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Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-03-09
Field Sport.

Under the supervision of the Field
Manager, Prof. A. L. Burdine.
For Boys: Baseball, Basketball,
Tennis, Shotput, Hammer Throw, Pole
Vault, Running High Jump, Mile Relay
Race, Hundred Yard Dash, 120 Yard
Hurdle Race.
For Girls: Basketball, Tennis.
Rules and Regulations for Field
Sport: No school will be eligible to
the Athletic contests, unless it enter at
least one Of the Literary Contests. 2.
Contestants must be within school age
and have been enrolled as a pupil in
the school he represents not later than
December LIST Of current session.
Each Principal or Superintendent must
report to the Manager at least twenty
days before the meet the events his
school will enter, and the name Of
contestants, in individual contests, one
principal and one substitute. The
schools will report to the manager and
he will arrange all team games Of bas-
ketball, baseball, tennis, etc. 4. Win.
ners Of prizes in previous contests in
athletic sports may enter same contest
again, but shall not be awarded a prize
unless he break his previous record.
S. Four boys shall constitute a team
in the Mile Relay Race and each team
shall be allowed two substitutes.
General Information.
1. The morning exercises, the Lit,
erary Program, will occupy the time
from 9 a. m. to | p. m. at the Court
House. 2. The Field Sports will
take place at the Tupelo Fair Grounds
from 2 p. m. to 5 p. M. 3. The rail-
roads will furnish ample accommoda-
tons for all who wish to attend at the
usual low rates. 4. An admission
Tee will be charged all who attend
except the teachers and pupils Of the
schools, provided each wears a badge
showing the name of his school. The
funds thus derived will be used tic
purchase prizes and to defrav the nee.
essary expenses of the association
By the authority Of the association
each school is required to look after
the dinner of its own pupils. 5
Teachers will see that no one but pu.
pills are supplied with badges.
D. G.. Langston, President,
TupeIo, Miss
J.. C. Meadow, Secretary.
Amory, Miss
A. L. Burdine, Field Manager,
Okolona, Miss
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Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-03-09
TO CHICKEN RAISERS;

T, M. Dean will sell you Como
Chick Feed at $500 per sack-100
lbs. Corno Hen Feed at same price.
Also have Aunt Patsy Egg Producer
Feed. 1-16.4t
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-03-09
FIELD DAY EXERCISES

Below we print a notice OF the
Fourth Annual Field Day Meet which
takes place at Tupelo, Miss. Apr. IL.
This organization has grown till it
brings together the largest number Of
teachers and pupils Of any similar as
sociation in the State. Tupelo will
have $4,000 visitors on this occasion.
Literary Contests.
Under management Of the Presi-
dent. Prof, D. c. Langston.
/. Defamation, one boy from
each school.
2, EIocution, one girl from each
school.
8. Music, Piano, one girl from
each school.
Prizes-Gold medals will be
awarded to every successful contest
ant. The school winning the greatest
number of points in both the Literary
and Athletic contests will be awarded
a Silver Cup, and the school winning
the second highest number will be
awarded a handsome Flag or PEN
nant. The schools winning the Silver
Cup or Pennant will hold them only
one year, unless the same schools win
them in succeeding years. Points
counted in the Cup and Flag contests
shall be as follows; Music, Elocution
and Defamation shall each count
three points for first honors and each
shall count one point for second hon.
ors. All Field Sports shall count two
points for first honors and one point
for second honors, except baseball
and basket ball, both of which shall
be excluded in said contests. lndi-
viduaI prizes will be awarded the
winning teams in baseball and basket
ball.
Rules and Regulations for the Above
Contests: |. Only High School pu-
pills are eligible in the above Contests.
2. Length Of selection, not more than
six minutes. 8. No negro dialect Sc
lection will be allowed. 4. The name
Of the pupil and his selection must be
sent to the President at least fifteen
days before the meet, and they will be
arranged on the program by lot. Win,
ners Of medals in former contests in
Defamation, Execution and Music shall
be barred from entering the contest
again.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-03-09

FOR SALE-On Fay-Sho Type
writer; good as new. VIII be sold
cheap. See S. S. Wolfe, at Messen-
ger office.
FOR RENT-The Nancy Shaw
House. Main Street. lots in Baptist
Town, and rooms in Keeney building
on Main Street and Center. Apply
to w. P. Knox.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-03-09
Local News.

