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The Tupelo journal., 1905-08-18
Letter From Texas.
Marshall, Tex, Aug. IL, 19(

Marshall, Tex, Aug. IL, 1905,
Editor Tupelo Journal.
/ have been reading the Jour.
nal every week for some time. II
has become a house hold necessi.
ty. / read every article and
note all the improvements.
/ cannot forget the old friends
in Lee Co., where | have spent
so many happy days.
/ feel a warm glow Of pleasure
when | read of the happy mar
riages Of dear friends who have
quietly passed out of sight, but
not out Of mind; but smiles often
change to tears as | turn the
leaves of the Journal, and my
eyes fall upon a paragraph that
tells me that the death angel has
flown from the courts of heaven
and claimed for its victim, some
true, trusted, and tried friend
that | only knew to love. The
list has grown until | have the
names Of twenty friends who
have passed from time to eternity
since | left Lee county.
If they are all at the beautiful
gate watching and waiting for
me, what an inducement | have
to walk rightly.
When | first came to Texas |
liked the old settlers best who
came from Mississippi. Iseemed
drawn to them. | would feel
nearer, home while in their
association. But since | have
become better acquainted with
the people | have become much
attached to those who are not
Mississippians. lam truly thank
full for having cast my lot here.
My neighbors represent a class
of true Americans who are broad
minded, free hearted and appre-
ciative, are wide awake to every
interest that promises good to
our country.
To the home seekers who are
willing to stand firm for the right,
and shun the wrong, to men
and women of Thought and action,
to such they extend the glad
hand ofwelcome. Then if mis-
fortune overtakes YOU. thew will
rally to your assistance and see
that your needs are supplied.
Crops here this year are far
below an average. 1t has been
one rain after another all the
year. The low lands are drowned
out and in places there will be
nothing made. But there are so
many opportunities here for far
mers none need fail. Fruits and
vegetables grow in great abun-
dance. Water melons are grown
to an immense size, and their
flavor is exceedingly fine. Mar
shall is a fine market for farm
produce. You can sell almost
any thing at prices that would
sound unreasonable to the people
of Tupelo. We have fine water
both free stone and mineral,
living springs and dug well.
An abundance of fine timbers
and good wood, good free schools
eight months ea:h year. There
is a good opening for school teach
ers. Our teachers are scarce but
the schools pay $50. per month
and run eight months. We have
good schools because shool opens
at 9 a. m. and closes at A p. m.
We would be glad to have one
of Tupelo's hardware mer-
chants at Marshall. Hardware is
very high here.
| will close by wishing the
people of Lee county a long and
prosperous life. May their eff
forts be crowned with success.
Long may the Journal live to
make glad the hearts of absent
friends. :
Mrs. JENNIE TINES.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-08-18
COUNTY TELEPHoN E SERVICE.

The Cumberland Telephone & Tele-
graph Co. wishes to operate in connec-
ton with its exchanges in the country
a county system and to this end request
the farmers Of the country to give it an
opportunity of presenting to them its
plans for the service. By the use of
the greatest of modern inventions, the
farmer can at a minimum cost to him
self keep in touch with the markets and
on the days that the highest prices are
offered for the products of his farm he
can be reached over the telephone by
his merchants or by his confidential ad.
visor and thus frequently in one transs
action save more than the cost of hi
telephone service for en- entire year
The farmers in this section are invited
to confer with the Company's nearest
local manager, or to make their wants
known directly to the executive Office al
Nashville, Tenn.
CUMBERLAND TELEPHONE ANL
TELEGRAPH co.
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PEN.plCTURES OF THE OLDEN TIME
BY COL. W. I. CLAYTON.

