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Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1914-11-05
McGill Settlement

Miss Bessie Jolly, of Union
Neighborhood, has opened her
school at the Hadley school
house.
Several of the young people
of this community were at the
home of Mrs. Alice Dallas
Sunday.
Messrs. W. A. Cummings and
Tom Belts shipped a car load Of
cattle to New Orleans Saturday.
Mr.. VIM. Burleson is making
preparations to move to the
Hosea Community soon.
Mr.. R. S. Pannell and family
visited in the home of Mr.. Sam
Stagers near New Hope Sunday.
Crops are about gathered in
this section and are estimated
at about one half a crop,
Mr.. T. W. Turner was in
Shannon Saturday attending to
some business.
Mr.. and Mrs Josh Hadley visit
ed the home of Mr.. W. A. Cum
mings Sunday.
Brit Ellis, Carl and Tom
Hadley paid a visit to Will Nc
Gill Sunday.
Jim McGill visited his cousin,
Bill McGill near Pleasant Grove
Sunday.
Bright Eyes.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1914-11-05
Strickland w. Gillian

Every body that attended the
Lyceum Tuesday night are
guaranteed to stay in a good
humor for 80 days and by that
time the habit is expected to
become permanently fixed.
Think of a solemn looking man
with a preacher look on him,
standing before an audience for
more than an hour spouting
good humor as naturally as
water flows down hill, without
ever cracking a smile himself.
1t was of the genuine side
splitting kind that needed no ex-
plantations to drive it home,
to make it produce the desired
effect.
Strickland w. Gillian is pro-
nOunced by unanimous consent
to be the best entertainer that
ever appeared before an
Okolona audience. Pathos
poetry, good humor and satire
were so blended as to keep you
ever on the alert for what was
to follow.
The range was from the baby
in the cradle to the old man who
bought a set of teeth from the
tooth doctor. The teeth didn't
fit his mouth and he couldn't
use them, so he carried them in
the back pocket of his over alls.
He slipped and fell on a banana
peel, the teeth flew up and bit
off a Wart on the back of his
neck, that he had been using for
a collar button for II years
beware of false teeth. The
Lyceum course always gives you
the best. Don't fail to attend
the next one in Dec,
j. NJ. Haley.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1914-11-05

brother Of our Ex-State Superin-
tendent as Vice President; Mrs.
Mary B. Peden, Principal of
Ridgeway School and sister of
one of Mississippi's formost pub
lie school men-Prof Geo. Boyd
of Kosciusko-as Secretary, to-
gether with a magnificent lot of
teachers who feel the burden
of the responsibility resting up
on them, our teachers associa-
ton is an assured success.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1914-11-05
To The People Of ChickasaW
County

| am a candidate for the office
of Chancery Clerk, subject to
the action of the Democratic
primary election of 1915.
The office of Chancery Clerk
is one of the most important and
responsible offices to the tax
payer of this county, and to the
performance of the duties of it
there should be brought the
highest degree Of skill, fitness
and recognition of responsibility.
If elected, | shall give to
every feature of the Office, my
personal and conscientious at
tention and service. You will
always find me at the office
ready to serve you in a prompt,
accurate and courteous manner.
My work is such that it is i'm
possible for me to see you in
person, hence | take this method
of soliciting your support and
influence.
| have no higher ambition, if
elected, than to faithfully per-
form the trust invested in me,
and to this end | pledge my very
best efforts and all the service of
which l am capable.
Soliciting your support and in
Huence, | am,
Obediently yours,
W. A. WILKINSON.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1914-11-05

We will not announce a date
for a cleanup day, but will ask
each teacher, where the schools
have not opened, to make a date
and meet all pupils, put the
house in order, clean off yards,
classify and grade pupils. Where
schools have started it might be
well to meet pupils and patrons
some specified day for the pur-
pose of improving the grounds,
getting winter wood and other
things that are necessary for the
comfort and we'll being of the
school. One little deed, howev-
er small, done by a patron makes
him feel more interest in the
school. He can then say: OUR
school, and mention the things
that WE are DOING with some
degree of pride, and in reality it
ceases to be Their school" and
becomes OURS"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1914-11-05
OKOLONA MISS, NOV S, 1914
Presbyterian Church

