Water Valley progress., February 07, 1903, Image 5

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LOCAL NEWS ITEMS
Best $5 photos for $4 per dozen
daring Feb. only J E France
Mr. John Pryne was in Mem
phis on business Tuesd iy,
Best $5 photos for |4 per dozen
during Feb. only. J E France
Mr, V. 8. Cook was up liono
▼ance several days of the week
For Sale: A two horse farm
wagon with bed and soring seat.
A bargain, Apply to L. W, Dekle
Finest $4 Photos 13 per dozen
daring February only J. E. France
Mr. G. R. Wood has been elect
ed city tax assessor at a salery
off 100.
Best $5 photo- for $4 per dozen
during Feb. only J E France*
Miss Louise Collins entertain^
ed a number of girl friends Wedt
nesday afternoon,
Best $5 photos for $4 per dozen
during Feb* only. J E France.
Up to noon Friday Sheriff Al
len had issued 3250 tax receipts,
a slight increase over last year.
Best $5 photos for 84 per doz >n
during Feb, only. J E France.
Mies Bessie Harris has return
ed from a pleasant visit of sever
al weeks to points in the delta.
Don’t forget the meeting of
Featlierston Gamp at the court
bouseat 3 o’clock this afternoon.
All #8 photos 2 50 per dozen
duriug Feb, only J E France.
A plan to extend the water and
sewerag systems west on Wise
and north on Robinson streets is
being considered by the council.
All 83 photos 2 50 per dozen
during Feb' only J E France.
There will be a special meeting
of McGonnico R. A. Ghapter on
Monday flight, the 9th. tor work
in the Mark Master’s degree. All
members are urged to be present,
AM $8 photos 2 2 50 p^r doze a
daring February < uly. J E France
Mr. J E Smith and bride, nee
Miss Mp\t Smith, arrived Mon
day morning aod have rooms witu
Mr. and Mrs. Dekie on Clay Si
All $3 photos 2 50 per dozen
during February only. J E France
Mr. L W Dekie was in Mem'
phis Wednesday to visit Master
Chancey, who had been slightly
ill at the Christian Brothers Col*
lege for several days.
The many friends of Mr, John
E, Rovira will sympathise wMh
him in the loss of his aged mother
who died at the family home in
New Orleans on last Sunday.
Finest$4 photos $3 per dozen
during if ebruary only. J E Frasce
Mr. W. H. Dunn, an aged and
well known citizen of the Pine
Valley neighborhood, died Tues
day night at the homp of Mr. R.
U> Mosby. The remains were in
tered at Tahernrcle Wednesday.
Finest $4 photos $3 per dozen
during February only. J E France
Mr. A. P\ William*, a substan
tial farmer of the section several
. miles south of Pine Valley, was
in the city on bu -mess Friday
and made the Progress office a
pleasant call.
Mr. W. H. Canterberry and
MissTinnie Hubbard, of the sec
tion of country five miles east oi
town, were united in marriage al
the circuit clerks office.yesterday
morning, Supervisor McLarty of
delating.
Mr. W. W. Hoke and family
departed the first of the week for
Springfield, Team, where they
will reside in future. The family
has many friend in Ihecity who
will reg-et to learn of their de
parture.
Finest $4 photos $3 pet dozen,
during February only, J E France
The Board of Supervisore has
ordered an entirely new registra
tion throughout the county, and
Registrar, Circuit Cierk Blount,
says he will begin the eaumerai
tion on or about April 1.
The object of the prohibition
mass meeting to be held in Jack
son Feb, 17, is to urge the pas
sage of a law by the legislature
to prohibit the sale, manufacture
or importation for beverage pur
pose, of all * alcoholic liquors
throughout the state.
Mrs. 8. F. Aven died yesterday
morning at 11 o’clock at the
home of her daugter, Mrs. S. F.
Qivhan, on Wagner street1 Mrs.
Aven was sixty eight years of
age and had been suffering with
pneumonia for several weeks.
Mrs. Aven had a number o^ close
and devoted friends, and was
highly esteemed by all who knew
her. Mrs. Qivhan and family have
the sympathies of a large circle
of friends in the bereavement.
The remains were taken to Qre»
nada last right aud will be laid
to rest today in the family burial
ground in Grenada county.
Finest &4photos $3 per dozen
during February only, J E France
The pupils of the City Public
School are giving “The Shak
speare Water Care”, a three act
farce, at the The^torium tonight,
Friday. The prc ieeds of the en
tertainment are to be devoted to
the purchase of a piano for the
school building.
I now have in charge of my stu
dio in Water Valley the finest
Photographer 1 have ever had,and
to prove it I will make a big cut in
prices dnring February o^ly.
