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LEXilNGTON, IIOLMKS COIFNTY, MISSISSIPPI, THURSDAY* Al'IHL
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1905.
NUMBEK 5.
VOL. «8
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Summary of Happenings in Neighborhoods (Adjacent to
Lexington Chronicled by The Advertiser Correspondents.
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BOWLING GREEN.
Prof. J. R.Gulledge. of Zeiglerville,
visited Dr. Joe Byrd last Saturday,
bringing with him Clara, the beau
tiful little daughter of Dr. and Mrs.
Byrd, who had been visiting Prof. (1.
and wife for several days.
»Mr. Joe Moore and his two beauti
ful sisters, Misses Mattie Dee and
Eucine, of Lexington, came out »Sun
day to attend Easter service at the
Methodist Church. Their many
friends here are always glad to see
them.
Misses Nannie and Cora, the beau
tiful daughters of Mr. and Mrs. I). T.
McLellan, gave an Easter egg hunt
Sunday evening for their schoolmates
which was largely attended and great
ly enjoyed by all present. Mr. Ed
gar Rainer captured the easier egg.
After the egg hunt was over the chil
dren all repaired to the house where
Misses Nannie and Cora cut several
nice cakes and all present were fed
and the fragments left would have
fed another such crowd.
Victor Norris Almon, we are sorry
to say, is a victim of chills this week.
Hope lie will soon recover.
We are sorry to say that Mrs. J.
H. Byrd is suffering this week with
Hope she may soon be
neuralgia,
well again.
Dr. A. J. Newman attended the
State Medical Association at Jackson
last week.
Mr. and »Mrs. Ed Ellington visited
Mr. I». F. Williamson's family Sunday.
The rains have put farming farther
hack than we ever remember seeing
at this time of the year liefere, and
if the rains don't hold up the farmers
around here will plant very little cot
ton in this month,
that the Lord has taken a hand in
this reduction of acreage of cotton
Cato.
It seems to us
in this section.
ACONA.
Mt. Moriah Lodge met at Black
Hawk.
Mrs. H. E. Buck visited l^xington
Thursday and Friday.
Monroe Evans brought Mrs. J. M.
Johnson home Friday.
Mrs. Ben Noel returned to Lexing
ton Wednesday after a very short
visit to her brother, A. T. Buck, at
Come again, Miss Kittie,
Fuir View,
and stay longer.
Miss Rosa McRae is visiting rela
tives at Winona.
Misses Myra
,Susie Mundy and John Ada Walton
attended the egg hunt at the Downer
school house Saturday.
Poor old Mississip.' The northern
will give her "down the eoun
McRae, Nelie Buck,
papers
try" for the next ten years on ac
iunt of thirteen lunatics in Tate
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county.
We admit our ignorance, but can
not helii wondering how many
meetings and resolutions, etc., and so
before that railroad will get
through. Our lesser half remarked
recently that "it didn't seem as if we
making much headway in bring
ing the road to Acona." "Why. no,"
we replied; "we thought the road
would be started out here by now, as
Lexington caught on to how
much more trade it would bring her,
but she is still bent on
with Durant when they
road now but we will worry them a
while longer anyway.
We enjoyed a call from Mesdames
P. M. Diggs and R. P. Johnson Thurs
day afternoon.
Stephen Johnson was out from
Lexington Saturday night.
We hope to see the League organ
ised soon and know all who can,
more
on
were
soon as
connecting
have one
should join.
There were a good many out to
the quarterly conference Thursday
and they heard an excellent sermon
from Pro. Dorsey. We guess he
must have preached it for our espe
cial benefit as we have been reproved
the strength of it several times,
once when we remarked that it was
a recognized fact that when a crowd
of men gathered at the store after
thev out-gossiped any crowd
mi
noons,
of women.
Brother Lewis preached an excel
lent sermon .Sunday from the
"He is not here; He is risen."
Mr. Will O'Bryant was out from
Lexington Sunday.
The Missionary Society
ganized Sunday afternoon with Mrs.
Belford as President; Mrs. Venora
Allen, Vice-President; Mrs. H.
Buck, »Secretary and Treasurer.
All Acona people should help in
having the church painted.
Miss Annie M. Baker and Mrs. F.
S. Hines visited relatives here Satur
day.
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was reor
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Cupid is always represented as a
baity liecause love never lives to grow
up.
