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Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1913-10-09

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left Sod.y for Saauon to attend
school.
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Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1913-10-09
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/ ground Of the maiI.order house,
When visited the lreiaht station.
with merchant ! found more good,
consigned to consumers thar ther.
were shipments consigned to m,rcL >
ants.
was not al all surprised to GoC
that the merchants Of TayIorv,IIe wer.
not advertisers in their local papers.
There are two good darIy papers
in the town, each having a cireuiai1,
of approximately $500. and an adve -.
Gsing rate of less than ten cents pei
column inch. Yet, aside from cou
pie OF shoe stores and few grocer
stores, practically no merchants in tn
town advertised at all. In facl, wa
told, and not by the newspape owners
either, that there was tacij under
standing among the drygoods met
chants Of the town not to advertise
The local papers were forced to q
to the larger cities for supper Il
enable them to exist. and tbev carried
advertising from stores in Springfield
and Decatur.
| asked the editor Of one paper
how much local advertising it youIo
be necessary for him to get from III
local merchants to influence him
refuse advertising Of ont-oEtovr
merchants. Fie replied, "OaIy aboo
$500 or $500 worth year
Think of it! For the sake Of $500 0
$500 worth Of support this editor wa
forced to fill his columns with adver
tisng from The city stores. VIVA
must be the fate of merchants VIII,
will sit idly by and watch then
customers 90 to some other town, in
Auenced by advertising in their ow,
local papers, when this influence
could be used in their favor tIroug
spending 5000 or $500 in advertising
their own goods.
| am glad to say that this condition
in TayIorviIe will be corrected
The papers have begun a Hon
Trade campaign, and will do then
part to build up their town, giving III
merchants a chance to show Dbei
by supporting Their bom
papers.
In Pana, FIilIsboro, LitchGeId and
other towns | found the same con
dition-newspapers forced to 90 /,
the larger cities for advertising, anc
the people going to those larger towns
and cities to buy their merchands,
having been influenced by that adver
tisina
The country newspaper is the mai
spring Of the country town, and the
country town will never run properI
as long as its merchants allow tha
main spring to run down or rather, |
10 put it plainly, as long as they fore
their Iocrl newspapers to 60 the ciy
70 sell the space that shonId be u,ea
in building up the local business.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1913-10-09
Possibly the Day May Come.

To possess more than you cor en-
Joy should be regarded as being as
vicious and vulgar as to eat more
than you can digest or drink more
than you can carry.-Exchange.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1913-10-09

For Weakness anu LOos VI Appetite
The Old Standard general strengthening tonic,
GROVES TAsTRLkSS chill TONIC, drives out
Malaria and builds Up the system. A true tonic
ana sure Appetizer, FoE adults suu chlldTen, SOC.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1913-10-09
Why Some
Merchants are
Losing Business

'''''' > ''''e MS "'''c'e ""'ch
recently "pprared IN the Drygoods,
man. gives the results OF an lnves'Iga-
n'n by Nlr w. "A Charles President
ol me lNa'o"a' Rome Trade Leaaue.J
II has been sad that This decade
I9lO to 1870 viii decide the fate OF
rather The Imure Of the retail business
as an institution. It the decision is
t. be in Iaver OF the retail basiness
there must be right about face" on
the part OF the unry retail merchant
in his relation to his local newspaper
and IN writing this article | believe
that II | tell jlsr what ! discovered in
number OF towns on a recent trip !
c'n illustrate this point more forcibIy.
About the middle OF April started
OF tour through central Illinois,
m king The towns OF Champaign,
Dara'u', Ia,Iorvi.Ie, Pana LitchGeId,
A'loa and Gillespie and this story
details what | found ~ tacse towns.
Al Chanoa'an ! found a state Of
ataIrs 10 The relations Of the news
papers and business men that |
w'uld not have believed possible.
Ole OF the principal newspapers Of
the town had been openly antagonis-
ii; to the Chamber OF Commerce.
aid had been lighting practically
every effort OF that body to better
tade conditions.
The editor OF this newspaper had
been expelled from the Chamber
some hve years previous, and the
original trouble was almost forgotten.
Yet, there was still failure to get to-
ge'her'
'lhe facts in the case showed that
'he hight was the result largely Of
MISUNDERSTANDING. both sides being
equally to blame, but there was
no effort being made to effect a
reconciliation
lh's condition had seriously in
ilrrd the town and retarded its pro.
er'ss' and Tor three years had been
totally unnecessary even it there was
an excuse tor the beginning OF the
hight
10 show how easily thing OF this
kind can be settled, personally call
ed o" the editor OF the paper was
pleaNan'y surprised at hndlng a very
ir'rnd'y anlcabIe man, man who
had the interests OF the city at heart,
as much as any man in the town.
loand that he had been very
much MISUNDERSTOOD, and after dis
cussl'g the matter at length | asked
him it he was willing to let by-gones
be by cones, and to hight tor the town,
shoulder 10 shoulder with the business
men Iostt al oI against them.
Ills answer was, | am willing to
dn all can tor this city and this
com unlF. am willing to let by
cones be by.gones and work together
tor 'he good OF Champaign.
lhe result OF this was to bring
about more cordial relations between
the merchants this newspaper,
'Id as a rntct consequence, better
ttehrp Gertra.S IN the town.
/ clam no personal credit Tor
bln glrg about an understanding be.
tween the business men and news.
papers IN this one city Anyone
c"ulo nave gained the same results
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Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1913-10-09
CITY CLERKS ANNUAL
STATBMENr

