Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1905-05-10

Rev. E.P. Hawkins of Postoak, Vir-
ginia, arrived in Okolona Friday night
to visit bis son, OF the NJ. & o, and
family. Rev. Hawkins Is within q mile
Of the four score mark, yet he Is hale
and hearty. He has been a Baptist
minister for over As years, and now
has two churches near bis home.
Here is a stray paragraph which
was published in the papers 20 years
ago. It will &c any time and place,
however: "a country editor is q man
who reads newspapers, writes on any
and all subjects, sticks type, folds
papers, turns the crank land some
times turns 'crank' himselD, makes
up the mail, runs errands, saws wood,
is blamed for a thousand things he
never thought Of, works harder than
he ever gets credit for, and is often
refused credit at the stores, helps peo-
pie into Office who forget all about 1t
afterwards, and usually gets cheated
out of half bis earnings. He brags on
his town and does all he can to build
up his community and the miser and
the fogy are benefited, yet they viii
not take his paper but borrow It, read
it, and cuss the fool editor"
We can't recall of aver having ''shp-
ped around' somewhere and taken e
"sly drink"-and We are sorry to con-
fess that we have been guilty Of doing
that very thing-that We did not inn
mediately run up against some old
friend who is an honest, sincere ABB
stainer and who quiently looked at us
with a steady, home look, as much as
to says, "It's too bad he has taken to
drink; !" aud we never bite off the end
Of a cigar, rs We often do and have
u mouth foil Of it, than we meet
some clean, sweet womanfriend who
alphabetically looks Us over and In
wardly remarks, cam so sorry he has
the tobacco habit" and We feel so lit
tie and mean that We inwardly VOW
we will never take another drink and
never put another cigar in our mouth,
except when in our own home, or x
cept when so far away that nobody
knows or cares what We DO; but then
the same old temptation confronts Us
and We are caught again and again.
II we were q young man and had It to
do over again, we would cut it all out,
because in fact there is nothing IN it
but humiliation, enhancement and
grief.
Perhaps the most prominent mem
berof Gov. Vardaman's staff, from q
military standpoint, is Col. Wyatt.
This veteran soldier saw service inthe
wal between the States. BE has
fought in the soudan beneath the flag
of England. he has served the Re-
public Of France and once again under
the cross OF st. George in South Airi-
CO, where be won the Yictoria cross
for gallantry upon the field Of battle
A veteran soldier Ike Col. Wyatt
recognizes the Importance Of g sol-
dier's paraphernalia. consequently
upon ~ proper occasions Col, Wyatt
never forgets to wear bis uniform, his
medals and al the insignia Of bis rank
Being a man OF deeds his friends COM
prehend that It Is not vanity that In
duces him to dress bis figure with mile
itary precision when acting amelally,
though occasionally a-good-natured
jest is levelsd ct the Colonel On these
occasions, for verify he is array g. ike
q military hero. Gov. vardaman was
In the midst Of his star when Col.
Wyatt, dressed as be should Be ap-
preached. One Of she Colonels
friends said something about bis rega-
lie. Eyes, exclaimed the Governor
laging his hand On Col. WAITS shoul-
der; awhen Wyatt gets 81 bic brass
rope on him BE makes SOLOMON e al
uis glory look Ike q plantation mnle. :
Human cooper cents 2 Continually