The Tupelo journal., 1909-08-20

DIR. Cowardan, nf Shannon, was here
first of the week on business.
Mr.. R. O. Perkins left Sunday for a
six weeks visit in the north.
Mrs. Harper and son. Osborne, Wis
tied relatives in Muldoon this week.
Little Roy Robertson, who has been
low with typhoid fever, is c~onvalescing.
S. Hess has rem moved to Iuka Springs,
where he is under medical treatment.
Miss Frankine Kincannon of Oxford,
is the guest of relatives here this week.
Mr.. Chas. H. Sims was in Guntown
the latter part of last week on business.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. J.. Buchanan, were
guests in the Harper home this week.
Quite a crowd of young people enjoy
ed the evening at Chain Swing, Satur-
day.
4 Mrs. Curtis Mitchiner and two small
sisters are at Iuka Springs for a few
weeks.
Mrs. Ward and daughter, Miss Hill
airy, of Okolona, are the guests OF Mrs.
McGaughy.
Paul Armour left for St. Louis Sat
urday night, where he will visit friends
and relatives.
Mr.. T. C. Lauderdale, a prominent
citizen of Shannon, was a visitor to our
city this week.
Mr.. Henry Waller, one of Okolona's
most prominent business men, has been
here this week.
Mesdames w. o. Mclean and R. H.
stay in Chicago.
Mrs. Turner Clark left the past week
for Denver where she visits her son X.
C. Clark and wife.
Mrs. M. l.. Clopton left Tuesday af-
ternoon for a months visit in Terrell
and Marshall, Texas
Mrs. NJ. L. Mitchell has gone to Hen
, derson, Tenn, for a visit with her
daughter, Mrs. Ellis.
George Maynard left Saturday for
Denver, Colo, where he will visit his
sister, Mrs. R. c. Clark.
Miss Aeelia Barter. of Fort Worth,
Texas, is the guest of her cousin, Mrs.
Will Houston, this week.
There will be an important meeting
of the new military company in the L.
A. C. building Monday at $50 p. m.
Miss Sarah Allen, who has been the
guest of Mrs. Asa w. Allen, has re-
turned to her home at Browns, Texas.
Mr.. Clint Steinberger, editor and
publisher of the Sun and Messenger,
was mere Saturday on business, from
Okolona.
Miss Leila Maynard of Memphis. who
has been visiting in Guntown and Aber-
deem, is here the guest of Mrs. K. A.
Weaver in West End.
Messrs. R. L. Trice, NJ. Brown, Noel
Monaghan, j. M. Trice and Ward Allen.
left for Chicago, ILL.,, Saturday evening
where they will remain several days.
A watermelon weighing fifty-six
pounds was brought in from the farm
of Mr.. Geo. Johnson three miles north
of Tupelo Monday. 1t was n OF the
largest brought in this season.
Rev. j.. E. Gorsuch, of Memphis,
Tenn, will begin a series of revival
meetings at the Christian church on
Monday night, September 9th. The
meetings will continue ten days or two
weeks.
Mr.. j. P. Burge and family of Allan
ia, Ca, have moved here and will make
this their future home. They are kins-
people of Mr.. Sam Yates and will prove
a valuable acquisition to Tupelo's cit
izenship.
The store building of Mr.. Sam Yates
was broken into Tuesday night anil
some cash and cigars were taken. This
is the second theft of the kind to hap
pen in Tupelo in the past eight weeks.
it is about time there was something
done to stop it.
M. and Mrs. George Spencer leave
Sunday for Pontotoc, where they go
for a weeks visit with Mr.. Spencer's
fath.v. Mr.. Spencer has been connec-
ted with the Ed. B. Hill store at this
place ano leaves for Cleveland, Miss
where he has a better position.
The young lacies of Tupelo enter
tanned the young nan with a social
gathering at the home of Mrs. O.. W..
Troy, on Main street, Monday evening.
A series of unique games was the order
of the evening. Before departure de-
licious refreshments were served.
Mr.. J. M. Beck of New Mexico has !
purchased the stock of dry goods and
groceries from B. M. billiard and will
take possession the last of the week.
The business will be moved across the
street, Mr.. Hough occupying the house
the goods are now in after Sept. LIST.
The two children of w. 2. Davis.
who were badly burned two weeks ago
by the explosion of a small water tank,
are convalescing and will soon be able
to be up. The children were playing
with a lard can full of water over a
furnace when it exploded, burning them
both about the face and body.
Mrs. Fl. Clay McNutt, who has been
in the st. Thomas hospital in Memphis
for two weeks, was brought home Sat
urday night over the Frisco, the hos
pital being Of no benift to her. While
she il in a very precafioas condition,
since her return sne has been resting
well, and her many friends hope for her
recovery.
Mrs. Cora Franks, aged 20 years,
wife Of A. P. Franks, BSGqville, Miss.
died at the Matty Herses hospital
yesterday afternoon at 2 p. m. Of ty-
phoid fever. Her body was prepared
for burial by the Horace C. Smith
Undertaking Company and was shipped