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The Tupelo journal., 1903-07-24

EDITOR GRENADA SENTINEL:-
Allow me, through the columns of
your paper, to call the attention of
the voters of this county to a
matter that is not generally known.
Last spring when this town was
paying an excessive freight rate q
say excessive because it was more
than some of our neighboring
towns were oaying) on such COM
modities as corn, oats, hay, bran
and meal, just such articles that
the farmers were buying, |, as a
chairman of the Merchants Elk
change, wired Mr.. j. G.. Kincan-
non, our efficient railroad COM
missioner, to come to Grenada.
He came promptly to our relief,
and after looking into the situa-
ton, he took the hrSt train for
Chicago, and there secured for the
town and county of Grenada the
relief which was sought. / hold,
that as a return for said prompt
and efficient service, we, as a town
and county, ought to support Mr..
Kincannon for reelection to the
Office as Railroad Commissioner
for this district. Don't wait un-
til after death to bestow your
flowers; but scatter a few along
through this life while they can
be appreciated.
Respectfully Yours,
O.. l.. KIMBRoUGH.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-07-24
KIDNEY CURE.

There is no disease so insinuat-
ing, so slow but sure, as kidney dis
ease, or so widespread. The symp-
toms are so slight as to generally
escape notice.
The first indications appear in
the urine, with varied effects. The
quantity may be increased or de-
creased; it is likely to be highly col
ored and scalding; it may be pale
or thin, or thick and milky with a
sediment. Later on more pro-
nounced symptoms will be present,
such as dizziness, bloating, etc.,
with marked bladder and urinary
disorders.
Poisonous waste matter is collected
tenn and carried to the kidneys, where
1t 10 separated and cast out through the
urine. The kidneys deal with the blood
only, deriving nourishment there
from. Hence, il the blood is bad the
underfed. How necessary is it, there
fore, that the purity and vitality Of the
Dlood should be maintain ed. 1t is plain
Why b great blood purifier and
has been successfully used in treating
kidney diseases and in preventing same.
In purifying the BLOOD the kidneys are
greatly relieved, while, at the same time,
new strength and vitality are given
these organs. The following letter tells
q very old story:
PINE KNOT, KY, June 25, 1902.
Zhe DR.. Hdrter Medicine Co., Dayton, O.
GENTLEMEN: / had a severe case of
typhoid fever six years age, which left
my kidneys in bad order. / have tried
a number of remedies and taken treat
ment from doctors, but DR.. Harter's Iron
Tonic has done me more good than
everything else. &. CoRDELL,
Merchant and Mine Operator.
There are thousands of just such
cases as the above that are treated
without results because they are
wrongly treated. MI. Cordell's
condition resulted from an exhaust
ing fever; the kidneys, as well as
the rest of the system, had been
wasted by disease. No wonder DIR.
H~arter'sIron Tonic promptlycured,
because it purified and enriched the
blood, and such blood carried new
strength and vitality directly to the
kidneys and to all the organs.
FOR SALE EVERYWHERE.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-07-24
The Crops.

Crop conditions have made a
complete sommersault within the
short space of three weeks and
what then promised but little
has been transformed into a most
promising and gratifying pros
poet for a bountiful yield of both
the great staple crops-corn and
cotton. There was never a time
in the history of the county when
corn promised a heavier yield
and with one more good rain we
would be safe in our opinion for
the best crop ever gathered in the
county, In the early part of the
season the acreage appeared to be
short but since the low lands have
been planted and the crops On
them have assumed a promising
aspect, there can be doubt of the
abundant supply for the coming
year. Cotton has also lnade graft
flying gain and now shows up
we'll. While the stalk is vet
small compared with other years,
it presents a healthy appearance
and is now fruiting rapidly under
the favorable conditions that ex-
list. Taking the situation as a
whole the people of the county
can congratulate them selves upon
their prospects for bountiful har-
vest which is now promised.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-07-24

In a statement Of the increase
in the personal assessment roll as
filed by Mr.. Green, the printer
took the liberty Of cutting 1.-The
amount down $1OO, OO0- As we
stated the increase for this year
was nearly $50 900 instead Of
$50, 900 as was previously publish
ed.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-07-24

The Houston (Tex.) Post kindly
informs the Engllsh-speaking
people that "Judge Parker's star
is rising It will have plenty of
time to set before the 1904 cpn-
yentiop,
The Tupelo journal., 1903-07-24

