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Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1917-07-12

Another serious pest that is
threatening the good old homely
dish called boiled cabbage, is not
itself so very homely as scien-
fists call it Pseudomonas Cam
pestris which means Black Root.
We shall call it by this last name.
Black Root is destroying thou
sands of cabbage in this county.
The cabbage turns yellow and
then dies. If it is pulled from
the groune it will be found that
the interior of the root is black.
This is caused from the fungous
which lives in the soil and grows
into the root and up into the
cabbage and completely destroys
the plant.
1t has been spread in this Sec
ton by the practice of buying
so-called frost-proof cabbage.
The beds in which these cab
bage plants are grown year after
year become thoroughly infested
with the disease. and when you
you set the plants out in your
garden you infest your own soil
and spoil your chances of raising
cabbage on this ground for sew
eral years. AS long as you con-
tinue to plant cabbage, or any
of the cabbage family, on this
ground the disease will continue
to live in the soil and to spoil the
crop. The only way to rid the
ground is to plant all cabbage,
turnips, caulifiower, kale, rape,
mustard, and other like plants in
another place for at least two
years until the disease has had
time to die out. And if you have
not yet gotten it in your soil, do
not plant imported plants, but
learn to raise your own FROST
proof plants in your own garden.
Thea. and M. college is doing
this, and we stand ready to tell
you how it is done.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1917-07-12
CHINA TO MAKE PoRcELAlNs.

China shows signs Of reviving the
manufacture of porcelain. Japan
does not view the movement with
favor. That country has been try.
ing to forestall the world demand
for this form of art and to capture q
larger degree of the trade. China
may become a powerful competitor
owing to the cheapness of labor.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1917-07-12

3:30-8:00- Recreation and Supper
800 300 Lecture.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 17-CLUB DAY
8:O0-8:45- Corn Club, Records,
Exhibits, Premiums, etc.
8:45- 1870 Pig Club, Records,
Premiums, Exhibits, etc.
9:30-9 $40 Recess.
40-10:25- Club Meetings and
Organizations.
10:25-11:00- Yells, Songs, etc.
l1:00-12:00- Lecture, P. H. San
ders.
12:00-1 :30-Dinner.
1:30-3:90r Automobile Tours, or
other Amusements.
$780, 800 Recreation and Supper
500 Reception.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1917-07-12

The M. &F. Bank got in a ship
ment ofELookout Mountain pota-
toes the other day, and they are
as fine as | ever saw. They cost
six dollars a bushel but are well
worth the money. The demand
for seed always exceeds the sup
ply, just as it did this year.
There will likely be a ready mar
ket next year right here in your
own community for any surplus
seed you may have.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1917-07-12
CRITICAL.

"What is your husbands business,
may l ask ?" said Mrs. Nib.
j @He is a critic" said Mrs. Hard
life, with sigh, "and I am the cause
of most of his criticisms"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1917-07-12
IMPROVES THE STORY.

Milly-A good story always bears
repeating.
Billy-Yes; especially if it is told
to you as a secret.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1917-07-12
Children Cry
FOR FLETcHER'S
CA 9 TO RIA
scientific Improvement.

A chemical hygrometer. said to be
much superior to the psychrometer for
measuring relative humidity, provides
means of determining the moisture
content Of the air by volume measure
ments before and after contact with
sulphuric acid. which completely alb
serbs the water vapor present in one
contact. A reading can be made in
less than two minutes.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1917-07-12
PROGRAM
Short Course for Boys Club
School, Chickasaw County
Aug. 18th to 18th Inclusive

