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Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-10-31

intention to use the farmers OF the
county as a cats paw in their
nefarious scheme, and hence they
are willing to offer the earth with
fence around it for nothing. The
Cumberland Company, long before
the Mayfield Home Company was
heard OF offered to connect with
the farmers OF Graves County mp
on q basis the fairness OF which
cannot be questioned. But as a
matter OF course when the farmers
were offered something for moth
ing they, (uot knowing that there
was a "nigger in the wood pi!e")
accepted; but when the farmers
understandable purpose of these
promoters, I do not think they
will willingly be a party to the
scheme Of the promoters, nor dc
I believe any right thinking per
son would.
By just such tactics as these
promoters are pursuing shout
lug monopoly, trusts" (appeal
Ing to the sense Of prejudice
rather than to the sense Of logic
and crying "Home enterprise, =
etc., many people have been in
weighed into the support, (tempo
rarly at least) OF Just such swind'
les as this one is.
These promoters are io5bers in
stocks and bonds, aud they have
caused more sorrow and thu
shedding OF more tears upon thu
part OF widows and orphanI
whose funds have been invested
in their schemes than have tn
most wicked Of the widest stool
companies in history. For 10
stance: In the March 18th issu
Of eFinance," we find that tn
Inter State Telephone Compan.
OF New Jersey, with q capita
stock OF 5000, 10000 was plece'
oy creditors and bond holders Il
the hands Of q receiver 1t de
ysloped that $2,313, 100000
bonds had been sold by this com
pany; that the promoters thereC
held all OF the stock without pay
ing anything therefore; that To
farmers in particular had bee
buncOed.
We quote from the Enhances:
"BODds OF the Inter State Con
| pauy are held largely thrOughoV
| the states OF Pennsylvania an
New Jersey, particularly amor
r the agricultural classes, to who
the promoters Of the. compau
, made partritoic appeals on Il
i ground Of local PRIDE"
| 1t is just as we'll that either
q Of Graves County should kno
the facts Of the case without ar
1 further parleying, and here the
: are. The status Of the Mayfel
!. Home Telephone Company fro
Q an operating and financial stan'
I point is about as follows:
\ Capital stock $50, 600.
2 Bonds 80, 1000.
Total 100000.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-10-31

That old wagon may swell up and
run all right while it's raining, but re-
member the sun will soon be shining
and then will come the breakdown
Buy q new one from us and save mon
sy. "a stitch il time''--You know.
ADAMS s. NEUBERT.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-10-31

Subscribers 400
Capital per telephone S 25O.OO
Gross income per annum 7,3OO.OO
Operating expenses
20 per Get. 4SlO.OO
Interest on bonds at
5 per cent. G,5OO.W
Sinking fund to take
no bonds at matur.
ity, 3 per cent. l,5OO.W
Depreciation at Z per
cent. $4,000
s per cent. 100000
Total expense per 4
annum @14S1O.OO
Total income per an.
mum $3.50 w
Now, how do we arrive at these
figuresi This is the way: The
Mayfield Home Telephone Com"
pany has q capital stock OF $780,
900. 90 and q bond issue Of go
900. 90 total aud capital $lOG 600.
The company has less than $50
subscribers. It's maximum rates
are limited by it's franchise to
$3.50 per month for residence
service-a rate which 1t can bard
" hope to establish in the faro OF
such formidable competition as 1t
has. It's present basis OF charge
is o.. SO per month for bNsiness
and $l.25 per month for residence
service.
For the sake Of giving the com
pany the benefit OF every doubt,
I have assumed that it had 400
bona tide paying subscribers, o.
which $50 were business and 200
we're residence subscribers st! the
rate OF $24.OO and $500 per an
mum respectively.
Any conservative telephone en-
gineer will tell yon shat the aver
age rate OF depreciation OF goOC
property lie 10 per cent. per an
num-never less than Z per ce0t
1 have figured the depreciation Il
this instance at the lowest possible
estimate-7 per cent, and thtI
amount Of depreciation has beei
figured only on the basis OF t4'
bonds Of the company; in Othe
words, knowing that the stock Q
the company is all water; | havl
not used it in calculating depre
station. Had / done 80, the de
, felt OF the company would hay
been increased So, 800 per amman
The company's operating expeu
} ses and the item Of depreciatiO
alone amounts to $4,000 pc
, annum or $4,000 more than Cd
: cOmpany's gross income as est
! mated. We have yet to conside
J Che fact that the company has
bond issue Of S5O,OOO.0O. Al
j Stunning that these bonds run 4
. the % years and bear 3 per cen
we find that the company mui
: Law aside for interest each yer
= %, 10000 and that it must creal
Y sinking fund and put therei
: each year at least 3 per cents
Q the bonds run for % years, IN g
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-10-31
Notice to Tax Payers.

