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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-07-15
ATTRACTED BY THE GOSPEL
Koreans Have Shown Themselves
Willing and Anxious TO Hear
the Word.

Rev. C. T. Collyer writes as follows
In the london Christian:
1T Is more TIM twenty-one years
since I first LETT home for the mission
field Never have I known of people
being so ready to lear the Gospel as
are the Koreans Just now. l have had
the privilege of doing a good deal Of
personal work during the past few
weeks. Without stretching the point,
I can say l have had personal con-
versat1on with several hundreds OF
heather. Not one to whom l have
spoken but has acknowledged that he
must become a Christian. The young
empress of Korea has not been ma
king good progress with her studies,
so 1t was felt she ought to have some
young lady companions Who are used
to study. A young lady from our
school was chosen for this position.
She has bee In the palace less than a
month, but she has found many Oppor-
tunities of witnessing for her Lord,
with the result that her majesty has
definitely set one hour each day for
the study of Christianity, and ordered
that a Bible n hymn-bOok should
be procured for her. 1t has been my
privilege to order a specially bound
copy Of the New Testament for her"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-07-15
Foxy Hiram.

Well, now, If that amt surprising!"
calculated Mrs. Ryetop, as she shaded
her eyes with her hand. There goes
old Hiram Skinfint, and rather than
step on a poor black ant he picked it
up, and / bet he is going to drop 1t
somewhere out of the reach Of dan
GER"
Her husband laughed knowingly.
mot Hiram Skinfint, Mandy. He'll
go down to Jed Weatherby's general
store and order a pound of graduated
sugar. Then while Jed is looking an
other way he'll drop the ant among
the grains and tell Jed as long as his
sugar has ants in it he ought to sell 1t
at half price. Like as not he'll try to
get Jed to throw In two or three
raisins and a yeastcake. You don't
know Hiram Skinfint."
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-07-15
What's tho Answer

We're ready to quit! After sending
two perfectly rhymed, carefully scan
ned, pleasurably sentimental pieces OF
poetic junk to seventeen magazines
and having them returned seventeen
times, we turn to the current issue OF
q new monthly and find a "pome'
modelled after Kipling's Vampire"
and In which home is supposed to
rhyme with alone, run on page eleven
with all the swell curlycues ordinarily
surrounding a piece of real art If
poetizing is a gift we are convinced
that this poets must have been. AS
for us, we are on our way to the wood
shed to study the psychology Of the
ak or n other old thing that hasn't
to do with selling poetry to maya
zines.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-07-15

Many have the idea that anything
viii sell If advertised strong enough.
This Is a great mistake. True, O
few sales might be made by adver1s-
ing an absolutely worthless article but
1t Is only the article hat Is bought
again and again that pays. An ex-
ample Of the big uccess of a worthy
article is the enormous sale that has
grown up for C~ascarets Candy Cathar-
tic. This wonderful record is the result
Of great merit successfully made known
through persistent advertising and the
mouth-to-mouth recommendation given
Cascarets by its friends and users
Like all great successes, trade pi-
rates prey on the unsuspecting public,
by marketing fake tablets similar in
appearance to Carcarets. Care should
always be exercised IN purchasing well
advertised goods, especially an article
that has a national sale like Cascar-
cts. Do not allow q substitute to be
palmed of on you.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-07-15
A Protection AGAINST the Heat.

When you begin to think it's a per
sonal matter between you and the sun
to see which is the hotter, buy your
self a glass or a bottle OF COca-Cola.
1t is cooling-relieves fatigue and
Quenches the thirst. Wholesome as
the purest water and lots nicer to
drink. At soda fountains and car
donated in bottles-5c everywhere.
Send &c stamp for booklet The Truth
About Coca-Cola" and the Coca-Cola
Baseball Record Book for 1910. The
latter contains the famous poem
Casey At The Bat" records. schedules
for both leagues, and other valuable
baseball information compiled by au-
thorities. Address The Coca-Cola Co.,
Atlanta, Ga.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-07-15
The MIser of Sac Harbor.

