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Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-10-12
Too Many Seek Divorce.

Kansas City, Mo.-So numerous have
become applications for divorce at each
session of the court in this county that
the judges decided thai some action must
be taken to stop the rush. The majority
of the judges favor the suggestion of
having the board OF public welfare EN-.
ploy attorneys to investigate each suit
as it is filed. At a recent session of the
divorce court almost sixty DEGREES were
granted in one day. 1t is said many per-
sons leave the state Immediately after
obtaining their divorces
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-10-12
SERIOUS OUTBREAK
AT McCOMB CITY
RIOTING THROUGHOUT "a HOURS
SEEMS TO BE OVER.
Soldiers, Armed With Instructions tQ
Kill, Gaurd Train Loaded With
StrikebreakerS.

McComb City, Miss.-With the en-,
forced departure Wednesday afternoon
Of the last of the strikebreakers
brought here by the Illinois Central
railroad anne the first real assurance of
the restoration OF peace after twenty
four hours OF excitement and spasmodic
rioting. The people of McComb City
demanded that the strikcbreakers be re-
moved from their community, and the
1872 men were placed aboard a heavily
guarded special train and hurried to
New Orleans.
Sixty soldiers armed with ball cart
ridges and with orders TO shoot to kill"
if necessary, accompanied the special
train south as far as Magnolia.
After the strikebreakers had agreed
to get out Of town the departure of the
train was delayed for nearly three hours
by protests from the railroad company,
and the people of McComb City began to
exhibit signs OF surliness and some
show of mob spirit. About a half hour
before the train left a number of these
persons, well armed, left the city, going
south and taking up a position neal the
railroad track on which the special
would have to pass en- route to New Or
leans. Strike leaders in automobiles
finally persuaded the men to disband
and commit no overt act.
Three companies of Mississippi ma
tional guards patrol the streets, and the
belief is expressed that the town will
remain quiet.
IF any strikebreaker makes a move
to hurl anything from the windows,
kill him on the spot; if the train is fired
upon at any time you will return the
fire and you will shoot to kill
These final orders were given just be-,
fore the departure of the special train
by Maj. George Hoskins of Brookhaven,
who was placed in charge of the soldiers
aboard. The strikebreakers were glad
to get away from the town.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-10-12
MCABE FIRED FROM
PURE FOOD BOARD
DIR. WILEY LEFT APPARENTLY IN
SUPREME COMMAND.
Changes Announced by Secretary Wilson
Following Long Conference With
DR.. Wiley.

Washington.-In a succession of or,
ders an initial move in the expected re-
organization of the department of agri.
culture Solicitor George P. McCabe
Tuesday was retired from the pure food
and drug board. Associate Chemist f.
L. Dunlap, closely identified with Nc
Cabe, was allowed leave of absence until
the presidents return, and DR.. Harvey
W.. Wiley was left apparently in SUI
preme command of the board. DR.. r.
L. Doolittle of New York was temper
arily appointed to the board to succeed
Mr.. McCabe.
These changes were announced by Sec
rotary Wilson today, following a confer
ence with DR.. Wiley, who has been on a
long vacation. They were deemed inev-
liable, in view of the official and per-
sonal a%ntagonism aired before a con-
gressional committee last summer and
DR.. Wiley's eXoneration by President
Taft, after Attorney General Wicker
sham, with views aligned with those of
Secretary Wilson and Solicitor McCabe,
had recommended DR.. Wiley's removal
as head of the chemistry bureau, be-
cause of a technical irregularity in APP
pointive methods, the responsibility for
which he denied.
The pure food and drug board is the
agency which passed upon many impor-
tant cases arising under the enforce
ment of the pure food law. DR.. Wiley
on the one hand and Solicitor McCabe
and DR.. Dunlap on the other were the
members of the board.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-10-12
COTTON CORNER UNLAWFUL
Governments Case Against Patten,
Scales and Others.

