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The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1908-11-13
THE BOYS AND
GIRLS CLUB MEET
On the 2Sth Inst. A Nice Line
OF Prices to be Awarded.
Big Attendance Expected

Boys Corn Club and the Girls
Domestic Science Club of Lee
County will meet at the court
house at ten O'Clock Saturday
morning the 28th inst. when the
prizes offered will be awarded to
those who have excelled.
The work was begun early ir
the year by Superintendent Clay
ton and in the Corn Club he en-.
rolled about seventy contestants.
The boys were furnished with
seed corn of the best variety and
given the directions furnished by
experienced demonstrators in the
growing of corn. At intervals
Supt. Clayton has furnished these
directions to each one of the boys
and where they were followed
good results were secured.
The boys have taken great in
terest in their experiments and
the contest will doubtless show
some verv fine results.
In the Domestic Science Club
there are also about seventy girls
enrolled. This club has for it's
object the improvement of the
home life of the families. Its
purpose Is to teach those things
that go to adorn and beautify the
home and to provide it with those
delicacies which add so much to
the every day menu. The young
ladies will furnish on the day of
the contest, samples of their
handiwork in the culinary de
partment and also artistic work
with the needle.
The occasion will bring togeth
er many of the friends of the
boys and girls who will lend en-
couragement to their first con-
vention by their presence.
Below is list of handsome priz-
es offered the members of these
clubs to be awarded on Nov. 18th.
| LARGEST YIELD PER ACRE.
1st Prize, $1,000 in gold by E.
P. Clayton, Supt.
End Prize, $3.50 B. R. No. 5
John Deere Plow by Trice Ray
mond Hardware Co.
3rd. Prize to be awarded to the
boy under Is years old, who
makes the most corn De. acre and
gives the neatest accountof same.
A $500 single barrel, breech load
ing shot gun by Lumpkin Hard
ware & Furniture Co.
4th Prize to the boy under Is
years old, who can and does give
tie most complete record of his
corn patch. S1.00 in ca sh by JOAN
Clark, cashier of Bank of Tupelo.
IL UNIFORM EARS.
1st Prize a $500 No 1O7 B. z.
Avery Big Boil plow by Asa w.
Allen Co.
End Prize, a fine Worth hat by
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1908-11-13

Mrs. Catherine Jones, the aged
grandmother of Mrs. Hawks, died at
the home of her granddaughter in this
city ON Monday evening at six O'Clock.
She had been i'll but few days anG
owing TO her extreme age she was a
easy prey to the malady that attacked
her. Mrs. Jones was a native of Ken
lucky and had reached the advanced
age of eighty six years. .
The funeral services were conducted
from the residence by Rev. M. H. Ar
mour Of the Christian Church. The in.
terment took place Tuesday afternoon
in Greenwood Cemetery.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1908-11-13
Notice to Holder. of Warehouse Cotton

All parties having cotton in the Farm
er's Union Warehouse at Verona for a
longer term than six months must come
forward and pay the charges to date.
If holder of this cotton desires to list it
to be sold through the Central office
thev must come forward and get new
receipts.
Nov. 7th. 1908.
j. D.MALLoRY, Business Mgr.
Verona, Miss.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1908-11-13

choking sound, and his wife has
tened to his side. She was too
late. Medical help was hurriedly
summoned, but the distinguished
man and statesman was beyond
the help of earthly ministrations.
Within fifteen minutes after
his death occurred the sad news
was promulgated over the city,
and his associates and friends of
the family hurried to the stricken
home.
Judge Calhoon was born Jan 2,
1888, in Brandenburg, Meade
county, Kentucky, the son of
George Calhoon and Louise Bran
denburg, and was of Scotch-Irisn
decent, and was approaching his
list birthday.
When he was scarcely 10 years
of age the parents of Judge Cal
hoon moved from Kentucky and
settled in Madison county, where
his early youth and young man
hood was spent, attending the
common schools of Canton until
he graduated. He subsequently
entered the Lebanon (Tenn) Law
School, where he read during 1854
and 1856, and afterwards took
up school teaching, reading law
at the same time, and when Is
years of age was admitted to the
bar by the then associate Justice,
Cotesworth Plnckney Smith.
Judge Calhoon's first public
service was as private secretary
to Gov. Melville, in 1857, and
the following year he became sec
retary of the state senate. He
became editor of the Yazoo Dem
ocrat in 1889, and then moved
to Helena, Ark, where he was in
newspaper work until his return
to Madison county in 1860. and
took up the practice of his profess
sion.
He enlisted in the Ninth Missis-
sippi in March, 1861, and served
the Confederacy from the first to
last, holding the rank of lieuten-
ant-colonel Of the Tenth at the
surrender.
He was associated in the prac-
tice of law here for many years
with Hon. Marceline Green, and
was always considered one of the
strongest lawyers at the state bar, |
and severed that connection
when appo, nted to the supreme
court by Gov. McLaurin, and wa3
about to complete his ninth year
the legal term of which woul
have ended May II, 1909.
Hemarried Margaret, daugI
of Gov. Melville. in Dece
1866. who survives him, u
living children. He i
brother, Hon. John Calhd
resentative in the pres
lature from Marshall
quite a large family
Nicely, the jewels
alarm clocks for 81.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1908-11-13

