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Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1905-09-27

That the South is needing rural population that is
willing to till the soil and aid in bringing under cu
tivatiOn the millions Of rich and fertile acres that
are now lying idle because Of the indoence Of the
labor that is to be secured there can be no doubt
All over the world there are TO be found people
who would only too gladly come to MS and perform
the labor required and make this section blossom
like the rose If Southern railroads are doing much
to bring this information TO the attention 81 such
classes as would be welcomed, but this effort would
be more than reinforced II the people themSeIves 81
the South would become still more active There III
in the mind 81 many well disposed people every
where that any effort put forth by railroad com
pany Is with view Of personal interest Literally;
this is probably rue, bnt these great corporations
be personally interested and still those interests
may not be entirely seAsh Il lie trne that tie more
people railrOad can induce 10 locate along their
lines and develop the resources cf che country, the
greater will become the revenues 70 the road THE
fact does not dispelthe fact that All The people in
teresed along these lines oi road must be equally
Interested with the roads. Therefore, how foolish
that prejudice should hold any She from cooper.
atlng IA the efforts made to bring to un additional
rural population "a class which means the more
rapid and desirable development Of che neglected
placea Those sections chat are enthusiastically
aiding A. THE work are pr0Hting By IL most. mol
seCtion can afford % do lens than itn very BEST
Those who have irlendEin other secticnn with whom
they correspond, should never fail 60 put III word
II tha interest oi their homo.
Thank the Lord every daY yon liVein Mississippi.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1905-09-27

OUT UI JUU. ~.
The little brown doctors who were able to smash
the military axiom that four men wOald die Of dis
ease to every one killed by the enemy, might be
equally able to lay the spectre that demands q hu-
man life for every rod Of the canal route. The old
formula Of mortality down there was man for ev-
cry tie in the railroad, but even the Occidental
plague fighters have progressed since that time.
The Japanese fought one Of the greatest wars Of
modern times, with larger armies than were employ
ed against the SOUTH amid extremes OF climate and
they did it without letting single epidemic get
headway among the massed half million soldiers.
They kept the disease satistcs almost TO The point
they are In peace times and instead Of losing four
men in five Of the total Of mortality By sickness
they lost only one in six.
Il is possible to make record like this III awar
it ought to be very much less serious problem to
match It In effectiveness In conducting = work nm
hampered BY hostile army and unhurried BY the
exigences Of . campaign
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1905-09-27

Plans are nearing COmpletion FOR the great reli-
gious gathering TO be held In New York city, Nov.
10 TO 21 under the name oi the intelchurch cOnier
ence ON federation. There win be present from 500
TO 500 delegates representing swenty.fOur PROTEST.
ant bodies, with an aggregate membership Of ovar
Is 900 OOO II is the hope Of tho leaders that the
conference may create q permanent organization 0f
better and closer relations than have ever before
isted an organization that will make ID possible to
voice the attitude o. united christian churches on
great questions, social ethical economic and rei.
giOus In way that has never before been possible
Besides the leading preates Of the various denomi-
nations II ID expected the speakers viii include
Vice President EairDanka, Gov. Higgins, Mayor
McClellah, Justices Harlan and Brewer of the Unit
ed Htates supreme court Secretary 81 State Root,
Senator Beveridge, Judge GrOsacup 81 Chicago,
Judge Gray 81 The United States circuit court aid
John Wanamaker
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1905-09-27
A JAPANESE TRICK WORTH LEARNING.

