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Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1914-06-25
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS

The Road Commissioners OF thu
Third Supervisors District Of Chicka
saw County, Mississippi will receive
sealed proposals up to Il O'clocl
Noon of Friday the Bird day Of JULY,
1914. at the Office of R. j.. Yves
Attorney, Okolona, Mississippi, for
the construction Of Nine and one
quarter miles of graded and graveIed
roads in said District.
OkoIona. Houston Road, two miles;
estimated $500 yards earth work;
OkoIona-Tupe Road, One mile.
more or less, estimated 500 yards
ear h work;
OkoIona Pontotoc Road, three miles
estimated 5000 yards earth work;
OkoIona..4 Aberdeen Road, three and
one quater miles, estimated 10000
yards earth work.
Contract will be let to lowest re-
sponsible bidder; but the Cnmmissio-
ers reserve the right to reject any and
all bids; and if deemed advisable, may
reject sealed bids, and let at public
outcry in front Of the Court House
, Door in the CITY Of OkoIona.
ProGIrs and specifications on file
with H. E Br mon, Chancery Clerk
Houston, Mississippi, or may he seer
Z at the Office Of r. j. West, OkoIona
: Mississippi. Proposal blanks will b,
furnished on request.
JAS. S. ROWE.
F. M, ELLIOTT.
c. B. EVANS,
Commissioners.
" Jnne II, 1914.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1914-06-25

The Professor-"You say you ore
engaged in some original research.
Upon what subject?" The Sopho-
more-"T'm trying to discover why
the ink won't flow from my fountain
pen unless I place it in an upright
position in the pocket Of a light fancy
vest"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1914-06-25
DIDN'T TURN OVER

Ross Dead Quick" Spray
kills bedbugs, ants, Aeas, vege-
table and plant insects so dead,
and does it so quickly, that peo-
ple exclaim, "They didn't turn
over" 1t puts mosquitoes out
of business just as quick. Sold
in Okolona by Rearden & King.
adv.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1914-06-25
Children CRY
FOR FLETCHER'S
OR
NOTICE

Bids will be received by the
Road Comm ssi, ners Of the Third
Supervisors District Of Chickasaw
County, Miss, at the flee Of R. j.
West, Attorney. Okolopa, Miss, up 10
IL o'c.ock noon Of Friday. July 3rd,
1914. for furnishing to said District
approx nalels FIVE hundred leet Of IL
metal c%ulvert.
Jas. S. Rowe
F. M. Elliot.
c. R. Evans. Comm.
June lib, 1914.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1914-06-25
Mississippi Exposition Commits.
sion will run Moving Pictures
of the State at the Pana-
ma-Pacific Interna-
llUIldI EXpUsICIUIl
llUIIdI EXpUsILiUil

Mr.. Jno. l. Smith, as MANAGER o
ne Mississippi Exposition Commls
ion and Mr.. A. R.. Barracks of tn
anama-P ac,fc Exposition have sper
s~-veraI days with Mr.. F. S. HinricI
f Washington, D c., a publicity ex
pert, %reIativa to featuring Mississippi
Motion Pictures at the San Fral.
cisco Fair.
Nh. Hlnrich was for several years
ashington correspondent on the
Washington Post and %couhoenEI
rend Of President Roosevelt, II,
ow represents the National Film
'ompany Of Washington, D. c
,hich company is now doing educa
,onaI and industrial Motion Picture
york for the great house Of Parhe.
The Commission has contracted
With the National Film Company t,
wake ten thousand !eet of Mississippi
film covering the entire state and its
interests and will make Motion Pic.
ares one Of the splendid educariona
. -
features Of the Mississippi Exhibit.
A modern auditorium will b'
equipped in the MississiJ pj Building
in San Francisco and each day durint
the nine and one half months OF til,
Exposition the entire film will be rur
supplemented with slides and lee
lures on Mississippi,
1t is planned b, Mr.. Smith to max
The educational feature as presente
bv Motion Pictures so entertainin
and attractive that the Mississippi lee
ture auditorium will be one OF ii
l popular attractions Of the Expoeitio
| lis location in the Mississippi B ilc
ing will attract many who wou
otherwise perhaps fail to give speci
I attention to the Mississippi Exhibit.
The Commission will, with Il
assistance Of expert representatives
the film company, at n C proceed
closing contracts with various indi
duals and interests of the state
Moving Picture Eootage to be used
this official film. These contracts "
provide that a reasonable fee payaI
to the Mississippi Exposition Co
J mission the film will be run as a p
of the Mississippi Exhibit daily dur
the three quarters Of a year durat
Of The Exposition,
The film will become the prope
of thu Commission and will at
close Of the Exposition. together y
the general exhibit, be returned to
state and he placed in charge OF
department Of Agriculture and c,
ach merce.
i md 1t is stated by Mr.. Smith that
.Ils, twentieth century method of adve.
'''ii, ing, %educa'iLq and exploiting
a SaS appeal to person, firms, corporati
rug. civic and commercial orQanizat
ling and county and municipal bodies
mach a good investment, inasmuch as
sau Notion Picture speaks the Unive
nong Language.
the
ants,
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1914-06-25