lwill be at the following places on
the following dates for the purpose OF
collecting tax for the flscal year 10a&.
ASeCondv. Wcdnaadav October. &
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-10-31


The man with the figures tells ne
that In Atty years this country will
have 2OO,OOO,OO0 population, and he
wants to know what will happen. As
We will not be here We are determined
not to worry about IL. Our ancestors
not only killed but ate each other.
Possibly In the remote future the old
cugtome will become fashionable.
We recall that In early life we met up
with one or two people we thought
plenty sweet enough TO eat. The fact
chat this hereditary appitite now lies
dormant 10 no sign that it will not
break out again at some future time
and become quite popular.
II win pay ycu TO drive and see the
buggies, wagons, and machines on
the bargain Easy 70 get and easy to
pay for. ADAMS a NEUBERT. \
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-10-31

OkOlOna, from December let % 10Th
JNo. w HILL, sheriff and Tar collector,
The Forrest City times., 1906-10-05
N. B. NELSON & CO.,,
 Distributors Forrest City, Ark.
To Eastern and Northern Summer Resorts

The Louisville X Nashville Railroad anords the Fastest Time and Finest service from Memphis to all noted summer Resorts in the east. Tickets now on sale at very low rates to Mia gara Falls, Mammoth Cave, Putin pay, Old Point Comfort. Norfork. Trench Lick, and to the Mountain resorts Ill Tennessee and Kentucky. tickets being limited for return until october 3l, 1906. The round trip rate rom Forrest City to Louisville is si'.so and to Cincinnati S22. .O0. The louisville X Nashville operates Double Daily Trains out of Memphis for all resorts mentioned Trains are wide Sestlbuled and carry modern Pullman Sleeping, Electric-Lighted Dining Cars ana coaches. For rates, time tables and and further information, address be low named representatives of the
 Louisville & Nashville R. R.
 N. B. BAIRD, T. P. A.,
 Little Rock. Ark.
 MAA BAU MGARTEN, D. P. A.
 Memphis, Tenn.
The Forrest City times., 1906-10-05
The Cosmos Club.

The Cosmos Club met at the home of Mrs. W H. Alley on October 1 1906, for their first literary meeting the subject for the afternoon being The Maid of Orleans The following program was given: Roll Call: Educational Institutions and Charities of France.
 Reading: Story of Abelard and Hel oise-Mrs. Jones.
 Music; Second Mazurka by Goddard Miss Davis.
 Paper: The Maid Of orleans-Mis. Alice Wolfe.
 Reading: Joan of Arcs Farewell l- Schiller-Mrs. Roleson.
 Music: 0peratic Potpoarri-Mrs Alley.
 Discussion: Joan Of Arc in Art. Once more the land Of arms and arts Of glory, grace, romance, Her love lies warm in all our hearts God bless her; Xiye Ia France.
 Holmes. The next meeting will be with Mrs Roleson on October l5.
 CORRESPONDING SECRETARY.
The Forrest City times., 1906-10-05

MT. J. z. Whittle, of Marianna was in town Monday.
The Forrest City times., 1906-10-05
Sloniker Mill Times.

