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The Tupelo journal., 1908-01-24
Mai. w. G.. Gibson,

On Wednesday morning at a O'Clock
Maj w, G. Gibson breathed his last at
his home in this city after an illness of
several months duration. For several
years he had been in poor health and
WITH his three score years and ten, he
grew more feeble until he a constant
" confned to the house. With infinite
patience he bore his sufferings, calmly
awaited the end which he realized was
near, and with the fortitude and resig-
nation of the christian he quietly pass
ed into the beyond. Maj. Gibson was a
native of Tennessee. having been rear
ed near Paris. He was prominent in
affairs of his state before the war and
was a close friend and intimately asso-
ciated with Isham G. Harris and men
of prominence during the days before
and during the war. He was a brave
Confederate soldier and served with
honor in that great conflict. After the
war he moved to Pontotoc County
where he resided twenty years, moving
into Lee County and settling near Shan
non From there he came to Tupelo
and has resided here for the past fifteen
years. He was a man of a big heart and
a generous nature.
He was the soul of honor, a southern
gentleman of the old school. His home
was known everywhere for it's open
handed hospitality. He was a true
friend, a kind neighpor, a noble,
honest man. Maj, Gibson was a wild
over for many years. He was the ia
Their of two daughters, one dying ten
years ago, a sweet lovely girl whom he
idolized. The other was afflicted and
his life was devoted to nursing and
caring for her. The love between the
father and daughter was beautiful and
when she was taken he could never be-
come reconciled to the loss; and ever
and anon he recalled her beautiful life
ana his greatest pleasure was in recit-
ing incidSnts of her childhood and
christian life. A sister Miss Kate Glib
son has been the sharer of his joys and
sorrows all these years, and upon her
he depended for the care of the home
and the comfort and consolation which
he needed in his old age. How well
the sister measured up to every thing
required of her is well known to every
one who has known her and has watch
ed her daily life.
The funeral took place Wednesday
afternoon from the residence, Rev.
Felts of the Methodist church conduct
ing religious services at the house. The
body was laid to rest by his Masonic
brethren who conducted the Masonic
service at the grave.
To the aged sister who is left behind |
we tender u coincidence in this time
of her great bereavement.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-01-24
TRUSTEES SALE NOTICE.

SA0S wv ASA
Pursuant to the provi ions of a GER
tain Deed Of Trust executed by j. T..
Dickerson OIL the LIST day of January
A. d. 1907, to cur certain indebt-
edness therein mentioned to R. S,
Payne and transferred June II 1907 to
the Peoples Bank and Trust Co. which
Deed of Trust is duly recorded in the
Chancery Clerks office of Lee County,
Mississippi, in Deed Record Book.
No. 70, page 1879, | will, as Trustee in
said Deed of Trust, on the tenth day
of Feby. A. D. 1908, at the Court
House, Tupelo, Miss. within legalh hours
offer for sale, at public outcry, to the
highest bidder for cash, the following
described property:
Two acres of land in Block 40 in the
town of Tupelo, according to the Har-
riS q Thomson survey & more partic-
ularly described as follows: Commenc-
ing on Franklin St. in the south west
corner of said block and run due north
along the Street, the street leading
from Franklin St, to Park Lake, to the
lot sold Ben and Ann Simmons by Mrs.
r. A Phillips and then due east to a
point Immediately north of a magnolia
tree inside J.. N. Francis yard and
near and on the west side of his resi-
dence and from there South to Frank
lin St. thence west to said point of be-
ginning and enough land lying east of
above line by magnolia tree and north
of j, N. Francis garden and lot to
make out the two acres. Being all of
lot 40, except that part owned by J..
N. Francis. Ben Simmons and City of
Tupelo in Aug, 1905. All in N. E.. / of
Sec. 81, T.9. R. 6. E. Tupelo, Lee
County. Miss.
Such title conveyed as is vested in
me as Trustee aforesaid.
This 18th day Of January, 1908,
WILL KELLY Trustee,
j. M Thomas Attorney.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-01-24
Frazer-Strain.

