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Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-01-06
OF FEATHERS AND VELVET.
Original Neckpleee Described by New
York Fashion Writer.

velvet and feather ostrich neck
piece, intended to take the place OF
'rr, that was seen In one of the shops
This week appealed strongly because
1t was so pretty. becoming and could
be duplicated so easily. says the New
York Times.
The collar itself was a double bias
band of black velvet Is inches wide.
u had five shirrlngs, the top one grad.
nated to Ave inches from the edgv
IN the middle and four inches I'm the
front. The other sbirrings follow the
same slant. These were drawn to
ht the neck, being securely fastened
at each side OF the front. There then
was ruche, top and bottom, the
lower part being wide. like a col,
larette.
Against the top or neck ruche were
laid ostrich tips, standing erect, each
about three inches apart. The tips
curled out. the sigher ones, of course.
at the back, the smaller slopins to.
ward the front. A wide soft satin rib
bon, knotted into loops. went around
the outside of the collar In such a
manner as to conceal the stem OF the
tips and the stitches which held them.
The same ribbon continued with long
ends at the front, tying in q bow. Il
was simple and chic.
A white one would be charming for
evening. but black is better for gen.
sral use.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-01-06
WEALTHY HAVE SHORT LIVES
6right's Disease and Heart Troubles
Are Aristocratlc Ailments.

Hrights disease and organic heart
trouble in New York and other large
cities OF wealth have reached alarm.
Ing proportions. These are aristocrat.
ic ailments coming from rich feeding
late hours and wines. In New York
the deaths from these troubles were
In 1871, at the rate of 1858 persons in
every 1000 of population; in 1853 the
rate had increased to 2191: In 1902
IT was 27.30; in 1907 1t was 30.14.
Here In cold figures of death and dis.
'a'e, Is the lesson which tells us who
thc13h poor, love life and health. that
riches are not an unmitigated bless
iag or course, we all think that II
we were rich we would be more sensi.
ole than those who are now wealthy
ont this cannot be proved, for pros.
PETTY Is a much harder test of char.
:ctor than some suspect and is likely
10 sh5w up the dross in the saintliest.
Better by far, for our health at least.
is me stern master, necessity, which
FORCES us to go sedately along the
same workaday path way, than the wild |
gay crony. wealth, which would en-.
courage us to run impetuously to a
premature grave. The universal cry |
ana desire and plaint OF the age is for
rcnes. IL we stop for a minute we
may realize that riches would mean
out slight variation from the pro-
gram upon which our lives are already
ordered, Food, clothes, home, occupa.
ION, recreation, friends-these we
cave. Wealth would merely put more
styles In your coat more gimcracks
n your house, more anxiety in your
occupation. and more falsity in your
riends.- -Pittsburg Press.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-01-06
BOTH COUNTRY AND CITY LIFE
FArmsrs Are to Benefit Greatly Under
Proposed Plan.

AZ the strength, wealth and mental
and moral stability OF nation can be
measured only by such qualities in her
people, a distinct upward national
movement 10 that now being under.
taken BY the federal reclamation serv.
Ice in laying out model cities and
towns on the vast stretches Of soil
which 1t is wrenching from the former
desert wastes and bringing to lush
fecundfty through the distribution OF
the fmpouEded waters Of mountain
born rivers, says a writer In the Tech
meal World.
While planning, as 1t wisely does, to
: trrigate thousands Of miles Of land
which was once given over to the sage
brush and the cactus and which boast
ed as inhabitants naught but the rat
tiesnake, the prairie dog and the cent?
pede, the engineers of this branch Of .
broadly paternalistic government plan
now to irrigate the mind of the farmer
while irrigating at the same time the
soil from which he gets his sus-
tenance; to draw the man who farms
from the restricted and socially beg
CARED lie he leads and bring him into
closer communion and keener COM
petition with his kind-in fact, to con-
fer upon him the blessings which flow
From blending of country and city |
lie.
: This is to he done by plotting the
reclaimed tracts so that each home
steader may not merely have his fields
within three miles of the heart of
model town, but may, II he desires.
live within the limits Of that town and
drive mornings and evenings to and
from his work as the banker or broker
now drives from his suburban home to
the once wherein be buys and sells
money.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-01-06
WILL WEAR IMITATION FUns
Heal Things Have Become TOP e:
pensive for the Small Girl.


