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Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-07-22

grouping their way in the darkness to find even the
first rung. Assigned to place among the learned
sages Of the Law, our young man found q quick
transformation. From the daily toll in the field all
day, and only the nights left to him to prepare him
self with knowledge Of letters, he was now COM
peed to leave out Of his life that part given to the
field, and as may be expected he found qualification
in the pursuit Of studies along literary and other
lines'Of obtaining classical knowledge. he was to
be man OF action, and as such must be prepared
to act. BE loved books, especially those which told
him of his country, Of other countries, Of his age
and Of the ages that had passed away. Around him
soon gathered the gems Of all the ages until his
library was second to no other mans Of compare
tive ability to secure. Nor were the books pur-
chased and laid away to ornament desks and deco
rate the walls Of his rOOm Before of them ever
reached the SHELF it was devOured, to use borrow
ed trite saying, 'frOm kiver to kveT" And its
lessons sank deep into mind hungry to store them
away and to profit by them. The younger brother
having attained age sufficient to take the place
Of guardian and protector of the loving mother our
young friend soon took unto himself a wife and ere
long magnificent home blessed with bright chill.
dien and loved by all in close proximity Herewith,
was the march of development.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-07-22
NO. 20.

have been rocked to sumber and rest heroes whose
names will 60 laundering down the corridors Of
time. Many Of those heroes are now sleeping the
sleep Of the blest. It behOOves every able bodied
man, every son Of such heroic dead, to leave the
pleasant surroundings Of home and tender his SER
vices at once to his country, to resent this insult to
palliate this awful wrong" In a few days he was
mustered as volunteer under the Stars and Stripes
and was on his way to the coast with his regiment
preparatory to sailing for the Island near which
the outrage had been perpetrated. And none have
ever questioned his bravery, none have miscOn-
strued his motive, or doubted his patriotic blood.
When the fendish insult had been resented and the
armies mustered out he returned to his home, to
find his business far different than when he had left
it. There are none to be secured who will look
after mans personal affairs well when he is
away But, be complained not, and again took up
his labor Of love- where he had left off to go to his
eountry's defense, and the same traits of unfinch
ing character and devotion to right was illuminated
in his every move, his every expression, his every
thought and act.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-07-22

Locating in one of the brightest communities in the
state, where all the people were readers, he soon
embarked in the journalistic field, and from the
hour of the first issue of the paper Of which he be-
came the editorial writer, his fearless concise intel
ligent, decisive pen was recognized the master in
all the states history The abuses Of public SER
vice by men entrusted by the people we're punctur-
ed to the very core, and wrong dOers soon learned
to fear him even more than the restrictions of law
placed upon them. He was ever ready to assist in
any cause which promised the betterment of public
service and the elevation of the morals of the com
munity in which he lived, of the state he loved or
of the nation he would defend in whatever capacity
called. His political creed was fidelity to every
trust highest possible form of government of for
and by the whole people, equal rights to ALL special
privileges to none. With the highest degree of that
characteristic known as Southern chivary Unborn,
as it we're, he wanting in admirers in all
classes. His culture and refnd bearing brought
him the homage of the most exacting classes, while
his cordial, kindly liberal and sacrificing nature
rendered him apprOachable to and appreciated by
hemost modest and helpless of his acquaintance.
He grew swiftly and steadily until bis light was
shining not alone for the community IN which be
resided, but for the entire state and her people,
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-07-22

in the field; he will that she is not compelled to
perform all the work; he would take the dear
iather's place in the field and elsewhere to cheer
her saddened life. And he did it. In all kinds of
weather the brave little fellow faced the cares
which came to him. In the field from early morn
ing till the shades of night sent him hOme he tOiled
and did his best. He was a man by the time he
realized he was a boy. The little home was made
cheerful, and time gided by. The inside of a
school house the little never beheld, but when
the days work was nised and the little circle as
sembled after the evening meal was over, the
MOTHER alter reading from the Book of all books to
her little boys, then with the best text books
she could find in her humble home, she taught the
boys their letters, then to read, then arithmetic all
in fact the elder permitted to enjoy until
he was practically grown. He was grown at 16.
Then he borrowed from friend of his lamented
father, Blackstone and other law books, and by the
light of pine knot burning in the homey chimney
place, carried his studies into the wee hours Of the
night. About the time he reached his majority,
and the second time he had ever been inside court
house, he passed a successful examination and was
licensed to practice law.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-07-22

