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Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1921-09-22
SHOWING OFF" THE COLONEL
storekeeper Had Eye for Business IN
Keeping Good.LookInu Customer
Waiting for Attention.

A woman In small town asked her
husband, Colonel Blank, to call In at
the dairy when passing to order some
;new-laid eggs. After making a brief
demur the colonel yielded. A little
later he called at the shop In question:
quite small and uniinportant estab'
llshment on back street.
Two or three minutes passed; then
as no one came to serve him, the colo
mel gave a gentle knock on the cOun'
ter. This had no effect; so a smart
double rap was given. Then a curly
headed youngster put his head around
the door and announced, Fathers
a-comin'."
BY the. time the father arrived TN
colonel was boiling with rage.
.What do you mean BY keeping mi
waiting all this timer he roared.
every sorry. sir" said the man. blu
Won see It's like this. You're the yer!
flIst good-loOking man that I've had \
my shop, and as there were lot Q
people passing by thought what
good advertisement you was a-stand
| inR Observation-Disclosures Public Led
| ger.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1921-09-22
WHY DRUGGISTS RECOMMEND
SWAMP ROOT

For many years druggists have watched
with much interest the remarkable record
maintained by DR.. Kilmer's Swamp Root,
the great kidney, liver and bladder medi-
cine.
1t is a physicians prescription.
Swamp.Root il a strengthening 1hedi-
cine. 1t helps the kidneys, liver and blad-
der do the work nature intended they
should do.
Swamp Root has stood the test Of years
Il is sold by all druggists on its merit
and il should help you. No other kidney
medicine has so many friends.
Be sure to get Swamp-ROot and star
treatment at once.
However, if you wish first to test thu
great preparation send ten cents to Dr
KiImer & Co., Bihghamton. N. T., for
sample bottle. When writing be sure AMI
mention this paper Advertisement.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1921-09-22
praises the Y. M. G. a.

The Hon. v. s. Srinivasa Sastri. an
Indian Official. gives this testimony !:
.You have done me the honor to ask
me to state what think Of the work
Of the y. M. G. A. in India. It is be-
yond praise. do not pretend to know
all about II, but what Iyhaye seen OF It
fills me with admiration and gratitude
The association neglects no promising
field Of service. The magnitude and
many-sldedness of its operations are
a wonder to me, and ! have sometimes
felt the nonoffic!al organizations ~
India would gain in persistence ano
boldness of conception BY study o.
the aims, methods and ideals OF tne
great movement known throughout th'
world by the letters Y. M. G. A.
Chicago Post.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1921-09-22
$4,000 BOTTLES
SOLD IN NEW YORK
biggest Thing Of Kind Ever Seen "
That State, Declares Bic
Wholesaler.

The fact that 625.OOO bottles Of Tan
lac have been sold in the state OF New
York since It's introduction there less
than one year ago. Is a big BUSINESS
item that will attract unusual atten-
ton throughout the entire East, Tor
uothing like 1t has ever happened be-
fore. It breaks all records.
Mr.. George B. Evans, manager "a
the OIbson-Snow Company, the we'll
known wholesale druggists, with
branches In Albany. Buffalo, Roches-
ter and Syracuse, recently announced
that the preparation was now selling
il their trade territories alone at the
phenomenal rate of approximately 6OO.-
900 bottles a year.
III the present rate continues" sara
Mr.. Evans. this rate alone will prob
ably require considerably over 100000
bottles year. This is tremendous
lgure. but am really conservative IN
making this statement"
Tanlac is sold by leading druggists
Observation-Disclosures.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1921-09-22
WARDROBE Mystery solved.

