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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-04-03

gest problems on his hands that ever
confronted a big league manager.
1t is the problem of doing the inn
possible - finding a successor to
HOnus Wagner.
For the first time in some 20 years
the Pittsburgh club will take the field
without the services of the great
German, one of the greatest natural
balplayers of all time and the idol of
Pittsburgh fans.
Matrimony and increasing difficult
ties in keeping in condition have
caused Wagner to leave baseball.
Salary was no consideration.
Wagner was the first to realize he
could not expect a big salary this
year and at meeting in Pittsburgh
several months ago agreed to play
for a largely reduced salary, if he
played at all.
But Wagner will never play Ma
tiOnal league baseball again, which
means he will never play baseball
again, and this furnishes CaIahan's
problem.
Let's see what Callahan has for
the shortstOp position which Wagner
has filled for two decades.
He has three prospects, Jim Nc
Auley, Alex Mccarthy and Charley
Ward.
At present there is no certain in
dicatiOn any one of them will last out
the season, because not one of them
has shown any batting strength.
Mccarthy and Ward are brilliant -
felders, and Ward looks particularly
good in this capacity. McAuley
played well enough with Rochester
last year, but may need more minor
league experience.
Right now Dreyfuss realizes he
will have to develop one of the three
into a hitting inielder or go out dur
ing the season and buy another man,
and Dreyfuss knows it is no easy
proposition to buy up good infielders
WbO oan bit ond fold ENvov1r o1Y1h
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1917-03-15

W. Davenport Cashier do semny that the above
financial The Merchants Farmers Bank oca.
ted Okosaa the County of Chckasa State Mississippi the close
Of business the 5h day March, 1917 best Of knowledge and
belief w. H. DAVENPORT, Cashier
Correct-Anest W. E, SAVAGE. GEO W. COLE Directors
State Of Mississippi County of Chickasaw.
Swora and subscribed before by w. H Davenport CASHIER
this 18th day of March, 1917 H. L. MORRISON Notary Public
NV commission expires Aug 1s, 1920.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1917-03-15
TRUSTEES SALE.

|, W. F. Buchanan. trustee under
the provisions of and by virtue of the
authority conferred on me in a deed
OF trust made by John Wheeler to me,
as trustee, to secure an Indebtedness
named in said deed Of trust, and
which deed OF trust is dated Januray
3lst. 1913. and is recorded in Book
Ito on Page 1877 Of the Records Of
Trust Deeds in the office Of the Chan.
Gerry Clerk of Chickasaw County,
Mississippi. at Houston. Miss, and
default having been made in the pay.
ment t the Indebtedness therein Sc.
cured and having been requested by
the holder of said Indebtedness, | will
on MONDAY. APRIL End, 1917.
in front Of the Court House door in
Okoloua. Chickasaw County, Missis.
sippi, within legal tours, offer for sale
and will sell at public auction. for cash
to the highest bidder. the following
described real estate. to.wit:
The following described properly
situated in the County Of Chickasaw
and State Of Mississippi. and more
particularly designated and described
as follows. to-wa: The South East
Quarter Of Section II. Township IL,
Range 5 East and IS acres off East
side Of Southwest Quarter Of Sec.
lion l8. Township IL, Range S East. |
The title to the above described |
! believe to be good but |
will only convey such title as is vested |
n me as trustee.
This March LIST. 1917.
W. F. BUCHANAN,
Trustee.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1917-03-15
OKOLONA MISS. MAR is. 1917
CalOmel Seldom
Sold Here Now
Nasty drug salivates, makes you
sick and you lose a
days work.

Every druggist in town-your drug
gist and everybody's druggist has no
ticed a great falling -of in the sale o
calomel. They all give the same rea
500. Dodson's Liver Tone is takins
its place.
"Calomel is dangerous and people
know it, while Dodson's Liver Tone
is perfectly safe and gives better re.
suits. said prominent local druggist
Dodson's Liver Tone is personally
guaranteed BY every druggist who
sells it, A large bottle costs so cents
and if it fails to give easy relief in
every case Of liver sluggishnes and
constipation. you have only to ask OF
your money back.
Dodson's Liver Tone is pIeasan
tasting, purely vegetable remedy,
harmless to both children and adults.
Take a spoonful at night and wake up
feeling fine; no biliousness. sick head.
ache. acid stomach and constipa ted
bowels, 1t doesn't grippe or cause in.
all the next day like vio-
lent calomel. Take dose Of calomeI
today and tomorrow you will feel1
weak and nauseated Don't lose a
days work! Take Dodson's Liver
Tone instead and feel fine, full Of Wig
Or and ambition. adv
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1917-03-15
HOusEwORK IS A BURDEN