City Clerks annual statement o
receipts and disbursements for is.
year ending October l, 1918.
The Jones County news., 1913-02-27
A Righteous Decision.

A Judge at Anderson, s. 9 ).
last week rendered decision
whi ch we heartily endorse and
approve. He decided that
when man purchases liquor
from blind tiger the buyer is
equally guilty with the seller
and should have meted out to him
equal punishment. The case has
been appealed to the Supreme
Court for final decision. We dc
not know what will be the out
come OF this case, but it is ex
actly on the right line.
Any man who knowingly ano
delibera telv aids and abets an
other in the violation of any Law
should be held as particep
criminis, and punished togethe
with the principal. If this ruling
is uphold it will do more thar
all else to break up illicit liquo
sellers. Take away their patron
and blind tigers would all soon b
starved to death; and the sures
and speediest way to do this
to hold the man who buys I'LL
city sold liquor equ lily guilt
with the dealer.
The Jones County news., 1913-02-27

fice, are a guarantee OF what
he will mete out to trusts when
installed 10 Washington. The
laUoring man will find in him
sympathizlng friend; there Will
be no race issue in the South,
for President Wilson thorough y
understands the colored race
and also the Southern people;
and the voters OF this country
after his term expires will be so
we'll pleased that he will not only
be re-eiected, but insure to his
party long and unbroken reign
Of power.
The Jones County news., 1913-02-27

The Right of States to Regu-
late the Liquor Traffic.

A good many citizens, who are
strong believers in Prohibition,
do not endorse the bill recently
passed by Congress giving the
regulation of the whiskey traffic
to the differentlStates. They say
it is an Infringement on personal
liberty, and when an attempt is
made to enforce any such law IT
will result in the voters rising IN
their power and indignation and
voting back bar rooms in States
that are now for prohibition.
We do not think this will be the
case. The days Of the grog shop,
except in large cities, are passed,
never again to return. We are
now raising up generation OF
young men who have never seen
the inside Of a bar-room, and
we cannot conceive a greater
curse and calamity than tc hav
those hell holes reinstated. This
old world Of ours is improving
for the better, and in no line has
greater strides been made than
in eradicating and regulating
the whiskey triffie.
But these who lare opposing
the bill passed by Congress, we
do not think, understand its
real intent and power. 1t does
not pretend to regulate the
liquor traffic, but leaves that to
the..difterent State lAct ]!
The Jones County news., 1913-02-27

is iust what the South went 70
war to secure, the rights .oflsov-
ereign States to regulate their IN
ternal affairs. For instance, II
the people of Mississippi decide
to permit intoxicants shipped
here, for personal or any other
use, it can and will be done
But if the President signs TINS
bill, and it becomes a law, the
officers can seize whiskey while
in transit, and which they believe
is intended for sale by olind
tigers. This is right and there is
nothing drastic or wrong, in such
| 81 law
The Jones County news., 1913-02-27

