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Vol. 45 \ Oxford, Lafayette County, MiCi*., Ihursday, May 12, 1 /2 i_^ .....

Mrs. V. Josephine Fitts of Natchez. Is

Elected Superintendent of Education.

Natchez, Miss., May 7.—Miss V.

Josephine Pitts, teacher of the Nat-

c .ez public school, was today elected

county superintendent of education of

Adams county in the special election

held to fill the unexpired term.

Although a number of women have

received appointive positions since the

enactment of the 19th amendment, Miss Fitts is the first woman in the

state of Mississippi to be elected to

public office. Besides Miss Fitts, four

men candidates were in the race, but

she received 412 more votes than her

nearest opponent. Her campaign was

largely directed and managed by wo-

men and she received practially all the

solid woman vote of the city and coun-

ty. as well as substantial support from

men voters.

MISS GERTRUDE GIDEON GIVES NOVELTY SHOWER

|)n Saturday afternoon. May 7, the

Ine of Mrs. W. D. Hedleston on the

Versify campus was the scene of

>f the prettiest of May day af- -a novelty shower given by Miss Ale Gideon for Mrs. Nolan Stew-

y rkson. formerly Miss Margaret |th Bell of the university.

| looms were beautifully and ar-

k decorated with pink peonies v L«yrothy Perkins roses.

'I in mom’ •fNvYim T? Vl n 11

and Oxford, also, Mrs. J. VV. Bell, Mrs. Vv. D. Hedleston, Mrs. D. It. Johnson and Miss Cora Gideon, on arriving

•v er easked to write in Hie Pend-*’' book.

In the lai*;'» dittin r.- tiv- uf-

tiful young bride, dressed in whig* v

pink organdie with a white MILvn h:u

was given the seat of hon >r with h >

mother on no right and a!: ih- er'i.- around in a large circle. Tim 'ATsh

book w ; u. d aloud and rrese.AO'! i

the bride, a^er which ii;ss Gideon

brought in a big suit case. As the

honoree Intends to leave for Wood-

ville soon after the commneecment each guest was asked to suggest something useful to put in the suit-

case, not only one but each preceding article mentioned and by the time the

circle was completed there was a list

long enough t ofurnish two or three outfits.

On being opened, the suitcase was

found to be fairly crowded with gifts, all of which were unwrapped and ad-

mired. A gorgeous array of gifts— everything from silks and satins to

silver tea bells awl cut glass were

spread out on the table. The hostess then served delicious

refreshments of pink ice cream and cake with Dorothy Perkins’ favors on

eacn piaie. The many friend.- of Elizabeth wish

her and Mr. Dickson a most happy and

prosperous wedded iife.

P.-T. ASSOCIATION TO SELL CHAUTAUQ U A TICKETS

The Parent-Teacher’s association have the sale of chautauqua tickets

and will divide the town into districts.

It is to be hoped that each nidividual will take tickets for the coming chau-

tauqua. All over the guarantee to

the chautauqua will be divided equally and the funds obtained thereby will

go to the school library, which is a

much needed addition to the school. Let everybody help out in this great work and by buying liberalyl we help our school and chilren in two ways.

WISCONSIN DAY WITH THE BROWNING CLUB

The Browning club was delightfully entertained Tuesday afternoon in the home of Mrs. B. L. Guyton. The study was of Wisconsin, the third of the state programs that have proven so

popular in the club. Mrs. Crosier, a

native of Wisconsin, was chairman of the program, which was:

Instrumental music—Mrs. Glenn. Early Days in Wisconsin—Mrs.

Crosier. Solo—Miss Lovett. Wisconsin Notes—Mrs. Woodlett. Who’s Who in Wisconsin—Mrs.

Robinson. Solo—Miss Lovett.

Term Just Closed Is Best in History of State, Says Supterindent

Bond.

