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Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1920-04-22
MISSISSIPPI BRIEFS

Belzoni,-The fifth annual session OF
the Mississippi Rural Educational As.
ISOLATION will be held in Belzoni Thurs.
day and Friday, April 20 and 80. ]. M.
Williamson Of Shelby, president of this
association, says it will be the great,
est negro meeting ever held for and by
negroes since the emancipation.
Grenada.-Mrs. Marjorie G. McGehee
of Como, field secretary of the State
tuberculosis Association, has been in
Grenada making arrangements for
presenting a modern health crusade
pageant. This pageant will be given
in June during the session Of the Inter.
County Teachers Normal at Grenada
College.
Clarksdale.-The board Of supervi,
sors of Coahoma county held a meet
ing in Clarksdale to consider the petit.
ton of the taxpayers praying the
board to call an election to determine
whether the county should work it's
roads and build its bridges under the
recent act of the Legislature. The
board found that nearly one-half of the
voters of the county had petitioned
them to call an election, and the cleo
ton will be held on April 20.
Columbus.-In an address here, DR.
]. C. FAINT, high school inspector for
Mississippi and head Of the depart
ment of education Of the University OF
Mississippi, warned the school author
titles of the state that, unless adequate
salaries are paid school teachers for
the coming session the schools of the
state would suffer dire consequences,
ano that the teacher situation in Mis-.
sissippi would become more acute and
more serious than ever before.
Iuka.-In spite of the high cost OF
building material and the scarcity Of
labor, Iuka is coming to the front with
new brick buildings. Three brick
storehouses have recently been com,
pleted by ]. c. Jourdan on lots which
have been vacant for several years.
Mr.. Jourdan also has another brick
store nearing completion on Main
street. H. S. Massey has now under
construction four brick buildings on
the four lots recently made vacant by
fire.
Senatobia.-The continued rains
have caused further delay in prepar-
ii 6 and planting the present crops.
The farmers say that this is the latest
season ever known in this county.
Very little corn has been planted and
practically none of the cotton land has
been prepared.
Gulfport.-In report submitted to
congress by the surgeon general of the
United States regarding the health Of
the country in concentrations of war;
ious sections, the report shows the
Mississippi gulf coast to be one of the
most efficiently kept, especially that
part from Pass Christian to Biloxi, a
distance of twenty-seven miles, of any
section Of the United States, especial
ly as to the elimination of the malaria
germ and the determination of the
mosquito.
Jackson.-County conferences in ten
cities and towns in Mississippi, at
which religious problems will be dis,
cussed, will be held beginning April
81 and extending over period of one
week Questions vital to the spiritual
life Of every community in the state
will be taken up and the world wide
task of the Evangelical Protestant
churches will be outlined.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1920-04-22
Coal Men May Agree.

New York-Progress was made in
the anthracite wage negotiations here
when the mine workers and operators
completed the presentation of their
statistical data and opened verbal ar
guments on the first six demands OF
the hard coal diggers.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1920-04-22
CONGRESS TO ADJOURN SOON
Appropriation Measures To Be Com.
pIeted BY May IS and Adjourn
ment Early ln June.

Washington.-After conference
with Senator Lodge of Massachusetts
Representative Mondell Of Wyoming
the Republican leader in the House
said he believed Congress would ad
journ June 5. All appropriation meas
ures will be ready for approval BY
May Is, he said. =
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1920-04-22

