Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-12-02

mi"
cl,spd yerv IRA Ut prize ranging
bonn 10 IL 10 IL "a. Midiline
11l3.
We are indebted to our friends,
Wiley Darden, for Mobile papers
in advance Of the mail.
We see that our former partner,
Knox, has become connected with
the prOprietOrship of the Aberdeen
Conservative. Knox is one of the
best, steadiest and most industrl-
Gus printers we ever saw; ana We
predict q prosperous time for
him.
We ere indebted TO our friends,
Ivy, Shearer & Co., for . box Of
the finest favored cigars ever
brought to Mobile. We smoke,
and watch the blue volumes curl
in the air, and as the aches fall,
sadly rehect-thus we must in the
end do, crumble into dust. May
their customers be as thick 80 the
vApOr in our sanctum.
Weaver, OF the Lexington AID.
Vertiser, bids for = life interest IN
the lot Of some fair OkOlona Relle.
Lots of the creatures here, friend;
but they are either ''iust ssld'' or
under mortgage. Bad season for
specializing (sO we fnd) in that
line-WAit till spring or the time
"When the cotton fields are
blooming"
B. F. OWEN AND A CoUPL OF
LYING CFRTIFIERs.-The Petrol
OF Nov. 18th contained a long arti
ole bitterly denunciatOry Of me.
With Mr.. Owen | can have moth
ing to do, further than to say 1
have requested him to leave the
State in order to settle our numer
our difficulties. he refused,
pleading his conscientious scruples
l went to Houston and spit in his
face; He cOntented himself with
abusing me, aud I leave him to
wallOw in his degradation. He,
however, denies that l spit in his
face, aud says be did not know
me. B. F. Owen not know MEL
Absurd! His face may be iDcased
in such q shell OF meanness that be
did not feel the spittle upOu his
cheek; on that score Ill even cOn-
eede to him some grounds for
denial. Mr.. Barton, in his certi'
6cate, says he saw me "sttempt to
spite upon Mr.. Owen" l, Of
course, cannot say whether Mr.. B.
saw the spittle lodge, but I'm sure
| can spit, and hit an object the
size Of the side OF a mans face, at
3 distance of three feet.
About those two champions,
par excellence, of unpricInpled
scOundrelism, Messrs. w. L. Wal.
ker and !. b, mcgraw, I have a word
to say. DIR. Walker may esteem
himself a gentleman; but was very
willing to be one of the pack Of
assassins who tried to force me to
attack Mr.. Oven, in order that
they might shoot me as q duty to
the law and good order Of the com
munity. I also see he is very
willing to append his name to q
certificate chat lies by inference,
and lies by statement. Mr.. Owen
did not ask me to fight and w. L.
Walker Ties knowingly aud mean
ly when he say 80 Even il he had
twas not my place to accept after
treating him as / had. He also
states "but did not say to Mr..
iOWen, as we see in the Prairie
News, il he desired to take salts
faction by abusing rs he could
have an open field" / may not
have said so in Is may words, but
Ii did 10 Substance, and the para
igragh just quoted is only another
evidence Of the lying prOolivities
Of DR.. w. Z. Walker. III have
offended DR.. Walker talking 80
plainly be can have satisfaction by
asking.
, AS for this J. B. mcgraW 9 lower
bred, falser- hearted, Whiter-liver-
ed mass Of corruption dOes not
. breathe. A liar by nature, 3
scOundrel by profession, and 9
mean bastard by practice. he is
the one Of this Owen clan, Who
has been bbasting around that be
told me, When / cooked q pistol In
my pocket, (Which, however, I
did not intend to use, unless in
self delens) that II / drew It he
would shoot on my head. BE did
remark, "Don't cock your pistol,
I'm hereln It matters not what
he said; I only mentioned It to
show the dark eyed villiany Of his
blackened heart. He is a low,
drunken vagabOnd, y prince