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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-07-22
Local and Personal.

Mr.. NJ. r. Barnhill. of Brooksville,
was in the city Thursday.
T. j. Patty, of Bigbee Valley, is in
the city Columbus Dispatch.
Mr.. and Mrs. II II. Brooks, ST. are
at Laudcrdale Springs.
Mrs, NJ. E, Scot, = uat'icsburg is
visitir 6 her mother, Mrs. NJ. B. Good
win
Mrs. Bessie lrion Mcclellan is quiet
ill at the home of her father, Mr.. Jim
Irion
Mrs. George Clement and daughter
Bessie are enjoying the water at the
famous springs at Yorke, Ala
Mrs. H. II. Brooks, Jr and her sis
ter, Miss Ida Windham and Mrs. Dr..
Cook left yesterday evening for Monte
Eagle, Tenn,
Mr.. Henry Jones is spending a short
vacation with relatives in Decatur, Ala
and Hattiesburg. Miss.
Mrs, S. H. Hill of Carrollton, Ala,
and Mrs. ]. w p, Began of Tupelo,
Miss, are visiting their father, Mr., W,
H. Harlan at Mcleod.
Mr.. Gus Mcleod is fast recovering
from a spell of typhoid fever. His
trained nurse, Miss Mcrriweather, of
Mobile, has returned home.
Mr.. L. F. Martin, who has been en-
ployed as a stenographer in Memphis,
Tenn. for the past year, is visiting his
father, Mr.. H. F, Martin.
Hon. S. M, Houston, one of Merid-
rams attorneys, was in Macon on
Thursday on business connected with
the bankruptcy proceedings of Bransby
& Maury.
Capt. w. F. Wilcox, of Jackson, en-
gineer in charge of the water works
construction, was in the city Thursday
inspecting the plant prior to its deliv-
cry to the city,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-07-22

link of road are worked and placed In
passabIe condition-on or before the next
regular meeting Of the Board, they will DO
dealt with as provided by law.
n. r. Dorroh, clerk Of Cbancery Court,
ana eX-a1icio clerk Of the said Board OF
Supervisors, in and tor county and state
aforesaid, do hereby certify that the above
and foregoing is q just, true and perfect
copy OF an order of the said Board of Sup
cryisors, made and entered at their July
Term t%lcre0t. A, D., 1909, as the same APP
pears Of record in MY office, in Minute
B oh ID. page CD.
Given under my hand and official seal OF
said Board of Supervisors at Macon, this
9th day Of July, A., D, 1908.
Il. T. D0RRoH. Clerk.
BY |. l.. DORRoH, d. G.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-07-22

There is a man going through the
country pretending to sell bibles, testa-
ments and other religious books; but in
fact selling to negroes only literature
calculated to create friction and strife
Watch for him.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-07-22
NOTICE no CONTRACTORS.

It Is ordered that the Clerk Of the Board
of supervisors be and he is hereby directed
to advertise Tor sealed proposals Tor the
creation Of an iron bridge across Noxubec
River at or near the present site OF tho
Crausford's Bridge according to plans and
specifications furnished by the King
Bridge Company, which plans have been
adopted by ::the Board and are now on file
in the Office Of the Clerk OF the Board Of
Supervisors.
In accordance with the above order l
will receive bids for the above at the office
O'Clock a, m. on Tuesday, the 18th day Of
AUGUST, A. d. 1905.
u, 7. D0RROH,
BY /. l., DORROH, Chancery Clerk
Deputy Clerk,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-07-22

Investor" has been advertising in
the Beacon for several weeks for stock
in the M. & f. Bank at S160 per share.
None has been offered him and he now
wants to know at what price some hold
or will sell him from one to 90 shares.
Address care of Beacon.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-07-22
Money to Loan.

Seven. per cent, interest on farm
lands. FIVE years time. Apply or
write to II, H. BROOKS, JR.,
apli5'1t. Macon. Miss.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-07-22
NOTICE TO ROAD OvERsEERs.
The State of issiSsippi
NoXuhce County.

The State Of Mississippi
NoXubee County,
BoARD OF SUPERVISORS, july TERM 1908
Be it remembered, that at the above
stated term of the Hon, Board Of super
yisors OF said county. an order was then
and there made by said Board, which was
in the following words, to-wit:
It is ordered that the clerk Of the Board
of Supervisors be aud he is hereby direct.
ell to advertise by publication giving no
tice to each overseer Of Il public road in
the county THAI unless their respective
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Excelsior ChiIl RcmedY.

