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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1909-11-12

ing the directions can raise hogs
at an average cost of from 1 1-2
to 3 cents pound. The advises
all who are interested to send to
5. A. KNAPP. Special Agent in
Charge of Farmers Co-Opera-
ton Department Work, Wash
ington, D, c., for Circular No.
80.
Begin raising meat at not ex-
ceeding 3 cents a pound. and
stop paying Is cents a pound for
il, as is done by many of our
people now.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1909-11-12

E. A. Butler, farmer of near
Terry, this county, says a dis
patch to theI Commercial APP
peal, is convinced that he has
found a cure for the boil weevil,
and it is so simple that thous-
ands of farmers in the infected
districts will no doubt try it next
year.
Il believe l have solved the
boil weevil problem" says Mr..
Butler, 'and if there is a reward
or prize offered, | hope that it
will be held back until my plan
is tested. and he thus explains
how he stumbled on the solution
of the gravest problem that ever
confronted any farming com
munity:
This year my cotton and com
patches were separated only by
fence, and | planted peas in ev-
cry middle. Soon after the peas
commenced bearing I saw the
weevils on the young pods, but
O1A NOCCOIAs AORO O4AN
pea pods picked off before they
ripened. and no weevils appear
ed on my cotton till a few days
ago-after the pea vines quit
bearing.
my plan of outwitting the
weevil next year is to plant ev-
cry tenth row in my cotton field
in speckled peas, about the time
cotton is planted. When the
peas begin bearing the weevils
will be found on the young and
tender pods. Gather the pods
after they are grown, but before
they get dry, and destroy them
that is, feed them to the hogs,
or other stock.
Il have so much confidence in
this scheme for getting ahead of
Mr.. Boil Weevil that | hope ev-
cry cotton farmer in the weevil
infected district will try my plan,
at least as an experiment.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1909-11-12

An English journalist, some
what mixed from distance and
ignorance, recently stated that
Charles Dana Gibson was the
founder of the New York Sun,
says an exchange. Which moves
the Louisville Courier-Journal to
observe that Of course Richard
Harding Davis was president of
the Confederacy and Booker T.
Washington the father Of his
ceantTvs
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1909-11-12
In a Nutshell.

The cotton crop Of the South is
planted, cultivated and market
ed within a period of seven to
eight months.
In the fall, the entire crop is
dumped upon the markets with
in period of three to four
months.
Is this good business judg-
ment? Is this observing the law
of supply and demand that is ab-
solutely necessary to the success
of any industry?
Suppose, for instance, that the
Standard Oil company flooded
the country with enough Of it's
products to supply the demand
for an entire year. Would they
reap the same returns they do by
the law of supply and demand?
Suppose the great coal mines
dumped their precious tons upon
the markets. Could they main
tain their prices?
Here it is in nutshell, men:
WHEN THE FARMERS OF THE
SOUTH HAVE FAT CATTLE IN THE
FIELDS, HOGS IN THE PENS,
CHICKENS IN THE BARNYARDs,
corn in the cribs. hay in the loft
and silos brimming full OF en-
silage-then and then only can
they dictate the price of their
cotton.
The world can't go naked, and
cotton is the greatest of all ia
brics. It comes next to food and
water. A failure Of the entire
cotton crop would shake the
foundations of mother earth her
self.
Don't you see the power you
hold in your hands?
Diversity, raise live stock, and
Give at home" You can't lose
if you follow this. s.-Scimitar.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1909-11-12
A Conservative.

Your great trouble" said the saga
c;Ous person, "is that you don't ap-
ply scientific L+incip;sS tc. agrioul-
ture." "P'raps." answered Farmer
Cprntossel What, in your opinion,
cause 90 many crop failures?" Y
duane fQF sure. But I've s ausBitilh
ita trytA' Ia follow the advice az
eyeFVb0aY that cones ,Rlvaa an RNFO
% kAswS all Abaat ~ ~
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1909-11-12
For Sale.