N. J. Knox, of Prairie, was here
Sunday.
Howard McDuFee is in NettletOn
this week.
Miss Sallie Haley spent Sunday in
Van Vleet.
MIR. F. j. Mcdonnell, Jr., went to
Egypt Sunday.
Miss Kate Kincannon spent Sum
day in Tupelo.
Mrs, W. O. Harbour has returned
from Memphis.
Walton Murfee spent one day last
week in Memphis,
Miss Gertrude Rubel has returned
from New Orleans.
Mr.. Henry Brady went to Houston
on business Saturday,
Mr.. and Mrs. j. J, Kelley returned
from Mobile Wednesday.
Nj. Paul Thompson spent Saturday
and Sunday in Meridian.
Miss Hazel Scales, of Macon, is
visiting Miss Mary Dean.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. E. Edens have
returned from New Orleans.
Miss Hazel Scales, of Macon, is
the guest Of Miss Mary Dean.
Free each Monday night at the
Star Motion Picture Gallery,
Mr.. and Mrs. Dakin, Of Meridian,
are visiting Mrs. R. L. Fitzgerald.
Miss Annie Bel Pulliam, Of Buena
Vista, is the guest Of Mrs. j. Stafford.
Miss Leva Spencer, spent Saturday
and Sunday with Miss Mary K. Dun
can.
Mr.. j. Edgeworth, Of Shannon,
spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs.
Swan.
Mr.. and Mrs. P. D, Williams, of
Calhoun City, are visiting Mrs. Cora
Gates.
Miss Duke Thornton, Of Bessemer,
Ala, visited relatives and friends here
last week.
Mrs. J.. G. FELTON, arrived Saturday
to spend some time with her daughter,
Mrs. Moss.
Misses Lula May Shell and Bessie
Randle spent Saturday and Sunday
in Houston.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Spencer
visited the latter S mother, Mrs. San
ders, in Corinth Sunday.
Mrs. Walker Baker returned to
Van Vleet Friday after spending a
week with relatives here.
Misses Sylbia Harbour and Arval-
Ia Foster attended the Sunday School
Convention at Houston last week.
District Deputy Grand Master
George D. Riley was over from
Houston the first three days Of this
week lecturing the Masonic Lodge.
A free.will offering will be taken
each Monday night at the Star Mo.
ton Picture Gallery to help build 6
Christian Church.. No admission
charged.
Revs. j.. H.. Holder and F. D
Daniel, Messrs. F. j. Mcdonnell, Jr,
and A. T. Stovall attended the Sun.
day School convention held il
Houston Friday and Saturday.
No admission charged at the Sta
Motion Picture Gallery on each mon
day night. A collection will be taker
for the purpose Of helping to build
Christian Churdh in Okolona.
We are informed that Rev. E. 7
Mabberly will arrive here Friday ant
that he will ell his first appointment a
the Bahtist church Sunday, morning.
and evening. No evening servic,
will be held at the Methodist or Pres
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-03-09
MRS. EZELL ENTERTAINED.

