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Macon beacon., 1909-11-19

Hon.. Walter Price and Mr.. w. E.
Stokes on Thursday addressed the boys
of the ANgood Mill, and the two neigh
boring schools, at Allgood's Mill on the
subject. of boys corn club. A great
deal of interest," was manifested, though
the attendance would doubtless have
been much larger had the meeting
beeI more widely advertised,
Prof. Lloyd Of the A.. and N. will
soon be in the county organizing Boys
Corn Clubs, and Messrs. Price and
and Stokes work was in. paving the
way for hislorganizing campaign.
There is no movement fraught with
more hope for agricultural betterment
in the State than this one of getting
the farmers of the next generation in
terested in the growing of corn. Corn
comes very near being the staff of life
IN this section for all its having been
neglected for cotton consistently from
generation to generation. Noxubee
county abounds in the finest of corn
land, and it's corn translated into beef
and pork. for home use and sale, would
mean to its farmers absolute financial
Independence consumation devoutly
to be wished - ,..oi- , CO &C. sxe5 -
ELECT, the flour that never. fails,
for sale by -. F.'-ra- s.:.aa g: E4ARDEN.
Macon beacon., 1909-11-19
TRUSTEES SALE.

The State of Mississippi. Noxubee County.
By virture of the provisions of a certain deed
of trust executed by Annie L. Gurley and A.
Jack Gurley on the third day of April. 1902 to
Frances B. Hoffman as trustee, to secure to
certainIndebtedness therein mentioned. said trust
deed being recorded in Deed Book No. 7S, page
356 in Chancery Clerks Office in said county. /.
the undersigned as Substitute trustee. will on
Thursday the 18th day of November 1909. in
front of the door of the Court House in the city
of Macon said county. proceed to sell atauction;t0
the highest bidder for cash. the following lands
in Noxubee County. Miss to-wit:
North East quarter of North West quarter In
Section (23) Twenty Three, and North West
quarter of South West quarter Section Q41 Four
teen; South East quarter of South West Wlarter
Section I14] Fourteen. All in Townphip (l3l
Thirteen of Range C16] Sixteen.
The property mentioned in said trust deed to
satisfy said indebtedness and the cost of the pro-
ceeding. GEO. RICHARDSON,
This Oct. 81. 19O9 Substitute Trtstee.
Macon beacon., 1909-11-19
Notice, Contractors.

Sealed bids invited to be opened by
the board of supervisors of Noxubee
county at Macon, Miss, on Tuesday,
Decem ber 7th, 1909, at O'Clock, m.
for repair of the court house, as per
plans and specifications on file with the
undersigned, prepared by G. E. Ard, en-
gineer and architect, of StarkVille,
Mississippi.
A certified check for $3.50, payable to
the Board of Supervisors of Noxubee
county, Miss" must accompany bid,
check Of successful bidder to be for
feitel, if contract, to De approved by
the architect. and bond, in penalty ot
bid, be not executed in ten days after
award of contract.
Bids on percentage basis also invited
The right tO reject any or all bids re-
served.
By order of the Board on this Nov.
Sd, 1909. JOHN A. TYSON, Clerk.
Macon. Miss.
Macon beacon., 1909-11-19
The South for the Farmers.

The Importance of the farm in
the life and industry of the ma
ton is being again fully recog-
nized. 1t is the one industry
that is not struck down by panic
or financial stringency. Mills
may close and factories suspend,
mines may cease to operate when
the money market is demoraliz-
ed and the demand for their out
put declines; but through good
times and bad the farmer is at
work, for we always need his
products. We must eat and we
must be clothed. and therefore
corn and wheat and cotton are
grown whatever may be the con-
dition of Wall street.
These facts are perhaps better
recognized to day than ever be-
fore, as we now see that it was
through its farm products,
through the surplus of the crops
sold to Europe, and which fed
and clothed the people of that
continent. that the United States
was able to recover from the de-
preston of 1907 in so short q
time. THE farms the thing, -
we have learned; and the coun-
try is prepared to do full justice
to agriculture as the basis of
national prosperity.
It is, therefore, specially graft
flying on this occasion to see the
tribute paid the South as the ag-
ricultural center and hope of the
country, its protection against
Generalization and business de-
preston. 'The place for the
farmer now is the South" said
Secretary Wilson of the United
States Department af Agricul-
ture. in an address before the
National Farmers Congress at
Macon beacon., 1909-11-19
To The Public.