1.-THE Baptism of Jesus" will
be the subject of the sermon
next Sunday evening. This is
one of a series of sermons on
the Life Of Christ. These ser
mons are planned with refer
ence to the studies in the Life of
our Lord which we are no max
ing on Wednesday evenings.
We are glad to see some new
faces each Wednesday evening
and hope to see our congrega-
tons continue to grow.
There will be no services next
Sunday morning. Sunday School
at 9:45.
j. F. EDDINs,
Minister.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1914-11-05
HOW'S This?

We offer One Hundred Dollars
Reward for any case of Catarrh
that cannot be cured by Halls
Catarrh Cure.
F. J. CHENEY &. CO., Toledo, o..
We, the undersigned, have known +. j.
Cheney for the last 10 years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligations made by his firm.
NATIONAL BANK OF COMMERCE,
Toledo, O..
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mu-
cous surfaces of the system. Testimonials
sent free. Price IS cents per bottle. Sold
by all Druggists.
Take Hall Family Pills for constipation
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1914-11-05
A Great Discovery
kuykendalI'S GTGsssIeSS Liquid
Eczema Remedy

Certainly does cure any and all Itch
ng Skin Troubles such as Eczema.
etter, Ring Worm. Poison Oak, Itch.
Fever BIisters, Frost Bites, Chicken
Pox. PrickIy Heat, NettIe Rash and
Old Stubborn Sores thought to be
cancers. Gives instant relief and cures
when physicians fail. TRY ONE
&c TILE On Sale in Okolona by
Bell & Elliott. Bearden & King.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1914-11-05
''kitchenette."

'kitchenette.
Prof. Weaver, the hustling
and masterful teacher of the
progressive Houlka School, is
the right man in the right place,
and we are assured that the inn
provement association will bring
new life into every school in the
county and will cause the real
end of education the sublime
thought of
Mrs. Mary Peden,
Secretary
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1914-11-05
High Cost of Living Question
of the Hour

| SIMPLY can't afford a new
suit of clothes; | owe Blank nov
for the last one"
The above was heard from {
young man of this city severa
days ago. With his wife he
visited every 10-cent show or
the Pike, riding the hobby
horses and Going the limit. He
bought tickets for the baby lot.
terry, rode the flying jenny anG
and to say that he spent less
than SIS or $40 is conservative.
This same young man doesn't
patronize the moving picture
shows but goes to high-priced
theatrical performances.
No wonder he can't afford a
new suit of clothes. No wonder
he owes the groceryman, the
butcher, and the dry goods man,
standing off men who furnish
him necessities of life and waste
his money in triviaIities.
A good percentage of his earn
ings is spent in amusement. He
affords things he doesn't need
and goes without what he should
have.
If you should tell this man he
was an enemy to Jackson he
would not believe it. By being
slow pay he makes credit harder
for other men to obtain; by
passing up the movies he hurts
what is largely a home industry
and when he gives money to a
high-price show company he has
sent that much of the symbol
of wealth out of the section
where it was earned and receiv-
ed nothing in return except idle
amusement.
There is a demand for amuse-
ment of a clean sort and one
should not deny oneself all
pleasure. But the man or wom-
an having a hard time to get
along should remember that the
price of a theatre ticket will
keep one in carfare for a week
or two; that SO paid for a seat
for oneself and wife to a show
that may probably be an inter-
esting performance, would
buy a ham or half a barrel of
flour.
The larger percentage of the
money spent on the Midway has
flown from Jackson forever. A
larger percentage of that spent
on travelling shows goes to New
York. A large portion of that
spent at the movies leaves Jack
son for film rent and other ex-
penses, but much of it remains
at home, as the movies employ a
large number of home people
who spend their money in Jack
son.
People advocating this and
that remedy for the financial
conditions of the present might
ponder on the penchant of Jack
son people for amusement, ard
that in many cases the
people Of this city who are in
debt owe it to the fact they
fooled away their money. Jack
son Clarion Ledger.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1914-11-05
CLEANLINESS next TO
GOnLINESS.
Do You Follow This
Splendid Teaching?