After eight days rain and very dis agreeable weather, several of oul neighbors were as merry as lark tt see the sun shine so brightly last Wednesday.
 Miss Fannie Stokes closed hei school last "Wednesday evening. We regret to see her leave the neighbor. hood for she gained quite number oi fiends while with us, and as teacher she taught good school and gave entire satisfaction to all concerned.
 J. c. Nininger. D. l.. Burns and wife are on the sick list this week.
 On account of the inclemeney of the weather there was no services at the church at this place last Sunday.
 As steel draws lightning, so it looks as if road overseers draw big rain every time he comes up in our neigh, horhoed to work the roads. If that be true he had better not undertake to work the roads up here until after Christmas.
The Forrest City times., 1906-10-05
x1O0, ,o0O CROP LOSS
 IN ST. FRANCIS COUNTY.
Cotton and Corn Promised Better Yields Than for Years Before the Week of Rain-Iiay
 Also Suffers.

Rain fell here continuously during the nine days and nights preceding Wednesday. Immense damage has been done to standing crops through out the ecounty;conservative estimates place the loss in cotton and corn alone at slO0,00O in St. Francis county.
 The damage to the hay and other forage crops is also very heavy, and the loss altogether in this section from the more than a week of rain Is simply incalculable.
 The cotton and corn crop in this county were the best grown in years, and their destruction falls especially heavy upon the farmers who cultiyat- ed but little else the present season. There has been but little wind accom- panying the present rain, but the gentle downpour has mellowed the ground and weighted the corn and cotton down into the mud where 1t is almost totally destroyed.
 The roads and bridges of the county have sustained considerable injury as a result of the great downpour of water, and outdoor work of all kinds was suspended for more than d week. No such destructive flood has ever be- fore been known in this section. Farmers in the city this week say that they have been damaged from 9 to 50 per cent.
 The open cotton is sprouting in the bolls, and much of it has leaves grow ing out of the boll Corn is also rot ting and mildewing
 The best roads in the county are al most impossible.
 The price of the staple is taking an upward shoot, but will not reach a price to offset the damage, by any means.
The Forrest City times., 1906-10-05

1ncomparable dress goods values.
 What other store is offering such q variety of brand new dress fabrics?
 What other store is quoting such prices even on their limited assort- mentI When we say these values are incompatible We make the statement with full knowledge of the situa- tion. Look where you will, you'll find no such values as these. Come and see our fall selections. The J. W Beck Company.
 A sale of extraordinary merit will be inaugurated next Monday and contintinue all week, by E. II. Win field X Company, when they will offer Ia line of handsomely trimmed hats at S5 for choice. We say sale ext traordi- nary adyisedly, for the price quoted is extremely low compared To the high quality and beauty of the goods or fered. This is special line. and if you want one you had better come carly, R. II. Winfield and Company MT. B. F. Bodkin brought a cotton
 stalk to this office yesterday contain
 ing 235 bolls. He pulled it from his
 crop about a week or more ago and it | dotS iiol SilON ulbIe ltldH ZD D0IIS routed, the others not being open. It
 was raised on the H. A. Bolton place l about two miles southeast of town on Crowley Ridge. MT. Bodkin has fifteen
 acres in cotton, from which he says he expected to gather nine or ten bales, but that he cannot tell now to what
 extent it has been damaged, but prob ably about two bales.
 Mrs. A. J. Vaccaro entertained a
 company of gentlemen friends and in- cidentally couple of her lady friends
 on Thursday of last week in honor of
 her husbands birthday anniversary, with dinner ill several courses. Those present were the host and
 hostess, their guest, Miss Laird, of | Newport, and Mir. R. M. Nimocks.
 MT. George Mallory, MT. and Mrs Ike
 Mallory, Dr., Mrs. and Miss Mary | Alley, Dr. Shields, MT, Peyton r.
 Scott, MT Chas. Lewis and MT. Oliver
 Rowland The menu consisted of all
 the good things the market affords.
 and were too numerous to mention,
 all of which. and the sweet hospitality
 and much good cheer was thoroughly
 enjoyed.
The Forrest City times., 1906-10-05
Never Falls Cure

