The Tupelo journal., 1906-04-27

NlNESgA .
Mrs. Cossitt of Blue Mountain is Wis
iting her daughter, Mrs T.. + Mabry,
this week.
j. L. Bevill went to Memphis Thurs
day to make purchases of summer
| goods, etc.
We are pleased to announce that DR..
J. T. Kirk. late of New York City, has
located in Tupelo and will conduct an
up-to-date pharmacy in the Blair build,
ing on Main street. DIR. Kirk is an old
graduate in the New York School Of
! Pharmacy, where for tic past fifteen
years he has been engagelin the phar-
maceutical Business, attaining to the
highest degreo in his profession. He
is a native Miss;ssippia1, and being
seized with a longing for his "native
soil" after years of absence, decided
to pull up anchor and return, selecting
Tupelo as his future home. He is a
most affable and courteous gentleman,
Of the true Southern type. and we wei
come him as . citizen afn}ng US.
The reception given on Tuesday after
noon by Mrs. Richard Coffee in honor of
her sisters, Ms w. 7. Lyon and Miss
Marshall, who are visiting her, was a
most charming and delightful affair.
In the hall the guests were met by Miss
Milan and Miss Louise Frazer and serv-
ed with grape punch. Receiving in-the
parl0r were Mesdames Coffee, Lyon,
Mullen and Miss Marshall, all hand
somely gowned. Mesdames Raymond
and Brown invited the guests into the
dining room where delicious strawberry
cream and waters was served. The
table was gorgeously adorned with pink
roses and handmade lace over pink.
Soft pink streamers extended from the
chandeliers to the n of the table.
A large number of guests were present
during the afternoon.
i Little Miss Elizabeth Robins cele-
brated her sixth birthday in a manner
which will be pleasantly remembered by
the large number of her friends who
were present on the happy occasion.
The party began at four O'Clock and a
gay time was spent playing games on
the pretty lawn. An amusin contest,
pinning on Buster Browns tie, was
held and little Miss Kathleen Bonner
won the prize. After the games
{ the guests were invited into the spacious
: dining room where delicious ices, cakes
and confections were served. The TIA
!, BILE was beautifully decorated with soft
: pink tulle battenburg lace over pink
and masses of pink roses. The birth
day cake was lighted with six tapers,
one for each year. The little hostess
was the recipient of many pretty and
dainty presents At six O'Clock the lit
5 tie folks departed wishing Elizabeth
many happy returns of the day.
t Lexington entertained q fertilizer
drummer last Saturday in the person
of Mr.. j. B Mansfield, who came rep
: ~resenting a fertilizer factory at Tu-
5 pelo, Miss, and was billed to talk to
: the farmers at l O'Clock p. M, on the
subject of fertilizers. Mr.. Mansfield
is a Young man and one who under
:, stands his business. His talk abounded
!. in valuable information relative to farm
products and fertilizer. After telling
!, the farmers some valuable things con
: nected with the preparation of the soil,
:. the cultivation of cotton and the
wise selection, purchase and use of fer
tilizeis. Mr. Mansfield said: "In con
5 ~clusion let me say; don't depend en-
trey on your cotton crop. Rather
: look upon it as a by product OF the
: farm. Diversity your crops, rotate II
! possible. Ifyou can command a good
: sale for truck, ETC., grow it in prefer
? ence to any Prepare the soil at the
5 proper time, pillow and harrow it well,
{ see that the land is well drained, don't
let up until the condition is perfect.
Study the different stages OF the crops.
, Remember the plant foods necessary to
: produce stalks, leaves, fruit, etc., fer
!, tilize literally, use it at the proper
, time; use the right kind-the fertilizer
!. which is easily d~ecomposed. You reed
: decomposition at once, not a year from
!, now We had the luck of meeting
: Mr.. Mansfield and it affords US pleas
ure to state hat he placed with Scales
!, & Beaslev, the Lexington Hardware
!. and Furniture Company, a a lead OF
, his fertilizer. an advertisement OF
! which is in The Progress
lTenn.) Progress.