Corinth newspaper clippings for 1903


Corinthian Clippings for January 14, 1903

BEAR HUNTS IN THE SOUTH

Ancient Function to Which President Roosevelt Was Introduced in the Mississippi Lowlands.

The recent trip of President Roosevelt to the Mississippi lowlands shows that the method of hunting black bears in southern swamps has not altered a particle in a hundred years. Somebody living down there once found out the best way in which to get them, and the southerner is wise enough to know that there is no sense in trying to improve the best.

Then, as now, bear was hunted with a huge pack of nondescript dogs, containing pretty nearly every known breed, mixtures of all the breeds and some breeds unknown. The planters and other Mississippi residents did their best for the president, and that he did not get anything was due wholly to bad luck. The bears are there, the horses, the men, the swamps and several hundred thousands of the dogs.

When a lot of men in Mississippi or Louisiana or lower Alabama, says the New York Sun, want to go bear hunting they begin, as a general thing, to talk about it six weeks beforehand-the southerner always likes to talk a hunting trip over before he starts; he gets almost as much enjoyment out of the preliminary talk as out of the hunt; and, as he is never in a hurry about anything, he talks slowly and at length.

The long talk ended, arrangements for the chase begin with the parties to it stealing every stray dog they can lay their hands on within a month. These dogs are shut up in a pen on some plantation and get well acquainted with one another, as torn ears testify when they are let out.

Dogs of every conceivable shape and color are prisoners, and of all sizes, from the little fice which runs along inside of the dooryard fence and barks at small boys to the heavyheaded, heavy-lidded cross between a mastiff and a dearhound. Sometimes a lucky man picks up the product of a Newfoundland sire and a dachshund mother, and the product is welcomed by all as a mascot.

Southerners preparing for a bear hunt will steal any kind of a dog except a hound which shows blood or a bird dog. Those two varieties are sacred and not to be sent against a bear to be smashed up. Dog appearances are deceitful. Occasionally a splendid specimen, with a bull or terrier strain, will turn tail and run like a streak at first sight of a bear; while a miserable, half-starved, droop-tailed, slinking brute, a mixture between a cur and a spitz poodle, will fight like a drunken devil, sailing straight in, with abject tail defiantly rigid and ears laid back, fastening a hold on the bear and enduring a death hug without a whimper.

Almost all these dogs have nose enough to follow a bear scent, which in the slushy, watery soil of the swamp is strong. They are taken from a big wagon when camp is reached and they stay there because they know that is the only place within 20 miles where they are likely to get anything to eat.

It is their business when the trail is found the next day to stay on it and run it out and bring the bear to bay, and they must be good enough fighters to keep the bear at bay until the hunters, guided first by the sounds of their barking and then by the sounds of conflict, approach near enough to shoot.

To the credit of these nondescripts it must be said that, while every pack contains a few defaulters, most of them go in as if they liked it, and are knocked right and left with smashed ribs or ripped sides, rolling over and over in the ooze and bloody from nose to tail root, but getting up and going in again if they are strong enough. Some great fights happen under these circumstances-fights wild enough and savage enough to make the men with the guns stand still and watch with staring eyes until pity for the dogs compels them to shoot.

There are plenty of bears in the southern swamps, and a hunt down there is probably the noisiest thing in the world except a socialist-labor convention. It is full of hard riding and hilarity, mud and blood, stange scenes and sounds and healthy fatigue.

EXPENSIVE BULBS

Five hundred dollars was often paid in Holland during the famous tulip craze for a bulb of the Admiral Liefkens or of the Gouda variety, $1,000 to $1,500 for a Viceroy, and $2,000 for a Sempter Augustus. In 1634 the craze became so great that all usual industries were abandoned. A choice bulb sold for $1,900 in cash, two horses, a carriage and a set of harness, representing in all $3,000. Persons frequently invested $50,000 in a few dozen bulbs with which to begin business, mortgaging their houses or giving personal property in exchange.

Corinthian Clippings for January 14, 1903
LOCAL SNAP SHOTS

God help the coalless rich-the poor are used to it.

Cloudy with occasional rain tonight and Thursday.

Attorney G.T. Mitchell of Pontotoc is in the city today.

Let us not worry about the scarcity of coal. Think of August.

We keep our store open until 8 o’clock for our customers. Jas. Gish.

The Arion Male Quartette will not appear tonight at the theatre.

J.R. Cunningham, of Savannah, Tennessee, and Sam Perkins, of Hamburg, Tennessee, are in the city today.

The Corinthian has added this week considerably to its printing material, and more is to follow.

Conductor Waiter? Stout of the M.&O., and Mrs. Stout, are visiting relatives and friends in the city.

J.H. Lassiter, trainmaster of the Southern, and H.L. Hungerford, of the M.&O., were in the city today.

Among the patents issued at Washington yesterday were: An Optometer, Ernest F. Waits, Corinth; rail joint, Winston E. Penn, Grenada.

The ladies now take off their hats beautifully at public entertainments. But what a time The Corinthian had a few years ago in effecting an adoption of this custom.

The attraction at the New Century theatre last night-the 11th Hour-was one of the best of the season. It was a clean, high class performance and thoroughly enjoyed by the large audience.

J.W. Taylor has his plans completed for the rebuilding of the corner store house recently burned. The building will be a handsome brick, and work will begin as soon as the winter weather breaks up.

The Tishomingo Savings Institution has a statement of its condition in this issue. It makes a healthy condition. A stronger or more reliable banking house is not to be found in North Mississippi.

When you want a good shoe, buy the Hamilton Brown. Jas. Gish.

Mr. Carnegie’s recent illness seems to have impressed on him the danger he is in of dying rich, and he will endow 800 libraries at once. How few of his fellow multimillionaires fear disgrace.

James Gish sells the best school shoes, the Security.


STATEMENT SHOWING CONDITION OF THE TISHOMINGO SAVINGS INSTITUTION OF CORINTH, MISSISSIPPI ON DECEMBER 13, 1902.

Published by direction of Chapter 14 of Annotated Code of 1892. RESOURCES.