We «are glad the Editor went to the
Easter Service »Sunday anti wish we
had been there, too.
We have another pet crow and
call him Ihmnis.
We are indebted to Mrs. D. C.
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Mr. J. W. Hailey is able to ride
Coana.
Booth for a lovely bouquet Easter
and Mr. and Mrs. .1. L. McRae, Jr.,
and little ones for an afternoon's
cgll. Such kindness make sunshine
in all invalids' lives.
Miss Ora Ames left for Durant
Saturday for a two weeks' stay with
her brother, W.T. Ames.
When a man gets to be about so
old he can recollect a great many in
cidents of his boyhood days that ne
ver happened at all.
Mrs. J. T. Lewis and little ones
with Mrs. H. K. Buck will go to j
Pinehback Thursday and will enter
tain friends from Jackson for a few
days.
out.
FRANKLIN.
Mr. Henry, of Jackson, was a re
cent visitor to Franklin, the guest of
Mr. S. S. Godfrey.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Shaddock, of Lex
ington, spent Sunday with Mrs. Pow
ers.
Messrs. Godfrey, Owen and Dren
nan walked the streets of Goodman
Saturday.
Mr. T. J. Wherry is making a nice j
shipment of strawberries, daily. His]
success is leading others of our en
terprising farmers to engage in the
business.
Rev. Morrison Brown, of Goodman,
filled his regular appointment here
Sunday.
Mr. J. N. Sample transacted busi
ness in Durant Wednesday.
Mr. Irl Pollard, who is attending I
school in Kosciusko, spent several |
days at home last week.
Mr. J. W. Dale spent Saturday and j
Sunday with his family, leaving again j
Monday morning for Westfield.
Dr. and Mrs. Elmore, Mr. Elmore,
and Miss Lillie Elmore, of Durant,
were in Franklin Sunday afternoon.
Mr. J. M. Powers attended to busi
ness in Lexington Monday
Mrs. S. Williams is visiting her pa
rents at Edsville this week.
Mr. D. H. Noel spent »Sunday with
friends in Richland.
Mr. Earl Dale was a business vis
itor to Lexington »Saturday,
Mr. S. N. Sample, of Ebenezer, j
dined with his sister. Mrs. Godfrey
Sunday. Thk Katzenjammer Kids.
SHADDON.
As the chickens crow for
warning weary, drowsy man it's time
for another day's activity, he comes
forth from his couch, lazily pondering
over the shortness of the allotted
time for slumber, to watch the slow
ly ascending sun kissing the skies
goodmorning; everything begins to
put on activity; the little flowers,even
the daintiest send forth their sweet- j
scented fragrance to perfume the air; ;
every leaf is ready to ruffle, demon-1
strating to us that Spring is here.
Blessed, happy Spring. We welcome
thee for thou doest tell us that the
winter of 1904 is no more forever.
day,
Shine on, bright, sunny Spring,
Until thou dost bright Summer bring, !
Exchange for us birdsong and flowers, j
For Summer's fruit and leafy bowers, j
Miss Lela Grantham went trading!
at Shy grab Wednesday eve.
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Kyzer are hap- !
py over the arrival of a manly little
son, who made his advent Wednesday
night.
Mr. and Mrs. Manuel »McLellan are
rejoicing over their newly arrived
little lady.
Miss I »ela Grantham spent last
»Sunday at J. S. Wilkins.'
R. L. McLellan dined with A.
Grantham last Sunday.
We heartily join "Rubberneck" in j
well-wishing the Durant News and its |
new editor. Selfish indeed would we 1
be if we did not, after our long and !
pleasant sojourn together; we will !
always cherish fond memories of the i
"dear old News" and its former staff;
and hope for its editor now abundant
success.
Misses Ma Grantham and Hattie
»Allen are anticipating a trip to »Mrs.
»S. Tate's in County Line vicinity »Sat
urday. A pleasant time to you. girls.
We learn that E. C. Matthews, who
went to Memphis a few days ago for
medical treatment has been greatly
benefited by an operation performed
on him last Wednesday,
will soon be able to come home.
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Hope he
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Rex.
Notice to All Priveilge Tax Payers.