The Majestic Manufacturing Co., of
st. Louis, Mo-, will have man at
TRIcE-RAYMoND store all next week
who will show you how to bake biscuits,
brown, top and bottom, in three min
utes. Don't miss this chance of seeing
the great cooking wonder.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1908-11-13

Insurance economy is sometimes
practiced by buying thirty cent kind
for fortylnine cents, when the price of
the best is only fifty. Buy the be stand
have continuing indemnity. You get
it from Savery.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1908-11-13

Be sure and call at our store one day
ext week. -TRIcE-RAYMoND HARD
WARE co.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1908-11-13

Why buy cat in sack? At our ex-
hlblt next week we will show you a
Majestic in actual operation. -TRIcE
RAYMOND HARDWARE Co.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1908-11-13

Round trip to Savannah. Ca, Nov.
q to 25th, inclusive, good until Nov.
30, S17.65 via Frisco.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-03-27
Assumes the Responsibility.

New York Press: One of the most
i-nconsplcuous guests at the Vanderbilt
Szechenyi wedding was Miss Annah
Dillon Ripley, a comparative stranger
to the great majority present. but who
really started the International romance
by introducing Miss Vanderbilt to the
count. Miss Ripley is SO retiring by ma
ture that few knew of the part she
played as a matchmaker until a few
minutes after the ceremony the new
countess rushed to her impulsively and
honored her with hearty smacks on
both cheeks.
Even then the full story wa not old,
and 1t was only the other day that it
became a subject of society gossip. 1t
was in Rome that Miss Ripley present.
ed the count to the heiress. Miss Rip
ley and her mother. Mrs. Sidne Dillon
Ripley, long have been favorites in
Rome. and the Introduction came at a
time when a Belgian count was dane
ing attendance upon Miss Vanderbilt,
n not without encouragement. OF
course. when the match was arranged,
Miss Ripley was invited, and with her
mother she made the trip from Europe
especially for the wedding. They will
return in a few days, and one Of the
busiest rumors just at present is that
the young woman herself may yet wear
q title.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-03-27
GENERAL SLOCUM I'LL FATED
PLEASURE BOAT. NOW BARcE

New York. Special: Surrounded by coal
barges and ana boats, in the black and
odoriferous ooze of Gowanus canal, which
even a two weeks frost can never freeze
over, the lumber barge Maryland, former
ly the excursion steamboat General Slo-
sum. is discharging her cargo today.
The sharp bow of what once was a pop
ular pleasure craft is all that links the
Maryland to the vessel on which more
than a thousand lives were lost in one
of the most dreadful marine disasters in
the history of the world. Above the water
line. to which the General Slocum was
consumed by the flames off North Brother
island, everything is typical of the regu-
lation lumber barge.
On the after deck stands a pilot house
which is the home of the seven men who
constitute the Maryland's crew under Cap
tain Ben Joseph. A million feet of lum-
Der viii! hereafter be the cargo OF tho
il-fated excursion steamer converted into
a barge instead OF the thousands of happy
eXcursionists who Travelled on each trip
OF the old General Slocum between Man
haitian and Rockaway, or on the special
sunday school, excursions, one Of which
endsd IN such q tragic manner.
There's not much to be said about the
Maryland" sald Captain Joseph today
You sec all there's to her and sho'U 20
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-03-27

