davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1910-08-18
PLEASE STOP NY

The Post reproduces the following
because it comes so close home. We
take it from the Literary World and
have taken the liberty of changing two
words in it to suit our case. A few
times in life we have met these kind
Of economisrs-Houston Post
Please stop my'-What? Times
are hard. money is scarce. because
is dull, retrenchment is a duty. Please
stop my "Whiskey? "Oh no; times
are not hard enough for that yet. But
there is something else that costs me
a large amount OF money every year
which | wish to save Please stop
my" Tobacco, cigars and snuff? mo
no-not these: but must retrench
somewhere. Please stop my Rib
bons, jewels. ornaments and trinkets?
Not at all. Prlde must be fostered,
if times are so very hard; but believe
| can see way to effect quite saw
ing in another direction. Please stop
my" Tea. coffee and needless and
unhealthy luxuries? mo. no; no. not
these. | cannot think of such a sacri-
fee. must think Of something else,
All, have it now My weekly county
paper costs me two cents a week:
must save that. Please stop my
paper; that will carry me through
easily. ! believe in retrenchment and
economy. Literary World.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1910-08-18
SUNDAY SCHOOL PICNIC.

The Sunday School Of the Presby-
terian Church will hold their annual
picnic next Thursday. August 25th,
three miles east OF Houston, near the
railroad track. A special train will
leave Okolona about 8 clock, and we
will return home on the regular train.
This is not merely a Sunday School
picnic, but Church picnic, and we
will be pleased to have all our men,
bers 60 who can, and be sure to carry
a we'll filled basket. Committees have
been appointed to look after all ar
and to see that everybody
has good time.
B. F. ELLIS, Supt. :
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1910-08-18
EXTERr1INATING TICKS BY VA.
eating PASTURES.
A Pasture rlay be Freed of Ticks
By Keeping All Stock Off OF
1t From Sept. to July /,

The month Of August lends itsel
well to the eradication Of cattle fevel
| ticks where a pasture rotation plan il
used. By vacating pasture during
this month and keeping it vacant un,
til July l of next year It may be freed
of ticks. and it no tick-infested ami
mails are allowed to enter after July
the pasture will remain free. The
United States Department of Agricul-
ture advises farmers in the tick region
to take advantage OF this favorable
time so far as practicable.
Pastures from which live stock is
removed for sufficient time become
free of ticks by process Of starvation,
as the ticks cannot live to manurity it
they are unable to get upon animals.
The time required for all ticks to die
after tbs stock has been removed from
infested fields and pastures varies con-
siderably, depending on climate, sea-
son, and weather conditions, Exper-
ience has shown, however, that the
period from September to July | is
sufficient, and this appears to be the
most convenient time.
The advantage Of vacating a pasture
for the period named is twofold. Not
only is the pasture freed from ticks,
but its disuse during that time will
probably cause less inconvenience
and expense than at any other season,
and it will be benefited by the rest
and will have better growth of grass
the following summer. In some Sec
tons where pastures are utilized
throughout the winter, to vacate would
probably necessitale feeding the stock,
unless the farmer is situated so that
he can keep his stock on one pasture
while another pasture is kept vacant.
Bat ii is also true that beginning
with September there will be a more
abundant supply Of rough feed about
farm which can be utilized. August is
a most favorable month for making
start toward freeing premises of ticks
by the method suggested.
The animals should of course be
free Of ticks when they are again turn
ed on the pasture in July. Where
the owner has small number Of cat
tie greasing or spraying them with Bea-
umont crude petroleum is a good way
to rid them of ticks. When the num-
ber of cattle is large or when a dip
ping vat is convenient it may be more
practicable to dip them.
Full information as to how to get rid
of the ticks. including directions for
the preparation of dips and sprays, |
may be obtained free upon application |
to the Bureau of Animal Industry. De-
partment Of Agriculture. Washington. |
D. c.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1910-08-18

An evil intention perverts the
best actions and makes them sins.
Men exist for the sake Of one anoth-
er. Teach them or bear with them.
By the very consttion Of our nature
moral evil is its own cnrse.
Love labor; for if thou dost not want
it for food. thou mayest for physic.
The FIRST fault is the child Of SIM
pIicity. but every other the offspring Of
guilt.
The happiness Of your life depends
upon the character OF your thoughts.
The wiseman expects everything
from himself; the fool looks to others.
Very few people are good econo-
mists Of their fortune. and still fewer
Of their time.
To give and to lose is nothing. but
to lose and to give still is the part Of a
mind.
About two-thirds Of doctor bill is
for his trouble in guessing at your COM
plant.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1910-08-18
MONEY WAS A POWER.

