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The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-07-10

HICKS. -Died, of old age and ar
terial sclerosis, hardening Of the ar
teries, at his home in Lincoln town
ship at ten-thirty O'Clock p. m,
Thursday, July 8. 1913, John Gregory
hicks. aged so years, month and 10
days. Funeral Saturday, July s.,
1913, from the late residence. Body
taken to Hedrick for interment
Deceased was native of Ohio and
had been resident of various parts
of Iowa through a period of sixty
years.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-07-10
BIRTHS. DEATHS. MARRIAGES
John H. Adams, Otley, Iowa. I. "a
1877 and Z a
Esther Dykstra, Otley ....... 30

OAKLAND Born. to Mr.. and Mrs.
Claud Darland, fine daughter,
weight sk pounds All doing well
and the parents rejoice in the well
being of their first born
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-07-10

Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Burgraaf, of Pei
la. have recently located in Oskaloo-
sa and will reside at 4l3 Third ave
nue. West. Mr.. Burgraaf is employed
at the Walton Clothing store.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1913-06-05
TRUSTEES SALE

By virtue Of the provisions Of a
trust deed executed by }. E, Reeder
and George Crawford, on the Both
day Of March 1911, to secure the
payment OF certain Indebtedness due
to the Merchants & Farmers Bank, Of
Okolona, Mississippi and which trust
deed is recorded in book 107, at page
63, Of the records of deeds Of Chicka-
saw County, Mississippi, in the Office
of the Chancery Clerk, at Houston,
Mississippi, |. as trustee in said
instrument, will on the 9th day
Of June 1913, within legal hours, at
OkoIona, in said County in front Of
the Court House door proceed to sell
at public outcry, to the best bidder for
cash, the following described property,
o-wit,
The South IL of Lot No. 18 Block
No. l, according to the Tiff survey Of
The said town Of Okolona, Mississippi
and more particularly described as
beginning at a point l80 feet North
Of Main Street, on the East line Of
Meridian Street, thence running North
IS feet, thence East parallel with
Main Street 208 feet, thence S,uh
IS teet, on a line parallel with Meri.
dian Street, themes Wet 2)8 feet O
the beginning point. This property is
now known as Lot AZ Block 80 ac-
cording to Randolph Surrey, of OkoIo-
ma, Mississippi. Also One FAN banks
and Morse 9 horse power gasoline
engine, One Fay Eaqan band saw,
Ore House tire setter, One Enry
Stand and all other tools now on hand
in our shop which we have this day
bought from T, A. Trrce.
The above described property is now
owned by }. E, Reeder and George
Crowford.
The title to the above described
property is supposed to be good but
will only convey such title as vested
in me as trustee.
This the 9TH day of May 1918.
GEO W. COLE, JR.,
Trustee.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1913-06-05

surplus crop than has been the case
heretofore
Misses Susie and Josephine Riefers
4oenr Wednesday night with their
lister, Mrs Kre M Gill.
Mrs Kate McGll and little son,
Harry Lee were the guests Of Mrs
McGrIls parents, Me-. aud Mrs. j. H,
Refers Wednesday.
Mr. j H Refers, who went tc
Pontoloc the first Of the week to look
alter some building contracts he ha,
there returned home FRIDAY and spen
until Monday with his family.
} F. Parker. a veteran Of the
Spanish American War has been
granted pension Of Sl2,0) a month
by the government He was a mem,
Der Of Co. ID" 5tb u. S. Infty, and
vas badly wounded in the Battle OF
Batioti Province Of Panqasanan P. |
April 9th, 1899 Co. % had six
teen men killed and wenry.eight
wounded in this GGbt.
Ms J H Refers was guest Of
1er daughter, Mrs. Ka McGiII Sun.
ay afternoon.
Mr Ed Refers and Misses Mar,
lnrite and Ora Atkinson attended q
singing al Pozey Sunday afternoon.
Ecco Homo,
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1913-06-05
WASTE GREATER THAN GRAFT
Public Servants Like the Domestic
Who Throws Spoons Out With
the Stops.

