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Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1916-05-11
FOR SALE
State Of Mississippi |
Chickasaw County ]

State OF Mississippi
Chickasaw County
Notice is hereby given that Board
Of Supervisors Of said County, will on
Monday the 5th day of June. 1916. in
front of the Court House door in the
City of Okolona Miss. offer for sale
and sell. to the highest and best bid,
der. at public auction, for cash. TWO
MULES. now belonging to Supervis-
ors District No. 3. The board re-
serves the right to reject any and all
bids.
Witness my signature this the 9Th
day of May. 1915.
W. A. WILKINSON, Clerk
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1916-05-11
TRUSTEES SALE

By virtue of Trust Deed executed
on the 28th Of October, 1914. by Joe
Cavanaugh, Frank Mliddlebrooks and
Abraham Gladoey. Trustees, African
A. M. E. Church Of OkoIona, Miss.
to secure an Indebtedness therein
named. TO Hawkins & Hodges (com-
posed Of j S. w. Hawkins and
Henry Hodges and recorded in
Book 1913 at page 284 Of tie records
OF trust deeds Of Chickasaw County
at Houston, Miss. will on
MONDAY. JUNE II, 1916,
in front of the Court House door in
Okolona, Miss, within legal hours.
offer for sale and sell to the highest
bidder, for cash, the following de.
scribed property situated in the CITY
of Okolona, County of Chickasaw
Miss, to-wit:
A certain lot on southwest corne,
of Jefferson and Center streets, front
ing on Jefferson Street 843 feet run.
ming back on and with said Center
street 220 feet to the African M. E
Church lot. and known and designa-
ted as Herndons plat or survey of
Okolona, Miss, as lot 129, end known
according to Tits survey as lot No
200, together with all and singular the
rights privileges and appurtenances
thereto belonging. located in City Of
Okolona. Chickasaw County. Miss.
The title TO said property is be-
lieved to be good but | will convey
only such title as is vested in me as
trustee.
This May II. 1916.
G. H. Rabbit.
Trustee.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1916-05-11
Notice to the Public

The property of East Lake Fishing
Club is posted.
At meeting of the Stockholders
held on the 18th inst. 1t was resolved
to prosecute any and all trespassers.
and the President was instructed to
act accordingly.
have no option in the matter and
and no exceptions viii be made.
No member Of The Club has any
right to invite . resident Of OkOlOns.
c. r. KING.
President.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1916-05-11
State Of Mississippi.

State Of Mississippi.
70 w. Porter, Poslolhce, McCrary
Arkansas, defendant
You are commanded to appear before
the Chancery Court of the Second
District Of the County Of Chickasaw
in said State, on the first Monda,
in June 1916 to defend the suit in
said Court of Matte Lee McPher-
son wherein you are defendant
This 18th day of May, 1916.
w. A. Wilkinson. Clerk.
By w. j. Williams, D. G..
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1916-05-11
NONRESIDENT NOTICE
The State Of Mississippi.

The State OF Mississippi.
To Mrs. Lee Tyson Elliott. whose
Post Office address is Denver. COL:
You are commanded to be and
appear before the Chancery Court Of
the Second District Of Chickssaw
County. Mississippi. on Monday. the
5th day Of June. 1915 to defend the
suit Of E. S. Elliott. wherin you are
defendant.
Witness my hand this May 4, 1916.
w. A. Wilkinson.
Chsncery Clerk
By W. J. Williams. D. c.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1916-05-11
EVAN ]. REEFS,
Substituted Trustee.

State of Mississippi.
To Samuel BIackman. defendant St
Louis. Missouri:
You are commanded to appear be-
fore the Chsncery Court Of Second
District Cbickasaw County in said
State on the first Monday Of June
1916 to defend the suit in said court
of Mamie Blackman wherein you are
defendant.
May 9TH 1915.
w. A. Wilkinson. Clerk
By w. j. Williams. D. c.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1916-05-11

State Of Mississippi.
To Robert Moore. Midway, Kentucky
defendant:
You are commanded to appear be-
fore the Chancery court of Second
District in the County Of Chickasaw
in said State on first Monday, June
1915, to defend the suit in said Cour
Of Daisy Moore wherein you are de,
PENDANT.
This May II. 1916.
W. A. Wilkinson. Clerk.
By w. j. Williams, D. C.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1916-05-11
No Malaria No Chills.

