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Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1919-07-10
MISSISSIPPI TO CLEAN UP ITS
WAR WELFARE WORK pledges

everything possible 10 being doi.o al
this time to nake the hours go faster
for the boys who toda, are upholdins
the power OF right to the Germans.
The war is won ana a good many
Of the boys Who helped win IL are
still in France ready for an eventu'
ality. We owe them a debt; the
money has been pledged and in pay
ing it real true-blue patriotlsm will Be
shown.
Need for Funds.
Secretary Josephus Daniels, IN ap
proving the budgets Of the War Work
societies made an urgent request to
the people of the natIun to pay in full
their piellEes. Following Is 4 combined
state"LAnt Of Secretary Newton D. Ba-
ker anH Secretary Josephue Daniels.
Regarding the budgets which viii
finance the activities Of the seven or
Examinations presented in the campaign
from October 1st, last, to December
81, 1919, the secretaries declared re.
ports from overseas confirmed the ne
cessity OF maintaining and in some
of its aspects, angmentlnS thia
work"
"In our judgment" the statement
continued, the full sum subscribed In
the campaign will be required, if these
societies are to do what the American
people desire to have them do in serv-
ing soldiers and sailors and the other
GLASSES included in the original ap
peal.
''Moreover, there could, IN our udg-
mant, be no wiser use of such fjnds.
The demobiliza'ioa plarc, so far as
they have been DIT ,rnined, make II
plan the work Df the different organl'
zatiors w.ll be needed for a long time
still, and, owing to conditions which
necessarily characterize tie period OF
demobilizaticn, this practical welfare
work will be even more needed than
ever"
Wipe the Slate Clean
Half the Mississippi Counties now
have cleaned wiped the slate
clear Of any pledged indebtedness, and
in some cases an overcoliection is re-
ported. In the counties that appear
to be tagging, no blame is attached
to chairman and treasurers, who have
worked hard and faithfully. Local con
ditions usually ars atNthe bottom OF
slow coIlections-pressure Of work in
the rural communities, and such mat
ters.
But now the call has come from the
Secretary Of War and the Secretary
of the Navy, both saying that the need
is urgent for every penny that has
been pledged.
This is enough for "Old Mas" Ev.
cry penny that was pledged--and then
some-will come rolling ia where Il
belongs, and the fine record of the
state will bear an Gdded star for the
way in which this greatly needed tuHd
was pledged-and paid.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1919-07-10
Rev. 7. w. Lewis is Host Ol
Reunion of Lewis Family

independence day was the &C.
casion of a pleasant reunion of
the eAewis family at the home of
the Rev. and Mrs. T. w. Lewis,
1898 Monroe avenue. DR.. Lewis
is pastor of the Madison Heights
Methodist church. Five mem
bers Of the family were present,
the father, the son and the broth
ers O. Or. Lewis. all of whom
have won honorable distinction
in their various vocations.
For more than DO years j.
Lewis, of Houston, Miss, father
of DIR. Lewis, has been superin-
tendent of the Sunday school in
the Methodist church, of which
he has been a life long member.
He has retired from active busi-
ness, but continues to take a
leading part in the church work
Of the community.
DR.. Lewis son. 7. W, Lewis,
Jr., is prominent attorney at
Columbus, Miss, and is now a
candidate for the legislature,
with every prospect favorable
70 his success in the campaign.
The Rev. E. S. Lewis is the
pastor of the Methodist church
At GreenyilIe, Miss. w. N.
Lewis is attorney for the SAINTS
Fe railroad at Davis. Okla
Dixie Lewis is at the head OF
one of the departments of Miller
Bros. & Co.. of Chattanooga
Tenn.
This is the first time that al
the members of the famil,
present have been together fol
four years. The occasion
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1919-07-10
Would Go From
House to House
Mrs. Harrington Feels Like Go.
ing Out and Telling Everybody
About Tanlac.