Leo XIII is dead. Although
his last days were full Of agony
he died bravely and calmly" in
spite Of the physical agony which
hk had. endured for so long. Leo
was a. statesman, a diplomat a
man possessed Of rare intellectu-
city and. above all was acknowl-
edged by not only his own, but all
denominations to be a truly good
Hsn; .-. !
The Tupelo journal., 1903-07-24

Extensive preparations are be-
ing made In Holly Springs for q
big barbecue and picnic on july 30.
Amusements will be furnished
and everybody is, invited.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-07-24

For Rent.-The store house now oc-
cupied by Lumpkin Bros. on Main
street, will be for rent after Sept. let.
Apply to, Mrs. JULIA 9. BLAIR.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-07-24
For Sheriff

For Sheriff
WILL KELLY.
j. S. PARKS.
F. HI. MITTS,
JERRY A THOMPSON.
JOHN H. OGLESBY.
JOHN LEDBETTER.
For Chancery Clerk
NORBIN JONES.
G. W. LONG.
G. L. WEST.
For Circuit Clerk,
F. L. KINCANNON.
r. D. PORTER.
JOHN s. KINDS.
For County Treasurer,
WILLIS HOPKINS.
A. w. PATTERSON.
JIM LYTAL.
w. f. DAVIS.
Tax Assessor,
G. w. GREEN.
For County Superintendent,
E. P. CLAYTON.
y. n. FRANCIS.
T.ARKTN SMITH
d E MCCARTHY.
Justice Of the Peace,
Bird District
W. H.. WAGNER.
w POUNDS.
A " HALL.
=. E. MIZE.
CIV PATTON.
4th District,
j. NJ. SAMPLE.
McVAY
H TUCKER
TOT Oupel VlSoI;
End District
J. E. BOSTICK-
F. P. McNEILL.
3rd District
J.W. BARNES.
GUS. MORGAN.
G O HERRING
G. T. ADAMS.
4th District
j. e. CALHOUN.
ROBT. BURT.
G.. Fl. RUFF.
9Th District
w. nj. ROBERTS.
B. A. CURRY.
A. s. SUMNER.
For Constable,
3rd District.
o. T. TRAP.
WILL INMAN.
B. Ell. STRANGE.
j. B. RAINS.
4th District.
LOCKE HAMILTON.
TN LYLE
ACHILLES M. ROGERS.
> JOHN BELL GIBSON.
E. M. MAYNARD.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-07-24
ANNOUNCEMENTS

We are authorized to announce
For District Attorney
GEO. T.. MITCHELL.
J. W. BARRON
For State Senator
j. NJ. WEAVER
NJ. B. RHODES.
AT GALLOWAY
For Floater Representative from
Lee and Itawamba county
GUY w. MITCHELL.
A. c.. JONES.
Nj THOMAS
The Tupelo journal., 1903-07-24

For Representative of Lee County
ROBERT GAMBRELL
O. L KENNEDY
Pc CAROTHERS.
J. nj. HOYLE.
JOE H. SMITH.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-11-25

laughin' to her. And when de boat struck
de snag he couldn't reach an oar, an
1t swirl roun' an went over. An he
couldn't swim, So
Elizabeth stared Mt the round fare of
the negress. down which the tears were
streaming. 1t was her husband, her
child that the woman was crying for.
Mother" she said-NIrs. Martyr had
her in her arms keeping her from fall
ing-''they're gone, mother"
She had called the world empty Just
now-and they were In it! Now they
were go:>,. She knew what her husband
was to her now, and her child.
A little crowd had gathered on the
bank. Big Joe was diving in the middle
of the stream. The 'idle, incompetent
negroes" sobbing and crying as for their
own kin. were working furiously to find
their muster. 1t was Jane, indeed, who
first caught sight of a rag on the surface
of the stream, and. wading in up to her
neck, brought out the baby. 1t still
breathed. Stephens body was found
close beside it.
Elizabeth. scarcely needing the child,
threw herself down beside him. dragging
his head up into her arms.
"Stephen, Stephen" she cried, "you
will never know how i loved you!'
Half dozen men were Mt work with
the body. Big Joe, still dripping, ran to
the village for the doctor. Mrs. Grier,
in all her finery. was building fires in
the house, while Mrs. Watson was on her
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-11-25
THE DEATH WATCH.
THE FIRST THANKSGIVING.
A Contemporary Account of the Pho.
neer Feast in 1921,

