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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-06-24
ORDINANCE NO. a.
An Ordinance Regulating Driving in
the City OF Macon


Sec. /. Be it ordained by the Mayor
and Board Of Aldermen ,of the City Of
Macon. Miss, that it shall be unlawful
for any person to drive any horse OF
mule, or any ttam of horses or mules, in
said city, at a faster gait than twelve
miles an hour,
Soc. 2. Be it further ordained that
it shall he unlawful for any person to
ride upon horse or mule hack, at a faster
gait. in said city. than twelve miles IN
hour.
Sec. 3. BE it further ordained thai
it shall be unlawful for any person to
~recklessly, carelesSly or dangerously
ride, or drive in such a manner us TO en-
danger the life or safety of any person
in said city.
See. 4, Be it further ordained thai
any person violating the provisions Of
this ordinance shall upon conviction be
tore tho mayor, be fined Ia any sum moi
exceeding one hundred dollars, or I'M
prisoned not more than thirty days, OIL
both such fine and imprisonment, in the
discretion Of the mayor.
poN' b' DS IL iulthti oiutiilNu uhh'
all ordinances In conflict with this or
dinance be and same are hereby re-
pealed.
See. 6. BE- il further ordained that
the occasion being Urgent this ordinance
take effect aud be in force from and af-
ter its passage.
Approved this, the 10 day of March
1905. j. o. FASER
Attest: WALTER B. PATTY, Mayor
Clerk pro tenn.
The above ordinance duly adopted
March 10Th, 1905, and recorded Minute
Book ID" page l37.
II. l.. j. BARNES,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-06-24
C0FEEE TO nE TAXED.


"A Aig Revenue TO he RAISED by n
, per cent Duty.
Unc'e Sans expenditures have be-
come 10 heavy, and the deficit SO large
that Secretary of the Treasury Shaw
and the lawmakers generally are dsvis-
ing ways and means to increase the rev
enue A New YORK dispatch says:
"There is a strong sentiment On the
cotton exchange and elsewhere among
business men Of New York in favor of a
small duty on coffee to replenish the
treasury and meet the deficit.
ours is the only country Of any &C
count that admits coffee free, = said one
Of the largest importerssthe other day,
land it is ridiculous hat we should ad-
nit all of the products Of the Latin
American countries free, while they i'm
pose export duties on these same prodr
ucts aad import duties on everythin
they get from the United States. A du"
ty OF 3 cents a pound on coffee would
produce an enormous revenue and
would not make toe slightest ditferenc,
in our trade, 1t is my personal opinion
that the would never kno
that a duty had been imposed OF
course, the politicians would oppose it
and the demagoguss would revive the
old cry of a free breakfast table, -
which was so influential in taking the
duty off coffee years ago; but YOU will
remember that the moment we took that
duty off Brazil slapped on export d1ty
on, which today is II per cent. of the
value Of every bag Of coffee we buy from
that country and that amounts to many
millions of dollars q year.
"Mr. Blaine's reciprocity plan was
sensible and practicable and would have
been OF great advantage to this country
in many ways If it had beell adopted
He proposed to put duties on coffee. su
gar, rubber, hides and other raw ma
terials from the other American repub-
lies, and then remove them whenever
those republics'were willing to do the
square thing and take the taxes of our
exports tc them. 1t is not too late to
adopt that plan. and | would be in IA
vor of a 3 cent duty on coffee, to raise
the revenue we need, aud then reduce
or revlnoye it US the coffee countries are
willing to reciprocste -
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-06-24
Through Pullman Sleepers
BETWEEN
st. Louis and Mobile
st. Louis and New Orleans
GAMBLER AFTER THINGS.
Corinth Congressman Hustling
for His Constituents.

