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Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-01-06
WIFE HAD DoDcED THE VISITOR
Little misunderstanding Caused Cleve
land Man to Go Hungry.

Tough luck came to an East end
fiat resident the other night by an odd
chain of circumstances.
Briefly it was like this: The fiat
resident got home 20 minutes ahead
of his wife, who was out to bridge
whist party.
The husband waited and waited and
waited and then began to get exercised
for fear there wasn't going to be any
thing doing at all that night in the
way of things to eat
He waited few minutes longer, and
then telephoned to the home where
the bridge session had been held. They
told him the other wing of his house
had started home an hour or two be-
fore. Then he called up the neighbors
and all the places where his wife
might have dropped in. But he only
became more convinced that she was
lost or killed-run over by street
car or something He began to make
the round Of the hospitals and am
bulauce lines ON the phone.
Then the door opened-this was an
hour or more after the dinner hour
and his wife entered. She had been in
the fat right below, Why hadn't she
come home? Why, she had come home
;ust after he did But when she
reached their door and heard him at
the telephone she jumped to the con-
clusion that he had brought some
friend home with him and was talking
to him. And there wasn't thing in
the house to eat-that is nothing for
company. So she ducked to the floor
below until husband and his friend
should get tired waiting and hike out
for a restaurant.-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-01-06
TO OUR FRIENDS AND FORM
ER CUSTOMERS

We wish to thank our friends and
customers for the nice business you
gave us last year, and we assure you
all it is greatly appreciated, and we al.
SO wish to announce that Mr.. G. r.
King has sold his interest in the firm
of King & Gardner, and they have
been succeeded by Gardner, Nichols
& SAMSON, who will still conduct an
up-to.date grocery business at the same
stand, and we bespeak tor them your
continued patronage and hearty sup
port.
Again thanking you. and wishing
you a happy and prosperous New
Year,
We Are Your Friends
King q Gardner
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-01-06

Ed. Elias spent the holidays in ST
Louis.
Willie Griggs spent a fen days II
Macon this week.
Mrs. Edgar Elliott is visiting in
Memphis this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. L. Neubert and
Mrs. P. E. Hadley spent few days
Of lastweek in Memphis.
DR.. and Mrs. Fred Stone, Of CAL
houn City. spent Sunday here, the
qIests of Mr.. and Mrs. j. Howell Bur-
kit.
The stock of merchandise of the
old firm Of E. S. Elliott and Son was
sold by the executors Monday. F. NJ.
Elliott was the purchaser.
the holidays are over but the sea-
son for fine candies. nuts, peanuts,
popcorn, and fancy groceries is with
us always. Come in and see me.
j. A. Owen
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-01-06
WORD HE WILL WRITE FIRST
Average Man Pretty Certain to Try
Pen with His Name.

About the first thing that the aver
age man will do In testing new pen
is to write his name. That is as COM
mon as the habit of writing. Now is
the time for all good men to come to
the aid of their party" on the type
writer. The man who sells fountain
pens knows the custom well.
One dealer said the other day that
he couldn't account for it on the basis
of egotism, but explained 1t simply
because a name was one thing most
folks expected to have to write a
great many times with pen and
therefore wanted to try 1t out on that.
IF only l had blotter' for each
of the many signatures have seen
written and II had criminal instincts,
could make good money as a forge,
with some Of the names that hau
been written in my place." he said,
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-01-06
SCIENTIFIC SPANKING

consists in punishment only when a
child is actually bad. Some mothers
think that all crying is badness, it's
not. When Your baby cries. look for
pins or some external cause, it you
can't find them give the baby White S
Cream Vermlfuge as the chances are
If is suffering from worms which keep
it hungry and cross all the time. Pleas
ant to take-sure in III action. Price
rs cents. Sold by all dealers.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-01-06
CARD OF THANKS

take this method of thanking our
Govd friends OF Okolona tor their at.
tention to the needs and comforts Of
my sister during her late illness and
hour of death and especially do | de.
sire to thank Mrs. Moseley and the
other ladies' who took such active
parts in assisting with her funeral pre-
parations and keverends MIR. Moseley
and Pugh do especially wish to thank
for their ministerial services and kind
words of consolation
Very Respectfully
W. F. Nix
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-01-06
TO MY FRIENDS