HE cheerful apprehension that it
will be impossible TO dig the Pam
anna canal without fearful loss Of
life through malarial fevers, small
pOx, yellow fever and other
plaques suggests that il our own
health forces feel this way about
It, it might be . wise thing to let
the sanitary part Of the contract
to Japan, which has now q real
medical corps that will soon be-
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1905-09-27

fund, however munifcent would have availed to
secure the election Of Judge Parker, and il makes
but little difference whether Mr.. Mccall perjured
himself or not. It did not require public inVestI
CATION to determine that wealthy persons and cOrpO
rations are habitUalIy contributing to secure the
election Of certain political candidates. Whether
the republicans democrats both, were che ben,
ecarOg O these concerns does not 70 to the root Of
thc question at issue. A man has q pOrfeCt right,
legal and moral, to contribute money toward secur
ing the election Of candidate II he believes that
such election will benefit bis business It takes
money, andR great deal Of it to run q national pO
litCal campaign, and these funds must come from
some source. But what the public wants Ia know
is what right had Mr. Mccall, cr any other person.
to contribute other people money 70 either Or both
oi the campaign cOmmitteesI Mr.. Mccall is draw
Ing salary Oi @1OO, 900 year from the policy hold
ers oI the New York Life Insurance company and
II be desires 90 contribute ell or any paft Of this
amount TO Gid In the election Of any candidate no
One can reasonably object. Butitis not o. record
that any part O hie contributions came ont Of his
private bank acconnt. Therefore, no matter which
candidate Whe hIs beneficiary he clearly went h8s
yond his rights Is an Oficer 81 the company Ia max
Ing any contribution out 0i the funds hc IL holding
IA trust Il Il not part Oi the duties Oi the ncUnar
VI lie insurance company 70 figure out whether
The election 0i certain man 10 the presidency oi
the United States will BE- oi benefit 10 the policy
holders nor part Of the duties Of tie president on
suoh company 10 pay ont other peoples money
without their knowledge and consent. MT. MCCALL
should ba made 70 dleGorge or he prosecuted like
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1905-09-27

Political agitatora are hard pressed iOr partisan
thunder when they have nothing better to dig up
and discuss than the gaaping walls oi candidate
whose pOmination had been secured By the zee o.
money IN the national convention, that few Wall
street sChemefn might speculate with che campaign
fund. after chat wail has died out and the name Of
the waller has Been practically forgotten. There Is
probably 40 dpnbt that the corporations, including
The insurance companies made contributions 70 the
Roosevelt campaign fund.- but others contributed 70
thE Parker fund, and what good can there Be- III
making sensational matter Oi the iact nowi Ma.
tonal politics A. this country are based On the doll
!ar, ana It takes dollars 70 run campaigns hencs,
somebody who has dollars q command must con.
tribnlS them under the system II isa bad syatems
% W Hnre, ana some day IA results may appear
ever more prominently Than they Do now, but ID
ha ilatanee Il u merely case d Kettle calling pot
bIaok, and that III there "A "a II
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1905-09-27
A HAPPY NAN.

Asst week, says the New York Sun,
the Hon William Jennings Bryan
went iowIing in the sandhilIs Of Ne
braska. He ''beat the record" He
bagged thirty-five prairie chickens.
No game can resist him. He is 8
mighty hunter. Rabbits, ostriches,
nnknnnane ali fall nlfkn lnnforo him
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1905-09-27

HE steps taken from barbarism to-
wards Justice measures the degrees
Of progress made and determines
the social nature and regulates with
corresponding exactness, the moral
character OF man.
The world has been a battlefield,
and still the red waves Of war dash
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1905-09-27

RACTICALLY it is clear that Gov.
Folk is the greatest man the coun-
try has produced. Greatest be-
cause Of results. Gov. Folk is not
spectacular. The elements whose
suffrage be soaght we're the best.
The corrupt county and ward poll
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1905-09-27

The we'll known iact that people lost II desert
or forest invariably walk ii circle, i'd due %
slight inequality in The length ~ me lcgu esraa
ol careful Measurements showed that only ac p8k
cent had lower hmba equal ia length, 81 ntE cant
had the right limb longer than t6 lelt while Ia B6
per cent the left lex the longer The result ol
one limb being longer than The other will naturally
be that person VIII uncunscionsly take longer
step with the longer limb. consequently he VIM
trend % the right Orto the leit according a. %
whether the leit or The right is the longer unless
inequality in the length 0i the hmbs Il not condned
% any particular ae4 6g race, bnf eaen to he mi.
NeFnal.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1905-09-27