A healthy man is a king in
his own right: an unhealthy man
an unhappy slave. For impure
blood and sluggise liver. use
Burdock Blood Bitters, On
the market IS years. $1,00 a
bottle. adv.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1914-06-25

Thousands Of people. some right in your own lo('
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Them Members Of Congress, Justice OF the
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For Sale IN Qkolona, Miss. BY
BEARDEN & KING and Druggists
Everywhere.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1914-06-25
Jnne II, 1914.
NOTICE OF PROPOSAL TIC
ISSUE CHlCKASAW COUN-.
TY MISSISSIPPI BRIDGE
BONDS
State Of Mississippi |
Chickasaw County J

Chickasaw County
Notice is hereby given that the
Board Of Supervisors of said County
and State proposes to issue, on Mon
day The 9th day of July, 1914, ONE
HUNDRED THOUSAND DOL
LARS ($l00.0O0.00) in bonds Of the
County for the purpose Of constructing
bridges in the County, said bonds to
mature in 20 years from date Of their
issuance and to bear interest at a rate
not exceeding Six (6) per cenrun
per annum, payable annually, Saic
bonds to be issued under the provis
ions Of Sections 331, 1892 and 1888 o
the Code Of 1906, of the State o
Mississippi.
Witness my signature this the In.
day Of June 1914.
H. E, BRANNON.
Clek.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1914-06-25

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Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1914-06-25

Harsh physics react, weaken
he bowels, will lead to chronic
onstipation. Doan's Regulets
)perate easily. 25c a box. at all
torres. adv.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1914-06-25
Bricks Without Straw.

Editor Ito artist who hasn't had a
square meal in a month"; Your car
ICONS are too serious; we want pic
lures that make people laugh
Life,
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1914-06-25
Itch! Itch. Itch Scratch.

Itch. Itch. Itcl.- Scratch!
Scratch! Scratch! The more you
scratch, the worse the itch.
Try Doan's Ointment. For
eczema, any skin itching, SOC a
box, adv.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1914-06-25
Beyond all Hope.

There is hope for the mar with
unsettled opinions about settled sub
aects; none for the man with settled
opinions about unsettled subjects.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1914-03-06
FLAG FUND NOW
AMOUNTS TO $3.50

The ladies Of Custer Relief corps
have received advices from Tonopah
that the members of the Gettys-
burg corps of that city have raised
500 towards the fund to purchase
flags for the battleship Nevada.
The amount realized from Tono-
pah together with the nearly Sl5C
raised by Carson, places $3.50 in
the flag fund. and this will be con-
siderably argumented by the
amounts forthcoming from the
show to be given in Virginia Satur-
day night and the one in Carson on
Monday.
The amount necessary for the
purchase of the flags is S400 and
the ladies of Custer corps now see
their way clear to get them in am
pie tina for the launching of the
big battleship.-Appeal.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1914-03-06
HIGH TONED POTATOES

