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Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1917-10-25
A Hospitable Home Destroyed
by Storm

The seashore home Of Mr.. and
Mrs. E. C. Kinney, in which so
many Cullman friends have en-.
joyed a lavish hospitality, was
blown away during a summer
gale at Orange Beach. The
house and furnishings were a
total loss everything being
swept away.
We have not learned if Mr..
Kinney intends to rebuild, but
the lure of the surging sea is
hard to break and when next
summer comes he is pretty sure
to feel the call" sufficiently
strong to make him forget the
fckleness of the deep and the
questionable wisdom of building
upon a shifting sand foundation.
-CuIlman ALA Democrat.
The Mr.. E. C. Kinney refer
red to above is a brother Of DR..
H. H. Kinney Of this city. The
Doctor had planned to entertain
some of his friends in this home
in the not distant future and
says he hopes his brother viii
rebuild this delightful place.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1917-10-25
w. M. u. of the Baptist Church

fhe ladies of the w. M. u. of
the Baptist church are to have
Oct. 80 as Enlistment Day.
Come, wont you? Those who
have been coming regularly,
those who haven't been coming
regularly, those who haven't
been coming at all, those who
have dropped OUT, and those
who have never dropped in"
Xxx
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1917-10-25
McGill Settlement News

Mrs. L. T. Eiland and Margue-
rite Atkinson visited Mrs. Bill
Smith Wednesday afternoon.
Mrs. John Smith and daughter
Daisy spent Wednesday after
noon with Mrs. S. F. McGill and
Jeffie.
Mrs. Will Cummings is sick
this week. We wish her a
speedy recovery.
Mrs. A. Johnson, from near
Pontotoc, spent Saturday and
Sunday with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. John Smith.
Misses Myrtle and Gladys
Dallas, who are attending school
at Buena Vista, spent the week
end with homefolks.
Mrs. John Smith spent Satur-
day night ard Sunday with
relatives at Tupelo.
Miss Ivy Marler, who is at
tending school in Shannon, spent
the week end with her mother,
Mrs. j. Marler.
Gilbert and Grover, Davidson,
who are in the training camp at
Jackson, spent the weekend
with relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Hadley
and children spent Sunday with
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Lowery near
Salem.
Misses Myrtle and Gladys Dali
las visited their cousin, Miss
Blanche Davidson.
Miss Ethel Hadley spent Sun
day with Miss Ola Smith.
Misses Ina Kate and Mavour-
leene McGill visited Mrs. L. I.
Eiland Monday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Anderson
and little daughter Jaunita spent
Sunday with Mrs. Anderson S
grandmother, Mrs. N. A. Nc
Gill.
Mrs. S. F. MGicll spent Sun
day afternoon with Mrs. H. c.
Henderson near Troy.
Mr.. and Mrs. Judd Gregory,
Of Pontocola, spent Saturday
with Mr.. and Mrs. John Smith.
Jesse Dallas visited Claude
Smith Sunday.
Miss Annie Bell Hadley spent
Saturday and Sunday with hen
grandmother, Mrs. ]. B. Ref
ers, who is i'll.
The young folks enjoyed &
lance at Mr.. Ed Davidson Sat
urday night. "A
Written for last week.
ars.saa Ola and Daisy Smith
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1917-10-25

to me at timer. lydia p. PiHkharn's
Vegetable Conpound and Liver Pills re-
stored ne 10 heath and I want to tank
you fcr tic seed LEY have done me. l
haye had quite bit of trouble and
worry but it does not affect my youth
full looks. Ny friends say Why do you
lock SO young and well?' ! owo IL all
70 the Lydia e. Pinkham remedies. /"
Mrs. RosT. SToPEL, Sage Avenue,
Washington Park, Illinois.
nyou have any symptom about which
you would like to know write 20 the
Lydia E. Pinhham Medicine Co, Lynn,
Mass, for helpful advice given free Of
charge.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1917-10-25
Red Cross Shipment

The following articles were
shipped from the Chickasaw
County Red Cross last week.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1917-10-25

Misses Ola and Daisy Smith
- FthaI HadIey spent Sunday
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1917-10-25
Liberty Loan

