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The Tupelo journal., 1911-10-13
Fornightly Matinee Club.

Mrs. B. A. Rogers was the
charming hostess of the Fort
nightly Matinee Club last We'd
nesday afternoon. This. the first
meeting Of the season, was to
have been social meeting, but
owing to the fact that this is the
Thackery centennial, it was de-
cided that we observe this in a
Memorial meeting so our hostess
prepared an interesting and very
appropriate program for the af-
ternoOn.
In response to roll call each
member gave some quotation
from the writings of this gifted
author or told some incident of
his life, after which the follow
ing programme was enjoyed.
Life Of Thackeray-Mrs. j. @.
Robins.
Review Of Vanity Fair-Mrs.
Anderson.
Music Ruth Allen Rogers,
I Music-Mrs. Wright.
Reading Mrs. F. L. Kincan-
non.
At the close of the program
delicious and beautiful refresh
ments were served. the ices be-
ing in the forms of white roses
with natural stems.
The next meeting will be with
Mrs. Marmon. Secy.
The Tupelo journal., 1911-10-13
Letter From J. D. Rowan.

The Journal is in receipt of the
following letter from Mr.. J. D.
Rowan, who left the past week
with his family for Fresno, Cal
ifornia. Mr. Rowan resided
many years at Chesterville, and
his man friends in Lee and
Pontotoc counties regretted to
have him leave the state. Mr..
Rowan writes as follows:
you may send the Journal to
me at Fresno, CAL, R. F. D. 2,
instead of Tupelo R. F. D. 3. as
in the past. Myself and family
arrived Fr.. day at 10:40 a. M, af-
ter leaving Tupelo on Monday at
$50 o. nj. We are all well
pleased with the country, and
hope to succeed here, but will
always cherish most tender re-
membranes of old Lee county,
Mississippi. where nearly 45
years of my life was spent. We
will expect many Lee countyites
out this way to the exposition in
1915.
The Tupelo journal., 1911-10-13
What's New In Jewelry.

| The demand for medium and
long bar pins will have reached
| it's height this season. They
come in all qualities-filled, gold
front and solid gold.
Many predict the largest de
mand for bracelets this season
we have ever had. Certainly If
the number of patterns the man.
ufactures are showing is any
cr;terian, there will be thous-
ands sold.
Lockets and large neck chains
will continue in demand, although
the extreme sizes will not pre-
dominate.
This will be the season that
mesh bags will reach the height
of their demand.
Brooches, belt pins. nat pins,
fobs and sleeve buttons will con
tinue in demand. There are
new and interesting designs in
these articles.
For the newest of the new go
to the House of Hough, New
goods on display and more COM
ing.
C. w. Hewitt, the electrician, gives
prompt service.
Cut flowers furnished promptly
Pound Kincannon- Elkin Co.
FOR RENT Nicely furnished room.
A pply to Mrs. j. r. Dabbs.
Call on or phone 63. Mrs. John Ca
ruth, il you want Your braids made,
Gle an.d or dressed. 19-tf
If you want nice suburban lot or q
modern cottage built to SUIT your own
taste, see ASA w. ALLEN.
The Tupelo journal., 1911-10-13
U. D. c. Meeting.

