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Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-11-03
Typoqraphical Union Led.

The first tuberculosis sanitarium to
be erected for the benefit of the labor
ing men was built by the Interna-
tional typographical union in con-
nection with its home at Colorado
Springs. The international Printing
Pressmen and Assistants union have
recently decided to erect a similar
sanitarium, and steps are now being
taken to open such an institution. The
International hoto-Engravers' union.
while not conducting sanitarium of
its own, pays for the treatment of its
tuberculous members in institutions in
various parts of the country. The
International Boot Workers union are
recommending to their members that
they ally themselves with the various
organizations united in the fight
against tuberculosis.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-11-03
Hated to rake the Money.

Frank 1. Cobb. the chief editorial
writer of the New York World, was
on a vacation in the Maine woods
once when Joseph Pulitzer, owner Of
the World, wanted to communicate
with him. Mr.. Pulitzer sent Cobb a
cipher message.
Presently a country operator drove
in to the Cobb camp and handed Cobb
the message, which read something
like this:
neutrality-suspicious. - grit
-gerald-roderick = hopscotch =
hamfat-publicity.
There's dollar to collect for deliv
ering that message" said the opera
tor, but hate to take it. Somebody
along the line got it all balled up. and
they amt no sense to it."
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-11-03
BUYING INDIA COTTON.
Southern Mills for First Time Go
Abroad for Material. :

Anderson, S. Gas a result of the
prevailing high prices of American cot
ton, Southern mills for the first time
in their history are purchasing cotton
grown in India President II. c. Town
send, of the Townsend Irvine Mills, has
placed orders for several hundred bales
of Indian cotton, and it is understood
that the other mills in the Piedmont
section of South Carolina have done
likewise.
The Indian cotton is of a shorter
staple than the upland cotton, but is as
white and smooth. The mills are going
TO experiment with this cotton and if it
proves satisfactory, as the mill men are
confident it will, large orders will be
placed at once.
The Indian cotton was bought at
II 1-S cents f. o. b. New York. The
freight to Anderson is Sc cents pef
hundred pounds. This cotton can,
therefore, be laid down here for about
II "a cents, while the American cotton
is bring 16 IA cents here now.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-11-03
THE DIFFERENCE
Coffee Usually Means Sickness, But
Postum Always Means Health. :

Those who have never tried the ex-
pertinent of leaving off coffee and
drinking Postum in its place and in
this way regaining health and happi-
ness can learn much from the expert
ence of others who have made the
trial.
One who knows says: II drank cof-
fee for breakfast every morning until
had terrible attacks of indigestion
producing days of discomfort and
nights of sleeplessness. tried to give
up the use of coffee entirely, but found
1t hard to go from hot coffee to a
glass of water Then / tried Postum.
1T was good and the effect was so
pleasant that / soon learned to love
it and have used it for several years.
improved Immediately after l left
off coffee and took on Postum and
am now entirely cured of my indiges-
ton and other troubles all of which
were due to coffee. am now well
and contented and al because
changed from coffee to Postum.
Postum Is much easier to make
right every time than coffee, for tits
SO even and always reliable We
never use coffee now in our family.
We use Postum, and are always we'll"
There's a reason" and 1t is proved
by trial
Look in pkgs for a copy of the famous
little book, THE Road to MELVILLE"
Ever read the above Ietterf A new
enc appears from time TO time. They
are genuine true, and fun of humap
fntereu
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-11-03
NEGRO MURDERER HUNTED
Black Who Killed Aged Man May
Be Lynched.

Terre Haute, Ind.-Posses are search
ing the fields north of the city limits
for a negro murderer, against whom
the feeling is SO bitter that lynching
is not unlikely.
Sam Swope, negro bully and thug,
met Arthur Smith, a white watch tinker,
70 years of age, bent and crippled with
age and in6rmities, and demanded that
the old man give him a nickel with which
to buy beer. The old man insisted that
he had no money, and the enraged negro
Knocked him down and beat and kicked
him to death in most atrocious man
ner. Several persons witnessed the bru-
tai crime, but no one interfered, nor did
any of them make any attempt to cap
ture the negro, who strolled away from
the body of his victim with warning
to other whites who opposed his wishes.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-11-03
That Got Him.