Mrs. l.. Rosenbaum entertained
with an elegant luncheon last Friday,
compIimenting Mrs, Ell Ezell.
The table was covered with an i'm
ported Damask cloth, the color motif,
white and yellow, was artisticaIIy
carried out, and place cards were
Mother Goose iingles, which created
much amusement.
The meinuen consisted Of seven
courses.
Those present we're Mesdames
EzelI, Creighton, BramIitt, Hodges,
Edens, Morrison, Donaldson.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-03-09

EGGS-Finest Strains Buff Ply,
mouth Rocks and White Wyandottes.
S1.00 per setting. Mrs. j.. M. Haley,
OkoIona. Miss.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-03-09

]. Z. Meadow, OeCretary.
Amory, Miss.
A.. L. Burdine, Field Manager,
OkoIona, Miss.
Other papers in Northeast Missis-
sippi will please copy.
The Washington times., 1911-05-09

never paid so many compliments I
didn't mean in my life,
"Scandalous!" calculated her husband
in mock horror. Talk about your
crooked politics.
WELL Mrs. Peeved defended her
self. everybody else was doing it. and
everything's fair in politics, short Of
short of actual cheating. The COM
mittee's going to send me around word
as soon as the elections over, but I
know what it'll be.
Revenge Is Sweet
I've been longing for a chance to
get even with that Mrs. Scratchar for
months. any way. She's running for
president, too, the cat, but most OF the
ladies wouldn't vote for her because
they know what a disposition she has,
and I was careful to tell the ones that
didn't. Oh, 1 guess there's not much
about politics 1 didn't know!'
Note for Mis- Peeve'," announced
Della. Mrs. Peeved. with a cock
sure look, handed 1t to her husband to
open.
"Dreadfully sorry. dear read Mr..
Peeved. but as you neglected to at
tend to the formality of accepting your
nomination, we found we couldn't do
anything but elect Scratchar."
Yes, petty" commented Mr.. Peeved.
CONSIDERABLY putting a hand over his
smile. women know lots about politics
that never gave 'em credit for"
The Washington times., 1911-05-09
Western River Point,
Fast Being Fortified

The Cairo correspondent Of the St
Louis Republican says that five batter
les are now planted at different points
on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers,
fully commanding both rivers at their
confluence, and so placed that the en-
tire force can be rallied to support any
point in a few minutes. All the bat
teries. 1t is asserted, are supported by
large bodies Of infantry.
The Richmond Dispatch SAYS editori-
ally: We must again impress upon our
friends throughout Virginia the value
OF guerrilla warfare. Nothing har-
asses an enemy upon his march as much
as the constant sting of guerrillas They
are an adversary that caGnot be caught
with ease, or avoided. Tney come un-
expectedly, drop their nan here and
there, are off and on again in a mo-
ment, and cause infinite perplexity and
danger"
The Kentucky legislature adopts reso-
lutions calling for the correspondence
between Governor Magoffin and the
confederate states authorities; also in
quiring whether the confederate states
had made am requisition on Kentucky
for troops, and the governors reply
thereto.
The Washington times., 1911-05-09
Reddy Smith on
or Moonshine

If dere's anything dat 1 enjoys,
Jimmie, it's uh moonlight excursion
down de river. Yu git on de stern
NV de boat, in uh corner uh way
frum de rest NV de bunch an watch
de moonshinin' couples. Wow. but
it's great Course, I amt never
reached de stage where Guild do
dat kind NV lovin' meself, cause
amt quite big 'neuf, an sides, 1
don't know NV uh girl dat would
have me- But, jes de same, Jimmie,
me heart swells up an'-an' / has
uh funny feelin' in me breast-uh
sorter longin fur sumpin' an 1t les
seems dat I'm out NV place.
Dere wus all kinds on de boat las
night Sum had uh sad, wisful look
on deir faces, sum wus smilin' an
happy an udders had uh look dat
didn't mean nuthin'. Fellers an
girls, dey wus all Unlike, an me uh
sittin' in de corner jes pinin' me
heart out cause l wus uhlone.
Course, oughtn't tn go, cause dey
makes me feel sad an all dat, but
what's uh feller goin' tn do on uh
warm night wild de moon smilin'
down on yu?
The Washington times., 1911-05-09
The Northern View
May 8, 1861 (Thursdayl.

