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Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-10-05

tian, who has been ordered for trial by
E eovrt- martial, was an efficient oficer
and q brave man. he seeks to excuse
bis conduct By saying that II be had or.
dered bis men to fire upon the mob, It
would have been impossible for himself
or anyone of his men TO live in the
State. They would have been bounded
out of their livelihood by public opin-
Ion. He says that by firing upon the
mob, many prominent citizens would
have been slain and no doubt the pris-
oners could have been secured. But
It would have been at a fearful sacrifice
and for nothing but the preservation
for a time Of the lives Of two negro
murderers, who had slain an entire
family Of whites under most appalling
circumstances. This plea Of the cap
tain Is the best that can be said on that
side OF the question, and no dopt pub.
lie sympathy will support his conten-
ton, but such 3 plea brings Us face to
face with the question whether an off,
cer Is not bound to obey the law no
matter Whist the consequences may be.
The militia were sent to ~Statesboro,
Co., and to Huntsville, Ala. to defend
the court, the jail and the prisoners
from angry mobs. In both they
refused to resist the mob. At Hunts
vile they had cartridges. but permitted
the mob to take away their guns. No
order to fire was given in either case.
Now, the mob looks on In derision
and says: What r you going to do
about It? Evidently the militia will do
nothing In such cases. The grand jury
under the castigation Of the judge may
bring in afew indictments, but the pet
Il Jury will acquit the accused, no mat
ter what may be the evidsnse. There
must be q remedy against lynch and
mob law, and there viii be q remsdy
even II the people are forced to amend
the Federal Constitution and give TO
the general government the power to
protect the life and liberty Of 3 citizen
Of the United States. Il is possible
that the growth Of mob Law may lead
to such an Interpretation Of The Four
toenth Amendment as win anticipate
q new amendment. Before tie Four.
tenth Amendment was declared
adopted there was no such thing as 3
citizen Of the United States. By virtue
Of that amendment every one Il now,
not only e State ~eltison, buta Federal
citizen. Can anyone foresee where the
claim for Federal protection win stop,
unless the states zee that their laws are
executed7'
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-10-05

"God bless you for what you have
done for me. The rheumatism has all
disappeared, and to-day all exelaim,
How well you lookP I tell them yes,
and I owe It all 10 DR.. Hartman for his
good advice to me. To-day finds me
as free from pain as I ever was. The
rainy season has set in here, but the
change hasn't affected me as II used
70. I I'm very thankful that I have
found out that you can and win help
the suffering M that viii follow your
advice. Several have asked me what
cured me, and I tell them. They get
the medicine then. We keep Peruna
In the house. MY daughter has two
sons, and they keep well and 90 to
school, and they take the medicine
every day.
"My wife was troubled with q pain
in her side for years. Now she is taking
your medicine and Is real smart. Twill
do all I "a for you and for those who
need your advice"
Mr.. Jno. o. Atkinson, Independence,
No., Box 90, writess
"Your remedies do all that you claim
for them, and even more. Catarrh can.
not exist where Peruna is taken accord
ing to directions. Peruna completely
cured my wife and I of catarrhal troubles
Of twenty-five years standing. In my
rounds as a travelling man I am a walk
ing advertisement Of Peruna."
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-10-05

The Dillon( Wyo. )DOubleiack lie hav-
ing it's troubles, The editor says:
"Editing a newspaper is q nice thing.
II we publish jokes, people say We are
rattlebrained. If we don't, we are
fossils. II we publish original matter,
they say we don't give them enough
selections. If we give them selections
they say we are too lazy to write. II
we don't 60 to church we ere heathens,
II we do go. we are hypocritea. II we
remain In the ofiac, we ought to be
out looking for news items. II we 60
out, then we are not attending to bust
ness. II we wear old clothes, they say
we have a pull. Now, what T We to
do9 Just &c likely Ne not some ons
viii say that We stole this from an ex-
change. So We did. It is from the
Wyoming Derrick
R. w. Chandler has given his fine
Furniture Emporium . new coat Of
paint and wall psper, making It one Of
the neatsst, as well as q Of the larg-
eat in North Mississippi.
That hustling firm, Parchman Bros,
lust finished storing in their ware
houses . carload Of sashss and Doors,
Mics Mary Shell Of Houston is 4
.Dleasant visitor Ia the city, the guest
81 her aunt Mrs. J. N. Haley,
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-10-05