theatrical manager delighted in
taking rise out of conceited or vain
members of his company.
Il see you are getting on fairly
WE'LL" he remarked.
Fairly? l am getting on very well"
replied the hero of the play, promptly.
Il played Hamlet for the first time
last night. You can see by the pa
pers' glowing criticisms how well l
got on.
81 have not read Them" replied the
other, quietly, but / was there"
"Oh, you were. Well. you noticed
how swimmingly everything went off?
OF course, / made a bungle of one
part by falling into Ophelia's grave.
but l think the audience appreciated
even that"
Il know they did," said the man.
ager, with a slight smile; but they
were frightfully sorry when you
climbed out of it again!"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-11-03

Queer stories come from Morocco
and none has been queerer than that
relating to Sultan Mulai Hafid and his
treatment of Ell Roghi, the pretender
to the throne. 1t has been alleged
that the sultan kept Ell Roghi prison
er in narrow cage in which he was
exposed to the multitude and subject
ed to gross insults and indignities
This proceeding evoked a protest
from the European powers. and the
sultan let up" on the prisoner. Now
comes the tale that the man in the
cage was not Ell Roghi at all, but an
tmpostor who impersonated the pre-
tender, while the latter was in collu-
sion with the sultan. to whom he paid
liberal sums of money, and thus Sc
cured immunity from trouble.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-11-03
President Taft.

the past, and that a new method
should be adopted.
II believe in the deep waterway"
said the president. Il am for it, and
shall use all the power that pos
sess in doing what may be accom-
plished to give you citizens of this
great valley what you so earnestly de-
sire. 1t is all part of a still great
er movement inaugurated by Theo-
dore Roosevelt, and properly called
by him the conservation of our ma
tional resources.
THE projects for irrigation and for
the improvement of waterways in the
future are not to be for the purpose
of distributing pork to every part of
the country. Every measure is to be
adopted on the ground that it will be
useful to the whole country. They
are not to be adopted for sending
certain congressman back to Wash
ington or for making certain parts of
the country profitable during the ex-
penditure of the money.
1--WE should take up every compre-
hensive project on its merits and de-
termine whether the country where
the project is to be carried out has so
far developed as to justify the enor-
nous expenditure of money and if it
will be useful when done. When we
decide in favor of project, l believe
in issuing bonds to carry 1t to COM
pletion as rapidly as possible. 1t has
been proposed that we issue bonds for
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-11-03
Casualties Decrease.

Washington.-A decrease in the num-
Der of casualties on American railroads
Tor the year ending June 80, 1909, is
hown by report published by the in
srstate commerce commission.
During the year 2,791 persons were
nlled and 63,92O were injured on rail
loads as against ,3764 killed and $500
injured during the previous fiscal year.
This was decrease of 973 killed and
,,40O injured. The report shows that
the number of employees killed in coup
ling and uncoupling cars and engines was
80 per cent less than during the fiscal
year of 1908.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-11-03

In Russia the large landed propri-
etors are now using farm machinery,
and demonstrating that when modern
methods of agriculture are generally
adopted in the cars domain there
will be large increase in the worlds
food supply. The farmers who use
machinery raise 2,OSS pounds OF rye
and 2,196 pounds OF winter wheat per
dessiatine CD acres in 1908, against
1852 and 1885 pounds respectively
raised by the peasants who adhere to
heir old and crude methods. There
sught to be good field for the sale
Of farm implements in Russia with
showings OF this kind to strengthen
the arguments of agents.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-11-03

Dislike of the cigarette has often
been manifested by fathers, mothers
and guardians. and sometimes figures
In the disposition of legacies. Thus
young man named Acker, of Allan
tic Highlands, N. j., has been left $25.
900 by his grandfather on condition
that for the next "a years Acker shall
refrain from indulging in cigarettes
or participating in dissipation. To get
the regular allowance under the will
Acker must at stated periods make af.
fidavit, that he has complied strictly
with the terms. That ought to be a
pretty fair test of a young mans
preference. The sum of $4,000 should
be an acceptable Offset to deprivation
of cigarette smoking.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-11-03
His Politics at Home.

A political canvasser called at a
home the other day and inquired as
to the political affiliations of the man
of the house.
"Oh, WELL" said the housewife,
hes everything. He's nice when he's
away, and he's not so nice at other
times
But about politics." said the can
vasser. is he a Democrat or a Re-
publican?"
well, it depends on who he is
with" said the lady. "If it's policy
to be a Democrat when he's with Dem
ocrats, he's a Democrat, and when
he's with Republicans he's a Repub-
lican."
Il understand" persisted the can.
'vasser, but between ourselves, what
is he at homer"
"oh, at home he's perfect terror. .
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-11-03
"oRY" PITCHERS BEST.

