The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-06-01

Capt, II. D. Quandt has purchased
the David Stevenson property, just
west Of town; that the deeds have
been forwarded to the Bank OF KEN
per, and the money deposited to pay
for same. We are gratifed to learn
of this move on the part OF Capt.
Quandt, as it renders more likely
the permanenc,y of the residence OF
this excellent family among us. We
did not learn when they would take
possession.
On Saturday last the aged mother
Of our townsmen, Messrs. w. II. and
d. p. Stuart, celebrated her 74th
birthday, u number of her friends
and members of her family gather
ing ut the home of her son Doc to
tender congratulations and express
best wishes for the. future. Despite
her advanced age, Mrs. Stuart is
quite active and enjoys good health.
We trust her portion may be "of
things terrestrial for many years
to come.
Mr.. Bob Harper, of Evansville,
contractor to make the projected re-
pairs and improvements to the Nc
Calebb House, has a large force of
hands engaged on the work. Ac-
cording to the plans and specifica-
tions, this well known old hostelry
will be rehabilitated until it will
look like a new building. Mr.. Har-
per is a first-class mechanic, and
will undoubted y make a good job
of it.
Returning from his trip to Texas
and the Indian Territory, Mr.. j. w.
Carter brought with him two speci~
mems male and female) of the
horned toad, a peculiar little reptile
indigenous to those sections. They
are said to be perfectly harmless,
living on flies and small bugs. At
present Mr.. Carter has them in a
large glass jar at his residence, and
a sight of them is we'll worth It visit,
Liver and Kidney Troubles
are more important than many imagine.
Lama back, pain in the side, short
breath, ringing in the ears, supken eyes,
general ill health accompanied by dis
,opLoNou oy1 .vlNopou foolipu oro onCpO
the many syn, ptoms. Take warning
ands-they will make you well. Sold
by NJ. E. Ward, druggist.
Cashier Ben r. Kuykendall, Of the
Bank of Kemper, is in receipt of a
communication from parties in Phil
adelphia, Pa, with reference to the
establishment of a veneering plant
at this place, and would like to dis
cuss the matter with some of our
local capitalists. Every little helps
lend this all the encouragement
you can, and give the old town a
boost upward and onward.
Reports are to the effect that,
while the rain of Tuesday morning
dampened things a little, the pic
nickers from Scooba had a most de-
lightful day of it. A sumptuous dim
ner was spread, and old and young
alike gave themselves up to a thor
ough enjoyment of the occasion.
The crowd returned home about
dusk, tired but happy.
MI. H. H. Stennis, of the Kipling
neighborhood, was in town Monday
and made US a pop-call. Mr.. Stem
mis- says that with a couple weeks of
good weather, the planters in that
section will come out all right, tho
of course the crop will be considera-
bly, reduced. Elsewhere in this is
sue Mr.. Stennis has a notice offering
for sale a gin.
Mrs. Houston, who has been Wis
iting her daughter, Mrs. John Pear
son, returned to her home at War
saw, Ala, on Sunday. MI. and Mrs.
Pearson accompanied Mrs. Houston,
and for the next three or four weeks
Friend John will again enjoy the
delights ian hallucination) and wres-
tie with the Inconvenience of single
blessedness.
We had a pleasant call on Friday
morning from Mr.. H. H. Oyerstreet,
of Estabuchie, who, with his wife
and, three children, was en- route to
DeKalb to visit his mother, Mrs. A.
p. Overstreet. He returned to Els
tabuchie Monday, while Mrs. Over
street and children will spend sew
eral weeks with relatives in the
county.
The Children's Favoritc
For coughs, Group, whooping cough,
&c One Minute Cough Cure Is the coil
dren's favorite. This is because it con-
tains no opium, is peafectly harmless,
tastes good and cures. Sold by Ward.
U. C. v. Reunion, Louisville, KY,
June ~l4tf-f6th, 1905.
low rates will he made bythe Mo-