The Gem Pharmacy Macon's' new
up-to-date drug store will open its
doors to the public next Thursday with
complete line of the best drugs and
chemicals money can buy. Every
thing is new, fresh and clean. Our
soda fountain is the very latest model
and is strictly sanitary in, construction,
and will be kept satisfactory. We
have the latest hot soda apparatus for
serving hot drinks. Our parlor for the
ladies and gentlemen is fitted with
comfortable chris ard tables for the
pleasure of those who wish to be seat
ed while drl king. -.. ~ .
Our prescription department. is
equipped with all the modern conven
fences known to modern pharmacy. 1t
will be opened by Mr.. E. E. Hammond,
who is a man of broad experience in
the largest prescription department OF
this country. and is registered in this
state and county.
We have faith in the good people of
Macon, and the surrounding country,
and believe they are as capable of en-
joying the best of everything as well
as any people. We are here to So
licit a liberal share of your patronage.
and will treat you so as to merit it.
We are in the new Hotel Macon build
ing. We will serve the public samples
of our drinks and ices from to s
o'cI0ok on Tnasdav next
E E HAMMOND, Mgr.
Macon beacon., 1909-11-19
CHURCHES.
BAPTIST.

Layman's Rally Sunday at II a m.
and p. m. The idal churdh is the one
in which all of her members are ac-
tivly at work for the advancement of
Kingdom interests. The world will
soon be Evangelical when all of our
Laymen feel their responsibility in
carrying the message to their jellous
come to the Baptist church Sunday.
and hear about it.
Sunday School at 10, be on hand,
bring your dollar if possible for the
building fund. If not possible do not
stay away. Come.
ssAt eleven the service will be in the
hands of Mr.. J. w. Deupree, Chair
man of Layman's movement in this
association. President whitfield of
the l. I. & c. will speak at both ser
vices, II a. m. and z p. m. Other
Laymen will take part.
At 6 O'Clock Young Peoples Meeting.
The regular services during the
week, we give special invitation to
travelling men and stranger to be pres
ent with us Sunday. At all of these
services
Macon beacon., 1909-11-19
COMMISSIONERS SALE.
StSts SosGbea of mcsisHiRpi coanty In chanoey Cour

Ste aosUbee Uf micsaSSlRp' coIntY In Chancery Court
Mrs. S. B. Harper, ct AL,
No. 1921, VS..
Taylor Freeman, Jr.
By virtue of a decree of the Chancerv Court
of said County. rendered in the above sytIed
cause on the 2Sth day of October, A. D..
1909 at the October Term A. D., 1909 Of said
Court. /. the Undersigned, duly appointed
Special Commissioner Of said Court will on
Monday, the 9th day of December A. D. 1 300
between the hours of eleven O'Clock A. NJ
and four O'Clock P. M. sell at public Outcry, at
the west door of the Court House in said
Noxubee County, to the highest bidder or
bidders, for cash upon conformation
The folio wing described real estate, situat-
cd in the County of Noxubee. in the State Of
Mississippi. to wit:
The w. u OfN. w. = less 16 acres off the
East side thereof, less the w u of the S. W.
"a Of the N. w. II; and o acres off the South
end of the e. u of the N. w, IL of Section 20.
more or lie g..
Dated this the 20 day of October, A. D.,
1909. JNO. A. TYSON
Commissioner.
Macon beacon., 1909-11-19
The Boil Weevl.


