The Tupelo journal., 1917-01-26
Local Happenings
Those Who Come and 90

phis on business.
Paul Robertson spent Monday in
Amory on business.
Mr.. and Mrs. W: H. Gotcher, of We
roma, spent Monday here.
Mrs. Mary Walker. of Verona. was a
visitor to Tupelo Tuesday.
CAPTAIN Richard Whorton, of Verona.
spent Wednesday here on business.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dave Yates, of -Sher-
man, were in the city Tuesday after
noon.
Mrs. Geo. H. Booth has as her guest
her sister, Miss Mcdonald. of West
Point.
DR.. and Mrs. M. C. Cowden and Miss
Irby, of Shannon, spent Wednesday in
the city.
E. H. Carter, of the Carter-Arnold
Cotton Co., is in New York on business
for his firm.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Smith and ]. R.
Clayton, of Guntown, spent Wednes-
day in the city.
Miss Margaret Francis has accepted
a position as stenographer for Blair &
Hill, attorneys.
Misses Mary Powell and Fannie Ruth
Philips, of Sherman, were visitors to
Tupelo Tuesday.
Henry Eden, who now lives at Cuba,
Alabama, spent Sunday here with rel
atives and friends.
DIR. w. C. Spencer and daughter,
Miss Mabel, of Verona, spent Tuesday
afternoon in the city.
The auxiliary of M. E. church will
meet with Mrs. G. H. Cunningham the
first Monday in February.
Messrs. Eugene Watson, David Smith
and Duke Weems, of the First District,
were down on business Wednesday.
Rev. o. w. Bradley went to Okolona
Monday to be present at a laymans
meeting of this conference district.
Mrs. John McCullar and Miss Sybil
Ingle have returned from a visit to
Mrs. Marcus Phillips in jackson, Tenn.
Mr.. F. Geldersma has returned from
a business trip of a week in the North.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geldersma are now at the
Tupelo Hotel.
Miss Gertrude Lavender left the first
of the week for ST. Louis where she
will spend the next month studying the
latest styles in millinery.
Miss Rose Mehrbach has returned
from Memphis, where she was doing
stenographic work, and has accepted a
position with L. Frank & Co.
The Journal was favored by a pleas
ant business call Thursday from J. H.
Lassiter, of Guntown, who took occas-
ion to renew his subscription.
Mrs. T. A. Boggan returned the first
of the week to Memphis with little
Miss Mittie Lou Boggan, who is under
treatment for a fractured arm.
Mr.. Austin Eskridge who travels
from Memphis, spent several days the
first of the week in the city. Mr..
E~skridge spent the past week in South
Mississippi.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. c. Brahan, of North
Alabama, have moved to Tupelo where
they will in future reside. We are glad
to have this estimable family as citi-
zens of Tupeio.
DR.. George Lowry, of Verona, was
here Tuesday to meet his daughter,
Mrs. w. G. McGill, of New Albany,
who will be the guest of her father
during the week.
Mrs. Ernest Joyner entertained a
number of her friends most delightfully."-
with a bridge party Wednesday after
noon in honor of her aunt, Mrs. Rains,
of Jackson, Tenn.
DR.. E. L. Phyfer and family have re-
turned to New Albany, their old home.
While in Tupelo DIR. Phyfer and his
family made many friends and it was
with sincere regret that their friends
here saw them leave.
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Rev. W. \ Duren. Of Columbus, was
here Monday to visit MI. j. M. Allen.
Mr.. Duren as a pastor of the Methodist
church here had many friends in Tupelo
and his occasional visits are the source
Of much pleasure to them.
Mr.. I. F. Archer, secretary and treas
urer of the Cotton States Life Insur-