MONDAY, AUGUST 13-CoRN
8:00-8:45- How the Plants Grow.
8:45-9:30-Plant Foods and Com
merciaf Fertilizer.
9:30-9:40-Recess.
$40. 1925 Seed Corn.
10:25-11:10 Preparation an d
Cultivation.
1l:10-12:00-Lectu c. A. Cobb
12:00-1 30-Dinner.
1:30-3:30-De Demonstrations, Field
Selection of Seed Corn.
3::30-8:00-R Recreation and Sup
per.
100000 Lecture, ]. w. Bailey
Entomology.
TUESDAY, AUGUST ID SOILS.
8:00-8:45- How to Build and
Maintain Soil Fertility.
8:45-9:30- Preparation of Soils
for Crops.
$50 9:40-Recess.
9:40-10:25 Soil Moisture.
10:25-11:10- Manure and Cover
Crops.
11:10-12:00-Lectur R. H. Pate.
12:00-l:30- Dinner.
1:30-3:30v Demonstrations, in
Terracing.
3:30-8:00-R Recreation and Supper
8:0O-9:00-Lecture.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15-HoGs
8:00-8:45-B Breeds of Hogs.
8:45-9:30-F Feeds and Feeding.
9:30-9:40-Recess.
9:40-10:25- Grazing Crops.
1O:25-11:10- Diseases; Symptoms
and Treatment.
11:10-12:00-Lecture, |. W. Car
penter.
12:00-1:30-Dinner.
1:30-3:30-D Demonstrations, Inoc-
ulation for Cholera, .Prepar-
ing Dips, Worm Mixture, and
Use of Self-feeder.
3:30-8:00- Recreation and Supper
500 :00-Lecture. .
THURSDAY, AUGUST 16-LEGUMEs
8:OO-8:45-Legume Crops.
8:45-9:3O- Summer Legumes and
their Use.
9:3O-9:40-R Recess.
9 4O:1O:25- Winter Legumes and
\ their Use.
10:25-11:10- Harvesting Legume
Crops.
11:1O-12:O0-Lecture. J. w. Will
lis.
12:00-1:30-Dinner.
l :30-3:30-D Demonstration, Field
Study of Legumes.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1917-07-12
WHERE FATHER GETS EN-.

'Iittle girl, why aren't you pro-
vided with an umbrellap
Because father hasn't been to
church this year."-Puck.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1917-07-12
VIEWPOINT.

'Ts farming hard work."
"That depends. If you live in the
country it is; if you live in the city
it isn't"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1917-07-12
VERY HAPPY.

"You look happy"
"Why shouldn't L? The baseball
season is on and I've just as many
grsndmothers as had a year ago."
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1917-07-12
NO TROUBLE.

Knicker-Have any trouble with
your daughters beaus?
Bocker-No, / have "Stop-Go'
signal in the parlor.-Judge.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1917-07-12
EFFICIENCY IN EDEN.

seWhen was the loose leaf system
first used ?"
GIVE used it to keep track of her
party gowns.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1917-07-12

The Old Standard Groves Tastel.as
chill Tonic is equally valuable as q
General Tonic because Il contains tie
wen known tonic properties fQUININk
and IRON. It acts on the Liver, Drives
out Malaria, Enriches the Blood snd
Builds up the Whole System, 50 een,H.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1917-07-12
MILITARY NOISES.

@What a racket! What is all that
noise in the gardenT"
81 guess it's the trumpet flower
you hear"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1917-07-12
What is LAX-FOS
LAx-F0S IS AN IMPROVED CASCARA

A Digestive Liquid Laxative, CatharticE
and Liver Tonic. Contains Cascara Bark
Blue Flag Root, Rhubarb Root, BlacE
Root, May Apple Root, SIENNA Leaves and
Pepsin. Combines strength with pala-
table aromatic taste. Does not grippe. SOc
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1917-07-12
PAYS WELL THEN.

ri don't think it pays to fight
other peoples battles"
'That's right; unless you happen
to be a lawyer"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1917-07-12
sELF-ANNoUNcEp.

Neighbour hear you have a baby
at your house.
Jones-Yes. Who told you9
Neighbor-The baby.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1917-07-12
THE CURE.

$50 you've given up smoking?"
eyes"
'What cured your"
"The conversation in smoking
cars"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1917-07-12
What Makes Pigs Fat?

The FOLLOWING is a letter | re-
ceived from one of my club boys
the other day:
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1917-07-12
Van Vleet, Miss.
July 5, 1917.
Mr.. N. d. Guerry,
Okolona, Miss.

Dear friend:
received my pig on the 9th
of June and she weighed 81
pounds, | weighed her on the
10Th and she weighed 43 pounds.
| weighed her today, the 9Th,
and she weighed 65 pounds. ]
like my pig fine. | rub my pig
every day.
Yours,
Hugh L. Piden.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-24
There is no price that pays for the loss Of
honor-Arthur Somers Roche.
SOME ENGINEERING VISIONS.

