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Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-10-22
%nIasolnrIoM NoTIcE.

The partnership heretofore existing
between G. W. Harrell and W. J.
Williams, under the firm name Of
Harrell & Williams, has been this day
dissolved by mutual consent, W. ].
williams retiring and g. w. Harrell
succeeding to the business Of the firm.
All indebtedness OF the firm is as
sumed by G. W. Harrell and all &C
counts due the firm r payable to him.
Dated at Okolona, this 9th day Of
1902.
G. W. HARRELL.
w. J. WILLIAMS.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-10-22

Love is q flower that easily fades.
Some compliments" NJ Insulting.
Hermlts are not the only torpid Hv-
ers.
Patience lie q virtue found chiefly in
lazy people.
What has become OF the old fash
Toned man who referred to coal az
"stone cOal2"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-10-22
CT. w. HARRELL.
W. ]. WILLIAMS.

An unusual thing happened ct Car
thage, No, q few days ago, when the
fathers consent was required by the
county recorder before be would issue
q marriage license to q divorced
woman. The woman, Of rather the
girl-fOr she is buts17 years old-Was
Estella Tlley. She had Just been di-
Vorced and wanted to be married to
another man, but her age prevented
until her parents' permission was
procurad.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-10-22

Nothing pleases q Splnster when
she has occasion to stop ct 3 hotel
like being assigned 70 "suite 49,
Whea q man thinks he Is pretty, he
devotes q whole lot Of time to hooking
at himself while cOmbing his hair.
The coal strike doesn't disturb the
millionaire or the hobo. They can
both spend the winter in the south.
When . man lie cross and feels
tough be ought to go home and crawl
into bed and hide untilhe RECEIVERS.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-10-22

we aont nov what Il means, but
tho women say that there IL q girl
visiting 81 town who has seventeen
gores O. Der dress skirt.
When a woman customer Ia a shoe
store refuses 10 try on her new shoes
Ia the elore the clerk has q suspicion
that she 3 not prepared.
It's the careful wife Who wakes .
man out 81 q deep sleep % ask him Il
there d anything she can do 70 make
him sleep comfortably.
Nen-rWhen Charlie propoasd abe
Gays she quite loet her hsad.l' Belle
eyes, aud when she found Il, II YES
o. Charles shoulder"
The greet kroubls With hriugiug up
children prOpBry b that their tafheFs
spahk too hard, and their motherS
don't spank hard enough.
Il seems that the married women
are, after eli, the only ones 10 the
world 90 rushed with work they don't
have time to curl their hair.
The people are getting 90 old fash
Toned that when q boy q born, every
one says: "GoodnesS, ts the one
before Il able to walk yeti"
So much Importance lie attached TO
it through life, that there is some
wonder the words, "Good ProVider,"
don't appear on tombstones.
When the storm keeFs people away
from q church social, the woman who
got it up feels she has Just ground for
doubling other fOiks' religion.
Force Of habit is very powerful. A
horse switches his tail In summer
from necessity, and keeps It up bali
the winter from force OF habit.
It always causes q smile TO 60 round
when a girl who looks like q princess,
In walking along the street with her
head well up, stubs her royal toe.
He-"It seems queer that q woman
should be- airaid OF q little mouse. "
She-HOh, I don't know. Lots Of men
are scared to death by microbes"
No matter how poor q woman may
have been, z she becomes wealthy,
she never makes the mistake Of wear
ing q pingpong dress to play golf In.
BY the time a man has paid for bis
little cottage In full, bis family has
grown 50 large that a new n is
needed and another debt Is assumed.
Usually the opportunities that come
to q man are those that knock on his
door on q cold morning, and he has
to go out in his bare feet aud coax in,
Sillicus-"They say it is bad form
to propose to a girl on your knees
Cynicus-"It's bad form to have a
girl on your knees under any circum'
stances"
When a woman does all the work
for a large family, it must seem to
her that she has to clear off the
breakfast dishes in order to put the
dinner dishes on.
Somehow, after bis first months
bills have come in, a newly married
man suggests the unfortunate mar
who buys a horse, and the next day
the price of feed goes up.
"Of course" said the church trus.
tee, "we realize that you are a gooC
preacher, but" "But,'t interrupted
the minister, who was unable to col.
lect his salary, 81 appear to bC
doomed to be good for nothing"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-10-22
DO You 10

