Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-01-27

Gene Buok1ghan. Who uas Wirsd
hove . Nsek a. e aso bsesaas of the
Mnoot 81 hls wife, rsiurned % bic post
Van Bursn. Arkansas, Monday. HE
wife had recovered sufficiently 70
accompany him.
For sale-Real Estate By o. w.
Hooper. Two fine farms situated ave
miles southeast OF okolona. One con.
taining 24O acres, the other $50 acres
we'll timbered and good cotton planta-
tions. Apply 70 o. ". Hooper, Selma,
Alabama; J. R. Baker, okOlOna, Mis-
sissippl.
Bert Robb has rented the cosy room
next door west Of E. 8. Elliott 4 Sons
store, and moved into Il with bis white
barber shop. he lie hxed up nicely, is
a splendid barber, an all-round good
man, and iS entitled to the patronage
Of the public. He reports q nice in
crease in business in his new location
Give him q trial. II you are looking Tor
6rst class tonsorial work.
There's one man who used to be the
i%olliest Of the jolly ; but be is evolving
into q kicker and complainer. He IL
losing friends every day because be
can't evsn say good morning without
dragging In something unpleasant.
Talk with him Two minutes and he will
abuse somebody, and folks r getting
90 they viii cross the street rather
than run the chance Of having to bear
his unpleasant blethering. He ought
to see that his asbestos curtain is kept
In better order.
L. F. Baskin's pew furniture store
will be opened about February lst, in
the Ward Block, on the South side Of
Main street, and he win carry . full
line of everything in that line. The
room is already piled full Of goods,
and more are arriving daily. Mr..
Baskin is one Of our best equipped
young men in every way to make u
success Of any business in which he
may engage, and al his friends pre-
dict for him q good business from the
very start,
In the death Of Mrs. Mary A. Daw-
son, whose lovely spirit took its flight
at 2 O'Clock last Friday morning, there
passed on the stage Of worldly action
In Okolona one Of the most admirable
and lovable motherly characters the
city has ever known. For thirty year
or more her kindly face has been an
inspiration and christian assurance to
all with whom she came In contact,
and her sweet ife's shadows will long
remain to bless and inspire the COM
munity. May she find the peaceful
future ample recompense for her
charming and earthly soiourn.
Those who. carefully read the bank
statements now appearing in the news
papers Of the State will find no cause
for fear OF q money famine in Missis-
sippi. The aggregate deppsita in the
two OkoIona banks reach over half a
million dollars, or In the nelghborhOod
OF fifteen times the capital stock Of
the two institutions. 1t is not much
different in an hundred other towns in
the State. We are beginning to feel
the pressure Gin our bank vaults) Of
the $500, OOO, 900 Of additional money
brought to our Southland by the ed.
vance in cotton this season. God bless
the bulls. May they live long and keep
plunging.
]. Rubel & Co., as-will be seen BY q.
glance at their department in The
MESSENGER. make an announcement
which indicates they propose 70 DO
their part toward drawing trade TO
okolona this year. Mr.. J. Rubel, who
has been in the eastern markets for
three weeks, writes his house to make
Ell arrangements for the biggest years.
trade in the history Of their business
since be is buying far more extensively
than he has ever done before. Local
buyers are urged to take advantage Of
their special sale Of white goods com.
menciug February Let end continuing
for thirty days,
For the arst time this early In the
year, THE MEssENaER this week pre-
sonts . representative face Of the
varied strong business interests Of
Okolona. We are proud Of this,
because Il means much fog the Oity's
future trade. When the business men
unite to work for the enlargement Of
the city's trade % general there can
be no question Of the success Of the
movement. No city IN the State pre-
sents a stronger Grray Of business men,
and they should not be TOO modest
to keep the fact before the public,
especially when . most excellent
medium for this purpose is always ct
their ~aarvica. and onlv too anxioua 70