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Okolona messenger., 1903-03-18

In this issue will be found the an
nouncement of Mr.. Jack F. Thomp-
son, of Houston, as a candidate for
county treasurer of Chickasaw, in the
usual form. Honest Jack Thompson
is the complimentary way in which
his neighbors and everybody in the
county, for that matter, refer to him,
and it is difficult to imagine any more
complimentary Identification that
could be made of one who is 80 gem
orally we'll known and universally
respected. MIR. Thompson has served
the people of the county in various
capacities as public servant, and in
no case has he ever been found want
ing. He has served as county treas
urer before and will doubtless find all
who have supported him in the past
only too willing to again confer upon
him the honor. AS the custodian of
the peoples money, Mr Thompson's
past record is q most excellent guar
antee Of future reliability, and no one
will have the slightest fear but that
the charge will be fully kept, in case
he is again chosen treasurer. Those
who know Mr.. Thompson understand
that he cannot do much running on
foot, but that he win show his ability
to pass under the wire at the finish,
il bis good conduct in the past is taken
as q signal, none viii doubt.
Okolona messenger., 1903-03-18

The walking sick, what
a crowd of them there are:
Persons who are thin and
weak but not sick enough
to go to bed.
"Chronic cases" that's
what the doctors call them,
which in common English
means-long sickness.
To stop the continued
loss of flesh they need
SCOTS Emulsion. For the
feeling of weakness they
need SCOTS Emulsion.
1t makes new flesh and
gives new life to the weak
system.
SCOTS Emulsion gets
thin and weak persons out
of the rut. It makes new,
rich blood, strengthens the
nerves and gives appetite
for ordinary food.
SCOTS Emulsion can be
taken as long as sickness
lasts and do good all the
time.
There's new strength
and flesh in every dose.
Okolona messenger., 1903-03-18
Obituary.

On February q, 1908, at her resi-
dence near Okolona, Miss, Mrs. Q.
Virginia Gordon passed through the
portals which bar this earth from the
world beyond.
Anthems of praise, songs of rejoic-
ing should fill our hearts that this
true pilgrim, who ever held alOft the
banner of the cross, has gained the
celestial city. Though our hearts be
riven with pain, to mourn or lament
would SAVIOR of irreverence. Life
could not be rounded with grandeur
more complete than passing from
selhess, untiring usefulness here, to
endless, joyful service above, without
lingering in enforced idleness from
physical ills.
Though of character too exalted for
ordinary temptations to assail, Mrs.
Gordon's ideals of life were 30 lofty
that the least failure Of purpose was q
source Of keenest pain. To fall below
the expectations of those she loved
crushed her as q blow. With I'M
swerving devotion she strOve to be
faithful to every trust.
Unusually sensible Of her own short
comings and ever striving to over
come, the faults OF others were looked
upon with loving forbearance, else
forgotten. All who came under her
influence felt that she exemplifed in
her daily life, "The greatest Of these
is love-" Love so permeated her
being that her presence brought
comfort as naturally as day follows
the night. The weak and erring
sought her counsel and sympathy
without fear. Her mission was to
find broken hearts, to lift the discour-
aged, to comfort the bereaved. A stu
dent of the Bible from early youth,
she brought from it's unfailing store
promises for all.
II life's disappointments or sympa-
thy extended brought tears to her
eyes, smiles quickly followed, for
hers was a gospel of good cheer. We
shall remember her rs always hope
full, "always pointing upward"
Mrs. Gordon was a woman Of intel
lectual force. Her true, sensitive
intuitions were not more reliable thar
her sound Judgment. She read and
thought on many lines, was In tOuct
with the times, and well informed
upon the questions Of the day. Hel
interest in current events was untlFing
To-day" she said, ''is ours, the pas
is beyond recall, and the future vi
cannot claim"
OF gentle lineage, reared in refine
ment, and passing most Of her liz
amidst luxurious surroundings, sh
vet knew how to bear change
environment. Never did the light o
her character shine with greater lus
tire, than when she exchanged th
handsomely appointed home, t
which her young husband had take
! her thirty years before, for 8 simpl
cottage. With equal dignity an
d grace as wen as undaunted courag'
she entered the new life, and well di
she adorn It.
As wife she was proud Of her hul
Okolona messenger., 1903-03-18

