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VOL. «8
JLEXINOTON, HOLMES COUNTY,
MISSISSIPPI, THURSDAY* JUNE 8, 1905.
NUMBER 11
THE COTTON PROBLEM.
This we all learned in our tirst
school days. It is, therefore, not my
intention to give advice to the indi
vidual farmer as to what or how
much he should plant, because every
one knows wh$t is to his best private
interest, how much he owes and in
what way he can best meet his obli
gations. But being a member of the
Southern Cotton Growers' Associa
tion, 1 wish to submit a few' ideas on
general lines pertaining to the better
ment of existing conditions by secur
ing better prices or the real value of
cotton strictly on the basis of the
law of supply and demand. My in
terest in our farmers is not merely ;
theoretical, for though quite young,
was a two-by-four farmer myself
for several years after the war. and
learned, with rolled-up pants, to pop
the double whip over a six or eight
yoke team of oxen, and to do all
kinds of farm work, from splitting
rails to hewing railroad cross-ties, j
I planted corn, cotton, potatoes, peas,
and turnips enough to make sufficient |
feed stuff, meat included, to feed the;
hands and teams employed, and did
not have to mortgage the cotton to 1
get what few additional supplies I
had to buy on a credit, and yet
made as much cotton per mule as my
father did on an adjoining farm, who
paid little attention to anything but ]
eotton and who was for a number of
years one of the largest farmers in
my old home county, Attala, Miss.
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"Kvery one is the architect of his
own fortune."
The j
course of diversification, which I j
practiced, is becoming more generally |
used yearly, and if continued the ,
&«tk. will resume its plai-e, which it |
SSfSriJas?mS , ow
one oi ine rienest ana most piosper-;
ous sections that was blessed by our
all-wise Creator with sunshine and ,
gentle rams
The second and greatest reason
why we have to sell for less than any
L l trUe 7ir of .^ton,
is that the masses of the people, and
agriculturists north ot Mason s and
StLi™ , ,n . ^ United States,
have been made to believe from a po
5lfnSf P r 01 f t 6 Tn y salva '
tion for the prosperity ot the coun-:
. try, is to vote the Republican ticket]
that protection might lie fostered, j
This fallacy of protection once estab
blished, grew and grew, until duties
are now so high that we have to pay
double for the necessaries of life and
at the same time are forced to take
half price for our cotton m the raw
state and pav more than double the
iiLttnrmt u
ketnred state in Ihieh «•« r . nna , * ]
nnrt nf it The Anfie' Int
imports to a great extent, and thus
.making the revenue to the govern
ment less than what it would derive !
from a lower tariff, under v h h our
imports would treble and • e the I
consumers the benefit of competition, t
or cheaper manufactured goods and i
at the same time allow the producer !
and consumer to receive better prices
for their cotton and wheat. The
cotton producer getting a better price,
he could buy more flour and manufac
•T* ««*• Conaequenti.v, the pur
, chasing power of the masses having
increased, better pnees would rule
for a-hent ernmers »«,! mn „,
would^bTconsumed"
and the great difference between the
ana tne great ainerence Detween the
prices of the raw material and the
manufactured article would not exist
as it does now. Everv pound of cot
ton that is sold at an'average of 8
cents per pound is now bought back
by the producer at an average of
about $1.25 to $1.50 per, pound in!
manufactured articles. This great
difference is caused by the trusts
and combines, which themselves are
due to the high tariff, making practic
ally one American buyer as to cotton,
there being no competition among
home buyers. As a result they buy
from hand to mouth at their own
price, subject only to Liverpool mar
ket quotations, and the home manu
factum knows that the foreign buy- (
er has deducted the freights (made
high because shipped over highly pro
tected steel rails, etc.,) to foreign
markets from the price offered the
tanner. We ail know that it is a
fact that we can buy any American
manufactured articles cheajter in the
foreign markets than we can in the
United States. 1 could show plainer
how this is, but will only offer as evi
masses of our farmers, they would j
I believed then and do now, that if j
this course were pursued by the!
not have had to go into debt much j
after the first three or four years
and thus their cotton would have
been independent of deeds of trust,
which in themselves forced the sale
of the cotton crop to be made within
three or four months after it was
raised and thereby reduced its price
at least from two to three cents per
pound, if not more, than it should
have sold for. It is a business axi
om, that no kind of property sells for
its full value when the natural law
of supply and demand is interfered 1
with, and it has to be sold.