On Tuesday afternoon at folr o'clock
at the home of the bride in this city,
there was solemnized a marriage that
joined together the hearts and hands
of two of Tupelo's most prominent and
popular young people, when Miss Lee
ola Strain was led to the altar by Will
liam Harry Frazer.
The beautiful home on Main street
had been deliberately and tastefully
decorated for the occasion with palms
and potted plants that gave a charm
which reminded one of the early spring.
To the tune of Mendelsohn's Wedding
March, rendered by Messrs Biagi and
Steinberger and Mrs. Elizabeth Harris,
the bridal party entered the parlors in
the following order: Misses Christine
Clark and Hattie Lee Hood, brides
maids, followed by Miss Louise Frazer
maid of honor, Then came little Dor,
othy Strain, the sweet little daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. R. G, Strain, bearing
the ring upon a silver tray. Here the
bride and groom entered aud closed the
semi-circle which the bridal party
formed, facing the minister, Rev A o
Price. The ring ceremony was said by
the minister, the soft notes of Josalyn. S
Lullaby from the cornet of Mr. Biagi,
all the while adding their sweetness to
the impressive scene and ceremony,
Following the hearty congratulations
and we'll wishes that were showered
upon the newly welded couple, deli
cious refreshments were served.
The bride is the beautiful, accom-
plished and lovely daughter Of Mr. j H
Strain and has flleda prominent part
in social circles since her debut. = The
groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs J R
Frazer and is engaged in the cotton bu-
siness at Clarkesdale. Miss. lie stands
high in both social and business circles.
Mr. and Mrs Frazer left the same af-
ternoon tor Clarkesdale, where they
will make their future home. We eX.
tend our best wishes.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-01-24

Miss AunIe Laurie Dabbs lis now al
Drake University, Des Molnes Iowa,
where she is a pupil in the Conserv,
atory of Music. The conservatory is
n of the best in this country and Miss
Dabbs will improve the very fineoppor-
tnnities afforded her. Shells a musician
III talent and has already won honors
ia her work
The Tupelo journal., 1908-01-24
CRISP NEWSY PARAGRAPHS
Concerning ouT frIeGdS aHd ~nsieh.uFs, What sAs, aie
yO.Ag, saying dl0 lnlnNirg, where they are
Going and When they are Coming.

Mr.. j. H. Ledyard. the popular
president and general manager Of The
Tupelo Cotton Mills has returned from
a trip east on business for the mills,
Mr.. Ledyard succeeded in disposing oil
all goods that has accumulated since
the financial stringency and the mill is
now busy with orders for immediate
delivery. He visited Baltimore, Now
York, Boston and Chicago while away
Hon. F. A. Green, representative ir
the lower house came up Monday tt
look after some personal matters of i'm
portance. Mr.. Green informs US thai
the legislature has gotten down to bus
mess and will dispatch the business be
fore it without unnecessary delay. He
thinks the personel of both houses w
to the standard and feels that no wilt
schemes or unfair legislation will ge
on the statue books.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-01-24
Bids for Hire of Conviats.

Notice is herby given that the Board
of Supervisors of Lee county hereby
invite sealed bids tor the hire of the
county convicts for the year 1908.
Said bids to be filed with the Clerk
of said Board On or befor 2 o'clock pm,
on Monday, the Bird day of February,
1908. Contracts for said convicts to be
awarded to the best bidder for the two
classes of convicts, by the month, for
one year, contractor or contractors
will be required to give bond in the
sum of one thousand dollars, with ap-
proved securities, the Board reserving
the right to reject any and all bids and
~readvertise or award at public cutlery
This Jan. II, 1908.
NORBIN JONES, Clerk.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-01-24
Nonresident Notice.
State of Mississippi,

