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Sharp County record., 1907-08-16
LOCAL NEWS.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

from Batesville Sunday to attend
court.
DR., E. N. F. Sullivan Of Imbo-
den was in Evening Shade a day
or two this week.
E. A. Medley, the Melbourne
optician, was here the first three
days Of the week.
E. o. Craig and wife Of Bates
vile were visiting in the city the
first part of the week.
The horse Jockeys have been
here this week. They are as
regular as the courts.
Prof. D, G. Billingsley Of Ash
Flat was in town one day the
latter part of last week.
Wire fencing was placed
around the court house yard the
latter part OF last week.
Prof. C. L. Manning of Cave
City has been employed as prin-
cipal Of the Salem school.
Austin Wilkerson of Cushman
spent several days here this week
with relatives and friends.
Mrs. May Love and family Of
Franklin were visiting relatives
here a day or 80 last week.
II. P. Stout and Marshall
Clayton came down from Hardy
Tuesday to see the ball game.
A. B. Arm of Sidney was here
Monday and bought four head Of
mules. He went from here to
King Mills.
r. K. Kay and Cuthbert
Pickren, two Of Salem's best
young men, were visitors to tn o
city Sunday.
II. G. Calls Of Germantown,
Tenn, came in Saturday and has
since been the guest Of j. d.
May and family.
Judge G. f. Elmore Of Mammoth
Spring, candidate for prosecuting
attorney, spent few days here
during circuit court.
Mrs. James M. Simpson has
been spending the week in Eve
aing Shade. Mr.. Simpson was a
member Of the petit jury.
Two carloads of cattle were
shipped from here Saturday. One
belonged to W. A. Edwards and
the other to W. D. Cochran.
James o. Wasson, the young
squire Of Mobley, has been TAX
ing in the circuit court, He will
make try for the legislature.
Senator J, L. Short of Salem
was here Monday attending 10
some matters in court, He is not
q candidate for Office, he tells US,
A marriage license was issued
Saturday to j, S, Nichols and
Miss Emily Graham, a young
couple Of Poughkeepsie country
G, T, Dawson of Scott town
ship, who Is u sure candidate foi
sheriff, has been in town thi,
week shaking hands with tn,
people.
George Maus, the mule buyer,
left here Friday morning with Al
head Of mules for Batesvlle
from which place he made ,
shipment,
Hon, L. b, Andrews Of vii,
Cat Corner was u visitor to tn
city day or 80 this week
Byron can give you an interest
Ing discourse on the cattle tick,
Senator David L, King wa
here the first part of the week
looking after some business in th
circuit court, He has been II
poor health lately, and is suffer
ing greatly from rheumatism,
Tha Eyeninp Shado abhbnl
Sharp County record., 1907-08-16
Announcements.

FOR PROSECUTING ATTORNEY
The Record is authorized to announce c. f. Ell
more of Fulton county candidate for Prosecut-
ing Attorney of the 10th Judicial Circuit, subject
to the action of the Democrat party.
Sharp County record., 1907-08-16

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Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-01-16
oroan to Save woodpIIe.

A number of years ago a village in
the eastern part of the town Of Middle
boro was very much wrought up over
the introduction of musical instru-
ment in their church service. At the
final meeting when the matter was to
be settled excitement ran high.
One man whose reputation for hon
est dealings was not always above sus-
picion made fiery speech IN opposi
ton. A Reighbor whose back yard
Joined the speakers could hardly wait
for the close Of the remarks. Then
jumping to his feet without waiting to
address the chairman, he said:
Gosh, sir if l had known the gen
tleman was SO afraid of an organ l
should have had one hung on my
woodpl1e years ago"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-01-16
eoMEDv N MoDERN sMuaaLINa
An Incident In Europe That Was Very
Funny,

