The Tupelo journal., 1909-11-05
Local and Personal Mention.

Local. ana OLld VAClAsiOAAs
Tag Day Saturday, the sixth, for the
cemetery.
Spelling bee at the court house to-
night. School VS.. city.
Don't forget the spelling match at
the court house tonight at 8 O'Clock.
Messrs. win Gibson and Brack Bry-
son, of Blair, were down on business
Tuesday.
Gentlemen, don't be stingy-only Q
dollar for a Tag. But give it as tho
you were giving ten.
The ladies look for a big crowd in
town Saturday. and hope to get a dol
lar from everyone on Tag Day.
Mr.. Tom Kisor hes bought the 80 acre
tract of Town Creek land from Mrs.
Deaton for the sum of $4,000 0.
Misses Grace and Dollie Thompson.
two of Belden's p~rettiest young ladies',
visited friends in Tupelo Tuesday.
Mrs. T. ]. Seawright, Mrs. R. W
Carmen and Miss Maggie Hay, of We
roma, were visitors to Tupelo Tuesday.
Lawrence Mclean left this weekfor a
visit to his sister, Mrs. Fuqua, in Okla
homa, and will be absent about two
weeks.
Messrs. W. H. Gregory, B F. Greg
DRY and John Caldwell, of the east end
of the Fourth District, were over on
business Wednesday.
We had a pleasant call from Ed
Bristow, Wednesday. Mr.. Bristow is
one of the Journals staunch friends
and called to renew his subscription.
Get out your old Blue Back Speller
and come to the court house tonight
prepared to spell. The high school VS..
the town. Don'i Be bashful, but come.
Bob Hill of C~hickasaw. Ala. spent
several days here this week and on
Tuesday closed a deal with Tom Kisor
for the sale of his place Northeast of
Plantersville.
Messrs. Nose Smith, Tom Haydock
and Frank Temple, Commissioners of
Lower Coonewah Swamp Land Dis
trict, were here On business connected
with the District Tuesday.
Sam Motley has returned from Okla
homa and has decided to make Tupelo
his home Sam is a very courteous and
affable young gentleman and will find
employment here.
Tupelo and the good people who come
to Tupelo never went back on a good
cause. They are ever loyal to give the
helping hand. Tag Day is the day the
ladies want your helping hand.
We were favored with a pleasant call
from Mr.. and Mrs. Noah McCarty, of
Amity, Monday. Mr.: Mccarthy has
been a subscriber to the Journal fer
many years and dropped in to pay his
subscription.
Rev. w. w. Wollard spent several
days of the past week at New Orleans
and was among the most ardent sup
porters of Rev. R. A. Meek for the
editorship of the New Orleans Chris
tian Advocate.
The public schools of the county
opened the fall session for the whites
on Monday. The schools begin under
most favorable auspices and a success
full years work is promised. The negro
schools will open on the 18th.
MI. George B. Brown of Guntown
has purchased the Okolona Messenger
from Abe Steinberger & Sons and will
continue the publication of the paper.
Mr.. Brown is a good newspaper man
and we predict for him a full measure
of success in his new field.
Mrs. F. C. johnson and Prof. D. c..
Langston will be the leaders in the
spe ling bee to be field at the court
h ouse tonight between the school and
the city. The proceeds will 90 to the
Athletic Club gymnasium fund.
Let everybody come and spell.
Mr. W. a. Boggan has accepted a
posi- tion with T.. j. Beck and will be
pleased to have mis- friends call on him
when IN need of dry goods. Mr.. Bog
gan is a popular gentleman and will no
doubt prove a valuable salesman to the
firm employing him.
Mr.. ]. F. Priddy was here Monday
and dropped in to hand the Journal a
year s subscription. Mr.. Priddy has
of the county convicts and is
now engaged in working the roads on
the east side of the First District He
doing some good work as shown by
the roads already gone over.
The Cemetery Association borrowed
5000 from the bank to complete the
grading at the cemetery. The women
took this debt on themselves and until
The note is pail in full their watchword
Is work" They hope not only to
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