Should Be Enforced Or Repealed In Honor Of The Law
A Mississippi community debates enforcement of Prohibition after a fatal shooting by officers. The piece argues laws must be enforced or repealed, cites Whiskey Rebellion history, and urges local support for home institutions and patronage to boost town prosperity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Williams
Lafayette County
Mississippi
Bristol
Pennsylvania
Congress
Washington
New Orleans
New York Journal of Commerce
Cincinnati
United States
Internal Revenue Service
Lafayette County to Auction Bridges in Public Outcry
The Board of Supervisors of Lafayette County Mississippi will award contracts for three bridges at public outcry in the county courthouse starting 1:30 PM on Tuesday November 7 1922. Bridges include a 98 ft Pascuss creek crossing Kilgore old mill Beat 2 a 182 ft Ward creek crossing near John Russell Beat 2 and a 100 ft Yocona river levee Fondren crossing Beat 4. Bids must meet plans on file in the Chancery Clerk's office. The board may reject any bids.
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Board of Supervisors
Lafayette County
Mississippi
Pascuss Creek
Kilgore Old Mill
Ward Creek
John Russell
Yocona River
Fondren Crossing
Chancery Clerk’s
W. M. Woodward
Bids Open for Second Hand Six Ton Tractor in Beat 4
The Clerk of the Board of Supervisors of Lafayette County Mississippi will receive sealed bids until 12 noon Tuesday November 7 1922 for furnishing a second hand six ton tractor for the road district Beat 4. Notice dated October 12 19 26.
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Board of Supervisors
Lafayette County
Mississippi
W. M. Woodward
County Meeting on Auto Tax 1922 in Oxford
County Mississippi schedules a meeting at the County Court House in Oxford on October 11 1922 at 10 A M to raise automobile assessments for 1922 per State Tax Commission and Mississippi laws. The notice is dated October 5 1922.
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Board of Supervisors
Lafayette County
Mississippi
Oxford
State Tax Commission
W. M. Woodward
Notice of Special Election on Home Demonstration Agents
A county election is ordered in Lafayette County Mississippi for November 7 1922 to decide if a Home Demonstration Agent and a County Demonstration Agent should be employed. The notice must run 30 days and tickets must include a synopsis of the proposition. Election Commissioners D T Mitchell A M Hall J M Johnson signed September 9 1922 with dates of Oct 12 19 26 and Nov 2.
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Lafayette County
Mississippi
A. D
D. T. Mitchell
A. M. Hall
J. M. Johnson
Notice of Public Land Sale in Lafayette County
Trustee J. W. Mauldin sets sale for November 6 1922 at the Lafayette County Courthouse Oxford to auction 727 1 2 acres of land in township ten range four west including parts of sections 7 12 18 in Oxford Eagle notice. Title believed good but sale made as trustee to pay indebtedness under deed of trust recorded book 76 page 176. Ownership and publication details by G W Price editor and publisher with bondholders including Mrs Lee M Russell Jackson Miss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nettie J. Broome
E. G. Broome
H. P. Scott
Chancery Clerk
Lafayette County
Mississippi
County Court House
Oxford
Matthews
Camp Ground Creek
Pleasant Grove Church
Yocona River
CIA
J. W. Mauldin
Lafayette
G. W. Price
Oxford Eagle
Miss
Lee M. Russell
Jackson
Ruby McCoy
Public School Transportation Bids Set for Lafayette County
The Lafayette County routes not previously contracted will be let to the lowest or best bidder at the County Court House in Oxford at two o'clock Saturday October 21. The notice applies to all established routes not yet let. H. T. Smith, County Superintendent Education. October 5-31.
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County Court House
Oxford
Lafayette County
H. T. Smith
Final Account Hearing in Burt Estate Chancery Case
Chancery Court Lafayette County Mississippi commands Mrs Mary Burt Paddison Mrs Louise Burt Womack Mrs Jamie Duncan Marsh and others to show cause at Oxford on November 27 1922 why the First Annual and Final Account of S R Whitten Jr administrator of Noah Graves Burt deceased should not be approved and discharged. Sept 27 1922 W M Woodward Chancery Clerk. Sirley Rhodes attorney for administrator. Sept 28 Oct 5 12 19 26.
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Chancery Court
Lafayette County
Miss
Mary Burt Paddison
Monroe Street
Memphis
Tennessee
Louise Burt Womack
Murphreesboro
Jamie Duncan Marsh
West 57Th Street
New York City
N. Y
Louise Cloud
Oliver Street
Rnest P. Cloud, Jr
Ernest P. Cloud
Brah Cloud
Ernest P. Cloud, Jr
Sarah Cloud
Minor
Mississippi
Oxford
S. R. Whitten, Jr
Noah Graves Burt
W. M. Woodward
Sirley Rhodes
Admi
Non-Resident Notice in Lafayette County Suit
State of Mississippi issues attachment notice to A B Cullen non resident of Tulsa Oklahoma in the T H Yates estate case for 381 03 returnable before the Lafayette County Circuit Court at Oxford pleading required by the second Monday of November 1922 otherwise judgment and sale of attached estate will follow October 5 1922 clerk S S Webster attorney H M Bryan for plaintiff October 5 41
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A. B. Cullen
Mississippi
Tulsa
Oklahoma
T. H. Yates
Lafayette County
Oxford
A. D
S. S. Webster
H. M. Bryan
Pltff
Notice to Taxpayers and Non-Residents in Lafayette County
Legal notice to Hugh Cooper to appear in Chancery Court Lafayette County Mississippi on the fourth Monday in November 1922 to defend suit brought by Maggie Cooper. Clerk W Edward. notice dates Sept 21 to Oct 12 1922. address of defendant unknown.
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Maggie Cooper
Hugh Cooper
State of
Mississippi
Chancery Court
Lafayette County
Dward
W. P- Shingallt
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RB. WR Jr
Notth Graves ‘Burt
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