We, the undersigned merch-
ants, manufacturers, and others
of Okolona, Mississippi, agree to
accept Liberty Bonds at par, in
payment of any order or goods,
cash purchases or settlement OF
accounts, provided the transac-
ton amounts to as much as
$4,000. This agreement will
hold good for thirty days from
this date.
Dated Oct. 81, 1917.
w. E. Bearden
Bell & Buchanan
r. w. Chandler & Co.
L. Rosenbaum
Walter Smith
McDuffie & Co.
]. Rubel & Co.
Chickasaw Dry Goods Co.
M. R. Waller
Okolona Mercantile Co.
Okolona Supply Co.
L. F. Baskin
P. Mcintosh, Sr.
C. W. Gillian
Brady Brothers
d. S. Cunningham & Co.
Droke Jewelry Co.
Okolona Hardware Co.
w. E. Nichols.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1917-10-25
NERVOUSNESS
AND BLUES
Symptoms Of More Serious
Sickness.
Washington Park, Ill.-"I am The
mother of four children and have suf,

fered with female
trouble, backache,
nervous spells and
the blues. My chill
dren's loud talking
and romping would
make me so nervous
/ could just tear
everything to pieces
and I would ache all
over end feel so sick
that ] would not
- ...-z~.,, - - IL
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1917-10-25
That Grim White Spectre

Pneumouias follows on the heels Of a
neglected cough or cold. Delay no
longer. Take Mans6eIds Cough
B.lssm. Price Soc and sl.00 adv.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1917-10-25
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS

State of Mississippi I
Chickasaw County
Notice is hereby given that the
Board Of Supervisors of Chickasaw
County. will on the First Monday in
November, 1917, receive sealed bids
for the following:
For keeping the paupers Tor the
year 1918.
For 400 bushels. more or less Of
corn. delivered in Houston; for Super.
visors District No. /; 400 bushels,
more or less, of corn. delivered at W.
S. Peden's barn; for Supervisors
District No, 2; 400 bushels corn.
more or less, delivered The A. j.
Gregory barn in Okolona; for Super
xisors District No. 3; 400 bushels,
more or less of corn. delivered at
place designated by T. E. Seay; for
Supervisors District No. 4; and 400
bushels. more or less. of corn deliver
ei at Woodland, for Supervisors Dis
t,ict No. 5.
The Board will also offer for sale
at Houston on the same Gay one mule,
belonging to Supervisors District No.
l. at public auction.
The Board reserves the right to
reject any and all bids. Tor any part
or for the entire advertisement.
Witness my hand and official seal
this the 5th day of October. 1917. 4
w. A. WILKINSON.
Clerk Of the Board Of Supervisors.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1917-10-25
N. llulnlns That poss No. Affect tho Read

Because of its tonic and laxative effect. LAXA-
TIVE BROMO QUININE Is better than ordinary
Ouuine and does not cause nervousness nor
ringing in head. Remember the full name and
iooE for the signature of E. w. GROVE. SOC.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1917-10-25
Weak, Fainty Heart and
Mysteries

can be recti6ed by taking "Renovine,
a heart and nerve tonic. Price Sue
and $100. adv.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1917-10-25

TO Cure . Cold IN One Day.
Trirs LAXATIVE nRoMo ouinine. Z sicps the
Cough and Headoshe and 1Eolk1 o4 ne Eo.a-
DruFEiets refund mcaey e = isns % es ~
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-06-15
WAS A MAGNANIMOUS PAGAN
Saladin, Conquerer of Jerusalem, Did
Not Shed Drop of Christian Blood
When City Fell.

1t was in 1893 that Saladin died in
Damascus, leaving behind him a repu-
tation for magnanimity unique in that
age, and only exceeded by his fame as
warrior.
1t was only six years before his
death that Saladin defeated Guy de
Lusignan, the Christian king of Jeru-
salem, and obtained possession of the
sacred city, which had been captured
by the Crusaders So years before. The
golden cross was pulled down and
dragged through the streets Of the
city, and the Mosque of Omar, which
had been consecrated to Christ. was re-
stored to the worship of Mohammed.
But not drop of Christian blood was
shed after the capitulation. Instead of
butchering thousands of the inhabi-
tants, as the Christians had done after
conquering the city, Saladin ordered
that none should be harmed. The
weeping queen was treated with great
consideration, and Saladin was so
moved by her misery that he is said to
have shed tears Of sympathy. Later,
during the third crusade, the Chris
tians under Richard Occur de Lion be-
headed in cold blood 5000 Saracen
hostages, and Saladin revenged himself
upon Christians in his power. On the
whole, however, he was vastly better
than most of the rulers of his time.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-06-15
may SOON LEAD
IN SHIPBU|LDING
United States to Surpass All Pre-
vious Records Made by
Any Nation.
PROGRAM TO Be EXPANDED
One Thousand Wooden Ships of About
5000 Tons Each Contracted For
May Use Lake Vessels for
Deep Sea.

