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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1922-11-15

Weary Willie slouched into the pawn
shop.
How much will you give me for
this overcoat?" he asked, producing a
faded, but neatly mended garment.
Isaac looked at it critically.
"Four dollars" he said.
"Why," cried Weary Willie, "that
coats worth ten dollars if it's worth
a pennyw
81 wouldn't give you ten dollars tor
two like that, shifted Isaac. "Four
dollars or nothing"
"Are you sure that's all it's worth 2"
asked Weary Willie.
-Four dollars, repeated Isaac.
"Well, here's your four dollars, {"
said Weary Willie. sThis overcoat
was hanging outside yer shop, and
was wonderin' how much it was really
worth"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1922-06-15

Mrs. Billie Pannell is visiting
relatives in Columbus.
Miss Sara George Smith is
home from school for the
summer.
Mr.. T. j. Lyles spent the
week end with his parents in
Houston.
Miss Bama Ackers, of Iuka, is
visiting her sister, Mrs. E. H.
Cunningham.
DR.. T. w. Peden and daughter.
of Van Vleet, were visitors in
Okolona Wednesday.
Rev. E. H. Cunningham at
tended district conference at
Eupora this week.
Mr.. w. P. Conner has return
ed from a pleasant visit with
relatives in Memphis.
Mrs. w. L. Jansen and daugh-
ter Louise returned last week
from a weeks visit in New
Albany.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. Creighton and
daughters, Misses Kate and
Alice, visited in Corinth first of
the week.
Miss Virginia Parchman is en-
joying an extended visit to her
uncle, Mr.. Edgar Parchman, and
his daughters in Oklahoma.
Mrs. Threse Caven and son,
Charlie Caven, have returned
from a pleasant visit with Milton
and George Caven in Little Rock.
Miss Virginia Pyle. of Iuka,
who has been attending M. S. G.
W.. isvisiting her brother-in-law
and sister, Mr.. and Mrs. w. R.
McDufie.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1922-06-15

A brilliant reception was given
on Monday afternoon by Mrs. G.
w. Cole and Mrs. A. F. Wicks,
at the home of Mrs. Cole, in
honor of their charming guests
Mrs. Mothershead and Mrs.
Smith, of Winona. and Mrs.
Merriam, of Chattanooga. The
home was beautifully decorated
for the occasion with profusion
of potted ferns and cut flowers.
The guests were greeted by Mrs.
Pearl Murfee and served to re-
freshing punch by two charming
young ladies, Misses Julia
Chandler and Ethel Reeder.
Miss Hilary Ward presented
them to the receiving line which
was composed of Mesdames Cole,
Wicks, Merriam, Smith, Mother
shead, Fred Mcdonnell, A. L.
Jagoe, ]. E. Edens and R. B.
McEachin. Mrs. w. E. Savage
graciously received ct the en-
trance of the double parlors.
Iced tea and sandwiches were
served by Misses Grace Hunter
Vice and Leta Ellis. Mrs.
Howard Murphree ushered the
guests into the dining room
where a delicious ice course was
served by four attractive young
ladies', Misses Velma Reeder,
Frances Chandler, Annie Lou
Dean and Mildred Baskin. Mrs.
S. D. Murphree and Miss Fran
ces Abbott presided in the
library.
A delightful musical program
was rendered by Mrs, D. F.
Morgan, Mrs. 7. P. Davis and
Miss Edna Owen.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1922-06-15
Junior EpwOrth League
Picnic

Mrs. E. H. Cunningham,
superintendent of the Junior
League, in company with about
twenty-five junior boys and girls,
spent Friday in an outing and
picnic at Mrs. E. L. Browder's
near town. The party went on
a hike which had been we'll
planned and gave the youngsters
games, fruit gathering and per-
mitted them to battle their feet
in the cool refreshing streams of
the woodland. At noon an old
fashioned dinner was spread in
a beautiful grove where each
child feasted on good things to
eat including ice cream. This
occasion will be long remember
ed by the juniors.
Other attractive things have
been planned in the way of pic
MICS for the juniors and inter-
mediates. The seniors are plan
ming a fish fry.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1922-06-15
Attractive OkolOna
Girl Engaged

Quite a surprise to the many
Okolona friends of Miss Myrt
Abernethy was the announce.
ment, made last Sunday by her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Irwin
Abernethy, of her engagement
and approaching marriage to Mr..
H. C. Hume, of Bowling Green,
Kentucky.
Miss Abernethy is not only
pretty and attractive, but is a
young girl of unusual intellect.
She attended M. S. C. w., where
she was the recipient of numer-
ozs honors. She is at present a
student of Bowling Green Bust
ness College and is also amen
Der of the faculty. The wedding
will be solemnized very quietly
the last of this month in Bowling
Green.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1922-06-15

