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Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1915-11-18

ham Remedies Vegetable Compound
and Sanative Wash. l am now we'll and
strong and can do all my own work. /
owe it all to Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound and want other suffer
ing women to know about it. - Mrs.
II. E. MABEN, 211 S. Spring, St., Muir
freesboro, Tenn.
This famous remedy, the medicina.
ingredients of which are derived from
native roots and herbs, has for nearly
forty years proved to be most valua-
BILE tonic and invigorator of the female
organism. Women everywhere bear
willing testimony to the wonderful vir-
tue of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.
Why Lose Hope.
No woman suffering from any form
of female troubles should lose hope un-
til she has given Lydia E. Pinkham' s
Vegetable Compound fair trial.
If you want special advice write to
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. (cOnii-
dentiaD Lynn, Mass. Your letter will
be opened, read and answered by Il
woman and held in strict confidence,
Way Of the World.
The girl who declares she wouldn't
marry the best man living usually
stands pat and hooks up with 9 DEAF
one.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1915-11-18
MRS. MABEN
WAS MADE WELL
By Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg
table Compound and Wants
Other Suffering Women
To Know 1t.
Murfreesboro, Tenn. "I have
wanted to write to you for a long time

10 telly you what your
wonderful remedies
have done for me. l
was a sufferer from
f e m ale weakness
a n d displacement
and / would have
such tired, worn out
feelings, sick head
aches and dizzy
spells. Doctors did
me no good so I tried
the lydia E. Pink
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1915-11-18
WHAT SHE WANTED.

"And now, madam, what about
penciling the browse"
Il think" said Mrs. Nurich, "I'd
l.ke one of these highbrow effects
that | read so much about in the
papers,"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1915-11-18
THE KIND.

'Do you believe that trouble comes
in cycles?"
every often it does if they're mo-
torcycles."
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1915-11-18
A Hint to Wise Women

Don't suffer torture when all
female troubles will vanish in
thin air after using "Femenina. "
Price SOC and $1.00. adv.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1915-11-18
ALSO sUPERFLuous.

"Pa, what is an anomaly"
81 can't explain the term very
welh son, but deckhand on a sub
marine would be anomalous"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1915-11-18
o Drive Out Malaria
And Build Up The System

AXE the Old Standard GROVES
,ASTELESS chill TONIC. You know
yhat you are taking, as the formula is
'rinted on, every label, showing it is
luinine and IRON in a tasteless form.
The Quinine drives out malaria, the
ron builds up the system. so cents
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1915-11-18
Sunday Services

Preaching at HOO a. m.
Subject THE First Appeal OF
Christi.
Preaching at ZOO p. m. Sub
iect. What it costs me to be a
Christian"
We WILDE glad to have you
worship with US.
A. L. O'Briant.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1915-11-18
FAST AND FAR.

Grubbs-Do you find that your
wife can keep secret?
Stubbs-Well, not exactly; but she
can keep it going.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1915-11-18
ITS JOB.

"Why do you call this sketch of
yours Wrinkles'?'
Because want it to be a head
liner"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1915-11-18
THE REASON OF IT.

"Jobbs seems TO have an elastic in
come"
'Why notF He made his money
IN rubber"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1915-11-18
ITS SORT.

"The convict who was planning an
escape forgot all about hiding his
file"
what criminal carelessness !"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1915-11-18
Convenient.

Estate Agent Exhibiting property
to prospective tenants) And then this
house is so conveniently located. Not
the slightest need of equipping 1t with
expensive clocks to tell the time-a
train passes every five minutes on the
railroad not 80 feet away.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1915-11-18
Bread Without Salts Tasteless

A medicine chest without
Magic Arnica Liniment is USE
less. Best of all liniments for
sprains, swellings, bruises, rheu-
matism and neuralgia. Three
sizes, 25c, SOC and $1.00. adv,
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1915-11-18
Local News.
Best quality Cement.
Hawkins & Hodges.