Real fur sets will be so expense, q
This winter that none but wealthy ps.
rents Will feel they can afford to get
collars, muffs, etc.. for their SINAI,
daughters. However, this advanced
"St in skins does not mean that most
Young girls. WAL go without these cold
weather. accessories, for there are
many really beautiful pelts they can
wear that are made into such exec.
tent limitations of real furs that evan
III expert furrier finds difficulty in dis.
ungu!shing them from natural skins
among these superior Invitations
that will be popular for childran's
use during the coming season are
;oney, brown sable" white rabbit.
hat assumes the name of ermine. amt
'skrat, that claims distinction 81
mi.
Caracaf : 18th is such q good imita.
lion OF the real ?rticle that II deties
detection, and the shorn furs are such
a perfect match for chlr"hilla and
sealskin that children in general will
never doubt their genuineness
Squirrel. of course. is real and so is
oppossum. Nutria and beaver too,
are usually left in their natural state.
also the pretty white thibet and an. |
CORA sets that will be affected by the
very small girls.
AS to the designs seen recently for
nese small girls winter furs, the
NUTS are in cushion models, dac-
'rated with bows Of dainty ribbon or
'retty cord ornaments. and the neck
'ieces are decidedly warm and com
ortable looking.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-01-06
CAN KNOW THINGS roo W..
Sometimes Too Well Trained q ias.,.
DRY Plays Odd Tricks.

Very often folks get to know a
thing SO well that they don't have to
think to remember 1t. Take for In.
stance, your home address. II yo,i
have been living in the same house
In the same street for years your ad-
dress gets easier and easier to re-
call. Except, sometimes. It doesn't
take the influence of liquor to make
you forget. either. 1t merely 10 that
you know It too well.
There was man who was In the
habit Of writing letters to a girl and
after year or 50 he got to know her
address by heart One day, long aft.
er he started writing to her, he was
addressing an envelope to the young
woman, when suddenly he became
suspicious of the Number he had writ
ten. He read 1t aloud and tried 9th
er schemes Of convincing himself. He
wrote the same numbers on other
sheets Of paper, but they did not
seem entirely right.
Eventually he had to go over to
call on the girl, instead of writing. in
order to satisfy himself that he still
knew the address. His figures had
been perfectly all right, but the trou.
ole was that he knew them too well.
That sometimes occurs to a person
giving an address in a store. II
slips out SO naturally that when BY
chance the shopman repeats: BLANK
blankety-blankth street," you begin
70 wonder IL you have 1t right after
all. And the first breath. of suspicion
kills your chances of remembering
correctly. You simply have to go to
the directory to verify the place you
i've In, and naturally that leads to |
suspicious on the part Of the shop. !
keeper.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-01-06
Myth o. The
Young Wife

you can't tell me-" said Smith
when the joshing ceased and - was
allowed to get in word in his own
defense, that there's anything 1t al
IN the joke about the brides ignorance
OF household matters. I've bee~> mar.
ried only couple of weeks, It I've
seen enough to convince me. Why.
the first day l went into the ! lchen
without being called, my wife Srove
me out just as naturally as Nv. seen
my mother drive my father out Bur
before | aid get out l had grail led a
couple of hot homemade douc> nuts,
the first I've eaten in years, ar >hey
were somathin' scrumptious.
And say, all this truck abo.. ( the
bride ordering half dozen OK livers
or sirlctn of chicken or a yard and
a half Of PORK roast is the worst kind
OF rot. When the butchers bos
brought the goods she looked it over
carefully and then she weighed it.
Tell Mr.. -.a. crib, she said to the
boy, that there is no trimming on a
leg of lamb, and this is three ounces
short with the bone weighed in.
THE boy opened his eyes pretty
wide and then he got red and began
to fish around in the basket. Finally
ne brought out another slip for five
cents less. I guess there was a mis.
take he mumbled.
When he had gone my wife looked
serious. He's gotten hold of a bill |
pad she said, and is adding a few
cents to the bill of each customer. J
hate to complain but l will If | sus
pect him of using it again. Oh, ha
won't try to use 1t ON me, but it's a
shame that he should cheat the othe,
customers and ruin mans business
THAT was the way it went all day
came In without being ex
lmined. None of the ten cents a
Whole lot men and none of the two
'ig buckets quarter men worked
ny OF their goods off on her. She
BOXED into everything. But the limit
anne when the groceries arrived. She
ept the boy until she had gone over
hs Hill and checked of the items
WILD ANIMALS ALWAYS LEAN
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-01-06