A Chinese government representa-
tive who was new to American ways
came to the home OF an eminent New
York banker for a weeks visit. Il
was winter, but be came without bag
gage. and yet eVaEy day he appeared
at dinner with a change OF garments.
At first his hostess wondered how
he managed It. but soon she dlscov-
cred that his body was his trunk. and
that instead Of putting his clothes into
trunk. he put his trunk into his
clothes
His garments were like the layers Of
an onion. except that any layer might
be worn on the outside. ana a some
Of his gowns-for. such they might be
called were Of silk. lined with FUR, q
fur lined with silk. he could wear them
either side out at win.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1921-09-22
WOMEN Who
CANNOT WORK
Head Mrs. Corleys Letter and
Benefit by Her Experience

Edmund, SGT was run down with
nervousness and female trouble and suf-
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1921-09-22

ing me. am keeping house now and
am able to do all of my work. / cannot
saw enough for your medicine. 1t has
done more for me than any doctor. l
have not paper enough to tell you how
much It has done for me and for my
friends. You may print this letter Il
YOU wish. - ELIZABETH c. CoRLEY,
care of A. P. Corley, Edmund, s. G; !.
Ability to stand the strain Of work is
the privilege of the strong and healthy,
but how our hearts ache for the weak
and sickly women struggling with their
daily rounds of household duties, with
backaches, headaches, nervousness ana
almost every movement brings new
pain, Why will not the mass of letters
from women all lover this country, which
we have been publishing, convince such
women that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound will help them just as
surely as it did Mrs. COrley?
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1921-09-22

the heritage Of universal humanity.
We call them epic poems; they are
rather great historical rOmanees.
Each has a story Of fits OwnS I'm the
Had 1t IL the wrath Of Achilles agaiMA4
King AgamemnOMI in the Odyssey 1t
ls the vvanderings of Odysneus ON his
way back from the wars Mt Troy. Back
Of them both AZ remOter cause As the
tale OF the fatal beauty Of Helen. In
each are lnnumeRable short stories,
which have been stOrehOuses Of rO-
Enances for writer's ever since MFSt they
became known.
1t II one Of the maFvels of the
Greeks that they step out of the mist
of unrecOFded history with . highly
developed civilization, portrayed I'm tive
Of the worlds masterpieces OF utera.
tuRe. The Greeks IN later years wrote
sslaves" Of Homer with great exactmeni
and mlnute detail. They knew no mAOEt
about the ssb1amd hard" than do we
Imdeed, they were not even sure tha
one poet wrote both tales. But tina
the stories were the work Of 1upRem'
genius they were ~ aure ~ have beer
all nAem since their day whO have rea'
them.
Homer was the Creeks @best seller
| they thrOngeA In thousands to hear hin
FeeHtedS their religion their thought
| their education were an based On him
under whose name IL told the @rea
| story Of their heroes.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1921-09-22
aalearnanaAlp.

A Galveston widow says the latest
proposal she has received was from q
Texas city operator. who said that, 4
she would invest her insurance money
Ii bis oil well, he would guarantee
10 make her rich or marry her In 60
days. Galveston News.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1921-09-22
prlmsxaI Trees il PennsyIvanIa.

Two groves Of primevai trees have
been discovered by Pennsylvania state
forestry oflcials in Huntington cOun-
ty, near the Centre county line. In the!
Logan state forest. There ID great
variety Of very large trees in an area
Of 200 acres. A hemlock was found
measuring twelve feet In circumfer-
enco,
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1921-09-22
Dreaded Foo.

The pogonip is fog composed Of
fine needles of ice which occurs in
winter in mountainous regions OF the
western United States. 1t is reputed to
be very dangerous to the lungs.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1921-09-22
Saved un.

Nickelpinch-If you spend so much
time at golf. you won't have any
thing laid aside for rainy day.
. Stynie.-Won't, chr MY desk 10
crowded with work that I've put aside
for rainy day.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1921-09-22

He-Those dramatisls are always
making their lovers propose IA ne
same old way.
She Wen. anyhow. they do pro0go
and that's the main thing
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1921-09-22

The Greeks were
princes Of story
telling, and Homer
was their king.
Who he was and
where he lived In
one Of the unan-
swered questions
OF history. Seven
cities and more
eIalmed him a.
their create ut
source Of pride.
The HnOst we can
be sure Of ls that
to MS have come
down two OF the
many poems that
bear his nanles the
Iliad ana the
Odyssey.
Like the Hebrew
Bible, they have
A~nOA ~lwA nj
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1921-09-22
Has Same Reaction Always.

