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The Adair County news., 1906-01-17

We noticed in a country paper
last week the following: "Quite
a lot Of valuable matter was
crowded out this week but we will
try and give our readers more
home news from now on AS
we look over some of the sheets
that come to our table we are so
often reminded of this lamenta-
BILE state of affairs, really more
out than in. The fact is that
some publishers leave it nearly
all out and then abuse the people
because they do not like the pa
per and will not subscribe and
pay for it. We must all do more
because more is demanded and
justly so. A newspaper deserves
patronage only to the extent Of
its service, and if it fails to meas
ure up to the needs of a commu-
nifty it can not hope to share in
the good will of those who sur
round it nor enjoy the luxury Of
a good healthy business. There
is ample room for the best to i'm
prove and just how it is or why
it is that some publications are
SO Indifferent to the welfare OF
their respective communities and
why the do not give more local
news, is a question we can not I'M
derstand. The publication offer
ing the above excuse and pledg
ing something, it doubtless will
never give, is printed in another
State, beyond the Mississippi. 1t
did not contain two columns of
home spun news nor one ounce
Of encouragement for it's people,
home or country. Put it in and
not leave it out and there will be
less room for apologies.
The Adair County news., 1906-01-17

etc.. The money question can
not be reached much better than
by the present system.
Such system as the above
has been in operation in Mis-
souri, for a long time and it saves
the people from the embarrass-
ment of false swearing.
But / did not start out to write
an article on tax assessments.
We are glad to welcome our
old neighbor Polk Conover back
to his old home but sorry his
family has been reduced so much
and so few of them are back
with him.
Miss Bertha is the only one of
the Children that is likely to be
at home much, but that is the
way our families go large ones
soon get scattered. The writer
is undergoing that experience
now. 10 will leave with Ray
Conover for Indian Territory
next Tuesday.
Sallie has gone back to Cincin-
natl. So we are the only two
left and we may leave too.
Mr.. T. G.. Hadley has recently
put up a new barn.
Mr.. Moore, of the Green river
country, has rented the Jeff Ep-
person farm, and has taken pos
session of same.
Miss Ella Cundiff, of the Mt.
Pleasant neighborhood, will be-
gin next week teaching a class
in music at Mrs. Addie Taylor's.
Miss Cundiff is an excellent
The Adair County news., 1906-01-17

section, to Prof. S. L. Coffey for
SIS, 500 and will give possession
next January.
A. Hum sold to w. B. Burton,
of Lancaster, 2 mules for $500.
Coffey Bros. & Young sold to
G. C. Grissom l pair Is hand
horse mules 4 years old for $40.
r. A. Waggener bought a COM
bined mare from his brother,
Thomas Waggener, for $40. 90.
S. A. Hatcher sold span of
3-year-old horse mules, Isl and
15a hands high to Homer Squires
for $4,000.
The Adair County news., 1906-01-17

The slowest big thing and the
biggest slow thing that the Gov
eminent ever tackled is the ca
nal. At present rate of pushing
business there will still be stones
and dirt in the way when the
year of 2511 has passed.
The Adair County news., 1906-01-17
Land, Stock and Crops.

@ 90
Ray Flowers, OF Bliss, sold two
thin rind pigs to Henry Keltner
for $40.
From Montpelier correspond
ent: T. G.. Hadley bought a pair
of yearling mules from A. H.
Coffey for $I15.00.
Horace Massie bought from J.
S. Stapp 25 hogs at 4 cents per
pound; from L. M. Sanders Z at
A cents; from r. T. Montgomery
a at same price; from Y. E. Hurt
z head at AZ cents. He sold 1
cow to Deering and Hardin at
q cents per pound.
VIM. Burton, Lancaster, was
a buyer on the Columbia market
and left here with 6 head of
mules at an average price of
$135. 90. He paid G. w. Brad
shaw $110. for one and C.. r.
Royse $325.00. for an extra pair
of mare mules.
900
From Caney Fork correspond
emit: I. S. Scott and Fred Cow
herd are feeding 35 head of hogs
for the FEBRUARY market. The
property of R. H. Christie which
was sold at bubble auction last
Saturday brought fair prices.
The Adair County news., 1906-01-17
MONTPELIER.