IN the service at the end of a hause,
anu be pulled along by a towboat. Az .
lumber barge the Maryland viii do ar.,
rare. The sharp bow and the low rail ="
which the fire on the General slonum
reached Is all that makes the harpa ,nnL
IKE the steamboat tina She once wa.
superst!tious? Not Il hi, OF 1t. The was.
and nell be careful and there'li he ~
it." " VIZ can nelp
Typical OF the ugly end tina. w,s ,er.
the converted General Slocum snenEoi 10
70 port from Baltimore the Other nI,h.
for the want of Il discharginp berth w..
one 'ifne excursion craft, with her m;11inn
leet OF lumber, lay at anchor off .ba
statue OF Liberty and not one NJ ny,
liaroor boats once took notice OF ,hei, Ola
eomrade of the bay. WV"
nc 'essei on which more than , ,bo,,-
st,hu men women and children lost their
lves' and which caused desolaiton To 49,
ureos OF homes. will end her DAYS going
up ana down the Atlantic const batwans
New York, Baltimore and Boston son.
day. In sl probability, when a hn,rinnno
snaps the hawser and the seas wash 800
me deck load of lumber, the erstwhtl.
General Slocum will find her nnaI her.S
IN water a good deal deeper than an. ev..
saisd during her e1isteuee "a An sve,,~
,e!oa craft. ~ eAcoss
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-03-27
Half ~"Hydraphoby."

Philadelphia Public Ledger: I waa
down In q little southern town the 9TH
er day." said a commercial traveller.
where q new system OF waterworks
had Just een Installed. All the drink
ing water for the town was pumped In
from an artesian we'll on the outskirts
OF the town. The Inhabitants were i'm
mensely proud ef their new water, and
at every place I stopped I was urged to
take q drink OF II. being assured at the
same time with great impressiveness
that 1t had been analysed and found
to be half hydrogen This mystic ex-
preston seemed to have a strange fas-
ctnation for most OF the citizens.
Finally I stopped at the town pump
in the middle OF the squar in front Of
the county court house. and as I
worked the pump handle I thought
would n out Whit an old negro lean
Ing against = tree near by would say,
"'Uncle.' I said, Is this good water?;
"'Sho?!' he replied with enthusiasm
wy. san. dat water Ia done been
scan'lyzed on found ter be ha'f hydra
phOby, sah2'"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-03-27
Working Women in GERMANY.

The government inspectors report
that year before last 5s3,31O grown
women were earning wages in the in
dustries of Prussia-120,3 1853 of them in
the textile industries, I1,I13 in making
linen n underclothing. 54,S0U in
chemical cleaning, 36,69S in cigar maxi
ing. 26.448 in metal working, 24,41S in
the manufacture Of machine tools, in
Industries mentioned" says the report.
1.-The greatest increase in the employ
ment of female labor is found in min
Ing and the Photographic industry" Most
Of these -wage-earning ome work 10
hours a day, but in some OF the textile
mills. In the sugar and jam factories.
and in the bricklaying concerns, the
rule is II hours.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-03-27
The Reward of Altruisrn.

Harper's Weekly: Smith. the railroad
agent at a suburban station is n vest
ern city, saved the life of a dignifed
gentleman waiting for a train by pull
ing him back from in front of a
through train on another track. The
dignihed gentleman lost all his dignity
for a moment and was much confused.
but not so much as TO forget that
something was due to the agent. Fol-
lowing r. grateful impulse, he thrust
his hand into his pocket, and, dra wing
it forth. exclaimed:
Man, you've saved my life; here's
half a dollar"
"oh, I never ake payment for a
thing like that" answered Smith, "a
he turned to attend to the duties OF the
moment.
But man. you must, you saved my
life. Have a cigar. anyway"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-03-27
How to Surrender Forgotten.

Judges Library: In a saloon in
Holyoke, where negroes are very scarce,
an Intoxicated Irishman objected to
the presence Of a colored gentleman,
and made an insulting remark about
the "nager."
He Of the stove polish hue became In
dignant n gave Pat a volume Of talk
hat made him mad. and instead Of
apolog1zing. as was demanded OF him,
no took off hiB coat and rolled up his
sleeves to his elbows. saying that no
mayer that ever lived could lick him:
The colored M was calm. and though
showing no fear of Pat. said to him:
III wa mus fight let's agree that
when OF us has enough. to say 'suf-
dciency.'"
"All right" says Pat. walking all
around his adversary. waiting for tho
fray to start.
They went at 1t. and two-thirds of the
time It looks ~ though Pat was in
for a trimming. The battle waged for
half an hour and Pat looked hors de
combat when. to the surprise Of all
tho colored man gasped "sufncfency!"
7 bloody old mayer" said Pat, II
the last tin minutes"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-03-27
ONE OF ABE L|NC0lN'S
HOMELY EXPRESSIONS
Wished to Know When the
Cattle Would Be
Fed.