Baseball will be more attractive to
many lovers OF the national game
when there are no more 'spitball"
pitchers. says Cleveland Plain Deal
err They make the sport slower
than It would be otherwise. and their
unclean and repulsive way OF pitching
causes errors which would not be
made II the ball were not so slippery
when 1t gets to the fielders. Be-
sides, the mere name OF the "spltball"
is obnoxious to not a few men and
women who are steady patrons OF the
most popular game in America. For
tunately there is reason to believe that
the "spitters" are losing ground. They
are not so much in evidence as they
were last year or the year before. end
they do not count among the leading
winners of the big leagues. Krau"e
and Joss. Mullin and Coombs and
Bender. Willet and Young. Summers,
Circotte. Chece and Johnson. Powell
and Waddell, in the American league.
use the "spitball" little. or not at all.
In the National league, the most ia
nous pitchers. such as Mathewson,
Brown, Wiltse. Willis. Camnitz,
Moren, Reulbach and Overall. do not
rely on the splitter" for their vic
tories. There is no room for doubt
that the best dozen dry" pitchers in
the two big leagues are far superior
to the most skillful IL among those
who use the 'spitball."
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-11-03
Possible Crop 1880, 900.

Florence, S, C.-Unitcd States sena-
tor Ed Smith is in receipt of q letter
from Statistician R. L. Neal, with adj
vance sheets of circular to be sent out
showing that after trip over the South
the most careful estimates of the cot
ton crop this year indicates a possible
crop of 10,520,00O bales, agreeing with q
recent estimate issued by Senator Smith.
From exporters Senator Smith learns
that it is expected that if the govern
ment report issued next week on cotton
confirms previous advices, cotton viii be-
bound to reach famine prices
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-11-03
Men Die Faster Than women.

Chicago. According to the Chicago
helath bulletin issued Saturday, Chicago
would be an Adamless Eden were it not
for the new male blood which is coming
in. Figures compiled for five years show
an astounding excess in the male death
rate over the female death rate. The
percentage of excess of male deaths per
10000 population is as high as s. per
cent. in the case of alcoholism. In prev
alent diseases, like pneumonia and tuber'
culosis, the male excess is about so per
cent.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-11-03
Victor Blue Gets Command.

Washington. = His first important
command was given to Lieut.Comdr.
Victor Blue, when the navy department
assigned him to the gunboat Yorktown.
Commander Blue won fame and pro
motion by locating the Spanish feet in
Santiago harbor during the Spanish
American war and carrying the first in
formation in regard to its exact loca-
tion to the American fleet. For some
time Commander Blue has been the ex
ecutive officer of the North Carolina.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-11-03
THOUGHT HER BURGLAR.
Cashier of Bank Shoots and Kills Aged
Negro Woman.

Anderson, S. C.-Mistaking her for
burglar, w. A. Hudgens, cashier of the
Bank of Starr, near here, shot and killed
Martha Young, an aged negro woman
employed as cook in his family. She
cad entered the house to secure some
milk, and, ignorant of Mr.. Hudgens'
presence in the house, failed, apparent
ly through fright, to answer when he
asked who entered. A coroner's jury
sxonerated Mr.. Hudgens from all blame.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-11-03
MAY SUBSTITUTE FOR COTTON
German Textile Experts Looking for
''Just as Good" Fiber

Berlin.-Owing to the high price of
cotton, the German textile experts have
been turning their attention to other
fibers that might be used as substitute.
Recently spinning company at Chemn'
itz has succeeded in spinning the fiber
contained in the seeds of the kapok, or
silk cotton tree, of the tropics. In its
natural state this fiber cannot be spun,
owing to its extreme brittleness, but
Prof. Goldberg of Chemnitz has found a
method of treating it to make it spinn-
able, and the yarn is described as having
peculiarly soft, silky feeling.
The fiber has the advantage of being
considerably cheaper than cotton, but no
information is at hand showing the wear
ing quality of fabrics made from kapok
warn.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-11-03
ITO GETS $22,5oo FUNERAL.
Statesman Will Finally Rest With
Great Men of Empire.