There is a good deal of COM
plant and kicking in this COM
munity against the Board of sup
ervisors raising the value on land.
It seems that there is a wide diff
ference in the opinion of the sup
ervisors and the land owners as
to the value of property. Some
of oar people have put in their
complaint and got a reduction,
others have said their say and let
it go. DR.. Jones says his FARMS
not worth any more to him now
than when he bought it and
he doesn't want to sell it. He
wants the Board to come and see
the poor knobs and marshy spots
on his farm. This. suggests the
need of a better system of assess
ing property. There are many
people swearing falsely every
time they give in their lists. They
don't seem to realize the mean
ing of false swearing or the full
measure of its consequences.
Their names to that oath will face
them at the Judgement unless
they repent, yet they pass it
lightly by. | was talking to a
man one day and l asked him
what he listed his farm at per
acre, and he said, $50. Then a
little later in the conversation he
said he had been offered $50 per
acre for his large farm. l said
why did you list it so low?" And
he replied that he thought that
was about the way others listed
theirs. But he had signed his
name to the oath that he had CIV
en- in his property at what it would
bring.
| knew another man who listed
only $500 in cash and had 81, 400
in the bank at the time. So many
people think they are not under
any obligations to give in their
property at a fair cash value.
Then great many others list in
the same proportion that they
think their neighbors do. There
motive may be right but their
oath is there the same. If the
Legislature would pass law, re-
curing the assessor with two
other good men to visit all the
homes in each county, and make
and honest inventory of all the
lands in each county, and then
keep that list and let the assess
or be governed by that assess
ment each year unless a change
in value has occurred then make
his assessment according.
Not even ask the owner to val
lie his land. Only ask him if he
has bought or sold any during
the last year. Then let the
assessor place a uniform value
on stock of all kinds. He ought
to be a man posted as to the
price per pound of hogs, cattle,
The Adair County news., 1906-01-17
GRANVILLE.
>>~@~~~~>~ 90 SA>>> 49,

We have had plenty of rain for
the last few days.
The returns from tobacco sales
on the Louisville market is not
very encouraging to our tobacco
men.
Mrs. C. S. Walkup has been on
the sick list for several days.
Rev. G. Y. Wilson filled his
regular appointment here last
Sunday and delivered very in
teresting sermon.
Mrs. Cetta Nell, who has been
visiting relatives in Texas for a
month or so, will return home in
a few days.
Smith & Nell bought, bought
last Wednesday, five mules from
Charles Hereford, of Bliss, for
$3.50.
Mrs. Robert Yates, of Texas,
who has been visiting here for a
short time, started for home last
Saturday.
Mr.. Jas. Gilpin, of Sparksville,
was with us last Wednesday.
Quite a number of our people
attended Circuit Court at Column
bia. last Monday.
Rev. J. w. Roach, of East
Fork, was shaking hands with
his friends here Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Luther Roach
have had a very sick child for
the last two weeks.
J. w. Keltner has been confn-
ed to his room with lagrippe for
several days.
DR.. S. A. Taylor was called to
see several patients at Kemp,
last week.
10 Yates was transacting bust
ness at Edmonton last Saturday.
Rev. j. P. Scruggs and wife,
of Columbia, spent a few days
here last week, visiting friends.
J. H. Smith is in Russell Co.
this week, looking after a car
load of fat cattle.
Drs. w. T. Grissom, of Bliss,
and S. A. Taylor, of this place,
was called TO examine Ermine
HUTCHINSON at j. B. Dickson's
last Friday, and they found her
of unsound mind.
Hon. L. c.. Nell, who has been
by the bed side of his sick son
for a week, returned to Frank
fort last Friday.
Mr.. J. R. Shirley, one of Mill
towns up-to-date farmers was in
our midst last Saturday, and re-
ports everything moving along
nicely in his section.
We are glad to note that the
cases Of typhoid fever in this Sec
ton are all improving, and no
new cases developed up to this
date. We are also pleased to re-
port the cases Of whooping cough
are all improving.
Thomas Dowell spent last Sun
day in Greensburg visiting
friends and relatives.
The Juvenile Society meets at
the Methodist church on Satur-
day night before the second Sun
dav in each month"; We must
The Adair County news., 1906-01-17

