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VOL, XXXI. NO. 14.
COVINGTON. TENNESSEE. THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 1917.
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?Ht'( K GROWERS OF TIPTON
COUNTY HOLD MEET! NT,
1! Attended and Much Interest Is
.Manifested Acreage of Straw ber
rivs and Other Truck Crops To Be
Increased This Season.
There was an excellent attendance
;it' the meeting of the Tipton County
Truck Growers' Association, held at
. ;, B. M. C. rooms Saturday aftsr
noon. Officers elected were as fol
lows: W. S. Mayes, president; Wil
liam Fyfe, vice-president; J. M. Polk,
secretary and treasurer; 0. B. Kinney,
J. B. McDow, Till Cooper, W. J. Fred
riekson, and B. G. Hall, board of di
rectors.
iiivTCmouvnuuuiv wv v..
Iv interested n the success of the or-
ionization ana reaay to conttnoute
to it., The acreage of strawberries
will be largely increased this spring.
Thprp will hp manv ncrfia or nenners.
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ment of those present, and many
ethers, who were not present, have
stated their purpose to plant some
one or more of these crops. It is to
be regretted that all of these were not
present and all interested parties
s-hould be at the next meeting. It, is
by organized effort that success is to
be "obtained. The members should ,
talk to their.neighbors, and especially I
those known to be interested in truck ,
growing, about the benefits and neces-
sity ot the organization. In promo
tion of the business, committees have
been appointed, the members of which
you can see, or the secretary, for any
desired information in regard to the
urbanization.
The information gathered by the
members of the organization and offic
ers is that strawberry plants are
iraher scarce this season and you
rr.yst make sure of what you need
,.r!y. The following committee will
i 'i their best judgment in the selec
? i of the very best plants, at the
r. j ;t reasonable figures obtainable: A,
(7 Strayhorn, A. S. Teater and Wil
liam Fyfe. Advise with anyone on
this committee. .Give them your order
for what plants you need, and be sure
i- report to the secretary how much
mo ease in acreage .you will have.
If you intend to raise peppers, beans
or tomatoes, see any member of the
J Allowing committee for plants or
sp.-d: E. G. Fortner, J. B. McDow,
-J. J. Dearing. These' gentlemen Will
; range to have plants furnished at
i .- very lowest cost possible and se
lect the proper variety that will be
b"t suited for the market. ' Give
tM-m your order for just what you
will need, and don't wait, as it will
.-i,ni be time to bed the seed for plants
: :: 1 we must be early in order to get
iUe best prices for our produce,
'pw,if you are not a-member of
, mULlUKVUf JUU VCO'I J-JHM "J
j See the . secretary, pay him
I get your receipt, and you ale
to all privileges and advan
'jf the association.
'nn hnvo nnt. siwned the letter
Wd from the secretary, please do
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!d return to him. This is the
ay we can get the correct sta
of the acreage we have and
e will have for the year.
THER GOOD WOMAN
GOES TO MSB BEWAKD
Irs. Susan Lanier died at her home
v.Kiry 7, 1917, aged 80 years, 11
trths and 4 days. She was "born in
klcnberg, Va., February 3, 1836.
1 came with her parents to Tennes
i when she was two years of age
.1 !-ettled within a mile of where
JVd.
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She was married in Janu
to Kenneth Bennett Lanier,
",' b tisa beyond many years
. g her with six children to
,i n she did nobly, bearing her
rdens
and crosses as only a true
iri-,f.un can. She united with the
thodist church in early life and
.icvor doubled "her Savior, was a faith
ful attendant to-Sunday school and
' nth until the infirmities of age
; vented. Her home was ever open
?o God's people and the poor always
found a friend in her with advice to
'u.'ow the meek and lowly Jesus. She
was truly a woman of the bible for
"l'.cr chuldren rise up and call her
1 V.w.l". She was an invalid for sev-
i .1 1 .
