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Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1905-12-13

throw off the yoke OF thieviDg and speculative ma
npulation that has held them so long, and has
been the means Of enabling the spinners to grow
enormously wealthy at the expense of the poor
farmer. f96ss
Those who stood loyal to the Association and
accepted its advice as given last January, to fix a
price Of 10c per pound their cotton--demand it
and get it--did so, not withstanding there were
thousands who described their efforts by saying:
IsImpossible foolish, etc.'' The amount Of cotton
held by the loyal ones was sufficient to bring the
price to .lOc before the present crop was ready
for market.
On September 7tb, the Association advised the
farmers to ask lie for their cotton conditions
fully warraated that price. Many fixed that price
and sold 1t. T
Now, On December 1st, the fact that the crop is
very short has been established beyond the shadow
OF a doubt, and only a small remnant OF that left
unsold also, that the markets bare OF dry goods
with future prices enormously advanced, cotton
mills loaded down with contracts and orders for
goods several months ahead and only with about
onehalf enough cotton il sight TO fill them. Will
they pay .15c for cottonf Why, OF course, they
Will II you ask i'll II you do not they will give O5c
as they have done in the past
Decide for yonrselves,--let them have it at it's
actual value, 15c let them take it at their price,
05c,--it is yours-dO as you please, but remember
that you sell for less than its value 15c you are not
only iniuring yourself but every other owner OF
cotton is being denied his price while you Civ
ing yours away, which presents the advance as long
as they soon get il at less than Its value.
Hundreds OF thousands Of bales are being pledged
to the S)uthern Cotton Association for .16c, enough
to force the price to its value very soon, unless buy
ers can continue to get yours that is not pledged at
their price, in this event. the price cannot reach it's
value until yours has been taken ont of the way
and at their price-then the loyal ones will again
reap the benefits Of their Associations hard work
In their behalf; says Richard Cheatham, Secretary
Southern Cotton Association.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1905-12-13

pleted, thus making new transcOntinental line.
American railroading began practically in 1880.
"A quarter Of century still must pass before we
may observe it's centennial.
By 1850 we had one s'through'' railroad Through
from Albany BY boat to Buffalo by train, to Da-
trOit by hoattO Lake Michigan by rail, to Chicago
by boat again. There was not an inch Of railroad
west Of the Mississippi. Pittsburg was ninety
miles from railroad Chattanooga was the furth
est point inland with direct rail communication
with the sea.
In 1870 one railway line had been pushed to the
Pacific East Of the Mississippi the larger cities
had been fairly we'll connected.
The next twenty years saw remarkable develop.
ment. BY 1890 the main lines Of communication
were established nearly as they are today.
The present twenty-year period Of 1890 1910 is
one Of combination and development. sSpurs, !"
feeders" and Nlinks'' are being built. Crooked
lines are being made straight, grades cut down,
monntains tunnelled to save going over or around,
heavier rails put down. The eighttEack line is in
sight.
Beyond 1910 what viii gil up the century Of the
railroads Will electric power supersede the
steam locomotiveI Is the 100 mie-an-hOur service
comingi VIII the automobile be the ultimate
sieeder ot the rallied lines both for freight and
passengerss Will all the great groups finally be
merged by actual purchase and consolidation into
one gigantic systemi
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1905-12-13
!. RUSSIAN RAILROAD TO ALASKA.

NEWS dispatch states that Russia
has appointed a commission to CON
slider the plans for q proposed rail
road to be constructed from Siberia
to Alaska. 1t is said that the
French engineer, Baron de Lobel,
is the. originator OF this gigantic
enterprise. and he proposes to car,
nv it through, maintaining that it
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1905-12-13

Jackson, Mississippi, Il rejoicing that property
sale has been made there at $500 front loot the
lot being so feet frontage on Capitol street and III
feet deep. This would be good price for real ea-
tate almost whore Ia the South. an interesting
point s that the property brought moro than twice
a much an lotion the opposite corner that wan sold
two years ago.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1905-12-13
A CENTURY OF RAILROADING.

