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Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-07-13
PROSPECTS
ARE MUCH BRIGHTER
MODERATE TO HEAVY PRECIPITA,
TON IN TEXAS.
Breaking Of the D~routh-Crop Growing
Rapidly in All Central and East
ern States.

Memphis, Tenn.-Noderate showers to
heavy rains fell in central and middle
western Texas counties on Friday and
Saturday. In places the rainfall was
heavy enough to completely relieve the
drouth. In others it was light. Crop ac-
counts are excellent in eastern and south
eastern Texas and everything else
throughout the cotton belt save in Okla
homa, where light showers have given
only partial relief. Preceding the rain
in Texas further deterioration in the cot
ton crop had taken place, but a prompt
revival is now to be expected where the
precipitation has been sufficient.
In all central and eastern states the
crop is growing very rapidly, having been
stimulated during the week by showers
and s%easonable temperatures. Nowhere
has the rainfall been excessive enough to
give ground for serious complaint. South
Carolina is deficient in rainfall, recent
rains having been poorly distributed.
The crop in southern Georgia and in
southern Alabama and Louisiana is large
and early, and a heavy August move
ment is indicated.
Cultivation continues almost perfect,
and although boil weevils are becoming
more numerous they have not yet be-
come very destructive. Sufficient rains
for all present needs have fallen in cen.
trail and Atlantic states save the two
Carolinas.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-07-13
PITIFUL SIGHT WITH ECZEMA

"A few days after birth we noticed
an in1amed spot on u babys hip
which soon began spreading until
baby was completely covered even in
his eyes, ears and scalp. For eight
weeks he was bandaged from head to
foot. He could not have a stitch Of
clothing on. Our regular physician
pronounced 1t chronic eczema. He is
a very able physician and ranks with
the best in this locality, nevertheless
the disease began spreading until
baby was completely covered. He
was losing flesh so rapidly that we be-
came alarmed and decided to try Cuti-
cura Soap and Ointment.
mot until 1 commenced using Cuti-
cara Soap and Ointment could we tell
what he looked like, as we dared not
wash him, and I had been putting one
application after another on him. On
removing the scale from his head the
hair came off, and left him entirely
bald, but since we have been using
Cuticura Soap and Ointment he has
as much hair as ever. Four weeks
after we began to use the Cuticura
Soap and Ointment he was entirely
cured. l don't believe anyone could
have eczema worse than our baby.
Before we used the Cuticura Rem
edies we could hardly look at him, he
was such a pitiful sight. He would
fuss until l would treat him, they
seemed to relieve him so much. Cuti-
cura Soap and Ointment stand by
themselves and the result they quick
ly and surely bring is their W rec
om%mendation." (Signed) Mrs. T. B.
Rosser, Mill Hall, Pa, Feb. 20, 1911.
Although Cuticura Soap and ONT
ment are sold by druggists and deal
ers everywhere, a sample of each,
with 32-page book, will be mailed free,
on application to "Cuticura," Dept
30 K, Boston.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-07-13
GEN. EVANS LAID TO REST
State Troops, Statesmen and Officials
Attend Rites.

Atlanta, Ga.-Wrapped in his beloved
dniform-thc gray of the Southern Con-
federacy-Gen, Clement A. Evans, SOL
der, preacher and past c~ommander-in.
chief of the United Confederate Veterans,
was laid to rest in Oakland cemetery
here Wednesday afternoon. National
Guardsmen, wearing the blue he once
opposed, but serving in it his native
state of Georgia, sounded taps and fired a
salute as the body was lowered to its
last abode.
The funeral was one of the most i'm
pressive held in this city, marking, as it
did the passing of one of the few re-
naming generals who served for the
South in the memorable struggle of the
sixties. The legislature adjourned out
of respect. and the body of the veteran
was followed to the grave by Gov.
Smith and staff, Gen. Arson Mills, com
manding the department of the gulf,
U. S. A; state house officials, members
OF the National Guard, Confederate vet
Grams and members of the house and
senate.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-07-13
MAINE BLOWN UP
FROM THE INSIDE
THIS IS THE OPINION OF GEN w.
H. BIXBY.
The Chief of Engineers of the United
States Army Makes Statement
After an Inspection.

