Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1905-05-24
SOCIAL AND OTHERWISE.

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The sad intelligence reached this
city yesterday of the death of Rev.
J.. A. Leech, formerly pastor of the
Methodist church here. The remains
will be laid to rest today al Columbus
under the auspices of the knights
Templar, and Ivanhoe Commandery,
Of which Rev. Leech was an honored
member, joins the Commandery at
Columbus in the ceremonies. j. A.
Leech was a good man, a devoted
christian. with strong convictions of
right, which he never hesitated to
stand up for firmly and Loyalty. His
untimely death win be mourned by
all who knew him.
For the benefit of the boy who gets
tired Of going to school and the par
ents who show no concern in the mat
ter, the Shawnee County News quotes
these figures from a Kansas educator:
THE average educated man gets a sal
airy Of 81, 900 a year. He works forty
years, making a total of $4,000 in
a lifetime. The average day laborer
gets $3.50 a day. 300 days IN a year,
$3.50 in a year. In forty years he earns
$4,000. Tie difference, or S22, 600,
equals the value of an education. To
acquire this earning capacity requires
twelve years at school Of $50 days each,
or 2,16O days. Divide S22, 900 the value
Of an education by $3.50, number Of
days required in getting it, we find
that each day at school is worth a lit
tie more than $40 to the pupil. Cant
afford to keep them out, can wei"
Here is q rhyming jingle from an old
paper Of 1874, among our files; "One
day in leafy lovely June, when bees
and birds were all in tune, two lovers
walked beneath the moon. The night
was fair, so was the maid, they walked
and talked beneath the shade, with
none to harm or make afraid. Her
name vas Sal, his nam was Jim, and
he was fat and she was slim. He took
to her, she took to him. Says Jim to
Sal, by all the snakes that live and
squirm among the brakes. love you
better than buckwheat cakes" Says
she to Jim, Since you've begun it,and
been and gone and done it, I love you
next to a new bonnet And then he
said, Through thick and thin, for your
true love please count me in. I'll
want no other girl sgin. Jim leaned
co Sal, Sal leaned to Jim. His nose
just reached above her chin, four lips
Decentralization And then
LAND then-again-(AmenD Oh,
gals, beware of men in June, and I'M
dernesth the silvery moon, when frogs
and Junebugs are in tune"
Dr.. J. NJ. Davis announces formally
this week that he is a candidate for re-
election to the city council from the
Fourth ward, and makes the unique
suggestion that be is willing to stand
or fall upon his record as q member Of
the council in the years that have
passed. It is difficult to imagine a
more commeIdable position Of a can
! didate. In so many words, DR.. Davis
! says to his fellow tOwnsmen: Il have
tried for years to give you faithful
~concientious service as q councilman,
and leave You to be the judges as to
whether I am entitled to q further con-
%tinuation in the Office" If be has been
honest and faithful, the natural infer
ence is that he should be reelected
II there is anything connected will
the duties be has heen commissioned t
perform wherein he has been founC
either u%nfaithful or n~eglectiul, then b
perhaps should be asked to stani
aside. In this connection it Is not IN.
fair to say that no complaint has eve.
been lodged against DR.. Davis during
his twenty odd years Of service 3
q councilman, but he has ever beeI
. regarded as one Of the representativ
It members Of the board, alert to guar
/ the city's welfare, and yet Away
willing to join in everything that sug
!. gests the betterment Of the city an
d the advancement Of its material IN
10 %terests. AS a citizen no D woul
J. presume to say that 0kolcna ha
within its corporate limits a bette
man from any view point than d
Davis.
For sale-FuIl blood Single Com
+ Brown Leghorn Eggs,si.0o per settln
1. Of Is eggs. J. 8. WILKES