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Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-08-31
WEATHER
IN COTTON BELT
DETERIORATION OF COTTON
CHECKED IN ATLANTIC STATES.
Excessive Rainfall Affects Four States.
Rapid Deterioration in Texas and
Oklahoma.

Memphis, Tenn.-The decline i'll the
condition of the cotton plant which set in
several weeks ago has been checked in
the two Carolinas, Georgia and Ala
bama or has ceased altogether by reason
of more favorable weather, rain having
fallen in the Carolinas and dry weather
superyened in the two latter states. Cot
ton is early in the Atlantic states and
without more rain will now open rapidly.
A fair crop is assured and a large one
seems a possibility despite the deteriora-
ton that has been suffered.
In Mississippj Tennessee, Arkansas
and Louisiana excessive rainfall contin.
ued during the week and some of the re-
ports take a very gloomy view of the
outlook. The chief damage has resulted
from shedding of young forms by rea-
son of the rank growth of the stalk and
from boil weeyils in the southern part of
the valley territory. 1t is evident, how
ever, that bright weather would vastly
reduce present estimate of damage.
In Oklahoma and Texas a period of
extreme heat, accompanied by a burning
u and hot winds, caused a quick set
back to cotton which had but lately
taken on fresh growth from rain. The
plant was being forced to an early ma
turity, but rains toward the close of
the week put an end to the condition.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-08-31
CHILD'S HEAD
A MASS OF HUM0R

Il think the Cutlcura remedies are
the best remedies for eczema l have
ever heard of. My mother had a child
n had a rash on its head when 1t
was real young. Doctor called 1t baby
rash. He gave us medicine, but 1t did
no good. In a few days the head was
a solid mass, a running sore. 1t was
awful; the child cried continually. We
had to hold him and watch him to
keep him from scratching the sore.
His suffering was dreadful. At last
we remembered Cuticura Remedies.
We got a dollar bottle Of Cuticura Re-
solvent, a box Of Cuticura Ointment,
and a bar Of Cuticura Soap. We gave
the Resolvent as directed, washed the
head with the Cuticura Soap, and ap-
Piled the Cuticura Ointment. We had
not used half before the child's head
was clear and free from eczema, and
1t has never come back again. His
head was healthy and he had a beau
tiful head of hair. l think the Cuti-
cura Ointment very good for the hair.
1t makes the hair grow and prevents
falling hair" (Signed) Mrs. Francis
Lund, Plain City, Utah, Sept. 10, 1910.
Although Cuticura Soap and Oint-
ment are sold everywhere, a sample
of each, with 82-page book, will be
mailed free on application to "Cutt.
cura," Dept. IL L, Boston.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-08-31
rs DEAD, SO HURT
IN TRAIN WRECK
MANY OF THE INJURED CANNOT
LIVE.
Spreading Rails Cause Four Coaches to
Plunge Into Lake Near Man
chester, N. Y.

Manchester, N. Y~.-Speeding eastward
behind time, Lehigh Valley passenger
No. 4 ran into a spread rail on a trestle
near here Friday and two day coaches
from the mid-section Of the train plunged
downward forty feet, striking the EN-
bankment like a pair of proiectiles.
In the awful plunge and crash at
least twenty-five persons are believed
to have been killed and more than sixty
injured. The injuries of several are so
serious that it is feared they will die.
Crowded with passengers, many of
whom were veterans and excursionists
from the G. A. R. encampment at Roch-
ester, the train, made up of fourteen
cars, was forty minutes late when it
reached Rochester Janction and from
there sped eastward to make up time.
The engine and two day coaches had
just passed the center of a 400-foot
trestle over Canandaigua Outlet, $50
yards east of the station, when the
Pullman car, Austin, the third of the
long train, left the rails. 1t dragged
the dining car with it and two day
coaches and two Pullmans in this order
followed. All bumped over the ties a
short distance, when the coupling be-
tween the day coach and the rear end
OF the diner broke. The forward end
of the train dragged the derailed Pull
man and diner over the trestle safely,
after which both plunged down the
south embankment and rolled over.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-08-31
Particularly the Ladies.

