Okolona messenger., November 18, 1920, Image 7

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OKOLONA MESSENGEB, OKOLONA, MISSISSIPPI
5 Business Notices 2
For Sale New hulls and 8
tneal.
5t J. H. Terry.
Stove and Heater Wood.
For wood for . both cooking
and heating purposes, call
W. S. Wri-ht
Cumb. Phone 36.
Having purchased a Hemstitch
ing Machine, I am now prepared
to do Hemstitching, Picoting, etc.
A share of your patronage is
solicited. Mrs. Porter Davis.
I now have a fine Registered
Jersey Bull for service, at the J.
L. Jones old place.
H. W. Grauer,
I am ready for business at my
new location. If you want to
send work to my shop, call Ind
phone 39..
Hodeck, the Tailor.
Lost One white and brown
spotted setter bitch, small, ans
wers to the name of Maud
Return to me and receive $15 re
ward.
W. C. Phillips,
Okolona Lime Plant.
Send your knives, scissors,
axes, hatchets, chisels, screw
drivers, etc. to us for sharpen
ing, work good and prices right,
We "operate the most complete
vulcanizing plant in the south
Send us your tires and tubes.
5tp Hopkins' Service.
Big Price Cut
On Ed V. Price Clothes
If you come to Hodeck's place
to pick out an Ed V. Price suit
or overcoat you will nave no
reason to say "Too high." You
- iret a suit from $33.50 ud. First
class woVkmanship and correct
It guaranteed on ; all Ed -V
Price suits and overcoats.
Hodeck, The Tailor.
NOTICE
Hunters are hereby notified
not to trespass or hunt on the
farm belonging to" the C
King estate known as
Buchanan place.
J. D. King,
Bob King.
R.
the
NOTICE ' . ....
For prompt, dependable Taxi
service, day
phone 180 or
mond Hall.
or night, call Ind
see W. H. or Ray-
Straight hemstitching 10c per
yard, scallops 15c per yard.
Mrs. W. G. Chaunault.
Don't forget Ellis Grain
vator when you need feed.
Ele-
For the latest in Millinery at
most reasonable prices, see Mrs.
J. Crabtree at Mrs. Chambers'
old stand.
Money to Loan Money to Loan
On improved farms on
. easy terms, "
L P. HALEY. Attorney at Law,
, Okolona, Miss.
WANTED 1CC0 Bushels of
, Scaley Bark Nuts
. Will pay $1.50 per bushel F
0. B. your station sacked,
also will pay 10c per pound :
'? for pecans. Wire, phone or
write us . if you have any. '
SPItAGINS CASE STORE
Aberdeen, Bliss.
Piles Cured la 6 to 14 Days
DrafMsU irfimd moo? If PAZO OINTMENT f!U
to cur a ItchinK. Blind. Bimdint o Protruding PUct.
IiwtiHitly niievet Itchtnt Viwx, and-you can Kt
leKiul ilaep aftr tb fiiat apvUcatioo. Price 60c.
Carroll Hair is spending a .few
days in St. Louis.
Grace Darling in -"Even as
Eve" Wednesday.
Read the Princess Theatre
Program in this issue. v
Mrs. W. SG. Chenault spent
Sunday with relatives in Hous
ton. Hon. A; T. Stovall attended
Supreme Court in Jackson this
week.
Mr. W. T. Quinn made a busi
ness trip to Memphis first of the
week.
Don't forget Dr. Lindsey at
the School Auditorium Friday
night. .
Misses Marion and Sara George
Sanders spent the week-end ' in
Mobile.
"The Dark 'Star" by Robert
W. Chambers a Cosmopolitan
Production Saturday.
There were 4,249 bales of cot
ton ginned in Chickasaw County
to November 1, 1920.
Mrs. H. L. Shackelford, o
Mobile, is visiting her parents
Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Berry.
Messrs. D. M. Callis and A. S,
Miller attended the Shrine meet
ing in Meridian this week.
Mr. Earl Hair and daughter
Edith soent the -week-end with
relatives in Jackson, Tenn.
Miss Ophelia JVLcbee has re
turned from a visit with rela
tives and friends in Alabama.
-Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Pearcy
are the proud parents of a fine
girl who arrived on Nov. 14th
. Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Browder
were made happy on the 16th by
the arrival of a -twelve pound
girl. f
Frank Turner Miller, who has
leeiin Detroit the past few
m6iths, returned home last
we ;k - ,
You will miss a rare treat if
you miss hearing Dr. Lindsey at
the School Auditorium Friday
night. i-
Mr. James Waddell,; of Meri
dian, attended the McGehee
LaGrone wedding Wednesday
afternoon.
