100 and 75 Years Ago
March 17, 1905
A marriage license was issued Monday afternoon for the marriage of Ben Craig
to Miss Mattie Coleman of Noxubee County. The young couple was married Tuesday
afternoon at the home of Mr. Joe Johnson near Shady Grove.
Mrs. L. F. Kitchens returned home this week from a visit to relatives in
Kemper County. She was accompanied home by her sister, Miss Pearl Clark, to
the delight of her many friends here.
We regret to note the illness of Mr. O. L. Crow, who was taken seriously
ill Tuesday of last week, and is not expected to recover. His little daughter,
Dora, who is attending the Deaf and Dumb Institute at Jackson was sent for Tuesday
and arrived Wednesday.
Dr. Claud Ingram of Plattsburg was here one day last week on a prospecting
tour with a view of locating here.
F. L. Hammonds has moved his family to town and now occupy rooms at the O.
H. Craig residence.
Hon. John F. Sharp and family have moved into their new residence on Depot
Street.
Mrs. Kirkpatrick, we are glad to note, has improved sufficiently to visit
her daughter, Mrs. N. W. Webb.
Rev. M. J. McLean, our long time friend and beloved Presbyterian Minister,
died at his home on Sunday. The funeral services were held Monday morning at
the Presbyterian House of Worship, of which he was pastor for a number of years,
conducted by Rev. Mr. Tims, the present pastor. His remains were laid to rest
in the Masonic Cemetery.
We are glad to learn from Dr. Davis that he has dismissed the case of Mr.
and Mrs. W. F. McMillin’s little four-year old son, who was so severely burned
several weeks ago. The little fellow is doing nicely and will soon be all right,
notwithstanding it was thought for a while that he could not live.
Rev. Lee Lipscomb preached an able sermon to a large audience at the Methodist
Church here Sunday. He filled the place of Presiding Elder Lagrone at Quarterly
Conference, Mr. Lagrone’s illness preventing his coming. Pastor Tims of the
Presbyterian Church preached from the Methodist pulpit Sunday night.
Charming Miss Hallie Bennett returned yesterday from a few weeks visit to
friends in Alabama.
Filing for homestead with the Land Office at Jackson was Joseph N. Lowrey
and names the following to prove his continuous residence upon and cultivation
of said land: John McQuirter, Lee Ray, Van B. Massey, Frank Vanlandingham, all
of Rural Hill, Miss.
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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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