Woman's lot is a weary one a.
best. But with backache and Other
distressing kidney ills life indeed be
comes burden. Doan's Kidney Phi.
have made life brighter for MANY Tu
pelo women. Read what this Tupe!t
woman says:
Mrs. M. T. Chisum, 522 Maple St.
Tupelo, Miss, says: about a yea,
ago began to suffer from kidney
complaint. | had sharp pains acros:
my back, hips and loins. | coul
hardly stoop or raise up and had {.
neglect my housework. l knew BY
he way my kidneys were acting TIA
something must be done. had gre.
faith in Doan's Kidney Pills and
took several boxes. l was rewar5e
with lasting cure. / can speak 5.
highly in praise of Doan's kidney
Pills today as l did some years ago
! haven't had to. use medicine fcr
my back or kidneys since was
cured"
Price SOC, at all Dealers Don
imply ask for kidney remedy-ge.
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same thai
Mrs. Chisum has twice publicly rec.
commended. Foster-Milburn Co., Props.
Buffalo. N. Y.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1917-03-15

decided to try . bottle Of Lydia E. Pink.
hams Vegetable Compound. It worked
from the first bottle, SO I took q second
and . third, also bottle of Lydia E.
Pinkham's Blood Purifier, and now I am
just as well as any other woman. ad-
wise every woman, single or married,
who Is troubled with any Of the aiore-
said ailments, to try your wonderful
Vegetable Compound and Blood Purifier
and l am sure they will help her to get
rid of her troubles as they did me-. -
Mrs.. ELSIE ]. VAN DER SANDE, So No.
York St, Paterson, N. ].
Write the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine
Co., (confidential) Lynn, Mass, If you
need special advice
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1917-03-15

Lucas County, ss'
Frank j. Cheney makes oath that he IL
senior partner of the firm of F. ]. Cheney
& Co., doing business in the City of To-
that said firm will pay the sum of ONE
HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and ev-
cry case of Catarrh that cannot be cured
by the use of HALLS CATARRH CURE
FRANK ]. CHENEY
Sworn to before me and subscribed in
my presence, this 9th day of December,
A. D. 1886.
(SeaD A. w. GLEASON,
Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internally
and acts directly upon the blood and mu-
cous surfaces of the system. Send for
testimonials, free
Sold by all Druggists. 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1917-03-15
OKOLONA MESSENGER
Entered at the Post Office in Okolons.
Miss, as Second Class Mail Matter.

Advertising rates furnished on re-
quest.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1917-03-15

/ nave made me well
and healthy. Some
time ago / felt so
run down, had pains
in my back and side,
was very irregular,
tired, nervous, had
such b ad dreams,
did not feel like eat
ing and had short
breath. ] read your
advertisement in
the newaDapers and
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1917-03-15
COMMISSIONERS SALE
of Land for Partition

| OF Land tor Partition
No. 1864
S. H. Studdard ct al.
VS..
Mrs. Lula Studdard
By virtue of the provisions of a de.
cree of the Chancery Court of Second
Dist Of Chickasaw County. Missis-
sippi. rendered by said Court on the
5th day of December, 1915. the un.
dersigned as Special Commissioner
Of said Court in said cause, will on
Monday the End day Of April 1917,
at Okolone. Mississippi. within legal
hours in front of the Court House
door, offer for sale and sell to the
Mghest bidder for cash the following
described land, situated in the County
Of Chickasaw, and the State Of Mis-
issippi. to.wit:
40 acres. being the N. E. ! Of the
N, w. / and 46 acres in the North
West corner Of the N. E. / all in Sec
ton SO. Township IA Range S. East.
said County and State.
The title to the above land is be-
lieved to be good. but | will convey
only such title as is vested in me as
Commissioner.
This March 9TH. 1917.
w.. WILLIAMS.
Commissioner.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1917-03-15
The State Of Mississippi,

The State Of Mississippi,
To Dug Spates:
You are commanded to appear be-
fore the Chancery Court of the End
District Of Chickasaw County in said
State on the LIST Monday Of June, 1917,
to defend the suit in said court of SaIlie
Spates. wherein you are defendant.
This 10Th day Of Feby., 1917.
W. A. WILKINSON, Clerk.
By W. j. WILLIAMS, D. C.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1917-03-15
9196
Report of the Condition of
The First National Bank
LIABILITIES

Okoona Mississippi the Close Of Business March, 1917
RESOURCES LIABILITIES
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1917-03-15
DELINQUENT TAX LIST
City of OkOlona, Miss.
On Monday, March 10, 1917

Within legal hours will sell according law for cash the highest
bidder front OF the CITY HALL the City Okona Mississippi for
for he 1915 the following described really situated said Civ Of
Okoona and assissed according Randolph Civ tow
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1917-03-15
WOMAN NOW IN
PERFECT. HEALTH
What Came From Reading
a Pinkham Adver-
tisement.