B
dence how tne agricultural interests
have been discriminated against, the
HHVH
following government statistics,
showing how manufacturers have
prospered at the expense of agricul-1
Total wealth, the whole;
1850. $7.1:54,7:59,000;
190o. $94,300,000,000; farms, 1850, j
$3,967,34.),580; 1900, $20,a 14,001,- j
8158. Farm products: 1850. $1.958.-;
030,927: 1900, $3,704,177,700. Man
ufactured products: 1850 .$1,019,-;
106,616; 1900. $13,039,279,000 j
This shows that wealth h;ts increased j
over 1300 per cent, farms not quite.
600 per cent; farm products not!
quite 200 percent; manufactured]
products over 1300 per cent. Thus;
we see that the farms in these num
her of years have increased only 600
percent, while the manufactures have
increased 1300 per cent. The
greater part of the increase in the
farms, has been in the grain states j
and not in the cotton states, which is!
; seen from the following table, show- i
ing the increase in value of farm j
property since 1890, which is as tol- j
lows: Alabama, gob,000,000; t,eor-«element
gia, $74,000,000; Mississippi, $60,- i
000,000; Indiana,$200,000,000; Iowa,
$500,000,000; Illinois, $700,000,000.'
From this you see that the farm t
j wealth of the South has increased far ]
less than 600 per cent. To show j ;
| you how the unjust legislation has
diverted the wealth of the land from j
the pockets of the agriculturists into
1 the coffers of the different manufac
turing industries, we refer you to the i
government statistics, which show
that in I960, the capital invested in
manufacture was not quite $10,000,
] Wmnet profits on same nearly ; t
$3,000,000,000. Total capital,
farms a little over $20,000,000,000.net
turists:
i country, in
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hem to us; then why not cut down
thu protective policy to a. tar.ff for j
revenue only, or hetter^take it ,.fl
on many things entirely W hy not
m Imt ''"llr."'. ? nts '
go out on the open wa. andpuuhase ■
merchant ships and hoist the stars :
and stripes (as other nations do their
. '' thelr
j governments) that they might carry
j in safety our products to the differ
| ent countries which they might wish
, to seek trade with, instead of forcing
| them to buy of the shtpbut d.ngtrust.
iLtrChutwr/ z s
on snips nought elsewhere. Let oui;
government do as England, France
, and Germany: send out agents toj
seek trade and make treaties at the
government's expense with China and
all other countries where our advan
tages are unknown ami show them ,
such of the American goods. This
it never has done m the interest of
the cotton growers, but has m the
interest of the gram producers. If
h > a werbdoneit would on urge our
trade in cotton fabrics, better prices
would be obtained and you never
j would hear of over production even
if we should make 20,000,000 hales| rtt
annually. We need an expansion of
markets. There are millions of peo
pie who can be induced to consume ()f
our cotton goods, and it can he d<
m the above way.
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In conclusion, I wish to say that
] the Almighty has already reduced the
acreage more than all the efforts of
ev f>' man f ls ac . tf ® r
and <laiW !t 8Ult '\ h,m ^
! ™ erefore ' ,t , appear8 U > m > tha
^ lK *. U " r ; va >' to start at
I j na ' un K ^^r pnees for cotton than
t J? appr oP nate the greater part of
i • e u cash w " an j 8pendm ^ on . thl8 hne <'
! '"."W 8U ? h d, ' cument8 P™^ d a8
W ' l foun ' 1 l n the speeches delivered
in Congress of mir two senators, ^ and
w?ir C m ' V " i , ° n B re ? 8m ®J 1 ' ' • by
Williams andI A. M Byrd, the lat
" e t'£e7 S'the'ChTe
Jf ^^rn and middle S thl
,ten 8,11,1 n ? ld(lle 8tade ' the
wheat growers and manufacturers
that we might make Democrats out
of Republicans by convincing them of if
t . f H .