to you. | will show you how h,
acts said he, and with that, h.
stuck out his mouth toward thu
old gray horse, making mouths
like a colt. For some reason,
probably because he had been de.
priyed Of his stable and his morn.
ing's meal, he seemadto be in q
very i'll humor, and with all the
power and viciousness of his
horseship, he ran at the young
man, knocking him down and
scooping off a streak offesh from
his shoulder about as wide as two
fingers. Although it looked q
little squally at the time, it was
really a laughable incident to see
the old gaunt gray horse standing
there with his ears laid back, and
the young man acting the colt,
and then the dash of the horse,
and, when the gentleman saw
too late that the horse meant
business this time, and his fran
tic efforts to get to safety, made
a picture that any painter would
have heen glad to have beheld.
In the fall of 1857, brother
James and | made an arrange
ment by which we were to teach
together a school south of where
Col. S. H. Taylor then lived for
the year 1858, and we called the
place Martin Academy in honor
of our old Richmond teacher,
Henry Martin. We had a very
interesting school there, patron
lied by the Dunns, Taylors,
Shawvers, Stones, Creelies,
Rainses, Mallets, Maxceyes, Ho-
rams, Nunalees, Thomases, Mel
sons, Nicholsons and some others
whose names have doubtless
passed out of my memory, be-
sides some who were boarders
attending the school from a dis
lance. Among the boarders was
a young man not far from my
age by the name of Kellis Moor
man. now an emminent physi-
clan in Alabama. He and | got
into a little trouble and misun-
Outstanding at the school house
one day, and treated him pretty
harshly, and made him leave the
school. On rejecting over the
matter, | saw | had acted hasti-
ly and treated him harshly and
unjustly. Invent to his boarding
house, some two miles away, and
said to him in the reputed Ian
guage of George Washington,
''Kellis, it is natural to err, but it
is glory to rectify. was wrong
yesterday, | wish to be right to-
day. | am very sorry indeed
that mistreated you yesterday
at the school house. | beg your
pardon and ask your forgiveness.
If you grant it, and see proper
to return to the school, | will
treat you as if this had neveroc-
cured. He accepted my apollo
gy, returned to the school, and
was ever after as fast friend as
| ever had. In 1858 in that old
neighborhood all the patrons of
the school owned the land where
they lived, and | do not think
there was a renter in the neigh
borhood. 1t was really an ideal
settlement. In the fall of 1858,
| left the school and moved to
Fulton to study law, while broth
er James continued the school
another year or two longer. |
may have something more to say
in another article about some Of
the old residents ofthis old school
neighborhood.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-08-18

AN ORDINANCE--To require the re-
moval of all wooden awnings on GER
tain side walks in the city of Tupelo
on or before September 1st, 1905, and
providing a penalty for failure to do
so and prohibit the erection hereafter
on such side walks of such awnings
and to provide a penalty for such
erection and to prescribe the kind of
awnings which may be erected across
such side walks.
Sec l. Be it ordained by the Mayor and
Board of Alderman of the city of Tupelo
that the owner or occupant of each
house of any kind, fronting on Spring
street south of Jefferson street
and north Of w h e r e Spring
street crosses t h e K a City
Memphis and Birmingham Railroad line
and also of those fronting on Broadway
street south of where it is crossed by
Court street to where said Broadway
is crossedb by said rail road and al.o of
those fronting on Court street west of
where it is crossed by the Mobile and
Ohio Railroad and east of where it is
crossed by Broadway street and also of
those fronting on Main street west of
W1lGIC IL 10 CIOSSSQ ~ odlu IuOUiIC dhN
Ohio railroad line and east of where a
line drawn from the north west corner
of the new building of The Tupelo
Commercial Co. would cross said Main
street, and also of those fronting on
Troy street west of where same is cross
ed by the, Mobile and Ohio railroad
line and east of Broadway street be and
they are hereby required on or before
September 1st, 1905, to tear down and
move away any wooden iron or metal
awning which may now be constructed
across any side walk on any of the
parts of the streets above named and
are prohibited from hereafter erecting
any awning of any kind across any of
said side walks except as hereinafter
named.
Sec 2. That canvas awnings made on
iron frames which may be let up and
down and which when extended shall be
at least eight feet above the side walk
are the only kind of awning which shall
hereafter be allowed to be constructed
across any of such side walks on the
parts of the streets described in section
one hereof.
Sec 3. That any person violating any
provision of the above ordinance shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be
fined not less than five dollars nor more
than twenty five dollars.
The above ordinance was read previous
to it's passage, and considered section by
section, and votedo On section by section
a yea and nay vote being taken
and was unanimously adopted, at a
regular adjourned meeting of the May
or and Board of Alderman held at the
Mayors office, at Z o'clock P. M. Au-
| gust End 1905.
R. D. PORTER City Clerk.
w. d. ANDERSON Mayor.
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NOTICE ]. N. STONE CAMP.

