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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1908-01-25

of this fortress interesting household
objects were found, such as cooking
ovens and stone knives. The most i'm.
portant finds are a hitherto unknown
kind of ceramics, consisting of lars
and lamps, many OF exquisite work.
manship and ornamented with images
of animals, which remind experts OF
the best examples of Babylonian art.
Among other objects brought to light
are plates. mortors, grindstones and
weights.
OF special interest, according TO
Prof. Sellin, is stone image eight
inches high and jar, unfortunately
damaged, bearing ancient Hebraic
characters, which are held to furnish
proof that the Canaanites were well
acquainted with these peculiar inscrip.
tions at an earlier period than preyi.
Gus. researches Indicated.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1908-01-25
State Sells Cotton.

The board of penitentiary trustees
sold 100 bales of cotton from the Oak
lev and Rankin farms, 70 bales of which
brought l6t cents, the remaining 30
going at 10 cents. There is quite a lot
from the same places not yet sold, for
the reason that the board has not had
bids they thought satisfactory There
are now more than LOCO bales of State
cotton at Clarksl slale, and as it is an ex-
ceptionally high grade Of staple, it is
believed good price will be realized
Practically all of the States cotton has
been picked and ginned.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1908-01-25
"Huneryv Parade Streets.

New Britain, Conn. Over one thou
sand unemployed workmen paraded
through the streets Of this city today,
the leader carrying banner bearing
the inscription Parade of Hungry
People Looking for Work. 1t was
explained by some Of the leaders OF the
demonstration that Hungry" in this
case meant that the men were hungry
for something to do, not that they were
suffering from the pangs Of physical
hunger. Poles, Germans, Lithuanians,
French and Italians composed the ma
iority OF the marchers.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1908-01-25
RAILROADS WIN IN MISSOURI
Statute of 1907 Declared VOID and
Unconstitutional.

Kansas City.-Judge Smith McPher-
son, in the United States district court
here today, declared void and uncon-
stitutional the statute passed by the
Missouri legislature in 1907 forbidding
foreign corporations from transferring
suits brought against them from the
State to the Federal courts upon pain
of forfeiture of their charters. The
application of the Rock Island, the
Santa Fe, the St. Louis, Kansas City
and Colorado, the Milwaukee and ST.
Paul and the Chicago and Alton rail-
way companies for an injunction to pre-
vent John T.. Swanger, secretary OF
State, from enforcing the law was
granted by the court.
The Missouri law on which today's
decision is based provides specifically
that if any foreign or nonresident rail-
way corporation, created and existing
under the laws of any other State, and
doing railway business from any point
In the State to another point within the
State shall, without the written con.
sent of the other party, remove a case
from the State court to United States
court, or shall, without said written
consent, institute any suit against a
citizen of the State in any Federal
court, then the secretary Of State shall
revoke the license to do business from
one point in the State to any other point
in the State, either in carrying passen-
gers or freight. In doing such business
shall subject it to penalty OF not less
than $4,000 and not more than $4,000
for each offense, and such disability
shall continue for five years.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1908-01-25
Proposed Antitrust Law.

A bill has been introduced in the
State senate to prohibit corporation
selling its products at lower price in
one place than in another, in order tc
drive out competition. 1t is sometimes
the case that big corporation will in.
struct its agents to underSell smail
and struggling competitor until it has
put its helpless competitor out OF bust
ness, and then to return to its old high
rates. The proposed measure seeks to
prohibit such practice as this,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1908-01-25
State Treasurer's Figures.

State Treasurer Miller's report shows
receipts from State tax OF 1923, ,S9S,0S
and from the penitentiary $3.50, ,922 66.
Under the head OF expenditures those
for pensions were the heaviest, with q
total of $207, 1928. The next heaviest
items of expenditure were s69,953.3 80
for the East Mississippi insane hos
pital, $50, $50 for the penitentiary, SOL, :
260 for the State insane hospital: SAL.
1863. 40 for the Agricultural and Mechsn-
ical College, and s32, sos for the judi
ciary fund.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1908-01-25
VAST EXPENDITURE.
Two Items in Deficiency Bill Call
for $4,000. 900.