MISUNDERSTANDING James BoZe.
man of the board OF trade and w. A.
Lverly, state representative of the
Mississippi Valley Highway have re.
turned from Tupelo, where they went
for conference with the officers Of
the highway at that and other places
Of the route for the purpose of fixing
the itinerary over the route for the
visit of President G. B. Nicholson OF
st. Louis, and Secretary H. C. White
of Alton, Ill.
MISUNDERSTANDING to information
from the state department of educa
ton, the shortage Of school principals
and superintendent in Mississippi, is
growing acute. Practically no young
men are entering the teaching pro
fession. They see that after the first
seven or eight years of teaching the
men of ability reach the summit of
their earning power. However, the
law of supply and demand will soon
enable principals and superintendent
to demand and obtain salaries com.
mensurate with the Importance of theil
work.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. against the
high cost of living was manifested
by members of the faculty and the
student body of the State University
Of Mississippi Wednesday afternoon.
Following the initial move made by
the junior law class and their pro-
lessor, Dean L. ]. Farley, and later
joined by the entire junior class, who
appeared on the campus and in the
classrooms wearing overalls, members
of the faculty and the entire student
body at mass meeting went on rec.
ord by pledging themselves to wear
denim oVeral.s or clothes more than
one year old on every school day
during the remainder of the session.
Blue Mountain.-The big barn be-
longing to Will Hill Of this place, which
contained large quantities OF hay, corl
and other feedstuffs, and which housed
many head of horses and cattle as
we'll as a number of vehicles, has been
totally destroyed by fire.
Blue jMountain.-Dr. r. A. Kim
brough, who has been Baptist pastor
here for four or five years, and who
recently accepted another position UNI
der the state mission board of Missis-
sippi, will go into his new field of ac-
tivity after the first of June.
Waynesboro.-The regular term of
chancery court convened here with
Chancellor w. N. Denny Jr, presid-
ing. The docket is larger than for a
number of years, being due largely to
a greater number of bills filed to con-
firm title to lands.
Greenwood.-At a recent meeting Of
the American Legion it was voted to
name the Greenwood post the ''Kess.
ler.Hamrick- Gillespie Post" in honor of
three of Greenwood's soldier lads who
gave their lives in battle on "the
other side"
Blue Mountain.-Blue Mountain will
not have a regular state summer
school this vacation, but President ].
E. Brown of Mississippi Heights
Academy, announces that he plans to
run summer session for his students
during the vacation, beginning in June
and continuing through August.
Ecru.-The mayor and board of al
dermen called special meeting to de-
termine in what way they should raise
$1,000 for the purpose of erecting a
dormitory and other such buildings as
would be necessary for the Agricul-
tural High School that has been locat.
ed at this place.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1920-04-22
cItrua crop Estimate.

Jacksonville, Fla.--According to. es-
Inmates announced by the department
Of agriculture, the 1890 citrus fruit
crop for Florida is estimated at H.
OOO, 900 boxes; 100000 boxes Of or
anges and 100000 boxes Of grape
fruit.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1920-04-22
VIA supports Rebels.

San Antonio, Tex.-Army intsll.-
gente reports to southern department
hea quarters under date Of Thursday
state that Francisco Villa is preparing
to lend assistance to the revolution o.
Sonora.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1920-04-22

New York.-To the dismay Of q mum.
Der Of landlords and the intense Joy
Of q horde Of tenants. Municipal cour
Justice Davis directed the refund O.
sexcess" rent profits.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1920-04-22
Now ncorao FIume.W

San Remo.-The city council Of San
Reno has changed the name Of the
beautiful drive along the sea from
Corso Wilson to Corso Fiume.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1920-04-22
Service Restored.

Atlanta, Ga-Complete restoration
Of through train service on the Sea
board Air Line from Atlanta to Wash
ington and New York was announced
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1920-04-22

Washington.-The supreme court
upheld the Kentucky separ, to coach
act, requiring the separation Of white
and negro passengers.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1920-04-22
LongshOrsmen Return.

New York.-The strike Of 1000
longshoremen against the United
Fruit Company, in effect from Boston
TO Galveston, has been settled.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1920-04-22

Coughs and colds are weakening.
Get rid of them as quickly as you
can. Catarrh in any form saps the
vitality. Fight Il and fight II hard.
"A medicine of forty-seven years
established merit Try it.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1920-04-22
Rock Slide In Canal.

Panama. rock slide in the Pan
ANA Canal at Cuca is holding Up the
steamers Mergantic and Remuera.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-12-03
CURING DRUG VICTIMS.

The General hospital of Kansas City has stopped
treating drug victims. This action is discouraging
at time when drug addictions have become so pre-
valent and the need of overcoming them is so wide
~ recognized
The superintendent explains that the hospital has
not succeeded in this work because a genuine cure
Of a narcotic drug habit is practically impossible
and because the patients themselves make
hcult for the institution to give them such her as
lies in its smuggling in drugs defeating
the purpose of the treatment. Both statements are
readily corroborated by drug experts. reputable
physician or institution will guarantee TO "cure"
drug habit permanently. All that honest special
st will say is that there are methods by which the
him to make start But even so, it is recog-
Liked that the patient never starts he second time
with a really clean slate
Weak will" That is the invariable story Nor
phne heroin, cocaine and the rest take something
out of man or woman that is very hard to restore
The evil drug has eaten of the victim the best
part of him-the will to persevere and resist That
will may be strengthened again, little by little, by
wholesome living but it is a long, slow, uphill
climb
The will may have been start with, but
not necessarily The typical drug victim today is
said be who habit not from
deliberate indulgence but from the administration
was formed which could not be broken after re-
covery. such oases doctors nurses and patients
own relatives must bear heavy responsibility.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-12-03