Feel cold shiverings, aching in the
bones, lack of energy, headache, and
great depressionf These SYMPTOMS may
be followed by violent headache, high
fever, extreme nervousness, q condition
known as malaria. Herbine cures It.
Take Il before the disease gets q fair
hold, though It win work a cure in any
stage. j. A. Hopkins, Manchester,
Kan, writes: / have used your great
medicine, Herbine, for several years.
There Is nothing better for malAriA,
chills and fever, headache, biliousness,
and for q blood purifying tonic, there
Is nothiug as good. 60c at all druggists.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-10-22

When a man is nominated for an
Office and suddenly becomes "genial"
people laugh at him. The best way
is to "electioneer'' all the time, by
being genial, fair, Obliging, industri-
ous and honorable.
When women get together to plan
what action they should take ct q
coming church conference they begin
by asking each other what they are
going to YEA that day and il it would
not be a nice idea to have q long hour
recess so they can all go somewhere
for lunch.
"Yas," said Hiram sour Jim at col
leges writes that he's going ter be
coach fer the football team this year
an he wants money fer expenses"
"Coachi" said Mandy Indignantly,
"don't ye be cheap, Hiram; send i'm
enough money ter be an 'autermobile'
Of he wants ter be, cause I hear thet
them things are sweller an more up
to-date than q c0achl"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-10-22

BIiousness aud liver disorders at this
season may be prevented by cleansing
the sAstem with DeYRitt's Little Early
Risers. These famons little pills do
not gripe. They move tie bowel rentiy.
bat ~c0piously, ana 81 reason az the
tonic properties, give tone aud strength
TO the glands,
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-10-22
MOTHERS

Who would keep their children in
good health. should watch for the first
SYMPTOMS Of worms, and remove them
with Whites Cream Vlrmifuge Il is
the childrens' best tonic. Il gets di-
gestiOn at work 90 that their food does
them good, and they grow mp healthy
and strong. 25c ct all druggists.
1t isn't always the fellow OF English
descent who has the most pronounced
accent.
Ambition never grows old; in fact,
it seldom gets beyond the age Of indis-
erection.
The strongest passion Of every
mother lie Jealousy Of other mothers
children.
People don't think much Of the men
who sit around saloons all day, and
play cards.
Any woman who admits that her
shoes r too tight is inclined to be
masculine.
No, Cordelia, the porter on a sleep
ing car isn't called a quartermaster,
but he is.
No, Maude, dear; it isn't necessary
to wear a stony look to be a pillar OF
the church. p
The fact that women seldom mean
what they say is exemplihed by the
cozy corner.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-10-22
FREE

A men and women, except in Law School.
Il expenses very low. Attractive location.
Complete water, sewer, lighting and heating
systems. Perfect sanitation. Purest deep
well water. Enlarged scientific equipment
in new buildings. Special accommodation
for women students. Special opportunities
for students of limited means.
Session Of 1902-08 opens September 18th,
1902; Summer Term, 1903, opens june
10Th.
For catalogue of special information re-
agrding courses or expenses, address,
R. B. FULTON, Chancellor,
University, Miss.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-10-22

Mississippi College. Clinton, Miss,
for Boys and Young Men. Foul ded 1925.
Next session opens September 18th.
Thorough and extensive courses of
study.
Reasonable expenses, Endowment
materially enlarged.
For catalogue and particulars adj
dress,
W.T. LowREY, d. D. President.
P.<H. EAGER, acting Presided.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-10-22
GOES IKE HoT CAKES.

The fastest selling article / have in
my store" writes druggist G. T. Smith,
Of Davis, KY, lis DR.. Kings New Dis
covery for consumption, Coughs and
Odds, because it always cures. In my
six years of sales it has never failed. ]
have known it to save sufferers from
Throat and Lung diseases, who could
get no help from doctors or any other
remedy" Mothers relic. on it, best
physicians prescribe it, and Hall &
Lyles guarantee satisfaction or refund
price, Trial bottles free, Reg. sizes,
SOC and 81.
Women are not very sick when they
q see through each other.
It takes q mar of sand to check the
rec of the oily individual.
When a woman is speeches. with
rage the very angels tremble.
A man doesn't need a watch dog
when the wolf is at the door.
We have noticed that some fast
trains can't make their time.
kissing may be unhealthy, but
nothing risked, nothing gained.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-10-22
REAUTIFUL COMPANIONS.

