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The Tupelo journal., 1912-08-30
Commissioners Sale.

In Re Petition Of Mrs. BERTHE Dalton, ct. al.
No. 1927.
! BY virtue Of a decree Of the Honorable
Cnancery Court Of Lee County, State of Missis-
sippi, re ldered in Vacation July 9th, A. D.,
1912, reof, ordering a sale Of certain lands
mentioned therein. John M. Witt. the under
signed, appointed Commissioner to execute said
decree, will, on
Monday September 2, 1912,
within legal hours, expose at public auction
the highest bidder for cash in front of the
court house door in the City of Tupelo, Miss,
the following described property, to-wit: Lots
10 and IL Block 2, according to the Weather
ford and Hilderbrand survey of the S. E. Ia
Of Section 81, Township 8, Range s, Of the
City Of Tupelo, Lee County, Miss, md mose
fully described as follows: Commencing at
the intersection Of the east line Of Broadway
street with the north line of Troy street, and
Jun north so feet for a beginning point. thence
east 100 feet, to an alley, thence north with
west line of said alley, SO feet, thence west
100 feet to the east line of Broadway street,
thence SO feet along the east line of Broadway
street to the beginning point, in the S. E. IA
Section 81, Township 9, Range E, City Of Tu-
pelo Lee County Mississippi. Together with
the appurtenances and hereditaments thereunto
appertaining. 20-3t.
JOHN NJ WITT, Commissioner.
Dated 29th day Of July, 1912.
w. A. Blair Sol. for Petitioner.
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The Lily.

Remember to start this August bulbs
of the Madonna lily, a beautiful plant
which should adorn every garden. 1t
is not generally grown, perhaps, be-
cause of the necessity Of starting the
bulbs in the late summer.
The soil should be fairly good, in
clined to dampness, but well drained.
The ground should be worked over a
foot deep, and II it is poor manure
should be worked In below where the
bulbs are to be placed. The bulbs
should not come in contact with the
manure.
The bulbs shosid be planted at least
four inches deep and the bed may
then be covered with a light layer of
manure Considerable growth will be
made in the fall and the following
spring or early summer will produce
beautiful fragrant white flowers on
stalks three or four feet in height.
After Towering the plant dies to
the ground and remains dormant I'M
til beginning its new growth late in
the summer. An established clump
should not be disturbed until the
plants begin to show signs Of weak
ness or disease. This condition may
not develop for many years, and when
1t does another clump should be start
ed in a new location.
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Commissioners Sale.

Elk Parte Petition VS.. Mrs. Mittie Belle
Kitchener. No. 1892.
By virtue of a decree of the Honorable
Chancery Court of Lee County, State of Missis-
sippi, rendered in Vacation August End, A.
D., 1912 thereof, ordering a sale of certain
lands mentioned therein. John M. Witt, the
undersigned, appointed Commissions to
execute said decree, will, on
Monday the End day of Sept. 1912
expose at public auction to the highest bidder
for cash in front of the court house door in the
CITY of Tupelo, Miss, within legal hours, the
following described property: A lot fronting
on Green street, and being SO feet north and
south by "a IL feet east and west, and same
being in the southeast corner Of the north
half of lot 80, in the N. E. IA Of Section 81,
Township 9, Range E, East, in Tupelo, Lee
County Mississippi. Together with the ap-
purtenances and hereditaments thereunto
appertaining. 20-3t.
JOHN NJ. WITT, Commissioner
Dated 3rd day of August, 1912.
Began & Leake Soils. for Petition.
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TOWN.
M HELPS
PUT the SCHOOL YARD FIRST
Some Truth In Wrlters critlclsm q
n Communities Methods In
America.

II It were not pathetic one could
well laugh to see how foolishly the
average small town and rural COM
munity expends its time and money
upon outdoor ornamentation. Ere
quently the only well-cared-for spot
is the cemetery, the abode OF the
dead-past all earthly help. The
school yard, where character is formed
and lasting impressions are made, is
as bare as a paved street. From no
standpoint may any tenable argument
be made that the dead are entitled
to greater consideration or better sur
roundings thar our children, who are
but clay in the hands of the parent
potter. He who cares properly for
the living is never lacking in respect
for those who have passed away.
Another fact has often puzzled the
writer; to see a community making
efforts to raise a fund to purchase
and ornament a public square when
their district school yard, Of equal
dimensions, was entirely bare of trees
or plants. Is it not strange that the
only plat in a district in which all
have common ownership should be the
barest and most unsightly yard in
the community? No plausible excuse
can be given for such a condition-it
costs but little to get started right.
Almost every one in the district can
spare a plant or e~asily-grown cuttings
of the harder plants. Get started on
the right plan and do not leave too
much to the teacher, who is apt to
be changed every year; the work
must be carried out under the super
vision of permanent residents. Have
plenty of room in the school yards
and put 1t to a beneficial use. We do
plore the fact that the United States
is absolutely behind every other CIV
ilized country in the establishment OF
school grounds.-Los Angeles Times.
The Tupelo journal., 1912-08-30
Weeds In Lawns.

