Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-03-09
MIssIssIPPlLANEous

Aasengof tramc aiouo.
The Mississippi Legislature should
ass that national guard apprOprla-
on.
Several citizens, Of Aberdeen, have
rganized themselves into . company
B be known as the Aberdeen Electric
light & Power Company, with q cap
tai stock Of $4,000.
More papers about the state are en-
listing in the Hearst columns each
week.
The moon has been full in okolona
now for several nights, yet none OF
our local reformers have raised a kick
on Il.
The next thing on the program is
"that tired feeling"
The Railroad Commission has or
dered new depots erected at several
points in the State during the past
several weeks
A creosote factory, to be the largest
IN the world and to cost more than 3
million dollars, will be established at
Grenada.
The cork will loon begin to bob. Il
.is all pleasant enough to think about
except the drudgerFy of digging bait.
Cotton men from ell over the state
are interested in q bill which has been
introduced in the Legislature for the
purpose ct preventing transactions in
futures. This opposition does not
come altogether from the "bucket
shops" but from the planters, mer-
chants aud buyers, who realize that
the enactment OF the proposed law
would work q hardship on those for
whom 1t is not really intended.
The negroes in the vicinity Of Aber-
deem believe that they have struck q
q bonanza on account of the establish
ment OF the pearl button factory al
that place. The factory will make
buttons from mussel shells, and one
old negress, with the help of her son.
gathered 1000 pounds Of mussel shells
ia a day and sold them to the factory
realizing the magnificent sum of $500
therefor. While cleaning the she'll
she found pearls on the inside, which
we're sold for S75, thus making a tota
Of $500 for the days work.
Report from the agricultural dis.
tricts r very gratifying, for they,shoV
that new improvements are takinl
place in every line of farm work. Ne'
barns, new dwellings, and other ne
cessary improvements are being made
New school houses are being provides
fences are being repaired and farr
work is much further advanced tha'
usual at. this season Of year. This
particularly true OF the hill section c
Mississippi, where farm lands al
owned in small tracts and wOrke
chiefly by the farmer and his tamil!
Indications are that this isto u one
the most prosperous years in the bis
tory of the State, and there is ever
reason to believe that our fondeI
hopes will be realised.
The Governor has missed q who
lot OF free advertising that his mol
or less mustrous predecessor wouldn
have lost for the world. The Jacksc
Newspaper correspondents Missed
good story. The mob MISSED the pri'
onsr. This they would not have be
che Governor taken advantage OF Il
trse advertising, for the news Of b
coming would have fastened the VOL
Of the iynchers, just as It did In Il
3 Of Longino. Vardaman is Wind
Gated, To use the vernsoular Of Il
streets, he has s'made goOd.n-Yss'
Sentinel.
Mrs. Antimarchi was burned
death ct starkvllle last Friday NOR
inc. her dress catching Ere at an opI
CRATE. She was one OF that cIty's md
popular ladies, and wife Of the age
OF the I. O. railway at that place.
At q recent meeting Of the stoc
holders Of the First National Bank
Tupelo, ]. R. Robins was elected
vice president to take the place ma
vacant By the resignation Of J.
Rogers. The president, s. T. Hark'
and Cashier F. johnson, were re -elel
ed. This institution has been run
strictly banking principles and ls 0
Of the most popular and uubstant
institutions IN the stale. The depOs
have increased with every years. bu
nsss. Il is the depository Of Lee COZ
tvs funds.
The peoples Bank and Trust Co
pany Of Tupelo opened lie doors
business on the let instant, the capl
stock Of 100000 being fully paid
The new bank ls omcersd By some
tbat clty's most successful and prof