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Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-08-31

~lustration: "a short time ago, IN my
native village, a Christian caught a
thief among his goats. The house
holder was a strong man and over
powered the thief, and kept him in the
house for the night. The next day he
took him to the officials, but because
the offender was a Moslem he was set
free, while the Christian was arrested
and fined % Turkish pounds for kid
naping a Moslem!"
The Old Cry for Justice.
"Tell me-" l asked, what you edu-
Gated non-Moslems want Of the gov
ernment?"
Instantly there came from several,
as If by Encouragement, the cry, Gus
tlce, equality"
why not fraternity also?" I asked,
reminding them of the third Of the
watchwords which were so generally
used at the time of the revolution.
Never mind about that; let us
have justice and equality, and then
fraternity will take care Of ITSELF"
we cannot get justice. There Is
as much bribing as ever, only the
brides are bigger. There are fewer
Christians in Office than there were
in the old days"
Venturlng to suggest that, In spite
Of all, conditions are improving and
that the new forces at work must
make for human betterment, n mar
impetuously said: when will they
be better? After we are dead? We
want better times now"
ottomans Who Hate the Turks.
After more pessimistic talk l re
marked: Then you seem to think that
the present government is going to
smash"
I'VE hope So" was the instant re
spouse. I'VE are willing to have any
power but Turkey rule. OF course we
dream the dream Of independence fol-
our own part of the land. and for the
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-08-31

scores Of predictions that the out
come Of the present regime will be
utter failure. This state of mind or
the part of the principal foreigners
resident in Turkey must necessarily
be a heavy drag on the wheels of the
government.
Another ominous and allied fact is
that the Christians in the Turkish en-
pire are emigrating by the thousands.
II anybody has the curiosity to exam
ine the bulletins Of Ellis island during
the present six months he will find a
big percentage Of Turkish subjects
among the arrivals. These men have
fed from the prospect Of military serv-
ice. When put to the test, they show
that the Christian population of Tur-
key Ia not loyal to the government.
Apparently Constantinople is willing
to let these people go, although, taken
as a class, the Christians are more
efficient members Of the community
than the Moslems.
An Upper Room Conference.
These generalities were Illustrated
and substantiated by an interview l
had recently with a dozen uon-Moslem
Ottomans, who are all educated men,
and most of them professional men.
They would be called leading citizens
Of any community. l asked a friend
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-08-31
DEAL MUTES ADJOURN.
Three-Day Convention and Reunion
Closes at Jackson.

Jackson.-After holding a most pleas
ant and successful three-day convention
and reunion at the Mississippi Deaf and
Dumb Institute, the third gathering OF
the Mississippi Association was brought
to a close with a picnic and outing in
the grove just across the Alabama and
Vicksburg railway tracks, which is with
in the property lines of the institution.
Among the questions and topics discuss
ed were that relative to the moving
picture fund opened by Percy Jones OF
Corinth; the industrial bureau, by Prof.
D. A Cameron of the institute facultyi
the impostor evil, by N. E. Harris Of
Memphis; the spread of oralism, by E
NJ. Rowse of the institute faculty.
There was a discussion Of practical at.
fairs and interests, especially the deveA
opment of Industrial education and thor
ough grounding in the trades suitable to
the deaf.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-08-31
E PROOF COTTON.
Experiments Being Made to Improve the
Plant,

Clarksdale.-An experiment of the
greatest import to Southern cotton grow
ers is that now being tried in Texas to
produce a cotton that will be boil weevil
proof. This test of the immunity OF
certain varieties, or the effort to find
such variety, is being made at the Texas
experiment farm at Brownsville, and is
being watched with interest by cotton
growers the country over.
The seed of ffty-six varieties of cot
ton, from various parts of the world,
chiefly from Central America, the Phil
ippines and South Africa, has been pro-
cured with a view to developing some
cross variety that will be adapted to
Texas, both in the producing and the
insect-resisting qualities. As an illus
tration of the possibilities in this direc-
ton, one variety of cotton obtained from
Nicaragua has squares which hang down
ward. 1t is a proven fact that the boil
weevil is a clumsy insect and that it
clings with difficulty. Therefore, it
would find it difficult to hang on to
this Nicaragua cotton, which is being
successfully grown in its native country
whence the boil weevil originally came.
1t is the idea of those having the
experimentation in hand to blend this
Nicaragua cotton with the long staple Of
the South, in the hope that the trait Of
the squares hanging downward may be
retained and at the same time the excel
lent yield of the long staple.
The experiment is a worthy one, and
apparently practicable. If successful it
goes without saying that it will mean
much to the cotton growing sections, and
will perhaps be of value along other sci
entiic lines as demonstrating what may
be done a la Burbank in producing new
and insect-resisting varieties of the fleecy
staple.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-08-31
BLACK HAND TO CRowDER.
Letter From Italy Threatens Jackson
Executive With Death.