ECONOMY" said Daniel w. Field.
the millionaire shoe manufacturer of
Boston, who at the age of fOrty-flve
has entered Harvard, economy is es-
sential to wealth, but by economy
don't mean niggardliness.
Two many men fail to attain to
wealth because they practise a
c~heeseparing and mean economy that
gets everybody down on them.
They practise, in fact, an economy
like hat of old William Brewster of
Sag Harbor. William, you know, would
never buy oysters because he couldn't
eat shells and ALL"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-07-15
GOT PHOTOGRAPH OF PANTHER
Exciting Experience Which Few Mem
bers Of the Party Care to Go
Through Again.

A panther Is lot easily killed, and
will often revive with very unpleasant
results, as on a certain occasion in the
Deccan. He appeared to be quite
dead, and one of the spectators rushed
up with a Gamers on a stand to obtain
a picture of the supreme moment. He
got his photograph, and, strange to
say, 1t survived what followed; but no
sooner had he taken it than the pan
ther revived, tore himself loose, and
went for the photographer. Somehow
the man escaped, but the camera was
sent flying, and, disconnected by his
encounter with 1t, the panther turned
and made for the nearest tree, up
which he went as quickly as a monkey.
Now, the tree was crowded with In,
terested spectators, and for three or
-four strenuous seconds (until the
panther vas shot) we enjoyed a spec
tacle Of natives dropping 10 earth with
loud thuds like ripe plums from a
Jungle tree as the panther approached
them.-Wide World Magazine.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-07-15
Ignorant
of
Causes
of Insanity
By DR.. CARL A. WICKLAND

DR.. William H. Thompson, physician to the Roosevelt hospital, New
York, has alluded to the unexpected discovery that insanity is not a dis
ease of the brain, because n anatomical investigation, microscopical OF
otherwise, can show the least difference between either brain cell or fiber
of person dying insane and the healthy brain of one killed in al accident
The underlying cause that" the symptoms indicate is ignored and this
principally because it leads to the unpopular subject, namey-demoniaca
or spirit obsesaon.
On the other hand, research in abnormal psychology has so far ad
vanced that it has now become feasible to transfer the insanity, in giver
cases, to a psychic sensitive who exhibits all the symptoms of the insane
patient, with the result that the latter is relieved. This has actually beer
done in a number of cases and if carried out O. a large scale would soor
solve the problem which confronts every state institution in the land
When the medical profession becomes willing to devote more aHen
ton to the psychical side for causes more rapid progress will be made
in tn. treatment and cure of insanity.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-07-15
Mississippi News


Inspired by the marked improve
ment in the bodybuilding in Bolivar
county within the past year, the peo-
pie have decided to call a good
roads convention" to be held at Cleve-
and in the near future. The cOnven-
ton will be under the auspices of the
cleveland Business liens League, who
have asked the board of supervisors
Of the county to cooperate with them
in extending the invitation to the peo-
pie all over the state, and from any
other place where parties are interest
&c enough in the good roads owe
ment to come.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-07-15
UnClean
Fly Our
Worst
Enemy

The 1y by its nature is a filthy thing. The fly is born in filth,
feeds upon filth and takes naturally to filth. Then he enters our homes
and promenades upon our meats, our fruits, our bread; he falls into coffee,
he gets into u milk, he gets into u sugar bowl. He leaves the bacteria
of q dozen O. more diseases o. and in the food W eat.
To prove this, catch a half-dozen flies and put them under a micro
scope. There you may see the bacnIi. To prove them dangerous 5acini
take them to some medical laboratory and you will find the truth of my
statement
The common house fly is the worst enemy we have and our landlords
should be compelled to screen the doors and windows OF his houses anil
fats to protect the tenantG
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-07-15

Eminent alienists agree that clinics re-
veal nothing of the causes of insanity.
DR.. W. N. Coplin, director of the
phia, says: "Insanity in most cases is un-
accompanied by any perceptible change in
the brain structure. The brain of the pa
tient, when examined under a microscope.
shows absolutely nothing which differs in
any way from the appearance of the brain
of a perfectly sound person."
DR.. A. w. Campbell, another authority,
says: "~Insanity neither affects nor disar-
ranges the brain structurallY."
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-07-15

historian, an eloquent orator, or a merchant prince,
but that with a noble purpose, a high endeavor and a
useful end in view you shall make yourself master
in your line.
There is a place for everybody, and when a man
is on the right track he will know it by the way things
run. If you have been boring away in the anne hole
for years without striking oil, either your auger is too
short or you are in the wrong hole. When a man has
found his true calling he will not find nature putting
any barriers in his path. In the right place you will
be resourceful and happy, you will expand and grow
and be at least comparatively successful.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-07-15
An Answer In Kind.

