100 and 75 Years Ago
December 9, 1904
Married: On the 4th inst. At 2 P. M. Mr. Charles F. Dickerson and Miss Molly
F. Holder, daughter of Mr. Thomas Holder were married at the residence of the
bride’s father with Rev. J. R. Furguson officiating.
Married: On November 2nd at the home of the bride’s father Mr. G. M.
Ellis, Miss Ida Ellis and Mr. Rubie Dawkins were married by Rev. W. A. Clark.
Miss Ida is a popular young lady and has been a teacher in the county schools
for several years and Mr. Dawkins is a prominent young farmer from Winston
County, where the couple will live. Starkville Times.
Dr. Kirk reports the recent arrival of a 12-pound boy at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Hickerson.
John Wilks reports the largest hog killed this season, the same being 13
months old and weighed 380 pounds net.
J. M. Hill, one of our county’s most successful farmers, has purchased
the Richardson sawmill and gin four miles northeast of town.
Mrs. (Dr.) A. C. Halbert and little daughter, Laura Oakley, of Columbus,
spent a few days pleasantly with her sister, Mrs. Oakley, this and last week,
returning home Wednesday.
J. M. Fulton orders his paper sent to Sucarnotchee instead of to Coopwood,
he and his family having recently moved to Kemper County.
Pastor H. J. Vanlandingham preached his farewell sermon here last week, of
which we will make more extended notice next issue.
Engineer Lairy was the happiest man in town Monday morning. It is a bouncing
boy, and Mr. Lairy treated the entire town to cigars.
John Aikens has purchased a lot and is erecting a residence one mile west of
town, where he will move his family in order to get the benefit of school
facilities. He is an industrious clever citizen.
An unfortunate accident occurred at Bennett Bros., new building last Friday
evening, in which carpenters J. B. Webster and Tom Hudson received painful
wounds. They were ceiling the overhead of the first story, when the scaffold
fell with them. Mr. Webster’s left arm was broken at the wrist, and he is
still laid up with it. Mr. Hudson received a cut on the face and a sprained
leg, but is able to be our now.
Mrs. J. D. Stewart and little ones arrived here from Hattiesburg last week
on a visit to her mother. Her sister, Miss Mary Graham, who has been on a visit
to Mrs. Stewart, also returned.
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Louis Taunton
For more newspaper excerpts, please see the book by Louis Taunton of Taunton Publishers,
Winston County, Mississippi Newspaper Excerpts from 1880 through
1893.
This book has material from the Winston Index, 1880 (list of over 500 Civil
War Soldiers of Winston County who died from wounds, on the battlefield, or
disease, or as POWs in Northern Prisons), and excerpts from The Winston Signal
(newspaper before the present day Winston County Journal) for the years of
1883, 1890, 1891, 1892 and 1893. It is indexed by surname.
This publication follows his first volume that included excerpts from The
Winston Signal for the years 1882,1885, 1886, 1889 and some issues of 1890 and
which is still available from the author.
Louis Taunton has published
several other books. He has also
published similar columns about Choctaw and
Webster
Counties.
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