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Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-05-25
PLEDGE POLICIES FOR LOANS
Imprudent Act That Really MeanP
Man Is Borrowing From His
Widow.

Many men, pressed for money, go
TO the life insurance company, de-
post their policy as security and Dor
row as much as the company is will
ing to lend. That the practice is COM
mon is proved by the fact that most
companies have loaned from a fourth
to a third of the aggregate face value
Of their policies in this way. Very
few of these loans" says the annual
report of the Connecticut Mutual-and
this company's experience is typical
ARE ever repaid to the company. The
money are swallowed up
In business enterprises, in specula-
ton and the total result
means embarrassment and distress in
a great many cases, and poverty in
the place of competence, when the
claims mature, and there is nothing
left above the loans but a mere mar
gin in cash on the policies for the
protection of families or estates"
Men who borrow on their policies are
taking away protection from their
families. 1t ought not to be DONE
Golfers.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-05-25
PEACE TREATY is SIGNED
Covers designations Of Diaz and Corral
and Pacifcation,

Juarez, Mexico.-OfAcially designated
representatives Of the Mexican govern.
ment and the revolutionists, at 10 o'clock
tonight, signed a peace agreement at the
customs house here, intended to end the
hostilities that have been waged in
Mexico for the last six months.
Though covering only the principal
points negotiated thus far, the agreement
practically records the concession by tho
government of those demands which
started, on Nov. 30 last, the armed rev
olution in Mexico.
Constitutional restrictions prevented
the inclusion in the agreement of the
fact that the rebels will be permitted
to suggest to various state legislatures
the names Of provisional governors, and
likewise the fact that six of the eight
members of the new cabinet have been
chosen by the revolutionists, but the
agreement records that President Diaz
and Vice President Corral will resign
and that the government is to concen.
trate its attention on desired reforms.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-05-25
FRENCH SECRETARY
KILLED BY AEROPLANE
PREMIER MONS, HIS SON AND
HENRI DEAUTSCH HURT.
B%erteaux Badly Mangled-Machine Dash
es Into Crowd of Government Off
cials.-Aviator Lost Control.

Paris.-France paid a terrible toll Sum
day for her magnificent endeavor to at
tain supremacy of the air when a mono
plane, the driver of which had lost con-
troll, plunged into a group Of members OF
the cabinet who had gathered to witness
the start Of a race from Paris to Madrid,
killing the minister Of war and injuring
the prime minister, his son and a well
known sportsman.
The dead:
Henri Maurice Berteaux, minister OF
war.
The injured:
Antoine Emmanuel Erenst MoniS,
premier and minister Of the interior.
Antoine Monis, son of the premier.
Henri Deautsch de la Mourthe, the
aged patron of aeronautics, automobile
and other sports.
A large number Of other persons of
note had narrow escapes from injury.
The accident occurred on the aviation
field at Issy les Molineaux, where 200,
900 persons had gathered to see the start
of the race.
Minister of War Berteaux was horri-
bly, mangled. The swiftly revolving
propeller cut off his left arm, which was
found nearly ten feet from where he
was struck, the back of his head was
crushed in, his throat gashed and the
whole of his left side cut and lacerated.
Premier Monis was buried beneath the
wreckage Of the monoplane. He wa'
taken out as quickly as possible and ex
amined by military surgeons, who found
he had sustained compound fractures
of bones in the right leg, that his nose
was broken, his face badly confused and
that there were bruises on the breast
and abdomen.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-05-25

Owing to the stealing of pet dogs
and their sale to a medical college,
the women's branch of the Anticruel-
ty Society in Philadelphia have de-
manded a law putting scientists who
purchase dogs under the same police
supervision as pawnbrokers, claiming
they are far too lax In their accept
ance Of animals 30 brought to them
to accord with property rights. In a
discussion Of the kind lately one ply
sician attached to such an institution
admitted that no questions were
asked about where animals brought
to him came from, as the purchasers
preferred not to know. This virtual
admission Of receiving stolen pets will
probably arous dogowners eve-z
where to d"~-nd simila" ictions
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-05-25
SOUTHERN REUNION
AT LITTLE ROCK
ADDRESSES CARRY SPIRIT OF REV.
ERENCE TO VETERANS.
Or. Cave Sounds Note of Honor to Vet
Grams Who Were True to Coun-
try's Constitution.