Mrs. Leslie Smith entertained
the u. D. C. Friday, October 6.
Mr.. John Stinson. of the Colum-
bus. Marble Works, was present
and spoke in the interest of the
proposed monument for Harris
burg Battlefield. He said he
was willing to assist in any way
and suggested the chapter have
a representative from Lee coun-
ty present a bill at the legisla-
ture asking for an appropriation
of 81, 900 for the monument. II
a committee of three were ap-
pointed to be present that he
would pay the expense of one OF
the committee. Mrs. c. P.
Long was appointed to commun-
icate with the president of the
M. & O. railroad in regard to
| freight rates for the monument.
A committee was appointed to
secure a full list of the soldiers
who fought in the Harrisburg
battle so their names can be
placed in the corner stone of the
monument. Mrs. Geo. Mitchell
was appointed to arrange with
Memphis musicians to visit the
towns around Tupelo to give mu-
steals for the benefit of the u.
d. c.. Mr.. Stinson agreed to
give postcards to be sold for
monument fund.
After this the regular business
of the Chapter was taken up,
Mrs. Hood presiding. The Sec
retary being absent Mrs. Jas. A
Finley was appointed pro tenn.
The next meeting was approved
for historical study. and motion
was carried that anyone failing
to furnish paper upon given sub
iect would be fined .25 cents.
| Mrs. Jas. A. Finley resigned
from committee of children's s
chapter. After business of the
meeting the hospitable hostess
invited the guests to games,
which were followed by delicious
refreshments of ice cream and
cake. The Chapter adjourned to
meet with Mrs. Jas. A. Finley on
Friday, November 3rd.
Secretary.
The Tupelo journal., 1911-10-13
Gard of Thanks.

We take this method of extend
ga our heartfelt thanks to the
aa1y friends who were so kind
], US during our recent bereave-
&sent. Their many expressions
Id their many acts of kindness
ill always be remembered by
4, and we pray God that no
,h sorrow as ours may ever
u visited upon any of you.
@ Mr.. and Mrs. Iver Iverson.
The Tupelo journal., 1911-10-13
VOL. 80
Business Changes.

The firm of Kinds Bros. & Co.,
\ have moved into their elegant
4 new store on Main street, and
! are busily engaged in arranging
the stock while the work OF COM
4 pleting the inside goes on. When
Scompleted this will be one of the
handsomest stores in this part of
1.-THE state. The firm will hereaf-
ter carry a line of gents furnish
1 ing goods composed of high class
clothing, hats, shirts, collars and
4 shoes for everybody, men,
women and children. The store
is being divided into apartments,
each of which will be complete in
Itself In addition to the firm the
sales force will include Mr.. B.
nc. Whitehead, an experienced
clothing salesman of Browns
q vile. Tenn, Street and Stanley
Kinds.
~ The corner of Main and Spring
recently vacated by Kinds Bros.
e Co. has been overhauled and
greatly improved for the accom-
odation of Louis Temerson, who
has Just moved into it with a
large and complete line OF dry
goods, clothing, shoes, hats and
adies' ready-to- wear suits. The
ales force here will include
Iessrs. Jim Spradling, Austin
,skridge and Misses Bertha
pradIing and Jim Long.
AS has been announced in an
advertisement in our columns
helby Topp has returned to the
.y goods business at his old
and on East Main street, hav-
Sllg associated with himself his
on.. Stannard Topp. The firm is
opening up an entirely new
I'D elegant line of everything
dry goods, hats and shoes and
e now ready for business.
lisses Sackie Kinney and Hazel
opp will prove popular salesla-
les for the firm. M
Messrs. Spight & Hall have
ound it necessary to find addi-
ional room to accommodate their
large stock and have secured
he store vacated by Louis Tenn
rson on the south side of Main
treet. where Mr.. c. W. Hall
will be in charge. The firm is
#iling the store with new goods
nd have thrown their doors
open for business. Mr.. Hall
till have with him Miss Hattie
orter and Mr.. Anderson
plight, of Pontotoc county.
The Tupelo journal., 1911-10-13
To the Noble Womanhood of
Mississippi.