A Contemporary Account of the Pho.
neer Feast in 1921.
The first Thanksgiving day was cele-
brated in the autumn Of 1921.
An account Of the pioneer Of all these
feasts has been presented in a letter by
Edward Winslow written in the same
year:
"You shall understand that in this
little time that few of us have been
here we have built seven dwelling
houses and four for the use of the plan
tation and have made preparations for
eleven Others. We set the last spring
some twenty acres of corn and sowed
some six acres of barley and peas. Our
corn did prove well, God be praised, and
our barley Indifferent good, but our peas
not worth harvesting. Our harvest being
got in, our Governor sent four men out
fowling, 80 that we might after special
manner rejoice together after we had
gathered the fruit of our labors. They
four in one day killed as much fowl as,
with a little help beside, served the whole
company almost a week, ut which time
among other recreations we exercised
our arms, many Of the Indians arriving
among us, and among the rest their
greatest king, Massasoit, with ninety
men, whom for three days We entcrtain-
ed and Toasted. And, although it be not
always SO plentiful as 1t was at this time
with us, yet, by the goodness of God,
we are 80 far from want that we often
wish you partakers of our plenty"
Thus Thanksgiving was born.
1t continued to be celebrated, though
not with any regularity, for about sixty
years, after which it was annually or
dered by the general court, not always
in November, but generally after the
,hurvests were gathered.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-11-25
OF INTEREST IN IOWA
a DIARY OF NOTEWORTHY HAP.
PENlNGS.
Magnate's Brother Dies In Perjury
Girl Kills Herself in iowa City Hotel
-Des Msines Military Post Dedicated
Death of Nora Spring, Butcher.

Speeding over his own railroad, seated
In luxuriously furnished Pullman and
surrounded by all that wealth, influence
and position can command, ]. Il. Finley,
banker, rnilroad magnate and multimill-
ionaire of Pittsburg, Pa, recently took
his way to Monongahela City, Pa, with
the remains of his brother, r. L. Finley,
woh died alone and penniless in Mercy
hospital III Des Moines Some years ago
X. r. Finley, who was man Of many
fortunes lost in speculation, gave his
banker brother 100000 to tide him over
financial embarrassment and give him a
fresh start in the financial world. With
that money ]. B. Finley built up for
tune of $30,OOO,OOO. Ever grateful for
his brothers aid, he has never failed
to send him money when reverses came.
A few weeks ago r. Il. Finley dropped
on the streets of Des Moines from n par
alytic stroke and never regained con-
seriousness. His brother was then in Cal
ifornia and considerable trouble was ex-
perienced in locating him. The remains
left Des Moines over the Rock Island
and from Pittsburg to their destination
Travelled over the road which resulted
from fortune growing out of timely
gift i'll moment of distress.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-11-25

Hogs Of 200 to $50 pounds weight
are best for family use In dressing
hog 1t should be so hung that it car
be split down the back, and the sides
allowed to separate, the head being
cut off. The leaf and some other sur
plus fat should be removed at once
This allows the meat to cool thorough
iy, and it is in good shape to handle
The meat barrel should be kept in a
cool place without freezing. A good
way to keep the hams and shoulders
after being cured Is to slice and fry
and pack in jars, covering with hot
lard. Fresh pork may be kept this
way in hot weather, but it must be
thoroughly cooked. While the cured
meat requires much less cooking to
preserve 1t.
Allow the hog to thoroughly cool be
fore cutting, carefully trim hams and
shoulders and split the sides in two
lengthwise. Sprinkle bottom Of bar
rel with fine salt, and rub each piece
of meat with salt. Pack in barrel with
hams on the bottom, shoulders next
and sides on top. After three days
cover the meat with brine made as
follows: Water, s gallons; salt. u
pounds; sugar, pounds; saltpeter, 8
ounces; concentrated I've. teaspoons.
Boil all together and skim. After cool.
ing, pour over the meat. Leave in
brine from four to six weeks, then
smoke US desired. The brine should
be strong enough to bear UP an egg.
l-Philadelphia Record.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-11-25
The Farm and the Man,

How any farm should be cropped
depends upon where the farm is, its
character and location. Some farms
are by nature pasture farms, because
they are not adapted to cultivation;
other farms invite tillage. Size, too,
is controlling factor. A crop rota-
ton and schedule of farm work that
is admirable for fifty acres may be
wholly impracticable for five hundred
or thousand. The ambition to own
and cultivate broad acres is an Amerl-
can disease. This disease is not SO
much desire to add to worldly pos
sessions as it is for qualification of
the ownership of dominion; when an
alyzed it will be found to be a feature
Of mans kinship with nature.
Another and the most important fac
tor Of all is the man himself. The
man makes the farm good or bad, as
he makes everything else that comes
under his control. The experience of
one farmer is invaluable to another
but each farm is nevertheless separ-
ate and local problem which the farm
er must think out and work out him.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-11-25
' shall be Thanksgiving, /"
Dickey ON Thankseivlne