Little Rock, Ark.-Greetings from
President Taft, to which a message in
kind was sent in response; the annual
GRAFTON, which was delivered by DR.. R.
Lin Cave, of st. Louis, and the naming
81 committees, made up Tuesdays pro
ceedings of the convention Of the United
Confederate Veterans. The death Of d
veteran-W. E. Smith, of Cookville,
Tex.-Oast a gloom over Camp Shaver.
III when he arrived, he was confined to
his tent until the end came. His death
is attributed to heart failure, superin-
duced by excitement such as attends
such events as a reunion.
After the invocation by the Rev. R.
Lin Cave, chaplain-general, the United
Confederate choirS, led by Mrs. j. GrifE
Edwards, of Portsmouth, Va, sang
Southern songs.
DIR. R. c. Cave of st. Louis, who de-
livered the annual grafton to the convsn.
tiOn, said that he accepted the changed
conditions brought about By the war be-
tween The sections"
When the Confedsracy fell, according
to Dr.. Cave, the republic as founded
by the fathers persisted, the states were
robbed of their independence and bO-
came subject provinces of a centralized
national authority, land they tell us
that this is best, and it may be so;
but | beseech you to pardon IN old
Confederate soldier, who is perhaps
blinded by memories that sometimes fill
his eyes with tears, if he cannot see it
so; and believing, as history teaches,
that patriotism is most ardent and free.
dom most secure in small communities,
would today rather have his own state
as his crowned queen, and owe to her
his highest political allegiance, than
be a subject of the mightIest, richest
and most glorious empire that ever was
OF can be reared by The wisdom and
power OF man."
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-05-25
FEED YOU MONEY
Feed Your Brain, and 1t Will Feed
You Money and Fame.

Ever since boyhood l have been
especially fond of meats, and l am CON
WINGED ate too rapidly, and failed to
masticate my food properly.
The result was that l found myself,
a few years ago, afflicted with all
ments of the stomach, and kidneys.
which ~interfered seriously with my
business.
AT last took the advice of friends
and began to eat Grape-Nuts instead
OF the heavy meats, etc., that had con,
stituted my former diet.
Il found that l was at once benA
flied by the change, that 1 was soon
relieved from the heartburn and indi-
gestion that used to follow my meals,
that the pains In my back from my
kidney affection had ceased.
MY nerves, which used to be un-
steady, and my brain, which was slow
and lethargic from a heavy diet OF
meats and greasy foods, had, not in a
moment, but gradually, and none the
less surely, been restored to normal
efficiency.
Nov every nerve is steady and my
brain and thinking faculties are quick
er and more acute than for years past.
After my old style breakfasts | used
to suffer during the forenoon from q
feeling Of weakness which hindered
me seriously in my work, but since /
began to use Grape-Nuts food | can
work till dinner time with all ease
and comfort" Name given by Pos
tum Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
There's a reason"
Read the little book, THE Road to
MELVILLE" in pkgs.
Ever read the above letter. A nevv
orc appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full Of humaA
interest.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-05-25
RUNS IN THE FAMILY
Third Child of Mayor GaynOr ElOpes
With William Seward Webb, Jr.

New York.-Within thirty months
three children of Mayor William ].
Gaynor have eloped and been married.
In December, 1908, Rufus w. Gaynor,
a son, who was a student at Amherst,
left school and eloped to Chicago with
Maria odio, where they were married.
Later he discovered that the woman
he had married was really Mary Cuff
and had a husband living. The mar
riage was annulled last April.
On June 21 last Miss Edith, the
i0-year-old daughter of Mayor Gaynor,
eloPed to Wilmington and wal married
to Harry X. Vingut, the wealthy sports-
man.
Friday Miss Gertrude Emily Gaynor,
who is 20 years old, eloped to Whining
ton and was married to William
Seward Webb, Jr., grandson of the late
Commodore William H. Vanderbilt.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-05-25
Aviator Dashed to Death.