( ;u yeHM anu ner cnuuren were evei
rj'.ind gentle to her, never letting
u, r Tam, for anything that was in
: oh power io provide, She was so
patient, never murmuring,- and she
imiYered greatly for a long time,
Her funeral took place at the Taber
i .ote church, of. which she was a
ci , and was conducted by the
: , Rev. Syl Fisher, assisted by
1 '-per Hickman. F'rom , the
uli a large number of friends and
, , ( s followed her to her last rest
, Vi e at Munford cemetery. They
d their love and appreciation of
! , by their beautiful floral offerings.
i, tr one, we would not call you back,
, - h, the vacant chair! .
' is survived by six children,
, C. B. Cimonton, of Covington;
: V. E. Miller, Messrs. Kenneth
; nneti Lanier and Misses Tom
, . j Eleanor Lanier, of Taber
, 3 and one grandson, Robert
re than foily women cab drivers
- loved by one concern in Glas-
Hould
chnii fi
tomatoes, beans and . potatoes raised eiht or ten counties in the southwest
tfcis season, evidenccu by the state-; ern part 0f the state.
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.jliily necessary where there are boll weevil. Prot. k. ooya says mac two ireezes ana two maws un irc&uiy piowcu wnu cHuir y
a ci fertilizer. Valuable literature in regard to the possible destruction of the dreaded weevil is being sent to farmers througout the South. Read it.
HOW BOLL WEEVIL CAME -
TO STATE OF TENNESSEE
While Tennessee has not been con
sidered in the boll weevil territory,
tome Tennessee counties are on the
danger line because of the fact that
the weevil has shown that it can
adapt itself to colder climates than
that of Mexico, from which it came,
according to G. M. Bentley, state en
tomologist, writing in the U. T.
Farmer, a student publication of the
University of Tennessee. Prof. Bent:
ley explains how the weevil has de
veloped and spread.
"In the past twenty-four years", he
continues, "the Mexican cotton boll
weevil has developed from a rather
obscure species to one of supreme im
portance with respect to the prouue.
uon 0I lne worms supply ui tuuuii.'
Uw cnuihorn t. A. wwvil has I
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advanced northward and eastward, at j
an average rate of 50 miles a year,
until it has crossed over into Tennes
see, and at present occurs in some
"The advance of the weevil, in 1913
covered more new area than in any
season sinceat entered Texas in 1892.
The 1915 migration of the weevil cov
ered some 140 miles in an eattwurdly
and northeastwardly direction. An ex
planation for this unusual spread is
found in the occurrence of a strong
wind coincident. with the annual flight
0f the boll weevil during the latter
r,art of Aueust. Following the severe
storm of Galveston, Tex., this heavy
west and southwest wind is supposed
to have carried the flying weevils
long distances beyond s where they
would normally have settled.
"In the fall of the same year, 1915,
the cotton boll weevil was found in
limited numbers in Shelby, Fayette,
Hardeman, Hardin, McNairy and
Wayne counties in this state. The
severity of the winter of 1915-16 was
not sufficient to kill the new invader,
and during the present year, 1916,
the active weevils have been taken
in most of the counties given above,
alsio in Tipton county, just north of
Shelby. " ' ..
: "No serious. weevil injury this sea
son has been located in any of the
counties mentioned, but wet must face
the fact that the ' boll ' wjsvil has
shown a wonderful ability to adapt
itself to colder climatic conditions, as
it has spread gradually northward
from Mexico. It is plain, therefore,
to see how, by adaptation, the weevil
may withstand the Tennessee winter."
LEE'S BIRTHDAY ;.
Baker Lemmon Chapter, U. D. C,
has invited Mr. C. P. J. Mooney, of -the
Commercial Appeal, Memphis, f-' de
liver his splendid address on Robi. E.
Lee on January 19. Mr. Mooney 's
ability 4 a writer and speaker and the
celebration of the birthday of the
South V beloved hero will unite to
make the occasion one of unusual in
terest. . ,
. The members of the chapter wish
to make the day one of educational
value and inspiration, especially to
the young people. :
An invitation is extended to every
one. There will be no charge for
admission. Further notice of the cele
bration will be given next week.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Wm. Hammers and Ola Parr, Em
mett W. Gray and Rosie Lee North
cutt, Roy Jones and Olie Jones, Arthur
James and Linnie James, Paul S.
Ladd and Alice Gertrude McGowan,
John W. Poston and Hattie Scott,
Charles Bell and Jessie Hill.
