100 Years Ago – June 25, 1920 Sheriff McNeel placed three young men from Vowell in jail here Monday afternoon for shooting Duff Warren on Sunday. The parties accused are Bill, Donkey and Pettie Thrasher, and they were captured by the Neshoba county Sheriff at Deemer mill camp. It is reported that a drunken brawl at Vowell on Sunday resulted in a difficulty in which Duff Warren was seriously shot with a shot gun, and is not expected to live. LOUISVILLE: We are very sorry to note the illness of little Joe Hollingsworth, who has typhoid fever. - Moonshine whiskey makers continue to be caught. Sheriff McNeel with U. S. Deputies took in one or two last week. - Mr. A. P. Hull, our popular movie man, has leased the vacant lot between Campbell store and the Woodward building and is putting in an airdome picture show on the same, which will prove more pleasant for the movie fadists than in a closed house. - Our friend Bob Scarbrough of Fearn Springs sends us a cotton bloom pulled on the 22nd inst., which is a little later than the first one received this year. Bob says he has a splendid cotton crop. - Mrs. T. J. Lee and daughter, Miss Maude, arrived home this week from Abingdon, Va., where Miss Maude graduated on the 19th at Martha Washington College. They spent several delightful days in Washington. - Murry Canterberry, one of our black farmers who has been in the delta section for some years, sends us a cotton bloom on the 19th, and says his cotton crop is good. DEATHS: On June 3rd the spirit of little Alfred Thomas Turner returned to God, who gave him. He was a son of Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Turner. He brightened this earth only one year and seven months, but his short stay was a blessing to all who knew him. He was sick only twelve days. He was the only child in the home. At the time of his death he was visiting in the home of his grandparents. Oh, how hard it was for the parents to return home without their baby. He was the light of the home, but they have a treasure in heaven. - Tribute of Respect: On March 9, 1920, at sundown, Mr. J. A. Cutts, a faithful member of Perkinsville No. 331 Lodge, was summoned. He had been a member since 1890, age 70 years and four months. Resolved that in the death of Bro. Cutts the community has lost a most noble man, and our Lodge a devoted member, while his wife has lost that which was nearer and dearer to her than all else that life can give. MARRIAGES: A pretty home wedding of much interest was that of Mr. George Crow and Miss Maude Ellis, on Sunday morning at the home of the bride’s cousin, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Chapman, at 10 a.m. Only a few friends and relatives were present to witness the ceremony said by Rev. J. E. Wills. They left on the noon train and will be at home after July at Durant. The bride is the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. O. N. Ellis. Mr. Crow will be remembered here as a valuable attache of the G. M. & N. railroad, a few months past. - A marriage of great interest occurred Wednesday evening when Miss Edna Earle Cline, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. I. C. Cline, and Mr. Andrew W. Sullivan were married at the parsonage of First Baptist church in Meridian by Rev. Bateman. - Mr. H. B. Kennedy and Miss Emma Mitchell were quietly married on Wednesday June 16 at the home of Supervisor W. E. Dempsey, Mr. Dempsey officiating. 75 Years Ago – June 1, 1945 FRONT PAGE: S/Sgt. Garland D. Blanton, son of Mr. and Mrs. Denver M. died from malaria, July 13, 1942, at the age of 21 years. Mrs. Blanton is the former Miss Savannah Smith of this county. DEATHS: Death came quietly to Jimmy Fulton, fifteen-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Luther Fulton, at the family home on Park Street, Monday, May 28 at 5 p.m. Jimmy, who had been afflicted since birth, was born November 22, 1929, in a Columbus hospital and lived his entire life at Louisville, where his loving parents did everything humanly possible for him. Funeral services were held at the family home the following day with interment in Masonic cemetery, Rev. J. B. Cobb and Rev. Thad H. Ferrell conducting the ceremony. - Armistead B. Rogers, 67, of Louisville, died April 12 at a private hospital in Atlanta, Ga. Funeral services were held at Good Hope Baptist Church near Fearn Springs. He is survived by his wife, three sons, five daughters, one sister and five brothers and ten grandchildren. He was born in Winston county, living in District Two all his life, and he served as Supervisor and as Justice of the Peace there. - Funeral services were held for Mrs. Delphia Ann Wallace at Bevil Hill Baptist Church May 26, Rev. Day in charge. She passed away in Jackson May 24 after suffering from diabetes for several years. She was born Delphia Ann Spence June 1, 1888 in Winston county, and became a member of Loakfoma Baptist Church as a girl and married W. W. Wallace Jan. 6, 1908. She is survived by her husband, two daughters, two sons, one brother J. E. Spence, several grandchildren and nieces and nephews. LOUISVILLE: The Women’s Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church U. S. A. entertained with a supper after Prayer Meeting May 30 for their retiring pastor, Rev. C. P. Thrailkill and his family. Floral arrangements were in red, white, and blue in the church auditorium. Mrs. Grafton Bennett welcomed the guests and reviewed the role that Mr. Thrailkill has played in the lives of his people. - Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Whatley visited their parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Lewis last week in Mooresville, N. C. Mrs. Whatley was pleased to see her mother improved after a rather serious illness. - Friends of Mrs. E. L. Grisham will be glad to know she is improving at Louisville hospital following an operation Monday. - Camping at Choctaw this week are Bonny Parkes, Jimmy Robinson, Tommy Mitchell, George Kimbrough, Barry Kimbrough, La Monte Fulton, Clinton Smith and Roland Carter. WEDDINGS: Monday night, May 14, Miss Mary Sue Roberts and Lt. Louis D. Bloom, U. S. Army, were married. The rites were performed at the house of Sam P. Price, Vicksburg, Rev. Swan, pastor of First Baptist church reading the sacred vows. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Roberts of Louisville, the groom is the son of Mrs. Freda Bloom of Greenville. - May 26 at the home of the groom’s family, Miss Lucile Smith, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Barnett Smith of Bond community, and Doyle Crowson, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Crowson of Louisville, became man and wife, the ceremony performed by Rev. Chas. Irwin. NOXAPATER: Mr. B. F. McBrayer, master gardener, is already dining on roastin’ ears from his garden. - Mrs. A. S. Thompson is happy to have her children home for a family reunion, including Cpl. James Thomas on leave recently from Germany. - Mrs. C. A. Jones is a patient at Louisville hospital, where she is under treatment. Her friends trust she will improve and be able to return to her home soon, much improved. BIRTHS: Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Boykin, Jr. announce the birth of a daughter, Janet Ruth, their third child, May 28th, at Louisville hospital.
