The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-22
CRISP NEWSY PARAGRAPHS
Concerning our Friends and Neiehbors, What they are
Doing, Saying and Thinking, Where they are
Going and When they are Coming.

Mrs. Charles Chapelle and little son,
Howard, left last week for Clifton,
Tenn, to visit relatives.
We acknowledge receipt of an invi-
tation from the faculty and graduating
class of Martha Washington College,
Abingdon, Va, to be present at the
Commencement exercises beginning
May 23rd. Rev. S, D. Long, one of our
old Lee county boys, is now at the
head of this famous institution of learn
ing and we feel sure that the high
standing of the institution will be main
tanned under his wise an able direction.
Don't fail to hear the Band concert
on the main street at moo by Prof.
k%ritchfeld's Military Band Friday
May 10Th.
The Special Orchestra Concert given
at rhe opera honse Monday evening was
a musical treat rarely enjoyed by au-
dlences in cities of much greater pre-
tensions than Tupelo, and seldom if ev-
er, enjoyed before by an audience here.
The program was selected from the
masters and delighted the select audi
ence until the last note was sounded.
The many friends of DR.. T. F. Elkin
sincerely sympathize with him in the
death of his mother. Mrs. Ellie Elkin.
at her home in Aberdeen the past week.
Mrs. Elkin was taken suddenly i'll one
afternoon and died early the next MORN
ing before DR.. Elkin could reach her
] bedside She was a devoutly religious
| woman and her passing away is the
source of much regret by a host of
friends.
Hon. 0. L. Kennedy of Guntown was
IN town Monday and dropped in to
leave with us a "V" on subscription.
Mr.. Kennedy is now connected with the
agricultural department of the govern
ment and is looking after experiment
work IN the north end of Lee and also
IN Union and Prentiss counties. He
reports that the experiment work un-
der his supervision is entirely satisfac-
tory and expects splendid results.
Tupelo, Miss, Sept. II. 1907.
After using Mercutol two wears.
am convinced that it is the best horse
llnlment made. l use it for everything
where an external remedy is needed
and would not be without it in nv sta
BILE. have found it good also for
spralns and rheumatic pains in man as
we'll as beast.
G. W. WARD.
Mr.. R. P. Brown of Pontotoc was the
honoree at a picnic last week where
was gathered the families of his dauph-
ters. Mrs ]. M. Thomas and Mrs. D.
7. Fulton, and a number of invited
friends. Mr.. Brown fully realized that
Big Lake Picnics were uneoualled anv-
where on earth and carried with him a
determination to begin at once to pre-
pleasure could be found.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. Strauss are having
a family gathering at their home on
Green street this week, and have as
their grusts their sons and daughters.
Mr.. and Mrs. j.. Rexinge r and children
of Eudora, Ark; Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Weiss and children of Memphis: Mr.. G.
D. Strauss of Montgomery. Ala: Mrs.
w. E. McCune and children of Reform
Miss, and Mr.. James Strauss of Mem
phis.
In a ball game last week between
Starksville and Tupelo, DR.. Sale Trice.
who was umpiring the game, was
struck on the head by the ball thrown
by one of the Starkville team. The
blow felled him to the ground and he
was carried off the ground in an un-
conscious condition. He was
confined to his bed for several DAYS
but we are glad to see him on the
streets again.
Let us see what a good printer can
do, and does ~do:every working day of
his life: He takes a manuscript, the
chirography of which would make the
lid OF a Chinese tea-chest blush with
envy, translates it into the vernacular
as he goes along, corrects the spelling
and the grammar, and very often the
rhetoric. and turns it out-not as the
author wrote it, but as he intended to
write 1t. He sets up in type better
English than most men can write. He
can detect errors of fact as we'll as of
style. He can give the sporting editor
points on horses and the religious ed
ltor on theolgy. He can appreciate
the merits of a discussion of the tariff.
and detect the fallacies in a profound
leader on economies; and he can do
more hard and intelligent work, if he
has to, than any other craftsman.-Ex.