! An invitation is extended to
all ladies to attend the Cattle
Tick Eradication Convention to
be held in the hall of the House
of Representatives at the Capt.
.tol, Jackson, Mississippi, Octo-
Der 81, 1911.
There is no movement in which
the irresistible forces of women
are actively felt that bids fair
of achieving earlier and absolute
success than the production of
the sanitary COW, which fur
nishes the milk supply to nour-
ish the future men and women
of America.
In every state and nearly ev-
cry city a rigid inspection is
maintained over cattle, barns,
dairies and the handling of milk
to insure the consumer of an
honest, nourishing and germ free
food.
In my observations of several
years, seldom have | seen ticks
on cows cared for by women.
The cattle tick is a producer of
a disease in cattle that causes
an intense fever and the milk
fron, a COW while in that condit-
ion is unfit for human consump
ton and especially dangerous to
children.
Mothers feed your children
milk from cows free from ticks.
Insist on your babies diet being
clean and free from disease.
Very respectfully,
j. "A. KIERNAN.
Inspector in Charge.
The Tupelo journal., 1911-10-13
Prize Winners in Poultry and
Pig Club, 1911.
POULTRY.

1st prize $500, Hamden
watch. by Pound Kincannon and
EIkin Jewelry department; win
ner, Miss Blanche Paulk; profits,
So. SO per hen.
End prize, trio of Buff Orping-
ton chickens, value $1,000, by
w. F. Jordan; winner, Miss Pearl
Webb; profits $2.45 per hen.
3rd prize, rocking chair, W.
E. Pegues Furniture Store; val
ue So. so; winner, Miss Bomma
Long. profits, LOT per hen. One
of the most singular things about
the above contest is that the first
prize winner used three times as
many dollars worth of feed as
the second and five times as
much as the third.
PIG CONTEST.
1st prize. $500 South Bend
watch. by Hough, the Jeweler;
winner, Herman Coggins.
I'd prize. $3.50, pig by M. A.
Reese; winner. Valcon Means.
3rd prize, cash by First Nat
ional Bank, $500; winner, Jos.
Barrett.
4th prize, one bushel Ten
nessee rye seed, S1.50, by Phil
lips & Jackson; winner, Gilbert
Robinson.
9Th prize, cash by Bank of
Tupelo, $1.00; winner, Miss Ger
trude Pound.
The best and most accurate
account was kept by Miss Clara
Jones.
The next five members closest
to the winners were: Roddie
Harmon, Don Perkins, Clint
Long, Joe Boy Kennedy and
Wallace Houston. There were so
many reports that we can't give
them all, but it is sufficient to
say that most of the gain was
made at less than 8 cents per
round. None over 5 and but lit
tie over 4. The greatest gain
from April 1st, to September 20,
was made by Claude Spuryer at
4 cents per pound, gain 31O
pounds, the next was made by
Miss Sarah Cassidy at % cents
per pound, gain 290pounds. The
cheapest meat was produced
where butter milk and rich slops
were used. In the poultry con-
test the greatest profit was made
where ready mixed chix feed
was used.
We want all club members for
1912 to send in their names be-
fore January 1st, old members
as we'll as new ones. No pigs
except registered thoroughbreds
will be allowed in contest for
1912. No chickens except pure
breds will be allowed. Chicken
contest begins January l, 1912;
pig contest April l, 1912.
E. P. Clayton,
Supt. of Education.
The Tupelo journal., 1911-10-13

Elsewhere in this paper will be found
an ad Of Asa w. Alien. who offers
some valuable city property for sale or
.ent. See him about them.
The Washington herald., 1911-11-07
If YOU TIP THE WAITER.
DON'T BLAME MANAGER
Washington Hotel Men Say the Practice of Slipping
Coin" to Servants Rests Entirely
with the Public

The article also states that several EN-.
ployes had been dismissed because they
received tips. That is the whole thing.
We could give the public as good serV-
Ice II they did not give our employees a
cent. But the average man believes that
he will obtain something a little better
something that the rest won't get-if he
pays the waiter for his services
Travelling men, perhaps in a hurry,
VIII pay a waiter to bring their order
before that of other diners. II the waiter
carries out their instructions thew are
satisfied. II another diner pays a larger
tip and gets his order first they are on
posed to the whole tipping system"
Mr.. Cakes view was:
THE hotel managers cannot control a
matter Of this kind; 1t lies purely be-
tween the patron and the waiter Even
IL an order was issued prohibiting tips.
there would be constnat violations The
management OF every big hotel seeks to
give its patrons good service whether
those patrons tip the walters or not. But
beyond this we have no control"
Mr.. Devine pointed out the impossible
ity OF debating to guest what he should
do with regard to tipping. There was no
necessity OF the practice. he said; but
the public alone could put an end to It.
Mr.. Taylor said the public IL the real
offender. This was the view Of Mr.. Glib
son. I'VE would gladly dispense with
tipping" he said, eff there was any feas-
ible way OF doing It. But when the
public decides to tip an employs we ere
The Washington herald., 1911-11-07
ARMY ORDERS.