Miss Mary Lucile LaGrone, of
Meridian, is spending some time
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
M. H. LaGrone.
Miss Cleo Knox, of Blue Moun
tain College, is spending a few
days with her parents, , Mr. and
Mrs. W. P. Knox!
Mrs. Long has returned to her
home in Jackson, Tenn., after
a few days visit with her daugh
ter, Mrs. Earl Hair.
Mrs, R. N. Quinn and daugh
ter, Alice Lynn, of Memphis,
are visiting Mr. and Mrs. W.
T. Quinn and family..
Dan Rielley, who is attending
school in St. Louis, attended the
McGehee-LaGrone wedding here
Wednesday afternoon.
Larry Semon in "The Grocery
Clerk" is better than a vacation
at a health resort See it at the
Princess Theatre Friday.
Miss Julia Chandler, of Blue
Mountain College, spent the
week-end with her parents, ; Mr.
and Mrs. R. W. Chandler.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Owings
and little son, of Little Rock,
are Visiting Mrs. Owings mother,
Mrs? Brewster, and family.
Mrs. Laura Harrell has return
ed from a several weeks visit
with her daughter. Mrs. Harmon
Thompson, in jlckson, Mis!
Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Palmer
have returned to their home' in
Chattanooga ;after a few days
visit with Mr. ' and Mrs. R. L.
Neubert
"Mtiojs asaqj jo aa)3MA aqj jo paoa?
m jsota q) eat sjaaasJ nnjjig
Mtindod ;to )siuvq uH3
Mrs. Levin: "and : daughter
Helen left Saturday for their
home in Little Rock after a de-
ightful visit with Mr. and Mrs.
Edward D. Elias.'
Miss Adele, Miller is visiting
herparents here.
James Pruitt and Miss
Olgareed Milligan were married
Wednesday, in Jasper, Ala.
.Thanksgiving Day a big feast
in pictures at the Princess,
Marshall Meilan's famous comedy-drama,
"Don't Ever Marry."
Matinee and night. See it by
all means.
The Twentieth Century Club
met with Miss Annie Miller on
Tuesday afternoon of last week.
An intererosting program wa3
rendered after which, delightful
refreshments were served. The
next meeting will be held with
Mrs. Annie Murphree. ,
Commercial Appeal Nov. 14.
Mr. and Mrs. C P.- Day, of
Okolona, Miss., are visiting their
nieces. ? Mrs. C. G. Gates and
Mrs. E. Sadler, on Jefferson
Avenue. Before returning to
their home they will visit in
Nashville as the guest of rela
tives.
Mr. W. A. Houston has just
returned from Chicago and in
forms us that he recently closed
two large land deals one amount
ing to $85,000 and the dther to
$65,000. He states that' the dis
covery of oil is attracting many
people here who are interested
in buying real estate.
The Junior Auxiliary of the
Presbyterian Church met on
Wednesday afternoon of last
week ' with Miss Mattie Sue
Johnson. There were 9 present.
After an interesting study of
foreign missionary work delight
ful refreshments were served.
The Auxiliary adjourned to meet
aeain - the ' first Monday in
December.
Armistice . Day was fittingly
celebrated here by all business
houses closing and a parade of
the sehool, led by the Okolona
Booster Band. The sehool were
In nniform and presented the
different activities of the insti
tution and the Red Cross- and
Salvation Army as well.- This
was the second public appear
ance of the Band, which is under
the direction of Prof. Felix Al
cantara, band instructor. It
had made good progress and
demonstrated that careful in
struction had been heeded by
the members. In the afternoon
good game of foot ball wa3
played between the local team
and Columbus, the latter win
ning. The game stood nothing
to nothing until the last three
minuter. The Band furnished
music during the afternoon.
U. D. a Meeting
The Gen. W. F. Tucker, U
D. C. mefr'with Mrs. McGrauer
at their last regular meeting.
The topic of discussion was how
the U.iD. C.'s were making
X' 'a v
every ettori to nonor jerterson
Davis by building The Jefferson
Davis National Highway, a
monument ' to him, and by ask
ing all schools to place his por
trait on their walls. A study of
his1 life and character is also en
couraged.
After delicious refreshments
were served ty our nostess we
adjourned.
Dangerous Alarm Clock.
To prevent oversleeping, and thus
risking the loss of their -employment,
the mail carriers of Morocco resort to
unique and perilous scheme. They
tie a string to one foot, and, as they
know how long a yard or two will
burn, they regulate the length of the
string by the time they have to sleep.