question but that the boil weevil
shas travelled some fifty miles or
more across the State of Mississ-
ippi during the present year, and
that his course has been North
and East, says the Clarion Ledger.
These pests were first discovered
in Mississippi in the country of
Adams and other counties in the
Southwestern portion of the
State. That was about two years
ago, and he has been getting in
his work ever since.
The government experts sound
ed the note of warning, but the
great majority of the farmer of
that district seemed to have an
idea that they were crying
"wolf," when there was no wolf.
However, it has been proven that
there was a wolf, more than one,
and that he has done a great deal
of damage.
1t is stated that in the county
of Adam twenty-five thousand
bales of cotton used to be raised.
The year after the advent of the
weevil the farmers of that county;
produced about one-half of an av-
erage crop and this year they
made practically nothing-three
thousand bales covering all that
the farmers of Adams have to
their credit.
These are facts that crop out in
the report of Commissioner
Blakeslee in his annual address.
He told the convention of Con-
missioners that he had been on
the scence, and that he had look
ed for himself, finding conditions
just as he had been told.
Mr.. Blakeslee states in his ad-
dress, printed elsewhere, that
there are localities eaten up by
the boil weevil, where the far
mers are doing better than they
ever did in their lives. The com
ing of the weevil has forced them
to change their tactics and i'm
prove their methods of farming.
The old cotton planter has been
forced to plant something else,
and is now living at home, pros
pering and making some money. |
The march of the weevil is slow,
but steady and sure. That he
will soon cover the State of Miss
issippi there is 20 rC a 'on to doubt
He has been in the State but two
years and has covered about one
fourth of the territory. He is
North and East, slowly
but surely. He is now up to the
city Of jackson and has crossed
the line of the Gulf and Ship Is
land Railroad. There is nothing
to stop him, but he may be out
witted to a considerable extent. |
The burning of cotton stalks is
said to be the best method of
lighting him, and the farmers in
his path would do we'll to follow
the advice of the men who have
been assisting in his eradication
for the past several years.
Macon beacon., 1909-11-19

The lot SO K 120 feet, lying north of
Mr.. Nicholson's shop, and in the north
west corner of Block 9 in Macon, Miss.
/ will sell this lot for the amount it is
assessed for taxes, $500.
Apply to J. III. BUCK.
Earmers' Union Meeting.
The Noxubee County Farmers I'm
ion is hereby called to meet in Shuqua-
lax on Friday, Nov. 26th, 1909. A full
attendance is requested.
J. E. SENNETT, Secretary.
Macon beacon., 1909-11-19
Cut Glass! Cut Glass |!

We have handled Cut Glass for
about fifteen years but never be-
fore have we brought on such a
large and selected stock of these
goods than this year.
We have also some Fancy Lamps.
Our goods are as good as anybodys,
and our prices are right. When in
need of cut glass remember us.
c. L. HEINRICH'S
3O-4t Crystal and China Palace.
Macon beacon., 1909-11-19
Lot for Sale.

The old Episcopal church lot oppo-
site residence of T. w. Brane is for
sale. The title to the same has been
perfected and absolute conveyanc. can
be made. For prices apply to the under
signed. T. w. BRAME,
1k-19tf. Nh. HARRISON
Macon beacon., 1909-11-19
LANDS WANTED,

1 am now in communication with
Northern parties who wish to buy de-
sirable home in the South. Those hav-
ing lands to sell may find it to their in
terest to call on me.
11-12-OS J. E. RIVES.
Macon beacon., 1909-11-19
M. M. BROWN,
DENTIST.
Office in Dorroh building.
Hours o-12; Ia O'Clock.


A young man will be taken to board
in family whose home is convenient to
town and with ali modern conveniences.
| Apply at Beacon Office
Macon beacon., 1909-11-19

To the ladies' who do not care to go
to the trouble of making their fruit
cake for Christmas, we wish to say,
that our baker is prepared to make any
size and kind of cake, one could wish
prices reasonable and quality guaran-
teed. C.. HARDEN.
Macon beacon., 1909-11-19
Will Close Thanksgiving.