ttute for the rebuilding Of the places laid waste
So in few months after the reunion with wife and
son, the proud Mississppian returned to his native
state, and on little patch Of land in YalObuAha
county, commenced life over again, tilling the soil
with his hands, and by the aid Of his wife and
little son and heir, who soon showed determine
tOn to become helper, the wolf vas kept from the
door and the horrors OF the four years given to his
country for naught, commenced to look more dimly
real to the proud parent and husband. And then
another son came to bless all.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-07-22

ful land on the 10th Of February, 1898, that the
fendish Spaniards had exploded mine under the
battleshp Maine, lying peacefully in the harbOr Of
Havana, and hurled into eternity hundreds Of
brave American seamen on board our distinguished
Mississippian was sitting quietly and comfortably
in his happy home, surrounded by loved ones and
enjoying the quiet and security Of his we'll earned
comforts. He sat like stunned God when the
news was carried to him in his secluson among his
books He called servant and asked that his
loving wife be sent to him in the library. She
came, startled by the palOr on his face. "Wife," {"
he said when she bad approached him, 81 must
leave yOu at Oncel The cOwardly spaniards have
insulted our flag, sent hundreds OF our loved Amer
leans to the bottom Of the Havana bay, and their
deaths must be avenged. Mississippi is the home
Of patriotic men. In the cradles Of our proud state
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-07-22

deed is the hour when the loving wife and MOTHER
realizes that the sad messenger is soon to rob her
Of the father of her little boys and leave them for
her to rear. The sickness contracted by exposure
in the deprivations endured through years of war
fare in defense OF his home and his people, had left
its mark upon the constitution OF the vigorous
young manhood, and the bride of few years ago
was to become widow, with only her little sons to
love and cherish.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-07-22

to the elemants and went into the field to do the IN
finished toll Of father cut down in his prime, that
a widowed mother and others dependant upon her
family circle should not want; the lad who read
history and studied Law by the light Of the pine
knot burning in the fireplace in YalObusha county,
when the state was struggling to recover from the
ravages OF an unnatural conflict; the young man
Who stood before the wise faced Judge and success
fully ansWed the legal questions propOunded to him,
the day on which he entered a court house for the
second time in his liie the student the soldier the
statesman the br0adminded philanthropist, untir.
ing friend Of the masses and enemy Of the schemiug
thief; the author the lawyer, the editor who ever
dared to drive the keen edged sword Of criticism
and exposure into the heart Of crime and vice. in
Continued on page ave, arst coumn.l
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-07-22

the highest pinacles attained by the human family.
In the past as it will doubtless continue in the iu
ture, the great men Of the worlds march forward
have not been the petted and favored rich, those
rocked in dOwney cradles and guarded by every
social comfort that wealth and position is able to
throw about them. Among all the great names re-
corded in the long list Of men who have stood out
as statesmen and masters in the role Of life they
have chosen, very few Of the greatest but have
come from the humble home, and who have been
forced to battle herOicalIy against all manner Of
odds in their early struggle for a beginning The
worlds battles have not been fought either on the
field OF honor or in the yOcations essential to a
gradual development by the petted descendants Of
TITLED families. On the contrary the gseat mile
posts Of honor have been set sOlidly by men who
have known in their earlier days what it is to suffer-
to endure to start at the bottom Of the ladder after
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-07-22
CHAPTER ".

VItTIKHEN few days of rest had been
Sgses devoted to renewed love glances,
and the spark Of life was felt re-
turning, realizing that the barren
T. west was not now as promising as
had been before the awful experiences OF the past
our years, the brave yet almost discouraged young
man said to his wiie ''We will take our darling
boy and return to the land Of cur BIRTH for there we
viii find opportunities to unite with others left des
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-07-22
CHAPTER V.