Washington-The legal contest before
the supreme court of the United States
over the qeustion of whether a corner
of the cotton market is a violation of
the Sherman antitrust law began when
Solicitor-Genera Lehman filed a brief
contending that the law so applies.
The point arose from the appeal of
the government from the action of the
New York federal court in quashing GER
tain counts of an indictment against
James A, Patten, Eugene G.. Scales,
Frank B. Hayne and William P. Brown.
"a general corner can no more be ac-
complished in a commodity like cotton
without affecting the entire commerce
in that staple" says the solicitor gen.
eral, than Shylock's bond could be en-
forced without shedding a drop of
blood"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-10-12
A FINE NlGHT-cAP
The Best Thing in the World to Go to
Bed and Sleep On.

MY wife and I find that 4 teaspoon.
fuls OF Grape-Nuts and a cup Of hot
milk, or some cream, with it, makes
the finest night-cap in the world" says
an Allegheny, Pa, man.
I'VE go to sleep as soon as we strike
the bed, and slumber like babies till
rising time in the morning.
1T is about 3 years now since we be.
gan to use Grape-Nuts food, and we
always have it for breakfast and be-
fore retiring and sometimes for lunch.
l was so sick from what the doctors
called acute indigestion and brain fag
before l began to use Grape-Nuts that I
could neither eat, sleep nor work with
any comfort.
Il was afflicted at the same time
with the most intense pains, accompan.
led by a racking headache and back
ache, every time I tried to eat any
thing. Notwithstanding an unusual
pressure from my professional duties,
l was compelled for a time to give up
my work altogether.
"Then l put myself on a diet Of
Grape-Nuts and cream alone, with an
occasional cup Of Postum as a runner
up, and sometimes a little dry toast. I
assure you that in less than a week 1
felt like a new man; l had gained six
pounds in weight, could sleep we'll
and think well.
THE good work went on, and | was
soon ready to return to business, and
have been hard at 1t, and enjoying it
ever since.
Command me at any time any one
enquiries as to the merits Of Grape
Nuts. You will find me always ready
to testify" Name given by Postum
Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
Read the little book, 1.-THE Road to
MELVILLE" in pkgs. There's a reason"
Ever read the above letter. A new
one appear from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full of human
interest.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-10-12
TO PROBE COFFEE CORNER
In Eighteen Months Prices Have Risen
100 Per Cent.

New York.-The federal government
is preparing to take hold of the coffee
corner with the view of finding out why,
within eighteen months, coffee in the
United States has risen 100 per cent,
why at the present moment this daily
beverage Of millions of Americans is OBJ.
tainable only at famine prices, although
there is not now and has not been in
the period stated anything like a famine
in the commodity, and to fix responsi.
bilty upon the persons responsible for
this anomalous commercial condition
that is imposing a hardship upon a
greater mass of people of all stations of
life in the United States than is being
imposed by any of the many trusts the
federal authorities now have under in.
yestigation Or are contemplating action
against.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-10-12
PROVIDES FOX PARCELS POST
Experiments in Mail Transportation
Through Air.

Observation-Disclosures for the es-
adjustment OF a parcels post and the
transportation OF mail by ~aeroplane has
been made by Postmaster General Hitch
cock in his annual estimates of postoffice
department expenditures, submitted to
the treasury department.
According to Mr.. Hitcbcock's estimates
postal service appropriations necessary
during the coming fiscal year will be
$3.50, 938, 463, a decrease of 50, 585,74O UNI
der the appropriations for the current
fiscal year, or less than 1 per cent, the
smallest on record.
Items providing for a parcels post in
clude $4,000 for preliminary expenses on
rural mail routes and an equal appro-
priation to start the service in the cities.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-10-12
CABBAGES SAVED THEIR LIVES
Three Men Held on in Water, But One
Other Drowned.

Hazelton, Ind-A big sack of cabbages
'aved the lives of three men, but there
was not room for the grasp of a fourth
and he was drowned in White river
near here. Henry Wallame, Felix Zeldf,
William Afford and Peter Peyton were
riding in a gasoline launch on the river
and one of them was transporting a
sack Of cabbages. The boat turned over.
zelf, Afford and Peyton succeeded in
getting hold of the floating c~abbages,
but Wallace could not and sank, while
his companions, being unable to help
him, swan ashore with the support of
their vegetable life-preseryer.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-10-12
Coast.to.Coa Tour.

