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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-24
RED HEADED BOYS
NEVER CRIMINALS
SAYS DR.. MATTHIAS

KANSAS CITY, Mo, April %
"A red headed kid never makes a
criminal man"
This was the observation of Dr.
e. L. Matthias of the juvenile court
in making over the adoption papers
for a small red headed boy to a
Clay county farmer
Il want boy who will make a
good record-and will make a good
man." Frank l. Williams asked
week ago of the detention home Of
ficers. | have a large farm out
there in Clay county-but not a
child. My wife and myself both
want to adopt a boy
So Layman Hudson, II years old,
a ward of the juvenile court, who,
for the past IS months has been
at the McCune farm, was selected
for the Clay county farmer.
"Now, know this boy will make
good" said Dr.. Matthias, turning
Layman into the keeping of the big
farmer. His hair is the right color.
Don't you know, the four years !
have been here we have never had
a red headed boy in the juvenile
court charged with crime"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-24
KEEN COMPETITION BETWEEN
RIVAL LAMP POST DESIGNERS
Architects K. X. Cutter and j. M Goodwin Both Have
Electrolier and There May Be Trouble Before Spo
kane Decides Definitely on One or the Other

Trouble is promised before Spo-
kane finally settles the street light
ing question and gets all the prop
erty holders lined up for the same
kind of electrolier. While the COM
mittee of the chamber of commerce
supposed to have the power to Sc
lect the kind of lamp post to be
used exclusively has decided on
what is known as the Cutter design,
the hackers of the Goodwin designs
have not laid down, and as the
Goodwin people have about so per
cent of the merchants and property
holders along Riverside avenue al
ready signed up on contracts for
that design, it looks as though there
posts put up.
Keen rivalry between the design
ers of the two kinds of posts has
marked the street lighting move
ment from the first. The Cutter
post, recommended by Architect X.
X. Cutter, is declared by ]. M. Good
win, the designer of the other post,
to be copied from the catalog of the
j. L. Mott Iron Works of New York.
He says it is post No. 2005J in the
1909 catalog of that company, and
charges Cutter with filching the
idea bodily. On the other hand he
claims his own design is entirely
original and would make dis
tinctively Spokane electrOlier.
Another claim made by Goodwin
for his post is that it will be made
in Spokane, while the Cutter de-
sign will be made in Minneapolis.
Goodwin says the throwing of the
plum by the chamber committee to
Cutter and the Minneapolis firm is
a frameup. The Cutter post will
cost $115 set up ready to light on
the sidewalk, according to the Min
neapols firms bid, but Goodwin
took the wind out of the committee
the other day by offering to con-
struct the same post in Spokane
and set it up on the sidewalk for
STA.
The Goodwin bid was 1925 per
electrolier set up on the sidewalk,
but this bid included the obtaining
of the contracts from all the prop
erty holders, a considerable work
which must be paid for by some
one. And for that money Goodwin
says his post will be better, be-
cause he says he does not have to
figure in freight from Minneapolis.
Some of the rival posts can be
seen already set up. The Goodwin
! post can be seen on the south side
of Riverside avenue between Stew
ems and Howard, and the Cutter de.
sign in front of Davenport's cafe.
The chamber as a body has not
acted on the last report of the light
! ing committee, which recommends
/ that action be urged on the city
council at once to prevent the Good
win design from being put in. The
committee wants the council to de
cree that the Cutter design shall
be the design Of the city. 1t has
been ascertained that the council
has no power to create a lighting
district and assess property for thu
improvement-the work must b,
paid for by the individual propert.
Il holders, and the chamber can mere
ly recommend the kind of lamp t,
be put in.
! 1t is expected that the Goodwin
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-24

TOR six years years one of the
most familiar figures on the
Il streets of Spokane, known to
thousands as the pencil man." A.
J.. Wilson is an example of pluck
and self reliance under misfortune
and afflictiOn which it would be
hard to equal anywhere. Though
deprived of the use of his legs for
II years and forced to live in a
wheeled chair or in his bunk-he is
always in one or the other-Wilson
keeps his own house, gets his own
meals and makes his own living,
asking no charity or assistance of
anyone.
His cabin. where he patches, 1924
Riverside avenue, near the Masonic
temple, is a wonder of ingenuity-it
must be. for Wilson cannot leave
his chair while getting his meals
and keeping his house The man
makes his living selling pencils,
shoe strings and collar buttons on
the street and breeding dogs, which
is also his hobby.
Cheerful and smiling to all and
possessed of a homely philosophy
of life and things all his own, Will
son may be seen any day near the
northwest corner of Stevens and
Riverside, his favorite location, or
propelling himself by hand power
along the streets in his chair. as
sisted by his faithful companion,
Spokane Belle. a thoroughbred
Boston terrier, who has learned to
tug on the rope and who does many
other little things for her master
with a cheerful willingness.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-24

fraction of a degree. when it is
switched back on. Thus the proper
temperature is maintained pdn-
stantly. The eggs, of course, have
to be turned by hand, but there
is no watching to see that they
become too cold, or overheated.
When the eggs are Matched, If
another setting is not placed ufI-
der the electric hen, she" or 1T
is used as brooder for the chicks.
Into the soft and downy covering
of the hen the little things scam
per at the first touch of cold, or
upon the first sign of danger. '
The hen weighs less than
pound and is SO light that the
weight is not sufficient to crush
the eggs during the incubating
period.
At the first trial with his "el1e-
trio hen" Shrek Matched AZ and
with the second experiment A out
of As eggs.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-24
FOUND AFTER 10 YEARS..

