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The Tupelo journal., 1909-10-22
Captain c. B. Evans

Captain C, B. Evans died a
his home in Shannon Monday
night after an illness of long
duration.
For more than a year he hao
been in declining health and fol
the past several months he had
been confined to his home. While
his family and friends had for
some time realized that he could
not recover, yet, his passing
away is the source of deep sor-
row to his loved ones and univer-
sal regret among large circle
of friends.
Captain Evans first came here
as travelling salesman for a
Pittsburg firm and for many
years enjoyed an extensive trade
IN his territory.
He married Miss Bright of
Shannon and from that time
made his home there.
Entering the mercantile busi-
ness, he quit the road and for
many wears was one of the lead
ing merchants of the county.
Captain Evans was a leading
Mason of the state and had at
tained the highest rank in that
order. He attended every Grand
Lodge and was known to prac-
tically the entire Masonic body
of the state. He loved the order
fer it's noble teachings and oh
served the tenets in his daily
life. He was member of the
Christian church
Captain Evans was highly
esteemed as a citizen, was a
loyal friend and a devoted hus-
band and father. In his death
the family have sustained an
irrepairable loss and the COM
in which he resided so
long one of its foremost and best
citizens. The funeral services
were conducted from the resi-
dence Tuesday afternoon by Rev.
Baskin. Captain r. S. Thomas
paid a high tribute to the memory
of his departed friend.
The Masonic fraternity were
present in a body and the burial
service of the order were con-
Quoted at the grave by Grand
Master w. H. Clifton, assisted
by Past Grand Master ]. S. Cobb
of Verona, and Past Master r.
S. Thomas.
A large concourse of friends
assembled at the grave to pay
their last tribute of respect.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-10-22
Mamie Spight

The death on Sunday after
noon of Mamie, the little eight
year old daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. F. L. Spight, was the
source of universal regret among
the friends of the bereaved par
ents. During the short illness
of the little child the greatest So
licitude was manifested and re-
ports of her condition were
awaited with grave apprehension
Following an attack of whoop-
ing cough, complications arose
that baff1ed the skill of physi-
clans and an operation was nee
essary and it was hoped that the
little sufferer would be enabled
to throw off the disease. This,
however, gave only temporary
relief and on Sunday she quietly
passed away. Little Mamie
Spight was one Of those sweet,
innocent. little girls who drew to
her every one by her quiet de-
meanor and her amiableness and
modesty.
Among her associates she was
a general favorite, and at school
she held the friendship of her
teacher and class mates. To her
parents she was the dearest
earthly treasure and in her pass
ing away the inner circles OF
their hearts have been invaded
and laid bare.
In the mysterious workings OF
Providence, how oft are we con-
fronted with problems that can
only be solved in the great here
lafter. How natural during. this
autumn season for the old and
I'infirm to be garnered in as ripe
grain; but why should the fresh
young bud be taken is beyond
human ken. Only in the here
after can we understand.
Tears are the showers that fertilize
this world,
They are poor, VINO have lost nothing;
They are poorer still who losing hays
The Tupelo journal., 1909-10-22
CORONA.

Prof. D. w. Skinner, our efficient
Sunday school superintendent, and wife
visited Mrs. SINNERS sisters, Mrs.
Dickerson and Mrs. Speck, of Tupelo,
this week.
Mrs. Thompson. of Houlka, visited
Mrs. Lewellen and family recently.
Mrs. Lewellen and little son, Francis,
returned with her for few days visit.
Miss Lena Stokes and brother visited
their sister, Mrs. j. H. Butler, in the
ChapelviHe neighborhood this week.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-10-22
Fifth Sunday Meeting, Judson
Baptist Association.

The next fifth Sunday meeting of the
Judson Baptist Association will con-
vene with the church at Union Hill,
three miles northeast of Nettleton, on
Friday morning at 10 o'clock before
The fifth Sunday in October, 1909:
Introductory sermon-Elder E. L..
Ballentine; alternate. Elder S. P. Har-
ris.
Subjects and persons to write on
same:
Does God hear and answer the alien
sinners prayer?-Harry Gotcher.
What relation exists between sister
L. Gillentine.
Give full and complete exegesis of
the first and second verses Of the 22d
chapter of Revelation-Elde J. R. G.
Gregory.
If Christ tasted death for every man,
and in His death made atonement for
every man, then will every man be
saved? If not why not?-Elder W. o.
Thornley,.
Where does the souls of Gods chill
dren go after death?-Frank Mona
CHAN.
Does the Scriptures teach divine
call to the ministry?-E. c. Gillentine.
Do we receive the Holy Ghost now
for the same purpose that they did on
the day of Pentecost?-J. M. Gullett.
All the churches are requested to be
represented, as this will be the time to
elect officers for the ensuing year.
w. 0. Thornley,,
j. A. Dodson,
w. R. Mckinney,
The Tupelo journal., 1909-10-22
The Work of a ScoundreI.