Colored Henry Holland and Mary
Fannie Stevens, Ed Smith and Amer
ica Foster, Harry Bragg and Kate
Hill, Will Smith and Annie Granberry,
George Neal and Annie Wright, James
Cotton and Talley Dyson, Jesse Hines
and Ophelia Hunt, Robert Wood and
Maggie Sanders, James Henry Smith
and Evangeline raine, VValtei
Smith-
and Pearl Fulliam.
Mr. Payne Ruffin left Tuesday
.for a visit to Clarksdale, Mm.
' Mrs. Rome Payne, Jr., left TuesrViy
for a visit to relatives at Mayfjcl 1, Ky.
Mrs. J. M. Jackson went Tuilay to
Fulton, Ky., on a visit to friends.
Miss Eloise Barnett returns! Sun
day night from a visit to meiiijmis.
Mrs. D. M. Garrett paid ;ij xmi to
Curve Tuesday. r
Vr. Samuel Corley, of ClprksvUle,
Tex., arrived here Tuesday oh a brief
visit to Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Alenetee,
nr w vni,X i young contracting parties. The bride
Mr. W, A. Lllison.-of the Atoka vi- are both' members of prom
nty, was a visitor in this eTty Tues- . fnmi,ipS. havc the highest es-
cin
day. .
Mr. E. C. Maxwell and 'wife, of
Halls, after a visit to relatives in this
city and at Garlandt returned to their
home Wednesday. ." ' j '
' tixs. Mollie McDaniel, of ' Mam phis,
after a visit to the family of Mr.
John D., Smith, returned ta her home
Saturday. " -
Mr. II. G. Wages, of Earl, Ark.,
after a visit to the family jbf Mr. A.
C. Wages, of Garland, returned home
Tuesday. x
Miss 'Neely Adams, '.ofr the.Loeust
Bluff neighborhood, after j a visit to
relatives and .friends in Mississippi,
returned to her home Saturday.
be pushed by Tipton county rme
hP n Knpo nil i luiim lAiiiiiui iiiuiitzis
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items of Interest .From
Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Garrett have
moved to the Murphy plaee, on Elm
street.
Mr. J. W. Riddick has lately
moved from Raidolph to Memphis and
will now make his home there.
Mr. D. P. Transou, of Mason, is
reported dangerously ' ill with pneu
monia. , N
Miss Ann Green is reported quite
sick at' her home, on South Mr-in
street. ,
Mr. Jack Stitt, who has been con
fined to his home on account of illness,
. .j ri,i V,t(-tor
since Saturday, if reported better
Mrs. G. C. Howard, of Tabernacle,
has been on the sick list lor tne past
several days.
Mrs. George D. Green entertained
a few friends with a dinner party
Wednesday evening in honor of Mr.
and Mrs. Holmes Winford.
Mr. N.'A. Whitehorn is building
a new house on the site of the Taylor
Wilson old place, just south of Wilsons
Chapel.
Rev. J. E. Miles will preach at
Pleasant Grove Sunday morning at 11
o'clock and in the evening at 7 o'clock.
The public is invited.
Horace Maclin, a well known col
ored man, died of Bright's disease at
his home at Willow Grove Tuesday
morning at 4 o'clock.
Mr.' Warner Hall, of Mt. Carmel,
who has beeh under treatment in the
Baptist Memorial hospital, Memphis,
is reported to be considerably im
proved. The schoolhouse a Kelly's Chap
el is being overhauled. New founda
tions are being placed under the
building and new doors and windows
put in.
Mr. W. J, Faulkner and Mrs.
Retta McQuiston, . of ; Idaville, sold
their farm of 128 acres to Mr.-W. J.
Price, of Como, Miss., for a consider
ation of $3,855.
Mr. II. II.- McCain, of Idaville, re
turned. Wednesday evening from
Memphis, where he had been attending
the bedside of his cousin, Mr. Charles
McCain, of Jonesb,oro, Ark.ho is
under treatment there.
Mr. J. C. Turnage has sold his
300-acre farm, near Gilt Edge, to his
son, Mr. J. H. Turnage, for a consid
eration of $5,100, and will shortly
move to Munford, The last , named
gentleman has just sold a 64-acre
place to Mr. E. C. ousar for $3,000.