Mrs. ALA schwandt, Sanborn, Min
writes;
~ have been troubled with rheuh
hSm and cafarrh orfWenfy-nYe yea
Could not sleep day or night. Az
having used Peruna 4 can sleep !
nothing bOfhers me now. nj eVerl
affected with any kind Of SickH
Peruna viii be fhe medicine 4 81
use. My son was cured Of cafarrh
the EaEynx BY Peruna. Mrs. 4
SchWandL
Why Old People are Especially Lila
20 systemic catarrh.
When old age comes on, catarrhal (
eases come also. Systemic catarrh
almost universal in old people.
This explains why Peruna has beco
SC Indispensable TO old people. PERI
is their safeguard. Peruna is the Of
remedy yet devised that meets ia
cases exactly.
Such cases cannot be treated local
nothing but an effective systemic re
edy could cure them. This is eNac
what Peruna is.
If you do not receive prompt and !
i~sfactory results from the use Of Peru
write at once to DR.. Hartman, givini
full statement Of your case and he y
be pleased TO give you his valuable
vice gratis.
Address Dr. ilactnru. Isresiar
Tho iiari aofc! ool
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-10-05

Mr.. @. s. Clark, who for years has
been the efficient vice president Of the
Mobile & Ohio last week unexpected
" resigned his position with that road
and accepted a similar position with
the Missouri Pacific Railway. MI.
Clark isa most competent railroad man
and knows his chosen profession from
bottom to top and is avaluable acquisi-
ton to any company. BE has hosts Of
friends throughout Mississippi and the
South who are all glad TO know Of bis
continued advancement.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-10-05
oAN MlLIrIAaE pEPENDEp uPoN1

q timely edi-
iorial that will set
Us all to thinking
in New Orleans
Item: "At States
boro, Cattle mill
itia made no at
tempt to protect
the prisoners and
were not allowed
cartridges by their
officers. The cap
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-10-05
WHAT okoLoNA CAN DO
0kelona, Miss,
Oct. 4, 1904.

Ok0tOuas hAie1s3
Oct. 4, 1904.
Editor Messenger;
On the 9Th Of July. last. I set out to
raise q, 900 to buy q church lot for q
new Methodist Church. Realizing the
need Of q movement in our community
for better churches, our people re-
sponded willingly and the $1,000 was
soon raised and put In the bank. de
sire to express my thanks for the
ready response. The following is .
n those contributing. Walter
Is $50; o. F. Brown, $50; 7. J.
Lyle. 3, D. T. Morgan, $50; Mrs A.
L. Dawsan, $50; J.. A. Trice, S25i
Frank Burkett, 500; n. J. Brown,
$3.50; Mrs NJ. e. Robinson, $50; z. T.
Harper, $50; 7. j. Mcdonnell, $50;
D. H. Shell, s25; T. J. Campbell, $40;
Ed Lyle, s10; A. o. Cox, e15; L. F.
Baskin, SO; o. J. Trice. go Mra J. NJ.
Davis, S.; ". D. Frazss. s5; J. N.
Dulsney, IS; L. Rosenbaum, slOi A.
T. Stovall, 80; Dean & Murphree, $40;
r. W. Chandler, go; Il. F. Waller, IS
Dale SAMSON, s25; Elliott & Son, elO;
Rubel & Co., s1O; J.. o. Whiteside, go;
b. I. Randolph, 90; R. ". King, go;
Hawkins & Hodges, el0; PaEohman
Bros, 80; win Bearden, s10i Mrs.
Lizzie Miller, IS; N. G.. Augustus ESQ;
N. Waller, ESQ; J. l. Jones' els.
Yours very truly,
n. g. AUoUsT6s.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-10-05

Miss Margaret Walton haa rstnrned
from sardis.
Mrs.. q. o. Smith IL Ii S. Louis e.
tending TIE Fair.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-10-05
Che NDessenger

THE MESSENGER accepts display adveI
tiaements from reputable business men and
arms At % cents per inch Teach Insertion, 400
business reading notices, or locals, 81 ~
eents per line for nrst Insertion. 8 cents per
line each additional Insertion. IL cuts are
used, IS per cent additional no wood bases.
NOTICES OF marriages, deaths, lodge soclala
church or other entertainments are ADMIT
I'd free. IL limited 70 10 lines. All In excess
Of 10 lines must be paid for az 10 cents per
line, cash for same TO accompany the COPY.
AL legal notices at legal rates, payable pc
& fore andayit OF publications. lied
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-10-05