IAO WV oAu tlAO II ~ 0O1oO11O
crop-a few days Of fair wealth
er needed.
Gowdy & Sapp, of Campbells-
vile bought a horse from VOL
ford Brothers for $3.50.
Coffey Bros. and Young bought
a span. of mules from B. F. Bus
ter, Greensboro, last week for
$4,000.
Al Sinclair sold his house and
lot, on Boomer heights to his
brother Frank, for $4,000
Frank Sinclair bought a small
farm on Sulphur, known as the
Lizzie Coffey place, for $4,000
and his brother Al will cultivate
it this year.
From Tarter correspondent: V.
C. Wheat sold to Frank and Glenn
Burton two extra good steers
price $40: w. G. Sheph er d
bought of Jim Alley three head
of cattle at $3.50 each.
Mrs. A. T. Bartlett sold her
house and lot of q acres, in Cane
Valley, to Coy E. Dudgeon, for
$625. 90 and bought from j. w.
Sublett, same city, a house and
lot, for $550.00
J. w. Sublett bought the Owen
Banks property, in Cane Valley,
from G. W. Banks, for $500.
900
r. 3. Wilson bought from DR..
N. M. Hancock, his store house
and lot, known as the S. G..
Banks property, for $500.
Browning Bros. & Atkins sold
their cattle, 80 head of 900 pound
steers, to Sanders & Fox, of Leb-
anon, for 81 cents per pound, to
be delivered February LIST.
From the Gradyville CORE
spondent; Smith & Nell bought
last Wednesday from Charles
Hereford of Bliss, five mules for
$3.50. r. K. Youngof Columbia,
bought from J. A. Diddle a nice
bunch Of cattle, price unknown.
From Hughes & Coffey, % head
of cattle for 1922 from ]. L.
Hurt 1, LOO pound steer at 3
cents per pound from ]. S Breed
ing 9 steers for $1,000; from
James Butler z sheep for $21. 80;
from w. r. Williams 4 ewes for
$500.
R. K. Young reports the fol-
lowing purchases and sales since
our last issue: Bought, from j..
D. Todd, 3 cattle, for $40, from
J. H. Franklin, 2 calves for S14,
from DR.. Menzies, l cow for S14.-
SO, from J. D. Walker, IA steers,
average weight $40 pounds, for
3 cents per pound, from w. R.
Williams, l steer for SIG, from
J. A. Diddle, 6 steers at q cents
per pound, from r. L. Caldwell,
3 cattle for $40, from Frank AL
len, 4 hogs for $17. He sold to
Breeding & Young, 20 head Of
cattle for 1852 per head, to r.
E. Tandy, 3 cattle for $44, to G.
B. Rasner, calf for $3.50.
Pemberton Bros, of Elizabeth
town, were on the Columbia mar
ket Monday and bought a span
of mules from Grover Grissom
for 600; 2 from Robert Allen
for $265; | horse from James
Humphrey for $11O; a 6-year-
old gelding from ]. L. Johnson
fo,. PCNO. frovo co,oo o4L
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-05-02