For chronic chills and malaria. Chill
dren can tax it. Pleasant to take, SOC
J, +. JONES, Druggist.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-07-22

We handle high grade butter, always
fresh.
W. V. ROGERS.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-07-22

Mr.. e. NJ 1hornell, Ct Shuqualak
was in the city yesterday.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-07-22

In the special election held last Tues
day W. E. May was elected bailiff in
beat 5, there was no election for bailiF
in beat A and d. c. Ferris was elected
coroner and ranger without opposition
Joe Mundin, a negro from the Mr..
Harrison's Stone place, was tried for lu-
macy last Monday and as Dol as a
place can be found, will be sent to the
asylum at Meridian or Jackson.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-07-22

kew. MT. Du1eH, Clldpldlu ioi thN
Noxubee Rifles, will preach a special
service to the soldier boys on Sunday
morning next The company will meet
at the armory and attend the services
in uniform in a body.
Secretary II. F, Martin Of the South
crn Cotton Growers Ass n has received
a letter from Walter Clark, President
Of the Association, announcing the
death of the State Secretary, Mr.. NJ. A.
Fisher. DR.. Will H. Woods of Wood
vile, Miss, will be appointed as his
successor
Mr., A. +. Goodrich, who has been
with w. V. Rogers Il Co, for the past
three years has severed his connection
with that firm and is prospecting for a
location with a view of going into bus
mess for himself. He is at present in
Decatur, Ala,
The waterworks land electric light
bonds of the City OF Macon have been
sold to John Nuveen e. Co., Chicago, at
a price Of par and a premium Of ,S2O1
and accrued interest to July 18th. The
bonds are dated June 18th 1905, inter-
est payable semi-annually, and mature
500 annually until June 18th, 1925,
when the total balance S13, 10 natures.
Theodore Irsch, the mechanical gen.
Jus of Macon, was in town the early
part of this week from Noxapater where
he has been installing a botthng plant
for Mr.. J. A. Eichelberger. Theo's rep
utation as an expert is getting to be
more than local, as he had offers while
here to open four safes, one in Macon
two in Vicksburg and one in Greenville.
Lee Petway, a step grandson of Mr..
], F. Lindley, is visiting his relatives in
Noxubee county. Lee left Noxubee
several years ago to paddle his own
canoe and though there are a great
many rungs Of the ladder still left for
him to climb, his grandfather is very
proud Of his beginning,slor he has never
touched a drop of liquor nor played at
cards, and by his frugality and industry
is laying the foundation that will be the
making Of a good and Useful citizen.
Mr., r. NJ. Evans, like the great ma
jority of Noxubee farmers is a firm be
lever in the power and glory of King
Cotton, especially when it brings l0c
and over, but he also is a believer in
fine stock, and has recently imported
from the county Berkshire, England, a
pair Of Berkshire pigs. The Berkshire
is undoubtedly the hog for this country
as they are the finest foragers and will
stay fat on a pasture where other
breeds will starve.
Mr., T. J. Mcclure of Shuqualak was
in the city last Monday. He brought
from Shuqualak the week before and
lodged in jail, a negro boy named
Frank Hyde. from one Of the Num-
places %east..of Shuqualdk, who had been
tried before Justice Burrage charged
with killing a companion while out
hunting. The boy claimed that it was
accidental, and everything went to
prove his claim, except hat he and the
boy who was killed had been calling
each other names, though their compan-
ion say was done, in fun. He is under
a $500 bond, which, SO far. he has failed
to give.
In the special election held last Tues
day W. E. May was elected bailiff in
t-A = - t. -
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of the election, has been published in

OF VHE tItCITUH, ms Uttn pHUTIsIFU TT
the Macon Beacon. IA newspaper pub
lished and printed in the city of Macon.
Mississippi, and which newspaper is of
general circulation in said city for five
consecutive times. as follows, towit:
In Vol So. No, 90, dated May g., 1905
In Vol, 80. No. 81. dated May13. 1925
In Vol. 50; No, 30. dated May20, 1905
In Vol. So. No, 30, dated May 81. 1905
In Vol, So, No. 80 dated Jnne 3, 1905
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-07-22
NEW MEAT
MARKET

WE have opened a ~flst-class meat market, with
all the latest improvements and appliances
for keeping meat fresh and cold, and will keep on
hand a good assortment and the best of everything
in fresh meats.
We have made a great addition to our grocery
department.. Do you know, nearly all groceries are
improvedb by ice? We propose to send everything to
your hons in ~6rst-class condition.
We certainly appreciate the patronage you have
given US in the past, and by frstcass servicein every
respect, we expect to merit your good will in the fu-
ture. Come to see lis.
w V. ROGERS & Co.
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STATE OF MISSISSIPPI.
NOXUBEE COUNTY.