Aside from dandelions, plantain and
noxious grasses, the greater number
pf common weeds may be kept out OF
lawns by frequent mowings. In new
lawns nothing more encourages grass
or discourages weeds than close clip
ping as often rs there is sufficient
growth for the machine blades to
catch. To be sure there are weeds
that thrive %splendidly under the treat
ment outlined, and We must get down
on u knees and pull them out By
the painful process known al hand
wedding" But then a good lawn Is
worth all 1t costs.
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Commissioners Sale.
Dated 18th day of July, 1912.
w. A. Blair Sol. for Petitioner

Lizzie Sample, ct, al, VS.. Will Sample, ct.
al. No. 317S.
BY virtue of a decree of the Honorable
Chancery Court of Lee County, State of Missis-
sippi, rendered in Vacation July 9th. A. D..
1912, thereof, ordering a sale of certain lands
mentioned therein, John N. Witt, the under
signed, appointed Commissioner to execute said
decree, will, on
Monday September 2nd, 1912,
expose at public auction to the highest bidder
for cash in front of the Court house door in the
City of Tupelo, within legal hours, the follow
ing described property: Commencing at the
intersection of the north line of Franklin
street, with the east line of Broadway street,
and run thence north 200 IL feet for a begin
ming point, thence north So feet, thence east
80 feet, thence south So feet, thence west 80
feet. to point of beginning, being in the N. E.
IA of Section 81, Township 8, Range 6, east,
in the City of Tupelo, Lee County. Mississippi.
Together with the appurtenances and heredita-
ments thereunto appertaining. 20-3t.
JOHN M. WITT, Commissioner.
Dated 10Th day of July, 1912.
w. A. Blair Sol. for Petitioner.
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LESSON TEXT-Mark 6:14-29.
GOLDEN TExT-'Be thou faithful unto
death, and I will give thee the crown OF
nfe."-Rev. 2:10.
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Notice

AS to working roads in Second Supervisors
District.
Notice is hereby given that the Board of Sup
ervisors of Lee County Mississippi intends to en-
ter an order upon the minutes of said board. at
the September term, 1912, thereof, electing to
come under the provisions of chapter 257 of the
Laws of 1912 of the State of Mississippi, as to the
Second District of said county, unless on or be-
fore the first Monday in September 1912. twenty
per centum go per cent? of the qualified electors
of said district above shall petition the said board
to order an election to determine whether said
district shall come under the provisions of said
act. 20-3t
This the 6 day of August. 1912.
JOHN M. WITT, Clerk.
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We have $40. 600 worth of mowers.
rakes. hay presses, riding andlwalking
cultivators. wagons and .buggies. that
we are offering special prices on for
cash. or we will exchange for your sur
plus live stock or farm products Can
you affard to do without them !? Asa
w. Allen Co. IL tt
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Not Real Sorrow.

The child of the home thrust forth
before the gaze of the court to help Sc
cure the ends of a murderous mother.
A godly, fearless saint who had a great
message from a great God, and with
out hating, hesitancy or compromise
continued to deliver that message till
stricken down in the midst Of an orgy
of passion. Herod's sorrow was not
unto repentance" ". 26) but rather
that of a guilty conscience.
We need to return. again to the
first verse of the lesson and we can
well believe it must have been a sad
wall, He is risen" ". 16). History
tells us Herod lost his kingdom and
that he and Herodias died in exile.
Let us turn from this awful picture
and look at John. How different. Thus
dies he who was the greatest born OF
a m Thus died n who dared
to rebuke evil in high places. One
who would not compromise to save
his life, and one who was faithful unto
death (see the Golden Text. Can we
hesitate to believe that John received
his crown?
A suggested outline for this lesson
Is as follows:
L. A Terror-stricken Conscience
v. 1916.
1. Jesus name spread abroad, v. IA.
2. Men sought to explain Jesus, v.
Is. ~
g.. Herod's guilty conscience. v. 16.
u.;'t;A Wicked tWoman's Hatred. Y.
1925. - 50.
/. The effect of righteous life.
Q. Herod's downward steps.
III. The End Of a Faithful Preach
er. v. 2c-29.
1. Herod's wicked oath.
2. Johns penalty G. Tim. 3-12j.
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Notice