Okolona. Mrs, Burl Smith, of
Winona. guests of Mrs. George
Cole, and Mrs. Garnett Merriam,
of Chattanooga, guest of Mrs.
A. F. Wicks. These three were
hOnorees at a brilliant reception
on Monday afternoon at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. George
Cole when Mrs. Cole and Mrs.
Wicks were hostesses. On
Tuesday evening Mrs. Wicks
entertained at bridge at
Myrtle Grove, her pretty
suburban home.
Mrs. T. C. Bradford, of Oak
land, Mississippi, with her very
young daughter, is visiting her
sister, Mrs. E. H. Latimer; and
Mrs. Latimer and Mrs. W.. R.
McDufie give a lovely bridge
party Wednesday afternoon
cOmplimenting Mrs. Bradford
and Mrs. John Summers, of
Clarksdale, who is the popular
house guest of her brother and
sister in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. A.
L. Jagoe. On Friday afternoon,
Mrs. Jagoe will entertain with a
delightful garden party and
bridge games will be enjoyed.
Invitations have been issued by
Mrs. T. j. Lyles for Monday
day afternoon, when she will
receive in honor of Miss Velma
Reeder, accomplished daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. D. w. Reeder,
whose engagement and ap-
preaching marriage to Mr..
Archie Mcdonnell has been an
DOunced. On Tuesday after
noon, Mrs. Edward Savage will
be at home TO a large number of
guests from both the married
and unmarried sets.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1922-06-15
Mrs. Eva Elias and Mrs.
e. d. Elias Entertain

Mrs. Eva Elias and Mrs.
E. d. Elias Entertain
The handsome residence of
Mr.. and Mrs. E. D. Elias was
unusually attractive when, on
Tuesday afternoon, Mrs. Eva
Elias and Mrs. E. D. Elias en-
tertained at cards in honor of
Mrs. S. M. Morrow, of Memphis.
A profusion of sweet peas and
other flowers were used in
decorations. When the guests
arrived, punch was served after
which Charles Elias, the hand
some little son of the house,
wearing a smart suit of pongee,
passed a silver tray, on which
was a Shasta daisy tied with
yellow ribbon for every guest.
The hostesses then served a
dainty yellow and white ice
course. Punch was enjoyed
throughout the games of bridge
and rock. Mrs. Henry Brady
made highest score in the bridge
games and was awarded lovely
silk jenny scarf, while Mrs.
Myers Hodges captured the rock
prize, pair of pretty silk stock
ings, and Mrs. w. H. Miller a
dainty lace handkerchief. The
honoree, Mrs. Morrow, was pre-
sented a very handsome old
spoon, which was an heirloom.
Seven tables of players en-
joyed this pretty affair.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1922-06-15
Mesdsmes McDuffie and
Latimer Entertain

The numerous attractive visi.
tors who have been the inspira-
ton for so many delightful af-
fairs this week were again
cOmplemented Wednesday after
noon when Mrs. W. R. McDufie
and Mrs. E. H. Latimer enter
tanned with a cleverly planned
al fresco bridge party. The
guests were received on the
porch of Mrs. McDufie's pretty
bungalow, where long handled
baskets of shasta daisies and
quantities of other flowers were
effectively used. Miss Virginia
Pyle, of Iuka, winsome young
sister of Mrs. McDufie, and
Miss Henrietta Beatty served
punch from a crystal bowl en-
bedded in sweet peas. The nine
tables for the games were placed
on the lawn, and the decorations
there were also tall baskets of
hon e grown flowers. The place
cards were quaint old fashioned
girls wearing yellow frocks.
At the conclusion of the games,
during which refreshing punch
had been served, music was
heard and Miss Virginia Pyle
appeared in a lovely esthetic
dance, THE Nightengale".
Her costume was a flesh colored
knicker suit with draperies of
Inaline and the shaded lawn
furnished an effective setting.
Her second dance was Daisies,
and was in striking contrast to
the first. Both were beautifully
rendered; and, while Miss Pyle
is a young girl, not yet through
college, she is an artist of
unusual ability.
Prizes were awarded to Mrs.
I. M. Dean for highest score,
and Mrs. Stephenson, Of Corinth,
for highest among the out of
town guests. These were lovely
Venetian glass flower bowls filed
with sweet peas. The cOnsola-
tiOn. q scented pottery vase. fell
TO Mrs. Frank Elliott. The
hOstesses served d delicious
salad course with iced tea to the
players and q number Of tea
s..,- 49,
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1922-06-15
Bridge Luncheon