Washington.-The loss of the battle
ship Maine was caused by the ex'
plosion of her three magazines.
No such effect as that produced upon
the vessel could have been caused by
an explosion from without. Such is the
opinion of Gen. William II. Bixby, chief
of engineers, U. S. A., who has returned
after a personal inspection Of the work
of raising the Maine.
"What the primary cause Of the ex-
plosion was" said Gen. Bixby, never
will be learned"
Gen. Bixby does not believe that the
bodies of those who lost their lives will
be found on the Maine. He says they
are probably buried two hundred feet
or more from the wreck in the mud.
The navy board, of which Admiral
(then captain) Sampson was chief, made
a report soon after the explosion that
the cause was from a force outside the
ship. This explosion was the actual
cause of the war between the United
States and Spain. The Maine was
blown up in the harbor of Havana. Capt.
Sigsbee was in command of the ship.
Sigsbee is now a retired admiral. Samp.
son is dead,
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-07-13
NEW INQUIRY into
ALASKAN LAND GRAB
LETTER FROM RICHARD RYAN TO
BALLINGER is CAUSE.
Secret Order of President Relating to
Controller Bay Claims Of Gug-
genheims.

Westinghouse a result of new dis
closures in connection with the Con-
troller Bay grab in Alaska, the house
of representatives will order a new in
vestigation into the recent attempts of
the Inorganic uggenheim syndicate to OBJ
tian an absolute monopoly of transporta-
ton facilities in Alaska from the de-
partment of the interior.
New evidence includes a letter on file
In the department of the interior as a
part of the negotiations of the Guggen-
helm syndicate to gain control of Con-
troller Bay, written by Richard S. Ryan,
of ~ William street, New York City,
on July 10, 1910, to Richard A. Bal
linger, former secretary Of the interior.
This letter follows:
Dear Dick-I went to see the presi-
dent the other day about this Controller
Bay affair. The president asked me
whom it was l represented. l told him,
according to u agreement, that l rep
resented myself.
"But that didn't seem to satisfy him.
So l sent for Charlie Taft and asked
him to tell his brother who it was l
really represented. The president made
no further objection to my claim.
"Yours, DICK"
Following this remarkable "Dick to
Dick" letter, the president, on October
28, issued a secret executive order, which
did not become public for six months,
throwing open more than $4,000 acres On
the water front of Controller Bay, other
wise the Morgan-Guggenheim syndicate
was able to file claims.
The letter and the secret order of the
president are to be the real basis of the
investigation into the whole affair to be
made by congress.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-07-13
Settled Them.

I've a sight O. sons-thirteen alto"
gether," remarked a prosperous old
farmer, "and all OF ems done me
credit save the three eldest, who
sowed wild oats at a pretty rapid ratet
and then came home and saddled my
shoulders with the harvest.
well, l own l was glad to e 'em
back, and l feasted EN-, and petted
EN-, and set 'em on their legs again,
only to see 'em skedaddle off afresh
when things had slowed down, with
all the cash they could lay hands on.
That Whereabouts sickened me, so
l called the rest of 'em together and
There's ten of you left, and II any
Of you 'ud like to follow t'other three
l won't try to stop you. But. under
stand this, though there may be a few
more prodigal sons, there1l be no
more fatted calves. I've killed the last
of emf
"And," continued the old man, tri-
umphantly, 1--WE had trouble wi none
of 'em since!"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-07-13
RECORDS FOR NEWSPAPERS
11O,l65 Tons Of Print Paper Produced,
1879 Shipped.

Washington.-Records for the news
paper business in this country were
broken in May, when 11o,165 tons of
print paper were produced and 107,242
tons shipped, according to statistics filed
with the commissioner of corporations
by the American Paper and Pulp Assoc
citation. An increase was shown yer
April of 1880 tons in production and
1o,35O tons in shipments, while stocks
on hand increased 1888. One new con-
Germ, a small one, was included in the
May returns.
The months production was 98 per
cent of normal. The actual output per
day was 1850 tons, compared with 3,942
tons in April, 1885 in March, 3,7o7 in
February and 3,S21 in January, The
stocks on hand, 34,917 tons, were the
largest since November, 1910.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-07-13
Doctors Said He Would Die