81 onerstan'." said Brother Dickey,
dat de President done 'p'inted his
Thanksgivin' day, much ter de regret
er de turkeys, what lowed dey warn't
no use in takin' OH any mo- life insu'ance
'twell de week TO Christmas. But dc
President got ter studyin' bout 1t ter
day, after he drawed his weeks wages,
en- toll 'um ter charge 1t up ter profit
en- loss, ell he 'cided dat de country WIZ
dom so well all roun' dat we orter ring
de bells en- invite all de po' relations ter
dinner. So dat how come Thanksgivin'
is comm, witch brings on de question:
What is we got ter be thankful for? En-
ter begin wild, en- speakin' for myself, 1
thankful dat de Nunited States is in
,Georgy EMIL mos likely stay DIR, ez long
es real estate is vallible ez what it is.
En-, furdermo', thankful dat l gittin'
long so well wild my neighbors. I ain't
never been lynched yit, en- amt a-gwine
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-11-25

knees in the wet, chatting the baby, and
wrapping it in blankets,
Even In her agony Elizabeth saw it all,
They were so kind; The world was gen.
crous and unselfish and loving. She only
had stood apart, cold and alone.
The old doctor, when he had examined
the body, turned to her with face which
he vainly tried to make cheerful.
81 can find no sign of life us yet. But
he was a very short time in the water,
and we will do our best
| She nodded, but stood silent, looking
up into the gray sky. His best? What
could doctors do, or fires, or blankets?
Only He could bring Stephen to life
again.
While the men were working with her
husband, she was alone, facing God.
"Give him back to mel" she cried.
"Give him back! Let me have another
chance! have been false as wife and
mother"
1t was the first time in her life that
she had really prayed.
| God heard her. Both child and hus-
band were given back to her.
| When the church bells rang the next
morning, baby was sleeping soundly in
her cradle, her grandmother watching her
with radiant face. Stephen, little
blue about the jaws and shaky in the
hands, was taking his breakfast in bed.
Elizabeth would let nobody cook it, or
wait on him but herself. When he joked
over it, nhe laughed and cried by turns.
What day 1t was! All the morning
the delighted negroes had been tumbling
over each other, trying to serve her; and
little gifts and messages had been COM
ing in from the neighbors. The frosty
air was full of sunshine. The bronze
stubble fields shook In the wind. The
late red leaves on the trees glowed like
| jewels.
81 am keeping you from church, Bet
ty," said Stephen, putting his hand on
her head.
Eve can give thanks here. Every day
now shall be Thanksgiving"
She looked at him, at the baby, at the
bright, kind world outside. and then up
to the blue heaven, where God had heard
her last night.
Every day shall be Thanksgiving, .
she said again.
The woman's character was not wholly
! changed in day. But the rock had been
touched, and the water of life gushed
forth. 1t was healing fountain, and
would never cease to fow.-Congrega-
| tionalist.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-11-25
Care of Winter Ann1e.,


Gathering and storing winter apples
is an important duty that must be at
tended to before the heavy frosts begin
in the fall. Apples that are to be kept
over winter should be carefully picked
and placed in barrels. After picking
they should be left in the open air for
some time, as this tends to thoroughly
ripen them. They also pass through a
sweat Mt first, and 1t is much better If
they can be left exposed so that all sur
face moisture is evaporated. Fruit
should be placed In cool, dark cellar.
In some instances where there are a
few barrels of specially good apples
the practice is adopted of wrapping
the apples in paper. This prevents
them from coming in contact with one
another and will insure their keeping.
Unusually pays to pick over apples two
or three times during the winter so
that those showing signs of decay may
be discarded. Windfalls should never
be placed among apples that are hand
picked. A plentiful supply of apples
to be used in the family during the
winter will contribute much to the
general healthfulness of every member
of the family.-Iowa Homestead.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-11-25
T!h!EE'Hl4gMzsl6llllE {1ltH N