Pushed for money and unable to OBJ.
tain it in any other way, a farmer in
Bucks county married rich woman,
for whom it was known he did not
cherish the feelings common to most
lovers, says the Philadelphia Times
They went on their honeymoon and
returned to the agriculturalist's mortg-
eyed farm. That night Martha said
to Hiram;
Money is certainly,a a big thing, ain t
it. Hiram?"
1T surely il" said Hiram with a
mental reservation.
If it wasn't for money those pigs
out there wouldn't be here would
they?"
Nope answered Hiram shortly.
Nor the cows?"
Nope"
Nor this house?" persisted the
bride.
No. and if 1t wasn't for money you
wouldn't be here. either" replied Hi
ram.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1910-08-18
KEEP THE KIDNEYS WELL.
Health is Worth Saving,
and Some OkOIOna PeOs
pie Know How to Save
It,

Many OkoIona people take their
lives in their hands by neglectng the
kidneys when they know these organs
need help. Sick kidneys are respon-
sible for a vast amount of suffering and
ill-health, but there is no need to sui
fer nor to remain in danger when all
diseases and aches and pains due to
weak kidneys can be quickly and per-
manently cured by the use OF Doan
Kidney Pills. Here is an Okolons.
citizens recommendation.
w. j. Muir phee, ex-city marshal. Main.
street. OkoIo a, Miss. says: i can
recommend d ans Kidney Pills. as.
the best me ] iie to be had for the
kidneys. The not only regulated
the passages o lie kidney secretions,
but greatly il. oved my health- |
shall be glad at any time to answer
any questions regarding the merits OF
Doans Kidney Pals"
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. Foster. Milburn Co.. Buffalo
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Dcan's-
and take no other.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1910-08-18

The favorite song Of the distiller is
Drink to me only with your ryes."
Bury your sorrows by digging up
happiness for others.
Some men can't even drop "a hint
without breaking their word.
Don't kick If people distrust you.
Who's to blame?
Happiness is in the discovery ofthe
things that really matter.
After a man has had occasion to en-
pIoy 6rst-class LAWYER, it is useless to
tell him that talk is cheap.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1910-08-18

One gift we'll given is as good as a
housand; a thousand gifts i'll given are
hardly better than none.
Doing is the great thing. For if. re-
solutely. people do what is right. in
ime they come to like doing it.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1910-08-18

Some men would rather be right than
he President; but there are others who
are not so bloomin' particular.
Prosperity doth best discover vice.
but adversely doth best discover virtue.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1910-08-18
! GOOD ROADS NEE TINGS.

Whereas. We fully appreciate The
importance OF system OF good roads
for the advancement and prosperity oil
the people OF our county, that the cost
OF the transportation of their farm
products may be lessened. and their
market facilities may be increased. and
Whereas. A large number Of citi.
zens of the Third Supervisors Dis
trict of this county have expressed .
desire to adopt some plan Of road inn
provement; and,
Whereas. Fuller information from
the citizens OF said Third Supervisors
District. including Okolona. as to
what plan of procedure Of the various
systems Of road working authorized by
law, they approve, is desired by this
Board.
therefore a mass meeting OF the
citizens Of the Third Supervisors Dis.
trict is requested to assemble at the
Court House in Okolona, Miss. on
Tuesday, Aug %. 1910. at 2 p. m.,
to discuss the question Of good roads
and to give information and instruction
to this Board as to the wishes Of the
citizens in the premises, and to for
mulate plan, under the law, Of road
working.
j. W. WINTER. Pres.
j. A. TRENOR,
j. H. STONE.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1910-08-18
LEAGUE PROGRAM.