Woman on her way 70 semi-invatdism
caused By pregnancy suffers much pain.
Ignorance prompts her % suffer alone
b silence and remain 10 the dark as q
khe tue cause-motherhood.
Mothers Friend takes the doctors
place and she has no cause for an inter.
View. She q her own doctor, and hef
modesty d protected. Daily application
81 the breast and abdomen throughout
pregnancy viii enable her to undergo The
beriod Of CESSATION q E cheerful mood
I'd ret u~ndisturbed-
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-10-05

Mrs. T. ]. Buchanan and Mrs. Nan
ME McIver Crunk left Sunday for st,
Louis where they win attend the Ma
tional U. D. G. Convention.
Mrs. 2. J.. Mcdonnell visited friends
IN Houston last week.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-10-05

J. L. Howard, Of Houlkas one Of the
np-to-date farmers Of this sections
With bis family was in town Monday
shopping.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-10-05

The different towns Of Mississippi
all boom their respective compresses
but we doubt il there is one In the
state that does more business in its
respective Geld than Okolona's and
whose proprietor is more noted for his
fair business methods.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-10-05
Mother'a Friend

& Imminent for external uso only. =
would indeed Be shameful e the sacri6ci
q modesty were Necessary 70 the succes
fu1 Issue 81 healthy children. All Womez
abouk e become mothers med send oaly
e 8 drug store end for ex.oo secure e.
prize childbirth remedy. Healthy babiel
ere The result Of uaelna MoEherio Friend
Our beck "u0tAerAoea" mailed Nree
~ azAaFlalp asssaAIea e. Alfalfa. e
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-10-05

OCAL circles we're
moved with pleas
sure last Saturday
when II was learned
that Col. Ed Rus
sell had been ap
pointed Vice Presi
dent and chief ex
ecutive OF the Mo-
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-05-26
Negro Has Rights.

In the presence of a multitude of
Louisianans gathered in the grounds of
the state capitol at Baton Rogue, La,
May Is, Newton G. Blanchard was
inaugurated as governor and Jared Y.
Sanders as lieutenant governor.
In his inaugural address Governor
Blanchard said: "Mob law is contra
v~ention and defiance of law and will
not be tolerated. Lynchings will not
be permitted under any circumstances
if it be possible for the military at the
command of the governor to prevent it.
Sheriffs will be held to the strictest
accountability possible under the law
for the safety from mob violence of
persons in their custody"
On the negro question ne said: 1.-THE
negro is here. He is a man and a citi-
zen. He is useful and valuable in his
sphere. Within that sphere he must be
guaranteed the equal protection of the
law and his education along proper
lines-mainly agricultural and indus
trials at once a duty and a necessity.
mo approach toward social equality
or Social recognition will ever be toll
Grated in Louisiana. Separate schools,
separate churches, separate cars,
separate places of entertainment will be
enforced. The south asserts its ability
RI handle and solve the neprO nuastiou
on Humanitarian lines, those of justice
and of right. We brook no interior
ence from without. 1t is up to the
south to so handle and solve it as to
furnish no occasion for such inter-
ference"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-05-26
Thousands Want Pensions.

Applications for original pensions
and increases under order No. rs,
which was promulgated in the latter
part of March by Secretary Hitchcock
under the direction of the president,
making 81 years of age evidence of
physical disability sufficient to grant
a pension of Sc per month, have rolled
into Commissioner Wares office to the
number of 10000 from April 10 to
May 10.
Even with this data, Mr.. Ware says
it is impossible to ascertain definitely
the approximate number of applications
that will result from the order.
The amount of pension ranges from
50 to 3l2 per month, according to the
age of the applicant. Every applica-
ton has TO be forwarded to the war
department for comparison with the
records besides being scrutinized in the
pension office.
Mr.. Ware believes that few of them
will be granted before July /. Pay
ments will accrue from the date of
application.
There is now available for disburse-
ment under order No. IS 81, 800, 900,
appropriated IN a $4,000, 900 pension
item in the general deficiency bill.
This appropriation will lapse after July
1, when the payments will be made
from the pension fund.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-05-26
his country of Norwegian parentage.

