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The Tupelo journal., 1902-09-05
A Great Developer.

The Meridian Star contains the
following which is strictly in line
with the facts of the case:
of the Illinois Central railroad
had Il country as rich in soil, re-
sources and populated by as enter
prising people as are found in
the counties of east and southeast
Mississippi, what a wonderful
change would have taken place
along the line of that road. And
if the east and southeast counties
had as liberal a rail way company
supporting the people what a
more marvellous transformation
would be noted in a few years
Having no company capitalized
at millions of dollars to lend in
the movement, the people must
get together and do their own
capitalizing. That done, the larg-
est and greatest of railways will
toss sweets this way and ask for
an occasional smile from the queen
cities that nestle in the hills of
this section"
The illinois Central railrord is
the greatest developer that Missis-
slppi has. 1t has done more for
the section Of the country through
which it runs than any one factor
in the state. Its policy has been
broad and liberal, and when it
saw al opportunity to benefit the
people it did not hesitate to take
advantage of it. That portion of
Mississippi through which this
road runs has felt the quickening
power of it's broad and liberal
policy. 1t has seen the effects of
it's intelligent and effective pro-
noting. There is certainly no
railroad corporation in the south
which can compare with the
Illinois Central in this respect.
1t is head and shoulders above
any of them. 1t has worked with
intelligence and presidency, and
its labors have been productive Of a
great deal Of good.-Jackson
News.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-09-05
An Ordinance to Provide How Vag-
rants Shall be Dealt With and
Punished.

BE it ordained by the Mayor and
Board of Aldermen of the City Of Tnpe-
10, that an ordinance entitled: can or
dinance to provide how Migrants shall
be dealt with and punished" be and the
same is hereby amended so as to read
as follows, to-wit:
An ordinance fixing the punishment OF
persons convicted of being Migrants:
BE it ordained by the Mayor and
Board of Aldermen that any person
convicted of being a yagrant under an
ordinance entitled Gan ordinance defin-
ing who are Migrants, shall be fined
not less than S1.00 nor more than $50.
90, or imprisoned not more than 80
days...or by both fine and Imprisonment.
The above ordinance was previously
reduced t.. writing before being consider
ed and voted on, and was read and
considered by sections at a public meet
ing of the Mayor and Board of Alder.
men of the city of Tupelo, and the vote
on it's final passage was taken by
yeas and mays, "and it was unani.
mously adopted.
W. d. ANDERSON, Mayor.
e. w. TROY, Clerk.
Tupelo, Miss. August 9Th, 1902.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-09-05
Verona.

Misses Mana and Adelia Elkin
of Aberdeen, + visiting their
cousin, Mrs. N. NJ. Hay.
Miss Mabel Armstrong of COT
feeville, is visiting her cousin,
Mrs. W. G. Spencer.
Harvey c. Long and his wife of
Washington, d. G., are visiting
the family of his father, Mr.. j.
fl. Long.
Mrs. Will Baker and two chill
dren, who have been the guests of
Mrs. Tom Clark, left Tuesday for
their home in Aberdeen.
Nh. Shumpert, our new princi-
pal of the Verona High School,
has arrived and will open his
school on Monday next. Mrs.
Linton, an excellent lady, will be
in charge of the boarding depart
ment.
Mrs. Besgie X. Dougherty left
Tuesday to resume her duties as
Secretary to the president of the
|. |. & c.
Rev. j. f. MoShan has sold his
home to Mr.. F. A. Green, and
has removed to Sheffield, Ala.
Mr.. Zack Tally is again at home
after a prolonged absence.
Miss Lutte McShan returned a
few days since from Long Beach,
where she has been teaching the
past term. She will return again
in the fall.
Rev. J. E. McShan conducted a
meeting during last week at the
Cumberland Presbyterian church,
which was very interesting and
well attended.
Miss Louise Clark left this
week for Jackson, Tenn, where
she will enter the Memphis Con-
ference Female College.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-09-05
Cheap Summer
Week End Rate
From TupeIo to
Mobile. C0den E. Point Clear.