Not only pleasant and refreshing to
the taste. but gently cleansing and sweet
enins to the system, Syrup Of Figs and
Elixir Of SIENNA is particularly adapted
to ladies and children, and beneficial in
all cases in which a wholesome, strength
ening and effective laxative should be-
used. 1t is perfectly safe at all times and
dispels colds, headaches and the pains
caused by indigestion and constipation SO
promptly and effectively that it is the one
perfect family laxative which gives salts
faction to all and is recommended bv
millions Of families who have used il and
who have personal knowledge Of its ex-
.Cellence.
Its wonderful popularity, however, has
led INSCRIPTIONS dealers to offer imita-
lions which act unsatisfactory. There
tore. when buying. to get its beneficial
effects. always note the full name Of the
Company California Fig Syrup Co.
printed on the front Of every
Of the genuine Syrup Of Fiss
and Elixir Of SIENNA.
For sale byal leading druggists. Price
30 cents per bottle.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-08-31
RACE OF MEN FOUND
Eskimos in Speech, but S%candinavians in
Appearance.

New York.-A race of people who had
never before beheld a white man or an
Indian has been discovered in the Arctic
regions of British Columbia by Whitman
Stefansson, leader of the American mu.
scum scientific expedition, which left
here in April, 1908, according to a letter
received from him in Brooklyn.
His letter, dated at the Mouth of the
Rae River, Oct. 28, 1910" is the first
intelligence received from the party
within a year. Stefansson says:
eve have discovered people in a region
supposed to be uninhabited and have
lived a few months among people who
had never seen a white man or an In
dian-though they had heard of both.
We have discovered Eskimo, in speech
and habits, who are Scandinayians in ap.
.pearanee."
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-08-31
Shot Wrong Counle.

London, Ky.-Reports have been re-
ceived of a tragedy of errors enacted at
a country church eight miles north Of
here. Worshipers leaving after the
service were startled by two shots in
quick succession, followed after an in.
terval by a third. 1t was aseertained
that Bert Allen had shot and seriously
wounded Miss Christy Hensley and her
escort, VIII Hurley, acting under the
belief that he had f1ed upon Miss
Mollie Gaines, who had previously Tilted
him, and his cousin, Ed Allen, of whom
he was jealous.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-08-31

The other day a mar was arrested
and fined for using disrespectful Ian.
guage to a policeman, thereby inter-
fering with him in the discharge Of his
duty. 1t is strange that there should
be men who think they can do that
with impunity, says the Chicago Tri.
bune. One may be guilty of bigamy,
Or run a trust, or be a steady CRATER,
and yet escape punishment, but the
consequences Of reviling a policeman
are Inevitable. So, when there are SO
many crimes to pick from, no intelli-
gent man should select this. A police
man on his beat is greater than a
major general or than a teamster In
his pride of place. If the president Of
the United States should be ordered
by a policeman to move on" It
would be his duty to obey, saying,
perhaps, as he moved on, excuse me,
officer" That being the case, how
improper 1t is for a commonplace,
mediocre citizen who does not relish
some reply an officer has made, or
some order he has given, to call him
2 fool, or words to that effect. He
invites an unpleasant last act of the
playa trip to the station, an inter-
view with the desk sergeant, a cell
a fine, unpleasant publicity.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-08-31
Postpone Cotton Meet.

Montgomery, Aa.-The meeting Of
Southern agricultural commissioners and
cotton men, called by Capt. Reuben F.
KoIb to meet in Montgomery on Sep
TENDER 5 to take action regarding the
true condition of the cotton crops and
steps necessary to prevent a bearish
campaign, has been postponed until Sep
TENDER IL. This change of date was
made to prevent a conflict with the ma
tional convention of the Farmers Union
which will assemble in Oklahoma City
September s.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-08-31
PAUL BEATTIE SAYS
BROTHER CONFESSED
HENRY REMARKED AFTER KILL
ING SORRY HE HAD DONE IT."
Evidence to Show That Dissipation of
Beattie Was About to Cause Break
With His Father.