  • Loans and discounts on personal endorsements, real estate, or
  • collateral securities………………………………………………………………..$319,860.74
  • Overdrafts secured and advances on cotton…………………………… 132,401.20
  • Furniture and Fixtures…………………………………………………. 5,000.00
  • Expenses………………………………………………………………. 4,139.06
  • Sight Exchange……………………………………………………….. 55,968.64
  • Cash on Hand………………………………………………………… 28,162.63
  • TOTAL…………………………………………………………………$541,032.27
    LIABILIMIES. (sic?)
  • Capital paid in Corinth Tishomingo Saving
  • Institution……………….$15,000.00
  • Iuka, Ripley and Booneville………………………………………….. 30,000.00
  • Surplus……………………………………………………………….. 10,000.00
  • Individual Deposit subject to check…………………………………..342,975.36
  • Time Certificates of Deposit…………………………………………. 13,206.91
  • Due other Banks………………………………………………………129,850.00
  • TOTAL……………………………………………………………….$541,032.27 Corinthian Clippings for January, 1903
    CANDIDATES FOR OFFICE SUBJECT TO DEMOCRATIC PRIMARIES.
  • For Representative: P.S. Glover, G.W. Bynum
  • For Sheriff: W.T. McPeters, J.R. Skillman
  • For Superintendent Education, H.A. Huff
  • For Treasurer, W.B. Wilson
  • For Chancery Clerk, M.W. Meeks, W.F. Wallace
  • For Circuit Clerk, R.P. Barnhill

    GOLF FOR OLD MEN

    Some English Ideas on the Game That Has Become So Popular.

    The sneer that golf is a game only for those not agile and venturesome enough for games of greater danger has long ago faded from golf criticism, and now is arraigned as a game dangerous for men who may be described as “aged,” says the London Globe. It is said that if a man all through his life has followed sedentary habits, allowing his muscles to become weak and flabby, particularly those muscles in the region of the heart, golf may very easily prove too severe a strain for his system. But in the pages of a golf journal this view is partially criticised by one who did not begin the game till he was very near the neighborhood of 60.

    He declares that it is a matter of beginning gently and he tells us that in his own case he does not find two rounds a day particularly exhausting. At the same time he confesses that he has always been an enthusiast for outdoor exercise, and is inclined to think that for a man who has never taken physical exercise-rather a rare experience-it may be a little exhausting to begin with. It is all a matter of not overdoing it at first, but, unfortunately, so attractive is the game that the oldest beginners are tempted to go in for it rather more vigorously than is wise. The result of all this latest pother seems to be that like everything else in life it is wisdom at the outset to “go slow,” and this is a verdict that “aged beginners” should lay to heart.

    COURT AND CANDIDATES

    The Ball Opens at Iuka and Speeches Are Made Iuka, January 14th.-At the opening of circuit court, Messrs. Vardaman and Noel, candidates for governor, addressed the people of the county. They both made telling and able speeches. G.T. Mitchell of Pontotoc, candidate for district attorney, is also circulating among the sovereigns, making many friends. No cases of much importance are on the docket except a new trial for Sam McMasters, found guilty of manslaughter a year ago and sentenced to imprisonment for forty years, the Supreme Court having reversed his last trial.

    Corinthian Clippings for January, 1903

    The following have been drawn as jurors to serve in circuit court the third Monday in this month:-Jno. Gant, Chas. Haynes, Jesse Parker, O.H. Rambo, J.M. Murphree, D.C. Mitchell, S.H. Myers, Terrell Jones, G.W. Sanford, A.B. Reynolds, Bill Woods, Ancil Strickland, J.R. Reynolds, J.H. Newman, Daniel Andrews, J.H. Robinson, Jas. Stratton, W.E. Cornelius, Gip Reynolds, J.J. McNeely, F.N. Vanderford, J.B. Blackwell, J.L. Edge, J.D. Massengale, W.M. Henderson, W.R. Taylor, B.C. Dilworth, W.E. Nash, G.W. Evans, G.J. Bridges, R.H. Martin, C.C. McKinnon, W.P. McLean, Chas. Smith, Mat Walker, Will Bridges, D.W. Jones, Joe Robertson, Ob? Mills, W.A. Richardson, J.R. Forsyth, J.M. Crum, W.M. Kennedy, D. Hall, Geo. Carter, Jno. Cartwright, J.R. Jones, C.S. Rainey, J.H. Collins, F.A. Enochs.

    LOCAL SNAP SHOTS

    Mrs. J.P. Plummer left today for Joplin, Missouri.

    Miss Carrie Srygley of Iuka was in the city today.

    Oh, stop that gossip; there isn’t a darn thing in it.

    Hon. Frank Elgin of Memphis is in the city today.

    J.M. Boone has returned from a trip to St. Louis.

    Marriage license: Andrew Bowlin and Miss Bairett Hardin.

    Things are awfully cheap after the holidays, but no one has any money.

    After a night of “spitting” snow the weather man is letting a little sunshine in.

    On account of a damaged boiler the Corinth Woolen Mills was closed this morning.

    Rev. S.B. Myers has removed from Checotah, Indian Territory, to Harrison, Boone County, Arkansas.

    Mrs. F.A. Inge has returned from Anniston, Alabama, where she delightfully spent the holidays.

    The United Daughters of the Confederacy will meet tomorrow afternoon at 2 o’clock with Mrs. W.E. Young. Business of importance; a full attendance desired.

    W.B. Wilson announces today as a candidate for county treasurer. No man is better known in the county than Mr. Wilson. He has served the county for years and has proved true and efficient to every trust. He would make a most worthy, faithful treasurer.

    The city council did not finish its business last night and will meet again tonight. Committees were appointed to investigate the matter of additional street lights and for the improvement of the sidewalk system. Several new ordinances are up the sleeves of some of the aldermen.

    W.T. McPeters, who for two terms has so admirably filled the office of circuit clerk, is announced as a candidate for sheriff. His fitness and qualifications for the office is unquestioned; he would make as good and efficient officer as could be named. He is a popular man and will begin the race with a strong following.

    Superintendent of Education H.A. Huff announces for re-election. For the past term he has been faithful and painstaking in the discharge of the important duties of this office, and would do his whole duty toward the educational interests of the county should he be again favored with the trust and honors of the position.

    SELMER NOTES

    Miss Cretia Meeks, of Corinth, was in Selmer Saturday on her return to Stantonville, where she is teaching.

    Miss Millie Hurley, of Stantonville was in the city Saturday morning on her way home from Corinth, where she had been visiting for several days.

