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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-03-08
Breaks Leg and Smiles;
'Twas His Wooden One

Columbus. O.. March S.-'T've broken
my leg" yelled Jasper Poltis. as he
fell TO the street
Two cops saw Poltis fall and heard
his cries They called the police am
bulance and hustled him TO his home
All the way the man with the broken
leg talked with the officers
Funny how a man with a broken
leg can be so jolly remarked one Of
the cops
1T was my wooden leg" said Potts.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-03-08
Leaves Ne3he0 Quarter
To Sfudu Constitution

san Francisco. Calf. March S-The
wiz OF the late Maj. 5 Thorn. one
time manager Of the Palace hotel.
which was filed with county clerk
Mulcrevy recently. contains a bequest
q % cents to his nephew. Joseph s.
Thorn. OF Sayerville. y. J.. with the
stipulation that II be used TO buy
a constitution Of the United States.
read IL and learn to be more COS
mopolitan IN your religion and poll
ties was the notation 10 the nephew.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-03-08
II Years Ago Today
From The Herald Of This Date, 1905


THE strike situation on the New
/ York elevated and subway was Sc
-ious last night. The seizure OF the
subway by the city viii be the remedy
which president Alexander E. orr de-
clares the rapid transit commission
ers VII apply IL the strike tie up
should continue long. The second day
Of the strike began with little change
Trains are running In the subway
and there Is some Improvement In the
elevated. The mayor suggests TO the
Amalgamated Association Of Electric
and street Railway Employees and
local officials Of the Brotherhood Of
Locomotive Engineers that the ad-
dustment OF the trouble be trusted
20 him personally OF 20 a committee
Of disinterested citizens
The Russian situation Is most Sc
rious and resistance is weakening
Several commanders admit that they
cannot much longer witnJahd the Jap
anese rushes- The japanese captured
Manchantins southwest OF Aukoen- AZ
5 this morning
aEQ Aa44Aa AA@Al @ AA4E4-A-asa Aa-s--
evening. at which several limitations
took place The chief business Of the
meeting concerned the matter OF a
home for the Ellzs- A committee was
named to meet with the school trus-
tees and look into the ACCESSIBILITY OF
purchasing the Central school prop
erty- The idea is that il this prop
srty Is purchased. 70 sell the lot now
owned by the lodge on Texas street
adjoining the Methodist church, and
q q
then fix up the school building into
club and lodge rooms. TO serve the
purpose Of the lodge til IL can be re-
placed by a more commodious struc-
turs.
Ground an overheated stove pipe in the
Ranch saloon caused AN alarm OF fire
az o'clock this morning The fire
department speedily eLtinguished the
flames. The damage amounted to less
than S.
An order was placed yesterday for
the material for 100 stereopticOn slides
% be used in the departments Of BIZ
ology, history. and Latin, In the high
school
s II. Aguirre, who IS TO take charge
OF the commissary department Of the .
Greene projects. reached this city I
from Naco Tuesday. In Naco he has 4
been proprietor Of . general store I
He left today for the city Of Chihua- Z
hua- He was accompanied BY E. Fon- I
les, Of Naco-
JudFe J. P Harper granted two /
divorces Tuesday afternoon. One was I
in favor Of Gertrude Cray against 4
George n Gray. the other was de- /
IiFered 10 J. n. Nickerson. the de- I
PENDANT being Mrs II. A Sickersou-
Among the editorial comments 3
kaiser Wilhelm should come over
end see the country for himself FL .
Pas0 VIII promise him hearty greet
ing for one"
l. n Goodman was granted a per
nit TO build an adobe apartment
house on lots i and Is, block 81,
CampbelIs addition. on South stan
ton street 10 cost $500
The Golden State Limited Sc re-
ported five hours late
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-03-08
BY DUNK BOTTs.