The formal announcement of Mr.
George L. Blair, Of Houston, will be
found in this issue as a candidate for
County Treasurer Of Chickasaw coun-
ty. Mr.. Blair is too we'll known to
the people of this section to require
any special oOmmendatiOn at our
hand, yet it is always . pleasure to
chronicle the aspirations of q gentle
man like MIR. Blair for a position OF
trust, He is in every way capable to
perform the duties of the Office to
which. he aspires, is q worthy citizen,
and numbers his friends by the hum
dreds. He will have enthusiastic sup
porters in all parts Of the county, and
il elected, will so conduct the Office az
to merit the admiration and conf
dence of all. The voters OF the coun-
ty are sdmonished to give the aspira-
tions OF Mr.. BLAIR due consideration
before casting their ballots in the
DrimarV
Okolona messenger., 1903-03-18

No man who ever cursed the news
papers or'the public, is listed among
the great men of the world who
amounted to anything till after they
were dead. IIr. Fox, recently home
from Washington, might make a note
of this. There have been some
changes in the little old trucking
newspapers since the gentleman was
used to having things about as he
liked in the state. Mississippi is pro-
crossing.
Okolona messenger., 1903-03-18

money Of the energy and enterprise
of his neighbOrs. When such q
man dies all the business houses
and shops should close, and every
body go to the graveyard to see
that the old mud turtle is buried
so deep he will never be able to
scratch out or even hear Gabriel
when he sounds the reveille.-
Austen (Texas) Statesman.
Okolona messenger., 1903-03-18

Memphis has plenty Of water, but
none to drink, and the people are
turning toward the beer chops with
reluctant air. Some want to get as
full as the Mississippi.
Okolona messenger., 1903-03-18
sETTLINo FARM LANps.

According to reports from Ohio
4 new movement is Oh foot to In
duce farmers of the North and
Northwest to settle in the South.
It is said a number of Cleveland
capitalists are organizing a COM
pany with ample capital to pUr-
chase farm lands in Virginia and
other Southern states at low rates,
Okolona messenger., 1903-03-18

When q man dies who has spent
his life in tOillng for bis town and
has brought sunshine to many a
home, the reOple turn out in mass
es to bis funeral. This is wrong.
The man who deserves to be &C.
cOmpanied to the graveyard by
every man, woman and child in the
town is the one who passes his life
in knocking every local enterprise
out, and only existed to make
Okolona messenger., 1903-03-18

It is scarcely necessary to discuss
the treaty with Columbia for several
weeks yet, since it is good for one
hundred years. Let's let it rest
awhile and turn our attention to mat
ters OF more pressing moment.
Okolona messenger., 1903-03-18

A Tennessee legislator has intro
duced a bill to prohibit the sale of
Johnson grass hay in that state. This
is getting tho Prohibitory business
down to a fine point. 1t is not un-
common to find laws humping up
against the fellow who wants a glass
of beer, to smoke a cigarette or even
a jug of the real stuff for Christmas,
but when it comes to shutting out
feed for stock, on the ground that it's
roots make fast and are tough when
you want to plow them up, is putting
the crank idea paramount to reason.
If a farmer wants to raise Johnson
grass instead of cotton, we can see no
reason for wishing to prohibit him, on
account of the roots of the grass any
more than it would be legitimate to
bar the raising of corn because whis-
ky can be made of it, or because the
stalks remain on the surface and snsg
a barefooted lad when he attempts to
put the ground in order for another
crop.
Okolona messenger., 1903-03-18

It is doubtful If the Jackson gang
would be able to get through some Of
their candidates this year even II they
could use the old method of manipu-
lating state convention. With the
primary system, and the people in the
saddle, the task is indeed hopeless
Okolona messenger., 1903-03-18

bands talents, encouraging him in all
things true and desirable, patient
always. NObly did she fill her place
as mother leaving her children q
priceless heritage-her example. May
her loved ones sorrow not as they
who have no hope. We must bid our
loved one adieu, not farewell. Lean
ing upon the promises she pointed
out, we shall meet her "In the Land
that is Fairer than Day." in the "City
which hath foundations, whose build
or and maker is God"
M. g. O.
Okolona messenger., 1903-03-18

It ia said that since whisky was
barred from sale in the cafe under
the national capitol, that congressman
carry their liquor with them, and that
some OF them can scarcely tote all
they try to bring along.
Okolona messenger., 1903-03-18