Briggs case! Her thoughts would 20
back lately to Prof. Large, who used to
converse with her on psychological prob.
lens. There was a congenial soul. He
would never lie awake worrying lest he
should not be able to find justice for old
Potts, or keep that young Bob Smith
out of jail! And she was to thank God
for this miserably petty lifel
1t was an ugly, dangerous path down
which the foolish woman's thoughts went
cropping, as she sat looking Mt the lawn
and the cold, bright river beyond. Her
mothers keen instinct followed her close.
ly. Elizabeth had been the leader IN d
circle of idle, would be-intellectual NOR.
bid women. In this wholesome, natural
life she missed the adulation, the hys.
terical excitement, of that old time. Her
mothers heart sank. What could she dc
to waken her to reality?
The silence grew awkward. Mrs. Pol
lard rose and walked to the end of the
porch. She was angry at herself that
she had worried her mother She had
meant that the dear little woman's visit
should be all bright and happy, and al
ready
she knew not what. The little cosy house
and the lawn, with baby in her carriage
coming up the path, were all SO common.
place and tiresome. There came Stephen
witt, his round, laughing face red with
the wind. What could he know of her
cravings, or of psychological problems
"Bettyw he called, as he ran up, 81
hurried out, thinking you and mother
would like row on the river before din.
ner. What do you say2'
"Oh, mercy, Mr.. Pollard, do let us be
quiet. You always want to be going
going. Take baby!'
Every we'll"
lie nodded, uniling, but something in
his face touched her ms he turned away.
"Stephen!" she called, but he did NOT
hear her. LET him co." she said, witt,
a shrug. 1t was all tiresome. Thanks.
givings What was there in the world
to give thanks for? The sky seemed
empty to her to-day. Was there, indeed
anything behind those still, gray mists
that could hear thanks if they were spok-
en-?
But here were her visitors, imposing
in their best fall clothes and hats.
Twenty minutes later, as Elizabeth
sat, her brain half asleep, listening to
an account of the scorching of some
ounce jam, Keyter, the blacksmith, ran
across the lawn headlong, as a man
who wants to be the first with bad
news, dashed up on the porch and flung
open the window.
Miss Pollard! Your husband! He's
gone down! Upset! With the child! /
saw EN-! Sunk like lead!"
For few minutes she seemed to be
sleeping still. She was swept out to the
lawn. There was the motionless brown
grass and the smooth river, just as 1t was
few minutes ago, not a dint on its
bright face. Some men were dragging a
boat into the water, and Big Joe. the
coal man, had pulled off his boots and
coat and waded in. Nobody screamed or
made a noise. Baby's carriage stood I'M
der the apple tree-empty. Stephen stood
just there, on that path. moment ago.
Where was he now? Where was he?
Soon after she heard Jane, the nurse,
talking to her.
HE said, I'll take de chile, jane
He set de baby tween his knees in de
boat, holdin' de tiller wild one han an
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-11-25
Dairy Farm Side Lines.

Along with dairy farming naturally
goes the poultry business. And nice,
clean, profitable business it is, too.
Here is fine field for the women
folks. They naturally take more pride
in the chickens than the man does, al
though nov. and then we do find men
who enter heart and soul into the keep
ing of poultry. There is always good
deal of SKINNED milk on the dairy
farm which would be apt to go to
waste We're 1t not for the hens. They
are the greatest Of scavengers. Every
drop Of the sour and skinned milk is
n delicious morsel for the hen, and she
will turn it to good account, too.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-11-25

In farming FOR profit In this country
1t behooves one to listen to the teach
ings of experience gained by farmers
in Great Britain. Robert II. Rev,
chief Of the statistical branch of the
British Board of Agriculture, has
brought out the fact that during the
last thirty years there has been al
most steady decrease in the area
devoted to grain culture, and rela-
lively steady increase in the acreage
devoted to pasturage and meadow
lands. The number Of cows and heif-
ers in milk or in calf indicates that
the dairy industry has held its own ii.
the face Of foreign competition much
better than has the growing of grain.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-11-25

ter be, ez long ez dar's straight road
befo' me, en- de rheumatism keeps out
err my two legs! thankful fer ten. chill
lun en- one wife, en- dat de chillun is all
able ter support me handsome; l thank
full fer de house live in-w'en de rent
amt due; en- fer my daily bread-w'en
de baker'll wait 'twell de en- er de month
fer his money; in fact, I thankful fer
all got, en- fer mo- a-comin'-fer a good
appetite en- somepin ter fill it-fer long
life, free salvation. straight road ter
glory, en- de devil take de hindnos'!"--
Atlanta Constitution.