Gome quick. - J. E Franco*
Mr. Jake H>sch has been pro
moted to the foremanship of the
railroad shod* at Durant, succeed
ing Mr. George Hassman, Wao
has gone to Louisville. Mr. Ed.
Kennedy sveceeds Mr. Hirsch as
night foreman in the shops at this
place. Ailof ake bo; s are grada**
ated of the Water Valley shop**,
and are well worthy of ihe cord’
dence shown in the promotions
The Progress acknowlegesi's
thanks to the University of Miss
sissippi tor an Invitation to be
present at t he laying of the cor«
ner stone of the two dormito/y
buildings now in process of erec
tion. The ceremonies are to take
place next Tuesday aftemoou at
Oxford, under the direction of
Hearry T. Howard, Grand Master
of M&sons,
Mr W. G Stallings, a popular
citizen as well aa a first clas me
chanic, lias received the appoint*
as foreman of the boiler shop at
McOomb,and left Saturday to at*
sums the duties of the place. He
bas a host of friends in town who
will congratulate him on tbe mer
ited promotion, but will regret a
change that will necessitate a loss
of the excellent family to Water
Valley.
Communicated.]
Died, at his home two and a half
miles northwast of Water Valley
on Jan. 29 th. Mr. J. M. Haire, af
ter less than a week’s illness of
pneumonia. Mr. Haire was well
known in this vicinity; having
lived where he died for twenty
three years.
JPew men possessed better qualit*
tieathan hedid, He washonest and
upright iu all of his dealings. He
had been a member of the Mis
sionary Baptist Church for forty
three years, and at his death bad
great faith in God. He was sixty
five years of age. He leaves a
widow, seven sons and, two dau
ghters and a host of grand chil*
ren to mourn after him, M.
Tbe annual election of officers
for the Womans Home Mission
, Society took plabe on last Mon
day at tbe regular monthly meet*
lug. Tbe following offlcdrs wera
electee: Mrs. A O’Yeager, pras,:
I Mrs. S S Spencer, 1 st. vice pres.:
Mrs. J W Bell, 2 nd. vice pres.:
Mrs. .1 M Brcdley, 3rd. vice pres.
Mrs. L L Fulmer, r<:c. sec.: Mrs. L
W Dekle, cor sec; Mrs. Dolph
Stephens, treasurer. A cbai man
for a visiting committee was ap
pointed fox each ward, whose duty
it will be to visit the sick and
strangers, and to relieve the bes
litute and needy. The following
collectors were appointed: ward 1
Miss Lillie Hartwell: ward 2, Miss
Mamie Stephenson: ward 3, Master
Douglass Bell: ward 4, Miss Eva
May Dunn. The momentous event
passed off pleasantly, without any
attempt to intimidate the voters
or stuff the ballot box.
The probability is that Yalo
bu$!ia county w;ll have a suit of
some magnitude with Mr. G. A.
Harris, ex-road contractor for
road districts one and five. At
the mepting of the Board Mon
day Mr. Harrir presented a bill
for opproximately $5,000, for
work done and unpaid for under
his old contract. While the for
feiture of the old contract by the
county, because the first con
tracts were illegally made, so the
courts have deci$?d, is not spec
ified as the ba£j$ of the claim,
still the suit grbVs out of the
fact that the contract did not
continue four years as bid for.
In round figures Mr. Harris
claims to have done work to the
value of $ 8.000. on the roads of
the two districts, on which the
county has paid $ 3,000; leaving
the balance alleged as statd to be
due. The matter was considered
at Monday’s session of the board
and an effort at a compromise
settlement made, but no satisfac
tory agreement could be reached.
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The R. R. Track West of Depat.
At the meeting of the City
Council Tuesday night, Mayor F.
H. Smith was instructed by res
olution to write to Mr. 8. O.
Thomas, of New Orleans, and re
quest him to dissolve the injunc
tion restraining the Rail Road
Company from using the side
track west of the depot.
This matter has been of inter
est and importance both to the
people of Water Valley and the
railroad ever ^since the right to
use the track was fought through
the courts several years ago. The
railroad company wants to make
extensive improvements in the
i depot facilities, loo'dng to the
comfo.t *>nd convenience of a
long suffe iug traveling public,
and the people of Water Valley
as well as all visitors th the city
are anxious enough for the chan
ges to be made: which it would
seem cannot be done unless cars
for the delivery of freight may
be placed at the west side of the
depot platform.
It would seem that the matter
might be adjusted with Mr
Thomas by allowing the compa
ny to use a portion of the track
from the south end, and under
restrictions protecting property
owners from loss or damage and
the people from injury.
Delinquent City Taxes.
