The Tupelo journal., 1917-04-20
FIippin Burge, Of Atlanta. Ga, is the
guest Of MI. and Mrs. j. S. Yates.


Flippin Burge, Of Atlanta. Ga, is the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. S. Yates.
Miss Mary Francis, Of the Industrial
Institute and College, spent several
days with homefolks this week.
MIS-. Powell Stone left Wednesday
for Newton where she win be the guest
Of her son. valcour Stone. and family.
George Spencer. Of Memphis, has
been in the city several days during the
week mixing with his many friends
here.
Messrs. Clifton. Houston and Sykes.
of the Aberdeen bar, we're before the
chancery court Tuesday in several
cases of Importance.
Miss Frances Lusk, one of Aberdeen's
most popular and attractive young Ia
dies. was the guest Of Mrs. ]. R. Jones
the first of the week.
Mrs. w. C. Raymond reached home
Tuesday afternoon after q months
visit to her sister Mrs. Mahlon in MUIR
phreesboro, Tenn, and to her father in
Atlanta, Ga.
/ Mr.. and Mrs. w. B. Thomson have
had as their guests during the week
their sons, Charles. Thomson and wife,
of Panhandle, Texas, and w. B.
Thomason, Jr., and his wife and chill
dren. The latter lives at Morgan City,
Miss. and drove through with his family
in his car.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. A. White and daugh-
ter, Miss Lula, of Detroit, Ala, spent
Tuesday in the city. The good roads
across the country afford people from
a distance opportunity to come to the
best town in the world when they
need a little outing and want to rub up
against enterprise and progress.
Miss Margaret Hamilton Irwin, of
Chattanooga, Tenn, stopped in Tupelo
a few hours on her way to Starkville
to attend the Mississippi Womans Suf-
frage Association. Miss Irwin is the
youngest criminal lawyer in the world.
| and the only woman practicing lawer in
Tennessee. The Reid Hotel had the
honor and pleasure of Miss Twins visit
here.
Mrs. Emma DaLee, of Denton, Tex,
is now visiting her sons, Rich and
Frank DaLee, at Bissell. While in
Tupelo Mrs. DaLee was the guest of
Mr.. and Mrs. L. R. Gates. She has
not been in Tupelo for more than twen-
ty years and during that time Tupelo
has so changed that she did not recog-
nize it as the same place upon her re-
turn.
Steve McNien, Of Sherman, spent
several hours in Tupelo Tuesday. MIR.
McNiell reports that there is a very
strong disposition among the farmers
in his territory to raise everything
needed on the farm for both man and
beast. A large acreage is being plant
ed is corn and soy beans, velvet beans,
peanuts and sorghum is being planted
by many farmers. In Mr.. McNiell's
opinion his section will raise all the
foodstuffs needed another year.
"A letter from Walker Milan informs
the family that he is now on the battle
ship New Jersey, where he is being
drilled in naval tactics. When he left
home he was sent direct to Brooklyn
where he was. expected to be placed in
the school Of electrical engineering.
Upon his arrival there however, the
school was so full that he could not
gain admittance. He will be trans
ferred there as soon as practicable to
pursue his studies in his chosen field.
Walker is one Of TupeIo's most reliable
boys and has a decided mathematical
and mechanical talent. His friends
are confident that his career in the
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