Okolona messenger., July 31, 1919, Image 2

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THE OKOLONA MESSENGER.
OKOLONA MFSSfNGER
ESTABLISHED 1873.
w i. vjuilNiN, Editor and rublisher.
Telephones: Residence, Ind 126:
Office: Independent 22; Cumberland 63
Entered at the Post Office in Otcolona,
Miss., as Second Class Mail Matter.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
We are authorized to announce
the following candidates for the
offices named, subject to the
' action of the Democratic party
n the primary elections in 1919,
and pursuant to the statutes
made and provided in such cases.
For State Revenue Agent
STOKES V. ROBERTSON
For Penitentiary Trustee. 3rd Dit
J. E. TATE . .
For Railroad Commissioner
W. B. WILSON
For Representative
J. A. LEWiS
E. M. VERELL
For Sheriff
W. A. DENDY
JOHN R. PORTEK
B. M. SMITH
,W. P. KNOX
D. I. NEAL
J. C. BEASLEY
HENRY L. HARRINGTON
For Chancery Clerk J
W. A. WILKINSON
R. C. KIR BY
JCHN CLIFTON WILLIAMS
For Circuit Clerk
JOEZC. DAVIS
D. S. BISHOP
JOHN E. DAVIS
For Tax Assessor
J. B. HASTINGS
ELBERT W. NANCE
.'; I. KIMBROUGH
G. L. WOOLR1DGE
For Superintendent of Education
GEO. D. RILEY
H. F. SANDERSON
For County Prosecuting Attorney
J. E. HARRINGTON
N. W. BRADFORD
For Supervisor 3rd District
P.E. HADLEY
Just Arrived - Big car Ameri
can Garden and. Field Fence.
Okolona Hardware Co.
Collins-Johnston Speaking
Both Lieut. Johnston and Atty.
Gen. Collins, candidates for
governor, were billed to speak
here Friday Johnston at 11 in
the forenoon and Collins at 8:30
in the evening. Mr. Johnston
failed to make connection at
Meridian and did not reach here
until 1 o'clock in the afternoon
and did not stop but went on to
an appointment in Lee county.
Rut arrnairements were made
i to divide time with his opponent
whom he says he considers out
of the running.
This being Gen. Collins' ap
pointment, he spoke first, and
was some forty minutes late be
cause of trouble with his car. A
fairly good sized crowd had
assembled, and most of those
present stayed throngh the
whole affair, notwithstanding it
was near midnight when the
last word was said
This was Gen. Collins'
first
appearance here since the cam-
J paign opened, and many of our
citizens were anxious to hear
him in his sarcastic way go
after his opponents, which he
proceeded to do in good style, as
well as give an account of his
own doings since he has been in
office. Of course he recommend
ed himself rather highly as a
trust buster and told his hearers
of the vast sums he had turned
into the state treasury. It was
easy to see that he either thought
that Mr. Russell is the man he
has to beat in the end or else
that he had to get by him in
order to be in the home stretch.
His speech was well received
and liberally applauded.
This was. Lieut. Johnston's
second appearance here and that,
too, in joint debate. He seemed
to realize that his following here
was not nearly as '-nrge as he
w. uid like for H to be and hat
another had captured many
votes he had hoped to gain, for
he seemed to have lost that con
fident air that characterized him
on his first appearance. Then,
too, the mere fact that he paid
the town a return visit i3 evi
dence that he .thought he had
left something unsaid when
first here that might make him
votes. That something was con
cerning Mr. Longino. In the
debate with Mr. Russell, he
peemed scarcely to know that
Mr. Longino was a candidate.
This time he had seen a light
and went after Longino in good
style, going so far as to say that
if the people wanted four more
years of republican rule under
Edgar S. Wilson that they should
vote for Longino. His thrusts
seemed to please his supporters
present immensely, but we very
seriously doubt if he gathered
any strength here, and we are
certain that his speech lost him
votes should it so happen that
the old line-up candidates are
successful in getting into the
second primary.
I The Voter and His Vote.
Next Tuesday the voters will
go to the polls and cast their
ballots for their several choices
for the different offices from
baliff to governor. How wisely
they vote will be reflected in the
management of affairs for the
next four years.
