The city itemizer., June 30, 1910, Image 2

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The City Itemizer
Established 1894.
THURSDAY, JUNE 30, 1910
Yalobusha County, Miss.
Office Phone. 256,
Residence Phone, 183.
Elect Good Officials.
One of the requites necessary in
man to make him an efficient offi
cer, is good judgment. Without
this any man is a failure to start
with. Good judgment ie in de
mand everywhere. Another requi
site is the willingness to perform
the duties that belong to his posi
tion without fear, favor or preju
dice. This is a hard attitude for
most men to occupy, but it is very
necessary to an official—the man
who deals exclusively, in his busi
ness relations, with the concerns
of others. Fear, favor and preju
dice play a great part in the lives
of men. You all know this is true.
But without this disposition you
ca'n not be entirely fair or just. The
next requisite is pride. Not a fool
ish pride that comes from a weak
sentimentalism, but that pride that
is born of strong desire to make
everything better and more beau
tiful. Without this in the compo
sition of one’s nature he can not
make a first-class representative of
the peoples’ rights and liberties.
Yes, an officer must be aesthetic,
especially those who exercise the
function of law-makers. However,
no officer should be excused from
attaining this decency-making
characteristic. No town should be
made to sutler from careless and
indifferent officials—officials with
out the aesthetic in their compo
sition.
Our city election comes off in
December, and at that time every
city office must be tilled with some
kind of incumbent, and now is
the time to begin to look through
the men you intend to select. You
are responsible for the material
that goes into office. If they are j
inefficient, until for the place to
which you elect them, just attrib
ute it to your own action.
It isn’t enough for a man to say,
who is presenting himself for office,
“I don’t drink, I don’t curse, I
don’t gamble.” While being with
out these contaminating habits is
commendable, it is not enough for
one, desiring to serve the peo
ple, to be able to say. They should
be able to present a pride strong
in its tendency to the enobling of
every concern wherein the peoples’
interest is involved. They should
be able to stand the test. It is not
a hard one. You would want just
such a man to run your business.
Mr. J, A. Garland has been
spending the week in Chicago look
ing after business matters.
Mrs. J. R. Moorhead and daugh
ter, Miss Katie May, returned last
Thursday evening from a couple
of weeks’ visit to friends in Mem
phis.
Mr. Earnest Rees left Monday
night for Tucumicari, Mexico,
where he has accepted a position
with the El Paso and South western
Railroad. Best wishes for his un
bounded success.
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Reduced Prices.
I will make from now until July
1st, 1910:
My $8.00 per dozen Photos for
$5.00 per dozen.
My $5.00 per dozen Photos for
$3.50 per dozen.
My $4.00 per dozen Photos for
$2,50 per dozen.
Costs nothing to see samples
at TERRY’S STUDIO.
Mr. W. P. McCarley and family
returned a few days ago from
Poteau, Okla., where they had been
residing for something over a yerr.
They are content to make Missis
sippi their future home, and we
are glad to have them back with us.
I have never been smitten with
the use of the wc.d “One" as a pro
noun. It takes a word juggler to
attempt it and get away with it.
Unless one feels that one has won
one’s spurs in this respect and can
extricate oneself from the mess one
gets oneself and one’s readers into,
one should avoid the use of the
word “one” in referring to oneself
as one would a plague.—From the
Idler.
The Old-Fashioned Woman.
“What caused your sudden blow
ing in?” asked a veterian in Shade
Land of a woman who arrived yes
terday. The woman gave a sigh
that blew over a tombstone as she
replied: “I am an old-fashioned
woman, and I did my work in a
kitchen with a six-hole range, a
big sink, three long tables, two
pantries and a dishman large
enough to wash a turkey in. Two
days ago I went to visit my daugh
ter in a big city, and found her
cooking for her family in achating
dish, doing her dishes in a
wash bowl and keeping them stor
ed in the lower part of the wash
stand. When I saw her get the
bread out of a big bowl on the
piano, called jardiniere, and reach
for the butter out of the window,
I felt a cold chill come over me,
and when she ‘made soup’ by open
ing a tin can, and pouring out a
mess to which she added water
from the wash pitcher, I knew no
more.” Then the old-fashioned
woman gave such a sniff of disgust
it blew all the shades over into the
next county.—Atchinson Globe.
Miss Eva May Dunn left Thurs
day evening for a several days’
visit to friends in Jackson, Tenn.
Miss Edith Baddiey left last
Thursday evening fora visit of sev
eral days to friends in Clarksville,
Tenn.
Mrs. N. V. Walker, of Paris Tex
as, is in the city for an extended
visit to her sister, Mrs. S. E, Bad
diey.
Mr. A. P. Herron and little sou,
Master Scott, of Oakland, were'
over and spent a day or two in our
city last week.
Mrs. Frelon Adams and two
children spent several days inCof
feeville last week visiting Mr. and
Mrs. F. H. Jones.
Miss Lille Kimmons, of Oxford,
was a visitor to our city a few days
last week, the guest of Mrs. R. F.
Kimmons.
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FOR SALE —A tine cow. Fresh
in milk. Apply to Mr. Eugene
Mize, miles West of the city.