100 and 75 Years Ago
February 14, 1930
Mr. and Mrs. Davis Marshall are the proud parents of a little daughter who
made her arrival February 13th.
T. E. Kelly is on a visit to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Kelly of
Plattsburg and other relatives, spending a few days with his brother in town
this week. Earl has been in South America for a number of years. His friends
are always glad to see him.
Master Charles and little Miss Nancy Gene Gully visited their grandparents,
Senator and Mrs. J. B. Gully in Jackson a few days last week.
Garland Atkinson of Boston, Mass., is on a visit to his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. W.J. Atkinson, this week, and his many friends are glad to see him
enjoying good health. Garland has been in the Army for eleven years and is now
station in Boston, where he has a splendid position in the Radio Department of
the Government at a good salary and pleasant work. In fact Garland has served
his apprenticeship with Uncle Sam and is now on “easy street,” and
his friends are congratulating him.
Betheden: We sympathize with friends and relatives in the death of Mrs. Sam
Morgan who died in the home of her daughter Mrs. Harmon of Itta Bena Thursday
night. Her remains were laid to rest here Saturday afternoon. Survivors include
her husband, Mr. J. S. Morgan and children, Mrs. J. P. Harman, E. H. Morgan,
Mrs. N. G. Stiles, Chas. T. Morgan and J. A. Morgan.
Noxapater: Mr. and Mrs. Foster Webb are rejoicing over the arrival of a son
on the 11th inst.
Noxapater: Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Ingram of Greenville are guests of relatives
here this week.
Noxapater: Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Estes are receiving congratulations upon the
birth of a young son on he 10th inst.
Noxapater: Mrs. Stokes, 48, wife of Mr. J. W. Stokes, died at her home
Tuesday after a short illness. Survivors include her husband, four daughters
and four sons. Burial was in the Methodist Cemetery at Noxapater.
Betheden: Misses Katherine Atkinson and Amy B. Hull and Mr. J. S. Hull spent
the weekend at home.
In Memory of John Henry Anderson, age 24, who died August, 1929. He was a
graduate of Mashulaville High School and Mississippi A. & M. In 1926 he
married Cooper Lipscomb of Mashulaville and they were the parents of one son,
John Henry, III. He was a member of Good Hope Baptist Church and the Masonic
Lodge. He had taken over the management of his father’s business in the
Fearn Springs community.
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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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