New York,-A plan for a 1915 Gid
den tour to extend from the Atlantic
coast to the Pacific has been submitted
to the American Automobile Association
officials by a Western organization,
which thinks the run would prove a
popr4ar feature in connection with the
worlds fair scheduled as a part of the
Par ANA canal opening celebration. In
asmuch as many persons are expected
to visit California when the worlds fair
is on, it is urged as an entirely natural
thing hat many should come by auto
mobile.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-10-12
UNCLE SAM MAY INTERVENE
Political Situation in Panama Consider,
ably Involved.

Washington.-The United States may
have to act in the political imbroglio
in Panama, growing out of President
Arosemena's notice, that he will take a
six months vacation" so that he NAV
qualify for what amounts to reelection.
The Liberals assert the supreme court
of Panama will not recognize Arose
mena's proposed vacation as compliance
with the law that prohibits from cleo
ton to the presidency a man who has
held the office six months previously
and Washington may be obliged to step
in and tell Arosemena how far he can
go in his political moves.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-10-12
FLOOD VICTIMS ARE
NEAR STARVATION
CITY OF BLACK RIVER FALLS, WIS.
BLOTTED FROM MAP.
Communication With Towns Down Black
River Cut Off-Half-Famisehd Peo-
pie Fear to Spend Another
Nigth of Terror.

Black River Falls, Wis.-With the
towns Of Black River Falls, Hatfield and
North Bend practically destroyed with
scores of farm houses away, it is i'm
possible to verify rumors of losses of
life in the Black River valley floods, and
the remarkable spectacle is presented of
thousands of people homeless with per-
haps not the loss of a single life.
Fifty-three business buildings out of
siXty-one in Black River Falls have dis
appeared, as have over thirty residences.
The town of North Bend, north of here,
is entirely destroyed. Damage to crops
of the surrounding country will be i'm
mense. The water in all directions is
covered with floating corpses Of chick
ems, hogs, sheep, cattle and horses.
The loss to Black RIVER Falls alone is
estimated at 81 ,Ooo, 900, while the La
Crosse Power Company, the breaking of
whose dam at Hatfield caused the de.
struction Of practically everything in
the valley, will lose at least half a
million.
Thousands are homeless in the fields,
having fled before the great flood waves
swept down the valley, Food is scarce
and starvation threatens as the trans
portation of food supplies is a question
with which to be reckoned. Miles of
railroad track has been washed away.
Hundreds of residents have moved
their belongings to nearby farms. The
population fears to spend another night
here for the dread of being carried into
the river by the crumbling banks.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-10-12
Roger Sullivan Fired Ont.

Springfeld.-lf such a thing were pos.
sible of accomplishment by the Hearst.
Hartman progressive Democrats of Hi.
nois, Roger Sullivan and his followers
were Wednesday positively read out of
fhe Democratic party.
In resolutions adopted at a state
Democratic meeting, over which Mayor
Carter Harrison of Chicago presided,
"Sullivanism" and "Lorimerism" were
denounced and a demand made for a
leadership (which will battle for Demo.
cratic principles rather than by-parti.
san spoils,"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-10-12
WOULD HOLD COTTON PRICE
Texas Farmers Union Man Endorses the
Governors Conference.

Fort Worth, Tex.-President Peter
5adford of the Texas Farmers Union
heartily indorses the suggestion that a
conference of the governors of the South
ern states be held to see what may be
done to maintain the price of cotton,
which has been declining for several
weeks and is nov practically at cost of
production. He says he will immediate,
ly communicate with the local unions
throughout the state OF Texas and with
the unions of other states, with a view
of having this suggestion adopted and
request made upon the governors of the
proposed conference.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-10-12
ITALIANS HAVE
TAKEN TRIPOLI
COMMANDMENT DID NOT HARM
PROPERTY OF EUROPEANS.
Germany Restraints Turkey in the Hope
of Being Able to Settle the
TrouGic.

