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The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1908-04-10
Meeting Conf ederate Veterans.

John M. Simonton Camp No.
206 met April 4, 1908 in annual
meeting in K. P. Hall at 1::30 ..
m. in the town of Nettleton. All
annual dues were collected. The
camp then proceeded to reorgan-
ize for the ensuing year. By
motion Col. R. S. Thomas was
elected commander. After a
few appropriate remarks by
Commander Thomas, a motion
was made to retain the balance
of the present organization, with
a few exceptions. A few chan
ges was made by the commander.
Reports showed that eight deaths
had occurred in the camp in the
last year. Memorial services
were held in the school building.
The services were as usual very
impressive, consisting of songs,
prayers and addresses, suiting
the occasion. The increasing
number of deaths during the
past year is a sad reminder that
the ranks of the old Confederate
soldier is being thinned to such
an extent each year that camps
will soon be compelled to consol-
idate or disband. The old Con-
federate soldiers, though they
may be no more than corporals,
guard will never fail to meet
with warm and hearty recebi'
ton and be most Hospitality enH
! tertained by the good people of
Nettleton.
I Special mention is made of the
new sponsor of the camp, Miss
Bertha Davis, the late sponsor
having been CAPTURED and carried
to another post in the state. Miss
, Bertha possesses many of the
! natural graces. Her natural ca
! pacities were evidenced by tie
excellent delivery of her address
of welcome.
The meeting and hand shaking
of old comrades, the transaction
of the business of the camp, and
the memorial services for. Our
late departed comrades wassta
perfect success. The exercises
were closen by prayer by3cthe
commander, Col. R. S. Thomas,
| Following is list of the officers of
the Camp: h'ds!ii''~
R. S. Thomas, commander:iL. T,Iay
lor aud ] M. Buchanan, aid de camps;
Miss Bertha Davis, sponsor; JsEM.
Buchanan, 1st Lieut.; R. A. Pennal,
End Lieut.. R. M. Roberts, 3rd Lieut.. );
R. H. Rogers, adjutant; Rev. B.
Potter, chaplain: DR.. w. O;yFeemeter,
surgeon; w. M. Roberts, quarter mas
ter; J. P. Sisk, commissary; y. M. Gull
lett, historian. .n .E
R. H. ROGERS, ,Adjt.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1908-04-10
BUCKET SHOPS
CLOSING up

Although the Boddie anti buck-q
ct shop bill, enacted at the recent
legislative session, does not be- \
come effective until June, a large
number of persons and firms en-
gagged in the operation of brok-
erage and commission business,
with wire facilities for dealing
in futures, have quit business,
and others are preparing to do
so. 1t is not known whether an
effort will be made to test the le-
gality of the Boddie law, but it
wasI stated by several of
the opponents of the bill, and
lobbyists who were at the cap
ital working against it, several
days prior to it's passage, that
they could readily have it declar-
ed illegal. The nature of tie al
legged defect in the measure, how
ever, was not revealed.
Nearly all the future dealers
in this state are the salaried
agents of New York, New Or
leans and Chicago firms, wire
service being furnished by the
Cumberland Telegraph and Tel
ephone company, and the aban-
donmeut of the business will
knock a good sized hole in the
revenues of that corporation.
In all larger towns of the state
however, the Boddie bill will
not cause hardship to the cotton
buyers and merchants interested
in the trade, as the business in
terests will arrange for legimate
cotton exchanges, similar to
those operated in Jackson, Green
wood, Yazoo City and other
towns, and thus keep constantly
posted on the status of the mar
ket.
The Boddie Bill allows persons
to transmit orders direct to bro
kers outside the state, a concess-
ion, by the way, that was not
necessary to be Incorporated, as
it is guaranteed by the inter-
state commerce laws.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1908-04-10
r. w. REEDS SEMI-MONTHLY PRICE LIST
MiceHaneOuS

Tea, Heinze's, ID pkg 18c, 2 for-35c
Cheese Full Cream 20c
Extracts-Gold Medal. 10c bottle at
SC, assorted fiavors.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1908-04-10
Letter from Mrs. H. A. Jones.