For Junior League August 21st
Subiect:-Temperance; Leader:-Mil.
ton Caven; Time:-3:30 p. m.
Boys under Is have special invita-
tion,
| Song-14.
2 Prayer.
3 Roll Call.
4 Lesson Text, Eph. 5-18.
5 Recitation by three girls.
6 Reference-Prov. 23-29-30;
Prov. 23-31, Prov. 23-32;
Prov. 21-31. How to overcome
temptation 1st Cor. 1913.
7 Song.
s Recitation: Triple Pledge,
by Geo. Caven, j. S. Mcdonnell,
Vivian Dawson.
9 The Slavery of Drink;-by Supt.
10 Story, by Walter Smith.
II New Members.
IL Announcements.
Is Benediction.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1910-10-29

An true Americans, it seems
to me. ought 10 strive to naiatain
and perpemate American prin.
ciples / think local self-gove-n-
ment is an American principle.
Statewide Prohibition violates
and local option supports this
principle, therefore I am opposed
to Statewide Prohibition and in
favor of local option. Bishop
Tuttle.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1910-10-29
Sentiment Rapidly Changing.

Sentiment Rapidly Changing.
A careful poll has been taken
during the last ten days of prac-
tically every county in the state
and it shows that sentimei
against Statewide Prohibition is
steadily gaining in every see
ton. 1t shows that many coun-
ties which gave a big majority 70
local option will give a sub
stantial majority against State
wide Prohibition. The comment
of those who went over the sit
uation in the different counties
furnishes the best reasons for
this shift Of public sentiment.
the first place, in every local
option contest there were hun
dreds in every county who did
not 90 to the polls to vote. These
silent" voters viii take a hand
in the game on the Sth of No
vember and eight out of ten of.
them are reported against the
Statewide idea In tba 7eI
counties which carried local op-
ton there were 5.29S who
remained away from the
polls and they will have
to be figured with at the
coming election. Again, there
are thousands, taking the state
over, who voted for local option
who are opposed to Statewide
Prohibition. They believe in
the right of local self-govern-
ment-- that it is unfair to deny
to the wet counties and the large
cities a right which they exer
cised for themselves. Taken all
in all, there is no more powerful
factor against the Statewide
Prohibition Amendment than
this one. If 1t is fair to vote
the whole state dry it is equally
fair to vote the whole state wet.
This is an argument which is
absolutely unanswerable and il
is having a tremendous effect all
over Missouri. The average
man believes in fairness between
communities as well as between
men. We hear a great deal
about a Square Deal these Z
days and irrespective of party
the American people are for it
as never before. Statewide Pro.
hibition, as Bishop futile said.
violates the sacred principle of il
local self.government and there. 7
Fore is not a square deal. I
Another thing which is driv. |
.ng thousands of votes away Z
from Statewide Prohibition is !
lhe big increase which it will I
'ause in the state tax, which {
amounts to approximately As {
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1910-10-29