Rome.-The capitulation Of the Turk
lsh forces in Tripoli is virtually com
plete, Dispatches received at tile minis
try of war report that the chiefs Of the
desert tribes in the vicinity OF G'ripoli
have FASTENED to acknowledge their sub
mission to the Italian commander.
1t had been feared that these tribes.
men might give heed to the agitation of a
holy war tor the determination of all
Christians in the s%ultan's dominions.
The bombardment of the city did no
great damage. Six Turkish soldiers and
ten Jews were killed, according to the
official reports received here.
The Italian fleet remains in the har-
Dor.
Capt. Cagna, who accompanied the
Duke of the Abruzzi OIL his arctic eXpedi-
ton, was in command OF the landing
party at Tripoli. As soon as their recon
naissance had been made and the captain
had reported, it was announced that
Admiral Boreadolmo had been appointed
governor of Tripoli. He assumed his du-
ties at once. The Italian marines oc-
cupy all the outer forts at Tripoli, while
the fleet guards the coast for its full
length.
When King Victor Emmanuel was in
formed of the landing OF the marines and
the hosting of the Italian colors in
Tripoli he said:
81 hope u Red Sea colony and Tripoli
will attract a great Italian immigration,
which will establish a vast Italian en-
pire and thus resurrect for my successors
the titles of the ancient Roman en-
perors."
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-10-12
HELP GET BETTER PRICES
Improvement in Handling, Grading and
Marketing Urged.

Washington.-An effort to secure
higher prices for cotton by an improve,
ment in the methods Of handling, grad.
ing and marketing the crop is to be
made by the government this year in
cooperation with prominent cotton
growers.
The plan is designed to bring to the
cotton raisers the full benefit of the in.
crease in value that can be secured by a
careful grading of the crop to correspond
with the new government standards.
These standards have been in the hands
of the cotton exchanges for some time
and are recognized official standards of
the trade.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-10-12
10000 KILLED IN CHINA


Peking.-Ten thousand persons were
killed during the recent fighting between
anti-foreign insurgents and government
troops in SEE Chuen province, according
to kilograms from American missionaries
at Cheng Tu, Of the dead, 1000 were
soldiers. Bebels are in possession of
many cities southwest OF Cheng tn. Sol
diers have been sent against them.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-10-12
RAILROAD STRIKE SITUATION
Railroad Officials Say Many of Men Be-
coming Wearied.

C~hicago-Quiet prevailed in the strike
of shop workers on the Illinois Central
and other Hartman railroads, according
to announcements of railroad officials
here.
They said the men are becoming dis.
satisfied with the way the strike was
called, and that many of the local unions
are demanding it be ended. Union lead
ers, however, maintain that the men are
satisfied with the progress of the strike
and are prepared to remain out all win
ter, if necessary, to gain their demands.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-10-12
The Angry Mani see the scoundrel
In your face.
The Calm Man-That's a personal
reflection.
The Proof.

Mrs. ]. G. Phelps-Stokes, in an ad-
dress in Pittsburg, was urging her
women hearers to learn to be good
cooks.
If" she said quantity, you would
convince your husband that you are a
better actress than Duse and a better
dancer than Pavlowa, prove to him
that you are a better cook than Escof-
fer"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-10-12

A man in Pennsylvania made a bet
that he could stay under water for two
minutes and dived to win It. He
stayed under two hours, and succeeded
only in demonstrating that a fools
wager is a poor cause in which to risk
and lose a life.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-10-12
ATTEMPT TO LYNCH INDIAN
North Carolina Cherokee Arrested for
Killing Girl.

Asheville, N. Cross French, 81, a
Cherokee Indian, living on the Bird
Town, Swain county, reservation, was
safely locked in the county Jail here,
charged with the murder of Ethel Schu,
Ter, tina l~4-year-old daughter of a Bird
Town farmer His arrival here was eff.
fected after an exciting escape from a
mob of 100 men bent on lynching the
prisoner.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-10-12
CLAIM CAN FLOAT THE MAINE
Fitting of Bulkhead Will Be Begun at
Once,

Havana-An examination of the after
section of the battleship Maine, com.
prising about one-third the full length
of the ship, has removed all doubt from
the minds of the engineers in charge of
raising the vessel of the feasibility of
building a bulkhead in it and floating
it out of the coiferdam. Consequently
the fitting of the bulkhead will be start.
ed as soon as material is received from
the North.
There still is a possibility that the Ell,
gines of the Maine are in such condition
that they can be restored to service and
with temporary boilers permit of the
wreck proceeding out Of the harbor UNI
der her own steam.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-10-12
COL. JACOB REYSER DEAD
Famous Kentuckian Penniless Afte,
Spending a Fortune.