battle carved on the head stones.
1t is historic building and per-
haps the oldest wooden church
in America. That entire section
is thickly settled by Scotch
Presbyterians, and the father
of our next Democratic Presl-
dent, Woodrow Wilson, preached
at Clarkton. Mrs Kelly belongs
to fine family. One of her cou.
sins, Hon. John A. Cromartie,
moved to Hazelhurst, Ca, and
is now State Senator from his
district. One of the new counties
would have been named in his
honor, but it Was decided that
no person who was alive should
be thus recognized. The editor OF
paper has frequently visited
Clarkton, and its people were
cur warm friends.
Oscar l.. Clark, one OF the
leading men in North Carolina,
and for whose family Clarkton
was named is also of Scotch de-
cent. When you go in that sec
ton and find a large and sue
cessful business, nine times y out
of ten the head is a descendant oi
those Scotch Highlanders. They
were allstAunch Woodrow Will
son advocates. and made gallan
Confederate soldiers. The oirth'
Mace of Mrs Kelly is historic
ground On the shores CT LAKE
Waccamaw, not far from Clark.
| ton, Osceoia, the indian Semi
mole Chief, was born, shis fathe
being q white man named Joht
Powell, and whose descendant
still live in that section. A bat
tie was fought during the Re
J volution at Elizahethtown. tn,
county site OF Bladen, and Lort
Cornwallace opened the princi
pal roads when the British domi
mated that section. Not far dis
tant, in Robson county, wher'
our popular druggist DR.. Ware
was raised, is large settlemen
OF Croatan Indians. They ar
farmers and ali strong Demo
Gratis. They hate a negro and Vii
mot permit a member If i a
! race 10 enter their homes. l}lal
en- is ihnIN seltleI, hut c
late years 1t r. ta~t 0uil inI un
It is a gren o. aeco reg n
I farmers arr making big mon.
$ raising thst crop. The Nh'
\ c untry is check~red " tn m r.
: hes, aud yoN must spend 50 ps
acre to drain most land before
!, can be cultivated There ar
The Jones County news., 1913-02-27
Woodrow Wilson.

After March 4th next the
the general government Of
this great republic will have
passed into control of the Demo-
Gratis, after long reign Of Re-
publican misrule and robbery.
Not only will our Chief Execu-
tive be Southern born man and
a Democrat, but our party will
control both branches Of Con-
gress. We confidently predict a
wise, honest and economical adj
ministration
The Baltimore convention
made no mistake when it select
ed Woodrow Wilson our Nation
al standard bearer. He is un-
deniable the strongest man we
could have named, and the day
he was nominated Democratic
success was assured. That
Woodrow Wilson is a clean, an
honest and able statesmen is be-
yond question. During the cam
pain not a speck Of dirt was
thrown at him, for his whole
life had been such as to elevate
him far above the sphere of the
average politician. This is some-
thing uuheard of ever before.
Even George Washington, Tho
aar lefferanQ .Ia.pd d,--sxlkry Other
The Jones County news., 1913-02-27
The HIGHLAND SCOTCH
OF NORTH CAROLINA.

Mrs kelly's maiden name was
Cromartie, and she was born
near Clarkion, in Bladen county,
N. G, as WAS also the iatt. Mr. N A
Kelly. She is Scotch descent,
her ancestors coming to
America after the battle of Gull
loden, in which the Scotch High
landers were defeated and then
brutally massacred by the Duke
of Cumberland. Hundreds Of the
Scotch came across the ocean,
to escape vengeance from the
reignlrg House of Hanover (the
Gueiphs,) among the number
being Flora Mcdonald, who i'm
mo rtalized herself by assisting
Price Charlie to escape after
the defeat and overthrow Of the
Stuart cause at Worcester by
Oliver Cromwell. Flora McDon-
ale lived for many years IN what
is now Cumberland county, N.
e., but afterwards moved with
her husband (also McDonald)
back to Scotchland, and there
died and was buried on the Isle
OF Ski. During the Revolution,
the Scotch Highlanders in
America espoused the cause of
King George, but were defeated
at the Battle of Moore's Creek,
near Wilmington, ~ C. The
leading and best families in
Eastern North Carolina sprung
from those Scotch .emigrants,
and they are people of prominen-
ce and distinction. They are all
rigid Presbyterians, according
to the creed OF John Knox. There
is now standing near Clarkton
the OLD Brown Marsh ,Presbytei-
an church, built in 177S
This building is made of black
cypress and it1 weatherhoarding
was split out with froes and
smoothed by drawing knife.
The farming was hewed with
broad axes and every nail made
by hand in blacksmith shops. The
building is today in a good state
OF preservation and services are
still held there. 1t stands upon
the site of church built by the |
Highlanders of Culloden. You
see in the burial ground the
names of men who fipured in that
The Jones County news., 1913-02-27