THE Rye Straw stOrekeeper is puz-
zled trying to get up some kind Of
a new rat trap bait. The rats they
eat his cheese and cheese remains too
high to bait the trap with.
Film billiard has made all the nee
essary arrangements to take Miss
Flute Belcher to the dance Saturday
night, except to ask her.
Atlas Peck has taken down the gut
tiers on his house, thus interfering
seriously with the spring and summer
building plans Of the English sparrows.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-03-08

COrdOva, Alaska, March S.-Fox
farming on Middleton Island near here
Is profitable. according 10 Joseph
IDach and his wife who recently came
20 this city with 100 blue fox skins
valued at $4,000, representing the
product OF one years work They
have $50 foxes and the work OF sup
plying them with fish Is no small Job.
Vegetables and seal meat also are fed
the animals.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-03-08
Ingratiiude Worse Than
Theft, Says Ohio Court

Cincinnati, O.. March S-'Ingrati-
tude is worse than stealing and you
are guilty of both theft and ingrati-
tude,' said judge Alexander in mu-
nicipal court as he sentenced William
Martin to pay a $50 fine and spend 80
days in the workhouse Martin il is
alleged stole the clothes Of a man
who took him in out OF the cold when
he saw him wandering in the streets
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-03-08

eminent recognition awards for the
members OF the navy. the army and
the marine corps are held by l0ca-
mint authorities and each day hum
dreds OF these decoration are being
made.
The badges or honor awarded 90
marshal Foch- Gen Haig and marshal
Joffre and other allied commanders
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-03-08
Don't Be Sorry Again

You've never had a guaranteed
oil Investment offered YOU be-
fore. Just think, uan-12 per-
cent guaranteed-and Just re-
Gently one share OF stock in g
company operating In the Burlz-
burnett field sold for more than
sixteen hundred dollars!
Men who bought that stock took
q CHANCE Here you ara guar
anteed u perceut-three times
more than a bank pays on time
eposits-aud our holdings fn
BurEburueLt, Goose Creek, Sour
Lake, Saratoga Ranger, Big Hill
West Columbia. Batson and Hum
bic, give promise Of being far
more valuable than any company
which ever operated in Burkbur-
nett alone.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-03-08

Wincheudon, Mass. March Sew
eral Of the local markets have a new
kind Of meat for sale with the open
ing OF the spring season on muslsrats
on March /. a recent bulletin from
the department Of agriculture cU
planning the use and preparation Of
muskrat flesh as a food made an i'm
preston on some OF the men who an
nuailv catch between 300 and 400 ia
this section. and they have prevailed
on the market men to give il a trial
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-03-08
Weighs Sixteen and
One-HaLf Pounds at Birth

Gloucester, Mass, March s-The
birth Of the second largest baby ever
born IN this city occurred al the home
OF Ar. and Mrs. Matthey Sears. when
AIRS Sears presented her husband with
q boy weighing 16lA pounds. The baby
is getting along nicely, but the con-
dition OF the mother IS critical. pleural
pneumonia having developed after
birth
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-03-08
Federal Mint Turning
Ont Medals For Heroes

Philadelphia. Pa. March s.-Hun-
dreds OF war medals OF honor are be-
ing turned out daily at the local fed
eral mint Thousands OF dies for gov
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-03-08
COPY

March ? 1919.
S. S. White Co.,
2o6 n. Oregon St, Paso, Texas
Texas Crude closed Of
there well down Thousand Company expects to
1ng II guer within weeks Advise
Mitchell leaving today drilling adjoining Bur-
burnett townte wan Report al
daily as price Of stock bought
before March twentieth viii entitled per dividend April
fifteenth.
PETROLEUM SECURITIES co.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-03-08
ByTad

we're products OF the local mint An
order for 10000 Mexican service med
ais FOR the men who served IN the
Weracruz expedition Is now beng
filled The medals are bronze discs
with an euameIled target in the cen
ter.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-03-08

wealthy Russians are Ottsa buried IN
glass collins
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-03-08
Another Big
WELL
Assured
THINK!
rls
what this telegrammeanS