W. F. Bond, state superintendent of

education, after getting considerable first-hand information from the vari-

ous sections of the state and compil- ing reports from the several counties

I and separate school districts, finds I that the school year just closing has

been the most successful in the history of the state for the following reasons:

: The unusually fine weather during the winter season made it possible for

the children to get to school every

day. The schoolwagons hav ehad little trouble in getting over the trans-

|

pbrtation routes. For the first time in many years the

schools have been practically free from

epidemics. The health of the students

; has been unusually good. The average attendance has been

far greater than ever before'. The

compulsory attendance law brought to

school over 33,000 white boys and girls over seven years of age who had never

been to school before. The total in-

crease in enrollment for the year is

approximately G0.000, in the face of

the fact that we have 50,000 less edu-

cable children n&w in the state than

four years ago. Thene has been more money with

which to operate the schools. The

legislature increased the annual com-

mon school appropriation GO per cent

and many counties and separate school

districts increased tneir ta:

schools. Furthermore, for

time since the constitional ut 1890 has the school fund been dis-

bursed in such a manner as to give every child practically the same cnanct

educationally faros state funds are

concerned. This was made possible by the amendment to section 206 of

the constitution adopted under the ini-

tiative section of the constitution, in

November, 1919. 1 hese increased a])

propriations have given longer school

terms, more teachers and better teach-

ers, all of which has encouraged the

people generally. There has been this year as never

before in the minds and hearts of the

people a great desire for better school

advantages for all the children. For

many years the people in our towns

and cities have been interested in bet-

ter schools, and recently the father.'

and ̂ mothers of the ruavl district have

become as a whole intensely interested

in providing good schools for theii

children. As compared with other states Mis-

sissippi, up to 1918, ranked near the

bottom educationally, because so many

of our educable population were not fn

school, and because of the very poor financial support given education. We

have had in school this scholastic year

approximately 100,000 more children

than in 1918 and our expenditures for

education have increased approxi- « 1 lit a a n m a

mateiy iuu mu --

time. If a rating should be made to-

day, it would be shown that Missis-

sippi has moved upward from near the

bottom of the list a consierable dis-

tance. The legislature at its 1920

session did the big thing for educa-

tion. In fact, it did twice as much by way of enacting constructive school

legislation and in Hie way of increased appropriations for schools as any leg- islature we have ever had. The legis- lature, of course, did this because of

the strong and insistent demand on

the part of the people for better

schools. There is no reason why the

next scholastic year should not be

i .ore far reaching in its efftcts than

has the present year. Everywhere standards are being raised, additional teachers put in. libi'ary equipment bought, school terns lengthened, bet-

ter teachers employed, consolidated schools built, and in fact all along the line from the smallest remote one-

teacher school to the well-equipped schools of our cities and towns great preparation is being made for the ses-

sion of 1921-22. The indications are

that within the next few years the

educational system of Mississippi will

rank with that of any of the best

states in the nat’.on.

The fellow who is unable to obtain

credit is not bothered over his inability to pay.

LARGE NUMBER

The University Closes One Week Earlier This Year to Give More

Time to Make the Much Needed Repairs—Names of

the graduates Given.

The graduating class of 192.1 will

be one of the largest in the history of

the Univresity of Mississippi. The

members of this class, who, through scholarship and deportment, have won

the honor of being speakers for the

class day of the commencement exer-

cises, are Miss Lois Hathorn of Uni-

versity, Miss., and Sidney Bryan Bern

of Braxton, Miss., from the depart- ment of liberal arts, and Ivey Peebles

of Philadelphia, Miss., from the

law class. The following students are

in line for graduation in the depart- ments of liberal arts, law and phar- macy, the graduates in the depart- ments of medicine, engineering and

part of the graduates in pharmacy having previously been announced.

Senior Law Class.

Lester W. Austin, Nettleton; Guy Amsler, Leakesville; Dewey T. Brown, Sidon; D. \Y. Brown, Ratcliff; Fuiton

Bell, Tula; H. P. Curd, Holiy Springs; Braxton L. Currie, Harpersville; Hind-

man Doxey, Holly Springs; Robert R.