Jackson.-From the classic old city on
the banks of the Tiber to the classic cap
ital of the state of Mississippi on the
banks of the romantic Pearl, is a far cry
geographically, yet not too far for the
international postal service to bring
what purports to be a deep-dyed and
bona fde black hand letter, from Rome
to Mayor A. c. Crowder, of Jackson.
The mayor received a missive which has
been puzzling him not a little, It is
pogtmarked Rome, Italy, Aug. ~" and
addressed in royal purple hued ink to
"His Eminence, the Mayor of Jackson,
Mississippi, North America"
Inside the envelope is a sheet Of paper
which carried the dogmatic legend,
"Rome, the Seat of the World" in one
corner, and opposite, the awesome m
nouncement, death Perpetual"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-08-31
STATE NEWS NOTES
Weekly Budget of News tens Gathered by Our
Special Correspondent at Jackson.
UNUSUAL SUIT AGAINST I. c.
Man Asks Damages for Finger Hurt BY
Passenger.

Jackson.-A new line of complaint
against a railroad company is involved
in a civil suit which has just been fled
against the Illinois Central Railroad Co,
as representing George P. Bomar, the
plaintiff and injured party. The point
is, that this defendant corporation must
show why it should not be adjudged as
due the plaintiff, for damages alleged to
have been sustained through having the
end Of the little finger of the left hand
mashed of, while plaintiff was a pas
senger on one of the Illinois CentraPs
trains, for Pickens, in Holmes county.
When the train reached that station, ne
with other passengers arose and made
his way to the coach door for the pur'
pose of alighting. The train had
stopped, or was nearly stopped, and the
plaintiff stood with his hand on the
door-facing, waiting for the fagman to
put his little stool in position. While
so standing, as averred in the declara-
ton, the door leading to the platform
was suddenly and without warning or
knowledge closed to, and in closing the
finger of plaintiff was caught between
that and the facing. 1t is shown that
the cause of this sudden shutting to OF
the outer door was due to the fact that
some one had just then emerged from
the toilet, the door to which swings
across the radius of the outer door,
thus forcing the man coming from the
toilet to close the platform door.
Plaintiff contends in his declaration
that such arrangement should not be,
and that it is due to carelessness and
lack of due care and caution IN the
part of the railway officials that these
doors are so constructed as to swing
across each other. Accordingly, he has
brought suit for actual personal and
punitive damage in the sum of $4,000.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-08-31
GOOD FARMING, THIS.
Bale Of Cotton Per Acre in SunflOwer
County.

Sunflower.-A. S. Robinson, n Of
sunflower county's most progressive
farmers, held his annual crop inspection
last week. Mr.. Robinson gives two
prizes annually, one Of ten dollars to the
tenant who has the best crops-cleanest
bitches, banks, fencerows, etc.-and sec
ond prize of five dollars to the woman
who has the ~cleanest and neatest APP
pearing yard and garden.
The committee who made the inspec-
ton report the best crop yet seen this
season-cotton that is good for a bale
to the acre, and corn that will yield
seventy bushels per acre. The farm Of
600 acres and its management was con-
coded to be a model and does credit to
the community.
One prominent feature was an acre
of cotton, from which $50 bushels OF
potatoes were shipped the first of june
and now it bids fair for a record yield
of cotton.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-08-31
LOCKED JAILER IN CELL.
Negro Murderer Escapes at Yazoc
City.

