----- Original Message ----- From: "Louis Taunton" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2003 4:46 PM Subject: Column > July 5, 1901 > > John McBryde brought in a sample cotton stalk Tuesday from a 2-1/2 acre > patch, which is very fine, but it was left to Mr. T. P. M. King to bring the > finest formed stalk we have seen, from the field of Messrs. Jim King and > Winston Gage. It contains 25 forms among which is several bolls. > > We neglected last week to mention the arrival of the new Soda Fount at the > Misses McLean. They are now prepared to furnish the best soda water ever > handled in our town. > > The Fourth was quiet in these parts. > > Mr. J. A. Dempsey has been on the sick list this week. > > His many friends are glad to see Hamlett Jones out from Memphis on a visit. > > Mr. E. C. Needham is out from the Lone Star State on a visit to his brother. > > We extend sympathy to Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Cutts, Jr. in the loss of their > little girl whose death occured on the 26th of June. > > Miss Alma Shaw took up her school at Sulphur Springs this week, which is one > of the most desirable schools in the county. > > Mr. D. A. Livingston gave us a substantial call this morning, and reports > everything quiet about Webster, and the crops in need of rain. > > Mr. J. A. Fleetwood, a substantial citizen of eastern portion of our county, > has our thanks for a remittance. > > Mr. Mose Coleman came in on time Wednesday with some nice, fat mutton which > our people are always glad to share. > > Our young friend, Halbert Oakley, who has held a good clerkship with one of > Meridian's substantial firms for the past several months, is on a visit to > his mother and other relatives. > > Misses Bettie Yerger and Donnie Saunders, two of Starkville's fascinating > young ladies, are on a visit to their relatives, Mrs. Oakley and Mrs. J. O. > Bennett. > > Hon. H. D. Moore of Handle was a caller to our sanctum Tuesday. He informed > us that he had about wound up his merchantile business and expected to leave > in a short while for Gulfport where he owns property and will make his > future home. > > We received two cotton blooms Monday from Messrs. W. C. Clay and D. C. > Bennett, pulled on the 24th and 26th respectively. > > > July 6, 1928 > > Mars Hill: Mr. Fred Adcock of this place and Miss Wadie Nowell of Bardall > were married Sunday. > > Union Ridge: Mr. Jim Massey and family of Chester, S. C. are visiting their > parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. P. Massey. > > Mt. Pisgah: Mr. and Mrs. Will Parker of the Bond community were the guests > of Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Ezell last weekend. > > Central: Mr. John Reed was buried last Tuesday at Good Hope. He was > drowned trying to rescue his two little girls; they were saved while he > evidently had a heart attack and drown. > > Rural Hill: The lumber is being placed on the ground for the erection of a > nice school building fo the Lobutcha Consolidated High School. > > Hinze: Miss Dura Mae Greene is visiting her sister, Mrs. Eli Keen, of nearl > Louisville this week. > > Mrs. Homer Lee and children returned Wednesday from a month's visit to her > parents, Dr. and Mrs. Monroe at Glendora, La. > > Mr. and Mrs. Marcus Richardson of Macon spent the 4th here in the home of > Dr. E. L. Richardson. > > Mrs. Paul Chamberlain left Monday for Carrollton, Ala., having been called > to the bedside of her father, Mr. Clark, who is quite sick. > > Jessye Dempsey died in Memphis Wednesday. He was buried in the Masonic > Cemetery on Friday. He was the oldest son of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Dempsey and > leaves a wife and six children to mourn his death. > > Our friend, O. M. Land, of Lamesa, Texas sends us a two year's renewal of > his subscription. > > Noxapater: Prof. Roderick Hickman and family of Steens were guests of their > sisters, Misses Alice and Elma Hickman here the past Sunday. > > Noxapater: The Noxapater Troop of Boy Scouts (18 in number) with Scout > Master F. Fraser, is enjoying camp life at Haynes Mill Pond near Fearn > Springs. > > Noxapater: Mr. E. A. Gunn, proprietor of the Gunn Drug Store, has installed > a Frigidaire Soda Fount in his drug store this week. > > Noxapater: Mr. W. C. Clay returned home Sunday from the Baptist Hospital in > Memphis. >