Several thousand feet of lum-
Der, at $1.25 per hundred. Lum-
Der on church lot at Macon,
Miss. Apply to ]. E. Thomas
or I. r. Smith.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1909-11-12

According to the present range
of prices. says an exchange, the
ultimate consumer in these plan
tations may be driven to reside
in an igloo and feed on pemmi-
can.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1909-11-12
NOTICEI

Bids invited for Superintendent Of
Poor House" and for "Convict Over
seer" for the year 1910, to be opened
on 1st. Monday Of December 1909.
Board reserves the right to rOpet
any and all bids.
By order of the Board, this, NoVem-
ber 4th, 1879. JOHN A. TYSON,
Clerk.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1909-11-12

Fer Sale,
Two large yoke well broke mill OK
ems. Apply to w. G. STRAIT,
e'2s.QesGt MaAhplayille, Miss
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1909-11-12

You can get the best suit for your
boy at WALTER B. PATTY's.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1909-11-12

No hunting will be allowed on my
place one mile east of Macon. All
YioletoFa viii be prosecuted.
f0HN g. MORGAN,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1909-11-12

Seats on sale at Ferris Bookstore.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-08-21
UNDERGROUND BANQUET.
How the Founding Of the LeadviI'e
Mining Camp Was Celebrated.

How the Founding Of the LeadviI'e
Mining Camp Was Celebrated.
ION the first day of the present
month l was guest at one of the
most remarkable dinners ever given
remarked Judge A. w. Rucker, the
brand new Congressman from Den.
yer.
"This banquet was held 1000 feet
below the surface of the earth in the
chamber of a mine on the outskirts
Of Leadville. The chamber, which
had been transformed into a magni,
ficent dining room, was about 40
feet wide by 70 feet long and had a
lofty roof. A kitchen had been Am.
provised and a clever chief got up
dinner for 800 people that none of
the swell hotels of New York would
have repudiated. The guests were
nearly all 'seventy-niners,' that is to
say, pioneers in the old days of 1889,
when Leadville's fame as a greater
producer of the precious metals at.
tracted the attention of the world.
'The feast was given in commemo-
ration of the birth of the mining
camp, and those who made merry
were the adventurous souls who fig
ured then.
ION the day of the function we
rode to the mouth of the tnnnel,
where we made our descent into the
bowels Of the earth through a fierce
blizzard, one of the worst l ever saw
in the West. Getting in the big cage
that took us down the shaft to this
queer banquet hall far below Lead.
vile and the surrounding towns, we
landed in brilliantly lighted room
that was as inviting and serene as
tropical isle. The contrast between
1t and the storm through which the
party had come was curious in the
extreme. but it added greatly to the
joyousness of the occasion. "-Balti
more American.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-08-21

"And she was just as glad to seH ms
and smiled so sweetly when | came il
at the front door stamping the snow
from my boots and carrying thCs1
| three ears Of corn in my pocket as she
would have been if had arrived Wit,
two colored walters bringing hot bird
and cold bottles. 1t was my opinion
that the work of popping the corn did
more in bringing two fond hearts to-
| gether than anything else which toCk
| place during the counting.
| The fireplace had 10 be filled I'D
with the best hardwood, and this had
| to burn down to great glowing heaps
OF Goals before the shelled corn could
be put in the pepper. And then while
the girl was agitating the wire pepper
over the Goals, and the freight was
shining on one side of her face into
her eyes, and the young man was she'll
ing more corn for the next filling, the
corn would begin to pop-first little
snap here and another there, and then
the discharge of a whole battery of
white cOrnf1akeS all at once. followed
by the muffled sound of a general erup-
ton inside the pepper, by which time
the job was finished and the corn was
ready for fine salt and the butter.
mo matter how dignified a young
man may try to be, he can't keep it up
if he is popping corn with a nice girl
above hot fire IN room where they
ho
given to digging into the reason of
things; but no natural young man can
pop corn with a nice girl all winter
without popping the question.
''It is the cheapness as we'll as the
simplicity of the custom which appeals
strongest to men who are naturally
economical. In looking over my ac-
counts l find that it cost me just SIS
cents to court my first wife during
the winter previous to our marriage at
Easter
MY second wife cost more but this
was due to the fact that she had a
younger sister who vas unmarried, and
who used to butt in when she smelled
the scorched popcorn. l did not court
my third wife with popcorn, because
she had lost her teeth and could not
bite the hard kernels while she was
waiting for the dentist to finish her
new set; but we got along very nicely
by treating ourselves on roast apples
and milk, which were not at all ex-
pensive, seeing that the old man furn-
ished the raw material.
I'll bet a gallon of hard cider to
new axe handle that if were widow
er now and should start in counting by
the old popcorn method l could marry
the best girl in the neighborhood in.
side of six months.-New York Sun.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-08-21
Anaesthetics.