Last Wednesday and Thursday
Messrs w. f. Riley and W. E.
Smith, of Tupelo, were here with
heir automobiles and carried
passengers to and from the fair
grounds and Wednesday night
placed their cars in Burns stable
over night. Next morning it
was discovered that some scoun-
drel had gore into the stable
and used his knife on the leather
The Tupelo journal., 1909-10-22
VERONA.

Mrs. T. J. Robertson and little Err.
| mine, of Birmingham, Ala, visited her
mother, Mrs. Connoll. the past week.
Mr.. Jim Gibson spent Sunday at
home.
Rev. and Mrs. D. w. Babb have re-
turned from an extended trip west,
making Oklahoma. Texas and other
points.
We are glad to report j. S. Fitzpatrick
as improving.
Mrs. Hitchcock, of New Mexico,
spent a few days with her uncle, Mr..
r. Wharton, en- route to Noble Lake,
Ark.
Mrs. W. S. Honnoll and children are
visiting in Tupelo. the guests of her
sister. Mrs. V. C. Kincannon.
The Misses Gibson have as their
guest Miss Laura Danis, of Memphis.
Mr.. G. w. Clark was business Wis
itor to Tupelo Saturday.
The Lyceum course will open Nov.
18th with very entertaining number,
1.-THE Scotch Singers" The Rice Bu-
reau will furnish us with four other
attractions, the dates of which are to
be giy an later. Those desiring season
tickets can secure them from the COM
mittee, Misses Ida Fitzpatrick, Celene
Sharp and Annie Honnoll.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-10-22
Card of Thanks.

We take this method of thanking the
dear people of Tupelo for all of their
loving kindness and tender sympathy
to us in our recent sad bereavement.
To the attending physicians, Drs. Bon
ner and Elkin, we will say that had it
been one of their own children they
could not have been more faithful and
attentive.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. L. Spight.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-10-22
Gard of Thanks.

We thank the dear, good people of
Mooresville for their kindness and
words of sympathy to us during the
sickness and death of our beloved
mother, Mrs. Barcie Allen. May Gods
richest blessings rest upon them is the
prayers of her children.
Daisy, Annie. Arthur
and John Allen.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-10-22

Mrs. SalIie Hendrix Wilcox, of San
Louis Potosi, Mexico, has been on a
few days visit t. her uncle, Richard
Wharton, and family, after an absence
of about twenty years.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-10-22

The incest line of Ties in the city for
25c and SOC at M. j. Beck's.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-10-22

Wear Diamonds on your feet. You
can get them at M. j. Beck's.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-10-22

Save from So to IS on a Ladies Wrap
by buying from M. j. Beck.
Arizona republican., 1909-12-04

like a white bird on almost the high est spur of a rocky mountain. As an act of devotion to the Madonna. whose picture hangs over the altar, very good road on which are the stations of the cross has been constructed from the nearest hill town to the chapel
 The distance from the sea coast to the foot of the mountain is three very long and exceedingly dusty miles. Then you must ascend one of the steepest worst cobbled winding paths that any nearby olive grove shelters. Every particle of gravel and sand of which this road IS made was brought on the heads of women and men and on the back Of mules (and comparatively few can afford such an animaD from the beach nearly four miles away.
 While on my way to another little village one afternoon" says a writer in the Housekeeper. T overlook most remarkable figure. A woman was toil- ing up the path ahead of me with an immense bundle of dried leaves on her head. It was so large that could see nothing of her above the shoulders. and I was reminded of what physician had told me only q few days before He said that despite the erect carriage and almost jaunty appearance of these
Arizona republican., 1909-12-04

a woman trudging homeward al night after d long muscle trying days work of chopping wood cr felling trees in the forest. her axe in one hand and with the other carefully balancing on her head a good sized tree. the branches of which are dragging behind her on the ground.
 If YOU make short excursions back into the hills or mountains along the Italian coast. you will doubtless find yourself. if you are of an inquiring turn of mind, following a narrow. rough cobbled path through an olive grove. It winds and climbs in a wholly aim less manner. but by persevering you will at last arrive at some tiny little village high ID on the mountain
 All along the way you will mee the burden bearing women who every day nO matter how hot the sun may shine or how severe the storm, toll up and down these rugged paths. with all the building material required in the villages. or the needs of their own or their neighbors' daily lives, or what they sell in the nearby towns on their heads.
 Not far from the frontier between France and Italy there is little chapel which seems to have. alighted
Arizona republican., 1909-12-04