The right to vote is not inher
ent in the man who cast the bal
bt, it is a sacred trust reposed
ia him which he is in duty
bsund to use for the good of or
ganized society. And whenever
a man use3 his vote for his own
S3lfish ends, or to reward a per
sonal friend without due consid
eration of the interests of the
whole people, that minute he be
trays a trust and marks himself
as a person unfit to even handle
a ballot. ,
The ballot was placed jn your
hands because of your supposed
intelligence and honesty of pur
posebecause it was thought
that you, and such as you,
ballot, manage the affairs of
this country for the gocd of the
whole people, and that you would
do this. That the ballot was not
given to you ras your proprrty
is evidenced by the fact that you
are not allowed to sell your vote
under heavy penalty. And it j
follows that any trading of
votes or the forming of political
combinations are also to be con
demned as nothing short of a
neat sale. For the same reason
that you were given the ballot it
was denied to others. The
criminal is not allowed a vote
because he has not the honor to
use it for the right purposes; the
trancient is denyed the ballot
because he has no interest in the
community where he would cast
a vote; the very ignorant i3 not
entrusted with the ballot be
cause he would not know how to
use it for the good of the coun
try. It follows, then, that when
ever a man ca;ts a vote he is dol
ing so as a trustee for the whole
people, and any deviation from
the minutest principle of right,
any paying of political or person
al debts with a vote, any use of
it to secure power or profit,
makes a man guilty an embez
zlement of that which is of
greater value to organized socie
ty than is stocks or bonds, mer
chandise or real estate the lib
erty of the people and the well
being of the state.
"Mr. Vardaman stated that he
had abiolutely no apology to
make for any measure that he
upheld or opposed during his
term in the United Siates Sen
ate. He stated that he . had no
confidence whatever in the
President of the United States;
that President Wilson was much
more interested in the capitalists
of the North than in the co'tin
grower of the South." '
Thj above U taken from the
Commercial Appeal of Sunday,
and is contained in a veport of a
speech delivered at Eupora by
by Mr. Vardaman last Friday,
when he and Lee Russell spoke
there.
We give it as our opinion that
Mr. Vardaman has fully as much
confidence in the President as
the people should have in the
ex-Senator, since the President
ha3 never filed an injunction
against anybody who wishes to
learn how public moneys was
handled. And the voters of
Mississippi remember full well
that to this day there stands
against every man who attempts
to see how certain funds were
handled by Mr. Vardaman while
governor of the state, an injunc
tion which forbids a review of
the entries. Until that stain is
raised from the record, Mr.
Vardaman has no right to be
running around over the state
talking about confidence.
Relative to his, record in the
Senate,, the voters have already
said what they think of it He
may not regret the stand he has
taken in Congress, but we pre
dict that it will be a mighty long
time before he gets the voters
to the point where they will not
regret allowing him to make
such a record.
And further, we would advise
the Hon. Lee Russell that it is
bad politics to be running around
with Jas. K. as long as that
gentleman persists in casting
stones at the national adminis;
tration. Better quit it, Lee.
Some of the so-called wise
ones seem to be at a loss to know
why Longino is specially strong
with the union labor voters of
the state, since he has never
made any effort to secure votes
from this quarter other than his
appeal to the whole people.
The answer is dead easy when
you call back to the Longino
administration and remember
the fairness with which he ad
ministered v to all people alike
The union men remember that
it was one of their number who
was ruthlessly slain by a rich, in
fluential citizen of the state,
doubtless under the impression
that he could kill a sick conduc
tor and get by yith it by paying
out a little money. But not so.
He learned the lesson: "YourV
money will avail you nothing,"
without the passport of right,
you cannot go free; and it so
happened that there was a legal
hanging with a rich, influential
man as the leading- character in
the play. All union labor asks
is a square deal; and many of
them believe that Longino
stands for equal and exact
justice to all men alike, and for
that reason will cast their votes
for him next Tuesday.
We heard Tuesday that Longi
no was opposed to issuing bonds
for good roads. We did not be
lieve the report when we heard
it and so stated at the time.
However, to be sure that we
were correct, we called up his
headquarters in Jackson and we
are now authorized to state
positively that there is no truth
in the story. Longino is a pro
gressive and will make the state
a business governor that will
help advance her interests along
all progressive lines, and that
without graft, and with no
thought of self on the morrow.