Mr. James Bates, of Mack is vis
iting at the home of his daughter, Mrs.
C. H. Sullivan, in this vicinity. He
has been under treatment of Dr. N. R.
Newman for blood poisoning and his
friends will be glad to learn that he
is improving. . . :. -
Mr. Leo Marks,' who has been em
ployed in the I. C. railroad officials'
office at Fulton, Ky., has been promot
ed to the position of material inspector
for the same road at Vicksburg, Miss.,
and has gone to that place to make
hia Vinme Mr. Marks is a eood busi-
nes man and his many friends here
are glad to know he is mounting the
ladder in the railroad world. .
, Miss Blanche Cole, of Memphis,
who has lately been the attractive
guest of Miss Mary "Paine, and Dr.
John Q. Holifield, of Tiptonville, a
student in the medical department of
the University of Tennesseee, were
married at the home of Rev. Father
Mooney, in the Bluff City, at 8:30
o'clock Saturday evening. Miss Paine
and Mr. Earl Hayes were attendants
from Covington.
, The teachers and officers of the
Oak Grove Sunday school had a most
interesting and enjoyable meeting at
the home of Mr. T. H. Taylor Sunday
evening from 7 to 10 o'clock. There
were addresses by .the pastor. Rev. T.
Riley Davis, and the superintendent,
Mr. E. G. Fortner, and Mrs. Taylor,
the clever hostess, served refresh
ments at the close. There was an av
erage attendance of 119 and a frac
tion for the whole year during 1910.
Mr. Charles A. Bell, of Sunnyside,
and Miss Jessie Hill, of Brighton,
daughter of the late Sloan Hill, were
married at the home of the bride
Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock, the
impressive ceremony being said hy
Rev. W. A. M. Plaxco in the presence
of a limitedjiumber of friends of the
inent families, have the highest es
teem of all who know them, and they
have the best wishes of a wide circle
of friends. ,
Mr Lee Hastings has. moved to
the Dickson place, on the north end
of Maple street, which he purchased
some time ago. Mrs. John Gracey
now occupies the house lately vacated
by Mr. Hastings. Mr. Joe. Hunt and
family have moved from the Dickson
place to the N, H. Murphy place, on
Elm street. Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Ward
haugh have moved from the Hamilton
place, on Pleasant, and occupy rooms
with -Mr. and Mrs. Robert Mcllwain,
on East Liberty. Mr. and Mrs. Clyde
Montgomery have moved to the Ham
uton glace.
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All Over Tipton County
Mrs.' Ellen Gill is on the sick list
at the home of her son, Mr. J. R. Gill.
Mr. Claud Neal, of South Coving
ton, has been quite sick for the past
several days.
Mr. Sam White has moved from
Atoka to the Simonton place, on Ma
ple street.
Joe Peete has lately been very
sick with pneumonia for several days,
but is now steadily improving.
Mr. John Whitehorn and family
have moved from Clopton to the W. T.
McCormick place, near.Solo.
Martha, little daughter of M
Will Lowennaupt, who lately has been
quite) sick, is improving.
John, little son of Clerk and Mas
ter J. L. Johnson, who has lately been
quite sick, is improving.
Born, Sunday night, to Mr. and
Mrs. Dan Brigman, of Tabernacle vi
cinity, a daughter. .
The new furnace for Canaan (col
ored) Baptist church, of this city, was
received here Wednesday and is being
put in by Harsson & Sherrod.
Mr. J. W. Fleming's new house,
on the corner of Shelton and West
( Liberty streets, has been completed
and he moved in luesday.
Mr. Jesse Hamby and Mrs. Alma
Faulk, both of the 10th district, were
married at the latter's home on
Wednesday of last week..
The friends of Mrs. W. 0. Mene
fee, Who has lately been on the sick
list, will be glad to know that she is
again able to be up.
Mr. J. P. Boshers is building a
storehouse at his home, at the foot of
Mt. Lebanon, and is making prepara
tions to go into the mercantile busi
ness there shortly. (' ,
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Pace, who late
ly sold their' farm in the vicinity of
Beaver, left today for Halls, where
they expect in future to make their
home. .,.. '
The friends of Mr. Lark Bringle
will be pleased to learn that he is
steadily improving in the Baptist hos-
1 pij;al, Memphis, and .hopes ty. be ; able
to reiurn nome next ween.