• - r °t their way, upon a strict,
" s |,lan ' . Ut | 18 show them ;
that . the ,r P tet ; t ' Ve pollcy , 18 wr<) ^:
? nd not for their, or the masses *
in and hence induce them to
}.° ^,. or , ose who will abandon it.
f k me a campaign year for
f- e 1 more effective in get
Hng votes for the needed changes to
f* mad e. 8how them that in so do- ]
in g oar cott,m would bring more than
J oab " , what we have *****
or, .j'. ience " ur purchasing
'
Sfo sJnd monev^when w^
•. Wo would hnv double the nil i
* v of flour and everything else esr». I
( .LlK that , '
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The cotton growers of the South I
make the money for the world. All
business interests depend upon their
success. Why not let them have a a
fair chance along this line, including i
the colored population which can do
little else but raise cotton? Why j
can't the Republican party devote it-j eV
self more to the negro's welfare
m
j whereas in farming no part ofjhe
!
profits a little over $2,(MX),000,000.
j In manufacture, $1,500,000,(XX) of
the net profits is due to protection
j net profit is due to protection. When
we find that our manufacturers
steel rails and all other articles in
the foreign markets from 20 to 40
per cent cheaper than they will sell
1 flags under the protection
WW WPWB as,
to living, instead of troubling itself s
so much about his right to vote?
has managed to send out a delegation ■
to seek markets for wheat and corn
at the government's expense, and j
JUNE COTTON THE DANGER LINE.
There is no doubt but what the |
j eotton acreage has been largely re-;
j duced all over the cotton belt. The
Southern t'otton Association estimate
place the reduction at 1S.43 per cent
Unfavorable weather conditions have
j reinforced the
j em Cotton Association,
the acreage to a
right for a profitable crop. Heavy
j une planting, however, can easily
run the acreage up to a*height that
would be dangerous in view of the
grea t surplus to be carried over from
this crop. We should not lose sight
„f the importance of keeping the
acreage within the hounds of 18.43
j This per cent of reduction with the
is! verv | ow conditions prevailing over
i the greater portion of the belt will
j )* equivalent to 25 per cent under
j ordinary fair conditi ops. The bear
t,eor-«element is confidently reckoning on a I
i heavy late planting. They argue
that thousands of fanners in every
cotton state, deterred from planting
t heir usual crop by unfavorable
] weather conditions, are now* putting j
j ; n the deficit and will have a tub
acroage above' ground by the 10th of
j une jf these predictions prove!
true ano ther large crop is entirely
possible this vear Low conditions
i 4arl V in the season do not alwavs re-'
su | t *j na short yield Instances to'
the contrary are well known iri the *'
history of cotton culture Notably 1
; t he Texas crop in im and that of
efforts of the South
ami brought
standard about
,
,v, ......... a vc.,,
.. r . This amount added I
to the surplu8 afford ample HUp .
j , for the flt)mand , , mi nnder thi-;
mosl favoi . ahle tra(i( , ( . on - diliona . in
That much may not be marketed at 1
' tiKures, hut at least S cents I
■ wiH ^reabzed. Daniel Sully, the j
: great bub !eader is quoted as having!
that if he | ( j w ithin that limit, ten
cents is the minimun of his expeeta-!
tion for mi<ldlinK .
We can infer what a 12 or 13,000,
0(MJ lmk , wiH be worth another 1
,,, ar by com U is(m of pri ce existing
-MoZ prevailing in February
for a bo Ut 7 Mc-ent in the home mar
ketH durin the mo nths of February
and March % n(i from 7 ,. 4 to « cents
duri A pril and Mav. and but for the
New Orleans convention and the con
sequent apprehension felt by cotton
, that ite recomme ndatkms
mi ht , be a(1 opted bv the growers and
the n e Xt crop matc'rially reduced, I
am satisfied that eotton would have
been .selling for 5 cts. and under. In
18!)s under the influence of a much
am .,iw Bliril i„ u than tho aafi
S iitnh?eotton went St ■
.j', t . ' .5. * „ ( !
rtt h*» r cotton sold in our local i
markets during the months „f F.d. '
L'-.i-v -md Wjm4> t'tm -u -m ■iv,.n m .^
()f '. b 1;! ts .' show ine muchln
favor of the small cron It is con
eulsive from this bit of cotton histo
tu ,, VL 1 1 , m 1 1 1 . n,ht0 *
ry, that should the growers increase
their present acreage by a heavy ,
June planting and, with the surplus, is
With another
Jumper crop, cotton may make a new
ff ord,n 118 h,dtor - v ' ami lower
han he m ' ,8t sanguine Bear could
hope tor (an any sensible man who
contemplates increasing his cotton
acreage consider unmoved the danger
<' tbe , 8,tuat , lon confronting him?
