The Tupelo journal., 1913-10-17
Local Happenings
Those Who Come and Go

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l.. L. Dabbs, of Shannon, was here
Tuesday and left us a years subscrip-
ton.
Chancery Clerk Gillentine, of Fulton,
spent several days attending the fair
here.
DR.. Lem Brown, of Duncan, Miss.
spent the past week with his brothers
family.
Miss Edness Porter, of Shannon, spent
several days during the week. with Mrs.
H. E. High.
Mrs. Clements, of BALDWIN, was the
guest of her sister Mrs. E. R. Wilson
during the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. M. Thomas and Mrs.
d. T. Fulton attended the Furr-Brown
wedding last week.
Mrs. D. H. Gideon, of Okolona. was
the guest of Mrs. q. 7. Harper several
days during the week.
MI. and Mrs. G. P. Lord returned
Tuesday from New York where they
spent the past two weeks.
Mrs. Geo. T. Mitchell had as her
guests the first Of the week Mesdames
Savage, Cole and Eden of Okolona.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. M. Moore of New
Albany were the guests of Mr.. and
Mrs, R. o. Perkins during the week.
L. M. Boyle, General Manager of the
Tupelo Fertilizer Factory, has returned
from Old Point Comfort. Va, where
the National Convention of Manufac-
turers was held.
Captain w. H. Reyes, who was SO
dangerously i'll a short while ago, has
so far recovered as to be able to be
rolled out in an invalid chair. Capt.
Reyes is in his 83d year, and his friends
congratulate him upon his recovery. a
There was some disappointment dur.
ing the fair due to the fact that the
two.headed horse bought by n OF our
citizens at the Memphis fair was not
on exhibition here. In fact, the party
claims that they did not ship him the
horse he bought, as the horse had only
one head when it reached Tupelo.
DR.. Walker for 20 years Circuit Clerk,
Itawamba county, was a visitor to the
Fair the first of the week. DR.. Walker
is one of Mississippi's most honored
citizens and has many friends in Lee
county who were pleased to see him
again. DR.. Walker is a candidate for
u. S. Marshall for the Northern Dis
trict and is highly endorsed.
E. D. Mathews. of Baldwin, paid
the Journal Office a visit IN Tuesday
and left with US a bottle of his twenty
year old vintage for medical purposes
only" At one time Mr.. Mathews had
quite an extensive vineyard near Bald
wyn from which the best of wines were
made. The contribution to our medical
chest came from aholdover supply that
Mr.. Mathews reserved for invalids and
total abstainers.
Howard Merritt has returned from
New York where he has been drafting
by the New York Giants as a prospec-
tive picher for the 1914 series. How
ard attended all the games as the guest
of the Giants and reports a magnif-
cent time, although. his friends went
down in defeat. When he becomes
one OF the regulars for the team his
friends in Tupelo expect better things
of the Giants.
A check covering the prize awarded
to the most perfect baby in the class
between six and eighteen months was
received by Mr.. Orville Swarner Tues
day, the prize going to his little eleven
months old boy, Orville, Jr. The little
fellow was given $50 points out of a
possible 1000, his only defects being a
little short of statue and limbs. He
has the appearance of being a perfect
baby and the judge found him to be the
best in his class. VIZ congratulate the
fond parents upon the compliment to
their baby and also to our little city.