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Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-04-13
100000 SLUSH
FUND FOR LORIMER
MANAGER OF HARVESTER COM,
PANY ON THE WITNESS STAND.
Says Edward Hines Wanted Help to
Reimburse Those Who Had Spent
100000.

Springfield, Ill.-"Well, we put Lori
mer over down at Springfield, but it
cost us about 100000 to do it,"
Clarence Funk, general manager OF
the international Harvester Company,
on the witness stand before the Helm
committee placed these words in the
mouth of Edward Hines, millionaire
president Of the Hines Lumber Com
pany.
the name Of Cyrus Mccormick, presi-
dent of the international Harvester
Company, was brought into the case
when Mr.. Funk told Of having discussed
with him the story of the conversation
with Hines. Funk denied that the
Harvester Company had paid any money
or taken the Hines proposition serious
ly. He said that Mr.. Mccormick had
sanctioned his refusal to assume a part
of the slush fund debt.
Funk told of meeting Hines in the
Union League Club five or ten days after
Lorimer's election. Then he said:
"Mr. Hines said: You are just the
man l have been wanting to see. Well,
we put Lorimer over at Springfield, but
it cost us about 100000 to do it. We
had to act quickly when the time came,
so we put up the money. We are now
seeing some of our friends so as to fix
it up. If about ten of us put up $4,000
apiece that will clean it up. You people
are just as interested as any of us in
having the right men at Washington
Funk was then asked who was desig-
mated as the collector of the Lorimer
fund. He begged not to be forced to
divulge the name and asked to give it
in confidence to the commission. But
the ruling was that the name should go
into the record.
well, | will answer under protest."
he finally said. "He told me to send tho
money to Ed Tilden."
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-04-13
MRS. BROOKS GOES FREE
Defense Plea of the Unwritten Law
Disregarded.

Fort Worth, Textile jury in the
case Of Mrs. Elizabeth Brooks, who shot
and killed Mrs. Mary Binford, the af-
iinity of her husband, former Judge T.,
NJ. Brooks, returned a verdict of &C.
q|uittal on the ground that the defend.
ant was insane when she committed the
deed. Mrs. Brooks attorney asked the
jury to disregard the unwritten law,
which had been used as a defense, and
to base its consideration of the case on
the question of insanity.
In her elation at the verdict Mrs.
Brooks was high in praise of the con,
duct of her husband throughout the
trial and ever since the shooting. I'M
mediately after the shooting Judge
Brooks decided to her all of his property,
provided her attorneys with money with
which to gather evidence favorable to
his wife at the sacrifice of his w
standing in the community. The Judge
lived in an clubhouse back of his resi-.
dence for a time, and when his wife's
case was thoroughly completed he left
town. His character was so completely
blackened at the trial, chiefly by rea-
son of the evidence he supplied himself,
that it will be impossible for him ever
to return to Fort Worth.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-04-13
REASONED IT OUT
And Found a Change In Food Put
Him Right.

A man does not count az wasted the
time he spends In thinking over his
business, but he seems 10th to give
the same sort Of careful attention to
himself and to his health. And yet
his business would be worth little
without good health to care for 1t. A
business mar tells how he did him
self good by carefully thinking over
his physical condition, investigating to
find out what was needed, and then
changing to the right food.
For some years l had been bother
ed a great deal after meals. My food
seemed to lay like lead in my stomach,
producing heaviness and dullness and
sometimes positive pain. OF course
this rendered me more or less unfit
for business, and I made up my mind
that something would have to be done
Reflection led me to the conclusion
that over-eatlng, filling the stomach
with indigestible food, was responsible
for many of. the ills that human flesh
CO. anu LudL L VAS pullSlluk
myself in that way-that was what
was making me SO dull, heavy and vn-
comfortable, and unfit for business
after meals. l concluded to try Grape
Nuts food to see what 1t could do for
me.
II have been using 1t for some
months now, and am glad to say that
/ do not suffer any longer after meals;
my food seems to assimilate easily
and perfectly, and to do the work for
which 1t was intended.
Il have regained my normal weight,
and find that business is a pleasure
once moroccan take more interest in
1t, and my mind Is clearer and more
alert"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich.
Read 1.-THE Road to MELVILLE" in
pkgs. There's a Reason"
Ever read the above letterY A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full Of human
interest.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-04-13

