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TUPELO JOURNAL F. L. Kincannon, Prop. Entered at the Tupelo post office as second-class mail matter. RATES OF ADVERTISING DISPLAY advertisements at rate of $1.00 per running h °h per month of four weeks. Liberal discounts made on yearly contracts. Notice of meetings of strictly chari table organizations will be-inserted one time free; all ether notices must be paid for. TUPELO, MISS., JULY 22, 1910 Notice. The Journal finds it necessary to say that we will not be able to publish lengthy obituary notices. While we are always willing to insert a concise notice of the deaths occurring in the county, yet,' some of the notices sent us are too long for publication. We find it necessary to make t,h s statement in order to give our readers a general review ot tne happenings in and around town and throughout the county. Our columns are crowded every week and long notices of any character will have to be returned. The annual convention of the Mississippi League of Post masteis was held Monday and Tuesday in Jackson. Two hun dred members were present. The friends of Major Varda man disclaim responsibility for Bilbo’s appearance on the stump, yet Bilbo’s speeches are used as the principal asset of the Varda manites in fighting the opposition candidates for the senate. Charcoal is recommended as an absorber of gases in the milk room or refrigerator. Keep it there continually in a powdered state, renewing occasionally, especially in hot weather when unwholesome odors are likely to affect milk and butter. The Waide-White trial at Boon ville, which promised to be a rich treat to the lover of the low flung and the newsmonger, was dismissed Monday by the justice before whom the case was brought for want of jurisdiction. The case had attracted consider able attention, and a morbidly curious crowd assembled to hear the salacious testimony promised. Editor M. J. Emerson of the Harvard (111.) Independent has taken a step in the right direc tion in increasing the subscrip tion price of his paper from $1 to $1.50 per year, the advance taking effect July 1. The day nf the $1 a year weekly is past, for at the prevailing high prices of print paper and printing ma terial of all kinds it is next to impossible to publish an up-to date weekly newspaper for a price lesf- than $1.50 a Western Publisher. | -——-j It will be especially interesting to Mississippians to know that the cottun producing center of the United States has been in Mississippi from 1856 up to the present time. In 1856 the center of cotton production was thirteen miles southeast of Macon, Miss.; in 1879 it was eleven miles south of Columbus, in Lowndes county; in 1899 it was six miles north of Yazoo City, in Yazoo county; in 1900 it was five miles northeast ot Mayersviile, in Issaquena county, and in 1908 it was four _' I _ — i- X£ T am i n inurro Holmes county - always in Mis si-isippi.—Lexington Advertiser. Notice Farmers’ Institutes, Farmers’ Institutes will be held in Lee Li^uty as follows: July 25th, Betha..'r- Ju!y2Gtb, Baldwyn. August 4th, firming-! ham. , : Kindly notify those who might wish to attend. I would also be I glad to have it announced at! any public meetings you may [ £ have in your community r Yours very truly, W. L. Hutchinson, Director, j Salt water is a splendid gargle i for sore throat. Salt water snuffed into the nose is a great relief for a cold, catarrh and often for a headache. THE SECRET CAUCUS There has been so much said by the supporters of Governor Vardaman condemning the cau cus nomination of Percy for the United States Senate, which is misleading, that it would ba wellj to understand just what v as done: The Legislature of Mississippi, met in January in party caucus ( and passed a resolution that a, candidate for the United States Senate should be nominated in caucus by ballot. Accordingly this was done and