AS to working roads in Fourth Supervisors
District.
Notice is hereby given that the Board l. of Sup
ervisors of Lee County Mississippi intends to en-
ter an order upon the minutes of said board, at
the September Term, 1912 thereof, electing to
come under the provisions of chapter 257 of the
Laws of 1912 of the State of Mississippi, as to the
Fourth District of said county, unless on or be-
fore the first Monday in September 1912, twenty
per centum go per cent? of the qualified electors
of said district above shall petition the said board
to order an election to determine whether said
district shall come under the provisions of said
act. 20-3t
JOHN M. WITT, Clerk.
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Notice of Bond Sale.
JOHN M. WITT, Clerk.

Notice is hereby given that on the Bird day
of September 1912, the Board of Supervisors
of Lee County, Mississippi, at the court house
in the City Of Tupelo, Miss, will sell, to the
highest bidder, for cash, at public outcry, an
issue of the bonds of Supervisors District No.
3, of said comfy, in the amount of 500, 000.-
Said bonds bearing S IL per cent interest
per annum, payable semi-annually. The form
of said bond is now on file with the clerk of
the said board. A certified check for 81, 600
90 must be furnished by each bidder before
any bid will be considered. Bonds can not be
sold for less than par and accrued interest to
date of delivery of bonds, and purchaser will
be required to furnish blank bonds and opinion
of attorney as to legality at their own expense.
This August 7th, 1912.
20-4t. JOHN NJ. WITT, Clerk,
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Notice.

To the qualified electors of Supervisors Dis
trict number S, of Lee County, Mississippi.
You will take notice that it is the intention
of the Board of Supervisors of Lee county,
Mississippi, at its next regular meeting to be
held at the court house in the City Of Tupelo,
Mississippi. on the first Monday in September
1912. the same being the second day thereof.
to make an order for the issuance and sale Of
the road bonds Of the above district number S,
said county, as provided by chapter 149 of the
Acts of the Legislature of 1910, of the State
of Mississippi, which said bonds are proposed
to be issued and sold for the purpose Of build
ing and maintaining such roads in said district
as may be hereafter decided upon to be built
and maintained by the commissioners to be
hereafter appointed by this board as in said
law provided. All of said bonds shall be is
sued and sold and the proceeds used as pro-
vided by said law for the construction Of such
roads in said district. This notice is given as
required by the provisions of said law so that
such qualified electors Of said district as may
desire may petition against the issuance OF said
bonds to this board on or before the date of
said next regular meeting as above set forth of
this board. And said bonds will be so issued
unless twenty per centum of the qualified cleo
tors petition against same at said meeting.
This the 9th day Of August 1912.
B. F. Parker, President.
2O-4t. John M. Witt. Clerk.
The Tupelo journal., 1912-08-30

If you are pale, weak, languid or
anaemic a few doses OF BlCodine Liver
Pills will increase the supply and im-
prove the quantity of blood Small
pill, small dose. pleasant and v
grippe. Pound incannon-Elki Co.,
agents.
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Notice.

To all persons having or claiming any interest
in the lands in what is known as Lower
Yonaba Swamp Land District of Lee County,
Mississippi.
You are hereby commanded to appear before
the Board of Supervisors Of Lee County, Missis-
sippi. at the court house in the City of Tupelo,
Mississippi, on
Tuesday the 3rd day of September, 1912,
at 10 o'clock a. m, to show cause, if any you
can, why the petition of J. S. Parks, ct. al,
filed with the Clerk of said Board of Super
~visors, on the 9th day of May, 1912. asking
that the bonds of said Swamp land District be
issued and sold for such an amount as will
anticipate the taxes on all of the lands in said
District to be levied at soc per acre, per an
mum, for a period of twenty years, commencing
with the year 1912, and ending with the year
1881, both inclusive, should not be granted,
ana an order entered and said bonds be issued
and sold.
Witness my hand and seal of office, this the
9th day of August, 1912.
20-4t. JOHN NJ. WITT, Clerk,
of the Board of Supervisors of Lee County,
Mississippi.
The Washington herald., 1912-06-30
PHILIP STEELE