You do get a corlling view of the railroads" he admitted in suppressed enthusiasm. Look at the West Shore and the Central. I tell you. an even grade with no curves is mans most glorious achievement And look at that road wonder. sneaking around the hills like miserable worm, Gould watered the stock without improving the property. That's rain without cul- tivation. You need both!"
 The Falcon was going sixty miles an hour They were free from the earth's irammels: the smell of it's heated sur face was out of their nostrils. Soft and pure. the upper atmosphere had the thrill of chilled foam breaking on their faces. It whipped color into the pale cheeks of the passenger. now suTrendering himself to the sensation.
 They kept to a pathway directly above the Hudson. pathway requir- ing neither buOys. nor dredging. nor sandbar- wise pilots. What the white pillar of lighthouse is by day to the ship, the looming mass of the capitol at Albany was to the aeroplane. which snapped a shadow over State street and flew precisely between the two towers half hour later it was over
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women. >old and young alike. it was really q case of the survival of the fittest. for large proportion of the female population of northern Italy succumbs to tuberculosis at an early age. due to the heavy burdens borne on the head before their muscles are tough enough for such strain.
 -"One morning swhile drinking my coffee at tiny cafe saw such a funny procession on the opposite side of the street that | Immediately snappec il with my kodak. IL consisted of three women. each with d cask full Of wine on her head. d weight of forty or fifty kilogrammes. on the same day was fortunate enough to get the picture of two other women on the point of leav- ing store with q newly purchased sewing machine, which one was help ing the other to get nicely balanced on her head preparatory to delivering it to the customer"
Arizona republican., 1909-12-04
Mr. A. Good Fe1lo,u on the Happy Hunter.

he'd better satisfy his hungry stomach or drop ofr straight into dreamland.
 But he hasn't gp. anything on the duck hunter Bo. not by blamed sight Did you ever go duck bunting. Bo: Sof Well. take 1t from inc. be satisfied with the domestic kind. I've often thought that If woman could be found patient enough 70 shoot ducks she'd have 10 live fin an iron cage to keep from being kidnapped. It's the most long suffering job l ever undertook.
 Tn the first place. you've got to be there the night before. fin order to get up early enough in the morning. About a half hour before daylight you crawl off a corn-shuck mattress and into a cold. stin canvas suit in a room that'd make an Al cold storage plant. Then you gulp down something that passes for a breakfast and beat 1t to ;he river. There you meet a longshore native with q light, fiat-bottomed skin. The native is known az a pusher'-probably because he pushes you into every mud hole be can lind and consumes half the day in pushing you of again. This gentleman's services are so essential that they cost you from three to five dollars a dsy--which you pay whetter he shows you any ducks or not
 You climb in the skin and seat your self in the forward part, gun on knees ready for action. and assume that Young Hawk eye on the Alert expression. The pusher grabs long pole, steps into the stern of the skin, rams one end of the pole into the bottom of the river and tugs on the other end until the skin mOves-in any direction 1t fancies. The mist Is so thick and ghostly that its a wonder BelascC hasn't bottled up some of 1t long ago and cSed 1t for cloud effects Incidentally 1t is as cold as the reception Peary got-st the North Pole.
 Suddenly you run into something You're just about to reach for Il lifepre- server. that isn't there when you realize that It's only the reeds in the marsh You conceal yourself and the boat in these reeds and wait for some philau- thropic duck to fly down and beg you to shoot him. Generally you wait all day for all the considerable ducks have been killed of long ago.. In the meantime you can't smoke, you can't talk, yon cant
Arizona republican., 1909-12-04