Are spoiled by using any kind Of
preparation that fills the pores of the
skin. The best way to secure a clear
complexion, free from sallowness, PIN
plies, blotches, etc., is to keep the liver
in good order. An occasional dose of
Heroine will cleanse the bowels, reg
ulate the liver, and so establish a clear
healthy complexion. SOC at all drug
gists.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-10-22

The man with a cellar full of coal
naturally thinks he is a pretty warm
proposition.
Fame is not a bubble. The laurel
wreath lie less strenuous than a
barrel hoop.
Did it ever occur to you that the
average mans intelligence is below
the average?
Paradoxical though it may seem,
the right end of a check to indorse is
the left end.
Some people are of no more conse-
quence than a thermometer on q
pleasant day.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-10-22
HIsLIFEINPE PERIL.

Il Just seemed to have gone all to
pieces, writes Alfred Bee, of Welfare,
Tex, ''billiousness ard a lame back
had made life a burden. / couldn't eat
or sleep and felt almost too worn out to
work when / began 10 use Electric Bit
tiers, but they worked wor ders. Now l
sleep like a top, can eat anything, have
gained in strength and enjoy hard
work" They give vigorous health and
new life to weak, sickly, rundown
people. Try them. Only SOC at Hall
& Lyles drug store.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-10-22

Worry is the interest mankind pays
or the debt Of nature.
If dirt was worth 81 a load Chicago
would have clean streets.
The most expensive books are those
made on the race curse.
For every wise thing in law some
lawyer has g fool reason.
The king can do no wrong-if the
other fellow has four ces
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-10-22

Most aristocrats are victims Of
inverted heredity.
A sharp tongue usually goes with q
blunted conscience.
It is the feline strain Of femininity
which makes it claw what It loves and
caress what it hates.
In these days it costs more to run
the furnace than 1t used to cost to
run a b~sttleship.
1t is we'll to let sleeping dogs lie
also sleeping babies.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-10-22
TORTURE.

To be relieved from a torturing dis
ease after 40 years torture might well
cause the gratitude of anyone. That is
what DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve did
for G.. Haney, Geneva o. He says;
"DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve cured me
of piles after 1 had suffered 40 years.
Cures cuts, burns, wounds, skin dis
eases. Beware of counterfeits.
Sold by Brown g. BeaTden.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-10-22
CASTORIA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
signature s1saa enc Of NM&zZM

It is very hard for 8 modest girl to
prove she is not bow-legged.
The Ease with which some men r
driven to drink is remarkable.
Fools never attempt to take care Of
their health until after it is gone.
The fellow who lacks confidence In
himself can't inspire It In others.
The only thing you can get out Of
some men is q chew Of tobacco.
If wishes were sawhorses beggars
would have nothing to wish for.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-10-22

Of my Cahawba coal. No cinders,
clinkers, slate, or rock, but e clean
burn. Cheaper than any other coal on
the market. Try Il and be convinced.
J. W. MCCARLEY.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-10-22
AMERIcA,a FAMous REAuTIEs

Look with horror on skin eruptiOns,
blotches, sores, pimples. They don't
have them, nor will anyone, who uses
Bucklen's Arniea Salve. Il glorifes
the face. Eczema or Salt Rheum van
ish before it. It cures sore lips, chap
ped hands, chilblains. Infallible for
Piles. csc at Hall & Lyles.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-10-22
Cures rheumatism ard catarrh-Medlelne
Sent Free.


Send no money-simply write and
try Botanic Blood Balm at our expense.
Botanic Blood Balm (B. B. b. kills or
destroys the poison IN the blood which
causes the awful aches in back and
shoulder blades, shifting pains, difficult
ty in moving fingers, toes or legs, bone
pains swollen muscles and joints Of
rheumatism, or the foul breath, hawk
ing. splitting, droppings in throat, bad
hearing, speeks flying before the eyes,
all played out feeling Of catarrh. BO-
tanic Blood Balm has cured hundreds Of
9 Of 80 or 40 years standing after
doctors, hot springs and patent medi-
cines had al failed. Most Of these cur-
ed patients had taken Blood Balm as q
last resort. II is~ especially advised tor
chronic, deep seated casts. Impossible
for anyone to suffer the agonies OF sym
toms Of rheumatism or catarTh while OF
after taking Blood Balm. Il makes the
blood pure and rich, thereby giving 3
healthy blood supply. Cures are perm
anent and not a patching up. Sold e
drug stores, 81 per large bottle. SAM
pie Of Blood Balm sent free, and pre-
raid, also special medical advice BY
prescribing your trouble and writing
Blood Balm Co., Atlanta, Ga. A per-
sonal trial Of Blood Balm is better than
a thousand testimonials, SO writesat
once.!SI CO -
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-10-22