Yazoo City.-The monotonous hum
drum of Yazoo City was somewhat re-
lieved by three negro criminals, who a.
tempted to make their escape by over
towering the jailer, Mr.. Williams, lock-
ing him in and departing. These negroes
had been let out of their cells to sweep
up, when one, a wife murderer, by the
name of Richard Brown, gave the jailer
a dime and asked him to buy a melon.
When Mr.. Williams opened the door to
hand the melon in, the negro grabbed
his arm, jerked him in, locked the door,
and made his escape. When a trusty
opened the door to let Mr.. Williams out,
the other two, Will Lewis and Bob john
son, attempted to escape, but were
caught and returned to their cells. John
son was shot In the foot before he could
be persuaded to stop.
The negro Brown, who made his es'
cape, wears a blue shirt, navy blue pants
and is b~arefooted and bareheaded. He
is considered a bad negro and may make
a desperate stand rather than be taken
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-08-31

there are no Christian officers; that
the immortality of the Turkish soldiers
is Of a nature that makes even the
nominal Christians fee from 1t; and
that the life in the army is not only
poorly paid-about so cents a month
but that the conditions are Of the
hardest.
1t seems to be the opinion of these
educated observers that Turkey is
willing to have as many of the Chris
tians as please leave the country.
Here my companions began to ask
questions about America. They talked
Of 1t as the children Of Israel must
have talked of Canaan. Every man
Of the twelve in that room, as we
found by a count, has relatives In
America; some Of them look forward
to going thither themselves. They
think that the rapid spread Of the
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-08-31
SUIT OUTCOME OF STORM.
By Collapse Of Building Two Men Were
Killed,

Jackson.-A civil suit which is the
outcome of the severe ~equinoctial storm
which swept over a large section Of Mis-
siSsippi during September, 1909, and
wrought considerable damage in Jackson,
was filed in the office of the clerk Of the
circuit court. This is an>action filed by
counsel representing c. A. Wooster, Mary
Wooster and Kirk Wooster to recover
the sum Of $4,000 from the owners If
u certain building which collapsed during
the night of the fearful tempest, and in
Its fall carried to death two white men
who were sleeping therein.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-08-31
DRINKING CUP MUST GO.
Mississippi Railroad Commission Author
ICES Enforcement of Order.

ICES enforcement OF Order.
Jacksonville Mississippi Railroad
Commission, in session last week, passed
an order which in effect empowers the
state board of health to enforce the order
passed at the last meeting of that body,
requiring all railroads passing through
or operating entirely within the state
to abolish the public drinking cup. This
matter has been under consideration for
quite a long while, and the commission
has given the subject careful thought.
The order passed, which will become eff
fective on and after October l next, Is
the natural following up of the general
agitation of this same subject through
out the country. The order is as fol,
lows:
"The Mississippi Railroad Commission
vs.. All Railroads in Mississippi
Drinking cups on trains and in sta
tions.
"This case coming on for final action,
all interested being heard, it is ordered
that commission circular No. IS is cor
rected to read as follows, to-wit:
Paragraph No. II is annulled and in
lieu thereof the order of the state board
of health is hereby adopted, prohibiting
public drinking cups on trains and III
depots. This order to be effective on and
after October l, 1911"
This order, it is believed, will be &C.
cepted without serious protest by the
carriers, and while the railroad commits
sion grants authority for the abolish
ment of the public cup, it is left to the
state board of health to adopt admins,
trative arrangements.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-08-31

TO arrange an interview with the edu-
Gated natives of the city who spoke
English. The result was an evening
gathering in an upper room of the
home of one of the members. The
interview started with one man who
had lived abroad serving as spokes-
man, but 1t quickly developed into a
general discussion.
"Have conditions improved under
the new regimen"
mo; conditions are really worse
than in the Hamidian days. The new
regime has made the Moslems more
alert to what is going on, and quicker
to assert their superiority, and to i'm
pose exactions upon non-Moslems.
Christians have no rights in Turkey
today, in spite of what you have read
IL the papers"
Here one man broke in with an IL
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-08-31
STUDY BOIL EEvIL.
Georgia Planters on Tour Visit Missis-
sippi Fields.

