The Tupelo journal., 1909-08-06
Local and Personal
Happenings of the Week in Brief.

The many friends Of Mr.. and Mrs.
e. III Converse of Brinkley, Ark
deeply sympatlize with them in the
loss of their little four year-old girl,
Sue, whose death occurred at Brinkley
Monday night. The immediate u
of death was meningitis, preceded by ar
! attack of typhoid fever. The skill OF
physicians and the tender devotion OF
fond parents were pcwerless to stay
the hand of the Reaper, and the little
one was taken. Such rows awaken
our hearts and from the depths our
sympathy goes out to the bereaved
. ones. Mr.. and Mrs E. H. Converse ar
rived in Tupelo last night.
Prof. Rivers Allen, of Bryan. Texas,
is here the guest of his relatives. MI.
Allen is connected with his brother, j.
H. Allen, in the Bryan Training Sc, o.,
which stands at the head of the list III
Texas. His many friends here are
pleased to see him in Mississippi again.
A lawn without a mower is like a
home without a child.
Messrs. w. M. Roberts and r. A.
Harris, of Nettleton, were here on
business Tuesday and Wednesday.
Messrs. G. w. Written and j. A..
| Bailey of the First District came down
| Tuesday and attended all the sessions
of the Masonic School of instruction.
Uncle Buck Hampton of the Second
District spent several days attending
| the Masonic School of Instruction in
! session here. Mr.. Hampton is nearing
his eightieth birthday. but still takes a
lively interest in everything pertaining
to the craft.
Mrs. w. Z. Brown has returned
from Fps, Ala. where she was the
guest of Mrs. Robert Lewellen fol sey-
eral weeks.
w. d. Brown has returned from
Louisiana where he spent ten days
Brown had an opportunity to study the
boll-weevil situation and it is his opIn-
ion that the weevil will be in this coun-
try within the next two years.
Mr.. w. C. Hewett spent several days
the past week at Blue Mountain where
he closed the contract to install the
plumbing and heating in the free
school building at that place. The con
tract price complete was S. ,8J0.0 90.
| Mr.. Hewett will be absent several
weeks on this job. Mr.. Tut will be
left in charge of Mr. Hewett's office
during his absence. Mr.. Hewett de-
sires to notify his customers and the
public that all orders should be pholed
to his residence.
There are two ways of spending a
dollar. You can spend it at home.
gain al easy conscience, make another
friend and perhaps get the dollar back
tomorrow, or you send it away, feel
that you have sinned, offend the home
merchant and forever lose the dollar
and the blessed influence for good to
yourself and neighbor.
\ There must be some life to the boy,
or he will not rise uuder any circum-
stances until the day appointed for the
resurrection of the dead. If he starts
out in life as a failure he will end as
0 le unless he gets thoroughly awak-
ened up in some way. Give every boy
and girl a chance and reasonable en-
enlargement, and do not cOnderan
them even because of a large degree
of downright stupidity, for many so
called good-for- nothing boys, block
heads, numbskulls, billiards or ounces,
were only boys out of their places
round boys in square holes.
Capt. F. Elliot of the Palmetto sec
ton was over yesterday. Capt. Elliot
reports that the crops in his section
have not suffered for rain and that the
prospects are good.
We are now located on Main
street, first door west of Hoyie
Grocery Co., with a full line of
well selected Dry Goods and Gro
ceries. Everything Kept in a.firsf-
class country store. Call and see
us. LONG & HOUSTON