And now the progrcseivcs North
west is putting frills on the prosaic
and democratic potato, says the
Boston Herald. Montana growers
are shipping to New York boxes Of
potatoes in asserted sizes, each po-
tato carefully wrapped in tissue.
Each box is Of 60 pounds, but the
potatoes are packed according to.
size, so that the boxes contain %,
20, 40, so. 60, or 20 potatoes each.
And the New YORK people, wuo
like the smell Of burning money
are aging 50 a hox for these po-
tatOes-two or three times as much
rs for Aroostook potatoes, which
are unuuestionably of better quail
lty. The potato growers of ArooS-
took are not devoid Of enterprise
themselves and they are likely to
take the hint. 1t was discussed at
the potato day convention recently
held at Bangor, bat what will be
the effect on the great bulk of con-
sumCrS if AroOStonk takes to send
ing out its $4,000, 900 bushels Of
potatoes wrapped in tissue and
carefully numbered in small crates?
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1914-03-06
INCOME TAX RESULTS

The effect Of the income tax on
the very rich is somewhat amazing,
and that they will contribute hand.
somcly to the support If the Ma
tional Government is shown by fig
urcs printed by an eastern publica-
tion: Take the instances in New
York state alone. 1t is estimated
by officials that the great Common
wealth will supply between $780,
000, 900 and 100000 for Uncle
Sans needs through his most equit-
able Of all taxes. John d. Rookie
Teller will pay $4,000, 900, Andrew
Carnegi" 5000, 900; William Rookie.
teller, $500, 900; the Morgan cs-
tate $i50,000; George +. Baker.
$500, 900; Vincent Astor. 1926. 900.
Even iirtty Green viii have the
doubtful pleasure of handing over
$4,000 a year from her savings.
The millionaircs who come to time
promptly and urrescrvedly will
have good reason to feel quite
proud Of themselves.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1914-03-06

Of The territory aud % to cost no
over $50. 100000.
This 10 the greatest purely com
mercial enterprise ever intrustet
solely to the president. He is L
select the route, tx the toWn-sites
lacate switches and spurs, superin'
tend construction, provide equip
ment. establish rules and rates and
finally he is to operate the road
himself or lease it for twenty years
or fewer as he pleases.
In undertaking so heavy a re-
sponsibility the president will nat
urally go to the engineer corps of
the army for his lieutenants. What
that accomplished body has done at
Panama under the direction of Col.
Goethals is we'll known. No doubt,
similar triumphs await some of its
members in the far north.
AS an experiment in government
ownership the Alaskan railroad can
not fail to be interesting but it was
circumstances rather than theory
that compelled the adoption of the
idea. The people of the United
States have assumed this work be-
cause it appeared to be the only
way to develop the last Of our con-
tinental territories with due regard
for public rights.
The presidential railroad into the
Yukon region will not be syndicat-
ed by Guggenheim and Morgan.
1t will be a comm,n carrier in
the truest seLse Of the term, with
no watered stock and in interlock-
ing directors. New York World.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1914-03-06
A LITTLE BOYS ESSAY

Adam and Eve startid the ferst
fashions. doing the best they Good
kunsidiring they diden't have
mulch to start with, but thare
fashions didn't last very lawng
avn nkkount Of Adam and Eve for
getting awl about wintir kuming.
To look at the tite skerts the
gerls al nowerdays you wood
ncvir think enybody evvir ust to
wear hoop skerts, but they did,
proberly thinking they looked awl
rite while they was waring them.
lite skerts is pritty eczy to set
down in but hard to wawk in,
while hoop skerts was eezy to
wawk in but hard to set down in.
proving that if a gerl Good wawk
awl rite and set down awl rite at
the same time she woodent be
stillish.
It's a good thing they didn't
dance the tango wen they ust to
ware hoop skerts, because they
coodcnt of. Hoop skerts also ust
to mock against things. and a gcrl
proberly had to be pritty kcrfll
wen she went eny place ware tharc
was eny oarnamints nPer the fluar.
Philadelphia Record.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1914-03-06
PATRIOTISM OF CITIZENSHIP

