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Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1914-06-11

Prcther Quinn, Of the Okolona
Messenger, is the most accom-
modating gentleman we have
ever had the pleasure of meeting
The Messenger is a fine paper
with an excellent circulation.
The merchants of his place seem
to be sleeping on their rights by
letting a paper of nearly 1900
circulation go out without their
name somewere in its columns.
Okolona is losing trade every
day on account of this; for years
the business men of that little
city have been sleeping on their
rights and let there trade terrific
ry grow smaller and smaller.
We would suggest that the mer-
chants and business men of 0ko-
Iona be more liberal towards the
Messenger, should they wish to
gain back what they have lost
add more to their city.
-AmOry TimeslPr ess- Enterprise
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1914-06-11
JOlly-Marchbanks

On the evening of June 6, at
the home of the brides brother,
Okolona, Miss Mary Lacy March
banks was married to Mr.. Ed
Jolly, Rev. J. H. Holder saying
the ceremony. The family and
a few invited friends were pres
ent. After the ceremony a
most delicious dinner was served
Mr.. Jolly is a prosperous and
enerjetic young farmer living
four miles west of here. He en-
joys the confidence and esteem
of his many friends. Miss
Marchbanks is the lovely and at
tractive sister of our townsman
Mr. E. M. Marchbanks.' -
We wish for the happy 'and
popular young people life's
choicest blessings.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1914-06-11
Card of Thanks

We nytand sincere Uratituda
to orr MANY friends for their
acts Of Kindness coincidence
svmnathv and beautiful floral
offerings contributed to the
memory and burial Of o,,r son
and GRAND SON Fred Carroll LYON
Nav Heavens richest hanadic.
tions attend them throlgh life
Mr. and Mrs r T. Lvon
Mr. and Mrs + 7. Tvon
Mrs. I. 7. Hngoins
Nrc Forla WvIio
MRS 7 r Jackson
IN "N"0''IAN rNHp LYON
Fred Carroll Lyon, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. R. L. Lyon anG
grand son of Mr.. and Mrs. j. L
Lyon, was 20 years Of age
when he departed this life in
Pontotoc, Miss, and was inferred
in the |. 0. F. Cemetery in our
city. At the time Of his death
he was a member Of the firm of
Baker & Lyon, also assistant
book-keeper in the Cumpress
Cotton Co., Of Pontotoc. He
was a member of the Baptist
Sunday School and Church. He
was confined to his bed for four
months, all the while bearing
his affection with christian forti.
tude and resignation to the vii
OF his blessed Savior and peace
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1914-06-11
Philosophy Of shakespeare.

Shakespeare, who was n Of the
worlds greatest philosophers, sug-
tests the thought that there are de-
srees in the matter of false state
ments when he recommends to the in
alred Or offended person a choice be-
{ ween three replies: "The Retort
Courteous; The Lie Circumstantial;
and the Lie Direct" And he adds,
Your IF is the only peacemaker;
much virtue In H."
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1914-06-11
ALL MIXED UP.

"This man knows himself to be
himself at times. At other times he
imagines himself to be julius Caesar,
Napoleon Bonaparte, and so Oh.
What do You make of it,"
'Iooks like a case of scrambled
go to me-" responded the other emil
nent scientist.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1914-06-11
A Great Discovery
KuykendalI's GreeseIeSS LIQUID
Eczema Remedy

Certainly does cure any and all Itch
ing Skin Troubles such as Eczema.
letter, Ring Worm. Poison Oak. Itch,
Fever BIislers. Frost Bres, CHECKER
Pox. PrickIy Heal. NeuIr Rash and
Old Stubborn Sores thought to b,
cancers. Gives ins'antreIiel and cures
When physicians fail. TRY ONE
&c TILE. On Sale in OkoIona b,
BELL & Eliot. Beard,n & King.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1914-06-11
The Local Paper

When you hear a man sheer
ing at the local paper because it is
not as big, cheap and newsy as
the city papers, you can bet that
he does not Squander any Of his
in assisting to make it better,
and that generally the paper has
done more for him than he has
for it. The man who cannot see
the benefits arising from a local
newspaper is about as much
7aIue to a town as a delinquent
tax list. Selected.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1914-06-11
R~EGRETTABLE PART.