Personally appeared bo'Jre me, q 7,
Dorroh clerk OF the chancery court, in
and for said county and state, D e..
Ferris, publisher OF the Macon Beacon,
who having been first duly sworn. de
poseth and says that the attached notice
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-05-03

the other day sent to me to buy him d
pair of crutches, and he wanted a
cheap pair. He didn't expect to break
his leg very often and he didn't see
any use of locking up lot Of capital
in a pair of gaudy crutches.
But at the first place 1 went to
that was the only kind they had
handsome clutches, rosewood, silver
mounted and that sort of thing, very
pretty crutches, but costing more than
| wanted to pay, and SO / started away
to look elsewhere.
"As | was going down the stairs
from the place l heard somebody call
ing me, and, looking back, / saw,
three Or four steps up woman near
whom l had been standing when l was
asking for the crutches on the floor
above. She had heard me ask and
seen me turn away, and she had fol-
lowed me out, and now she was call
ing to me on the stairs.
Young man. she was saying, 4
have at my homeland she gave me
her address in fine West Side street
in the seventies-'a pair Of crutches
that | have no further use for that /
would like to give you. will give you
my card, and you can just go right
up there and get them
"Well, it is part of my business not
to be feazed by anything. I try to
be always ready for whatever may
turn up, but 1 will admit that this Of
fer Of a pair Of crutches, in this situa-
ton, on the stairs, by a handsomely
dressed woman who spoke as one with
authority, accustomed to control wher-
ever she was, but who was clearly
making this offer to me out of the pur-
est kindness, did a little bit to sur
prise me.
Il gathered myself together in a
minute and took off my hat and thank
ed her as politely as l could and told
her l couldn't think of taking them.
She said I'd better, that they were
nice clutches and that l could have
them just as we'll as not, but thanked
her again and begged to decline them,
and then she went back up the stairs
and l went on my way to another
place where they sell clutches.
"And there 1 found crutches, not so
nice, to be sure, as those I saw at the
first place, but serviceable enough, at
such prices that man could afford to
buy two pairs Of them and use them
both at once if he wanted to. I bought
pair of these, and my friend is now
hobbling about on them quite comfort
ably. But that was an odd experience
in the first crutch place, hey?"-New
York Sun.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-05-03

smoothly along, carrying a care-fres
load through suburbs where on both
sides of the track small houses afa
Suddenly the air brakes hiss, the pas
sengers are jolted out of their serene
comfort and the train stops. The con-
ductor runs back along the track for
100 rods to crossing. A crowd is fast
gathering about a child that is man
gled and crushed. Names are taken
for reference; an ambulance, which
can do no good, is called. The dead
child is taken away and the train rolls
off. On the train some jolly converse
tons or card games have been momen-
tarily interrupted. A little sigh of
sympathy is swept away by returning
smiles. One child matters little, where
there are so many Of them. In the
neighborhood Of the accident the kill
ing is a thrilling event. Women and
children seem to spring from the earth
and pour from all directions toward
the scene Mothers with anxiously
white faces run as fast as they can,
carrying babies in their arms. Men
run ont in their shirt sleeves, making
excited inquiries and eagerly scanning
the faces Of the children gathered
about, fearing to find it is one of their
own that is missing Presently some
woman's shrek rings out. and then
smothers itself in a moan. She has
heard the worst. There is one little
mouth less to feed The killing was
simple, usual, perfectly regular. Across
the street two bars had been lowered,
according to law. The child did not
see the train, perhaps. and ignored the
bars. 1t is SO easy for playing child
to run under them. If people kept
pigs, instead of children, perhaps there
would be tight gates at the cross
ings. Out in the country, where the
railroads run through fields that have
cattle and other valuable stock in
them, the roadway is fenced in against
any possible accident. Of course chill
dren and dumb brutes are not to be
classed together. One decided differ
ence lies in the fact that the animal
does not know the danger that lies
on the tracks, while the child does
or at least ought to. 1t is a recreant
parent indeed, who does not early i'm
press this lesson upon the mind Of his
child. Trespass upon a railroad track
is defiance Of danger, and it is also
violation Of law. This last is Of too
small consequence in the minds Of
American people.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-05-03
WHY GAME is GROWING SCARCE.
Slaughter of Migratory Birds in North
and South the Cause.

