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Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-05-04
A Missionary Tree.

A missionary, during a Lenten tea,
said, pointedly:
Il have established missionary trees
all over the country. But perhaps you
don't know what a missionary tree is?
A missionary tree is n whose profit
goes entirely to missions.
"A Roxborough farmer has in his APP
pie orchard a golden pippin tree that
helps to support the Chinese mission.
A Florida woman has an orange tree
that helps to uplift the cannibals of
New Guinea. A California nut farmer
devotes a walnut tree to the spread Of
the faith In Zanzibar.
Missionary trees" the speaker end
ed, ARE very good things, but the
principle that underlies them need not
be confined to farms and farmers"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-05-04
Plain FARMING
in California

Rich land in the famous San Joaquin
Valley, California, has produced indepen-
dence for the farmer who farms" AlEAt-
ia, cattle, corn and hogs. Pumpkins, 20
tatoes and profits. Dollars from the dairy
In one of the richest sections Of Calf
fornia there is good land, with plenty Of
water for irrigation decided with the land,
that can be bought in tracts OF 10 acres
n up at a very reasonable price. Most
every kind of crop Is grown there. y
acres keeps 40 to so cows: The butter fat
is sold every day In the year at the far-l
mer's door to creameries. Pigs are raised
on skim milk and ALFALFA little corn
makes them ready for the hog buyer, vine
is out every day looking for them.
This land can be bought on very easy
terms and the man of small means cab
locate and at once begin to make money!
There are plenty Of schools, churches ana
good neighbors. The climate Is ideal
One can work, hunt or fish, out Of DOORS
every day in the year with never a feaFI
of a cyclone or a blizzard.
Full information can be obtained byl
writing Hartman, Meek & Blalock, 3z3 So
Hill St. Los Angeles, California. who are
well informed and will start you right lmi
this land Of sunshine, health and profit.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-05-04
PoWell-Then I'm glad that I'm not
In his power.
SCRATCHED TILL BLOOD RAN

When my boy was about three
months old his head broke out with a
rash which was very itchy and ran a
watery fluid. We tried everything we
could but he got worse all the time,
till 1t spread to his arms, legs and
then to his entire body. He got so
bad that he came near dying, The
rash would itch so that he would
scratch till the blood ran, and a thin
yellowish stuff would be all over his
pillow in the morning. l had to put
mittens on his hands to prevent him
tearing his skin. He was so weak
and run down that he took fainting
spells as If he were dying. He was
almost a skeleton and his little hands
were thin like claws.
He was bad about eight months
when we tried Cuticura Remedies. l
had not laid him down in his cradle
in the daytime for a long while. I
washed him with Cuticura Soap and
put on n application Of Cuticura
Ointment and he was so sOothed that
he could sleep. You don't know how
glad l was he felt better. 1t took one
box Of Cuticura Ointment and pretty
near one cake of Cuticura Soap to
cure him. l think our boy would have
died but fer the Cuticura Remedies
and l shall always remain a firm
friend Of them. There has been nc
return of the trouble. I shall be glad
to have you publish this true state
ment of hts cure" (Signed) Mrs. NJ.
c. Maitland, Jasper, Ontario, May 81,
1910.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-05-04
PLAN BIG RESORT.
Iuka Springs to Offer Cooperative
Scheme.

SCAGluC'
Iuka,-Work is being pushed forward
rapidly on the extensive club resort to
be known as the T~ishomingo Country
Estate, which was conceived by j. Cary
Thompson, of Birmingham, Ala. 1t is
Mr.. Thompson's idea to provide a large
country estate to be handled on a CO.
operative basis where the people of the
South can bring their families and enjoy
a vacation. Modern %conveniences are
planned, and in addition visitors will
have access to the waters of the Iuka
mineral springs.
The Tishomingo Country Estate, while
similar in some respects to projects in
North Carolina and in the state of New
York, stands alone from the fact that
it is both u summer and winter resort,
being located in the extreme northeastern
part of the state of Mississippi, and is
the highest point in the state, the alti-
tude ranging from 600 to 700 feet above
the sea level.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-05-04
CONFEDERATE
Maj.-Gen. Montgomery Issues Orders to
the Committee.