plea that every community be
permitted che right of loca.
self-government is one of the
most powerful things ever pen.
ned by the brilliant Kentuck.an.
He is an American Of the old
school who believes in the old
American ideals.
The history of the Prohibition
fight in Tennessee is one OF the
saddest stories that ever befell
an American commonwealth.
Commercially and politically the
State is utterly demoralized.
Property values have depreciat.
in many instances 80 cent and
chaos reigns everywhere. In a
desperate attempt to save the
Democratic State ticket from de-
feat by an independent republi-
can, "Fiddling Bob" Taylor has
been drafted in the eleventh hour
to make the race for Governor
land what the result will be no
no one can fortell. Don't you
think, Brother, that Mis-
souri, had better let well
enough alone?" Don't you
think we are getting along pref
ty well under the present local
option system?
The census report just issued
is humiliating to Missourians.
1t shows that the state has drop
ped from the fifth to the seventh
rank in population, Hadn't we all
better get busy telling the outer
world about the resources and
the gradeur of Old Missouri
rather than involve the State in
turmoil for the next 20 years over
a law to which many commune
ties are violently opposed?
Apply the prohibition problem
to your own county. How will it
work? How will it affect you?
If you live in a dry county you
will have to pay your part of the
45 per cent increase in the state
tax levy caused by removing the
revenues from the state
treasury. That's where it hits
you. This is all you get for the
privilege of debating to your
fellow citizens in the wet coun-
ties. Is it worth whiley
Whether or not you admit the
prohibition has been a failure in
every state which has tried it,
you must admit that fact-en-
ough evidence, at least, to create
State. wide Prohibition. But ev-
cry advocate Of local option must
admit that local option, as a rule,
has been pronounced a success
in Missouri. The sincere friend
of local option will scratch yes
on the Tenth Amendment.
Usage is a fair example Of a
country. There is little or no
crime in that country. For every
single dollar Of criminal costs
expended Usage County receives
about 500 in dramsop licence.
The people Of that country obey
the law and are satisfied. Have
you anything to gain by forcing
statewide Prohibition on the
people of that conntyg To do so
will be to deprive them Of liber-
ties which they cherish, and to
force upon an inoffensive, law a.
biding and progressive people
a law which the great majority Of
them would regard as an inexcu-
Stable and odious tyranny. Don't
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1910-10-29

you really believe, away down in
the bottom of your heart, that
the people Of Usage County have
a moral right to settle this ques
ton for themselves? They are
not try ing to dictate to any dry
county in this state. Why should
any dry county want to dictate to
Usage, in a matter of this kind?
Other counties are in the same
positions as Usage. Give them
a square deal.
The dry counties of Missouri, it
may be assumed, are satisfied
with their own solution of the
liquor problem. If they we're
not, the existing laws afford them
ample power to alter their condi-
ton. The wet counties for the
most part, it may likewise be as
sumed, are satisfied with their
own adjustment of the PROPOSE
ton. If they are not, or if in
the future they become dissatis-
fled with their condition, the laws
OF Missouri gave them power to
exclude the saloon whenever they
get ready to do SO. Is it not
right and fair that each county
should vote as it pleases on this
propositlong But in this cleo
ton, although a wet county
may cast a practically unanimous
vote against Prohibition, if the
Tenth Amendment shall receive a
majority of the votes in the whole
state, the wet county will be vot-
ed dry. There are counties in
Missouri which have been wet
ever since the organization of
the State, and in which the SEN
timent against Prohibition is al
most unanimous. To force Pro
hlbitiOn upon such a county
amounts to a disfranchisement of
the people of the wet county so
far as this question is concerned.
Is it right? Can any man con-
tend for a moment that it is fairY
Is it right that Galloway County
should dictate to Franklin, or
that Camden County should con
troll the destinies of Cole? Do
the people of Daviess County
want to govern the people of
Ste. GenevieveY Do the people
of Bates County wish
to to dictate to the people
of Cape GirardeauY Is it
right that they should9 Do the
people of Ray County want to
force their will upon their neigh
bors of Lafayette? Let the peo-
pie decide. Missourians, as a
whole, believe in local self gov
eminent and they love fair play.
The Missouri laws regulating
the liquor traffic are among the
fairest and most effective in all
the world. After practically a
quarter Of a century experience
with local option and regulation
by Missouri statute, the Demo
cratic and Republican state con
ycntions for 1910 both unanimous
" declared in favor Of preserv-
ing our statutory system Of law
manifestly just, tested by exper-
fence, known to be effective. the
fruition Of the labor Of genera
tons of our wisest and most
conscientious men is to be des-
troyed at a blow, and supplanted
by a system which has never been
wholly satisfactory at best, and
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1910-10-29