Paterson, N. J. -"I thank You for
The Lydia E. Pinkham remedies as they
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1917-03-15
STATEMENT
OF TIE FINANCIAL CONDITION OF
The Merchants & Farmers Bank

located Okolona the County Chckaaw State Of Mississippi
the close c business Mar S. 1917 made the Board of Bank
RESOURCES LIABILITIES
Macon beacon., 1917-07-13
New Medical Marvel.

OF all the remarkable medical in
n0vations, probably the most marvel
GUS is new antiseptic solution per-
fected after ten years work by DR..
Wilfred Fralick of New York DR.. Os,
car Eckstein Of the University of Ber-
lin, and DR.. A. c. Allen of the Univer.
sity Of Chicago.
1t is superior to the famous Carrel,
Dakin solution because, in addition to
everything that preparation can do, it
can be used on the brain and in the
abdominal cavity and can be injected
directly into the blood without dam
ger.
The last named quality makes 1t Of
startling significance In the treatment
Of blood poisoning.
While to put the Carrel-Dakln solu-
ton into the veins of patient would
mean certain death, the new prepara.
ton, q chlorinated solution of per.
manganate of potash. can be run di.
rectly into the blood stream without
disturbing anything there except the
evil elements meant to be attacked.
Macon beacon., 1917-07-13
The Russian Peasants,

The taking over of some Of the
czar's landed possessions recalls the
fact that Albert J. Beveridge, in his
book. THE Russian Advance" pub
lished a few years ago and in which he
gathered political, social and economic
facts, states that even then the Rus.
sian peasant was looking forward ito
second emancipation, giving them
new additions of land absolutely and
without any cost whatever to them.
selves" When the peasant ceased to
be slave he did not comprehend that
he was still not free to use his mas.
ter's tools or to cut from the land.
oWnerS's forests timber for his use.
The most curious situations" says
Mr.. Beveridge, "are even yet arising,
growing out Of this inability of the
peasant to comprehend the obligation
as well as the benefits of his emanci-
patton. Liberties are taken by the
Russian peasant with the property Of
q Russian proprietor which would not
be tolerated for an instant by an
American in the same situation. In
all of this there is not the slightest
impertinence, not the least intention
to wrong the landed proprietor, nor the
faintest conception on the part of the
peasant that there is anything immoral
In what he does. He or his fathers
did the like before, and he just con-
tinues to do the same as a matter of
course"
Macon beacon., 1917-07-13
PROFIT FROM THE BACK YARD
Any House Owner, at Small Expense,
Can Build Garage Which Will
Soon Pay for Itself.

Most house owners have a rear lot
that is Of no use to them, and is gen.
orally a source of expense. Why not
turn the back yard into a moneymaker :;
at reasonable expense you can build
concrete or brick garage big enough
to hold four cars on the average lot
that will earn for you % per cent prof
1t on the cost Of the building, or pay
for itself in four years.
This being masonry building with
tar and gravel roof there is no
charge for upkeep or repairs. Such
garages have been found to be source
of satisfaction to the owners as they
improve the looks of the back yard in
most cases, and relieve him of the la
Dor and expense of keeping it in or
der.
If a person also wishes to have a
garden he can by putting up trellis
work conceal the garage so that per-
sons in the street cannot see it, also
a roof garden can be maintained on
the garage when desired.
Macon beacon., 1917-07-13
LONE Town
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TREE SURGEON LIKE DENTIST
Cavity Must Be Cleaned, Treated With
Antiseptic, and Then Filled
With Concrete.

The treatment Of cavities In trees,
caused by decay, is not fundamentally
different from that Of dentistry though
the tree surgeon Is not so much down
In the mouth" as the dentist. All de-
caying matter must be cleaned out,
right down to solid living tissue. The
cavity is then treated with an anti
septic to prevent further decay, and
the whole (llkewlse the hole) filed
with concrete and In such manner as
to exclude air as much as possible.
The tree then begins to heal over the
edges Of the wound to the concrete.
Sometimes metal has been used for
covering cavities and with good re-
suits. Elastic cement, asphalt and
Macon beacon., 1917-07-13
Beauty Demanded In Suburbs.