PITTSBURG, April 23.-Miss
Annie Maui, a large stakeholder in
a local bank, has been found in
Austin, Texas, after a ten years
search. A few days ago Miss Maui
drew several hundred dollars from
her account, informing the bank
that, although she was a stock
holder, she had drawn no dividends
for 10 years.
The draft gave her Pittsburg
relatives a clue to her where
abOuts. Her brothers and sisters
are reported to have found hel
living the life of a recluse il
Austin.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-24
SOCIETY MAN WORKS.

TOLEDO, O.. April 23.-Rather
than lose contract with the larg-
est hotel here, II. j. Haywood, man.
ager of coal company, who is also
prominent in society here, and a
club member, drove wagon loaded
ed with coal to the lake this morn
ing and shoveled the contents into
the nearly empty poke bins.
One of the companies which has
been holding out granted. the de,
mands of their men today.
There are about $50 teamsters
Still out
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-24
CABIN is WONDER.

In his 9 by - Riverside avenue
cabin, built especially for him from
his own plans and specifications,
Wilson is able to perform all the
tasks incident to keeping house
with as much ease as house
keeper in the most modern and con-
venient of kitchens-and he never
leaves his chair except at night,
when he wheels it alongside his bed
and with his arms lifts himself out
into the bunk.
One of Wilson's mechanical con-
trivances is attached to the door of
his cabin. BY four ropes running
through pulleys he is able from his
bed TO open and close his door. lock
and unlock it. All his pots and
pans, books and other things are
ranged along the walls on shelves
within his reach while in the chair.
He is also able TO keep fuel in his
stove and cook his simple meals as
well as though he could walk about.
The cabin, built on another's land
with permission and the right to
keep it there till the property is
needed for other purposes, is
lighted by electricity A dexterous
turn or two OF his chair brings him
to any part of the cabin.
OF his affliction Wilson seldom
speaks.
HIS STORY.
1T is locomotor ataxia," he says
when pressed to tell about it. Il
was electrical worker and the af-
Fiction came on gradually. II has
been II years since | have been I'M
able to stand. When it first begun
to come on I was able to walk, but
gradually it became worse and soon
] was unable to keep on my feet,
except in the daytime, when ! could
see my feet, but at night / was
helpless. The disease was peculiar
in this respect Ordinarily people
are without looking at them, by
their subconscious mind, but loco
motor ataxia deprives one of that
sense In the parts afflicted. While
my legs had feeling l could not tell
where they were-in what position
and SO at first was able to walk
only when l could watch my feet.
But soon ! could not even do that
and took to my chair for life"
Wilson's pencil business nets him
but a bare living, but he hopes to
make more money on breeding Bos-
ton terriers. He keeps set OF
accurate books on his business and
can readily tell what his receipts
and expenses have been ever since
he started to earn his living in that
way.
Though Wilson has had misfor-
tune which would entitle him to
charity for the rest OF his life and
has been put In position where
no one could blame him for accept
ing 1t, he has preferred to be indie
pendent and through his pluck and
resourcefulness has been able to
do 80. How many men finding
themselves In the prime OF life IL
years ago. crippled as Wilson was,
would not have given up in despair
and how many today would have
been an cheerful and reconciled I'M
der misfortune as 10 he?
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-24

much larger than a full grown
turkey, and is constructed of a
network of fine wires. over these
is a covering of fluffy material,
downy and feathery. This hen is
sufficiently large to cover four
dozen eggs, while the ordinary
barnyard hen can handle only
about a dozen.
The electrical hen" is connect
ed by single large wire to the
Shrek home. Just outside the hen
is thermostat that regulates the
heat, holding it to SO degrees.
The instant the temperature
rises above this point, the Their
mostat switches it off. holding it
there until there is a drop of a
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-24
FEATHERED MACHINE OF WIRES
FINE HEN UNDERSTUDY.- NEXT!