Ila8 h " ,8arned nothln « lr ' jn | 1 exper *
lence. nothing from practical demon-;
stratum of truth, and will he pass it
by as unworthy of note valuable les- ji
sons taught by such experience and
th7T.UI Te
nroduce lesscottonthan n IV 4 or
produce leas cotton than m 13 tt or
lose the fruits of his land, labor and
capital, for the next twelvemonths
if his embarrassments extend no fur-! f
, m
ther. I
; Only a season of general unfavor- j
able conditions eou d save him from !
* the results of his folly.
tRBD. L. West,
State Organizer S. <. A.
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The many friends of Miss M. A.
Noel will feel relieved to know that
] she is getting along so well as to
indulge the hope of being up and
about in a few days.
ability-Drs.
' even 8ent some ,,ne aiung to coo k it 'a
^ad. Why not do something,
i similar for the cotton growers, who
I hew their share of this expense, and:
who buy the wheat and corn from of
j our own states, and are made to pay
I more for it by being taxed to make a !
higher market against them? The 1
cotton grower pavs his part to open
a market for the verv commodities to
i needful to him, which makes it cost j
him more to buy it, and at the
j same time he has no protection what-'
eV er for his own products and
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Georgia the year preceding. There
are doubtless other exceptions but
Present condi
tions could be so far changed by sub
about'even tetter"'results than"'\vere
experinced last year, producing anoth
er bountiful erop of cotton and, 1
! fear, of debt and disappointment as
well. There is safety only In a ten
million bale crop.
tbe8e are reca || ed
sequctit favering
hickory i
in, as land
For fear I
j
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even
has to pay a duty on the
s hirt which he makes the cotton i
Hjwellasonevervthingel.se.
■ that I will burden
j
you,
Am yours respectfully.
I). C. Roby.
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AhsnlutelvDi.,
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Miss May Williams, of Lexington,
who has been visiting relatives here,
*' e Girned home last Tuesday,
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A MATTER OF HEALTH
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Mr tri imm u, ,• u I I
Mi I- ami'' aml
tom shopping!'Thursday*!'**
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, ' ^ u<- ' am] Wade Williams
"'I. ••Tx".' sTrlrr J 7T
vc.,, Ml 3 h Kv, | campie, ot Jackson, is
I appreciated guest of her sister,
Mrs. Godfrey.
Misses Eva and Annie Owen were
in Lexington, shopping, on, dav last
1 week.
I Mrs. Marks and Miss Annie Marks
j of lirookhaven. and Miss Mamie
Marks, of Mcl lei,iy spent hml wlvk
with Mrs. W. 1). Smith.
u rs j vVillisms i« <]>,. mi. .*■ ,r
Mrs wi-m' a i m? ^t is !tet
J , *7'
1 Mr. .1. \\ . Dale left Monday for
U
A number of our young people i,
r . ««>• vc,- «„*,• i
Owens,
Messrs Surge Noel and I at Gibson
visited friends in finm Sand-.^
The Katzpmammkk Kips' l
Al ""
BOWLING GREEN. 1
Mrs. J. H. Byrd visited her parents.
near Owens last Friday and extended L
her visit to friends it /leiglerville
while there she was the appreciated 1
guest of Prof. J. R. Gulledge am |
wife.
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■ M 1 ' ' lo, .' Mooreand sister, of Lex
! #". visited tails here Sunday,
i Mr- and Mrs. 15. A. Moore, of Hoff
' ,nan 5 Vl ' slted Mrs - I,ida Thurmond ;
.^ un,ay ' I
Mrs. Annie L. Byrd, mother of our I
P°P u| nr M D., J.H. Byrd, visited
friends at Owens and Durant last;
week.
, Master Karl Gulledge, of Durant, i
is visiting his brother. Mr. .J. H.
f.alled K ...
We are glad to say that Mrs. J I.
Almon is up again after a week's
siege with chills
Mr. Shad Seller, after being,
away for several months, was hand-'
shaking with his many friends
Sunday, all of whom were glad to see
him.