MISUNDERSTANDING had as guestL
the company of Georgia planters, who
are over in the boil weevil district with
a view of learning something of his hab'
its Of life. They estimate not more than
a half crop in that immediate section.
They were carried out into the country
and made observation where the weevil
has Just begun his work and estimate
the damage at about 10 per cent. To
learn all the characteristics Of the wee.
vii and how best to combat with him
when he reaches Georgia is the object Of
the visit Of the gentlemen from Georgia
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-08-31
C1eAWAKTNG
Foreigners Resident in the Turkish
Empire Are PessImistIe Concern.
Ing the Outlook for the New Re-
-fan1 Nkkanaans Ma aD

Foreigners Resident In the Turkish
Empire Are PessImistlc Concern.
Ing the Outlook for the New Re-
glme-Ottomans Not Loyal.
BY WILLIAM 7. ELLIS.
Somewhere in Turkey.-For rea-
IONS that are apparent, | dare not To-
calize the interview which l shall re-
port in this article. The persons
quoted could easily be discovered, and
they would be made to feel the heavy
hand Of the government. They repre-
sent the darker side of the present sit
uation within the Turkish empire.
Before proceeding to quote these
men, l may state one ominous and
related fact, viz: Every foreigner
whom I have met in Turkey-and l
have interviewed hundreds-has
shown himself hostile to the present
government. This is an amazing con
dition of things. Sometimes the an
tagonism has been merely skeptical
and supercilious. In other cases it
has been deep and passioned.
Hard Knocks for the Turk.
The criticisms OF the present govern
ment made by these British and
Americans has not been necessarily in
contrast with the old regime, but 1t
has been a criticism of the Turk as
a governing power. Neither is it to be
considered hostile to Islam per Sc, but
to Islam as embodied In the ruling
class of the government. have heard
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-08-31
Prepare Handbook of State.

Jackson.-There is no buster or more
active man in the state of Mississippi at
this time than L. E. Davis of Natchez,
secretary-manager of the Mississippi
Land Development Association. Mr.. D&-
Wis is actively engaged in getting to-
gether some practical data for use in
compiling a statistical handbook of Mis-
Sissippi, which is to be gotten up in told.
er form, so that it can be carried in the
breast pocket without inconvenience. 1t
Is his purpose to make it complete, cen
densed and reliable.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-08-31
REEVES STILL ON JOB.
Sheriff Who Gov. Noel Dismissed Is Yet
In Office.

G~ulfport.-A peculiar situation has
resulted from the suspension or attempt
ed suspension from office Of Sheriff and
Tax Collector William Reeves, Jr., by
Governor Noel because Of Reeves short
age in his collections. Notwithstanding
the governors suspension order Of some
weeks ago and his further order making
the suspension permanent, Reeves con.
tinues quietly in the administration Of
its affairs.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-08-31
Not Hard Cider.

Bacon-I see q man in the apple
country has a lake Of apple cider Cd
his place.
Egbert-And do they skate on 1T
mo; the elders not hard enough hpr
that."-Yonkers Statesman.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-08-31

Jackson.-Dr. Dunbar Rowland, d.
rector of the State department of ar
chives and history, is making an mven-
tory of portraits and relics III the Mis-
sissippi Hall of Fame. The work is very
important in historical circles, and mach
care will be exercised in preparation of
the list.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-08-31
Car for GOvernOr.Elect

Clarksdale-A handsome four-cylindeT
automobile has arrived in this city,
billed to Gov.-elect Earl Brewer. The
car reached its destination too late for
the g%overnor-elect to try 1t out on Goa
homa's good roads, as Mr.. Brewer, with
bis family, left some days ago for 3
vacation in the East.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-08-31
Missing Woman Found.

Corinth-Suffering from aphasia, Mn
W. W. Castleberry was discovered war;
dering around within a quarter of a mile
of her home, from which she had been
missing forty-eight hours. After being
taken to her home her power of speech
partly returned. With difficulty she
said that while the search was in prog
ress she saw certain of her friends, but
was unable to articulate and make her.
self known. Physicians here are puzzled
over the case.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-08-31
Hugo Meyers Pardoned.