ARK are the days, however which
come to a man who broken in
health and spirit, though surround
ed by his loved ones, finds that he
is not able to regain his health and
strength and that he is no longer
able 70 serve as the vigorous bread
winner he would be. Dark, in
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-07-22

turn away realizing that all was over and there
would be no home coming as desired. Almost as
sad, indeed, were those who after weary weeks Of
waiting when the last gun had been fred, the watch
or was only rewarded by ragged, sick, foot sore
and almost q crazed mere shadow of the once proud
form and loved one. But the greeting as sim
cere, the love made even stronger and the un-
restrained, until day by day faint hope Of return
fng vigor promised reunion OF body we'll as of
soul. The returning Texas soldier was not dissim-
ilar to those Of thousands of others who wore the
Gray until it had been torn to shreds returning to
their loved ones with little more than a spark of
life left to the dsacter that had come Nor
was the home returned to much more inviting than
was the conner. War had left its mark there too,
and the young wife glad to be able to present
herself and her now lsping son in kits to the sOr-
row stricken father, who had never seen his son be-
fore.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-07-22

had become thorn in the side of the scheming
politicians Of Mississippi, because his paper was
widely read and he kept close up behind the fellows
who would prostitute public position and make Of
it private snap. During bis absence the mudheels
who we're getting hungry for CfHce, made grand
rush for the pie counter, and close study Of the
outgoing gang in this state suggests that they made
a good run for the lOaVes and fishes in sight. But
they we're counting without their hosts in many
instances for when they entered upon the carrying
out of their we'll laid plans it transpired that the
returning hero Of right and justice and clean public
service gave renewed nope to others who thought as
he thought and wished as be wished for a grander
and more glorious state and the route OF the spois
hunter has been strewn with scandalOus exposures
and sOrrOwful impediments for those who imagined
they had Gagged some big game The fat at once
went forth that this hardy cultured, chivalOus son
of the sate this cheerful defender Of the right under
all circumstances the defender Of the flag of his
country should longer be permitted to remain in
private life and cOnfne hs.exeeent talents and ma
tured abilities under a small canopy. he it should
be who should lead the hosts in the noble undertake
ing of completely sweeping from the state the last
futtering cObweb OF the debauching administration
wnich had been permitted to install itself in hour
when the public vision was turned to thoughts Of
war and the resistance OF a foreign power. He was
poor in accumulatiOns Of this worlds goods, but
rich in those qualities of which the South is so
proud to recognize in its of Drawn, and in the
brilliant requirements and God given adornments
which seem to be especially sbOwered upon those
\ living near the tropical sun. He it was to whom
the people locked for rescue sand the hope was not
vain one, misplaced nor miscaleulated.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-07-22
CHAPTER TX.

HAT country which is not threat
ened beyond the tolerance OF it's
people, BY arrogant nations ieal-
Gus Of its progress, is not a cOun-
try as great and as prosperous as
cur own government Of the United
States. When the wires flashed
the intelligence all over our peace
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-07-22
CHAPTER vi.

HEN the drapery is removed, how
ever, from the hickory bottom va
cant chair and the widow tusus to
face life's realities alone, sad Of
heart and sick Of soul, g bright
eyed boy tugging at her dress, re-
minds her that she is still not
alone. He will take papa's place
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-07-22
CHAPTER VIII.

)NSTANT application to and asso-
citation with books naturally in
spires one to cultivate the art Of
producing in q like line, and it was
not unnatural that the young man
should add literature to his avOca-
tiOn of life, at least supplemental il
not paramount to his pursuit Of law.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-07-22

cloud. had burst into it's fury almost by the
time the happy pair had fairly settled into
their new surroundings, and the rumblings from
Fort sumpter signaed that the South must have all
its able bodied men to defend her honor and her
homes. Texas was among the first to respond, for
the Texan native allien never takes second place
in any great issue. At the first shrill whistle of the
fife and the dull boom of the drum, the young hus-
band kissed his fair wife fond goodbye and with
her God bless you and protect you sounding like an
anthem in his ear, he marched to the front. For
long years this patriotic Mississippian confronted
the hardships Of bloody carnage endured starvation,
anxiety for the home be had left, only now and then
being even permitted to hear few words by letter
from the bride he had left so suddenly. In one of
these few letters there the glad tidings that
bright eyed awaited his home coming as well as
the mother who would bravey welcome the event.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-07-22
CHAPTER XL

UID you hear that cannon boomf
You certainly did, and you can
see the flags flying, hear the
people cheering, and the gala at
tire Of the capital city Of Missis-
sippi calls to mind that great
day is at hand. That cannon re-
port was the signal that the boy
who barred bis arms and head
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-07-22
CHAPTER III.