One of the most enjoyable of
the lovely June parties was the
bridge luncheon given by Mrs.
Fred Mcdonnell at her home on
Tuesday morning in honor of
Mrs. William Mothershead and
Mrs a Burl Smith, of Winona,
and Mrs. Garnett Merriam, of
Chattanooga, charming house
guests of Mrs. George Cole and
Mrs. Armon Wicks. The tables
were placed in the living room
and dining room, where an attrac-
tive arrangement of ferns and
cut flowers lent a pleasant at
mosphere. Several games were
enjoyed, Mrs. R. B. McEachin,
of Birmingham, making highest
score. She was presented with
two beautiful hand made hand
kerchiefs. The honor guests
were given lovely hand painted
Japanese fans. At the conclu-
sion of the games the hostess
served a delicious luncheon.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1922-06-15

Mrs. T. j. Lyles, accompanied
by her daughter, Miss Marion
Donaldson Lyles. is in Nashville
where she will witness the
graduating exercises Of Wander
bilt University. Her son. Adlai,
stands among the first in these
exercises. having won, we under
stand, the Phi Beth Kappa, one
Of the highest honors bestowed
there.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1922-06-15
f1abItuaI Constipation Cured
in IA to II DAYS

LAX-FOS WITH PEPSN'' is q specially.
lrepared Syrup Tonic-Laxative for Habitua.
sonstipation. It. relieves promptly bu,
should be taken regularly for IA to 81 days
TO induce regular action. Il Stimulates and
Regulates. Very Pleasant to Take. . Coz
per tpttla
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1922-06-15

~@@Oae SOA@ So NV e~esN
daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
WeIker, in CoffeeviIIe first o.
the week.
Harry Campbell. of McComb,
is guest in the home of Mr.,
and Mrs. Fred Streibich. His
mother and brother will join him
there the latter part of the week.
Mr.. j. Rubel joined Mrs.
Mrs. Rubel in Brookhaven Sat-
urday and will spend some time
with his daughter, Mrs. A. A.
Cohn.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Smith
and daughter, Miss Wilola, left
first of the week for a visit with
relatives in Alabama and
Florida.
Mrs. w. M. Pullen, of Mathis
ton, and Mrs. E. L. Quinn, of
Webb, visited in the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. w. T. Quinn first
of the week.
Mrs. Bette Burkitt and daugh-
ter, Miss Ruth Burkitt, and Mr..
Howard Gaskins motored to
Huntsville, Alabama, for a visit
with relatives.
Mrs. R. B. McEachin, of
Birmingham, who was formerly
Mary Dean. is visiting in the
home of her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. T. M. Dean.
Mr.. E. E. Sedberry spent the
week end in Houston with Mrs.
Sedberry, who with their small
son, 10 Bradford Sedberry, re-
turned home Monday.
Misses Roberta Williams, of
McComb, and Unede Black, of
Meridian, are guests of Miss
Douglass Davenport at the
home of her sister, Mrs. Arthur
Rowe.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. ]. Bell and
daughters. Dorothy and Majorie,
and Mr.. and Mrs. C. L. Nc
Williams motored to Meridian
first Of the week for visit with
relatives.
Herman PannelI, who has been
attending Randolph Macon Aca-
denny, Front Royal, Virginia,
arrived Sunday to spend the
summer with his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. w. M. Pannell.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Cober,
of Placentia, California. and
Mrs. Harry Farrar and two sons,
of Murphysboro, Illinois, are
visiting at the country home of
Mr.. and Mrs. W. L. Jansen.
Misses Mary and Virginia
Shelton have returned from a
delightful visit with Mr.. and
Mrs. Jack Abbott and family in
Little Rock. They were &C.
companied home by Misses
Frances and Louise Abbott.
Miss Maia Morgan, who re-
Gently graduated at Sophia New
comb College, New Orleans, is
spending a few weeks with her
parents, DR.. and Mrs. D. F.
Morgan, before going to Monts
eagle. Tennessee for the re-
mainder of the summer.
Circle No. 2 entertained the
Missionary Society of
the Methodist church on Monday |
afternoon. June 18th, at the
home of Mrs. Dan Shell. There
were twenty-seven members and
one visitor present. After a
discussion of bushes a
delicious ice course was served.
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Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1922-06-15