    Miss Frankie Wade, of Corinth, spent several days in Selmer last week as the guest of Miss Bulah Locke.

    L.A. Beaty, the Corinth photographers, spent Sunday in Selmer.

    January 5, 1903
    LOCAL SNAP SHOTS.

  • A little snow today.
  • No more flies for a time.
  • Another rainy, blue Monday.
  • How do you like the new life?
  • The city council meets tonight.
  • Not much doing in police circles.
  • Next comes the ground hog and George Washington.
  • Robt. Perkins, of St. Louis, is in the city today.
  • The board of supervisors in regular monthly session.
  • Did you give thanks yesterday that the holidays are over?
  • This cold weather knocks the fun out of last summer’s coal joke.
  • Will Hensley returned today to Checatah, I.T. (Indian Territory), with his bride.
  • Fair tonight and Tuesday; temperature about freezing in interior.
  • An exchange says: “Now, for wireless telephony.” Why not? At least the hello girl couldn’t say, “They’re talkin’ now.”
  • A number of farmers held a “good roads” convention at the courthouse today. The discussion was so lively and disorderly that the meeting adjourned without arriving at any decision, as to how the roads should be worked. Meanwhile, the roads are a disgrace to the county.
  • Hon. James K. Vardaman, editor of Greenwood Commonwealth and a candidate for Governor, was in the city today. He spoke to a good sized audience this afternoon at the courthouse, discussing pertinent political questions of the day.
  • ROTARY SHUTTLE SEWING MACHINE
    Standard Grand. Swell Front.
    Lock and Chain Stitch.
    Two Machines in One.
    Ball Bearing Stand Wheel.
    We also manufacture sewing machines that retail from $12.00 and up.
    The “Standard” Rotary runs as silent as the tick of a watch. Makes 300 stitches while other machines make 200.
    THE STANDARD SEWING MACHINE CO. Cleveland, Ohio.
    For Sale by: S.D. Bramlitt.


    GRAVELHILL
  • Christmas was greatly enjoyed in this vicinity.
  • G.F. Littlejohn, of Reeds, Texas, is visiting relatives here.
  • Prof. C. Hamm and Miss Della Yancey were married at the home of the bride, near Morris Chapel, Wednesday of last week. Misses Julia and Ludy Young and Maude Huff, of Corinth, visited relatives at this place Christmas.
  • A.P. Olive, of Bonham, Texas, was here last week visiting relatives.

    WOMAN DRINKS A FULL BOTTLE OF CHLOROFORM.

    Chicago, Jan. 2-Mrs. Minnie Weinhoff is sorry today that she did not succeed in keeping her New Year’s vow. On a cot in the county hospital she lies, hovering between life and death, asking the physicians to give up their struggles to keep her alive.

    Yesterday Mrs. Weinhoff found her husband in a saloon at Laffin and Fiftieth Streets. He was in front of the bar drinking.

    “You have broken your New Year’s vow” she exclaimed. “You promised to stop drinking.”

    Taking a bottle of chloroform from her pocket the woman drank the contents. As she sank to the floor, she said: “I will at least keep my vow to die if you do not give up drinking.”

    The doctors say she has a slight chance to recover.

    January 3, 1903
    LOCAL SNAP SHOTS

  • See Walker Drug Company’s new ad.
  • Partly cloudy tonight and Sunday.
  • Never give up-just wade through the sidewalks.
  • Start the New Year right by going to church tomorrow. Do be good.
  • E. Rubel left last night over the Southern for his home in Philadelphia.
  • D.S. Cunningham and sister, Miss Florence, returned this morning to their home in Central Grove.
  • E.M. Abbey of Tuscumbia, Alabama, and Charley Abbey of Natchez, Mississippi, spent Christmas with home folks.
  • Harry Seches and family of Okolona have arrived in Corinth. Mr. Seches has accepted a position with Abe Rubel & Co.
  • Arrangements have been made for union prayer services next week, it being the week of Prayer. It is hoped that these services will be largely attended.
  • R.M. Weaver was the lucky guesser in the Waits’ clock contest. His guess was 10:40 a.m. and the clock stopped at 10:41, January 2nd. He gets $25.00 worth of goods as his reward.
  • Abe Rubel and daugther, Miss Lotta left last night over the Mobile and Ohio for New York. They will go by the Wabash to Buffalo, thence east. Mr. Rubel will buy his spring stock of goods while on this trip.
  • The fifth grade has been making sand maps, which are said to be the first ever made in this country. The maps are of South Africa and are made of sand and mucilage. We hope the people will come and see the work we are doing. We are all interested in our work and are going to try to make something of ourselves. Pansy Epps

    Corinthian Clippings for January, 1903
    CHANCERY SUMMON.

    To: J. Henry Williams, Mrs. Hattie Price, John D. Williams, and Fannie May Duffer:

    You are commanded to appear before the Clerk of the Chancery Court of the county of Alcorn in the State of Mississippi at Rules of said court to be held on the second Monday of February A.D. 1903, at the court house in the city of Corinth, Miss., then and there to plead, answer or demur to the O. Bill of Mrs. J.K. Davis et al, to which you are Defendants. This is the second day of January A.D. 1903. W.F. Wallace, Clerk of the Chancery Court.

    REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

  • Nobody is half so sorry for a widow as she is for those who aren’t widows.
  • Women get headaches over missing love letters the way a man does over missing his dinner.
  • If a woman could be sick in bed and shop at the same time she would be pretty near to happiness.
  • It makes a buxum woman awful nervous when she sees her husband reading the anti-fat advertisements.

    B.A.P. SELMAN DEAD

    A Distinguished Citizen of Booneville Passes Away.

    Honorable B.A.P. Selman died at his home in Booneville this morning at 1 o’clock. His death was sudden, the particulars of which we have not learned. The funeral services and burial took place this afternoon. Mr. Selman was about 60 years of age and leaves a wife and two daughters.

    He was widely known throughout the state, and especially in North Mississippi was he a familiar figure, beloved and respected by all.

    He was a lawyer of brilliant attainments and ranked with the foremost of his profession in this section. He was an influential and progressive citizen, taking a leading part in all the affairs of citizenship, whether of local, state or national interest. He had been repeatedly honored by his countrymen with the trusts of political and social preferment, and always distinguished himself by a faithful discharge of duties and a brilliant, talented execution of all matters performed. Corinthians knew him well and loved him, and the announcement of his death is received with genuine sorrow.