Ever notice that boys never tie tin
cans to q bulldogs tail7 A bulldog
won't stand such foolishness.
What Is wanted above many other
things is 8 good cook who can put
genius into the making Of hash, and
lift it from the disrepute into which
It has fallen. 'Wah a.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-10-22

What has become of the old-fash-
toned person who said 10 a child that
had fallen: "Come here and I'll help
you up2m
There is something the matter with
q man who doesn't hate q woman suf-
frsgist; he'd caokle If he had a
chance.
A very common complaint of the
women Is that their girls are "always
in the dishes and then don't get them
clean"
Good qualities that descend from
father to son seem to grow weaker,
while the bad ones always grow
stronger.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-10-22

Fields


Dyspepsia" wrote Eugene Field,
soften incapaoitates Q nan for endeAvoR
and sometimes eXtinguishes the Gre Of
ambition" Though great despite his
complaint Field suffered from lndiges-
ton all his life. A weak, tired stomach
can't digest your food. Il needs
rest. You can only rest it By the use
Of q preparation like Kodol which re-
lieves il Of work by digesting your food.
Rest restores 1t to its normal tona
strengthening,
S~atisfylnBs
EiVIgOratinu.
Prepared only by r. o. DuWITT& Co.. Chicago
The 81. bottle contains 81 times the 90 atna
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-10-22

When q man makes a confession to
his wife, 1t is never more than half q
confession and usually less than one
third.
Mrs. Muggins-"Does your husband
ever lose bis temper?" Mrs. Bug.
gins-"oh, yes, but he always finds 1t
again"
When'a lazy man goes into a saloon,
and somebody sets up two or three
drinks, he feels as industrious as any
body.
Nobody likes an overture very we'll,
but band and orchestra leaders con-
tinue to play them, because it is Gus
tomary.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-10-22

Church White says be is not afraid
of the devil, but that be is always
afraid of a dog on approaching q
strange house.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-10-22

When the receipts of a church fair
are less than the expenses there is
something wrong with the feminine
attraction.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-10-22
n MoRsT FORM.

Multitudes are singing the praises Of
Kodol, the new discovery which is
making so many sick people well and
weak people strong by digesting what
they eat, by cleansing and sweetening
the stomach, and by Transforming their
food into the kind of pure, rich, red
blood that makes you feel good all over.
Mrs. Cranfll, of Troy, l. t. writes 7:
For a number of years / vas troubled
with Indigestion and dyspepsia which
grew into the worst form. Finally I
was induced to use Kodol and after
using tour bottles I am entirely cured.
l heartily recommend Kodol to all suf-
ferers from indigestion and dyspepsia.
Take a dose after meals. It digests
what you eat. Sold by Brown g Bearden
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-10-22
NATURAL ANxiETY.

Mothers regard approaching winter
with uneasiness, children take cold 20
easily. No disease costs more little
lives than Group. It's attack is 90 sud-
den that the sufferer is beyond human
aid before the doctor arrives. Such
cases yield readily to One Minute Cough
Cure. Liquihes the nucus, allays in
hammation, removes danger. Abso.
lutely safe. Acts Immediately. Cures
coughs, colds, grip, bronchitis. All
throat and lung trouble. f. s. McMah.
on, Hampton. Ga: "A bad cold rem
dered me ~Voiceless just before an ora
torical contest. intended to withdraw
but took One Minute Cough Cure. 1t
restored my voice In time TO win the
medal" Sold by Brown & Bearden.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-10-22

After you have known 3 man 3 few
years you begin hearing him repeat
his stories.
Men are the architects Of their own
misfortunes.
The flavor Of widows is that Of
sweet pickles.
Blood will tell, but never age when
Il Is q woman.
Consistency is q jewel that IL often
snapped for success.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-10-22

cat last I am at the end Of my
troubles" exclaimed the optimist.
(which snd?" gloomily asked the
pessimist.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-10-22

We guarantee the Complexion Beau
tiher TO give satisfaction and respect
fully ask the ladies to give il 9 trial.
BEAUTIFIER MANUFACTURING Co.
For sale by all Okolona druggists.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-10-22