Leave Of absence for two months is granted Lieut.
Col. T. BENTLEY MOTT. Second Field Arti
lery. military attsChc.
The following transfers of officers Of the Coast Ar
tillery Corps ordered:
First Lieut.. ROBERT L. VI. G0OLR1CK, from
the Sixtieth Company to the Ninety-siIth Com
pany.
Second Lieut.. YIRGISIUS z. CLARK, from the
Ninety-sixth Company to the Tenth Company.
First Lieut.. WILLIAM H. DODDS, Jr.. Field Ar
tillery unassigned. is assigned to the Third Field
ARTILLERY.
Leave of absence for two months surgeons Ger
tihcate Of disability is granted Second Lieut.
PATRICK FRISSELL, Fifteenth Infantry.
Officers Of the army below the rank Of major who
are on duty or stationed in the District Of Co
lumbia, or in its vicinity. and who are not under
the jurisdiction Of the commanding general.
Eastern Division. will report in person to Col.
HENRY Z. BIRMINGHAM, Medical Corps.
president board Of medical officers. at the Army
Medical Museum building. Seventh and B streets
southwest this city, at such tirne he may indi-
cate to them Tor the physical examination pre-
scribcd in paragraph 2 general orders, No. lS,
War Department July 90. 1910.
The Heutenants Of the Medical Reserve Corps on
duty at the Army Medical School are not 70
uuired to present themselves for examination un-
der the foregoing order.
Capt. SAMUEL FRANKENBERGER, recently pro
NOTED from first lieutenant, Third Field Artil-
lery with rank from October Is, 1911, Is sssigned
to the Sixth Field ARTILLERY.
The Washington herald., 1911-11-07
POLICEMAN LOSES POINT.
Upheld as to APP
peaIs from Trial Board.

The method OF hearing on an appeal
from the police trial board is left to the
discretion of the District Commissioners,
according to a decision rendered yes
terday by Chief Justice Shepard. Of the
District Court Of Appeals. The Commits
sioners are not obliged to grant an oral
hearing on an appeal. This decision was
rendered on the appeal Of the Commits
siOners from a mandamus granted by the
lower court to Joseph l. elliott, who had
been refused an oral hearing on his ap-
peal from a conviction and order Of dis
missal by the trial board
Chief Justice Shepard holds that the
words of the statute, the hearing on ap-
peal to be submitted either orally or in
writing" relied on by elliott, are uncer-
tain. The court declares that in the
face OF this uncertainty and the express
declaration of the enactment the rules
and regulations Of the Commissioners al
ready promulgated are to remain in
force; that Congress evidently intended to
leave the mode Of the submission Of an
appeal to the discretion of the Commits
siOners.
The judgment of the lower court was
reversed and the case was remanded.
with direction to overrule the demurrer
to the answer and dismiss the petition.
The Washington herald., 1911-11-07