Smuggling in these days is far re-
moved from the grim realities which
characterized it 10 years ago. A
charming piece Of light comedy which
quite recently took place in the Girls.
ons brings this fact into clear relief.
The game is now so little dangerous
that girls in their homage can play
it. even with the glamor of armed con.
flict thrown in.
Two sisters named Bachero, aged
II and 10, were engaged in getting q
quantity of contraband tobacco from
the Swiss to the Italian side Of the
frontier when they were surprised by
two customs officers in the Stilfser-
joch Pass.
Instead Of being ground for alarm.
this was merely the cue for an episode
worthy of light opera. While the elder
of the two sisters pushed on as rapid
ly as possible with her load, the.
younger, with all the GOODNESS of
brigand of romance, posted herself
behind ledge of rock and opened fire
upon the officers with rifle. 1t was
not that she aimed at them with any
serious intent. Bloodshed, indeed,
was no part of the program. 1t was
enough to burn powder, and plenty
of it. The officers, finding themselves
under fire, naturally took cover and
returned it.
This went on for about half an hour
without any harm being done, and, in
decd, so far as the fair girl smuggler
was concerned, without any being in
tended. Her sole purpose was to keep
the enemy in check till her companion
had got far enough ahead to be secure.
AS soon as she judged that this had
been done, she slung her rifle and,
slipping away by the impossible
mountain tracks familiar only to
smugglers, made good her retreat to
rejoin her sister on the other side of
the border. Both escaped, leaving the
officers with a painful sense of having
been laughingly utwitted-Berne
correspondence Pail Mall Gazette.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-01-16
KEEN INTELLIGENCE WANTED.
A Story That illustrates What Banks
Are Looking For.

Pierce Jay, the commissioner of
banks of Massachusetts, at the Ameri-
can Bankers associations convention
IN st. Louis, advocated a better ac-
counting system.
But above all" said Mr.. Jay, in a
discussion of his idea, 1--WE want intel
ligence, if embezzlement is to be thor
9ughly put down. Systems are good,
put intelligence is better, and in cash
ers and tellers and bookkeepers and
note clerks we want the same keen,
quick intelligence that characterized
Did Capt. Hiram Cack of Gloucester.
"Cack lay very ILL., One day he got
down-hearted, feeling that his case
was hopeless.
i fear, DOCTOR he said, there isn't
much hope for me-
oh, yes, there is, the doctor an
,wered. Three years ago I was in
ycNlr condition precisely, and look at
me now
"Cack, intelligent and alert, said
quickly:
What doctor did you have?"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-01-16
SCOTCH LAD GOT EVEN.
He Turned the Joke on the Yankee
Tourist.

An American tourist on a visit to
Glasgow, on emerging from the rail
way station, was accosted by a lad
with the familiar shout of Garry your
bag, sir?"
The gentleman handed the boy the
bag and requested to be shown
through Glasgow.
Crossing Georges square, they came
opposite to Sir Walter SCOTS monu-
ment, ard the boy said proudly:
That is one of the largest monu-
ments in Scotland
oh" said the Yankee, with an air
Of Indifference, 1--WE have threepenny
cigars as big as that in America"
They got onto a tram car going
east, and just as they alighted at the
terminus long circular piece of iron
on lorry drawn by IL horses came
up the street.
The American, in surprise, asked the
boy what that was for. The boy, re-
membering what the Yankee had said
about the cigars, and with resolve
to be even with him, replied
oh, a new hotel has just been built
In the Toongate, and that is the
kitchen poker"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-01-16
sRITIsH MILITARY TRAINING.
Soldiers Play at War on a Vast Tract
OF Land.

England has reserved q tract Of land
several hundred square miles in ex-
tent ON which her soldiers play at
war, according to F. A. Talbot in the
Technical World Magazine. The Rus
sian-JaDanese war served to emphasize
the radical revolution which has taken
place in warfare due to the remarka-
BILE improvements which have been
wrought in the devising of longrange
and Quick-fring weapons, combined
with improvements in explosives. a
The result Of this revolution In war
fare is that a battle front may range
over as much as go or 20 miles. Con.
sequently a grave difficulty presents
itself in the training of an army to
comply with and to understand these
new conditions, since it is essential
that an army in peace should be
brought to a high standard of efi-
cheney which will enable it to cope
with any peculiar difficulty that may
present itself in actual combat. But
to train an army upon this basis ne
cessitates vast tract of land having
conformation of the most difficult
nature and far removed from the In
tiuences of human habitatiOns, to en-
able the men to have the fullest scope
IN which to practice the new condi-
lions of their science.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-01-16