plantation" Chill Tonic is
guaranteed to drive away Chills
and Fever or your money refund
ed. Price SOC.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1916-05-11
Don't Gamble

that your hearts all right.
Make sure. Take REMOVING
a heart and nerve tonic. Price
SOC and $1.00.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1916-05-11
Fine Stock For Sale

l Registered Short Horn Bull can
ing. 3; good condition.
i Pured Hersford Bull cons;a1 2
we'll marked.
/ Cross Short Horn and Hslsaeis
Bull. coming 2.
All easy handled. with no bad as.Ii-
ties
T. II. BETH
Route 2. Okoloaa. Nm.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1916-05-11
State Of Mississippi.

Otaic Oh MISSISSIPPI
To Shep Locus. whose post.ofIice ad-
dress is unknown;
You are commanded to appear be.
fore the Chsncery Court Of End Dist
Chickasaw County in said State, on
the LIST Monday Of June. A. D. 1916
to defend the suit IN said Court Of
Adlesna Locus. wherein you are q
defendant.
This 18th day Of April. 1916.
w. A. Wilkinson. Clerk.
By W. J. Williams. d. C,
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1916-05-11

You will look ten years young
er if you darkeh your ugly, griz-
ely, gray hairs oy using La
Creole" Hair Dressing. Price
$1.OO.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1916-05-11
State of Mississippi.

OtuFC UI WIISSISoIppI'
To AIaie Green, Defendant
You are commanded to appear be-
fore the Chancery Court of the
Second district in the County Of
Chickasaw in said State on the FIRST
Monday in June 1916. to defend the
suit in said Court Of Pleas Green ct
al. wherein you are defendant.
This 11th day Of May 1916.
w. A. Wilkinson. Clerk.
BY w. j. Williams. D. c.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1916-05-11
Save a Doctors Bill

by keeping Mississippi Diarrhoea
Cordial handy for all stomach
complaints. Price 25c and SOC.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1916-04-01

new arrangements have been made
and why. In short, we want sum-
mary of the work and policy and ac-
complishment of the School Board for
the year. We are willing to give you
credit for every good thing you have
done. We are magnifying the i'm
portance of your public service in
stead of attempting to belittle it.
We may be anxious to know why
some things are not done. We may
want to know which members are re-
sponsible for Carrying through a
good piece of work or maybe which
once were responsible for obstruct-
ing an improvement that is needed.
No board or commission or any other
body with responsibility of any kind,
carrying on work for a year, ought
to expect to, or wish to, avoid max
ing detailed report on all of it's
activities. The most damaging COM
ment that can be made on such a
body is that they themselves object
to complying with such a reques.
Charles P. Berkey.
Palisade, N. j., March 20, 1916.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1916-04-01
Congregational Church

Rev. Alfred Church will preach to-
morrow morning at the eleven o'clock
service of the Congregational Church
on the subject of Normal living"
The following Sunday evening an adj
dress will be delivered by DIR. Clinton
B. Eva.
On Wednesday evening last large
ly attended Home Missionary meet
ing was held. Among the interest
ing features of the evening were !:
Rev. Gozzo's address on protestant
work among the Italians in America;
Miss Jones' account of the Welsh
people in U. S. A.; Miss Housmann
reviewed chapter of Ward Platt's
book, "The Great Northwest; Mr..
Leeger told about the Panama Con-
ference, and the Interchurch FEEDER
alton Congress; Mr.. Velsey gave
statistics on the needs of the Ma
tional Home Missions; Mr.. Sears, on
the early Congregationalists in Bos-
ton. Music was furnished by the
Donaldson sisters.
There will be a Sunday School
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1916-04-01
Cifside Library
Adds New Books

The following additions have just
been made to the Cliffside Park Free
Library in Cliffside school: "Benefac-
TORS" Bush, and "Clay Hanger"
Bennett, gifts; Carpet Dagger, Read;
Dick Sands, Verne; The Last Word,
Van Dyck; The Silver Cross, Height
ley; Brier and Palm, Swan; The Hand
of Peril, Stringer; A Far Country
Churchill; A Spinster's Leaflets
Keith; non-fction: Up from Slavery
Washington; Promised Land, Antin;
Lincoln, man of the people, Hapgood;
Classic Myths, Gayley; Training OF
a Forester, Pinchot; Classified Com
mercial Correspondence, Locks; Poets
Of America, Stedman; Tom Sawyer
Abroad, Twain; Walden, Thoreau;
Poems, Jean Ingelow; Old Age and
Friendship, Cicero; juvenile: Tale OF
Peter Rabbit, Potter; Boys Heroes
Hale; Through Looking Glass
Carroll; The Half Back, Barbour;
State Book; A Book Of Wireless.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1916-04-01
DIR. Berkey To ''The Sentinel
To the Fort Lee Sentinel:

To the Fort Lee Sentinel:
Although I have no desire what
ever to enter upon any sort of con-
troversy, your last issue, that of
March Is, contained so many refer
ences to me by name, and so many
misstatements and neutrality-suspicious.
were attributed to me that it has now
become a duty to reply.
In the first place, by way of intro
duction I want to say that a COM
munity newspaper has unusual oppor-
tunity and rare responsibility. 1t has
opportunity to be fair to everybody, if
the editor will be so, without the
slightest danger to any possible per-
sonal interest; and it has RESPONSE
bility of real consequence in dissent
mating the truth and in avoidance Of
distortion under all circumstances.
Besides it is an educational channel of
immense possibilities.
In the next place, your headlines
look especially attractive For ex-
ample the following: report shows
schools in particularly fine condition
DR.. Berkey evidently trying to start
something" Now as a matter of
fact the District Clerks report as
given at the school meeting did not
necessarily show anything of the kind.
l venture to say that not single per-
son in the meeting could have told
from the report whether the schools
were in good condition or not. Such
statements as these, together with
the attitude of certain members of
he Board toward the request for a
real school report, lead one to won
der whether the Board itself knows
what the condition of the schools
really is. Besides DIR. Berkey was not
trying to "start something" Even
| have right to ask why the Board
did not do what they were directed
to do. For example, the minutes of
the former meeting were not read at
all until they were specifically called
for, and when they were read they
were found not to contain the only
piece of special business transacted,
that is, the adoption of resolution
calling for formal report on the
condition and progress of the schools.
This was apparently deliberately
suppressed and struck from the
original minute notes of the meeting;
and, so far as one could tell, the re-
quest was deliberately ignored. Such
a request was made year ago by the
largest school meeting ever held in
the Borough of Fort Lee. Any in
telligent man who considers the off
hand, random facts, (mostly cost
figures), furnished as meeting the
spirit of the resolution adopted at
that time is either incompetent or
insincere.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1916-04-01
Roman Catholic
Lenten Services

Special Lenten services are being
held at st. Johns Roman Catholic
Church, Fairview, on Wednesday and
Friday evenings. On the former the
Benediction is given, and the latter,
The Ways of the Cross. The church's
choir of about fifteen members under
Miss Nancy Bowman, are rehearsing
for the Easter services, Mass by
Batterman.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1916-04-01

Dr. Gilbert Ballet, a famous French
neurologist, is dead in Paris.
The Dutch Ministry of Marine re-
ports that the Tubantia was sunk by
a torpedo, and Holland is in termoil.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1916-04-01
Palisade Meeting Ignored

This is the same board that has
been invited, to my personal knowl-
edge, on two successive years to at
tend a public meeting at1the School
| House m falisade and discuss with
the parents and teachers matters Of
common concern. Not more than two
members have ever appeared.
Meaning Of Responsibility
| wonder whether it has ever oc-
Cured to anyone that an intelligent
comprehension of the nature of the
public education problem, or capacity
to grasp the meaning of responsible
| ity to the children of the community
or willingness to meet all demands in
a perfectly frank way, would be a
moderately good recommendation for
membership on such q board. Per-
haps, if VIC had more of that kind, the
annual meeting would not have to
| Require" the board to furnish a plain,
everyday account Of their work and
policy and results.
Minutes Suppressed Resolution
This is the same board that was
asked to do this very thing by the
adoption of a perfectly simple and
straightforward resolution just year
ago; who apparently suppressed the
minutes on that point; and who ig-
nored the request completely, al
though it was overwhelmingly adopt
ed in the largest school meeting ever
held in this borough. That is the
plain reason why the word require
appears in the new resolution.
Has no Personal Grudge
| Now, | have nothing against the
members of the School Board-all Of
them whom l know have always re-
garded as personal friends. But this
] is not personal matter. 1t is moi
even a matter of agreeableness, Ii
is question of responsibility in pub
lie service.
whether members of the board OF
not, who think my resolution is a ere
Election on the Board," or who do not
see what it is for, or who have 9
suspicion that l have something uy
my sleeve, have the following to
say:
Not Playing any Game
| l. ieSNS iiO dlCCllOI IIlOJlNC. am
not playing any game. / have no axe
to grind. | want nothing for myself
am not even trying to put the
School Board in the hole"
2. | regard the responsibility O.
those who have to do with the plans,
and policies, and arrangements for,
and the conduct of, education for
children as the greatest of all respon-
sibilities. Incompetence or UMPIRE
paredness or lack of appreciation of
that responsibility in this day and
age is criminal. Communities that
ignore the claims of these matters
are simply traitors to their children.
and such sins are of necessity visite
on generation after generation.
Good Results of Publicity
3. Nothing is more conducive to
good results than publicity. We want
to know what policy is behind tbs
local educational system, what is be-
ing done from year to year to attain
higher returns. how the TEACHING
force is being selected and made more
efficient, what the results are this
year as compared with last, what
standards are being established, what
new methods or new equipment or
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1916-04-01
A Singing Rebuke
Continued from page y