That the public alone can continue or
abolish the practice of tipping walters in
hotels and cafes, and that the whole mat
ter is out of the control of hotel mana
gers, was the opinion of five managers
who were seen last night regarding the
action of the Commercial Travellers
League, which has begun a national boy
colt against tipping.
Those who were seen were p. H. s.
Cake, manager of the Normandie; John
T. Devine, proprietor of the Shoreham;
Peter Taylor, jr., manager Of the ArlinS-
ton; J. w. Gibson. manager OF the Cafe
Republicque, and George F. Schutt, man
ager of the New Ebbitt.
Mr.. Schutt asserted that those who now
deplore the tipping system had been
active heretofore in keeping it alive.
There was not a hotel manager in the
country, Mr.. Schutt added, who would not
gladly see the system come to an end.
I'VE pay our employees WELL" said Mr..
Schutt, land I can safely say that the
wages they receive are as high as they
could obtain in any other employment.
It is the old idea OF getting something
for nothing that has led to the prevalence
Of the tipping system throughout the
United States.
How can, the managers stop IL?
noticed recently In a hotel Journal that
a certain hotel IN New York had estab-
lished q nontipping rule which. II vio-
lated, led to the discharge OF the en-
f'NsN -. -
The Washington herald., 1911-11-07
RARE SPECIMENS AT ZOO
SOUTH AMERICAN GIFTS
Tapirs, Agouti, Nutria, and Patagonian Cavy Among
Animals Added to Supt. Bakers Collection
Through Generosity of Buenos
Ayres Officials.

a valuable acquisition, as well as a pair
Of armadillOs, belonging to the mammal
family; several vultures. n pair of Pata-
gonian cavy. related to the guinea pig
family; several crested screamers, and a
heron. found only in proximity to the
Straits OF Magellan, are among the addi-
tions to the blrdhouse.
A pair of half-grown tapirs, belonging
to species fast disappearing, are in the
donation. The male tapir, although only
year old, weighs over 500 pounds, and
when he reaches maturity will weigh
about 500 pounds
Tapir meat is regarded as a luxury by
natives Of Argentina, and the efforts of
the government to protect the South
American tapir, the largest, and closest
n to the horse. of any species in exist
snce, has met with stubborn opposition,
and in some instances martial force has
become necessary to prevent the Indians,
who do not appreciate its value from en-
tirely eXterminating it.
The Washington herald., 1911-11-07
HELD AS CAPTIVE
BY GIANT BABOONS
MILDLY Gives Narrowing Ex-
perience in African Jungle.

New York, Nov. 6.-Held in captivity
by an army of giant baboons for two
days. until he had given up all hope
of ever seeing his home or ship again
was the amazing experience of George
w. Griggs, the youngest MILDLY aboard
the Bucknell Line Kasenga, in port to-
day from Calcutta and Mombassa.
Griggs owes his escape to Chief Oficer
| Wallace Wooster. who, at the the head
Of picket of native police and twenty
Malay sailors, attacked the baboons in
| the Mombassa jungle and drove them
away from their young prisoner who
was lying exhausted and almost dead
| from fright at the foot OF a giant cactus.
Il shudder at the thought Of IT," said
the MILDLY to-day. 'Midshipman Horne
| and I thought We would take a walk
through the jungle by moonlight so we
left the ship at o'clock.
We sang and raised rare din when
suddenly We heard the combined chat
tering of a million monkeys. and then
some beast put its arms around my neck
shrieked and Horne ran away. Then a
dozen or more baboons pressed round me
and dragged me away through the jun
gle. They did not hurt me, except when
they scratched me in tearing my uniform
After about a five-mile march they halted
in a banana grove and held a council Of
war
Il fell down cold with terror. To see
those fearful faces in the moonlight. and
to listen to their Internal Chattering al
most drove me mad. I must have tainted.
for 1t was daylight when I saw them
again. They squatted around me and Of
fered me bananas and pIneapples' to
eat. They seemed to have a kind of
camping ground, and had posted sentries
some yards away from where l was
lying.
They did not leave for all day. Per-
haps they thought 1 was relation of
theirs, for one big fellow treated me as
though l was his child I found a can
of pressed meat which they hadn't been
able to open. but l wasn't hungry or
thirsty. I was scared stiff. How the day
and following night passed l don't know
1t seemed a year to me before the chief
and the native police found me-"
Chief Officer Wooster took up the story
at this point. and explained: Il thought
Horne was romancing when he came
back to the ship and said that Griggs
had been kidnapped by balloons, but fin
ally he convinced me. All hands were
called on deck. a posse of natives i'm
pressed, and off we started to trail the
monkeys It was the third night since
Griggs left the ship when our guides
brought us to the monkey camp. At
their suggestion we had brought a pile
Of ships rockets with us, and after light
ing fire to windward of the camp. we
threw the rockets in the blaze, piled
on heap Of red pepper. and started to
yell.
"As the rockets shot up, one by one
the balloons shrieked in chorus, sighted
the fire, sneezed at the pepper, and tore
away through the jungle. like so many |
madmen. Then we advanced, and found |
poor Griggs. almost naked, and shiver- |
ing with fear. A dose OF Scotch put him |
on his pins, and away We started for |
the old Kasanga: and I'll bet the lad |
never loved the old ship as much before: |
did you. Griggs?'
mo; I didn't" answered the MILDLY.
The Washington herald., 1911-11-07

