----- Original Message ----- From: "Louis Taunton" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2003 5:08 PM Subject: Column > May 10, 1901 > > Mr. M. C. Smyth paid our offices a business call a few days ago. > > Mr. L. Filer was up Saturday and as usual reports his country in good > spirits. > > Miss Lillie Roberts and Ben Craig are on a visit to relatives in Alabama > this week. > > Messrs. J. B. Clark and T. J. Humphries each have our thanks for substantial > remittances this week. > > That clever young man, Mr. T. A. Crumpton, was down on business Tuesday. He > has our thanks for a remittance. > > We live in hopes that the competition in cold drinks will reduce the price > to where we can occasionally cool off this summer. > > Mr. J. M. Yarbrough and family, good citizens of Rocky Hill community, spent > last Saturday shopping in town and visited relatives Sunday. > > Interesting sermons were listened to by our people Sunday by Rev. H. J. > Vanlandingham in the morning and Rev. J. D. Newsom at night. > > Rev. J. O. Needham and G. W. Patty say walking is spendid between here and > Humphries Lake. They went down on their wheels a few days ago, and of > course, the said wheels broke down about 14 miles from town. > > Local advertisers in the Journal in 1901 were: Geo. D. Russell of > Mashulaville advertised Garret Snuff for 20 cents. Robert L. Wood > advertised as a money loaner. H. Kirkpatrick was a dealer in General > Merchandise. L. B. Graham advertised everything in hardware. H. C. > Richardson of Coopwood advertised first class lumber and shingles. J. A. > Dempsey advertised dry goods, notions and groceries. McGraw and Sons > advertised shoes and boots. J. G. Gunn, Noxapater, advertised as "The Place > to Buy Your Goods." W. J. Newsom advertised staple and fancy groceries for > sale cheap for cash. > > May 11, 1928 > > Noxapater: The Valedictorian of the Winston County Agricultural High School > for the 1927-28 session is Nellie Hinze and the Salutatorian of the class is > Cecil Davis. > > Hinze: Mrs M. M. Vowell and children visited her daughter, Mrs. Presley > Curtis in the Rural Hill community Sunday. > > Thomas Slaughter, who is a pre-medical student at Mississippi College, spent > last weekend here guest of home folks. > > Mrs. W. J. Atkinson, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Holmes, spent the weekend in Yazoo > City, guests of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Atkinson. > > Messrs. Metts and McCreary are erecting a brick store on Spring Street, > which will be occupied by them as an automobile business. > > Miss Anita Johnson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Johnson of Louisville, > was married in Tampa last week to Mr. Blanks Eugene Leverett of Tampa, > Florida. > > Betheden: Mrs. Lige Eubanks died at Webster and her funeral and burial took > place at the Betheden Cemetery on Monday. > > Union Ridge: Mr. E. H. Thomas celebrated his 49th birthday on May 6th with > a large attendance. > > Estes: Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Cole and little daughter, Lurlene, visited in > Attala County the first of the week. > > Clay Town: Mr. Carl Reed spent the weekend with home folks. He is > attending A.H.S. at Noxapater. > > Noxapater: Miss Elma Hickman, who taught at Salem Consolidated School in > Noxubee County, is at home following the closing of her school the past > week. > > Noxapater: Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Danner and children wee guests in the home of > Mr. Y. A. Quarles at McCool the past Sunday. >