We the undersigned merchants
and business men of Macon do
hereby agree to close our doors for
thanksgiving, Thursday, Novem-
Der 25th. This paper is not bind
ing unless all the merchants sign,
and notice is published in two
issues of The MACON REACON
Macon beacon., 1909-11-19

The public are hereby notified that
the lands of the Noxubee Farming Co.,
known as the Griggs place is posted
and all parties, especially hunters are
warned not to tresspass on the same,
Noxubee Farming Coz
Macon beacon., 1909-11-19
NOTICE

Bids, to be opned on 1st. Monday Of
December. 1909, are invited for work
ing levee for the year 1910 as per re-
quirements of order.
By order of the Board.
This November 4th, 1909.
JOHN A. TYSON, Clerk.
Macon beacon., 1909-11-19
Oliver typewriter fer Sale.

= A practical new. second hand, .OliYer
typewriter for sale cheap. Apply at
Beacon office. .....
Macon beacon., 1909-11-19
For Sale.

For Sale.
My house and lot in city of Macon
now occupied by Mr.. Westmoreland,
Address MRS. M. T. HELM,
Brooksville, Miss.
Macon beacon., 1909-11-19
Walter ConnOr's Uptown Office.

Walter Connor's uptown office is now
with Mr.. w. P. Minor, four doors south
of M. and F. Bank Phone No. 35,
when wanting a livery team or bus.
Macon beacon., 1909-11-19

All hunters are hereby warned not to
tresspass by hunting or otherwise on
my place six miles east of Macon.
Dogs will be. killed and hunter pros
ecuted. L. F. COLE.
Macon beacon., 1909-11-19

We have just received our line Of
Raisins, Currants, Citron, plain and
stuffed figs, and dates for your Christ
mas cake. C., HARDEN.
Macon beacon., 1909-11-19
Brick! Brickll

1 have for sale kiln of good, hard
brick. l.. G. CLINE.
Macon beacon., 1909-11-19
hyaCinth Bulbs for Sale.

/ would be pleased to have orders
placed early as I wish to plant all that
do not dis pose of very soon.
MRS. j. L FORD.
Macon beacon., 1909-11-19
BERKSHIRE HOGS.

Three boars and eleven gifts, descen-
dantS of such noted boars as Master
piece, Baron Longfellow, I'd, Gregory
the Great and other most noted hogs
The grand sire of some of these gifts
sold at public auction for $3, 200.
Macon beacon., 1909-11-19
w. E. AVERY,
.Jeweler-EngraVer,
has the stock

50 get out your pOcketbOOk
count over is contents, estimate your
necessary expenditures, and you will
find that you can secure something
worth the having hero with the balance.
It may be only stickpin, it may be a
ring-perchance q watch. Whatever it
is we cen suit your purse every time
and give value for your money.
Agent for Parker's Fountain Pen.
Macon beacon., 1909-11-19
SHORTHORN CATTLE

Bull and three.heifers of the best and
most fashionable breeding, whose an
cestors have won the highest honors in
the show rings of Scotland and Amer
ica. This bull is nearly related to the
shall. that was sold to AMI owned by
MI. J. B Haggin of Lexington, KY,
for the price of $4,000.
Macon beacon., 1909-11-19

One buck and ten ewes, imported from
England with seven eve lambs.
Buck bred by Sir Thomas Cooper and
nephews; ewes bred by such noted
breeders as j. Harding, r. Bach, ]. R.
Adderly, A. Hayes, w. Oakley.
New-York tribune., 1909-12-05
LAW OF GRAVITY VIOLATED