By request, we publish the sub Joined
letter which will no doubt be of interest
to many of our people. The series of
sermons delivered by DR.. jones were
greatly enjoyed by those who had the
opportunity and pleasure of hearing
him. He is man. of rare talents and
his style is lucid and forceful. DR..
Jones, announced that he would return
to Tupelo about the middle of June and
deliver lecture on Saul of Tarsus.
We will state later more definitely the
time. The letter follows.
Pontotoc, Miss, April 2 1908
My dear Mr.. Topp-Permit me to ac-
knowledge the retelpt of your letter
containing check for 1928. II, for
which please accept our sincere thanks.
Your kindly words in appreciation of
Mr.. Jones and his services in Tupelo
are very gratifying to me. He wrote
me how much he enjoyed the generous
hospitality of the good people Of Tu-
pelo.
Sincerely Yours
MRS. II A. JONES.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1908-04-10
John Duffy.

At the hour of going to press, the
Daily News is informed that a tele-
gram was received here this morning
by Misses Bird and Lille Duffey from
Oklahoma. announcing the sad death of
their brother, John, at Mangum, Okla
homa. No details are known-the
message only stated that Mr.. Duffy
died today.
The parents of the young man left
yesterday for Oklahoma, called by tele-
gram to his bedside. The sudden death
of this young man, just in the prime
of happy young manhood, is an awful
shock to his loved ones and many
friends. .-Opelika (Ala.) Daily News.
Mr.. Duffey is well remembered here
by many friends who regret to learn of
his death. He was at the time he re.
sided here member of our local lodge
Knights of Pythias and stood we'll in
the community. He was a pleasant,
affable young man and was highly es-
teemed for his many good qualities.
He was buried at his old home Opelika.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1908-04-10
Business Notice.

We find it necessary toi again,calb at
tention to our delinquent subscribers to
the railing of the post Office depart
ment that newspapers could inotS.be
mailed to subscribers who are year or
more behind in the payment -df' their
subscriptions. These back due sub
scriptions must be collected without
further delay and those iii arrears must
not not delay the paymsntaftbe sHeunt
due. If so we will be; forced to stop
the paper and place rhg tlaihs TN iihe
hands of a collector. ,iIhSra SIR gre
too many due US and the am9pQy IS too
large tor us to lose without lnaSi ittgsoey-
cry effort to collectlju9o9l lol, .un,
Respectfully,
M4If1TJ'0dnmAL.
"o1a ii jnom
isdt hnG leh!od
.sjs nshw bsviI
.1inuoo 9iiJ biI OF
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The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1908-04-10
Honor Roll Macedonia Public School


Below we publish the Honor Roll of
the Macedonia Public School which has
closed it's scholastic year, This roll show
a number Of very bright pupils who
have been attentive and regular in at
tendance The roll contains the names
of two pupils who have not missed
day in two sessions. These are Quinn
Livingston and Emma Richey. Follow
ing is the honor Roll:
MALES FEMALES
Malcolm Gault Levaida Ash
Quinn Livingston Corrie Gault
Lillian Gault
Emma Richey
Miss Wade closed the n ninth session at
Macedonia and during this time she has
given entire satisfact; NJ Jc all parents.
Baptist Church.
Sabbath School $50 a. m
Divine worship at IL a. m. I'D 7:30
p. m. Morning topic, 'Corse ration.
Evening topic, 1.-THE Way of Life
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1908-04-10
STATEN lent
Showing the Condition of the
PEOPLES BANK & TRUST co.

NETTLETON, MISS.
On March IA. 1908, as Reported to
the State Auditor.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1908-04-10

|, S. J. High, Cashier of the Peoples
Bank & Trust Co., do hereby cerify that
the foregoing is true, full and exact
statement of the assets and liabilities
of said banks on the day and date NAM
ed therein. as shown by the hooks of
same S. J. HIGH, Cashier.
Sworn to and subscribed before me, a
Notary Public in and for the county of
Lee, Mississippi. this 30th day of March
1908. F. M. slavery, Notary Public
Examined and found correct. This
March 81, 1908.
E. J. SMITH, Auditor.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-05-08
Relief For ornery Gas Engines.

Our gasolene engine started to get
ornery one day last week, but we
headed it off by a little sharp prac-
tice-we just sent for Herb Red
mond. We have never studied the
innermost recesses of the engine, vet
for the reason that it has always be-
haved in a becoming manner when
we were around, so we determined
to watch Herb and see what he did
He walked right up to it manfully
and took hold of the main condivias
that fastens the poliwog to the ding
bat and turned it gently to the left,
at the same time turning his head to
one side and listening intently. Then
he shut one eye and gave a low
whistle. There was a low answering
sigh from the bosom of the machine,
whereupon he grabbed the socwal-
loper and gave it violent blow with
the shooting stick, and she responded
pulling it's foot out of a pie. He
then put the wrench on a couple of
innocent looking little bulbs and
jerked his hand back quick. We
asked him what was the matter and
he said, "a bug on his back" and
told us to try it and see. We did.
1t was a bug, too, a lightning bug,
we take it, by the feeling. We could
see Herb had struck responsive
chord by the way the thing began to
breathe and the look of confidence
in Herbs eye was indicative of mo.
ton. Our prognosis was correct
one more yank at the dingbat and
she began to kapeet like thing OF
life. Anyone can fix an engine by
just watching someone else fix one,
or by carefully following the above
Instructions Qowa) Tribune.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-05-08
Mr.. Gray to the Queen.