thermostatic metal invented In
Great Britain is said always to have
the same reaction in strip of given
length and thickness for given tenn
perature change
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1921-09-22

tered every mOnCn.
/ was not able to do
any work and tried a
lot Of medicine. but
got no relief. ] saw
your medicine adver-
tised in a little book
that was thrown in
nay door, and / had
not taken two bottles
of Lydia E. Pink
hams Vege table
Compound before ]
cn,,lH aaa twas helm.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-16
ALL CANDIDATES
 OUT BY MONDAY Race Getting Warmer as Campaigners Name Dates
 for More Meetings

With Monday the last day for can didates for city commission to quail fly, candidates are arranging meet ings in large number. Members of the city commission have begun &C., tive work and several meetings have been announced.
 John R. Hornady, candidate for re- election, will open his campaign at the Woodmen hall in North Birming- ham tonight at 7:45 o'clock. He will speak at the city hall in Woodlawn Monday night and at East Lake city hall next Friday night.
 H. P. Burruss. who is seeking the presidency of the commission, will in- augurate his own meetings with a speech at Ensley city hall Tuesday night, the meeting beginning at 7:S0 o'clock. MT. Burruss has several other meetings contemplated, but has not arranged his programme yet.
 Dr. N A. Barrett, president of the commission, who is seeking re-elec- tion, will formally open his campaign next Tuesday night at the city hall in East Lake. He win speak at Vivian Wednesday night and at West End next Friday night. Hunter Arm strong. Dr. Barnetts campaign man ager, said yesterday that heavy fire would be opened on McLendon at these meetings.
 McLendon will speak at West End tonight.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-16
METHODS SCHOOL
 WEEK OF 0CT. 31
Birmingham Sunday School Association Takes Up Work
 of Preparation

The school of methods conducted under the auspices of the Birmi ng- ham Sunday school association will be held the week of October 31 in the new Sunday school rooms of the First Methodist church. Plans for it were discussed at meeting of the community matriculators held yesterday with Miss Freda Bose, sec retary of the association, presiding.
 w. H. Stockham, president of the Birmingham Sunday school associ- ation. spoke of the plans being made for the school, declaring that Bir- mingham always had the best school in North America. He outlined plans for this work being conducted all over the country. D. C. Price, super intendent of matriculation, made 4 brief talk in which he stated that e1- forts would be made to have 1000 matriculates for the school The city has been divided into 24 districts and there will be one matrculator in charge of each district. This move ment is interdenominational and one person from every church in the re- spective districts will be appointed to form a committee for that district.
 Several national speakers will be present as instructors and the school this year Is expected to be the largest and best ever held in Birmingham.
 A luncheon of all matriculators will be held September 29. when the com mittees from the various districts will challenge committees from oth sr districts
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-16
OLIVER ). STREET
 WILL BE THE NEXT
 DISTRICT ATTORNEY
His Nomination Will Be Sent to Congress Sept. 21-Will Succeed Erie Pettus, the
 Incumbent

Oliver D, Street of Gadsden, will be the next district attorney for the northern district of Alabama in United States court. according to in- formation in reliable quarters yes- terday. His nomination will be sent to Congress for confirmation when that body meets September 21. Mir. Street will succeed Erie Pettus, who has served since the death of Rob- ert N. Bell about two years ago.
 MT. Street is chairman of the re- publican executive committee and oc- cupies a high place in republican circles. Together with Pope NJ. Long. republican national executive committeeman from Alabama, he has been regarded as a referee in the awarding of political plums in this state.
 Members of the district attorneys office here are expecting a change in the department head within a short time. James J. Smith, assistant dis trict attorney, will continue to hold his office, 1t is understood.
 Truman H. Aldrich and D. E. Berkstresser continue to be the con- tenders for the place held by John D. McNeel with Aldrich said to have the upper hand.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-16