New YOrk.-The first of the wooden
fleet "to bridge the Atlantic" will prob
ably be launched on the Passaic river
at Newark, N. J., about August 1.
1t will be followed by others at
dozens of yards in different sections of
the country, until the government pro-
gram of 1000 wooden vessels Of about
5000 tons each is completed. 1t is
likely this program will be steadily ex-
banded also if the war continues to
rage.
In addition to the 100000 tons of
the government carrying fleet, more
than 100000 tons Of steel or wooden
merchant vessels are being built or
have been contracted for to be built
in American shipyards.
Should the present movement con-
tinue, the United States will soon be
the leading shipbuilding nation of the
world; indeed, it will surpass all pre-
vious records by any nation.
Including vessels built for American
owners, foreign owners. undisclOsed
owners and builders accounts, adapted
for deep sea service, it is estimated
that there are 644 in course of con-
structiOn or contracted for, with an
estimated tonnage Of 2.394,13 These
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-06-15

been perfected in commercial eXpedi-
tons TO Vera Cruz, and think he told
me his father once hired an English
man to be private tutor for winter
on the plantation. He had spent half
his youth with an older brother, hunt
Ing horses in Texas; and, in a word, to
him United States" was scarcely
reality. Yet he had been fed by Unit
ed States" for all the years since he
had been in the army. He had sworn
on his faith as Christian to be true to
United States" 1t was UNITED
States" which gave him the uniform he
wore, and the sword by his side. Nay,
my poor Nolan, it was only because
UNITED States" had picked you out
first as one of her own confidential
men of honor, that "a. Burr" cared
for you a straw more than for the fiat
boat men who sailed his ark for him.
do not excuse Nolan; only explain
to the reader why he damned his cOun-
try, and wished he might never hear
her name again.
He never did hear her name but once
again. From that moment, Septem-
Der %, 1907, till the day he died, May
II, 1868, he never heard her name
| again. For that half century and
more he was man without a coun.
try.
Old Morgan, as 1 said, was terribly
| shocked. If Nolan had compared
George Washington to Benedict Ar
mold, or had cried, God save King
George" Morgan would not have fell
worse. He called the court into hi:
private room, and returned in fifteer
minutes. with a face like a sheet, t.
say:
prisoner, hear the sentence of tn,
court. The court decides, subject Il
the approval of the president, that yol
never hear the name of the Unitet
States again"
Nolan laughed. But nobody els
laughed. Old Morgan was to-
solemn, and the whole room wa
hushed dead as night for a minute
Even Nolan lost his swagger in mo
ment. Then Morgan added: mi
Marshal, take the prisoner to Orlean
in an armed boat, and deliver him {
the naval commander there"
The marshal gave his orders, an
the prisoner was taken out of court.
mfr. Marshal" continued old MOI
gan, "see that no one mentions tn
United States to the prisoner. M
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-06-15
% Man Without
g A Country g
81 Ed,udrd Everett Hale

sl.ifT. 10 show him cane-brake or i
cottonwood tree, as he said, really to
seduce him; and by the time the sail
was over, Nolan was enlisted body and
soul. From that time, though he did
not Yet know it. he lived as "a Man
without n Country
What Burr meant TO do l know no
more than you, dear reader. 1t is none
Of our business just now. Only, when
the grand catastrophe came, and JEFF
fcrSOn and the House of Virginia of
that day undertook to break on the
wheel all the possible Clarences of the
then House of York, by the great
treason trial at Richmond, some of the
lesser fry in that distant Mississippi
valley, which was farther from us than
Puget Sound is today, introduced the
like novelty on their provincial stage
and, to while away the monotony OF
the summer ut Fort Adams, got up, for
spectacleS. a string Of court-martials
on the officers there. One and anoth-
or of the colonies and majors were
tried, and, to fill out the list, little No
Ian, against whom, heaven knows,
there was evidence enough, that he
was sick of the service had been will
ing to be false to it, and would have
Obeyed any order to march anywhither
with anyone who would follow him,
had the order only been signed, by
command of His Exc. A. Burr" The
courts dragged on. The big flies es-
capped, rightly for all l know. Nolan
was proved guilty enough, as l say !;
yet you and l would never have heard
of him, reader, but that, when the
president of the court asked him at the
close, whether he wished to say any
thing to show that he had always been
faithful to the United States, he cried
out, in q fit of frenzy:
Oh the United States! l wish
l may never hear of the United States
again."
| suppose he did not know how the
words shocked old Colonel Morgan,
who was holding the court. Half the
officers who sat in it had served
through the Revolution, and their
lives, not to say their necks, had been
risked for the very idea which he sc
! cavalierly cursed in his madness. He
on his part, had grown up in the West
of those days, in the midst of Spanish
plot" "Orleans plot" and all the rest
His education. such as it was, had
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-06-15
Whales.