That the divinity which hedges
royalty in England has lost chip
from its halo is shown by an exceed
ingly amusing incident which is de.
scribed in Harper's Weekly. 1t ap-
pears that body of the unemployed
in Northampton sent to Queen Alex
andra, upon the occasion of the last
reopeningof Parliament the following
telegram:
1.-The Queen, LONDONDERRY kindly
secure this postscript to to-day Kings
speech:
We learn by telegraph that sew.
enty-five faithful lieges bearing on
foot from Manchester, Birmingham
and other towns a petition to us for
restoration of ancient right to work,
lie to your order in pig trucks at
Northampton Station.
Gods will be these men are CIV
en- the inducements to thrifty indie
pendence provided for their forefath.
ers under SO George ILL.,, cap. IL, sec.
ton 49,
Facts as stated. Some men sick,
many bootless, women and children
abandoned on journey or evicted OF
starving, along with $4,000 left be.
hind. Awaiting His Majesty's in
structions. Alexander Stewart
Gray"
This message was regarded with
horror and amazement by the public.
No answer was, of course, received
from it, but such was the consterna-
tion evoked by the dispatcA that the
senders, who had been marching from
Manchester to London to look for
work, were paid So by the chief con.
stable of Northampton to leave the
city.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-05-08
General Demand

Of the Well-Iaformed of the World has
always been for a simple, pleasant and
efficient liquid laxative remedy OF known
value; laxative which physicians could
sanction for family use because its COM
ponent parts are known to them to be
wholesome and truly beneficial in effect,
acceptable to the system and gentle. yet
prompt, in action
In supplying that demand with its ex.
cellent combination OF Syrup Of Figs and
Elixir of SIENNA, the California Fig Syrup
Co. proceeds along ethical lines and relies
en- the merits of the laxative for its remark.
able success.
That is one Of many reasons why
Syrup of Figs and Elixir of SIENNA is given
the preference by the Well Informed.
To get its beneficial effects always buy
the genuine-manufactured by the Cali
fornia Fig Syrup Co., only, and for sale
by all leading druggists. Price fifty cents
per bottle.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-05-08
SOUTH AMERICA
LAND OF SAINTS.
Cruise of Our Fleet Teaches This
as a Geographical Lesson 10
Americana.
South American is a continent

South American is a continent or
Saints.
Geography has been one of the les
sons taught to us by the cruise of
great fleet from Hampton Roads to
San Francisco, and Americans, in fol-
lowing the ships from day to day, in
the news and tracing their course on
maps, have learned more about South
America than they ever knew before.
Among the lessons taught have
been the names of places, and a
strong impression has been made by
the number of times that San is
used as prefix to places. Sometimes
we see the prefix translated into our
Saint" but in South America the
Spanish form is used. There are SIT
places on that continent named after
saints of the Catholic Church, and
the South Europe calendar has been
nearly exhausted.
They appeared on the charts of the
fleet at every principal point on the
long journey around the continent.
Where Brazil juts into the Atlantic
the sixteen ships had to head east
ward to safely round Cape St. Rogue,
and, as the charts were studied on
the southwark voyage there were al
ways Saints in sight. Near Bahia is
San Salvador and at the har5or Bahia
de Todos os Santos, or All Saints
Bay. Below that, near Rio de jan
GIRO, is Cape San Thome, and below
Montevideo is Cape San Antonio, with
the Gulf of San Matias south of that.
So it is all the way until San Mich
olas Bay is passed through in the
Strait of Magellan. 1t is the same
way up the west coast, Saint after
Saint, the principal ones being Cape
San Antonio, on the coast of Chile;
San Felipe, the capital of Aconcagua,
and others not so familiar, until San
tiago Bay on the south side of the
lsthmus of Panama, is reached.
Santiago, derived from San Iago.
or st. James, as we would call it, who
is the patron saint of Spain, is natu-
rally favorite in Spanish countries,
and the name appears twenty-seven
times in the geography of South
America. San Antonio is another
favorite name, appearing in the entire
length of the continent, applied to
gulf, cape, mountain. port. province,
town and every possible place, being
repeated twenty-six times.
San Juan is met in every direction,
appearing thirty-six times, with San
Jose only little behind, being given
to thirty-two places San Pedro
comes next, being affixed to thirty
places, and San Miguel is used only
one time less. San Francisco is used
twenty-five times, and other saints,
whose names are used half dozen
times or more are San Fernando, San
Diego, San Christobal and San Angus
tine.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-05-08
FUN OF BALLOONING.
Why 1t is Becoming Popular Sport
All Over the World.