The last assembly period of the Birmingham Teachers institute in the South Highlands Methodist church was featured by addresses delivered by pr. Zebulon Judd, dean of agricultural education at Auburn, and Dr. J. c. Dawson, president of Howard college.
 The institute will close today at noon and teachers and pupils will re- port to their different schools this afternoon and tomorrow morning for classification and examinations.
 Dr. Judd hns been Il member of
 the teachers institute for n num-
 her of years. In his address he
 expressed his interest in Bir-
 ming ham schools. He spoke of
 democratic educntion md the in-
 efficiency of civic, moral, vital
 and vocational training, md de-
 clared these inefficiencies were
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-16
SHORT SKIRTS ID
 STAY AS THEY ARE
Visitor to New York Sees No Signs of Following
 Paris

Perhaps Paris may be able to make American women of fashion wear longer skirts, but certainly so far in New York there is not the slightest evidence of it." declared Mrs. L. Husted. who has just re- turned from visit to the American fashion center.
 T visited all the fashionable ate Hers in New York; went to the fash ionable tea dances and theatres and hotels, and nowhere did l see women with long skirts on. The taileur gowns may be perhaps an inch long CT than formerly, but few of these are seen. I thought of our Birming- ham fashion show which is to be featured during the big semi-cen- iennial, and I mentally took notes of the styles, which are certainly much less bizare and ridiculous than they have been for the past two seasons
 Tt is truly fur season. every kind of fur is used as dress trim ming, but monkey fur has the pre-  cedent for it is used on everything; street. taileur, evening gowns and dinner gowns, in profusion. The hats are trimmed with fur-mos.ly monkey fur again, while the coats are masses of fur-great collars and deep cuffs of fuH and the satin wraps especially are trimmed in monkey fur.
 The imported evening gowns are very queer looking; for instance, the petticoat, or slip is worn 12 inches from the ground. and the lace draperes or chiffons-anything so it is diaphanous-hangs to the floor. It Is very ungraceful, but very bop- ular. Very short sleeves are worn or none at all in dinner and after noon gowns, while the large old fashioned bell-shapel sleeve is again much in vogue. The Parisienne wom- en, as l said before may be wearing longer skirts. but certainly Fifth avenues 'haute monde is not fol- lowing the fashion. and l don't be- lieNe American women will ever again adopt the long, ungraceful cE irfc
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-16

Next Wednesday is the big day
 That will mark the public opening of the Business and Professional Women's club in its new quarters at the Forbes building.
 All day it's directors and it's social committee will welcome Brming- ham people-who can that day for the first time have lunch and dinner with the organization since it gave up it's quarters with the Y. ". c. A. in the Real Estate building.
 Dr. Lola Taylor is president of the club. and Miss Mary Perry it's social chairman.
 Music will be played all day and the private dining rooms are ex- pected to entertain full quotas of parties.
 The club mem bers are to have their opening just few hours ahead of the public. They will celebrate the great event with a supper Wednes- day night, at which time an informal social time will be enjoyed.
 Mrs. Charles Roberts, chairman of the headquarters committee, will be toastmistress. Every bit of the pro- gramme will be given by members Of the club and some surprises are in store. Music will be furnished by Miss Margaret Proctor. Miss Grace
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-16
THREE NEW F|RMS:;.
 CAPITAL S56,O00

Three new firms were incorporated yesterday with total authorized capital stock of s56.000, according to the records in the office of J. P. Stiles. judge of probate.
 The Edwards Hanna Motor com pany is the largest and has capi- tai stock of s50.000. The new firm will begin business with s25,o00 of this amount paid in. Officers are T. 4. Hanna, president; Aubrey Ed wards, vice president and general manager; Kennon Bowling, secretary and treasurer, and Frank Stevens, as- sistant general manager.
 The Auto Service company has a capital stock of s4.0o0, all of which has been paid in. M. T. Abbott, Jr., is president and treasurer; Wheeler Nolan, vice president, and NJ. F. Wood secretary.
 The Birmingham Taxicab company was incorporated with capital stock of s2.000, and officers are: F. s. Mcfarland, president; c. A. Hatcher, vice president, and J. Cecil Giichrist, secretary and treasurer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-16
OLD SERVANT DIES