Il would just like to go from
house to house and tell the
people about Tanlac," f" said Mrs.
Mollie Harrington, of Ill Third
street, Peoria ILL.,, in recent
statement which she requested
published for the benefit of
others.
my health gave way years
ago." MRS. Harrington continued,
"and | had long since despaired
Of ever getting any better. /
was very weak and pale
hardly had the color of blood in
my face suffered terribly from
stomach trouble and was ex
tremely nervous. | was really
in a broken down condition, and
being past fifty-eight years Of
age. which | thought was
against me, | had no hope Of
getting well and nothing to look
forward to but the end, which |
often felt was drawing near.
Then / got to reading about
TanIac and yet / could not make
up my mind at first to try it, as
| had little idea it could help a
person of my age, especially,
one in such low state Cf
health. But somehow | was in
Auenced to buy a bottle and that
was about the luckiest day of
my life, for when | finished TAX
ing it there was a wonderful i'm
provement in my condition.
Then I had something to
look forward to- hope of recove-
ry- so / bought a few more bot
ties of Tanlac, and now | dom t
have to tell my friends | am
we'll again, for they can see that
from my looks and often speak
of it. am more thankful to
Tanlac than | can express. for
now am enjoying life and
good health, which ] never ex-
pected to enjoy any more, and
| want this testimonial published
in all the papers of Illinois that
everybody may know what Tan
lac will do. for | feel that |
ought to tell all suffering people
about this wonderful medicine. /"
Tanlac is sold by leading drug
gists everywhere.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1919-07-10

or the 100000 pledged by Mis-
Blssippi In the United War Work Cam
paign only $4,000 remains unpaid-a
singularly fine record, TO date, when
Il is recalled that the war is over and
the excitement has flattened out, and
the payment of the war work fund
pledges now has 40 other stimulus
than plain, cool, patriotic Southern
Americanism.
But II seems that this commodity
Is plentiful in Mississfppi-and the
pressing need for every penny Of the
fund, now being set before the people
Of every state in the Union, will find
Mississippi we'll up in the lead among
the states who first "clean up" and
clear Off the last cent Of uapaid
pledges from their books.
Mississippi boys stood to it in battle,
In France and Flanders; and
Mississippi men and women, at
home, have stood to it nobly. backing
mp their sons with the dollars that
helped so much to win The waI'-and
to bring back the boys in the proper
frame of mind. now that the big job
h we'll dcne.
War Is over
The war is won and for the most
Of us 1t is over and done with. The
boys coming back from France cast
off their uniform with feeling Of a
Job well and completely done. 1t is
over for them. They have done all
that was asked or expected OF them
and better But there are few
phases of the war in which the home
folks took part, that are not as yet
completed. In mind is the United
War Work Campaign which was held
November of last year. Mississippi
pledged total of $1,0O0,000. ~ this
grand total there has been paid in uT
to this time the amount of sSS6,0OO
All Of this money was pledged in en-
tire good faith by the citizenship Of
the state. The war Il over, but moi
AN of the boys have been sent home
r from Trance. Those that remain are
impatient and restless and chatting t
get back. Put yourself in a foreign
country, with strange faces and Ian
guages, bound by an iron discipline
and with your thoughts turning eyel
to HOME. How would you feel? The
welfare agencies, which co-operRted in
the United War Work Campaign, are
at the present time doing one of the
biggest pieces of work in their history
Helping the Boys
Large colleges with full staffs o.
educators are helping the boys i'm
prove their time of waiting scores
and scores of trained entertainer
are travelling from one end oi
France to the other, dispensing
cheer and sunshine and helping thu
boys get up their own shows; ath
Istic events are being staged that com
pare with former Olympic meets
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1919-07-10

was celebrated by a most de-
lightful dinner party, over
which Mrs. 7. W. Lewis pre-
sided. Memphis News Scimita..
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1919-07-10
For SALE Fine draft horse
one-horse wagon and harness.
OkoIona Hardware Co.
RIabituaI Constipation Cared
in IA to II Days q

-LAX-FOS WITH PEPSTN" is specially
prepared Syrup Tonic-L Laxative for Habitual
Constipation. It relieves promptly but
should be taken regularly for IA to 21 days
to induce regular action. II Stimulates and
Regulates. Very Pleasant to Take. 6Oc
per bottle.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1919-07-10

country. By a vote of the meet
ing, Mr.. Sherman Adams was
recommended as a suitable man
to have charge of the roads
under the new arrangements.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1919-07-10

OTIS HARBOUR,
Graduate Veterinarian
OGce in connection with
Whileside & Berry
Okolons. :. Mississippi
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-20
U. c. T. MANAGER CONVEYS THANKS TO
 ALL WHO HELPED
Charlie Abrams Appreciates Aid of Press. of Crawford Johnson, of Baseball Association and
 of Players