You can't walt in the of game
There's only one time 10 do a
thing. Now. Hundreds Of peo-
pie have become RICH over
night OIL stocks have doubled
and trebIed between calls at
rrock exchanges.
You've often wished you were
the Lucky Chap" who struck Il
rich in the oil game. You've
probably refused 70 buy stock at
par and have later seen Il sold
for many times its original
value.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-03-08
PAR VALUE $1,000
?. A. JOHNSON,
Secretary and Treasurer

1T Takes Money Make Money Money Either
or Your Money viii Have Where Money Being
The BURkBURNEII FIELD
the GREATEST MONEY in OF development
this Field MONEY MAKING
determined by The majority Of wells this Field have IN
CREASED
that the main body of the GREAT POOL vet DISCOVERED
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-03-08

IF EVERY ONE OF YOU
THAT READS THIS could
visit the BURKBURNETT
FIELD OF Texas, and see with
your own ewes the @ONCE IN
ALFETnE OPPORTUNITY
that awaits YOU as an investor,
and could You stand on the 10
acre location Of the BURNS
BURNETT OIL COMPANY and
count the derricks around It,
and could step Just across the
road where the big rotary drill
of the Red-Wich Company Is
last nearing the big dividend
paving oil sand, and could walk
over q few hundred feet due
west TO the vel Of the Burk-
Bridge Company. which has Just
struck the pay sand and has
stopped drilling to set and &C.
ment casing before bringing in
the vel. you would agree with
us in our absolute belief that
the BURNS-BURNETT CON-
PANY Is one Of the best and
safest investments IN the Burk-
burnett Field. and WHY Be
cause the capitalization is ex-
ceptionally low, which vii
mean LARGE DIVIDENDS.
The management Is composed
OF experienced. successful OIL
MEN. The location IS one Of
the BEST in the field. and an-
other Burkburnett @GUSHER7
seems almost a certainty.
The organizers Of this con-
pany are an practical oil men
and the Company has been or
gluized for the sole purpose of
producing oil and paying divi-
bends. as is evidenced BY the
low capitalization which Is only
S75.000.00. and the further fact
that less than 100000 of
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1919-03-06
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Whereas letters Of administration
on the estate Of N, A. GlideweII. de-
ceased. was granted to the undersign.
ed administrator by the Chancery
Court Of Second District Chiekasaw
County. Mississippi. on 28th February.
1919. Now all creditors Of said
estate are hereby notified to present
their claims against said estate to the
Clerk Of said Court and have same
duly probated and registered accord.
ing to law witetin one year from this
date, and in default thereof all such
claims will be forever barred.
This FIRST day of March. 1919.
c. E. GIidewell. Sr.,
Administrator.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1919-03-06
He Could Not Lift
Left Hand to Head
]. B. Woodward After Being in
That Condition Two Years Is
Relieved by TanIac Feels He
Could Win Foot Race.

Il feel like getting right there
in the street and out-running any
other man it town." said j. B.
Woodward, 256 Rand Avenue,
LeXing ton, KY, in telling Of the
remarkable benefits he derived
from the use Of Tanlac.
Tor many years" he con-
tinued, 7 had suffered terribly
from stomach trouble, rheuma-
tism and neuralgia. The rheu-
matism was SO bad for two long
years that couldn't raise my
left hand above my head. Moth
ing | ate agreed with me, and |
was al lost afraid to try to eat
anything. One thing after
anothea kept making me misera-
bic am. | hardly knew what 70
90 for myself. You know a man
can suffer until he loses hope Of
getting well, and that was al
most the fix was in.
Every body had been prai5ing
Tanlac so highly ana 50 many
people | know had been helped
by it, that here a while back |
tried it myself. In two or three
weeks after | started taking it, |
began to feel like a different
man. | kept on using it and
now my troubles are all gone.
My stomach doesn't bother me
a bit. can eat heartily and di-
gets it and | can use my arms as
well as | could before | begun to
suffer. Ny family and friends
ali see the great difference Tan
lac has made in me and am
certainly glad to recommend it, +"
Tanlac is sold in Okolona by
w. E. Bearden and by one estab-
lisbed agency in every town. adv
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1919-03-06
Letter from France
Nice, France,
Feb. II, 1919.

