FICE MLL STARTS GRIND THIS WEEK
A busy session opens with a civil docket listing, including cases Pickey vs J F Davis and Watts vs H J Friedpr, plus continuances to November. The criminal docket is noted but details are sparse.
16 Sep 1915
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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1915
Page
1
A busy session opens with a civil docket listing, including cases Pickey vs J F Davis and Watts vs H J Friedpr, plus continuances to November. The criminal docket is noted but details are sparse.
State and city court notes cover forfeiture and appeal dismissals in Wade Webb Ben Cook and Sam Dallas cases. Will Wortham and Lee Alexander have non final statuses. Albert Vaughn pleads guilty to concealed pistol while John Turry pays fine for profane language. Geo Moore fined for disturbing public worship. Frank Thomas found not guilty in retailing. Jess Carothers not guilty on concealed pistol. Caspy Wiley remanded on gaming. Willie Lewis pressed on assault and battery.
The community notes busy farmers Lizzie and Viver Wootten and reports attendance at the Philadelphia association. J. M. Anderson died after months of ill health, August 33. Mrs. Carrie Gean and children visited Freeman family. Altus school opened Monday with good attendance. Dallas McFadden teaches, Carrie M. entered Le Mesers. Wilson Beard Ches ley Gean and Raymond Wilson joined College Hill agricultural college.
The Oxford high school opened Monday with a large crowd of patrons and pupils. The service included a congregational song and a blessing from Rev. Walter Bruce. Dr. Johnson outlined coming improvements and noted the school's affiliation with the University of Mississippi. Teachers listed include Miss Louise Roachy, Miss Alma Simms, and others across primary to seventh grades.
Christopher Longest of University wins the Mc Martin Hoyt Publishing set of books valued at 52.50 for the best essay on a certain subject. He has won this prize the past two years. August 31 near Harmontown Miss and obituaries note Mrs Mary E Saunders born 1559 near Harmontown and survived by husband W P Saunders and children.
Poem-like plea calls for honest, strong, courageous men ready to confront evil. It emphasizes integrity, faith, honor, and action when called, contrasting with money and ease. The cadence urges steadfast virtue and responsive character in troubled times.
The J Stoste remedies have been used in Lafayette county for thirty years and contain no opiates. They claim rapid pain relief and curing inflammation via the State Pain Exterminator and Stoate Stock Powder, available at W C Neills store or Stoate residence in North Oxford. A 45-40 Revival begins at the Methodist Church next Sunday at 11 with Rev T W Lewis of Memphis assisting.
Members of the Oxford Live Stock Association met at the First National Bank to organize under the Oxford Business Mens Club. H Friedman named chairman and G W Price secretary as the group outlines a 10000 capital, 6 percent loans to farmers for stock raising, five year terms, annual payments plus a 5 percent annual levy for stock certificates, profits used to grow capital, with funds split between two Oxford Banks for loan security and management.
G A Woodward and J C Hartsfield lead a discussion on plans for better and more stock. The association argues that improved breeding and stock will benefit the community and farmers across Lafaya'i county.
Yazoo City sees diversification with Schmitt's Grocery owner John V. Schmitt launching a peanut-roller to produce fresh peanut butter. Local peanuts have grown into a sizable Yazoo County industry, previously imported from northern manufacturers, now aimed at home consumption and keeping profits local.
Mississippian H. J. Lovelady from four miles south of Oxford visited the city Monday with a pile of brooms. He grows his own broom corn and claims his straw is superior in toughness and length to rivals. Lovelady, a renter, reports strong sales and plans to exceed a thousand brooms ready for market as demand grows in town.
An Arbor Meeting will begin next Sunday September 19 four miles northeast of Oxford near the Dowager place. Singing at 3 30 p m preaching at 4 p m. A basket supper for all who come. Preaching at 7 p m each night until further notice. Rev Jas B Leswell of Oxford will do site preaching. Everybody invited.
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