Floating softly up into the blue
ocean of air, watching the earth sink
slowly away beneath us and fade and
change quietly to an immense map
spread before our wondering eyes
such are the first impressions of bal
loon voyagers. The noisy shouts of
those who come to wish us Bon voy-
age!' become fainter and fainter ur-
til absolute quiet reigns about us. It
is so still that the ticking of the clock
IN the Paragraph is heard noisily
counting the seconds as it traces the
line of our upward fight across the
sheet.
Meanwhile the earth-map down be-
low us stretches out larger and larger,
but its details are fading and becom-
ing blurred. High hills have changed
to fiat surfaces. A river winds and
bends its way through the duller COL
ors like a tangled ribbon of silver.
A small lake sparkles in the sun
shine, giving life and fire to the sober
shades about it. A railway train
creeps slowly along, its trail of smoke
streaming back over it; but as we
look it suddenly disappears from
sight, apparently swallowed I'D be-
fore our eyes. Then we realize that
1t has plunged into tunnel through
a hill which to us seems only a fiat
surface; now it appears again coming
out on the other side.
So the wonderful scenes come and
go, ever changing, but ever grand
and inspiring-scenes that come back
to us real and vivid, that we may live
them over again in later days. The
cloud effects are at times the most
beautiful of all. After having sailed
up through these into the dazzling
sunlight we see the snowy pillows
just below our car, the shadow of our
balloon falling upon their white sur
face. This shadow is often surround
ed by halo of rainbow colors of rare
beauty. At such times one has the
feeling of having left the earth COM
pletely and to have reached some 9TH
er planet. The white masses just be-
low seem to be quite solid and look
as tnough one might step out of the
balloon and take stroll over then,
if one only had snowshoes. The air
is wonderfully clear and pure and
gives one feeling of exhilaration
much greater than that enjoyed in
mountain climbing. Is it, then, sur
prising that ballooning is rapidly be.
coming popular sport?-Century.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-05-08
To Save Big Jersey Oak.

The New Jersey State Forestry
Commission has asked the assistance
of the Gloucester County Historical
Society in securing the right of way
to and possession of the ground occu-
pied by the large "Tatum Oak" near
Mount Royal, three miles from Wood
bury, so that the old tree can be pre-
served. There are several large trees
in South Jersey, but this is said to
be king of them all" and said to
be the largest within a radius of $50
miles from Philadelphia. In 1870
this tree was spoken of as a very
large one" 1t is now ninety feet
high and its girth at the ground is
forty feet, and the spread of shade
in the summer is nearly half an acre.
Bethlehem Times.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-05-08
A Cheerful Maid.

Cheerful acceptation of ones lot is
capitally illustrated by story found
in the National Review. Elizabeth
was the elder employe and Maud
little serving maid, both in the house,
hold of bachelor clergyman. The
absences of Elizabeth were frequent
and prolonged. Maud was always on
hand. One Sunday morning she
brought in breakfast.
You again to-day, Maud?" said
the clergyman.
My Sunday out" explained Maud,
with smile.
Then why aren't you out?"
please, sir" with another smile,
''wSsn tits my Sunday OUT, Elizabeth
goes"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-05-08
swEDEN's POPULAR pRINcEssEs

Two pretty little princesses, Marga'
retha and Martha, children of Prince
Charles of Sweden, are beloved by the
people for their courteous manners.
bright faces and kindly hearts.
The gest-Astrid- mere
babe. but the other two girls are un.
doubtedly the most popular children
IN Sweden, and anecdotes concerning
them frequently appear in the news.
papers.
Here is the latest:
Last Tuesday. when Princess Inge
borg, their mother, was entertaining
a few friends at afternoon tea in her
new palace at Djurgarden, her little
daughters were called downstairs tc
say How do you do?" to the guests.
Later, the children, playing with
their dolls. became noisy, and had tc
be reproved more than once. But the
noise continued. Princess Ingeborg
turned to her little girl, and re.
marked:
"Margaretha, well-mannered
child should be before all things
obed-"
"Obedient, answered the child,
without much show of enthusiasm.
And when she is told TO be quiet
or to do anything, how many times
must mamma tell herr"
Six times" replied Princess Mar.
garetha, with a mischievous glance
at her mothers friends, and there was
general laughter.-Home Herald.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-05-08
Undeseryed Ronors.