Harger th , little 8on of Mr . and
Mrs. I). W. Weeks, was on the 8ick 1
ji s t last week; we are glad to say i
that he is getting we,I again. '
trusu.ee of the public M
haV( * 8ent out invitations to the pat -1
rons 0 f t h e 8C h« J ol to attend a nro
oi u« setnm m aiu no a.pro
gramme at the school hou-e Friday i
f vc : nir ! g : *be teaihei ha.-the pupils J
m training this week. We under-:
I stand that Prof Smith our deserved- 1
j , s in ™; |(i r
! .j " 1 , ; ; j " V* la -,
p(j n ' K ,f ex * •
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k ' • • ' ■. ' av a >- f ox "
b J*'n'wt^n- v /"u't' 'piV ' 11 *' ni
*- 11 \ •' a - ' ' .. 1
his appointment there.
Contractor Killebrew will com
menee work on the Methodi.-t church
this week.
Newman and Byrd amputated
'a little negro girl's thumb -me day
l**t week.
farmers are badly behind with
their work, and crops lire grassy; lots
of corn yet to be planted: some
ground yet to break,
! Mrs \ J Newman is enjoying a
1 visit from her sister this week,
« , (V .„., .. viqit ., r
to nVUv Mondav Caw
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Notice.
mo:
POWDER
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FROM NEIGHBORS.
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FRANKLIN.
Mr. Gus Brennan was a business
visitor to Goodman Saturday
Franklin was well represented at
■ opening ball at the 1 'astalian
Springs on the 31st.
tin
here*
The business of A. L. Godfrey, of
i Franklin, has been purchased by me
land will be continued under my name.
I All accounts due A. L. Godfrey are
j payable to me and all obligations of
| A.L. Godfrey are assumed by me.
Wm. Godfrey.
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-»• A. Steele's Wednesday,
ACONA.
DtM* itt hurk left to attend Com
meucement at the CniversiU. Oxford,
1 hursday.
Grandma McRae is visiting her
daughter, Mrs. S. H Herbert, at Lex
. ington.
Mrs. .1. T. Buck went to Lexington
Mondav.
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Mr. ami Mrs. .1. W. liaitoy visited
their son. .1. K. Builev near Black
Hawk, last MiiinJav! '
u . , ; . ,
Me were so fortunate as to havet
Mesdames Russell and Clifton
Booth called on Mrs. F. K, Mullen
Tuesday afternoon.
Mrs. Lon McRae arrived from a
visit to Jackson and Ridgeland Thurs
' day, accompanied by her mother, Mrs
Ash. who with her'little grandson. !
Murrel, went on to Memphis Satur
day .m a visit to M rs. S tackhouse.
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L, Steele, our efficient!
constable, was escorting a negro,
Hicks Booth, to the county jail for
carrying concealed weapons,' Thurs-1
day, the negro sprang over a wirej
fence and took to his heels. With !
I Hie assistance of some of the neigh- j
l>ws he was finally treed near Fair
hav *. n aho " t ' p ' m ' , . !
Misses Mary and Lillie Steele and I
Sue Ella Belford arrived home from I
th< '. L 1 iim1 ( '" Co,U ! nl ' US ' 1 " Bt
and we are sorry to hear that Mtas:
Sue Ella has had fever since but hope
for her a speedy recovery.
Misses Hattie Wall Diggs. Laura
McRae and Luda May Haih-y urdved
from the Grenada Female College ,
Thursday. All look well but look ts
'if they had been studying rather
hard. '
Miss Mamie Diggs is also at home
,r on a visit before attending the' aim *' l
- norm- K
u; n w • ,, „ ,
Mill Warner arrived from the A. e
k M , lSatur,ia >\ . W " are glad to see
i, b T and ,^. r,s comi "« »»ome and
^z theyw,llhavea,,leasant vaca -
t,0 . n ; .. . ot . ,
yZv T ? ''T* ,rom
for a day or two, on a v.sit
l 7 T * ...
Mrs. Lizzie Hester is visiting
1 ( ™ nd8 and relatives in Lexington;
„„ , „ !
L * vlr s. Laurence Hobbs, of Carroll
7y '' 'V ;h ? P Bl 'i 01f her n,other ; Mr«-!
1 ^ were sorry to hear
| of the 77? *1 ,nfant K ' rl ' wblch
occurred last week._C.