    LOCAL SNAP SHOTS.

  • L.G. Pape of Memphis is in the city.
  • J.H. McCord, of West Point, is in the city today.
  • We’ll build that opera house during the good year 1903.
  • James Gish will sell you a $5.00 blanket for $4.00. His $4.00 for $2.85.
  • Hon. Frank Burkitt, of Okolona, was among the visitors today.
  • Corinth needs better sidewalks. This is not exactly an item of news.
  • E.R. Mahaffey and Mrs. E.T. Miller of Booneville, were in the city today.
  • May. Flanagin and Miss Addie Russell, J.C. Palmer and Miss Lula Moreland were granted marriage licenses today.
  • Col. R.H. Henry, editor Clarion Ledger, will deliver an address at the court house Monday. His subject will be the St. Louis Exposition. Be sure to hear him.
  • Alcorn County has 4,588 educable children and receives from the public school fund $6,075.42. The separate school district of Corinth has an enrollment of 1,739 and receives $2,302.78.

    Corinthian Clippings for January, 1903
    FOR SALE, WANTS, FOR RENT, ETC.
  • FOR SALE-One milch cow with young calf. Apply to W.B. Hooker, or this office.
  • FOR RENT-Good dwelling on Itawamba Street, opposite Mr. Rowsey’s. Apply to Mrs. M.B. Johns.
  • WANTED-Manager for new branch of our business here in Corinth,
  • Miss. Address at once, with reference, Alfred Morris, Wholesaler, Cincinnatti, Ohio.
  • FOR RENT-The northeast quarter of section 22, township 1, range 7, known as the Sumner’s Place, four miles northwest of Corinth. Fine glade and meadow land for one, two or three horse crop. Call at farm or address J. Fred MacDonald, Corinth, Miss.
  • DR. N.B. WARREN

    Booneville, Mississippi, January 15th. After a short illness of pneumonia, Dr. N.B. Warren died at his home in Marietta, this county, yesterday afternoon. Deceased had been a citizen of Prentiss County for many and a practitioner of medicine in this section. His funeral will occur tomorrow.

    SYNODICAL COLLEGE

    Arrangements for the endowment of the Presbyterian Synodical College for Young Ladies, to be located at Holly Springs, will soon be commenced. The synod has accepted the donation of the North Mississippi Presbyterian College, and extensive repairs and improvements will be made. The town of Holly Springs has pledged $15,000.00 to the endowment. President Raymond will raise $15,000.00 more, and the synod stands pledging to raise $40,000.00 for the endowment fund. BOONEVILLE PLAINDEALER:

    We are in receipt of a letter from L.R. Burress, of Geeville, suggesting that The Plaindealer call a good roads convention; which reminds us of the time the tree came very near falling on us while logging in Arkansas. For several years we could not pass a leaning tree without feeling like squatting for a quick run. The last good roads convention was so pronounced in its declarations that The Plaindealer would feel embarrassed to be caught calling another. We ought to have better roads, but we know that it will take money to get them; that means taxes, and taxes is-well taxes, no, we are not calling conventions this year.

    BITTER CONTEST OPENS
    Baptist University Property in Tennessee Involved.

    Jackson, Tennessee-January 19th. A bill was filed in chancery at Murfreesboro, Tenn., this week by Leland Jordan and others which will precipitate one of the bitterests over property ever entered into in this state.

    Union University, a Baptist institution, was one of the leading educational institutions in the South in the antebellum days. It went down after the war and its good will was eventually transferred to the Southwestern Baptist University of this city. The campus of Union University comprising sixteen acres of land, situated in the heart of the thriving town of Murfreesboro, in the bluegrass region of Tennessee, is now worth $40,000.00, and this is the bone of contention.

    The title of this property was vested in the state Baptist board of education. The board, in 1899, at the state Baptist convention at Union City, gave a deed to the property to the Southwestern Baptist University, this institution having in the meantime secured a majority of the trustees in the Union University holders. The bill alieges that President G.M. Savage of the Southwestern Baptist University was the prime mover and instigator in securing the deed, and that the action was unknown to Jordan and trustees of Union University; that it was attained through fraud and is null and void.

    Dr. Savage is one of the most prominent Baptist educators in the South and those associated with him stand high in the demonination.

    Corinthian clippings for January 1903
    LOCAL SNAP SHOTS

  • In these tax-paying times it is very convenient and profitable to own your property just outside the city limits.
  • The members of the U.D.C. and a number of others were entertaining this afternoon at the residence of Major G.W. Bynum.
  • The chairmen of the Ladies’ Mission societies of the several churches in the city have arranged to give an all day missionary program at the Presbyterian church in the near future.
  • Delays are dangerous. If you have not paid your poll tax you should do so at once. In order to vote you must pay all of your taxes on or before the first day of February. Keep this fact in mind.
  • The announcement of George T. Mitchell of Pontotoc, a candidate for district attorney, appears in today’s paper. He is one of the most promising young lawyers of North Mississippi, and personally a most clever and genial fellow. He would make a good and worthy official representing the state in an able manner.

    Yicksburg American:

    “The Corinth Daily Corinthian has entered the sixth year of its existence and Editor Martin is being congratulated by the state qress for his splendid journalistic success. The Corinthian is a splendid paper, thoroughly deserving of the liberal patronage which it evidently receives.”

  • G.B. Warren of Marietta was in the city today.
  • J.C. Wilts of Booneville is among the visitors here today.
  • Miss Lula Lida of Henderson, Tenn., is visiting in the city.
  • Hon. W.A. Montgomery of Holly Springs was here today.
  • Hon. W.B. and R.J. Warren of Aberdeen are in the city.
  • A.J. Waddle and E.G. Googe of Fulton were visitors here today.
  • C.B. Curlee and W.H. Rees of Rienzi are among the visitors today.
  • S.P. Allen, Esq., of Booneville, is among the visiting attorneys at court.
  • Misses Leslie Ozier and Lizzie May Gerhart and Mr. Arch McCorkle of Henderson spent Sunday in the city.
  • W.G. Stovall, ex-sheriff of Chickasaw county and candidate for railroad commissioner, is in the city today.
  • Abe Rubel and daughter, Miss Lotta, have returned from the East. While on the trip, Mr. Rubel purchased his goods for the spring and summer trade.