AS a result Of friendly relations existing
between the National Geological Garden
of the Argentine Republic, at Buenos
Ayres. and the Washington Zoo, Supt
Frank Baker has received some valu-
able additions in the way Of animals
peculiar 10 South America
In the collection is a pair Of aSouti,
a branch OF the rabbit family. which
greatly resemble the CottOn-taiI common
to North American SOIL except that they
have unusually long legs, and are much
fieeter than are North America rabbits.
A handsome pair OF nutria, W. n re-
semble our muskrat, and are grea in
demand by the natives of Argentin.
account of their fur, which is utilized
the same purposes as the beaver, are n.
the collection.
A pair of owls, nearly double the size
OF the American owl, are included.
A stOrk more than three feet in height,
belonging to a species almost extinct, is
The Washington herald., 1911-11-07
TRADE BOARD ELECTS.
Ten New Members Admitted nj
Meeting of Directors,


Meeting of Directors.
Except for the decisive action taken
in regard to the police and firemen
pension fund, little business was trans
acted at the November meeting OF the
board of directors Of the Board of Trade
yesterday afternoon
Following a spirited appeal by Edward
F. Droop, the board voted an appropria-
tion of 800 to the Rivers and Harbors
Deep Waterways Congress, which meets
here December s. The president was au-
thorized TO appoint two delegates to the
convention from the Board of Trade.
An appropriation of 800 was voted for
additional typewriting on the History of
the District, which is now being pre-
pared by w. B. Bryan.
The following were elected to member
ship, upon recommendation by the mem
bership committee: George +. Ayton.
George M.Bettis, Thomas E. Edmondston
Edward Z. Elicit. George B. Frazer,
Ptnckney J. Harmon, Harvey F. Lowe,
Charles P. Ravenberg, Gus A. Schuldt,
and Ogle r. Singleton.
The Washington herald., 1911-11-07
ITALIANS GIVE GRAND BALL.
Alfonso Tana and Mary Prinetti
Head Line of 400 Dancers.

The Ambasciatrice Maria, Washington s
nost prominent Italian women's society,
entertained members Of all the Italian
societies in the city last night at its
eighth annual ball at National Rifles
Armory
More than 400 were in line when the
grand march started, which was led by
Miss Mary Prinetti and Alfonso Tana.
The armory was beautifully decorated
with hags Of the fatherIand. and Of the
United States, palms and ferns and col
ors OF the society. Among the societies
represented at the affair were: The
ioy,ho T-1Ia laerla' ana the Dante AN
Ionoo' Irinacris, and the Dante Ali
sheri. A buffet supper was served dur
ing the intermission
- Among those on the committee having
the enatr IN charge were Mrs. e. FinenI,
president; Mrs. N. Prinetti Ms q Clio.
yannetti, Mrs. P. Penna, mrs. G. Per-
zone. Mss r. Aasino. Miss N Ambror.