The Tupelo journal., 1902-11-14

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dy CO.. which will be here on the 9th.
28th and 29th, are especially good. In
Memphis the company played to good
business and gave splendid satisfaction.
Miss Bessie Ward, after a very pleas
ant visit with relatives has returned to
Texas, near Mesquite, where she will
engage in teaching. We wish for her
much success in her new undertaking.
Oscar Jinkins OF Verona was in town
Monday and placed with us a nice or
der for job work for the firm OF W. r.
JinKIns and Son. This firm have open
ed up a nice line OF fancy and Staple
groceries in Verona and will do a good
business.
John Witt made a trip to S~enatobia
Saturday that may have had in it
more OF the element oil, business than he
would leave friends to believe Incl
dentally he TOOK in Buffalo Bits great
show in passing through Memphis,
which he reports great.
We are in receipt OF some of the finest
turnips we have ever seen which were
sent us by Mr.. l., r. Gates, who made
a trip to Shannon Wednesday and got
lost il Tom Lauderdale's turnip patch.
We are duly grateful to Messrs Lauder
dale and Gates.
We acknowledge receipt of some OF the
finest sweet potatoes we have ever seen,
from our esteemed friend, lobe Gore oil
Mooresville. lobe liz a first class far
mer in every respect, and when ,itcomes
to raising yellow yams he can take the
prize from the best of them.
Mr.. S. T: Harkey exhibited at the
First National Bank a few days since
very fine specimens of turnips grown on
his Town Creek bottom farm east o.
town. We will not attempt to give the
weight for fear that the Journals repu,
tationfor exactness and conservatism
may be called into question
Walter Huffman and wife, the genii
in the art of photography, while en-
route to Mantachie where they vii
speud 2 weeks, paid us a pleasant cal
Tuesday. Mr.. Huffman and his lovely
wife are most estimable people and the
people at Mantachie will find their stay
with them one of pleasure'-Baldwyn
Indicator.
Messrs., Bob Kinds, Of Tupelo, anC
Will S'oan, OF Baldwin. were visitors
in Grenada this week. Mr.. Kinds is a
member of a prominent busin ess firm
in rupelo and said business at thai
point was very fine, aud it WAS but a
matter of getting goods delivered to do
business there just now, Mr.. Sloan has
become a frequent visitor to Grenada
and has numerous friends who, were
glad to see him again.-Grenana Sen
tinel.
Mrs. w. d. Anderson spent severa
days last week in Pontotoc where sh,
presided as President of the Alumna'
Association of ChicKnsaw College. Tn,
occasion was the Semi-Centennial o
that famous institution which has beer
for a hall century one OF the foremosf
seats of learning in the state. The ad
dress OF the occasion was deli yered by
DR.. CD. Mitchell, president of the boart
OF trustees, and is pronounced as a ricl
literary treat.
Mr.. w. V. Mitts brought to the Jour
nal office this week some of the finest
specimens of corn and Irish potatoes il
has been our pleasure to see in quite 8
long time. The corn is of the Duncan
variety, and was raised by James Greedy
thee ears weighing 3H pounds, more
than a pound to the ear. The potatoes
are the Tennessee Triumph variety
second crop. The seed were bought O
W. H. Topp and the potatoes raised by
Mrs. w. V, Mitts, who is noted for hel
success as u gardner. The three we
were shown weighed half a pound each.
BY request we publish a statement
from the colored lodge here, in which
they repudiate those members who were
caught .burglarizing the warehouses of
the merchants several weeks ago, and
also denounce the Migrants who were
placed upon the convict farm. We are
glad to see the better class OF negroes
take this stand. The negroes of Tupelo
have received a great deal this year at
the hands of the white people of the
town and the latter should be protect
ed from the petty thievery which has
been going on. If the better class OF
negroes will expose those Of their race
who steal, and will see that they are
turned oyer to the law, they will do
their own race justice, and much of the
thieving and robbery going on will stop.
Tr,~41~- Groo Dro-0or;<,