    Tupelo Review:

    “Rev. R.A. Kimbrough has accepted the call of the Baptist Church here for his full time. He is a graduate of Southwestern Baptist University at Jackson, Tennessee, also of the Southern Theological School at Louisville, Kentucky, about 34 years of age married a Mississippi girl, Miss Martha Conn, of Corinth, a graduate of Blue Mountain. They are both very well known in this section. Bro. Kimbrough will preach his first sermon Sunday Feb. 1st.

    CONFEDERATE RESOLUTIONS
    Rienzi, January 17th.

    Resolved by D.T. Beall Camp No. 1327 United Confederate Veterans, Alcorn County:

    That we protest against the action of Director Dunbar Rowlands in placing the portrait of Abraham Lincoln to be hung on the walls of the new capital.

    That we heartily endorse the resolutions adopted by the Robt. A. Smith Camp at Jackson and commend them as a patriot expression of the sentiments of Confederate Veterans.

  • W.H. REES, Commander
  • J.H. WHITE, Adjt.

    CIRCUIT COURT

    Circuit court convened here today, Judge Sykes presiding, and District Attorney Barron on hand, with other regular officers and members of the bar.

    Before court convened a mass meeting was held to discuss the good roads question. Hon. C.B. Curlee of Rienzi presided. Speeches were made by J.M. Boone, T.H. Underwood and T.D. Young, in advocacy of the contract system of working the roads, and a resolution favoring this system was unanimously passed. The good roads question is one of immense importance, and a little more agitation and education and the people will begin to make permanent improvements.

    Judge Sykes arrived from Iuka on the Newsboy this morning, having completed the business of the Tishomingo court. McMasters was sentenced to 20 years for manslaughter, and in the arson case a mistrial was had.

    Corinthian Clippings for January, 1903
    LOCAL SNAP SHOTS

  • Beastly weather.
  • The candidates are coming.
  • E.K. Huggins of Lynchburg, Virginia, is visiting in the city.
  • Attorney L.E. Sawyer of Iuka is attending Circuit Court.
  • James Gish has a nice line of ladies’ and misses’ mackintoshes.
  • There is talk of a new laundry being established in Corinth.
  • W.F. Elgin and J.A. Borroum are attending the U.S. field trials at Grand Junction.
  • The officials of the Methodist Church will meet Thursday night instead of tonight, in Mr. Young’s office.
  • E.P. Allen of Booneville is in the city. He will remove to Corinth, and will be found at the store of C.H. Gish.
  • Miss Anna Belle Stine returned today to her home in Tuscumbia, Alabama, after a visit of a few days to Miss Inez Young.
  • Ed M. Jones and family of Huntsville is in the city. He has recently sold out his business at Huntsville and will move elsewhere.
  • J.E. Miller announces today as a candidate for sheriff. Mr. Miller is well known, having lived for years in the Hinkle Creek community, and is esteemed as one of the county’s best citizens, a progressive, successful farmer and an all-around good man. He would make a very capable and accommodating officer.

    CIRCUIT COURT NOTES

    Real circuit court weather came about today. Yesterday when the bureau made its forecast of fair weather it evidently didn’t know that circuit court was due to begin here. Memory balks at the suggestion of decent weather ever attending a January term of court in Corinth. Today is state docket day, when all the witnesses and principals on the criminal docket are summoned to appear, and a shivering, bedrabbled lot they are coming over the miry roads in the rain from all parts of the county to attend court.

    J.R. Reynolds is foreman of the grand jury; L.A. Burgess is bailiff.

  • Cases continued: V.L. Crum vs. Abe Rubel & Co.;
  • L.M. Mason vs. M.A. Crum and John Kimmons;
  • State vs. Jerry Eubanks.
  • Pleas of guilty entered: Rufe Crum, assault; same for profanity; John Hancock, concealed weapons.
  • Judge Sykes is suffering from a severe cold and was unable to preside today. Attorney J.M. Boone occupied the bench. Houston Wood of Aberdeen is on hand, acting as official court stenographer, successor of Bowles Clopton, deceased.

    KENDRICK NEWS NOTES
  • Weather cool; roads bad.
  • Prayer meeting at Potts’ schoolhouse every Sunday night.
  • A.P. Potts and W.R. Nelms returned from Essary Springs Thursday.
  • Mr. Nelms will not engage in business at that place, as stated last week. He will probably locate here for awhile.
  • Kendrick preached last Sunday night at Potts’ schoolhouse.
  • Mrs. Mattie Williamson and Mary Adams were the guests of Mrs. Della Williamson Saturday evening.
  • Why can’t we have a justice of the peace from this end of the district, next time? We have plenty of competent men. Who shall he be?
  • Rile Austin moved recently to Glidwell’s Mill, where he is employed as a sawyer.

    Corinthian Clippings for January, 1903
    LAGNIAPPE

    The feud existing between Sam Allen of Booneville and the sporting editor of The Corinthian has been amicably settled, and all is peace.

    It began two years ago about a game of baseball between Corinth and Booneville, and since then the sporting editor has “mouthed” sufficiently to cause the Booneville antagonist to load for geese when on trips to Corinth.

    Attending court and carrying side-arms was a little inconvenient to Mr. Allen, and being ordinarily a man of peace, a follower of the meek and lowly, he came to town this trip with peace overtures in his pockets instead of guns…

    Years ago, when the writer was a small boy he attended a baseball game between Corinth and Booneville, played in an old field south of Rienzi.

    There were the usual jeers and taunts exchanged between the two clubs when one of the Corinth “rooters”, yelled: “Oh, you d--- Boonevillians, you can’t play ball, ‘cause your name ain’t in the Bible like us Corinthians!” Sam Allen was standing in the throng and he retorted, “You’re a liar!” That started the row, and the “fun” was fast and furious.

    The Boonevillians with drawn baseball bats advanced on long, keen knives in the hands of the Corinthians. And in the midst of the strife and bloody noses, where was Mr. Allen? Back at a safe distance where the ladies were, he was heard to remark to a fair companion: “Just look what a devil of a row I’ve raised-can’t somebody stop ‘em!”