How did the trouble in the family
start?"
The wife, it seems, got tired of her
husbands heavy wit"
Why didn't she simply make a
light retort?"
she did. She threw the lamp at
him"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-07-15

1.-THE Deserted Village" Cromwell was a farmer at forty, and Grant a
tanner at thirtyeght, although the latter had fitted himself for his great
life work by military education at West Point.
No maj will ever do his best until he fills his proper niche. Many an
ambitious parent forces a boy to become either a doctor, a lawyer or a
preacher, and thus defeated, disappointed and dispirted, the boy who
might have become a successful farmer, a good blacksmith Or a merchant
prince.
There are many fathers who think it their divine right to dictate the
boys calling in life. Handel, the great composer, as set aside for the
law, and his father, a physician, did all he could to destroy the boys fond
ness for music.
The parents of Bach meanly denied the boy a candle so that he had
to copy his music by moonlight.
Calico, discoverer of the pendulum, inventor of both the microscope
and the telescope, a set apart by his parents for a physician, but he
would hide his physiology and on the quiet work out the most difficult
problems in mathematics.
Lorraine, the painter, was apprentced by his parents to a pastry cook
while Arkwrights parents apprentced him to barber.
John Jacob Astors father intended to make a butcher of his son,
which determination caused the boy to run away from his home in Ger
many and brought him to America.
There can be no greater mistake O n the part of the parent than to
seek to bend the boys design where his genius does not incline. The
world does not demand that any man shall be a famous lawyer, a skilful
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-07-15

c. T. Ames, director Of the branch
agricultural experiment station of Hol
ly Springs, gives his experiences in
raising alfalfa, in which he says:
"Plantings of alfalfa made Septem,
Der "a, 1909, were cut May 5 and June
6 of this year, giving a yield of one
ton Of hay per acre at each cutting,
and are now fast approaching the
third cutting, which promises equally
as good a yield.
paintings made March 8 Of this
year were cut June 6, averaging 26
inches in height, and giving a yield
Of one and one-half tons per acre.
These paintings are now headed for
the second cutting"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-07-15

Dr.. w. T. Lovrey, director of the
summer normal at Clinton, states that
out Of an enrolment of 31S there are
oil who went into the examination.
This is a most gratifying showing for
the great success of the normal in the
work that has been accomplished.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-07-15

Is there on law or any feature of our
sanitary laws that will compel landlords
to provide screens for the doors and win
dows of houses and flats to protect their
tenants from the worst enemy we have
the common house fly?
The egg of the fly is laid in filth,
Matched in filth, and the parasite feeds
upon filth until it is able to fly and enter
our homes and deposit its germs.
1t is scientifically proved that the COM
mon house fly is the cause of more fatal
disease than any other thing we contend
with.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-07-15

The Judge-Madam, do you under.
stand the nature of an oath?
The Witness-YOu seem to forget,
our honor, that I've been married for
over 90 years.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-07-15

Olive Branch has an anomaly in the
shape of a %sunf1ower grown by little
Miss Linnie May Wilkins. 1t meas,
ures thirty-five and ~one-fourth inches
in circumference and acros it's widest
portion is thirteen inches. Another Of
the same lot has a circumference of
thirty-four inches.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-07-15

Constipation causes many serious diseases. I
Is thoroughly cured by Doctor Pierce's Pleasan
Pellets. One q laxative, three for cathartic.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-07-15

Old Lady-What a nice boy, to
watch your little brother so care
fully!
Nice Boy-Yes, 'um. He just swaI-
lowed a dime and I'm afraid Of kid
napers
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-07-15

Hot-Headed If You Mention Il.
Scott-Jones is a c~oOl-headed chap.
INTELLECTUALLY! He's as bald as a
door knob.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-07-15

Many a man enjoys a pipe because
his wife hates 1t.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-07-15

The commissioners of the Belzoni
drainage district met in Belzonia and
organized by electing Fulton Hutson,
of Isola, presidents; J. l.. Jackson,
treasurer; o. ]. Turner, secretary, and
n. W. Somerviile, attorney, the latter
three Of BeIzOni.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-07-15