Whales are able to attain such an
enormous size because their bodies are
supported by the water in which they
live. A bird Is limited to the weight
which its wings can bear up in the air.
A land animal, if it becomes too large,
cannot hold its body off the ground
or readily move about, and is doomed
to certain destruction. But a whale
has to face none Of these problems
and can grow without restraint.
Because whales live in a supporting
medium their young are of enormous
size at birth, in some instances the calf
being almost half the length Of its
mother. 1 once took a 25-foot baby
which weighed about eight tons from
an S5-foot blue whale.-Exchange.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-06-15
BELL FROM SPAIN UNEARTHED
Il Was Brought to This Country From
Europe About Two Hundred
Years Ago..

Yuma, Ariz.-While digging a well
on an irrigated farm near here an
ancient copper bell, which Is believed
to hate been brought over from Spain
more than 200 years ago, was I'M
earthed. The bell weighs about 200
pounds, and was found several feet
beneath the surface. According to the
tradition of aged Mexicans here the
bell probably came from the old mis-
sion church Conception Immaculate,
and around it at one time was quite
a large settlement. The town and
church were destroyed in the year
1871 by the Yuma Indians.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-06-15
FIRST INSTALLMENT.
4S$kk%TfkAk&kSRfkE&kkk+

No document in actual Amer
lean history conveys a more
powerful lessen of what citizen
ship in this republic means, none
delivers a more searching appeal
to loyalty, than this fsnciful re-
cital OF the Man Without a
Country. The unhappy creature
whose living death il has gr1Ved
upon the memory OF mankind
was but a figure born of a writ
er's imagination. Yet; the &C
count of his passionate outburst
and of his dreadful expiation
stIrs the duIlest soul, and will
awaken emotion in the minds
of readers Of generations yet un-
born. There can be no more ar
resting lesson for the disIoyal or
the needless, no more inspiring
appeal to the spirit of true Amer
icanism, than this memorable
work of literary art and high
souIed patriotism.l
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-06-15
The Wac Plant,

Wac is plant which Porto Ricans
use as source of dye. and an ink Of
exceptional fastness is said to be made
from the seeds. In appearance and
growth the plant resembles cultivated
ginger, the chief difference being the
arrangement of flowers. This plant Is
also used as an article of food and as
a drug. The leaves applied locally are
said to cure a number of common ali
mentS.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-06-15
TOTS TO DONATE AIRPLANE
Colorado Children Are Eager TO Do
Their "Bit" to Aid
Uncle Sam.

Denver, Colo.-Colorado children
will give an airplane to the United
States government. The plan for con-
tribution of pennies by children
throughout the state has been formu-
lated by Mrs. Mary G. c. Bradford.
state superintendent of public instruc-
tion, and the money now Is being col
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-06-15
The Perfect Woman.

Liverpool, England. - Here's the
perfect woman" as defined by a con-
ference Of English teachers:
"She Is forty, Is married and Is the
mother Of five children. She Ia patri-
otic."
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-06-15
Import Of Gems Cut Third.

New York.-Diamonds and other
precious gems will not be so plenti-
full In the future. The imports for
March were only $1.6S4, 1873 against
$3,S16,679 for February.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-06-15

lected. The suggestion came from the
Brookside school district, near Canyon
City, where the majority of the chill
dren's parents are Of foreign birth.
They were eager to do their 'bit" to
aid Uncle Sam.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-06-15
Chinese Students Enlist.

New York.-TientOn Liu, student of
Columbia university, has enrolled 600
Chinese students from colleges
throughout the country as the nucleus
of a regiment for service In the Amer
lean army.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-06-15
Family Jar,

II might have done better than to
marry you" swell, don't blame me
for your lack of business acumen. In
stead of accepting the first offer that
came along, you should have adver-
tised for sealed bids and proposals."
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-06-15
Not Very ReliuousIy.

Physician-"Did your husband fol-
low my directions. taking his medicine
religiously?" Wife-"I fear not, doc
tor. He swore every time 1 gave him
q dose."-Puck.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-06-15
Quite Different.