"A OW -far he it from me 10 knock ~ the hunter and his sport or to take
 Va pot-shot at Bwana Tumbo down
 v in East Africa, remarked Mr. A.
 Good Fellow laying aside his paper for as ycu know, Bo. l pride myself Ou being something of a sports man niso; but this race to the woods aud this stunt of answering the call or the wild. the way every fourth man you know Is doing this month. reminds me of the old saw to the efect tha. all that eiitters isn't roin of the realm.
 We don't see them carrying their guns through the street Eow 1days, as We used 10, but you can't step ap to bar for your medicine without hearing some chap buzzing away about hunting trip he's just got back from or one that he's just going On. The:'Ie all happy every last one of tten-so whats the use waking them up. But as said be bore. every silver cloud has its dark lining.
 Take the chap who gets day of from the office and hikes out to the forest primeyaI afts- quail, sqnirre3 'or what not When he starts, Bo, he's as fit as a fiddie, when he returns hes worse than snapped E-string. He squeezes himself iato his nifty canvas hunting suit gets up at | A. M- and drops on the train at some sleepy country Village just teraing over for its morning snooze. Ills gut barrel is as cold as an icicIe' and lis dogs are >whimpering like the yellow street variety. But he starts forth vaiianiiy over plowed field, hard and rough and Assured stif by the frost as cfeerfully as a debutante entering a ball room.
 After a whlie-with him doing the Dr. Cook act over other fields and hedges all the while. mind you-his dogs flush a brace and te bangs away. If his fingers aren't entirely frozen, maybe he gets a bird-aad maybe he doesn't Long about dusk. after he's tramped two MarathoDs over fields and forests parked his shins a dozen times on unsympathetic rail fe1ces. scrapped with a dozen angry rubes about trespassing on their property ana been held up by game warden on a technicality in his license, he beats 1t hOmeward with two or three feathered victims and an inability to decide whether
Arizona republican., 1909-12-04
CURE BY AEROPLANE
Danbury Rodd's Flight With Mir. Barr
 in thc Falcon"

T am going to take you on a long journey" Rodd told Mir. Barr. good naturedly.
 You are. eh? No. you're not" Mir. Barr retorted. Another storm seem ed due It failed to break because he suddenly made the acquaintance of philosophy. the first pathological ef- feet of flight You are. eh?'' he re poated. in quite different tone. which yelled sheer The gasoline must run out eventually. he thought. and then they would have to land Once on the ground, nothing could prevent his escape. and at worst he would have lost only a business day. New burgh's irregular house tops scramb ling mp the hill shot under them; they skinned the buildings of West Point forming parallelogrammic frame for the gray formation of the cadets at parade. The winding Hudson mar rowed like the tail Of a snake. But the little man had no use for rivers. He saw only the land courses.
Arizona republican., 1909-12-04

. The bullfghter in Spain is regarded much more highly than the prizefghte In this country. A matador receives about sI5O per bullfyht, besides the presents that are showered upon him If he is sue eessful fin defeating the bull. On the other hand. if the bull is the victor and The bullhghter Is laid low he is soon forgotten.
 The bunhghter enters about 70 fights per year. If he Is successful. thus earning from S35,0Uo to s50.Oc0 annually. After d successful fight and artistic death thrust the matador Is showered with pres ents. The women spectators. often in a frenzy, throw him their jewels, tearing their bracelets from their arms and shatchfng purses from their pockets fling ing the jewels and gold coin into the arena
 good bullnght is an expensive affair and costs in the neig hborhcod of S5,OOO Some of the great arenas are AS large as the old Roman amphitheaters. Bulls Ike the fighters. are trained for their bouts Four year-old bulls are used the most ln the rings, but they are trained rom the time they are one year of age.
 The chances of sudden death among men are eight times as great as among women.
Arizona republican., 1909-12-04
WOMEN CARRIERS OF ITALY
Transport an Extraordinary Variety oi
 Things or Their Heads.

Burden bearing in Italy. as in most of the old world countries, is done by the patient. obstinate and much abused donkey and the women A nah, though of the humble classes. will not carry d load of any kind if he has. or can get. woman to do it for him.
 In the interior of Italy. where the plains are. and in Venice and about the famous lake region all burdens are carried on the back. in long baskets like those used by the German peas ants. These are supported on the shoul- ders bv loops through which the arms are thrust.
 They use a piece of wooden or cot ton cloth. generally large neckerchief. which is folded diagonally and twisted into a round, soft ball. They wind this into a round mat which they place on top of the head. on this the women carry anything from an empty basket or a large kettle of water to sewing machine or even large pieces of furni- ture.
 An unusual and interesting sight is
Arizona republican., 1909-12-04
Population, of the
 United States.