Corinth. Miss june l7.-Con-
gresham Gambler of this district
will leave Monday for Washing
ton to look after matters Of in
terest to his constituents. He
especially wants to have free de-
livery established in Corinth, now
that the town has good streets
and sidewalks, and expects to
get additional rural routes for his
district. Mr.. Gambler will also
see the War Department about
making a survey of the Tombig-
bee River. for which he secured
an Appropriation.
Mr.. Gambler has been i'll for
some time and will 90 to Atlanta
City to take u rest, after he has
finished his business in Washing
ton. He will be accompanied to
the capital by Congressman Cor
don Russell of Tyler, Tex, who
Is his guest here.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-06-24
RUSTEE $ SALE.
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI,
COUNTY,

BY virtue OF the trust deed, Of record In
the Chancery Clerks Office Of said county,
at page 3IS, in Trust Deed Book SO, execut-
ed by William n. Haynes and Mrs. Emma
Haynes, on April 4th, 1902. to j. II. Clark,
trustee, TO secure TO "Thc Union Central
life Insuraco , Ompany" the Indebtedness
thereit mentioned: and default having been
made by the said William n Haynes and
Mrs. Emma Haynes, and the said compa.
ny having declared the entire indebted.
ness to he at once due aud payable. and
having, as per instrument dated May 20,
1905. recorded ut page 637 Of said book GG,
appointed the undersigned. as substitute I
Trustee, by reason of the absence of said
j. X. Glars from the State Of Mississippi.
and having requested me to forecl0sc said
tIust deed, ], as such substituted trustee,
viii, wi hin legal hours, on
Monday, the 3rd Day Of July, 1905,
at the front door of the court house Of said
County of Noxubee. proceed to 'sell, by
auction at public sale. to the highest bid
der Tor cash, the following described realty,
situated in said County OF Noxubee, viz;
The east half OF the northeast quarter OF
Section Eleven (ll), and the northwest
quarter and the east half of the southwest
quarter of Section Twelve Q2), all in
Township Fourteen az Norlh. Rang
Seventeen az East, containing Three
Hundred and " enty (32O) acres
Said sale to be made to satisff said in.
debtedness, with accrued interest, aud the
costs and expenses of said trust.
This June 3rd, 1905.
ia TYSON,
Substituted Trustee.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-06-24
ORDINANCE no. 90.


Section Be it ordained by the Mayor
aud Board Of Aldermen OF the City Of
Macon Mississippi, that the County
Jail, in the County OF Noxubee, State Of
Mississippi. be and the same i. hereby
adopted and selected AS a place OF CEN
iuement of ali prisoners for said city,
and the city marsha, or other police Of
i,ers OF said city, snail confin. all pris
oners Of said city therein. as violators OF
the laws of the State CT Mississippi are
confined by the officers Of the County
Sec 2 Be it further ordained that all
ordinances IA confictwith this ordina ca
be and the same are hereby repealed
Section 3. Be it further ordained
that the occasion being urgent, thi. or
dinance shall take effect and Re in force
from and after its passage.
Approved this. the 27th day of Feb
ruary. 1905,
j 0. FASER. Mayor.
Attest; II. L. J. BARNES.
Clerk,
The above ordinance duly adopted
February q, 1905, and recorded il
Minuts Book o. page 1O9,
IL l. j.. BARNES, Clerk.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-06-24
I'd. JONES KILLED.
A Member OF the Famous Jones
Band in kemper, Shot and Killed.

News was brought to Macon
last Saturday morning by a depu.
ty sheriff from Kemper county
who came after Mr.. Thos. Showers
and his bloodhounds, that a ne
gro had shot and killed Mr., Ed,
Jones, a member of the well
known Komper family. aud who
was well known in Noxubee as a
member of Il brass band, which
was composed of seven of the
Jones brothers. The killing oc-
cured at the home Of the de-
ceased near Oak Grove, and was
committed by n negro named
Mobley.
1t seems that the negro's wife,
with whom had not lived for
some time, cooked for the Jones
family and had sold them some
chickens. Mobley claimed that
the chickens belonged to him and
when Jones went by the field
whore Moblcy was working the
shooting occurred, Mobley evil
IDENTITY was expecting trouble as
he had his gun IN the field and
kept talking and blowing until
he came in reach of it.
1t was said the shell had been
cut IN half, so that the shot
would enter its victim as solid as
a rifle ball. There was no eye
witnesses to the killing, but after
Mr.. Jones was shot he got on his
horse and rode about 100 yards,
when he fell off dead. The ne
gro was shot in the wrist by Mr..
Jones, but made his escape. 60
ing it was though, to a Swamp or
cane brake soon after the shoot
ing. Mr.. Showers went down
with the dogs, but no trail could
be struck, The Meridian Star
of Thursday says:
Information comes through a
private letter received by Mr.. A.
W, Thompson, who is an en-
ploye of tho Meyor-Nevllle Hard
ware Co. that Pierce Mobley's
body had been found, stiff in
death in a swamp about four
miles from where he killed Ed &,
Jones last Saturday.
Mr. Thompson received a letter
from his mother-in-law, Mrs. g..
A. Reyes, of Stella, Kemper
county, in which she says that
Pierce Mobley's body had been
found in q swamp near Mat
Keyes' re idence. The letter
does not state when the body was
found, but bears the postmark Of
June DIST, which was yesterday,
Mr.. Thompson thinks there is no
doubt about the correctness of
the report as he feels sure his
father-in-law, Mr.. Reyes, was in
terested in the search and knows
the facts in the case.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-06-24
NATHAN DAVIS
Who Shot JOhn Hood on Mr.. P0in-
dexter's Place, Captured,

