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Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1917-06-28
WORKERS IN JAPAN RECKLESS
Result 10 That Accidents In Mile and
Building Operations Appear to
Be on the Increase.

Accidents in the mills, furnaces
factories and in building operations
appear to be greatly on the increase
in Japan, according to the Tokyo
newspapers, says East and West. The
Nichi-Nichi EVERY Day. has set
on foot an investigation, extending
over nearly every branch of opera
tive labor, and the conclusion reached
is that many workmen are dissatis-
fed with their lots. Doubtless,
growing discomfort is due to tales Of
fabulous wages paid to working men
and women in munition factories of
the United States and Great Brit
ain. Japan has supplied Russia with
vast quantities of cartridges and
weapons of all kinds, but the wages
of her workmen have not been mate
rally advanced. This is due to the
claim that goods SO supplied to their
ally have yielded only fair profit
that there has not been any attempt
by the japanese people to "get rich
quickly" The Nichi-Nichi finds that,
due to the uncertainty of their posi-
lions, japanese workmen are prone
to grow reckless. They become I'M
steady and are often injured by being
caught off their guard at work.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1917-06-28
TRIALS OF A scAooLMA'AM
Some Weird Answers Are Given BY
Pupils IN Final Examinations
After Year Of Training.

was proud of a very few OF the
little tots-and very proud. But
from older children, in final exam
nations, after year of my training,
| got such answers as these. A men,
Der of the history class informed me
that General Lee was the commander
of "our" (the northern) side during
the great Civil war; and that Corn
wallis Jackson commanded on the
other side. Another member of the
same class suggested the name OF
General Wolves apparently for
both positions. A great statesman's
career was thus epitomized: "Benja-
min Franklin was poor boy. He
went barefooted. He got married to
Dora" l was informed that Nassa-
chusetts was the first settlement in
North America, and that Captain
Cabot helped the town. And when
I requested little information re-
garding General Sherman, l found
out simply that he had once "taken d
walk to the ocean," In geography
Urazy and Yourp were mentioned as
continents and Virginia was named
as can important western city,"
From the language class I gathered
that "noun is table or a chair or
a house." and l also learned that,
while the subject of sentence is
what you are talking about, the
predicate is what you are not talking
about p-Laura r. Kent, in At
lantic.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1917-06-28
GOOD ADVICE FROM AMERICAN
Frenchman Urged to Attend Duke Of
Welllngton's Burial But to Draw
Line at Resurrection.

Germany feels toward England
as the French felt toward the duke
of Wellington after the downfall of
Napoleon"
The speaker was Historian .Ober-
hotter Butler of Chicago. He went
on:
'Even when the duke of Yelling
ton came to die, the French hatred
Of him still smoldered, so much SO
that the French ambassador hesi-
tated to accept the British govern
ment's invitation to the funeral.
"How can go to the funeral,
the ambassador asked, of the man
who did so much harm to my coun-
try?'
'But the American ambassador
said:
"'Hold on there, friend! They're
burying the duke, are they notp
eyes, naturally
"Well, then, accept and 60. AL.
ways accept an invitation to the
dukes burial, but, if you're ever in
vited to his resurrection, decline
with thanks"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1917-06-28
WILL ENGRAVE DIAMONDS.

Bordinet, a well-known French
jeweler, has invented tools with
which to engrave diamonds. One Of
the beautiful results obtained by
Bordinet is diamond cut in the
form of a ring, polished on the in
side, and delicately engraved on the
outside. Another attractive cutting
is in the form of fish. Some dia-
monds have armorial bearings en-
graved upon them. Within the last
few years, it has been possible to
bore diamonds, so that they may be
strung with other stones.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1917-06-28
Newspapers Annoyances

Here is something you might
stick in your hatband: IF
owned a newspaper, what ]
would say in it just now would
be a plenty, remarked a man
the other day. says the Marion
(O.) Tribune in a recent editor
ial.
. He was invited to write what
he wanted to say, with assur-
ance that it would be printed il
his signature accompanied it.
He very promptly declined the
tender, remarking that I'll
would hurt his business" There
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1917-06-28