the nomination made in that manner; and what was the manner? Once a day the members of the House and Senate would meet in the hall of of the House of Representatives and take one or more ballots. These ballots were taken by sup porters of both Governor Varda man and Senator Percy. The roll of the members would be called in alphabetical order. As their names were called, they would go up to the tellers and either secretly or openly, as they chose, make their ballots for the candidate they desired to be nominated, and nanded tnem 10 one of the tellers As a matter of fact, a great many members voted an onen ballot. As the bal lots were handed to the tellers they were deposited in a box. When all had voted, the tellers, which included Vardaman’s and Percy’s supporters, would count them and declare the results. This continued until a nomina tion was made. Governor Varda man’s friends were the first to make the move in favor of a caucus nomination. However, the most of his friends favored a viva voce vote, though several of them favored the plan adopted, a nomination by ballot. This is precisely the same method by which Lamar, George, Walthall, Money and McLaurin were nomi nated to the United States Sen ate: and it is exactly the mothod adopted in most of the States in the Union. Now what is the rea son for it? The purpose is that the members of the Legislature, if they desire, may vote secretly so that they may be uninfluenced and untrammeled by anything which may be brought to bear from the outside. It is to secure a free l allot, free from corrup t on and undue influences- It is to secure the honest judgment of the members of the legisla ture. The main purpose is to provide a means against bribery Why would a sane man under take to bribe a member of the Legislature when he knew that he had the right to ca§t a secret ballot, and therefore ho means of ascertaining whether he would stay bribed? Governor Varda man was a member of the Legis lature when a United Staets Sen ator was nominated in this same manner. Nobody heard anything then about a secret caucus. The secret ballot now is in voge in npnrlv pvorv State in the Union. We have it in Mississippi. Every j officer in the State of Mississippi, from constable up to United gtatgs Senator, is nominated by secret ballot, The reason for i:ls *0 apparent that any man c m see it. Under the secret bal lot you can’t march a voter to the polls and make him vote as you please- The same reason for its existence in oi^r primary elections and general elections exists in all elections and nomi nations, whether by Legislature or otherwise. So there you have that terrible secret caucus. Do you not think a candidate for the United States Senate would be a fool to bribe a man to vote for him when there was no earthly way to ftnd out whether the bribe taker had complied with his con tract? Whether right or wrong, however, the nomination of can didates for the United States Senate by secret ballot is the long since settled policy of the State, and Govenar Vardamaa is as much responsible for It as any other Mississippian. - Summer ftiUffct Fares via Mo bile and Ohio HalfrOffd To many points East, West and North, affording an excellent opportunity to visit the seashore, lake and mountain resort? at a nominal cost Liberal, return limits, with stopover privileges. For time of trains, fares, etc., apply to nearest agent Mobile & Ohio Railroad, or write Q. A Griffin, T. P. A.. Meridian, Miss, or Jno. M. Beall, Gen. Pass. Agt., St. Louis, Mo, Bilbo. Friend Abby of the Crystal Springs Meteor, is anxious to hear Bilbo, in order to be able to form an opinion based on the man’s personal statement of 4iis case. Did not Biibo’s unrestrain ed statement under oath, before the senate committee, aided by counsel and subjected to rigid cross axamination, make a more reliable presentation than any ad captandum and unchallenged re cital before a barbecue audience? —Aberdeen Examiner. The efforts to howl down Sena tor Percy at Lauderdale Springs and Bodbold Wells by the Varda man-Bilbo sympathizers were unsuccessful- Senator Percy proved himself to be a man of undaunted courage, and he made many friends. Such tactics will not make votes for Mr. Varda man; on the contrary fair minded men—those who believe that a cindidate is entitled to a respect ful hearing—are often swayed from their choice because of the injustice done an opposing candi date.