Will Hight, editor of the
Winston Journal, sounds the
warning to the anti-Russell
forces that the way to elect the
the Hon. Lee M. is to put John
ston into the second. We are of
the opinion that friend Will is
right.
SAVED BY A .
FAITHFUL VIFE
8ufferd Thtrty Year With Stom
j ", ch Troubl. and Hemorrhages
j . of the Bowels.
mmmmmmm
Tti9 Story of Wonderful Recovery
; There is . hardly
ny one who does
not experience
some trouble with
the stomach. It Is
so common that we
frequently pay lit
tle or no attention
to It. Yet, the
stomach la very
easily upset, and
catarrhal inflam
mation of the mu
cous lining devel
ops, grows worse the pain and dis
tress is Incessant and the truth
dawns that we have chronic stom
ach trouble.
The case of Mr. Louis Young, 205
Merrimac St., Rochester, N. Y., is
typical. He writes: "I suffered for
thirty years with chronic bowel
trouble, stomach trouble and hem-,
orrhages of the bowel3. We bought
a bottle of Peruna and I took it
faithfully. I began to feel better.
My wife persuaded me to continue
and I did for some time as directed.
Now I am a well man." llr. Young's
experience i.i not unusual.
If you suffer from catarrh In any
form, whether of the head, stomach,
bowels or any other part of the
body, try Peruna. It may be just
what you need. Peruna comes in
either liquid or tablet form and is
sold everywhere. Your dealer has
it or will get it for you. Ask. for
Dr. Hartman's World-Famous Pe-j
runa Tonic and Insist upon having
it. If you want your health accept'
nothing else. 4 I
All the sick and suffering are In
vited to write The Peruna Company,'
Bept. 78, Columbus, Ohio, for Dr.1
Hartman's Health Book. The book'
is free and" may help you. Ask you
dealer for a Peruna Almanac '
You' Do More Work,
You are more ambitious and you get more
enjoyment out of everything when your
blood is in good condition. Impurities in
the blood have a very depressing effect on
the system, causing "weakness, laziness,
nervousness and sickness.
GROVE'S TASTELESS Chill TONIC
restores Energy and Vitality by Purifying
and Enriching the Wood, when you feel
its strengthening, invigorating effect, see
how it brings color to the cheeks and how
it improves the appetite, you will then
appreciate its true tonic value.
GROVE'S TASTELESS Chill TONIC
is not a patent medicine, it Is simply
1KUN and OUUNINE suspended in syrup,
So pleasant even children like it The
blood needs Quinine to Punfylt and IKUN
to Enrich it These reliable tonic prop
erties never fail to drive out impurities in
the blood. .
The Strength-Creating Power of GROVE'S
TASTELESS Chill TU1N1U has maae it
the favorite tonic in thousands of homes.
More than thirty-five years ago, folks
would ride a long distance to get GROVE'S
TASTELESS Chill TONIC when a
member of their family had Malaria or
needed a body-building, strength-giving
tonic. The formula is just the same to
day, and you can get it from any drug
store. 60c per bottle.
VOTE FOR
BILLIE ( W. J.) BUCK
t
FOR f
CLERK OV TIIK SUPREME COURT
A record of faithful, honest and efficient service as
secretary to four governors and years of
experience in court work
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Cleaning, Pressing and Altering
Everybody knows that my cleaning and pressing method is
the best and I don't charge any more than any other first
class cleaning and pressing shop in the state. Besides, then
my tailor work, altering and repairing is famous.
HODECK, The Tailor,
Both Phones Okolona. Miss.
Where the Gulf Breezes Blow
Mississippi Gulf Coast
When the real hot days come think of the cooling breez
es that blow on the Mississippi Coast. Makes little differ
ence if they do tousel up your hair and create an appetite
that is hard to satisfy, they are cool.
Pack the old trunk with a few clothes and come along.
Ladies bring your hair nets, tennis shoes and bathing suits.
Gentlemen bring your golf clubs, fishing tackle, etc. Or,
these can'be bought or rented here if preferred.
Forget business and home cares for a few days, enjoy a
real vacation amid ideal surroundings for a few days and go
back feeling like new and fit for work again.
While on 1he Coast stop at a hotel that places the com
fort of the guests nhead of everything else. Right in the"
heart of everything. Send for rates and information.
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