The jury last week in the Beech
Hargis case diagreed. This Infamous
and unnatural young man shot his
father dead and now justices the act
by claiming self defense. II any man
should be hung by the state this young
murderer is that one.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-01-06

More than half the South is now
dry" Beginning January 1st. Mis-.
sissippi. North Carolina and Alabama
became prohibition states. Even in
famous old Kentucky there are only
four we" counties left.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-01-06
WILD ANIMALS ALWAYS LEAN
Surplus Fat Would Mean Destruction
by Their Enemies.


struggle for existence is most severe
surplus fat Is very rarely found. The
Wild boar Is lean, feet of foot and
powerful In strength. The razor-bach
hog OF the southern states, lean and
gaunt, Is nothing more than the do.
INVESTIGATED hog which has been per.
mitted to run wild. The same hog
when penned SO as to restrict his ex.
ertions and fed on fattening foods,
stores the unspent energy in his body
as rat. and becomes the almost leg.
less ball of fat we see pictured In
feed catalogues and live stock jour
mails. Such a hog has no duties to
perform in It's struggle for existence.
Its food is furnished 1t without effort
on It's own part. 1t has no enemies
to oppose and overcome. Such hog
would be impossible in a wild state,
for as soon as the helplessness from
fat began to manifest itself the ami.
NAL would fall q victim to some of its
enemies.
The flesh of a man is very similar
to that of the hog, and this is why
the eating of swine was prohibited by
the ancients and is yet forbidden by
the Jews.
Many people whose struggle for life
Is lessened by ease and plenty, whose
food, supply comes without effort, who
have little work to perform, and who
DO not enter into the battle of life, |
attain condition very similar to that
OF the fattened hog.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-06-10
Fight Over Soap Wrappers.

There We're a variety of cases In
Ing. Two or three DRINKS were dis
posed of and Hubert Lee, colored,
was bound over to court for stealing
d pair OF trousers and for obtaining
a dollar under false pretense. An
interesting case was tried in which
some soap wrappers was the bone of
contention. The reporter was not
present at the time but gives the fol-
lowing report from the Raleigh
Times:
James Young, Bud Jones. Martha
Jones and Mollie Jones, all colored,
were charged with several offenses,
Among which were assault with a
deadly weapon, disorderly conduct,
cursing on the streets, ETC., all OF
which arose from a quarrel over some
Octagon soap wrappers which were
in the possession of a colored board
ing house keeper. One of the board
ers, Henry McIver, by name, a negro
employed by ]. R. Ferrall & Co.
was violently assaulted by Jas
Young and Buddie Jones because he
tried to stop them from "cussing'
about dem OF soap wrappers" He
was hit with bricks, rocks and sticks
The two women joined in the row
with boisterous cursing. The judge
let the women off and put the costs
on the boys
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-06-10
SAD TRAGEDY AT VAUGHAN.
Mr.. Cornelius Shearin Ends His Life
in Horrible Manner.


A special from Vaughan, n. c., to
Tuesdays News and Observer gives
the following of a sad tragedy in
that town:
"Our town and community was
shocked yesterday afternoon when 1t
was reported that Mr.. Cornelius
Shearin, farmer so years of age,
had taken his life by shooting him
self in the head and stomach with a
short-gun.
"Mr Shearin had been in very
poor health for some months. He
went to Raleigh and Durham few
weeks ago to get in a hospital, but
could not get in. He was living with
his son, Mr.. William Shearin. about
two miles from Vaughan. His wife
and one son lives in Louisburg, he
not having lived with his wife for
about two years. 1t is reported that
his family had forsaken him and
that only few days ago, in answer
to an appeal to his son. George, who
lives in Louisburg. for help. he wrote
him that he would not give him any
thing, and that he would not go to
see him if he was dead. This, to-
gether with his poor health, is attrib-
uted as the cause of his committing
the rash act.
His son, with whom he lived, had
walked out to look over his crop,
leaving his father and wife and two
small children at home. After he
had been gone for about an hour, the
old man went in the house, took
down the gun from a rack over the
door, and went out and placed the
muzzle against his head and pulled
the trigger, the entire load striking
his lower jaw, blowing it off and
pieces of flesh were found stuck up
against the side of the house As
soon as he regained consciousness
he got up and went into the house,
got two other shells and went back
to the same spot and shot himself in
the stomach, the second shot killing
him instantly.
when his sons wife saw him
ComluS IN the door Win ABOUT naII
of his head shot off, she ran out of
the back door and went to a neigh
boris house. MIR. Buck Harris was
passing the house just after the first
shot, and Mr.. Shearin motioned to
him to come and knock him in the
head, but he ran on down the road
to a neighbours house to summon
help, but when he got back the fatal
shot had been fired and he was
dead
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-06-10
Compromise Suit for $40, 900, 600.