Pm afraid Jobkins is running
around too much at night"
"Oh, it isn't running around that
hurts him, but the places where he
stops"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1914-06-11
AN EXAMPLE,.

Professor-Mr. Jones, will you
kindly give me an example of repro
ductiye art?
Jones-A hair restorer-Judge.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1914-06-11
PATERNAL WISDOM.

81 don't like that man, pa"
go slow, son. You can't always
tell what kind of heart beats behind
a fancy vest"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1914-06-11
ITS CONDITION.

"There is one thing contradictory
about soft coal"
"What's that?"
dts a hard case"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1914-06-11
OLD GENTLEMAN is LAY

81 presume young Calder fol.
lows in his fathers footsteps"
eyes; right through the swinging
doOra." -. =
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1914-06-11
To Restore Wet shnsa.

10 restore wet Shoes.
Wet shoes may be prevented from
becoming hard by rubbing them with
vaseline after cleaning them and set
ting them away for a day. This also
prevents the leather from cracking.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1914-06-11
ANNOUNCEMENTS
For Congress

We are authorized to announce
HON. S. A. MORRISON
Of Grenada
as a candidate for Congress from this
he Fourth Congressional District,
subject to the action Of the Democratic
party.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1914-06-11
Children CRY
FOR FLETCHER'S
Gas ORIA
Extral speclalll-

Ambrose Crosslots says: "Fellers
funny. Some OF them go around
b their hands in their POCKETS, and
4crs wear diamond rt1sa gasJudge.
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Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1914-06-11

cnSGHGPTloN PRICE 400 PER YEAR
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-08-25

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blank. He could only surmise that
he must have gone to Lorrington for
some purpose outweighing everything
else in life, and that the shock which
robbed him of recollection had been
a stunning one.
At the end of year he realized that
he would never remember. Then he
went back to Marjorie. She was leav-
ing the hospital; she had accepted an
offer of position to superintend a
new hospital in the Philippines. The
thought of the separation was intoler-
able to both of them.
Clements took her out to dinner,
and, that night, he asked her again to
be his WIFE you are mine by all
right" he said. eff there were any
other woman she would have come
forward to claim me as her husband.
My case was reported in all the news
papers. Will you marry me, Mar
jorie?"
Marjorie agreed. They were mar
ried the following afternoon and went
away on their honeymoon.
Clements learned many things dur
ing that period. His wife was alone
in the world. Her only sister had died
under tragic circumstances a year be-
fore. She was unhappily married, and
a man had come into her life who
seemed everything to her. Marjorie
had tried to dissuade her sister-had
threatened to tell her husband of the
projected elopement. Then Caroline
had taken the bit between her teeth.
She had run away, and, on the way
to meet her lover, the train had been
wrecked. She had been killed Instant
ly. Since then Marjorie had seen
nothing of her brother-in-law. She
could not bear to think of anything
connected with the circumstances of
her sisters death.
What was the mans name?" ask
ed John.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-08-25


man. He was highly esteemed in his
city and spoken of as the next mayor.
One day when John was away a
stranger called at the house. Mar
jorie received him with an attempt at
warmth which hardly hid her real
feelings. It was her brother-in-law.
He was no warmer than Marjorie.
81 have just learned the facts" he
said, "and thought would run down
and see your husband. 1 found his
letters in my late wife's drawer"
John Clements was the man who
had been the unwilling cause Of her
sisters death.
"Of course am a plain, practical
man." said the visitor, sneering. 81
am not going to shoot the scoundreI,
just to tell him what think of him.
''It will be useless" answered Mar
jorie.
"Why?" -
She told him, and he listened with
incredulity.
"Of course, 1 have read about the
case,"' he said, ''but guess he'll know
me all right when he sees me-"
Marjorie fought a fearful battle
during those few minutes. Johns love
for her, his loyalty, showed her that
he was good man; but the thought
that the had been the cause of her sis
ter's death, that he had made love to
the wife of another, was CALLING to
her pride.
Roger" she said at last, you have
a right to meet my husband. Stay to
dinner and, if he remembers you, say
what you please. That is your right"
81 guess he'll know me-" answered
the other, scowling. -.
1t seemed an eternity before John
Clements came up the garden and
into the house. At his approach Rog-
er sprang from his chair with clench-
ed fists scowling at the other man.
John, this is my brother-in-law,"
The Washington herald., 1914-05-01
VERA CRUZ GOVERNOR
RAPED ADMINISTRATION