pr. Kings Royal Germeteur is non stimulating and destroys disease pro- ducing germs in the system, and by its permanent building up properties imparts permanent health and strength. It opens up to sufferers al most ta magic world. Thousands of certificates endorse it as being the best health restorer ever manufac. tured. The remedy that has cured tens of thousands of all manner of dis eases Tor the past twenty years, Druggists self it at $l per bottle.
The Forrest City times., 1906-10-05
Danger From the Plague.

There is grave danger from tn, plague of coughs and colds that are st prevalent, unless you take Dr. King New Discovery for consumption coughs and colds. Mrs Geo. Walls. al Forest City, Maine, writes; Its godsend to people living in climates where coughs and colds prevail.
 lind it quickly ends them.a It pre- vents pneumonia, lagrippe, gives won derful relief in asthma and hay fever and makes weak lungs strong enough to ward off consumption, coughs ant colds. 50c and Sl. Guaranteed by al druggists. Trial bottle free.
The Forrest City times., 1906-10-05
Blood Poisoning

results from chronic constipation, which Is quickly cured by Dr. Kings New Life Pills. They remove all poisonous germs from the system and infuse new life and vigor; cure sour stomach, nausea, headache, dizziness and collie, without gripping or discom- fort. 25c. Guaranteed by all drug glstS.
The Forrest City times., 1906-10-05
Notice.

Water and light bills are now due and must be paid on CT before the 10th. Unless bills are settled service will be discontinued on the Huh. Of, flee in city hall.
 II. F. r. GoRMAN, Secretary.
The Forrest City times., 1906-10-05

 have just gone over the cotton fields and never saw such destruc. tion. Every boil open sprouted and half those that are not open routed. I sent by express last night, to w. A. Gage, two stalks, one with every boil open, and every seed sprouted, the other stalk with not a boil open, but every one rotten. If the farmers would send samples to different merchants in Little Rock and Memphis, cotton would go up. Cotton in Griggs town ship Is damaged 90 per cent. Corn i. total loss.
 Respectfully,
 $. K. SWEET.
The Forrest City times., 1906-10-05
Do You Suffer From Kidney
Troubles,

We guarantee one bottle of Smith s Sure Kidney Cure to benefit or cure, or your druggist will refund your money. Price 50 cents. J. T. Sanders.
The Forrest City times., 1906-10-05
Wants 5 Mills and the Bridge

MT. Editor l hope our quorum court, if il meets Saturday, will see fit in their wisdom, to vote } mill tax. With mill tax and about seventeen thousand dollars already in the treas ury, Judge Folbre can, and 1 hope will, build bridge at Madison ne- cessity for Griggs township. Our township tGriggs) comprises one-third of the county. not only in square miles but in production of corn, cotton and taxes. So let us have the five mill tax and then we will get the bridge, anG thereby build up Griggs township, Forrest City, Bill Williams and the county treasurer.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-19
PERFECT Man now
AIM OF BREEDERS
William Hays, Maker Of Perfect
Cattle and Plants, Turns
. to Humans.