Tokio.-The funeral ceremony over
The body of Prince Ito will be conduct
I'd in Hibya Park and interment will
be made at Omori, short distance
south of Toxic, on wooded bluff over
oking Toxic Bay and on which is stu
lted the celebrated Temple of Ikegami.
Later, when a tomb is erected, the body
will be given final resting place in
Shiba Park amid the temples and the
tombs of famous Japanese. The State
has appropriated $22,5oO for the ex-
oenses of the statesman's funeral.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-11-03
BoorLEGGER ExTRADIrED.
First Case Where offenss Less Than
Felony Figured.

Arkansas City, Kan.-The long-stand-
ing tradition that man could not be
eXtradited on a charge minor to felony
was shattered when James Pinkerton
vas returned here from Oklahoma on
she charge of "bootlegging. Pinkerton
refused to return to Kansas for trial
The authorities then obtained from Gov
Stubs requisition papers, which Gov.
Haskell Of Oklahoma recognized.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-11-03

The man who during the Boxer up,
rising risked his life to gain provi.
sions for the foreigners besieged in
Picking is dying in poverty and OBJ
security. So short is the memory of
the world for it's heroic deeds. Hero
worshipins exhausts itself by its own
violence. and then comes forgetful.
aess In the newer sensations.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-11-03
Fortunes WhIm.

Where did you git de hand full O.
changer" asked Meandering Mike. 1T
was forced on me-" answered Flooding
Pete a lady up de road sicked de
dog on me. had to steal de pup an
sell i'm in self-defense."
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-11-03
The Russian Dynasty.

The present dynasty Of Russia is
the house OF Romanoff. founded by
Gar Michael Fedorovite Romanoff.
who assembled the throne in 1913.
The Romanoffs are descended from
Andrew Kobyla. who came from Prus-
STA to Moscow in 1914.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-11-03

100000, 900 or 81 900 100000. and cut
II up and parcel the money out in this
and that section of the country.
am opposed to any such proposition,
because 1t not only smells Of the
pork barrel, but would be q pork
barrel"
Sherman, Too, 10 for II.
Vice-President James s. Sherman
has brought to the people Of the mid
die west the message of the east,
promising enthusiastic support of the
waterway program. I'VE people of
the east depend on your people of the
west" said ne. when we help you,
we help ourselves, SO there is every
reason why we should do all In our
power for you, as soon as we realize
what you want and why you want it."
Speaker Cannon and Secretary Of
War Dickinson are no less outspoken
in their assurances of support. and
many senators and representatives,
among them Senator Lorimer of ILL
nois, the father of the deeu waterway
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-11-03
MAJOR OR MINOR.

Mr.. Lunnon-I suppose may adj
dress you as major. sir! Every man
in these southern states seems to be
a colonel or major.
Texas Bill-I'm no major; I'm
miner.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-11-03
Appreciation.

Il was strongly tempted when we
were in the conservatory alone to take
you In my arms and kiss you. Would
you have been very angry with me IL
| had done so?" "Yes-very But
thank you for the compliment"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-11-03
Inuratltude.

A Missouri farmer was nearly
kicked to death by a mule that he
had rescued from a burning barn. A
mule may be as ungrateful as q
tboughtless son.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-11-03

A radium mine has been discov.
cred in California. which may cause
The price OF the STUFF to drop a few
million dollars an ounce.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-11-03
Birth of Biblical Ar.

The first Biblical illustrative art
consisted in the symbolic frescoes OF
the Catacombs.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-11-03
DEEP WATERWAY IS
DEMANDED BY ALL
Great River Convention Is Held
i'm New Orleans.
PRESIDENT FAvoRs PROJECT
Promises the Present Administration
VIII Support Issuance of Federal
Bonds II Fourteen-Foot Pro-
qram Proves Feasible.

