The Tupelo journal., 1908-07-10
CRISP NEWSY PARAGRAPHS
Concerning our Friends and Neehbors What they are
Doing, Saying and Thinking, Where they are
Going and When they are Coming.

P. D. Lawrason has returned from
Red Bay, Ala. where he reports fine
business in Kimball organs. Dame Ru-
NOR has it he will be going farther
East, shortly, where Cupid has been
busy.
8lockton Coal for everybody. Call
us up.
SIMS-DILLARD COAL co.
During the picnic season japanese
lanterns and paper napkins will be
needed. We have big stock of the
most beautiful ones, made.-P. X. +.
Co.
FOR RENT-One room. For partic~
ulars apply to
MRS. w. E. MATTHEW'S.
Rev, Jas. Cunningham, the popular
presiding elder of the Grenada district,
spent a day or two the guest of rela-
tives this week. Mr.. Cunningham is
one of the leading young ministers of
the North Mississippi Conference.
Why use kindling to start your fire
when you can buy Coal that absolute
ly will burn with match. Call at our
office and try it for yourself.
SIMS-DILLARD COAL co.
The state board has announced the
banks that will be used as state depos-
itories and three of our banks were
named: The Peoples Bank and Trust
Co., First National Bank and the Bank
of Tupelo.
Mr.. T. E. Gordon of Baldwin was
In Tupelo Wednesday and called around
to pay his subscription for 1908. Mr..
Gordon reports good crop both corn
and cotton on his farm near Baldwin,
which is one of the finest in north
Mississippi.
Mr.. J. j. Roberts, of Auburn, was
There tuesday, and dropped in to settle
his subscription account with the Jour
nal. Mr.. Roberts reports crops in ra-
Their unfavorable condition in his Sec
ton, much of the land being greatly
damaged by the recent overflow.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Monaghan enter
tanned the Wesley Sunday School at
their last quarterly business and Social
meeting. A pleasant afternoon was
Spent and a fine report given. This
class was organized last October with a
membership of twenty one and now
numbers seventy. At the close Of the
meeting Mrs. Monaghan served delic-
ious refreshments.
Messrs. Will Payne, Sam Scribner,
jim Hanson and William Reedy of
Allensb urg came up Monday for the
purpose of seeing the Board of Educa-
ton to get the public school located in
their district at point most accessible
and convenient to the patrons. The
Board, however will not meet until the
Fourth Monday in this month.
At the monthly meeting of the dir
ectors of the First National Bank a
semi-annual dividend of percent was
| declared and the remainder of the half
year earnings were carried to the sur
plus account. The showing made by
this old and substantial institution is
very satisfactory to the stockholders
and gratifying to the officers and d.
rectors.
Hon. George H. Hill, Jr., is this
week in Denver as a delegate from
the First congressional district. Mr..
Hill is an ardent supporter Of Mr..
Bryan but up to the time of leaving
he had not fully determined on choice
for the presidency. The honor
of representing the dictrict in a nat
ional convention is a distinction that
Mr.. Hill should and does appreciate.
Mess. J. NJ Clark, M. C. Yancy, A.
G. Jackson and Oscar Vaughn were
before the board of supervisors for
the purpose of getting an order
through authorizing the Chiwappa
Swamp Lands district to raise by
assessment more funds with which to
widen the channel of the creek. While
the present channe is bringing good
results by draining the adjacent lands
the landowners have decided to get
better results by widening the channel.
At a meeting of the directors of the
Peoples Bank and Trust Co., the past
week stock dividend of 20 percent
was declared. This last dividend
makes total Of So percent dividends
paid the stockholders of the bank since
its organization four years ago.
This is certainly fine showing show
ing for the institution. 1t was de
termined by the board of directors to
increase the capital stock from SIS, 900
to 500, 900.