In nearly every etreet of the cities
~ japan there Is a public oven, where
for a small fee, people may have their
dinners cooked.
BY using soap and water on an oil
stone, as a substitute for oil, a smooth
err and finer edge can be given to
knives and wo"d- working tools.
Ammonia vapour has been discov
cred to be the best disinfectant for use
in cases of cholera or diphtheria. 1t
will free room from germs in two
hours
Varnish should not be Trimmed with
turpentine. 1t reduces the gloss, and
If the turpentine has been adultera-
ted with mineral oil Injuries the var
nish.
The largest tree in the world, the
California redwood, was recently
fellrd. This forest giant mearured 81
fe-t in diameter, and was over 200 feet
high.
On the authority Of the greatest
manufacturer of dental supplies in
England there are over 10000 or. of
pure gold worked up annually for
dentists use,
Under new law in Norway every
would be bride must exhibit a certifi
cate that she knows how 20 cook In
Norway dyspeptic is regarded as a
natural curiosity.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-05-02
ECZEMA AFFL|CTS
WHOLE FAMILY
Father and Five Children Suffered
for Two Years With Terrible
Eczema - Home Remedies and
Medicines Gave No Relief
Mother Expresses Joy at
WONDERFUL CURE BY
CUTICURA REMEDIES

"My husband and FIVE children were
all afflicted with eczema. They had it
two years. We used all the home REM
edies we could hear of, without any
relief, and then went to a physician
and got medicine two different times,
and it got worse. 1t affected us all
over except head and hands. We saw
Cuticura Remedies advertised and con-
cluded to try them. So sent for $l.OO
worth, consisting Of one cake of Cuticura
Soap, one box Of Ointment, and one vial
of Pills, and we commenced to use them.
/ do not know how to express my joy
in finding cure, for two of my chill
dren were SO bad that they have the
brown scars on their bodies where they
were sore. If it will be of any benefit
to you, you can publish my letter with
pleasure. Yours truly, Mrs. Maggie B.
Hill, Stevens, Mason Co., W. Va, June
IL, 1906"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-05-02
He FOrsook the Giddy.

Once upon q time, says the San
Francisco Call, there was a Ger.
tain man who led Wild and
Riotoue Life and Painted 'er Red,
and could draw a map Of the Prim-
rose Path from Memory at any
time, and drank with the Boys
and Girls the night before, and
took Bromo Settlers with himself
the next morning and knew how
exceedingly difficult it is to fit a
No. Z hat on a No. 10 head. In
short, this certain man was Real
Dissipated, so very dissipated that
everybody felt that he either was
Training for Practical Politics or
else was N. G..
You may judge how Real Dis.
sipated he was when / tell you
that at last it came to such a pass
that all his acquaintances said:
"He is such q Brilliant Man and
so Good Hearted! And he might
do so much II he would"
For such is the world, and il a
man ia q Worthless Character who
neglects his family and blows in
his shekels or Booze it almost al.
ways freely admits that he is a
Brilliant Man and SO Good
Hearted. Did you never notice
it, Agamemnonf
But after q while the certain
man considered the matter and
Took a Tumble to Himself, say.
ing: ssGo to! Henceforth l will
ioresake the Giddy, Mount the
Water Wagon and Travel with
the Truly Good" So he For
took and Mounted and Travelled
rs aforesaid. At first he could
find no Joy in Church SOcials,
b1t as he realized that they are J
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-05-02

full Of True Bliss II one only can
Place his Finger on 1t.
So 1t finally came to pass that
this certain man became as Good
as They Make Them, and would
Shy Violently if Breeze from the
Primrose Path was Waited in His
Direction, and he was recognized
as a Great Hand at instructing
dear little children in the Way
They Should Go, and he was Ex-
tremely Successful and gathered
to himself Dollars Galore snd be.
came a Prominent Citizen.
But in so doing his Success got
in the way OF other people who
also we're Laying for Success, till,
one and all, they remarked: "He
merely is a Common, Ordinary
Chump who is Playing in Great
Luck, and, as far as his Brains
are concerned they might as we'll
be selected from the Mollusks on
the Beach. Moreover, his Heart
is but a Petrified Organ which
never suggests anything to him."
And this sort OF comment ran
clear down the line.
MORALE you wish to be de
scribed as brilliant and good
hearted stand in the way Of no.
bOdy's success but your own, and
the chances are that you will win
out in the game-if you are salts
fed with that sort Of a winning.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-05-02
MANY Leax,nr CITY.