several large and beautiful lakes
in Baden, some Of them whose
waters arf as transparent as
glass, aud hey are alive with
the finny tribe. There are also
many deer and wild turkeys
in the forests, and in the swamps
bears are often killed That secti-
on is developing into great
trucking region.
The Jones County news., 1913-02-27
THE PECAN INDUSTRY In
JONES COUNTY.
Forty Acres in Pecan Trees
Now Being Set Out Near
EllisviIIe.

Mr. Jones, from Laurel, bas
bought 800 acres of eut-over
land about four miles from our
town, and has already prepared
forty acres OF same and is set
ting 1t out in pecan trees. The
land was first stumped and then
we'll broken and narrowed. The
trees are our year old paper
shell pecans, and cost $3.50 each.
They are AS long as wagon
body, and one load cArried out
last week cost $3.50. These trees
will begin to bear the second year
and in seven years return a good
proflt on the investment. The
paper shell pecans are quoted
in the New Orleans market at
80 cents per pound.
The soil and climate of this
county are especially suited to
the pecan, and we can not grow
a more valuable crop. Whan
once planted the trees will last
for a century, and each year
the yield OF fruit Increase EIo9-
nous profits are made from ps-
can groves lor they are far more
valuable then oranges. Besides
he peacan is harly tree, an
- Immune 10 disease or inse t
pests. or even frosls.
W. know peacan tree in
Columbus ounty, N. G. b b-lang-
ing 10 Mr. Nuoteu, and h tel !
u : mat every yrar, besides furn-
ishlng nut~ tpr ms family and
ielghbors. ae sells rom this
singNe tree from $50 to 40 worth
oi pecans We know a merchant
also IN that county who supple /
The Jones County news., 1913-02-27


Prssi ent or candidate I r Prasl
dent, have been deluged with
denunciation and slander, but thus
College Professor lived such
chaste and spotless life that the
darts of campaign venom dlu
not touch his person.
And our country will have IN
Woodrow Wilson sincere and
conseorated Christian at the helm
of government. The Good Book
saws "When the wicked rule the
people mourn" But when good
and pious men are in charge OF
public affairs, you are going TO
see laws and morals shaped ana
e(vevated accordingly.
With the election of WOODROW
Wilson, we believe thelast spark
Of sectional bitterness will dis
appear No longer will the
the Northern voters be rallied by
waving the bloody shirt
and the cry of the "Rebe
Yell" be stiled in the South
President Wilson will represen
all sections and all people, for h'
has lived in the North long enough
To become acclimated and vii
the confidence and respect o
that section, while the pur'
southern blood that course
through his veins is all the guar
antee needed that our beloved
"Dixie Land will have
staunch and unyielding frien
in the White House.
Ills reign will be characteriz
ed by Justice, Wisdom and Mo
demtion, and every man will en-
ioy, unrestricted, life, libert
and the persuit Of happiness
No legitimate business need fea
unjust or ruinous prescription
but the great combinations {
enormous capital, and which ur
lawful accumulation Of wealt
have been used to plunder an
! oppress the masses, will I'm
their fangs clipped. the seve
reform bills Gov Wilson had en-
acted by the New Jersey Legis
lature before he resigned that ol
The Jones County news., 1913-02-27

JTtes
In Ogle thorpe county, Ca,
Mr. A. G. Daniel has small
grove of pecan trees, and he
realizes from $500 to $500 a
year from their sale.
1t is an error about it taking so
long for a pecan tree to bear.
The grated trees will begin to
bear about as early after trans
planting as apples, and gentle
man of Elllsville tells US that one
Of his nelghbors four years age
planted a p -can nut and last
year the tree bore a few pecans.
We are glad that Mr. Jones HAS
gone into this business, for his
pecan orchtrd will be an object
1850 i fpr ir ttrne'5 tlll "a d
Owners, and we expect to see
within a few years hundreds Of
acres in Jones unity pa ing
! this valuable tree.
The Jones County news., 1913-02-27