All members Of J.. M. Stone Camp
are commanded to meet at the Court
House on the second Saturday III Au-
gust at2 o'clock Important matters to
come before the camp.
w. A. DUzIER, Commander.
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transit which may reach the city Of
Tupelo within three days from moons
July 30th, 1905.
Section 8. That any person, firm OF
corporation or railroad violating this
ordinance shall be subject toa fine of
not less than SIS. 90 nor more then 500. 90
in the indiscretion of the Mayor.
The above ordinance was read pre-
vious to its passage and considered
section by section, a yea and nay vote
was taken and unanimously adopted at
a regular adjourned meeting of the
Mayor and Board of Alderman at the
Mayors Office at A O'Clock p. M, July
29th 1905. w. d. ANDERSON, Mayor,
r. d. PORTER, City Clerk.
AN ORDINANCE-To amend section
two of an ordinance passed January
7th 1905 entitled an ordinance provid-
ing for the election of a clerk of the
Mayor and B Board of Aide r
men who is not an alderman and the
election of street commissioner and a
manager of the water and sewerage
plant, and providing that one person
shall hold all three of such places and
fixing the duties and compensation of
such offices
Be it ordained by the Mayor and
Board of Alderman of the city of Tupelo
that section two of an ordinance pass
ed January 7th 1905 entitled an ordinance
providing for the election of a clerk
of the Mayor and Board of Alderman.
who is not an Aldermen, and the cleo
ton of street commissioner and a
m n of the water and
sewerage plant, and providing that n
person shall hold all three of such places
and fixing the duties and compensation
of such officer which section reads as
follows.
That such clerk, street commissioner
and anage of the water and light
plants etc shall be elected by the
Mayor and Board of Aldermen for a
term of two years, but they shall have
the right to discharge him at any time
they may determine that his services
are unsatisfactory and he shall receive
as compensation for his service fifty
dollars per month, to be paid monthly,
and he shall execute bond payable to
the Mayor and Board of Aldermen in
the sum of one thousand dollars con-
ditioned for the faithful performance
of the duties of said officer, be and
the same is hereby amended so as to
read as follows. That such clerk, COM
missioner and manager of the water
and light plants etc. shall be electd
by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen
for a term of two years, but they shall
have the right to discharge him at any
they may determine that his ser
vices are unsatisfactory. and he shall
receive as compensation for his SER
seventy five dollars per. month,
to be paid monthly, and he shall ex-
ecute a bond payable to the Mayor and
board of Aldermen in the sum of one
thousand dollars conditioned for the
faithful performance of the duties of
said officer.
That for reasons satisfactory to the
Mayor and Board of Aldermen, this
ordinance shall be in force and take
effect from and after its passage.
The above ordinance was reduced to
writing and read over prior to its pass
age and was considered bysections and
was voted on by a yea and nay vote
all members present voting yea.
r. d. PORTER City Clerk.
w. ID. ANDERSON MavOr.
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For Sale.

One single buggy and harness: almost
new, having been used only two
months. Phone 81.
MRS. M. P. HENDERSON.
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it is manufactured into the wonderful
ly fine and glistening fabrics worn by
the Japanese royalty.
Mr.. Threedy will not be able to use
his farm much longer for this purpose,
for it already is seriously infested
with kind of weevil that soon de-
stroys the field when it becomes num-
erous, and which cannot be eradicated
by any means yet discovered. The
milkweed which he grows is the same
that is found wild all through this
country, but by skilful farming 1t is
made to reach height of ten feet and
bears husks that average about eight
inches in length and two inches in
diameter
These husks, containing the fiber
and seed. are not opened here. but
are dried slightly and then packed in
salt and shipped across the ocean.
Milkweed capnot be raised in Jap
an in quantities that amount to any
thing of Importance, for the weevil
long ago obtained SO strong hold
that it cannot be driven out. The
milkweed farming is profitable, and it
is to be regretted that some way can
not be discovered for discriminating
the weevil.-St. Paul Pioneer Press.
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Concrete for Farm Uses.