On January FIRST served my con.
nection with 7. M. Dean. and bought
an interest in the grocery business of
Gardner, Nichols < SAMSON, where
am now ready and waiting to serve
you. Thanking you for favors shown
me in the past, and trusting you will
remember me with your business in the
future, am. Yours truly.
w. F. Nichols
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-01-06
Che Messenger

TdE AIs, ENGER accepts display adver
tiAementA I4vm reputable business men and
firms AT 25 cents per inch each Insertion, and
bus ness leading notices, or locals, at 10
ceLis lea hue for nrst Insertion. B cents per
ltae eacn add tionai Insertion. III cuts are
USED, 20 per cent additional; no wood Bases
NOTICE S OF marriages, deaths, lodge Socials
churchuf other entertainments, are admit
ted Tree, II united To 10 INES. AL In excess
OF lolnts nusG be paid for at 10 cents per
line, Cash Tor same to accompany the copy
All Legal notices at legal rates, pay able be.
fore aftdavit OF publication is filed.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-01-06
ABOUT ADVERTISING-NO 8
The Cellar Hole and the
Sewer Hole
By Herbert Kaufman.

A coal cart stopped before an office building in
Washington and the driver dismounted removed the
cover from a manhole out his chute, and pro-
ceeded to empty the load An old negro strolcd over
and stood watching him. Suddenly the black man
glanced down and Immediately burst into fit of
uncomfortable laughter, which continued for several
minutes The cart driver looked at him in amusement
"Say, Uncle, he asked, do you always laugh when
you coal going into cellar The negro sputtered
around for few moments and then holding his hands
to his aching sides managed to say, "No, sab, but I
Jest bnsts 1vhen sees it goin' do0Vn a seaUer.'
The advertiser who displays lack Of judgment in
selecting the newspapers which carry his copy often
confuses the and the cellar.
All the money that is put into newsrc Tcrs isn't
taken out again by any The fact that all papers
possess certain physical likeness doesn't by any
signify similarity in character and it's character
in newspaper that brings returns The editor who
conducts journalistic finds different class of
readers than the publisher who respects himself enough
to respect his readers. n
What goes into newspaper largely determines
the class of homes into which the newspaper goes An
irresponsible, scandal-mongerng, undertaking sheet
is logically not supported by the buying classes of
people 1t may be perused by thousands of readers,
but such readers seldom purchasers of advertised
goods.
IL the ClcdnCuC, SCodQy, nOTIHdl-n1nQcQ C1C1ZenS
who form the bone and sinew and muscle of the COM
munty It's the sane, self-respectng, dependable
newspaper that enters their homes and it's the home
sale that indicates the strength of advertising
medium
No clean-mnded father of a family wishes to have
his wife and children brought in contact with the most
maudlin and banal phases of life He defends them
from the sensational editor and the unpleasant adver
tser He subscribes to newspaper (Which he does not
fear to kdOe about the house.
Therefore, the respectable newspaper can always
be counted upon to produce more sales than which
may even larger circulation but whose distribu-
ton is in ten editions among improbable citizens.
You can no more expect to sell goods to people
who haven't money than you hope to pluck oysters
from bushes.
It isn't the number of readers reached but the
number of readers whose purses be reached that
constitutes the value of circulation It's one thing
to arouse their attention. but it's far different thing
to get their money The mind may be wiusg but the
pocketbook is oedk
you had the choice of a thousand of desert
land or hundred acres of oasis you'd select the
fertile spot realizing that the larger tract had less
value because it would be less productive.
Just so the advertiser who really understands
how he is spending his money does not measure by
bulk alone He counts productivity first He takes
that he is not putting his money into seUer
Copyright 1905 BY tribune Chicago,
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-01-06
TO MY FRIENDS AND PATRONS

In and around Okolona | take this
method Of thanking one and all OF you
for liberal patronage in the past, and
it dealing fair with you in he future
by giving full weight full count and the
very best gro :eries and attention is
what you W ant. would like to have your
trade this year 1909.
Yours Truly
TN. DEAN
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-01-06
TO WHOM 1T MAY CONCERN

All parties knowing themselves in
debted to the firm will please come in
and settle at once and save expense Of
collection by attorney. King &
Gardner.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-01-06
OKOLONA, MISS, JAN 6 1909
COMMISSIONERS SALE
c. w, McClain, ct al

