The Tupelo journal., 1909-06-18
rocdl and Personal

Mrs. Slaughter of Atlanta is
the guest Of her sister, Mrs. JIG.
Reed.
Ward Allen is at home after
completing a very satisfactory
session at Vanderbilt where he
completed the first year.
Mrs. A.P. Rosson of Louisville
Ky, mother of Mrs. Frank Hen
derson has been the guest of
Mrs. M. p. Henderson this week.
Mrs. j. N. Francis has returned home
after spending a week in Memphis as
the guest of Mr.. Eula Willis and family.
She was accompanied home by Miss
Zippy Willis. whose many friends here
cordially welcome her back.
Miss Street, daughter of Col.
Street, speaker of the house of
representatives of Mississippi, is
the guest of her cousin, Mrs.
Clovis Kinds.
Richard Boggan of Beaumont
Tex, is here the guest of w. A..
Boggan. Richard left Lee coun-
ty six years ago and is back for
the first time to visit his old
4 home and friends in Mississippi.
Ar. Burnham has as his guests
this week his father of Washing
ton D. c.. and his uncle, Mr..
Scott of New York state. These
gentlemen are making their first
visit to Mississippi and find
many things to interest them.
Among those who attended the
reunion were Mr.. and Mrs. Cal
vim Whitesides, formerly of
Lee county but now of Texas.
Mr.. and Mrs. Whitesides are
at Mooresville where they met a
hearty welcome from those
among whom they lived so long.
Mrs. w. C. Raymond, had as
her guests the first of the week
Capt. and Mrs. Richardson of
Oklahoma. Capt. Richardson
commanded at the Oklahoma
Division of the Veterans at Mem
phis. and in company with Mrs
Richardson visited several points
in Mississippi where they former
ly resided.
Little Miss Irma Francis of
Nettleton, was the honoree at a
delightful entertainment Tues
day night given by her cousin,
Miss Erin Ballard. The evening
was spent in pleasant games in
which the young people entered
with the zeal incident to youth.
Delicious refreshments were SER
we'd at the end of the games.
, Mr.. Dan Long, after visiting
the reunion. came on to Tupelo
and is now the guest of his sis
: ter Mrs. Cosby. This is the first
: meeting between the brother and
! sister in 80 years. Mr.. Long has
been in the dry section of Texas
and reports that only a ten min
utes rain is the only rainfall
they have had since last Novem-
Der.
The directors of the Associ-
: ton have purchased 30 acres of
the Hoyle pasture just east OF
town and will begin immediate
ly putting it in condition
for the fall fair. The manage
!. ment decided that the site select
; ed west of town was too far out,
!. and Mr.. Joyner, from whom it
was purchased, was glad to re-
scind the deal as he had made a
very low price on it.
Mrs. Waddy Bacon, for mary
years a resident of Tupelo, IS
here on a visit to her sister-in-law
Mrs. j. R. Dixon. Mrs. Bacon
will be remembered by all the
older citizens of the place, hav-
ing resided here when Tupelo
was but a small village. Mrs.
Bacon's visit will be a pleasure
to her many old friends here.
EShe now resides in Florida.
We were pleased to meet Mr.
Gum Wesmoreland here Tuesday
: after an absence from the state
! for II years. Mr.. Westmorelend
was reared near Richmond and
went to war from that place. He
served the 4th district as justice
of the peace most acceptably and
was a prominent figure in the
county. He now resides at Mag
azine, Ark, where he is enjoy
ing a prosperous farm life. He
is now with his brother near
Richmond.
Nose Williams, one of the Oldest
darkies of the place was convicted in
the Mayors court Tuesday morning on
. the charge of stealing a mixed sack of
corn, oats and barley from R.A. Rogers
early Tuesday morning. Matt Craw-
ford was en- route to the lake and dis
covering some one with a sack IN his
shoulder attempted to halt him but the
party hid the. sack and got away as
fast as possible. Crawford went after
him and came up on Nose Williams in
the cemetery. the sack being found In