-Dr. B. Hv Harrison, of Burlison,
leaves Monday for, Memphis, where
he will place himself under treatment
of ' Dr. E. M. Holder, in the Baptist
hospital. , - '" v '
- "Mr. and Mrs. Walter Kinney left
this morning for Memphis, accompan
ied by their little son, Mayes ; The
little boy is to undergo an operation
at St. Joseph's hospital this afternoon
for removal of some broken bone from
the shoulder. - ... (
Mr. and Mrs. L. O. Baltzer were
called Suhday to Tlickman, Ky., to
attend the funeral of the former's
brother-in-law, Mr. Cue. Threlkeld,
who died at his home in that city Sat
urday morning at 8 o'clock, after a
long illness. Mr. Threlkeld, who was
50 years o age, is survived by his
wife. He leaves no children. r
Mrs. Cra Hunter, wife' of Mr.
Felix Hunter, died at her home, in
the vicinity of Randolph, Thursday of
last week, and her burial took, place
at the Randolph burial ground on the
day following, Rev. S. R. Forbess
conducting the funeral services. Mrs.
Hunter was about 35 years of age and
is survived by her husband and three
children.
Mr. W. M. Brown, a former well
known citizen of this city, died at his
home in Memphis Sunday afternoon at
4:45 o'clock of pneumonia. His re-
nains were brought to Covington at
!.9:20 o'clock Monday and were taken
immediately to Muntord cemetery and
ther interred. Mr. Brown is survived
.; in., nr .- T..i: t). 1 u,.
DV nis wue, una. juna diuwii, anu uv
three sons and two daughters. He
moved from here to Memphis, about j
10 years ago and had since been a resi
dent of that city The deceased was
58 years of age. '
Mr. Ravmond Dunnavant, of
Glimp, and Miss Blanche Garner, of j'
ss Diaiicne uaiiiei, ui.
Penning, were married in the Baptist
church at Hennine: Wednesday even
nine Wednesday even-
ing at 6 o'clock in the presence of a j famous lectures. Thousands of peo
large gathering of friends. Mr. andpe an over the United States have
Mrs. Dunnavant left after the cere- j w $1 0Q hgar hjm but the admig.
mony for a brief bridal trip to St. P. th 18th 'wU1 be oniy 50c
Louis.. The bride a niece of Messrs. ; f d t &ni f chMren (Q n
J. L. and John T. Garner, of this city, , f Th hild J3 must y
and is, a most lovely and popular : centg
young lady, whose many friends wish M rMte needg no introduction,
for herself and husband long We and i M wi, remember his . great lecture
Sallie Jackson, aged 88 years, a which-he gave the first night of the
well known colored woman, died at chautauqua last summer. It is recom
the home of her grandson-in-law, ! mendation enough to say that all who
Robert Waik, in this city, Tuesday, ' heard him then are going to hear him
her death beinr; due jmncipaliy to the r again the ISth if it is possible for
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innrmities Oi om age, anu was uuneu i
in the Tipton graveyard Wednesday.
Aunt Same , as she was atteetionate
ly called by her white friends, was a
slave in ante-bellum days, a servant
m the home of the late Dr. La i ayct
Fill. Sr.. and was a true tvne of the
oid Southern "black mammy", now i Do not forget the time and place,
rapidly becoming .: extinct, and her. This is not .one of the Lyceum num
death is much ;refrretted by , those bers. You will not be admitted 'on
whom she so faithfully served, both i
every day in Januy that the ground
cvciv uav 111 laiiuai
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NATIONAL LIVE STOCK MARKET
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iauonai biock iarus, m.j
January 9, 1917.
Todays receipts: Cattle, 7,000;
hogs, 15,000; sheep, 1,800.