Jackson.-Maj.,G Gen. w. A. Mont
gomery, commanding the Mississippi
division, United Confederate Veterans,
has issued the following general order
addressed to the Woman's Monument
committee:
"You are requested to meet at Little
Rock, Ark, on the 18th day of May,
1911, at the headquarters of the Missis-
sippi Division, U. C. V, 10 O'Clock am,
and have report of progress made in col
lection of funds, plan of building the
monument and other information you
deem necessary to be given to the veteran
association. All staff officers and Others
interested in this grand and noble work
are asked to attend the meeting"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-05-04
STATE NEWS NOTES
weekly Budget of News Items Gathered by Our
Special Correspondent at Jackson.
WILDCAT INSURANCE.
Commissioner Henry Issues Timely
Warning,

commissioner Henry Issues Timely
Warning.
JacksOn.-in answer to IN inquiry as
to whether the Commercial Fire Insur-
ance Company of Washington, D. c., and
the Metropolitan Mutual Fire Insur-
ance Company of Philadelphia were try
ing to do business with prominent peo-
pie Of Mississippi through the mails, In
surance Commissioner T. NJ. Henry re.
piled that the concern was not author
Ized to traasact business in Mississippi
and says:
Il would not give a thrip for fire in
surance IN an unauthorized company. In
the first pdace, no company worthy of
the name would undertake to violate
the law by writing insurance in this
.ulderhand manner In the second place,
should a loss occur, you are absolutely
at the mercy of the company, and would
be compelled to accept whatever it chose
to offer, and my experience with concerns
OF that kind is that they choose to offer
very little. You cannot sue them for
the reason that they have no agent on
whom service of process can be served,
and no adjustment of the loss can be
made, for the reason no adjuster can
come in the state to adjust a loss for an
unauthorized company.
"Another reason why I should not
place insurance in that kind of a con-
Germ is due to the fact that under a law
passed by the last legislature the policy
holders themselves might become liable
for the fees and taxes due by the com
panies. | have som suits now pending
in which | am undertaking to enforce
that penalty. T. Nj. HENRY"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-05-04
Not Exactly Patriotic,

He was, let us say, Irish, was among
several men of other nationalities, and
had imbibed several beverages. He
was extremely anxious, moreover, to
uphold the glories of Erin, but was
not quite so sure Of what was going
on about him. A foreigner neal him
remarked:
IAN honest man is the noblest work
of Cod"
The Hibernian didn't quite catch
what was said:
Get out!-an Irishman Isl" he
roared.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-05-04
ARRANGING NEW DELTA.
Captain of Regular Army to Come to
Jackson.

Jackson.
Jackson.-Lieut. E. N. Coffey, on de-
tached service with the Mississippi
National Guards, has just received a let
ter from Gen. R. K. Evans, chief of staff,
division of militia affairs, in which Gen.
Evans states that he will in a short time
detail a captain of the regular army for
duty in this state.
This is in compliance with an act Of
the last congress, which authorizes an
increase of 200 in the regular army cap
tains. One or more men will be allotted
to each state, according to the strength
Of the state troops, and while Lieut..
Coffey will be under the new officer, he
will retain his present position and con-
nection with the Mississippi National
Guard. The detail is to be made in
order to better train and perfect the
state troops for active service.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-05-04
MANUFACTURERS IN MISSISSIPPI.
Census Bureaus Preliminary Summary
= Concerning tie State for 1909.