WTATER seeks rs level Do Is an expression
w heard So frequently as o. be- almost trlte.
and vet the law has IT'S exception There are
conditions under which water actually flows
inward and rises above It's source. i glass
tube be dipped INTO water. the column inside
VIII be above the level Of the surrounding sur
face Moreover II a tube Of hall the diameter
be substituted the column doubles lts height
The water Creeps along the inside Of the tube
owing % The adhesion and forms q cup shaped
depression at the top.
An explanation IS not difficult II can be
rr0ved r1athe1naticallv that # the diameter OF
CIRCLE be diminished 0ne-haf the cIrcumter-
enre IS also reduced 70 that extent while the
area IS 0ue-fOurth ~ It's former value The cT-
r,1r1ference Of the column Of water being re
ar,ced 0ne-haf its contact with the glass. and
hence the adhesive force. Is also diminished
that extent while the cross section, and hence
the weight is decreased % a fourth ~ what II
was before. Therefore. the second column can
be twice the height Of the first without exceed
ing the lifting power.
Remarkable as the underlying principles oi
This phenomenon undoubtedly are. Nature
made use of them long before man made their
discovery Every tree and flower adds IT'S ties
tirnonv The core OF tree or plant, instead OF
h-ing a single open channel, consists OF d
e,.o,n0elike substance containing many ulnia-
ti,re tunnels through which the sap and
r9oist,lre collected by the roots flow upward IN
er,su rivrllets rising higher and higher, IN
sheer defiance # the great law OF gravity
New-York tribune., 1909-12-05
- ANOTHER's SHOES "

THE expression. stepping into another s
L shoe ike many another common phrase,
b.d rs origin m an ancient custom.
The old Morse law required that person 70
h. adopted must step INTO a previously pre-
,,,reS shoe This shoe was made from the SKIN
ts[en from the night hind leg OF a three WIN
Tb- SIN was tiaved from above the hook,
"a ,,,,t m tins the shoe was made The person
- he adopted stepped into tins shoe taking
~, ms arms. one al a time u is presumed the
,.,,,,,,,,-r sons of the man making the Adoption
Il ,bsre yVerr also sons who were ui age. they
-,..,,,,,.d into the shoe afteTward by tins sign
ti,,I,no, fb,.ir consent 20 the adoption.
= nm ir this way could adopt IN ille5itIrnate
-, -,.Ling him his lawful heir, but IN that
-. tb, father was obliged % step INTO the shoe
-, n there were any full grown sons, they
a,.1,ed INTO the shoe atterWard, II there were
- nm crown sons. then the next Of KIN did the
e,.,,,ine and without his consent, 10y the way,
~ isT.cial adoption could not be made.
Wifnrsses % the ceremony m the use oi the
-. ,.-er,. required 10 establish its legality.
n, will be Seen that this was considered an
;,,,ortant ceremony and, SINCE SO much shoe
e,..I,r,ng" was done, Il IS not strange that the
.S5fTrssion as now used passed into common
speech.
New-York tribune., 1909-12-05
Do You Know?
Perhaps You Do
Perhaps You Don't