My dear Father and Mother,
| am in Nice on my Z day
lave. Have been here two days
and can't begin 10 tell you Uhat
a wonderful time | have had
since / got here, but | will try
md tell you about what | have
seen 50 lar.
/ have often heard Of sunny
france and of the beautiful
country, well 1 must say l have
at last reached the part Of France
that is sunny and beautiful.
had a fine trip from Tonnene
down here. When we LET,
Tonnene it was showing and
sleetiug. AS l got away from
there and came south the wealth
er began to get warm and every
thing green and pretty.
| am staying at a hotel called
lie Pante. 1t is fine hotel and
they feed fine. a good feather
bed to. sleep in and get up in the
morning when l feel like it. 1t
will take all the Francs | have
saved and then some before | get
through with this trip, but
don't care for this trip will be
worth several thousand dollars
to me. For a while | did not
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1919-03-06
5. That P. P. Garner. R. {

u 1Idb l. NoIuCly ASs -
Wilson, j. E. Evans, S. H. Low
enburg and R. c. King be, and
they are hereby appointed as the
State Executive Committee oil
this Convention and that each
County in the State be requested
Immediately to organize with an
executive committee to consist
of one representative from each
supervisors district with the
county chairman as ex-ohicio
member of the committee to see
that recommendations of this
Convention are carried out.
6. That this Convention here
by recommends that the said
county executive committee be
charged, among other things,
with the duty of seeing that IN
dividual pledges to cotton acre
age reduction as herein recon-
mended are secured, that the
paintings be verified and that re-
ports be made to the said ex-
ecutive committee of this Con-
vention from time to time, that
a formal pledge be adopted and
full publicity be given to any
farmer or planter who refuses to
comply with the Recommended
tons herein made, and that
pledges be secured from the
bankers ard merchants to assist
in seeing that the recommends
lions Of this Convention are
carried cut. And that each pre-
cinct in every County in the
State be thoroughly organized
for the accomplishment of tic
reduction in cotton acreage here
in recommended.
7. That the thanks Of this
Convention are hereby rendered
to the public press for the wide
publicity given b the reduction
Enlovemept, and tilat aeknow-
ledgment is hereby made OF the
splendid service so rendered by
the press and that the press and
that the public press be request
ed to continue to give wide pub
licity to the cotton acreage re-
ducton movement.
8. This Convention pledges
itself and its members to foster
a public opinion that will brand
every man who, because his
neighbor and the cotton pro
ducers generally are reducing
their acreage, undertakes to pro
| fit through such external and
united action, by increasing his
own crop or by refusing to re-
duce the same as herein deciar-
ed, as an undesirable citizen, un-
worthy Of the respect and conf
dence of the community in which
he lives.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1919-03-06
Peter Shutter Farm Wagons.
0k0lona Hardware Co.

TSs Strcnz Withstand tiae Winter
Geld Better Than the Weak
Yen must have Fzealth. Strength and In
duranc9 to feht Colds Grip and Influenza.
When your blood is not In a healthy
condition and does rot circulate properly,
your system is unable to Withstand the
Winter cold.
GROVES TAsTELEss chin TONIC
Fortlies the System Against Colds, Grip
end Influenza by Purifying and Enriching
tho Blood.
It contains the wel-known tonic prop
critics of Quinine and Iron in a form
acceptable to the most delicate stomach,
and is pleasant to take. You can soon feel
it, Strengthening, Invisoratne Eject SOe'
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1919-03-06
oKoLoNA. MISSISSIPPI, THURSDAY, MARCH 1919