Dinsmore, Dinsmore; Colin O. Gilbert, Winchester; Percy D. Graves, Canton; Henry Ware Hobbs, Brookhaven; Pat

Henry, Jr., Vicksburg; Ellis C. Henry, Moorehead; William Haralson, Meri-

dian; Alfred Y. Harper, Jackson; Heri- ry M. Hood, Kiimicheal; James M.

Hood, Kilmichael; James C. Jourdou, jr., iuku; AUctm Lj. ruiiaucipnw,

Taylor; John E. McCall, Hattiesburg; 1\ \V. Morton, Comanche, Okla.; Lewis A. Myers, Pinola; Edwin T. Neilson.

Lexington: Ivey Peebles, Philadelphia: Mrs. Ivey E. Peebles, Philadelphia; Casper C. Phillips, Meridian; Peter M.

Stockett, Turnbull; Andrew S. Scott, Lockhart; R. Edgar Spivey, Canton; James P>. Sykes, Pinola; Ben F. Was-

son, Jr., Greenville; James M. Wells,

Magee; Clifton A. West, Aberdeen; Charles I). Williams, Yazoo City; Rob- ert X. Williams, Oxford.

Bachelor of Arts. Diane Lester, Batesville; Miss Janie

Willard Maudlin, Pontotoc; Miss An-

nette Mebane, Hickory Flat; Miss La-

vinia McLaurin, Fayette; Horace D.

Pickens, Toccopola. Bachelor of Science.

Isaac Fulton Bell, Tula; Sidney Bry- an Berry, Braxton; Siegfried Bernard Biecker, Cullman, Ala.; William Dow

Conn, Jr.i Corinth; Sam Hayes Con- ner, Memphis, Tenn.; Robert William

Cooper, Durant: Miss Georgia Strong Duncan, University: William Gilbert

Eckles, Sardis: Herman Kyle Fulmer, Como: Robert Lee Hagaman, Jr., Ray- mond: Miss Lois E. Hathorn, Univer-

sity: Miss Sadie Hopkins, Louisville: Hroaceelearts hrdletqloimfwetJaoiwnia Horace Justin Hougland, New Or-

leans, L».; Marion Beckett Howorth, West Point; Miss Myxa Hume, Uni- versity; James Robert Houston, Tyro; Wairen Alvin Kramer, Bi-ookhaven; Judson Davis Langston, Tupelo; Hu bert Slayton Mattox, Meridian; Thompson McClellan, West Point; John Riley McDaniel, Jr., Pontotoc; Travis Pratt McGahey, Embry; Wal- lace H. McLarty, Water Valley; Ed- win Tye Neilson, Lexington; Miss Myra Inna, Nicholson; Miss Eva

Phelps, McComb; William Eward Potts, Madison Station; Miss 'Mary Lynda Ramey, Oxford; Paul Rogers, Ackerman; James Melvin Rowsey. Laurel; Edward Lee Russell, Memphis, Tenn.; Arnold Henry Scott, Lucedale; Robert Waterson S<|ptt, Oxford; Miss

Jonnie Ethelyn Slough, Oxford; Thomas Jefferson Tubb, Amory; Mar-

quis Claude Wiginton, Rara Avis; Claude Cecil Wilkes, Durant; Ray-

mond Bryant Zelfer, Yazoo City. Bachelor of Engineering.

Paul E. Hicks, Byhalia; J. K. Her-

ring, Madison Station; Lee W. Green, Jonestown.

Graduates in Pharmacy.

E. A. Pearson, Weir; W. E. Pettis.

Oxford; T. H. Purvis, Oxford; Alton C.

Butler, Brookhaven; E. N. Caffey jSweatman; Miss Myrtle E. Carey Courtland; E. E. Carlton, Union; O. B

Jones, Byhalia; M. L .Land, DeKalb; E F. Miller, West Point; T. J. McCos-

ker, McComb City; T. H. Riddell, Kil-

michael; Earl W. Russell, Magee; J. E.