The British Dental Association is
making strenuous efforts to modify
the anaesthetics bill which was pre-
scented to the House of Commons.
The object of the bill Is to prevent
the administration of anaesthetics by
unqualified persons. and it is pro-
posed to effect this by prohibiting the
administration of any general anacs.
thetic by other than a legally quail.
fed medical practitioner and by en-
acting that after January /, 1911, no
person may be registered under the
medical acts unless he shall have
produced evidence that he has re-
ceived theoretical and practical in
struction in the administration Of
anaesthetics.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-08-21
Spelling.

81 couldn't spell it for the police,
so l said Samuels," was the explana-
ton given by Lazarns Simonovski
when asked at the City Police court
why he had given a false name. Thus
does real life plagarize from the old
story Of the man who wrote to his doc
tor that he had the humps. When
the medical man arrived he found the
patient suffering from rheumatism,
and demonstrated with him on being
misled. Il know; but not a soul in
the house could spell rheumatism :"
vas the excuse.-London Globe.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-08-21
LUXURY IN MOTOR VEHICLES.
Flower Vases Included Now in the
Equipment Of Automobiles.

New to me-" said a man who sell
dom sees Fifth avenue, were the
vases filled with flowers in automo-
biles.
"Of course I'd heard Of automobile
clocks, and of fitting up the auto with
holders for comb and brush and mirorr
and card case and that sort of thing.
but | had never even heard of flower
vases In automobiles until yesterday.
and then l saw several machines that
were thus equipped.
I'm each case the vase was tall and
slender, running to a point at the low
er end and flaring at the top, in its
shape reminding one of the familiar
ancient torch; and this slender and
graceful torchlike vase. something less
than a foot in height, was supported
in a holder attached to the inner side
of the automobile, in front, to be thus
placed and filled with flowers. like a
vase of flowers in a room, grateful
object for the eyes Of the autos occu-
pants to rest upon.
Il think l shall have a flower vase
in mine. New York Sun.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-08-21
CANCER AMONG FISH.
Experiments to Discover if 1t Is Thus
Communicated to Man.

t communicated TO Wan.
The discovery that cancer is a very
t common disease with many kinds of
fish, and especially brook trout, has
| been made.
DR.. Harvey +. Gaylord, head of the
| Buffalo State Cancer Laboratory. an
nounced that scientists connected with
| that institution are now conducting
new line OF experimentation to dis
cover whether or not cancer is COM
municated to human beings by the
fish they eat or whether the water Of
streams is infected by the cancer
germ from the fish.
This new discovery on which the
cancer experts are working may give
clew to the manner in which cancer
is communicated to the human system
Heretofore cancer research had been
conducted chiefly along the lines Of
hunt for cure. The disease was
found to be most prevalent in mice
and rats, and most of the experiments
have been performed with these ami
mails as subjects.
While it is an established fact that
cancer is a common disease among
fish, there is no certainty that this
is the source Of infection of human
beings. DR.. Gaylord said:
There is no certainty that cancer
comes from fish. We are conducting
a vigorous line of experiments, how
ever, to find out if it does. These ex
periments have not gone far enough
yet to warrant giving any opinion on
the matter. The discovery that cancer
exists among fish was made by
French scientist. A study OF fish
has shown that the disease is quite
common among this species of animal
life. 1t is found that the gills OF fish
the the parts affected. The disease
is found in many varieties of fresh
water fish, and many sea fish have
also been found which are so d.
seased."
While DR.. Gaylord was quite guard
ed in his statements as to the effect
of this discovery and the result Of the
experiments which are now being car
ried on, it is known that officials OF
the State Forest, Fish and Game
Commission are much interested. In.
fected fish are now furnished to the
cancer laboratory in this city by the
state hatcheries for these experiments.
The fish experiments are being con-
Quoted along two lines-f1rst, to see
whether the fish infect the water in
which they live, and second. whether
the cancer germs are entirely de-
stroyed by the heat of cooking.
DR.. Gaylord said that this new line
of experiment had been greatly handi-
capped by the refusal of the legisla-
ture to increase the annual appropria-
ton for the laboratory. This increased
appropriation was asked to enlarge
the facilities for these experiments
on fish.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-08-21
Raw Silk Product.