A man usually has to go after
things several times before they begin
to come his way.
Nell-"Dressed up to kill, isn't
she9" Believes; she's going out
in an automobile"
A man makes a living by mean of
his trade or calling, and hopes for
success" later On.
A great many who claim to love the
Lord think that one day in seven is
enough for saying so.
81 am glad" everyone is saying of
every u else, ''that I haven't what
he has on his conscience"
WI 'ltime relegates an ugly piece
of furniture to the antique class, peo-
pie rave over it's beauty.
It's perhaps a good thing that there
are no mirrors in which we can see
ourselves &c others see us.
Every girl Of 10 seems to regard the
brothers and sisters younger than she
is as 30 many hangers-on.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-10-22
PUT oF a JAWS.

when death seemed very near from
a severe stomach and liver trouble, that
I had suffered with for years, writes
p. Muse, Durham, N. c., DIR. Kings
New Life Pills saved my life and gave
perfect health" Best pills on earth
and only 25c at Hall & Lyles drug store.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-10-22
EFT GOES RIoHTTO THE SPOT"

When pain or irritation exists on any
part of the body, the application Of
Billiards. Snow Liniment will give
prompt RELIEF. 1T goes right to the
spot, " said an old man who was rub
bIng it in, to cure his rheumatism. G.
r. Smith, propr. Smith House, Teneha,
Texas, writes: Il have used Billiards.
Snow Eminent in my family for sew.
eral years, and have found it to be a
fine remedy. for all aches and pains,
and l recommend it for pains in the
throat and chest. 25c, SOC and 81 90
at all druggists.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-10-22
UNIVERSITY
49,. OF -.
MISSISSIPPI.
90
Next Session Opens September Is, 1902.
100

FIVE SCHOOLS IN DE-
partments of Science, Literature
and the Arts; Professional courses
n in Law. Electrical Engineering,
Civil Engineering, Mining Engi-
neering, Pedagogy.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-10-22

"Of course" said the church trus-
tee, tive realize that you are a good
preacher, but" "But,'t interrupted
the minister, who was unable to col
lect his salary, 81 appear to be
doomed to be good for nothing"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-11-13
WOMEN BUY A HEARSE.
t.ns Cruces N. NJ club Decide That
Town ShoaId Have n Proper
Funeral Vehicle,

Think of woman's club buying a
hearse with its first official dollars!
That is the odd proceeding of the Wom-
ans Improvement association at Las
Cruces, n. NJ. and as the president,
Mrs. ID. c. Billings, puts it proudly:
ITS the only hearsc in the county"
This enterprising incident indicates
the uphill work of clubwomcn in the
sparsely settled southwestern states,
who long for some Of the advantages
and aesthetics of :o-callcd civilization
AN uphill work, it may be added,
which is unknown TO big and thrice
blessed clubs in thickly populated CEN
tiers.
The Las Cruces Woman's Improve
mcnt association has only 1 members.
When this ambitious little band organ
lied five years ago, it not only pur-
chased hearse to replace the rude
wagon that had previously served at
the head Of funeral professions, but
set about otherwise to improve this
small town, made up mostly of unpro-
gressive Mexicans and winter tourists.
y
ceeded to convert il into a park by
planting trees and putting up pa
vilion. Aftcrward they purchased n
lot for the purpose of erecting. some
prosperous day, a public library and
clubhouse under one roof.
"You clubwomcn Of the north have
no idea how ay-back-in-theR ible.
times these Meyicaus." wrote Mrs
| Billings. according to the Pilgrim. "We
| women have worked slowly and at
| great disadvantage. Several times we
have applied to Inside clubs for help
| but, receiving no answer, have decided
we must wait and work"
Atpresent these clubwomcr are build
ing a windmill TO secure better irrica.
tiOn-another unusual undertaking, in
| deed.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-11-13

"Your northern girls may have the
style and all that sort of thing said
a southern gentleman to northern
gentleman the other day, but our
girls have the breeding" And, indeed,
says the Boston Transcript southern
manners and southern courtesy are a
different fabric from that which Is
known In our strenuous social and in
dustrlal life. Take. for instance. the
southern WAY NJ issuing invitations.
Instead Of intrustins them haphaznrd
to the mail by careless messenger
the southern girls I'll the family car
riasc with their girl friends and n
generous hamper of lunch, to be en-
joyed en- route, making a pleasn mt
days outing, while stopping along the
way to leave the invitations for the
forthcoming fcstivity. 1t is delicate
personal attention almost unknown to
northern customs.