which, in some instances, has
wholly failed. 1t has taken us
many years to perfect our system
of local option and regulation in
Missouri. 1t should not be.
lightly east aside for a proposal,
evolutionary in its character, and
one which may be regarded, in
Missouri at least, as an untried
experiment.
A certain candidate for the
Legislature in a dry county is
openly opposing Statewide.wide
Prohibition from the stump, and
this is what he tells his people.
Several years ago we held a 10
cal option election in this coun
ty and voted the saloons out, and
as most of You know | did all
could to bring about that result
The local option law is pretty
thoroughly enforced in this
county because a majority of
our citizens are behind it. Now
the people of st. Louis come to
us and say that a vast majority
of the residents of that city are
against Statewide Prohibition.
They tell us that the enactment
of this measure is certain to re
suit in a reign of dives and joints
and general lawlessness. They
insist that they will be utterly
powerless to enforce a law to
which public sentiment is violent
" opposed. This appeal comes
to us from thousands of the
leading citizens and business men
In that great city-men who are
as far beyond the influence of
the brewers as our people are up
here-and speaking for myself, ]
believe they know what they
are talking about. When we
held our local option election
these people did not interfere
with us. They permitted us to
settle the question as we saw
fit, and l think they are entitled
to the same kind of a square
deal. They have never harmed
MS. Why should we insist uponN
depriving them of the right Of
local self-government and forcc
upon them IN. act which meant
commercial and moral demorali
zation and don't you thin
his argument is both manly ant
sound, Brotherg "Everytimc
get through making a speech.
he said to the interviewer, "a
lot Of men come to me and tell
me that / am right-that they
had never looked at in Just that
WHO PAYS THE TAXESg
The brewers, distillers and al
lied industries annually pay il
revenue to State and Federal
Governments more than $250,O00,
600. The same industries nay
an additional tax on real es
tate, personal PROPERTY and city
licenses Of more than $70,OOO,00O.
843 Prohibition towns have a tax
rate Of 1874
SAG License towns have a tax
rate of $1.5s
Tax rate in prohibition towns
averages 81 per cent more thar
in license towns.
The above figures were gather
ed from towns in Al states where
conditions other than excise were
Continued on Page 81
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1910-10-29

FE@"%S&EE&g8GE
cities and the wet counties t,
vote the whole State wet. The,
don't dwell on the fact while
Statewide Prohibition would
wipe out S140,OO 900 worth Of
brewery property in Missouri
liquor would still be shipped in
by the train load from other
states. They are silent on the
fact as old as the hills that YOU
cannot enforce a law which is
not backed by local sentiment
and lastly, they forget to say a
word to the effect that the en-
actment of this measure would
mean an increase in the State
tax of AZ cents on the 500 yalu-
alton. Yet all of these things
constitute the milk in the cocoa.
nut and every thoughtful, level
headed citizen will take them in
to consideration when he goes to
the polls to vote on November
.8th.
Slowly but surely we are
climbing to a higher and nobler
manhood in this great Republic
of ours, 1t matters not wheth.
err the community be hidden
away among mountain fastness-
es, far away from railroads and
the chime of church bells, God
fearing men and women are in
the majority and in their own
way they are working out their
salvation as our forefathers did
in the wilderness long ago.
Their progress may seem slow
but if you would help them, do
so by kindly persuasion and pre-
cept-not by clubbing them in
to your way of thinking. We
are all headed toward a higher
destiny. We are travelling to.
ward the Promised Land-only
some of us travel more Slowly
and over more tortuous paths
than others.
After all, even though State.
wide Prohibition should become
a law, enormous quantities of
liquor will continue to be ship.
ped in from other States as is
now the case in all other Prohib
ition territory. Missouri will
pay a tribute of millions every
year to Chicago, Milwaukee and
other great cities where the
brewing and distilling business
is apt TO continue unmolested
for years TO come. At the pres
ent time this morey stays in
Missouri and the properties
concerned in the manufacture
of spurious liquors pay a big
share Of the States taxes, They
consume S25, 600, 600 worth of
corn produced mostly on Mis-
souri, farms and employ nearly
$4,000 laboring men in st. Louis
alone. If liquor is to continue
to be sold-and everybody
knows it will be.-is it good BUSH
ness sense to wipe out $4,000,
600 worth Of property at one
blow and deprive the State
Treasury of one of its greatest
sources of revenue, merely to
crafty the fancy Of a lot of well
meaning but Impractical ideal
lists? Think it over.
In all the country there is not
a more powerful opponent of
Statewide Prohibition than Col.
Henry Watterson, editor Of the
Louisville Courier Journal. His