- 0E3T51E2E1Nz1IS
and eliminating in all it's spectacular improvement
Of HiedestrOying engines invented BY the civilized
man.
The Greeks and Romans had their gods enshrined
ia patriotic song, as We have ours and each and all
promised their followers immortality as . reward
for brave death on the field Of war.
The deluded multitude rushed forward to meet an
ignoble death, while superstition chanted their
praise and cupidity was their paIlbearers. The
chiefs taxed the returned soldier to pay the expenses
Of tine war, and from which sum they built unto
themselves gorgeous palaces in which they sat down
and wrote their names in history heroes and ser
wants Of God.
Such Is the history Of war. Such is the crime Of
war. and snch is the life and death Of the fools that
60 down in battle.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1905-09-27

any other less distinguished embezzler would be
under similar circumstances
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1905-09-27
OKOLONA. MISS. WEDNESDAY. SEPT ~ 1905.
The Crime and Folly Of War.

ten f0r Gals paper By COL J. s FeIIer sprnfied Illinois
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1905-09-27
CONTRIBUTIONS 10 CAMPAIGN FUNDS.

HE question Of yeracity that has
been raised between Mr.. John a..
Mccall and Judge Alton b. Parker
relative to the contributions alleged
to have been made BY corporations
TO the last national campaign man.
ayers ID Of but trifing interest TO
the country at large. No campaign
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1905-09-27

ThaaE ths LaTd avsEy aayyo1 lIVala MI11I.-IPPI.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-08-10
The End OF The world.

Tint the earth will eventually dry III
and I'LL living things will die OF thirst
is the theory Of scientific writer. II,
says that IN both Afrlcn and Asia, and
indeed i'll all the great levels of tho
world, the water beds are drying up
Many lakes we'll known during the his
torical period have entirely disappear
cd, While others are shrinking rapidly.
Explorations In central Asia have
proved that for centuries Il zone stretch
ing from the east to the southeast of
this part OF the cars dominion has
been drying mp. Deserts are gradually
spreading, and reports show that 1t is
only In the neighborhood of mountains,
round whose brows vapors condeEse
and fall. that irrigation Gun be carried
on On life itself can be preserved"
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-08-10
LEWIS I! NOMINATED Z MI
BY RECLAMATION
Continued from First page.o
sound Judgment TO determine this
great question in&oach locality.
Slams attEichmond.

so"hu Juu6HleHt 10 determine THIS
great question. in&oach locality.
SIa?5 at!Eichmond.
fBy a,series of partisan election
laws the Democracy 10 corrupted the
body in Virginia sthat for n period of
twenty :'cars honest elections were
unknown ina large part of the State.
a new constitution was made with the
avnwed purpocc Sof restoring honest
elections.ieHut recent events, notably
the Democratic party ut Richmond.
has proved that pure elections cannot
lie secured by democratic legislation
Democratic effort. Tho Republican
panty iii virginia, firmly believing
that the purity oflthe ballot is the snfe.
ty OF the state, pledges itself. II placed
in pcwcrnto an honest count of the
ballots, unfaaifled returns and whole
some, nOn-pnrti3an election laws that
VIII protect voters Of every political
creed from the outrages of dishonest
officers.
we favor non-pnrtisnn judiciary
and pledge the Republican party, il
it shall have control of the legisla-
ture. to elect two of the five members
CT the Supreme Court of Appeals from
the opposition party, and to enact
such Legislation ~ may be necessary
to continue This system in force.
I'VE proclaim that it is our duty to
Keep sacred from invasion the natural
oyster rock of Virginia and To prevent
with strenuous efforts, tho cncroach-
ments nosv going on upon them. TO
this end We dcnoiincc the efforts 10
violate the Baylor survey, and pledge
ourselveslto resist legislation to lease
the natural rock az defined by said
survey.
EXPOSED and confessed corruption
and graft in some branches of tho
State administration make certain
that the same conditions exist in otar,
bianchc:S not yet found ont by the
public. The hest interests OF the State
demand II change in party control In
the Stntr Offices. so that the books
may be opened, dishonesty exposed
and all grnfters turned out.
The discredit brought upon the
administration By the Democratic par,
ty, and the impotence shown by it in
national affairs make ii the duty of
HE votGfs ofitlle State to shake off
their allegiance to such Il party and
to vote independently with sole regard
to the Welfare of The State"
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-08-10
HAMPTON PFOEBUS AND Old PCINT Contioued
BITS FROM THE WRITER'S.