Acknowledgement Noel has issued a
pardon for Hugo Meyers, a young white
man who has been serving a two-ycar
sentence on the Rankin farm on a
charge of receiving money under false
pretenses. Meyers was sentenced from
Clay county, where he was employed rs
a collector and agent, and it was n
of those old cases of carelessness in the
handling of other peoples money. The
petition for pardon was widely Endorsed,
among other signers being the Judge and
district attorney and all the court Of
Acials.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-10-14
Night Life OF Berlin.

Berlin, the city which never sleeps,
has long since outdistanced all It's
European rivals as a city Of night life.
In addition to its all-night cafes, day.
break restaurants, and theaters which
only open their doors at midnight.
Berlin has now magnificent bathing
establishment which is open every
hour In the "a. The newly-built "Ad-'
mirals-Bad" In the Friedrichstrasse.
which has recently been opened, Is
one of the finest bathing establish
ments In all Germany. Its swimming
baths, both women's and mems, are
respondent In the finest majolica
marble and bevelled glass, while the
Roman and Turkish baths are more
than Oriental In their luxury. A
small army of masseurs and attend
ants Ia constantly on duty, and the
great doors OF the establishment are
never closed. Attached to the baths
is large and up-to-date restaurant.
where Berlin night jewellers, after
enjoying swim at three o'clock In
the morning, may be seen eating an
early breakfast In their bathing
dress.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-10-14
Wasn,tsQuite Sure.

At about 1880 the other morning
there came a furious ringing at the
door bell Of a quiet house on East
Seventeen street After few min,
utes had elapsed head was thrust
out of the second-story window and
the following conversation ensued:
What do you want?'
rs this where Mr., Tawker lives"
IL am he.
did you deliver an address on
Heroes of History at the c. E. con
vention this evening"
y did"
,Ypu spoke of man who had done
beautiful deeds for humanity. His
name WAS Philip Moore. Was he a
Catholic or PROTESTANT"
"He was Protestant. But wha,
do you"
THANK you. thank you. that's all
want. I'm the shorthand reporter thai
took down your speech. and
couldn't tell from my notes whether
this hero entered the ministry or s
monastery. Much Obliged for setting
me right. Good night!"-Clevelant
Plain Dealer.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-10-14
Wouldn't Stand for II.

Senator Crawford. says the New
York World. can make more noise
during the delivery OF speech than
any other man In public life. He will
walk to and fro, banging the desks
until the screws come ont and tossing
forth his voice until 1t can be heard
a mile away.
One of Senator Penrose's economi-
cal constituents heard the rumpus on
the floor below and inquired what was
transporting.
"Oh, Mr.. Crawford is taking little
exercise" answered Mr.. Penrose.
Don't worry about It, The govern
ment is paying for it. and there will
be no extra expense"
Vice President Sherman was hold
ing HIS hands over his ears and look
ing at Mr. Crawford In amazement,
when Secretary Bennett slowly and
solemnly climbed up the steps to his
desk and said:
"The boys up IN the press gallery
complain that they are unable to hear
Mr.. Crawford distinctly. They re-
quest that you ask him to speak lit
tie louder"
Tell the boys in the press gallery
to go to thunder" yelled Mr.. Sher-
man, pulling his, mouth down at the
corners.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-10-14
Walked Hnmn.

Any pigeon fancier who wants to
enter bird In slow race need but
communicate with Charley Otto He
has one he thinks Ia positively the
slowest feathered biped In the world.
Otto has been a pigeonist for good
many years, and during the st. Louis
exposition OF 1905 he took part in the
pigeon fy His birds were all marked
by the usual identification bands on
their legs, OF course. All got In but
one, and in the five years that have
passed Mr.. Otto had completely for
gotten about that bird
But the other day when went into
the COTE" says Otto, Il saw an old
pigeon there that looked familiar. He
seemed to be perfectly at home. so
by and by | picked him up Sure
enough. It was Thunderbolt H., the
pigeon that didn't report after the St.
Louis race"
And was he In good health?"
"Oh. yes" said Mr.. Otto Perfectly
good health. A little thin, perhaps
trained down pretty fine by the exer-
else OF the race. but otherwise all
right. Only his toenails were worked
down to the quick by the long walk"
Cincinnati Times-Star.