Notice te hereby giyen, tw required by sec
tion 111 or tbe privilège tax laws of Kam. that
alt privilege tax license*, except those lsaed
to railroads and retail liquor dealers, will ex-1
pire during tbe month of April and must be
renewed for twelTe months during tbe month
of May. Unlea* tbe lice ses tre renew«! dur
ing tbe mouth of Msy It 1« insde the duty of
tbe tax collector to collect donKle tne amount
of the original tax. and as be Is left without
any discret, otAwhatever in the matter, I trust
that aU privilege taxpayers will promptly come
forward, procure their licenses during the
month of May, and sate me the necessity or
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enforcing tbe be«»y penalty.
W. W. WILBURN,
Tax Collector.
| Mr of line s. . „K.,J,a,lv fr.,,
| Spend a few minutes ul' your time in
Notice.
examining the National Capitol Build-j
! ing made entirely of Royal Cuticle
! .Soap in display in my show window.
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Make vour calculations as to how
many liars of soap are used in the
construction of this building, buy tij
bars of this soap for
you are entitled to one guess at the
number. We furnish you a card on
which to write your name and number;
this card is deposited in a box pre
pared for the purpose. The box will
be opened on the first of June and the
party guessing nearest the correct
number of bars of soap in the build
j ing will receive a pair of $3.50 shoes
free. For every G bars of soap you
-buy you are entitled to one guess.
A' ou not only stand a chance of get
ting a pair of shoes free, but you are
using the best medicated soap known.
M.L. Wekms.
Durant. Miss.
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cash and
Choice Seed Corn.
:! to 7 ears to the stalk, for sale by
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SI MEADOWS:
You seem to be in an awful hurry, to-day, Josh,
what's up?
Where is you been, Si, ain't you heard the news?
JOSH SPRUCEBY:
SI MEADOWS:
No, stop and tell me what it's all about*
Why, M. L. WEEMS is going to give away
another barrel of PostePs Elegant Flour next Sat
urday week, May 6th.
Well, sir, what am the conditions? and how is it?
No conditions to it; it is simple enough; he gives
you with every cash purchase of $1.00 a ticket
with a number on it; you write your name on this
ticket and deposit it in a box prepared for this pur
pose; this box will be opened at 8:30 p. m, t Sat
urday, May 6th, and one ticket will be drawn out
by a disinterested party and the name on the ticket
will be the lucky person to get the Flour.
JOSH SPRUCEBY:
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Well, Josh, if that am the proposition I sho' am
going to do my trading with MR. WEEMS, for
I have got these things to buy any way and he gives
you all this extra* and furthermore I is always got
my money's worth from him!
Well* Fs got to be going but I will see you again
at MR. WEEMS' store next Saturday sho\
Well, good bye, Josh, tell all the folks down your
way about this, so they can go to Durant and
spend their money with
JOSH SPRUCEBY:
SI MEADOWS:
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DURANT, MISS.
COUNTY FAIR
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Mass Meeting of Homes County
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Citizens to bv held at Court
House, SdUirdjy, M»ty 6.
j The project of holding a County
j Fair at Lexing|on is assuming tangible
t shape, several preliminary
having been held mid another is sehed
uled for day after tomorrow t
range details so is to bring the mat
ter before a general meeting of all
persons from all pai ls of the county
interested or favorable to the idea of
meetings
ar
upilal
of $5000, to be raised by stock sub
seriptions, which -am is necessary to
f imroliasini/ the
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a county fair. 'Phis general meeting
is to be held in the court house on
Saturday, May Blh N is proposed
to form an association with a c;
meet the expense
necessary grounds, improving it as
needed, providing prizes,
; understand that about half has already
etc.
For the Presbyterian Church.
Mrs, 8. C. Ainsworth, who recently
entertained our people with an inter
esting lecture on how ladies can pre
serve their health, will give some
classic recitations from renowned
philosophers and dramatists . next
Monday night at the Opera House
for the benefit of the Presbyterian
t'bureh. Admission 25 and 35 cents.
subscribed f»y local parties, and
I it is hoped that enough other pro
gressive Holmes county citizens will
be sufficiently interested to subscribe
the balance. A properly conducted
Fair, awarding substantial prizes for
the raising of the finest stock, poul
try, cotton, fruit, vegetables, etc.
will not only stimulate general acti
vity and rivalry among our producers,
but also create a market formen who
! excel in the raising of superior stock
j iUU ) farm products. Besides it is ed
ueational in the most, practical form,
jit would be a poor fair indeed from
attending which the average man
j could not pick up a number of valu
able points which could In* profitably
employed on his own farm or planta
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Locâl News
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Happenings of Interest to Home c Peop!e 'Briefly and Enter
tainingly Chronicled.