State of Mississippi,
To Fatie May Slavery, a minor who
resides with her mother, Mrs. H. T.
Slavery at Somerset, KY, defendant:
You are commanded to appear before
the Chancery Court of the county of
Lee, in said state, on the Bird Monday of
March, A, D. 1908, to show cause, if
any she can, why the final account of
F. M. Sayery, administrator of the es-
tate of P, M. Slavery, deceased, should
not be approved and allowed and said
administrator be discharged, wherein
you are a defendant.
This 9th day of January. 1908.
NORBIN JONES. Clerk
The Tupelo journal., 1908-01-24

TO THE PUBLIC-I am now pre-
pared to do all kinds BlacksmikhinQ
and Woodwork on short notice at my
shop one block north of courthouse on
Spring street. Horse shoelng a spe-
cialty. Thanking you for your past
patronage and asking a continuance of
same, / am Respect,
1-17.4t TANNER
The Tupelo journal., 1908-01-24
Bridge Notice.

Notice is hereby given that tn,
Board of Supervisors of Lee County
will, on the first Monday of February
1903, the same being the 3rd day Of
February, 1908, at 2 O'Clock, p. M, a,
the court house door in the city of Tu.
pelo, at public outcry, to the lowest re.
sponsible bidder, award the contract fol
building a new bridge cro slough ir
Tulip Creek bottom OF Aberdeen and
Ripley road.
This January Is, 1908.
NORBIN JONES, Clerk.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-01-24

Involved III the Great San Fran.
cisco CONFEDERATION there we're two
hundred and forty.three fire Insur.
ance companies, only four Of
which paid their losses dollar for
dollar without discount. The
four companies are only to be
found at Savery's insurance Agen.
cV
The Tupelo journal., 1908-01-24
Daughters Of the Confederacy Confer
Crosses

The Daughters of the C~onfederacy
bestowed crosses of honor on eleven
veterans, most of whom were present
to receive them The program included
resolutions of respect for comrades
who had passed away since the last
meeting, euologies by Col. Clayton and
an address by Rev ] T Cunningham
The latter delivered the speech of the
day and his defense of the Confedcracy
of the South was one of the best efforts
It has ever been pleasure to listen
to and everyone presdnt greatly en-
loved it Owing to the lack of space
we are forced to carry over the reso-
lutions 70 another week The Daugh.
tiers served the veterans present with
a delightful lunet. at noon which was
greatly relished.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-01-24
Little Edgar William McNut.

The many friends Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Berry McNut deeply regret the death
of their little seven months old baby
which occurred Tuesday Jan 7th. To
them u deepest sympathy goes out
and may they find a consolation in the
promises of the Master that the little
n has gone to him.
Ere sin could blight: or sorrow fade.
d .ath came with friendly care,
TIE op4liay bud to heaven conveyed,
Al bade it blossom there.
A. n. F.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-01-24
Non-Resident Motto.

To Nick johnson, postofice unknewn:
You are commanded to appear before
the Chancery Court of the county Of
Lee, in said State, on the third Monday
Of March, A. D. 1908, to defend the
uit in said Court of Mary Johnson for
divorce, wherein you are a defendant.
This 9th day Of January, 1908,
NORBIN JONES, Clerk.
Wiley Blair. Sol. Compl't,
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-02-12
First Lead Pencils.

One of mans best friends, says
"Prometheus," will have a 250th birth.
day some time in 1908. The day can.
not be fixed when the lead pencil was
first used, but all signs, all records,
show that it was just about 250 years
ago that the useful article was invent
ed. The "praeductau" of ancient
Rome, which was leaden disk used
to draw lines, was undoubtedly it's
progenitor. In the fourteenth cen
fury lead and silver points were used
in Italy, but employed exclusively by
ltists. For the sake Of cleanliness
these were encased in wood and be-
came the first lead pencils, but the
pencil similar to those Of the present
day came after discovery of graphite
in 1865. The first German pencils
were made in Nurnberg, where there
are now 80 pencil factories, which
turn out about S00,0OO,OO0 pencils
every year.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-02-12
HAS A DEED MADE IN 1857.
Cleveland Man Going to Germany to
Claim an Estate.