Any good American household
will be profoundly agitated by sus-
picion that its servant has stolen q
silver spoon; but positive knowledge
that the same servant has lost three
spoons by throwing them out in the
slops causes only momentary annoy
ance, or even provokes a laugh. A
considerable portion Of the mental
energy Of the United States is di-
rected to the subject of graft in gov
ernment. Innumerable have been
the charges, Investigations, disclos-
ures, indictments. And the subject
never loses interest. Any suspicion
that a public servant has stolen a
spoon creates a sensation. If it was
only a plated spoon it is still worth
two columns on the front page, with
pictures and a scare head. Yet no.
body seems particularly exercised
over the SPOONS that shower cease
lessly into the slop8.
Probably graft accounts for only
a tenth, or at most fifth, of the
preyentable waste by governments.
We could have more efficient govern
ment in nation, state and city at a
cost somewhere from three to six
hundred million dollars il year less
than we are now paying, by taking
the administrative business of gov
ernment out of politics. More than
half million persons are now en-
ployed in civil positions by govern
ments. If their jobs and promotion
even to the highest places-de-
pended solely upon their merit a
field that is now generally deadening
would become attractive to ambi-
tious men. If the public would take
half the interest in his subject that
it takes in graft we should very soon
have genuine businesslike govern.
ment.-Saturday Evening Post.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1913-06-05

Mrs. Rebecca Carol. who make,
her home with her son-in,lay, Mr.. L
I, liIl1d has been on the sick list fo
the past week. Mrs. Carol is in he
seventy-sixth year. She received in
iuries in fall from Mr. Eilands porcl
something over year ago, which ha
caused her to have to 60 on crutches
since then.
Mrs. Nancy McGrlI was a guest OF
her son and family part Of last week.
The young people of the community
gathered at the home Of Mr. and Mrs
j. F. Parker Saturday evening On ac
count Of sickness in Mr.. Parker, /,
family they repaired to the home of Mr.
Charlie Flodley, where they enjoyed
dancing and other forms Of amuse.
ment unul II o'clock. All report t
good time,
Mrs. j. H. Riefers spent couple Of
days at the home of her son, M,
Rie(ers at Shannon recently.
Misses jamie, Ada and Babe Nc
Gill spent Saturday night and Sunda,
with their uncle and aunt Mr. am
Mrs. James Hutcheson and the
grandmother, Mrs. EIvira McGiII neal
Shannon.
Quite a number Of our people at.
tended services at Pleasant Gro, c
Sunday.
Mr.. W. G. McGlI, who has been
in poor health for some time was 9
business visitor in OAolona one day
last week.
Messrs T, H. Dallas, j, N Smith
ed Davidson, c. }. HadIey, B. Ellis
and j S. McGrIl wee transacling &
business with the merchants and
bankers of Okoona last Saturday,
Mr.. Fueps manager Of the King
plantation here. spent Sunday over on
the Railroad with homefoks,
We are informed by old residents
here that there is a larger average oil
corn IN this community this year than
has been at one time for many years.
Most Of the people got their CON
planted IN March it looks well and is
ready to lay by. lf seasons arc
favorable an extra large crop Of corr
will be made. Then also nearly
everybody here is raising some hogs
which insures bread and meat a
home. making the cotton crop more oI
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1913-06-05
A Big Vote Being Cast in Mes
sen6er Piano Contest
Next Count Takes Place june, goth
Although There is Plenty of Time and Opportunity for
Everybndy to Get in on This Great Piano Contest
Those Who Have Already Entered Had Better
Look to Their Laurels Lest Someone
Wrest the Prize From Them