Washington The Subcommittee on
deficiencies of the house appropria-
tions today agreed to recommend the
immediate appropriation of 81 900 900
to pay the coal bill incident to the voy-
age OF Admiral Evans fleet to the Pa
cifc, and also of the sl2,000,0O0 asked
for by Secretary Taft and Chairman
Goethals, of the Isthmian Canal COLI
mission, in order to carry on until the
close of the current fiscal year the canal
digging work as mapped out by Colonel
G0ethals.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1908-01-25
Night Force Again at Work,

The Pearl River Lumber Company,
at Brookhaven, one of the biggest saw
mills in the South, with a capacity ol
over 1000, 900 feet per day, viii put on
its night force again Feb. l, The com.
pany let,out all the night men about
the middle of December on account OF
being overstocked, and the condition
of the money market.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1908-01-25
Takino Him Down

~ understand said the Young poet
gleefullysefthat Greatbrow said my
latest poelnAbad few equals as bit Of
genius
"He said even more, put in Crittick.
you don't say!e
Yes, he added And positively ne
interiors "--Philade' lia Press.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1908-01-25
Rural Carriers Record.

w. d. Sutton, rural mail carrier
between Brookhaven and Fair River
postoffice, has record to be proud Of.
He has been on this route three years,
and has not missed day on account OF
sickness. He has handled over 6,0OG
pieces OF mail each month, and has
travelled over $4,000 miles-more than
enough to 90 around the world twice.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1908-01-25
Had a Concealed Weapon.

S. G. Webster, Vicksburg hackman,
was fined $25 on the charge of carrying
a concealed weapon. Policeman Laner
made the arrest. Noticing Webster's
hack on the street with the driver ab.
sent, he looked underneath .ie cushio1
on the seat and found the pistol
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1908-01-25
Lumber Industry Impreying.

A general resumption OF the lumber
manufacturing industry in Southerr
Mississippi is now in progress, and
practically all Of the mills that have
been closed down for the past sixty
DAYS are booking heavy orders and
preparing to run the usual working
hours Industrial conditions generally
in Mississippi are satisfactory,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1908-01-25
Boil Weevil in Amite.

The Mexican boil weeyil has made its
appearance in Amite county, near
Rosetta. A specimen insect was sent to
Prof. Glenn w, Herrick, State ento'
mologist, who positively identified it as
the genuine weevil. Planters through
out the southwestern section Of the
State are generally adopting the sug-
gestions of the special agents of the
department of agriculture, and will
put into use the cultural method OF cot
ton growing during the year in order
to minimize the ravages of the weevil.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1908-01-25
Mississippi Travellers.

Organized one month ago, the Misis.
sippi Travellers Association now has q
membership of more than two hundred
and fifty The membership consists
exclusively of those who travel in Mis-
sissippi.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1908-01-25
Cotton in the Field.

The farmers around Hollandale have
a good deal OF cotton to pick as they
have had very little picked since the
holidays, as it has rainod continually,
and wi en- dry enough to pick has been
too cold.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1908-01-25
Oklahoma Bank Closes.

Guthrie, Okla. The State bank COM
missioner today took charge Of the
Farmers and Merchants Bank OF Chow
teau, which has Representatives,
amounting to 100000, with paid up
capital of $4,000.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1908-01-25
Assessors Salary Stands.

In special election held at Vicks-
burg to amend the city charter, pro-
viding for the reduction of the asses
sor'S salary from approximately $1,000
yearly to So, 100 the amendment was
lost by a vote OF 534 to 23l.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1908-01-25
mississippi Legislature
Fifth Day.

