Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-05-20
And Local Affairs.

AALu LOCdA AAAdlIS -
Mr.. Bradford, Of Houston, was a Wis.
itor Saturday.
Miss Mamie May Crawford was in
town Monday,
Ask Mr.. Brazil what was the attrac-
ton in Shannon.
Mr.. Hines, of Gun Town, lie visiting
Mr.. Kenneth Foust.
O. R. King spent q couple of days In
Memphis last week.
Mr.. j. A. Crawford, Of West Point,
was In the city Sunday.
Mrs. Anice Bearden spent q few
days last week in Shannon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sans, Of Macon, are
visiting relatives in Okolona.
Miss Mary Peal Gum, of Egypt, ls
again one OF the Okolona visitors.
Mrs. Josie Frazee Cappleman Is in
Little Rock visiting her husband and
son.
Miss Matte Chandler and Mrs. ]. E.
Edens and children visited relatives
in Shannon last week.
Misses Annie Laurie and Belle
Abbott Marable spent Saturday and
Sunday in Verona and Tupelo.
Mrs. Milette and children will leave
In q few days for Helena, Arkansas,
much to the regret of her many
friends.
Mr.. Clarence Parchman returned
home Friday from st. Louis having
accompanied his wife that far on her
way to Virginia.
Miss Bette T. Lyons and Miss Inez
Moore will return to their home in
Houston this week, after having spent
the winter In 0kolona.
Mrs. M. L. Trimmer, mother of Mrs.
D. McCRrley, left for Mobile Sunday
morning to visit her sister, Mrs. DR..
Sanders and other friends.
Miss Mama Darden left Sunday for
her home in Spartanburg, South Caro-
lima, where she will be followed In q
few days by her sister, Miss Marquee
rite.
The heavy rains came in time to put
every farmer in the land in good
cheer, and the prospects Of q great
crop year are felt to be a reality by
everybody in this section.
The New Hope church of Christ 7
miles north Of Aberdeen will dedicate
their new building on Sunday the oath
inst. Dinner on the ground. Three
sermons. Get ready and go.
The rapid increase in the sale Of our
bread, warrants us in the belief that
our efforts to always have the best are
appreciated. Remember our Tele-
phone number is SO. B. DAHMER & Co.
Sunday was a most delightful day
and our people improved it by getting
out practically the first time this
spring and enjoying a ride o. walk.
All the churches did a good business,
Miss Marguerite Darden left for
Columbus Tuesday morning, where
she will visit a few days, then go to
Anderson, Alabama, from which point
she will go to her home at Sparten-
burg, South Carolina.
WANTED-Young men to prepare
for government positions. Fine open
ings in all departments. Good salar-
les. Rapid promotions, Examina-
tions soon. Particulars free
Interstate Correspondent Institute.
Cedar Rapids, Ia
The attendance at the Confederate
reunion at New Orleans is lighter this
time than It has ever been before
at any of the meetings. VIM. Cook
and Carley Clarey, of Tucker Camp.
are the only attendants we have 8
report Of going.
If there is any spot on the foOtstoo'
of God where everything looks pref
tier or the sOundings afforded by
nature are more grand than in thil
immediate section at this season oil
the year, there is no record of it made
in the pictorial phamphlets sent oul
by the railroads.
AS warm weather approaches the
necessity for sanitary precautions in
crease, and everybody should be on
the lookout for every particle of dis
ease breeding fungus found about
bu6I uOm6o VI Oh INC uuoAuCBb sbEopbs
Let's clean up, or God will not recog.
nize as when unexpectedly snatchec
into bis presence.
No town ever went forward OF wa
benefited by some OF its citizens con'
tinually hunting for something NEAR
to say about or do to their neighbOrs
It is difficult to imagine 3 greater nui'
sance or more deadly foe TO any COM
munity than the character assassin
If one comes whispering in your ear
better walk away.
The May term Of Chancery court
was called Monday morning, but the
Judge did not arrive until on the
evening train, so that no business wal
transacted till Tuesday morning. The
docket is q pretty fun one, and con-
tains some Important cases, and the
term win probably cover the larger
part Of the week.