Chicago, April 3o-The appointment OF
Robert ]. Kerr, Chicago and Mexico City
lawyer. as civil governor Of Vera Cruz,
was received with surprise In Chicago,
where Kerr has been known as an op-
ponent of the administrations Mexican
policy. He was a close friend Of former
President Poririo Diaz, and at the latter 8
solicitation undertook several years ago
the codifcation OF Mexican laws.
Mr. Kerr was in Mexico City at the
time of the murder of Madero. About
a year ago he returned to Chicago. and
II was intimated that he had been in
vited to confer with Secretary Bryan on
conditions in Mexico. He left Chicago
April for Tampico- Addresses he de-
livered prior to his departure showed
marked hostility to the Wilson program.
We find the United States government
favoring the government or the set OF
individuals, or the political party, or the
mob of bandits. pledged, II they get into
power. to do things that will be favor
able to the Standard OIL Company inter-
ests. / am not making the charge that
President Wilson or any member or his
administration is taking any position be-
cause Of the influence Of Standard Oil.
but do say that IL is a most remarkable
fact that the interests Of the Standard
Oil and the moral ideas of the Demo-
cratic administration happen to coincide.
The watchful waiting policy is absolutely
doomed to failure so far as the removal
Of Huerta is concerned.
Mr.. Kerr declared Mexico Mt only for
''benehcent despotIsm" like that Of
Dfaz's. He criticised the Wilson pro-
gram Of aiding the constitutionalists
against Huerta-
The Washington herald., 1914-05-01
The Fleeing Show.

The New York Evening Journal has a
peculiarly gifted young man, Tad" Dor
gan, with a remarkable sense Of humor,
who is the author OF series Of pictures
which he calls Indoor Sports" I'd Ike
to make use OF Tad's expression 70 label
a favorite occupation.
One of the best little indoor sports
there is. is the Improbable one or
knocking the motion pictures" and II
Is confined to a select class-Newspaper
and magazine writer's of the "upiift'' va
riety who look askance at the movies
The censorship agitation Is the worst
Of the lot The public, and especially the
motion picture public, u very competent
10 decide what it likes and what is good
for it, That fact is proved by the de-
c!ded Improvement In moving pictures.
The directors Of the big producing COM
panies know that they must keep their
hands upon the pulse of public opinion,
and we may conclude, therefore, that 1t
is essentially public opinion which Is re-
sponsible for the moral, dramatic, and
artistic improvement in the movies-and
that without any censorship that is
worth the powder to blow It up.
And then there are the gifted young
writers who shudder to think Of the
crime which is instigsted by the moving
pictures These chaps are the best lit
tie shudderers in the business. They
draw pathetic pen pictures of the inno-
cent child of six summers who sees a
picture showing a robbery and leaves
the theater and holds up the policeman
on the corner. They tell us OF the ter
rible pictures which inspire arson and
murder and divorce. Well, where are
they? I see g good many moving pic
The Washington herald., 1914-05-01
Getting a Start NATHANIEL NATHAN s' e FOWLER
BORROWED CAPITAL

business for themselves fail, although
the best of them recover and con-
tinue
There are as many arguments in
favor of borrowed capital as there
are against it. Most of our ablest
hnanciers favor moderate indebted
ness, but none of these experts would
advise any one 10 take an undue
risk. Borrowing IS to he recon-
mended only when the capital, either
borrowed or otherwise obtained. is
sufficient for the enterprise, and then
only when backed by practical and
long experience.
Failures are due, for the most part,
either to lack of experience or lack
of capital Lack of experience stands
for almost certain disaster, irrespec-
tive of the man or capital involved,
and too little capital is seldom sufi-
cient to allow even extensive eXpe-
rience and fair opportunity to suc-
ceed.
II you are enjoying a fair salary,
with prospects of promotion, l should
advise you to consider long and care
fully before you embark in business
for yourself. After you have OBJ
tanned sufficient experience, and have
proved to yourself and to discrim-
mating others that you have good
business capacity, then you may. con-
slider going into business for yourself
if you have sufficient capital or have
some capital and can borrow the bal
ance on favorable terms.
1t is better, however. for you to
wait too long than to be premature
1t is very difficult correctly to dag
nose the future, to foresee emer-
gencies. Practically every business,
and particularly a new business,
strikes dead center; and the wheel
of trade will not turn unless lubri-
Gated and propelled by experience
and capital. Either without the other
is not likely to revolve it.
| say. therefore, to the young man
who would go into business for him.
self, Perfect yourself in your line,
study it, and experience it from every
standpoint. Consult with others, and
wait.
The Washington herald., 1914-05-01
By MILDRED DILLON.