Chesterfield Court House, Va.-Be.
tween gulps of intense emotion, Paul
D. Beattie, cousin of Henry Clay Beattie,
Jr., who stands indicted for the murder
of his wife, revealed on the witness
stand that the accused told him twenty
four hours after the murder how sorry
he was che had done it," a circumstance
relating to the crime that the witness
hitherto had suppressed.
Coming as dramatically and as unex-
pectedly as the pathetic tale an hour
before of Mrs. R, V. Owen, mother of
the dead woman, as to the domestic
infelicity of her daughter, due to the
husbands physical condition, the brief,
but thrilling testimony, given by Paul
Beattie created a profound sensation.
Paul Beattie poured out a tale which
confessedly had troubled his mind not
only because he purchased the shotgun
for Henry, but because he did not tell
all he knew of the case. With quivering
lips and determined eyes, he set forth
the story against which his heart and
sympathy had for days been revolving.
Il hated to testify against my own
flesh and kim" he murmured as the
muscles of his throat pulsated, "but my
wife, my child and the duty | owe to my
town forced me to do So"
The gasp that rose simultaneously
from tho fhrpota rs +Io1o -, 4Io ,1,,(F,,
court room was %strikingly audible, and
for a moment the crowd held its breath
while Paul Beattie continued.
Henry himeslf told me that he want
ed me to stick by him, but | said to him,
This looks black to me, and you've got
me into a lot Of trouble Henry told
me: I wish to God I hadn't done it. l
would not have done it for a million dol
lars, but she never loved me, she only
married me for my money"
Paul Beattie paused and his p%laintive
tone sank lower, but he did not break
down. A hushed stiffness prevailed in
the room as his next words were awaited,
he said NJ more, and bracing himself
In his chair, turned his sharp chin to-
ward the bench, where the prisoner and
counsel sat, and looked txedly at the
in preparation for the cross-ex-
animation.
Through the testimony of the dead
woman's mother the prosecution endeav-
ored to define the motive for the crime,
the fear that news of his misconduct
reach Henry C.. Beattie, ST., and
cause a rupture between the son and the
upon whom he depended.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-08-31

1t Is fallacy to suppose that the re,
striction of racetracks In the crusade
against poolroom gambling has put an
end to the career of the thoroughbred
horse, says the Washington Herald.
There still remains an undiminished
demand for hunters, and if the gam
bling evil a be eliminated It is mox
than likely that racing may be r
vived for sports sake. Then there
continues to be the acquisition of
cavalry horses by the government.
which in itself offers a remunerative
field for the horse breeder. Nor has
the automobile put out of business
the draft and work horse of trade and
commerce. 1t will be a long while
before the necessity for horses will
cease, and If market prices are any
criterion to judge by, the demand II
greater than the present supply.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-08-31
VAN SCHAICK GIVEN PAROLE
Captain of Famous Steamer Slocum Is
Liberated,

New York.-Capt. William A. Van
Schaick, who was commander of the ex-
cursion steamer General Slocum when it
burned III Hell. Gate, June Is, 1904, with
the loss of a thousand lives, was pa
rolled by the United States government
Saturday and returned to his home in
this city from Sing Sing prison.
Following the historic catastrophe, the
captain of the Slocum was made a fed
eral prisoner on the charge of neglect
ing duty and failing to provide protec-
ton and life preservers on the steamer.
A considerable time later he was con-
victed in New York and sentenced to
ten years imprisonment. He had served
two and one-half years.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-08-31
MURDERED WHOLE FAMILY
Youth Tells How He Murdered Father,
Mother, Brother.

Evansville.-William Lee, % years
old, confessed that he murdered his
father, Richard Lee, his mother and
younger brother, Clarence, and then set
fire to the house in the hope of conceal
ing the crime. In verbal and written
statements to Sheriff Davis in the jail
here, Lee said his motive was anger
because his parents would not consent to
his marriage with Nina Taylor, of New
burg, which he had planned and would
not give him money with which to begin
his housekeeping.
When the confession was made public
officers started with Lee in an automo-
bile for the state reformatory at Jeffer-
s%onville to prevent possible mob VIC
lepce here.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-08-31
DREADNAUHGT LAUNCHED
Battleship Utah Is Added to Hampton
Roads Fleet.