4. W. McClaln, ct al
S. Y. Bacon
By virtue of the provisions Of a
decree of the Charcery Court of the
Second District of Chickasaw County
Mississippi, rendered by said Court on
the 10Th day OF December, A. d. 1908
the undersigned as special commiss-
ioner of said Court in said cause, will
on
MONDAY. FEBRUARY 1ST 1909,
at Okolona, Mississippi, within
legal hours in front of the court house
door. expose for sale and sell to the
highest bidder for cash the following
described real estate. situated in the
Second Judicial Disric of Chickasaw
County, Mississippi. to wit West IL of
Section ID, Township II, Range 4,
East.
The said land is sold for the pur-
pose OF partihoning among the owners
in accordance with said decree, and
the title is believes to be good, but |
will convey only such title as is vested
in ME as said commissioner.
Witness my signature this the 23rd
day of December A. d. 1903.
w. J. WILLIAMS, Commissioner
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-01-06

G. w. Cole made business trip to
Memphis Tuesday.
Colonel James Gordon and Jess
Dawson are attending the Field Trials
at New Albany this week.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-01-06

kOdOl ksA ~aSss .gszt .
Diues.o s'.&t yen east.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-01-06
SOUTH BOUND

No. Express daily leaves 10:45 p m
No. 3 Express daily leaves 1905 m
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-01-06

NORTH BOUND
No. 2 Express daily leaves $50 m
No. 4 Express daily leaves SOB p m
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-01-06

TIME OF TRAINS AT
Time of Trains of Okolona. MISSISSIPPI
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-04-21
Heart to Heart
Talks.
LUCKY" BALDWIN.
BY EDWIN A. NYE.
Copy. Uhf. 1908. by Edwin A. Nye

LUCKY" BALDWIN.
Lucky" Baldwin is dead.
All his life long he was misnamed.
He lived to be eighty years Of age
and was successful. And men are not
uniformly lucky for eighty years.
Instead Of Lucky" he should have
been called ''Plucky' Baldwin.
Men, looking at his successful ca
reer, attributed his success to some
special favor Of fate or to birth under
some lucky star.
It did not seem to occur to them that
the fortunate strikes Of the bold oper.
ator were the result Of carefully map
ped out campaigns and that Baldwin
was a cool headed, brainy, forceful
man.
In his mining deals he came in con.
tact with the shrewd. long sighted
men Of his day. He came out best in
his ventures because he was shrewder
and longer sighted than they.
Baldwin was plucky.
His nerve and daring carried through
big deals which he had carefully
thought out In advance.
For instance
When he wanted Sharon 4 Jones to
close their option on q big mining deal
he offered them check for 500 900 to
abandon 1t. accurately forecasting that
they would do the opposite.
It Is told Of him that he secured the
csutrol Of the Ophir mine by engaging
IN fst light with the entire board Of
directors Of the company. holding up
the proceedings for half an hour while
his lawyer was securing IN injunction.
Baldwin was badly beaten up, but
the Injunction, 1t II said, made him
half q million dollars.
Which was pure pluck.
He had foresight also. When he
bought the big ranch in California and
began to spend . fortune in improve
nents The psopae openly sneered at the
VENTURE. It was called 11Baldwtn's
Folly" but he lived to zee the day
when It was one OF the most valuable
estates in the world.
Pluck u luck.
Foresight Is fortune.
While Baldwin's career, inciudfn3
the rough days Of racing and gam
hing, - not 4 career at to be held up
for the close emulation Of the young,
Il does prove that brains and courage
are more than luck.
Baldwin was not luctier than most
men.
He was pluck1er than most men.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-04-21

play fair because he was sore at the
manager of the house. Then Gordon
comes out the next day and roasts the
band proper and calls 1t rotten, there
by sacrificing the interest of the band
and also OF the city, in order to take
his spite out on the manager of the
house, and we believe he would at all
times sacrifice the interests of the
city In order to get even with some
person or corporation, and we also be-
lieve now that he is running in the
race in order to make himself appear
the big Pomposa and crow over his en-
emies more than to serve the people.
We believe that outside of all that is
said about Harris he is all right and
should be the shopman's candidate,
and all others.
A Shopman who really has calloused
hands.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-04-21