Undoubtedly you Occasionally. Bat
you, and the other fellow, TOO, some
how don't apply it internally. Il The
comparatively unimportant skin de-
mands constant cleansing, how much
more essential is it to keep such vitality
important c-n5 as TIC kidney in 3
Ike conlitt ii purity?
You caa't do3-o tae force Of tae ar
raoo~'. 1oa@l.t. our. ov become
c,2C~-- With Eaato and te.r d ~ action
ClcanEo escn regularly vi-a the mild,
but effac vo, yeroealio compound, e.
cos Z w. ,3 Ill.
beck Drug Co., Memphis, Tenn. O. ,oc
it at
Fold il "'- lcra by Bell & Elliott.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1914-11-05
Educational Department
GEO. Z. RILEY, Superintendent Of Education.
MOtto Better Schools Better Teachers Better Salaries, and Longer Terms
Send matter for this Department to Geo. Q. Riley. Houston, Miss

To Teachers, Trustees, Patrons
and Pupils:
The Okolona Messenger has
been very generous in granting
US space under the above head
that we may, from time to time,
publish school notices and other
items of interest in the most i'm
portant@ institution maintained by
the state the Public Schools.
We believe that through this
department teachers, trustees,
patrons and pupils can keep in
touch with the work better than
by any other method, provided
that the local paper goes into ev-
cry home represented by the
school, or at least into every
school. The individual interest
of one teacher can not stand
alone, but must have it's infu-
ence on the entire system. No
teacher in Chickasaw county can
enjoy a successful session with
out the influence of that expert
ence being extended to others.
Then let US join hand to hand,
mind to mind and heart to heart
in promoting each others pros
perity, that we may be able to
render the best possible service
in our several positions.
In this department we hope to
publish many things of interest
to all who are engaged in the
school work, including the ex-
animation questions for teach
ers' license, list of teachers in
the county, members of the
school board, board of exam n ars
a n d trustees; programs for
teachers meetings, reports of
school improvement work, club
work, etc.
In the past we have tried to
keep in touch with the teachers
through letter writing but ow-
ing to the increase of work pro-
duced by this system we found
it impossible to attend to it sat
isfactorially. AS the editor of
the Messenger has been kind
enough to grant US this privilege
we hope that all teachers in the
county will show their apprecia-
ton by subscribing for the pa
per, fall in line with its progress
sive spirit and BOOST. Every
teaOher in the county should sub
scribe for at least one of the
home papers and the Mississippi
Educational Advance.
Read the proceedings of the
Teachers Meeting. 1t was a
great success. 1t was inspira-
tiOnal and instructive. We ap-
preciate the hearty response of
our teachers because it shows
that they believe in our motto:
Better Schools and Better
Teachers" and that they are
doing every thing in their power
to become more efficient. The
teachers who failed to hear the
round table discussion of Some
Of the Elements of Governing
Power'' have lost an opportunity
of being better disciplinarians in
their school work. The teacher
Il
who missed the discussion of
The School as a Social Center"
failed to carry that inspiration
into her rural community where
the heart throbs of the willing
patrons are ready to beat with
the inspired teachers, and has
lost another opportunity Of doing
the greatest good possible.
Don't miss next time.
Next week we will give pro
gram for "GROWN IN MISSIS-I
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1914-11-05
The CHARM
OF MOTHERHOOD
Enhanced By Perfect Physi.
cal Health.

