The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-07-02
COUNTY NEWS.

Mr.. Sam Watts spent the Sabbath
with Scooba friends.
Mrs. II. P. King and little son are vis-
iting friends at Shuqualak.
Don't forget the picnic at Lynch's
mill on Saturday, the 18th met.
Bed steads cheap at
T. Q. EpwaRDs & Cos.
Mr.. A. B. Tartt, candidate for Sheriff,
was STRENGTHENING fences in and about
scocba on Monday.
Miss Leons Lewis, q charming young
lady of Bstesyille, is visiting the family
Of Prof.. F. M. Street.
Indications are that the 4th of July
will be observed in Scooba lust the
same az any other old day."
Her physician informs us that the
condition of Mrs. Amanda Adams is
slowly bat steadily improving.
Mrs. Margie G. Goode and children,
of near West Point, are guests of the
formers nephew, Mr.. J. F. Howell.
Just received q nice lot of Gents
Shirts. Call and examine our stock and
get prices. I. @. EDWARDS & Co.
Mrs. H. Rosenbaum left Saturday for
Port Gibson to visit her sister, Mrs. Ben
S~choenfield. She will probably remain
q month.
MI. Freddie Carr and his sister, Miss
Matte, Of Crawford, Miss , spent a few
hours of Sunday with their cousin, MIR.
j. +. Hogan, and family.
A picnic is announced to be held at
=. D. w. Shepherds mill, in the Kellis'
Store neighborhood, on Saturday next,
July Ath. Everybody is invited.
For Is days only we are offering rare
bargains in Box Papers. Come and
supply your wants In this line.
1890. M. E. WARD.
Governor. Longino and Hon. John d.
McGinniss, who addressed the voters ut
DsKalbS IN Saturday night last, drove
to Ecooba after the speaking and took
the train at this point.
Rev. Jesse Buck preached two excel.
lent sermons, Sunday, In, the MetESdist
Church, ito large and aprreciasivs aud
fences. He was the guest Of Mrs, ]. F.
Howell while in Scooba.
We are pleased that Master Leon, son
Of Mr.. and Mrs. RIM. Quarles, who has
been i'll for the past month with ty-
phoid fever, has been pronounced by
his physician out of danger and on a
fair road to recovery.
Owing to the inclemency of the
weather. the sale of ice cream and other
seasonsble refreshments by the Ladies'
Aid Society of the Presbyterian Church,
announced for Thursday evening of last
week, bad to be postponed.
We are pleased TO learn that Miss
Eleanor Stuart, whe has been quite i'll
with tever at the residence Of her uncle,
Mr.. D. F. Carr, for the past ten days, ia
much improved and is rapidly regaining
her usual health and epirits.
NoTIcE.-We will issue no money or
ders on July 4th, and will deliver no
mail except for n hour after the arri-
val of each mail train. All mail will be
dispatched as usual.
]. P. III. HALLFoRD, P. M.
Get q free sample of Chamberlain
Stomach and Liver Tablets at M. +.
Wards drug store. They are easier to
take and more pleasant in effect than
pills. Then their use is not followed
by constipation, as ia often the case
with pills. Regular size, Csc. per box.
We are informed. on tie best author
ity that the outlook for a big corr crop
In Kemper county is the best for any
years. The old corr is made. Cotton,
though small, is fine. and with good
seasons will also prove much better
than for several years past.
DR.. II. w. Rsncher informs us that
there are now no cases of serious illness
in the territory practiced in by DR.. w.
E. Pearson and himself. This section
is blessed with having two frst-class
pp-to-date medical practitioners resi-
dent therein, and u people are justly
and honestly proud of thea.
Mr.. Allen Adams, who has been fl~
Ing the position Of night operator at
Macon for the past month, has resumed
ais place as night operator at Scooba.
Mr.. Will Kirkland, who has most &C
ceptably fllsd the place here during
Mr.. Adams s~ojourn in Macon and who
fac made many warm friends among
our people in that time has temporarily
returned to his honae at Laurel.