The recent rains have not cooled of
the political atmosphere in Mississippi
to any noticeable extent. Rather
they seem to have only caused the
steam to rise higher and the safety
valves to hiss and sing louder.
Okolona messenger., 1903-03-18

When the campaign gets good and
ripe, the people win have plenty of
satisfaction in watching the old time
convention politicians fume with rage
because they can't have things as
they want them.
Okolona messenger., 1903-03-18

The state supreme court has
decided that OsteOpathic doctors
do not come within the statutory
regulations governing the practice
Of medicine and that osteOpaths
ere not liable to indictment for
Okolona messenger., 1903-03-18

You Know what You Are Taking
when you take Groves Tasteless Chill
Tonic because the formula is plainly
printed on every bottle showing that it
Is sim ply Iron and Quinine in taste
less form. No Cure. No pay. soc.
Okolona messenger., 1903-03-18

Somehow the proposition to
nominate a southern negro for vice
president in 1904 is not being
greeted by the republicans with
aRy spontaneous acclaim.
Okolona messenger., 1903-03-18

tEuahe. an a thls dma ahae % do aimost ANY
klnd a hoasn Work. YcW medicine nyod ne
hum NJ eTaRa Thaak3 30 You or khe banelA
NJ 60 Ws hopala8 WheA I 6egAn taxing yOuE
Don9 Be fooled into trading q sub
stance for q sllAdOw. Any substitute
OGerod e uiua as good e SGoldsn
Medical Discovezy,s Z q shadow q that
medicine. There aEe cures behind every
claim made for the NDisco~eTy," which
no Ntust e good medicine can chow,
BiiiOuanes b cured b the use d u.
Pierce's Pleasant RSIlet1
Okolona messenger., 1903-03-18

st.LOuis, New York, Philadelphia
and New Orleans are running neck,
and-neck in the matter Of seeing
which can be the very worst in the
matter OF municipal corruption.
Memphis is new entry, but she
has not yet risen 10 her full height.
Okolona messenger., 1903-03-18

The people OF little town get very
tired Of seeing each other.
Mrs. Elias and her daughter, Miss
Rose, of Columbus, are visiting with
Mrs. j. Rubel this week.
Miss Nellie Bean, after being sick
for a Weeh is up again to the delight
of her many friends.
Okolona messenger., 1903-03-18

failure to stand medical examina.
tiOns.
Okolona messenger., 1903-03-18

THE AX Of TOUCHES. assl
80 "AA becomes dulied
BY constant use and must have q nsw
edge II L isto do good work. Constant
work duiis g man as L does an az, makes
him aluggish Of body and dull Of mind.
Okolona messenger., 1903-03-18

he needs q tonic,
something that Will
restore the keenness
q mind and activity
Of body.
Dr.. PieEca's Golden
Medical Discovery
puts new life into
weak, woTnOut, run
down m en- and
women Il strength
ems the weak stom-
ach, Purihes the
blood, and effect
lively stimulates the
liver. The whole
body Is built up With
sound. solid hesh by
the use Of VGOlden
Medical Discovery
was confned 70 my
bed Tor four month";
hom JauuaFy tEl, 1872.
and c1mmenosd 70 taka
yoW medidne January
6kh, IepAs writes MA
eaiiie T. Sheppard, ol
Popiarbluh NO II
took eight bottles Of Dg,
Pierce's Goidsn Md
tcai Discovery, euuT q
'Favorite PFecfipdoa,
two viaia Of 'Pleaaaul
Pellets, and one bottie
Of Doctor Pierueis Com
pound Rxtrae1 0fSmaFt-
Wed, as q hntmenE
TudlNeWi0. dlrItinn
Okolona messenger., 1903-03-18
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OKoIoNA, MISS, MARCH IS, 1908.

sURsoRTPTIoN PRIoE. E.Oo A YEAR
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1903-09-25
DOWlE'S GREAT HOST.
Eight Trains to Bring 5000 Restora-
tiOnists to New York.