—Port Gibson Reveille. AS rumor is afloat that State Senator Bilbo has been invited to on ortrlrptjs thp TlipniP at Lake Arl, near Union Church, on the 20th. Mr. Harvey Als worth, the chief promoter of this picnic, who was in our office last week and gave us the names of the speakers, said nothing about Bilbo being invited, and until he states that the malodorous notor iety seeker has been invited we prefer to believe that no such invitation has been extended. — Fayette Chronicle. Vardaman is as certain to be beaten next year as an election is held. His followers are leav ing him everywhere. The rea son is very apparent. What re spectable voter wants to support a man whose chief lieutenants are the notorious self-confessed bribe taker. Bilbo, and the carpet bag relic, who was chief deputy under a negro sheriff in Warren county, McGee. The voters of Mississippi are too self respecting to stand for anything like that and they will make a back num ber out of the “peepul’s choice." —Sunflower Tocsin. From the press reports of the political speaking at Lauderdale Springs and Godbold Wells one would judge that the coming campaign is to be one in which hoodtumism is to play a prom inent part. It is a condition to be regretted when a person wil} allow himself to be so thoroughly overcome with enthusiasm for one candidate that he would pre vent an opponent from having a respectful hearing. Such con duct never redounds to the good of their favorite, for whoops and yells are no argument with fair thinking people who are always willing to hear both sides to any question,—Gloster Record, Now is a good time to have Hough the Jeweler fit you up with a good pair of glasses. See him about the new Kest Hay Lense, for weak tired eyes. I llll BEEN PUTTING IT 2111 llll 01 PI -TOMORROW' S' S ; IS ALB ATS VAGUE- ||l| I SifS; THERE IS NO TIME l||| ' IKE NOIL. ESPECIAL- l||| HU L I' SO IE YOU'RE l||| i *• PEER GOING TO SAVE:. ■ ' “ci.ML IN TO DAY HU llll ANDOU’ENIHEAC |||| llll COUNT START IT 1]St llll MITH A COUPLE UP (III llll DOLLARS AND YOU'LL llll* I . FIND IT EASY TO BE- SSSS ■HI COME A STEADY DE f&t, POSITO'R LIBERAL I MB , interest paid Ithc first mmimi' 'll/ III OF TUPELO. MISS. 1 Cf»iCt/^50000. Surplus i5oooo. wer §§ yp/^RS’ I*R6R|ENGE .RK» Pgy Anyone sending a sketch and descrtjihm way qnlckly ascertain our opinion free whether an . invention Is probably patentahla. Communica tions strictly confidential. HANDBOOK on 1‘utenui KSue ID'S, Oldest agency for securing patent s. Phr&nu tfiton through Munn & Co. receive ipfM in th® Scientific American. A handsomely Illustrated weekly. largest elr cnlnFiofi of liny sciontitlo Journal. Terms. 13 n yenri four month;), f}. Sold by all newsdealers. There is no prob lem of increased cost of food if you eat more 1 Quaker Scotch Osts An ideal food; delicious; appetizing; strengthening. Compared with other foods Quaker Scotch Oats costs almost nothing and yet it builds the best. Packed In regular package, and in hermetically sealed tins, w ^—— Not'ce of Issuance of Swamp Land Bonds. To all persons having or claiming any interest in the lands in the Lower Chiwappa Swamp Land District of Lee County, Mississippi. You are hereby given Notice to appear be fore the Board of Supervisors on SATURDAY, THE 6th DAY OF AUGUST, 1910, at 10 o'clock, a. m., at the court house in the City of Tupelo, Lee