STATE or MISSISSIPPI.
TO ALIEN i:hACk. whose post Office adj
dress is uuknpwa;
Nou az, ss,a handed to appear before the
ehancerX ~ ~. 1T he hrst District OF the county
~ ianrs i, sa,i :. lte Oh the first Monday in
lune. A. ll. ioiS ~ defend the suit in said court
N Hattie Eia-, v erein you are defendant
rhis h.nuasy 81, 1918.
tf,rd,, & AsnolI S,ls w II Bufkin {. c
nv W Y. Walters D. c.
The Jones County news., 1913-02-27

r. b. WELLS
Funeral Director and Embalmer
Laurel, Miss
Telehone Calls promptly answert
day or night.
The Jones County news., 1913-02-27

cr for extensive cultivation thorough spraying and
heavy fertilization To increase the quan1ity anu q
;+,, If Weld Dera acre aDply
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-11-07
TOLEDO HIGH SCHOOL
WILL BATTLE GIANTS
Freshmen Line at NOtre Dame Out
Tomorrow TO Play Scott.

When the NOtre Dame freshmen
stack up against Toledo high school
tomorrow the first year boys Will
know that they have a battle on their
hands for the Buckeye school team
is rated SIS one OF the best scholastic
eIevens in the west. The Notre Dame
youngsters Will leave South Bend to-
morrow morning and viii meet the
high school team in the afternoon.
The line 10 be used by the freshman
Outweighs even the varsity forwards.
The heaviest man is O'DOnnell at left
tackle who tips the scales for 1913
pounds, while Miller. the lightest.
weighs 163. The average weight of
the yearling line IS lie pounds. In
the backheld Bachmann. the giant
fullback. carries 1873 pounds of beef
and the average weight of the backs
is 17S pounds. The team as "a whole
averages 115 Sill. outweighIng the
local varsity about four pounds 10
the man.
The positions and weights OF the
men who will start for the freshmen
tomorrow Is as follows King. left
end. 10; O'DOnnell. left tackle. 1873;
Riedmann. left guard. 10: Neehan.
center. III RausCh. right guard, 1S6.
HalmeS. right tackle. IFS. Miller right
end. los. Thorpe quarterback. 154:
CofaH. captain and left half. IFS:
Naager. right half. los, Rachmann.
fullbaCk, lS5.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-11-07
NJ D. eRIDIRoM STARS NOW coAcHING-PETE VAUGHN

The memory of Robert Pete"
Vaughan links the achievements of
Notre Danes greatest fullback, Sal
mon, with the marvellous deeds of the
present day hero, Eichenlaub. Sal
mon was the greatest line plunger
known to football and only this week
was picked by CT. w. Alexson i'm the
Chicago Record-HeraId as fuIlback of
the all-star team of all time. Last
Saturday in the Notre Dame West
Point game, Eichenlaub startled the
east by his stellar line bucking and
wonderful open field work Pete"
Vaughan. then, because of his feats
of strength in 1908 and 1909, is the
central figure in this trio of notable
fullbacks. Each has been placed on
an all-western eleven at various times
during the past decade; Salmon in
1903. Vaughan in 1909, and Eichen-
laub in 1912.
Pete" is now engaged in coaching
the line at Purdue university and has
helped Andy Gill to turn out one of
the best teams which the down state
school has ever boosted. Last year
Vaughan coached the Purdue basket
ball team and as a result the Boiler
makers tied Wisconsin in the confer
ence championship race.
Vaughan arrived at NOtre Dame in
a bootball suit was regarded as "A most
valuable man. Possessing all the
requisites of a good line plunger he
was Immediately sent To full. where
he made good with n vengeance. Be
ing heavy and fast he was very strong
at any style Of football.
IN his first year on the team, Pete"
gained glory that had been denied to
every Notre Dame man before him
With the ball on the maize and blue
90 yard line in the great Michigan
game of 1908. Vaughan on an off
tackle drive eluded the whole VOL
VERNE defense and sped across the
goal line. the first wearer of the gold
and blue to accomplish the trick
against the Ann ArbOr men. In that
game Vaughan flashed the most SEN
sational running ever seen on Ferry
field and it was maily through his
stellar playing that Allerdice was
forced to resort entirely to field goals
TO beat NOtre Dame Il TO 6.
Vaughan showed great form that
year in the Wabash and Marquette
contests. After Marquette had rushed
the ball TO Notre Danes one yard line
the gold and blue held for downs.
Pete" dropped back as if TO punt
out of danger. Although seven yards