CONTRACT has been awarded for
100 miles of the Wabash Railroads.
connection from Norfolk to West
Virginia. II includes twenty nine
tunnels and is to be finished in two
years. At the other end Of the
Gould system a connection west
ward from Salt Lake City to the
Pacifio will nnmo dau no com
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1905-12-13

A New Jersey woman has asked COZ
vide that every needy person who is
worldn shall be given at least $50 q mo,
pity that congress can't think to do theI
and reasonable things without having
logged by ladies who have enough u.
after their private affairs.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1905-12-13

The coal deposits in the Philippine
General Humphrey, will supply tht
army and navy in the east for 348 yes
York Evening Post thinks ''this is ii
government officer has yet come to f1-
our Withdrawal from the islands.n
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1905-12-13
THE RISING PRICE OF COTTON.

ENRY Irving Dodge, in the Pub
lie Opinion, OF Dec. 8, says that
Europe will bear the burden Of
the rising price OF cotton, and
here there is little to cause Us
worry, "Itis said that the vel
fare OF the world turks in cotton
seed,' = he says. "Truly the po-
tency OF this tiny thing is meal
culable. For a long time re-
sourcefnl minds have devoted
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1905-12-13
FIFTEEN CENT COTTON.

HE Cotton Growers OF the South,
through and with the assistance Of
their organization, The Southern
Cotton Association; are slowly but
surely winning the greatest com
mercial battle ever known to the
world. They are being applauded
by millions Of people who are
watching the great fight that is be-
ing successfully waged by them to
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1905-12-13

Angela Morgan, in her latest s'AdI
bands" advises them to help their
alive the beautiful in love-" This is e
band will only refuse to put himself j
Of a piker when the millinery and dI
are presented.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1905-12-13

In the case Of dead woman who seemed to have
taken her own life, New York coroner's Jury re-
fused to bring in verdict of suicide because the
deceased had in her ret.cnle ticket for matiaee,
unused and still good.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1905-12-13

Poughkeepsie, N. II, il to establish bureau for
runaway boys. Probably that is al right, but as
rule the runaway boy needs bed more than :
bureau.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1905-12-13

From his photograph, the new king ol.
does not look like 5000, 900 year man, 4
ia the life insurance president class.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1905-12-13

A man in New York boasts Of a COW
like dog. It is different from the ORD
York COW, which gives milk like pun
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1905-12-13

is feasible. The plans comprise the scheme OF tun'
neling and bridging Bering Straits at cost Of ap.
proximately $500 100000, and that France, Russia
and United States will be asked to finance the great
undertaking. This is q vast sum Of money, more
than the human mind can grasp. 1t is so large IN
fact, and the undertaking SO stupendous, it all
sounds like UtOpian dream. The United States
has it's hands just at present. and will have for
many years to come, an enterprise which will cost
anywhere from 5000, 600, 900 to $500, 100000, and
will not be completed in the next fifteen to thirty
years. We refer, of course to the Panama Canal.
One Prof. Lewis Haudt, has declared that the
Panama Canal built on the sea level principle will
cost 5000 OOO 900 and require sixty years for it's
completion. While, this estimate is probably an
exaggeration, still it forms basis for some Kind Of
estimate or calculation and shows that the enter
prise is Of the greatest ever undertaken inthe
history OF modern civilization. We do not see how
the United States, with this burden which it has
assumed, can be expectedgto lend its cradit and
name to the Alaskan railroad scheme, nor do we
understand how those who advocating this road
can hOpetO get any financial assistance from Russia.
The Cars government has too many trials of
domestic sort to contend with, to think OF assuming
any more obligations. Russia needs every dollar at
its command, and every cent it can borrow to re-
pair the damage done the nation by the recent
crushing defeats Administered to 1t by Japan.
France is also involved with Russia, for millions Of
French money was loaned to the ST.. Petersburg
government, and it is conceivable it will have to-
wait until these loans are paid before embarkng
another enterprise OF such proportions as the pr
posed railroad. 1t is by means certain, egenl
though railroad could be built and a tunnel con
structed that it would ever be placed on paying
basis 1t is likely that the cost OF maintaining such
a road would be mauy times greater than the rev
enues derived from it, Again, it is improbable
that the United States will give its consent for
Russia to build line and operate it to Alaska.
There is too much gold and the value Of the fursI
too much to allow foreign nations to share 1nthe
profits. Like many OF these great schemes this
latest enterprise is for the benefit OF few specula
tors at the expense Of the masses Of people who
support governments and bear their burden.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1905-12-13