I wish to speak of the wonderful cure
that l have received from your noted
Swamp-Root, the great kidney and blad-
der cure. Last summer l was taken with
severe pains in my back and sides. |
could not breathe without difficulty and
was nearly wild with the desire to %urinate.
Was compelled to do so every ten min
utes with the passage of pure blood with.
the urine. l tried all the different doc
tors from far and near, but they said it
was no use to doctor as l would die any
way. l was at the end of my rope and
was 30 miserable with pain and the
thought that l must die that words can
not tell how I felt. One day a friend told.
me of the wonderful help she had received
from DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root. She gave
me one of your pamphlets which l read
and determined to try Swamp-Root. After
taking half a bottle I felt better. Have.
now taken ten bottles and am well as I
ever was, thanks to Swamp-Root. | wish
to tell all suffering people that have kid
ney, liver or bladder trouble, that DR.. Kill
mer's Swamp-Root is the best medicine on
the market.
All persons doubling this statement can
write to me and 1 will answer them di
rectly, Yours very truly,
CLYDE F. CAMERER,
Rosalie, Wash.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
23rd day of July, 1909.
VERNE TOWNE, Notary Public.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-07-13
Frmers Near Starving.

Oklahoma City, okla.-Appeals for aid
have been received by the governor from
several farmers in Southwestern Okla.
homa counties, who state they are act.
unlly on the verge u starvation as Il re.
suit of the continued drouth. They say
that they have nothing to feed their
stock and practically nothing to eat them
selves. Comanche county is considering
the proposition of issuing bonds for road
work, so as to give employment to farm.
ers who actually need assistance, aud
their teams.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-07-13
PRESIDENT TAFT
TALKS RECIPROCITY
SAYS PROPOSED MEASURE IS +
LINE WITH PRINCIPLES.
Reciprocity Agreement Will Not Greatly
Reduce the Cost of Living, if
at All.

Indianapolis, Ind.-President Taft put
the parting touch on MS part in the
celebration of this city's "safe and sane"
Fourth in a speech on Canadian reci-
procity at the Marion Club banquet. The
president made his answer to the argu-
ment of the other Republicans that re-
ciprocity as he has proposed it is not
good Republican doctrine, but Demo
cratic doctrine.
lie showed that reciprocity as present
ed to congress by him differed, if at all,
only slightly from reciprocity as advo-
Gated by James G.. Blaine and former
President Mckinley. He declared that
the contention of the opponents of his
reciprocity plan that the doctrine is
un-Republican because it affects articles
that are competitive and not merely
non,competitive articles, is not sound.
"The sound Republican doctrine" said
the President, has become the imposi-
ton of duties only where the conditions
are naturally unequal and where duties
are necessary in order to enable our
manufacturers and other producers to
meet on a level the competition OF for
eign producers. The Canadian %reciproc-
ity agreement which has been made
squares exactly with the doctrine"
Replying to the contention that reci-
procity would be made wholly at the
expense of the farmer and in the inter-
est of the wage-earner of the large cities,
Mr.. Taft declared that, in his judgment,
"the reciprocity agreement will not
greatly reduce the cost of living, if at
all. 1t WILL" continued the president,
STEADY the prices by charging the reser-
voir of supplies for those things that ara
raised in both countries.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-07-13
OUR DIGNITY COMPROMISED
American Ambassadors Fawned on King
George.

Washington.-The subject of inter
national marriages for money and title
and the oet~entatious display of wealth
by American diplomats to foreign courts
formed a text for a scathing sermon
preached in the house by Representative
Henry, of Texas.
1--WE may congratulate ourselves" he
said, chat as very recently two proud
and over-opulent ambassadors entered
into the ancient capital of England, amid
a yeritable riot of vulgar display and
extravaganza of wealth, rushing headlong
to the feet of royalty, no serious casual
ties occurred.
Permit me to congratulate our am.
bassadors at the recent historic coca,
sion in London that no serious bodily
harm resulted to their ambitious desire
to touch the throne and to lament the
fact that perhaps some permanent wound
was left by reason of some other rep
resentative outliyering them in gorgeous
and overlavish display in vulgar wealth,
jewels, peacock feathers and personal
raiment, so essential to such occasions"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-07-13
HOLDS WOULD-BE RUNAWAY
Washington Woman Would Not Allow
Husband to Desert.