They to be supplemental to the city hall. They
sort OF planning campaign of self-defense. We
wouldn't want to the South Bend women get
any wrong idea and day. out Of clear sky.
attempt any charge on our municipal building
especially If the charge be made with guns.
We located too close to the municipal building
for that. bu: ass we have repeatedly remarked be-
fore If the city administration were impressed some
how that a popular for
efficient police service permanently maintained. and
put and then merely a political snare.
a condition might be created that would make even
Mishawaka's plight less threatening.
Blind-tigers gambling bells. bawdy- houses: they
the helI-hOles from whence crime waves pro-
coed. We have been sowing the wind and we are
reaping the whrlwind,-so fruitful that it is
taxing the ingenuity Of neighbors to the east.
These open conditions know IN the larger cities.
where tlean-ups are now the vogue: we'll what
to expect? Indeed. we decline to laugh at
the Mishawalta women but rather congratulate
them. If municipal NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. is to transport
Us back into the days of the wild and wooTy west
may be well that have aNfew of those brave girls
of the forest and the plain that we read about of
whose craftsmanship the old desreradoes were
cautious.
Besides what the Mishawakans are doing is sig
nihcant of something that every man ought to know;
when women become desperate something happens
She does always desperation either 1t is
sometimes enough that she be aroused-and when
she decides to act she The question is how
much more Of this sort Of thing will be necessary
before the South Bend women in their potic
inodesty, will undergo an awakening? After
the first OF the year," Just before the primaries?
Will they stage their interest beneath curtain Of
fear that it may reflect bad upon some political
party with which they chance to be affiliated?
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-12-03
ALL TEACHERS ARE PRETTY.

The Institute for Public Service has started
movement to persuade cartoonists portray public
school teachers pretty women rather than per
rights It is much in earnest, believing that
pictures showing feminine instructors of youth
to be 'homey a rail fence" without beauty Of
face or grace of person to breed dsrespect not
only the occupation, but for the educational sys
tenn in general The ungailant conduct of some car
toonsts is applicable only the theory that they
have retained that false OF bOyhood wrongs of
probably deserved punshments at the hands Of early
teachers and are now taking their revenge.
Perhaps the best way to cure the cartoonists who
have been guilty of the dscourtesy would be TO have
them attend teachers institute and make them sit
on the platform under the mercess scrutiny OF a
thousand SPARKLING eyes They would be so over
come by the display of consummate pulchritude, eff
fectuaIy refuting the insnuations their SANDER
Gus cartoons. that they would take vow never
again offend.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-12-03
The Tower of Babel
BY BILL ARMSTRONG
SHE GAVE ME AIR...i

SHE GAVE ME AIRH!i
Somewhere in a town Ger the Mich
igan line
Lives a girl who in folly I used TO
call mine
I suppose now that I'm gone she's
trottirg aroun
With some bird who's the catch Of
this Michigan town.
There were nights on the lake
when 1 thought l was jake
When she swOre that she'd honor,
obey and make cake
Till the day l grow curly way down
at the toes
Yes, she promised to mend every
hole il my hose.
Well the June bug that bit her
alighted on me
And decided TO call his bug friends
for a spree
So they gathered and bit me from
shoulder TO knee
While my girl reminisced on our
days at n. u.
Wen 1 went back East from the
land of the Dome
1 worked for the old man-at nights
/ stayed home
And 1 pictured my playmate was
pining away
With her knitting was sitting await
ing the day.
1 came back in September deter
mined 10 win her
1t seems. in the meanwhile, my
stock had grown thinner
My heart told me once that condi-
tions would better
If penned her daily a passionate
letter.
For weeks I'd been planning
Thanksgiving would be
A happy reunion for her and for me
Worked off a condition and got a
permission
To weekend Thanksgiving with my
Dorothy.
II the months since I'd seen her
I'd seen nothing keener
My heart like trip-hammer waited
the date
But the first day showed me that
my sweet Dorothy
Was oifa me,-ready to give me the
gate.
I'm a cynical bachelor now,-like
the Juggler
Some other guy back at home can
go snuggle her
Boys take a tip from my swift abdi-
cation
This Love by Long Distance is poor
consolation.
Abe Frank writes he is now liv-
ing in HollingwOOd, Cal. We be-
lieve Hollingwood is where the
Mack Senrett girls gambOl on the
beaches. We think if we were i'm
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-12-03
NATIONS RECONCILED.