The Fairy Good Thoughts came and
turned all that was squalid and untidy
in the home and the minds of the in
mates into all that was cleanly and beau
tiful and made a happy and more pros
porous family OF one that were before
miserably unhappy and economically
ignorant.
But Greed had to come and stand out
side the door of the workingmans home
and then nobly horses carrying Social
Service. Swat the Fly from Summer
town, Ottawa Hill Rent Reducer, Fireless
Cooker. Electric Washington Machine.
Equal Rights in Her Turn at the Proper
Cue, Peace, then the workingman's family
understood everything that they were so
ignorant Of before and lived happily ever
after.
The story was a vehicle telling OF the
work accomplished in the tenement model
dwelling at the Neighborhood House and
an economic fairy play cleverly written
in verse by Mrs. John ]. White, and
played by the children OF the Neighbor-
hood House yesterday afternoon as their
first days program of the May festival
given for it's benefit at go n street north
west
Sports and games of workaday folk in
characteristic costumes Of the different
countries were demonstrated with music
and dances. Members Of the Girls Club
Of Neighborhood House danced Reap
the Flax" German peasant dance In
pretty costumes made by the girls In
their sewing classes. The Broom Dance"
and the. ''Shoemaker's Dance" two
adaptations from the Dutch folk dances.
were given in unique Dutch costumes
made by the little tots who danced. The
Irish washerwoman was danced by lit
tie Ethel Biskehorn.
In the evening the folk dances and
The Washington herald., 1914-05-01
RED Light DISTRICT
J MUST CLOSE june IS
Court in Alexandra Serves Notice on
Inmates of Houses that They Get
Ready to Move Out.

Alexandria, Va, April so-By direction
of Judge 1. C. Barley. Of the Corpora.
ton Court. Alexandria's red light" dis.
trict is to be closed and closed for good
The time limit has been placed at June
ID After that date any person operat-
Ing such a resort will be subject to ar.
rest and imprisonment.
The ultimatum to the women was de-
livered in person by Mayor T. A. Fisher
and Chief OF Police c. T. Goods,
All OF the inmates of the district
when informed of the intention Of the
authorities, said they would comply
with the mandate. While none of the
inmates has as yet mapped out future
plans II is safe to say that the majority
will leave Alexandria long before the
time set for the closing.
Mrs. Emma L. Robertson, secretary and
general manager Of the National Flor
ence Crittenton Mission, with head
quarters In Washington. has agreed To
take charge Of any of the girls who win
give up their present mode Of living.
Homes will be provided for them In dif-
ferent parts Of the country and other
help that may be necessary
Judge Barley held a conferences with
Mrs. Robertson on the subject. Two
trained workers from the mission will
come to Alexandria next week for the
purpose OF arranging for the care OF
the women who desire assistance.
This city's segregated district con.
sists Of about nine houses, six for
whites and three for colored. Police
records show there are forty-three
white women and fifteen colored wom-
en- quartered there.
The Washington herald., 1914-05-01
Neighborhood House Tots
SOlpe Domestic Troubles
In Fairy Play They Shop How Swat the Fly
Rent Reducer, Fireless Cooker and Electric
Washing Machine Tighten Burdens.