ANY were the anxious watchers,
when the cruel war was reported
over, who awaited day by day
waching for the home coming of the
released soldier. Many indeed who
watched until the heart grew sick
and almOst ceased to beat, and
the watcher was finally forced 10
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-07-22
THE HOPES OF A HIGHER CIVILIZATION.
CHAPTER 1.


~ z271f N those threatening days just be.
hsak{soSS4ss5sA fore war came with its blighting
HTSafgS8S9l bite to the South, so rich, so pros
VISA porous, so proud so independent,
ASA62 though the cloud was gathering and
y visible to those who turned their
G&9f 49, eyes toward the northwest, Wig
crous young Mississippian led blushing bride to
the altar in the little town of CarroltOn. The young
man was not rich in this worlds goods but he was
abonnding in wealth Of heart, resolution and conf
dence and the step important in his entrance up
on the real cares Of life soon after arriving at
mans estate, was preliminary to taking his depart.
ure for the then undeyelOped West. He was going
to Texas to build home and he proposed to carry
with him the lOveable lady in whose bright eyes he
had found the assurance of helpmate he could
ever love, honor and trust. Their little belong
ings were gathered together, fond good byes ex-
changed, and the newly welded took their depart
ure for that ideal section where they pictured fu-
ture bright and happy.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-07-22
CHAPTER VII.

n the centuries that are to come the
enduring monuments of the world
will maiestically witness the epoch
in history recorded to the credit of
the men who rise from Obscurity,
from the most humble beginning to
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-07-22
OHAPTER x.

HE old adage that "When the cats
away, the mice will play" was
never more vividly illustrated than
during the period recorded in the
previous chapter of this homely ap-
pendage. The, principal character
of this little story, as suggested,
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-07-22
CHAPTER II.

Owe and alteration for each other
for a time shut out all visions Of
the surging elements about the
newly made twain in their chosen
Western abode, but this happiness
was not destined to endure long
uninterrupted. The gathering war
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-07-22

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Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-07-22

love and cherish
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The Washington times., 1903-06-29
LEGAL NOTICES.

SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT or CO
LCMBIA, HOLDING A PROBATE COURT.
No II, ,462, Administration
This is % give notice that the subscriber, of
the District of Columbia, has obtained from the
Probate Court Of the District OF Columbia
letters testamentary on the estate Of Eliza
H. Storrs. late Of the State Of Wisconsin.
deceased. All persons having claims against
the deceased are hereby warned TO ex-
hibit the same. with the vouchers thereof,
legally authenticated. 10 the subscriber or
before the 10th DAY OF JUNE, \. ID. 1904;
otherwise they may by law be excluded from
all benefit Of said estate.
Given under my hand this 10th day Of June
1903. ADA HEPINSTALL,
925 ) Street northwest.
Attest:
CSeal) JOHN II. ROUZER.
Deputy Register Of Wills for the District Of Co
lumbia. Clerk of the Probate Court.
b. II. LOUCKS. Attorney, ie22. .29,iye
The Washington times., 1903-06-29
PROPOSALS.

DEPOT QUARTERMASTER' OFFICE, Washing
ton, ID. c., June p, I9O3.-Sealed proposals, in
TipliCate, will be received at this Office until
p. NJ, MONDAY, JULY q, 1903. and then
opened, for constructing superintendent )
Lodge at the Gettysburg, Pa, National Gene
terry. Plans and specifications can be seen at
this office, also at Office Of the Superintendent
at the cemetery. United States reserves the
right TO reject any ali proposals, OF any part
thereof. Envelopes containing proposals should
be marked Proposals for Lodge" and addressed
to LIEUT.. COL T. z. TRUE, Depot Quarter
master. je29 30 iyl, p %, 20
PROPOSALS FOR HAULING ASHES-War De
partment. Washington, ID. c., June 22 1905
Sealed proposals, in duplicate. will be received
here until p. NJ, JUNE p. 1903. and then
opened. for hauling ashes during year ending
June 80, 1904. Information furnished on appl-
cation. State price load Proposals must be
i'll envelopes indorsed Proposals for Hauling
Ashes" and addressed to NJ X. THORP, Chief
Of supply Division ie25- 5t-exSu
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