Beauty Is a necessary factor In the
development Of suburban property"
says Fl. A. Jones, Detroit real estate
man. "City people who move out to
those communities which are sure to
surround Detroit as the city develops,
will expect city conveniences and rapid
transit to their employment, but they
will also expect something of country
pleasures.
Therefore no suburban property
unless laid out with the idea of beau
ty in mind. is likely to become fully
built up. People will not have their
homes squeezed into 30-foot lots, with
no parks, trees or landscape beauty.
when they have gone away from the
heart of the city just to get such sur
roundings.'
Macon beacon., 1917-07-13
Special Conditions.

In planting out street and highway
trees, the fundamental principle gov
erning the work should be as in all the
broad field of agriculture, the crea.
tion of conditions suitable to the par
ticular plants to be used. If proper
conditions do not exist, they must be
made. If rainfall is insufficient irri-
CATION sufficient to overcome the natu-
raj deficiency of water supply must
be practiced. If rainfall is excessive,
drainage must be had by blasting to
free soil or digging deep holes and mix
Ing sand, wood ashes, lime or decaying
vegetable matter with the soil before
replacing it in the holes. Physical
condition of soils Is Of far greater mo-
ment than the chemical properties,
therefore deep holes, dug or blasted.
together with deep preparatory cult.
vation Is essential to success.
Macon beacon., 1917-07-13
USE MOTOR VACUUM CLEANER
Latest Municipal Development Makes
Its Appearance In Los Angeles
Method 10 Practical.

The latest municipal development to
make its appearance In the western
part Of the country Is the motor vacuum
street cleaning apparatus, which has
been adopted by the city of Los An
geles, Cal, says Power Wagon. For
months this newest of street cleaning
features had been under discussion,
but 1t was not until short time ago
that 1t was really put into practice.
That this new cleaning method is en-
tirely practical has been proved By
days Of actual demonstration.
Macon beacon., 1917-07-13

newals are necessary; availability as
a base for another type of surface IL
desirable; attractive appearance.
The durability of concrete roads has
not yet been fully proved because there
are no old pavements in existence. The
condition of those which have under
gone several years service indicates
they wear well.
The disadvantages Of concrete as a
road surface are its noise under horse
traffic; the wearing of the necessary
joints In the pavement, and the ten
dency to crack, with its consequent
rapid deterioration; the difficulty of
repairs when these become necessary.
Macon beacon., 1917-07-13
The Alamo.

The Alamo is a mission church at
San Antonio, In what is now Bexar
county, Texas. In 1886 1t was occu.
pied by about $50 Of the revolutionists
In the Mexican war. Though attacked
by 1000 Mexlcans under Santa Ana,
the Texans held 1t from February %
to March 6, when Santa Ana took II BY
storm. All but seven Of the garrison
perished, six Of these being murdered
after their surrender, and one man
escaping to report the affair. In this
garrison were the celebrated David
Crockett and Col. James Bowie, In.
ventor of the bowie knife. The men,
ory OF this massacre became an in
cltement to the Texans in subsequent
encounters, and Remember the Ala.
mo" became n war cry In their strug.
gle for freedom.
Macon beacon., 1917-07-13

sawdust paraffin and sawdust, wood
pulp and cement, excelsior and as
phalt, tar with sawdust or Oakum,
wooden blocks, bricks, stones and a
great variety of materials have been
used for both filling and covering and
all are good if the work Is well done.
The disnfectants used are copper sui
phate, corrosive sublimate, formalin,
bordeaux, carbolineum or creosote
(these are best), coal tar and even
Kerosene. No matter which is used, the
cavity should receive more than one
treatment before being filed or other
wise closed.
Macon beacon., 1917-07-13

Two men sat glaring and glowering
at each other In provincial Y. n.
G. A.
"Who are the two grouches7" a
salesman asked.
Zone Is our hotel proprietor" ma.
tive answered. "and the other Is the
editor Of the local paper"
"What's got their goat?'
"Well," said the native, ut seems
that at our school treat last evening
the magician asked for the loan of a
handkerchief, and somebody handed
him up a big square of muslin.
"The magician unfolded the square
and said:
"'Thank goodness there's at least
one clean sheet in this town."
And ever since then the editor has
insisted that the magician was allud-
ing to the hotel bedclothes, and the
hotel man has insisted that 1t was the
EDITORS paper was being knecked.-
Washington Star,
Macon beacon., 1917-07-13
F9JBNC
ROADS
FEASIBLE WIDTH OF ROADS
First Deputy Highway Commissioner
of New York Tells Of Troubles
Encountered by Him.