Los Angeles, Cal.-Aviation has claim.
ed one more victim in Addison V. Hartle,
who dropped forty feet to his death
when an aileron broke, causing him to
lose control of the Curtis type biplane
in which he was flying. Hartle was
killed within 200 feet of where his sis
ter, Miss Anna Hartle, stood on the roof
of a hangar, ~applauding his flying, and
within 10000 feet Of where Arch Hoxsey
met his dtath. Hartle was but 25 years
of age. He wal a native of Marseilles,
o., and had been living in Los Angelos
for the past several months.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-05-25
Penny Lunches Success,

st. Paul, Minn.-Dr. E. Meyerding,
whose reports OIL the number of cases Of
malnutritiOn in the city schools resulted
in the establishment of the penny lunch
in some districts, declares that an ex.
animation after two months experience
with the lunches shows that each child
who took advantage of the service gain
ed one pound a month. DR.. Meyerding
says that pupils who were apathetlc to-
ward their studies have improved in
scholarship and displayed signs of great
eE Yigor.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-05-25
Her Qualifications.

Pat and his little brown mare were
familiar sights to the people Of the
town Of Garry. The mare was lean.
blind and lame, but by dint of much
coaxing Pat kept her to the harness
One day while leading her to water
he had to pass a corner where q
crowd of would-be sports had congre.
gated. Thinking to have some amuse,
ment at Pats expense, one called out:
"Hullo, there, Pat. I'm looking for
the real goods. How much is that
mare of yours able to draw"
"Begorra," said Pat, ~ can't say
exactly, but she seems to be able to
drawn the attenshun of livery fool II
town."-The Housekeeper.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-05-25
Woman Mayor Given Advice.

Topeka, Kan.-"Smile and do not take
TOO seriously the comment made by citi-
gems. When n enters public service,
he or she must be prepared to take criti-
cism. All the doings OF a public officer
occupying the position of mayor are
subjects of free comment on the uart of
the free citizenship" This was the adj
vice sent Mrs. Wilson, mayor of Hume
well by Attorney-General Dawson. The
mayor had complained to Gov. Stubs.
who referred the matter to the attorney,
general
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-05-25
RECIPROCITY ATTACKED
Senator Crawford Calls II Abandonment
of Duty.

Washington.-The reciprocity aerN'-
ment with CanaIe- -~ ilaracteriZed az
= 'cowardly abandonment of a grave
duty" in a speech delivered in the sen
ate Of South Dakota.
He charged that not only would it
fail to promote the general welfare, but
that it would do ~irreparable harm to
agriculture. Indeed, he declared it to
be a discrimination against the farmer
in favor Of the trusts and of Canada. He
found in 1t especial efforts to favor the
newspapers. The presidents contention
that it would reduce the cost of living,
he would not accept.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-05-25
RODENT RUNS O

Wonder why women are frightened
by rats? That's one thing we never
could understand. We recall an ex.
exchange Of courtesies between a
man and wife one night in q restau.
rant, and the courtesies were curious
and conflicting, and we're fast leading
up to the riot standard, the woman
holding her own" and even more
than that, when a rat ran across the
room. That settled the dispute. The
woman jumped on the table, among
all the dishes, showing ankles and
lingerie that would have made a Dutch
danseuse dizzy with delirium. But the
row stopped and the laughter began,
says the New Orleans Picayune. The
latest rat story, however, comes from
Brooklyn, and 1t runs like this: Dur
ing a matinee performance at one of
the theaters, while the house was
crowded, a rat appeared in one of the
aisles, and CONSERVATION seized the
crowd instanter. Women jumped on
orchestra chairs, danced the highland
fling and other filings, screamed and
acted like mad, while the rat ran riot
through the rows Of seats. At one
stage Of the stampede all the women
screamed together; that put the show
out Of business. The actors lost their
lines, the women lost their reason,
and the rat lost its life. Why are
women frightened at rats, and still
wear them In their hair?
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-05-25
REFUSED TO KISS HIS WIFE
Judge UphOlds Wife's Complaint Against
Indifferent Husband.

Atlanta, Ga.-Because her husband re
fused to kiss her, Mrs. T. X. White had
him put under arrest, swearing out a
warrant charging him with mistreat-
ment and with abuse. Brought before
the Judge, White soon found out that
failure to kiss his wife was not to be
tolerated in Atlanta. The Judge told
White that it was his duty to kiss his
wife when she wanted to be kissed and
that she had a right to ask the aid of
the law when such caresses were refused.
Then he announced his sentence to be
that White must give up at least one
kiss a day, though it would be better
if he were a little more generous. Pend
ing further complaint, White is at lib.
erty.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-05-25
TRIED TO ROAST BOY ALIVE
Indian Stunt of New York Bows
Causes Arrest.

