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Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1918-01-02
VAST AMOUNT or
GUM l;HEWED BY
MEN or A. (. I.
Y. M. G. A. Supplies 77Ia Tons Of the
country's Favcrite "Jaw Developer"
to Soldiers In One Month-That
Was 1e,s2o,ooo stlcksi


Paris, Dec. 1.-fBy Mail.) Tho Y.
M. C. A. furnishes most Of the chew,
ing gum for our soldiers and sailors
overseas. For one months delivery
recently 1t ordered 771k tons Of Amer.
ica's fayorite jaw developer.
When one speaks of chewing rum
in tons. the human mind starts to
miss ilre and skid. for it takes con-
siderable gum to weigh 1000 pounds.
There are 16.s2o,OOo sticks in TIN
tons.
Figuring the length Of stick OF
gum as three inches, this means 4s,.
960, 900 inches Of gum. Dividing by
12 we have 4.OSO.0GO feet Of the sisc-
cuIent sticks. When YOU reduce ikis
20 miles You have iast plain 771.S
plus.
But even more sttpendous figures
are to be had when you compute the
number Of -jaw-miies" that this much
gum represents. It was found that
the average man Of phlegmatic tenn
perament chews 20 times minute.
while an energetic, hard-working, am
bilious young man will make 80 round
trips with his Jaws In the same length
NJ time
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1918-01-02
oKoLoNA MISSISSIPPI III|lRsDAY JANUARY 2 I9l8
Association Men Win Fieh Demon Rum With Proper
Method The Sweet Tooth Compete Against
Wine Shop

Paris.--tBy Mail)--A sugar-coated
American Expeditionary Force is the
ideal now being striyen for in the
nark-time period OF the arnlistice and
rehabilitation. with fighting gone and
the American fighting men suddenly
turned into uniformed tourist-seeinx
France. Peace. as has been quoted
often. has victories, and one Of them
is to be the victory over the evIl IN
fuences which besiege an idle army
In this campaign the Y. NJ. G. A.
has planned the drive and the sol
diers are, executing it, incidentally
the Y. M. sC. A. has gone into comp63
tition with the wine-shop, as this story
will relate.
During the period,of demobilizatiop.
the Y. M. G. A. will have an even
greater responsibility than it has had
while the war was on, The soldiers
then had the inspiration of being In
the fight-or backing up the lighters
to spur them on. They also were Ell.
tremely busy and their time for recres
alton and for spending money was
limited. But there has been let
down since the armistice was signed.
and the men In olive drab are wail-I
ing for transportation home.
ldleness always means trouble and
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1918-01-02
Il. w. C. "A. COfia.,ctS
Classes While Men
Waif For Discharge

Atlanta, Ca, Dec--While the
soldiers and sailors in the various
camps Of the country are waiting to
be demobiIized. they win be given an
opportunity to take advantage Of en-
iarged educational programs which
viii be operated in all camps by the
y. M. C. A..
In the Southeastern department,
which includes the states Of Georgia,
Alabama Florida. Mississippi. Louisi-
ana. Tennessee. North Carolina and
South Carolina, r of. A. M. Souby, de-
partment educational director, has ad-
vised a plan to better prepare the sol
diers for civilian life when they are
discharged from the service.
Under Mr.. Souby's new program Of
educational activity, the number Of
classes in various subjects will be in
creased and speakers will be exchang-
ed by the different camps, az OF them
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1918-01-02

the government has no idea of dump.
ing hundreds Of thousands Of men back
into the United States after they
have had nothing to do but loaf for
months. To do this would be to Gre
ate very unhealthy social and indus
trial condition In our own country.
There are drills and discipline and,
for many, the work of helping to put
France on her feet again. At tho
Aame time, the men have more lei
eure aad more chances to buy things
Than they had before.
= One Of the most important things
'llie \. NJ. @. A. expects to do during
tue generalization period is to enter
{nto active competition with the
Nrench wine shops. No. the Red Til
lsngle u not going into the saloon busi-
7sess. It is planning TO fight alcohol
With sugar. According to medical ex-
ports, this is the best kind of anlmu-
Eftion to use in battle against the
slore or less well-known Demon.
Z Heavy drinkers don't care for sugar
snd heavy consumers Of sweets usu-
tllg pass up the booze SO by ply
n the soldiers with candy, chocolate,
slewing gum and cookies. the Y. NJ.
81 IA. expects to reduce the conBump.
iach Of alcohol very materially.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1918-01-02
Y. N. c. A. NEEDS ONLY
STRONG MEN OVERSEAS
Candidates for Duty over There Must
BE True Christian Leaders.