    LOCAL SNAP SHOTS

  • E.E. Inlow of Greenwood is in the city.
  • Granville Dudley of Jackson, Tennessee is in the city.
  • E.J. Green of Rienzi is among the visitors here today.
  • Abe Hammer is in Pontotoc on a business trip for Abe Rubel & Co.
  • Mrs. E.O. Sykes and E.O. Sykes, Jr. of Aberdeen, are at the Waldron.
  • Those contemplating attending Mardi Gras will find railroad announcements in another column.
  • Carpenters School House, about 7 miles west of Corinth, was burned to the ground yesterday evening.
  • Corinth and Mobile are still thinking of those promises made by the railroads to build a union depot.
  • Walter G. Jones is announced as a candidate for circuit clerk. He has held the office of cotton weigher for several years and is among the best known men in the country. He is eminently qualified for the duties of the new office to which he aspires, and would be found faithful and courteous in discharging its business.

    NEW UNION DEPOT

    Mr. Kincannon Says It Will Be Built This Spring. Railroad Commissioner J.C. Kincannon is in the city. Mr. Kincannon is a candidate for re-election. He has made a good record, discharging his duty faithfully in looking after the people’s interests.

    Speaking of the proposed new union depot at this place, Mr. Kincannon said that work would undoubtedly begin about March 1st. The railroad authorities, in compliance with the orders of the commission, have planned for the building to begin as soon as winter weather is over. The plans agreed upon are for a handsome structure, one in keeping with the importance of this growing, progressive city.

    CIRCUIT COURT NOTES

  • Continued: State vs. Peter Berthel;
  • State vs. Samps Derryberry;
  • State vs. Will Tyson, nol prossed.
    Jury and verdict of not guilty entered in the following state cases:
  • J.L. Crum, concealed weapons;
  • J.L. Richardson, trespass;
  • Sam Williams, trespass;
  • Hugh Gilliam, concealed weapons.
  • Judge Sykes is still confined to his room at the Waldron.

    Corinthian Clippings for January 1903
    LOCAL SNAP SHOTS
  • A.J. McIntyre of Ripley is in the city today.
  • Miss Mary Lou Ijams is visiting in Huntsville, Alabama.
  • James Gish will receive his line of white goods and embroideries soon. Wait and see.
  • Dr. Johns is spending a month at Chicago, talking a special course in medicine. Mrs. Johns is with relatives in Hickman, Kentucky.
  • Corinth will have that promised Union Depot. The Mobile & Ohio and the Southern should give the tip to the Illinois Central so that road could join them in the enterprise.
  • Hon. H.H. Ray announces for re-election as representative in the legislature. He has served this county well in the past, doing able and faithful service. He is truly a representative citizen of the highest type, and the county could not make a mistake in re-electing him.
  • Mrs. George Taylor entertained a number of friends Wednesday afternoon at a progressive flinch party. The occasion was in honor of her sister, Mrs. Price, of Helena, Arkansas, who is visiting here. The prize was awarded Mrs. Cullen Stanley; the booby prize going to Mrs. E.P. Simmons.
  • Corinth is fortunate in having a good “coal man”. Mr. Bell has kept the town well supplied with the needful during the season, not withstanding the scarcity elsewhere. Corinth couldn’t get along very well without Mr. Bell.
  • Building activity in Corinth this year promises well. Several things are slated.

    PANAMA CANAL TREATY SIGNED.
  • Document Goes to Senate For Ratification.

    Washington-January 22nd. A treaty between the United States and Colombia, by which this government secures the right to construct an isthmian canal on the Panama route has been signed.

    The treaty will be transmitted to the senate for ratification. No details regarding the provisions of the treaty have been made public. It is understood that a compromise was arranged between the $100,000 yearly rental offered by Secretary Hay and the $600,000 demanded by Colombia.

    The United States is given a lease renewal every one hundred years at the sole option of this government. This is practically equivalent to sovereignty but meets the requirements of the Colombian constitution.

    REPORT OF GRAND JURY

    We have examined the poor house through a committee, and beg to report that conditions there are not as satisfactory as might be.

    The county owns the land upon which the poor house is located. The house of the Superintendent is in an unsafe condition, and we suggest the necessity of immediate repair of this building.

    The houses in which the paupers are kept are also in an unsatisfactory condition; leaking, and otherwise needing general repairs.

    There is no complaint among the paupers of the way in which they are fed. They also have plenty of gum wood to burn. There is complaint that the clothing of the paupers is insufficient and it is the opinion of the grand jury from the report of the committee the complaint is well founded in some two or three instances. The poor are pleased with the superintendent, and we think him a competent and suitable man for the place, and would respectfully suggest and request that the Board give this matter immediate attention.

    We have examined the jail and find it well kept, and the inmates properly and satisfactorily cared for.

    We have examined the roll of honor, the pension roll, and find all whose names appear thereon to be entitled to the same, save one. We have examined the books of the various county officers, and find in every instance the books in excellent condition. J.R. REYNOLDS, FOREMAN




    Ed. R. Salter of Meridian is in town.

    Chas. Potts of Fulton, Kentucky is in the city.

    E.J. Green of Rienzi was in the city today.

    D.P. Ruff of Tupelo was in the city this forenoon.

    Jasper Small of Sheffield, Alabama visited in the city today.

    O.T. Cowan of Jacinto is a business visitor here today.

    W.H. Sharp of McKenzie, Tennessee, is visiting in the city.

    R.H. Stickley of Madisonville, Tennessee, is in the city.

    E.K. Johnson of Kenton, Tennessee is a Corinth visitor today.

    John Strickland, merchant at Eagle, was in the city today.

    S.C. Walker of Savannah was a business visitor yesterday.

    J.A. Johnson of Henderson, Tennessee is in the city on business.

    A.E. Mabry of Tupelo was transacting business here yesterday.

    John D. Wilson and wife of Aberdeen were in the city today.

    W.E. Gill of Savannah, Tennessee was a visitor to Corinth this week.

    Mrs. E. C. Hancock of Cerro Gordo, Tennessee was visiting here.

    Mrs. Will Wells of Sheffield, Alabama is visiting her sister, Mrs. R.D. Hyneman, this week.

    Mrs. S. N. Payne and daughter, Miss Ora, left last night for Albert Lea, Minnesota, where they will make their future home.

    J.B. Porterfield, of Tuscumbia, supervisor of the Southern railway, is in Corinth looking after improvements in the railroad yards.

