NEWS FROM LONG AGO
January 10, 1919
Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Pinnix purchased the Cochran Hotel this week and have taken charge of same. Mr. and Mrs. Cochran will make their home with Mr. and Mrs. J. Potts for the present.
Dr. W. D. Arnold and family left this week for Calhoun City, where they go to make their future home. Dr. Arnold has been practicing medicine in Choctaw many years and held in high esteem by all of his friends. He is a fine physician, a good man, and we trust that he will be happy and contented in his new home.
W. F. Power went to Memphis Saturday night to bring back his son Homer, who recently underwent an operation there for Appendicitis, and is now doing splendidly.
Dr. Franklin F. Smith of Weir will leave in a few days for Crystal Springs where he will reside in the future. Dr. Smith is not only a fine Physician, but a good man as well, and we regret to see him leave Choctaw. We trust, however, that peace and plenty will abound with him and that he will be happy in his new home.
Ackerman experienced the biggest snow last Thursday that has visited this section since ‘79 or thereabout. The fleecy flakes were about ten inches deep. Saturday night another two-inch snow fell, which made this spell a record breaker for a snow-fall.
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. R. L. ----- on Thursday, January 2nd, a fine boy.
A Tribute: J. D. Collum was born in Alabama Aug. 2, 1841 and died at his home in Choctaw County Nov. 24, 1918, being at the time of his death 87 years, 3 months and 22 days old. His body was tenderly laid to rest in McCurtain’s Creek Cemetery, the funeral being conducted by his long-time friend and pastor, Rev. J. H. D. Watson. He came to Mississippi in his early boyhood and became identified with the best interests of the state. He was a good citizen. He served through the entire four years of the civil war as a confederate soldier, and there was none better. He was a member of the Baptist church and lived true to his faith. He was a master mason and enjoyed attending the meeting of his lodge. His first wife died about 28 years ago. He afterwards married Miss Martha E. Rhodes of Attala County. To this union was born one sweet little girl whom God called when only 7-years-old. Few men live to be as old as he, and none are truer to their obligations to God, to county, or to home. He will be missed by his friends and neighbors, but most by his devoted wife who was constantly at his side to administer to his wants and needs during his declining years, the last three or four of which he was confined to his room and bed. Besides his wife, he is survived by several sons and daughters, and a host of grand and great-grandchildren. Truly a great man has fallen. H. L. R.
