The Tupelo journal., 1905-12-22

Mr.. Stinson, of Columbus has been
here several days for the purpose of
erecting the Confederate monument,
but the weather has been so bad that
but little has been done towards get
ting the monument in place.
Mr.. w P. Hunter of the first district
came down Tuesday to meet a brother
from the west who is own his way to
the old home in South Carolina. 1t is
probable that Mr. Hunter will join him
as it has been several years since he
made a visit to the home of his boyhood
MIR. and Mrs. S. F. Mcknight. of
Aberdeen were the guests of Mr.. W. H.
Huffman and family several days this
week. Mr.. Mcknight is the photo
grapher of Aberdeen. They were much
pleased with their visit and spoke in
high praise of our growing little city.
DR.. J. S. Long of Joplin, Mo-, was
down several days the past week look
ing after business matters at Verona.
1t afforded the old time friends of DR..
Long pleasure to meet him again but
they regretted to learn of the serious
illness of Mrs. Long during the past
summer.
Cards are out announcing the mar
riage of Miss Nellie Marion Gardner to
Mr.. William Daniel Brown at the
Presbyterian church in this city on the
evening of the 28th inst, at $50 o'clock
We extend our congratulations and
best wishes that all the blessings of life
will be theirs.
We acknowledge receipt of an in
vitation from Mr.. Victoria D. Long
to be present at the marriage of her
daughter, Kennie, to Mr.. Frand ".
Street, at st Elmo, Tenn on Decent
Der the 18th. We extend our hearties-
congratulations to the contracting
parties whom we have numbered among
our friend for several years.
We regret to learn of the accident
which befell Burrell Herring, the younfi
son of Arthur Herring on Tuesday.
Xoung Herring was hauling sand from
a pit near Belden when the sand caved
in. burying him beneath it and break
ing his leg above the knee. The acct
dent was a very painful one and it will
be some time before the young man re-
covers.
DR.. Fred Stone, who has>been in the
hospital at Vicksburg during the summer
is at home to spend the holidays. DR..
Stone attended many of the yellow
fever patients during the epidemic
at Vicksburg, but was fortunate enough
to escape His opportunities for stud
ying the disease are rarely en joyed
by the young physician and now that
he has passed through an epidemic he
has cause for congratulation.
Following a custom of twenty seven
years Mr. j T L Brown of the fifth dis
trict called and paid his subscription
to the Journal Monday During allthese
years Mr. Brown has missed but few
numbers of the Journal which was
due to the failure of the mails He is a
firm believer in home institL tons and
esl ecially is he interested in saving
his country for the generations to fol-
low us His advice to the young men
is to buy lands keep and improve them
for their value will be greatly enhanced
in the near future
We regret to learn of the death of
Carl Anderson, who died several days
ago at the home Of his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. August Anderson near Verona
from the effects of pneumonia Carl
Anderson would have reached his ma
jofity at his next birthday. He was
admired by everybody for his manil-
ness of character and generous heart
and his untimely death has brought
a pang Of sorrow not only to his bereav-
ed family but to his many friends
The interment took place at Verona
a large being present. To
the bereaved parents our sympathy is
extended.
Religious services at the residence Of
the undersigned, next Sabbath at 2:30'
p. M, ceme. Subject The Christ COM
ing again at Lord of Lords and King Of
Kings L. G. BOGGAN, Deacon.
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