Patriotism is not a mere martial
prejudice, II false beligrrcnt pride.
1t is civic, state and nationa pride
10 make uur municipalities less OBJ
jectionablc to live in, less Il home
Of crime and sordidncss, moro
where men and mt can work
in happiness and children can play
in Il healthful environments; TO
make our state the most advanced
in charity, the quickest TO stop
obusing the peoples rights: to
make nur cOuatry the true PROM
ised land of the world. How much
there is To be done!
The hardest kind Of patriotism
is not martial, because it is not ar-
companicd by fame and glory. II is
self-abnegation, considering others
first, helping the weak, encourage
ing the strong. curling the unjust,
changing the wicked. We cannot
all be heroes of peace, wonderful
examples to which n nation can
point with pride. But everyone O.
US a do neutrality-suspicious.
Globe.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1914-03-06
CARPET BAGGERS NOT NEEDED

For the past seven years the edi-
tor of this paper has been sounding
the warning to the business men
and taxpayers to pay more atten-
tion to the personnel Of the MEM
bers of Il assembly and state sen.
ate, but no notice was taken. The
business men in the majority of
cases have sat down in SNUG com.
placency and allowed in many in
stances and especially in the min
ing counties of the southern part
Of the state the ritf-raff and bob
tail to drift in from nowhere, and
be elected the assembly and senate.
With no qualifications hut gall;
with no affixed abiding place ex-
cept beneath the hat on their heads;
with no property to bear the burd-
ems they might place upon the pco-
pie through their legislative acts;
with nothing to prevent them 60
ing as they came empty handed to
where the picking" was better;
with responsibility tn none but
themselves, they have entered up
OF a s%aturnalIa of legislation that
has frightened capital, placed I'M
burdens upon the tax
PAYERS and retarded the progress
and development Of the state at
least ten years. Nina Miner.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1914-03-06
cav Reaui. tra Fashiono.

III 1899 the gei aral court OF Massu.
chusotts passed a law that mo gar.
ment 1hall BIO made with short sleeves;
and such as have garments with short
sleeves shall not wear them unless
they cover tho arm TO tho wrist. And
hereafter no person whatever shall
make any garment for m with
sleeves moro than half an ell wide
(twenty.two and a half inches)." II
laws regulating fashions we're passed.
today, how many women would be
hnad for l~aw-breaking7
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1914-03-06
HOURS OF SLEEP

If parents would only enforce
this rule we should have stronger
bodies and better brains. Too
much excitement and powerful
artificial light wi tn too little sleep
causes 70 per cent of all nervous
disorders.--MOd ern Priscilla.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1914-03-06
A PRESIDENTIAL RAILROAD

By the terms Of a bill which pass
ed the senate 46 to 16. and the
house 230 to 81, the president Is to
build and operate q railroad in
Alaska. The road Is to run 1000
miles from the coast into the rich
coal and mineral bearing districts
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1914-03-06
D|sILLuSIONIzED

Some of US were boys when old
Tom Benton, making a speech in St.
Louis, vi believe, pointed to the
west AMI dramatically exclaimed:
"The west is the way to the Indias"
or words to that effect. They went
all over the union and carried their
thrill with them, for had we not
all U lives read of the measureless
wealth Of "Ormus and Of Ind"
Well the American people kept
at work. After a while the noun
tains yer bowed down and the
valleys exalted and a smooth way
was made for luxurious coaches to
reach the western seq shore.
The mule trail and the OK wagon
road were deserted and the oceans
were brought so near together that
the journey was made in seven
days. Impatient public opinion and
competition in transportation have
cut Oft three days from the seven
and four days suffice for the jour-
ney now. Splendid engineering and
steam have likewise reduced the
journey by sea to one-third the
time consumed when Benton made
his speech. But how shrunken is
that India! How beggarly it now
looks. with that wonderful orient
which were wont to dream off!
But the great Republic has changed
and now those mendicant hands
bevond the Pacific are stretched
out to US in fact as ours were
formerly turned to them in imagi-
nation.
That is not all. In their squalor
th5y make things to sell. Formerly
the few who had the money among
them we're wont to purchase what
they wanted from US.
But one day our most wise con-
gress, under the bulldozing of a
most wise president, under the
fearful plea of our interest-gather-
ers. decided that it would be better
for those interest gatherers, those
philanthropists, to have the rule
that had governed fnanciers for
two thousand years discarded, and
half the worlds money converted
into a commodity. There was a
reason for this for as things were
progressing, it began to look as
though the nations, our nation in
particular, would, after a while be
able to pay its debts, and with that
done how would those generous in.
terestcgatherers live?
So that was done amid great re-
:%c;cisSS hs the interest sethe.ers,
and by the suckers outside who
did not know any more what they
were doing than did the bigots
know what thew were doing when
they otood before the dying Savior
on the cross and jeered.
But n esult has followed
which they never contemplated
though they had ample warning.
We can no longer sell our wares
to that orient of across the Pacific,
while they unload their wares upon
us at a go per cent discount below
what they formerly charged. And
as that hive begins to swarm their
products increase. Those products
already have closed many indus.
tries on our west coast and shut
many laborers out Of employment.
And the list increases annually, .
Would 1t not DO a good idea for
President Wilson when he delivers
his next speech from the throne, to
discuss this question!
In the mean time The orient
which seemed so far away whenIwt
were boys, seems altogether TOT
linear to us now.-Goodwin's Week
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1914-03-06
HANDS OFF IN MEXICO

