Residents attend church, meetings, and assemblies in Decatur Jackson Starkville and Water Valley, with marriages, education board actions, and business trips noted.
Mrs. Jane Rankin Eades died at her Oxford residence Tuesday at 5 40 PM after a long illness in her 90th year. Daughter of a Revolutionary soldier and longtime resident, she lived a retired life in her later years. She leaves a son, a daughter, and grandchildren. Remains interred Wednesday morning by Pastor Rev W J King.
The Oxford Graded School will hold closing exercises tomorrow at 11 o clock. Rev S JD Logan of Dyersburg Tennessee will address the graduates. Prof R L Harris will deliver the diplomas. Graduates include Julia Kendel Alpha Kendel Lucile Eades May Haley Ina Bates Sarah Worley Wade Webster Claiborn Phipps Chester McLarty Powell Plant George Lundie George Hampton Hedleston Paschal.
At a Sunday afternoon YMCA meeting, E. O. Davidson was elected president, M. C. Pegu as vice president, G. M. Knight as secretary, S. T. Butler as corresponding secretary, and D. T. Matthews as treasurer.
Post no fishing hunting or trespassing on the Southwest quarter of Section 9 Township 10 Range 2 West, issued by Mrs M E RacLanp, restricting all use on the land.
A Mississippi bank report shows total assets and liabilities with figures for loans and discounts and officer statements. The same document includes a June 1906 voting schedule listing precincts and dates for registering voters who have not fed since March 1, with listed precinct names and dates in Lafayette County.
The clerk of the Board will receive sealed bids until noon Tuesday for building six bridges. Each bid must be accompanied by a bond double the bid amount with two or more securities. Bridges listed include Toby Tubby creek at Price place on Memphis and Coffeeville road link 70, Dry Branch near R Carter's Mill on Bates et Tubby road link Nota, Splinter creek on Taylor and Panola road link 115 1 2, a bridge on the Taylor and Batesville link 1M near I E Browning's residence, and a creek bridge on the Oxfort Miss May it ta.
A Lafayette County letter from officers defends policing efforts in Oxford and denounces a critical communique as false. They praise the fifteen citizen committee, urge unity with law and order, and pledge to stamp out liquor sales while urging cooperation from the county’s better citizens.
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