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I have recently made several visist
to HARRIS' BUSINESS COLLEGE,
Jackson Miss., and ain well pleased
; w ,th . .. thL ' lr , w|«n*>nent«, work and]
I dlsc 6 > , 1 ' n ^' 1 hnd that they are do-,
I !. n / ^ 1,{ * sl - (: LASS work, and am eon-:
,idl ' nt y uun « ,nan y™»'K . wo- ]
ma , n wh<> 'f prepared for business
college work would make no mistake
in matricnl-itimz in the ahnv*.
i institution. 1 am
Verv Resoeet full v
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Our Mr. Oltenburg pulled himself
away from Lexington yesterday morn
ing and made a dash for Uruger, ]
where several long time friends
ing old custom still prevails to
something to keep off the evil effects
of malaria and its consequent nurner
1 ous ailments. A person that wishes i
i t( > spend a few days of genuine bos
pitality among a people who enjoy I
•*** an acpuunt™,. „t the l„„ s
-1 a «°- mu8t «° th, ' 8Wam I'- ' >uger
18 no exception to the rule. TheiMcNeal
., . ■
i '^StaK "art
J ( ^ ( , as is' evidenced hv
, a11 , ru K er > 88 18 f vwenceu h >
1 the ,ra P 0Bin '* two story brick bank,
and the material now on the ground
-, for three more brick stores. A good ! ''
• dinner at Mr. Jno. H. McGee's hrntel- ■ 98
ry prepared us to successfully pull ors
through the various functions of the
^ternoon. We enjoyed the outing!
and promise our friends at Uruger
another visit when the fish bite g««>d
•
fresh Nabmcos and Lady lingers
at Gw,n & Watson's. i
M. W. Parrish, of Uoxburg,
journed in Lexington Monday,
Eugene Wigley of Eulogy,
Lexington a visit Saturday,
FOR SALE, two good mules,
Mr. Hinson and little grand daugh
ter. May \oung, are visiting Mr. and 1
Mrs. M. F. Garter, atitta Bella.
Mrs. L. L. Hines as our guest Thur
dav.
Mrs. Bailie Flowers, of Rising Sun,
ami Miss Allie Applewhite, of Kosci
1 ; usko, visited their sister, Mrs. J, A. I
Steele, a few days last week.
Mrs. W. 15. Stanford visited at Mr.
While T.
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take I k,
were
met, and where the same old endear
paid
so
Davis Gibson,
Franklin, Miss.
M. M. Brown, of Durant, was here
in a business capacity Monday.
B. W.Strowd. abridge contractor
from Durant, spent Monday in Lex
ington, attending the meeting of the
Board of Supervisors.
Rice Chicken Feed, $1.50 a sack at
(5win & Watson's.
2t.
the
J. 8. Eggleston made Durant
a brief visit Tuesday.
Corn, Feed Stuffs, Oats, Bran. Pu-' "
rina. Atlas Stock Feed at T. W. Smith '
& Sons Co's.
L. L. Elmore, of Durant, had buai-j
ness before the Board of Supervisors
Tuesday. 1
,
hobertGardner and Sam Hurkhal
ter, ot Greenwood, were recent visit
or8 Lexington.
Mrs. W. A. Burkhalter and daugh- i
,er > lit tie Miss Rddie Wheat, of Green
wood, visited relatives and friends in !
Lexington last week.
Miss Lillie Humphreys, of Green-1
wood, was the attractive guest ,,f 1
" ««*•
Cards are out for the marriage of
Miss Kunicr Kll.el iiakar. of l«in B -i"'
ton, to Mr. Horner Ktnrene Dean of
Iieland>at 4 o'cha'lt, Wednesday af ■
ternoon, June 21st, 1905 at the Me
thodistChurch.
, ,, , ,, .
« , v ., , e8 and ( raokers at <*win j
® , 8 '° n 8 '
« '^ Hr - V returned home,
ai ' ada . v morn,n f / rom • N ' ,nv At urk, j
wh ' w * h '' attended a conservatory (if,
! n "T f <»' «?veral years. She made
th ** ho,n . e tn »' by 8Pa to , Ne J v c > rleana -1
whm , s u " waa ,IU * h >' fa ' h *' r - ail(1
arrived here Tuesday morning.
Fruit Jars, all sizes, at Keirn liras. :
Jerry Robinson,a large and success
ful planter and businessman of Talla
hatched, near Sharkey died in Chat
I tanooga, Tentu, Tuesday of last week.
His remains were brought intek and
interred in the soil he loved so well,
Hr. M. b. Raynor, of Bowling Green,
^Mndaywt with Lexington friends,
New Mangoes and Sweet Mixed
! I'iekles at Gwin & Watson's.
j W. H. Sutton made Cruger a husi
ness visit Saturday.