New Orleans, Nov. l. Ringing
demands for IA feet through the val
ley" and elaborate argument in sup
port of the program for the creation
of a deep waterway from the lakes to
| the gulf have marked the great con-
vention of the Deep Waterway asso-
citation that opened here Saturday.
President Taft, Vice-President Sher.
man, Speaker Cannon, governors of
tn Mississippi valley states, innumer-
able senators and representatives and
a mighty throng of private citizens
who believe in the big river project
are here and all urge that 1t be un-
dertaken and carried to speedy con-
clusion.
President Taft Promises Support.
President Taft, who arrived in New
Orleans escorted by a great flotilla,
after an Illuminating trip down the
Mississippi river from ST. Louis, land
ed from the lighthouse tender Clean
der about eight o'clock Saturday
morning, and was driven to his ho-
JSl luTOuSu SlISolS ludI WSIS CdhO-
pied with magnolia branches, palmet-
toes and southern moss, and every
where entwined in the decorations
were the notices Fourteen Feet
Through. the Valley" and River Rate
Regulation Is Rate Regulation" At
the Athenaeum in the afternoon the
president aroused storm of cheers
by promising that If the 14-feet project
proved feasible and advisable, the
present administration would favor
the issuance of government bonds to
defray the cost.
Not for "Porl< Barrel"
At the same time Mr. Taft made 1t
plain that he would not stand for any
plan to make a pork barrel" of the
project. He said he opposed any
such general bond issue of $500,000,-
900 or $1,000,000,O0O for waterways
improvement, the money to be cut
up and parceled out to different sec
tons. He declared that the improve
ment of waterways had been carried
forward in a haphazard fashion in
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-03-12
JAPAN
BUYING
CANNON
KRUPP GUN WORKS FILLING BIG
ORDERS FOR THE MIKADO-
WHAT DOES 1T MEAN.

Washington, March 12.-The state
department has just been privately
advB Ell by It's representatives Ia
Germany that orders for cannon
from Japan and Roumania have
caused much activity In the great
KrUpp ordnance works and that an
eight hour day has been extended to
ten. In the case OF Roumania this
order is believed TO be due to the
probability Of impending war with
another European country but with
Japan the actual reason for de-
mand for an increased number OF
cannon is not thoroughly undertood
or at least officials OF the state
department are particularly retlcen,
and profess ignorance OF the sub
jet.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-03-12
100000 YEARS OLD
SKELETON OF A PREHISTORIC
DUCK Is OLDEST OF ALL.

New York, March IA COM
plete skeleton OF prehi torlc duck.
estimated by DR.. II. G. Bumpus. of
the American Museum OF National
history, to be 100000 years cd.
has just been acquired by the mu-
scum. The specimen Ia so well pre-
served that the greater part OF the
skin OF the head, body and legs may
be seen. IL was found near Lance
Creek, Wyoming.
MummleJ Of Egypt three or four
thousand years old" said DR.. Bum
Dus, ARE considered to be OF re-
spectacle antiquity and still more
venerable are the mammoths found
buried in the frozen Tundras of ST.
IBERIA and Alaska, but even the man.
mothnC tens of thousands of years
old, are only creatures OF yesterday
compared with the antiquity Of this
dinosari mummy"
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-03-12
SAVED BY
WIRELESS.
VALUE AGAIN DEMONSTRATED
WHEN scHooSER is TowEp
INTO SAFETY by AN OCEAN
GOING TUG.

New York. March 12.-The res
cue OF the schooner Ann j. Trainer.
which, dism1ted AMI with wreck
ago at her stern. is being towed
northward today by sea-going tug.
after a narrow escape from destruc-
ton and death in n storm, Is tho
latest denomination OF the immenss
vo ne of wireless telegraphy at sen
Flashing OF &C, q. d." messages
from ashore TO tho lea which were
picked up by two steamers. estab. .
lished the location OF the schooner
about eight miles of Little egg har-
Dor on the Jersey coast and within
two hours aid was at hand. Tho
captain and crew refused 20 leava
the vessel and asked only that tug
be sent to their assistance. This
was done and the vessel and Grew
were saved.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-03-12
YEAR FOR FATTY DORM
PLEADED GUILTY no ROBBTNG
PoSToFFICE AT TIP TOP.

Shortly after the disposition OF tho
case against Kentucky joe" IN the
federal court at Lynchburg, Frances
Dorm, alias PENN ylvania Fatty"
who halls from the region of Batter
Pa, was arraigned and pleaded gull
ty to an Indictment charging him
with the robbery of the postofhce at
TIP Top. Virginia, on September IL.
He was sentenced to year and a
day at the Atlanta prison.
w. II. Robinson, OF Alexandria.
Va, whose professional" name IA
Alexandria Bunny, aad who IA
charged with robbing the postofflces
at Salem and Blacksburg, will BIO
tried at the Abingdon term or couft.
In the meantime. Robinson will be
confined in the Lynchburg jail.
Both OF these cases were handled
by Postal inspectors II. w. Robin
son and II. b. Mosby.