By authority vested in me as
City Tax Collector of the City of
Water Valley,I will, on
the First Moot t*y in March, 1903,
proceed to soil the following 4e
scribed lots in said city delin
quent for taxes for the year 1902:
W. W. Givhan,
City Tax Collector.
W J Aldridge, e pt lot 180 e, tax
and damage, $ 9 00
Est J T Bennett, lot 3 e, 10 76
O C Gartee, lot 288 w, 16 04
J Y Goode, s pt lot 188 e, 64
P L McOullar, lot 110 w, 9 88
H K Martin Est, lot 4 w, 5 48
Dick Perry, s hf lot 267 e 2 84
J A Reeves, lot 6 w, 2 84
Minerva Robinson, lot 249 e, 2 84
Will Shearer, lots 13 & 14 w, 10 00
Lou Hill, lot 246 e, 10 09
Last Sunday evening while a
freight train on the A, & Y.
road was running down the in
cline at Vicksburg to the transfer
boat, a coupling broke loose and
a car with four persons, catile
and the household goods of a
family moving from Newton,
Miss, ran through the boat and
jumped into the river. All of the
people and cattle on the car
were doowned.
suppose;
YOUR HOUSE HAD BURNED
LAST NIQHT?
Is It Insured ?
♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦
And Your Piano and Furniture?
STOP AND THINK JUSt A MOMENT.
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How much would a fire in your home last night
have cost you? Could you afford the lose?
Could you rebuild aud refurnish yonr home ?
Insurance is cheap* and we write insurance In
Companies that pay losses promptly.
+ + Quick and Accurate Attention. ♦ +
S. B. BROWN, Agent,
Phonb* i Progess Office.
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j NOTHING TOO GOOD
j11 FOR OUR CUSTOMERS,
> We mean to to operate onr market on the plan of eleaaliaeflt
| and quality.
> .The beet meats we can procure,and the beet servioo wa eaa
\ give. Everything fresh and dean.
j" G. R. Wood & Co.
j; one 85. McCarthy's
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Masonic Grand Bodies.
e annual meeting of the Mis
ppl Masonic Grand Bodies
will be held in Biloxi this year
commencing Feb. 17th., as fol
lows:
Grand Oommandery, 17th., 10,
a. m. in lodge room.
Grand Council, 17th-, 4 p. m. in
lodge zoom.
Mystic Shzrae, 17th., 7 p, m. at
city hall.
Grand Chapter, 18th, 10 a. m.
at city hall.
Order of High Priesthood, 18th
8 p. m. in lodge room.
Grand Lodge, 19th, 11 a. m. at
opera house.
Grand Secretary Frederick
Speed, of Vicksburg, gives notice
that the usual reduced railroad ra
tes will be granted on account of
the gathering in Biloxi.
There will be no special busi
ness or matters of unusual impor
tance to transact, and the ses<
sions will be devoted to the rou
tine work.
The Responsibility Placed.
The New York Evening Jour
nal of the 26 th inst. says:
Perhaps you will say: 'If there
does exist a prejudice against the
negro, all honor to him 'who be
gins the task of wiping it out.’
But Mr. Roosevelt’s attitude
does not promise to wipe out race
prejudice. It promises — if it
promises anything — to wipe out
a certain number of negroes*
Mr. Roosevelt is deliberately
accentuating predjudics against
the negroes in the South. AND
HE KNOWS IT. And the intel
ligent negroes know tt,
There is not the slightest
doubt that the whites are going
to rule the South. There was not
the slightest doubt that the first
white men who landed here — a
mere handful — were going to
rule here, despite any efforts of
the Indians. The negroes can
get decent treatment only by the
development ot^good feeling.
If there shall occur now, in the
South, a series of outbreaks r
gainst negro arrogance — ICR.
ROOSEVELT WILL BE RB.
SPONSIBLE._
Oapt Richmond Hobson bat
tendered his resignation ns n eon*
■tractor of the nary, and will
take the platform as alsetarsr.
Illinois Central R. R.
King Rex
having issued his pnrnlsmeHnsi. tt
now remains for his loyal snUeete
throughout the land to prooeed to the
Festive City of
New Qrlsarn
and pay tribute to His lfelsstT Isw
participating in the fostlvitleser *
Mardi Gras
which for the year IMS will bahaldoa
February 23 and 24.
For this oooaaloa the
Illinois Central R. R.
on lte line at
Vory Low Rotes.
*«** Brent trill Ml yen
uhe»^^?f ratee M
limits of theaa lundlQriie TMcete,
A. J. MoDoogal. Dir, Pass. ArL
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Valentines.
Byeryons In the dtp shoal*
and tea ear Valentines.
The Largeet Line
in Water Valley.
Prims ktt&i
-Tee the Ohmic Boa ts.
T.A. Robinson Ora|