    M/M Joe Smith have had as their guest this week their brother-in-law, Joseph Brown and his aunt, Mrs. K. Brown, both of Corinth. Mrs. Brown is well and kindly remembered by the older citizens as Miss Kate Dogan who away back in the forties taught music in the "Mary Washington College" at this place-Pontotoc Sentinel.

    J.M. Boone attended the Money-Longino Debate at Columbus Friday. He reports a pleasant occasion.

    R.L. Pearce has been at home several days, confined to his room with mumps. He is able to be out now.

    Chas. Williams of Aberdeen was in town overnight.

    C.C. Spalding of Durant is in the city today. He is visiting our numerous clothing factories.

    Mrs. J.A. Price is in Memphis visiting her daughter, Mrs. J.A. Lattimer.

    M.T. Sasser of Middleton, Tennessee is in the city.

    J.D. Robinson of Lamar is in the city today on business.

    R.L. Smith of Burnsville was in Corinth last evening.

    On account of the Easter rush our store, including the Millinery Department, will be open for the convenience of our patrons Thursday and Friday till 9 p.m. and Saturday till 10 p.m. ABE RUBEL & CO.

    NOTICE
    This is the place to buy your fruits, candies, etc. Lohr Soda Water a specialty. Ice cream and cold drinks of all kinds. Phone 176-2 W.E. Walthall

    JUST ABOUT PEOPLE

    J.T. Meeks is in Memphis today.

    A.T. Howard of Savannah, Tennessee is in town.

    Oliver Gooch of Selmer, Tennessee is in the city today.

    Hon. Taylor Barnhill of Selmer, Tennessee is in the city today.

    R.W. Honck and wife of Field, Mississippi are in the city.

    W.E. Daniel of Yazoo City is in the city today on business.

    W.E. Small is building a large spoke factory at Florence, Alabama.

    Miss Charlie Wilson of Pocahontas, Tennessee visited Corinth today.

    Geo. Wallace and J.S. Burt of Huntsville, Alabama, are in the city today.

    E.B. Blair, traveling freight agent of the M & O Railroad, was in the city today.

    M.F. Baxter, and daughter, Miss Lizzie left this morning for a visit to Memphis.

    R.L. Smith of Burnsville was in the city overnight, enroute to Aberdeen.

    Jas. Stewart and Geo. Henry of Jackson, Tennessee, were in the city yesterday.

    H.T. Quim of the News, who had been out at Shiloh returned this morning to Memphis.

    J.W. White of Tishomingo county was in the city overnight. He was on his way to Aberdeen to attend the session of the Federal court.

    C.T. Harris of Iuka was in the city today.

    Mrs. E.P. Simmons is visiting in Memphis.

    P.G. Gragnon of Okolona is in town today.

    H.B. Bare of Columbus was in the city Sunday.

    Will Tesdale of Tuscumbia was in the city yesterday.

    W.F. Elgin and J.C. Elgin went to Memphis this morning.

    J. Will Gates of Henderson was a business visitor here today.

    Mrs. Roy Young is in Memphis, the guest of her sister, Mrs. Elgin.

    J.T. Meeks is now traveling for Ely & Hobson, wholesale grocers of Memphis.

    Mrs. H.K. Jones has returned from a visit to relatives in Chappel Hill, TX.

    Mrs. W.T. Adams is visiting in Memphis.

    E.H. Grosser of Huntsville, AL, is here today.

    I.W. Cowden of Lynnville is in the city today.

    E.O. Sykes, Jr. of Aberdeen, is in the city today.

    G.C. Stone of Memphis is in the city on business today.

    M/M W. F. Elgin left for a visit to Memphis today.

    W.J. Sutton, Esq., of Stantonville, TN, is in the city today.

    Mrs. W.Z. Sorell, of Rossville, GA, is visiting in the city.

    T.J. Walker of Jackson, is a business visitor to Corinth today.

    Sid Tyson has gone to Water Valley to accept a position with a steam laundry.

    Postmaster W.F. Elgin has returned from a trip to Aberdeen and Columbus.

    Elder L.R. Burress of Geeville passed through the city today enroute to Iuka to officiate at the funeral of the late J.D. Hubbard.

    S.H. Robinson is in St. Louis.

    W.C. Coffee of Tupelo is in the city.

    Mrs. W.M. Hall is visiting in Memphis.

    M.J. Savage of Rienzi is in the city today.

    J.C. Stanley of Booneville is in Corinth today.

    Mrs. Robt. Conn of Jackson, TN, is visiting in the city.

    E.B. Hulsey and wife have returned from a visit to Memphis.

    Mrs. E.P. Simmons has returned from a visit to Memphis.

    R.H. and N.M. Strain of Rienzi were in the city yesterday.

    W.E. Small has returned from a business trip to Cincinnati.

    H.C. Terrell of Quincy, MS, was a Corinth visitor this week.

    Edwin East came out from Memphis today on a visit to homefolks.

    Mrs. W.A. Monaghan of Tupelo is a guest of the Waldron today.

    Mrs. D.T. Traysham of Florence, AL visited in the city Wednesday.

    Dr. R.C. Liddon has been appointed county health officer by the State Medical Board.

    Mrs. J.C. Stanley of Booneville is a visitor here today.

    A.L. Johnsey has accepted a position in stenographer for the W.E. Small Spoke Manufacturing Company.

    A.H. Oliver, the photographer, has purchased an interest in Beaty's Studio. Mr. Oliver is a fine workman and a courteous, clever gentleman.

    J.M. Davis, of Okolona, deputy district grand master of the I.O.O.F., this state, is in Corinth today, trying to arrange for a reinstatement of the lodge here.

    TEACHERS SELECTED
    The Board of School Trustees met this morning and elected the following teachers for the next school year:

  • Miss Emma Edmunds
  • Miss Norma Cerry
  • Miss Broxie Cartwright
  • Miss Louise Melton
  • Miss Susie Blitch
  • Miss Kate Brown
  • Miss Minnie Gibson
  • Miss Eva Zachary
  • Miss Blanch Street
  • Miss Martha Northcross
  • Miss Lucille Duncan
  • Miss Lulu Boone
  • Miss Emma Green
  • Miss Minnie Newcomb
  • Miss Victoria Hill
  • Miss Johnnie McCowan

    Prof. T.H. Tschudi, musical directors

    W.P. Dobbins was re-elected superintendent.