AS a French contemporary points
out, Il generally associates the cap
ital Of a country with the largest
town, but in the United States this Is
not SO, although the accepted idea
prevails in regard to European coun-
tries or to most of them, says the
London Globe. An exception, how
ever, must be made In regard to
Berne, the capital of the Swiss Con.
federation, the city Of picturesque
gates, bears, old churches, watch.
making, the seat of the federal gov
eminent, and the home of the Postal
Union, where is to be found a collec-
ton of the stamps of the world which
may be said to be unique. Berne Is
only a city of fourth-rate importance
as regards population, with some
So, 100 inhabitants, the principal
towns of Switzerland being Zurich,
with 1873, $50 souls; Bale, with 1885,
100, and Geneva, with 1875, $50. The
Scottish capital, 1t may be observed,
is only the second city in regard to
population.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-04-13
MINE HORROR
CLAIMS IIS LIVES
AFTERDAMP STOPS RESCUE IN THE
BANNER MINE.
Few Bodies ReCOvered-State Mine In
spector in Charge Of Rescue
Work.

Littleton, Ala.-One hundred and
eighteen men are entombed in the Ban
ner coal mine, near here, and but three
bodies have been brought to the sur
face, following a terrific explosion Sat
urday morning.
The fatal a~fterdamp, which followed
the explosion, has so far kept the res
cuers from penetrating the mine, al
though they have been far enough in
the interior to see a gruesome pile of
human bodies huddled together neal the
shaft.
1t is estimated that about twenty
men are in this pile. Officials of the
Pratt Consolidated Coal Company, which
owns the mine, have practically aban,
doned hope of bringing out alive any OF
those below the surface.
The rescue work cannot proceed salts
factorily until the mine can be brat
ticed so that fresh air can be forced in to
drive out the afterdamp. The work is
going on, but it probably will be several
days before all of the men are recovered.
There is a possibility that some of them
IN remote parts of the mine will sur
vlve the deadly gases, but this hope is
based on a very slender foundation.
This explosion differs from those of
the past years in Alabama, in that
there are practically no mourners AT
the openings. Usually there is a great
crowd of widows and orphans waiting
for their loved ones, but the men at
Banner were convicts, for the most part
without friends, and whose relatives are
scattered through the various counties
Of Alabama from which the c%onvicts
were sent.
Late Saturday afternoon all hope that
the men remaining in the mine were
alive was given up. At that time it
was stated that the black damp had
spread throughout the workings.
State Mine Inspector James Hillhouse
and Assistant Dickerson, together with
several other experts and officials of the
Pratt company, were rushed to the Ban
ner mine as soon as news of the disas-
ter reached Birmingham. DR.. Brown, in
charge of the government rescue station
at Birmingham, also rushed to the scene
and assisted Mr.. Hillhouse in directing
the rescue work.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-04-13
GUNNERS GOOD SHOOTERS
Remarkable Records at 10000 Yards
and Over.

Observation-Disclosures gunners have
once more demonstrated their efficiency
in handling the guns of the big battle
ships. The first reports of the battle
practices held by the ships of the At.
lantic, Pacific and Asiatic fleets have
been received by the navy department
and the results Indicate a remarkable
improvement in skill by the crews that
handle the big 12-inch guns.
In a statement Secretary Meyer said
the results of the firing showed remark.
able accuracy at ranges of 10000 yardq
and over.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-04-13

Baton Rouge, La.-Judge Campbell, in
the state district court, overruled a mo-
tion by the roads attorney to dismiss
a suit styled the State Of Louisiana
against Auditor NJ, Bonneville of the
Southern Pacific for the violation of the
law relative to the acceptance by the
railroad of the mileage tickets for mem
bers of the family of the holder. Bone
vale pleaded guilty and vas sentenced
to pay Il fine of $305 and confinement
in the parish jail for 30 days.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-04-13
FARM or WoRKHoUsE,