> NOHCSAhlhS ire 0Ldle l0r 1903,
Washington.-A preliminary state.
ment OF the general results of the
Thirteenth United States census of man
u%fattures of the state Of Mississippi has
been issued by Census Director Durand.
1t includes Il summary comparing the
figures for 1904 and 1909, prepared un-
der the direction Of William NJ. Steuart.
chief statistician for manufacturers
bureau of the census.
The summary for the state shows in
creases in all the items at the census
of 1909, as compared with that for
1904.
There were 1888 manufacturing estab-
lishments in 1909 and 1920 in 1904. an
increase OF 1,O7S, Or II per cent.
The capital invested, as reported in
1909, was $72,3 1000, a gain of $22,-
$4,000, or A per cent, over $59,256,O 900
in 1904. The average capital per estab-
lishment was approximately $500 in
1909, and $4,000 in 1904.
The cost OF materials used was $685.
$4,000 in 1909, as against $25, sol, 900
in 1904, an increase of $11,125,OOO, or 43
per cent. The average cost of materials
per establishment was approximately
$4,000 in 1909 and $40 in 1904. In
addition to the component materials
which enter into the products of the
establishment for the census year there
are included fuel, rent of power and
heat, and mill supplies. The cost of
materials, however, does not include I'M.
used materials and supplies bought either
for speculation or for use during d
subsequent period.
The value of products was $50, $751;
900 in 1909 and $57,451,OOO in 1904, an
increase Of $23,1O4, 900, or 40 per cent.
The average per establishment was ap-
proximately $4,000 in 1909 and $3S, 900
in 1904.
The value of products represents the
product as actually turned out by the
factories during the census year and
does not necessarily have any relation
to the amount of sales for that year.
The values under this head also include
the amount received for work done on
materials furnished by others.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-05-04
Reccanize Value Of Fresh Air.

New York city now has in opera
ton twelve open air schools and
classes, and definite provision has
been made for fourteen similar classes
to be opened by next fall, according
to an announcement made by the Ma
tional Association for the Study and
Prevention of tuberculosis. Chicago
has six open air classes in its schools,
and Boston has five.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-05-04
The W. C. T. U. Is Active.

Jacksonville Mississippi W. G. T. U
has just closed an important session at
Corinth. A large increase of members
and accession of unions was reported.
Among other action affecting the future
of prohibition sentiment and knowledge
in the state, it was ordered to ask of
the committee in charge that a course
of study on the effects of alcohol and
narcotics on the human system be in.
troduced into the state normal at Hat.
tiesburg, by which the teachers of the
state may be trained as experts in SCI
entifc temperance instruction.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-05-04
Fine Program Prepared.

GulfpOrt.-The annual field meet OF
the Mississippi intercollegiate Track
Association and the Mississippi Inter
collegiate Oriental Association, which is
to be held in Gulfport May II and ~,
promises to be most successful and will
be attended by al enormous crowd.
Special trains will be operated from New
Orleans, Mobile, Jackson and other
points. A splendid program of field
events has been arranged. There will be
hurdle races, long distance runs, high
jumping, pole v%aulting and many other
athletic features.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-05-04
SCRIBE ACCUSED OF BIGAMY.
James G. Bennett Says He Can Dis.
prove the Charge.

Jackson.-James G.. Bennett, for the
past year and a half local editor of the
jackson News, and one of the most
widely known newspaper men in the
state, has been arrested on an indict-
ment found by the Yazoo grand jury
on a charge of blgamy. The charge was
laid before the Yazoo grand jury by a
woman Of Columbia, S. c., who is UNI
derstood to have claimed marriage with
Bennett and subsequent abandonment of
herself and child.
Scarcely a month ago Mr.. Be- nett was
united in marriage at Yazoo City to Miss
Alice Woodward, who was principal of
one of the Jackson city schools.
Mr.. Bennett expresses confidence in his
ability to disprove the bigamy theory
and to show that it is a case of comfy.
ance to extortion or blackmail.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-05-04
Racing at State Fair.

Jack8on.-Ihe outlook for good racing
with plenty of housekeeping entries as
a feature of the 1911 fair season in
Mississippi was never more promising, &C
cording to Assistant Secretary and Man
ager j. NJ. Mcdonald, of the State Fair.
There are some who would rule out the
race track features altogether as being
not altogether consistent with the agri-
cultural and industrial characteristics
which pertain to these expositions, but
these appear to be in the minority.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-05-04
Phones Earn 80 Per Cent.

Jacksonville quarterly report of the
Clay County Telephone Company pre-.
sents a somewhat unique feature, in
that the net earnings are almost 80 per
cent. of the gross receipts. For the
three months ending March 81, the re-
ceipts amounted to $18 flat, while the
only item Of expense was $1.6O, which
was by way of taxes, leaving net bal
ance of $16.40.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-05-04
Happy Family.