to work. These colonies were begun after the bat.
tie OF Waterloo, when thousands were reduced to
poverty by the Philanthropic persons gave
the land and assisted in its cultivation, After
experience is gained and reputation for efficiency
obtained the colonist is put first free farm and
then on farm OF seven and half acres, for which
he pays rent. He is given a COW and other helps,
for which he pays ih annual instalments. Farming
horticulture and dairying are taught. Govern.
mental aid is supplemented by the sale Of products
and by private contributions. In Germany the
colonies consist chiefly OF prisoners and others
who require exemption from temptation rather than
punishment. The colonists cultivate the land as
signed to them during the summer and winter work
Tor the neighborng landowners. There is no limit
to the time OF their stay. The three Belgium colo
MES, aggregatng 5000 persons, have converted q
sandy waste into productive farms, woodlands and
gardens. Que ot the colonies is for the aged and
imbecile, another for persons whose poverty has
come from causes beyond their control, and the
third for able bodied beggars, tramps and Grim.
inals.a They are nearly self supporting and are
deemed we'll worth their cost, because they have
cleared Belgium Of tramps and beggars. In effect
they are penal colonies, but no measures are taken
to prevent escape. England has several such colo
-nies, but on a smaller scale. They are conducted
by confraternty, with the result OF rehabiitating
about SO per cent OF the number Of inmates.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1905-12-13

The new announcement Of David b. Hill that he
is wholly and permanently out 81 politics Is timely.
The country had almost forgotten the fact and
David,
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1905-12-13


Football isn't by any means the only thing that
cries aloud for authoritative regulation. It's cry is
very shrill and far reaching, we admit. But there
are other things that might be vastly improved il
only we could get to take hold them with
a compelling force. We happen to know, for in
stance that great evils have crept into the game Of
penuchle. The game is no longer what II was. The
same may be truly said OF solitaiT, bezque and
bridge. And there is seven.up, once respected
relaxation, which has almost fallen into disuse be
cause Of the departures and Irregularities which
hamper, even threaten, its survival. Leap.frQg,
tag, mumble-peg--a these have lost their chafms
in the general decadence. The whole horizon Of
wholesome and exating sport has contracted under
the banefnl influence of modern innovation. Worst
Of all are the enervating abuses which have at last
made poker almost unrecOgnizable to it's most an.
cient and honorable expOnents. The straight flush
the kilter, the hOp.up, and-crOWning iniury-the
joker, impress the veterans as wauton insults and
dissertations Those who have made the game what
it is, enriched it's traditions and embellikhed its
history NTH dignided achievement these stand
agast at the miserable dilntiOHs which are now offer
ed them as substitutes for the rich red liquor of
their heydey. They see thing which their devoted
still and application once liftedto the real Of science
now degraded 10. the lexel Of cheap scramble and
vulgar hurly bury BY the ignorant and irresponsi-
Bile. We donot 60 SO far as to say that new exec.
utive department. should be established for the Ee9u
latiOn-or rather, the restoTation these halOW.
cd rites and practices. We have always held and
preached the doctrine Of the least possible inAFier
ence BY the government with the individual, but it
ID hard to to sit by, in impOtent cOnnivance 80 to
speak, and watch the decadence or paEtimes which
once commended the respectful recognition society
knowing all the time that their rehabilitation would
contribute inestimably to our happiness and
welfare Hard is not the wOrd.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1905-12-13

Mark Twain says q man over seventy
orary citizen. Yes, and We know a
under seventy who are ornery citizens,
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1905-12-13

The holiday trade this year is said to be !
ly heavy, which means that great many BIZ
going to be unusually light.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1905-12-13

Jack London's divorced wife thinks IA
listening to the "Call Of the Wild"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1905-12-13

Sir CIande Mcdonald, first Englisl
Ia Japan, win have salery Of s32, ,Od
same as that paid to the English
Washington.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1905-12-13

The leading man in San Francit
theateT says his enemies have offer
his assassination. They are not Id
enemies: they may be lovers Ci actin
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1905-12-13

The Carnegie plaid is red with green I
green checks. Of course.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1905-12-13

These December winds are whiesling
tunes, the aOrroWful old world feels i
down it's troubles with the leaves tki
meadows.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1905-12-13

Mr.. Roosevelt has succeeded IL writing longer
message thar MI. Cleveland wrote but Mr.. Cleye-
land iar eolipnod him IN tbe length Oi bin words.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1905-12-13
LABOR COLONIES.