The sporting editor of The Age-Herald is in receipt of the following letter from Manager Charles Abrams of the U. c. T. baseball team, in which he takes oc- casion to thank those instrumental in making last Saturdays game between the travelling men a success: MT. McDavid, Age-Herald
 Dear Sir: Allow me to extend to you my personal thanks for your interest and cooperation in the efforts put forth to L. s. T. and T. P. A. last Saturday a success. I have long since realized that good results can always be accomplished by working together and to this end l fully appreciate the importance of our daily newspapers and their clever and courteous reporters.
 Express my thanks to the press, and particularly to The Age-Herald for their generous publicity and advertising of the game. Express to MT. Crawford John son of the Coca-Cola company my thanks, likewise to the Birmingham Base ball association my thanks for the free use of the park.
 I can't remember the number of good workers that helped me out In the sale of tickets. but incorporate my thanks ani appreciation to the ticket sellers and ali others who in any way contributed to the success of the game.
 Again let me extend to you and your worthy newspaper the thanks and ap- preciation not only of myself, but of every trave:ing salesman in the district Yours very truly,
 CHARLES F. ABRAMS. Manager U. c. T.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-20
CITY EXPENDITURES
 EXCEED RECEIPTS
East Lake Park Shows Good Profit-Many Building
 Permits Issued

Expenditures of the city during July
 The total expenditures were s5sIs46.14,
 while the receipts were s39, ,444.o6, accord
 ing to the monthly report submitted to
 the commissioners yesterday by James
 NJ. Jones, city comptroller
 During the month the receipts from , East Lake park were S11 cos IT, and the ex- penditures on the park were s5oS5 A. Re- ceipts from the North Birmingham cleo tric light plant and the water works for the same were S137.03.
 The largest item on the receipts list is that from licenses and fees, which is feitures brought in s10,720.n, while the expenditures in that department were S336 An unusually large item was that of building permits the receipts from which were sl062.10, which is considerably larger than usual and indicates that a large amount of building is being done in the city.
 The board of education receipts were
 Ss959l, while the total board of educa- ton fund expenditures were s22, IS.
 The total expense for the library fund was Sss9-O2, and the rsceipts from book rents, fines, etc, were $31961
 The city spent s21, ,S54. .27 on the fire de- pertinent and s17,S7495 on the police de-
 partment during July. Expenses of the health department were sA2.20. On un paved street repairs $5565.n was spent
 Park expenses to the city was $1sS3. .s2 Interest oa--general city bonds paid ou: of general fund totaled $2250.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-20
SOVEREIGN TONIC
 BUILDS YOU UP

When your health has been unoer- mined by worry or overw1ork, when your vitality is lowered. when you have that don't care rap" feeling. when your nerves are depressed. whesa your work appears too much for you. you are then in a run down condition
 Sovereign Tonic is real restorative. blood maker and nerve builder.
 When your blood Is nnpoverfshe cd through the want of Iron. which pro- duces rich red blood, and changes food into living tissue"-you will find the remedy in Sovereign Tonic. Each tab let contains l grain of PREPARED IRON with other blood and nerve pro- ducts. You will be surprised and ds- lighted with the new strength and vim Sovereign Tonic gives you.
 Sovereign Tonic will do more tn brighten the world, to dispel gloom. to make happy homes. than an .he me6is cines that have been compounded.
 Sent by mail on receipt of s1.O0. (ir- cluding tax.j
 Sovereign Remedy Co.
 I2f5 Hilbert St., PhiIadeapnt,. p. on sale at the Norton Drug Store.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-20
CHICK EVANS AND FRANCIS QUINTET
 ID BATTLE TODAY
Great Golfing Classic to Be Staged Between Famous Stars-JOnes and
 Whitney Win