    AVENGED AN INSULT
    Iuka, Mississippi, April 27, 1903

    Henry Stutts, a former citizen of this place, was shot yesterday and fearfully wounded on the Tennessee River north of Iuka. One eye was shot out and two buckshot penetrated the body. The shooting was done by George Claunch, a farmer, who alleged that Stutts had insulted his wife. Stutts was on a fishing boat and his assailant stood on the shore using a shotgun. Stutts' condition is regarded as fatal.

    JUST ABOUT PEOPLE

    Thos. Cornell of New York is in the city.

    J.W. Woods is Pittsburg is in the city today.

    O.H. Parnell of Florence, Alabama is in the city.

    H.W. Tomlin of Jackson was in the city yesterday.

    Jno. P. Mayo of Columbus is in town today on business.

    W.H. Topp of Tupelo was among the Friday visitors.

    John Dabney of Union City, Tennessee is in the city today.

    Hardy Williams of Tupelo was a Corinth visitor yesterday.

    E.E. and M.P. Hill of Burnsell, Nebraska are in the city today.

    Mrs. Dr. Perry of Rienzi was a visitor in Corinth this week.

    E.T. Sykes of Columbus paid a business visit to Corinth yesterday.

    Terry Ozier of Henderson, Tennessee was a visitor to Corinth yesterday.

    W.M. Bridges of New Orleans was transacting business here Friday.

    Thos. Lindsay, formerly of Corinth, but now of Memphis, is in the city on a visit.

    D.C. Neilson and H. Ysong of Iowa were in Corinth today enroute to Shiloh Park.

    Jack Arnold has returned from a week's visit to relatives and friends in Newberne, Tennessee.

    M/M F.J. Severs, who have been visiting in Corinth this past week, left for Chattanooga today.

    Rev. H.M. Sydenstricker has been appointed a delegate to the General Assembly of the Presbyterian church in the United States which meets at Lexington, Virginia, May 21st.

    J.Bluhm of Columbus died April 24th. Mr. Bluhm represented the Equitable Life Assurance society since 1892 and made many friends. He was one of the most valuable agents of the society and his death has removed one of its most faithful advocates. He formerly resided in Corinth.

    J.S. Berry of Baldwyn is in the city.

    C.F. Harris of Iuka was in town Monday.

    Arthur Lane is visiting in Bethel, Tennessee.

    J.W. Doggett of Kossuth is in the city today.

    Hon. H.H. Ray of Jonesboro is in the city today.

    Miss Word Curlee of Rienzi is visiting in the city.

    Robt. Houston of Guys, Tennessee, was in the city today.

    W.M. Ruleman of Purdy, Tennessee is in the city today.

    R.R. Shopp of Winona transacted business here yesterday.

    Jasper Sartin of Booneville was in the city yesterday on business.

    A.J. Freed of Henderson, Tennessee is a business visitor to Corinth today.

    Young, the tailor, has moved his shop to the rooms over J.R. Redding's store.

    Robert McAnulty, a merchant of Hickory Valley, Tennessee was in the city today.

    Dick Rambo, Southern Express Messenger on the M&O, is at home on a visit.

    J.C. Ijams and family and Cal Ijams and family left on last night's train for Checotah, Indian Territory.

    Sam Sharp & Son have their entire upper floor full of feed stuff. Call up phone 53 and ask them about it.

    Will Andrews of Muscogee, Indian Territory, who travels for the Alcorn Woolen Mills, is in the city this week.

    Mrs. G.G. Hendrix, who has been visiting here for several weeks, left today for her home in Checotah, Indian Territory.

    M.C. George is announced as a candidate for tax assessor. He is well known throughout the county and is popular where known; would make a good and efficient officer and we commend his claims to due consideration by the voters of the county.

    Walter Clark passed through the city today enroute to his home in the Indian Territory. Since the death of his father, S.P. Clark, he has decided to remove to Rienzi and make his home with his mother and will move back with his family in a few weeks.

    A quiet wedding ceremony on Tuesday evening at the parsonage of the First Presbyterian Church united Mrs. Alice Leroy Thompson and George R. Weatherford, deputy court clerk. The marriage was unannounced and was a surprise to the friends of both bride and groom. Mrs. Weatherford is a woman of great charm, and has a number of friends in Memphis and at Corinth, where her father was formerly a prominent merchant. Mr. Weatherford is well liked and esteemed, both in his official capacity and socially.

    A.J. Cotton and wife of Iuka were registered at the Waldron yesterday.

    Miss Maud Markel of Iuka visited in Corinth yesterday.

    MARRIAGE LICENSES
    John D. Wilson and Miss Georgia Arnett.
    Ike Cannaday and Miss Genie Bell Buchanon.

    J.D. Hubbard Dies Suddenly.
    Iuka, Mississippi, April 8, 1903.
    John D. Hubbard, a prominent farmer, died suddenly this morning at his home five miles southwest of Iuka. Heart disease was the cause. Mr. Hubbard was father of Mrs. A.J. Modlin of Corinth.

    THE TOWN IS QUIET, BUT IS BUILDING UP.
    Rienzi is discussing contemplated new buildings, among them two brick stores and a hotel.

    E.J. Green and E.M. Perry, two of the oldest merchants of Rienzi, are figuring on erecting two brick stores on the vacant lots formerly the site of the Bynum stores. These buildings would add considerably to the appearance of the town and be of general advantage.

    A new hotel is to be erected near the business portion on the corner diagonally across from Perry's store, Mr. Stubblefield will build the new hostelry and the material is now being hauled. A good hotel is something that Rienzi and the traveling public will heartily welcome.

    SELMER, TENNESSEE
    Mrs. L.A. Beaty of Corinth spent Wednesday in the city as the guest of Mrs. W.J. Olive.

    M/M J.R. Thrasher and their little son, J.R., Jr., were visitors in Selmer a part of this week.

    United States Marshal Frank S. Elgin was here last Friday in attendance upon the town election.

    M/M J.R. Hurley were the guests of relatives in Selmer Saturday. They left Saturday evening for Corinth for a few days and thence to the Indian Territory.

    H.P. Wood was re-elected Mayor of Selmer last Friday.
    The new aldermen elect are:
    Albert Gillespie
    C.B. Steadman
    J.C. Houston
    Rube Braden still serves as Marshal.

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