Findlay, O.-George ]. Klein of
Cleveland was in Carey several days
ago visiting Rev. Father Mizer, pas
tor Of Our Lady of Consolation church,
the two having been choir boys in
Cleveland many years ago.
He had with him deed that was
made in the year 1857. 1t was writ
ten long before Christopher Columbus
was born and century and half be-
fore America was discovered.
The deed is made out on parch-
ment, and the writing is in old Ger.
man text. The letters are nearly
perfect and the making must have in.
volved great amount of labor. The
ink is somewhat faded on parts of
the manuscript, but some of it is
still quite black.
Mr.. Klein recently fell heir to the
estate described in the deed, and he
will shortly leave for Germany to
claim it,
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-02-12
Good Joke on HlIIiardist.

Il had a great joke played on m,
while shooting billiards at a hotel il
New York last week." said A. S. Jen
kins at the Republic.
Having a little time on hand
sauntered into the billiard room. be
came in conversation with {
fellow II room and | proposed q
game, While he readily accepted. Al
first things went along splendidly and
l had 20 to his 10. But soon he forged
ahead and beat me out by a close
score.
Then a friend of mine, who was
stopping at the same place, said he
was willing to wager that my opponent
could beat me with one eye bandaged
l accepted his def and placed IS on
the result. He didn't give me much OF
chance, trimming me to the tune OF
so to Is.
After the game was over paid my
bet, when the above-mentioned friend
loudly told me the eye that he had
bandaged was a glass one. You car
imagine my chagrin milwaukee
Sentinel
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-02-12
PARIS HAS MANY VISITORS.
tdeariy 100000 Arrival and Depart
ures in City Of Light in Year.

Paris.-According to the police fig
ofes Paris has. the largest floating
stipulation in the world. In January
12S,00O visitors came to the city and
10000 departed.
In February and March there was a
drop, but the number went up again
d April and May In the latter month
fhe arrivals were 10000 and 10000
visitors left the city.
u June the number dropped again,
asn in July those who came and went
W. alike $4,000 in round numbers.
Eel {, h,r brought $4,000 arrivals
az Hes. we"o 1861 ior7NnrNs.
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The nuu.bsi tiaes y,Haaa -, !
2tl09e
NJ. vas h, sa
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mai I. lifv @ ef
ma WI. De .pont
Fhe ,saSl OF cGasoss sslG N ~
.nntist "Asr il aos 81 n a an ..aa
1rom 100000 The a. -~lts t
eommodated 100 aelS 49,.
aardia- ac,.st
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-02-12
SWISS WILL FOUND COLONY.
Company Buys 100000 Acres in Wash
ington for $4,000 Foreigners.

Seattle, Wash-Four years hence
$4,000 Swiss people will come to Ma
son county, Washington, to make their
homes, according to George M. OBJ
radovich of Hillman. Obradovich is a
land cruiser and surveyor. For the
last seven years he has been in the
employ of the Switzerland Colonial
ton company, which has purchased
100000 acres of land near Olympia as
site for the proposed Swiss colony
The site is 70 miles northwest of
Olympia, having a frontage on salt
water near Shelton, at the extreme
end of Hood canal, and at Skookum
bay, and several other points. The,
Swiss Colonization company paid five
dollars and ten dollars an acre for it,,
but did not purchase the timber.
The original owners are required to
clear off all the timber within four
years. At the end of that time the
colonists will be brought here, coming
around Cape Horn in sailing vessels,
and settling on the logged off land.
Each colonist will be given a tract of
20 acres and a few lots in his nearest
townsite. He will also be given
horse, a COW, and few other things
with which to make a start. Each
year he will be required to pay 80
per cent. of his profits to the company
to pay off his indebtedness, keeping it
up until he is free of incumbrance.
Only married men will be allowed to
settle on the land A town and post
'ffice will be established in each town
ship.
The scheme is not an untried one.
rhe Swiss Colonization company has
llready seven colonies in California,
as nearly as Obradovich
AN judge, at least 10000 people, and
llso some in the Atlantic states. A
ew years ago it established an i'm
nense colony in New Zealand,
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-02-12
70 utilize CACTUS.
GOVERNMENT WILL EXPERIMENT
WITH PRlcKLY PEAR.
Gsany Articles May Be Made from
Pulp-Texas Man Converts Fruit
i from Plant Into Candy and
Preserves.