tions a bonus of 5000 extra votes
making a total Of 1880,
For every seven back subscription s
bonus Of 5000 extra votes making a
total OF $500
For every 40 Merchants coupons
III IL vote coupons count as half
coupons) brought to this Office and
counted b, the publisher or one Of his
assistants, 1000 extra votes will be
given making a total Of 1000. These
coupons may be collected from any
and all merchants who are in the con
test.
One FIVE year paid up subscription
end two yearly paid up subscriptions
we will credit he candidate with the
10000 bonus vote, or any combna-
ton OF paid up new or renewal sub.
scriprions, for more than one year,
olaIing seven subscriptions, will en-
title the candidate to the 10000 bonus
vote
All of the contestants should get
busy and make the most of the time in.
lervening between this date and that
Of the next count and roll up a large
vote. from present indications there
is big surprise in store for someone.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1913-06-05

pen, sald to weigh 100 tons; and
when its mellow boom is heard the
pedestrian stands still, and the work.
man pauses to listen, the vibrations
being felt over a large area. 1t has
no tongue, but the end of a wooden
beam, suspended horizontally in q
platform, swings forcibly against
the brazen mass. There are only two
larger bells in the world, that Of
Mindon Min in Burmah and one al
Moscow.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1913-06-05
CHINESE FREE SCHOOL.

A free school for the children Of
the poor has been started by a num-
Der Of leading citizens in this city.
On the day of its opening there were
no fewer than seventy students. ALL
the teachers and business managers
Of the school are rendering service
without receiving any pay.-Peking
Daily News.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1913-06-05


Act II, Scene l. Diamonds in
the rough
Berenece as school teacher
The supper party
Unexpected company
The good night hymn
Reading, Five O'clock Tea" ..........
........................JuIis Chandler
Scene II. Mathematical difficulties
An Unexpected suitor
The Accusation
The Diamonds are discovered
Faust Wellz. .Bereneice and Lois Moss
Irot de Carelerie. Miss Stella Beaty
Reading. The Mlnlster" ...............
.......... GLADYS Henson
Act HI. The William triumphs
Bereneice still refuses him
Unexpected evidence
Berenece is cleared
Wedding presents
Today is rest dav, there being nc
exercises scheduled for the day; bit
tomorrow evening the annual address
will be delivered by DR., W. I. Lowry
at The school building and the gradu
4ling class will be awarded diplomas
after rendering a shot program Tn
lass this year is only small one,
there being only FIVE members as
follows: Misses Juanila Neubert, Jen-
nie Gum Horton, Pearl Fares, Helen
Glass and Mr.. CIaud WoodGn.
The school year has been a YER,
Iccessful one, most of The pupils OF
'ae different grades having made salts
,actory progress and received theL
promotion cards.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1913-06-05
OLD STORY.

"I say, Wombat, why did you mar
ry such a bridge tiend?"
"Same old foolish story, Wallaby.,
| married her to reform her."
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1913-06-05
HOW mrs. BROWN
SUFFERED
During Change of Life-How
Lydia E. Pinkhorn's Vege-
table Compound Made
Her a Well Woman.
lola, Kansas. During the Change
of Life was sick for two years. Be-

fore | took your med
icine | could not
bear the weight Of
my clothes and was
bloated very badly.
Idoctored with three
doctors but they did
me no good. They
said nature m s t
have its way. Ny
Sister advised me to
take Lydia E. Pink
hams Vepetable
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1913-06-05