Lockport, N. VA sensation has
been caused here by the arrest of two
17-year-old schoolboys on a charge pre-
ferred by Avery Murphy, IA years old,
who claims that they tied him to a tree
and attempted to burn him alive in In
dian fashion.
Murphy testified that the accused boys
waylaid him and proceeded to over
power him and bind his hands and feet.
He was tied to a tree, and then his
captors whooped around him like In
dian braves. Finally, he says, they
gathered papers and twigs and started
q FIRE at his feet.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-05-25
TAFT TO PUSH TRUST CASES
Legislation to Remedy Trust Laws Has
Begun.

Washington. President Taft has
made it known that he intends to con.
tinue the prosecution of the trusts along
the lines mapped out by Attorney-Gen-
eral Wickersham. The distinction which
Che United States Supreme Court drew
between reasonable" and "unreasona-
Bile" restraint of trade will affect but
few if any of the prosecutions that are
contemplated. The principal result of
the decision, however, will be legislation
to remedy the defect in existing law,
pointed out by Chief Justice White.
Whether the Sherman antitrust law
will be amended or whether the federal
incorporation bill, favord by the presi-
dent, will be reintroduced and enacted,
10 not known.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-05-25

Va ooms are cheaper in New
York than they have ever been at any
other time in the history OF the trade,
the fact being due to a rapid devel-
opment In recent years of mushroom
farming by su%burbanites. 1t seems,
therefore, that not all the suburban
farmers have been devoting their en-.
tire attention to the raising Of squads.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-05-25
Did He CrematA child2

Chicago.-George HINES, a marine fire
man, who was charged with kidnapping
the four-months-old son of Mrs. Selma
Henks, was found guilty and sentenced
to twelve years in the ~penitentiary. The
infant is still missing, and is believed by
the police to have been cremated in the
furnace of a lake steamer or thrown
overheard and drowned. Kimes is al
legged to have been enamored of the
ehilds mother and at the same time to
have developed a remarkably ~antipathy
10 her offspring
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-05-25
OAR KILLS WHOLE FAMILY
-Four Bodies Mangled When Their Buggy
Is Struck.

Newark, 0.-The entire family of D.
W. Dodson was wiped out when an in.
terurban car struck their buggy and
killed Dodson, aged 80; Mrs. Dodson of
the same age, and their two little girls,
aged Z and 4. The mother was killed
instantly. The younger child died al
most Immediately, Dodson died while be.
ing taken to a physician, and the older
child died this afternoon. The bodies
were manRlsd.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-05-25
Son Kills Father.

Texarkana, Ark.-W. M. Hunter was
shot and instantly killed by his son, Will
Hunter. The latter used a shotgun, lit
orally blowing the top of the elder Hun
ter's head off. The deceased had been
for some time living apart from his wife.
He returned to the home armed with a
shotgun and with the avowed intention
of killing the entire family, and when
he made a demonstration as if to put
this threat into execution the son shot
him.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-05-25

The stage dancer who walked on
her toes down the As flights of stairs
in the Metropolitan Life building prob
ably would resent beng asked to climb
two flights to a dressing room fat
footed.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-05-25

A woman arrested In New York as
a shoplifter explained that her house
was being painted and that the fumes
of the paint had gone to her head,
making her irresponsible for her ac-
lions. Yet some pessimists declare
that the present practical age is lack
ing in imaginative power.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-05-25
100 New Postal Banks Weekly.

Washington. = Postmaster General
Hitchcock, impressed by the reports of
the successful operation of the postal
savings system, has decided to designate
hereafter, for a considerable time, one
hundred additional postal repositories
each week, instead of fifty, as announced
a month ago.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-05-25
Clubs Can Sell LIQUOR.

Austin, Textile Texas supreme
court today handed down an opinion
that the chartered clubs in Texas, such
as country clubs, private lodge clubs,
etc, do not violate the law in maintain.
Ing Sideboards and selling whisky and
beer to their membership exclusively.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-05-25

Somebody has discovered a substi-
tute for radium, but it is almost as ex-
pensive as the real thing, hence a ma
jority Of the radium users will no
! doubt refuse to listen when they are
+ offered something equally good"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-05-25
Stocks Below 1910.