Two visitors at Nice, cutting short
their stay by dying, were committed
to the charge of the same under
taker. One was lady from London,
the other general high in command
in the Russian army. The bodies,
duly coffined, were despatched to
their destinations, one to London,
the other to st. Petersburg. On the
arrival of the former the bereaved
relatives, opening the coffin, in order
to obtain last view of the lamented
aunt, &ere amazed at the discovery
of general in full uniform. They
telegraphed to the undertaken at
Nice, who, with many apologies for
the mistake, sent them the name and
address of the generals friends in
st. Petersburg. They communicated
full particulars without loss of time,
and received the following reply:
Your aunt was buried to-day with
full military honors. Dispose of the
general as you see it.'-From Henry
Lucy's Memories of Eight Parlia-
ments.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-05-08
BUYING PAINT BLINDLY.

Many people look upon paint buy
ing as lottery and so it is, the way
they do it. 1t is not necessarily so,
however. Pure White Lead and lin
seed oil are the essential elements of
good paint. Adulterants in white
lead can be easily found by the use of
a blowpipe. Authorizations in linseed
oil can be detected with fair degree
of certainty. See that these two ele-
ments are pure and properly put on
and the paint will stay put.
National Lead Company. Wood
bridge Building, New York City, will
send bfowpipe outfit and instruc-
lions for testing both white lead and
linseed oil, on request.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-05-08
STRETCH, LADIES,
AND BE HAPPY
Also Again Stretch; Stretcn.
Stretch and Be Graceful, 30
Beautiful. and, Be Good.

"A new method has been propose0
whereby New York women are to be
mads happier and better, not to say
thinner. A crowd of well dressed
women thronged the studios of Mrs.
Clara 2. Moore and listened with rapt
attention as was expounded to them
her theories upon THE Joy OF Daily
Living"
The secret of "the joy Of daily liv-
ing" is daily and hourly stretching.
Just how far the new stretch system
is to go is not known, but according
to last reports from the front the linn
it has not been reached. The stretch
is advocated in all the daily walks,
rides and other occupations of life,
and is guaranteed to cure dyspepsia,
discomfort, red nose, blues, hump
back. bad temper and running the
shoes over at the heels. 1t is to be
practised at the dishpan, in the sub
way, with a broom, and is particu-
larly recommended for the bargain
counter and the bridge table.
This conscious stretching and gov
erning all the muscles of the body
with every movement" said Mrs.
Moore, 'can be done anywhere and
everywhere. 1t will give women
grace, youth, beauty, and, finally, and
most important, it will have an effect
upon their characters and make them
a positive joy to themselves and to
everyone about them.
I'VE see hundreds of women here
whose bodies are little more than
moving masses of contented'fes If
they would begin gradual system
of stretching the muscles, so fast
asleep in their cushions Of fat, the
adipose tissue would work off.
Stretching-good, strong stretching
is the only way to bring those bod
les back to the human form.
IF you are nervous, stretch. If
you lack repose of manner, stretch.
If you are giving dinner and your
husband fails to put in an appear
ance, stretch as you meet the guests
and you can carry off the situation
gracefully. In fact, at all the crucial
moments of life remember the slo-
gan, Stretch. New York World.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-05-08
Backing Into the Winter.

At an Atlantic City hotel there is
an old Southern negro employed as
head waiter. One afternoon last sum-
mer a number of guests were re-
marking how cool it was for the sea.
son, and one of them turned to the
old servitor, who CHANGED to be stand
ing nearby, and said:
well, John, how do you account
for its being so cool?"
The aolored man thought for mo-
ment and answered gravely.
"Well, sab, dere hab been so many
Of desc here earthquakes and vol
canoes eruptin' dat de earf hab done
shook off it's axis and's revolvin' the
odder way. 1t am comm winter in
stead of summer. "-Philadelphia
T.odrar.