----- Original Message ----- From: "Louis Taunton" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, June 06, 2003 6:54 PM Subject: Column for next week > June 14, 1901 > > Mr. T. L. Hathorn is visiting West Point and other places this week. > > Mrs. Dr. A. S. Kirk is on a visit to her daughters in Alabama. > > Tom Triplett, son of Mr. and Mrs. N. D. Triplett, left recently for Texas. > > Mrs. J. P. McGraw left yesterday for Vicksburg on a visit to her daughter, > Mrs. W. R. Kirk. > > We enter the names of Messrs. C. G. Chambliss and J. A. Gentry on our list > of readers this week. > > Prof. Everette Lovorn writes us to send him the Journal to Alice, Miss., > where he has opened a school. > > Dr. W. E. Jackson has located at Mashulaville for the practice of medicine > and is solictious of everyones patronage. > > We acknowledge receipt of an invitation to the closing exercises of the A. & > M. College from our young friend, and one of the college's most worthy > pupils, L. T. Rhodes. > > Several picnics have been threatened by our young people this spring, but we > have heard of but one any thing like materializing, and that was on last > Wednesday, a few couples managed to stir up energy and interest enough to > spend the day at Sulphur Springs. The boys shoud call a meeting and resolve > themselves into a committee for the purpose of investigating the trouble > with the society side of the community. Our town has reached the point that > a gathering of any kind is almost impossible. > > His many friends are glad to meet jovial L. B. Metts on our streets again > after a stay of several months in Florida. > > Daniel Gage and Shelby Fox are on a visit to Macon friends and relatives. > > Our friend, W. Y. Smyth, paid our office a welcome call Monday. Yancy is > one of our county's most industrious farmers, and to show that he is keeping > up with the times we noticed he had purchased a fine mower. > > Mr. H. Morris has been confined to his room this week by illness, but we are > glad to say is now able to be out. > > Mr. A. H. Forestor, one of our county's largest planters, purchased this > week through J. M. Bennett & Sons, a very fine Deering reaper and binder > combined being one of only two or three that we know of in the county. He > has 60 acres of very fine oats to harvest. > > > June 15, 1928 > > John B. Hull is now working at Fox's Drug Store. > > Schoffner Skidmore and Onice Lewis left Sunday for Mississippi College where > they go to make up the time at summer school that they were out of college > last session. > > Mrs. Grafton Bennett, who has been teaching at New Albany the past session, > joined her husband here this week and they are having a new home built on > the corner of Park Street and Columbus Avenue, where they will live in the > future. > > Loakfoma: Mr. W. W. Wallace and family, Mr. Marion Triplett and family and > Mr. Jim Davis and family, the latter of Louisiana, took dinner in the home > of Mr. Burrie Triplett Friday. > > Bevil Hill: Mr. Dave Whites family are all ill with the measles. > > Noxapater: Mr. Sylvester Smyth, Jr., and Miss Ruby Vanlandingham were > married on June 9th at the Baptist Pastor's apartments in the presence of a > limited number of intimate friends, Rev. B. L. McKee officiating. After the > ceremony they left for a brief wedding trip to meridian, Mobile and other > points on the Gulf Coast. > > Noxapater: Miss Margaret Young left Tuesday for Nashville, Tenn., where she > will resume her studies at Peabody. > > Miss Minnie Harkey of Bay St. Louis is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Giles > Patty in the home of Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Patty on South Columbus Avenue. > > Edwin Kirkpatrick, who has been taking a business course at Bowling Green, > Ky., returned home the first of the week. > > Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Warner left Tuesday for Hot Springs, Ark., where Mr. > Warner goes for treatment for rheumatism. > > Mrs. Boyd of Greenwood and Miss Gray of Memphis, visited Misses Elaine and > Thelma Owens last week. > > Dr. and Mrs. Lucas and daughter, Louise, of Moorehead are here this week > visiting relatives. > > Married on June 10th near Fearn Springs, Mr. C. W. McQuein and Miss > Theodosia Bradshaw in the presence of friends and relatives with J. D. Hill > officiating. Mr. McQuien is the third son of the late H. V. McQuien and the > bride is the youngest daughter of Mrs. W. T. Bradshaw of Doddsville, Miss., > but lately of Louisville. > > Noxapater: Mr. J. E. Sharp of Decatur is here on a visit with his sister, > Mrs. Hattie Morgan and family. >