kSi8ht lralhs 10 brln8 opOOO hestOre.
tiOnists to New York.
DR.. John Alexander Dowie Of Chica-
go, who will invade New York next
month with his 5000 restoration host.
has fixed up his train schedule, says
the New York World. The host will
virtually camp in Madison Square Gar
den for two weeks, and the 5000 will
attempt to call at all homes and busi-
ness places of Greater New York with
a card and the calutation peace to
Thee"
The card reads In part: "Zion resto-
ration host and organization of the
Christian Catholic church in Zion in
obedience to the command of Jesus
Christ to Go and make disciples Of all
nations is going forth by thousands
throughout the world hearing the Mas
ters message Of Peace to all people.
They bring to you today a message
from a man Of God, sent in fulhllment
of the prophecy to prepare the world
for the coming King. They ask you to
read and consider"
Then follows long Dowie interpre-
tation Of the Scriptures. A band, a
choir of 100 and junior choir Of chill
dren will accompany the host.
The train leaves Chicago on Oct IA.
arriving in New York Oct 16. The
schedule follows:
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1903-09-25
NEW AUTO FOR THE ARMY.
Will Carry Horseshoer's, Saddler's
and Other Outfits.

Equipped with horseshoer's. sad
dler's, carpenters and blacksmith's
outfits, an auto car for use in the Unit
ed States army will leave New York
city for Washington in few days,
where, after inspection by the depart
ment officials, it will be sent to Fort
Leavenworth, Kan, for test in actual
service, says the New York Press. The
auto is a large box on wheels, with
many doors. The car, stripped Of its
equipment, weighs $500 pounds, and
the equipment as sent on by Uncle
Sam for the test weighs 1000 pounds.
The auto car is twelve and a half
feet long and the frame is of five inch
channel steel. The rear wheels are
fifty-six inches in diameter and the
forward wheels forty-eight inches.
The engine is of the four cylinder type
and of twenty-four horse power. The
gasoline tank contains supply suffi-
cient to propel the machine 300 miles.
The engine is of the kind known as
four speed, and is calculated to drive
the machine at any speed up to ten
miles an hour. Lubricating tubes,
which feed automatically, carry oil to
every part of the machine needing 1t.
An auxiliary engine on one side of
the machine operates dynamo. lathe
and grindstone for sharpening tools.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1903-09-25
CADETS MAY SMOKE PIPES.
West Pointers Can Indulge In the
Weed From Now On.

Weed From Now On.
The cadets of the United States Mill
tary academy are no longer prohibited
from smoking, says the New York
Times. AS the parade the other even
ing was about to end and just as the
adjutant was preparing to read the
''skin list the officer in charge handed
him an order to read 1t said that pipes
and tobacco would be procurable in fu-
ture at the cadet store and that smok-
ing would be allowed in quarters dur
ing recreation hours as well as in the
outdoor court included by the quadran-
gular barracks. Superintendent Mills
made the change after obtaining the
consent of Secretary of War Root sew
eral weeks ago. The "supe," as the
cadets call Colonel Mills, has always
been popular with the corps, but now
all hands are singing his praises.
While 1t has been noticed that the
sudden freedom has caused an undue
amount Of smoking at first, the army
officers at the post are confident the
final result will be good. Colonel Mills
hopes to lessen cigarette smoking by
allowing pipes, for with the latter easy
to get and the former only to be OBJ
tained with great difficulty it is argued
that the smokers of the corps will grow
fond Of pipes. Neither cigarettes nor
cigars are to be sold at the store.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1903-09-25
ABOUL'S COSTLY SLEEP.
Gig Price For slumber That In Paid
by Turkeys sultan.

Sleep that costs $500 q night seems
pretty expensive. but that is what the
sultan Of Turkey, who is right in the
public eye at the present, time, is now
raging for the privilege Of more or less
tranquil repose, writes the Constantine
pie correspondent of the Washington
Post. The money is received by the
members of the special military staff
which guards Abdul Hamid's bedroom
and which consists of two generals. a
colonel. major. a captain and several
soldiers. For their nights work each
Of the two generals gets 80 Turkish
pounds. or about S235: the colonel 40,
the major 30. the captain 80 and each
soldier |. the entire amount aggregat-
ing slightly over $500 in American mon
ey. The officers and men get their fee
every morning Immediately they have
been relieved and don't have TO wait
for it like some pretty big nations to
whom Abdul Hamid owes money.
This expensive night guard of the
sultan's has been maintained by him
only since the recent assassination of
the royal couple of Servia. OF course
the tlmorous ruler of Turkey always
has been particularly well guarded al
night, hut the murders at Belgrade
scared Abdul Hamid almost out of his
wits, and he Immediately determined
that he would surround his bedcham.
Der with the most vigilant men who
could be secured and make 1t to their
interest to protect him. The command
of the special night guard is intrusted
to eight of the sultan's most faithful
generals, two of whom are on duty
every night. Owing chiefly to this and
other precautions that the ruler has
adopted recently it Is estimated that
the weekly expense of running Yildiz
kiosk Is over $4,000.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1903-09-25
ice and waited for international sci