Kansas City has had one year OF
experience with a farm which was
established to take the place Of the
municipal w%orkhouse. The results Of
her first years trial have been more
satisfactory than the most sanguine
advocates OF the plan had dared
hope, says the st. Paul Pioneer Press.
The report shows that while the
workhouse cost the city 1920 a year
per prisoner, the farm has earned
500 a year profit for each prisoner.
In other words the actual loss of 60
cents a day per prisoner has been
turned into a profit Of 30 cents a day.
The financial gain, however, is the
smallest part of the advantage. The
board of public welfare reports that
the prisoners have taken the keenest
interest in their work, have shown
no desire to escape, and that many
Of them have hurried to the farms
as soon as their sentences have been
served. The men who, through dis
sipation or the commission Of minor
o~ffenses, have been sentenced to
work on the farm have found the
pleasure and health that comes from
employment in the open. Men en-
ployed on the Kansas City farm have
completed their sentences with coats
of tan, instead Of the pallor that
usually marks the discharged prison
er. Their systems have been toned
up until they are capable of doing an
honest days work and also have the
desire to do 1t. They have learned
that there is a moral, as we'll as a
physical, curative In outdoor work.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-04-13
Unreliable PhysIognomy.

am a profound disbeliever In phys
iognomy, Features are false wit
nesses. Stupidity frequently wears a
mask Of intelligence. / know bust
ness men who look like poets and
poets who look like BUSINESS men.
Men Of genius invariably look like
idiots, and If you pick out the man
who looks most eminent in a party
you are sure to find he is a nobody.
always distrust men who look mag
nihcent. Nature is a stingy creature.
She seldom gives a man the double
gift Of being great and looking great.
She took care to lame Byron and d.
form Pope and dishgure Johnson. But
the GROWING example of her jealous
parsimony is Shakespeare. / have al
ways been disappointed with Shakes.
peare's face. 1t does not live I'D to
his poetry, 1t is dull, heavy and com.
monplace Adventures in London.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-04-13
BREATHlTT TOO PERlLOUS
Callahan, Hargis' Right-Hand Mar
Quits Feud Country.

Lexington, Ky.---Fearing assassina-
ton by feudists of Breathitt county,
Edward Callahan, former sheriff and
right-hand man of Judge James Hargis
during the latter's feud reign, is to quit
Crockettsville. Following an attempt
to assassinate him in June, 1909, he
built a stockade from his store to his
residence and has seldom shown him.
self at the front Of either building,
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-04-13

There is one convincing reason,
even if there were no others, why a
growing city should, as early as pos
sible, extend It's boundary lines In
every direction so as to include ter
ritory that will not be solidly built
for fifty or even a hundred years.
The streetways of a city ought to be
planned not merely with regard to
the city that is, but with regard to
the greater city that is to be. And
as the greater city that is to be will
spread beyond existing boundary
lines and into new territory, 1t fol-
lows that the city should not delay
in obtaining control of surrounding
areas and planning the more extern
sive scheme Of streets and avenues
upon a uniform system.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-04-13
New York Libel Decision.

New York.-Ofticers of a newspaper
corporation can not be held personally
responsible for the newspapers publica-
ton of libelous matter. Such was the
decision of the appellate division of the
supreme court today in the case brought
by John D. Rockefeller, Jr., against S. S.
Carvalho, president; Bradford Merrill,
treasurer, and Erward H. Clark, secre-
tary of the Star Company, publishers OF
the New York American. The court or
ders all proceedings against them dis
missed.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-04-13
Vegetable Fancy Work

Little Mrs. Bride had almost every.
thing to learn about housekeeping, but
she was 30 enthusiastic in her interest
that every one was glad to help her.
u have some particularly fine as
paragus," the marketman told her one
day, and he displayed a bunch for her
admiration. Picked not three hours
ago." he added.
Mrs. Bride looked at It with unaf-
fected amazement.
Does 1t grow like that2" she asked.
Il always supposed the cook braided
the ends Of It. "-~Youth's Companion.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-04-13
MADE FOSTER FATHER SHOOT
Series of Los Angeles Tragedies End
Sensationally.