A rebel incendiary set, fire to Will
laSd's Hotel in Washington early this
morning, and despite the efforts of
the fire department. who were aided
by the New York Zouaves, the build
ing yas completely destroyed.
A detachment of United States ma
fines from Philadelphia arrived at the
Brooklyn navy yard yesterday, and an
other from Washington came later in
the day. They will be reinforced by a
draft from the New York station, and
then dispatched to Boston, where they
ere to constitute a full frigate's guard
for the United States steamer Missis-
sirpi which has been ordered to go
Hto commission at once.
The Washington times., 1911-05-09
Steamer City of Alton Con-
vcrted Into a Man-of-War

The United States steamer City OF
Alton has been converted into a for
midab BILE man-of-war. Her hold has been
divided into a number of water tight
Cnmpa' mCntS, her boilers protected by
strong bulkheads. and twelve heavy
guns placed on her upper deck. When
ready for sea, she will carry force
OF SO men.
Forty-five recently graduated West
Point cadets arrived at Washington
Yesterday. and a once reported to Gen
Q al Mansfield, who ordered them into
immediate drill service, at which they
WI be kept for some time before as
s,gn.ng them TO corps in the regular
army.
The Pennsylvania Legislature has
rassed a bill authorizing a loan of
SimN,OCo for war purposes. 1t also pro-
Vides for the raising of fifteen regi-
nents beyend both acquisitions of the
f. dHral government, making a total of
fifty-f1ve regiments as Pennsylvania >
OigOta
The Washington times., 1911-05-09
SHE HOLDS 1T UP TO THE
Letter From the Cross Father
Loretta's Looking Glass
LG 7

care to rear the four children left
motherless and young. 1t may have
made me seem somewhat austere.
Thanking you for your interest in my
daughters affairs, l am, very truly,
THE CROSS FATHER"
i reckon you, Mr.. Gross Father,
think there are things that girl of
eighteen needs more than q husband.
There are. indeed. Your particu'&r
girl of eighteen needs a little more
accurate sense of the ruth.
Now that I have hurled my advice
like a bomb into your very midst,
The Washington times., 1911-05-09

around the corner was In and the boss
bet him two fifteen-cent straights that
he could make half a dozen customers
buy lemons at twenty cents dozen.
although the same identical lemons were
in the next crate marked fifteen a
dozen. The prof. took him up.
Well. the boss dumped part or a bar
rel OF lemons in one crate and the rest
in another. and stuck sign on the
first batch: Lemons. 10 cents a dozen.'
and on the second. Extra large lemons.
20 cents Dozen" A blind man could
have seen the lemons were exactly tns
same size. but, oh you suggestion! Sure
the boss won. They just ate EN- up!
The Washington times., 1911-05-09
Tennessee to Furnish
Troops and Money

Proceedings of the Tennessee Iegis-
lature, which have Just been made
public, confirm the report that an ordi-
nance of secession and alliance with
the confederate states has been passed,
subject to the vote of the people on
June s. Fifty-five thousand troops
are called for, and two million dollars
are appropriated Internationally, and
three million conditionally. 4
Charles II. Foster, a native of Maine.
is given two days in which TO leave
Murfreesboro, n. c., because of cur
rent reports that ''he has connected
himself with the Cassius NJ. Clay guard
at Washington and has taken the oatn
of fealty to Old Abe's government" "
Foster is an editor by profession, and
recently married at Murfreesboro
The Washington times., 1911-05-09

SSNHY DEAR MADAM: Though 1
M understand from my daugh-
.... ter that you are not mar
ried, want to congratulate you on
the married-womanly courage with
which you seek to manage my family
affairs. My eldest daughter came to
my study and delivered a speech
which seemed to me to have been
learned by heart. 1t was a good
speech, so 1 know she had not writ
ten it, as eloquence is not. one of her
characteristics. 1 Questioned her.
She refused to answer till I had
consented to the regular visits OF a
young FELLOWSHIP has no aspiration
to be general il her reception of
gentlemen whose attentions ]
have tried t" curb, because they are
both too young. according to my
notion. .-
The Washington times., 1911-05-09
Vreinisns Are Fortifyins
Heights on the Potomac

