The Tupelo journal., 1909-05-07
cocal and Personal

Mr.. C. w. Troy received a telegram
from Mobile sunday morning INFORM
ing him of the loss by fire OF the resi-
dence of his uncle, Capt. John Qulli.
The house was struck by lightning and
owing to the binding wind and rain
storm it was impossible for the fire de-
partment to ~extingu:sh thu flames.
| The residence was IN of the finest IN
Mobile and the furnishings were among
the most beautiful and costly to be
found in this country. The loss is IN
the neighborhood Of 500, 900.
Greenwood is making extern
sive preparation for the enter.
tainment of the crowd who will
be present on the 14th inst. to
attend the oratorical contest and
a baseball game between the A.
& M. College and the University
of Mississippi.
In a conversation with Capt. W. F.
Sparks Wednesday, he recalled the
fact that it was the anniversary CT
his parole as a Confederate soldier
which took place at Greensboro, N. Y.
"a wears ago, or May 5, 1865. The
following morning he started on foot
down the railroad track for his home
in Mississippi. By the 18th inst. lie
had reached Augusta, Ga, being IN
that city the day that Jefferson Davis
was brought there a prisoner ano
placed on board a vessel to be sent te
Fortress Monroe. 1t was sometime
after this before Capt. Sparks arrived
at home to take up the hardships in
cident to the times. He has never for.
gotten the vicissitudes of the war an6
will never live to regret the part thai
he and his command took IN II.
Mrs. Brooks Norman entertained
with a six o'clock dinner in honor Of
Mr.. William D. Upshaw the brilliant
lecturer, and editor of the Golden Age
Twelve covers were layed and aroune
the hospitable board a congenial coterie
of friends enjoyed to the fullest. the
+, delightful viands which were served II
courses in~terspersed with brilliant wit
and repartee. The decorations for the
table being novel as well as beautiful
was a miniature lake formed with
mirror banked with Gen. Jacquimi-
not roses and maiden HAIR fern. Mr..
and Mrs Norman are deal host and hos
tess and to be a recipient of their hos
p~itality is a pleasure long to be remem'
bered.
Miss Lillian Cayce entertained on
last Thursday afternoon at her hand
some home on the highlands in compli'
ment to Miss Erin Ballard, of Tupelo.
The guests were all l. l. & c. girls, ano
a merrier or more attractive party sci,
dom assemble. Dainty refreshments
were served. Those who enjoyed Miss
Cayce's hospitality were: Misses Min
rose K%incannon, Linda K%incannor,
Resale Kincannon, Mary Agnes An
derson, Dale Raymond, Alice Bynum
Mabel Martin, Geraldine Bell, Anna
Northcross, Annie Ross. Mary lta
Sherman, Nell Boggan. Columbus
Commercial.
William D. Up5haw, that wonderful
genius called the Georgia Cyclone
one of the wittiest. most bri liant
speakers delivered his lecture John ant
his Has" to a large nddelighted audi
ence here Tuesday evening, the 9th,
ult. He is one of the few who have
been able to draw packed house to
lecture in Tupelo. The common YER
dict after the lecture was that h
was a ge Illus, a man of power, a won
der. Mr.. Upshaw has that peculiar
power of swaying his audience at hi
will; from grave to gay; from tears t.
smiles he leads them, and through it al
there runs a golden thread OF loft,
purposes, and great ideals. We cana
away more patriotic, with higher ideals
and more DESTROYS of living for the
things most wor1h while. Mr.. Upshay
will be with us again in the near futur
under the auspicies of the w. G. I. U