. Cattle Rtceipts for the past sever- j
al days have indicated an increase
over last week, but this increase was j
TV V- T i vice-president; Alfred Boyd, Jr., vice
common mixed stuff from native and ;jt. p T - n ' L; ' T o
southern territory, which has consist-
tA nvinMnnllv nf punnpra and gutter t
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stuff. The market last week was un
usually high on all classes of cattle,
particularly the inferior lots, and the
over-abundance of. these kinds this
week dropped selling rates fully 25c
per cwt., compared with last week's
good time. However, the market for
anything desirable in the butcher cat
tle line, killing steers, which does not
necessarily mean strictly good, has
held fully steady for the week, while
the same is true of the stocker and
feeder market, sales being negotiated
readily at last week's? advance.
Not in the history of the market
have prites indicated as uniformly
high and satisfactory a level as they
are at the present in comparison with
the early winter season of former
years, and it only sa ves to reflect
the healthy under-current there is to
the demand from all quarters. The
weakness for common cattle this week
is only of a temporary, character,
which we expect to see regained short
ly, and from a general standpoint ex
pect to see the trade reruns its vigor
which hag been shown so thoroughly
for some weeks past.
Choice to prime beef steers, $10.75
$11.75; good to choice, S!0$U).?5;
medium to good, $8.85(?i $10; c mmon
to medium, $7.35$8.85; common off
colored light steers, jj(.50 $7.50;
good to choice stockers and feeders,
$7.40$8; medium to good, $7$7.40;
common to medium, $6$7; good to
choice stock cows, $5.75$6; fair to
good, $5.50$5.75; fat steers ahd
heifers, $7.50$8.50; fleshy steers and
heifers, $6.50$7.50; fat cows, $6.25
$6.75; fleshy cows, $5.50(5)6.25; can
ners, $5.15$5.50; yealrings, $5.50
$5.75 heretics, $6.50$7; heavy bulls,
$6.50$6.75; light bulls, $5.75$6.50.
. Hogs The hog situation has been
particularly active during the past
week, especially so on anything with
weight; in fact, all good swine weigh
ing 150 lbs. upwards, but more so on
those around 200 lbs. or beter, have
had the preference' of ell buyers and
as. a" result., of .ihiskeennesa. jn. the de
mand the price level has been pushed
up to the h:hc:i basis it has attained
1 m mon - "i", two fancy loads of
heavy hogs landc.l 11 today. Regard
less of uic i.m-'n'ting tendency in the
trade .duri-" th past week or ten
days, th? fnrkcL has continued to ob
serve sufuc' "it ntre igth that current
values r." o 25 to i')c per cwt. higher
during tha time. Light "Weigifc swine
have sold very little better than they
hnve recent weeks, supplies of these
continuing ample in view of the lim
ited hquiry to off'set any possible
chance of any material improvement
in values. On today s market, choice
hogs, 180 lbs. upwards, ranged from
$10.505$11: 150 to 190 Id. mixed
hogs, $10$10.50; 120 to 140 lb. pigs,
$8.75(a$9.75: lighter pigs, $7 $8.25;
best rough hogs, $10$10.25; half-fat
rough hogs, $8$9.
Sheep Saying that this trade is
high is expressing it mildly. The
plain facts are: It has been high for
some weeks back, but the current mar
kets indicate a still higher level and
the highest in the history of the mar
ket. Light receipts and a good de
mand are the cause, and the future
promises very slim supplies,, and but
one logical deduction can be made
from this a satisfactory market. At
this writing we quote: Good to choice
) lambs, $135$13.75; medium lambs,
$12.50$13; plainish lambs, $11.25
! $12;rull lambs, $9$10.50ffat sheep,
i $9.50$10; choppers and bucks, $7.50
(5)$8; canner sheep, $4.50 (3) $5.50; !
choice Ansrora i?oats. $7(5)$7.50: choice i
Angora kids, $8H)$9; fat straight j
chaired goats, $6.50(fi)$7; fat straight
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NATIONAL.LIVE STOCK COM--
MISSION COMPANY.
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be given you in plenty of time. It will
be to your interest to buy tickets as
soon as the opportunity is presented
as only a limited number of people
can be comfortably accommodated.
your Lvceum tickets.