Los Angeles.-In one of the most
amazing and remarkable tragedies in
crime annals, Miss Eva Bovee, 20 years
old, stood at the bedside of her foster
father in a ward at the County Hospital
and thrusting a loaded revolver into his
hands, compelled him to shoot her, 50
that she might go to heaven with him.
With a Spartan-like indifference, Dor.
dering on fanaticism, the girl noted the
effect of each shot and ordered the ma I
to keep shooting until she finally dropped
to the floor.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-04-13

The agitation against harem and
trouser skirts has reached the border
of the ridiculous. In Illinois a bill
has been introduced in the legisla-
ture providing a fine Of $50 for wear.
ing the obnoxious garments. Ameri-
can excitement over comparatively
unimportant violations of established
conventions might accomplish more
If 1t did not so promptly get hyster-
ical. The harem skirt is not in such
danger of demoralizing the institu.
tons Of this free country as to neces-
state attention given as to a public
enemy.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-04-13
FLIEST AND FROM SALTLAKE
Rises and Dips Like Gull in Worlds
Heaviest Water.

Salt Lake C%ity-From the surface of
the highest body of salt water in the
world, Glen II. Curtiss rose like a sea
gull in his newly invented hydro-acro.
plane, scared in the air five minutes,
and with the grace of a king fisher.
dipped back into the water, from which
he once more glided into the currents ri
air, After a few turns in the air the
aviator brought his machine to the shore
amid cheers Of thousands.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-04-13
WATER W SITE MEN MEET
Conference of Transmission Section of
National Electric Light Association.

New York.-Delegates from every
state east Of the Mississippi river and
from several far-western states are here
attending the special conference of the
poyer transmission section of the Ma
tional Electric Light Association, which
grappled with the problems OF conserva-
ton as regards the electrical phases OF
the subject. The finding of the confer
ence will be transmitted to the associa-
ton at its annual convention in May to
be formulated into hints for congressional
action in the line of legislation affecting
the water-power sites. As the associa-
ton embraces ninety per cent of the cap
ital invested in electrical companies in
the United States, its point of view can
not well be ~disregarded.
The purpose of the conference was
thus outlined in the statement of the
associations president, w. w. Freeman.
"The political conservation propaganda
tends to tie up all natural resources, in
Guiding water supply. We assert that
such a policy is one Of waste. There will
be no attempt, however, to make this
view prevail at this conference" Papers
covering every angle of the water-power
problem are being read and discussed.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-04-13

The movement among up.to.date
Chinese to get rid Of their queues
will probably be fastened by the &C.
ton of the New Jersey policeman
who tied three Celestial prisoners to.
gether by their long plaits in such a
tangle that only a sailor could undo
the knots. The American ingenuity
OF finding such a use for them might
prove too humorous in its general
appeal for the safeguarding of the
custom.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-04-13
Cut Husbands Throat.

Thornton, Ark.-News has just
reached here of one of the most das-
tardly crimes that has ever occurred
in the history of this county. Lee
Bethea, son of a prominent farmer of
Woodbury., was shot and killed by his
wife, to whom he was married less than
a year ago. She wal not satisfied with
shooting him once, but took three at
him, and then cut his throat. The
tragedy occurred in Bradley county, near
the Saline river.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-04-13
Truth a rrnnhln Maker.