Watch for Bearden & LaG ron' s
one cent sale.
Mr.. Fred Mcdonnell is in
Corinth today.
Rooms to rent.
]. M. HALEY.
Mr.. Robert Quinn spent Sun
day in West Point.
Mr.. Rex Winter was a Hous-
ton visitor Sunday.
j. WANTED-Corn.
Adams & Neubert.
Mr.. T. J. Chambers spent
Sunday in West Point.
Mr.. Lunce Hodges was a
West Point visitor Sunday.
Judge Lyon attended chance
ry court in Calhoun this week.
Mr.. w. P. Knox made a bust
ness trip to Aberdeen Wednes-
day.
Rev. ]. H. Holder, of Ponto-
toe, passed through here Mon
day.
Watch for Bearden & La
Gron's one cent sale.
Hon. Joe L. Davis, of Houston,
Sheriff elect of this county, was
here yesterday.
'-The New Exploits of Elaine"
at the Star Theatre every Satur-
day night.
Thanksgiving services will be
held at tie Episcopal Church by
Rev. A. L. O'Briant.
Hon. F. L. Kincannon, editor
of the Tupelo Journal, passed
through here Monday.
Thanksgiving Chrysanthe-
NUNS $2.50 per dozen.
Miss Frances Abbott.
Miss Clementine Miller attend
ed the Adams Hamilton wedding
at Columbus Tuesday.
For Rent Ezell residence on
Adams street. Recently re-
paired and papered. Apply to
t. J. Keeney or w. P Knox. ct
Mrs. James E. Cox, of Column
bus is visiting her daughter,
Mrs. L. F. Baskin, this week.
Messrs. Fred McGehee and
A. S. Miller and DR.. Rutledge
attended the shriners meeting
at Meridian last week.
Fine young cockerels, White
Leghorns, Buff Orphingtons and
White Wyandotts. $I.00 each.
J. M. HALEY.
Misses Jaunita and Lucille
Neubert, who are attending
school at Blue Mountain, spent
the week end with home folks.
WANTED-Corn.
Adams & Neubert.
Mrs. w. ]. Hopkins of Carlo
has taken charge of the Martin
Hotel. She was formerly pro-
prietor of st Elmo Hotel.
Instead of one car for both
orphanages at Jackson, there
will be two cars going through
Ok0lona Friday and Saturday.
Rev. Geo. P. Scott will preach
at the Presbyterian church Sun
day Nov. -28th in the interest of
Home Missions. Everybody is
invited.
Watch for Bearden & LaGron's
one cent sale.
On account of bad weather Sat-
urday the Live Stock Association
meeting was postponed until
Saturday afternoon at 1:30 and
the Farm Products Association
at 200.
Clover Bloom cheese, cold
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1915-11-18
Way Of the World.
Whenever You Need a General Tonic
Take Groves

The Old Standard Groves Tasteless
chill Tonic is equally valuable as a
General Tonic because it contains the
well known tonic properties fQUININE
and IRON. 1t acts on the Liver, Drives
out Malaria, Enriches the Blood and
Builds up the Whole System. so cents.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-28
LIVING UP TO THE LkW

The Iowa law which makes it in
cumbent upon all counties to see that
every child of school age has road
over which he or she can travel at all
times to the school house i'm the dis
trict undoubtedly is a just and reason
able one. and yet the supervisors of
Nuscatine county have just found it
expedient to have the terms waived ia
a certain individual instance.
owen Carpenter, "a farmer living
near Montpelier, resides off the main
road. though on a public highway. To
make the road passable at all times
60-foot bridge is needed. Carpenter
has one son of school age and, know
ing his rights under the law, he
brought the question to the attention
OF the county board Members of that
body visited his farm and found that
If he insisted upon his rights it would
be necessary TO spend several thou
sands of dollars for his benefit alone.
They found it would be cheaper to hire
a private tutor TO teach his son while
Of school age than TO build the bridge
After some dickering they finally per
suaded the parent to accept S25 in
cash and adopt such devices as he
might see fit TO get the boy back and
forth across the creek
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-28

fronts on 2 hfzhway that is never IN
good repair and Is impossible for mo-
tor vehicles at certain times u tHe
year. II IL ia or Ninth street it fronts
q highway that is practically impass-
able. especially for heavy loads all OF
she gear Can anyone honestly con
tend that the Improvement Of the
streets will not add per cent 70 the
value OF land, even though i is used
exclusively for gardening purposes?
Experience has shown that the build
ing Of hard roads through farming
communities always brings . sharp adj
vance In land values for some distance
on either side Of the highways i'm
proved For property living on such
roads the added value is seldom or
never less than ~ per cent.
But here we have two streets ia
growing city with up To date electric
car service convenient to both Of them.
Hundreds Of people are looking for
more ground than the ordinary city
lot upon which to build homes. Ninth
and Twelfth streets when paved viii
open an opportunity for them 10 get .
just what they have been looking for. .
II the owner OF 1000 feet fronting
on either of these thoroughfares feels /
that he cannot afford to pay 50 1000 I.
divided into payments Of 10 years or ]
more TO settle for paving let him cut F.
up the part Of his property facing the F..
street into good sized lots and sell f.
them, He will find a ready market 7
and the returns will not only pay for !
his paving but give him q surplus +.
which viii enable him 90 buy as much !
land as he has sold at some point /
farther back from the street, but just
as well located for gardening or fruit .
growing purposes
It does not look well to offer the .
plea of poverty on behalf Of man
with $4,000 worth Of property, espe-
cially when assessments for proposed /
public improvements cannot exceed /
5000 a year, which Is less than ! per
cent, and the returns in added value
will Immediately pay the cost several +
times over.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-28
THE PLEA OF POVERTY.