"How do you dare to say I gave you
short weight on that salmonT
81 didn't. All 1 said was there was
something fishy about your scales"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-06-15

1t falls to the lot of few men TO
celebrate their eightieth birthday,
much less when a man has led life
of adventure, has been mixed up In
practically every revolution within the
last sixty years in Central and South
America, and has braved death hun
dreds Of times.
But such is the lot of Capt. John
Dynamite Johnny O'Brien, who re-
Gently celebrated the passing OF his
eightieth year at the Hotel McAlpin
in New York. In honor Of his BIRTH
day, President MenOcal Of Cuba or
dered Victor Hugo BarrancO, Cuban
representative in New York to enter
tain the captain at an elaborate din
ner.
Dynamite Johnny" was the real
thing in adventure, the dynamite and
munition artist in more than one Hon.
duran, Panamanian, Haytien and Gu
ban revolution. 1t was he who, in
1896, took a shiplOad of dynamite
and munitions to General Garcia, the
Cuban insurrectO. He accompanied the
late General Funston on a Cuban ex'
petition before Funston was identified
with the United States army. Rich
ard Harding Davis and o. Henry wrote
scores of stories with Dynamite John
ny" as the hero.
~~~Oo~-~-~~~~~~
half dollar, was allowed a month
Goals were very short when l left
and one could get only a hundred
weight at a time and then fetch /
oneself and wait two or three hOur
| for it.
Clothing was also giving out, ant
every article, from q handkerchief t
coat, was very scarce, while on
could not get a new dress without Civ
ing up an old one in exchange.
have met many there who said, w
cannot exist in this way and we mus
give in. Whoever says we can live o
these rations has secret stocks to ia
back upon. That may be so, but
am sure the German people as Who'll
do not yet believe they will be starve
into submission"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-06-15
Stickin'a

When a boy asks his mother II 1t ia
wrong to play marbles for keeps, 1t IL
q safe bet that he has come home with
more than he started out with.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-06-15

The fast mans liver Is generally
the last thing that clings to him.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-06-15
PlOWS UP BEAUTIFUL
CITY LAWNS FOR CROPS

Venice, Cal.-Venice has sacri-
feed her municipal pride to COM
bat high food prices. The city
commissioners have ordered the
beautiful lawn and gardens
around the new city hall plowed
up and planted to potatoes. In
addition, all vacant property
owned by the city is to be put
under cultivation and Mayor
Lewis has started a movement
to have private individuals give
their vacant land for garden
purposes. The city of Venice
will furnish the seed, high-school
students will cultivate the gar
dens and the fire department will
irrigate them free of charge.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-06-27

There is one law passed by the last
legislature that owners and drivers Of
wheeled vehicles should pay attention
to. 1t becomes operative on July {
and provides that every vehicle on
wheels, whether stationary or in mo-
ton, shall have one light visible from
the front and rear. one hour after sun
set and one hour before sunrise The
only exemptions made is for vehicles
hauling hay. wood, lumber of stone
Although heavy teams are exempted
by law it is believed that many of
them will provide lights as q matter
of safety
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-06-27
FAIRFIELD
Garden Party by Past and Pres
ent Club at Monument Park
Proves Brilliant Event-An-
nual NJ. E. Picnic to Be on
Church Lawn

For the second time this season,
party and the Past and Present club
may feel proud of the results of the
whole afternoons program. Prompt
ly at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon the
patrons began coming and until the
closing constant coming and going
was in progress. The park was at
tractively decorated with flags and
very conspicuous were the emblems
of the allies. A number of the graded
school pupils were close competitors
corn. Among the servers We're Miss
Doris Tozier. Elizabeth Brophy.
Katherine King, Marion Drisco and
Mrs. F. L. Tozier. Mrs. George Page,
Mrs. F. H. Neal and Mrs. s. T. Lawry
presided at the tables.
The program opened with a piano
duet by Misses Ruth Hatch and Hazel
McAuley. A daisy drill was next pre-
scented, which was very sweet, by IA
little girls under the direction of Mrs.
Lottie Burrill. The girls were vir-
ginia Aver. Lillian Pooler, Hattie
Witham. Anna Mcdonald. Vivian
Tully Florence Pooler. May Rollins,
Jennie O'Blemis. Evelyn Curtis, Lii
liam York. Gertrude Sykes. Charlotte
Farnum and Margaret Witham.
A vocal selection. THE Low Backed
Car" was pleasingly sung by num-