are a lot of people willing, anx,
ious intact, for things to be said
in the newspapers providing they
hurt the business of somebody
else and not their own.
What newspaper has not had
this very SINE experience with
this very same yellow tadpole of
a citizen who splutters and
splutters about what ought to be
printed in newspaper and
what ought to be omit
ted? And yet when you in
vite the coward to be responsible
for the manuscript he wants you
to publish, he whines like sick
dog, skulks behind this pretext
and that, and wobbles out of the
office with a crouch.
That is not all. He writes in
that he will stop his paper if yau
don't print what he himself won't
sign. Yet if you were to sug-
gest to him that his threat to
stop his paper is pure and simple
coercion through "a threat of
blackmail he would.iyowl like a
toncat with his tail stepped on.
The fellow who threatens to
stop his paper IS trying to do to
the newspaper in small way
the very thing that he would
condemn as criminal in a cor
poration that tried in anyway to
throttle the freedom of the press.
Threatening to stop the paper is
an attempt at intimidation.s
But it is worse than that.
Threatening to stop the paper is
a confession of bigotedl intoler-
ance on the part of the deIin-
quent subScribes that pulls such
a bone, for it means that he does
not want the paper to, have the
courage of its own convictions
after all, but insists that it shall
have only the courage of the
convictions of the stop-my-paper
threatener.
Big magazines with circulation
piling toward the million and
great metropolitan,s newspapers
are pestered with this pest who
wants them to publishs...s.some-
thing and assume responsibility
for authorship which the pest
is to big q coward to assume,
and who threatens to gstop his
subscription if they do not do
his bidding.
Why do newspapers have these
annoyances? Well, why do
hotels sometimes have. bedbugs,
and henhouses have lice?-Pub-
fishers Auxiliary.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1917-06-28
A QUIET ROOM.

care you sure that the room you
have to let is quiet?" asked the timid
young man.
"Ah! Rest assured of that" said
the landlady. "There is a singer in
the next room, and it must be quiet,
OF she couldn't practice"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1917-06-28
PRETTY SLOW, THEN.

Kidd-Is that fellow quick to see
b joker
Kidder-Quick to see one2 I
should say not. Why, he wouldn't
know joke if he sat on the point.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1917-06-28
DEMocRATlc.

"What sort of a man is Dick ?"
lawfully democratic"
"Howz'at ?"
HELL borrow money from any.
one."
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1917-06-28
AT THE MILITARY PARADE.

He "a store clerk)-Why doesn't
the line stand at attention?
She "a telephone girD Il suppose,
because the line is busy.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1917-06-28
WILL COME TOO SOON.

'How do you want your hair cut,
Bubp" asked the barber.
"Ssy, if you kin, ! visit you'd cut
IL gray like fathers" said Bub.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1917-06-28
GETTING 1T OVER WITH.

He-Didn't she marry rather
young? -
She-I know, but a fortune teller
said her second marriage would be
dream.-Judge.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1917-06-28
IN OUR ALLEY.

Peggy-He must hev an enormous
income; he thinks nothing of blow
ing her to ice cream and peanuts on
de same afternoon.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1917-06-28
USELESS EVASION.

Observer-They say SO many men
are trying to avoid warfare by get
ting married.
Married Man-What foolsl
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1917-06-28
WELL TRAINED.

'eYour daughter did well to land
that young millionaire.
81 gave her a good business educa-
ton" Puck.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1917-06-28
SAFE NOW.

Bess-Why, do you know, he calls
on me oftener than he did before I
refused to marry him.
Jess-The coward.-Judge.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1917-06-28
VEL. REPRESENTED.

Hell bought you a pet monkey
to amuse you, darling.
She-How lovely! Now | sban't
miss you while you are away.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1917-06-28
HIGH COST OF LIVING.

The cat-Nice muzzle you're wear
ing, Sport. Cost much5
The Dog (sadly)-About FIVE
bones a day.-Life.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1917-06-28
Truck is Bringing Good Prices

] " (RD10e5S 0AA0 0OCSAO OAIRpCt
from here this season and there
will be several more cars OF
cabbage, but not so many beans
The beans are almost through
bearing and some of the growers
are saving the vines for hay.
The cabbage has been heading
slowly on account of the dry
weather, but the heads are in
good condition. There has not
been a single complaint that we
have heard of on the cabbage
and only one complaint on the
beans. Some one packed some
faulty be cans in a
hamper and for some reason
failed to put his name on the
package. The growers should
be very careful about the pack
ages so that the purchasers this
year will want the truck next
year, but if the growers try to
sell poor or faulty truck for good
vegetables they will kill the
prospects for a good market in
the future.
According to our information,
the trnck growers here are MAX
ing the greatest success for the
first year that was ever known.
In most instances the first year
in this line is accompanied by a
partila failure The Association
here started right in the Begin
ming, to make success, by en-
ploying a thoroughly competent
Truck Grower to instruct the
members in the growing and
handling of the truck and then
employing a Sales Manager of
ability and reputation to sell the
truck. We believe these two
factors are responsible for the
good prices we have been get
ting. The first thing Of import
ance in trucking is to grow and
prepare the truck in the right
manner and then it is compare
lively easy for a good sales
manager to sell the truck at a
good price.
Trucking, in connection with
feed crops, is one of the most
profitable ways to farm. Under
normal conditions trucking does
not interfere with the corn, oats,
wheat, hay and other feed crops,
which should in nowise be neg
lected.
Within the next sixty days a
campaign will be inaugurated to
get about a thousand acres set
to strawberries. After straw
berries begin to bear they will
soon be out of the way for work
in the other truck crops. The
strawberries will be harvested in
April which is about the time to
begin the cultivation of the
other crops, therefore they will
not materially interfere with any
other crop you may desire to
raise. If the farmers will grow
strawberries, beans, cabbage,
potatoes and tomatoes they will
be receiving money all through
the spring and summer when
money has been so scarce in the
years past.
The farmers here have made
a good start toward independent
farming and should be encourage
edSat all times, then they will do
better. No class of people can
do much if some other class is
all the time knocking them. We
all realize that this country is
the garden spot of the world and
that all we need is proper de-
velopment. We have started in
the right way to develop the
country and it is only a matter
of time until the land around
here will be selling for as much
as the lands of Tennessee and
Kentucky. -Vardaman Record.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1917-06-28

