The Tupelo journal., 1916-07-14

Mayor D. w. Robins made a business
trip to West Point Monday.
Mrs. Rush Cooper, of Memphis, is
the guest Of her-parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
T. R. Wood.
Mrs. j. M. Thomas left Tuesday for
Denver where she will join Mr.. Thomas
for a stay of several weeks there,
Misses Mile and Ruth Brown have
returned home after spending some
time in the mountains of North Caro-
lima.
Mrs. T. J. Jourdan and Miss Roxie
Jourdan are guests of Mrs. Jourdan's
daughter, Mrs. j. r. Buchanan, in
Amory.
Miss Emma Edmonds has returned
from Hattiesburg where she taught
English in the summer school at the
State Normal.
Floyd Adams, of the Peoples Bank
and Trust Co., and Cleve McVay,
bookkeeper for J. ]. Rogers & Son.,
left Monday for Allison Wells where
they will spend the week.
Miss Gertrude Lavender has returned
from Louisville and Meridian where
she was the guest of friends. Miss
Lavender was a guest at a house party
in Louisville fora week.
Sarah Dsdiel left Wednesday for
Scooba where she will spend sometime
with her grandmother. She will there
join her aunt and return to Alabama
in time to begin the next sessions
school work.
wv. w. Johnson and Charlie Johnson,
of Verona, and w. A. Blair have re-
turned after making a tour of the East
in a car with Frank Goodlett. The car
was shipped home from New York.
Mr.. Goodlett came by Monteagle where
Mrs. Goodlett and the children are
summering.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde May left the
Fourth of July for Coden, Ala, where
they expected to remain during Mr..
Mays vacation. Owing to the bad
weather they were forced, we under
stand, to abandon their car at Meridian
and proceed by way of Hattiesburg
where they were caught, and have
been unable to reach the coast or re-
turn home.
The Journal had the pleasure of a
call from Mr.. w. M. Roberts Monday
morning. Mr.. Roberts has recently
returned from Texas where he visited
a daughter. Mr.. Roberts reports fine
crops and fine lands in Texas, but he
holds to the opinion that Lee county
with her good lands, her good xoads
and her high type of citizenship offers
the best place in the world for a home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy w. Mitchell and
children and Mr.. j. ]. Rogers have re-
turned from Biloxi where they spent
several weeks. They were in the great
storm that visited the coast, while they
were above the tide that rushed in
the water came dangerously near and
the wind wrought wreck and destruc-
ton around them. The family are all
delighted to be at home again.
Richmond Bass, of San Marcos, Tex.
was here Tuesday en- route home after
spending several weeks visiting his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. M. H. Bass, at
Plantersville. Richmond holds a re-
sponsible and lucrative position with a
large mercantile firm of San Marcos,
and is entrusted with the important
duty of making all purchases for the
grocery department, of which he is the
head.
DR.. E. L. Phyfer and family, of New
Albany, have moved to Tupelo and are
now at home in the Finley home on the
corner of Church and Jefferson streets.
DR.. Phyfer and his family are already
well known in Tupelo, being among our
neighbor city's most prominent citi-
zens, and we extend to them a most
cordial welcome to our midst. We
sincerely trust that they may find a de-
lightful home in Tupelo. DR.. Phyfer
will soon begin the practice of his pro-
fession dentistry here.
In this issue will be found the state
ment of the Bank of Guntown as made
to the Board of Bank Examiners at
the close of business June 80. Aside
from the healthy condition of the bank
generally, the statement presents a
most gratifying feature in the savings
deposit account, which nearly equals
the general line of deposits. This evil