heavily underseored, the lines in which
he directed the factor to see that the
box was delivered to Mrs. Col. Becker,
and that, as he valued the honor and
the friendship Of the service, and espe-
cially Of Philip Steele, all knowledge OF
it should be kept from the colonel him
self.
1t was 8 o'clock when he went out
into the night with his pack upon his
back He grunted approval when he
found it was showing, for the track OF
himself and Nome would be covered.
Through the thiekening gloom the two
or three lights in the factors home
cleaned like distant stars. One of them
was brighter than the others, and he
knew that il came from the rooms
which Breed had fitted up for the col
onel and his wife As Philip halted for
a moment, his eyes drawn by a haunt
ing fascination to that window, the light
grew clearer and brighter, and he fan
cied that he saw a face looking out into
the night-toward his cabin. A moment
later he knew that it was the woman's
face. Then a door opened, and figure
hurried across the open. He stepped
back into the gloom of his own cabin
and waited. 1t was the colonel Three
times he knocked loudly at the cabin
door.
I'D like to 60 out and shake his
hand" muttered Steele. "Pd like to tell
him that he isn't the only man who's
had an idol broken, and that Mrs. BIS
little Irritation isn't a circumstanee-to
what might have happened"
Instead, he moved silently away, and
turned his face into the thin trail that
buried itself in the black forests of the
West.
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CHAPTER ".
The siIken Scarf.

A LONELINESS deeper than he
"a had ever known-a yearning
L = that was almost pain, oppressed
Philip as he left Lac Balm behind him.
Half a mile from the post he stopped
under a shelter Of dense spruce, and
stood listening as there came to him
family the distant bowling of dog.
After all, had he done right? He
laughed harshly and his hands clenched
as he thought Of Bucky Nome He had
done right by him. But the slCull-Mrs.
Becker-was that right? Like a fash
there came to him out of the darkness
a picture of the scene beside the fire
of Mrs. Becker and the colonel, Of the
woman's golden head resting on her
husbands shoulder, her sweet blue eyes
filed with all the truth and glory Of
womanhood as she had looked up into
his grizzled face. And then there tSok
its place the scene beside the FIRE in the
factors room. He saw the woman's
flushed cheeks as she listened to the
low voice of Bucky Nome. he saw again
what looked like yielding softness in her
eyes-the grayish pallor in the ooloners
face as he had looked upon the hirta-
ton. Yes, he had done right. She had
recovered herself in time, but she had
taken a little bit of life from the col
onel. and from him. She had broken
his ideal-the ideal he had always hoped
for, and had sought for. but had never
found, and he told himself that now
she was no better than the girl of the
hyacinth letter. whose golden beauty
and eyes as clear as an angels had
concealed the same deceit that wreck
ed mems lives. Msieur Janettes clean,
white skull and the story of how and
why M'sieur Janette had died you'd
not be too great a punishment for her.
He resumed his journey, striving TO
concentrate his mind on other things
Seven or eight miles to the south and
west was the cabin of Jacques Pierrot.
a half-breed, who had a sledge and
dogs He would hire Jacques to &C
company him on his patrol in place OF
Bucky Nome Then he would return
The Washington herald., 1912-06-30
By JAMES OLIVER cURWooD.
Author of THE DANGER TRAIL, /"
THE HONOR OF THE BIG SHOWS" &c.

