Street Fight At Postoffice Ends With Gunshot
A morning street altercation at the postoffice between W. P. Shinault and John Perkins led Shinault to fire a shot that missed Perkins and shattered a window. No injuries beyond Shinault’s bruises. Mayor Elliott escorted Shinault to his office. The dispute arose over a Beat 3 road and drainage district where Perkins resides.
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W. P. Shinault
John Perkins
Postoffice
Shinault
Perkins
John Woodward
John
Elliott
County Agent Maintains Post as Health Unit Falls
Water Valley August 30 election chose the county agent to remain while the public health unit and the home demonstration work were defeated. The home demonstration line received 313 votes against retention, the county agent won by 86, and the health unit lost by 276 votes amid strong voter interest countywide.
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Water Valley
Home Economics
Home
County School Board Sets Final Meeting Before Schools Open
The County School Board will hold a final session on Monday September 5 to settle unfinished matters from this year before schools open the first Monday in October. Lafayette County Superintendent Coffeeville Gatewood listed among officials.
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Lafayette
Coffeeville
Gatewood
Lafayette County Public Schools Open Oct 8 1921
The County School Board sets Monday October 8 as the opening date for the 1921 22 public school term in Lafayette county. Compulsory attendance begins October 31. Patrons should hold a clean up day at each school and trustees must arrange desks boards and facilities. Unsanitary schools will be condemned. County Superintendent.
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County School Board
Lafayette County
H. T. Smith
Teachers Examinations Scheduled in Lafayette County
Examinations for public school teachers will be held at the Lafayette County courthouse in Oxford on dates listed for white and colored teachers. White teachers take exams September 1 2 3 and September 15 16 17. negro teachers on September 8 9 10 and September 22 28 24. Any teacher without a valid license for the next session must take these tests as no special exams are offered this year. Primary licenses only recognized if teaching in the primary department of an accredited or affiliated school.
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County Court House
Oxford
Lafayette County
H. T. Smith
Tax bond push quoted as cause of rising county taxes
Aberdeen Weekly republishes the Lexington Advertiser defense of tax increases and bond issues. It argues bonds for roads and school building raise real and personal property values, expanding tax levies, and blames both voters and politicians, including Rex Beverley, while urging action to curb county spending and bonded debt.
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Rex
Holmes County
Rex Beverley
Board of Supervisors
Lexington Advertiser
Boards of Supervisors
Inter
Progress
Vertiser
State Tax Commission
Aberdeen
Manning Fined $100 Appeals in Whisky Case
Mack Menning, the transfer man, faced arraignment before the mayor and was fined $100 for violating the whisky law. He filed notice of appeal after officers obtained a search warrant and seized a quantity of whisky. The case will be tried in the Circuit Court this fall term.
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Mack Menning
Metts
Black
Manning
A Boy Farmer's Record From Florida Corn Winner
Florida farm boy Don Miley won the 1920 Florida corn contest with 101.7 bushels per acre at 20 cents per bushel. His high yield and low cost suggest production cost falls as yield rises, offering a possible lesson to older farmers.
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Don Miley
Florida
Social round and travel notes from Oxford
Miss Susie Hill Mabel Lafever Abner Hill Harry Culpepper Morris Myers spent Sunday with friends in Oxford. Clyde Harwell recuperating from appendectomy in Oxford hospital. Mrs Ernest Thomas and Mr and Mrs Meeks Vaiden motored to Oxford last week.
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Susie Hill
Mabel Lafever
Abner Hill
Harry Culpepper
Morris Myers
Oxford
Clyde Harwell
Ernest Thomas
Meeks Vaiden
South Reporter
Holly Springs
Mill of Justice to Start Soon in Oxford
The fall term of the Circuit Court will convene in Oxford on September 12. Whisky violations grand larceny and assault cases are expected. Beat 8 road district matters will also come before the court.
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Circuit Court
Oxford
Grand Jury List Issued by Lafayette County Court
The Mississippi Lafayette County Circuit Court summons 40 citizens to appear as grand jurors in September 1921. The writ directs Sheriff to bring named residents to the courthouse by 9 a.m. on September 12, 1921. Witness S. S. Webster, Clerk, Oxford, August 27, 1921.
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State of Mississippi
Lafayette County
K. M. Hickey
E. D. Nichols
T. E. Browning
G. M. Walker
S. S. Wells
T. F. Hill
W. F. Appleton
D. W. Owens, Jr
H. A. Parks
L. M. Brummett
W. T. Davis
Ike Patterson
C. E. Pool
B. A. Sneed
J. W. Hyde
A. R. Marshall
E. E. Neil
Oxford
A. D
S. S. Webster
Card of Thanks for Travis Mills
The Mills family thanks Dr Bramlett Dr Roland and the nurses for their kindness during the illness and death of their little son Travis May God bless you all Mr and Mrs J E Mills
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Drs. Bramlett
Roland
Travis
J. E. Mills
Governor Russell to Return to Jackson September 1
Governor Russell and Mrs. Russell enjoyed their Gulfport coast stay where the board of trade provided quarters. He will return to Jackson on September 1 to resume duties at the executive office.
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Russell
Gulfport
Board of Trade
Jackson
Hinds County
Pine Valley Visitors Remember Miss Williamson’s Passing
Lillie Misses Drusilla and Jewell Johnson visit in the city with cousin Miss Ella Herron. Minnie Williamson, taken to Oxford for appendicitis surgery, died of heart failure about 24 hours later. She was 16 years old, daughter of Len Williamson of Pine Valley, and the community extends sympathy to the bereaved family.
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Lillie
Drusilla
Jewell Johnson
Pine Valley
Ella Herron
Minnie Williamson
Oxford
Miss Williams
Len Williamson
Pine Valles
Family Visits Highlight Bounds Kinship Across States
Miss Mattie Lou Bounds spends the week with her sister Mrs James Kilgore in Etta. Mr J C Bounds and family return to Little Rock Arkansas after two weeks with relatives and friends here.
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Mattie Lou Bounds
James Kilgore
Etta
J. C. Bounds
Little Rock
Ark
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Coffeeville Eee
Eneee Heen Enne
Gatewood Water Valley
Pine Valley Ee
Leggo Ce
Oakland Ee
Tillatobia Oree
Resta Coffeeville
Stele
W. Leggo
Oakland
Tillatoba
Leggo
Oakland Ce
Seebey Ee
Torrance
Vans Mills
Air Mount
Brane Goods
Carter’s Drug Store
Oxford, Mississippi
APF
NIT
Dawgone
Val Oleh
Wilson’s Cash Grocery
Patton
Public Square
R. E. Duncan
Holly Springs, Miss
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