Okolona messenger., February 12, 1920, Image 1

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OKOLONA, MISSISSIPPI. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 12. 1920
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MISSISSIPPI
EVENTS
Gathered from All Cor
nars of the State and
Told in Briefest Form
Greenville. Greenville recently la
sued bonds to the amount of 100,000
for paving purposes, under the p'ai
to pave streets, the property owners
on streets to be paved would pay two
thirds of the cost. The plan to pave
Btreets ha3 already gone bsyond the
amount the city can pay and there Is
a demand now for another bond issue
of J1O0.C00, bo with the property own
ers paying double the amount of. the
city, paving to cost $000,000 can be
done, wMch will pave the streets ab
solutely necessary to be paved The
purpose of the city council is to have
Greenville one of the best paved citieE
of Its size anywhere In the state.
Meridian. A su.'t involving $182,600,
one of the largest in tne hls'.ory oi
this county, lias been filed with United
States Deputy Clerk Moody Price in
the federal court here, and is supposed
to be tried rt the March term. The
suit is brought by Pedro Pirlz Valdez
of Buer.os Aires. Republic of Argen
tine, as plaintiff, against the Lauder
dale Cotton Mills. Damages in the
sum of $182,500 are asked for alleged
breach of contract in tlje purchase of
goods from the defendant company.
Meridian. All arrangements will be
completed for the mid-winter reuatori
.or the Scottish Rite bodies of Missis
'slppi to be held in this city at the
Scottish Rite Cathedral Feb. 9. 10, 11
nrt 1 A large class comprising mem
bers from practically all parts of the
state will take the degrees from the
toui'h to , the thirty-second during the
reunion. V
Lumberton. A special train bearing
eyeral hundred lumbermen from New
York, Ohio and West Virginia arrived
from New Orleans and spent Friday
here. . These lumbermen are touring
the South and visiting one mill in
each state. The plant of the Edward
Hines Yellow Pine Company at Lum
berton was xhosen for Mississippi.
' Scooba. Mrs. H. H. Moore and J.
P. Pearson. -who are the census takers
here for this part of the county, have
been having a bad time grtting about
the countrymen account of the mud.
They still have many plantations to
visit, also many small farms through
out the country, and for some Uhk
they will be unable to get around to
them. . -
University After a suspension of
two years on account of repairs on
buildings in 1018 a-d because the reg
ular session ran too late In 1919, the
summer term will be resumed at the
University of Mississippi this year. A
six weeks' summer school will be con
ducted this, year, opening June 7.
Jewhebron An election was held
In District 4 of Lawrence county for
the .purpose 'of issuing more roa
bonds, with the result in favor of th
- ;fjon! issue almost three to one. The
- district had already issued $80,000
I worth of bonds,' and can issue $18,000
additional.
Senatpbia. Tate county's fair price
board organized here and decided to
allow merchants 25 per cent profit on
groceries nd foodstuffs,' with 15 per
cent additional when sold on credit.
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Senatobia. MaJ. John C. Sheffield
will leave shortly for Centralla, Wash.,
where lie will assist In the prosecution
of the L W. W.'s who fired into the
legion parade en Armistice Day.
Batesvllle. Aa Anti-Saloon League
chapter was formed here. A Tepresen.
tatlte of the state organisation was
present and assisted In the formation
of the" local-branch. ;
Clinton. The ex-service" . men, , stu
dnt in Mississippi College, hare ef
fected a permanent organization of a
post of the American Legion, to be
known as Post 48.
Oxford. Deputy O. JW. Whitehead
and J. M. Wright captured a 20 gallon
till complete about fire . miles from
Houston, In Chickasaw county.. .
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Rulevllle. Improvements that are
planned for Rnjevllle will cost $40,000,
which the legislature will be asked to
sanction bonds to that amount.
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Jackson. Mississippi school teach
ers are forbidden to marry during the
school terms by the provisions of a
bill passed by the house. -.
Blue Mountain. Blue Mountain Col
lege has Just held its mid-session ex
aminations. -
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-Ackerman -A 4-foot coal vein wai
atruck In the mine near here recently.
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New Albany. The Union county
grand Jury finished its work and ad
Journed. ; Thirteen Indictments were
returned. Report on courthouse, jail, I
poorhouse and cthar buildings coming!
under tin juriBdiction . of the grand j
Jury Indicated all property In good con-'
dition. j
Greenwood. A committeo has been j
appointed by the Chambr of Commerce i
for the purpose of co-operating in the
effort to' organize a delta baseball !
league and inaugurate a series or
games for Greenwood. . .
Ru!oville At a mass meeting neid
co discuss the 1930 budget of muniti
on! improvements for Rulevilla much
interest was expressed in the immedi
ate noedsr of the town and the pros'
oects for realizing these needs during
the present year. A commission, con
sisting of J. R. Wales, C. W.. Farmer
and Dick Neelly, was1 designated and
authorized to co-operate with the
mayor and board of aldermen in all
matters of local Improvement.