New 0rleans,-Friday, for the first
time in this calendar year, and for the
first time since the movement of the
last crop became heavy, the visible sup
ply of American cotton went below last
years low record, the figures being 2,O45,-
991 bales, against 2,054,641 a year ago.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-05-25

: A Washington Judge has ruled that
: street pianos and organs are vehicles
and must carry rear lights after dark.
And this, too, although they play
nothing but light music.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-05-25

Some ~iconoclastlc professor has dis
covered that the Sphinx was built to
preserve the c%ountenance Of an old
Egyptian king and not merely to give
a splendid model in impassivity to re-
dictionary senator's engaged in stand.
ing pat.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-05-25

Il Waists are to button down the
tront this summer" says a fashion
Mote. This being so, husbands ought
mo be able to grab of a little vacation
5Ghis summer, also.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-05-25
$1,000 for Missions.

Canton, o.-The general synod of the
reformed Church in the United States
decided to raise 100000 during the year
for mission work. The synod also set as
its ultimate goal s1,OOO,O 900 a year for
missions.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-05-25
NEGRO PREACHER LYNCHED

Excitement Runs High Near SwainsbOrO.
Second Lynching in Ten Days.
~Swainsboro, GG.-Ben Smith, an old
negro preacher, wal lynched after he had
shot his wife and fatally wounded Dep
uty Marshal Neal Canady, who was
called to the scene. A crowd pursued
the negro, caught him, filling his body
with bullets. Then the mob dispersed.
This is the second lynching that
Swainsboro has had within ten days,
the other being John Mcleod, the negro
who shot and killed Deputy Sheriff BEN
ton Woods.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-05-25

The ase of the American million.
aire who served twenty days IN Bel
dgium as a vagrant is the ripest illus
ration of they cannot put you In Jail
Nbr this"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-05-25
GORDON HEADS VETERANS
Msmphian Is Reelected COMMANDMENT.
Chief U. c. V.

Little Rock, Ark.-Wlth the selection
Of Macon, Ca, for the next place Of
meeting, after seven cities had asked
for the reunion of 1912 and the r~e.elec-
ton of Gen. George w. Gordon of Mem
phis, Tenn, comanderin-chief and each
Of the department commanders, the
business sessions of the United Confed-
crate Veterans ended here Wednesday.
Department commanders elected:
Lieut. Gen. G. Irvine Walker of
Charlestonton, s, c., Army of Northern
Virginia.
Lieut.. Gen. Bennett H. Young Of Lou,
i%sville, KY, Army Of Tennessee.
Lieut. Gen. X. M. Van Zandt of Fort
Worth, Texas, Trans-MissiSSipip depart.
ment.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-05-25

The feet Of American women, say
the shoe manufacturers, are growing
larger. The average woman who
wore a No. 4 shoe 10 years ago now
wears a No. 5, or better still a No. 6.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-05-25
One Killed bv Heat.

Cleveland.-0ne mar was killed by the
heat and fully half a dozen others were
Frustrated here Friday. Peter Fay sue
cumbed to the heat at the Burnside Ho.
tel.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-05-25

There was a time when baseball
ad to divide the limellght with race
Crack gambling and prizefghting. The
tEyners Of baseball teams made less
S6ney then.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-05-25

tst dikdik, fried koodoo and cir.
Fsteaks are to be served at a ban.
he in New York. That shows how
is the suffering of New Workers.
10 Of the lobster famine.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-05-25
A RedeemInq Featur,

r HeueemIng Feature.
Maud is a harem-scarum sort, isn't
she?"
yes, but her skirt isn't"
The daily sentinel. [volume] (Grand Junction, Colo.) 1893-current, 1911-12-07

plication, by series of proclamations
of the minimum tariff of the United
States to importations from the sew
eral countries. and l stated that. in
its general operation, section . of the
new tariff law had proved a guar
anty of continued commercial peace,
although there were, unfortunately.
instances where foreign governments
dealt arbitrarily with American in
manner injurious and inequitable.
manner injurious ana nequitable.
While the double tariff feature of
the tariff law of 1909 has been am
ply justified by the results achieved
in removing ormer and preventing
new. undue determinations against
American commerce, it is believed
that the time has come for the amend
ment of this feature of the law in
such a way as to provide a gradual
ed means of meeting varying degrees
of discriminatory treatment of Amer
lean comemrce in foreign countries as
well as to protect the financial in
terests abroad of American citizens
against arbitrary and injurious treat
ment on the part of foreign govern
ments through either legislative or
administrative measures.
1t would also seem that the maxi
mum tariff of the United States
should embrace within its purvfew