The Tupelo journal., 1909-04-23

I Mr.. A. E. Leake of Greeley Colo.
uncle of our fellow citizen, M. E. Leake
spent several days with Mr.. Leake and
family the past week.
In publishing the Honor Roll of the
! Tupelo Graded school lest week the
name of Oliver Kincannon inthe fourth
grade was inadvertently omitted. We
most cheerfully make the correction.
Mrs. Geo. T. Mitchell went to Pom
totoc Sunday to be present at the mar
riage of Mrs. Mary Morphis, sister of
Mr.. Mitchell, to Mr.. Sumner of Dali
las, Texas.
Mr.. H. L. Rogers of Sattillo was here
yesterday and made US a business call.
Mr.. Rogers has an ad elsewhere IN
which he offers to sell his stock OF
goods and store at Saltillo.
DIR. Ridgeley Sharpe has returned to
Tupelo after completing a very salts
factory session at the Nashville Medical
! College. DR.. Sharpe is now with the
st Clair Drug Co.
Walter Ballard made a trip to Cor
NTH the past week and it is reported
that he comtemplates making that his
home unless he can make a compromise
with a certain young lady of that
place and induce her to move to Tupelo
DR.. C. T. Keyes, county health Off
Ger, spent several days in Jackson the
past week attending the State Medi-
cal Association and the association of
the health officers of the state. DIR.
Keyes reports both meetings full of
interest to the profession and the pub
lie generally.
Mrs. J. W. Skidmore, osteopathic
physician from Corinth, Miss, will be
in Tupelo Monday. Wednesday a d
Friday each week. DR.. Skidmore IS a
graduate of the American school of
Osteopathy at Kirksville. Missouri, and
has been in active practice eleven
years. Leave all calls at Monaghan
Hotel.
We are in receipt of a letter from l..
r. Gates who is now touring the Nor h.
west in the interest of his Mailing
List Business" In his letter Mr..
Gates says Il have just arrived from
Chicago by electric car-10O miles. l
believe it when l tell you that there
is not enough vacant ground between
the two cities to build an annex to
the Journal. / would advise u
friends to hold on to their lands as it
won't be long before they will have
to go south hunting burying ground.
AS you understand rything over
and under is also taken"
Rev. w. w. Woodland of the Metho-
dist church is attending the Winona
Districc Conference. MI. Woollarl is
the chairman of the Board of Missions
for the North Mississippi Conference.
and it is in the interest of this u
that he is now in Greenwood where the
conference is held. He breaches on
Missions next Sunday morning. Dur
ing his absence the Methodists here
will haye the pleasure of hearing Sun
day morning, Mr.. G. w. Jones of New
Albany, a prominent lawyer and the
leader of the Laymen's movement OF the
North Mississippi Conference, who will
address the church in the work of the
Laymen.
Mr.. G. w. Jones, the Leader of The
Laymen's Movement of the North Mis-
sissippi Conference and a leading mem
Der Of the Mississippi bar, a gentleman
of distinction will occupy tho morning
hour at the Methodist Church next
Sunday. Mr.. Woodland will be out of
town. The Laymen of the church have
invited Mr.. Jones to address them on
the work of the "Laymen's Missionary
Movement" in which they have re-
Gently started. The good people OF
Tupelo should give Mr.. Jones and the
cause he represents a good hearing.
While in town Mr.. Jones will be the
guest Of Mr. E. C. Kinds.
The Aberdeen papers the past week
contained a statement of the financial
report of the Aberdeen Water, Light
and Power Plant, which was the result
Of the labors Of J.. a. Rogers. an ex-
perienced book-keeper who was en-
ployed by the City for the purpose OF
checking up and auditing the accounts
. 49, nanruration of the plant.
The report shows the condition OF the
finances to be entirely satisfactory,
and is q credit to the management who
have proven themselves efficient and
trustworthy. With efficient manage
ment. public utilities can be made pro.
ftable and also afford the people good
! service at very low rates.