County, Miss., to show cause, if any you can, why the petition ot A. J. Vaughn, et al, asking that Swamp Land Bonds of said District be ordered to be issued for such an amount as will require a levy o! tax on the land in said District of 25 cents an acre for the years 1910 and 1911, and 5’ cents an acre for the years 1912 to 1929, inclusive, should not he granted, and said bonds issued and sold; it having heretofore been ordered by this Board on May the 7th, 1910, that bonds should be .ssued for 25 cents per acre addi tional tax on said land for the years 1910 to 1911 to that already required to pay off out standing b and for a tax of 25 cents an acre for the rs 1912 to 1929, inclusive; the prayer of the -sent petition now on file being lor 25 ce re to De levied ior i?iu anc 1911 an lor 50 cents an acie to be levied for the years 1912 to 1929, inclusive, instead of 25 cents per acre as heretofore ordered to be made. This July 5th, '910. NORBIN JONES. 15-5t Clerk of Board of Supervisors. NOTICE. State of Mississippi, Lee County —in re the petition of F. L. Kincannon, et. al., for Bond issue for Mud Creek Swamp Land District. To all persons having or claiming any interest in the lands in Mud Creek Swamp Land District of Lee County, Miss. You arc hereby notified that a petition was filed on the 5th day of July, 1910, with the Bqard of Supervisors of said county and state t?y F. L, Kincannon, et. al., asking for a bond jssue of Mu4 Creek Swamp Land District of Lee Coupty, Mjss., jn anticipation of taxes to be ipvicd qn the land in said District, as follows: Twentyrfive cents per acre per annum for the years 19JO, 1911, 1912 and 1913, and 50 cents per acre per annum for the years 1914 tq 1920, inclusive, and ynu are hereby cqm msnded tn appear befere the Bnard nf Super visors nn SATURDAY, AUGUST 6th, 1910, at the court hnuse in the City nf Tupeln, Miss., tn th n and there show cause if any you pan why said petition should not be granted and that orders shall not be made and entered or dering the issuance and sale of said bonds. This July 6th, 1910. NORBIN JONES, Clerk of the Board of Supervisors, J. M. Thomas, Solicitor for Petition. 15-.5t NORTH bound, No. 106 Southeastern Litn 5,08 p, m. No. 104 Frisco Limited, due 3.58 a. m. No. 912. Mississippi Accpipmodation Dpe 1 ‘35 p. m. No. 908 Memphis I Ar. 6.20 a. m. Accommodation | Ly. 6:25 a. m. SOUTH BOUND No. 105 Southeastern Limtd 11.35 a. m. No. 10IJ N. York Lim. due 12.36 a. m. No. 9ll Alabama Accom. 11:05 p.m No. 907 Aberdeen j Ar. 9:40. p. m. Accommodation j Lv. 9‘40 p. m. Only $26.45 Tupelo to Chautauqua. New York, via Frisco on sale July 7th and 2$tq. Round trip to Atlantic City, N. J., via Frisco account National Encamp ment Q. A. R- Tickets on sale Sep tember }5th to J9th good until Septem ber 29th. Rare via Frisco $30 25. Round trip ticket tn Milwaukee, Wis., via Frisco for $21 65. on sale July 28th, 29th. 30th and 31st, limited until August 13th, with privilege of extension in Milwaukee, Round trip tickets to Raltitnord, Md , Via Frisco, on sale Sept. 9th and 10th, j limited until September 21st. Fare j 24 75. Round trip trip tickets to Black Mountain N. C. account Montreat Chautauqua and Religious Assemblies, on sale Juiv 6fh, J2'h, 20:h, 28th, Aug just 3rd, 6th, 9th, 13th, 20th, and 25• h. IlfllllHU UlltU OCJJltlUUti uni. r ui v, $15 95. Round trip to Crystal Springs, Misr issippi, acc uct Miss- Chautauqua As sembly, on sale July 15th to August 4th, limit Aug. 6th. $9 60 via Frisco. Why qot spepd your vacation in Colorado this summer? R ,'duced rates via Frisco on sale daily, limited until October 31st. Two through trains dailv ar.d the trip is a pleasure. For funnel information in regard to raf.n and | schedules, Call ou or write the agent. Round Trip rates to K ioxvii o.'f nn , j account Sutnmei School of th » South 1 on s tie June l9 h, 20 oh, 2lu, 25 u and 26th, July 2 id, 9 n, 19 h and 16 h. '■> >1 15 days. Fare Via Fusco I/nes &,,! 