An officer from the Chambersburg
camp brings the intelligence that on
Wednesday morning the Virginians
seized the heights on the Maryland side
OF the Potomac, and are now engaged in
terrifying them. About 5000 secession
ist troops are assembled, and 100 Ken
tuckians are on their way to Join
them.
Affairs at the Boston navy yard are
unusually brisk. The sloop of war Vim
cennes, late OF the African fleet, will
he taken out of drydock on Monday and
rugged. The frigate Bainbridge was
yesterday reported to the navy depart
nent as ready for sea, and will prob
ably join the blockade fleet next week
The Washington times., 1911-05-09

tie white object dangled dangerously
from the second-story window of the
u 'Hoora home.
"oh. looiI! Look, oh"' Everybody
was saying 1t now.
They debated what had best be done.
Tell her. advised some. and others
shuddered at the effect the terrible
shock would have on Mrs. O'Hoora. But
something had to be done and quickly
The white object ..- Us
Never should it be said that anybody
was allowed TO hang a pillow case out
her front window on Pickleheim street.
The Washington times., 1911-05-09
MR.. PEEVED PROTESTS

HIN" coughed Mrs. Peeved tri-
umphantly, as she swung her head
briskly from side to side and pulled the
thread through her embroidery with
victorious abandon.
HIM" interrogated her husband, in
a tone that expressed polite. but not
particular interest
Women don't know anything about
politics, eh? crowed Mrs. Peeved.
Don't they?"
You Bet They Do
Yes, they do, in spite Of all the sar-
castle things you've had to say to me
on the subject. and I've proved it. I'm
to be elected president OF the Blue But
ton Club, and I've done all my own
whatchecallet electioneering. We
conduct our elections exactly the same
way you men vote for president, and
tell you, a woman has to do some
pretty shrewd campaigning to get into
office"
But you're not elected yet, are you?
Don't count your chickens"
"Oh, don't worry about that" re-
assured Mrs, Peeved. loftily. I've
been-been lobbying enough to know
exactly how the elections going to
what do you say?-swing. I've got
practically every vote in the club
promised. even If I did have to eat
humble pie for two weeks. My, I've
The Washington times., 1911-05-09
Years and Years

The music hall artist was visibly an
noyed by the ''booing" of a few cock
neys in the rear of the theater. Finally
she advanced to the footlights and
shouted in anger:
"In have you know that 1 appeared
before King Edward VII"
And the Cockney crew roared back:
4" 'Ow long before?'
The Washington times., 1911-05-09
Both Too Young

''She told me of her appeal to you.
I may as well acknowledge at once
that the scales fell from my eyes. If
she cares so much for the boy that
she goes to the length of enlisting
your help, 1 may as we'll gracefully
withdraw the ban. am not particu-
ularly f1attered at the impression she
has given you of me. I am not cross.
I am just not demonstrative. 1t has
taken a clear head and considerable
The Washington times., 1911-05-09
Our Grocery Clerk
Says Twas a Cinch

In spite of the dense population of
Missouri, believe me, the power Of sug-
gestion is mighty. Men with big domes
write books about that thing-the power
of suggestion, don't they? So, Of course,
the boss knows all about 1t.
Here's the way he proved just what
hefty power it Is:
The principal OF the grammar school
The Washington times., 1911-05-09
O'Hoora's Tragedy;
Or, Dangling Peril

oh, look! Look, OH" shrieked a
shrill feminine soprano, just as night
was beginning to fall on PickIeheim
street. Mrs. O'Hooras-oh. look!
Look, OH
The neighbors gathered as one neigh
and looked:
In imminent danger of crumpling TO
the street five stories below a poor lit
The Washington times., 1911-05-09
How to Find Motor News