There are many ways in which con-
crete can be used on the farm and
that there ought to be more concrete
floors in barn buildings there is no
doubt. In making a floor of this kind
there need be 10 elaborate selection
of material, simply the best cement,
and small sharp stones in the
proper quantity. The foundation
ground should be hard and level.
Then make the mixture of sand and
cement, three parts of sand to one
part of cement. stirring the mass thor
oughly until it is uniform in color. 1t
is important that the sand and cement
be thoroughly mixed. Then supply
the stones and mix all again. There
should be about five times the bulk
of the cement in stones. Then fix a
tamper, having 1t full ten inches wide
each way; board nailed in the end
of three by three strip makes good
lamp, and pound the mass until the
water appears evenly on the surface.
Be careful in going over 1t the last
time and get it as level as you desire
it. Let the mass dry about five days
and it is done.-M. A. Morehead, in
The Epitomist.
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SAVING the Waste With Sheep.

There is always enough going to
waste on. farm to keep quite flock
of sheep, and so sheep saves such
waste and turns it into profit. A
sheep grower in a contribution to the
Sheep Breeder, out of his experience,
says:
1.-THE greatest advantage to be de-
rived from flock OF sheep on any or
binary farm is the use 1t may be put
to in the improvement of the land.
Any farmer may very profitably keep
a flock of sheep for the express pur-
pose of the Improvement of his fields,
without any direct profit from it 9th
erwise. In fact, it is possible to keep
a certain number OF sheep per acre
on an average farm to consume what
now goes to waste ON the fields, and
In the consuming OF it to make as
much income as may be made from
an average crop. An old grass field,
a worn-down cultivated field, any half
cleared land, may all be turned to
profitable use by feeding flock upon
any one of them. 1t is in this way that
sheep may be turned to an economical
use not possible by any other kind
of live stock.
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Fashion Notes.

overskirts in one form or another
are inevitable.
An alluring white suit has the jacket
faced with pink and green silk. la
Pompadour.
The latest in mourning handker-
chiefs has rather deep border in
fancy design.
1t is little early to talk of furs, but
dealers say the white sorts will be on
top for dressy wear.
The smartest French mourning hats
are of black crepe trimmed with folds
and bows Of white crepe.
Black patent leather slippers with
narrow rim of scarlet around the top
and little red bow in front art fetch
ing.
The favorite brooches are in an
tique designs, costly one representing
the old time flower basket. filled with
jeweled blossoms.
Skirts At more closely around the
hips. All the old time bunchiness and
gathering is gone. and the thing is
close. smooth finish.
| 1t is fad to have ones initials en-
broidered in tiny letters In the folds
of the lingerie waist. where they are
scarcely perceptible.
OF course, all broadcloth used is the
sort that was achieved a year or so
ago. robbed of all its old-time stiffness.
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Black is to be much worn, and the
fashionable woman aspires to at least
three gowns of that hue-one tailored
one for dinner and third for even
| ing.
Suits and separate coats. evening
coats and cloaks. and the prettiest of
beth afternoon and evening dresses
those with little air of dignity
about ther-are made Of it.
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The silo.


Last year l built a round silo 16
feet 4 inches in diameter, and 30 feet
high, and placed in it about seven
acres of hill corn from the shock cut
and blown into the silo, mixed as 1t
went in and wet down well. This made
125 tons of the best winter feed for
dairy cows that l ever saw.
We started feeding it to so COWS
and 10 head of young stock on Decem-
Der 1, and it was sufficient to last
them till March 10. The corn put in
this way furnished not only the rough
age but concentrates, and all that was
needed to balance the ration was
pounds of gluten meal and pounds
of wheat barn per day for each COW.
For dairy Of so cows two round
silos, each Is feet in diameter by 36
feet high should furnish enough for
the winters feeding and to carry the
stock through the dry time the next
fall In providing plenty of succulent
food of this nature for the dairy, milk
can be made better and cheaper and
more cows can be kept on the same
number OF acres.-Experience of JOS
eph Newman, Illinois Dairyman's AS
ISOLATION.
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Liver Trouble With Horses.