Washington.-Alleging that her hus-
band, Elmer B. Carpenter, had frequent
ly declared that a man with too many
children to support was justified in de-
sorting them, Mrs. Agnes Carpenter, his
wife, and mother of his three children,
caused papers to be served on her hus-
band in a suit for maintenance as he
was sitting at his desk in the depart
ment of commerce and labor.
Mrs. Carpenter claims she thought her
husband was going to put his theory into
action, and she feared he would betake
himself out of the jurisdiction of the
district court if he had any intimation
that she contemplated the proceedings.
Carpenter is in Jail in default of bond.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-07-13

A member Of the British parliament,
Sir Henry Seymour King, has been
unseated because 1t was found that he
had been guilty Of treating hts con-
stituents lavishly." The cable does
not explain whether he furnished bar
rels OF beer or boxes Of campaign
cigars for the purpose of winning the
favor Of the voters, or whether he
went 80 far as to distribute bottles Of
scotch and soda. In any event, the
judges who considered his case were
not disposed to excuse him on the plea
that If beer or cigars were distributed
they were passed around by his
friends who were eager to put him
over" In England they have a cor
rupt practices act which is enforced
without the necessity of such dilatory
proceedings as have characterized the
Lorimer case.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-07-13
WILL REFORM EFFETE EAST
Cross Continent Girl Will Teach Newport
Lariat Throwing.

New York.-Pretty little Nan Aspin.
wall, the daring young girl Saturday
completed her ride from San Francisco
to New York, the longest journey ever
taken by mar or woman, is out to re-
form the "EGete" east.
She announces that she will begin with
the society women G Newport and will
ride to the fashionable resort on her
famous Lady Ellen, the mare on which
she made her trip. For the last month,
she says, she had been in correspondence
with several society women, who desire
to train lariat throwing in order to re-
duce their weight.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-07-13
The Girls Handicap.

In her pretty new frock sister Mabel
felt quite proud as she sat on the front
step and watched some boys playing
on the sidewalk.
After a time n little boy anne uE'
to talk to her and to admire, in his,
rough little way, her bright shiny
shoes and pink sash.
See my nice square-cut waist" ex-
claimed the grille, "and my nice coral
beads! Don't you wish you wuz a
girl?"
mo sire-ee," replied the boy. II
wouldn't want to be any girl at all,
because locke how much more neck
you hat to wash"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-07-13
MAY REVISE COTTON RATES
Would Handle Memphis Shipments
Through to Crescent City.

New Or1eans.-A general revision of
the cotton tariff affecting all points on
the Illinois Central railroad from Mem
phis to New Orleans was the subject
of a meeting here of President w. B.
Thompson of the cotton exchange ana
officials of the railroad. The confer
ence is a result of a plan started by
the cotton exchange officials to generally
reduce cotton handling charges with a
view of making this city a cheaper cot.
ton exporting port and the diverting OF
shipments now going through Charleston,
Savannah and Brunswick, billed from
Memphis. The meeting was held behind
closed doors.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-07-13
OWE DEBT TO WASHINGTON
W. T. Stead Tells British They Owe
One to Him.

London.-W. T. Stead, editor and VI
thor, presiding at the annual Fourth Of
July celebration at Browning Hall for
the veterans of the Civil War, said that
to no man did the British empire owe a
greater debt than to George Washington,
"the greatest Englishman of the eigh-
tenth century"
Washington, said the speaker, had in
directly taught Great Britain how to
maintain and extend the British empire:
"For these and other reasons" added
Mr.. Stead, 81 hope that the signing Of
the Anglo-American arbitration treaty
will be the signal for raising a subscrip-
ton throughout the British empire for
the erection of a noble statue to George
Washington, the unwilling of which in
Westminster would be the most dramatic
method of celebrating the completion of
a hundred years peace between the Brit.
ish and American peoples"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-07-13
ASSAlLS ALDRICH'S SCHEME
Lindbergh Asks Investigation of Finan.
cial System.

Washington.-In connection with a
resolution introduced by Representative
Lindbergh, of Minnesota, proposing IN
investigation by a house committee to
determine if there exists a combination
of ~financiers in the United States oper.
atng in restraint of trade or violation of
other laws, the Minnesota insurgent Re-
publicans assailed the proposed financial
system submitted to the monetary ON
mission by Senator Aldrich. The reso-
luton calls for investigation of the bank
ing, money, exchange, credit and deposit
systems of the country and recommends
lions for remedial legislation.
"Wall street." Representative Lind.
bergh said in his statement accompanying
the resolution, brought on the 1907
panic, got the people to demand currency
reform; brought the Aldrich-Vreeland
currency bill forward, and, if it dares,
will produce another panic to pass the
Aldrich central bank plan. We need re.
form, but not at the hands of Wall
street."
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-07-13
S15O,oOO Storm Damage.