"I know Pm not half good enough
for you, darling"
''Well, I'll marry you if you'll
promise to maintain that same atti-
tude after we're married"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1917-06-28
10 cure 4 cold A. one Dav

BROMo Quinine. Itstops the
Cough aud Headache and works of the Cold.
Druggists refund money II II fails to cure.
f. W. GROVES signature on each box. sc.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1917-06-28
Concert Wednesday Evening

Music hath caught a higher
pace than virtue that | know.
1t is the arch reformer; it has
tens the sun to it's setting; it in
vltes him to his rising; it is the
sweetest reproach, a measured
satire"
The following is the program
as given on Wednesday evening
at the Great Southern:
Piano (a) Cantique d'Amour;
co. Sparks Miss Mary Lou
Moody, Meridian.
Violin, Alteration Miss Ellen
Howell, Gulfport.
Song, Am the Harp-McMil-
lin, Macon.
Recitation, Soul of tho Violin
Judith Ivanhoe Davis, .:lOkolona.
Piano, (a) Impromptu C sharp
minor; (b) Traiko (November
Sleigh Ride) Miss Velma Reed
er, Okolona.'
Piano, Sixth Rhapsodie Miss
Ethel Powe, Hattiesbug.
Song, Magnetic Waltz-Mrs.
Robert Akers, Hattiesburg.
Piano, Polonaise Mrs. Arthur
Grove, Hattiesburg.
Piano, Erl King-Miss Eliza
beth Duncan, Grenada.
Song. Mississippi Chorus.
A possessor of wondrous his
trionic talent is Miss Davis, of
Okolona. Her reading was a
feature which holds prominent
place in the music teachers meet
ing. A future all full of success
surely awaits this young woman.
Miss Reeder gave the difficult
music to this reading, and in the
piano selections she gave i'm
mediately after she displayed a
wonderful versatile talent. The
Gulfport Herald.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-02-25
WILL CONDUCT REVIVAL
\ tInnIa Pastor Ia Assist Rev. J.
stewart. -. u. at Grace Gov
rnint rrr>bytcriau Church.

i:ev. Richard ormc F!inn. l. u.
pastor OF the North Avenue Prcsby
terrain church. Atlanta. ia. will COM
duct series Of revival services At
Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church.
beginning next Wednesday. February
-. and continuing" until March II.
North Avenue church. in Atlanta *
one of the largest churches in the
southern Presbyterian Assembly IL
has membership Of l.32>. and occu-
pies building valued at Sl5O.0OO The
church makes annual contributions Tor
all purposes of about $4,000 NOR.
than half OF which is devoted to be
noE"len1 purposes. IT supports four
or five special representatives in home
and foreign mission stations.
hr. Finn became pastor of the con-
crcSaiion when i; was weak. and him
sell uuitc young. In 1910. there wcr"
II" members. 1t il due largely To- hi.
efforts that tn" church now occupies
liS position OF prominence aud use
fuln"SS
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-02-25
WILL RENDER oRAToRlo
hnir OF First baptist Church to Give
selections From Sulii,nn's "'rhc
PrOdISHl SON" To- Night