Airships which shall operate higher and sub
marines which shall operate at greater depth
below the surface are two ends sought by the
experts who are devising means to make these
two war machines more efficient. Our Liberty
aeroplane engine is reported to show remark
able efficiency and now means to make the
aeronaut impervious to lack of oxygen in the
upper air is reported. The Importance of air
ship operation at great height is that it will
secure the craft from attack to a great extent.
Aeronauts have been able to fly to great alt-
tude but not to remain there for any interval
long enough to admit of systematic attack on
Notifications or other detectives. An aircraft
which could maneuver above its enemies of the
air would have decided advantage
John Hays Hammond Jr, whose inventions
have been endorsed by our government, writes
IN a recent article that the submarine only
needs more powerful and enduring motor to
become as practical seafarer as surface boats.
Mr.. Hammond also believes that means of de-
tectng accurately the position of vessels on the
surface will soon be at hand to submarine Cd
orators. It would seem that we have in pros
pect another of many instances in which bal
ance between attack and defense is maintained.
The submarines greatest foe is the aeroplane;
as this is made more capable of sustained at
tack the submarine will be enabled to descend
further out of reach Of attack by it.
We are viewing every thing now from the
war angle and stalemates in, mechanical in
venhon do not appeal to us as would some
means OF decisive supremacy. But it is cheer
ing to remember that after the war the me
chamcal efficiency which is being added t.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-24
ENDURANCE,

How much the heart may bear and not break;
How much the flesh may suffer and not die;
question much if any pain or ache
OF soul or body brings our end more Nigh
Death chooses his time; till that Is sworn
All evils may be borne
We shrink and shudder at the surgeons knife,
Each recoiling from the cruel steel,
Whose edge searching for the quivering life.
Yet to the bitter pangs reveal
That still although the trembling flesh be torn
This also be borne.
We sorrow rising in way
And try to- escape from the approaching ILL
We seek small escape; weep and pray,
But when the blow falls then our hearts are still;
Not that the pain is of its sharpness shorn,
But that it be borne.
We wind life about another life;
We hold it closer, dearer than our own,
Anon it fails and faints in deathly strife
Leaving stunned and stricken and alone,
But, ali, do die with those mourn;
This also be borne.
Behold, we live through all things-famine, thirst
Bereavement pain; all grief and misery
Ali and sorrow; life inflicts its worst
On soul and body-but cannot die,
Though be sick and tired and faint and worm
10, all things be borne.
Baltimore American.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-24
DRYS GAIN SIX
IN VOTE COUNT
Canvas Of Ballots by Lee County
Supervisors Shows But
Slight Shift In
hs Irns

Fort Madison Democrat: The re.
count of the ballots Of the wet and
dry election In Lee county held at
the court house this afternoon show
ed a gain for the drys of six votes
In the county. and cut the lead of
the vets from 2,01S to 2,012, the total
vote was, yes, 2,258, and no, 4,27O.
The members Of the board started
early this morning, and worked
throughout the day in the recounting
OF the ballots and finished late yes.
terday afternoon
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-24
KEEP LOOKING YOUNG
It's Easy-If You Know W.
Edwards Olive Tablets

The secret Of keeping young IS 20 y, y
young - to do this you must watca .d M
liver and bowels - there's no lise ID
having sallow complexion - dark s; M
S ioos IN yS your ei face dull eyes with
sparkle. Your doctor will tell you l n,'jt]
per cent of all sickness comes tf0u
active bowels and liver. ,-..;cd
DR.. Edwards, well-known physl "a
in Ohio, perfected q vegetaoie "a
pound mixed with olive Oil TO az
the liver and bowels, which ne CAV
his patients for years. a., ,rbs.
DR.. Edwards' Olive Tablets, the SUI,
tute for calomel, are gentle in then a aho,
yet always effective. They bring s ON,
that exuberance Of spirit, that nal
buoyancy which should be enjoysG
everyone, by toning up the liver anu
ing the system of impurities. or.. II,
You will know Dr.. Edwards Ons osc 3
lets by their olive color. l0c ana - Z
box. ali druggists.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-24
"coLD" CANNED GERMS"

