----- Original Message ----- From: "Louis Taunton" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2003 6:46 PM Subject: Column for September 24, 2003 > September 20, 1901 > > Mr. John Thomas and family have moved to the Hemphill place. > > We regret to note the illness of Miss Gertie Miller this week. > > Mr. J. N. Woodward now occupies the Parkes place near his mill. > > Mr. J. M. Smith, we regret to note is sick this week, but hope he may soon > be up again. > > Mr. Claud Carter of Noxapater left this week for the A. & M. at Starkville. > > Dr. Weir's habeas corpus trial for the killing of John Hull, was had at > Starkville and he was granted bail in the sum of $4000.00, which he made. > > Mr. Claude N. Boswell left last week for Kosciusko where he has accepted a > position with one of that live town's best firms. > > Oakley Bennett, one of our town's brightest young men, left Tuesday for the > A. & M. College at Starkville. > > E. F. Kennedy, Esq., is over from Macon this week. > > Mr. J. B. Harris has accepted a position with that staunch hardware house, > Gus Blaine of Ackerman and began work there last week. > > Rev. and Mrs. Burroughs left this week for Greenwood where they go to pack > their household effects preparatory to going to live near San Antonio, > Texas. > > Rev. T. D. Latimer of Columbus will begin a protracted meeting at the > Presbyterian church in this place on the 27th to continue through part of > the following week. > > Mr. Gus Cornwell, who recently went to Texas, has accepted the principalship > of the Utopia High School. Gus is one of our county's brightest and most > moral young men, and we wish him success in the Lone Star State. > > Memorial: Mrs. Francis A. Garrigues was born September 10, 1828 and died > July 14, 1901. She came to Mississippi from South Carolina and lived in and > near Louisville, Miss., for 65 years. She united with the Presbyterian > Church at the early age of nine years and was a consistent and devoted > member until her death. ... by J. O. Needham, Pastor. > > Mrs. Fannie Tolbert Taylor, wife of H. J. Taylor, formerly a resident of > Winston County, died on August 29th. Survivors include husband, two > stepsons and four little children to mourn her loss. A friend, Sturgis, > Miss. > > September 21, 1929 > > Pugh's Mill: Mr. and Mrs. D. Maxwell of Starkville spent Friday in the home > of Mr. Tom Moorehead. > > Betheden: Mrs. Ellen Upchurch of Louisville is visiting her daughter, Mrs. > Willie Lindsey, who is quite ill at this writing. > > Betheden: Mrs. Homer Fuller and children and Mrs. R. C. Robertson were > guests of Mrs. Ernest Parks Sunday afternoon. > > Loakfoma: Miss Tealy Wallace left Sunday for school at Sturgis. > > Noxapater: The remains of Mr. W. D. Miller of Louisville were brought here > Saturday afternoon for interment in the Mt. Carmel Cemetery. Mr. Miller was > a former resident of Noxapater. > > Noxapater: Several young people have left for college: James Hopkins and > Doyle McCool to the University of Mississippi and Misses Mary Sue Webb, Mary > Reed and Vera Young for Blue Mountain College. > > Miss Esther Kirk will leave Monday for New Orleans, where she will enter > Tulane, continuing the study of medicine. > > Elizabeth Richardson has returned form a month's visit to her grandmother, > Mrs. Addie Triplett of Memphis. > > Dr. and Mrs. J. W. Howard have purchased the lot just north of L. H. > Hopkin's residence on North Church Street, and will have them a home built > there in the near future. > > Mr. and Mrs. Blon Harris and family are now comfortably domiciled in their > handsome new residence on East Main Street. Mr. Harris' house of brick > veneer, and is one of the largest and most handsome homes in the city. > Contractor on this job was Mr. Ed. Glenn. > > Born to Mr.a nd Mrs. K. W. Carter, a fine boy on the 19th. > > Messrs. Walter Patty, John Stuart and Claude Fair will attend school at the > University of Mississippi the coming session. > > Mrs. Lucas and son James of Moorehead visited relatives here this week. > > Dr. and Mrs. M. M. Ellis made a motor trip to Texas last week, visiting > relatives and friends, among them our good friend, Silas McCully, who we are > glad to know is doing well in the Lone Star State. > > Dr. W. T. Blanton, McCool's leading physician and citizen, was a visitor > here yesterday. > > The handsome cottage home of Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Crowson on East Main Street > is nearing completion. >