100 Years Ago – October 3, 1919
We are requested by the Soldiers Monument committee to ask that the names of all the soldiers who died in the recent war be sent to the committee at once, as they are needed in the connection with making the monument that will be erected in our county.
LOUISVILLE: Our school has the largest attendance it has ever had, there being 450 pupils enrolled. There are 83 boys and as many girls in the hall, thus every desk is occupied and we had to bring in tables and chairs. But in spite of the great crowd there is the same discipline in the hall that we have always had. - The outlook at this writing is that we will soon have a very much better Main Street and less dust. The authorities have been very active last and this week placing a sand and clay mixture on Main Street, and the tank of oil has arrived and will soon be placed on the street. So it is hoped a great improvement will soon be the result. - Mr. Lester Sharp and sister Mrs. Quarles were called to Oklahoma last week to the bedside of their sister who is critically ill. - Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Harris on the 29th, a fine girl. - The friends of Mrs. Joe Hollingsworth will learn with sorrow that she is very ill at her home on Metts Street.
Enumerators are needed for the 1920 Census for the 5th Congressional District, about 150 anticipated. Applications must be filed by Oct. 15. The tests will be held from Oct. 27 to Nov. 1. The enumeration will be done in January 1920. Send your application to William J. Shoemaker, Supervisor, Bay Springs, Miss.
MARRIAGES: A marriage of note was that of Mr. L. N. Eaves to Mrs. Ophelia Fulcher at the home of Rev. J. L. Ward in Louisville on Oct. 3rd, Rev. Ward officiating.
75 Years Ago – October 6, 1944
FRONT PAGE: For the second time during WWII, Mrs. Jeffie Majure has received the sad telegram from the Government. Technician fourth grade Gordon Niles Majure was killed on Sept. 18th in Holland. Niles was serving with the paratroopers. His mother received a letter from him dated Sept. 14. The invasion of Holland began on the 17th and Niles was killed on the 18th. Another son, Lt. Harold Majure was killed in action Nov. 5th, 1942, when his transport plane crashed. Two other sons are in service and both are in the hospital.
OLD RELICS: Mr. R. I. Ponder brought some keepsakes from the 1800s to our office. Two were Bibles that belonged to his grandparents that were more than 100 years old. There were also two letters, written by his grandfather, S. Peter Ponder. The first written in June 1848 when his grandfather proposed marriage to Miss Arminder F. Coulter and set the plans for the wedding date, concluding the letter with “So farewell for this time your affectionate lover until death.”. The second one was from Ray Hospital, Atlanta in 1863 after he had been wounded. Both letters were well preserved. The handwriting was the most beautiful we have ever seen.
The skeleton of Jimmie Overstreet, 27-year-old black man, was found by squirrel hunters last Tuesday, a half-mile west of the Nanih Waiya mounds on the north side of the creek. Jimmie was subject to epileptic fits. He was last seen in March 1943 leaving Mr. Henry Slawson’s place, where he was a sharecropper. He may have had a lapse of memory and wandered into the high water in the swamp. Searching parties went out on two occasions after he was reported missing, but to no avail.
DEATHS: Funeral services for Mrs. Emma Harris Wilson, 69, were held at First Methodist Church October 3rd, with Rev. J. J. Baird in charge, with interment in Masonic cemetery. Mrs. Wilson was stricken with a heart attack Saturday night and died late Sunday. She had suffered from ill health for several years. She was born in Montgomery County, Miss. and moved to Winston County with her husband, W. G. Wilson, about 42 years ago. They would have celebrated 52 years of marriage next January. She is survived by her husband, six daughter, six sons, five sisters, and a brother, 49 grandchildren and 9 great-grandchildren. - Funeral services for Mr. Mark Weatherall, Sr. were conducted from the family home in Pontotoc Oct. 2nd, with interment in the Pontotoc cemetery. The deceased passed away on Monday, following a stroke. He was a former resident of Louisville, having been an express messenger for the G. M. & N. R. R. He returned to his hometown of Pontotoc in 1925. He is survived by his wife, two sons and two daughters.
LOUISVILLE: Mr. and Mrs. Jack Miller spent last Monday with relatives in Jackson. - Rev. J. J. Baird and Miss Edith Moorehead went over the Columbus and brought back Jeffie Kate Majure to be with her mother for a few days.
WEDDINGS: On Sept. 17th, Miss Eugene Roebuck, daughter of L. C. and the late Mrs. Roebuck of Calvary, became the bride of Mr. Roy Thomasson, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Thomasson of Betheden. The ceremony occurred at the Park Street home of Rev. J. V. Cobb. - Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Bridges announce the marriage of their daughter Marjorie to Frank Wallace Fraser of the U. S. Navy. The ceremony occurred Sept. 26 at First Baptist Church, Denver, Colo., Rev. C. W. Kemper officiating. The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Fraser, formerly of Noxapater. - Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Caperton of Noxapater announce the marriage of their daughter, Corinne, to S/Sgt. Hubert G. Guidry of New Orleans. The ceremony took place in New Orleans Sept. 9th.
NOXAPATER: Mrs. Annie Gunn is rejoiced to welcome her son Tech. Sgt. Joe W. Gunn recently evacuated from Romania and Italy, thence to U. S. A. - Mr. and Mrs. Frank Glenn, Jr. and children were Sunday guests of their father and grandfather, Mr. Hervie Edwards and family in the Rocky Hill community.
We acknowledge the receipt of a renewal for Mrs. J. D. Young of Chester, S. C. She moved there forty years ago this coming December and has been a constant reader of Journal.