Cedar Rapids Republican,: DR..
Ernest C. Dickson of California has
sent out warning about some goods
that may have been packed by the
cold process, whatever that is. He
says that there is some sort of a
lurking danger in these goods, and
on the Pacific coast, he says, there
have been twenty-three deaths from
these accumulated dangers. But it
does not mean that you have got to
discard what you may have put up
in that way. 1t simply means that
YOU must heat before using them and
then the dangers are all eliminated.
On this he says:
THE botulinus toxin is easily
destroyed by heating, and all
danger of botulinus will be re-
moved from home-canned pro-
ducts If the food is always boiled
before it is eaten or even tasted
Under no circumstances should
home-canned products, if the food
is prepared by the cold-pack
method, be served as salad I'M
less they have been cooked after
their removal from the container,
and, until it is established what
fruits are suitable for the forma-
ton of the toxin, it will be safer
to reheat all fruits which have
been prepared by this method,
even though there may be no ap-
parent evidence that the food has
been spoiled"
We might have guessed that some
one would come forward to spoil our
dreams of happiness. There is al
ways someone to take the Joy out OF
living. But it may be that he is
helping you to stay alive. At least,
our advice to you is to follow his
advice. for there has no one appeared
so far to contradict his conclusions.
which he reached through official in
vestigations made in California
Safety first is always a good idea.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-24
BUYING BONDS FROM SAVINGS.

France, less than half as popuIous as the
United States and bearing the burden OF
war upon her own soil with all Its attendant
devastation and absolute destruction OF values,
has nevertheless raised more than nineteen BIZ
lion dollars in war loans. This huge sum came
from the Frenchmen's savings; and 1t points
the way for this country to finance Its share OF
the war. To sell other securities to buy LAD
erty bonds means depreciation on change;
to take money from the savings banks may pro-
duce the same result, for the banks, IN turn
may have to sell securities or to call their
loans But to pay for the bonds out of cur
rent savings is as patriotic as it is thrifty-and
it may inculcate a much needed habit OF SAVING
which will be of incalculable benefit long after
the emergency has passed.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-24
Too "Rone Dry"

Denison Bulletin: The vote
has been said to be an emphatic
protest against the "bone dry" laws
passed by the last legislature. Thous-
ands of people in this state who were
willing and glad to have the open
saloon closed did not and do not ac-
quiesce in the policy that free and
white citizen of responsibility cannot
ship into the state even spoonful Of
alcohol for the use of his family. Pro-
hibitionists were warned during the
last session of the legislature that IL
they put that strict provision into their
enforcement laws 1t would endanger
the constitutional amendment. This
warning was well founded. and we be-
Iieve the fact that the prohibition
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-24

You don't want slow remedy
when your stomach is bad-or an
one-or harmful one
your stomach is too valuable; you
mustn't injure 1t with drastic drugs.
Pape's Diapepsin is noted for its
speed in giving relief; it's harmless
ness; it's certain unfailing action in
regulating sick, sour. gassy stom-
achs. It's quick relief in indigestion,
dyspepsia and gastritis when caused
by acidity has made it famous the
world over.
Keep this wonderful stomach
sweetener in your home-keep 1t
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-24
Instant Relief! Indigestion, Gas,
Upset Stomach Pape's Diapepsin
Instantly neutralizes excessive acid in stomach re-
ieving dyspepsia, heartburn, distress. It's fne

handy-get a large flfty-cent Gag
from any drug store and then II any
one should eat something Wl1
doesn't agree with them; wa1
they eat lays like lead, ferments a1
sours and forms gas; causes hea
ache, dizziness and nausea; eruca
lions of acid and undigested 1000
rem ember as soon as Pape's Diape
sin comes in contact with the s'ol
ach 1T helps to neutralize the exec
sive acidity, then all the stoma
distress caused by 1t disappears.
promptness, certainty and ease
overcoming such stomach disoros
is revelation to those who try
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-24

fouled in the propeller. Anderson
his men took to the yawl, when
swamped in the heavy seas.
AS they chung to the small ooa.
momentary danger Of being sw'
away, Lieut.. Henry VanderWer, v
had observed their plight, leu
jackies down tor the beach.
A score of the sailors swan
yards through the icy waters 10
yawl, attached lines to It ana
others dragged 1t ashore.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-24