,
Realization of the fact that it
will be many weeks before the
city can be restored to any SEM
blance of its former condition,
and that their presence would but
add to the difficulties already
prevailing, thousands of persons
are daily leaving the city to find
temporary homes elsewhere. Ev-
cry surrounding town and city
not suffering from the earth
quake has opened its doors to
those who seek shelter and assist
ance. Thousands of other refugees
have left the city for distant
points in the east, where they
have relatives who will care for
them. Not q few people have
abandoned the city for good, in
the fear Of a repetition Of the
calamity which robbed them Of
their homes and fortunes. Among
this class are to be found many
foreigners, who have shaken the
dust of California from their feet
forever, and departed for their old
homes across the ocean.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-05-02

A man does his studying, as rule
in bed, just before going to sleep, or
just after awakening in the morning.
A new anaesthetic prepared from q
tree called "yohimbehs," growing in
West Africa lie interesting physicians.
1t yields an alkaloid which crystal
Lies in silky white needles easily
soluble In alcohol, ether and chloro-
form. Hypodermically injected, it
causes local anaethesia, lasting al-
most two hours.
Az was expected a number of people
are claiming that they predicted the
San Francisco earthquake. This re-
calls the woman who was very. much
surprised because che heard of dream
that came true. About 400, OOO, 900 PEG.
pie are dreaming something all the
time. II none of the dreams ever came
true 1t wonld be much more surprising
chan that some Of them did.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-05-02
Negro Business Men.

Charles Banks, ofMound Bayou,
president of the Mississippi Negro
Business League, and one iDstru.
mental in it's founding, has issued
a circular letter to the cOlored peo-
pie Of the State, in which he urges
q full attendance at the annual
meeting of the league, to be held
In Jackson in June next. Pres.
ident Banks takes occasion to laud
the efforts OF the National assOcia-
ton, Of which the State associa
ton is an adjunct, saying that II
has done more to encourage and
stimulate negro business men
throughout the country than any
other organization in existence.
He says:
"Great movements have always
been slow in capturing the masses;
bnt founded upon right, and stand
ing for something that means the
ultimate betterment OF mankind,
they finally make their way. 1t is
largely true that the great major.
ity Of our people take more to
things OF a surface nature than to
those OF deeper meaning and in.
terest. But comparatively few Of
them are engaged in strictly bust.
ness pursuits or have a conception
Of what 3 strong position we would
occupy II we we're fully up to the
standard as business people COM
pared to other races. The Bust
ness League aims to aud Is work.
ing to the end that we may be so
developed as above indicated"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-05-02
CUTICURA A BLESSING
To Skin-TOrtured Babies
and Tired Mothers.

The suffering which Cuticura Soap
and Cuticura Ointment have alleviated
among the young, and the comfort they
have afforded worn-out and worried
parents, have led to their adoption in
countless homes as priceless curatives
for birth humors, milk crust, SCALED
head, eczemas, rashes, and every
form of itching, scaly, pimply skin,
and scalp humors, with loss Of hair,
of infancy and childhood. Guaranteed
absolutely pure.
SOLD throughout n wcrld cuicura Soap, 9scs otns
Rs &C. vial Of OO, may Be- had Of all dTuggisiA
fU PIE IN: SS1P !. 81: EHs A
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-05-02
LOdOI Dyspepsia Cure
Dlgosts what you eat

There are 10000 lepers In the
|lIippine Islands.
Jninhablted islards to the number
10, 900 lie between Madagascar and
coast Of India
Che best cork comes from Algeria.
ere are two and a half million acres
cork forests In that country.
irapes ara squeezed six times in
King champagne, yielding vino Of
erent qualities.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-05-02