A short. simple statement made by Lord Roberl
Cecil at Geneva deserves 10 be recorded in history.
It also deserves application the biggest problem
of the British empire today
Lord Robert reminded the delegates of the League
Of Nations assembly that his father prime min
lister of England during the Boer war, when Gen.
SHUTS was commander of the Boer army. and that
now Lord Robert himself is a delegate to the League
representing South Africa, appointed by Gen. Smuts
who il now premier Of that country. His appoint
ment represents a notable personal reconciliation,
and still more notable reconciliation of nations.
eral and humane policy toward South Africa on the
rart the victorious British government Is there
any reason for believing that the Irish would have
responded TO such policy less readily than the
Beers? And though such generosity has been now
too long postponed to be fully effective, would
be still the most enlightened policy?
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-12-03
JUST FOLKS
By EDGAR A. GUEST

THE STORY TELDIN' MAN.
Sometimes there is a funny man
comes to our house for tea,
An when we've finished supper he
just takes me on his knee
An tells all sorts Of stories about
pirates an their ships
Or cowboys that go walking with
real pistols on their hips.
An the Indians who used TO scalp
their victims; till it seems,
All night l am a cowboy KILN In
dams in my dreams
When I know that he is comm you
bet I don't so out
To race around the streets an play.
but / just wait about
Till he's finished with his supper,
then / climb up in his chair
An Ma says I'm a nuisance, but
he says he doesn't care,
An he starts another story an be-
fore he's half way through,
My insides get excited coz it seems
SO real an true.
The story-tellin' man just knows the
tales 1 like the best,
With men and horses in 'em an the
mountains way out west,
An the prairies an the fightin' an
the stars that shine at night.
With the red skins in the distance
fiXin' up TO start a fight.
Once l asked him where he learned
em an he grinned at me an
said:
He couldn't tell exactly-they just
popped into his head.
I'm trying TO remember all the
things he's told to me
, OF the cowboys an the pirates, coz
some day 'praps ii may be
When I'm grown up just like he IS
/ may meet some little chap
I Who will want to hear some stories
an Will climb into my lap
An tease the way 1 tease him-ther
I'll do the best l can
| To be that little fellows happy
Story-tellin' man.
Copyright, 1920
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-12-03
MlSHAWAKA WOMEN TAKE STEPS TO
STOP CRIME WAVE.

Whatever else may be the outcome of the Misha-
waka women organizing 10 learn to shoot this much
is certain. they showing themselves duly
aroused, and determined to do something TO check
the crime wave. which Perhaps. somewhat due 10
the closeness TO South Bend is sweeping over both
cities We may an laugh about the possibilities OF
a woman armed with "a gun but it is laughing
matter. We suggest 10 the men Of Mishawaka, and
OF South Bend as we'll that it IS high time that
something be done in masculine circles 20 make
gun-toting by the women unnecessary.
We take It that the women Of Mishawaka have
prayed. and pleaded ana without results until they
have abou; decided shoot No doubt a consider
able portion OF their crime wave being the west
side adjoining South Bend. is something OF splash
over from this city. Maybe eventually South Bend
women unless fearful OF doing something impoiite.
owing 90 the political complexion OF our city ad-
Ininlsr1ton. viii up praying and pleading. and
We may have Z battalion OF death" also
But do misunderstand us. The sSfshawaka
women are not planning a charge the OF hall.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-12-03
THANK SGIYING,,