Mrs. ~Scrappington lin the midst of
her reading)-Here is an account of a
woman turning on the gas while her
husband was asleep and %asphyxiating
him!"
Mr.. Scrappington-Very considerate
of her, I'm sure! Some wives wake
their husbands up, and then talk them
to death.-Puck.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-05-04
WANTS REFUND OF COTTON TAX.
Governor Will Recommend Action by
Next Legislature.

JacksOn.-Goy. Noel will include in his
message to the incoming legislature next
January the recommendation TO induce
congress to adopt legislation which will
have as an effect the refund to the cotton
producing states of the sos, OOO, 900 direct
cotton tax fund collected between 1862
and 1867.
Gov. Noel is in receipt of a letter from
Gov. Donaghey of Arkansas, accompany
ing a copy of a concurrent resolution
just adopted by the Arkansas legislature,
memorializing the congress to enact re-
funding legislation. The resolution asks
Mississippi and other states to adopt
similar resolutions, and the matter is of
ficially before the governor to be sub
mitted upon the assembling of the next
Mississippi Legislature.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-05-04
Evidently an Amateur.

Getting ready for your suburban
%gardening?"
yep. I've got a spade, a pick, a
hoe, a rake and some garden seeds,
but I've ransacked the market and
nobody seems to have any angle
worms for sale"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-05-04
Tupelo Passes Bond Issue.

Tupelo.-An election to- determine
whether or not the city would issue
$4,000 in bonds to raise funds with
which to improve the electric light plant,
build a city hall and pave certain streets
was held here and the bond issue car
ried by a vote of 3O1 for to 10 against.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-05-04
Met lila Match.

Alkali Ike-They have just taken
Roaring Bill to the hospital.
Pistol Pete What happened to
him?
Alkali Ike-He tried to break up a
suffragist meeting.-Judge.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-05-04
Wei Known.

Blobbs ! Is Harduppe pretty we'll
known in your town?
Slobbs-I should say he Is. He's so
well known he can't even borrow an
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Record.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-05-04

one woman III q hum
is prepared or
understands how to
properly care former.
self. OF course near
ly every woman now
adays has medical
treatment at the
time Of childbirth,
)but many approach
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-05-04

the Antiseptic powder to be shaken Into the shoes
for tired, aching feet. Ittakes the sting out of corns
and bunions and makes walking a delight. Sold
everywhere, &c. Refuse substitutes. For FREE
trial package, address A. s. Olmstcd, lie Roy, NY
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-05-04
Hoods SarsapariNa

gone. This great medicine has also
cured me Of scrofula, which had
troubled me from childhood" MrM
c. M. Root, Box rs. Gilead, Conn.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-05-04

81 felt tired all the time and could
not sleep nights. After taking Hoods
Sarsaparilla a little while | could
sleep well and the tired feeling had
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-05-04

Let US never be discouraged by any
difficulty which may attend what we
know to be our duty.-Bowdler.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-05-04

1t is impossible a man who is false
to his friends and neighbors should
be true to the public.-Bishop Berke-
ley.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-05-04

my new gown received a very sin
cere compliment the other day."
"As to how"
THE proprietor of a restaurant I
went into asked me to sit near the
window. Said 1t would lend tone to
his place"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-05-04

bTrs. Wlnslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
~teething, softens the gums, reduces infamma-
ton, allays pain. cures wind collie, 2c a bottle.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-05-04

It's awfully hard for dyspeptics to
pose as optimists.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-05-04

About
Motherhood

The experience Of Motherhood is a
one to most women and marks
distinctly an epoch in their lives. Not
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-05-04
Tired FeeHk.

