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THE TUPELO JOURNAL TUPELO. MISS. Oct., 10, 1913 [Local Happenings Those Who Come and do Miss Lucy Ausiin, of Mooresville, spent yesterday in Tupelo. Miss Maude Graham has accepted a position with F. C. McGaughey. Miss Loraine Whitesides, of Shan non, has accepted a position with the Ballard Dry Goods Co. Dr. and Mrs. Hugh Anderson have moved to the residence vacated by Rev. W. F. Mott on Broadway. Mrs. F. C McGaughey and little son, Paul, left yesterday for Prairie, where they will visit relatiyes. Messrs. Ben Whitehead and Stanly Hinds spent a couple of days in Mem phis during the week on business. Mrs. W. R. Menzes and the baby have joined Mr. Menzes, and the fam ily are keeping house on Church street. John St. Clair, of New Orleans, was here yesterday booking orders for his firm for Louisiana molasses and syrups. Richard Clark, who has been in Den ver for the past two months, reached home Wednesday. Mrs. Clark and the I BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. More Bonds for Good Roads. Other Important Matters. The regular monthly meeting of the Board of Supervisors con vened Monday morning, with all members present. The docket showed the usual routine matters, and in addition the Board passed several orders of interest. In the matter of the petition of the citizens of the First district a motion was passed ordering the sale of an additional $40,000 of good road bonds of the First district, the sale to be made at the November meeting if a sat isfactory bid is received. In the Third Supervisors dis trict orders were passed for the construction of additional roads of about two miles on the Tupelo and Marietta road, two miles on the Aberdeen and Saltillo road and about one mile on the Pon totoc and Tupelo road. The two first named roads have been graded and only need gravel to co-operation of the school forces, JJ and clearly demonstrated the fact JJ that under such a system the JJ school work would be much more JJ effective and the good done more JJ lasting, in the course of her ad- JJ dress she dwelt upon the great JJ need f improvement in the way JJ of mgs and equipments, and JJ imp sed the fact that all it took JJ to b mg about the change was J community leadership on the part * of the teachers. Leadership with JJ the power to impress the public JJ that it is worth while to be lead. JJ Prof. J. C. Windham, Doctors JJ Boswell and Feemster made short JJ talks on subjects vital to the JJ school interest, dwelling upon JJ the importance of co-operation JJ and systematic and judicious JJ work alone the lines advocated JJ bv Miss Powell. £ ___— w H W. C. T. U. Meet* S - * The Women’s Christian Tem- “ perance Union of the state meets {{ | tonight, the initial service of the “ ■ convention to be held at eight J| make them first-class roads, lne last named road needs to be graded and graveled. Contracts for thei? construction will be let at the November term. In the matter of tick eradica tion the Board decided to defer this matter until after the meet ing of the next Legislature. In the opinion of the Board the next Legislature will pass an act making it compulsory for the entire State to enter into the work of eradicating ticks. There are now only about fourteen counties that have not inaugur ated the work, and as the matter is of statewide interest and im portance, the Board feels that they should wait and see what steps are taken by the Leslature. Miss Powell Speaks Miss Susie V. Powell, of Jack son. Miss., state agent for the Girls Canning Club Work and School Improvement Work, spoke twice Wednesday at the court house to’a small but enthusiastic crowd of teachers and citizens. At the morning session she spoke on the club work as pertaining to industrial education and very clearly proved that said work should be corelated with all pub lic school work and instead of add . i . 1_ v V'mvsv/ax mw w ** w ^ j -- [ church. Mrs. Kells, the state £ ' president, will be here to preside and a program with many promi nent members of the organiza tion down for addresses, has been published. The convention will be in session until Monday. j -; Non-Resident Notice. > State of Mississippi. To Reynolds Kohlheim, whose residence and postoffice address is Oswego, , | New York; Alma Kohlheim. whose residence and . postoffice address is Oswego, New York, and if ! i not it is unknown, and W. R. Lewellen. whose r residence and postoffice address iB Epps, Ala., de- , fendants. You are commanded to appear before F the Chancery Court of the county of Lee, in said j State, on the 2nd Monday of November, A. D„ F 1913, to defend the suit in said Court of U. S. J Benjamin, et al.. vs. Reynolds Kohlheim, et al„ F wherein you are defendants. , This 9th day of October, A. D„ 1913. f J. M. WITT, Clerk. ! W. D. and