Columbus, Ga.-The violent wind and
hail storm, which swept Lee county, Ala,
on July 4, caused damage estimated at
$15O,OOO, according to the report of Capt.
Hays, U. S. A., who was sent from Fort
Mcpherson by the federal government
to make an investigation, More than
500 persons suffered by the storm and
practically every vestige of growing
crops wal destroyed. The devastated
area extends across the line into Georgia,
but in this state the damage is estimated
at only $4,000.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-07-13
WOULD REPAY SOUTH BIG SUM
$6s,0Oo,oo Cotton Tax of 1862-lsss Il
Asked.

Washington.-The repayment to the
Southern States of more than $6S,OOO,-
600 collected by the government between
1862 and 1868 as a tax on raw cotton is
provided fo- in a bill introduced Satur.
Jay by Representative Clayton of Ala
bama. Similar efforts to recover this tax
have been made many times by other
representatives Of Southern States, but
all have failed.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-07-13
HOBSON WANTS HIGHWAY
Also Asks Authorization of Battle Of
New Orleans Centennial.

Washington.-The construction of a
'ClayJackson memorial highway" from
Niagara Falls, N. Y, to New Orleans
and the authorization of a centennial
celebration of the battle of New Orleans,
to begin January s, 1915, are proposed
in a bill introduced by Representative
Hobson, of Alabama. An appropriation
of $25O,OOO is proposed for a preliminary
survey of the highway.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-07-13
REcREATIoNs OF SCIENCE.

The appearance Of n book Of up
roarious humor by Stephen Leacock.
professor of logic in a Canadian uni
yersity, calls attention once more to
humor as a safety valve to a career
devoted to the more serious things of
life. 1t is a fact, not usually recog-
nized but easily believed, that minds
which are concerned with philosophy,
mathematics, statistics, or other alb
sorbing intellectual pursuits find their
recreation In something quite the re-
verse OF these topics, says the Chica-
go Tribune. The late Sir Campbell
Bannerman, the British premier, found
solace in reading innumerable French
romances of the most modern type.
Lewis Carroll" was a mathematician,
deeply expert in the science, and 1t Is
related that when Queen Victoria be-
came charmed with his Alice" stories,
she sent out for all his precious WORKS.
They brought her several books on
calculus, logarlthms, etc. A few years
ago a nonsense book, How to Tell
Wild Flowers From the Birds, delight
ed US. Its author proved to be a pro-
fessor Of some dull science at Johns
Hopkins. And thus it goes. Extremes
meet. An astronomer, when away
from his eyepiece, throws himself
with ardor into %pingpong. A mathema-
ticlan in private life holds the fiddle
de-winks championship. The law Of
compensation works, and nature pro-
vides a safety valve which prevents
the boiler from blowing up.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-07-13

Mexico City.-0n June 80, Mexico's re-
serve amounted to 63,O7O,OOO pesos, ac-
cording to a statement made by Prcsi-
dent de la Barra. This is something
more than a million more than was left
in the treasury by Limantour when ne
resigned as minister of finance and was
succeeded by Ernesto Madero. Since
that time the government has expended
the greater part of two appropriations,
one for 100000 and the other for
100000 pesos, for the payment of ex.
penses incurred as the result OF the rev
olutioP
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-07-13

Before leaving Chicago for Detroit,
Rev. Joseph Anderson Vance declared
that to be, with the possible exception
of San Francisco, the w%ickedest city
in the world. 1t might be suggested
to the reverend gentleman that there
are as many "wickedest cities" as
there are cities with the finest water
supply in the world" 1t would take
an expert to decide between them.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-07-13

Following a dispute in a medical
convention in Philadelphia on the re-
moval of t%onsils, and the sharp criti-
cism of young surgeons for removing
tonsils on slight pretexts, a resolution
was adopted calling for an exhaustive
report on the matter next year. But
this will hardly tend to create over
much confidence and pleasant feeling
in people whose tonsiliar troubles
viii occur this year.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-07-13

rhe graduates Of a high school in
Washington were warned to keep
away from the fashionable set If they
wished to avoid degradation and lead
upright Christian lives. But the elo-
quent orator might have tempered his
fears for their future by the reflection
that 1t takes something more than
nondetermination to lead upright lives
to get into the fashionable set Of the
c%apital-it takes money.