DSNN oAA IN" NAS ~ DAlIlGL
secretary Of state for foreign
affairs and Francis Dyke Acland,
the parliamentary under-secretary,
made it clear in the house of COM
mons that no attempt will be made
by the British government to force
the hand of the United States in
Mexico because of the Benton affair.
AS Mr.. Acland expressed it, an
attempt at intervention on The part
Of Great Britain would be both
futile and impolitic." He might
have added that it would be ridicu-
lous as we'll. unless Great Britain
were prepared to send an army
into Mexico over 1900 miles of
wilderness in the hope of catching
the elusive Villa, who alone can be
held responsible for Benton's death.
Unfortunate as the present situs-
tion is, it all hinges upon a question
Of fact. II Villa has told the truth
his action may have been ruthless
and hasty, but it is practically
unassailable in military law except
on the ground of expediency.
If he has not told the truth the ex-
ecution of Benton was no better
than murder. and it becomes the
duty of the United States to see
that it is dealt with as such. But
the first thing to do is to ascertain
the facts. Until that al be done,
Washington must mark time.
In the meantime it would be well
for Englishmen and Americans
alike to give a little sober consid-
Grafton to the cause which have pro-
duced the deplorab @ conditions 10
Mexico and to learn their lesson.
| We permitted On American oil COM
pany to support revolution against
Diaz, and no sooner was madero
in Office by reason Of the abdication
Of Diaz than a British concern be.
gan to finance q counter-revolution
1t was British money that enabled
Huerta tn overthrow Madero. 1t
was British money that practically
exterminated the Madcro family
and hoated Huerta into power over
a sea Of blood. If mexicans have
murderously shed British BLOOD
let London contemplate the amount
of Mexican blood that has beer
shed through the interference o
British capital IN the domrsti
affairs of Mexico.
Civilization is paying the pcnalt.
for upholding a system of govern
ment for tho profit Of concession
aires. and opposition to this syster
5 Is the basis Of Presidens wilson
refusal to recognize HueTta.
In the circumstances Great Brit
ian can we'll afford to sustain wha'
Q ever temporary injury may resu
to British subjects and interest
II Mexico is ever to be n "whit
mans country" in the sense tn,
life and property are reasonab
safe and crimes Of violence al
punished by organized authori
1t must como through the poll,
> that the president mas adopted. Al
other policy means revolution aft
o revolution and despotiSm after dc
potism, except during the occasio
o al intervals when q strong man
h able to create a solitude and call
q peare.-New York World.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1914-03-06
Bio Year for Submarines.

At tho beginning OF this year there
-e:3 S:!!t, building or authorized for
the fleets OF England. Germany, the
United States, France, Japan. Russia.
Italy and Austria n total OF 34i eubme.
rines.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1914-03-06
Her Forto.

Her Forto.
But a woman doesn't caro TO boss
Tho Job II uho a boss tho boss.
6rutof
S'r: DO you know OF any way to
make n fourtoon.ycnr.old boy 70 on a
hunger Observation-Disclosures
York Evening Sun.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1914-03-06
suppo,a You Know This.

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chapters and &c books.