BE daily consular report for Dec.
ember gives some interesting de-
tails in regard to labor colonies In
Holland, Germany, Belgium aud
England. In Holland there are
three Anch colonies, with an ag-
gregate population OF 5000, con.
sisting Of poor families which are
without employment, but willing
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-22
POLICE CHIEF SHOT.
A Mutinous Conspiracy Reported I'm
the Black Sea Fleet.

Helsingfors, Finland, July 22.-Col
Kremarenko. chief of police, was shot
yesterday by a man named Prosope
and is dead. Procope was arrested
and is identified as an accomplice of
the man who recently attempted to
assassinate former Governor Messo-
jedoff.
Mutiny on Black Sea.
Odessa, July. ga report has
reached here from Sebastopol to the
effect that a mutinous conspiracy has
been discovered among the crews of
the vessels of the Black sea fleet, in
consequence of which the summer ma
neuvers have been cancelled.
Bomb Kills Many.
Byelostok, Russia, July ga bomb
was thrown in the center of the town
yesterday, killing several persons and
severely wounding a number of 9TH
ers, including the chief of police and
his son.
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TO SEE EXPLOSION.
Hundreds of Visitors Gather at Ports
mouth, N. H.

Portsmouth, N. H, July 22.-Hun-
dreds of visitors came here today 20
witness, with the people of this city
and vicinity, the elimination of an
under way for the last three years
and which has attracted the attention
of experts both in this country and
abroad. 1t was the removal of Hen
derson's Point, a ledge some three
acres in extent from the Piscataqua
river bed by exploding simultaneously
about 400 charges of dynamite, aggre-
eating at least IS tons, in the rock
beneath the water.
The hour for the discharge of the
dynamite was p. m. 1t was arranged
that by the removing of a switch at a
safe distance from the ledge sparks
should be sent into contact with the
dynamite The explosion resulting
was expected to shatter the mass of
rock and thereby to widen and deep
en- the waterway leading to the big
dry dock recently completed by the
government at the United States navy
yard on Seavey's island.
The contract price of the undertak-
ing was 100000 The expense was
covered by an appropriation in con-
nection with the bill authorizing the
building of the dry dock at the navy
yard. It is understood that the charge
of As tons of dynamite is the largest
ever exploded at one time in this
country.
Henderson's Point is a solid ledge
of horseshoe shape, 400 feet wide at
the base and jutting out into the river
about 800 feet Around it have
swirled innumerable currents and
tides which have been the dread of all
mariners. The swift waters have
worn a channel 80 feet deep in the
solid rock around the end of the point,
but the force of the cross currents
has been so great that for years it
has been a menace, especially to the
development of the navy yard. With
the establishment of the great dry
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-22
HTS time IS SHORT
Jerry Simpson Dying at Home
in New Mexico.
Brilliant Figure in the Days Of
POpulism.
SERVED IN CONGRESS.
Was Three Times Elected in
Seventh District.
illness Due to a Ruptured
Artery.
ERVED IN CONGRESS.

Roswell, N. M. July 22-Jerry
Simpson, former congressman of Kan
sas. is seriously i'll at his home here,
having ruptured one of the blood YES
sells of his heart. Death may result at
any moment
Later-The condition of Jerry Simp-
son, formerly congressman from Kan
sas, is critical. He has suffered a rup-
ture of one of the main arteries near
the heart and any violent motion of
the body might cause instant death,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-22
THIS IS DIVORCE DAY.
Six Couples Allowed to Go Their
Several Ways.

This was Judge Dana's busy day in
the district court running the divorce
mill.
He granted DEGREES this morning di-
vorcing and separating the following
couples: Ella Willis and Silas Willis;
Sophia Treadwen and E. w. Treadwell; {;
Elder Anderson and Clara Anderson;
Elizabeth French and Grant H French.
While the court was busy granting
divorces the clerk was busy receiving
applications for divorce. Mary E. Flag
Ter filed a petition asking for a divorce
from George F. F1agler. She is a Grip
pie and says she can move around only
in a chair and that her husband has
cursed her and threatened to kill her.
She says he has also been guilty of
failing to provide food and shelter for
her Henrietta DeMoss asked for a di-
vOrce from James DeMOSs on the
ground of nonsupport.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-22
UP THEY co.
Another Building Boom Appears to
Be On