~ very sh'rt '''h9 'n'e'Ve"es oe
tween this issue ana the da'e OF the
nrx' count o' oa''''S IN 'ne "leSS7h'
ger great Young contest and "hen 'ne
count IS III 'ue ." ! ''oay o'0"'''s'
June " they VIII surely Sno" some
very surprising gains
"A hard hght IS oeln9 maze oy '"e
! ao'rs TO gel 'oe coveted pos'''ol d'
the 'ead u me ''St anu o0''o'S '''
falling IN large numbers eacn oay'
oubscrlptros are coming IN WINE '"e
merchants coupons are pouring III d"
the time
FROM 'he efforts oe'ne put 10 ! !"
by the leaders there Is apt 10 o7 d "
eh'lre change IN 'he'r poS'''o"o' '"0
MSl wac WIN get OUT III ''9 'e'o %
olhcuIl to say INDICATIONS ule '''a
the Vo'e viii be very close mos
WV" vi ''i0 "S' 81 o''0 '''0'''9
toT's to better their standing anu a'
haS'''nS here' there ana everywhere I
10 gel Vo'eS'
Inc bonus offers nave put nc" ''e
m'o 'he contest ana tue So"" 3
"oH'a" WHO makes inc s'e'.00o s''"
"'i' receive d Sp0c'd' ~ 'A0 u wv "
s'lu'
l"e'e are 'n0"y 'eS'o1"'S VI ''o
country surrounding 'n'S o'S"lc' ""o
are o"'y waiting lo' so'''0 "'e"O ="
ask mem, Inc ca"o'oa'eS Cd" se'
ID my SUBSCRIPTIONS ny asking ''o'
'r'enos ana aequd''''an'eS " ''e''
mem III 'ne con'eS' 'oF ''e oop'''
t]e' sFano O'e'"'0yey " 'o"'
p''no' "nlc" IS on eN'''0',-o' mu at
D e"S'er- uF'er D. ~ anu - 00"'
s.'.e'
oeVen ne" yearly SuoSc''p''o"S'
p''o u'' "'I' give contestants 11'Aoo
Vo'eS' anu WIN MAKE '"e'n 'a0'o' III
the race Tor the prizes certainly d
9fOo upright piano. "n'cn IS TIC" III
tone ana appearance Is surely wort"
the time and energy IN trying 10 WI"
ana as only one canolua'e can DC tue
winner Oh the cap''a' pF'ze' 'nere Is
s'lll some chance to win one OF tne
handsome prizes "h'cn the merchants
nave SO generously donated "A HUI t
earnest work wllI land the Dig prize
ior SomeOooy'
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1913-06-05
OF COURSE.

Crabshaw-So you want a little
money for Christmas? How muchS
Mrs. Crabshaw-Why, all you
have.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1913-06-05
SUFFICIENT GROUNDS.

"On what ground do you seek a,
divorce, madam p
%ncompatibility. I want a di-
vorce and my husband doesn't"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1913-06-05
UNKlND.

Claudius-I say, isn't Mrs. Paint
erer peachl
Claude-Yes; well preserved
one.-Judge.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1913-06-05
JAPAN's WONDERFUL BELL.

In the temple Of Chionin, at Kyo-
to, japan, is a wonderful bronze
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1913-06-05

E. S. Elliott:
Beardeu & King.
Mrs. K. L. Bransford.
Brewster, Turner 5, 10 & 25c store
Droke Jewelry Company.
W. 7. MAJOR, the Photographer.
Special Offer
The Messenger makes the following 6
bonus offers to The various candidates
in the great contes; same to hold good
until Friday, June ~ at FIVE o'clock:
For every seven new subscriptions
a bonus Of 10000 extra votes, max.
ing total Of l4,20O.
For every seven renewal subscrip. 1.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1913-06-05