Horses are more frequently troubled
with indigestion and liver disease
than is generally supposed, and when
the latter trouble appears in young
horse it is usually inherited, hence all
the more difficult to cure. There. are
phases of indigestion, as in the human
family, but it is generally safe to treat
a horse suffering badly with chronic
dyspepsia on the supposition that its
liver needs stirring up. Oftentimes
the trouble gets so bad that it is i'm
possible to cure 1t fully, although 1t
may be greatly relieved by course
Of medicine and a strict diet, mean
time working the horse only lightly.
The standard remedy for liver trou-
BILE is two ounces of aloin and one
dram Of podophyllus made into pill.
Any druggist can put this up. Give
this dose every five or six days until
the bowels more freely. At the same
time give the horse daily 25 drops of
tincture of nux vomica on the tongue.
Six weeks or two months of this treat
ment should show a much improved
condition. Let the horse rest and be
on the pasture If possible during the
period it is taking medicine and see
that all the ration is of a laxative
nature. Should the medicine act too
freely on the bowels, reduce the dose.
indianapolis News.
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The Fashion Outlook for tsos.

The Fashion Outlook for 1906.
Most attractive are the designs for
the autumn and winter, and from pres
emit indications it would seem as
though the first fashions would not
require the modifying that has general
ly to be carried out in order to make
the styles becoming and not too con-
spieuous.
AS is always the case when the new
fashions are first exhibited, there is
much to admire, much to wonder at,
and something to criticise. Hats are
Still on the eccentric order. Sleeves
are, as it were, tentative of medium
size in many instances, or exaggerated
ly large or small size in others:
Again crinoline is threatened in the
width of the skirts, which, to the un-
initiated glance, seem surely to require
artificial means to hold them out.
The initiated realize, however, that
the wonderful cut and hang of these
skirts answer every purpose Of the
crinoline, and the flare is gained with
out it. When petticoats measure not
less than eight yards around the foot,
it is certain that the skirt Of the gown
must be of corresponding width; bue
both petticoat and skirt fit close
around the hips, and have the fulness
at the back in the becoming inverted
pleats.-Harper's Bazaar.
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Popularity of Beads.

A great deal may be done with
shoulder straps Of black velvet or COL
or, and with straps Of embroidery up
on satin or velvet made to sparkle as
much as possible, and to look like
some barbaric order. These, when
they are particularly handsome, should
be worn across one shoulder only, with
a long end hanging down the back. A
black gown in particular lends itself
to various Investigations OF appear
ance
A note of originality that may be
struck In the autumn evening toilette
Is by means of that most artistic of
dress byjuncts. the lace coat. 1t is ap-
propriate for afternoon as well, and
worn by a woman possessed Of a deli
cately graceful figure. looks absolutely
charming. Quite the loveliest lace
coat that l have seen lately was made
of white Brussels net, with broad
edging of darned embroidery, executed
In moonlight gray, white. and little
black floss silk. with plenty of spark
ling crystal and cleaning pearl en-
broideries upon it. From the Shout
ders hung long silk cords starting
from brandebourgs that crossed the
crown of each shoulder, and terminal
ed in tassels laden with pearls and
crystal strands.
The completely lace coat is always
lovely, and should be. of course. suf-
ficiently transparent to indicate sug-
gestion of the dainty robe beneath.
which should be made of some clinging
and very soft material like crepe de
chine, chiffon or minion de sole. The
coat is generally most becoming when
1t is of three-quarter length. and not
fitted to the figure except in q very
slight degree. 1t does not meet in
front but there discloses the full bebe
bodice of the underrobe. Flounces OF
lace set en- applique against the back
ground Of net or mousseline de sole
should finish the robe. and the rea-
son the lace should be arranged in this
manner is that fiuted frills and fiounces
would take away much Of the flowing
grace OF the robes appearance, which
should be classical in its simple lines
and folds.-London Mail.