An old-time southern negress. Emma Hunt, long in the service of the Hunt family, one of the oldest families in Alabama, died at a local infirmary last night.
 Emma had long been familiar figure about the campus of Howard collese and East Lake and will be remembered by many of the old alumni as well as the undergraduates of the college. She had until her re- cent illness been in the service of Mrs. Mary A. Hunt S002 Fourth ave. nue. south. Previous to her death she was given the best medical att tention. but handicapped by her years she finally succumbed.
 Services for the old servant will be held from the residence of Mrs. William Hunt at 10:3O o'clock this morning, with Johns in charge.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-16
Business and Professional Women Club WiH Open Ne.D
 Quarters Next Wednesday

Delaney. Mrs. 0. D. Atkins, and Miss Dewey Bryant. Miss Corral Wood will give a funny dance, and Miss Mary Gillen some readings. After these speciaties, informal talks will be heard, and a sort of "booster ex- perience meeting" held. It's been mighty hard to wait for their new club, the members claim.
 One thing that delights everybody is the fact there is a big elevator and good service. Entrance is through the Forbes building and a new sign will be painted on the win dow announcing the club has lunch rooms upstairs.
 More than 100 members have aI- ready made reservations for the sup per Tuesday night, and others can obtain a place by calling either Dr. Taylor or Mrs. Charles Roberts. There are 1000 members of the cr- ganization. A speciality of the club grill will be that it will serve light lunches and tea and hot chocolate Saturday afternoons when so many business girls are off from work. Private dining rooms can be engaged if patrons desire them any time after Tuesday night, and womens orgas- izations will be allowed to meet free of charge in the club auditorium.
 The furnishings of the club cost between $3,000 and $5,000, and were all bought in Birmingham
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-16
q PEOPLE ARE
 BITTEN BY PUPPY
 THAT HAD RABIES
Dog Is Shot After It Had Run Riot on Fourth Avenue, in Avondale-VictimS Will
 Take Treatment

TTenty-one residents of Avondale were bitten Wednesday afternoon and yesterday morning by dog pro nounced to be rabid following ex- animation of it's head at the city la laboratory.
 The dog was killed yesterday morning and the head brought to the laboratory by Dr. II. B. Hudson. Se22 Fourth avenue. south The anI- nal belonged to Mrs. l.. C. Cannon. 3925 Fourth avenue, south.
 According to residents of the com nunity, the dog, a young puppy, staggered around with froth about it's mouth. 1t wanted to bite every thing with which it came in con tact. A COW and several dogs also were bitten.
 Those who were bitten by the ani- nal, practically all of whom will take the pasteur treatment. are as follows:
 C. A vildibill. nO2 Sixth avenue, south.
 Thomas Thrasher, 3o2G Fourth ave- nue, south.
 oscar Moss, 4sOo Sixth avenue, south
 Gladys Anderson. 4oi1 Fourth ave- nue. south.
 Mrs Frank Silva. 3s25 Fourth ave nue, south.
 Chester Falkner, ssl5 Fifth ave- nue. south.
 Edward Falkner, s615 Fifth ave- nue, south.
 Mary C. Hamilton address not learned.
 Lyle clymer, 4oOs Fifth avenue, south.
 A. B. Funderburk, 3615 Fifth ave- nue, south.
 Mrs. L. c. Cannon, S925 Fourth avenue, south.
 Mrs. H. B. Hudson, 1922 Fourth avenue, south.
 Miss Francis Hudson. 1922 Fourth ave, south.
 Leona Dfuke. North Avondsle.
 Pearl Mcclellan. 3O25 Fourth ave nue, south.
 Alfobell Fleming, 4o11 Fourth ave- nue, south.
 Vivian Riddell, 41o9 Fourth ave nue, south.
 Donald McQuaie. s24 Thirty ninth street, south.
 Grace Waters, $500 Fifth avenue, south.
 Ralph Harvey, 412 Thirty eighth street, south.
 Mrs Gum, address not learned.