M. R? GIBSON.
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THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
HOLDS ANNUAL MEETING
The annual meeting- of the stock
holders of the First National Bank
I was held at their offices on Tuesday
j and the same officers and. board of di-
rectors were elected for the ensuing
year, as lollows:
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Flippin, A. P. Smith, Alfred Boyd, Jr.,
L. P. Flippin, I. II. Lowenhaupt, L.
Y. Cobbs, Dr. H. K. Temnleton. R. M.
Robison, E- L. Worrell, directors.
The report of the condition of the
bank showed a fine growth and gener
al satisfaction was expressed over the
conduct of its affaris and the outcome
of its business by the stockholders.
The First National Bank was or
ganized in March, 1914. The bank's
December, 1916, statement showed an
increase of 700 per cent in deposits
over the deposits shown in its Decem
ber, 1914, statement. The bank de
clared a dividend of 10 per cent.
SMITH WINS' WEDDING CONTEST
James Henry Smith and Abe Atkins
both secured license Tuesday to marry
Evangeline Payne. All the parties
are colored and all reside in the Tip
ton vicinity.
Smith first had a 'pnone message
sent to County Clerk Charles P. Si
monton for securing the necessary- -"papers",
which the obliging clerk
promptly proceeded to issue, and in
10 minutes thereafter came Atkins
with a 'phone message to the clerk,
asking for license to marry the same
woman. The clerk told him that
Smith had already gotten a license
to marry her, but he would issue the '
license for him, nevertheless and not
withstanding, and that the one wlio
got there first with the ''papers"
would no doubt win her.
Shortly after this came another
message from Atkins, stating that if "
"dat nigger wanted her he could have
her", indicating that Smith .is no
doubt a winner inthe exciting game.
; Second Church and Tisgah
A. W. Russell, Pastor 1
Second Church,
: Sunday school at 10 a. m.
Preaching, 2nd and 4th Sundays of ,
each month at 11 a. m. and every
Sunday at 7 p, m. ,'
Prayer service every Wednesday"
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Sunday school every Sunday.
Preaching, 1st and 3rd Sundays of
each month at 11 am. and 4th Sun
day at 2:30 p. m.
' Let the whole membership of the
church, be at every service. You are
welcome. "" . . . .
A MILLION A DAY
A million dollars is a sum of money
which few are able to appreciate, and
we think of it in a vague sort of way
as connected with Rockefeller, Carne
gie and men of corporate interests of
that class. Yet all around us millions
'.' dollars are spent daily, and in such
a way that the average man passes
without noticing. It is not generally
known that it costs a million a day to
pay the candy bill of the American
nation. . , i
It costs a million a day to run the'
moving picture shows. '
It costs a million a day to keep up
the automobile industry.
It cos,ts a million a day to run the
schools. -
It costs a million a day to pay the
tea, coffee and cocoa accounts.
It costs three, million a day to pay
the liquor accounts.
It costs setfen millions a day to run
the steam railroads. 7N
It .costs three millions a day to
keep the government going.
ii cosis a minion a aay io pay inicr-
est on deposits in the savings banks.
. u costs a wiuuon a aay io run ine
cnurcnes ana tne missionary organi
zations.
It costs fifteen millions a day to run
the farms; ' .
, It costs. a million a day to support
the doctors and lawyers.
, It costs nearly a. million a day to
keep up the army and navy in time
of peace.
It costs half a million a day to meet
the pensions of soldiers' and sailors'
widows. . .
It costs a million a day to pay the
interest on railroad bonds.
It costs nearly a million a day to
take care of the failures and bank
ruptcies. - , .
Greece won its independence in the
struggle of 1821-29, after .centuries of
subjection to Turkey, and was in 1830
declared an independent kingdom un
der the protection of Great Britain,
France and Russia. .
Mr. Lofton Davidson, of Munford,'
Was a visitor in the city Tuesday.
Mr. S. P. Dillahunty, of Wil son,
Ark., was in the city Tuesday."
Mrs. J. W. Mize and daughter, Miss
Sunnie Mize, of the Stanton vicinity,
were visitors here Tuesday.
Messrs. Earl Kinzey, of Union City
and J. B. Kinney, of Erownsville, were
in the city Monday.
Messrs. E. A. and L. E. Bomar, of
Sharon, and Rev. I. S. Caldwell, of
Salem, were among the visitors here
is sufficiently dry.
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