this country Of Norwegian parentage.
In other words there are over a million
of these strong liberty loving virile and
patriotic people in this country. They
are among u best citizens. They
have taken a high place in politics and
education, and have been ready to put
their hand to the work of the country
building up fortunes for themselves,
and aiding greatly in the development
of our They belong to a
nation which has stuff aud fibre in it
the people who were farflung seafarers
in the days Of the Caesars; who dis
covered Iceland in the dim dawn of
modern times; who founded settle
ments in Greenland: who preceded
Columbus to America; brave, adventur-
Gus, plucky, undertaking people who
feared neither cold or heat, and who
sang their beautiful folk ballads to the
music of the icy waves in the far north,
and who serenely faced the dangers of
the deep, and the myraid ranks of the
enemy in their fight for liberty and
knowledge.
Ii is no wonder that the native born
American citizen can clasp hands today
with his Norwegian brother, and wish
him JOY on this proud day of his
national history.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-05-26

ing. For the purpose of greater con-
vience to the entry men the land office
at Chamberlain will be temporarily
removed to Bonesteel which is only
four miles from the reservation. The
entries at Bonesteel will continue from
August 9Th to September 10th and
afterwards be continued at Chamber
lain.
Opportunities for registration for the
drawing will be afforded at Chamber
lain, Bonesteel, Yankton and Fairfax
and registration will begin on July 5
next and close on July %.
The drawing will take place at
Chamberlain July 2Sth under super
vision of a committee of three men.
The uniform price Of the lands dur
ing the first three months of the open
ing will be 81 per acre, and the choice
of selection will be regulated by the
drawing.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-05-26
Notice For Bids For Cement
Concrete Sidewalk.

Notice is hereby given that the
county commissioners of Day county,
South Dakota, will receive sealed bids
for the construction of cement concrete
sidewalks on the south and east sides of
the court house block and from front
steps of court house to the east side
walk; sidewalk outside of block to be
s feet wide; sidewalk from front steps
to be the width of said steps.
Said bids shall be made in writing,
sealed and filed with the county
auditor, and will be opened Tuesday,
June 18th, 1904, at 2 o'clock p. m.
Specifications for sidewalk:-The
earth shall first be leveled off and
brought to a true and even grade six
inches below the finished grade of the
proposed walk. This earth shall then
be covered with a bed of sand or
gravel from two to two and one-half
inches in thickness. After the founda-
ton has been thoroughly compressed
there shall be spread thereon a bed of
concrete three inches in thickness.
This concrete shall be thoroughly
tamped until free mortar appears and
shall be composed of the following
proportions of cement, sand and gravel:
One part by measure of the best Port
land cement equal in quality to Alpha
or Vulcanite brands, to seven parts by
measure of good, clean, sharp sand or
gravel or both. This material shall be
first mixed dry in a thorough manner
by turning at least two times. 1t shall
then be wetted to the consistency of
thick mortar. After being put in place
this concrete shall be struck off with a
straight edge to an even surface and
a top coat placed thereon consisting of
one part by measure of cement to two
parts of clean, sharp sand. This top
coat shall be travelled into the concrete
thoroughly and smoothed off to an even
surface with a trowel and cut into
square or rectangular blocks, not
exceeding four feet the largest way.
If desired this top coat shall be given
a rough finish with what is commonly
known as a float.
The contractor must give assurance
to the board that he is a responsible
party. He must take his own measure
ments, and must guarantee his work
for a period of five years, agreeing to
replace any cracked or broken parts
caused by defective material or work
manship, and must cover such guaran-
tee with a satisfactory bond deposited
with the county.
Dated at Webster, South Dakota,
this 10Th day of May, A. ID. 1904.
William Egeland,
Auditor, Day county, South Dakota.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-05-26
CANDY & LADD
Manufacturers of Con-
crete Building Blocks
CEMENT, CONCRETE WORK
Webster, South Dakota.
Revolution in Building
Material.

Hollow concrete blocks, a product
equal to the best natural stone.
We have the only perfect process OF
manufacturing hollow concrete blocks
on the market. No building or paving
material has ever been discovered that
equals Portland cement concrete when
properly united.
Our hollow blocks are a marvel OF
beauty, strength and durability; are
close grained and compact; possess
high tensile and crushing strength; dc
not disentegrate with time and the
elements but harden with age and
exposure and become practically
understandable.
Call and see our sidewalk tile. Three
colors. Figure with US on building
blocks, steps, sill, ~lintels, w~atertables
cellar and clstern walls, engine beds,
sidewalks, or any cement work.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-05-26
Nav Tha 18th.