! Mr. and Mrs. J.' l). Causey and son, ;
I Reuben, of Hrozville, were in the city
I on a trading expedition Saturday
Frank Arnold, of the Broz.ville vi- hi
cinaire hand-shook with feienda nnd
acquaintances''in the city Saturday
! " " n ' ' ™ y *
iourned he^e S durZ ^ ^ ed
^ • , »»
, ^ arr -V w*s issuod to:
' '!}* J*}^' am1 j
L. Hale, of the same
neighborhood, June 6th. 1905. j
Heinzs Strawberry, Plum, Pine-!
*' l I ) pHt ami Cherry Preserves in 51b. j
crocks at Gwin & Watson's. of
R. H. Crutcher, of Clarksdale, visit- j
e d relatives here Tuesday, guest of 1
nur Hhwi(r w . w> m][m ^
„
morning . I
|,1 -r. i . o , ( , . „ ;
rabam-o Sauce al (,w.n & in
W urn
Mr. and Mrs. William Eggleston
returned from a visit, to kindred and j to
! friends in Yazoo last evening. |
Dr. J. R. Watson and son, J. S.
Watson, made Egypt a visit Monday.
W . Watson went up to Green- fa
wood yesterday.
y } ,
i. nynun an* son, .least, returned |
from a prospecting tour, embracing |
Lruger, Egypt and Greenwood, last j (1()
evening.
Ground was broken for the build- of
ing of three brick stores to join the
new two-story brick bank building at to
] Uruger, yesterday. Ben Olive has!
the contract, and, being a good brick
layer, will make a good job of it,
,• . . ,
License to marry was issued to
••isper Leggett, Jr., ol McHenry, and .
iSlT ST H
]
Hon. A. M. Pepper made Tchula a
professional visit this morning,
Miss Annie Lunsford dosed thesea
son's term of the Midway school last
l-Yhlay. ' ,
The Dak < '.rove school, Prof. A. VV. ;
TheiMcNeal teacher closed its session
tan r - " 0f ^ a llH session
"art Friday.
*' llyman t'> ,,k atrip to Egypt ""
Tuesday tnornimr
, *1'
I -L. Buck of Acona, spent the
'' arl - v P art ,lf the week in Lexington,
98 m,,rnber of the ^rd of iSupervia
ors -
T- G. Stephenson was in town the
fore part of the week, looking after
his constituents' interests on the
Board of Supervisors,
h U Rogers and daughter Miss
[»,,[ of'KmJfry''wen* LcxiJigtnn visit
i oS'Saturdayj
1
I
1
at
T'hone 140 for Heno Tea, Morning | it
j Joy and French Market Coffee. 1
, 1
•!
Miss Lillie McLean, daughter of the
late Mr. and Mrs. Jesse McLean, of!
Jackson attended the obsequies of
k, ' r klto mude < W. W. McLean
Tuesday.
here ;
the
to
the
!
J
:
ied
Brof. lt. L. Skeen left Friday for a
short visit to home folks at McCool, a
after which he will go to Bowling j
Ky., and take a business
Green,
course.
T. A. Lunsford, of Hebron, so
journed in town Monday.
, , . . _ .....
portion of the week at Owens \\ ells.,
R. L. Harrison, the Standard Oil day
Agent, interviewed our dealers Mon
;
!
Dr. T. W. Foster, of Tchula,
noted in our midst Monday.
was
J. M. Alexander, of Tchula, spent a
her
dav.
VV. L. Smith, of F.ulogv, was here
the early part of the «cek. serving
• 1 6
" n the lioard of Supervisors,
so
i
G. A. Tate, of Bowiing Green,
journed in Lexington Saturday.
Confederate Veterans' Meeting.
\ ..,^, 1 ],,,. „ f u ,
VountWrit r c *
bounty t amp I . \ .No. 398, was
held Monday, and was called to order
by Lieut Commander *'. Oltenburg
and opened with prayer by Adjt. F. A.
i Howell Minutes of the last meeting
"ere redd V circular on tranaporta
! tion to the Louisville Reunion
conven
ing on Wednesday, June 14, was read
1,u ' tin- information of he Camp. V
1 special train from Jackson will pass
Wl
, ui Mi.ty evening at 1. M.
-i"' „?' r! X e . f " , tl " «*?
