----- Original Message ----- From: "Louis Taunton" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2003 6:56 PM Subject: Column for 9/10/03 > September 6, 1901 > > Tax Assessor M. H. Woodward carried his Assessment Rolls to Jackson a few > days ago where they wee accepted by the Auditor. He returned via Macon and > his facinating sister, Miss Abbie, accompanied him home where she is the > guest of relatives and friends. > > Mr. E. L. Needham, after an extended visit to his brother here left this > week for Lebanon, Tenn., where he will enter school. > > Rev. J. W. Treadwell is back from a visit to his father in Leake County. > His sister returned with him and will attend the L.N.C. this session. > > Mr. Ben McCully, one of our community's best young men, has accepted a > position at Ravine, Noxubee County, and orders his Journal forwarded there. > > Earl M. Hight, who holds a good position with the Columbus Oil Mills and > Machine Shops, is on a visit to his old home here. > > Mr. Ruel Peavy, one of our town's most moral and highly respected young > business men, is on a visit to relatives at Winona and Carrollton. > > Born to Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Newsom, a fine girl on the 6th. > > Born to Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Roberts, a fine girl on the 28th. > > Miss Geneva Kirk is the pleasant guest of Mrs. Dr. Parkes. > > Mr. T. L. Hathorn has accepted a position with that staunch firm, > Blumenfield & Fried, of Ackerman and began work there Monday. > > The overseers on the Louisville and Macon Road for several miles out are all > dead, or gone from this county. At least the condition of this road > indicates that fact, and we would advise people not to travel that road at > night if they have any regard for life and property. > > Leonard Catledge, who some time ago joined the U. S. Army is now in Company > K, 27th Infantry and stationed at Plattsburg, N. Y., and orders the Journal > sent to him, which we will take pleasure in doing. > > Mr. D. N. Boswell left Tuesday morning for Memphis where he goes for the > purpose of standing the examination to enter the U. S. Army. > > Mrs. George D. Sanders and two little boys of Monroe, La., are visiting > relatives and friends in this and Winston Counties. - Ackerman Plaindealer. > > > September 7, 1928 > > Babies born in July in Winston County with the names of their fathers that > were registered with the Bureau of Vital Statistics: A. C. Mitchell - July > 2; Henry Woodruff - July 4; Elbert Edwin Legan - July 5; F. B. Turner - July > 9; W. G. McGee - July 9; Wakie Majure - July 10; Thad Barnett - July 4; > Finus Hisaw - July 7; William Crosby - July 13; Moody Alewine - July 16; M. > B. White - July 18; Robt. J. Parkes - July 19; James C. Wilson - July 23; > William Hill - July 4; Thomas Stuart - July 15; Chester Robertson - July 2; > Henry E. Childers - July 2; Walter G. McGee - July 9. > > News reaches here of the marriage of Mr. Carl Woodward and Miss Grace Linch, > daughter of Mrs. Julia Linch, which occurred at the Southern Hotel in > Freeport, Texas, on August 29. The groom is connected with the oil business > and they will make their home in Houston, Texas, after a bridal tour to New > Mexico. > > Mrs. Tom Dempsey had her sisters, Miss Ruby Simpson of Byhalia and Mrs. > Cliff Davis of New Albany to visit her the past week. > > Mrs. Leita Rodgers with her children, Henry Lee, Hazie, Margurite and Ruth, > spent last week in Memphis with her aunt, Mrs. Kate Blumenburg. > > We had occasion to look over the handsome new home of Mr. and Mrs. Horace > Clark just completed by Contractor Baker on Metts Street, and it is very > attractive. > > Central: The following students finished their course at Central and left > Monday for Noxapater A.H.S., where they will go this session: Misses > Willie Lee Burrage, Zella Wayne Sullivan, Hazel McBrayer, Corrinne Goodin > and Ruby Lee Gully and Mr. Junior Kirk. > > Noxapater: A large and happy company of friends and relatives gathered at > the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Filer in West Noxapater on Tuesday, September > 4, to join in the annual celebration of the birthday of Judge L. Filer, who > has reached the eighty-ninth milestone on the highway of life. Judge Filer > has been a resident of this community for fifty odd years. Everybody seem > happy, but no one more so than Judge Filer, who shows kindly interest in > each guest, especially the Confederate Veterans, whom he delights to join in > reminescences of the days of 61 to 65. A large birthday cake bearing 89 > candles was presented by Mrs. J. R. Holmes of Louisville. > > Noxapater: Noxapater teachers who are leaving for their schools are Miss > Audie Kilpatrick to Batesville High School; Prof. N. C. Young will teach > English and coach athletics at Millsaps College; Miss Blanche Vanlandingham > to Marks High School; and Miss Elma Hickman to Salem in Noxubee County, > where she will be a member of the faculty of the Consolidated School there. > > Noxapater: Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Lampley are rejoicing over the arrival of a > winsome daughter on August 30. > > >