Schwartz, Sumrall; D. B. Sharron, Stewart; H. R. Stewart, Canton; R. N.

Scott, Meadville; W. L. Tennent, Sum-

rall; J. B. Warner, Angie, La.; I. M.

Wells, Lawrence.

Two-Year Meical Course

H. S. Autrey, Steele City, Ala.; Roswell C. Basinger, Mobile, Ala.; S.

B. Beilcer, Cullman, Ala.; C. E. Catch-

ings, Woodville; Nolan S. Dickson, Woodvijie; Louis C. Henderson, Potts

Camp; M. W. Holehan, Bate.-ville; Clyde J. Lewis, Amory; James H.

Lipsey, Clinton; J. N. Lockard, Van

Cleave; Wallace H. McClarty, Water

Valley; J. R. McDaniel, Jr., Pontotoc; T. P. McGahov, Embr,; B. W. Mc- Nea. e, Indiano!?.: Granvi S. Ramey,

j Collins; Leighton W. Ray, Kosciusko; W. L. Reid, Sarepta; James S. Ship- man, Ruleville; C. H. Tyrone, Pren-

tiss; J. T. Wallace, Jr., Clinton; M. C.

Wiginton, Rara Avis, Miss.

Hall-Malhis.

The Presbyterian church at Col-

lege Hill was the scene of a beauiiful rainbow wedding Wednesday after- noon at 6:30, May 4, when Miss Jean

Mathis, the charming and attractive

(laughter of Mrs. Nina Mathis, v\as

united in marriage to Mr. Wood B. Hull of Bay Springs, the impressive ceremony being performed by Rev.

| Hedleston in the presence of a large crowd of relatives and friends of the

conrtacting parties. The church was beautiful!., deco

rated with roses and ferns. Preceding the entrance of the bridl party Mrs.

Ernest Shaw sang “Springtime,” ac-

companied by Mi'S/'M. P. Bush at the

piano. Mrs. Bush flayed Mendels- sohn's wedding march as a proces- sional.

The bride, who was given in mar-

riage by her brother, Mr. Harper Mathis, was a vision of loveliness in white crepe de chine with accessories to match. She carried a shower bou-

quet of white carnations. Mesdames R. E. Honnoll of Rienzi,

Miss., and Buford Mathis of Fairfax, Okla. sisters of the bride were matrons of honor in gowns of blue and pink organdie. Miss Marjorie Tankersley, maid of honor, wore lavender organ- die.

The following were bride’s maids: Misses Margaret Carnathan and Mil- dre Murry, who wore yellow organ- die; Misses Eugenia Shaw and Flor- ence Carnathan, who wore lavender;

| Misses Corrine Buford and May John- son, who wore pink; Miss Annie Bowe and Mrs. Sarah Hamon Buchanan,

| who wore blue and each wore large picture hats to match their gowns and

J carried bouquets of carnations.

Following the ceremony a reception ill j.1. it *

*va^ nciu ai uic ihmiic wi liic ui tut

mother, Mrs. Nina Mathis, for the I brida’ } arty.

The cut of town guests for ♦‘v- Mathis-Hall wedding were Misses An- nie Bowe and Gorinne Buford of

Whitehaven, Tenn., and Plume Point,

} Miss., Messrs. Hall of Bay Springs, and Scott and Buford Mathis of Fair- fax, Okla.vand Dr. R E. Honnoll of

[Rienzi. /

Mr. and Mrs. Hall left on the 9:30 train for points in the southern part of the state. .-1-

Let Road Contract.

Starlcville, Miss., May 10.—At a

special meeting of the board of super- visors, held Monday, the matter of the bid for the consrtuction of the rcok road through district No. 3 was taken up an dconfirmed. The bid was $39,- 000, which was the lowest offered.

The Pilkinton Brothers of Mayhew, I in Lowndes county, will begin work in

a few days.

Ole Miss 2; Mississippi College 2.