Atlanta, Ga, Dec.--What type
II men are now needed as Y. M. C. A.
workers overseas? Only men of es-
tablished Christian character. culture
and leadership, ministers and men
who have had experience in reIig-
1nus work in the church and the
Young Mems Christian Associations.
In addition to this particular group
af men. all of whom would naturally
aualify for hut leadership, there is a
call. according to information Just re-
eeiyed from New York. for educational
administrators. such as school super
iEifendents, high school and grade prin-
efpals and college and university pro-
fhssors.
There Is still call for good chauf-
Gears. mechanicians and entertainers
fBr overseas duty. all Of whom must
D. Of good moral character
II is stated that the Y. M. c. A..
- no longer in need Of such men as
warehouse superintendents and work
eEs. store-room clerks, bookkeepers.
transportation and construction super
tntendents, carpenters, electricians,
,ufumbers. However, number of high
grade stcnographers. accountants and
motion picture operators can be we'll
Used by the Y. M. G. A. overseas at
shis time.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1918-01-02

discussing questions OF Importance to
the men attending the classes.
Special historical topics viii be Sc.
lected for discussion, and speakers
will be borrowed from schools and
colleges to speax in the camps and
cantorments.
II is also planned by the Y. M. @.
A. to keep in touch with the men
even after they leave the service. This
VIII be done by correspondence. and
will be undertaken in the cases Of
illiterates and naturalized Americans
unfamiliar with the English language.
The city Y. M. C. A. secretaries viii
aid In this work
Since the signing Of the armistice
the duties Of the camp soldiers are
not SO strenuous, and they naturally
have more time at their disposal. This
time will be used to advantage by at
tending the new Y. M. c. A. classes.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1918-01-02

1913, of, said Court, the under
sined Special Commissioners,
daly appointed in said decree in
case Of L. ]. & S. D. Murphree
"a al. for sale of land for parti-
tiop, will expose to pull sale
for cash, in front of the Court
ppse door in the CITY Of OkoIo-
nay Cbickasaw County, Missis-
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1918-01-02
LAx.E0s WITH pEpsIN

10 the name Of Reliable and Perfect Laxative
which coon relieves Sick Headache. Dizziness. In
digestion. Stomach Trouble. Gas and Piles caused
BY Torpid Liver and Constipation. Always use
Reliable Laxative 10 the treatment Of Colds, Grip
and Influenza.
Tonic Laxative excellent In its effect on the
System, both as q tonic and as laxative. II Is
Just as good for Children as for Adults. Pleasant
to take. Children like II. Soc.
Made and recommended to the public by Paris
Medicine Co., St Louis, Mo-, manufacturers Of
Grove Tasteless chill Tonic.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1918-01-02
DEMOCRACY VS.. Au1ocRAcy. /.

4 "Tlere Is no royal road to
+ food conservation. We can only
+ accomplish this by the voluntary
I. action Of our whole people. each
l. element In proportion to Its
i needs. 1t is matter OF equality
+ of burden"
+ The truth of this statement, .
+ made by the United States Food .
+ administrators soon after we en- !
+ tered the war, has been borne /
!. out by the history of our ex- .
/ ports. Autocratic food control 4
+ in the lands of our enemies has 1
!. broken down, while democratic 1
{ food sharing has maintained the !
7 health and strength OF this coun- i
7 try and Of the Allies. 4
y sy~-si. u. =. =. Z. q. 4. L i q a
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1918-01-02