Native born citizens of the United
States always feel like taking a hand
with their Norwegian brethren in the
celebration of May 18th, which is the
Norwegian Fourth of July. Hence it
is that as this anniversary has again
rolled around, fluctuations are
exchanged between the native born
American citizen who jubilates on his
Fourth of July and the adopted citizen
of Norway who jubilates ON both.
1t was on the nth Of May 1914 that
the treaty of Kiel was signed which
delivered Norway from the .suzerainty
of Denmark. This treaty ended a polit-
ical comradship of 400 years, which had
grown irksome to the Norwegian who
has had a craving for Independence
ever since his prows plowed the Medi-
terannean in the days Of the Roman
empire. The arrangement contem-
plated by that treaty was not carried
out, but Norway secured a constitution
and local independence as the result of
it. The Norwegian has v felt
entirely satisfied in Icing subservient to
the king of Sweden, but barring that
one fact, Norway is about as near an
independent kingdom, as any European
nation. Step by step the N~orwegians
have stood out for their legal and local
rights, until today they have complete
local Independence, a separate flag, and
the ruling voice in their own affairs. 1t
is therefore a day full Of meaning which
the Norwegian American celebrates
today.
There are over a third Of a million
Norwegians in this country who were
born IN Norway. There are over three
fourths Of a million who were born in
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-05-26
EVENTS.
Rose bud Proclamation.

President Roosevelt Saturday signed
the proclamation opening the Rosebud
South Dakota Indian reservation to
settlement. The proclamation provides
that the reservation be opened August s.
The land included in the tract amounts
to four hundred sixteen thousand acres.
The lands win be selected by lot and
drawings will be established for that
purpose. There are almost 400, 900
acres of ceded land and some of it is
very fertile. Much interest has been
manifested on the part Of would be
settlers and Commissioner Richards,
Of the general land Office, said that he
had received no less than a thousand
letters of inquiry concerning the open
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-05-26
Richest Woman in the World.

By a strange irony of destiny, a fair,
attractive and kind-bearted young Ger.
man girl is responsible for all the blood
that is being shed in the present wal
between Russia and Japan. This young
person is the proprietor of the great
Krupp works at Essen, Germany which
she has inherited from her father and
grandfather. All the great wars now
going on the world are fought out
with Krupp guns. Every battleship
afioat Is manned with these guns, and
the entire land artillery of all the great
nations is manufactured at the Krupp
works. If these works should cease
their activity and refuse to furnish the
enginery of the wholesale slaughter of
land aud naval battles, great wars
would cease.
During the last ten years the Krupps
have sold $4,000 big artillery guns to
thirty-four different countries, besides
great quantities of other steel nipple
ments of warfare. The works are
immense in extent and have over %, 900
employees. The city Of Essen, which
contains 100, o people, belongs to Miss
Krupp. It's schools, hospitals and
churches are maintained from her pri-
vate purse. No resident of Essen owns
his home. Everything purchased in the
city comes from Miss Krupp's shops and
stores, which contain all sorts of mer-
chandise. The citizens Object to this
maternal care and complain that Miss
Krupp owns them also. Though they
admit her good intentions, they call her
a benevolent despot, who has her finger
in every pie, and imagines hat she
must look after everything and every
body. The schools, the hospitals, the
churches are objects of her especial
care, and the poor receive constant
visits from the young lady bountiful,
who does not always receive the thanks
which she feels are justly her due.
Under the philanthropic Krupp rule
Essen has developed much social dis
content, and will return a Socialist
delegate to the next parliament. The
people fed, clothed, housed, educated
and cared for in illness by Miss Krupp
chafe under their lack of personal
freedom and long for independence
from this well meant tyranny.
Although Miss Krupp enjoys the
proud distinction of being the richest
woman in the world, she suffers annoy
ances from which the poor escape. Her
efforts to make everybody happy in her
own way are often met with base
ingratitude. She is besieged by begging
letters from all over the world. She is
fond of rowing about at her own sweet
will, but her friends, ~fancying hat she
is in constant danger of assassination,
insist on her being accompanied every
where by detectives in disguise. This
richest of women takes her position toe
seriously and conscientiously for her
comfort, and works much harder than
the majority of women in humble life.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-05-26

Are you planning on fenc.
ing this summer? If so call at
the Elevator Store and have them
show you their barb wire and
"Royal" hog fencing, it is the
best.