The Play with Some Punch I'm It.
ACT 1.
The Night Before. Place: The
Oliver Lobby
Characters: Manager Weisberg:
Dago Red and Wood Alcohol, two OF
the Fighting Irish.
Wood Alcohol: Staggering i'm
Ash aw thris to it, I-hic-got a
splinter in my-hic-throat from
drinking wood alcohol. Ise goin'
inta tina cafe-hic-teria.
Dago Red: Oeading the blind)
SOright!! We-hic-gOnna coffee to-
hic-gether.
Manager (Motioning from rear
end of cafe) Back there. Wait a
minute? Comes out into lobby
See here fellows, YOU get up on the
Mez' floor. Fr. Discipline is in the
cafeteria. Come on. Go on up.
ACT II.
MeZzanine Floor. Time: Same.
Dago Red: Whassal these people
doin' up here?
Bystander: This is the dance of
the Sinai Society.
ACT Ill
Lobby. Time: Next afternoon.
Dago Red Injecting Manager)
Yes, Mr.. Weisberg. I feel Ok. now.
Glands over cigaTs) want 10
thank YOU for getting US out Of the
way But sayi What was the idea
OF shooting us up on the Mezzanine
floor TO get out OF the way Of FIR.
Discipline.
Manager: Well I knew that a
Jewish dance would be the last
place in the world a priest would
look for two Irishmen.
Curtain.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-12-03
More Truth
Than Poetry
By JAMES ]. MONTAGUE
SEIZE EXPRESSION.

SELF IMPRESSION.
To discipline children prevents the
self expression by which they form
their minds and discover their souls.
An Authority on the Better Child.
When baby, who ought to be dream
ing sweet dreams,
Emits a succession of blood curdl-
ing screams;
When Fid turns somersets down the
front stairs
And hides himself himbly behind
the arm chair;
When bath tubs run over and plas-
ter lets go
To land with crash in the hallow
below;
And the cat is marconed on the top
pantry shelf,
We know it is Bobbie-expressing
himself.
When the cook, in a rage, hunts in
vain for the cake
And vows it's the last that she ever
will bake.
with neighborhOod kids swarming
round in a drove
And grabbing il when it comes out
of the stove;
When fathers new necktie is now
where in sight
Until it appears as the tail Of a
kite,
We take it quit calmly, for that's
how we find
That dear little Bobbie is forming
his mind.
When we suddenly make the discov-
cry that
We can't use the car, for the tires
are flat;
When baby's new carriage is shy a
front wheel
Which Bobbie had nailed to his
pushmobile
When the lady next door rings the
bell TO report
| That three Of her clothes posts are
broken off short,
/ We know that because OF our lack
OF control
Our bright little Boobies discovered
his soul
Copyright, 1920
Good Prospect For a Tug Of War.
Every time the Greek King goes
out he meets himself coming back.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-12-03

ADVERTISING RATES Ask tho advertising department
FSSsga 81, 4aysertlsinE Retressntaves CONE WooDMAS
c The News Time. endsavors keep its advertising col
@ rec from fraudulent Any person 10
completely,
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-12-03
Tho lessons of Evnerience.

If we were Mr.. Carpenter We
would follow the example of his
country and get a few allies before
we went into the big fight.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-12-03

A Massachusetts, lieutenant has been notified by
the war department that his body is being shipped
from France. He think there is some mis-
take about IL.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-12-03

II peace seems expensive. Just remember that the
late unpleasantness itself quite bit-some-
thing like 100000, 100000.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-12-03

do 1t Electrically" has been the
slogan around the Oliver for the
past two days, on account Of the
convention Of electrical contractors
and dealers.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-12-03

Our day city editor. Mr.. Bacon,
his first name must surely be Egg,
suggests that PonZ. the bushel bas-
ket millionaire, shouldn't complain
that ne had but one suit OF clothes
when he started for prison. A man
doesn't have 10 have a whole ward
robe 10 serve a term in prison.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-12-03

Thoroughly Safe and Sane.
They never have 10 put on extra
police in Washington when the Elec-
toral College boys are in town.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-12-03

Abes shoes we wouldn't even kick
about high rents IN Hollingwood.
The following men have filed COM
plant with this department that
they haven't been getting proper
mention in The Tower Of late:-
l.. L. BURCH
AL WIEGER
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-12-03

And maybe you think old Frank
Schumacher, OF the South Bend Elec-
trio company. isn't thoroughly at
home at convention.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-12-03

Fred Bryan was seen drilling
through the Oliver lobby with an
armful of blue prints. Look out for
an increase in rates.