The Mobile & Ohio r. r. Co.. are now
selling week end excursions tickets to
these points at the very low rate which
will allow 2 whole days on the Gull
Coast. where many and superior. at.
fractions will be offered to visitors, such
as Interstate Shooting Tournam ent,
Encampment Alabama State Troops,
Yacht Races. etc.
The Mobile & Ohio R. r. will nell
tickets, round trip from Tupelo to
Mobile, $40. Coden, $500 Point
Clear, $6.15.
Tickets tobe sold each Saturday after
noon, good returning next Monday
night.
Cheap Rates to all Conventions and
meetings via the Mobile & Ohio r. r.
Cheap rate to all Points in the South
eastern Territory for July 4th limited
for return July Sth. For further in
formation etc. apply to
For further information apply to,
w. S. THOMPSON. Agent.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-09-05
Let Him Try It.

The influence OF President
Roosevelt's recent strenuous utter
auces seems to have been felt in
mississippi, for it is now stated
Republican party leaders are seri-
ously considering the advisable
ty of putting out a candidate for
Congress in every district in the
State. 1t is true that the inten-
ton is said to have existed be.
fore the Presidents recent de-
liverances, but there is no doubt
that if that be the case it has been
marvelously reinforced by them.
Of course, defeat is foredoomed,
but the REPUBLICAN leaders will
have the consciousness of having
made the fight at least, and that
seems to be what the PRECEDENT
wants, the fight for the fights
sake, if nothing else can be gained
from it.
A Republican candidate for
Congress in every district of the
State this fall will give the Presi-
dent the opportunity which he
has no doubt been longing for-to
find out exactly what influence his
policy has hai on the situation in
this and other Southern States.
1t can be predicted with assurance
that the result in this State will
either convince him that he has
made a mistake or two with refer
ence to Mississippi APP pointments
or that the people are too entirely
Democratic to be reclaimed
Corinthian.
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The Tupelo journal., 1902-09-05
Negro Divorce Problem.

The negro divorce question is
now engaging serious considera-
ton of the students of the race
problem in Mississippi, and thus
far no solution Of its perplexities
has been suggested.
The wholesale increase of i'm
morality among the members of
the race has caused a correspond
ing increase of divorces among
that still very large class of ne
groes who maintain sufficient self
respect to observe the marriage
laws. A striking instance of this
alarming increase is shown in a
statement made by Chancellor
Longstreet, Of Grenada, who has
granted during his two-year in
cumbency of the chancellorship
over nine hundred divorces and
turned down over three hundred
petitions for divorce. OF these
10000 cases, fully ninety. five per
cent were negroes.
The habit of the male negro in
Mississippi to take unto himself a
wife in the Spring when he needs
help in planting his cotton crop
and abandoning her in the fall
when the picking season is over
accounts for a large percentage of
the divorce petitions. The record
Of Chancellor Longstreet's court
is very small as compared with
that of the chancery courts Of the
Delta where the negro population
is the overwhelming majority
Clarion Ledger.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-09-05
D gold and Jewels, is said to have

in gold and jewels, is said to have
been made of nails from the cross
on which the Savior was cruci6ed,
and the gold was laid on for the
protection of the precious metal.
In ito present shape the crown
dates from 1876. 1t was one of
the most valued possession of the
Emperor Constantine. 1t crowned
the Lombard Kings. The last two
occasions on which it was used
for coronation purposes was in
1888, when Napoleon. who had
carried it off to Paris, made the
Pope crown him with it in the
Cathedral of Notre Dame and in
1888, when ferdinand [ of Austria
was crowned with it at Milan.
Its last public appearance was on
the bier of the assassinated Hum
bert, two years ago. 1t is said
that threats Of force had to be
made to the priests who have in
charge the Iron Crown before
they would allow 1t to be placed
on the coffin.
Significantly enough, the Sui
tan of Turkey prefers to be in
vested with Il sword instead of a
crown upon his accession.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-09-05
When Ingersoll Wished He Hadn't.

The late Robert G.. Ingersoll
one stopped in the langu-
age Of the prize-ring, by an old
negress employed on the janitor's
force in the capitol of Washington.
She kept her Bible by her when at
work, and would stop scrubbing
and read until she heard footsteps
the corridors, when she
would hide the book and begin
vigorously to scour the floors.
Ingersoll had been watching her,
and one morning quietly slipped
to her side, when he saw she was
reading the Bible. "Mary, do you
believe all you read there'' he
asked. "Eb'ry world" "That
God made man from dust'" "In
cose!" she answered. "Well,
Mary, suppose it had rained, and
the dust had turned to mud-what
then should he have donei" De
good Lawd knows huff to know
OATS de time to make lawyers an
inidels!" AS .Ingersoll turned
away he was quoting mentally
from Tennyson's "In Memoriam''
"Leave thou thy sister when she
prays ."-Ex.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-09-05
What Costs.

