Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1921-08-18

/ ity be called Hopewell, and duly in
corporated as town under the laws
OF the state.
Blue Mountain DR.. A. d Tisdale,
for a year director OF the Tippah coun-
ty health unit, which recently dfsbanl-
ed for tie want of funds. has been
taken over by the department of health
OF Mississippi, and Is working in con-
! junction with DIR. w S. feathers.
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Macon. Two small boys. about nine
years OF age. were killed by lightning
on the place of Josh Cavett. They
were out minding the COWS, when q
severe electrical disturbance came up,
and both, It u supposed, were killed
by the same bolt.
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! Macon The faculty Of the Macon
high school has been elected with the
! exception OF the teacher Of Latin. Prof
G. U Moore will remain as superin-
tendent.
/ Crystal Springs attorneys in
the case of S. B. Norton VS.. the Town
of Crystal Springs, which litigation
grew out of the passage by the town
of an ordinance authorizing a quarter
of d mile extension of the corporate
limits, from which ordinance the op-
ponents appealed to the circuit court
have about reached an agreement by
which the controversy may be settled
for all time.
Blue Mountain.-Rev. S. v. Gullett
Of this place has just closed a success
full revival at Academy Baptist church
near this place. There were several
public confessions of faith during the
meeting and number joined the church
TOR baptism.
misunderstanding to information
received at the office of H. M. Ivy,
state supervisor of secondary schools,
at least 100 pupils will take advantage
Of the opportunity to take the college
entrance examinations.
Ripley.-P. l.. Stroup and Miss Les
sic Caviness were united in marriage
in Ripley.
Ellisville-J. w. Williamson, who
has been janitor of the Ellisville court
house for several years, has resigned
and will accept position with the
Mississippi Colony for the Feeble
Minded.
Eupora-Rev J. A. Coleman, pastor
Of the Methodist church here, preach
ed the opening sermon of the regular
annual revival here.
Indianola-The following persons
were elected trustees for the Indianola
high school at a meeting of the city
council: Mrs. L. S. Allen, Ebert
Johnson, j. NJ Kimbrough, F. e. Ev-
erett and D. S. Lovelace
Meridian.-District Attorney Martin
Miller of Meridian has accepted an in
vitation to be master of ceremonies at
the Labor Day celebration to be held
at Highland Park, when the various
candidates for United States senator
and governor will speak from the same
platform in the afternoon.
Meridian-Mayor John w. Parker
has been notified that Meridian has
been made a sub-station ON the gov
eminent continental airway along the
route from Savannah, Ca, to San
Diego, Cal.
Ecru.-The Ecru high school, which
opens Sept. 5, has elected its faculty
for the fall term. Prof. John A. Dom
aldson, who taught here last session,
was reelected as superintendent.
Senatobia.-Four prisoners escaped
from the county jail by saving two
of the iron bars over the fire escape
and sliding down water pipe.
Durant.-E. T. Maloney, employed
as butter-maker at the Durant cream
cry, accidentally shot himself He was
rushed to Meridian, where his parents
live.
Blue Mountain.-That Tippah coun-
ty health unit should yet be restored to
activity by the board of supervisors is
being made clear by the cropping out
of number of cases of typhoid fever
in this county which was almost en-
tirely free from typhoid while the big
health unit was winding up its work
in Tippah.
Ecru-A revival at Friendship two
miles from here, has closed. Rev. e.
L. Wesson and e. A. Wesson were in
charge. Twenty-Five were baptised
and some joined by letter.
Ellisville.-J. d. Martin well-known
farmer of Jones county, has sold this
year truck and dairy products to the
amount of $82O.S5. He believes that
trucking and dairying should go to-
gether.
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