Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-01-21
And Local Affairs.

Mr.. M. Mecklenburger ts home fol
a few days.
Goods sold by Us engraved free
g. F. RICHARDS & 90.
Ben Scales, of Troy, Mics, was in
Okolona last Wednesday to soc his
best girl.
Miss Fannie Carlisle was In the CITY
recently, the attractive guest Of Mrs.
Oscar Trice.
Mrs. Todd, Of Pontotoc, has been
during the past week the very pleas
ant guest OF Mrs. D. J. Trice.
The Cumberland Presbyterian Mis-
sionary Society meets with Mrs. Dale
SAMSON on the second Friday evening
Of each month, at 8 O'Clock.
Mr.. and Mrs. Millard Murdoch and
Mr.. John T. Murdoch, Of Jackson,
Tenn, : the welcome and honored
guests Of Mr.. R. A. Murdoch and Mrs.
d. II. Gideon.
Miss Matte Lee Buchanan enter
tanned Saturday evening with q Finch
party. The evening was greatly en-
jOyed by the few friends who were
participants in the game.
The bright sunshine of Monday
brought q goodly number Of people
to town In spite Of the bad roads. Not
many Of them came . long distance,
however. Better roads is the cry OF
the hour.
Miss Tlla Frazee passed from the
sorrOws Of this world, ct the home Of
her sister, Mrs. Senator Crawford,
near Atlanta, on Friday morning,
January 10th, 1908. Miss Tilla has
been an invalid for years and 9 pa
tent sufferer.
Miss Hattie Morton, sister OF Mrs.
Elliott, sustained serious injuries
from q fall Friday evening. It IL
hoped that Miss Hattie will soon re-
The sympathy Of ell her
friends ls extended in this, the hour
Of her great suffering.
Miss Mana Darden was the charm
ing hostess, ct it's last meeting Of the
Century Club. The pro-
gramme was successfully and very
entertainingly carried ont. Dainty
refreshments added to the enjoyment
Of the social part Of the programme.
The sherih's Office is bssieged now
from early morning till q late hour in
the evening by the patriotic taxpay-
ere of the county who r anxious to
pay into the cOuntyis strong box the
Assessments levied upon them for the
maintenance Of the county and state.
II there is anything IN the old say
ing that "the early bird catches the
worm" Frank ClOpton ought to be
the next sheriff, and T. w. Hamilton
the next chancery clerk of Ohickasaw
county. These two gentlemen are
the first to step forth and announce
rs candidates.
Rev. Harvey Murdoch, the evangO-
list, Is in the city, to the great pleas
ure of his old-time friends. Rev. MUIR
dOch preached a most eloquent and
sermon Sunday morning that
thrilled all his hearers with the great
truths he unfolded. Sunday evening
Rev. Murdoch gave a fine lecture on
the Southern Mountaineers.
Our neighboring city of Aberdeen
seems to be having its full share of
fatalities by accident lately. Hardly
had we laid down one paper after
reading Of the suicide Of one promi-
nent citizen, when we picked up
another and found in it the report Of
a young man being caught In Whirling
machinery and crushed to death.
The Mamie Miller Band, under the
management Of Miss Matte Chandler,
gave 3 candy pulling Saturday after
ct the home Of Mrs. Lizzie MILL
or. The little folks were very happy
handling the candy, and quite
neat little sun CS3.60) was the re-
suit Of their combined efforts. The
amount realized viii 60 toward the
District Parsonage room, furnished by
OkolOna.
Everybody rejoices over the pros
poets for Charley KnOtt's recovery
from the frightful accident which be
fell him In the railroad yards q week
ago last Sunday morning, when he
caught in the wheels of q car and
had the flesh crushed OF one Of bis
legs. He is rallying and has hatter-
ing promises of permanent recovery.
It seems almost a superhuman escape
from death.
The statement OF the condition Of
the Merchants and Farmers Bank of
this city, one of the solid hnancis
institutions Of Mississippi, at the close
OF business December 81, 1903, viii be
found In this issue. In proportion 10
the amount Of loans shown by the
statement the deposits are phenomi-
nal, and the bank informs ne that
those ere largely from the farmers Of
this section. When 8 bank shows but
$4,000 OF loans and the deposits leave
cash on hand Of nearly an hundred
thousand dollars, 10 is what bankers
call hard business lines. That is they
have too much money that is lying
idle and earning no interest. The
statements Of the Merchants and Far
mers' Bank are always pleasing to
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