Constable Glover captured last
week, Nathan Davis, who shot and
seriously wounded John Hood on
MIR, ]. q, Poindexter's place at
Ravlne about three weeks ago an
account which appeared in the
Beacon. Nathan has been hiding
ont since the shooting, evidently
waiting for the result OF Johns
wounds, which was very severe,
and whose recovery is regarded as
marvellous. The pistol ball, from
a Al Colts, went through both lungs
and his kidneys, and wssIcut out of
his back close to the surface, At
the trial, which was held before
Magistrate Smith this week, Nathan
was placed under 3 $3.50 bond to
await the action of the grand jury.
John Hood the negro who was
shot, was fined $1,000 for carrying
a concealed weapon.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-06-24

Columbus is to have a daily paper
Msssrs. Mcbride and Fitzgerald, who
we're in this city several weeks ago
prospecting with a view of establishing
a daily paper here have definitely deter.
mined to come here and in a letter to
Col, W. D. HUMPHREYS, a few days ago,
they stated that they had ordered their
plant and would reace theis city about
July 3, when they will begin the work
Of installing the same.-Columbus Dis
patch.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-06-24
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

|, the undersigned, have been aprointet
Administrator OF the Estate of Ell tn Con
nor, deceased, by letters dated April 9th
1908. issued Wy the Choncery Court of Nox.
ubee County, Miss. All creditors arc here
by notified to probate claims against said
estate, as provided by law, or the same vii
be barred CuAs, STRONG,
County Administrator.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-06-24

The committee appointed by the Nox-
ubeo County Camp to arrange for the
county reunion, are requested TO meet
at the Court House on Monday July 3,
at 10 O'Clock 4. m, A full attendance is
requested, J. A. NICHOLSON.
Chairman.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-06-24
Railroad Kate; to the NOrmaIs at
Clinton and Columbus,

The Southeastern Passenger Associar.
ton has made a rate of one fare plus
twenty-five cents for the Clinton and
Columbus Normals.
Tickets will be on sale at these rates
on June II, 70, II, "a and July 1
Remember that these Normals open
June 10 end remain III session four
weeks. Very respectfully.
II. l.. WHITFIELD.
State Supt. Education.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-06-24
Cheap Ice, Good Ice, Cold Ice

The kind you like and the kind you
ouy, and Staggers is selling it all the
time uptown depot and all around so
when you get hot and want to get
cool, purchase a chunk Of Staggers' ice
50 you car move.
Plenty always on hand at depot.
which we will deliver at your door on
very short notice. Phone Nos. % and
q. Thanking you for past favors,
we solicit your future patronage.
Yours with best wishes,
MACON lcE Co.
W. S. STAeeRRs, Mgr.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-06-24
Cheap Ice.

1t is troublesome to keep nickel
accounts for ice, and it would be
cheaper for my patrons to buy ice
tickets. fifty cents or a dollars
worth at a time, | will deliver ice
morning and evening.
5.G-2m w. 4. S~Tr,y,pr
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-06-24
For Sale.

40 h. p. boiler, 30 h. p. engine
one 6Ocotton gin and press Will
suction, two sc in. mill rocks
Every thing in good order
Price $950.00.
BEssEMER GIN &GRIsT MILL,
Bessemer, Ala.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-06-24

NAKEN UPON my place five miles
/ southeast OF Macon, about April lst,
one brown horse mule colt, about one and
q halt years old, Also one Grade jersey
pun, about two years OLD, white under
body and white tip on tail, owner viii
please call aud pay charges, etc.
PHELAN HUNTER.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-06-24
HOW TO MAKE MONEY WITHOUT COST,
AND BUT LITTLE TROUBLE.