The experience of Motherhoodis AIRY
ing one to most women and marks dis
tinctly an epoch in their lives. Not ono
woman in a hundred is prepared or un-
derstands how to properly carr for her
self. Of course nearly every woman
nowadays has medical treatment atsuch
times, but many approach the expert
ence with an organism untitled for the
trial of strength, and when it is Over
her system has received a shock from
which it is hard to recover. Following
right upon this comes the nervous strain
of caring for the child, and.a distinct
change in the mother results.
There is nothing more charming than
ahappy and healthy mother of children.
and indeed child birth under the right
conditions need be no hazard to health or
beauty. The un%explainable thing Is
that, with all the evidence of shattered
nerves and broken health resulting from
an unprepared condition, and with am
pie time in which to prepare, women
will persist in going blindly to the trial
Every woman at this time should rely
upon Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound, a most valuable tonic and
invigorator of the female organism.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1914-11-05
A Telegram

The following telegram was
received here Tuesday:
West Point.
The Messenger,
Okelona, Miss.
A Night in Old Heidelberg
will play the Opera House in
your town Thursday night. We
wish to say that is is one of the
best Musical Aggregations on
the road and is worth double the
price.
Daily Times Herald.
Nov. 3, 1914.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1914-11-05

The program for the Teachers
meeting, at Houlka, Saturday,
Nov. 18th, will appear next
week.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1914-11-05
CLIMBING.

Cra@ford-~"So your wife is detef4
mined to moye?" C~rabshaw---
There's no doubt of it, my boy. she's
convinced Shat she can keep up With
a more rapid bunch Of n~eighbors.
Puck
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1914-11-05
Teachers Meeting

A large number of Chickasaw
County teachers responded to
the urgent request of Supt. Geo.
D. Riley and met in the Houston
school building on October "a,
1914, to organize a TEACHERS
IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIA-
TION ASSOCIATION.
After devotion exercises, con-
Quoted by the Superintendent,
the first subject for the morning
meeting Some Elements of
Governing Power" was very
ably discussed by the progress
sive leader of the Houston High
School, Prof. l.. B. Ried. Guild
ed by years of rich experience
and constant observation he
wisely impaired many material
HELPS to teachers who come in
daily contact with pupils of eve
ry class and disposition.
Mrs, G. W. Riley gave an in
teresting talk THE School AS a
Social Center" being the subject
of her we'll chosen words. As
usual, she did it justice, and
gave the teachers many plans
for improving social conditions
in the rural districts.
Before adjournment for the
noon hour, the following officers
were unanimously elected: Pres
ident, Prof. J. j. Weaver; Vice
President, Prof. W. /. Powers;
Secretary, Mrs. Mary Peden.
Afternoon Session
When the teachers had as
sembled again, it was their
pleasure to see Miss Fairy Coca
give an excellent primary grade
recitation. Her work is wonder
full and the children under her
careful training show very quicN-
ly the advantage over the old
time way of sing song monotony.
Miss Meilstrup gave a very in
~teresting demonstration of sight
singing h er pupils showing
that they had been taught scien-
tifically and thoroughly. If there
is even a tiny bit of music in the
pupils soul she gets the rhythm
going with very easy effort.
From that room, Prof. Reid
invited the teachers to the Do
nestle Science Department,
where they were shown every
phase of the work by Miss Hill
Her happy pupils served delicious
sandwiches and tea, prepared on
modern apparatus in their nicely
arranged and very cute little
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1914-11-05
Not ENOUGH.

Hustle Nit-"This book says that
Mat bloomin' Frenchman Marat was
stabbed while taking a bath" Park
bench D~aily-"Is dat all he got fur lit"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1914-11-05

Next week we will give pro
gram for "GROWN IN MISSIS-
SlPPI" DAY. also copy of letter
we are sending out to the teach
ers relative to Thanksgiving
week being set aside in the
schools to study Grown in Mis-
sissipri'' products.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1914-11-05

Don't miss the Teachers Meet
ing at IouIka. Look over the
program and bring an idea that
might help some one over a
rough place. With Prof. J. j.
Weaver, principal Of the Houlka
HIGH Schoo. as President; Prof.
W. |, Powers, principal Of The
Woodland FiGa a.i and
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1914-11-05

In many homes
once childless there
are now children be-
u of the fact
that Lydia E. Pink
hams V Vegetable
Compound AJAX e s
women norm
healthy and strong.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1914-11-05

Advertising rates furnished on re.
quest.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1914-11-05
OEOLOYA MESSENGER
~ESTABLISHED 1872.