Remember, my boy, the good
things in the world are the cheap
est. Spring water costs less than
corn whiskey a box Of cigars will
buy two Or three Bibles; a gallon
Of old brandy costs more than a
barrel of -four; a full hand at
poker often costs a man more in
twenty minutes than his church
subscriptions amount to in three
years ; a state election costs more
than a revival in religion; you
can sleep in church every Sunday
morning if you are near enough
to deadbeat your lodging, but a
nap in a Pullman costs 50 every
time. Fifty cents for the circus
and a penny for the little ones to
put in the missionary box, a dol
lar for the theatre and a pair of
trousers frayed at the end, baggy
at the knee and utterly busted at
the dome for the poor; the dane
ing lady gets 5000 a week, the
city missionary 5000 a year; the
horse race scoops in $1,000 the
first day, the church fair lasts a
week, works % or 80 of the best
women in America to death and
comes out $40 in debt.-Bob Bur-
dette.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-09-05
LheSteryiIle.

Misses Myrtice and Phronle
Stone, of Tupelo,. were visitors
here last week.
Little Misses Mary and Annie
Carruth were with friends near
Guntown the past week.
Mr.. w. y. Lilly returned re-
Gently from Rodney, where he
visited his brother, DR.. John G.
Lilly.
The young people enjoyed Pro
gressive Anagrams and other
games at the home of Mrs. w. D.
Lilly on Monday evening of last
week.
The Success Club discussed
Bayard Taylor Wednesday after
noon at the home Of Mrs. l.. O.
Carruth. To say that Mrs. Car
ruth was hostess implies that the
afternoon vas most pleasantly
spent. The program consisted
OF vocal and instrumental music,
and sketches of the life Of Taylor,
his early life, his literary career
and his travels. The members,
and visitors as we'll were given 8
"Tongue TwisJer' in which the
"B" predominated. All enjoyed
the fun when the tongues, how
ever glib, became twisted. W.
were invited into the pretty hal
where melon was served by Misses
Lora Carruth and Lilly Goodlett
Before we had scarcely finished
the delightful treat, thunders be
gan to roar in the west where al
angry cloud had gathrred, caus
ing us to bid our hostess a hast,
goodby and departed for on
homes
The Tupelo journal., 1902-09-05
The Power Of A Hand.

The States reprints this waif
from a forgotten exchange for the
beauty of sentiment and strength
of morality contained in it. ITS
tender sentiment will recall power e.
fully the blessed recollection oe
the past to many a man whose
hair is tinged with grey, and it
will, maybe, bring a moments
pleasing reflection to some whose
lives have long been cold and
cherries. TO those who still
enjoy the inestimable boon of a
living, sympathetic mother its
perusal ought to incite the Liveli-
est qualification. The clipping is
as follows:
what memory of your boy
hood days exerted the strongest
influence for good in your life!"
l asked this question of d man
past 40, whose record has been
so clean and wholesome that / was
curious to know what secret, if
any, lay beneath the calm serenity
Of his common every day expert
ence, says an exchange. "The
memory OF mothers hand upon
my knee" was the quick reply.
"When a restless little boy
in church l pitched about up
on the high, uncomfortable
seat, mother used to lay her hand
gently upon my knee, aud whisper:
"only a little longer dear. Keep
quiet a little longer, for mothers
sake"
Somehow the pressure Of her
soft hand always soothed me; and
often | would go to sleep, and, on
waking, find it still there. The
years that have slipped by since
then have been fraught with | rails
and temptations, and the patti Of
duty has been hard and diff :ult,
yet there never has been a time
when the memory of that soft
touch upon my knee, in the cid
home church, has not been lii &c d
clasp, of stsel to keep my feet from
wandering into by paths Of sim"
There were tears in the old
mans eyes, and his lips auiys,red,
The Tupelo journal., 1902-09-05
AmIty.

