The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1907-01-11
Hround Durant.

am so very busy this week had
thought of not writing but tho folks
Just keep on getting married and go.
ing and coming, etc, till | just can t
help telling about it,
Mr. Charles BuSsey and Miss Lille
Stevens were united in marriage at
the home of the brides father near
Castalian Springs, Sunday evening.
May happiness attend their wav.
One of the A. d NJ hoys on return
ing to school since Christmas, writes
Somehow ! cant sleep as OF yore, {"
and further states that he never was
that way before, This insomnia is
mystoriously connected with u box OF
lovely flowers that made its way to
college and also with the memory OF
pair of forget me not eyes,
Mr.. Edgar Spell has bought part
of the b. w. Moore place near Cas-.
Italian Springs, and Mr. b. G. SETTLER
was out from Lexington Monday es.
tablishing the lines, Messrs. SETTLER
and le'l beng near the home of Mr..
r, N. Russell at the noon hour, took
dinner with him and his family, their
company being highly enjoyed.
Master Clyde Wherry, who has boen
sick so long, is at last slowly, but
surely, | hope, convalescing. dc is
now at the home of his aunt, Mrs. G..
r. Dicken, Jr,, in Durant
Mr., T. ]. Wherry, who is for moth
ing il not for improvement, is having
some new outhuildings erected and ID
remodeilng his residence.
| Mpu low Mnu'u f,xo -, 4
daughter have moved from Durant 10
the place near Mr. jeff Wherry's.
recently purchased by him from Mr..
Lotion Cooper,
A much esteemed and oldtime ac.
quaintance, Mr. N. A. Mott, of Yagoc
City,b was in Durant Tuesday, the
guest during part of his stay of Rev.
j, I, Lew,s. Mr.. Mott is ono of the
great Sunday school workers of the
state, The beloved DR. H II. Sproles
met his congregation with timel,
message on last Lord = day You have
all heard that competition is the life
of trade and you have seen also
through tho Advertiser how S. =. tells
in glowing terms of the learning OF
Bowling Green, and am not denying
that what he says is true, but there
are others and If some Of the rest OF
US do not go into business in The way
of giving our schools. teachers ant
| pupils little write uu' occasional
| ly business will become dull for oul
/ esteemed correspondent. s. ~, fol
lack of competition, For my own part
IN not sufficient fer q ,yFits9 M \
4 Jnt ] w1ll say that Durant school has
in its principal, Prof. kmbrough and
his corps OF teachers, educators second
to none in this and adjoining counties,
if in the state and our school il send
ing out to the different colleges some
boys and girls of sterling worth Prof,
! kimhrongh stated the other day that
the eleventh grade is doing excellent
work this term and the other grades
are sending in good reports. All
honor to teachers every where, they
are noble band | know that S. s.
does not mean that his native heath
has all the good things in the way of
educative forces and / know too that
he is generous to a fault and he will
be willing to share the honors with the
rest OF rs but we will have to let him
know that there are donors to share.
1t is true that intellect and culture do
not always remain in hiding, but
there is nothing like singing the
praises of your community now and
| then.
The scripture reference that gave
last week for the benefit of the jhaadon
correspondent, should have been John
l-14 instead of John H.
With hearty good wishes.
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