Westinghouse powerful addition to
the navy was made when the new battle.
ship Utah was turned over to the gov
eminent at Philadelphia and ordered to
proceed to Hampton Roads for duty.
The great sea fighter is of the super
d%readnaught class and bears enormous
batteries of 10, IL and 13-inch guns. She
will carry 400 officers and men.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-08-31

Some measure of comfort can be
obtained in the intense heat spells
which occur at intervals through the
summer, by noting thai even when
the death toll is high, It is an exceed.
ingly small percentage of any given
total population. For instance, the
twenty who succumbed in Greater
New York the other day made but
an infinitesimal fraction of the mil
lions forming the population. AS a
matter of fact, ever this mortality
which does exist could be reduced BY
more care Of individuals for them.
selves and more prudent attention to
heat conditions, 1t goes to prove that
nature provides endurance for I'm.
usual exactions If people are observ.
ant enough of the ordinary laws Of
health to develop it
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-08-31
SEVEN PERISH IN STORM
Great Damage Done to Rice and Sea
Island Cotton Crops.

Charleston, S. C. (via Summerville,
s. C.)-Seven persons known to be
dead, many injured, and property dam
age of more than 100000 seems to be
the sum total of the damage wrought
by the terrific storm which struck
Charleston Sunday afternoon, isolating
that city from the rest of the world.
At the height of the storm the wind
reached a velocity of n~inety-four miles
an hour, while the tide rose eight feet
or more at the battery in front of the
city.
Great damage is feared for the rice
and sea island cotton industries by the
rise of the tide. Heavy damage was
done to these crops in the storm of last
October and another severe blow might
prove much of a death blow to both in
dustries.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-08-31
TOM LAWSON RAN LOTTERY

Plymouth, Mass.-Thomas w. Law
son, the Boston financier, was found
guilty of conducting a lottery at the
Marshfeld Fair last week, and when
given a hearing in the district court
here was fined 500. Mr.. Lawson ap-
pealed to the superior court.
Mr.. Lawson, as president of the Marsh
field Agricultural Society, announced at
the fair that a horse, carriage and har-
ness from his farm would be given to the
holder of a certain ticket. Fifteen thou
sand tickets were distributed.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-08-31
Il @: R'7': Sc, Esi;SssE ThOmpsOn's Eye Water
Solitude.

Solitude.
Mother, did God make the earth?"
inquired a very little girl with a
very large bump of inquisitiveness.
Eyes"
"All alone?"
"Yes."
And did he make the sun and moon
and stars and peoples?"
"Yes."
"All alone?"
Yes, dear-he did 1t all by him
self"
The very little girl ~pondered a bit.
Then:
Mother, doesn't God eve play with
anybody"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-08-31
KEEP THE WORLDS PEACE.

The United States. free of entan.
CLING alliances with other great pow
ers. powerful In point of population
and natural resources, protected from
successful foreign invasion by dis
lance and great Intervening seas, and
at peace with all nations, are in a Pc
culiarly favorable situation to take
diplomatic lead in the effort to make
the firm establishment of interna-
uonal peace a great international I'M
%dertaking, says the Philadelphia Rec
ord. The success Of The Hague tri-
bunal In the arbitrament and final set
Element OF long-standing, irritating
disputes, that had outlived years OF
Intellectual diplomatic attempts for
compromise, opens the way to the
adoption Of still more effectual means
of a%bolishing future wars. The steps
which have been taken by our govern
ment In urging other powers to unite
in endowing The Hague tribunal with
the functions of an arbitral court OF
Justice, and the further proposal, ap-
proved by Congress. to assemble an
international peace commission to
consider the ACCESSIBILITY Of using ex.
listing diplomatic means for bringing
about an international limitation of
ornaments and for turning the COM
bined fleets of the world into an inter
national force for the preservation If
universal peace, put this country IN
the lead in peace championship.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-08-31
Burglars Have Good Summer.