There are seventeen mills in Ger
many engaged exclusively in the
manufacturer Of tissue paper. Ger
many turns out more tiesue paper
than any other country in the world.
The crater Of Mauna Loa. III the
Sandwich Islands, the largest volcano
In the world, Is twenty miles in tiia-
meter. Sometimes the atream of lava
issuing from It is fifty miles long.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-05-02

A Santa Rosa (Cal.) dispatch saysa
The list of known dead totals So. and 10
is believed that 100 is conservative
estimate Of the number Of people who
lost their lives in the awful catasA
trophe which visited this city on
Wednesday morning. The entire bust
ness section is in ruins, and practically
every residence in town is more or Less
damaged, fifteen or twenty being bad.
ly wrecked.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-05-02
FORTUNATE MlssouRIANs.

When | was a druggist, at Llvonia,
Y" writes Il. j. Dwye1, now Of
|ysville, Mo-, three OF my custom
were permanently cured of cons
ptioL by DR.. Kings New Discov-
and are well and strong TO day.
was trying to cell his property
move to Arizona, but after using
Discovery q short time he found
necessary to do so. / regard DR..
US New Discovery as the most
ierful medicine in existence.N
ST Cough and Cold cure and
at and Lung healer. Guaranteed
I druggists. 900 ard 81. Trial
E free.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-05-02

Some OF the Russian newspapers are
referring to Americans as 'fat swine.,S
because Maxim GOrky was given the
cold shoulder in this country. venez-
uelaus referred to the people Of this
country 90 "swinen when Uncle Sam
gave Spane drubbing, but Il wasd,t
long afterwards before Venezuela ap-
pealed to Uncle Sam to get her out ~
her troubles with European govern
ments. Russians need not expect
Americans to take up with an extreme
secialist who strikes at the Foundation
OF free government BY disreeardina
the domestic ties
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-05-02
POSTMASTER ROBBED,

G w, Fouts, postmaster at Riverton,
Ia, nearly lost his life and was robbed
of all comfort, according TO his letter,
which says: "For 90 years l had chron
ic liver complaint, which lead to such
a severe case of jaundice that even my
finger nails turned yellow; when my
doctor prescribed Electric Bitters;
which cured me and have kept me
we'll for eleven years." Sure cure for
Billiousness, Neuralgia, Kidney and
Bladder arrangements. A wonderful
Tonic. At all druggists. so cents.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-05-02
TIE 2OYH CENTURY LIVER PM,

Is an up-to date pin, They make clear head ana
sound liver It is the only pin that win give YOU
satisfaction and perfect relief. It win not grippe
not make you sick, but reaches liver just right
They are thebest you can take. and the best your
money can buy. One trial win convince you
Price Is cents Der box Of 30 pills. Sent nostrAii
anon receipt OF the pl1ce. Get box ii DIR druA
Eist can not supply YOU eeaa y Is a once.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-05-02

The escape Of the United States mint
in San Francisco from destruction by
fire was due to we'll in the basement
and hand tire-hghting apparatus,
which was successfully used by the en-
ployes and soldiers in keeping the build
Inn WIT.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-05-02
a MOUNTAIN o. onLn

could not bring as much happiness to
Mrs. Lucia, Wike, Of Caroline, Wis, as
did one 25c' box of Bucklenis Arnica
Salve, when it completely cured q
running sore on her leg, which had
tortured her % long, years. Greatest
antiseptic healer Of Piles, Wounds aud
Sores. $50 at all drnggistg.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-05-02
More Shocks FeIt.

San Francisco, April PA sharn
earthquake shock was felt here at 1888
o'clock Monday night. 1t lasted about
three seconds, and was from east To
west. No damage has been reported.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-05-02

The first box Of California cherries
of the. season to arrive in New York
sold for $2,44O. for benefit OF Frisco sui.
ferers. M