FTER brief rest following Chauauqua Okolonas fashionable
folk are enjoying week of unusual gaety and week
promises be equally delightful Adding pleasure to every
affair the presence of number of charming visitors Among
these Mrs. William Mothershead Of Wnona formerly of
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1922-06-15

is not enough for a man to know
a EJOd thing when he Sees y I'd
must also seize Il
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1922-06-01
CAR TURNS OVER AND
DESTROYED BY FIRE

A Studebaker Special belonging to
Nampa parties, with two occupants
IN the car turned over and was to-
tally destroyed by fire about 12
O'Clock Tuesday morning, four miles
north Of Payette. The men who's
names were unable to learn were re.
turning from Weiser on their wav
to Nampa, and when arriving at the
southeast corner of the Henshaw
ranch where the road turns east
across the r. R. track and also to
the west. The driver became con-
fused and in making the turn to the
east the car turned over in the ditch
and Immediately took fire. Neither
OF the men were injured but were
unable to extinguish the fire and
came to Payette on foot badly
smeared with mud from their fall
INTO the ditch. The car was covered
by insurance.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1922-06-01
REPRESENTATIVES. OF
OREGON TRAIL ASSN.
VISIT PAYETTE

Mr.. Sydney B. Vincent of Port
land, Oregon, and Walter E.
Meacham of Baker, Ore, represent
ing the Old Oregon Trail Association
of Baker, was in Payette, Saturday,
on their way eastward on what is
now called the Pacific Highway
which follows the Old Oregon Trail
from Independence, Mo, to the
Pacific Coast. Their mission is one
of merit, that of creating a sentiment
emong the people along the route to
go back to the historic name of the
"Old Oregon Trail.
The purpose of the Old Oregon
Trail Association, organized at
Baker, Oregon, in February of this
year is to perpetuate the name of
the Old Oregon Trail by having the
name designated by the states
through which it passes; and by so
doing, do honor to the memory to
the brave pioneer man and women
who faced the great unknown to
carve out new homes for themselves
IN the west. To permanently mark
the road so that its history may be
preserved and be a constant remind
er to the younger generation of the
hardships endured by the pioneers
that we may enjoy our present day
civilization.
To correctly and constantly adyer-
tise it so that the world NAV know II
for what it is, the shortest and ouick-
est route from the east to the Pacific
Coast, the worlds Most Historic
Highway, and the Road to Americas
Scenic Wonderland.
Historic names have a Significance
that should not be overlooked, Ezra
Meeker who crossed the plains over
the Oregon Trail in 1852, returned
to Washington, D. C. in 1905, over
the old trail with an OK team and
prairie schooner for the express pur-
pose of re-marking the Old Oregon
Trail that the name and route might
be perpetuated. In the last session
or the Oregon State Legislature the
name OF the Pacific Highway through
the State of Oregon, was changed to
the 'Old Oregon Trail". Other states
which the route passes.
should do the same.
We are informed by Mr.. Meachem
President of the Old Oregon Trail
Association that from Caldwell to
Huntington, the trail will divide one
route going by way of Parma, Nyssa |
and Ontario, and the other over the
desert by way of New Plymouth.
fruitland, Payette and Weiser. and !
large sign created at each end OF |
the divid giving full direction that /
tourists may take their choice of
routes.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1922-06-01
CIVIL WAR VETERAN AND
PIONEER PASSES AWAY

Richard Candon Ball was born at
l Sabrook, Illinois, April 8, 1914, and
died at the soldiers home at Boise,
May 26 1922, age rs years, one
month, 16 days
He enlisted in the 116 Infantry
and served four years during the
Civil war. Shortly after the war he
was married to Miss Nacey Jane
Newcomb, at Sabrook, III. To this
union their were born four sons and
one daughter, being as follows AL
bert, Snowden and Jesse Ball, all OF
Payette; Jos. B. Ball of WalIa Walla
and Mrs. George Hall of Yakima
Wash. From Sabrook he moved to
Elk County, Kansas, remaining there
for several years, coming overland
AZ years ago with his family, in
covered wagon, stopping at Moscow,
where he resided for 6 years, after
which he moved to Kendrick Idaho.
At this place in 1903 his wife died.
In 1911 he came to the Payette
valley and until called to the great
beyond has made his home with his
sons here and at the soldiers home
at Boise. Besides his sons and
daughter, one brother, F. B. Ball
OF Ontario. remain to mourn his loss.
Funeral services were held at
Boise at P. NJ, on Sunday. Nav
the 2Sth. Interment in Silent Camp.
Morris Hill cemetery, Rev. Dean of
the Christian Church, officiating.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1922-06-01
INJURED IN AUTO ACCIDENT