New York, June 9.-Two million
dollars in cash, their turn of $1,000
900 par value Of securities held as
collateral and the cancellation of a
loan of $1,250,000 was the price
paid by the American Sugar Refining
Company to end the suit for $780,
100000 brought by the Pennsylvania
Sugar Refining Company, it was
learned today.
The Pennsylvania concern, which
is headed by Adolph Segal, sought
to recover s30,0O0.000 damages un-
der the Sherman antitrust law for
its complete wrecking through what
is charged to be a conspiracy by the
officers and directors of the sugar
trust. The actual damage was esti-
mated at $1O,000,000, but under the
Sherman act three times that amount
could be recovered.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-06-10
Local Nat ters

The convention OF North Carolina
Building and Loan Associations Is
being held in Raleigh this week.
Mr. Rob Leach, a former Wake
County boy, died Sunday in Birming-
ham. Ala He was a son Of Mrs.
James Leach OF Fuquay Springs.
The Police Commissioners of Raj
e;gn have elected Mr. j. P. StelI as
new chief Of police. Mr.. stell has
been a deputy sheriff OF this county
for past several years.
Mr.. Jfcob S. Allen, a former hard
ware merchant Of this city, died Sat
urday afternoon after an Illness of
several days. A stroke of paralysis
was-the immediate cause of his death.
Messrs. J. J. Lewis, Wiley John
son and W. b. Register, of Raleigh,
VINO compose the Confederate Drum
Corps, have gone to Memphis to at
tend the Confederate Veterans re-
union.
Mr.. s. J. Borden. of Duplin Coun-
~, an inmate of the Soldiers Home
at Raleigh, died early Sunday morn
ing The deceased served through
the war as member OF Company L.,
Ninth Regiment
Mr. T. w Addicks, of the State
Museum. has returned from Cape
Lookout. bringing with him the skel-
etOn OF the big whale that was
brought ashore there some time ago
The whale. which was a young one,
was AZ feet long.
Governor Kitchin yesterday refus-
I'd to commute the death sentence of
Robert Robertson, the negro who
Killed his employer, Mr.. Wickard, in
the town of Robertsonville, Martin
County, last summer. The Governor
will have to set another date for the
execution.
There was an exciting shooting
scrape" at Garner Sunday night, and
Dave Hall now lies seriously wound
ed. Hall claims that Lemmonds
Shaw, an aged negro, shot him be-
cause he and some companions had
taken two colored girls to church
against the protest of the old man.
One of the defendants in Raleigh S
police court Tuesday afternoon was
bearing d sanctimonious look on his
face and Bible in his hand His
name was John Watson, colored,
charged with operating a blind
tiger. Johns Bible did not save him
that time, as he was sentenced to the
roads for six months,
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-06-10
An Ex-Deputy Sheriff of Wake Sen.
fenced to Atlanta Prison.