know whether wanted leave
of absence or not, but since ! am
here and have seen what / have
i would not have missed it for
anything. The only thing hate
is that only have a seven day
leave and haven't any more
Francs than have. Am mail
ing you quite a bunch of postals
so you can see how beautiful
everything is here in Nice. We
are right on the shore of the
Mediterranean sea. The Y. M.
C. A. is out in the water about
one hundred yards. 1t is very
beautiful building, has dance
hall, billiard halls, reading and
writing room and a big room
where they serve hot chocolate
and cakes. There is lots more
about the Y. M. C. A. here that
| could say but haven't time at
present.
Yesterday afternoon | went up
in the Alps mountaing with a
Y. NJ. C. A. man to see the Fort
Montalban. We could see all
over Nice and along the sea and
over on the Italian border. am
going to Italy tomorrow Am
going to visit Monte Carlo and
several other small places. !
have been on the go every since
I latded here. TIE Y. NJ. G. A.
men 90 out twice a day with
bunehes Of men to explain and
show them the best parts of the
country. The picture of the fort
| am sending you does rot seem
vorv b. bnt # i,rn six thnns-
and feet
In raoard ~ NV ca,tinc homo
ca,,f co, whom will but if
tba, won.d save mo Il this nort
bs c.,ar t,rg wanna not nine
,a rsra Tba
,aa+ha, ar, r,,,b ;. rto,i.
~ and ffs sa,ea..t,asa ,ra f..g
ool3an oranoee
,o.f.l, oas boI;ouo
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1919-03-06
COttOn-Acreage COnV cntiOn
Resolutions Adopted Feb. q

Whereas, the farmers, mer-
chants and banking interests Of
the South are confronted with a
grave crisis on account of the
accumulation of large stocks of
cotton at this unsettled and un-
certain reconstruction period,
which crisis is fraught with
gave danger, both to the pres
ent welfare and the future pros
perity of the South; and,
Whereas, The farmers, mer-
chants and bankers have within
their own hands the infallible
solution of the threatening con-
ditions that now exist in the cot
ton producing section; and,
Whereas, There was held in
the City of New Orleans on
February 17-l8tb, 1919, tie Cot
ton States Cotton Acreage Re-
duction Convention, composed Of
farmers, merchants and bankers
from every Southern State,
which Convention carefully con
sidered for two days the menac-
ing conditions that have been
preeipitated upon the cotton
producing states and recommend
ed, among other things, the re-
duction Of at least one-third Of
the 1918 cotton acreage for 1919;
the planting Of largely increased
food crops; the holding of the
present cotton crops until remu-
neratjge prices can be obtained,
and the organization Of the far
mers, merchants and bankers in
every State in the South; and,
Whereas, The solution of the
perplexing problems that now
confront the cotton growers lies
in the frank and efficient coop
GRAFTON and Intelligent oreaniz&-
ton, as we'll as the united action
of the farmers, merchants and
bankers OF the South;
Now, therefore, BE it resolved
by the Mississippi Cotton Acre
age Reduction Convention as
sembIed in the City Of Jackson,
February II, 1919:
/. That this convention here
by ratify and endorse the reso-
lutions adopted as aforesaid by
the Cotton States Reduction Con
vention in New Orleans on Feb
ruary 17418th, 1919:
2. That it is the sense of this
Convention that if the entire
acreage Of cotton in the United
States is to be reduced one third
of the acreage Of 1918, then it is
absolutely imperative that not
more than sixty percent of the
cultivated lands in the Delta,
and not more than twenty-five
percent Of the cultivated lands
in the hill and other sections OF
Mississippi be planted to cotton
during the year 1919. And the
farmers, merchants and bankers
composing this convention here
by pledge themselves to plant
nos more than sixty per cent OF
the cultivated acreage in the
Delta and not more than twenty.
five per cent Of tne cultivated
ac ase of the hi. section q
Missi sippi to cotton in 1913.
proy asd Chat in no case shat
any farmer Oh planter be expect
ed to Eledge Or is hereby pledg-
ed to reduce his cotton acreage
for 1919 more than one-third oi
his cotton acreage for 1913, anc
further pledge themselves to use
their influence to see that tht
acreagein Mississippiis is 50 plant
ed during the year 1919.
8. That this Convention here
by pledges its members not tC
sacrifice the present crop but tC
hold the same reasonably re.
mnmrative price can be obtained
therefor.
A. That this Convention en-.
dorse the publicity campaign
- 80. ,......s, Al -,
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1919-03-06
Colds Cause Grip and Influenza
LAXATIVE BRoMo oUINRE Tablets remove the
cause. There is only one "Bromo Q;linine :"
G. W. GROVES signature On box. Soc
Attention Red Cross Workers