That comes to you every spring IS a sign that
your blood is wanting in vitality, just as pimpIes
and other eruptions are signs that it is impure.
Do not delay treatment; begin at once to take
Hoods Sarsaparfna, which effects it's wonderful cures, not simply because Il
contains sarsaparHa, but because it combines the utmost remedial values Of
twenty different ingredients, raised to their highest efficiency for the cure Of
all spring troubles, that tired feeling and loss of appetite. There is nj real
substitute; insist on having
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-05-04
TO DRIVE OUT I

TO DRIVE OUT MALARIA
AMI BUILD w H SYSTEM
Take the Old Standard GROVES TASTELESS
CHILL TONIC. You know what you arc taking.
The formula is plainly printed on every bottle,
showing it is simply Quinine and Iron N a taste
less form. The. Quinine drives out the malaria
and the iron builds up the system. Sold by all
dealers for 30 years. Price 50 cents.
The Cimarron news and Cimarron citizen. (Cimarron, Colfax County, N.M.) 19??-19??, 1911-05-13
Ev Winters Gets
Another Contest

Ev Winters Of ftatoa, has match
ed himself Tor another boxing ex.
hihition at Trinidad with Pete Ien-
sen, the Battling Dane, of Denver
The contest win PIE held before the
Trinidad Athletic Club May goth,
Decoration Day, aud is scheduled
to go fifteen rouhds. The Dane
he's the reputation Of being ter
ror and goes altsr his man Ia
Nelson. Wintess is hard to hand
le and ia II-e thhu willing to mix
It with his oppouent II Winters
wins this time it win put him in
line for some of the top notchers and
there is no fear among his friends
that he will not make good.
The Cimarron news and Cimarron citizen. (Cimarron, Colfax County, N.M.) 19??-19??, 1911-05-13

In Speaking Of the lawyers in attendance
al the term Of court being held at Taos,
the Taos Valley news says in part:
On Wednesday evening two more dis
iinguished attorneys appeared A. y.
Rennehan Of Santa Fe aud Charles Spring
er Of Cimarron. Mr. Renehan is always
present at the terms Of the Taos court
and is always welcome. He is one Of the
busiest men in New Mexico but that never
interferes with his genial greeting of
friends and he seems to mix close at
tension to business with social enjoyment
of neither Charles Sprigner is known
everywhere. He was prominent mem.
Der of the constitutional convention. a law
ser who is much sought after aud. il is
said has ambitions toward craftsmanship.
Il may be that he will combine his legal
work with a little fence building.
The Cimarron news and Cimarron citizen. (Cimarron, Colfax County, N.M.) 19??-19??, 1911-05-13
JAUREZ CAPTURED BY REB-
ELS AFTER BLOODY BATTLE

several large buildings. including
the city market place, the North
western depot and the postodice
were burned.
The hosting OF the white flag
over the barracks had the effect
OF putting an immediate stop to
the firing, II being tue signal that
the federals had given up the bat
tie. Rebel flags were az once hoist
ted over the principal buildings,
the customs house and from many
Of the housetops and the church
bells rang out in the celebration ol
the rebel victory.
General Madero on his entry in
to the city, ISSUED a proclamation
guaranteeing protection to all for
eign residents.
The Cimarron news and Cimarron citizen. (Cimarron, Colfax County, N.M.) 19??-19??, 1911-05-13
Mrs. Dawson Sue
cumbs TO Operation

The sad news has Just reached
us OF the death Of Mrs. Grace C..
Dawson that occurred in the Pres
byterian Hospital at Chicago from
The effects oil an operation perform.
ed two weeks ago last Saturday.
The body will arrive here on No
o Thursdy afternoon where the fun
eral will be held at time to be
announced later. This news will
come as a great shock to a large
circle OF friends in Ration where
Mrs. Dawson has spent many years
OF her lite aud where she possesses
many dear and close friends. The
sad news is the more unexpected
because OF the previous information
received stating that the deceased
was rapidly from what was suppoi
edto be a most delicate though sue
cesslul operation A daughter
Bernice, is left Of the immediate
family to mourn the loss Of tn
departed one. Ration Range.
The Cimarron news and Cimarron citizen. (Cimarron, Colfax County, N.M.) 19??-19??, 1911-05-13
May Vote for Our
President in April

Washington, May 8.-A change
OF the date Of the inauguration Of
the president is assured OF ratifica-
ton by the Sixty-second congress
and it is not improbable similar
action will be taken to change the
date of holding national elections.
The proposed amendment OF the
constitution Of the Inauguration
from March 4, usually an inclement
day in Washington, to the last
Thursday in April.
The date OF holding national cleo
tions would be changed from the
first Tuesday in November to the
first Tuesday in April preceding
the expiration OF the terms Of the
president and members ofcongress.