Piftsburg. August 19.-Charles (sNChicks) Evans, Jr., of Chicago,
 and Francis Ouimet of Boston will
 meet tomorrow at the OalSmont
 Country club in a 36-hoIe, second
 round match, in the national anna
 teur golf championship. American \, Eolf enthusiasts have waited for
 more than four years to see these
 players in action against each
 other.
 Ouimet won the opportunity to meet his principal rival for amateur golf honors by coming from behind today to win a first round match from E.. C. Clarey of Philadelphia. He squared the match at the thirty second and won at the thirtyfifth green by two and one.
 Evans, the present champion, had an easy time winning his way into the second round by defeating Dwight w. Armstrong of the home club, and 6. The Chicago golfer was a favorite to- night in the betting on tomorrow's match. due to Ouimet's recent illnese.
 Gardner defeated Maxwell Martin of New York, and f.
 The New York delegation met with severe reverses when Marston, Martin and Jerome D. Travers and Johnston Wen- down to deteat. TraverS, TOT mer champion, shot in the eighties all day. while his opponent c. G. Waldo, Jr., of Detroit, was in the seventies. and as a result Travers lost by an 8 to '.
 George W. Horner of Philadelphia won easily from Gardner White Of Nassau and J. Wood Platt of Phila- delphia crowded out J. c. Anderson of Siwanoy. 4 to 5.
 The south's strongest entrants, Rob- ert T. Jones, Jr.. of Atlanta and Nell son Whitney of New Orleans, won places in the second round. Jones had a difficult time defeating. 3 to 2, James S. Manion of St. Louis. bu. Whitney won easily from F. R. Wool worth, Scranton, up and to play ". c Fownes. Jr., of Oakmont and his clubmates s. Davidson Heron and Grant A. Peacock. defeated their first round opponents. J. s. Dean of Att lanta was defeated by Paul Tewks- bury Aronimink, and 8.
 The pairings for tomorrow play:
 Jones vs. Gardner, Crookston vs Knepper Hoffner vs. Peacock, Waldo vs. Fownes. Whitney vs. Thompson. Starnes vs. Heron, Platt vs. Tewks- bury Evans vs. Ouimet.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-20
Moore Praises Fight
 Against Tax on Coal

Washington, August 1s.-(SpecfaD MT. and Mrs Walter Moore, accompanied by Nat Barker, after an automobile trip of a week reached Washington from Bir-
 uiingham today. Despite the evil roads they enjoyed the long ride. They go to- morrow to New York.
 MT. Moore, well known coal operator. praised The Age-Herald for it's able fight against the tax on coal and iron pro- posed by Governor Kilby and his legisla-
 ture. and spoke critically of the propo-
 sition. He added, however. that he feared
 the bill would be passed with the coal tax
 retained.
 Joseph H. Lyons, collector of the port
 of Mobile, and young son are other vis- itors to Washington today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-20
HER NE|GHbORS
 WERE SURPRISED They Thought End Was Near for Mrs. Cotton. Tanlac Brought
 Health

You may say for me that I don't be-
 lieve I could have lived much longer if
 it had not been for Tanlac," said Mrs. George Cotton, when the special Tanlac
 representative who had heard of her re-
 markable recovery, called at her resi-
 dence, 1l14 East Twenty-first street, Kan sas City, recently, to ascertain the facts. Since I have gotten well," continued Mrs. Colton. ''my neighbors tell me they used to expect every morning to hear that had passed away. My health had been failing me for seven years. l had no appetite and what little l did eat would sour on my stomach. causing nausea and intense suffering. I also
 suffered. like I believe thousands of other women are. from going through that period in life that taxes woman s strength almost beyond endurance. was unable to do any work and would get so discouraged at times that I would almost give up in despair I was very dizzy and so nervous the least noise would nearly drive me distracted, and while I spent hundreds of dollars trying 1 to get relief nothing helped me. My back and head ached all the time, and no one knows how terrible my suffering was, because I just can't fully describe 1 it. No one thought I would get well. and I had about lost all hope myself. "But here I am, after taking eight bot ll6 or lanlac, aDle to QO all my mousse work, and everybody who knew how bad off I was is surprised at my wonderful l recovery. My son, who had taken Tan l lac, wrote me from Omaha, Neb., beg I ging me to try it. Well, it commenced helping me almost at once, and by the | time I had finished my second bottle l noticed a great improvement. My ap- petite got better, was less nervous and the pains in my back and head did not 1 trouble me so much. l can eat just any thing I want now, everything agrees with me perfectly, and I have gained 10 pounds in weight. I can sleep eight or nine hours every night and can say that my health is just splendid, and my neighbors come to see me and so away praising Tanlac. I will always praise it i for what it has done for me and never expect to be without it.
 Tanlac is sold in Birmingham by Flu gene Jacobs drug store and Patton Pope Drug company, and by the leading druggists in practically every city, town | and village in America-Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-20
AUSTRALIANS WIN
 TENNIS DOUBLES

Newton. Mass, August 1s.-The lawn tennis doubles championship of Amer ica was won today by Norman E. Brookes and Gerald l.. Patterson, the Australian team. They took the title from it's defenders, William T. Tilder, End. of Philadelphia and Vincent Rich ards of Yonkers, N. Y, in five spec tacular sets. s-6. 6-3, As. 4-6, s-2, on the courts of the Longwood Cricket club.
 Although tho Americans got only two games in the final set, 1t was perf haps the hardest fought of the five. The clock-like steadiness of Brookes and the terrific smashes of Patterson were the deciding factors.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-20
CARBON HILL AND
 WESTFIELD SPLIT Vines Essays the IrOn-Man Stunt, But Is Pounded in
 Second Game