SUBSCRIPTION PRICE 800 PER YEAR
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1914-11-05

If you want special advice write to
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. (COnils
dentiaD Lynn, Mass. Your letter will
be opened, read and answered by o
woman and held in strict confidence.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1914-11-05
v T QUINN, Editor and Publisher
Official Organ Of ChickaSaw Co,

Telephones: Residence, Ind l26:
Office Independent q; Cumberland 60
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-08-01

as are those donned for morning walks. Their bodieccs are very slight ly opened at the neck and scarcely any lace is used upon them. The elaborate effects arc chcifly contrib uted by short elbow sleeves and q colored girdle Which sometimes lengthcns into sash.
 A good example of the informal luncheon frock has black satin un- derskirt, almost covered by an over dress in pleated white bryk starting under a pistache green ribbon girdlc whose sash ends are drawn forward 10 below the left hip and there bow knottcd. Double frills of white lace trim the loose elbow sleeve and a wired lace Medici collar outlines the slightly pointed neck of the pleated blouse.
 The small hat in all white worn with it is trimmed with a pair of short wings.
 Very practical is the velvet collar brought high against the nape of the neck, where early autumn winds do their deadliest work, anud turned back in sharp points under the throat to expose a dainty white lingerie col lar.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-08-01
Criticism of Porte Unfair.

New York, July 31.-On his recen visit to New York, Capt. F. Creag1 Osborne compasse expert of the Brit lsh Admiralty said. "I hope and pra, that your newspapers will not drive Porte into making a start across the Atlantic before his ship is right, o1 when the weather will be agains him. Capt. Osborne spoke of the haste which is HOW being made or the f]ier, saying it were better to hay, put the haste into the beginning O the project, not the end; and com mented on the fact that August i. not nearly so advantageous for tn. attempts
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-08-01
THE JOY OF DANCING EXERCISE

Very few women or men seem to care to Tango or get Dancing Exer- else unless they are assured the free dom from aching feet that Aliens Foot-Ease, the antiseptic powder to be shaken into the shoes, always gives. Since the tendency to hold Dancing parties has become almost a daily and hourly necessity in every community, the sale of Aliens Foot Ease, so the Druggists report, has reached the highwater mark. Sold Everywhere 25c. Trial package FREE. Address Allen E. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y. 45e
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-08-01
SickleS Home Lnder Hammer.

New York, July 31.-1he former home of General Daniel E. Sickles Of Fifth avenue, will be sold at auc- ton today, a step made necessary by inc Foreclosure proceedings instituted
 by the Bowery Savings Bank. About a year ago the bank started it's ac- lions to recover a loan with which interest amounts to about $S7,000, while back taxes and assessments against the house increase the amount by about $l1,000. Friends of the old General came forward at that time and by paying the interest due, temporarily stopped the foreclosure.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-08-01
MARKETS.
COTTON SUSTAINS
 A HEAVY LOSS
Price at New Orleans Drops About $4 a Bale, Recov-
 ering slightly.

New Orleans, July 31.-Official closing figures of the New Orleans Cotton Exchange follows:
 August 10 90; October 10, 57; De- cemoer 10, 60; January 10, 65; March 10, 75.
 Wild and wide fluctuations featur- ed today's cotton market at the opening. News from abroad was considered most unfavorable and the market opened 3S@43 points down but almost immediately reached on enormous buying by realizing shorts. By many brokers the market was considered dangerously oversold; of ferings became very scanty and prices scared, standing half an hour after the opening, 7MS points over yesterdays close and 46@51 points up fror- the opening level.