Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-03-11

ubuOlilk III oNctg "og PVSoA"AS
since a cranK shot the life out Of
the man elected to the position.
The excuses made by man,
when analysed, are about the
most Inconsistent part Of his LIES
record. he ought to be ashamed
a himself. He.is ashamed Of his
ueighbors for doing the very
things he himself does. Take
those reasons offered, for instance,
for his failure to attend church
more frequently: he says there
are too many %hypOcrites in the
church, that the deacons are dead,
too many Inconsistencies in the
church membership, there is no
longer anything to attract one to
attend, ect. AHy old excuse in
short, when the fact is that he
simply doesn't want to go. Why
don't he tell the TRUTH A man
seldom Ieirains from going any
place he wants to go because Of
the character Of those he is likely
to come In contact with. II he
wants a drink OF whisky, he walks
into a saloon and pushes up to
the bar, no matter how many old
, blear-eyed buns may be hanging
to the railing or SOLDERING over
. their emptied glasses. If he wants
! to gamble he straightway wends
his steps toward the place where
he can get action without the
slightest thought Of what sort OF
t company he will find there on the
e same mission. If he pines for a
0 revel with the inmates of a brOthel,
be sneaks into the resort without
g asking anything ia reference to
the former social standing OF those
e he would carOuse with, or rs to
what may have been their former
religious environments. The de.
bauch is just as acceptable. We Of
ten wonder that ministers cannot
It rise to the dignity of defending
IF their callings by declaring that i
J. is the man aud not the church
d that is to blame. Perhaps it il
le want of courage on the part of tn,
l. minister. Perhaps some of thu
Of men who are constantly register
D. ing such fimsy excuses are lib
eral contributors to the churcl
:. fund, and the minister cart fnt
N it in his heart to cut the strinI
n which brings in the welcome cor
n. tributlOn. Then, again, he ma
r. feel that such excuses are ~
N worthy OF answer. How easily b
,e could suggest that those who see.
good, can find it in the churche
in aud in the associations there wit
ct good people, though ObiectiOnabI
ir characters may slip in for person
al advantage. How if, on til
other hand, il a man is seekin
evil and his mind is impure, h
), never hesitates to go into ev
!, : places to find it, and is seldOI
disappointed. And If he will dI
M in his literature he may be able I
find some such a quotation as thil
"Men love darkness rather tina
light because their deeds are evil.
tn Cotton is rubbing up again.
ng the 10 cents a pound mark agail
no to the delight OF those who hay
been fortunate enough to hold {
he to their output or to buy and har
no mp a few bales. It is the o
"a. story over and over again, hoV
N. ever. Those who raised the co
ire ton have generally sold it at a 10
In price, and now that it is in q
les hands of the spectators, the pri,
in is pushed to a point to CORE
N. pond with the ability Of the on
NV put to supply the demand.
ew The talk about Randolph HurI
ew Of the New York Journal, as
ice probable candidate for the Pres
dency, is not so idle as mai
or. might believe. Hurst is real
elf one Of the brainy men of the ne
ion century, up to the times, aud b