=, Nellher branch Of the Legislature was
=" a'a'ion Today, pursuant to the ad-
,9Hn'lent ,rEal resolutions Of yesterday, and
NN'le me members and senators were
~ ~ evidence around the State house,
quiet. =
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1908-01-25

The entire west side Of the towL y
Alagss was eweps BY ore. rtusing 4 toy
II s 4i0o, ,0
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1908-01-25
Sixth Dav

quiet.
Sixth Day.
ne mlshap at the city waterworks
pan! and its Immediate consequence
"ulcn was the shutting off of the water
,.aFPiy all over the city to both private
eIlilens as well as the general public
I"slulmg the state house occupants, was
'enected in the legislative proceedings
"' 'he Drlet session held this afternoon.
Senate.
Immediately upon the reeonveninp of
que senate, and under suspension of the
ruIfs senator Lee Mcmillan offered
current resolution providing for imme-
ulaLe steps to supply the capitol with
wafer, Tor the purpose Of running the
machinery and supplying its own utili.
lies, lght, heat and water.
A message was received from the
governor calling attention to the fact
that the Legislature of 1896 had created
me delta experiment station at Brooks.
Vlile, but had failed to provide for its
support, and in order to supply the de-
hcency he had borrowed the money.
9,,4'0oo, at per cent, the note for
which is now due.
Among the bills introduced was one
by Mr.. Potter to create State. county
and municipal repositories. and fixing
the salary Of county treasurers at 5000
inns would not affect the treasurers
now in office
Mr.. Adams Of the 3lst introduced
the ilrst child labor bill. bin to reru-
late the working of children of certain
ages in factories; Mr.. Engel, of the
9Th, introduced a bill to prohibit the
transportation Of intoyicauts from a wet
to a dry county. Mr.. Anderson of the
38tb, a bill to amend the charter on
crime so as to make SANDER a criminal
offense.
A resolution by Mr.. Franklin of Pom
totoc, to pay the publishers of the Jack
son dailies for the furnishing CT their
papers to the members created some an
mated discussion. The resolution pre-.
vailed finally, and the two dailies of the
city will be subscribed for
House.
Immediately on the converting of the
House Speaker Street handed down his
list Of Judiciary committee members,
numbering forty-two in all The com
mittee is as follows:
Mcssrs, Quin, chairman; G. L. Jones,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1908-01-25
NUMBER 13.

the sum be fixed at $4,000, and ths
me House contingent fund be fixed
Slo'ooo, and the Senate at $3.50, q
increase Of $1,000 in each house over q
senate bill. The bill passed by roi
Of AZ ayes and no nays.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1908-01-25
Ninth Day.

The principal legislative feature
tbc dav was the final completion OF VI
senate bill No. 4, providing for the r
auction of the bond of the State trea
urcr from $25O,OOO to 100000, III
measure @ having been signed by the go,
ernor it was returned to the Sena'
for engrossing, and made ready for u
SIGNATURE of the lieutenant-governo
and has been made part OF the Law
of 1905, Under the provisions OF IN
oct George r. Edwards, Jr, can no
complete the arrangements necessary !.
qualifying as State treasurer, ana ", y
enter on his duties with the other Stat
officers.
Senate.
The session of the Senate was aus
signalized by the passage OF the ~ ~
T'9urin bill. providing for the care Oh u ',
noupers of the county otherwise tn' m
Lv the orthodox county alhishouI ,1.,
method the amount of support n 'n
mov being limited to s12 MONTH
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1908-01-25

., ne mishap at the city waterworks
nm pIiI ana It's immediate consequence,
VINE. "nlca was the shutting off Of the water
s;nFply XXI all over the city to both private
eIliIens d. as well as the general public,
luslulmg the state house occupants, was
at"sgteq !. .g IN the legislative proceedings
aV Ihe D1et session held this afternoon.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1908-01-25
Senate.

Mr.. Sample, under suspension of rules,
reportel the House bill on legislative
expcnse, and recommended its passage
instead of the Senate bill introduced
for this purpose, The bill provides that
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1908-01-25

The Legislature of Oklahoma, now in
session, desires to establish agricultural
colleges and experimental stations and
have written the Department of Agri-
culture and Commerce for information
concerning those in Mississippi. The
Importance of these institutions and the
splendid results obtained commend our
system above all others to the good
people of Oklahoma. May they profit
by the example set by our Legislative
bodies years ago and continued from
year to year.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1908-01-25