! Twenty, Township Twelve, Range
80 ,st, and Fifty acres off the
half Of the North East
ming parallel
.i. East Quarter
snd Sixty four and 97-100 acres
North East corner of said
Jorth East Quarter and the
North Half Of the South Half all
in Section Twenty nine, Township
Twelve and Range Six, East,
containing 488 34-100 acres. as
per the decree Of said Court in
said cause.
Said Commissioners will make
and file in said Court before maxi
ing said sale bond and security
in the sumsof Twenty thousand
dollars for the faithful perform
ance Of their duties under the
law and decree of the Court.
The title to said lard will be
good, ESQ if you want to purchase
good farming lands in good
state Of cultivation near our
prosperous little city, fail not to
attend this sale. Remember the
day and date of sale-1st Mon
day, 9th day of January, 1919,
beginning at / o'clock, P. M, in
front of the Court House door in
City of Okolona, Miss.
Write US for information rela-
tive to this valuable property.
December 9Th, 1918.
S. D. MURPHREE I Special Com
L. j. .MURPHREE missioners.
Okolona, Miss.
J. L. Lyon,
Solicitor for Petitioners,
Okolona, Miss.
rhe 0uInlne That Does Mt Afiset the iisad
Because Of is tonic and laxative effect. LAxA.
Quinine and does not cause NERVOUSNESS nor
ringing In head. Remember the full name and
Iook for the signature Of 4. W. GROVE. sOc.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1918-01-02
A Tonic LAXATIVE

that will remove the bile from the Liver and
cleanse the System THOROUGHLY without eriplnf
or disturbing the stomach 10 truly Perfect Lax
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1918-01-02

in the City OF Oko.ona, Miss, oll
whichis located d commcdious
two story dwelling, all necessary
out houses, near the business part
Of the City; and following lands
in Monroe County, Miss. near
0kolona, Miss, VIZ. East two
thirds Of East half CT Section
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-01-29
Let the Potomac Do It
By EARL GOODWIN.
Millions of Dollars in Wasted Household Power Is Ron

Within week you will be getting your gas and electric
light bills and each of them will be bigger than should be-
With the Potomac harnessed for your benefit you
could do away with and get electricity for lighting cook
ing and HEATING for just about the that now
spend for Lighting and cooking. -,,-4a
The Potomac river is waiting to light your house. cook
your meals and in winter make you Independent OF coal
In barber shops and hardressng places the attend
ant dries your hair with electric blower which the
air as it passes through. --ra=t-s-e c
Big blowers made on the principle of the barber shop
blower used in of the Western high schools Some
of these change and all the air in the building in m
teen minutes The power obtained from Government rr
CATION projects. t -.s
There IS nothing new and wonderful about electric
heating The wonderful thing is that people slow In
Harvesting this mighty river which is inviting every dry
to use great strength
Cleveland Ohio without the aid of mighty river sells
its own people electricity at cents a kilowatt hour
where pay 10 cents. That is cents is the maximum
rate Large get it for less than cent In lighting
the streets the city saved in year 100000 and
there is general saving in Cleveland of million dol
lars every year. This is because the people of Cleveland
who have VOTE knew enough to elect Tom Johnson who
worked for the people instead of for corporations.
Winnipeg gets its power from the Winnipeg river,
transporting it seventyseven miles, The people there get
the benefit of municipality owned plant distributing cleo
ricity at cents its highest rate Before the municipal
plant built Winnipeg paid private company 20 cents
Gin view of the generally accepted rate of 10 cents
kOwa hour charged by private companies these municipal
plants are working revelation in the matter of electric
rates They are revelation of what municipal ownership
can be made to accomplish Thus speaks the Public Owner
ship League of America. .......-
Chicago gets light and power from the water flowing
through It's famous drainage canal Its street lighting power
costs little threefourths of cent klOwatt hour
Pasadena suffering from private electric light syS
tenn put in cyowned plant and according to the latest
figures can get has the rates down to schedule where
in the maximum IS cents and the wholesale rate IL cents
The private plant charged 10 cents. Some difference
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-01-29
Let Your Light Shine Purely,
Mister Man, Please
By Winifred Black.

I SAT next to Harold Skimpole
at dinner last night. OF
= course, his name isn't really
Skimpole at all; it's-no, / don't
think I'll tell what it is. Some Of
his creditors might see it and ring
me up on the phone to get track
of him, and then Harold Skimpole
would have to leave town, and l
do hope he won't leave till l hear
him sing that Montenegro love
song again.
He did it at the table when they
were serving coffee, and beat out
a kind of tinkly accompaniment
on his glass that was really effect
i've, and l noticed Pretty Girl was
so fascinated by it that she never
looked at her good, sensible escort
once again till the dinner was over,
but kept staring at Harold Skim
pole with rather an absorbed look
for an engaged girl, mean, Of
course.
/ thought / observed that Har-
old Skimpole was aware of Pretty
Girls absorption. He seemed to
me to be a trifle elated and keyed
up to some secret exaltation.
He is an interesting creature
/ know he never pays his debts,
and he's always borrowing money.
and they do saw that if you're his
friend he'll make you raw for his
friendship somehow, some day.
. Entertaining But-Thoughtless
There's wife hidden away
somewhere, poor thing, with three
or four children. Harold Skim
pole writes lovely verses to the
children every time one of them
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-01-29

