Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1905-05-03

aned to his home 3 couple Of Weekst e
again able to be out aud down town.
Msssrs. Z. L. Joiner, Fl. p. verdery
and Node Brown. Of rupelo. were
among those who attended the ball
last W ednesday night.
Mrs. J. r. Arnold and little daughter
Nyle, Mrs. E. P. Clayton and little SON
Holsey With Miss Gertrude Wood, Of
saltIlo, spynt Wednesday last with
Mrs. Ira Francis.
Mrs. John Allen, Of Meridian, ana
Mrs. Dan sweatman, Of Mobile, after
a pleasant visit to Mrs. J. d. SAMSON
on Monroe st., returned to their
homes Friday night.
Mesdames Ed Edens E. F. McCarley
Clara Mabry, W. B. Mcdowell, NJ.
Alternately and Walter Smith attended
the District meeting Of the .. D. c.
at Macon this week.
Trice & Reeder wishes the Public to
know that they have just put in q ma
chine for sharpning dish harrows and
cultlvators something new and up-to-
date. CaIl and see them and be con-
WINGED.
The old reliable Mobile and Ohio
railroad has had an unsual run Of hard
luck the past month. But It is still
able to boast that in an operation Of
half a century it has never killhd q
passenger.
There win be no morning preaching
at the Baptist church Sunday on ac-
count of the Commencement sermon
at the College. Regular services in
the evening and Sunday School at the
regular morning hour.
The city council at its meeting
on April 2l, passed an ordinance fixing
the price on hYdrsnts or faucets used
for irrigating purposes Of gardens
truck patches, ETC., at S25 per annum.
This class Of water users would well
get posted.
Miss Minnie Ivy left for Houston
Sunday, where she has accepted 8
position as hello girl in the telephone
exshange. Miss Minnie4s a most ex
cellent young lady, industrious ant
will fill the position she has taken with
care and promptness
1t is reported that the W. F. Tucker
! Chapter U. D. O. are contemplating
the purchase of the old Jail lot, op.
posiVe the Presbyterian church, ant
convert 1t into q park. This Is n o
the most commendable move mad
in the city for many a day.
Trice & Reeder are up-to-dste mel
in blacksmithing and wagon making
They are constantly adding new tool
and equipments. They will soon In
stall q new six horse power ga
engine. 1Sw4
Mrs. Lucy Ivy, mother of Curt Ivy
who lives at Houlka, had the misfor
tune to fall and break her arm nea
} the wrist Monday. Mrs. Ivy is 8
years old, but active and smart, get
ting out often in the garden with a no
and forgetting her age, but she is no
t sure Of foot and this accident is tn
result of that. She was doing vel
when last heard from.
/ Mrs. Laura Murdoch presented TIL
Office with a beautiful boquet of flow
n ers, she said, in acknowledgement o
e kindly mentions of the OkolOna Chap
i. ter's recent efforts. Mrs. Murdoch wi
leave in a few days for Pine Hal
North Carolina. where she viii spen
the summer. This excellent lady wi
carry with her the loving supplicatio
of everybody in 0kOlona.
A new advertisement Of Lauderdal
Springs will be found in this papeI
This is doubtless one Of the most dc
: sirable summer resorts in the Soutl
and with Mississippians has alway
= been appreciated, though it is said
be far better looked after and mol
70 capably handled this season than Il
g many years past. Those who are col
templating a vacation should mai
themselves a pleasant present of sti
lg at Lauderdale. It is located just th
lie side Of Meridian on the Mobile al
ne Ohio railroad.
A telegram received from Mr..
ct McCarley, who went to Atlanta Sc
=, eral days ago to have his eyes Q,
be amined, dated in Philadelphia Tuesd
morning, says he is starting for aon
and that his eye is alright. sevel
specialists have recently said to }
MeCarley that the afflicted eye wou
have to be removed, but he hasrefus
to consent to this until the deoisi