amendment has not carried in this
state by a large majority was due
more to that drastic enforcement law
than to any sentiment favoring the
open saloon. We do not believe that
any legislature in the near future
will pass law to permit an open sa-
loon in Iowa, but it is more than like
~ that some legislature very soon
will repeal this "bone dry bill which
has cost the amendment its vitality.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-24
HUNDRED YARDS
IN ICE WATER
Score Of Sailors Swim out to Save Six
Men Clirgine to an Upturned
Boat.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service ]
CHICAGO, Oct. 24.-Captain II. T.
Anderson, Of the tug John G. Mann
and five members of his crew owed
their lives today to the fact that the
1ackies at the Great Lakes naval
training station aren't afraid of cold
water.
When the lines with which the tug
was towing a dredger parted off the
station late yesterday. they became
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-24
A Pound of Whole
VIII eat contains 100

w n e a Z contains l/UU
Galleries, says the chemist
but it doesn't contain any
calories for you unless you
can digest it. 1t is what you
digest, not what you eat,
that supplies nourishment
for the days work. 1t is a
time to cut out expensive
foods that generally contain
little nutrirnent. Shredded
Wheat Biscuit is 100 per
cent. whole wheat-nothing
wasted, nothing thrown
away. It is real man-power
food. Two or three of these
little loaves of baked whole
wheat with milk and fresh
fruits make a nouriShing,
strengthening meal at a
cost of a few pennies. Made
in Niagara Falls, N. Y.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-24
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

Cedar Rapids Republican; All talk
about contesting the wet and dry eiec-
ton outcome is more or less non
sense, The defeated are always apt
10 think that they have been cheated.
But the elections in Iowa are apt TO
be fair and honest. Our judges OF
election are not going TO take chances
OF being sent TO the penitenuary TO
count this or that in or out Clerical
mistakes may be made, and those
should always be looked for in the re-
turns. but these are easily corrected
when the official counts are MADE.
There is no call for us to accuse each
other of dishonesty, simply because
we have differences of opinion.
Shelby County Republican,: Tenn
perance people need not despair. IL
may require vigilance to keep the
state on a dry basis, but we think
it can be done.
Belle PLANE Union: Practically all
of the men who took leading part IN
the Wilson campaign of 1916 have
row received their reward.
Marshalltown Times Republican:
4
day is a complete success However,
the patrons are yet to be heard from.
Perhaps it's like successful opera
ton" which is successful all around
except for the patient.
Sioux City Journal: The Journal is
moved to extend its sympathy to Sen
ator Cummins, as it is moved to SYM
pathize with anyone who finds himself
in an embarrassing situation. The
senator, by his own confession, has
been long standing opponent OF pro-
hibition in Iowa, especially consttu-
tional prohibition. 1t required thirty
years to convert him TO belief tina,
constitutional prohibition was the
proper thing. He was only convinced
when it became apparent that the
whole situation has changed" and that
time has revolutionized the habits.
thought and disposition of the people,
And then, before the senator had
scarcely time to settle himself in his
new place, along comes the Iowa cleo
ton to upset all his conclusions and
to demonstrate that he had not inter-
preted correctly the trend Of opinion
in his own state. Was ever such
luck?
Pella Chronicle: If the war is to
make the world safe for democracy,
the Y NJ c. A. is making the war
safe for young men.
Burlington Hawk-Eye: Uncle Sam
is to make the valley a present in the
form of a 100000 fleet of freight
steamers and barges. AT last the east
seems to have discovered the Missis-
sippi.
Davenport Times: It Is sometimes
poor policy-short-sigh reform-to
be too radical Such things defeat
their own aims. The saloon has not
yet won. but radical reformers have
been given warning.
Ottumwa Courier: The world never
thinks more OF man than he thinks
OF himself The same Is true Of
city, which merely is community of
individuals. The man or the city
striving for progress wins respect.
Success begets success: progress be-
get progress. A refusal to accept an
opportunity to make progress is equiv
alent to serving public notice that the
man or the community concerned
does not seek respect.
Des Moines Register: The man
who refuses to order coal until the
price comes down is likely to find that
his stubbornness is no match for that
of the coal men.