The Bolivar County Democrat., 1906-09-22
LOCAL NEWS.
W. T. Bush of clarksdale is registered
a TIT


Malcolm Scott was a Friars Point
visitor last Monday.
Mr.. Bonner Richardson has been on
flying trip TO Greenwood
Mrs. Chris Walker and children OF
Shaw are visiting Mrs. Yerger.
Mr. NJ A. Darby is again in the city,
after travelling for a few days.
Mr.. W. G. Hardee was in Gunnison a
couple III days during the week
Mr.. +. NJ. Scott was the guest OF Mr.
Kirk in Gunnison last Wednesday.
Patients at the Kings Daughter
Home are on the road 10 recovery.
Mr.. X. y. Jackson, of Benoit, made a
business trip to Memphis this week.
Mr.. Allen Gary made another OF his
HbusIness' trips to Friars Point last
Sunday.
Mrs. w. X. Carroll, of Gunnison, wa
business visitor in Memphis lev
days this week.
Mr.. Hugh Gary returned to the Uni
yersity OF Mississippi Wednesday, where
he is studying law.
Misses Zoe and Lena Roberts re
turned to Higbee, where they will at
tend school this year
Mr. Jerry McBroom LETT Monday 10
Trenton, Tenn, and will enter nearby
college for the 1867 term.
.Uncle Charlie" Christmas went t.
Memphis the first of the week, where h
spent several days with friends
Mrs. Lulu Jones and little son Leroy
have returned from Biloxi and are vel
coined home by their many friends.
Mr.. John Kirk accompanied his daugh-
ter, Miss Mary, to Memphis last Mon
day, on her way to college at Nashville
Tenn.
Messrs. DuBose CLANCY and Joe Gill
hSve returned to Jefferson Military Col
leee, where they will attend college this
year.
The RosedaIe school opened last Mon
day with good attendance, and the
prospects are bright for very success
full session.
Messrs. Blair and Oglesby of Tupelo
old school chums of Hugh Gary, were
visitors in our city a few days during
the past week.
While in Memphis we met Messrs. l.
F. Garrett and Robert MeLemore, old
Rosedale boys. Mr.. Garrett has been
quite sick, but is improving now.
There is no doubt that the people
need a public road between Rosedale
and Gunnison. The question Is: How
are We going to get it?
Mr.. H. S. Morton, of Gunnison, is Wis
iting relatives and friends at Pickens
this week and sowing crop OF Scott
seed in that section that will bring
forth an abundant harvest.
The young men of Rosedale gave a
very delightful dance at the City Hall
Friday night. O'Bryant's orchestra from
Greenvlle furnished the music
The gins are running steadily now
cotton is rolling in every day, the Of
mill is grinding seed, the compress has
begun to squeeze the bales, and business
in all lines is rapidly improving.
A small blaze last Sunday morning
created some little excitement. The
Misses Montgomery's residence caught
fire, but the promptness and efficiency
of the fire company prevented serl-
Gus fire.
Mr.. J. A. Eddins, manager OF the
Refuge Oil Mill, of this city, has been
out several days hustling for seed for
the mill. He is a hustler, pays tht
highest price and is getting the business
Mr.. w. B. Roberts return I'd home a
few days ago from the lake shores, hay-
ing spent the heated season delightfully."-
at various summer resorts IN Northern
Illinois and Michigan. His family re-
turned fortnight ago
The northbound Riverside train was
DELAYED almost four hours last Monday,
on account of freight wreck few miles
north of Lula Several Rosedale, Gun
nison and Benoit people We're aboard the
train. which did not reach Memphis un-
til 9:55 pm.
There is no question that the cotton
crop in this section has deterorated
greatly during the past month. Some
very well-informed observers say that
it has fallen off fully one third and very
few planters have anything like the
crop promised few weeks ago.
Rosedale will be one of the best cot
ton markets in the Stote this season
All our old cotton buyers are with Us
this year and in addition there are sew
eral new firms. SO a spirited competi-
ton for business will give our planters
as good prices as can be given any place
in the State. Bring your cotton to this
city.
We understand that the Ward Lum
Der Company has decided not to resume
business at this point. and that Mr.
Moore will join his family IN New or
leans. This is splendid point for
mill and no doubt some new company
will come in. 1t is said that the Ware
Lumber Company want to sell theil
plant.
The editor of the Democrat was II
Memphis several days this week OF
business. Memphis is funny KIND o
town in some ways. We landed in thai
burg on Monday, and if we had not JUS
naturally known better, we would hav'
thought it was Saturday, judging iron
the crowds on the streets. Knowing
that it was Monday and not Saturday
we asked a policeman where the circus
was. and he said Kalamazoo, so far a.
he knew-there was none in Memphis
at that time. He said, however, thai
there were numerous theaters, though
giving performances every night, ant
then we understood why there was suci
a crowd i'll town.
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