{ The game today between Ole Miss

! and Mississippi college on th euniver-

jsity ball park, resulted in a tie, the ! game being 2 and 2. Rain interferred | with the play off in the tenth inning.

WOMAN’S BOOK CLUB RENDERS PROGRAM

An unusually interesting program of the Woman’s Book club of Oxford, the members of which have this year been making a study of Mississip- pians, was rendered in the university | chapel Friday afternoon. The entire

program was devoted to Mississippi musicians and composers, and all music used was by “Mississippi mu-

sicians.” The special program ar-

ranged by Miss Alice Mayes, librarian of the University of Mississippi and herself a talented musician, included !

biographical sketches of Mississippi composers, longer and especially in-

teresting sketches of the Mississippi composers whose compositions were 1

used in rendering the musical program which were read to the audience. The

musical program rendered was ar- j ranged by Mrs. L. E. Oldham, inter-

preter. A charming guest of the club and one who added to the program in a most entertaining way was Mrs. An- nie Minims Wright of Jackson, Miss. The compilation of sketches of the

Mississippi composers as gathered from many sources by Miss Alice

Mayes is a most interesting one and probably the most complete that has been compiled by any Mississippian and should be interesting to any Mis-

sippian who is interested in Missis-

sippi composers. The following program was ren-

dered :

Biographical sketches—Miss Mayes. Piano solo, “Sewanee River,” tran-

scription, by Mrs. Nannie Howell, ren-

dered by Mrs. Oldham. Piano solo, “Sighing Waters,” by

Mrs. Janie Sexton Holme of Hazle--

hurst, rendered by Miss Short.

Song, “Poe’s Annabelle Lee.” by tw fAl/lUow-k of rW-Prvv/l ronrlarpH hv

Mr. Adam Mars. ‘‘Indian Dance,” by Mrs. Janie Sex-

ton Holme, rendered by Mr. Harvey, violin and Mrs. Oldham at piano.

Song, a. “God Gave Your Heart to

Me,” by Mrs. Grant of Meridian, b.

“To a Water Lily,” by Mrs. Holme, rendered by Miss Lovette.

Piano solo, “Etude de Concert,” Mrs.

Francis Pitts Grant of Meridian, ren-

dered by Miss Short.

Song, “Babe qf My Heart,” by Mrs.

L. E. Oldham of Oxford, rendered by Miss Sallie Murry Wilkins.

Song, “Dogwood Tree,” by Mrs. An-

nie Minims Wright of Jackson, ren-

dered by Miss Mary Vie Rowland. “Adagio for Piano,” by Chalmers

Clifton, of Jackson, rnedered by Mrs.

Oldham. “The Daisy Dance,” rendered by

Miss Gibson. Musical contest led by Mrs. Lottie

V. White. Full sketches of those whose com-

positions were used during the rogram were read, and included the following:

Chalmers Clifton, born in Jackson, now of Cincinnati, Ohio.

Mrs. Francis Pitts Grant of Me-

ridian. Mrs. Janie Sexton Holme of Hazle-

hurst. Mrs. Born of Hazlehurst, now of

Arizona Mrs. William Alexander Percy of

Greenville. Mrs. L. E. Oldham of Oxford. Among the musicians in the Oxford

community are Miss Hooper, Mrs.

Glenn, Miss Buffaloe, Mrs. Lottie

White, Mrs. David Neilson, Mrs. Ed Beanland, director of the university orchestra and quartette, and "the

Rowland family,” including Dr. P. W.

Rowland, Sr., Dr. P. W. Rowland, Ji'., Herron Rowland and Miss Mary Vic

Rowland.

Escapes From Pen, Marries.

Senatobia, Miss., May 10.—Ruby Wells, an escape convict from the Ar-

kansas state penitentiary, was cap- tured and returned by Deputies J. W.