Journal Special Service.
Washington, May l9.-William Hays,
assistant secretary of the department.
of agriculture, has appointed a commit
tie Of scientists to investigate heredity
in man, with the idea of encouraging
the multiplication of good blood and
discouraging the weaker and more Vi
cious blood in human families, and IN
other ways perfecting the human race.
The work will be done by commit
tee of the American Breeders associa-
ton, which was organized by Mr..
HAYES, and of which he is the secretary.
The same methods that have pro-
duced marvellous results in improving
plants and animals will be studied with
regard to their application to the hui
man species.
"The men who have had large and
successful experience in the investlga,
ton of domestic plants and animals,
said Mr.. Hayes, " generally believe that
the subject of heredity in man should
receive more serious scientific considera-
Iion.
''No clearly defined plan has as yet
been presented of radically changing
the heredity Of a people, as is done OF
| variety. of plants or species OF AMI
mails. The subject of investigating the
| heredity of man is comparatively mucf
more difficult than in case of plant:
that science and religion should join IL
an investigation at once conservative
careful and possibly constructive.
The personnel of the committee tt
prosecute the Investigations, as out
lined by Secretary Hayes, will not b.
announced until letters Of acceptance
have been received.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-19
REBEL MOVEMENT
In The ASSEMBLY
Union with Cumberland Is Bitter
~ Opposed by Presby-
terrain Faction.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal.
Des Moines, Iowa, May 19.--Deter-
mined to make final struggle against
the union of the Presbyterian and
Cumberland churches, a vigorous revo-
lutionary movement was launched to-
day by Rev. John Fox of New York
and James McLoud Of Pennsylvania,
DDS used to accomplish the union were
circulated secretly. Many have signed
the protest, which will occasion the
| most bitter struggle of the assembly
when the question arises Monday.
The protest charges the committee
with railroading an unconstitutional
measure. If the protest fails the union
delegates injured by falling thru a
platform last night were able to at
tend the sessions today.
in salaries of ministers was begun to-
day. DR.. Agnew Of Philadelphia sug
gested the formation of labor union
by preachers, but the proposition was
not seriously considered.
Five commissioners to the Presby
this afternoon by the collapse Of {
erected for the purpose of getting {
large group photograph Of the assembly
The injured are DR.. G. Lukins, Rose
wall, N. M, hip bruised; Rev. w. O
David, Moning, w. Va, bruised; George
| Wills. Mendoza, ILL.,, back injured; Rev
J. M. McGauhey, Charlton, Iowa, lee&
strained; Rev. W. G. Buell., Taos, N. M.
back bruised.
Mr.. David is the most seriously hur
and he is under a physician s care. TIL
other victims will be able to resum
their seats in the assembly.
It was at the close Of the Afternoon
session when the 700 commissioners al
ranged themselves for the photograph
About 500 were placed together on
cosev pstt pogsb i0 We" Whop
ment IS warning the FRAMEWORK Of tn
platform began to shake and in an in
. slant collapsed. i
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-19

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the new provisions of the bill, the rail-
way interested will undoubtedly appeal.
And just as fast as these new pro-
visions are encountered in the subse-
quent work of the, commission there
will be further appeals. This is the
history Of the present interstate COM
merce act. It took the courts fifteen
years to decide just what the country
had secured in that law.
Scores Of cases were brought in the
federal courts until, in the time men
toned those courts had passed upon
This will undoubtedly be the case
now, but there will be the important
difference that the work Of making
the legal test now will be more expe
ditiously performed, owing to the
benefcent operation of the expedition
statute
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-19
BIBLE STUDENTS IN
FIERCE FIST FIGHTS
Kentucky Theological Scholars
Also Accused of Stealing
Ice Cream.

Lexington, KY, May 19.-Because Of
the students making away with a guam,
tity of ice cream which the Davlss hall
students had prepared Tor recePt1on
last night. twenty-five will probably be
suspended for the remainder Of the
term and explosions may result. !.
The next grand jury will also investl-
gate the case. One student left tor
Cincinnati when lie learned that, the
grand jury will take cognizance Of the
matter. Several fierce fist fights, IN
which the Bible college students joined
occurred last night. The Bible college
students are accused Of approprlatlng
the ice cream. When called before the
faculty several tried to escape from the
room, but were prevented.