FOR MAYOR.
HENRY ". DEUKER 10 . candidate
for mayor. subject to the Republi-
can nomination.
SAMUEL X. MORGAN. candidate for
Mayor. subject to the Republican
nomination
EDWARD H. HARRIS 10 q candidate
for Mayor. subject to TIE Republi-
can nomination.
FOR CITY CLERK.
BALrZ A. BEScHER is a candidate
for the office Of city clerk Of Rich.
mond. subject to the Republican
nomination.
FOR JUDGE OF CITY COURT.
LUTHER c. ABBOTT is a candidate
for Judge Of the City Court of Rich
mond. Ind. subject to tho Republi.
can nomination.
LMAN.Ar-LARcE.
MATT Won PEIN is a candidate for
the Office OF Councilman.at.large.
subject to the Republican nomina,
ton.
FOR COUNCILMAN.
JESSE J. EVANS, candidate for
Councilman for Second Ward. sub
ject to the Republican nomination.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-04-21
FORUMOF7HEPEOPLE
Articles Contributed for This Column
Must Not Be in Excess Of 400
Words. The Identity Of All Con-
tribut0rs Must Be Known to the
Editor. Articles VIII Be Printed in
the Order Received.
THE BOY ORATOR, OR WIN. JEN
NlNGS BRYAN a..

Gordon opens his campaign with a
clean cut speech" but like the musi-
clan who reads at sight, but not at
first sight, he takes up eight columns
to make the cut and anyone can see
that he makes several cuts and not
very clean ones.
Il can and will get the largest vote
ever given to a mayoralty candidate
il q broad assertion unless he controls
the world and all it's elements.
The whole eight columns contain
just such assertions and are filled in
with big rs and will. 1t is 4 good thing
he knows what he will do because no
one else ever does. He throws Doc
In Z pretty bad light. but We don't q.
pect Doc is tearing his hair about it,
In fact he can't afford it, rs he hash I
az much hair to tear as Gordon.
While Doc is wrong and not the man
for Mayor, everyone knows his good
fellowship and all of those Bryanite
assertions are wasted on the people.
AS for the Kids" we know that
Gordon hadn't quit mussing up his
clothes, as he muses. up everything
else. when Harris was born. and while
Harris has never set the world on fire
as yet and may not have a. large q
head, he has larger feet, which gives
him fair understanding and you can
see him further and II he IL baby he
has mans ideas and looks more of 4
man.
While he wasn't deprived Of his par
ents at an early age he has had 70
work for a living like the rest Of US,
and he is the shopman's candidate.
He did vote wet like the majority
Of voters of Wayne county and has
never denied it. but he didn't pull the
whole thing off and then feel 50 ela,.
ed that he bought himself diamond
ring. We think Harris will do as
much as Gordon except being 4
knocker. Sometimes I have been
right and sometimes have been
wrong. Where l have been wrong ]
have tried to make reparation.'' is true
OF every man and II he opposed Mr..
Meredith and is now for him and wns
against kirkman one time and for
him the next. why wouldn't he Be IL
able to be against all he IL for now,
or for all he is against. after he gets
to be mayor by this large majority?
Name public enterprise. q con-
cession granted or wrested from the
corporations. q social. educational or
artistic movement. charitable insfi.
tuition or . public movement which !
have not worked for and through my
work made possible We know Of a
little thing. and 1t Is the little things
that count. in fact most Of Gordon's
actions aPe little. A certain hand
came here and drew good house. was
really good and was written up nice
II In the Morning News 1t the susxes.
ton Of one Of Gordon's numerous en-
plnye9. Who knew Gordon would not
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-04-21
Hen Mistake.

Her Mistake.
There Is a frigid coldness between .
young man and his best girl for which
her observation-disclosures Is not altogether
blameless.
$50 you've come at lasty' said he the
other night.
why. I'm early" she replied. 'It'a
only Z. and promised to be here at 8. -
HIN. but you've mistaken the day.
I've been waiting hero since yester.
day"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-04-21
The Word "Raiah."

Literally the word rajah means king.
and maharajah the great king or ruler
over several kings, but generally
speaking the titles rajah. maharajah
and nawab have no greater signih-
canoe than the words feudal lords as
used in medieval times in Europe.
Many Of them have been made by the
will Of the reigning chief. many be-
slowed for meritorious acts and deeds.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-04-21
MRS. BUSHNELL ILL.