J. R. Anderson, ( Solicitors for Comp’t. j 1 - i Moving ! i ! We are moving our j j Market to the first5 I building east of the court house, on Spring Street. We will con tinue to keep the best children have also returned from Friars Point, where they were the guests of Mrs. Clark’s sister. Walter Shannon, who has been the traveling representive of Swift & Co., left Monday night for Opelika, Ala. Mrs. Shannon, wjio had come to Tupelo to join her husband, has returned to Jackson, Tenn., where she will remain until her husband’s return here. Mr. and Mrs. David Laney reached Tupelo from Tampa, Fla., Wednesday, and are now the guests of Mr. Laney’s mother, Mrs. Bettie Laney, on Green street. Four years have passed since Mr. Laney was here, and since that time he has become a benedict. Mrs. Laney will be warmly welcomed by the many friends of her husband here. Rev. and Mrs. W. F. Mott left Fri day for Dublin, Ga., where Mr. Mott has accepted the pastorate of the Chris tian church. During the two years that Mr. Mott served the Christian church here he deeply impressed his Christian influence upon the community. A pulpit speaker of force, he sought to imprint in the minds of his hearers the necessity ot accepting the Scriptures literally, and won the confidence of all by his sincerity of purpose. In his work he was ably assisted by Mrs. Mott, who was untiring in the work of the church and its kindred societies. We wish for them a pleasant home in Georgia. Fair Next Week No farmer in Lee county should « . i i _1 ^ _ _ ue lou uusy iicai wcciv lu ujioo coming to the fair at least one day. The management have gone to great expense and trouble to collect together everything possible to interest the people and their appreciation of their efforts should be manifested by their presence. Those in charge of the departments are busy col lecting exhibits and all who can assist in making the exhibits a credit to the county should send in their contribut.ons by Monday at the outside. The racing will be good and it is the purpose of the managers to begin the racing promptly at 1 o’clock each day in order to get through in time to give the visi tors from the country plenty of time to return home before night. Your presence is necessary to make the fair a success and you should not be kept a^ay. I .1 meats in town and want you to buy ol us. | We deliver promptly and will serve you with the best grade of meats to be found in the city. Peoples Meat Market ' ~ —t mg more worn. cu cue oucouj overworked teacher it made the work more pleasant and lighter by virtue of the fact that it brought the pupil in touch with its surroundings. It is much easier to teach a child things it has some knowledge of naturally and lead it up to know things it had no knowledge of at all—than to begin on the unknown. A.t the afternoon session Miss Powell organized the teachers in to an association with Prof. J. C. Windham as president, Prof. W. 0. Beaty vice president, and Miss Verda May Newman secretary. She spoke for some time on the importance of organization and MetiTbolitan Shows | I TUPELO, MISSISSIPPI ?omemXcFng Monday, October 13 j AT THE FAIR GROUNDS | ___ _L= I Three Big Free Attraction*, 8 Paid Attractions, Merry-Go-Round, Ferris Wheel, Ocean Wave, Two Bands and other numerous and up-to-date Features. FREE CONCERTS DAILY High Grade Platform and Canvas Shows Bright, Clean, Moral and Up-to-Date Amusements Under the Auspices of Tri-County Fair Association SKKKKftftftftKKKftftKXftftKu— l Ladies Coats and Suits | l Arriving Daily | l , § f. The latest creations in the newest of the new Fall M £ «0V i suits and coats arriving daily from the eastern Sj! »* ■« ■ 5*5 § manufacturers. jj 0 ft £ We have sold more suits and coats up to date this ■: § season than ever before in our history. There is a ^ 5 reason: We are sole agents for the famous Printzess 6 * . *_* I suits and coats, which for exclusiveness 01 designs g § and richness of materials and colorings areunequalled p \ in popular priced tailoring. K 3 X S We have a complete line of suits ranging in prices p $ from $15 00 to $35.00 and coats from $5.00 to $30.00. § g iQB \ Do not fail to call and look over our line, even though « | you may have been in before as we are constantly § g receiving new shipments, and will take great pleasure K g . . . g g in showing you. g I SPIght’s | | Shoes for Men Shoes for Ladies | § Walk - Over and ' I W. L. Douglas Fits the Arch g s {XJ 3KK0ffi5S818KK88!B!S88S8K8KBlf8K8SK8KK8K8SK8K888 When you come to Tupelo next week to see the many attractions be sure to call at the Tupelo Journal Office and see one of the best equipped print shops in Northeast Mississippi. : : We print anything from a visiting card to a newspaper . . . . ^ AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA.