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Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1903-07-31


wonderfully successful in promptly curing
lame back, kidney, bladder, uric acid trou-
bles and Bright's Disease, which Is the worst
form of kidney trouble.
Dr.. Kilner's Swamp-Root IS not rec
commended for everything but If you have kid
ney. liver or bladder trouble II will be found
just the remedy you need. lthas been tested
In SO many ways, in hospital work, in private
practice. among the helpless too poor to pur-
chase relief and has proved so successful In
every case that special arrangement has
been made by which all readers Of this paper
who have not already tried it, may have a
sample bottle sent free BY mail, also book
telling more about Swamp-Root and how to
find out if you have kidney or bladder trouble.
When writing mention reading this generous
;;sd S e T.: .5 az: =, Z
hamton. ". Y. The Rs . ssss e.
regular fifty cent and Home Of swaInp-Root
dollar sizes are sold by all good druggists.
Don make any MISTAKE put remember
the name, Swamp Root, Or. Kilmer's
Swamp Root, and the address, Binghamton,
N. r., on every bottle.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1903-07-31

Read THE TIMES. 1t costs
only 81 a year.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1903-07-31
passenger Train schedule.
ANNOUNCEMENT.
E,ection Tuesday, Nov. Bird 1908.

To the Citizens Of Wythe county:
respectfully announce my candida
~ for the Office Of Treasurer OF Wythe
county. subject to the will OF the Dem,
ooratic party, and promise ifnomsnated
and elected, faithful discharge OF the
duties Of the position.
Very respectfully,
WILLIAM G. HOWE.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1903-07-31
DEM WILLIAMS.

Following is another note found after
o., bottle of Laudnum which he
drank.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1903-07-31

ssss aoK saqM ssseSlN
D NO BsssaedsGgs EOp0M
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1903-07-31

Tom Hammer spent few days here
the guests Of frieuds in town and re
turned to Bristol Tuesday,
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-09-02

Do a good act, and you are credited
with two. Do a mean set, and you
are credited with ten.
Next to having a pearl necklace
herself, a woman gets the most Joy
out of her best friend not having one.
When q woman isn't jealous about a
mae she loves it is because he Is sick
abed, where he can't see anybody.
What makes a woman specially
happy Is to do something for loves
sake that she would be ashamed to do
for duty's.
You can tell a girl who isn't engaged
by the way she pretends to be and a
man who is by the way be %pretends
not to be.
1t is hard to make some people un-
derstand that you can't pour water in
to an income as you can into a teapot,
to make It 60 furthur. :.
A saloon keeper is a ueighboring
town latelp died Of alcoholism, and a
man pasted this notice on the saloon
keeps door: "He dug a grave for
me, but is occupying it himself"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-09-02

If you know Of a poor stifled old horse
a hose with sore back abarbed wire
wound, unnatural growth stiff joints
or swollen limbs, send him around.
We can cure him with a few application
Of Ramon's Nervee &Bone Oil. 25 cents.
If you want your money to Weld a
larger income, take a course In Harris
Business College, Jackson, Miss.
They positively cannot supply the de-
mand for bookkeepers and stenogra-
pliers. During the past few months
they have had SO calls for bookkeepers
and stenographers that they could not
supply,
Women talk about their clothes be-
ing uncomfortable, but there are lots
Of men who envy them every time
they see a peek-a-boo shirt waist.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-09-02
HEMWNA&NAAAAA AIANANAAAAANA
H@ HANDSOME LOT OF - M8
81 ~" GATHERED GEMS. Mo&

Some people make money by spend
ing it.
Some people are born asking why,
and die no wiser.
A crank lie a man who's hobby
doen't gee with u own.
1t is perhaps better to be IN the soup
than to be merely in hot water.
Don't always be sour II you want
the sweets Of life.
In keeping a scrap book about your
self, don't keep everything.
More than half the men who have
enthusiasm, use it %uselessly.
A dead sure thing would be all an
right If it always came to me.
The pig 10 clover is convinced that
the sward is mightier than the pen.
While a blacksmith may have many
virtues, be must have at least one
vice.
Some how it Is hard to feel sympa.
thstic when a big, fat, good natured
looking man tells his troubles.
It's an easy manner to master a
grief that is doing q "tunt at your
neighbours.
As a suffering man always thinks
twice before he speaks he ought to
avoid mistakes.
Even the mBn who lives a useless
life moy serve a purpose by posing as
an example to others
The only difference between white
lies and black ones is thBt other peo-
pie always tell the black ones.
A mar who imagInes that be can
run the domestic end of the combine
better than his wife does, is a fool
man.
In after years when a woman wants
to take the concefU out of her husband
she repeats some of the things be said
duling their courtship.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-09-02

AS we grow older we find that we
admire nice men more n pretty
less.
We have found that, as a rule, when
a girl enters this Office looking like a
princess, it is to advertise q COW for
sale.
1.-THE needn't be so proud" n wo-
man said to another. SIT is true they
have had two operations in the family
but neither was fatal"
Rollingstone Nomoss.-''If you had
a million dollars what would yop doP''
Tatterdon Torn-"Wish / had another
million, | s'pose."
GHe married q divorced woman,
didn't he?" askel the Wise Guy,
eyes; but she had only been divorced
a few days." replied the Simple Mug,
To make a Welsh rarebit add to
melted butter the grated cheese, ale,
a drop of Worcestershire sauce, sea-
son with salt and pepper, and then
drop in a nightmare or two.
We have in GU shelves many RENE
dies for constipation and biliousnessi
but the never failing, common sense
cure is found only in Ramon's Liver
pills aud Tonic Pellets. This treatment
cures BY relieving the AUS Of the
trouble the Pink Pill arouses the liver.
while the Tonic Pellets tone up the or
gans and insure natural and healthy
conditions. Complete treatment-twc
medicines-25 doses-full directions
only rs cts.
II constipated OF bilious, call for Ra-
mons Pills, and be certain our clerks
give you the genuine Ramon'si Com
plete treatment-25 doses 25c.
At the exact moment the proposal
lie made 3 young man actually believes
he isn't worthy Of the girl.
All the Joys Of hesven and 81 th'
torments Of the other place lie within
the small circumference OF 3 Wednlnl
ring.
A patent medicine that would cure
q man Of talking when he has nothing
to say would undoubtedly fill long.
felt want.
If a dumb woman walked into
room full OF wldowers every one 0
them would marry her before sh'
could get out.
A woman thinks che has been
widow long enough when it come
time for her to buy her second stool
Of mourning.
When q bank cashier tells g Womal
she hasn't a sufficient balance to pa.
8 check she has issued she is sure b
does It merely to be impertlnent.
It sometimes happens that 3 MAJ
loses bis health BY drinking too oitel
the health Of his friends.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-09-02
THE PLEASURE OF EATING.

Persons suffering from indigestion,
dyspepsia or other stomach trouble
will find that Kodol Dyspepsia Cure
digests what you eat and make the
stomach sweet. This remedy is a
never failing cure for Indigestion and
Dyspepsia and all complaints affecting
the glands or membranes of the stom-
ach or digestive tract. When you
take Kodol Dyspepsia Cure everything
you eat tastes good, and every bit OF
the nutriment that your food contains
is assimilated and appropriated by the
blood and tissues. Sold by all drug
gists.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-09-02

The bement of most friendships is
self interest.
A mans knowledge is TO little or no
purpose ueless he utilizes it.
Alloy walks heavily and talks loud
ly, to make people thlnK he is a man
When a Vocalist sings In the wrong
key the audience feels like making a
bolt for it.
No Maud, dear; il isn't necessary
for a dry goods store to deliver stock
ings in a hose cart.
1t is possible for baseball to be on
the square in spite of the fact that it
is played on the diamond.
The mar who is ashamed Of his
grandfather's trade doesn't deserve
to have had a grandfather.
The man who wants the earth is the
very n the earth can get along with
out.
The average political candidate does
not care so much for the nation as he
1OCp AOA Viz h0AnlnabA0bs
When a woman is built to show her
figure she couldn't hide It If she we're
nailed up in prcking case.
After reading physical culture books
and health food advertisements, it is
hard for a mon to believe he will ever
die.
In your MISUNDERSTANDING with
people, do you give the other side fair
consideration? Don't profess that you
are alwrys right.
There is a certain kind of high
priced chewing tobacco that looks like
an old cigar, or snip, after 1t has been
carried in the pocket for a time.
You young people: Don't forget
that health is greatly priced in old
age. Young people can stand abuses
to their health in youth, but terrible
is collected later on.
When a man moves to another
town, and has it In for the town he
left, you can depend upon it that he
has never done anything to help the
town along, and was an undesirable
citizen.
When a mar loses a bet they say Of
him "He is a hard loser" There
never was a man who wasn't a hard
loser.
Some "shows" are so bad that you
not only tire Of seeing them, but you
tire of seeing their Autographs in the
windows
Thousands Of people seem 10 do the
worst thing possible, instead Of the
best thing possible. They seem to
delight in Furnishing themselves.
About half the talk behind the backs
of people seobld be to their faces. All
Of us are too free with private criti-
cism and too cowardly with public
criticisms
When a man is divorced from his
wife and doesn't mBrry again within
six months, how the women wonder
It never occurs to them that be knows
ween he has enough.
Servant girls say they are mistreat'
ed; women who employ them say
they are always very kind and consid'
crate. This Is q question that vii
never be settled. Might as well no.
talk about 1t.
First Life Guard-.How much die
be give you for saving bis Wife?'
Second Ditto-"Fifty dollars" FRS
aHe must have been fond Of her.
Second-'Oh, I don't know. She hal
3 lot Of diamond rings On"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-09-02

The moth exhibits much taste in
dress.
An old soaker is usually a great
sponge.
Some girls never arst-but perhaps
1t isn't their fault.
It is better to know little than to
know q lot that isn't true.
II fame came only after death no
man would kiln himself striving for It.
Promises may get friends, but 1t re-
quires performances to keep them.
One glance at g political orator
proves that all are not geysers that
spout.
It isn't necessary to spend money IL
advertising your troubles; simple tel
them TO q gossip.
Somehow the sun doesn't tC
shine halt 80 hot on the base bal
grounds as it does on the harves.
dald
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-09-02
G.. L. HowERTON,
District Manager, Tupelo, Miss.
Nicaragua comes to the front with :

Nicaragua comes to the front with a
neat exhibition of ingenuity, A
rebellion was in progress and the
rebels had a warship on IN inland
lake, where they we're causing havoc.
There being no other way to reach
the rebel vessel, the government
loaded one OF its own warships on a
fiat car, transported it overland to the
lake and launched It, and the captain
masticsted his opponent at a single
gulp. Score one for Nicaragra.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-09-02

With the pockstless gown of today
the chatelaine bag is an absolute neces
sity to womankind. Let us interest
you in some real fine steel bead ones
which are worth $3.50 for a $500 bill
Only a few left. Money back if not
satisfied MAIER's JEwELRY STORE,
Aberdeen, Miss,
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-09-02

Judge Thayer says in bis Clinton
Age that be never knew the Republic
al press TO be 50 unanimous for any
thing as Il Is for Cleveland for Demo
cratic candidate for president.-Keo-
kuk( ia Gate City.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-09-02
A Wise Governor.

It is generally conceded that Jno.
NJ. Stone was one of the wisest gov.
errors that this state ever had. He
said of the Union Central Life Insur-
auce Company: sit writes the most
liberal contract of any company In the
state" G.. T. HOWERTON,
District Manager, Tupelo, Miss.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-09-02
whArla IL

In the last analysis nobody knows,
but We do know thatit is under strict
law. -buae that law ven slightly,
pain results. Irregular living means
arrangement Of the organs, resulting
in Constipation, Headache or Liver
trouble. Dr.. Kings New Life Pills
quickly re-adjusts this. It's gentle,
yet thorough. Only Csc ct all drug
store.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-09-02

The p~retense that You amount TO
more than you really do win cause
you trouble. Modesty is not only
very rare, but very profitable.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-09-02

Not to be outdone by his American
cousins, King Eward has joined the
army OF strikers and wants his salary
raised to the extent Of $780, 900 a year.
His present pay for looking pleasant
Is $3.50 year.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-09-02
RucKLENs ARNIoA SANE.

Has word wide fame for marvellous
cures. 1t SURPRISES any other salve.
lotion, ointment or balm for Outs
Corns, Blu n, Boils, Sores, Felons.
Ulcers, letter, Salt Rheum, Fever
Sores, Chapped Hands. Skin Eruptionsi
infaliabls for Piles. Cure guaranteed.
Only 25c at all druggists.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-09-02
You Know what You Are Taxing

wnen you take Groves Tasteless Chill
Tonic because the formula is plainly
printed on every bottle showing that it
Is i imply Iron and Quinine in a taste
less form. No Cure. No pay. SOC.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-09-02
save Everv peach Seed.

We will pay fifty cents a bushel for
all the peach seed you a save. See
your neighbors and collect us several
bushels.
G. 7. HowERTON & Bros,
Guntown. Miss.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-09-02

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab
lets. All druggists refund the money
if it fails to cure. E. W. Groves sig
nature is on each box. Price 25 cents.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-09-02

Many Of mans mistakes are the re-
suit OF his letting desire get q stangle
bold on duty.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-09-02

II your watch needs ~doctoring, or
your clock Is dyspeptic, bring it. send
It or railroad It in and let us cure Il for
you. That is our business. MAIER's
JEwELRY STORE,
Aberdene, Miss.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-09-02
TRAINS WEST FROM TUPELo.


Southeastern Limited daily ......s..s 45I pm
Memphis and e York Limited. $50 as4b 3 ~
Memphis Tupelo Accom-, daily, 6.s an
TRAINS EAST FROM TUPEL0
Southeastern Limited daily ........ 1910 n
New York Limited, thro sleeper dly 1880 q 10
Memphis & Tupelo Accommodation
daily, arrives Tupelo. ......... 800
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-09-02

The fire flies are so large, and such
unusual candle-power this summer,
that it is dangerous to squeeze hands
ont Of doors.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-09-02

A girl never considers she has kiss
ed a man when she mrde him think
he did 1t.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-09-02

1t is OF course expected that the 500
photographers assembled in conven-
ton in Indianapolis viii sit up and
look pleasant.
Wall street with the watered stocks
leaking begins to look like a toy bal
loon after the gas has escaped.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-09-02

The people are the government.
Presidents aud cabinet officers are
their servants.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-09-02
MOI In the Trust.

Why pay trust prices for your life
insurance when lyou a get a more
hberal.contract from the Union Central
Life Insurance Company for less mon
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-09-02
FEARFuL opps AoAIMsT IL.

Bedridden, alone and destitute.
Such, in brief was the condition of an
old soldier by name Of j. j. Havens.
Versailles, o. For years he was
troubled with Kidney. disease and
neither dOctars MOI medicines gave him
relief. At ZENITH he tried Electric Bit
tiers. IL put him on his feet in short
order and now he testities. I'm on
the road to complete recovery" Best
on earth for Liver and Kidney troubles
and all forms of Stomach and Bowel
Complaints. Only SOC. Guaranteed
by all druggist.
Some men are total abstainers from
choice, and some from necessity.
1t is easier to teach q paraot to talk
than to teach q woman to hold her
tongue.
Some people eat too much because
they don't believe In putting of till
tomorrow what they al do today.
Some men look down on others
from such q height that II they should
fall they would surely break thieI
necks.
The sIuggard takes a heap Of conso-
lation from the fact that the busy be-
is Simply storing up honey for othei
people to eat.
"What is your name, little grip
"Mary." Sand what is your Lee
name2n and I'm not quite surs
whether mammals last divorce be-
been granted or not.D
Often It happens that q mar ISM
knows BY the company he keeps ate.
he m~ysteriously disappears.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-09-29
COTTON MARKET.

New York. Sept. &.-The cotton mar
ket opened firm. at an advance Of 3
points. Almost at once September turned
very active and excited. this being prac-
tically the last day for that delivery.
The result was a wide scare Of shorts
Closing Saturday at 1i-I2c, it opened this
morning at 1I16c sold at u.17c. then
jumped 10 11-25c and from that TO u. 05c.
n net gain of very near a cent a pound.
or $500 on a trading contract OF 100 bales.
This seemed 10 exhause the demands
somewhat and the price reacted 10 u-5oc.
but rallied again 70 u.S0c and closed at
11.70c Toward the close there was
enough realizing 10 take the edge off the
market but the tone was finally steady.
al net gains of 4a16 points on all importa-
tions except September. which closed
is points higher.
SPOT closed quiet Niddling uplands.
l1.25c; middling gulf, lI5oc. Sales, 800
bales
Futures opened steady. September.
II 7Gc: October. 94sc: November. 952c;
December 951c: January 9.52c; February.
Use: March Q sc. April, 9,60c; May, 962c;
june 959c; July. 965c
Futures opened firm September. 1llGc;
October. 9.45c; November. s-47c; Deem
her. a47c: January Q 4Sc- February. 9 4Sc;
March. s52c; April 9.52c; May. 95Sc;
June 959c; July. csc.
Galveston. Tex, Sept. 2S.-Cotton-
Steady. lee
New Orleans. Ia, Sept 2S.-Cotton-
Firm Middnng $50.
Liverpool Sept &--Cotton-Spot, small
business done: prices unchanged Amer
lean middling 6.t6d
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-09-29
STOCKS AND BONDS.

New York, Sept. 2s.-Another days
liquidation in the stock market kept ap-
prehension alive and was as much with
out specific explanation as that which
has gone before. The liquidation was
mostly in small amounts. There was q
large accumulation of these selling orders
over Sunday and there seemed to be
good deal of selling out by commission
houses whose notifications asking for
additional margin were ignored over Sun
day
All news Of a favorable tenor was ig-
aored and the demand practically para
lived except for occasional buying by
uncovered shorts. The buyer who forms
the complement for railway seller SEEM
Cd 10 wait for stocks TO come 20 him
and made no bid. There was a consider
able amount Of this sort OF buying which
was traced 10 some Of the largest bank
ing interests who lend themselves to
measures of support. 1t was Ineffective
in preventing the sharp downward course
Of prices. although it may have prevent
ed the decentralization which was feared
All three United States Steel securities
lowered their record prices by wide mar
IerTed 5Sl4 and the bonds Ga.
The pressure upon the last named was
especially urgent and vigorous. The only
attempt to explain this selling was BY
a rumor that it came from that part Of
the membership Of the syndicate under
writing the stock conversion plan which
desired to avoid the terms OF the extern
sion OF the syndicate.
The local traction stocks were the
center Of weakness. led by Metropolitan
Street Railway. which fell 10 within
shade Of par. This weakness was vari-
ousIy explained as due 70 the iiquida-
zion offered by over extension in other
Qua rters and ~ unfavorable information
al Developments. Part Of the selling vas
said to come from Philadelphia. which
va. an early seller Of Pennsylvania. The
pressure IN Pennsylvania carried Il down
4. and it was the factor IN unsettling
the close. Previous 70 this last slump
iH Pennsylvania there had been quite an
effective rally due 70 til relief felt by
the apparent cessation Of the urgent
Humiliation in the United states Stesi Is
sues Amslsaustsd Copper was another
stock which was severely handel. and
il was suspected that the abandonment
Of a plan for an upward campaign by a
pool was the cause % this selling
= batch Of favorable railway net earn
iurs for August was ignored Money
rates hardened n both call ard or time
but gave 40 Indication q stringsncy IN
any case. The closing was active and
Irregular.
Bonds were weak in sympathy vi1h
stocks Total sales. par value s. r. 90
United States IS declined = per cent
and The IS and new - = Per cent on
the last call
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-09-29
gs aaaiehia nas gag Tuesday ornne September 20 lsos

plates, 311c;. square chucks. sc: beef ribs.
No !. 12c; No. >. &C; TANKS, &c; shanks,
&c; plates. 21ze; round ana rump, 7lzGSc;
suet, Sc; beef liyers, Sc; hearts, &c;
tongues. 10c; brains. cleaned, &c; sweet
breads, 25c; OK tails, 71-c; mutton, Sc;
lambs. 1ec
Dried Beef-insides, I3lzc; knuckles.
PIC.
Sausa ge-Rathman pressed ham, car
toons about q lbs. 1Gc; Dewey sausage.
cartoons about . lbs. 1ec; Weiners. car
toons about % lbs, &c; bologna, cartoons
about % lbs. 424c: Cony Island Frank
forts. cartoons about . lbs. 19c; pork
sausage bulk. 10-ib cartoons. SC; link.
1e-lb cartoons. Sc: liver sausage, round,
SC: long, &c; head cheese. Sc.
iron bound painted paiIsocmfweyptaop
Sausage On "Konserve": packer in iron
bound painted pals with handles and
having bung in head which obviates the
necessity Of taking of the hoops and
thereby losing the liquid Bologna. bib
pals. 500; 3o-lb pals. $50; 5o-lb. pals,
s. As; Weiners. BIB pals. s155; 30-lb-
pals, 500: 6o-lb pals, s5s5; pork sau-
sage. BIB pals, s1-45; 30-ib. pals. $40;
fl-Fb nails q d
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-09-29
Cattle Sales.
IN AND ABOUT STOCK YARDS.

This ~ about the time Of the year that
the packers said the hog market would
fall all 10 pieces, but it viii be noticed
that hogs are bringing a pretty good
price yet.
Pretty good hogs were required 10 bring
five dollars and eighty cents al the close
Of the market last night.
Nolan Bros. OF Lamont. Long & Long
OF Hunter and y. Pearce of Ames were
the Oklahoma shippers who hogs on the
market Yesterday.
The Oklahoma shippers always get
comparatively good prices because Of
the longer shipments
John PrunJy drove in a car load of
cattle from Goddard YESTERDAY He got
the best sf the railroads, but whether he
made any money by the driving is not
so certain