A belated building boom has seized
upon the month of July and $4,000
worth of building permits were issued
Friday afternoon and this morning.
They follow: Dwelling, G. A. Allen,
lots 31-32 Polk street, cost $4,000; ad-
dition to dwelling, Miss w. S. Hoaglin,
8S4 Morris avenue, cost $500; dwell
ing $500, Eighteenth and Quincy
streets, H. S and S. M. Osmond; F. l..
Baker, dwelling, $1.20O, lots 1897
West Sixth avenue, Cedar Lawn addi-
ton; dwelling, John Nordlund, S1,500,
21S Fillmore street; dwelling, c. F'yfe,
lots 266-6S Fillmore street, cost $4,000.
JOB cmfwypfg vbgkqj kfik figfigf
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-22
TOPEKA GETS A LITTLE RAIN
Three HundredtIls of an Inch Is Re-
corded by Mr.. Jennings.

The prognosticator who prophesied
showers for Kansas was truthful for
showers were general over the state
last night. The rain in Topeka last
night amounted to three hundredths of
an inch. The other rains reported were:
Baker .02, Concordia trace, Dodge City
80, Dresden SO, FIT. Scott trace, Macks-
Vile ~. Mcpherson .3S, Manhattan %
Usage City o. Russell 10, Wichita .46
The same forecaster today prophesies
showers tonight with cooler east por-
ton; Sunday fair The weather start
ed out this morning fairly comfortable
with q good north breeze blowing eight
miles an hour. Today's corn and wheat
bulletin says: CLOUDY and cooler
weather was quite general over Kansas
and western Missouri this morning
Showers have been general over Kan
sas, being heaviest in the western
counties. Showers have also occurred
in northern Oklahoma and northwest
ern Missouri
The maximum and minimum temper
atures reported for the "a hours ending
this morning at o'clock were:
Baker "a, Sc; Concordia 80, Sc; Dodge
City S. 81; Dresden so, 81; Fort Scott
"a, Sc; Macksville 80, g.; Mcpherson 80,
Sc; Manhattan S6, Sc; Usage City So 66 ;
Russell 81. 81; Sedan 60 6S; Topeka Sc,
6S; Wichita 80, Sc.
The hourly temperatures recorded by
the government thermometer today
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-22

following committee was appointed to
examine the property and report the
situation and prospects for it's success
full conduct: Frank P. MacLennan, j.
F. Afford and John S. Parks.
The American Oil & Gas company
is one of the best known, and consid-
cred one of the greatest oil producing
properties in the Chanute oil district.
1t. has many wells in successful opera
tion and has sold many thousand dol
lars worth of oil. The meeting ad-
journed until Saturday morning, Au-
gust 5. at 10 a. m.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-22
BURNS UP WHEAT
Reno County Lunatic Fires
Stacks and GranarieS.
Incendiary Supposedly Crazed by
Adverse Speculation.

Wichita, Kan, July 2.-Thousands
of bushels of new wheat have been de-
stroyed by a lunatic, at large in Reno
county, between Buhler and Burton,
who passed through the district last
night, setting fire to stacks and
granaries. The incendiary. whose name
is not known. is thought to have been
crazed by losses in wheat speculation.
A posse has been organized at Buhler
to capture the Iunatic
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-22
A New Kipling Poem.

London, July 22.-The Times this
morning publishes new poem by Rud-
yard Kipling, entitled 'The Pro-Consul~, -
devoted to a eulogy of the work of Lord
Miner, the former British high COM
missioner in South Africa. The follow
ing is a specimen verse.
They that dig foundations deep,
Fit for realms to rise upon,
Little honor do they reap
OF their generation
Any more than mountains gain
Stature till we reach the plain.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-22
QUARANTINE IS UP.
Mobile Takes Action Against New
Orleans, Owing to Yellow Fever.

Mobile, Ala, July 22.-Quarantine
against New Orleans was put on this
afternoon about 3:45 o'clock, and quar-
antine inspectors were placed on all
southbound trains leaving this city for
New Orleans after that hour. This ac-
ton was the result of the discovery of
yellow fever in New Orleans by three
Mobile physicians sent there to investi-
gate