Selected parts Of Sir Arthur Su!li
vans oratorio. The rrodigal SON. will
hc sung by the choir oi til. First Rap-
list Church at \ o'clock this evening
at tn" musical service. The choir *
composed of Mrs Roy lie" Slidmure.
soprano; AIRS. X. :. IIudsins. alto. 10
sephf Whitt"mor., tenor. and Marcus
Nrllcrmau. baritone. shepherd Webb
i the orSaniSt
JOY over one sinner. quartet: "A Ger
tain Man." tenor solo. My SON, Attend
To My Words" baritone solo: Love
Not the World romtralto solo: The
Sacrifices of Cod quartet; oh That
Thou liadst Hrar!len-d.' soprano solo;
How Many servants, tenor solo:
And He Arose and came duet: Firing
Forth the Best Robe baritone solo.
''bh THAT Man Would Praise the Lord
quartet: Come We children, tenor
solo; Thou. Lord. Art our Father"
and "iIallelujah.' quartet
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-02-25

,heN came from all over the island
bringing their Sick and suffering ones
10 INC apostle and they were all
healed 1t is great thing to- find
"''N I" 90. no matter where we are
or what the circumstances Of our life
may he Mos, people would nave been
>" sl"d To have gotten to land that
theN would iav. slept away their f.-
ti:u" and tried to escape from 81 crown
Hot :" with Paul. and not so should
~ he with us
ttLNLi AWAITED
WHATEVER COP SENT
IN IN" summer. while NE are away
on our vacations. as well as i'm Tho
winter when We are al home: on our
peas when We are sick ms well "a.
when ~" are active and well. cod has
work for MS 10 do. If we will only
'"oN '"r IT. And we nnd happiness in
an uhceasing service which enables us
|" conquer fear and sorrow ami .n,.r
INT" that deep joy which God grants
TO those who serve Him
Just one other lesson. Paul had an
bchicd 10 Caesar and vas being sent
/" h"me. IT was 8 long journey. one
may well Imagine that he was FUN
81 Anticipation and possibly of :ppr.-
hcnsion. wondering what would come
10 him AT Rome. and what work God
had Tor him to do there We. we
iind no sign Of inpatience Calmly
Ia" went along. facing whatever issue
met him. rcad% TO do Gods viii at
any moment and showing that God
Ehe" when i: was best he should come
10 the great city of italy. oh. il We
conIh Only H." patient, Sometimes tho
way seems long aud tedious We IoYe
faith ana hop. and courage Can we
not mud all along In: way proofs Of
Co.'s care and perhaps explanations
Tor amy apparent delay? Can ,ve not
soc In the very obstacles which meet
'iS proofs o. our Fathers 1--we and
hear = call 20 service
Dear Lord, thank Thee for the
storms of life. They are severe, but
they bring Inc nearer 10 Thee, ana
they prove /" IN" Thy constant care
Help me to be calm. Open mine.
that ! may see how Thou art working
i hin" own blessed VIII. and 50 pre-
pairing blessing for me. And help
m" to Scrv" Thee wherever ! NAV be
May my sorrows teach nae TO Synlpa
,hz" with others and may my own
nee" make me eager TO meet the needs
OF others. -tmd bring me at last dear
plot Of my Voyage. III Thine own good
time. 20 the haven OF rest and peace
J. or Thin. sake.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-02-25
LOCAL CHURCH NOTICES
EPISCOPAL.


81 'h"l ~-frr. l.. Valentine Lee.
nv rector assistant VIII preach a,
- "'I"rN TINS morning and at o'clock
,"'r evening. Inc choir Will sing Sc
'I'"hS IRON E"aSinis 'Stabat Mater"
AT IN" evening service.
vi >nint>-s"N }. Y. Do"nmam. the
rector VIII preach az ii o'clock this
'""' h"'t ana at o'clock this after
noon" services VIII be held II. the
t"uf'i uurlhS Lent every Wcdne sday
r""lh-' + '!"aN morning ana Saturday
'""e'--i'rN. - fFcc!and Peter.
y. -, IN. rector VIII preach at II
crock 'his morning and III. Rev. VIII
'!"'h '"o:ii Br"wh. ID u. Bishop
III. ,...,, 81 ''' 'c'"ch
"""""rh'"i-fsN James w Norris.
- ~. N rector. VIII preach at IL
o''"cN '"'S horh'n: ana al = o'clock
'"'H "'te' mon
Holy t"mfortcr-Rev. William +
- '"t rector VIII preach at IL
- "a '""Fh'he %" Inc True
""" az O'CLOCK thls evening
oi rep h'ihte HOLY Communion
mis- r,.r,i,,. :"
=, - I" y. '''"Soh'
vi II s'ii"' VII! Auihih-
'o'''i NATION AT ! I!
N''|'h ti1lS morning. hII UllcIlng Will
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-02-25
DR.. PEABODY TO SPEAK
Distinguished Harvard Professor to he
ut linitnrinn Church Next
sunday.