Subscriber (who has just bought a
car)-Say, what's the matter with this
sheet of yours? Why don't you print
some real live automobile. news-some-
thing that people are interested in?
Editor-Why don't you read the paper
and find It? Here it is, right at the top
of the seventh page-"Mortgage and
Failures of Yesterday"
The Washington times., 1911-05-09
I he Southern View
May Q, 1861 (Thursdnyl

Dispatches from New Orleans say
that the blockade Of Pensacola, with
several English ships inside the har-
date interference of England. Accord
ing. to the same intelligence. most of,
the officers aboard United States ships
off the southern coast are known to
The Washington times., 1911-05-09
Modern Romance

Yes, was fascinated by a golden
curl"
And did you marry the owner?'
"Oh, no. found 1 could buy one like
it for a dollar"
The Washington times., 1911-05-09
Smile at These;
1t Costs Nothing
ENGLISH Joke FOR TODAY

ENGLISH JOKE FUR TODAY
"Pigmies Hide their Women" is the
title of a newspaper article. The
writer .omits to state how and where
the women received the hiding.-The
Pink Tn.
The Washington times., 1911-05-09
A String of Suitors

Then you won't marry me?f
II must really decline" answered
the popular belle. Step inside,
please You are delaying the line"
The Washington times., 1911-05-09

1 will have no sense of delicacy
about tossing some more. You
should get next to your daughters
heart She has no mother. Let
her love affair be your rejuvena-
tion. / rather think you need a
little jollifying! Encourage her
confidence.
The Washington times., 1911-05-09
Loves Young Dream

Let the young man see that you
are in close sympathy with your
daughter. I fancy you are the
kind of man for whom younger
ones have a great regard. So turn
the light of your countenance upon
him. 1t never does any good to
oppose loves young dream. 1t be-
comes a nightmare. If it is neces-
sary for them to wake up, let them
do 1t under your benign guardian
ship But listenl Don't hang
around ALL THE TIMEi Nothing
so promotes the growth of NOR
bid interest as a pendant parent.
Sit in the library with rne doors
almost closed. And forget about
them. THEY will remember YOU
enough to realize your proximity
without being bored with your
presence.
You are VERY welcome to all
this wise advice. / hope you will
like your future son-in-law.
The Washington times., 1911-05-09

IE sufragettes amt the only women in the world
that are havin troubles of their own tryin' to be
appreciated, Belle. Over in France lot o women
with high .foreheads and letters after their
goin to form a high-brow club all their own,
the men that expect to have their names in the
next crop of histry books won't let 'em in theirs.
They're lot O. wise old French fogies in that
club, Belle, each member havin' to do somepin' to
boost the world along before he entitled to
blong One of 'em, f'r instance, invented a cannon
thatIl kill two hundred men at every shot to take
The Washington times., 1911-05-09

could murder hundred and And of em
write these French novels that don't look bad blush
make send for the when bushes
thick and faster and read em through just learn for
satisfaction how bad they really
they simply let the ladies in. Maybe it's
they're afraid fudge all the dictionaries maybe it's
they object which mems principal for
the around
Why Not Try 1t Here?
think it'd of good have ladies' immortal
club in this country Belle Any that could she's had
thousand for helpin along
worlds would be eligible To begin with, we'd have
Alice Longworh and Eleanor Sears Didn't they lift the
American teach how blow
smoke through their noses?
Lillian Russell ought be member. Think o the wonderful
the noble of speHdin' lifetime
world f succeed"
applies marriages we'll to everything else Thosans OF
would have discouraged after the seventh eighth
for itself No, you couldn't
without maxim all ghosts
widowers that used to be her husbands.
join easy. All you'd would
skirt the block
thousand clppis But who immortal BELIEF
a picture of happy ookin immortal