Cecile Harris
Swinging Observation-Disclosures" Spauldinp
Katherine Archer
Faust Waltz ............. oGounod
Bereneico and Lois Moss
Brownie Bears Birthday Party. .Bugre
Jude Ivanhoe Davis
The Randrops. .............K .Krogmann
Lucille Brannam
Capricante ..................,,.".Wochs
Mrs. Wiley Thomas
The Hunt. ................ ..Demuth
Louise Nix
Rondo Mignon,.u.....,...B .BaumfeIder
May Bacon
Chase Of the BuHerA i5......Dennee
Clinton Sanders
Hungarian March..."..........OhIsen
Blanche Edens and Bereniece Moss
VaIse, op Is, No 5.u..........Deenne
Lois Moss
Song, What the BhiIdren Sang. ......
Louise Nix, Assisted by May
Cecil Harris, Bacon, Lucille Brro,
nom, Jude Ivanhoe Davis, Ruth
EngeIs, Katherine Archer
Morris Dance..................Atl .n
Lucy SAMSON and Mildred Dawson
Prelude No ......................B Bach
Danse Capriccioso,,...........Cadmus
Blanche Edens
Study, No 2, op 66.........Loeschhor
Flying Leaves, Rolling
Theresa Chambers
Study, No /, op 66......,.L .Loescbhoru
A Maiden's Dream. Helms
Lucy SAMSON
Studies Nos. 8 and 5......Loeschhorn
Valse............................. .GurIt
Bereneice Moss
Trot De Carelerie,. .Rubinstein
Miss Stella Beatty
Sonata No l First Movement..M Mozart
EiGn Dance. Jensen
Mildred Dawson
Defamation, Our Duties to Our Coun-
try ...........................W Webster
Tom Owen Belts
Anitras Dance. Grieg
Mrs. Wiley Thompson
Song, Bird in the Hand Is Worth
Two in the Bush
Scene |, Time Present
Bereneice Moss, Blanche Edens,
Lucy SAMSON
Scene II, Time, Twenty years later
Theresa Chambers, Mildred Daw
son, Elma Richardson
Wednesday night, the annual school
play was given at the opera house
under the management of Miss
Creighton when the following pro.
pram was rendered:
! Cast
Bereneice............Annie Lou Dean
DR.. Burton, Specialist in hearts" .....
......"..................Jack SAMSON
Amy HaIstead ...........LuciIe Neuberi
Mrs. HaIstead, stepmoher to Bereneice
and Amy. ,....."...Mary X. Hunt
Dwight Bradley, son Of Mrs. HaIstead
..........................Horton Gragnou
Inez Gray, friend Of Bereneice and
Amyu.u"...........May Mcdowell
Abraham Barnes, diamond in tn,
rough.......,....,,....,Jlm Garrison
Hannah Mary, his old maid sister,.
.........,........... Mary l.. Lagront
Sammy, a negro errand boy, ..........
........................To Tom oven Bets
Sheriff. .............. Ray Whitesidt
4 Atorney...."......Bob Clark StovalI
Program
r......, ,,.... Mildred Dawson
Theresa Chambers
Act |. The heart interest develops
The lost diamonds
Plot to force Bereneice to marry
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1913-06-05
THURSDAY.JUNE5, 1913

Dwight
Bcreneice leaves home
Morris Dance. .".
Mildred Dawson
Reading SO was I''Rosrbud Rosenstei
Act II. Scene l. Diamonds in
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-03-01

There is more Catarrb In this section Of the
country than all other diseases put together. aud
until the last few years was supposed to be
incurable For a great many years doctors
pronounced 1t local disease and prescribed local
remedies, and by constantly falling to cure with
local treatment, pronounced it incurabe. Science
has proven Catarrh to be a constitutional disease,
and therefore requires constitutional treatment.
Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured by f. j.
Cheney Co., Toledo. Ohio, is the only Constltn-
tionai cure on the market. II is taken internally
In doses from 10 drops to a teaspoonful. 1t acts
directly on the blood and mucous surfaces Of
the system. They offer one hundred dollars for
any case 1t fails to cure. Send for circulars and
testimonials.
Address: F. j. CHENEY CO.. Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by Druggists. 75c.
Take Halls Family pills for constipation.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-03-01
WOMAN THE JUGGERNAUT
A PLEA FOR THE BIRDS
many cases. being exterminated.