Columbus, Ind, special to the Indian
apolis News: Joseph J.. Irwin. hank and
tnterurbsn line president, OF this city, tells
a Lincoln story which has never been
published before. The story illustrates the
, fondness Lincoln had for homely express
sions.
Mr.. Irwin wss called to Danviile, ILL.,, on
business in 1853. He had been following
tho debate between Stephen "A. Douglas
and MIR. Lincoln carefully, and he firmly
believed then that Mr.. Lincoln was one
of tho coming great men of the nation.
He remained over night IN Danville, and
after coming from his room in the hotel
to the office on the next morning he
picked up q Danville paper and noticed q
personal" TN personal said: "a Lin
coin Is In town today" Mr.. Irwin was
alert at once because he wished to see
the man he had ollowed 10 closely during
the debates mentioned.
When he made inquiry OF the clerk at
The hotel the official pointed to a man
standing near MIR. Irwin and explained
that the man was Abe Lincoln. In a
short time breakfast YVES announced and
Mr.. irwin followed closely after Mr.. Lin
coin when the latter went to the dining
room. Mr.. Irwin obtained a seat next to
the man who was soon to be president and
he listened carefully to every word said
between lincoln and a friend at the meal.
The rugged strength, tho clear. I'M
hinching eyes, the firm set OF the mouth
all these things and more, made Mr.. Irwin
believe he had not Judged the man wrong
when he read his speeches in the news
papers. and he decided he was q coming
man.
~ h day were Or Mr. Irwin kept Mr..
Lincoln In view Ga much az possible, and
at length he returned to the hotel. Sew
eral men were standing on the hotel porch
when Lincoln came VI. He was evidently
hungry and wished TO know II the noon
meal was bou ready to be served. Plac.
ing one booted foot on the porch he leaned
against q post, and as a smile overspread
his face. he asked. well when are they
going to feed the cattle?" Everybody
laughed and Mr. Lincoln went in to din.
Nor,
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-03-27
Fixed,

Harper's Weekly: One Of the local
officials of Chicago tells OF a plumbers
apprentice who, on his way to work
one morning. called at the office of the
health authorities and made known his
wish to register his ather's death.
When the clerk asked the date of the
demise. the son replied:
H amt dead yet; but he will be be-
fore night. l thought it would save me
now"
THAT won't do at ALL" said the clerk
Perhaps your father will live for a
long while yet"
We'll. don't know" responded the
apprentice doubtfully. The doctor
has given him."
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-03-27
An Old Soma.

AN Oto song.
When all the winds are mellow In thu
glad sprinE-time Wv
And bank and fell and ALLOW blossom.
laden,
When every breath's q song and every
laugh like rhyme, ~
Sing hey, the day for youth to NEE, .
maideni
Then out amid the morning.
Let wisdom waste her warning
Well laugh. Dear Heart. and sing. Dear
Heart. through all the golden day!
Red lips are such a treasure
As only love can measure
When all the world L. merry In the month
Of May,
When all the dark Is hollow ana n.
wind blows cold ~
And down tho west tho tawny sun 1.
sinking,
sing no. he nights a noble time for
drinking!
Then drown the wizard sorrow,
Tonight from death we borrow
Well laugh. good friends. and q Rood
friends. until the dawn OF dayi
Let song and wine remind us
OF loves we left behind US
When ell the world 10 merry in the month
of May!
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-03-27
tcontiaued Next w.eky
Reading the Paper.

Ma reads the "woman's Column" an
about the "Women's Clubs"
An sister reads the Beauty Hints an
of the social dubs.
in baseball.
races, fights an all.
But pa skips all o, that. you bet. m puts
In his best ticks
politics.!
Ma reads the advertisements. an she goes
out bargain days"
An comes home tired out, but, Jest the
same. she SEE 1t pays.
An sis looks in the paper fer the hsadtn'
"Theaters;'
They,a other things she reads. but that's
Sometimes I read the "nsht BY rounds'
when there has been q mix.
but politics!
An uncle reads about the crops an what
Fer s sHa p'G Spmper h.rve.t.. fer he. in
An auntie SEE the "Hone and Hsafh.
department AXE her eye.
'Cux there she gifts the new receipts for
maxim cakes an pie.
An Cousin Henry reads the Poultry
News"-he's rafsin' chicks
But pa don't care q durn fer anything
but politics!
An f s,ss.s IN 5es sS. tss story that's CON
An nan'ma reads the sermons. an r.
members ev'ry text.
She hunts the daily puzzle" up an sits
there half the night
A-fgurin' the answer an she a1lus Etts
It right.
We have to give the paper up to pa from
five to six
'Cuz he comes home to supper then an
jest reads politics!
The column called House Beautiful' ma
SEE She most enjoys;
The Juvenile Department" is the bully
thing fer boys.
An then there is the Art News"-sister's
interested there.
But fer the Fashion Notes they print
ma doesn't seem to care.
An as fer pa. he wishes that the editors
would fix
Things IN the paper SO they'd prin. {.
e. A. Brin,nstool.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-03-27

ty little girl, a western millionaire's
daughter, to be presented to him.
The little girl. in the course of one of
her many delightful chats with the
aged statesman, said:
Tell me, won't you senator, what DO
litical economy 50"
Political economy. my dear child"
Senator Platt replied, lis the art or
never buying more votes than you
actually need"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-03-27
THE cHLsAPLAd FLAG