We have been asked to consider The
= ght Of . peer property owner" on
NTH or Twelfth street who has. say.
geo feet OF frontage on which 10 pay
i paving assessment Very well.
II the property has a frontage OF
3.eo0 feet II is only fair to assume that
its depth is about equal 10 that figure
IN view Of the manner in which the
land has been divided probably it
should be placed above that. But sup
posing the depth is 1000 feet. The
owner therefore has approximately rs
acres. Al prevailing prices this land
is worth AZ least $1,000 per acre. II
You doubt It try "a buy some Of il.
Probably YOU viii be asked more.
The union ordinance guarantees that
ahutting property shall not be assessed
more than So per running foot That
means that not more than $4,000 can
he charged against $4,000 worth of
This is per cent OF the
salae u the property
+ the land is on Twelfth street il
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-28
The Daily Story
How Desperate Was Eliminated-By oscar Cox.

/ Devils parlor was probably the
7 worst congregation Of toughs, both for
men and women, in that wild and
woolly west. which may be said TO
have passed out with the nineteenth
+ century. The Devil part of the name
4 came from the number Of crimes com
ulitted in the place. The parlor was
intended to be ironicaL
With the gradual rolling westward
of civilization even Devils parlor un-
! derwent q change Some of the men
married respectable women who in
! time caused the exit OF those who
were not respectable The cabins
/ took on more reputable appearance,
/ white curtains appearing at the win
dows and flowers in the front yard
; a court was established for the trial
of offenders and there was even talk
of a church All good citizens were
Interested in the reform, and those
who were not made no counter effort
This does not mean that all the bad
characters were at once eliminated
from Devils parlor. Nevertheless,
there came q time when but one man
Of the original devils was left. Bill
Tomkins had killed more adversaries
than any other man at the place and
he seemed bent on keeping up his rec
ord. The court that had been estab-
Iished could not handle his case. for
no sheriff could be found who dare
attempt to arrest him. The men held
a meeting and offered a reward to
4
er by arrest or death, but no one
seemed willing TO try for the prize.
The men having failed to carry out
their design, the women took hold,
They were all by this time respecta- |
bic except one of the old stock called
Redhead Kate. and she was as bad
for "a woman as Bill Tompkins was
for a man.
Ladies, said Mrs. Rogers, ITS my
opinion that if you want to get rid of
Bill Tompkins you'd better hire Red /
head Kate to do the job. I propose !
that we offer her the reward sub /
scribed by our husbands to circum- /
vent Bill and fit him SOS he can't do /
no more damage to this yere com /
munity. Bedhe8d Kate isn't bad look /
IN when she's well dressed, and bein
about my size I don't keer il lend I
her some o my toggery to set her
off"
The suggestion was approved. Red I
headed Kate was sounded. and the re-
ward having been raised from $500 to
$500, she agreed to eliminate Mr.
Tomkins. She was arrayed in Mrs.
Rogers best dress and a hat so mag
nidceut that it would have been envied
by a drum major Of band When
asked if she would need a revolver
she said she would not need any SIGH
noisy thing II she wanted to do
Bill Tompkins she'd mix d little
y'izen iu his liquor
Redheaded Kate was paid $3.50 down,
.he balance to be handed her upon
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-28