Mr.. l. P. McCarty is furnish
ing his store with new fall goods.
Mr. John Stevens came over
from his home near Tupelo last
week and spent a short while with
old friends here.
Miss Hattie Majors of Ever
green, vas a recent visitor at the
home of Mr.. Will Morris.
Miss HIKE Ballard of Billiards.
vile spent last Sunday with her
sister, Mrs. Emma Powell.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eunice Powell
visited relatives at Rlchmondlee
Saturday and Sunday.
Mr.. jim McCarty left Monday
morning on his regular peddling
trip. Jim is a hustler and al
ways returns with his wagon well
loaded with produce.
Some of our young people at
tended the concert at Unity last
Friday night, given by Prof. Jno.
Kelly and pupils. Quite a pleas
ant time is reported The music
by Messrs Powell and Moore was
a prominent feature in the pleas
ures Of the evening.
Miss Ada Powell has returned
from a weeks visit in and near
Tupeh.
Mrs. Erin Mitts and children
and Master Elmo Ballard of Tu-
pelo, were among the visitors here
the first of the week.
Miss Jennie May McCarty visit
ed relatives at Richmondlee last
week.
Miss Made Powell is visiting
friends aud relatives at Planters
vile this week.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-09-05
Kings That Never Have Been
Crowned.

King Christian of Denma rk,
father of Queen Alexandria, has
ruled almost almost forty years
l853-and has yet to be crowned.
Tie was proclaimed King from the
palace of Christianborg.
The new King of Italy has not
been crowned, and it Victor En-
manuel follow the example Of his
father, Humbert |, he never will
he. This is the more strange as
the crown of Italy and the
Iron Crown Of Lombardy-is the
most ancient and historic crown
ia the world. The iron part of it,
which is hidden almost completely
The Tupelo journal., 1902-09-05
NONRESIDENT Notice.

STATEOF MISSISSIPPI.
To the unknown heirs of Johl Bank
head. deceased and W. S. Metcalf, VIM.
q. Metcalf, Jamie Metcalf, Mrs. Mar
,raret Morrow, and the unknown heirs
of Rosa Henson, deceased, and Mrs.
Kettle Henson. T. O. Hollis and j. n.
p. Hollis and the unknown heirs OF
the children OF Mrs. Polite Barton, de
ceased and the unknown heirs oil X.
Al. Alternately, deceased, and Mrs.
Efie Alternately and Sam1 Alternately,
Defendants.
You are commanded to appear before
The Cbancery Court of the County OF Lee
IN said State on the third Monday OF
September 1902, to show cause If any
wI,y the final account and settlement OF
/. Il. Alternately administrator OF the
estate of Geo. w. Bankhead, deceased.
should not he approved and allowed as
The same il now on file and said admin
;strator fully and finally discharged
wherein you are defendants.
This 18th day of July A. p. 1902.
NORBIN JONES, Clerk.
Anderson & Long, SOILS for Admir-.
-S107-2-3t.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-09-05

as he continued: "And now that
she is no longer living, the memo
ry of that touch is still more po-
tent. | feel that, for mothers
sake, l must still keep my daily
actions blameless. New Orleans
States.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-09-05
The Press.

Winter feed for stock is some.
thing in which every man who
has stock to winter should feel
interested. This is the time OF
the year to plant it, or soon will
be. Green feed is fine. With q
short corn crop or without one,
farmers should plant barley. 1t
makes fine pasture until spring,
when the grass comes. A half
acre Of rich ground sown in rows
and cut and handed ont will give
several milk cows abundant green
feed of the sort. 1t grows rapidly,
being ready to recut every two
weeks. -Picay
The Tupelo journal., 1902-09-05
Save 26c bv Ruvinr

McGee's 25c Chill Cure is q purga
tive; you need no other. Largest bot
tie for the money and Is guaranteed
10 clre or money refunded. ask youy
lrugglAt for McGee's BIC Chill Cure
'nsteleas
The Tupelo journal., 1902-09-05

A woman in a railroad station
the other day had a great deal of
trouble with one Of her children, a
boy of seven or eight, and a man
who sat near her stood it as long
as possible and then observed:
MADAM, that boy of yours
needs the strong hand of a father
eyes, | know it," she replied,
"but he can't help it. His father
died when he was six years of age,
and I've done my best to get an
other and failed. He can't have
what l can't get. Would you care
to try yourself"
The listener had fed.-Chicago
Live Stock World.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-09-05

Once when Senator-elect Nc.
Creary of Kentucky was out look
ing after his political fences, he
stopped before a house where
there was a we'll IN the yard and
asked for a drink.
"Sorry, mister" responded the
man of the house," but there amt
a drop on this place, and Pm get.
ting purity dry myself"
"Isn't there any water in the
well'" exclaimed Mr.. McCreary.
"Of course there is" blurted
out the man; ~ didn't know you
wanted water. l thought you
wanted a drink
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1902-01-07
A STRANGE CASE.
at Last Finds Himself in Dem
tai College at Atlanta, Ga.