san Antonio, Tex-Experiments
&zhich may result in bringing great
Seealth to the landowners of Texas,
Dad add another industry to the list
Gf San Antonio enterprises, will be
conducted in this city during Janu-
Dry by the federal department of ag-
&8culture. Should the experiment
Ggfove successful, the despised cactus
y1rickly pear may prove to be valu-
Gble asset for the land owner, and the
waste lands of Texas become i'm
1nensely valuable
w. N. Mason Of the agricultural de-
Nartment recently arrived in San An
aonio and will soon begin his expert
tnents at the federal experimental
9arm south of the city. He believes
Nhat prickly pear is excellently suited
fos the manufacture of a certain quail
11y of fibrous pulp, which can be used
$n making water buckets, kitchen uten-
oils, insulators and a great variety of
%seful articles.
His idea is not a new one and he
MAS experimental with great success
.on the federal reservations in Arizona.
The officials of the agricultural depart
1nelt are so impressed with his plan
G1nd the undoubted valueg Of his work
That he has been permitted to aban-
taon all other work in order to carry on
Mis- experiments.
Mr.. Mason claims that he has dem
sJr 5trated that the prickly pear is the |
most valuable plant in the world for |
Ebe manufacture OF pulp articles and |
coarse, tough paper. The only ques-
don remaining to be solved is the eco
ssomical method of handling the pear
EeaVes in order that they may be |
E1rnsd into the manufactured articles
AT little cost.
lis discovery is of twofold value,
uas he also claims that the green pulp
1af after the fiber is extracted is the
On st stock food obtainable. The hills,
8Rles ald plains of southwest Texas,
GOV covered by vast fields of cactus,
<s1N become as valuable as good farm
dng land. Rocky hills and land where
crops cannot be grown may be utilized
AB prickly pear pastures where the
5nbrous plant may be grown for the
= arket.
8 1T is Mr.. Mason's plan for the farm
Ssrs to scorch the plants with gasoline
torches, thus removing the tAorns,
aad then pack the leaves in bales and
ahip them to the factory.
An Ell Paso confectioner is making
delicious candy and preserves from
che fruit of the cactus, the demand ex-
seeding present means of supply
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-02-12
Clusters Widow Plans Home.

New York.-In the purchase by the
widow Of Gen. George A. Custer Of
16 lots in Palmer avenue, close to
the Bronxville railroad station, the
first step has been taken in an enter.
prise which Mrs. Custer has long
cherished, but which is still of the
distant future in its contamination.
She hopes to erect on this property in
memory Of her husband, who was
killed with his command by Indians,
a home for the INDECENT daughters of
army officers, and proposes to devote
to that end only her own resources.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-02-12