I her satisfying the ladies that Bin
/ Tompkins would not trouble the sos7
any more. though by this time s-g
name had been changed to Angelns
Kate waited till Mr. Tompkins hzf
gone of on an expedition for the pur-
/ pose of plunder. when she also dis
appeared. Nothing was heard of her
| for two weeks. when she returned In
Angelus, and with her. looking Ike
lamb led to the slaughter. was Bit
Tompkins. Immediately on her -e-
turn she asked for an interview win
the ladies' of Angelus. and on heir
coming together thus addressed then.
"Ledies, there's no need for ma -a
tell you how I managed this case. fa-
you've doubtless all praCticed what
I've done on your husbands. PLACED
soft on Bill Tompkius, iettin On he
was the apple O. my eye. Eiyiu' him
his way about everything tin he was
ready TO marry me A jesticc % the
peace done the business, and as soon
as I'd got Bill where the law give me
all the privileges and him none of fem
I jist came down on him with both
feet He took it hard at fust. then
tried fight 7 met his fight with nag.
and it didn't take no time 10 bring
him under But I'm bound to confess
that was Obliged on yar'us occasions
to use sarcumspection Once I lifted
one OF his eyes from its socket with
my thumb; once / bit q piece Off bis
nose, and onct I made him sick with
diluted ratsbaue But J wishes To say
to those OF you who's joalSiu for meth
DDS to manage husbands that found
Study taikiu' the most wearjn' on him
I just talked and talked and talked.
The fnality of it was he said, oh.
gimme q rest and I'll come down
And row I wants 10 tell yau lellas
that i really believes there's fEe MAX
in of a man ia Bill Tompkius. / done
with him what we have TO do with the
bronchos. got him under. then he
was easy to the bit TN pledge my
word that he won't trouble Devius-I
mean Angelus-any more, but win
live here with me as q respectable cit
izen. I'm within TO leave the balance
o. the reward i'm your hands tim you're
THAI what I'm telliu' you IS
true. If at any time there's reason
Tor complaint ag'iu my husband Hst
mention the fact to nae. You needn't
take no action yourselves. You've got
all you can do mauaeiu' your own
husbands. but gimme q tip and III
show you that we wimmeu don't need
no help i'm dom men. We got fl all
our own way if we know how the trick
S done
So perfect an Illustration was Bill
Tomplins of the value of Redhead
Iates' tanning methods that the very
,ext day the balance of the reward
vas paid her, and now Deacon Tom
Tins is one Of the most respected citi-
ems of AngeIus. His wife meanwhile
.as been advanced to the circle of the
aides
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-28
Sidelights on the European War

I London Correspondence Of the
( Associated Press. lit has been the
( general practice OF the British army
in the present war to get its supply
OF subalterns from the best territor-
ial regiments, which correspond to
the crack state guard regiments of
America. These regiments receive as
recruits only young men of a certain
standard OF education and social po-
sition. The Honorable Artillery com
pany. which consists now of many
companies ana which sprang from the
same historic organization as the
Honorable Artillery company OF Bos-
ton. Mass, is perhaps the best known
OF these regiments in the United
States, But no regiment contributes
more young officers to the new and
regular armies than the Artists" Ri
fees, which has won commissions for
nearly 1000 Of it's former privates.
The Artists Rifles is composed of
young professional men of various
calHugs, It's versatility is illustrated
by an incident that happened in the
early days of the war. when six cleo
tricaI engineers restored electric
lights TO a French town. where the
lights had failed with serious conse-
quences It was the Artists who con
verted a disused stable at BaiIleuI into
a bathhouse for the men returning
from the trenches.
Soon after going to France the reg
iment was turned into training
school for officers on the ground that
its material was too valuable 10 waste
liz the ordinary way
A man who enlists as a private in
the Artists ana afterwards obtains a
commission from the training school
in France, secures his seniority in the
regular establishment. II he desires a
permanent career in the army, from
the date Of his first commission. This
training is remarkably thorough, as
the men get all the life and practical
experience of privates with the tech
1ical training of officers.
London Correspondence of The
Associated Press-Sir Frederick
Treves was to have presided at a
held at the Mansion House on +
July 5th to inaugurate a national
against flies, but was pre-
vented from doing so. And it was flies +
that were responsible fer his absence. +
z his own suspicious are correct. as
he explained in this letter which was
read at the meeting.
/ am sorry I cannot attend the
Meeting. More than month ago
ust before I left for Mudros-I ac- I
iuired-through flies I expect-a com
1laint in Alexandria which has got
gradually worse; until now I am laid
Up in bed and unable to do anything.
lad ! been able 10 attend the meet I
ng I should have liked to have laid |
tress upon the gravity and import
nee Of the subject.
In South Africa, during the war.
aere We're more casualties due to flies
Fan to bullets. In France the pres
zee OF SO many unburied dead makes
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-28
TonSiIs and Aden0ids.