Most of the roads built in New York
by the state are 16 feet wide. When
money was voted for the highway sys-
TEN it was on the basis of approx
mately $4,000 per mile. This was In
1912, and $4,000 was a low figure
even for that date. Under present
conditions it is obviously impossible
to complete the system as planned
then, and extra width Is q serious ex-
pense. H. Eltinge Breed, first deputy
highway commissioner of New York,
recently stated that only by the strict
est economy, by substituting different
classes of pavement within certain linn
its Of cost, and by using federal aid,
will it be practicable to have all the
important roads brought together into
good highway system. 1t would be
far better. he says, If there were suffi-{
cient funds to build them IS feet wide
for two lines Of traffic and "a feet for
three lines. The use of motor We.
hicles is steadily increasing and they
are being constructed wider. Hence
they require pavements where vehicles
at least 80 inches wide can pass one
another comfortably and frequently.
Eighteen feet is probably the narrow
est width that permits this, according
to Mr.. Breed. Especially Is this true,
he says, in the case Of concrete roads,
because the transition from the hard
concrete surface to the earth shoulder
and back again becomes really danger
GUS in some soils on account of the
rut that traffic usually wears along the
Joining line.
Macon beacon., 1917-07-13
LONG WEDDINGS IN PERSIA
Ceremonies, Continuing Several Days,
Among Most Curious and Elabo-
rate in the World.

The marriage ceremonies which sol.
emnize a wedding among the Moham-
medans Of Persia are among the most
curious and elaborate in the world.
Any American bridegroom who dis
likes what men are wont to describe
as the fuss and bother" of formal
wedding should regard the case of his
Persian brother and take heart.
Tie Persian ceremony may take
from one to two weeks for its compile
ton. Often the betrothal is matter
of many years standing having been
arranged by the parents when the prin-
cipals we're still young children. When
the time for the marriage arrives the
guests are summoned by heralds, who
go about the neighboring villages,
bearing gifts of apples, cloves and
roses to accompany the invitations.
When some powerful parsonage Is to
be invited, the father of the bride
groom does not send herald, but goes
himself, bearing as rich q present as
he can afford to give.
Before the wedding there is also
curious little business arrangement en-
tered into. This Is the matter Of
"kaben," or the price Of divorce. A
sum is agreed upon in advance by the
payment of which the future husband
can put aside his wife at any time.
When 1t is desired to make the divorce
difficult the kaben Is set at some i'm
possible sum or commodity. The huS-
band may be required to give the
bride a hundredweight of mosquito
wings, or one of his arms or legs, be-
fore he can divorce her, condition
which generally makes the marriage a
permanent affair.
The actual wedding festivities ex-
tend over days. The guests are given
rooms in the house and served with
rich foods and sweetmeats. Musicians
and dancing girls are hired to enter
tain them, and If the families of the
bride and groom are rich the favOrite
sport of the Persians may be staged
by pair of professional wrestlers.
After the celebration has lasted
three or four days the bride rides
heavily veiled to her new home on
horseback. She is followed by porters
bearing her dowry on their backs. The
celebration then continues for
several days longer.
Macon beacon., 1917-07-13
MILEAGE OF CONCRETE ROADS
There Were 100000 Square Yards
Of 1t In 1914 and Only 364,oo0
Yards in 1909.

The mileage Of concrete pavements
In the United States has increased rap
idly, and 1t is likely to continue to in
crease. There were 100000 square
yards of it in 1914 and only 364,OOO
square yards in 1909. The principal
advantages of concrete pavements are
said to be durability under ordinary
traffic conditions; smooth, even sur
face; absence of dust; comparatively
small cost of maintenance until re-
Macon beacon., 1917-07-13
Efficiency,

Willis-Bump has very up-to-date
Office.
Gillis-Yes. He has one of these
office systems where you can find Just
what you want when you don't want
1t by looking where it wouldn't be II
you did want it.-Life.
Macon beacon., 1917-07-13
Stilt.Walklnq Crane Needed.

In many places the method of max
inging "good roads, is to plow them
down the center and decorate the
roadbed with sod. This provides a
surface which can be Travelled only by
the stilt-walking crane.
Macon beacon., 1917-07-13
Growth of Good Roads.

The Improvement Of public reads in
the United States is now very rapid,
and while an enormous amount OF
work remains to be done, the highway
system is no longer reproacA to The
country
Macon beacon., 1917-07-13
Trees AIono Fences.

Trees along the fences add beauty
to the surroundings. They attract use
full birds and often serve them as a
retreat from storms aud birds of prey.