Jackson. With practically every
section of the state farming areas' in
'he delta section of Mississippi, includ
Ins the tracts In Quitman county, In
Holmes, in the Tchula Lake basin and
to a certain extent on the big Sunflow
er plantation or Parchman, inundated
and fairly reeking with both flood and
surface water, thepenit?ntiary author
ities are considerably handicapped in
their preliminary planting prepara
tions. ;
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Shelby. The Baptist church here
has been without a pastor since the
-fls'erat'on of Rev. M. R. Cooper took
effect Dec. 8, last. Rev. A. H. Clark,
of Kln-sville Tex., filled the pulpit
Sunday morning and night with r
view ti n call. Mr. Clark is an ex
Mis' Jssippian, having been educated at
Mississippi College. -
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Yczoo City. Tliat Yazoo City and
county have not only broken all rec
ords of previous years for growth and
prosperity, but in the past five years
hava excelled prac'ically every other
county, in the state of. Mississippi, l
brought out in the report of R. H
Douthat, secretary of the Yazoo Com
mercial Club.
Meridian. Methodists of Meridiar
will conducts a training school in this
city during next September when ar
out-of-town iactilty! will be pecured. J
decision to this effect was. reached ai
a meeting when representatives from
all the Methodist churches of the city
met to discuss the matter.
TWO MISS. STATE itsB-vlast; eGC
Jackson. Dr. R. W. Hall, assistant
collaborating epidemiologist of the
.Mississippi stafe board of health, has
sent a specially important and- em
phatlc note to each practicing physi
clan In the state, In which their co
operation is sought In keeping track
of the Influenza situation. ,
Senatobia. County Farm Agent T.
A. Rew will make his first co-operative
shipment of hogs' Last year 50 car
of cattle and hogs were shipped by
the farmers of the county.
Water Valley. The North Mississip
pi Four County Medical Society, com
posed of Yalobusha, Lafayette, Ben
ton and Marshall counties', held it:
quarterly meeting here.
Jackson. The scarcity of labor an'
expert artisan help ls still as keenly
felt by Jackson contractors as it war
several months ago, during the cottor
picking season.
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Rulevllle. Quite a number of ex
soldiers' of the late world war met a'
the mayor's office In this city ant
organized Rulevllle Post No. 60, Amer
lean Legion. . , ,
THREE MISS STATE feme . pt,ad
Shaw. Our town ha been visiter
gain by burglars, they having broker
Into . several place of business the
same night.
Senatobia. The fair price commit
tee organized here and profit margin'
for the' merchants of Senatobia and
Tate county were fixed.
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Charleston. This town is planning
Improvements extensive enough to pro-
vide accotnmodationt for a elty of 10,-
000 Inhabitants.
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Gree&ville.-An American .Legion
post has been organized with more
than 100 members.
Belmont. The- Business Men's Club
of Belmont met and elected officers.
Tupelo. At the regular January
meeting of the Lee County Chamber of
Commerce resolutions were . adopted
Indorsing the proposed bill which 1
now pending before the legislatures of
Mississippi, to i3sue $25,000,000 In
bonds for permanent Improvement of
public roads.
Yazoo City. Yazoo City's prospect
lve ice cream factory took . definite
form here when announcement was
mad that George Nichols had pup
chased a building to be used a ft ao
tory. ...It
Princess Theatre
Attractions
Friday, Feb. 13, Madge Ken
nedy in "Day Dreams" and a
Ford Educational Weekly.
Saturday, Feb. 14, Mary Pick
ford in "Stella Maria" and a
Mutt and JefF Comedy, "West is
East. " Matinee 3:00 o'clock.
Monday, Feb. 16, Last epiiode
of "Smashing Barriers," Hearst
News Indocr Sports, a Sun
shine Comedy, "A Self Made
Lady," and James J. Corbett,
the ex-heavy-weight champion
of the world, in the best dressed
serial of the year, "The Mid
night Man." ,
Tuesday, Feb. 17, Ethel
Clayton in "The Mystery Girl."
Wednesday, Feb. 18, the great
Nazimova in "Toys of Fate,"
also an International News
Daffy News.
Thursday, Feb. 19, Sessue
Hayakawa in his latest produc
tion, "Thi jllustrio'js Prince."
The Hi-Y Club
The Okolona Hi-Y Club held
its second .meeting of the year
at the school house Monday
afternoon. Four well prepared
speeches were pieaented to the
Club on "Clean Athletics."
"Clean Athletics are in Direct
Proportion to What?"-William
McKenzie;"Who or What is
Responsible for Most of the Dir
ty Athletics Practiced Now a
daysin School?"-Sam McCool:
"If 'Jesus Were Living Would
He Make a Good Athlete, "
Reynolds : Smith and Marion
Woodruff. -, . t, .