L
him to a doctor and tried half dozen
other treatments, all with the same
result: no improvement at all. The
disease gradually spread until nearly
every part of his body was quite raw.
We had to strap him down in bed, for
he used to tear himself dreadfully in
his sleep. The agony he went through
is quite beyond words. No one thought
we would rear him. The regimerital
doctor, very clever man, pronounced
the case hopeless; at least, he said the
only hope was that he might, if he
lived long enough, outgrow it to some
extent. We had him in hospitals four
times and he was pronounced one OF
the worst cases, if not the worst, ever
admitted. From each he was dis
charged as incurable; in fact he got
worse under the successive treatments.
At one hospital they incased him in
plaster, and this seemed to aggravate
the soreness terribly. He looked SO
badly that no one liked to go near him
and his lReswas a burden to him. We
kept trying remedy after remedy, but
we had got almost past hoping for q
cdreIe Six months ago we purchased
q. set of Cuticura Soap, Ointment, and
Resolvent Pills and persevered with
Z them. The result was truly marvellous
and to-day he Is perfectly cured, his skin
not having q blemieh on IL anywhere.
Mrs. Lily Hedge. 81, Vaughan Road,
Coldharbour Lane, Camblewen Green,
Eng, Jan. ~, 1907.
Send I'd nearest depot for free Cuti-
ctrR Book on Treatment Of Skin Diseases.
Cutlcara Rsmeales ere gola thEpughout a. wcEld.
DepOts. London "a, ChAfterhou6e Sd PARA 8. nOo
d. "a Palx, Australia, r. Towns 4 Co., Sydney
90. Africa. Lennon. Ltd. Capetoyn. etc., Y: s.A-s
Potter Drug Chem. Corp, Sole Props botion-
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-02-12
E. S. ELLIOTT & SON

nRY GOODS. Clothing, Boots and Shoes
~ Hats. etc. Our prices. quality of goods
are the lowest In the city. BY fair
dealing and honest business methods, we al.
nee favored US with his trade. OkoonA.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-02-12
PRONOUNCED HIS
CASE |NCURABLE
Whole Body Raw with Eczema
Life was lntoIerable Was Even
lncased in Plaster Discharged
from Hospitals as Hopeless.
SUFFERED IA YEARS
CURED BY CUTICURA
From the age of three months until
fifteen years old, my son Ovens life

was IlldnO lIlGO1OI
able by eczema in
its worst form. He
was all right until
a red rash broke
out on his fore
head, but we were
not alarmed at first.
Very soon, however,
the rash began to
spread over his head
and shoulders, and
it caused him great
discomfort. I took
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-04-24

Robt. Gemmell is at home for
few days.
Harry j. Daniels, of Cadillac, was
In the city Saturday.
Miss Kate Corlett has been home
from Blue Island, Ill.,, this week.
Saml. Beelby has been home from
Jackson, Ohio, part of the week.
The outlook for good wheat crop
In this section is better than it has
been at this time for several years.
p. p. McGinty reached the city
Monday and is now looking after the
work on the p o. building. He has
rented the Reiff residence on Elk
change street.
Ensign Harry A. Orr, who has been
in the Philippine Islands for some
time on the U. S. S. Wilmington, is
again at Hong Kong, China.
There are still a few days remain
ing before May LIST in which to clean
up your premises. Do this and help
to make Owosso more beautiful than
ever.
j. B. Penfeld, of Vicksburg, grand
scribe of the Grand encampment 1. O..
o. F. of Michigan, spent a few hours
in the city Monday enroute to Ovid
and then to Elsie on official business
for the order
j. G. DeCamp, 10, has planted
$4,000 black locusts on a tract near
Muskegon. They are set four feet
apart each way making 2,722 trees
per acre. He expects to harvest
the crop in about 10 years,-M. A. 9.
Record.
The railroads of the state have recent
ly advanced the rates for carrying
cream about 100 per cent and tie
creamery business, it is said, will he
greatly localized unless the roads re-
turn to the old rates. The American
Farm Products Co. of this city, togeth-
er with other interested parties, have
secured an injunction restraining the
roads from putting the new rate sheet
into operation.
Amos Parmenter of Shiawassee town
ship, one of the best known farmers in
the county, having served for long
number of years as president of the
Shiawassee Mutual Fire Insurance Co.,
has announced his candidacy for repre-
sentative in the state legislature. If
he decides to make an active canvass
the other candidates will find him
hard opponent to defeat.