WEBSTER COUNTY FOR DEC. 29 DRAFT
MATHISTON PRESS
JULY 28, 1911
VOL. 2 NO. 25
LOCAL MENTION: Come out and cast your vote Tuesday. - J. A. F. Hemphill is surveying near Dancy this week. - C. M. Fairgrief made a business trip to Maben Wednesday. Tom Ford Jr. of Eupora passed through our town Wednesday. - Relatives of Mr. Tom Smith are here for an extended visit. - T. W. Steerns was away part of the week on business. - W. R. Scott is away this week looking after his campaign affairs. - John Fondren attended the speaking at Chester Tuesday. - Won’t you be glad when the Political storm is over and the mist has cleared away. - Miss Cassie Crow of Maben is the guest of her sister, Mrs. Fred Bailey this week. - Mrs. C. E. Brock and children visited relatives at Eupora Sunday. - J. R. Woods' family visited relatives at Eupora Sunday. - Our Teachers' Normal will begin Monday and we hope to have a large crowd of teachers on hand. - Miss Onie Bright of Ackerman is visiting Mis Mable Bland this week. - Miss Annie Lieu Reed of Mobile is visiting Miss Maude Harvey this week. - Harry Buckingham happened to a bad accident Monday in getting one of his thumbs cut off. - Eugene Harrison of Eupora was a visitor in the home of J. M. McCain the first part of this week. - Mrs. Henry Pierce and son returned Sunday from a visit to relatives in the Delta. - The people of Mathiston are enjoying a protracted meeting which is being held in the Methodist Church this week.
Candidate Day: Tuesday was a day of mixing and mingling in Mathiston. All the County candidates were invited to be here on the above day. A great number were present and announced themselves for the offices to which they aspire. There was a large crowd and the speaking was held in the grove at the Methodist church. In the afternoon the Mathiston Base Ball team entertained the crowd by playing two games of ball with Reform. The home team won both games. The first game by a score of 5 to 1, the second 6 to 3. - Before another issue of the PRESS reaches our readers, the first primary will have passed. We truly hope that every voter will consult his own conscience without malice or ill will to anyone and make his selections for the various offices and vote with judgement and decision.
STURGIS LOCALS: Mr. G. O. Green spent a part of last week in Jackson. - Miss Sallie Lee Bevill is on the sick list this week and we hope she will soon be well again. - Miss Hattie Ellard of Kosciusko is visiting in the home of Rev. N. Q. Adams this week. - Messrs. Felix and Zeke Cotton of New Orleans arrived here Sunday and will spend a few weeks with homefolks - Miss Eliza Hunt left Sunday for a visit at Laurel, Hattiesburg, Gulf Port and Meridian. Mrs. A. F. Richardson spent Thursday and Monday in Ackerman. - Hon. O. F. Turner has been doing some strenuous campaigning for the past several days and his numberless friends here predict for him a landslide on Aug. 1st. Hurrah for Hozie! He has had a hard struggle with poverty but you can't keep a good man down. - Mr. Naah Hamill and wife of New Orleans are visiting relatives here this week. - Hon. G. R. Hightower addressed the people of this place Saturday on the benefits of marketing cotton and produce through the warehouse system
