The Tupelo journal., 1913-10-31
Local Happenings
Those Who Come and DO

Zee NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Mrs. Stanley Vaughn, of Gilvo. spent
Wednesday in the city.
Miss Nancy Cavett spent the week
with friends in Houston.
Mrs. L. T. Wesson and Miss Bessie
Wren, of Saltlllo, spent Tuesday here.
Leo Fink has returned from st. Louis
where he visited relatives the past
week.
Mrs. Hal Holloway and Allen McNiel,
of Saltillo, were here on business We'd
nesday.
Miss Eleanor Blair left Monday for
Waco, Texas, where she will spend the
winter.
Capt. Richard Wharton and Miss
Wharton, of Verona, were visitors to
Tupelo Tuesday.
C. E. Brown has purchased the resi-
dence of c.. w. Hewitt on Main street
where he will soon move.
J.. P. McNiel, of Nettleton, is now
with the Office force as bookkeeper for
the firm of Clark & Co.
Mrs. Charles Newman and Miss New
man, of Baldwin, were among the
visitors to Tupels yesterday.
]. P. Young, Justice of the Peace
for the second district, and Wylie Hall
were in Tupelo on business Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. A. Monaghan visit
ed their son and his wife, Mr.. and Mrs.
Norman Monaghan the first of the
week.
Mrs. M. M. Mcmillan. of Guntown,
and Mrs. Allen McNiel, of S~altlllo, were
among the many visitors to Tupelo
Tuesday.
Mrs. Josephine Armstrong and Mrs.
Lucius Milan have returned from a
two weeks visit to Mrs. Written Dun
can in Nashville.
Charles Belts. of Amory, has accept
ed a position as salesman with the firm
of Clark & Co. Mr.. Belts family will
soon join him here.
Mrs. w. b. Troy. of Busby, N. c..
arrived the first Of the week and will
be the guest Of her daughter Mrs. c.
P. Lord at the Hotel Read.
S. W. NcWhorter, n of the best
accountants to be found anywhere, is
now with the Farnsvorth-E Evans Co..
in Tupelo. Mr.. McWhorter has many
friends here who are glad to have him
here again.
The United States Civil Service Com
mission q ar examination for
Railway Mail Service, which will be
held in Tupelo on November the 10th.
1913. For application blanks apply to
Secretary Local Examining Board,
Postofice.
The statement of the Bank of CUR
town appears elsewhere in this issue.
With a capital stock of $40, 900 this bank
is carrying over 500, 900 on deposit and
shows a good surplus and undivided
profit account The volume of business
done through the institution is an in
dex to the general prosperity of the
section in which it operates and the
popularity of its officers and directors.
The statement does much credit to the
management.
In this issue we publish the state
ment of the Bank of Shannon as made
to the auditor at the close of business
on October 18th. No better evidence
of the correct management of this
splendid institution is necessary. The
statement shows that it is popular with
the public and its general condition
speaks well for the officers and direc-
tors. The growth of this bank has
been phenomenal. With only SIS, 600
capital it has nearly 500, 900 90 in de-
posts and owes nothing.
We publish in this issue the state
ment of the Bank of Saltillo as made
to the auditor at the close of business
on October 18th. The statement is
of the best that has been filed with the
auditor by any of the banks of the
state and is no doubt gratifying to the
patrons. stockholders and officers Of the
institution. A heavy deposit account
indicates that the territory from which
the bank draws It's business is in q
prosperous condition and that the
people with money regard it as a safe
place to keep it. A good surplus and