After wandering for six weeks with
no recollection Of his own identity,
VIII I. White, of &C Rush street, Chi
cagO, recovered his memory and found
himself in Atlanta, Ca, a student in a
dental college.
He had regained his recollection of
everything up to the time of his dis
appearance, but the intervening period
of nearly two months at the same time
became a blank to him, and Mr.. White
does not know how he went to Atlanta
or how he obtained the money to pay
his expenses at the dental college
there.
White was employed in Chicago in
the office of DennisOn G. Co., manufac-
turing chemists. He left the office on
Saturday morning with 81 cents in his
pocket and wearing no overcoat. His
weeks salary was due that evening,
but he did not draw it.
His wife instituted a search for him,
but in vain, and then she decided to
wait, confident of his return. For, a
few years ago, Mr.. White had a SINH
lar experience. He disappeared and
was found in New York trying to get
work by which he could pay his ex-
penses in a dental college.
Mrs. White went to live with Louis
vile relatives several weeks ago, and
the reuniting of the family took place
there.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1902-01-07
ENGLAND TAKING UP sKAT.
This Game of the German students
Is Likely to Become Very
Popular.

Every two or three years the smart
set of London goes mad over some new
amusement. Five or six years ago it
was skating on real ice, which, for the
matter of that, is still very popular.
Then came the war. The young men
went to the front and the women fol.
lowed them, at safe distance. The
talk was all about hospital ships, lint
and bandages and the delights of nurs
ing pale, interesting soldiers.
A reaction set in and society began
to learn bridge and play it feverish-
ly. No more talk of the war Last
season the craze reached its height.
Luncheon parties were made up, after
which bridge for high stakes went on,
witt a pause for dinner, into the small
hours.
Now a new game, new at least to
Overwhelmingly Skat, the great
game of the German corps student
is being introduced into England. IT
looks as if it would be taken TO kindly
in society circles AS pique is consid-
cred the best game for two, whist for
four and poker for five, so skat is the
most interesting game for three.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1902-01-07
Tnis VIII Interest Many.
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The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1902-01-07
The BurlingtOn'S California Exc
curSiOn, Personally Conducted.

Every Wednesday night from St.
Louis and Chicago, the Burlington 8
Personally Conducted Tourist Sleeper
Excursions leave for California. The
browning feature is the route through
Denver, Scenic Colorado, Salt Lake City.
Homessekers' excursion to the West and
Northwest OH October Is, November 9th
and 10th, December Sd aud 18th.
THE BurlingtOn-NOrthern Pacific
Express" is the famous solid through
train. st. Louis, Kansas City to Puget
Sound; Seattle and Portland, via Bill
ings, Montana, Butte, Helena. Spokane.
The Burlington runs the best trains
to Kansas City, St Joseph. Omaha,
Denver, st. Paul. Montana. Washing
ton, Pacific Coast 1t is the greatest
railroad of the Louisiana Purchase.
Outline your trip and let Us advise you
the least cost. Any ticket agent can sell
via the Burlington. w. NJ Shaw, d.
p. A, 4O6 ViEe Street, Cincinnati, o.
L. w. Wakeley. Genl Pass'r Agent.
ST. Louis, Mo-; Howard Elliott. General
Manager, st. Louis, Mo.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1902-01-07
THE BEST AUTHORITY.

They say that worldly goodA and gauds
Are all that's worth the while;'
Ihey say that romance is out of date,
And love is out of style:
They say n bright tiaras gems
VIII solace any throe:
But Philip, blue-eyed Philip.
He does not tell me so.
They say that lovers strongest vows
Have proved but brittle things,
That Love must fly. since Art portrays
The little god with wings;
That youths fond fancies quickly fade,
That men inconstant grow:
But Philip, faithful Philip,
He does not tell me So
They say that one should only think
Of lofty birth and place;
They say it makes one thrill with pride
To Set the social pace;
They say a cottage on the green
Must be. forlorn and slow:
But Philip, ardent Philip.
He does not tell me so.
I let them prate of pride and pelf,
I care not what they say.
o heart of mine! to-mOrrOw's sun
Shall light our wedding day
Within our cottage, Love, content,
Shall ever bide, 1 know:
For Philip, dearest Philip,
He says it shall be so.
Beatrice Hanscom, in Century.