There is nothing III life worth max
Ing secret of-eXcept ones income
Seton NIcrriman.
u Civilization means universal civility,
and to be civil to everybody argues a
great power of telling lies-E,icn Phil
potts. aa .., $40.
How exquisite in life is the art OF not
seeing many things and OF forgetting
many that have been seen! = james
Lane Allen
Truisms, whether they lie in the
depths Of thought or on the surface,
are MT any rate the penrls Of expert
ence.-Gcorgc Meredith. ~ .eaa &
Have you never observed that If you
tconscicntiously neglect to do your work.
1t somehow manages to get done with.
out you?-uenry IIarland. %
n Relations, as somebody said, are dis
agreeable acqraintunces inflicted upon
us"by Providence, But it is mo nsc
losing one', temper about what they
SAY. 1t only plcases thcm.-1sichartl
Bagot.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-08-10
An ,ntcre.ting Experiment.. !.

vessel containing q certain white
powder is placed upon the table, when
the operator advances, waving his
wand and utteriny some mngic words
coined by himself, when. 10. Of Il sud
den the room Is lighted up with q bril-
liant light. so effulgent uhat ii dims the
eyes of the spectators. The secret is
this: The powder is composed Of equal
weights OF loaf sugar and chlorate or
potash. separately rctiuccdto fine pow
der nnd then well mixed together This
is placed i'll cup, md When the pow
der Is touched With the least drop of
suiphuric. acid it will instantly burst
into II lame. The end OF the glass rod
sho"hl bc dipped in the acid Immediate
ly before use
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-08-10
LIFE ON a WARsHlP.
Why the Men'Are Allowed to Indulge
In Athletic Sports.

In Athletic Sports.
{ To see IA thirteen inch gun loaded.
and fired Is sight not to be TO. gotten.
The projectlle is thirteen inches in,
iiamcter,. about three feet In length
and weighs LOO pounds; The powder
charge for target practice is $50
pounds. The cost for each shot is
about $500. When all Is ready on the
range the signal siren sounds, there Is
binding flush, roar like thunder
nnd jnrring shock. Then you hear
the whining, screcch Of the shell, for.
oil the world Ikea fastleXprcss round
ing sharp curve. The projcctile Is
visible almost from the time it leaves
the gun. You sec it rip through the
target and strike the water beyond,
throwing up a column of liquid many
feet high. The shell skips, much like
hood, and again column ,.of water.
shoots up two miles or more farther.
out, TO be repeated time and again.
The shell In its flight ,cnnsbc watched
without the aid of glnsses for eight
miles or more In clear weather.
While the life of IL sailor, from cap.
tain down TO apprentice, is an almost
continual round OF work, some time Is
found for athletic sports, such MS
boat racing football and baseball. The
object Of this is to give the men rec.
reation and Mt the same time to foster
the Spirit Of competition. Besides, Il
makes the men easier to manage. The
ship with II strong football or baseball
team or the fastest race boat almost
invariably haB n happy and easily
managed crew--u crew that Will swear
that Its officers are the finest men IN
the world, and likewise the officers
swear by such n crew. Some ships
have training tnblcs for their athleti,
tennis, the expense usually being de-
frayed by the officers. The team or,
boat crew, as the case may he, l.
petted by the officers and idolized by
the crew, and for some time before
hard contest the men are excused from
various duties i'll order that they may
give more time to training.
Every battlrship and cruiser has it
race boat, purchased by contribution.
from officers and men. The price; pal
for these boats IL, as Al rule. continscn:
upon their winning certain specifics
races. The builders are willing to tax:
n chance, knowing that the crow will Il;
its best TO win. For winning boat tn,
price is often as much as $1,000, Will,
for boat that proves less speedy tn,
builder will accept $500 or less. On tn
result OF fleet boat race MS much Il
$4,000 has been known to chang
hands, and large sums are nls,
w,,gcred on baseball anu football
games. This X. of course. contrary I:
the letter of the regulations; but lii,
sporting instinct is as strong In The
nnvy'as ciscwhcre--and it Is not Away!
possible to hold down the lid.-Leslie'i
Weekly.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-08-10
Jnst what lie nrennt.