Whalen and SFrank Moore. Wells ; .came to this county after escaping about a year ago and, about two weeks

ago married the 166-year-Old daugh- ter o fa well-to-do farme rliving in

Panola county. His bride of two weeks followed him |

to the Arkansas penitentiary. She is

now with relatives in the eastern part I of the county. Wells was sent up for

three years for forgery and effected ;

his escape after serving onl four:

months. He told the officers her*-j i that he told his bride all about his j ! criminal career before they were mar ; iried, but that she kept it from her

people.

Some men are continually finding fault with their wives in order to mini-

j mize their own transgressions. I

killing Occurred Monday Night Nine Miles South of Oxford—Prelimin-

ary Hearnig at Tula Today.

A most deplorable killing occurred out nine miles south of Oxfor about D o’clock Monday night, when W. F. Thweatt snot and killed his cousin, Elmer Sanders.

The difficulty was /provoked, it is

said, by Sanders, who, without his

(Thweatt’s) permission, rode off one

of his ponies. According to Mr.

Thweatt, who was inteiviewed by a

representative of the Eagle, Elmer Sanders was staying at Thweatt’s

home, they being cousins. Sanders went to the lot, caught one of Thweatt’s ponies and started off with it. Thweatt saddled up another horse and proceeded to head off Sanders. W hen Thweatt had overtaken Sanders about one mile ffom his home, he asked Sanders for an explanation—■ why he (Sanders) would ride one of his horses off without permission. Mr. Thweatt says that Sanders replied to him by reaching for a pistol and say- ing: “I will explain.” At this junc- ture, Thweatt reached back and pulled his pistol, first, and fired at Sanders. The ball, a 38 caliber, passed through the fleshy part of the arm and through the heart, killing xSapders instantly. Only one shot was fired and that was

at close range, said Mr. Thweatt. The sheriff was notified soon after

the killing and two officers, Sheriff Hartsfieid and B. K. Collins, deputy, went to tjie scene of the killing. Thweatt had gone to Oxford to sur-

render himself to the officers, and Sheriff Hartsfieid came in to town

Tuesday morning, found Thweatt at his home.

There was only one eye witness to the killing, said Mr. Thweatt, and that was Duffee Thweatt.

Elmer Sanders, it will be remem-

bered by many, was discharged from the navy on March 21, this year, after

having served in the service four

years. His first appearance in Ox- ford attracted consierable attention, in as much as he was a professional rider of wild horses and mules. On one afternoon he succeeded in getting several hundred popie together on

South street where he rode a bad mule for the first time it had ever

been ridden, the animal belonging to Mr. John Brown It was said the mule was several years old and no

man could ride it. A collection was

taken up for Sanders and he rode the mule.

Sander’s mother, who lives in Steele, Mo., was notified of the death of her

unfortunate son. The officers notify- ing her were instructed to bury the

body here. The body received a nice

burial, th\? coffin being furnished by Mr. Oscar Douglas, who was himself in I Tiiola onmrion .lu .1 f ha 1*0_

cent world war. Mr. Douglas ex-

pressed regert that the body of this faithful ex-soldier did not receive a

more elaborate burial, but stated that

he furnished the-unfortunate boy a

decent burial outfit. Sanders was about 20 years of age

and enlisted in the navy when he was

but 16 years old\Mr. Thweatt is about 40 years of age 'and is highly re-

spected in the community where he lives. «

A preliminary hearing will be given Thweatt today (Thursday) before a

justice of the peace at Tula. Hon. Jno.

Falkner will represent Thweatt in the

trial. The Eagle will have a repre-enta-

tive at the trial, and a detailed ac-

count will be given next week.

IS RELEASED OX A

THOUSAND DOLLAR BOND

Will Thweatt, who was tried today at Tula for the killing of Elmer San-

ders last Tuesday, was released on $1,- 000 bond t oawait the atcion of the

grand jury. The trial was heard by Esquire W. R. Coleman and John Woolverton. Judge John Falkner rep-

resented the edfendant, while the state

was not represented by a lawyer. Only a few witnesss were examined, and a

strong case of self defense was es-

tablished by the defense.

Some people never borrow money.

Nobody will lend it to them.