when the nasal catarrh is properly
treated. at least in many cases. But
we should emphasize the fact that
alleged "catarrh cures" for home use
are worthless; the condition demands
direct treatment by the physician,
Good medical authority warrants
the statement that digestive troubles
in children between five and Is years
Of age frequently cause tousillar and
adenofd thickening Here a careful
dfetetic regimen would be the right
treatment, whether or not surgery was
necessary.
Perhaps the appointment parents
sometimes experience with the result
of tonsfl and adenoid operations may
be charged up to neglect Of these caus-
ative factors. A few operators
surgeons still persist in condemning
every child with the slightest t0nsiliar
or adenoid thickening to immediate OPP
Grafton. a practice which the better
physicians certainly do not advocate,
Breeding Mosquitoes.
Can you suggest anything one can
do to drive away mosquitoes? Our
home is infested with them this year
for the first time IN years.
Reply Mosquitoes breed in stand
ing water. II there are no natural
pools in your immediate vicinity,
thorough search Of the premises may
reveal hidden breeding places-old
cans, cisterns, clogged roof troughs, !
some place where water could collect
and stand for few days. Rain bar
rels, wells, etc, should be covered or !
screened. Eliminate the stagnant wa
ter and there will be no more mos /
quitoes. If it is large pool, it should /
be treated with petroleum Or stock (
ed with ducks or goldfish both mos
quito destroyers.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-28

Because the tousils and the adenoid
body on the back wall Of the throat
are enlarged, We cannot infer that they
are the cause Of surrounding infam-
nation Lymphoid tissue. such as that
Of the tonsils and adenoid body, will
chicken as a result of neighboring in
Examination. such as frequent attacks
Of coryza ('cold") or sore throat, or
chronic nasal catarrh or rhinitis In
that case it would be better to re
move the cause. and then the secon-
Diary lympoid enlargement may dtsap-
pear without surgery.
The things which cause frequent
attacks of fcold in the head !" will, in
time bring about chronic nasal ca
rrrrh. and more or less enlargement
eft t0nsIls and adenojds. Prevention
is better, cheaper. easier than cure
Prevention Of adeuoids and enlarged
t0usils is prevention Of colds and
that means less fear Of fresh air and
more fear Of the person who has, and
would share with his friends, a cold"
or sore throat
Decayed teeth are certainly a fac
tor Of diseased tonsfls. Before con-
sidering surgical or other treatment
for the tonsils Of a child. it would be
only common sense to have the de-
cayed teeth filled or extracted.
Through the break in the line of de-
fenses offered by carLpus teeth, enough
infection may gain entrance to bring
about q lot Of trouble with the tonsils
If there be an apparent chronic
STIFFNESS of the nose, with more or
less nasal discharge, then the child
should have the catarrh treated by the
physician in his office It is surpris-
ing how soon greatly enlarged ton
sis and the accompanying adenoids
viii shrink and cease to give trouble
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-28
RELATIVE PREPAREDNESS
FOR WAR.

Even in these times of stress and
agitation it is well to keep our minds
clear on certain fundamental issues,
and not to let them be clouded by the
necessities Of any one particular time.
In connection with the armament
question, for instance, it is well to re
member certain obvious truths.
In the first place, the assertions in
regard TO Americas unprepareduess
are vague, general and improved.
When we heard Mr. Garduer's and the
National Security leagues statements
about our inadequate defenses we must
not forget that both Admiral Fletcher
and Admiral Dewey have testified that
the efficiency Of the navy has never
been SO high as it is today" that our
military and naval resources are being
regularly improved each year, and that
our present expenditure Of $3.50 600 GOO
per year represents an increase Of
S5S,o0o,0o0 per year over the expendI-
ture when Mr.. Roosevelt was presi-
dent.
In the second place. two catch
phrases are constantly used. which
should be questioned. One is the as
-sertion that we need an armament
which will be 4 real guarantee OF
safety" The European war has proved
conciusively that no armament can be
q guarantee Of safety. England spent
nearly so per cent Of her national in
come on armament and was "unpre-
pared" Armameuts alone can no
more make nation safe" than a pis-
toll in q mans pocket. The other
catch phrase is used when the United
States IS urged 10 set a standard. - {
The armament competition OF the last
few years shows that such a thing is
impossible. Il cannot be supposed !
that any nation viii stand idly by and /
let another set a standard; ana so .
the endless game viii go on.
Il we take measures for increasing
our resources at the present time. let /
Us at least realize that they are only
temporary measures and that arna- 4
ment increase does rot in any way
solve the question Of how to prevent
war.