A West Philadelphia man and his
wife have separated. None Of theiP
friends know why, but one, ~being-eurt-
GUS, asked the husband:
what was the trouble between you
and your wife?"
20, nothing much. She bought q
new hat for $40 and asked me what I
thought of 1t. And told her. That's
ALL"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-04-13

Pauline Wayne, the White House
COW, is without a home. The wal do.
partment, which takes care Of the
White House horses, refuses to pro.
vide a stall for her. All of which goes
to show that the war department, as
usual, is lacking in the milk of hui
man kindness.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-04-13

A woman tried to shoot up a res.
taurant in approved hold-up style be.
cause her steak was not ready In
record time. And this display Of
primitive passion took pkce, not in
the wild and woolly west, 3rt In the
tnteHeotnI midst Of Boston
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-04-13

Jonathan-Silas is dead. Went to
Their city ter git a tooth pulled ana
Their dentist told him he'd better take
gas first.
Postmaster-Gave him an overdose,
Ell?
Jonathan-No. After Their dentist
told him that he went back ter his
boarding house an took Their gas him.
self.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-04-13

Garfield Tea will win your approval. II
is pleasant to take, mild in action and very
health-giving, 1t oyercomes constipation.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-04-13

A pleasant smile and a sweet voice
are great helps on life's journey.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-04-13

An institution must be propped up
by precedent when 1t is no more up
lifted by sap.
The Washington herald., 1911-11-03
By THOMAS c. sHoTwELL.

New York. Nov. 2-Stocks closed dull
and under the best prices to-day, follow
ing further advance which carried the
general level we'll above the figures of a
week ago. There has been a complete re-
covery and something more from the col
lapse that followed the steel trust suit.
The financial world believes that the gov
ernment will lose it's suit, and the rally in
this market expresses the belief that the
government is pcwerless to do any real
harm to corporations. But the big pIung-
ers stand ready to sell more stocks, and
important institutions stand ready to liqui-
date should an opportunity be presented.
They believe that before the war between
the government and the trusts is ended
many disorderly stock market days will
be seen.
The technical condition of the market
has not been weakened by the advance
so much as one would naturally expect
for the professional traders have been
fighting the rise. They covered freely
on the way up and have now begun to
put. out more short contracts, believing
that the public will. not follow the rise.
They are sustained in this view by the
action of several persons who are in posi-
ton to know in advance what is done at
Washington. It is known that some
OF these persons are selling stocks, and
one interest in particular has sold Steel
on the theory that criminal action begun
under the Sherman antitrust law will
shock the market. Some also expect
help for the bear party 20 come from
the testimony TO be taken ny the Stan
ley investigation committee when il as
Scmbles next week.
American Cotton Oil stock was the only
real weak feature of the stock market
The Washington herald., 1911-11-03
COTTON MARKET.

Quotations furnished BY ". B. Hib6s & Co, men>
bers Of the New York Stock Exchange. Hibbs
Building.
New York Nov. 2-After a display Of weakness
early in the session. based private gnner's re-
port the market resumed better tone and ad-
Tanced in a rather impressive way. The early trad
ing was irregular. with more pressure than could
be absorbed, Notwithstanding uufaTorable weather
reports. which included freezing temperatures over
the western belt and colder weather in the forecast
for the East. Very low temperatures were reported
from the Canadian Northwest and the map Eare
every etidence Of still lower temperatures to follow
for the cotton belt. This not without its effect
on sentiment, though Southern spot markets were
not higher and receipts continued in large volume
The ginners' report 10 oe issued on Wednesday
next will not unlikely affect the figures announced
from the Memphis association. and may closely ap-
proximate 1000 900 bales.
Meantime, the market is also under the influence
Of increased crop estimates some Of which suggest
1900 o0e bales These need not be taken seriously
at this time though there is little talk of field ex
hHustion and the market reflects a consensus Of
opinion well over 100000 bales.
The buying to-day included large purchases by
prominent spot houses both in New York and Phila-
delphia and II believed that heavy liquidation OF
December took place at the same time.
Liverpool futures closed with a net gain of one
point TO loss Of two points during the DAYS trad
ing, as compared with its previous close Manches-
ter cahed yarns quiet; cloths quiet and steady
Spot sales OF 1000 bales were made in Liverpool at
nine English points advance, to slid for middlinus
Private cables stated that buying orders for Amer
lea on frost predictions caused steadness in Liver