Continued from page u
was wanted and that he could give
it offhand. Then he proceeded to tell
what it cost per pupil in comparison
with Englewood, etc., reducing it all
to dollars and cents again. 1t was
a member of the School Board who
said he was opposed to such reso-
luton because they had enough work
already. 1t was member of the
School Board who said that they
couldn't do it because they didn't
know enough about the matters called
for. 1t was a member of the School
Board who said that such report
was not required by law and that
the board couldn't be compelled to
do it.
Not single member of the board
in all their remarks-made refer
ence to single important or vital
or fundamental matter of policy, or
plan or accomplishment.
An Amazing Situation
Now, I submit that for complete
failure to comprehend the nature of
the responsibility that this kind of
an office involves, these comments and
attitudes are simply amazing.
Cause for Indignation
L. ,.,,I
articles evidently inspired by the
Board of Education of the borough
have appeared, referring to school
matters in terms that make man
who knows what schools are for and
who has some respect for democratic
methods boil with indignation. l do
not for minute believe that these
things are sanctioned by every mem
Der of the board, but that there are
enough such members to dominate
the board seems to be the only logical
conclusion. This is the same board
that refuses to print an account of
its proceedings in local paper and
fails to give any information at
all, even issuing a printed objection
to such request. 1t was this same
board that refused to transact i'm
portant business when some of the
parents and taxpayers presented
themselves on one of the regular
meeting nights, informing them that
it would be taken up at a special
meeting at which the public would
not be admitted. | had myself pre-
pared with considerable care a petit
ton and written statement affect
ing the question, which could not be
presented
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1916-06-17

Cm&nho nrrc>iir Hires "H c>p"H"'
Iirij.~. "-frG IA Igna.;o T.. iulan".-
i07 noiorra Sis. tnlGnia. Ec>aS.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1916-06-17

,uado nj paiac:o. No rengo mas oUc
ma vida. y POGO im2or'a cue IA Dje'-
x eli. t~smniendo con mi dercr."
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-02-10
FAMOUS OLD GERMAN HYMNS
Religious Melodies That Have Been
Adopted and Become Favorites
In Other Countries.

Those who have any knowledge Of
our hymnology would have recognized
two old favorites In the German wire-
less message. says the Westminster
Gazette. They were two sung before
the chancellor's palace In Berlin, and
they were described as the old
Lutheran song, "A Mighty Fortress Is
Our God" and Now Let Us All
Thank God" OF course, we know
them in this country as "A Safe
Stronghold Our God Is Still" and the
ever popular Now Thank We All Our
God"
Both are great favorites In this
country. as in Germany, where the
former is known as battle hymn. In
Germany hymn is sung on the small
est excuse. There are at least 100000
German hymns; 10000 have passed
into German hymn books and about
1000 are regarded as classics by the
German critics.
We have borrowed largely from the
enemy in this respect, and, indeed. I'M
til the modern revival of the trans
lation Of hymns from the Latin and
other languages Germany was almost
the only source from which hymns
other than British were taken for our
hymn books Luther wrote a large
number marked by rugged and intense
power. and other writer's whom we
know well here are Richard. Won
Lowenstern, Frelinghausen and the
Moravian Count Zinzendorf.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-02-10
ROMANCE HAS UNHAPPY END
Honor Prisoner Who Escaped Four
Years Ago Brought Back To Iowa
To Serve Out Sentence.