The farmers of Marion county are
giving the boil weevil a hot reception.
Realizing that the weevil is no fake,
profting by the experience of others,
and following the advice of govern
ment experts, the farmers have start
I'd out in the fight with a grim earn
eStneSS.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-07-15
Proper
Niche
There is Right
Place for
Every Man
By MADISON C. PETERS

said: "The browning fortune of a man is to be born
with a bias to some pursuit which finds him in employment
and happiness"
The business which we love is the one 70 which we go
with delight. No man can struggle VIGOROUSLY against his
own character, and the man who tries to do anything else than
that for which nature intended him will be worse than nothing.
Many of the worlds most successful men have failed in several
pursuits before they finally discovered the bent of their genius.
Goldsmith failed rs q nhvsician hut hncarno nnnnr in
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-07-15
At the Summer Resort

At the Summer Resort.
Il think I've seen you before some
where"
Yes, I think so. Let's see, you and
l were engaged to be married foul
seasons ago, weren't we?"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-07-15

The board Of supervisors Of ChoctaW
county has ordered an election to take
place on the goth of this month to de-
termine whether the courthouse shall
be abolished at Chester and the county
seat moved to Alderman. The county
was divided into two districts in 1900.
with one courthouse at Alderman and
the other at Chester, only six miles
apart.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-07-15

Mrs WInslOw's Soothing Syrup.
For children %teething. softens the gums, reducesin-
0ammatiOn ,allay Us pain. cures wind collie. 25c "a bottle
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-07-15

A negro named Skiffer vas riddled
with bullets and two other negroes,
names unknown. were given an un'
merciful beating by a mob in Simpson
county. Skiffer is supposed to have
kept the negro Brady, wanted for muir
der of a white man, in c~oncealment
after he had promised to give him up
to the authorities. The other negroes
were rgarded as accessories to the
crimes that have been charged against
Brady and other negroes, for which
one white man has been killed and two
negroes lynched.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-07-15

J.. R. Pickle, Sr., an aged citizen OF
ackerman, died of pellagra. His daugh-
ter, Miss Nora, is also suffering with
the same disease. These are the towns
first cases to be reported, the first
proving fatal.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-07-15

Yalobusha county is as wet as the
most pronounced anti-prohibitionist
would desire. All 1owland crops have
been submerged. Creeks and rivers are
higher than at any time since 1900.
Bridges have cen swept away and
much damage has been done by a pie.
thora of wetness. A citizen who has
kept tab on the rainfall says it rained
f~orty-nine times during the month OF
June.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-07-15

Chas. L. Townes, n of the wealth
lest planters of Mississippi, died at
Minter City. as the result of an attack
OF ~apoplexy.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-07-15

A terrific waterspout fell at Derma,
coming on top of the incessant rains
for the past two weeks, has almost
ruined the crop prospects Whereabouts.
Schoona river is fully twelve inches
higher thar has ever been known be.
fore. Three different pike roads
across the river have been washed
away entirely. The damage to roads
n bridges alone will cost Calhoun
county thousands OF dollars.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-07-15

The Tippah county Sunday schoo
convention will be held at Silver
Springs July 81 and %. Dinner vii
be served on the grounds each day. 4
large crowd is expected.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-07-15

The fiscal year closed on June 80,
gave the Vicksburg postoffce a splen-
did showing in the increase made
over the precious year. The postal
receipts for the closing year amounted
to S~52,617.76; in actual figures an in
crease of ~S1,2S4.8S over the year 1909.
The postal receipts for the month OF
June amounted to 16 II per cent. in
crease over June last year,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-07-15

CASCARETS Ioc a box for a weeks
treatment, all druggists. biggest seller
In the world. Million boxes a month.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-07-15
DAISY FLY KILLER
Upset
Sick Feeling

mat tOIIOWS taxing q uOS6 OF CASTOR
oil, salts or calomel, is about the
worst you can endurc-Ugh-it
gives one the creeps. You don't
have to have it-CASCARETS
move the bowels-tone up the
1iver-without these bad feelings.
Try them. oA
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-10-11