LOCALS.
Strawberries in all their luscious
perfection are now on the market.
0, W. Stigler, Ben Lundy and Dr. Joe
Watson lead in perfect varieties.
"No strawberry that ever grew on
the straw" could be like them without
a flaw.
Lexington is now rose crowned and
the queen of flowers reigns in all the
regal colors from crimson to shell
tints and the pearl and ivory shades
that blend into snow.
»Nome of our beaux felt quite blue
over the effects of the storm that de
layed the trains Tuesday and deprived
them of the delights of the opening
of the Spring Ball of the Calumet
Club in Yazoo City.
Misses May and Floyd Wilson are
guests of Miss Haverkamp, of Yazoo
City, this week. Miss May led the
Calumet Herman with Mr. Henry
Haverkamp.
Anticipation wears a smile of
contentment over the fact that
after the long Renten denial the
Whist club meets with Mrs. J. 3.
Eggleston Thursday afternoon. It
will be rose crowned and roseate
as the »Spring-tide denotes it
should be in the hands of the
hostess of most happy hospitality.
Miss Lula Beall enjoyed the hos
pitality of Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Cole,
of Yazoo City, the past week.
Miss Annette Levy is to leave for
New York City soon to visit relatives
for a year.
Mr. (!. A. Wilson, Jr., spent Easter
with friends at Jackson.
Mr. and Mrs. Rowell Trotter are at
the Herbert House. Mr. Trotter will
bo in banking circles hen* until the
opening of the West bank.
Miss Katherine Pinkerton spent the
Easter holidays with a friend in Pat
terson. La.
Dr. S. A. Eggleston was made one
of tin* Vice-Presidents of the State
Medical Association that Inot in Jack
son last week.
Our Colored School.
Last Friday night the colored
citizens of Lexington met to
consider tin* matter of raising by
private subscriptions funds to
aid in the re-building of their
school house, which was burned about
a month ago. By special invitation
Mess. W. 1'. Tackett, R. ('. Me Bee, Par
ham Williams and C.C.Pahlen attended
the meeting and addressed the patrons
of the school and others interested in
the meeting. The speeches were all
well received, and seemed to be pro
ductive of good. Prof. Paul Mingo,
•tbe-jrriiH'ifmt of ttferat-bool, hasrgfvrm
general satisfaction in his work; has
built up the school to its present
excellent showing.and the white people
desired to show their appreciation of
tin* good work he is doing.
Mr. Tackett, who is a member of
the town council of Lexington, in his
talk to the patrons of the school, ex
plained that if they wanted a good
building they must subscribe out of
their own means to aid the town in
the erection of the building; that the
colored people owed it to themselves
to do this, and that they could not
expert, the town to build them a school
like the one the whites are building.
He then went into detail, showing
the relative value of the property of
the two races in Lexington that had
been given in for taxes for 1904.5.
Out of a total assessment of
$1,040,HIM) tin* colored people were
only assessed with $20.195, or about
2. 1-2 per cent. Out of a total of
$14,57-1.80 paid into the town treasury
for taxes, only $20 LOT was paid in by
the colored people. The colored
school collected from the towpflreas
ury last year $807.00 in aid of their
school, or $442.02 more than they
paid into the treasury for all purposes.
Out of the $807.00 received by them
for their school, only $02.87 was col
lected from their property.
After these figures were submitted
to them, several of the leading colored
citizens addressed the meeting, and
urged them to subscribe in aid of the
school, and explained if they did not,
they could not expect the town to
erect a costly building for them, when
they paid in so little of the taxes.
For Sale.
1 have 2<H> bushels of Bass Cotton
seed fur sale, at 75 cents per bushel.
This is regarded us one <>f the most
prolific cotton known, and will make
from one to one and a half bales of
cotton per acre on average land.
1 also have King and Cross land
Cotton seed for sale at At) cents per
bushel. All of these seed are at my
gin at Cypress, and can be bad there
at the above prices.
S. N. Sami'i.k.
Ebenezer. »Miss.
Lodge Meetings.
Blue Lodge.
Chapter,
Council,
Knights Templar, 2nd & 1th Tuesdays.
Knights' of Pythias, 1st & 3 d Mondays.
2nd Monday.
2nd Thursday.
2nd Thursday.