porarily dethroned by the enemy.
We must all contribute our part
toward putting them back in their
place Of supremacy.
Use II to Advantage.
Thus. instead OF permitting the
, daily reports Of carnage to incite
our children to acts Of depravity Of
their own. we may actually make
moral capital out Of these startling
currents.
Perhaps It is wrong to teach the
young to despise individuals Of any
nations, but it is certainly not
wrong to invest them with an IN
yielding hatred toward the des-
picable, murderous attack Of our
enemy upon all that is best and
most sacred in the entire family of
mankind.
Finally, this is written to ad-
monish parents to strain every re-
bOuiSO III OAuCI " ludhC lnCh-
selves 1T for the new imperative
duty Of becoming assistant instruc-
tors Of their young. The new and
trying situation into which we
have been thrown has fairly
swamped the schools with its
weight Of new responsibilities.
Every available help must be Sc
cured II we are to keep young
America faced toward the light
during this period Of awful turmoil.
Furthermore. this willing act of
assistance on the part Of parents is
certain to do much. to cheer and
rationalize their own patriotic zeal.
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has birthday, and he can sing
Mother Goose melodies in such a
melting voice that you want to, go
right out into the street and
adopt q baby and bring it in to
hear the melody.
They say he hasn't sent a penny
t the wife for years, and his
friends see that she gets enough
money to keep the children clothed
and fed.
l never saw Harold Skimpole's
wife but once, and that was quite
by accident at q little church Of
fair in the country. She told me
all about her husband, how clever
he was-she said he was so de-
lightfully bohemian. l didn't notice
anything particularly bohemian
about her unless It was her shabby
shoes, poor thing, and she didn't
strike me as particularly clever.
suppose, therefore, l shouldn't
have been sOrry for her, but 1 was,
somehow.
So sorry that my heart aches
whenever ! think of her.
Every time l see Harold Skim
pole / think of his wife-you never
can help that at a dinner, because
Harold makes it a point to raise
his glass, look sentimentally at it
and drink to the toast of "a Good
Woman"
And every one who has been
cross with him relents and thinks:
"Well, he's a good fellow, aftc-
all. You see he really does love
her, even if he does neglect her."
Harold is a thoughtless creature.
He forgets engagements and never
thinks to remember promise, but
what Canyon expect? That's just
a part of his gay, bohemian way.
And when he tells you about the
time he fell in love with a Spanisi.
girl, and the day he first met the
beautiful Russian, and what really
happened that time at the house
boat, you can't help laughin7 to
save your life, and when you've
once laughed with Harold Skim
pole-you're gone, as far as any
particular standards are concerned.
He has a fine lot of friends, TOO,
has Harold Skimpole, all gay,
light-hearted fellows. never both
ering about debts or rents, or
promises or neutrality-suspicious.
bohemians, every one of them.
Fiction And Reality.
But last night, somehow, the
light was Just right, or just wrong;
and couldn't help feeling how old
Harold Skimpole looked, old and
tired and worn out, but not dlR-
nified and not fine and not IN the
least wise.
And ali at once / didn't like
him. | didn't even like the song
he sang, not if | looked at hlm
while he was singing 1t, and
wondered why it was that 1t was
such fun to read about Peter Pan
and how he never grew old, and so
disconcerting to see one of the real
Peter Pans in real life and feel
like looking the other way when
he persists in acting like a boy Of
twenty-at fifty.
No, don't think I'm fond Of
Harold, after all.
You see, they only call this sort
of person Peter Pan in the book or
in the play.
In real life the doctors have
found another name for them.
They call them Morons. and that
does put a different face on it,
after all
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-01-29
Your Duty AS Parents in
War Time
By william A. McKe ever.