Save all old newspapers, I wi
buy them at lc pound; it does not
take many papers to weigh a pound.
Papers must be in fairly good con-
ditiOn. C.. /. FrRRrs.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-06-24

My home IN Br0oksville for sale.
Terms easy, Address
Mrs, JOSIE r, HAMILTON,
1911 Twenty fonrth Ave-,
Meridian \
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-06-24
Residence for Sale.

A llve.room house in Macon,
pleasantly situated, four acre lot un-
der good fence one pure water els
tern for family use, one for stock,
all necessary out houses. For easy
terms apply to
4-29th c. HARDIN.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-06-24
Subscribe for The Beacon,
For Sale.

Windmill. Tower and Tank, all as
good as new. Windmill and Tower de
liyered now. Tank in about so days. A
bargain.
MACON Ice. BoTTLING & MFG, Co.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-06-24

Circuit Clerk Scales has been con
fined 10 his bed this week with a severe
attack Of bilious fever.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-06-24

No quininc, no arsenic, no strychnine,
Pleasant to take 50scents,
J.,F. JoNEs, Druggist.

During the electrical storm
which visited the city last Sun
day afternoon a mare and two
colts which belonged to Mr.,
Earl Skinner, of Macon, and
which were quartered at the fair
grounds here, was struck by
lightning and instantly killed.
Columbus Dispatch.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-06-24

'TRESPASS NoT1CE-All parties are here
by warned not to hunt or otherwise tres
pass on the land near Cooksville, belonging
to and controlled by the undersigned.
- j. e. SPARKMAN,
O-2i-4t j. K, SpARkMAN.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-06-24
Money to Loan.

Seven per cent. interest on farm
lands, Five years time. Apply or
write to H. II. BROOKS, JR.,
arll5.1t. Macon. Miss.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-06-24
The Best Paint.

Before You paint your roof, ex-
anime the kind | use and get my
prices for work. 1t Is superior to
any paint ever brought here.
s. slim BERRY Es1
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-06-24
STRAyED.

From Mrs. T.. A. Windham's lot, three miles
west Of stone, Ala, one light bay horse,
about four years old, lett hind foot white
up to ankles, brand on left hip and foret0p
has been sheared off. | Will pay damages.
ETC.. to anyone taking up such animal,
Write ol phone d. NJ. COCKRELL,
Jet, Ala,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-06-24

WANTED Shares in. Merchants &
Farmers Bank at $1G0 a share.
INVESTOR,
G-9tf care Beacon
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-06-24

TyOv subscription 10 The
is dMs, Please pay.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-06-24
ESTRAY NOTICE

Taken up straying on the Nat Mahorncr
place nine miles Southeast of Macon, Miss.
on May lSt, 1905, one dark bay mare mule
about . years old, one mouse colored horse
mule about 2 years Old. The owner or
or owners are requested to come forward,
prove property, pay charges and take
them away, or they will be dealt with
as the law directs, MAT MAnoRNEn.
5-lG-'05 or JNo, BROOKS.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-06-24
FAIR WARMING.

FAIR WARMING.
No hunting or otherwise trespassing al.
lowed on any land oN ned or controlled by
IN lersigned, q. b. AUGUSTUS,
april.2-tf W. B. AUGUSTUS.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-26
The SCHOOL COURSES.

