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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1919
Page
4
Oxford Eagle publisher details obituary charges and advance payment rules. Advertising rates list display at twenty cents per inch plus one cent per word for classifieds, with a minimum twenty cents. Subscriptions priced at 1.60 yearly, 1.00 for six months, 0.50 for three months, 2.00 outside the United States. No papers sent on credit.
The recall vote resulted in the removal of two city leaders, Commissioners J.8 Farr and Mayor Keanland, who vow to accept the will of the people. Uncertain successors are whispered, and another election will soon decide who will serve, with recalls possible if they fail to satisfy voters.
Residents urged to organize a commercial club and unite to improve Oxford. They encourage constructive efforts, criticize pessimism, and call for residents to contribute to town growth and civic pride.
The speaker envisions future travel by aircraft enabling a quick trip to London to greet the king and return home for breakfast, commenting on how such leaps would brighten dull days.
Mrs G W Price received a telegram Monday evening alerting her that her mother Mrs A R Jones was gravely ill in Bessemer Alabama. Jones is about 86 and has been bedridden for four weeks with little chance of recovery.
Public notice to Lafayette and Marshall County residents of Mississippi about a petition filed August 15 1919 in Oxford Chancery Clerk office seeking to organize a drainage district in Wallahatchie River bottom and tributaries. The described lands include multiple sections in Township 6 Range 4 west and other sections in Township 3 west. County Drainage Boards of Lafayette and Marshall will meet September 27 1919 at Oxford County House to hear objection or support from interested parties. M Woodward Chancery Clerk.
Notice announces a proposed Langston Drainage District in Lafayette and Panola Counties Mississippi. County Drainage Boards will meet September 26 1919 at 11 a.m. in the Oxford County Court House for interested parties to appear. W M Woodward Chancery Clerk.
A 1919 petition signed by over twenty percent of Lafayette County electors seeks organization of a new Beat 3 road district under Chapter 176 of 1914. The Board of Supervisors will issue bonds at October meeting unless twenty percent protest petitions are filed. Oxford, Miss. W. M. Woodward, Clerk. (E. 11-18-25-Oct.2.)
Defendants Luther Lackey Austin Crocker and Almuth Crocker must appear before the Chancery Court in Oxford Mississippi on the fourth Monday and November 24 1919 to plead answer or demur to the bill of Miss Agie Kestler and others. Chancery Clerk W M Woodward issued the notice dated September 11 1919 with attorneys Kimbrough Bryan for complainants.
Notice filed in Oxford Mississippi on September 8 1919 seeks formation of a drainage district for Hurricane Creek and tributaries in Lafayette County The district would include described lands in sections township and range bounds The Lafayette County Board of Drainage Commissioners will meet at Oxford Court House September 29 1919 at 1 PM to hear witnesses and act on the petition Ex Officio Clerk records the notice in September 11 1919 excerpt.
Petition filed by residents in Lafayette County asks the Board of Supervisors to organize a separate road district under the 1914 law for lands described in and south of the Tallahatchie River across multiple townships and sections. A bond issue is requested to be issued at the October 1919 meeting, contingent on the voters’ approval.
Public sale by trustee of property in Lafayette County Mississippi to satisfy debt. The land described as section 28 township 8 range 3 West, about 1.25 acres, will be offered to the highest bidder at the courthouse south door in Oxford on October 6, 1919. Title believed good, conveyed only as vested in the trustee. Witnessed by J B Roach. Nov 11-18-25.
A petition bearing the names of Lafayette County electors requests creation of a separate Cypress road district in parts of Township 8 Range 1 and 2 west. The petition seeks organization under Chapter 176 Laws of 1914 and cites bonds signed by 20 percent of qualified voters. Oxford, Miss dated October 2, with notices from November and 1925.
Lafayette County Mississippi clerk invites sealed bids by noon October 7 1919 for a 90 foot Toby Tubby Creek bridge at Buford's Mill Beat 3 a 40 tons of coal for the Court House and Jail and a 105 foot steel bridge over the Tallahatchie River near Abbeville Beat 3 all per plans on file in Oxford. Board may reject any bid. Also an advertisement for Ballard's Snow Liniment.
Patton and Taylor form a hardware firm in Oxford to be known as Patton and Taylor Hardware. They buy Falkner Hardware and expand with new ware rooms and storage while keeping the old Falkner store as the main location. Both men, Guy Taylor and Lonzo F. Patton, are well known in Lafayette county and plan a strong regional business. An advertisement in this issue promotes their venture and a Vermifuge product is also mentioned.
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