Floridans, forgetful of factionalism,
unite in paying enduring tribute to
big minded, big-brained Broward by
voluntarily subscribing to a fund to
build a monument in commemorati0n
of his conquests Of poverty and Oh
security and of trials and tribulations
that would have crushed less indomi-
table nature; and of his unceasing
labors in behalf of right and of JUS
tice: and of a life worthy the emu
lation of the youth of the land. In
thus honoring the memory of Napo-
leon Broward, Floridans would honor
themselves, and appropriately express
their appreciation of life we'll and
nobly spent.
The Times-Herald suggests that the
newspapers of the state become active
ly interested in this movement for a
Broward monument by Offering to re-
ceiye contributions and further aiding
in this laudable cause. A central COM
mittee, composed of such men as N.
?. Bryan, j. N. c. Stockton, J. Nj.
Bars, Cromwell Gibbons, H B. Race,
w. R. Carter, and B. H. Barnett of
Gilchrist, and w " Knott of ITALIA
hassee; Frank Mayes of Pensacola;
F. M. Hudson of Miami, Don McMul
len of Tampa, and E. NJ. Law of Bar
tow. might be secured, and with head
quarters in Jacksonville, a permanent
organization could be perfected and
the "Broward Monument Association"
made reality To this proposed as
sociation all moneys received would
be forwarded from the various coun-
ties. and proper receipt made and
given. When sum sufficient to erect
a suitable shaft or stature would be
realized, subscription lists would close,
and the memorial to the greatest ma
tive Floridian would soon become the
srile for all who honor and respect,
rugged, determined, honest manhood.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-10-11
CUT|CURA CURES
STAY CURED
First Father is Cured of an Erup-
ton that Burned and Itched Day
and Night. Then Baby is Cured
of a Distressing Rash.
Neighbors Pleased to Find a Sure
Cure for Skin Affections.

II suffered for eight years with what the
doctors called the seven year Itch This
was like small red piInpies such as form on
the face but they burned and itched. day and
night. These pimpies We're from NV ankles
up, but mostly on my thighs and arms I
tried doctor after doctor but their medicines
brought 70 relief. But at last struck the
right treatment - this was Cutcura.
bought a set OF the Cuticura Remedies Gu
ticura Soap, Ointment and Pills and a few
applications brought relief. When had used
about half the set was nearly cured and after
using two full sets | was well and best of all,
have STAYED cured.
About four months ago, our baby began
TO be covered with rash and his head with a
spreading sore. Back of the ears, the flesh
cracked open and the poor baby would
scratch ill it BLEED He worried. cried and
could not sleep. Then we bought set of
Cutcura and with a few applications tho
burning and itching ceased. baby stopped
worrying and could sleep. When this single
set had gone we had no use for any more as
baby was never troubled with the disease
again. The neighbors who saw the condition
of the baby all asked what cured him and
when We told them, they were surprised and
pleased to find a sure cure for these skin
Affections. Edward H. Carter. a22 North
37th St, Camden. N. j., Mar. 0, 1910"
single set of Cutcurs Soap and Ontcnent b
often sufficient. rendering It the mos. economical
throughout the world Potter Drug Chem Cssp
Sole Props. l35 Columbus Ave. Boston, MAss.
RS-h6led free latest CutiCura Book On Tcoaap
Ment of Skin and Scalp Affections.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-10-11
He Was Well Protected,

The elegance of the modern Main
Line home has caused the local trades
men to adopt precautions Tor their per-
sonal safety, and this fact has resulted
in some hilarious merriment over the
incident which occurred recently at
the residence Of President Isaac Sharp.
dess. Of HaverfoTd College, says the
Philadelphia Times.
According to the account given by
a plumber in Haverford. a call had
been issued for workmen to do some
plumbing in the Sharpless home in
the absence of the family. who are
summering near Mount Pocono An
elderly man, an employee Of the plumb.
ing establishment Of Aired Johnson
responded At the door he was met
by the housekeeper.
"You have come to do that plumb
ing?" she asked. Yes" We'll, |
want to warn YOU for your safety
that you had better be careful for the
floors have been freshly polished and
you may suffer serious injury by a
chance fall"
''Ah, but have no fear for me, mad
am" replied the workman, 81 am quite
safe. l have hobnails in my shoes.