The annual production of raw silk
in Indio-China may be estimated at
100000 pounds. There are many
large regions beyond those now en-
gagged in the industry which are
adapted for it's adoption, and the ad.
ministration is making considerable
efforts to encourage it. Land planted
with mulberry trees has been exempt
ed from tax for five years.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-08-21
ruE HOME COMING.
rot home-for We have been

90. bome-for We have been
~. seems forever and 2 day;
,.er,r honIesick We have grown,
o IL the word is like moan
bIgaaeeedi hearing, ana its songs as
nin,- get home-we must get home
gin!
90, home: It hurts so, staying
fond hearts must be "ep' Out
II by tear, a+ ,,soAs means. at
~. our lack. the least our nope
z rest -, of iov the more our
~, get home-we must gel nome
gain!
-. home. All is so quiet there;
~. Of loving hands on pro" anu
BIT wherein the sunshine is made
~ 1--we of the mother and the
An :, restfuI lula bies of rain
INST get home-we must
pin!
INST get home, where, as we nod ana
MINORS v., us and tiptoes through me
hu1e, -. r.ban sleeping baby
MH, Observation-Disclosures
.larchnd ewes
areans that know not taint nof
Gthly stain
q, get home-we must get nome
lin. accommodating
"A Of All ambitions otherwhere' ~,
from the feverish victory, ana the
s",est whose waste glory weighs US
4 ARREST gifts we toss back with
.rst get home-we must get nome
James Whitcomb Riley.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-08-21
Man to Be Envied.

II can't understand my husband
doctor. l am afraid there is some
thing terrible the matter with him.
What are the symptoms?'
well, l often talk to him for halt
an hour at a time and when I get
through he hasn't the least idea OF
what I've been saying
Don't worry any more about your
husband. wish I had his gift
Stray Stories.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-08-21

said be
ward everybody But he of thought his
excused multitude of his
business the
He did
she possibly could mistress OF
he had selfshy
Indeed is doubtful he the little girl he almost knocked
IT he
that she tired that could
The blind
because he
fellow
When he finally reached home he his wife with
1t thing everybody is n a hurry.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-08-21
His Limitations.

yes, indeed" averred the impecuni.
Gus party, Il enjoy automoDiles-enjoy
them very much, in fact-but | am
never carried away by them."-New
York Times.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-08-21
Cruel to Hubby.

Whats that you are SO busy writ.
ing? You're regularly perspiring over
it."
"My wife is giving an address on
'Woman's Rights tomorrow, and |
am preparing it for her" -Lustige
Blaetter.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-08-21

0VERTY SHORE
coURTsHIPS.
re Of True Love Smooth and
Expenses Down to q
r1inimum.
t$$*+++ r + r + + r +

Knen I was a boy" said Wildcat
kus, nobody along Poverty Shore
heard Of this new disease they
nce suicide. Instead Of having to
10 let a girl chase him down and
bin in q corner and compel him TO
b, every young man used to 60
ING for the girls as much as the
hunted the men, and the. result
hat almost everybody got mar
hight away and went coasting or
\ farm crops to help in making a
N reason why so many young
et married when l was young
that 1t did not cost more than a
vu worth to 60 counting. II
n . good pair of boots. a white
md clean worsted comforter a
man could court a nice girl all
It . cost Of not more than Is
Iaweek.
7 tell you how twas done-that
vi used to do, and I've been mar
taree times, and ought to know.
y old man, for that is what We
the girls father, used to pro-
most everything needed in the
hs line in those old days. He
lAed the front parlor and the kerr
lamp and the open fireplace and
WE'D and split the wood that was
! u the fireplace all through the
mp. And he furnished the girl.
kfellow used to drop around af-
allking on Sunday evenings, and
y had taken supper with the
y md talked for q time with the
y about the price of cordwood
- prospects for a heavy run of
The next spring the girl would
ue parlor fire and call him in 10
- eat apples and look over the
photograph album, inside Of
we're the pictures Of all the fell
80 had entertained since she was
nally Sunday evening was the
ume set aside for counting pur-
mt after the young man had
scQuainted and got the run of
- there used to be meetings
nr special purposes two or three
week. As a rule the young
uo not sit up so long at the
q meetings as they did at the
seasions, though some of them
y after midnight.
@e young man had to do was to
% the sofa and eat the old
Nes and warm himself by the
wood and let his money &C.
until he had enough to start
png. There were no theatre
WEIGH rabbits cooked IN
usnes. or boxes Of chocolates
@ss to keep his mind away
business in hand and steal
me change he could earn.
. man gave continuous free
lom the time the girl asked
oeau into the house until
= to call on the minister. after
= favors were shown on ac-
!. hnship. ~ "
! ncall the events now think
0pense l went to in a win
ung at any time was buying
= carry to the girl. When I
my boots and combed nv
Boston twist with a long
sesn the back of my head,
mo the grocery story and
- ears of lady finger pop
ne cents and put them in
eetet and went to call.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-08-21