Fort Madison.-A romance with
singularly unhappy ending was reveal
ed when Harry Ross. escaped parole
violator from the state penitentiary
here, was captured at Hutchinson,
Kans.. and brought back here. Ross
left the prison four years ago. Soon
after he went to Hutchinson and there
met and fell in love with pretty girl.
He confessed to her and to her par
ents that he was an escaped parole
Violator but declared that he intended
to live straight in the future. They
promised to shield him. He began
work as a blacksmith and saved mon
ey to buy a farm In Colorado. He
deferred his wedding until he should
be able to purchase the farm. But
somehow the sheriff OF the Kansas
county learned Ross was wanted in
Iowa and his arrest followed.
Requisition was secured and Ross
brought back to prison here.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-02-10
WILL PAY EXPENSES
Convicts' Earnings Pay Their
Maintenance and Aid Family
ALLOWANCE FOR LUxURIES
Another Reform In Prison Manage
ment Makes inmates SeIf-Support-
ing and Also Provides Source
of Revenue to Families.

Des Moines.-A few years ago the
mere notion that convicts were any
thing but collective mass Of Grimm
ality, wholly devoid Of human emo
lions and with individual natures, was
hooted to the skies.
To crush them into degraded SUBJ
mission seemed the only way to efface
crime. The principle Of reform was
to browbeat.
Then came prison farms; the honor
system; humanitarian methods OF
handling those who had made a mis-
take The success of this modern pris-
on reform is unquestioned.
The state of Iowa has more than
maintained its noted progressiveness
in this tendency, as in others. At the
last legislature a law was drafted,
the primary purpose of which is to
restore the respect of the men who
have wronged the laws by providing
way by which they can undo these
wrongs; and at the same time, not on
ly pay for their own maintenance, but
also aid in the support of their de-
pendents who are always the real
sufferers.
AS yet the mechanism OF the law
is in it's infancy. The hinge Of its
working is to place the wages OF con-
victs on a par with standard labor
scales. The first requirement is to put
the convicts to work. Out Of the mon
- ia 10 ma
for the keep OF the prisoner.
II the man has dependents, a share
of the money is sent to them. II he
is single this amount Is saved for him
pending his release, so that he will
have something to begin life anew
with.
And another point in this new law
provides for taking care of the addi-
tional cost loaded upon the county in
which the prisoner is convicted by
the cost of the trial. The law strives
to make the man regain his self-re-
spect. So 1t provides that small por-
ton, the sum Of which is left to the
discretion of the board, be turned over
to the county to defray the expense Of
| the trial.
But this is not the case in all in
stances. The individual and the sur
rounding circumstances, are consider
ed. II the man has dependents he Is
not required to help defray the ex'
pense Of his trial The law is extreme.
ly elastic to cover all possible exigen'
cies and provide all allowances.
A maximum Of So is allowed each
prisoner from his earnings to buy lux
uries, such as tobacco, etc.
The board of control will go to Fl
Madison some time in March to ex
plain to the prisoners the purposes Of
the law and its benefits.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-02-10
FRUIT LAXATIVE
FOR SICK CHILD
california Syrup Of Figs" can't
harm tender stomach,
liver and bowels.

Every mother realizes, after giving
her children California Syrup OF
Figs" that this is their ideal laxative.
because they love its pleasant taste
and it thoroughly cleanses the tender
little stomach, liver and bowels with
out gripping.
When cross. irritable. feverish, or
breath is bad, stomach sour, look at
the tongue, mother! II coated. give
teaspoonful of this harmless fruit
laxative" and in few hours all the
foul, constipated waste, sour bile and
undigested food passes out of the bow
els, and you have well, playful child
again. When its little system Is full
of cold, throat sore, has stomach-ache.
diarrhoea. indigestion, colic-remem-
Der, good inside cleaning" should
always be the first treatment given.
Millions Of mothers keep California
Syrup of Figs" handy; they know a
teaspoonful today saves a sick child
tomorrow. Ask at the store for so
cent bottle of California Syrup Of
Figs" which has directions for babies.
children of all ages and grown-ups
printed on the bottle. Adv.