The friends Of Mrs. George w.
Bushnell OF Andover. Kan. viii regret
to learn that she now lies 1t the point
OF death. Mrs Bushnell's girlhood
was spent In this vicinity. she being a
sister OF Mrs. W. l. Dulin Of this cil-
and Mrs William W. Foulke, Of Spring
cFuVA
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-04-21
Gordon C0nfrddicts Himself

Gordon Conffadicts Himself
BY HIS OWN WORDS HE BRANDS HIS OWN LNslNUAnoNs AS
CAMPAIGN LIES
.And ! say to you men, and nobody know. Il better
/ d.. th.tEd Hsrriss cisa He 10 young
highest 'sssss-he 10 clean hou"ss teeth!'
his the osnnet theatsr
April 49, 1909
But in the report speech published
the heading
pints.ALL Of the prints it first"
Was 1t deliberately omitted, and if so why:
ii reason.
report effort
insinuate that Harris is not honest
willing that the people should know the truth
Mr. Gordon in
publish his
We do not what Gordon said
We repeat
that Harris sunder obligations to
the light
nsnuates that Harris is not his boss a..
That he guarantee lie will
IL orders"
thing. by
PRINTS
Why did he not also PRINT what he DID say?
Why he mott PRINT a Gennet?
"HARRIs IS cLEAN-AssoLuTELv cLEAN-cLEAN AS A
HOUNDS TOOTH"
Harris does thaveto give a guarantee"
that is worthless And
proved the Clad
antee" OF Mr.. Gordon amounts to nothing
which Iron Clad Guarantee"
promises
hIs guarantee which amounts to nothing
because this paper has exposed view those things which Cor
attacking
Gordon overlooked the
clean hounds tooth forgotten
5
thing print
(for he controls the Item) is not a
We that the who will
This thing which nexpressib'e
HARRIS HAS MADE NO GUARANTEE SAVE
AND THIS Is THE BEST AND GUARANTEE NEcEs
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-04-21
impossible.

From the Providence Bulletin.-Any
tnti-noise crusade that endeavors to
compel small boys to play base bali
without yelling might as well save its
ame and devote itself to formulating
tariff that would please everybody,
nventing ! cure for the fastest style
hats or something equally practic-
bile.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-04-21
Praises for Maryland.

From the Boston Transcrfpt.-Mary.
land is not rich state, but for her
resources she is doing more for the
public highways than almost any of
her sisters. In planning to spend 81
100000 on them. it is provided that
the highway commission shall keep all
state highways reasonably clear Of
brush and otherwise in good conci-
ton. plant shade trees II practicable.
and establish and maintain watering
troughs. A state that makes herself
attractive adds materially to her as
sets.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-04-21
Items Gathered in
From Far and Near
The Way to Peace.

From the New York Tribune.-Sec-
Rotary Meyer wisely holds that the
chief hope OF International peace lies
in the establishment of true friendship
and confidence among the nations of
the earth. The genuine progress made
In the establishment of such relations
between the United States and other
countries gives great promise for the
future, but in the nature Of things the
work must be slow. As is the building
up OF friendship and confidence be-
tween individuals. In the meantime,
the surest guarantee is to be found
In what the secretary Of the navy hap
PLY calls 'ramparts Of STEEL
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-04-21

Little Willie - What q q scheme,
dadf DADA scheme. my son. 10
something that usually falls through
shortly after you invest money In it.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-04-21
The Typhoid Fly.

From the New York Times-The
slaughter Of the Stegomyia fasciata
since the proof under the indictment
that It was the host for the propaga-
ton OF the yellow fever parasite has
been frightful. and something similar
has been happening to the typhoid fly.
The fact Is even more important, for
it is easily possible to flee to climes
where the Stegomyia never ventures,
but it Is hardly possible to escape the
typhoid fly. 1t 10 the common house
fly. the nuisance which flies from the
manure heaps and the sewage-laden
rivers into the windows Of almost en-
erybody's parlor. or, worse yet, kitch-
en-.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-04-21

not merely closes the career Of one of
the finest actresses OF the nineteenth
century, but removes from earth one
Of the noblest and most generous of
women.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-04-21
MASONIC CALENDAR.

"wednesday, April c1-Webb lodge.
10. ~, FL IA. n. regular meeting.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-04-21
A Mathematical Marvel.

A Mathematical Marvel.
That prima donna wants more SAL
airy every time she sings"
Yes answered the impressar!o.
never saw such a head for tempera-
mental arithmetic"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-04-21

From tho Brooklyn Eagle.-The
death OF Helena Modjeska. after = lin
xering illnes& at her California ho0o