NEWS FROM YEARS PAST
JULY 18, 1918
WALTHALL: A sad accident occurred near Montevista when an automobile ran over Mr. J. R. Hussey, breaking his leg in two places and hurting him otherwise. He is seriously if not fatally hurt, and we hope he will recover. - Messrs. Millard Hays and Lenard Hood are putting in a sawmill just west of Walthall.
MANTEE R.F.D.1: Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Harden visited their parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Shelton Saturday night. - Mrs. Maggie Wofford and children spent Sunday with her mother, Mrs. S. H. Scott.
BELLEFONTAINE: Sgt. A. B. Evans of Camp Beauregard is visiting home folks this week. - Mr. S. S. Simpson has returned home after spending some time at Hot Springs, Ark. - Mr. Elbert Moore has offered his service in the U. S. Navy and is expecting to be called anytime. - Mr. X. L. Swindoll and family spent Saturday night and Sunday with Mrs. M. H. Evans.
TOMNOLEN: Pvt. Dewitt McCain of Camp Beauregard, La. is shaking hands here with friends and relatives this week. - Miss Bessie Trussell has accepted a position as clerk with Mr. F. Pelle. - We regret to hear that Pvt. Joe Morehead of “somewhere in France” is suffering from a head wound caused from a mule kicking him. - Miss Lola McGar has accepted a position as clerk with J. H. Taber. - Mrs. Walter Adams is visiting her mother, Mrs. Chas. McCain of Lexa, Ark.
Miss Ruby Conner, daughter of Mr. J. B. Conner of Hohenlinden, and Mr. C. M. Ray of Oxford, Miss. were married here Monday, Mayor B. W. Wadlington performing the ceremony.
EUPORA: Miss Ruth Castol of Wagoner, Okla. is guest of her grandmother, Mrs. L. B. Arnold. - Mrs. R. C. Gaugh, who has been visiting her sister, Mrs. W. E. Fendley, returned to her home in Jackson Monday. - Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Sugg returned last Thursday from a visit to their brother, Dr. W. R. Sugg, at Sunflower.
July 25, 1918
TOMNOLEN: Misses Velma Lamb, Sallie Lamb, Mae Moorhead, Sara Emily Boone, Esther Carroll, Messrs. J. C. Boone and Oakley Lamb went to West Point Monday with the crowd of club boys and girls. They report a grand time. - Mrs. Chas. Forbes of Choctaw was the guest of her mother, Mrs. Mollie Wilson Monday. - Grandma Woods is very sick at the home of her son, Mr. Alonza Woods. - Mr. and Mrs. Parish Coleman have moved over into Choctaw county so Mr. Coleman will be close to his sawmill.
EUPORA: Mrs. R. L. Franklin has been quite ill for the past week. - The crowd who attended Shelby Carlton Lindsey’s birthday Tuesday reported a jolly good time. - The home of Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Allen of Lepanto, Ark. is happy with the arrival of a baby girl.
BELLEFONTAINE: We are sorry to note the death of Mrs. Rilla Sparkman. - Mr. Hubert Pounds left Saturday for Birmingham, where he expects to be for some time.
JULY 25, 1918
WALTHALL: Hon. W. Lake Hays of Memphis is spending a few days with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Hays. - E. W. Crowell from Camp Shelby is visiting here again. - Messers. Hemphill and Ogolsby have installed a new mill here where the Spincer mill was, and will soon be ready to grind corn.
AUGUST 1, 1918
EUPORA: The Sacred Harp singing convention will begin Friday. - There will be an old-fashioned spelling match in the School Auditorium Friday night between the Ladies of the Red cross and the Normal Students, using the Old Blue Back Speller. Admission 10 cents for young and old alike.
We are always glad to see our home boys making a success and especially in these war times. The company of men who have been training at the A. and M. are holding their own in Camp Forrest where they have been transferred. They challenged the whole camp, containing some 60,000 men, to a competition drill and had only one answer. This company, our “Old Miss.” boys, beat 6 to 2. The Webster boys in this company are C. O. George, Noel Miles, Marvin Franklin, Berry Tabor, and J. C. Scott.
EDWARD SPRINGS: The farmers of this place are very much in need of rain at the present. - The Ice Cream supper given by Mr. P. R. Johnson Saturday night was enjoyed by a large crowd.
MANTEE: Mrs. Sallie Chandler and children spent Saturday night with Mr. S. Swindoll and family. - Mrs. J. E. Gore and little baby girl Jonnie Faye visited Mrs. Myrtle Foster this week.
Webster Co. boys leaving for Camp Shelby Aug. 8th: John M. Sugg, Bellefontaine; Yancie Floyd Richardson, Stewart; Cay Starnes, Sapa; James Roy Dodd, Hohenlinden; Jessie Lee Langston, Bellefontaine; Thomas Alvin McGaugh, Eupora; Claud T. Easterwood, Dancy; Arthur DeWitt Peeples, Embry; Malcom Connes Dodd, Eupora; Annis Frank St. Clair, Mathiston; Willie Clyde Campbell, Stewart; William Fitcher Gore, Walthall; Emmitt Stevens Sturdivant, Walthall.
August 8, 1918
TOMNOLEN: Joe H. Morehead, 19, who was born and reared in Tomnolen and who was a volunteer from Tennessee, has been officially reported killed in action with the American Army in France. Joe was one of the first that went over with General Pershing early in June of last year and has served in the Cavalry, and as Pershing’s Orderly for some few months. He is the youngest of four boys now fighting. Two are on the firing line now. Joe leaves a sister and a younger brother who reside with their aunts, their parents being dead. - Quite a large crowd attended the reunion at Mr. David Collums’ near Bankston on Aug. 2nd. This was Mr. Collums’ 86th birthday. - Born to Mr. and Mrs. Jno. W. McCain, a fine baby girl.
EUPORA: The Spelling Match Friday night was a tie between the people attending the normal and the members of the Red Cross. - The Boy Scouts enjoyed the hike and camping trip to Mathiston Monday night.