During the last seventeen years
American coal mines have killed o.
$40 men, made at last 10000
widows and upward of 10000 or.
phans.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-08-21

Each American Fourth Of July
costs. approximately, 500 lives. with
injuries to 1000 other merrymskers.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-08-21
3T"@a~ar~ ~""~~2'@.1
II Man In q Hurry
= = =
-M~~NN@C
Ev ". I. ChiLds

MAN in hurry He acted like It, He squeezed ana
pushed through the crowded side OF the street
something the greatest Importance depended upon
his occurred him that he could make
progress the other side of the street which was not
crowded that he would be less mpeded on another
parallel street.
Now and then he would be heard to Excuse mel
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-08-21
S%,~oH~ ~Nr~bcE3
zinc0ln's Remarkable {
Intellect !
BY George L. Knapp =
Intellect
BY George L. Knapp

We put aside the popular preconcepons OF Lincoln ana
look instead the recorded facts shall find evidence VI
MS remarkable intellect OF his adut career
In his youth indeed he had the misty vagarles proper "
youth and like great he maturity late
But from the time that he entered seriously MS HE
work. his almost reverent
regard by all who close to him. In sense he was
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-08-21


compelling deception lying sefdefense
goes that ongcontnued herediy
speak-has
the
In
woman's fbs.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-08-21

"h and he lacked enables
fight we'll as
soo one LnconS intellect
ate bubbles virulent
crooked dealing
way which had
once on the central
same qualities
his
his goal
ton to Douglas,
MS friends thought he had thrown his and that OF his
better He Douglas the
but him the
the struggle He the
aer-Ap
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-08-21
30-@rG- .Q~.er nye~,
Uhy Uon1an Lies :. !
~ Marcel Pre0ost in Paris Figaro
,4~- o..<>~e3
~ Marcel PreU0St /

kept when in love- much less given to lying than
his onghared companion There good for this
Primeval man, who controlled woman by the right OF
the at least the stronger had heed for
lying to make life pleasant for himself he saw it,
Woman the other hand, slave using her in
telgence in slave fashon-that is rank egoist. Her
prime object in life please her lord
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-03-04

We recently saw letter from VIM.
Underwood. Of Patchogue. y. Y. adj
dressed TO the John \. SalZer Seed Co.,
Box G. La Crosse. Wis. that has this
To say:
II planted Salzer's Independence
Corn. sold 1000 ears before the first
Sweet Corn of other gardeners around
Long Island was ready to eat. | sold
them as high as $3.50 per zoe ears.
II planted Salzer's Earliest Cucumber
seed and first, last and all the time
think ;hat SalZcr's Earliest are the
greatest | ever saw. They are such
hearers, and SO fine"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-03-04
butter from Whey

At Rodman Village, Jefferson Coun-
ty, New York, the st. Lawrence Dairy
Products Company has erected a plant
for the manufacture of butter from
whey, and about twenty-five factories
are supplying it with separator cream
taken from whey. The butter made is
said to be equal to best creamery but
ter The loss of butterfat In cheese
making has long troubled factorymen,
it being found impossible to incorporate
all the fat in the cheese. The new sys-
TEN appears TO have solved the ques-
ton. and patrons are netting about
24c additional per 100 pounds from
this source. The whey Is said to be
worth as much for feeding as before,
and does not sour as soon, being run
through the separator at a higher tenn
perature than under the old method,
rctardng the action Of Tactic acid.
About four pounds Of butter is obtain
ed from 1000 pounds of whey