I Fairy Good Thoughts Visit" were re-
peated and also Snow White and the
seven Little Men" The stage is built
out OF doors In the court yard of the
house and between the building a tenn
porary stage mas been erected, using
the nearby porches Of the houses for a
shift OF scene.
Snow White lives in the balcony with
her cruel stepmother and her kind faith
er. She Is seen to leave their dwelling
and miraculously to run down a flight
or stairs and appear on the center stage
with the dwarfs. The dwarfs are seven
OF the little girls OF Neighborhood House
and always must 1t be told that they too
made their own costumes. Snow White
and the had. mean stepmother are two
OF the larger girls of the house.
During the May Festival, which will
close Saturday evening, May 2, Neigh
borhood House will be open for the in
spection Of visitors from o'clock each
afternoon until 10 p. m, and the girls
In their regular classes OF cooking, sew
ing, and basket weaving and all the
various departments will demonstrate
their work
This afternoon the plays win be re-
peated at 3 o'clock matinee, followed
by the crowning Of the May Queen by
fairies. The Girls Peace Club will give
a May pole dance and the boys clubs
VIII give the Norris dances. The Three
Bears, Red Riding Hood" and The
Sleeping Beauty" will be given by the
kindergarten boys and the girls and boys'
clubs in fairy dances will be seen. =
At p. m. Snow White and the Seyen
Little Men win be given by the Peace
Club. Fairy Good Thoughts VISIT win
be given by the Girls Club. The Boys'
Club will put on Forest Revels," ana
the Rainbow Fairies Dance" win be
given by the Girls Club. Supper IN
Neishborhood House will be served each
evening from until o'elock.
The Washington herald., 1914-05-01
who has been secreted under the wagon

who has been secreted under the wagon
train -
Black Bull takes the child intu his
tribe and brings her up like one Of his
own children. Years later, John Cobb
and his partner become lost in the
desert Cobb is found unconscious beside
the body of his partner by Black Bulls
adopted daughter, now known as Little
Fawn." Cobb II taken to the Indian VII
lage. There he falls In love with his
rescuer. Little Fawn," and marries her.
Soon after an Eastern financier offers
to buy the mining claim which Cobb and
his dead partner had been working be-
fore they became lost IN the desert Cobb
sells out at a good price and takes his
bride back East to Washington, where
he introduces her as Spanish lady.
At a reception In cobb's home two OF
the Indians In Black Bulls tribe who
come to Washington to see the Great
White Father" VISIT Little Fawn," as
they continue to call her. Their visit
greatly scandallzes society women at the
reception. and believing Little Fawn"
TO be an Indian they snub and :'cut' her
until the girls spirit 10 crushed.
Little Fawn" steals. away and travels
overland to the reservation. Cobb fol-
lows her. but too late. Black Bull, after
revealing the secret OF her birth. points
out the mound that marks her grave.
The Washington herald., 1914-05-01

fures-I've been seeing them ever since
there have been any moving picturs to
see and especially IN late years have not
seen or heard Of any films which had a
degenerating moral influence Some pic
lures are poorly acted or inartistic or In
adequately produced-but in recent yea-s
nave not seen heard Of one which
exercised an evil influence.
But the knockers are in the minority.
The public Is with the motion picture
game and is strong for It
The ninth of the Adventures OF
Kathlyn." which you can see at the Vir-
ginia today, Is a special two-reel picture
which is also heralded with q subtitle.
THE Spellbound Multitude" The spec
tacular merit of this effort cannot be
questioned, nor can the acting and cos
tuning be criticised. The plot and the
sistencies that are glaring. The photog-
raphy is fairly done.
/ ought to be fairly familiar with It.
but always jump when the little ma
chine In Harry crandslls box office win
dow punches out a ticket II Is probably
a good idea and there are no doubt many
reasons for II. but I regard it with sus-
picion, and invariably expect It to spring
at me. But the criticisms about cram
dall's are all on the outside, and there
aren't many Of them at that
They're dancing in greater numbers at
the Orpheum. dropped in yesterday at
Ais and the floor was comfortably filled
with young couples tangoing and hesitat-
ing and fshwalking. It's great stuff.
Pop" Anderson says: "A fat mans
life Is hard one-everybody always ex-
poets him to be in q good humor."
The Washington herald., 1914-05-01
MEXICAN REFUGEES PROTEST.

Douglas. Ariz. April MA mass meet
Ing OF Mexican refugees vas held here
tonight to protest against the action OF
the government in having ordered them
out OF Mexico and then having failed to
inform them that they were permitted TO
return to Mexico. The refugees had lost
considerable time and money in escap-
ing across the border. only to find upon
their arrival here that the order had
been rescinded What made them espe-
cially angry was the fact that they
learned Of the resembling Of the order
from Carranza's agent. Robert Tesquefra-