New York.-The last summer has
been the most profitable for burglars
and sneak thieves in the history Of the
New York police department, and it is
estimated that the total Of plumber since
June, including burglaries in suburban
towns, is more than 100000. The DO.
lice list of stolen property for last two
months shows more than 1920 items, Of
which %recoveries have been made in only
twenty instances. The list includes $50
watches and 100000 worth Of diamonds
and iewelry.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-08-31
DISAPPEARED WITH $4,000
William Dennis Thinks Romance Is Dead
in Chicago.

Chicago.-No wedding bells will ring
for William Dennis, So years old, a re-
tired farmer from Mount Hope, Wis,
who came to Chicago to be married to
a young woman he met at a county fair
at B%oscobel, Wis, two weeks ago. Den
mis- reported to the police that his pros
pective bride had disappeared with SO, 900
which he had given her Tor safe keeping.
Farmer Dennis AYERS that romance is
dead in Chicago.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-08-31
Girl Swims Fifteen Miles in Rain.

New York.-Elaine Golding swan from
the Battery to Coney Island, fifteen
miles. Miss Golding is 20 years old
and weighs 1870 pounds. Her time, one
minute more than six hours, is regarded
as exceptionally fast, as a heavy rain
fell at the time and the sea was choppy,
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-08-31
FATHER STAYS HIS BABES
Kills Two Children With Chloroform,
One With CYANIDE,

Une With Cyanide.
Thomastown, Me.-Grief over the
death of his wife led Edward Bennett.
an Englishman and a graduate of Ok.
ford University, England, to murder his
three children and then take his own
life today. Two of the children were
killed by chloroform and the third by
cyanide of potassium and ~chIoroform.
To make his own death certain, the
man went to the waters edge and there
took a dose of cyanide of potassium and
jumped in.
The murdered children were Edward.
aged 6; Barbara, aged 4, and Nancy,
aged 2. Benefits wife died three
weeks ago.
After killing the children, apparently
during the night, Bennett wrote a
minute description of how the deed was
done and also a long paper in defense of
his position.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-08-31
WILL REFORM BREATHITT
Adherents Of Law and Order viii Hold
Meeting. .

Jackson, Ky.-The adherents of law
and order in Breathitt and other noun
tain counties of Eastern Kentucky have
called a conference at jackson for Mon
day, October 9, to devise ways and means
to rid that section of lawlessness grow.
ing out of feuds, moonshining and other
forms Of lawbreaking which have cursed
that part of the state for years.
A force Of rangers will be placed in
every county.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-08-31

A Chicago man who has gone int
bankruptcy with liabilities of more
than $4,000 files in his list of posses
sions one suit of silk underwear. He
has not as yet been asked to explain
whether he had to remain in bed
while his underwear was in the wash.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-08-31

A jamestown, N. Y, alderman
claims to have made an investigation
which leads him to conclude that pure
ice can be made for rs cents a ton
and delivered for an additional rs
cents a ton. 1t is needless to say
that the Ice companies will receive
his figures coldly.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-08-31
Shoots Rapids.

Sault Ste. Marie.-While 5000 persons
looked breathlessly ON James Pollock, a
riyerman, successfully shot the st.
Mary's river rapids on a log. For this
feat he received a purse of $35.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-08-31
Heard In St. Louis.

Lets drop in this restaurant"
"Oh, l don't believe I care to eat
anything"
We'll, come in and get a new hat
for your old one. anyway"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-08-31

The next time you feel that SWALLOWING
sensation gargle Hamlins Wizard Oil i'm.
mediately with three parts water. It will
save you days and perhaps weeks Of mis-.
cry from sore throat.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-08-31

Luther Burbank Is said to be ex.
perimenting with watermelons. Some.
body ought to tell Luther to let well
enough alone,
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-08-31

1t isn't difficult to induce the other
fellow to compromise when he real
1ses that you have the best of it.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-08-31

The trouble with giving advice II
not many want to take 1t.