Or Francis q. Peabody. Of Harvard
University, will he in Richmond this
week and viii speak next Sunday. both
morning and evening. at the Unitarian
Church. His subjects will he The EN-
pansion Of Religion" and THE Social
Mission OF the Modern Church. DIR.
Peabody spoke in Richmond several
years ago al all educationa convention.
IL iS as the author OF Jesus Christ
and the Social Question" that Or. .i'ea
body = perhaps best known. lie has
written several other books. including
Mornings in the College Chapel The
Religion OF an Educated Man and
Tile Approach To the Social Question
Since 1851 pr Peabody has been "a
professor at Harvard University. IL"
was dean Of the Divinity School for
several years He was also I'arkman
professor OF theology and Plummcr
professor Of Christian morals.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-02-25
BIDS FOR NEW CHURCH
Monument Avenue Home Of Grace
Covenant Congregation VIII
he Modern structure.

E.dS Tor the construction of the new
Grac" Covenant prcshytcrian Church
VIII be called for within tho next two
weeks. and the contract Will proba bl y
hc lot before .\prii |. The building
committee. Of which George Bryan is
chairman. placed its approval last week
upon IN" finished plans submitted by
the architects. Ferguson. Calrow "
Wrcnn.
Tho church will be located on lot
i'oNlJU feet on the south side OF
Monument Avenue. between the stuart
and Lee Monuments. Brick and stone
VIII he The material. The architects
estimate that til. cost will be not less
than 100000.
Although no date has been set for
breaking ground for The new building.
il * hopcd to have at least the Sunday
school department.; completed by April
|. ltlS. There may be- a slight dclay
in finishing the auditorium. and in that
case. the sunday school assembly room
NH By used for church services By
the terms Of sale made SONG time
ago. the congregation must vacatc the
old church building at Harrison street
and Park Avenue on April /. 1915 u
the Scottish Rite Masons.
y" convenience or Improvement
known 10 M .dern builders will be
omitted from the sunday school de-
partmcnt. il ia said by those who HAY
examined the plans. The assembly
room and most Of tn. class rooms will
IA" on the second ioor. y group of
rooms in the back Of tn. building on
the third floor will be tttcd up for
boy Scouts and Campfire Girls. \
chapel for midweck prayer meetings
and oihcr smaller services will be To-
Gated ON the first floor. as viii be. also,
a large parlor. y diniuG-room and
Kitchen will be in the basement. Tho
sunday school assembly room will CON
tain for NOR. than 800. and tn =
main auditorium Of the church, for
about 100
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-02-25

Day. Rev. Lloyd T. Wilson. H. H..
viii speak 4; o'clock this afternoon
al IN. dedication Of the new sunday
school building
Barton iiriEhts-I;cv. \. T. Eudd u.
-, the pastor. viii preach at /! o'clock
this morning on The Promise Of the
rather. and al; o'clock this even
inS on The Freedom OF the Soul"
fulton-I.cv W. Tnorburn Clark tn.
pastor. VIII preach at II o'clock this
morning and at S o'clock this evening
The subject Of the sermon this even
ing VIII he "A Conversion at the Well"
Boule,nrd-Rev. Francis Lee Albert
Inc pastor. VIII preach at II o'cicck
this morning and at S o'clock ;ais
evening.
Woodland IIcIEhts-i;.v. K H. White
the pastor. Will preach a, II o'clock
this morning ana at O'Clock this
evening.
Gintrr Park-Rev. w X l.. smith
-. L.. will preach AT II o'clock this
morning.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-02-25
llIIflSuIAN.

seventh Sfrret-Ecv. III. j.. e. Mac
lachlan. -. d.. the pastor will preach
at both morning and evening services
to-day. The evening subject VIII be
Civic Pride and Lean Treasury"
The sermon Will he a discussion of tn"
proposed civic survey FROM the stand
point Of Christian citizenship. and the
need of intelligent corporation anon:
all classes will he empha sized.
t"wnrdin tvenue-Rcv. John y.
Tate. tho pastor. will preach nj II
o'c.ock this morning on The Pearl of
Great Price" and at & o'clock this even
ing on THE Christian and Ills Con-
verSation.
Thlrd-Rev. Roger l.. Clark. the pas
tor. will preach AT II o'clock this morn
Ing and at S o'clock this evening
Hanover Avenuc-Rev- George w.
Kemper. the pastor. will preach at II
o'clock this morning on The Chris
tian's Hope" and at o'clock this
evening on Modern Tdolatry"
Colonial Plnce--Sunday school VII
meet at $3.50 o'clock this afternoon. and
will be followed by q sarmon.