The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-07-28

College at S~tarkville, delivered en- able
address on educational matters to a fair
sized and deeply interested audience, at
this place on Thursday evening II last
week. The fact that Scooba is a sepa>
rate school district, and that therefore
our citizens we're not personally inter-
, ested in the l~engthening of the school
term, may be assigned ss a reason that
more interest was not taken locally in
the matter. Mr.. Hsrdy's address was a
fine one, and was well worth hearing.
Hon. II. L. Whitfield, State Superin~
tendent OF Education, was hare Satur-
day and expressed himself as highly
graiifed at the manner in which the
! people of Kemper County received his
, suggestions as to an increase in the
length of the public school term, The
matter is now up to the Board Of Super
visors, as an increased term will neces-
F.; state the levying of a special or in
creased tax.
Ice.cream, sherbet and cake will be
served this evening and tonight, by the
Ladies' Aid Society of the Presbyterian
Church, on the lawn in front of Capt.
and Mrs. D. F. Carr's residence. Come
out and lend a helping hand toward the
accomplishment of these good ladies'
! desire-the paying off of a debt on the
Msnse property. And the reward of a
! pleased conscience will be yours.
Already teams have been driven over
the walk laid by the M. & o. r. r. Co.
between the stores and the depot, and,
unless the town does something. it is
only a question of time as to When the
place will be as bad as ever. What a
| "thing Of beauty" that walk would be
in real bad weather If the town would
put a good substantial hand-rall along
its entire length?
CHEERFULLY RECOMMENDED
FOR RHEUMATISM.
o. &. Hiebee, Danville, He, writes
DOC -, hOouO bWO ycdIG dEO L
was laid up for four months with rheu-
matism. l tried Billiards. Snow Lini.
ment; one bottle cured me. / can cheer
fully recommend it to all suffering from
like af1iction." Csc, 50c., S. 100. Sold
by M. E. Ward, the druggist.
We have recently had to omit letters
fIom correspondents on account of late
receipt Of same. We cannot guarantee
the insertion OF correspondence received
later than Monday nights mails, and
we trust our friends, whose letters we
value very highly, will govern them
selves accordingly.
DR.. H. W. Rencher is enjoying an
outing at Cooper 8 Well, near Raymond,
Miss, and a note from him states that
he is already feeling the beneicent et-
fects of the change. His absence from
> town and the duties of his profession
will be of short duration.
A picnic is advertised to be held at
Keys Mill on Saturday, to which every
, body is invited. And everybody who
5 goes should take a basket of goodies.
, In the afternoon a game of baseball
will be played between the Blackwater
and Center Ridge mines.
Miss Panic Hardin ia on an extended
trip which will include a visit to rela-
tives in Memphis, Tenn, and Ora W.
Il fnrduiItn RI ond a oofrrn - CO
Louis seeing the big fair. She will be
abssnt the balance of the summer.
We were this week shown a horse
apple, grown on Mr.. A. A. Hammack's
place near town, which weighed seven
teen ounces. While it was the finest
OF the lot, all the fruit on that particular
tree were exceptionally large.
Notice advertisement of the "White"
Sewing Machine in this issue of TIE
HERALD. Jas. III. Duke has a number
of these machines in stock and Mr.. Tur-
ner will be pleased to chow them to you
and make you prices, etc.
Work was begun Monday morning
which, when completed, will give tele-
phone connection between Scooba and
DeKalb. The line is being put up by
the Macon Electric Light and Power
Company.
The vagrant cur nuisance in Scooba
has received a decided setback in the
past ten days, several of the CANNES
having been made to "bite the dust"
And still "there's more to follow"
Miss Helen Carter left yesterday for
Oak Grove, where she will spend the
next two weeks with relatives and
friends. Nj. Walter Carter escorted
his sister to the Grove.
Dukes fine, thoroughbred Stallion
will hereafter be found at the stable of
PERRIN & Wise,
Giles, Miss.
Mr.. Sam Twilley has purchased from
Miss Panic Hardin the two lots adjoin>