After business 'was attended
to the meeting was adjourned to
meet again next Monday.
This Club is a new organization
n our high school for the better
ment of youth. We will be
glad to enlist boys out of school
wishing to join this Club.
Reporter.
For bargains in used plows
see Borden Brothers.
GO TO CHURCH SUNDAY
President Wilson Emphatically Indorses
Go to Church Movement Go to Church.
PRE3IDENT WILSON emphatically indorsed the GO TO
CHT7BCH campaign in a letter he sent to the Massillon (0.)
chamber of commerce. He declared that the habit of cbnjroh-
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oIm LAY AT THE FOUNDATION OF dTEADJT AoX
itt at? A fTrEH and the MAINTENANCE OF THE STAND-
AHD3 OF LIFE. Herewith la
Wilaoa'i letter:
XH& WHIT HOUC3 -
WASfrtlMOTOfe
I tit J cot Ijll yea tfeat your ffsrtf tt
5opl vita wy wants ejrjatf
Us 277t eiestd to. tA tkat & teMt e3' .
cinreb-coiti isaaboii lij 4t k)t$ fttatatlca t
ttiac'fiit e&aradtt' sal tit caiattsaaea
till f tasiards ot lift
GO TO CIITOCn next Sunday. .
Induce other to GO TO CHUECIt
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The Churches of
The members of Circle No. 3
of JLhe Okolona Baptist church
carried sunshine bags to the
shut-ins of their church, with
suitable scriptures to be read
each day for a week. They
were made happy by the visit of
these ladies as well as the bags.
-The following expresses the
thoughts of one of the ladies
who has net been able to attend
the meetings in some time:
To Circle No. 3 of the W. M. U.
Accept my thanks heartfelt and
true '
Ladies of Circle Jo. 3 of the W.
M. U.
I looked at the end of every
string
To see what token my friends
did bring.
No. 1 A cloth so fresh and white
It filled my heart with pure
deljght. -; ...
No. 2-A bcx of talcum sweet,
To make my face young, fair
and neat. ,
No. 3-A card of large big-head-
. ed pins,
To keep my collar always in t im.
No. 4 A kerchief7 so dainty
and neat,
To take in my pocket my friends
to greet.
No. 5 A cake of rose smelling
soap, ,..
Always good, so useful I hope.
No. 6 A card of hair pins,
Never amiss.
No. 7 A cake of chocolate so
sweet
To make the list full and com
plete. Each verse of scripture 1 read,
And found the comfort it said.
Unlike Eve I did obey
And pulled its string day by day.
- . Gratefully yours,
. TJettie Poorer '
Lanier Club
Ope of the most delightful
meetings the Lanier Club has
enjoyed during the winter sea
son was held at the home of
Mrs. R. W. Chandler on the
afternoon of Feb. 4th. The
produced a facsimile of Pmideni
Okolona Invite You
Club le3son, "Naples," was led
by the President, Mrs. Donald
son, followed by "Modern Itali
an Writers," Mrs. Chandler;
"Rural Italy," Mrs. Donaldson;
"The Woman and Home Life of
Italy,' Mr3. Harry Adams;
"Modern Italian Art," Mrs,
Rosenstiel, These papers were
beautifully given and thoroughly
enjoyed by the Club members.
After the program was finished
Mrs. Ligon sweetly sang the
National Anthem af Italy.
Mrs. Chandler, during the
social hour, fittingly observed
the anniversary of the birth of
Lanier, which was Feb. 4th.
The tea table, presided over by
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SO TEACH US-
Teacher: "Don't you know that PUNCTUATE
means that you must pause?"
Willie: " 'Course I do. Daddy punctuated his tire
Sunday and the car paused for half an
hour."
Punctuate Your Sundays
By Attending
The Methodist Church
Subject 11 A. M.
"Organized Labor and Religion"
Anthem by the Choir
Subject 7:15 P. M.
"John Chinaman at Home"
: Sterecptican Pictures
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OKOT.ONA GIRLS &
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J. HOWARD BROOKS, Pastor.
"THE FRIENDLY CHURCH"
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THE REAL
Okolona, -
Mrs. Houseman and Mrs. Sav
age, was adorned most artisti
cally witn a real birthday cake
and lighted tapers, surrounded
by bunches of violets. Delicious
refreshments, consisting of a
salad course and ices were serv
ed. The tea guests included
Mrs. William Elh'a,, Mrs. Rubel,
Miss Morris and Mrs. Rosen
baum. Mrs. Chandler was
assisted by Mrs. Clifford Chand
ler, Mrs. Thompson and Mrs.
Ligon. The only thing to mar
the perfect afternoon was the
absence of several members of
the Club, detained at home on
account of illness.
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