51. i Round trip rates to all Stunner Rs sorts on sale '>1 ty 15 b uni. 1 S ;ptein nr 3th, 1910, limited until October 3in., 1910. For rates,schedules etc see age it. Round trip Ifomsepkers tickets to rh southwest on sale every »irst and third Tuesday of each month. For fur ther particulars as to rates and sched ules, call on or write L. W. McJ-,EAN, Ticket Agon b Tupejo, Miss. .1" .'.IU ■. > Notice To The Public. I have bought the D. N. Tan ner Blacksmith apd Wood work Shop on South Spring Street. J*nd respectfully so licit work. The shop will be run in an up-to-date manner and all work in both wood and iron guaranteed first-class. J.E.CRUBERj ——■——j**nii»M ■ • ' '■aa* Executor's Sale. By virtue of the authority vested in me as Executor of the will of W. D. Bryson, deceased, and a decree of the Chancery Court of Lee County, Missis sippi, rendered on the 23rd day of March, 1910, in cause No. 2844, I will, on the First dsy of September, 1910, at 2 o’clock, p m., at the late residence of the said W. D. Bryson, deceased, ex pose for sale and sell to the highes'' b'dder for cash the fellowing describer land in Lee County, Mississippi, to-wit The N. E quarter of Section 13, T 7, R. 6, except 61 acres off of the Noril side ot said quarter. Also 60 acres ofi ol the North side of the S. E quartos of Sec. 13, T. 7, R. 6, East. Also 40 acres off of the South side of the N W. quarter of section 13, T. 7, R. & Ea«t. Th's, the 2nd day of July. 1910. 15-4t.. L. P. HRYSON, Executor R. L. HARRISON Artistic Painter AND PAPER HANGER Tupelo, Miss. Estimates of cost made on application. ROFPESSIONAL. Dr. J. 0. Gurney, Physician & Surgeon. Office in new brick buildinp south o court house, on Court St. Office Phone 64, Residence 103. Dr. John M. Foster, Physician & Surgeon Plantersville, Miss. Dr. G. Gould House DENTIST Office over Tison McGhee’s. OFFICE PHONE 50, Dr. E. Douglas Hood, DENTIST, Ropms 1, 2, and 3 in Peoples Bank and Trust Co. Building Phones—Office, 103. Res 35. s Drs. Bonner & Elkin, PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS Tupelo, Mississippi, Office Hours 10 to lg a,m. 1 to 3 p.m. Dr. E. M. Topp, DENTIST, Office; Bank of Tupelo Building Phones; Office, 234, Res. 151 Geo. T. Mitchell. Cl»Hfle Clayton George H. Hill, Jr., Attomey-at-Law, will practice in all the courts of the state and the Federal Courts Office up stairs over Bank of Tupelo Building. W H, CLIFTON, w. A.BLAIR, Clifton & Blair, Attorneys-at-Law, Office on Main Street. Will practice in all courts, both State and Federal, * ■ _ > • , ■ _ Mitchell & Clayton. Attorneys at Law. Will practice in all State and Federal Courts, Collections will Receive prompt attention Hugh M. Anderson, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Office 2nd floor Blair building opposite Peoples Bank. Phone— Res. 34 \ OtY.ce 342. I No 1 Express daily lv - - 10:05 pm No 3 Express daily lv - - 9:21 a m Np. 0 No 2 Express daily lv - - NodExpres? ? daily W - 3:43 pm | No, 6, Egress Daily lv - 1;Q5 p. m 1. V, TAVilDR, W. BKAU., tkc«i»l r»»*enijtr Ageat, MO Ml.X AIX U'. LOUIS. MO. For sale by St. Clair Drug Co., Tupelo, Miss., and Brown & LaGarde, Saltillo, Miss. THE SPARKLING BEAUTY of our carbonic beverages is the result of using the purest water, with just the right proportion < f gas, and the bottling is so dore as to preserve the life and sparkle which make these the most de lici )us and satisfying thirst quonchors. A trial order w id show the superiority of our goods. Johnston Bros. Bottling Company Tupelit, - - Mississippi. giH irrmrii uim riajn Farmers Bank & Trust’ .1 Capital and Surplus $59,000 | TUPELO, MISS. I Four per cent interest, compaunded quarterly, on saving accounts. Your business appreciated, solicited and protected. .*. .'. .*. • | OFFICERS: j j M,E. 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