Federal Court Is in session In Raj
eigh again this week Some of the
more important cases disposed of are
as follows:
+. d. Hart. negro postmaster OF
Edgecombe county, was tried for the
embezzlement of $3.50 of postal funds
which he had afterwards replaced. II
appeared that in place of renting
J to Raleigh sums of $50 or over re-
ceived on money orders he kept these
and used the money for some time.
He was prosecuted by postofice in
spector District Attorney Skinner
in his remarks spoke of the applica-
ton OF parties who sought to excuse
the negro postmaster. The negro
plead guilty and was sentenced to
the Atlanta penitentiary for year.
r. E. Young, of st. Mary's town
ship, Wake county, former deputy
sheriff of Wake, who was found
guilty on Friday of Illicit distilling,
was sentenced to one year in the At
lanta penitentiary. In the mat
ter of Alex. Roberts, indicted with
Young. judgment was suspended on
payment of costs.
In the case of l.. c. Newsome,
former chief of police of Littleton,
who had plead guilty Of retailing
without license, the former order
taxing the defendant with costs was
stricken out and the case dismissed
the defendant having been in jail
| for about six months.
Robert Thompson, white, of Cum
berland county, plead guilty of Illicit
several months, Judgment was sus.
pended.
| J. r. and J. D. Asker, white, OF
| Edgecombe county, charged with
| failure to obliterate stamps, were
called and failed to respond. Judg-
ment nisi, sofia and capias.
| w. H. Dudley, of Wake, charged
| with illicit distilling, plead guilty OF
aiding and abetting. Prayer fol-
judgment was continued till the No.
vember term.
B. B. Lowe, of Harnett County
| IOuuu guilty VI llllClL ulSLllllHS, Wds
sentenced to one year in the Atlanta
penitentiary.
| In the case of Richard Gattis, Of
| Wake, for Illicit distilling, prayer
for judgment was continued until the
November term, and he was recog,
nized in 5000 bond for his appear
ancc.
! William Mitchell, of Wake Forest
plead guilty of retailing and judg
ment was reserved.
A bill against the receivers Of the
Seaboard Air Line Railway for ship
ping cattle out of Moore county wheI
that county was quarantined was
waived by the defendants. A fine Of
one hundred dollars and costs was
imposed by the court.
Two white boys of Johnston coun
| ty, N. E. Adams and H. McClane
were sentenced to thirty days in jai
for making 'moonshine" liquor.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-06-10
Southern Ry. Schedule.
I'm Effect March -, 1000. }

TN Eucct march IL, iboD.l
n. B.-These figures are published
as information and are not guar
anteed
4.5O q. m.--No. liz for Goidsboro
sleeping car from Greensboro 10 ka-
leigh. Connects at Selma and Colds
| Doro with A. &. l.. aud with Norfolk
and Southern for Morehead Cay.
S.4o n m.-So. Il, through train
from GoldsDoro-ka Raleigh 10 Ashe Vile.
handles Southern Railway Pailor
car. Goldsboro TO Asheyilie. Con
meets at Greensboro with Main Line
trains North and South.
12.3O p. m.-No. Ii4 for Colds
boro and local stations. handles Pull
man sleeping car from Atlanta tn
Raieigh. Connects at Selma with i.
G. l.. North and South and at Colds
boro with A. G. l.. for Wilmington
and Norfolk and southern Tor More-
head City.
4.O5 p. m.-No. 1873. for Green's
Loro, through train stopping only at
MorrisviIle, Durham. University. aud
larger stations. Handles Pullman
sleeping car through from Raleigh 10
Atlanta. Connects at Greensboro
| with Main Line trains North and
South; at Salisbury with Ashevilie-
Knoxville and Memphis train.
$50 p. m.-No. 2z. for Goldsboro
and local stations, connects at Selma
with A. G. L. for Fayetteville and at
Goldsboro with A. G. l.. North. Han
dies Southern Railway Parior car
Asheville TO Goldsboro.
11.69 p. m.--No. Ill. leaves at
a. m. for Greensboro. connects With
Main Line trains North and South.
Handles Pullman sleeping car TO
Greensboro, which IL open at Raleigh
for occupancy at 3 p. IN.
3. II. HARDWICK, p. T. M.
w. III. TAYLOE, @. p. A.,
G. II. ACKERT, V.-P. Il g. NJ.
Washington. ID. c.
r. III. Doubts, T. r. A,
Raleigh, y. c.
]. o. JONES.
| Raleigh, n. C
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-06-10

interest and creating o sinking fund
for Wakelon school bonds.
ID. License or Privilege Taxes.
f151 1t IL further ordered by the
Board OF County Commissioners that
the license or privilege taxes men
toned and described in schedule B.
and C of the Revenue and Machinery
Acts in which the counties are per-
mitted to levy, be and the same are
hereby imposed and directed 20 be
collected as therein set out TO be col
lected By the State.
Swift Creek and Cary townships
ten cents on one hundred dollars
valuation extra for roads on petition
Of majority of voters.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-06-10
Will Erect New Hospital Buildings

The State Hospital Commission
was in Raleigh Tuesday and let con-
tracts for the erection of six buildings
in Raleigh. OF the six buildings to
be erected two are for tuberculosis
patients, one for males and one for
females, while the other four build
ings will be cottages for the farm
superintendent and for the attend.
ants. The six buildings will cost
about $4,000.