An American in London once attend
ell II dinner where Henry Arthur Jones
told story about Bcerbohnf Tree.
Mr. Tree" said the playwright, met
n friend of his one afternoon in Regent
street. at
The two stood and conycrscd little
while, and then Mr.. Tree said: KS
Have You been down to see me act
lately. my boy?'
No; too poor said the other.
!. TOO, poor.' Mr.. Tree exclaimed
Why you spend enough on wine and
cigars'- i.'AAs-t' o.,,ysSsi, Sipsp il
but the other; ncttled interrupted.
- don't mean Pm too poor. 1 mean
you're too poor he said."
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-08-10
Cran,p,In tfelLegs.

80 People who are subject to crnmp in
the legs should always be provided
witha good strong piece of cord, cspe-
eialiyq In their bedrooms. When the.
cs,alnp comes on'talie the, cord Wind 1t
round 'thc;'leg iover- thenplncc fwhcre 1t
is.'crnmpet, take an end in each hand
ana glve'itPn -sl>arpnpulla one that will
hurtn little, anl the eramp will cease
Instantly. People much subject to
cramp i'm bed, have found great relief
from wearing OIL eachaleg q garter Of
wide tape which has several thin slices
& cork stitched on to it.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-08-10
The Tools He Lacked.

WHY don't you go to work." said a
charitable woman to tramp before
whom she had placed nicely cooked
meal -tvqe ,4-.,,
~ would" replied the vagrant 'If 1
had the tools" 5000
What sort Of tools do you wnntr'
asked the hostess.
"a knife and fork" said the tramp
Tit-Bits.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-08-10
CASH SALE GoF GOODS DO NOT
SELL BUCHANAN SUMMER

Lot. bottle best Maple Syrnp ). !. zoe
loc Cans OF Pumpkin. Sour Itramt,
Soups. Beans and Tomatoes Mt &c
loo jar Pickles ....a.. &c
Malta Vita. 10c; Cooked Rice, l0c;
Ice Olive OIL, 10c: 15c Olives, Toe;
Cracked Wheat. 10c; Rolled Oats,
LOG; 16c Can Peaches at 10c: Zoe
Tomato Catsup. &c; sc Jelly at DC; 4,
20 ID. Bag CT Sugar !, (. j.. $3.50
Nice Teas Mt Csc, dflo and co per ID.
No. 10 West Queen Street. J Phone 4o6.
GEO:HR. WOOD,
HAMPTON, VA.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-08-10
Mo Yellow Fever in Mississippi.
my Associated Iorcss.)

,.-.J
JACKSON. MISS. Aug. 9.-Thcrc
are no 'ycllow fever cases in Missls-
sippi according to the official an
nouncement made this afternoon by
the State health hoard. The snspi-
eicus cases reported at Holly Springs
and Ya2oo City were diagnosed today
by experts and by all pronounced or
binary H:pc CT malarlal fever.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-08-10
we Ent Too Enat.

1.-THE trouble is that we eat. too fast"
said the man who worries about health.
right,"A answered the man
whosworries about money. "Some OF
usaeat;so fhgt that our incomes, can't
keep'up with our grocery bills."- WASH
ington Star.