ACCORDING to estimates made by
 an expert of the Geological Survey. othere will be q population of 250,- OooOoo In this country at the end of the present. century, and 5Oo,UO0.00 people Eere in century more. One of the methods used in the estimate is to assume that the increase of the next decade will be equal to that of the last for which the ngures are to be bad. The only error 10 be found with this method Is that the figures cannot be expected to continue as they have in the past. Some experts claim that there will be an in- crease of l per cent. in this country each decade. Great Britain has a popuIati ton or SaI to each square mile and there is a larger increase each decade The popuIa- ticn of the United States is increasing .ust now at a rate of 2o per cent. every It. years.
 There has been times when the Increase aas been over 3O Der cent. in single decade, but this Is not likely to happen again Aceordipy to the above estimate there will be 1.666 members of the popu- lar branch of Congress in the year 2IOo and the Capitol will have to be rebuilt or femodeled to accommodate them.
Arizona republican., 1909-12-04
FRENCH TAXATION OF MOTOR
 CARS.

On January 1 Franc will begin tax ation of motor cars owned by foreign CTS. according to their horse power Cars not more than twelve horse power will pay s1: of not more than twenty-fOur horse power. S140; Of thirty horse power, s1.S0; of sixty horsepower, $40 Each additional horsepower over sixty will cost 8
 The French lawmakers believe that tax should be paid according to horse power. as the heavier and speedier the car the harder is the wear upon the roads-Popular Mechanics
Arizona republican., 1909-12-04

TT ERE we have n house with five looms on the main floor and four
 rooms on the second floor and ample
 attic space for servant room and
 large amusement room. built and hnishef complete, exclusive of heating ard plunlsng. for S4.J0O This arrange ment shows two rooms in front. the smaller one at the left of the reception hall. designated parlor. and connected with the sitting-room just beyond. which Is IF feet by 16 feet. together with the reception hall, open together with sliding doors and columned archway. Opening
Arizona republican., 1909-12-04

inc real article, MT. Duck. 1T persrade,!. comes clrcling down. You bang away Win both barrels. Maybe you get him and maybe you don't. If you do the chances are you'n have to dive ovcrbourd after him
 'Uh-uh. 'bo, Not for mine. I'd rather go into good cafe. pay my little $l.J0 for a domestic duck and try tO believe That tine propr!etors telling the truth when be says it's d wild one"
Arizona republican., 1909-12-04

do anything but hold that frozen gun .n numoed fingers and recall the misdeeds of your past. The pusher curls up iu the bow and goes 10 sleep.
 When you're just on the point of quitting biithe>Ome duck comes ,ailine along way up in the sky. Ion get out your 'duck-caii and make a noise Iik,.
Arizona republican., 1909-12-04
University of Bul]Gghters.

"T Bilbao. Spain. university has
 h. been opened for the conferring of / 1 degrees upon bullfghters. Bullfsht- ing has been the pastiine and pleasure of the Spanish people for centuries IL has been discovered recently thut there k somewhat of dearth Of good bull fighters.
Arizona republican., 1909-12-04
wf1itewaShir1g Coal.

n NE of the largest railroads of the
 country has. taken up the idea of " whitewashing all the coal shipped on ifs lines. The whItewpsh neither gives The coal greater heating power nor makes iC look prettier. but nevertheless it is dope The railroad in question has been one of the largest victims of coal thieves
 the latter doing their work after the coal S in the csTs and being shipped, Now,
Arizona republican., 1909-12-04

wien the coal is loaded at the mines. lmewater is sprayed over the entire trdinioad. In a short time the water has evaporated and the top of the coal is almost pure white. Then the removal of any coal leaves black spot, which Is quickly noticed by the inspectors and s ation agents and the leak found and aopped. IL Is claimed that the raiiroad iias already prolited by the idea and that thousands of dollars have been saved
Arizona republican., 1909-12-04
HEADED TIE OTHER WAY.

A Missouri minister who has been trying to revive the old. two-hOur sermon. has started a moyement-but not in the direction of his church or pulpit.-Detroit Free Press.
Arizona republican., 1909-12-04

the Adirondacks. a billowy sea of green mottled by the lighter tons of the delicious trees and the darker frs. setting in which flashed the lakes like so many great diamonds.