1t has become evident that the Tammany
agitation for a shortened school day for pri-
mary classes and the elimination Of certain
studies from the course is doomed to failure.
The reactionary members Of the Board Of Edu-
cation who secured a preliminary victory In a
thinly attended meeting have heard something
drop Parents by the thousand who were al
ways referred TO by the Tammany men as op-
posed TO "fads" emphatically made known their
demand that school courses be left in the con
trol Of experts and be protected from mutila-
ton by politicians. Public meetings and pet.
tons have made It plain that the plan to hit
Superintendent Maxwell and relieve the Mayor
from the embarra ssment of providing school
sittings as he promised could not safely be car
ried out
1t may be that our school courses are over
loaded with the products Of the new pedagogy,
and that some old fashioned studies do not re-
ceive adequate attention. The making Of a
proper curriculum is one of the most difficult
problems of the educational world. The pres
ent courses of study are undoubtedly, in a
measure. experimental. We have the light of
European experience in favor Of some Of the
..fads" and they have not been tried long
enough here by teachers in sympathy with
them TO offer n fair basis Of judgment upon
their final effect. If the courses are to be
changed. it should be as the result Of expert
advice and careful study by wise and IN
preiudiced observers of trustworthy data. The
schools should not be meddled with ofhand
by amateurs even on the Board of Education,
nor should prejudices and i'll founded conclu-
sons on the deficiencies Of a few children
under the present system have weight The
movement TO reorganize the courses was too
palpably prejudiced, If not malicious, 70 COM
mand respect. The enemies of Superintendent
Maxwell were trying to hit him, and used the
halfinformed clinging to 1.-The good old days"
as a club convenient for the purpose The dis
cussion on the part of the reactonartes never
became respectfully moderate. 1t was mere ap-
peals to passion, without any serious attempt
at studious consideration of the real faults which
the course may have
marily political. The pretence that 1T was de-
vised for the good of the children and was a
great pedagogical discovery was too thin to
carry weight with anybody. Tammany had
abused Mayor Low because he had not by
rubbing some Aladdin's lamp, produced magic
| schoolhouses TO make up for Mayor Van Wyck' 5
neglect OF the schools. Mr.. Mcclellan in his
campaign sorrowed over the children deprived
of any chance for an education because they
could be in school only three and a half hours
a day. and promised that when he was Mayor
they should have full time. He has not given
it to them, so he wants to get over the awk-
ward situation by calling part time full time.
That is what shortening the school day meant,
and everybody knew il. The scheme was so
transparent that it has fallen through, and the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-26
cE1LULOID EXPLOSIONS.
any juggler!

Whatever may have been the origin OF tne IRE
in the Broome-st. comb factory yesterday, 'neIo
seems to be little doubt that the eApioSion'
which followed the outbreak after short inter-
val of time were due to the ignition OF cellulolo'
either as raw material or in the form OIL III
isbed goods Under the circumstances lhe per
sons who had gone TO work on the upper nooio
of the building had a narrow escape h"u nuI
an onportunity for leaving the place been al
forded there might easily have been a serious
loss of life Even as it was, several hremen
were so badly hurt by flying glass that they
were Obliged to withdraw from the scene
CeluIoid possesses both good and bad quahues.
IT is flexible elastic, easily worked ana sus-
ceptlble of being coored in imitation OF more
costly substances, like tortoiseshen. tor lhese
reasons it is well adapted TO the manufacture
of many useful and ornamental articles. On INC
other hand. owing to the fact that its chief in
gredient is guncottOn, it is liable to explode Vlo-
lentIy when set OH fire. Many inventors have
tried to render celluloid nnocuous by the addl-
ton Of cheap chemicals which would reduce It's
combustibilty without affecting its Industrial
value Apparently none Of the plans proposed
have met all Of the requirements. More than
year ago, for instance, two Frenchmen MaUuIe
and Leclerc, suggested the addition OF certain
iron salts to the other ingredients while this
dangerous substance was being made; but as
nothing more has been heard Of the matter, II is
to be feared that the problem remains unsolVed.
Though with proper encouragement from manu-
facturers and such organizations as are author
lied to offer prizes for such discoveries, the o.
ject may yet be attained, the achievement evil
IDENTITY belongs to the future rather than to the
past.
Until celluloid becomes as harmless as hard
rubber its production and use should be sur
rounded with safeguards Of another nature. An
inspector of factories in Wales, after investgat-
ing the subject not long ago, recommended the
storage of finished goods only in fireproof rooms,
the employment of means for automatically cool
ing saws and other tools employed in the ma
npuation Of the raw material, and the practice
of keeping an abundance Of wet sand on hand
to smother incpient flames in place where
celluloid was being worked. Until better pre-
cautions can be devised these should be observed
in all celluIold factories; and, if the manufact-
urers do not adopt them voluntarily, municipal
or State regulation should be invoked. If 1t Is
wise to prescribe rules for making, handling and
storing dynamite, it is wise to subject celluloid
to the same treatment