what do you mean?" She asked,
sharply.
Merely that while Mr.. Wenham
may have concealed his riches from
Miss Vance, it Also is true that Miss
Vance, daughter of banker and heir
ess to a million in her own right
which came to her from her grand
father Van Courtney, was trying to
fool a poor lawyers clerk and have a
summers romance at the expense Of
a broken heart"
The canoe swept up to the dock at
this moment and he helped her out
and dragged the canoe into the boat
house without giving her chance to
answer, although he noted her fam
ing cheeks.
"You see," he saidA- as he came out,
wiping his hands IN his trousers,
your work was as coarse as mine.
1T was all very we'll to live at cheap
boarding house, but when we met the
,Ostlers and the Olrichs and the Van
Dolds, as we did at times at the hotel
and they made such fuss over you.
did q little Investigating myself. SO
now that we have proven ourselves
two liars, let's make 1t one"
And, being in the lee of the boat
house, he deliberately took her in his
arms and kissed her-and she shame
Iessly put both arms about his neck
and returned his kisses.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-01-16
Wrona Man.

While Dooly was holding court in
Washington county, Georgia, a GER
tain Gen. Hanson came in and sat
down at the side of the Judge, and
began to tell him about the vast
amounts of property he owned.
"Stop just moment, general" said
Dooly. Mr.. Sheriff, call in Jones. the
receiver of tax returns"
In a few moments that worthy ap-
peared.
"Mr. Receiver" said the judge,
come up here and make an inven-
tory of Gen. Hanson's property. He
had mistaken me for Sunday
Magazine.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-01-16
The Potato Monument.


If ever get rich enough to present
the city of New York with manu-
ment am going to give copy of one
/ saw in Germany this summer" said
man who travels. THAT is the most
sensible thing in the statue line ever
saw. 1t is a monument to potatoes.
1t is certainly unique. The upper part
consists of a statue to Sir Francis
Drake, who is revered for having in
troduced the plant into Europe. This,
as well as the pedestal, is draped WITH
garlands of the potato vine, with the
full grown tubers intact On the ped
estal are inscriptions. The first sets
forth that the above figure is Sir
Francis; the second explains in words
of highest praise what blessing the
potato has been to mankind; the third
records that the statue is the gift of
a certain Andrew Frederick, of Stras-
burg; the fourth contains the names
of the erectors- 1t strikes me that
monument to some valuable product
of nature is much more appropriate
than all the stone effigies Of celebrities
that cluster our parks at the present
time.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-01-16
condensatIon Wlth a vennG;ann.

A Kansas editor is said to have en-
kertained extreme ideas with refer.
=ence to the value of condensed
style" On one occasion owing to lack
Of space he welded his pencil at the
end OF syndicate serial story with
this result in the way of compression:
Reginald took small brandy, then
his hat, his departure, besides no no
tice of his pursuers, meantime re-
yolVer out of his pocket and lastly his
own life"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-01-16
Sorrows Of a Humorlst.

This thing of being humorist is
about the saddest thing / know
sighed Simeon Ford. can ordinary
person can have his moods and hui
mors as he pleases, but I must always
be on the job. am constantly being
invited out, not because I'm liked for
myself alone or because of my manly
beauty, but because l am expected to
entertain the assemblage. The rest
Of the company may be as dull as
1ishwater, but if do not shake up the
gathering with few jokes the hostess
glares at me and really feels resentful.
| may be sunk in the slough of
3espond, but just as soon as take
my seat all lean forward and eye me
sxpectantly.
my son, never get a reputation for
being funny. 1t Is the most mournfuT
thing on earth"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-01-16