!" ,nnm 6 ' Ihe death of comrade
■ *' W ' Wl 66 in « was reported to the
u am £' and tlu ' Commander appointed
W. \\ . Lunsford, J. C. Pierce and B.
F. 1 orter a committee to report and
j imblish a memorial on the life of the
late comrade Wiggins.
change of pleasantries among the
j Comrades, the Camp adjourned with a
lieuediction front Comrade W. W.
Lnnsfonl.
-1
: Notice Holmes County Medical Society.
The Holmes County Medical Soeie
ty will meet in Lexington, Miss.,
Tuesday, June 13th,
House tit 9:30 a. m.
; for [ l "' ww ' k 5 n<lil >K Monday, June 5.
Much sunshine prevailed during the
week. d.:: temperatures were
hi ^. l,u Uil ' ni ''! ta . .*
the average the mean temperature
for the week was about two degrees
above normal. \ few widely scatter
ed an.l quite heavy showersceeurred
»» May 30thand 31st, but ..ver the
greater portion of the State there
j no rainfall of consequence,
The weather during the week was
j very favorable for the cultivation of
crops which progressed rapkity. but
j the cool nights retarded the growth
of cotton which is being somewhat in
j uml *«*«■ Where cotton has
1 ^ worked out a general improve
ment is noted, but many fields are
still in a grassy condition and plants
f th,,> r
. I he change from wet to dry weather
; has caused the soil to become parked
in many localities. Chopping out
cotton is quite well advanced south.
but there is still much of- this work
j to be done over the northern part of
| the state. There is general
plaint of scarcity of labor,
On thrt whole the condition of corn
fa only fair; laying by continues and
while there arc some fields that are
doing well, much of it shows the ill
| ()f - , much wet we-ither
| si(lerable jatu c ! )r ,Vis being plant
j (1() 0|] | uW -lamls that have hitherto
been too wet to work. The planting *
of peas in corn has commenced Oat
harvest continues with generally fair
to good yields. Sugar cane is grow
ing'finely. Pastures, gardens and
potatoes are doing well. Tomato
shinmentsnre increiisimr
smpmtnts are mci easing.
.
, It. S. Me,,11 ,i.itol Ncv Orlcuns ,l„.
; ,ore part « f th, ' *«*•
Pike Bros of Uruger added their
/ , 111 . '
names to our subscription list
"" h '
After an ex -
P. 11. Baker, Com.
F. A. Howra.L, Adjt.
cm
at t he l 'ourt
\ll members
are urged to be present,
programme is on.
will be discussed at length, and all
who are interested in this subject are
1 requested to express their views.
John 11. McHeh, M. D.,
Secretary,
Government Weather Report
as a good
Medical Ethics
coiri
Red and white Maraschino cherries
at Gwin & Watson's.
Robert. Eads, of Emory, while vis
| it i nK tmr , town thifi ,norni "K »> ad '" our
1 office a pleasant call.
1 Fresh Apple
Watson's.
Butter
at Gwin &
Mr. and Mrs J. V
Spell, Jr., of
; Uoxburg, were in the city Monday.
W. A. Harthcock took a trip to
Jackson and Durant the fore part of
the week. He also made tw<
to the county farm
trips
conveying pris
oners.
this
Miss Maggie Morgan, after dosing
the Oregon school, left Friday on a
month's visit to her home in Attala
county. She will then return and
! complete the unfinished term of the
J Hsrland's ('reek school.
Chester Nivui, of Tolarville, left
Monday for Bowling Green, Ky. to
: attend a busin
course at College.
His father Jeff D. Mixon, accompan
ied him as far as Durant.
The 1 'leveland school, which the
past term has been under the able
tutorship of Miss Pet Rogers, closed
a successful session Friday,
j Rogers has returned to her home at
Emory.
Miss
Miss Pet lingers visited friends in
Durant Friday,
Confederate Veterans' meeting
day ;.
The patrons and trustees of the
Midway school have re-elected Miss
Annie Lunsford as tei eher for the
suing scholastic year.
J. H. Reichnian attended the Ex
en
Mon
Miss Grace Rogers, -the efficient
teacher of the Jenkins school, closed
her term Friday, and reported ra the
_„• , . , , ,
^penntendeiit ^turduy
The pupils of the Elliott Hill school
have filed with the
county
supenn
tendent samples of their map work,
which are in every way creditable.