EAtUtNLIOW Ia5u OEUa0 w UAANIH
In order that you may be duly
rewarded accordiag to your
efforts, you are asked to report
to Mrs. W. J.. Jansen, Chairman
E .he Won ans Work, 0kolona.
Mss, the number eli hours you
devoted to Red Cross work be
tween April, 1917 and January,
1919. A. I. Stoyall,
Chairman.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1919-03-06
No worm h > IieaItIly chIId

All children sroubled with worms have en- un-
healthy color, which indicates poor blood, and as
rule, there is more or less stomach disturbance.
GROVES TASTELESS chill TONIC given regularly
for two or three weeks viii enrich the blood, inn
pg0ve the digestion. and act as a General Strength
ening Tonic to the whole system. Nature will then
throw of or dspei the worms, and the Child viii be
In perfect health. Pleasant to tahs. Go per bottle
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1919-03-06
Your son.
Walter C. Chandler.

Address:
1st. Sgt. Walter G. Chandler,
Hath Engineer Train,
American E. F.
A. p. 0. 705.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-26
FOR SALE-H0UsES.
Continued.

lJfH
II 49,
all
West of Conn. ave-: 10 rooms and baths:
hot-water heat; electric lights. II
$500
COLUMBIA HEIGHTS. "a
rooms and bath: adjoining $4,000 home. -.
l4th STREET EXTENDED.
One Of the most attractive homes in this
section: equipped with every modern con
venience; inclosed sleeping and breakfast
porches: extra deep lot TO alley; located
street which the cars stop.
on THE HEIGHTS WEST OF 18th.
pretty home: 10 rooms and baths; hot
water heat. electric lights. garage: owner DC
cupant will give immediate possession.
$3.50
A NEW HOUSE tvACANTD
This home has just been completed and you
can move once: wait for search Of title.
thoroughly modern home-electric lights.
hot-wa tier heat. concrete front porch, sleeping
porch. Good lot TO alley.
$3.50.
RIOOMINGDALE
One OF those attractive kryan Mt, street homes;
ton. WILL BE VACANT SEPT. I.
$3.50
PETWORTH.
Colonial type home: q rooms and bath: hot
water heat, electric lights; deep lot to alley:
convenient to cars.
A75O
NJ STREET EAST OF 14th.
2-story, bay-window pressed brick:
rooms and BATH side yard; strictly white
neighborhood.
NEAR NEW Il a,a sSH AVE.
South Of Dupont Circle: c-story and cellar
brick rooms and bath: furnace heat.
1900
LINCOLN PARK,
An unusual chance tn secure home facing
this beautiful park: story and cellar; q
rooms and bath; furnace heat.
1920.
BROOKLAND. u. {.
Attractive home: rooms and bath hot
water heat, electric lights; colonial porch.
s., 500
NEAR SOLDIERS HOME.
a coy little home, II rooms and bath; heated
by furnac,; colonial porch; white neighborhood
5000.
NEAR 4th AND G SITS. Sc.
2story and cellar brick rooms and bath:
front and back yards. Very reasonable terms.
VIM. H. SAUNDERS & CO.,
8O7 18th St. NV.