sire to be released. God knows | want
you as ardently as ever have. 1t is
your own GOODNESS and something that
you have erected between us that led
me to say what l did. l do not de-
mand, nor do want my own freedom,
but will not hold you to your prom
Use If you desire to retract it,"
And supposing l do not?" she said,
looking at him defiantly.
Then all is WE'LL" he replied Gag
erly.
"And you wifi be chivalrouS> and
marry the typewriter with whom you
have had summers Irritation. she
said
why not?" he replied, smiling. IF
she will tie up to- poor devil Of a
lawyers clerk, who is not making amy
more, if as much as she is?"
Yea might have spared yourself
that mendacious lie" she replied
flushing holly. "YoR have been de-
ceiving me all summer, and you know
it. The rich Mr. Wenham. with his
o0IOLAOUIlCo anu yICHIS anu SSs
and summer place and house on the
avenue, could we'll afford to take me.
to the Point in hired electric launch
If he we're not acting part"
What do you meamg he stam-
mered.
"Oh, I happened to run across that
dear Mrs Perkins, at whose demure
little farmhouse you board and her
command of the English language was
scarcely sufficient to tell me of the
glories Of your wardrobe and your
equipments, and the poor soul was
nearly distracted that you always
went forth SO modestly attired and
only entertained your fine friends
from the hotel surreptitfously- albeit
at great expense did not explain
to her that you were putting yourself
to all that trouble to fool poor
stenographer, but l did take pains to
find out just who and what you are,
and the result is that know that
you are a fraud"
The girl stopped with flashing eyes.
and the young man, whose face had
attained a flaming red, broke into a
merry laugh. IA
WELL" he said, looking at the girl
with provoking calmness, Il guess it
is horse and horse"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-01-16

The statement that Corey, che Pitts
burg millionaire and his latest wife
will make three years cruise in for
eign waters is welcome news. 1t would
be better If this country could never
have he nor his paramour step on these
shores again. A man who can take
advantage of such vicious laws and
divorce one woman that he may mar
~ another one is not a good citize
for any country. And the minister
that would mary such pair has no
respect for the laws of God.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-01-16
wlrrs Need : Rest.

Messages" said telegraph op-
orator, always slide over the wires
better on Monday than on any other
day The wires You see, have profited
by their Sunday rest.
ut is fact that inanimate as well
as animate things get tired and need
vacation occasionally. You know
how true this is of razors, of automo-
bfIes, of locomotives it is Just as
true, Of telegraph wires. .e
"A wire after its Sunday rest gives
a quicker, fuller and more delicate
transmission. 1t is like piano that
has; just been tuned"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-01-16
Proper Coat Of Arms.

John Thomas Brady got in tonight
from st. Louis. John Thomas stopped
little while in Pittsburg on his way
here.
Il heard some of them guys out
there talking about getting a coat
of-arms," he said Now, take 1t from
ne that the only right thing for most
Of this bunch in theuway OF a coat-of-
syms would be a set of burglars tools
properly displayed" - Washington
Correspondence.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-01-16
Different Shades.

The celebrated medium raped
three times on the black cabinet.
"And now, kind sir" she said, in a
spooky voice, what shade would you
like me to tell you about?'
why" replied the littlesman in the
audience, Il would like you to tell me
the shades my wife told me to match
when started down town today
Chicago Daily News.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-01-16
LYDIA E, PINKHAM


unqualified
No a illnesses 0 such
grateful friends Lydia E. Pnkhms Vegetable Compound
of Female
liberation consequent Weakness.
Weakness Indigestion,
Boan Nervous Poon Headache General Debility quickly yield
Under all circumstances acts harmony with the female system
feeling atude don't
feeling extabil rritabity nervousness dz-
hatulency melancholy blues These
indications Of Female Weakness OF the organs
Kidney complaints
Backache of either
hundred
they get what they wana Sold by Druggists
every all substitutes
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-01-16

The Kansas City Journal speaks of
some prominent negro theologian. If
there is one we never heard his name.
There are some however who make
good farmers.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-01-16
I'M MYSTERIOUS pAMcER.

One of the y raj features of kidras
trouble ie AZ II 90 an insidior disease
and fore the victim real'z4s his dau
Der Be may have fatal malady. Take
Folay's Kidney Cure 81 the first sign Of
tronble ~ it corrsctr irregularities and
Sold Nv st Clair Wrlie Drug ca rupe
3. and Benrdep & Krr, Okolona.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-01-16

The national woman whist champion
has renounced the championship by
denouncing card playing as sin. They
probably refused to give her the prize
for talking scross the table or some
such womanly trait.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-01-16
Minh4 head Her OFF

Henry" said Mrs. Peck, Il am go
ing to get phonograph and talk
into it, SO that if l happen to die first
you can still hear my voice"
Perhaps" replied Henry, hope
fully, 81 will die first. Houston Post.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-01-16
PLANTING TREES FOR TIES.
Railroads Providing for Day When
Forests Are Gone.