many cases. being eXterminated.
Mr.. Hornady goes ON to say:
THE shameful stigma of RESPONSE
bility for this slaughter rests only,
thank heaven, upon part of the sex.
There are many, many women VINO
know what these evil works are and
what they portend, and who refuse To
wear these bloody fine feathers. Upon
every woman rests the duty, both for
the sake of bird life and for the
credit of her sex, of converting some
other woman. If the women who AL
ready have the right feeling we're to
take this matter up in earnest they
could produce revolution in the mil
linery trade and so lessen the demand
for wild bird plumage that the feather
interest would have to SEX some 9th n
form of investment
1.-The whole matter is up to the wo-
men. On their heads is the blood of
the slaughtered innocents. Let those
who are made indignant by the shame
full facts of the case pledge themselves
and one another to give no encourage
ment to this cruel and wicked industry
and let each one do her best to win
others to her own convictions. The
women's clubs and other organizations
might well make of themselves foci %
sentiment. 1t is in their power, if
they choose to do it, to exercise a wide
and growing influence for good
The article does not close without a
suggestion as to how women who are
anxious to act on the side of mercy &c
the tiny helpless creatures can act in
practical manner that will produce
results. And every woman could at
least resolve not to encourage this
hideous traffic by wearing the wings
and feathers of birds that must suffer
and perish for her adornment 1t is
all so unnecessary. Hats can be 50
beautiful without "egrets," birds Of
paradise" or any such adornments.
The flowers made now are so ex-
quisite, the ribbons and other mater
ials for trimming are so artistic in de-
sign, and the ostrich feathers so much
more graceful than amy other, that
woman does not need to be "jugger-
maui of cruelty in order to be beauti-
full The practical suggestion made by
Mr.. Hornady is this:
Just now the thing of greatest and
most importance is to induce congress
20 put into the forthcoming tariff bill
a section prohibiting the importation
of the skins or plumage of wild birds.
The best way to do this is to write
strong and definite letter to the Hon
Oscar W. Underwood, chairman of the
ways and means committee, assuring
him that such a section is desired by
the best class of American women, and
that they will support by every means
in their power a decisions in its
favor"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-03-01
DAUGHTERS MUST
NOT Be HUNDRED
Bows Also Should Not Be
Spoiled

In an interesting article about thea
tres and the drama Charles Klein says
that plays nowadays don't treat of the
love affair of two young people, but
begin with marriage. The problem that
interests theatre-goers, he says, is the
mastery of the home, and, he adds,
girls demand the same they had over
their parents"
This is serious. Few parents have
thought of it.
In humoring ones daughters father
is selfishly indulging his own affections
by piling up trouble for his future son
in-law. He is making his own home
life pleasant at he expense of future
homes. He should be severe and mas
terful in order that his daughters may
learn to be submissive and deferentill
when a man is about, writes the editor
of the Toronto Star
Fathers in earlier times used to De
able to carry on like that, but daugh-
tiers in those days must have been
very different from what they are now.
A father is but child as compared
with his daughter. She will start on
Monday morning to make it impossible
for him to say mo" to a request she is
going to make on the following Satur-
day. No man can be on guard against
such guile.
The guilt of the parents of today
must, however, be considered a double
one, because the sons, too, are spoiled.
and must surely enter matrimony ex-
pecting the same slavish devotion fror,
a wife that they had received from
their mothers.
When spoiled boy marries a spoil
ed girl, what happens?
Little happiness could be expected
from such a union, and yet many Of
these marriages turn out well. Matri-
mony will make a man Of husband if
anything will, and it will make a real
woman of any wife
The boy who was the terror of his
parents home is seen, a few years
later, as the tamest of all husbands.
The same change is often seen in Il
wife whose girlhood was apparently
spent in whirl of headlong excite
ment.
Parents are not as a rule, half as
much alarmed about the matrimonial
aptitudes of their children as are the
or childless onlookers who
moon over and worry about such
matters.
A father knows that his son must
find out for himself how to tame a /
wife when he gets one. He knows
that it is useless to advise his son,
because the youth feels certain that
the beautiful creature he is to marry
is a different kinw of being from his
sister, and will need no tanning.
And a mother knows that her soa
~ill be tanned and ruled when he mar
ries-although he may never know
and that it is just what he needs
Newark Evening News.