c. B. Cady, brakeman on the p
", Steve brakman on the Vale road
and Mr.. Murphy, Civil Engineer for
the Short Line, were all quite badly
injured shortly after IL o'clock this
morning while returning from the
Frultland dance. they were riding In
a Cleveland Roadster, and when q
snort distance from Fruitland ran
INTO ditch dug part way across the
road, the red light put out as a
warning was taken by the driver, 10
be tail light of another car stand
ing in the road, the car turned com.
pletey over reversing ends and was
badly demolished. Murphy received
severe cuts on his face and hands
from broken glass, Cady was bad,v
injured about the back and hips and
also cuts from broken glass, Trevy
escaped with slight bruises. All
were taken to the Ontario hospital
by other parties who were returning
from the dance.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1922-06-01
MEETINGS Of GRAND MEMORIAL DAY
MASONIC BODIES PROPERLY YOBSERVED

The observance of Memorial Day,
was in most respects grand sue
/ cess. 1t has been many years since
the attendance was as large, the day
was ideal and all business was sus-
pended while every one turned out
and Joined the throng in memory of
the departed friends and relatives.
Never in the history of the Riverside
cemetery was there so many people
gathered to visit and decorate the
graves of their departed ones, and
under the most adversed condition
the place was made to appear to a
large degree quite beautiful. From
nine o'clock in the morning until
after noon the people thronged the
cemetery in an endaevor to clean
away the unsightly weeds and other
rubbish and with what flowers that
could be obtained made beautiful the
little mounds that lnark the resting
place of some departed one.
The afternoon program was cut
short due to the lack of understand
ing or interest on the part of some
who were to take part. The ladies of
the W. r. c. carried out their part in
their impressive ceremony in deco
rating the graves of the unknown
dead. Adjutant General Harry Z.
Lewis fulfilled his part very nicely
in giving the origin and purpose of
Memorial Day, Lincoln's Gettysburg
address by Miss Marie Gauer was
given in her usual impressive man
ner. In the absence of the quar-
tette Rev. Movie and Walter Smith
splendidly in their duett,
but the crowning event of the DAYS
program, that fully made good for
all deficiencies was the splendid
Memorial Address by Rev Bobbitt.
who in his unexcelled oratorical abili-
ty despite the unnecessary disturb
ance by the snorting and rattling of
passing cars on the adjoining streets.
held the undivided attention of the
large audience, during the entire /,
course of his address. 1t was said
by many that Rev. Bobbitt's address
was the most impressive and most
fitting for the occasion, of any that
had ever been given in the history of
Payette.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1922-06-01
TURKEYS RUN WILD

Mrs. Ike Whitley has a very in
teresting flock Of Bronze turkeys on
their Island ranch few miles north
Of Payette. 1t is generally under
stood that baby turkeys are very
tender aud require close attention
until they are we'll feathered out,
this idea has been exploded by Mrs.
Whitley's experience, she allowed
the turkey hen to hatch her own
eggs and also take care of her babies
out in the field without any feed or
water being provided, Just the same
as a Grouse or Pheasant and has
proven the plan to be an absolute
success. No feed of any kind is re-
quired until they are rounded up in
the fall. She now has about $50
little turkies and expects about 500
more within short time, her turkey
hens last year brought her about
$4,000 each for the young birds in
the fall,
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1922-06-01
BIGGEST OUTPUT IN HISTORY

The Farmers Cooperative Cream
cry Co. have just completed the big
gest months business in the history
OF. the organization. Four cars of
butter was shipped during the month
of May besides many pounds con-
sumed by the local towns, in all
amounting to 10000 pounds. 1t is
interesting to know that the unex-
celled quality of the butter put out
by this institution is demanding more
than the market quotations. One
large retail concern in Los Angeles,
Calf, is able to consume more than
the entire output and has guaranteed
them one per cent per pound above
the regular market price.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1922-06-01
A SUCCESSFUL MUSICAL

Mrs. Stella Mason Cox of Ontario,
Musical Instructor, who has been COM
ing to Payette for more than a year,
one day of each week. where she has
a number of students gave musical
recital last week at the Masonic
Temple in Ontario by her pupils of
this place and Ontario. There were
43 numbers in all both violin and
piano, mostly children ten to fifteen
years OF age, 1t was really a revo-
luton to those present to see what
can be accomplished in the musical
line with children when properly in
structed.
Mrs. Cox is soon to leave for Chi
cago on vacation where she will
attend Conservatory and brush up
on the higher grades, both on the
violins and piano.