The most perishable Of the factors
that enter into a railroads "mainte-
nance of way" accounts, the ties, are
in modem practice reckoned for fur
thest ahead. The ,Atchison is the
latest road to adopt the plan OF
growing it's own ties, which means
that about 20 years from now the
construction department will be cut
ting it's own lumber, provided, OF
course, that in the intervening gen.
GRAFTON ties Of steel or sleepers Of
stone or concrete after the English
fashion have not come into general
use.
n.anatches from the west an
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-01-16

We don't believe congressman
should have their salaries docked for
absence. To have some of them alb
sent is a relief and money in the tax
payers pocket.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-01-16
Underdone.

Bobby gazed critically at his new
baby brother.
Don't you like him, dear?" asked
the nurse.
yes" he admitted. But don't
you think you ought to send him
back for a minutes? He's too rare!"
Cleveland Leader.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-01-16

The way Captain Pershing jumped
over the heads of S62 older officers
would lead on- to believe he was from
Ohio. But he WASH t-.only from Mis-
souri,.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-01-16
A sIlqht plner!ence..

Friend-Well, did you get your copy.
right for that last work?
Author (mournfuIIy) III did. but the
printers didn't. Baltimore Amer
lean.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-01-16

What noble woman is Mrs. Russell
Sage. With the control of $50 900, 900
she gave to some charitable purpose
the other day the munificent sum of
50 GO
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-01-16

Secretary Bonapart's proposition to
Inv arulor plate abroad may be all
richt. but care should be taken that our
hettinshfpp do not come out with
sfafade M Germany" stamped all over
The sides.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-01-16
Relief in the Baby's Cries.

"Why doesn't your wife sing to the
baby when she cries?"
"She used to. until she discovered
that the neighbors preferred to hear
the baby. cleveland Leader.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-01-16

Now that passes are thing of the
past probably the railroads can save
enough to give us cents mile fares.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-01-16

Now Bryan can breath regular once
more. John Lharpe Williams states
that he would not accept the Presiden-
tial. Nomination.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-01-16

Sometimes a man thinks it is his
conscience that warns him, when it is
really his wife.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-01-16

She You know the old proverh
about riches taking wings.
He-No, but I know about witches
aekIng rings
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-01-16

Well-Meaning Friend Why havs
you never reformed?
MI. IIighball Never reformed?
Why, reform every morning.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-01-16

Bad weather ime is here and that o'd
wagon WON'T stand heavy hauling.
Gpf o Balm FROM ADAMS & NEUBERT.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-01-16

as candidate for Chancery Clerk subject to
the action OF the Democratic Primar.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-01-16
We are authorized to announce
T. w. HAMILTON

as a candidate for Chancery Clerk subject to
the action Of the Democratic primary.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1907-02-13

ing his mouth with his hand. whis-
pered hoarsely: mfr. Neekerson. you
know bout the fust mate? He all
right? WhatT
Bradley had been brought up to dis
courage familiarity with men before
the mast.
"what are you talking aboutT" he
asked sharply.
"Nawthin' sir. Only he know this
course? All see Skakit light twice yust
now and only a mile n half of. That
not 'nough-not here"
"Are you sure you saw it,"
"Yas, sir"
Bradley turned away. He hated to
risk another snub from the mate, and
ne fully realized the danger of interior
ing with superior officer, but Captain
Tltcomb was not in command, and
here was Swensen's testimony to back
his own that the schooner was running
too close to the dangerous Cape Cod
beaches. The course she was on was
taking her still closer in, and the fog
was growing thicker.
This time Burke was standing by
the man at the wheel. He swore when
the second mate approached and snarl-
ed, "Well what's the matter nOwT
"Mr Burke, are you sure that wasn't
the Skaklt light | saw? Swensen says
he's seen 1t twice and not more than a
mile and half away. If that's so, we
are running into shoal water Hadn't
7 hetter fry soundinps2"
In a blast of profanity Burke con-
signed both Bradley and Swensen to
the lowest level in the birthstone fu-
ture.
go beloww he yelled. go below
and stay below. or I'll find out whyw
Then. as If he realized that he was
showing too much temper. he added
in a milder tone: ITS all right. Nick
erson. We're three mile offshore. and