The trouble at the A. & M. College
has been amicably adjusted between tn;
faculty and student body, and thing:
are again serene at that splendid iusti
tuition. 1t is to be sincerely hoped that
the affair of few days since will not
materially affect the support given by
the State, which is absolutely necessary
to the successful handling of its affairs
1t is too big and the work too great to
be crippled.
There is always something to do for
the person who is seeking in good
faith. Do something for Mississippi be-
fore the sun goes down and write this
department for suggestion, if nothing
presents itself.
Take heed of the good advice given
by President Walter Clark on diversi-
fcation as means of preventing a
bumrer cotton crop for this year. =
is g fertilization against those who
would hammer the price of cotton be-
Low what it should rightfully be.
Don't forget the meeting Of the Mis-
sissippi division Of the Southern Cotton
Association TO be held ins Jaekson 81
February 5th.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1908-01-09

shadow of hesitation or doubt 81
don't know she said. simply. 81
think perhaps there might"
Are you sure?" he said.
Tin afraid So" she faltered.
He placed his hand upon the latch
Of the gate. She saw the motion and
glanced quickly up at him, then turn.
ed and ran swiftly into the house.
John stood minute as is he were
a little dazed by the sudden coming
Of his happiness; then he went slowly
across to his house. There was a
new light in his face, and a smile
on his bps, and his home did not seem
half so lonely, for he could already
see, in fancy, morsel of gray-gowned
womanhoOd, fitting about those
rooms. He sat till late that night.
trying to realize his fortune, wonder
ing how Amy had come to know her
own heart, for he felt sure that, I'M
awares, she had been fond OF him
all these years. He never knew how
the dust on the mopboard had pleaded
his cause, nor how his kettle had been
gifted with a more persuasive voice
than his, nor felt for them the affec-
ton that otherwise he might have
regarded as their due
1t was not many months before the
dust tasted water; the frying pan once
more learned the use of securing sand;
the table was freed from its burden
of earth, and the whole kitchen was
washed and rewashed, till it shone
and shone again. The only hindrance
to the good work was the frequent
presence of masculine giant, who
picked up the small housewife, and
held her up till her eyes were on "A
level with his own. 'mussed' her hair,
took, as he said, the starchy look out
IF her mouth, and otherwise con.
Quoted himself like great boy"
Still, she bore It with a better grace
than one might have expected from
such a prim little woman, and In after
years, when she and her mother sit
about their spotless hearth in the
house once across the way, she has
almost forgotten the influence Of the
dust and fancies that 1t was solely u
heart impulse that brought her to her
7ew home.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1908-01-09
tails of thar unfortunate kitchen.

tails Of that unfortunate kitchen.
II WISH" said the mother. pathet-
ically; that l had never seen 1t, for
I shall carry the memory OF it with
me all my days"
Yet the place had kind Of fascina-
ton. They stole over again and again
to get glimpse Of it.
1t was a fine moonlight winter even
ing. John and Amy had come home
from church together. She had step
ped a little beyond him, and had gone
into her own little yard and closed
the gate. How he hated the click OF
that gate He was talking on. with
the manifest purpose of keeping her
there a minute. Yes" he said, its
been an open winter. ! like snow,
myself, plenty of it. I'd like TO
tunnel through the drifts once more.
I'm growing old, l guess; nothing
seems so good as it used to, not
even the snow; that's colder and not
so white. Everything is different but
you, Amy; you never change"
Il think l grow DID, too said Amy.
"No you don't; you're jus the same
girl you were 10 years ago 1t takes
something besides time to make peo-
pie grow old. I'm getting gray my
self" He laughed without apparent
cause and pushed away the snow with
his foot. Amy" he said, merrily,
as if he was about to tell an amusing
story, 81 haven't bothered you with
that old annual question of mine this
year, have |? | suppose it wouldn't
be of any use, anyhow, would it?"
He was looking at her wistfully.
They say that sometimes the mind
works rapidly in the emergencies of
life. There came to Amy vision OF
that kitchen. A frying-pan, mute yet
pleading, was on the hearth; a kettle.
with rusty countenance, was asking
for help; the dust on the mopboard
flashed on her sight; she felt that it
was making an appeal. At that min
ute it was borne in upon her that she
had been appointed to mission she
was to be an apostle of cleansing to
that neglected board. She looked up,
her eyes meeting his fairly, without
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1908-01-09
Reducing Ocean Record.

The first steamer that ever crossed
the Atlantic took twenty.four days to
make the trip. and the early boats OF
the Cunard line, organized in 1910,
made the transatlantic trip In four
teen days, or in about the same time
as the best OF the clippers OF the
Black Ball and other lines. In 1860
the sailing ship Dreadnousht made
the passage in nine days and seven
teen hours, and 1t was long time be-
fore a steamer beat that record II Is
nearly two decades since the five.day
ship came upon the scene, and ever
since then the record has been lower.
cd by hours rather than by days.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1908-01-09
Chicago & North Western Railway.
NORTH BOUND

No
f GenBa
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1908-01-09
A Great Difference.

SO you are going to resist the law
compelling you to reduce fares'"
Yes answered Dustin Stax so
long as they went no further thar to
compel us to increase our revenues by
charging everybody the maximum
rate, we were deferentia and submis-
sive. But when they aim blow like
this, patience becomes impossible!"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1908-01-09
A Plot!

81 have great idea said the anna
teur cOnspirator.
What is it, asked the willing
listener.
I'VE will say no more about pro.
tecting trees"
"Yes?"
con the contrary. we Will encourage
their destruction in every possible
manner"
"Yes?"
'In time we shall see our hlllsides,
our parks and our avenues turned to
barren wastes"
"And them
Then We will organize n parasol
trust"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1908-01-09

Many 4 boy is called dull and stupid,
when the whole trouble is due to lazy
liver. We firmly believe your own doc
tor will tell you that an occasional dose
OF Ayers Pills will do such boys great
deal Of good. They keep the liver active.
-Nsds By the J. G. Aver Co.. Lowell. Msss.-
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-03-07
POLITICAL

Ii looks AZ IL Taft had the strong
and winning hand, SO far as the Re
publican nomination is concerned.
State and State that was pat in the
doubtful column has bodied up Sc
rensly for the big War Secretary.
The lamentations have been fast and
furious from the other favorits sons
that the President is using the pa
tronage and power Of his great Of
fee, bestowing positions to bulldo5e
and coerce the Republican party into
forcing the nomination OF this friend
OF the President. But the rank and
file OF the G. o. p. is marching up
manfzlly to do his bidding. The
TACT is, however, that Taft is IN
usually available, and is perhaps the
strongest and the best equipped can
didate OF the Republican party. He
IL essentially conservative and dem
ocratic- All who come in contact
with him are pleased at his person
ality, impressed with his big heart
sdDess, and convinced that he is a
man OF strong, virile conviction,
with brains and Drawn enough and
to spare.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-03-07
IMMIGRATION.

The down trodden and heavy laden
from the monarchial countries oil
Europe were begged to come here
"the land OF the free"-and they
came, came In legions. So it was
that up to, say 1860, theimmigrants
generally we're OF the better class,
coming largely from Germany, Ire
land and Scandinavia, men who
came to obtain q home here, law
abiding, law-loving men, who became
q part and parcel OF our govern
mental system and became citizens
OF whom this country isproud.
Within the last quarter OF GEN.
fury the class and character OF our
immigration, to a great degree, has
changed. In that time in the East
ern States we have been inundated
with people from Southern Europe
Italy, especially Sicily, etc, and
the Pacific Coast from China and
Japan. From these have come the
Malta, the Black Hand and other
mnrderers and anarchists. These
men, who are Goddess, who have nc
real home ties, who have no smbi-
ton to become real citizens, are q
menace to our government and citi-
zenship. They come in competition,
and frequently in conflict, with our
iaw-abiding, self respecting, home
loving mechanics, citizens and labor
ers, and it is high time when this
class should be excluded from our
shores. Ourimmigration laws should
be amended to restrict immigration
by which the undesirable can be shut
out entirely. There is an Immense
amount OF talk about protection. 1t
Ii time that we should protect the
American citizen, the American me-
chanic and laborer from the compe-
tition OF this class of undesirable i'm
migrants. Our mechanics, citizens
and laborers constitute a citizenship
that can always be relied on in peace
and in war to stand for law and or
der. They are entitled as OF right to
be protected from the encroachments
oil the immigration that has to a
large extent, in the last twenty-five
years, made up the class that come
TO this country.