Carbon Hill, August 1o.-(SpeciaL' Carbon Hill closed the series of three games with the fast Westfield base ball team of Birmingham here today by dividing q double header. Vest Held took the first by score of l t" and Carbon Hill the second by the score of to l.
 pitchers battle between Vines and Whitney featured the first game, Vines allowing five hits and Whitney thTeei Carbon Hill came back strong in tE< second game, landing on Vines for two runs before he was removed in favor of Sells, who finished the game The features of the second game were the sensational fielding of Joe Will Hams, the star high school boy of the Carbon Hill team, and the hitting of Manager Newton. who got two singles in three times up.
 Batteries-First game: Carbon Hill Whitney and Reese; Westfield, Vines and Johnson Second game: Carbon Hill, Samuels and Reese; westfield, Vines, Sells and Johnson
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-20
HOW PRESIDENT SEES TT

The President then made this state ment of his understanding of the ob- Iigation under that article to follow the advice of the council;
 'T take it for granted that in orac- ticallv every case the United States would respond I quite agree with YOU that a moral ohliga ton is to be fulfilled. and am confident that our nation will fulfi1l il. but that does not remove from each individual case the element of judgment which we are free to exercise in two stases: We are first free to exercise It in the vote of our representative on the council, who will, of course. act under instructions from the home govern ment: and. in the second place. we are to exercise it when the President. act ing upon the action of the council makes his recommendation to Con- sress
 "Then Congress-" Mr. Wilson added "is to exercise it's judgment as to whether the Instructions of the exeou- tive to our member of the council were we'll founded or not, and whether this is a case of distinct moral obliga- tion."
 Asked by Senator Johnson whether the obligations assumed under the treaty 'go to the extent of compelling y Us to maintain American troops in
  "Such small bodies as are necessary to the carr. ing out of the treaty, I think"
 And will those troops have to be maintained under the various treaties of peace until the ultimate consum- nation of the terms of those treaties? 2? persisted Mir Johnson.
 "Yes but that is not long. Tn no case, as I remember. does that exceed IS months"
 q was rather under the impression that the occupation of Germany was to be for 15 years"
 "Along the Rhine. yes. I<was think ing of Upper Silesia and the other places where plebiscites are to be car ried out. It is the understanding with the other governments that We are to retain only enough troops there to keep our flag there"
 Twill We be maintaining American troops upon the Rhine for the next l5 years?'
 That is entirely within our choice; but I suppose we will"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-20

the reason Birmingham fans haven't used the hammer much this season.
 The St. Louis Browns moved ahead of the Yanxs in the league standing by beating the Red Sox while Cleveland was winning from Miller Huggins hitters. Liefeld came back strong yesterday, al- lowing Babe Ruth and associates but one hit in nine innings.
 Pittsburg is one point ahead of the Dodgers in the race for the first division.
 Atlanta won and the Pels lost, so the former are now two games ahead of their New Orleans rivals,
 The Barons are but one point behind Memphis. Another victory today would put us in sixth place.
 Chattanooga and Mobile are tied for fourth place.
 The Detroit Tigers are stiu in the American league race and winning every day, but Chicago shows no signs of flick ering. That four-game lead the White Sox have looks bigger every day.
 Fitchburg, Mass, is the home of Pat Moran, manager of the Reds. The Reds open series in Boston today, and at the game this afternoon Moran will be hcnored by his home town admirers, the latter having made elaborate arrange ments to stage Moran Day" Accord ing to reports everybody in Fitchburg will be at that game in Boston this aft erLoon.
 They're raising racquet in that ten his tournament at the Country club this week.
 Probably the biggest golf match ever played in the United States will take place at Pittsburg today when Chick Evans and Francis Ouimet meet in the second round of the national tournament.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-20
.TRAVELERSLOSE ID BRUINS IN OPENER Wild Heaves by ElberfeId's InfieId Enables COleman's
 Cubs to Get Decision

Little Rock, August 19.--A series of wild throws by Little Rock players in the fifth inning today gave Mobile six runs and enabled them to win the opening game of the series, to 6. Beresky, who pitched for Mobile. was hit hard and was unsteady and finally was succeeded by Ellis in the ninth, when Little Rock threatened to score