not at some time fallen into this same
| little error as Mrs. Becker For the
first time he began to look at himself.
Mrs. Becker had laughed with BuclSy
Nome, her cheeks had grown a little
flushed, her eyes had shone radiantly-
but were those things a sin? Had those
same eyes not looked up into his own,
filled with a sweetness that thrilled him,
when he bent over her beside the FIRE
out on the Churchill trail? Was there
not that same lovely flush in her face
when his lips had almost touched her
hairs And had not the colonePs sud
den return brought flush into both
their faces? He smiled to himelf. and
for a moment he thrilled ecstatically.
The reaction came like a shock In an
instant other Scenes-other faces-hash-
ed upon him, and again he saw the lur-
ing, beautiful face of Eileen Hawkins,
who smiled on men as Mrs. Becker had
smiled on Bucky Nome and on him.
He closed his eyes and tried to force
himself into sleep, but failed At last
he rose silently from his bunk, filled his
pipe, and sat down in the darkness be-
side the stove. The storm had increased
to gale, wailing and moaning over the
cabin outside, and the sound carried
him back to the last night in the cabin
far to the south, when he had destroyed
the hyacinth-Scented letter. The thought
OF the letter moved him restlessly. He
listened to Pierrot's breathing, and
knew that the half-breed was asleep
Then he rose to his feet and laid his
pipe on the table. A curious feeling
of guilt came over him as he moved
toward the box in which Jacques had
placed the silken scarf. His breath
came quickly: in the dark his eyes
shone; tingling thrill of strange pleas
ure shot through him as his fingers
touched the thing for which they were
searching. He drew the scarf out, and
returned to the stove with it, crushing
il in both his hands. The sweetness
of it came to him again like the wom-
ans breath. Il was the sweetness Of
her hair, of her golden coils massed in
the freight; a part of the woman her
self, OF her glorious eyes, her lips, her
face, and stood there. trembling IN the
darkness, while Jacques Pierrot slept
and the storm walled and moaned over
his head For he knew-now-that he
would do more for this woman than
I NOulu CNCI 10
perhaps. than even the colonel, her hus-
band. would do. His heart seemed
bursting with a new and terrible pain,
and the truth at last seemed to rise and
choke him. He loved her. He loved
this woman. the wife of another man.
He loved her as he had never dreamed
that he could love a woman, and with
the scarf still smothering his lips and
face he stood for many minutes, silent
and motionless, gathering himself slow
ly from out of the appalling depths into
which he had allowed himself to plunge.
Then he folded the scarf, and instead
Of returning it to the box, put it in one
of the pockets of his coat
"Pierrot won't care" he excused him
self. And it's the only thing, little girl
the only thing-Ill ever have-of
YOU"
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1912-12-13
FLORIDA NEWS NOTES.

Contracts have been awarded In
Jacksonville for an eleven story hotel
on one Of the most prominent streets.
The growth of Jacksonville has been
phenomenal and continues to the
wonder of all who have interests
there, or even look on with pride
from other sections of the state.
Harry H. Eyles, Esq, who recently
received his appointment as assistant
United States attorney, Southern dis.
trict of Florida, has entered upon
those duties after qualifying and for
.mally taking the oath of office. The
appointment was made by Attorney
General Wickersham.
Holland supports a population of 200
people to the square mile. Florida
has only about twelve. The Holland.
ers pay a tax of $3.50 per acre and
still make it pay. The secret lies in
intensive farming - utilizing every
inch of ground and every ounce OF
natural fertilizer.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1912-12-13
SHORTAGE OF CARS MAY
DELAY ORANGE SHIPMENTS.
Supply Considerably Behind Demand.
Twenty-Five Per Cent. Increase in
outgo Thus Far.

Tampa.-That a shortage Of cars
may delay the work of getting to mar
ket the $4,000 car loads of Florida
oranges and grapefruit is feared by
those well-informed in citrus circles.
There are packing houses that have
car loads of fruit packed and ready
to ship and are being he'd back be-
cause of the impossibility of getting
cars from the railroads.
When crop prospects had reached
the point where it was possible to
predict that the citrus fruit crop this
year would break Florida records, in.
terested parties consulted with the
railroads as to the possibility of NOV.
ing the fruit without delay.
The roads were sure they could
handle all the fruit that would be of.
fered, but aready it is said their sup
ply of cars is considerably behind the
demand, with the prospects good that
it will get further in the hole as the
month progresses.
1t is stated on good authority that
Up to date 25 per cent. more cars of
fruit have been moved out of the
state than ever before moved in the
same period Of time.
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Stick to the Bows.

While General Baden Powell was in
America he told Colonel Livingstone,
the president of the American boy
scouts, of his conference with King
George. Naturally it was desired by
his sovereign that he devote his life to
the army, but when he had returned
from the war, hero of the battlefield
on the African veldt, he felt that his
real life must be devoted to the boy
scout movement. He so informed the
king, but as loyal subject he bowed
as he said: 81 leave it to you, your
majesty, what shall it be-" THE
army" replied the king. Then | am
to abandon the English boys, Who is
going to take up the task?' The king
reflected a moment and then replied
Stick to the boys, Baden-Powell." In
that moment by the wish and COM
mand of his sovereign, the life work
of Baden-Powell was determined, con
secrated and contirmed.-NatiOnal
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