The Tupelo journal., 1917-07-06

Mrs. W. u. MoSler, OF Leland, IS
the guest Of her sister, Mrs. j. v.
Phillips, on Walnut Street.
Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Carter have
as their guest this week their sister,
Mrs. w. C. Crumpton, Of Evergreen,
Ala.
Capt. ]. M. Buchanan, Of Nettle-
ton, was here yesterday and called
to extend his subscription to the
Journal.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. j. Tatum had as
their guest the first of the week Mr..
B. F. Tatum, of Water Valley, faith
er of Mr.. Tatum.
Mrs. j. C. Read has as her guests
during the week her pretty and at
tractive ~nieces, Misses Mary Lee and
Sarah Queen Slaughter, of Atlanta,
Ga.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. ]. Tatum had as
their guests this week Mr.. and Mrs.
Davis and little daughter, Of Water
Valley. Mrs. Davis is the sister of
Mrs. Tatum.
Henry Robinson returned to TIL
pelo the first of the week from a
visit to friends in Atlanta and Bir-
mingham. He is now in Memphis,
where he will enlist in the navy.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clayton Anderson
and children are visiting relatives in
the city. Mr.. Anderson is connected
with the freight department of the
Mobile and Ohio road in st. Louis,
where he holds "a responsible posi-
ton.
M. E. Gasaway, of ~Plantersville,
and J. Y. Cummings brought in cot
ton blooms during the week. These
gentlemen were about two weeks
behind Ed. Riley, who brought the
first bloom of the season to the of
fee on June 21st.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Goodlet came
in Monday from Memphis, where
they have been several weeks with
their little son in a hospital for treat
ment of a specialist. We are glad to
report that the! little fellow is much
improved and now out of danger.
Miss Rebecca Ann Pegues, of Co.
lumbus, Miss, and Miss, Rebecca Ev-
ans Pegues, of Crawford, Miss, who
spent the month of June in Wash
ington, D. c., stopped over in Tupe-
10 with Miss Rebecca AIMS aunt,
Mrs. S. A. Ford on South Church
street.
After spending a couple of de-
lightful weeks at the home of their
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. G. w. Daugh-
erty, of Moultrie, Ga, Mr.. and Mrs.
Clark Daugherty and children are at
home again. The occasion. was a fam
lily reunion which was attended by
all the children and grand chin EN-
of the family
Mrs. Fannie d.. Armstrong, Mrs.
A. H. Taylor and Miss Taylor have
been the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. j..
R. Ledbetter in Verona this week.
Mrs. Armstrong has the honor of
having named the classic city of We
roma, her father having moved there
from Shuqualak at the time when
the railroad was completed to that
point Mr.. Ratliff, her father, cut
the big cut north of town with his
slaves and had other large contracts
with the road.
M. E. lLeake and family have re-
turned home after making the trip
by car to st. Petersburg, Fla, and
return. The experiences of the trip
at times were thrilling, one night be-
ing spent in the open while a storm
of considerable fury ragged over head
and blew down a tree which fell
across the top Of one of the cars.
Another night was spent at an aban-
doned residence, which reminded the
party of the stories of ghosts of
childhood days, and the next morning
they were surprised to find a num-
Der of aligators lurking near. A
cracker Of the neighborhood told the
party that the house was really
haunted" a murder having taken
place in it many years ago and mo-
body, would live in it since. The
family all returned home healthy
and hearty, however, ! with smany
happy r4collections of the events of