They light the string, which burna
lowly, and, -when the, fire conies to
their foot, they are painfully remind
ed that it la Uina to arise.
"Movies" Irk a Book.
A motion picture camera has been
Invented for taking portraits which am
separated and mounted In book form.
the appearance of motion being .Im
parted as the pages of the book arc
turned rapidly.
Easy for Some People.
A New York woman Is said to earn
mart than (5,000 a year designing fa
van and bon bon boxes.
Additions to Earth'a Weight.
In the early days of its history tha
earth grew rapidly by the addition
of meteoric mutter. It is still growing
In the mime manner, though scarcely
to an appreciable extent, for the mans
of meteoric matter added yearly Is
reckoned to be only 20.000 ton. In
the course of ages the lar.wr planets
have swept up practically all the frag
ments of the original disruption, and
the only available Kotirce of supply of
nietwrlc matter Reems to he that
brought by corm;ts.
Queer Idea of B;auty.
Beauty makes use of strunge wavs
for adornment In some lands. Many
Japanese women adopt tho singular
hnhlt of gliding their teeth. In some
section of India part of the teeth must
be dyed black liefore a woman is
thought beautiful. The Hottentot wom
en paint the entire body in patches
of red and black. In Greenland the
women color the face blue and yellow.
- The Reform of Oneself.
To reform a wprld, to reform a
nation, no wise man will undertake;
and all but foolish men know, that
the only solid, though a far Blower
reformation. Is what each begins and
perfects on hln)self.--Tbouias Car
lyle. ,
No Worms la m Healthy Child ;
All children troubled wit worms have n as
healthy color, wh ich indicate poor blood, ami as a
role, there ta more or let stomach tfiaturbeuoa.
GROVE'S TASTELESS chill TONIC tflvea retfularlr
for two or three weeks will enrich the blood,! m
prove the dijettlon, end act as a General Strenta
enlnf Tonic to the whole system. Nature will t hea
throweff or dispel the worms, and the Child will be
Ui perfect health. Pleasant to take. tOc Derbottla.
Mr. Thomas W. Tan nor, Specialist in Cotton
Marketing U..S. Department of Agriculture says:
"In a recent test by this Bureau it was shown that a
bale of cotton exposed to th woather for six months
actually lost by weight damage seventy-six pounds"
in addition to the damage to trw staple of more than
$20.00 at present day prices. ,
If you want to save this damage, weigh and store
jour cotton with me at the Old Compress Shed.
W. G. STOVALL
SnSEQSESESSS
riii i Iji rfc it
For a Limited Time
We will give
you$25.00
worth of
new Records
FREE
V
If you buy your phono
graph now and
can suggest your
terms of payment,
r
Costs no more
than the ordinary
Phonograph
npHERE'S no string to this offer; no joker in it. $25 worth of Pathe or
A Actuelle records; FREE if you buy a Pathe Phonograph, except the
small models 3 and 6, which are not included. No matter if you pay .cash
or extend the terms on easy payments the $25 worth of records will be
delivered with the instrument.
roke Jewelry Company,
Okolona; Miss.
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J. S. BRADY H. L BRADY .. C. D.JBRADY
Country people and out of lown visitors cordially ...When you think of groceries think of Brad Bros,
invited to make our store their headquarters. Get our prices befoe you buy. -
BRADY BROTHERS
CASH GROCERS
Both Phones OKOLONA, MISS. - . Fresh Bread
; , "WE SELL. FOR LESS"
The Largest Retail Grocers in Chickasaw County
Leave your bundles with us. We will fake care - We. pay cash for our goods and sell lor cashand can
of them whether you buy anything from' us or not. save the cash-buyer money. Come and see for yourself
Our Stock is Fresh and Every Piece of JMerchandise'Guaranteed
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ELLIS GRAIN ELWATO
W. A. ELLIS, Proprietor
OKOLONA MISSISS1P11
Wholesale and Retail Dealer in
AH kind of Grain, Hay and Feed
When lin need of feed for your Ilorscs, Cows, Hogs or Chickens call
up and let your wants be known, for we have on hand at all times a fresh lot of
Shelled Corn, .Corn Chops Oats, Aljfoife Hay, Wheat
Shorts, Wheat Bran, Fat Back Hog Feed, Tankage,
Alfalfa Dairy Feed, Cotton Seed Hulls and 8 per cent.
Cotton Seed Bleak ;
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R
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We have both Phones and two Delivery Wagcr.s
always ready to serve you. So ti? n't forget that
We handlethe best feed that can be bought. N .