Washington.-"Col." Jacob Keyser
known to every Southern member OF
congress and for ten years the most
popular of the old Briggs House
Guards" is dead. Sol" Keyser died
practically friendless at the Washington
asylum hospital. Twelve years ago his
fortune was estimated at 100000, but
he spent money lavishly until he re.
duced himself to the charity OF his
friends.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-10-12
RAILROADS MAKE CLAIMS
Say That Traffic Along Hartman Lines
Practically Normal,

~Chicago.-The end of the first week of
the shopmen's strike on the Hartman
and Illinois Central lines sees traffic
practically normal, according to state
ments by President Markham of the
Illinois Central and Vice-President
Kruttschnitt of the Hartman lines. Al,
though both admit that the number of
shop workers is depleted, they say there
are enough nen at work to make all re.
pairs to rolling stock needed.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-10-12
"Crabites" Leader Held.

Nashville, Ind.-The Rev. David Ora,
nam, leader of the "Crabites," a re.
Eglous SECT of peculiar doctrines, was
placed in the historic log cabin here, fol.
lowing a raid on the parsons ice cream
supper, at which it is alleged beer and
whiskey were sold. The parson declares
the Lord will clear him in court.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-10-12

M~egaphones for street cars have
proved a failure. What about mega.
phones for passengers who wish to
get off at a certain station on lines
where the bell doesn't ring?
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-10-12

Inventor Bell has designed Il furnace
which he claims will cool a house In
stead of heating it. He's too late.
Most of those already on the market
do that same thing.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-10-12

A woman in New York lost, by her
marriage to her fourth husband, ali
mony awarded her from her third
This decision destroys a possible and
promising consecutive matrimonial in.
dustry.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-10-12

From New York comes the tale Of a
man who was bitten by an enraged
oyster. 1t remains for Winsted, Conn,
to spring something about a man.eat.
ing snail.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-10-12

A Frenchman tells us that Ameri.
cans are ignorant of things pertaining
to aviation. And yet we have killed
our full quota of aviators.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-10-12

Doctor Sargent of Harvard says
trousers beat a skirt sitting, standing,
walking or running. And when 1t
comes to striking a match trousers
have EN- beat a block.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-10-12

A Chicagoan is trying to organize a
society to honor old maids" but he
will find few who are willing to ad-
NIT that they are eligible for member.
ship.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-10-12

A New Jersey man who was bitten
by a fly has developed blood poison.
ing. Evidently the Jersey fly is en-.
vious of the fame achieved by the
Jersey 'skeeter.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-10-12

When a man is lost in the clouds
nowadays it does not follow that he
Is a dreamer. He may be an energetic
aviator seeking to break altitude rec.
ords.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-10-12

That Harvard professor who says
people are better off by not taking va
cations is talking through his mortar
board.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-10-12

The new comet soon will be Wis.
ible to the naked eye-this is, If one
has nothing better to do than to sit
up all night waiting for it.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-10-12

Inventor Bell has designed a furnace
which he claims will cool a house.
Now Will somebody design a furnace
that will heat a house?
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-10-12

A dispatch from New York tells us
that a policeman was bitten So times
by a dog. AS we go to press the dog
is in a critical condition.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-10-12

News that there is an unusually
large crop Of cranberries is but an
unpleasant reminder to the inhabitants
of the barnyard.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-10-12

II Atwood's long fight didn't do any
thing else, 1t put on the map several
Pmall towns that nobody had ever
heard of before.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-10-12

London Punch" Is seventy years
old. So are ome of its jokes.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-10-12

What SENS to be needed as badly
as anything just 10Y Is an automobile
that will balk the moment its driver
ceases to treat 1t right.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-10-12

A Chicago man wants a divorce be-
cause his wife refuses to talk to him.
Casting pearls before swine, so to
speak.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-10-12

No man has ever been found who
has so little confidence in himself as
to think that he could not edit a news
paper better than the editor.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-10-12

The aeroplane is expected to be a
great ~peacemaker. BY taking the jim
goes up into the air and leaving them
there?
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-10-12

Joy riding is no longer uncertain.
The results usually can be told in ad.
vance.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-10-12

Oldfashioned mothers are badly
needed, says a minister; and so are
old fashioned children, it might be
added.