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    1. [MSWINSTON] Column for October 8, 2003
    2. Louis Taunton
    3. October 23, 1903 The Bank of Louisville building is nearing completion. N. W. Webb and Mack Barnhill have our thanks for favors this week. Dr. Jno. C. Foster is out from Texas on a visit to his mother. C. R. Hamill of Belton, Texas remembers us substantially this week. We were glad to meet Mr. R. G. Hamill on our streets yesterday the first time since his return from the Lone Star State. He looks hale and hearty. H. H. Rodgers and his mother spent a day in our town this week, the guests of Mrs. J. N. Clark. A. H. Forester has our thanks for some of the finest pears we have ever seen. Jake Peaster is the happy recipient of a bouncing boy No. 2, which made his appearance on the 16th. D. C. Bennett is the champion popcorn raiser, having raised this year seventeen good ears from one grain. The press at Marsh's Mill four miles east of town, bursted one day last week and came near killing one or two parties who were standing nearby. Eggs are selling at 15 cents a dozen in our town, the first time we remember to have ever seen them sell for so much in October. J. M. Robinson brought to town Monday the champion stalk of corn, measuring 14 feet 8 inches in height and containing two large ears. It was grown on his place four miles south of town. Capt. Overstreet informs us of the best two days cotton picking for a six years old we have heard of. He was in the eastern portion of the county one day last week when little Luther Graham Smith, son of I. J. Smith, picked 207 pounds in two days. J. A. Dempsey has just received a car load of the Birdsell wagons, one of the very best wagons on the market. He is offering them at close figures. Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Hathorn were pleasant guests of friends here Sunday. Mr. John Eubanks informs us of the death of Mrs. Fox, one of the oldest citizens in South Winston, who died Thursday morning, October 22, 1903. October 5, 1928 Mr. Prentiss Webb of Ackerman and Miss Virginia White McCracken, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse L. McCracken, were married in Jackson last Monday. Numerous folks from Louisville attended the wedding. Mr. J. C. Caperton's many friends were glad to meet him here on a visit from Hattiesburg this week. He is visiting relatives at Noxapater, his old home. Mr. M. Russell, Union Church, Miss., is here taking over the management of the Louisville Country Club. Mr. and Mrs. Oma Tucker are the proud parents of a little daughter born on September 25th. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Dempsey, a boy on October 2nd. Judge L. Filer and W. C. Clay were up from Noxapater Monday and gave us a calll. Judge Filer gave us a sample of New York State's apple crop, son of his relatives having sent him a basket from the East Coast. Rev. W. A. Overton and wife left last week for North Georgia mountains to visit for two weeks around their old birthplace. Singleton: Mr. Van Clearman and little daughter Mildred spent Saturday night and Sunday in the home of Mr. N. S. Avery. Noxapater: Miss Bertha Estes, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Brady Estes and Mr. Cecil Bouchillon, oldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Bouchillon, were married Saturday evening in Louisville by Rev. J. N. McMillin of the Louisville Baptist Church. Noxapater: Buck Bryan, who has been here on a visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Bryan, left Friday for San Pedro, Calif., where he will embark on the U. S. Battleship, Arizona, he having been a member of the crew of this vessel for about two years. This was his first visit home isnce he became a sailor. Noxapater: The Winston County Aggies opened the football season Friday night by defeating the strong Jasper COunty Aggies by a score of 7 to 6. Loakfoma: Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Prisock and little son Linard spent Saturday night in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lansford Miller and family. Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Atkinson are entertaining another little daughter, Barbara Elizabeth, who made her arrival on October 3rd. Mrs. H. C. Burton attended the funeral of her father-in-law at DeKalb Thursday.

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