Zone Of the nations foremost aI'
thorities on problems Of child
hood and sociology
r F our children are to withstand
the serious shock to their
l. moral and spiritual sensibili-
ties which the daily reports from
the awful battle lines tend to i'm
part to them we parents must be-
stir ourselves to head their think
ing in the right direction
Thus we can do much to con-
serve the integrity of the genera
ton which is to follow and build
I'D after we have torn down. But
in order to perform this parental
duty effectively we shall need all
possible clearness and defniteness
in our knowledge of home and life
in general and in our attitude to-
ward the ends to be sought
When the Almighty created the
plan Of our lives He also made
wonderful provisions for keeping
this common nature of ours far
beyond the reach Of human inter-
ference.
History Magnified.
First Of all, it must be remem-
bered that the awful acts Of car
mage now taking place along the
battle lines are but magnifed
repetitions of what the world has
witnessed again and again
throughout the centuries.
Even the insane and unspeak-
able eruelties of our enemy are
not new in either form or sub
stance, but merely a shocking sur
prise to this supposedly enliGht-
ened age.
Now, we can very much
strengthen our position as moral
guides of our children at this try
ing time by carefully reminding
them of the unassailable integrity
of the race as a whole.
We can explain to them how the
human family has many times
passed through crises similar to
this one and has come through it
all chastened and serene, but in no
sense fundamentally changed.
We can show how the sins Of
the fathers are visited upon in
dividuals, few or many, but not
upon the common race life. There
is no evidence to indicate that all
this insane and wicked slaughter
has ever permanently damaged
the integrity of the human family
as. a whole. Likewise there is no
evidence to indicate any perma-
nent good.
This knowledge of the substan-
liability of the human racesshould
cheer and encourage both parents
and young in our set determine
ton to win the war, and not for
ourselves, but for a further vim
dication Of the better aspects Of
cur common nature.
It is not humanity that is at
stake, but the righteous ten
<kncieS Of human nature ore tepO-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-01-29


and Erie railroads win enter New York city through the
Pennsylvania tunnel
That is due to Government control of railroads.
Under the private ownership system the object Of the
UP AND MoNoPoLizE MANHATTAN HAITI NJ ISLAND and and
prevent PASSENGERS on other railroads landing Nsw York
This was announcement for passengers, bad for New
York city and its business and bad for competing railroads
pleasant for the privately controlled railroad monopoe
b Under Government control directed by ". g. McAdoO,
shutting out competing railroads and nconveniencing the
public as a deliberate policy win come to an end.
The inhabitants of New Jersey and all travellers ON two
great railroads know what it be shut out Of this
city
Crowded train loads of commuters and passengers from
distant points on the New Jersey Central and the Baltimore
and Ohio are compelled by the shutting policy get
out Of their the west side Of the Hudson walk to
eyboat fight the fog and the ice in winter land at the
water front and walk ride in cabs to their destination in
business centers ,l
Under Government control New Jersey Central passen-
gers and Baltimore and Ohio passengers will connect with
the Hudson tunnel by convenient staonas passengers Of
the railroad connect at Manhattan trans
fer .-s5. aa'r
Millions Of passengers yearly, compelled to cross
terminal downtown the Hudson terminals uptown
They will be taken directly to the of business the
hotels the big stores promptly and conveniently Because
Government control aims at public service not railroad
monopoly
The people of the United States viii find great differ
ences, greatly increased convenience when Government
ownership Of railroads does for passengers what Govern
men ownership Of the posofce has long done for writers
of letters. E4$s
The Hudson tube and the Pennsylvania tube win be-
come great carriers Of parcel post matter delivering to and
from the business centers Of New York. well carry
ing passengers to those centers. ia. c~s ~ "a,
Government control Of railroads will to the mer
chants of New York. the hotels and the general prosperity
of the city hundreds of millions every year-and to the s
cling public from Washington and other cities comfort and
convenience greatly increased
Will the railroads go back to private ownership to
the private control whose policy it to shut out rail-
roads and shut of competition and the public from big
cities? ...--, - is -. ~
No. they will not. E5..-r - ss.Is
They are and will REMAIN, controlled by the Govern
men-and before long they viii be OWNED by the Gov
ernment-that is to say, by the people g=r ~ .r.zF
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-01-29

The Coal Administration is congratulated its decision
to reconsider and allow churches to open in the morning
Telling the Lord Himself what He and cannot do seems
going little far.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-01-29

This little picture by Congressman Baer of North Dakota
political "song without Words Rat prooing the barn
will be followed by rat proofng politics
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-01-29
Government Control OfRailrOadS
HELPS New York
Private Control Shut People Out of New York.

You read that passenger trains from the Lackawanna
Pennsylvania tunnel
20 That is due to Government control of railroads