fee and waited for international sci
ence TO come TO me.
IL came and argued and bothered till
l was ready to destroy the thing. FL
nally. after international science had
organized and appointed committee
with power to act. gave the body into
its keeping for thirty days on two con-
ditIons: First, Slabb was TO be guardian
Of II and return II TO me at the end
OF the time: second. Slabb was TO be
handsomely paid for his services.
The conditions were fulfilled, and
when | received my property il was a
bit over two feet in length. Then we
sealed 1t in heavy glass tube made
expressly for our purpose and locked Ii
away In my safety deposit vault under
an agreement with international sci
ence 10 leave Il there for year. Then
they should assemble and reopen the
subject.
Tomorrow the year will be gone. To-
day Slabb and went 20 the vault to
take my property out and prepare II for
tomorrow's inspection. Already inter
national science is here in droves, and
we had to work secretly TO avoid them.
Luckily we did, for unwrapping the
glass tube we found that international
science had either tricked us or itself
or made a signal error. for the sealing
of the glass tube had crumpled, and my
property had indulged in a years un-
disputed shrinking.
II now measures one and three
fourths inches in length. Inspected
through magnifying glass, II is seen
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1903-09-25
AMERICANIzING MEXICO
influence of Our Methods In
the Southern Republic.
PEACEFUL EXPANSION AT WORK.
Eugene r. Lyle, Jr., Tells How the
Power of Money, Example and En-
ergy Are Lifting IA Nation From the
Tenth Century Into the Twentieth.
Our Ways Eagerly Adopted.

Under the influence of American cap
ital and ideas the Mexican people, says
Eugepe +. Lyle. Jr., In the September
Worlds Work. are 'leaping from the
tenth century into the twentieth" Mex
ico's l3,500.o0o inhabitants are grow
ing thousand years In as many
weeks"
Seven thousand land barons own
nearly the whole territory of the re-
public, and the poems have been their
serfs BY the side of this system of
feudalsm is an investment OF 100000
coo American dollars, with life and
progress In its train. The peon earns
10 cents a day and is always in debt TO
his patron, who holds him permanently
by this obligation and transfers him
along with il when he sells his estate
But the Americans have come in with
their railroads, farms, smelters and
vast farming operations and have been
bidding up the price of labor. They
pay 75 cents. 81 aud more. The peon
pays off his debts and becomes man.
The government offers free education
TO his children. from the alphabet to
the highest degree, and expects soon to
make schooling compulsory.
Trade with the United States in
creases even when general commerce
declines. In 1902 we sold to the Mex
leans about third more than all the
rest Of the world combined and bought
from them four times as much as they
sold TO all other nations.
In spite Of many drawbacks Ameri-
can capital is pouring in. Kansas City
alone has sent $50000.0oO within the
past Ave years. Seventy per cent of all
the American money invested in the
country has gone into railroads. The
Mexican Central alone has absorbed
$50. 900, the National Sl0T 100000.
Eighty per cent of all the railroad cap
ital Of Mexico is American. There are
now over IL 900 miles Of rails in the
country, and the amount is steadily in
creasing.
Americans own all the important sys-
| TENS but three and are heavy stock
holders In these. They have recently
| bought the National from the British
and the Gulf line from the Belgians.
They furnish the operating officers, the
conductors and engineers and some
| times the rest of the train crews.
The old Mexican mines are being re-
| juvenated by American methods. Amer
leans are improving the great ranches
and developing the manufacture of cot
ton faster than 1t can be grown at
home, so that some of the material has
| to be imported from the Unied States.
Americans have started factories of
all kinds. They have built great irriga-
ton dams and canals.
The Mexicans are eagerly adopting
American ways. They have the Ameri-
can circus; they use typewriters more
generally than the Parislans; they have
wireless telegraph system across the
gulf of California, and they hope that
when Diaz Is gone they will be able to
show us that they are able, like our
selves, to elect new president with
out a revolution.