FEW people are familiar with the fact that
the sacred beetle OF the old Egyptians was
nothing more OF less than our tumblebug Il
was no doubt the arduOus labors OF the insect
that won their admiration. Eggs are lald only
one II q time, and as soon as one Is laid the
scarabaeUs makes It's way % the droppIngs Of
some herb eating animal takes away a small
mass, and places the single egg II the center
Later Il forms with II spherical ball the size Of
which Is often larger than It's own body. When
the ball Is finished the insect takes Il with IT'S
two crooked hind feet and pushing IL back
ward. rolls II N every direction.
BY dInt Of much labor and perseverance the
bah becomes smooth and rounded and tOlerablv
hard Sometimes. however, II the place IS hlllv
the ball gets away and rolls into the tall grass
and IS lost. Iu this event the insect searches
diligently N every nook and corner. and II no
success crowns Its efforts another egg Is Lard and
the process repeated. The ball when quite
smooth and IN what the sCarabRus considers
proper condition. IS placed n a hole previously
dug bv the insect. and the work Is finished as
Tar as y IS concerned.
II was because Of these remarkable labors
that Il became the sacred scarabRus and sym
bol Of feCundlty among the Egyptians. and Its
image lives today II thousands OF sCulDtured
rocks from the mouth Cf the Nile 70 hundreds
Cf miles inland. It's labors also reminded the
ancient Egyptians 0f the labors ~ their gods
ISIS and osiris. Therefore. II IS seen every
where on the bottom ornaments Of theI- tenn
plies having the earth ball. which Is the emblem
~ the globe placed between rs legs.
The images Of these beetles, carved IN
precious stones are often found IN the sar-
cophagi. and sometimes even dried remains OF
the insects themselves l. IS only right o. say.
however. that the Egyptian variety IS claimed
o. make It's earth balls from the mud ot the
Nile. In almost every conceivable place IN
ancient Egypt this sacred beetle was displayed
There are stone ones IN the British Museum
from three L. four feet long. and they have
been found carved n marble. agate. garnet
and gold.
New-York tribune., 1909-12-05
FOR MEN

Delightful after shaving the
skin and replenisheS the cuticle removed
by the razor.
II not on sale in your community and
YOU wish 10 give "Sempre Giovine"
a trial. send SOC. tor full size package
or lOc. 10 cover cost OF mailing and q
/ Will gladly send you a sample ~
briduette with directions for using. .o
|S am
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Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-03-23
No Word From America
Which Assembled For Pasa-
dena Saturday Afternoon
Disappearing in SierraS.
SEARCHING PARTIES IN
VAIN SC0UR COUNTRY
Hope That Gas Bag May Have
Decended in Desert and 0C-
cupantS Are Making Way
to Civilization OH Foot.
lBy Morning Journal Special Lessed wlr.J

Il
Los Angeles. Cal, March 22.-For
more than fifty hours tonight. friends
Of the two men who aScended from
Tournament park in Pasadena at 3
O'Clock Saturday afternoon in the big
Ferris balloon America have been
without word of them or the slight
est knowledge of the fate that has
taken the intrepid aviators. As far
as information here Goes no human
being has caught sig gIt Of the huge
gas bag, since 1t rose above the park
enclosure in sight OF 5000 enthus-
iastic sightseers, with its load of hu-
man freight and carried by stiff
breeze sailed majestically into the
low hanging clouds that lay far down
on the mountain sides and disappear
ed from view Of the gathered thrOng.
The belief that some tragic fate has
befallen the men which formed the
party has led to the formation OF
many relief expeditions into various
parts of the Sierra Madres, directly
over which the stI ong current drew
the balloon, where it had reached an
ltitude OF but a f,w4 thou.sand feet.
There are three distinct mountain
ranges before the MOiave desert is
reached. fifty miles north of Pasa-
dena. If the balloon is able to sail
over this fifty mile stretch of serried
IlOulnHll tiidlilS ana Noilt " tfti III
on the Mojave desert there is hope
that the occupants Of the basket af-
ter tramping many weary miles may
be able to reach shelter, food and
safety If the balloon was not able
to cross the Sierras and was brought
down among the mountains, only a
miracle can save the men from death
from exposure and starvation.
Through r. L. Carlton. chief of the
government forestry ranges Oh the
San Gabriel reserve, word has been
sent to all of the rangers to take the
trails at once and cover all of the
mountainous district posts during the
night. The Elks' lodge of Pasadena,
two members of which are among the
missing party. will send out an expe-
dition tonight.
searching party is scheduled to
leave this city tonight in automobiles
and proceed as far into the foothills
as may be found possible, following
the wagon trail TO Barley Flats.
Decp snow covers the trail in places
and it is not thought probable that
the party can go far but will be able
to carry warm clothing and provis-
ions, which can be conveyed further
into the mountain Businesses by men
on foot.
Captain Mueller is the only exper-
fenced aeronaut in. the party