London. Special: The flag of the
American frigate Chesapeake cap
tured in her fight with the British
Crigate Shannon in 1919, which belonged
to the late T. G. Middlebrook, who had
bought it at a sale. was sold at auction
through a dealer to w. x. Vanderbilt,
who paid $4,25O for it.
The auction rooms were crowded
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-03-27

when the Chesapeake's old flag was
put up for sale. 1t hung in tattered
and faded folds. threadbare and pierced
by bullet holes. Its appearance was
greeted with a hearty cheer. Apparent
ly a part of the flag is missing. for.
thouhg 1t displays the is stars, only one
white and one red stripe remain.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-03-27

Mrs. Carl Muck, wife Of the new d.
rector of the Boston symphony orches-
ira, Is so fond Of America that she saws
she has NJ desire to return 10 Berlin.
She contempsAtee taking several courses
at Radcliffe In the e future. ana II
her husband remains here, may 10 n
for Q dekr0N.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-03-27

economies!
Gotabug-oh! 1 don't know. An UNI
brellas isn't any good until 1t Is
used up"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-03-27
A New Definition.

Cincinnati Enquirer: A rather cyni-
ca joke has been recently credited to
Senator Plat.
The senator on his last visit to the
Manhattan Beach hotel, allowed a pref
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-03-27

The London street merchants are put
out OF business on a foggy day. ana
their lost business mounts to Sic. DON.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-03-27

about: Cannot you remember wnsr
we are nor which way the river should
be? IL the dawn were come. w could
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-12-16
DOCTQR DECLARES ELECTR0CUTED
MAN CAN Be BROUGHT BACK To LIFE

II is also expected that this will show
If death was instantaneous, as advo-
Gates Of the electric chair aver to be
the case.
"Dr. Gibbons of New York has as
serted that electricity does not kill
convict, and that the men put in
the chair die under the surgeons
knife in the autopsy or in the quick
lime in which they are buried" Coun-
ty Physician Scanned said in discuss
ing the project. 81 intend to find out
whether that is true, and l have in
yited Dr. Mackenzie to assist me fol-
lowing the next execution of the death
sentence in the state prison here"
II the two physicians should sue
ceed in resuscitating Mantassanna, or
any other convict, nice legal ques-
ton will be raised. Officially he will
be declared dead before the current
- turned off Therefore he will have
paid the full penalty for his crime,
and II he can be restored to conscious
ness he cannot be subjected to the
current again. There are many per-
sons here including the officials, who
say the state will not permit the coun-
ty physician to carry out his proposed
experiment.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-12-16

Trenton. y. j., Dec. John
Nantasanna, Of Essex county is to
have novel Chistmas gift, If the
newest project inspired by Jersey jus
tice is successful.
John is alleged TO have committed
q murder, and just for that he is un-
der sentence to be electrOcuted at the
state prison next week. But DR..
Frank Scanned, county physician, and
DR.. Thomas Mackenzie, prison physi-
clan. harbor doubts as 10 whether
electrocution really sends victim 10
that bourne from which no man re-
turneth Therefore. II permission can
be secured and John doesn't get a
stay, they viii try 70 resuscitate him
after he has been duly executed.
The experiment viii be undertaken
In order 70 prove or disprove the the
ory Of scientists that the infliction Of
capital punishment by electricity only
stuns the victims who are later kill
ed by the surgeons knife during the
autopsy or by the quicklime In which
the bodies Of murderers are buried.
At all previous executions Of sen-
tences the autopsies have been per-
formed by DR.. +. A. $. Spitzka, Of
Philadelphia. Next time however, DR..
Scanned. the county physician, will
insist on being allowed 10 take pos
session OF the body. With the assist
ance Of DR. Mackenzie, he will then
apply the methods Of resuscitation
known to medical science. II the ex-
pertinent fails an autopsy will be per-
formed TO determine the effect Of the
electric current on the human body.