The Tupelo journal., 1905-05-26
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Mrs Eckford of Starkville who has
been the guest of Mesdames w =
RAYMOND and Mahlon Brown, has re-
turned home
viii Lusby of Jackson, Tenn, has
been the guest of his grandparents
for several days Willie has many
friends in Tupelo !,
The Misses McAllister entertained
a number of their friends at a social
Thursday evening which proved a most
delightful occasion
Marion Martin and Hugh Helms came
down from the second district Tuesday
! They report crop conditions bad in their
section
Mrs Gill Strain has gone to Nashville
to attend the commencement exercises
at Wards Seminary where her sister,
Miss Christine Cha rk is n OF the
graduates
Col George Turner Adams of Leighton
was in Tupelo the past week marketing
cotton The Colonel says that the
acreage in his vicinity has been materi-
a ly reduced
G R Strain of the Tupelo Oil and Ice
c., spent last week in New Orleans at
t. iding the meeting of the Crusher-
Association that assembled in the
Crescent City
The boys gave a surprise party at the
home of Misses Annie and Hattie NC
! Alister the last of last week 1t was
attended by "a crowd of young people
ard thoroughly enjoyed by all
The Journal regrerets to lean OF me
Hines Of its venerable friend DR. J M
johnson at his home throe miles east of
town His condition is such as to give
his friends mnce solicitude
The program of the commencement
exercises Of the Verona High School are
published elsewhere The occasion prom
SEES to be the most interesting IN the
history of the institution
Mrs. DeLoache, of Camden, sc. mother
of Mrs. Delay arrived in the city Sat
urday and will remain some time the
Iguest of her daughter She was accom-
panied by her little granddaughter
Master Worth Gardner has, accepted
the agancy of Birmingham News n
will deliver the papers toall subscribers
early every morning. The news is one
of the best afternoon papers published
The Journal acknowledges receiptof
an invitation to be present at the COM
mencement exercis of the three state
institutions, The University of Misslss-
ippi, A. & M. College and the Indus
trial Institute and College.
Miss Iva Cassidy has been appointed
postmistress at Saltillo to succeed J A
Palmer, resigned Miss Cassidy has
been assistant in the Office and will max
a most acceptable postmistress to the
patrons of the Office -
Mr.. /. w. Phillips of Tampa, Fla,
arrived in the city last Friday and will
remain some time in North Mississippi
before returning to Florida. Mr.. Phillips
many friends are pleased to see him
looking well and to know that his health
is now good
Mr.. and Mrs. j. C. Read are at home
| again after a most delightful outing of
several weeks dnring which time they
visited New Orleans and from there
| took the steamer for Few York. On
| their easter trip they visited Philadel-
| phia. Newark, N J Baltimore, Wash
| itgton City, returning by Louisville
their dip home. They report a most de-
lightful trip.
Rev. 7. w. Lewis, Of Tupelo, who for
/ four years was the beloved paster of
! che Methodist chnrch here, vas in
Grenada this week to perform the Du-
oard-Hinds nuptiales. Mr.. Lewis is
very popular with everybody and is one
/ ST the ablest preachers of the North
Mississippi Conference .-Grenada SEN
tinel.
J S Howerton Of the Howerton
Orchard Co. Guntown, was in Tupelo
Monday in the interest of the nursery
Mr. Howerton reports that = fair crop
If peaches will be gathered from about
fourhundred trees out of eight thousand
Il their orchard The cpmpany is
Emss1ing sales from the nursery for fall
lefivery and their statesmen are meet
ing with good success