Slaughter of Migratory Birds in North
and South the Cause.
One of the greatest difficulties in tht
path Of the wise and earnest protector
Of game, says writer in Outing, is the
migration Of such families as the
waterfowl, woodcock, snipe, plover.
etc. We are prone to the framing of
such laws as appear good for our own
grounds, while forgetting that the ex-
tenSive movements of the birds compel
them to run the gauntlet Of two open
seasons in one year. When the law of
the North declares the open, season to
be at an end the law of the South al
lows the shooting Of returning feath-
cred travellers. This, of course, means
that the fowl get no respite except
during the actual breeding season, n
state Of affairs which few species will
for long be able to stand.
Were there no shooting in the North,
the South would have plenty of birds
versa, but unfortunately, it is impossi-
BILE to do away with the dual season.
II sportsmen of North or South would
feel called upon to lay down their
arms, the difficulty would at once be
overcome, but gravely suspect that it
would require not few ornithological
Bull Runs and Gettysburgs to convince
either party Of the wisdom of such
course. Northerners and Southerners
rightly having equal claims upon sport
and game, there can be no such thing
as legislation favorable to one over the
other.
The sole feasible remedy appears to
be judiciOus curtailing Of gun privi-
leges at both ends of the migration
fight, till the present destruction has
been reduced to point which will per-
NIT the fowl to hold their owne Should
this finally demand an open season of
only one weeks duration, even that to
my notion, would be much better than
the entire loss Of the game in ques-
ton.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-05-03
For Growing Girls.

West Pembroke, Me-, April "a
Mrs. A. L. Smith, of this place, says
that Dodd's Kidney Pills are the best
remedy for growing girls. Mrs Smith
emphasizes her recommendation by the
following experiences:
my daughter was thirteen years old
last November and it is now two years
since she was first taken with Crazy
Spells that would last a week and
would then pass off. In month she
would have the spells again. At these
times she would eat very little and
was very yellow; even the whites Of
her eyes would be yellow.
"The doctors gave us no encourage
ment; they all said they could not help
her. After taking one box Of Dodd's
Kidney Pills, she has not had one bad
spell. Of course, we continued the
treatment until she had used in all
about dozen boxes, and we still give
them to her occasionally, when she is
not feeling well. Dodd's Kidney Pills
are certainly the best medicine for
growing girls"
Mothers should heed the advice Of
Mrs. Smith, for by so doing, they may
save their daughters much pain and
sickness and insure healthy, happy
future for them.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-05-03


Beyond the Smiling and the Weeping.
Beyond the smiling and the weeping
| shall be soon;
Beyond the waking and the sleeping,
Beyond the sowing and the reaping,
| shall be soon.
Love, rest and home!
Sweet hope.
Lord, tarry not, but come.
Beyond the blooming and the fading
l shall be soon
Beyond the shining and the shading,
Beyond the hoping and the dreading,
| shall be soon.
Love, rest and home!
Sweet hope!
Lord, tarry not, but come.
Beyond the rising and the setting
| shall be soon;
Beyond the calming and the fretting,
Beyond remembering and forgetting,
| shall be soon.
Love, rest and home!
Sweet hope!
Lord, tarry not, but come.
Beyond the gathering and the strowing
| shall be soon;
Beyond the ebbing and the flowing,
Beyond the coming and the going,
| shall be soon.
Love, rest and home!
Sweet hope!
Lord, tarry not, but come.
Beyond the parting and the meeting
| shall be soon;
Beyond the farewell and the greeting,
Beyond this pulses fever-beating,
l shall be soon.
Love, rest and home!
Sweet hope!
Lord, tarry not, but come.
Beyond the frost-chain and the fever,
| shall be soon;
Beyond the rock-waste and the river,
Beyond the ever and the never,
l shall be soon.
Love, rest and home!
Sweet hope!
Lord, tarry not, but come.
-Horatius Bonar.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-05-03

but little hampered by the baby which
they are carrying along on their
backs. The Indian has the papoose.
The women Of some Of the Oriental
tribes relieve themselves of a great
deal OF work by teaching their infant
offspring to cling to the neck Of the
mother. There are endless ways of
transporting the baby, but that Of
holding 1t in the arms is the most
uncomfortable of them all. Often it
Is positively painful.
An assistant for the nurse in the
shape of mechanical device to dis
tribute the weight Of the infant in
arms has been devised by an inventor
Of West HobOken, n. j., which is
shown in the accompanying cut. This
carrier, it will be seen, distributes the
weight between the shoulder and the
hip Of the nurse, and in summer time
has the advantage Of being much
more comfortab BILE for the infant in
that it is not distressed by the heat
from the nurses body.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-05-03
PORTLY DANES STOP
Each Refuses to Get Out - Little
Woman Has to Set Example.

Each Refuses to Get Out - Little
Woman Has to Set Example.
Going upw shouted the elevator
boy in State street department store.
The car was ait the floor where the
women congregate in large numbers to
look at styles in dresses and millinery
and wait, more or less impatiently, for
belated friends.
Just as the boy was about to close
the shaft door there shot out from
the crowd two women. They were as
to avoirdupois what the French pleas
Rntly style ''embonboint," but the aver
age irreverent American calls fat.
Either one of them would have tipped
the beam at 800 pounds, and each was
arrayed most gorgeously. The race to
the elevator between the two women
resulted in a tie, though one had to
give way trif1e to the other, to permit
OF either ones getting inside the car.
The elevator boy closed the door and
swung the lever. The car creaked, but
would not move.
Zone Of you ladies will have to get
out" the boy finally announced. II
can't start the car"
Each Of the portly women eyed the
other glaringly as though to say that
she thanked her lucky stars she was
not so fat and to intimate that the 9TH
err would better hurry up, as she was
delaying all the other passengers. But
neither moved.
The boy made another effort. The
car stuck fast.
lone of you ladies will have to get
out" he said again.
But If the women had been turned
10 stone they could not have been less
inclined to move. The boy looked
despairingly from one to the other, but
the lips on each countenance were
firmly set, and this BODIED evil to the
conductor if he ventured to address
either one Of the women in particular
While the boy was in this dilemma a
small feminine voice was heard from
the back of the car. "I'll get out to
accommodate you," it said, and a
dainty little woman pushed her way
out between the two fat ones, and
stepped from the elevator.
Slam went the car door, and the ele-
vator slowly assembled to the next
floor, where one Of the large women
left the car and as it again started on
It's upward way the other, who re-
NAMED, said half aloud: did you
ever see such nerveW-Chicasgo News.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-05-03
GOLD IN SLEEPS HEADS.
Precious Metal Found in Teeth of Those
from Australia.

l.
from Australia.
Somewhere in the vast grazing
plains Of Australia or New Zealand
farmers are feeding the fockS af~ sheep
ON pasture so auriferous that the very
animals show traces Of the outcrop of
gold in their teeth, says London cor
respondent of the st. Louis Post-Dis-
patch.
That, at least, seems to be the infer
ence to be derived from evidence
which comes, not from the Antipodes
in the news Of fresh strike Of gold,
but from that vast center Of teeming
population in the East End of London,
known as Bethnal Green. In Beth
nal Green Sleeps heads are a luxury,
even though they invariably are frozen
imports from Australia and New Zea-
land.
TO medical man, R. G. Style, prac-
ticing in the Roman road, Bethnal
Green, is due the credit Of making the
discovery. A few days ago he was in
the house Of a friend, a member of
the local council, when he picked up
the jawbone Of sheep which had
been picked clean by the councillors
dog. 1t was only an idle act, to tease
the dog, but the doctor noticed a dull
CLEAN Of bronze color on the teeth.
"Why, that looks like gold," he said,
after examining the teeth closely.
They glistened duly with a coating
Of metallic substance which shone
above the blackening caused by the
saliva. The councillor, who had en-
joyed the sleeps head for supper the
previous night, was equally skeptical.
But the doctor removed the teeth,
which had been loosened by the dog.
took them to his surgery and tested
the deposit or coating with aquafortis.
That gave the result as pure gold.
Next the teeth were taken to
jeweleri who scraped off the metal and
submitted it to all tests known. The
substance was then guaranteed to be
pure, fine gold.
The place Of origin Of the sleeps
head was easily traced-to a continent,
at any rate. 1t was purchased of
local butcher, who bought it with
many others in Smithfield market.
They had come in frozen state from
Australia or New Zealand. Even in
Smithfeld it is difficult to trace the ex-
act country Of origin, for the heads
come over separately from the frozen
carcasses and are collected from vast
areas.
Other Sleeps heads were purchased
at random from Bethnal Green purvey-
ors, and some of them exhibited traces
of gold deposit on the teeth in just the
same way. They had all arrived from
the Antipodes. English and Scottish
sleeps heads were obtained, but there
was no trace Of any auriferous de-
post.