YORK, Neb., April 23,-Charles
Shrek of this place has solved the
problem of Matching chickens and
mothering them without calling up
on the real hen or the incubator.
Shrek has made electricity do
this bidding and has forced an
electric hen" to do the work.
He even goes so far as to con-
tend that it is not beyond the
range of possibility to mechani-
cally produce an egg from which a
chicken may be Matched.
Shreck's electric hen" takes the
place of the real hen, the incu-
bator and the brooder in Matching
and caring for young chicks. 1t is
an immense thing, having a body
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-24
RUSE OF WOMAN
ALLOWED HUSBAND
TO MAKE ESCAPE

BRAZIL, Ind, April 23.-John Po-
land and his wife, charged with
horse stealing, were cornered in
lumber yard here by citizens. The
woman, turning a repeating rifle
over to her husband, came forward
and surrendered. Under cover of
her ruse her husband escaped.
The Polands, who lived on a farm
near Greencastle, had been pursued
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-24
VETERAN WANTS DIVORCE,

MILWAUKEE,, Wis, April %
Fifty-two years after marriage,
Micajah c. Lane, a veteran of the
civil war at present residing in the
soldiers home, has brought suit for
divorce from his wife, Mary e.
Lane, supposed to be living in or
near Minneapolis.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-24

LIMA, O., April 23.-Because
Bert Farnum used language over a
telephone which shocked hello
girl" Mayor Dyer fined him 81 and
costs and gave him 60 day work
house sentence.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-24
THE PENCIL MANS PHILOSOPHY.

There is feeling of that only the
who independent and when the day
realize that he has earned his right to live"
Drink is of mans greatest enemies 1t steals his mind
and without that is nothng~crse than the beasts"
Dogs the best Of friends it's
master is crippled, they learn to help afflicted
with readiness which astonishing"
No matter what business books You cannot be
successful your
that will know where to economic when
and whether you making what you the
investment"
81 better off than lots Of the of spo
kane. ! able to living"
"a always going live Spokane It's the best
in"
a q a a q a a a q A a a a a a a a 4 a a a a a A a a a
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-01-14
PECULIAR FORMS OF BREAD.
Substitutes for Baked caves That
Are Common in Various Parts
Of Europe.
This Dec, 20, 1909.

Baked lOaves of bread are practical
~ unknown in many parts of south
Austria and Italy as we'll as the agrl'
cultural districts of Roumania, says
the Bakers Weekly. In the villages
of the OberEteiermark, not very many
miles from Vienna, bread is seldom
seen, the staple food Of the people De-
ing sterz, a kind of pOrridge mad"
from ground beech nuts, which IL
taken at breakfast with fresh or cur
died milk, at dinner with broth or
fried in lard, and with milk again at
supper. The sterz is also known as
heiden, and takes the place OF bread
not only in Steiermark but in Caryn-
thia and in many parts of the Tyrol.
In the north of Italy b peasantry
live chiefly on polenta, a porridge
made of boiled maize. The polenta,
however, is not allowed to granulate
like Scotch %porridge, or like the Aus
trian sterz, but is boiled into a solid
pudding, which is cut up and por-
toned out with a string. 1t is eaten
cold as often as it is hot, and is in
every sense the Italian peasants daily
bread. The modern Roumanians are
held by many scholars to be descend
ed from a Roman colony, in other
words to be the cousins of the Ital-
ians, and curiously enough a variation
of the p~olenta called mamaliga is the
national dish of Rumania.
The mamaliga is like the polenta
in that it is made of boiled maize, but
it is unlike the latter in one important
respect, as the grains are not allowed
to settle into a solid but are
kept distinct, after the fashion of oat-
meal porridge.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-01-14
LovEMAkING IN OLD MEXICO.
American Youth, Unless Coached,
Would Find Himself Something
Of a Novice at the Game.

In the uncertain illumination Of the
electric lamps some of the senoritas
of Topic City appeared very attractive
in breezy, fluffy gowns and fetching
mantillas, and they knew it pretty
well. too. They like to have you look
at them directly and a~dmiringly, and
they will not drop their eyes. II you
have the nerve to give n a look OF
this kind-such a look as would be
American city-the chances are, when
o meet her for the next turn you
will be rewarded with a smile aRd o
challenge from the black eyes, n IL
you nave @ sufficient stock Of nerve In
reserve, you will speak to her, and
pay her some complimentary remark,
upon the first opportunity that offers.
This is good breeding and will not be
resented. Should you then becOme In
fatuated with the lady, you Will
search out her home, visit her barred
window n nope under it for an
hour or two every morning; and IL
you impress her favorably, h whl
make your heart glad by talking with
you through the bars, or dropping lit
tie scented notes to you. Should o
become real serious you will hire a
stringed band to serenade her at night
now and then. To conform with h
custom you should start our band
out at midnight and let it play as long
as your money distributing Maya
zine.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-01-14
Trustees Sale.

The State of Mississippi. Noxubee, County.
BY virtue Of the provisions Of a certain
deed of trust executed by J. w. Hampton and
wife. Ida Hampton on the 1 day Of Novem-
Der 1906, to A. T. Dent as trustee, to secure
to T. f. WitherspO IN a certain indebtedness
therein mentioned, said trust deed beiLR re-
corded in Deed Book No. SO page 342 in
Chancery Clerks office in said county. l.. the
undersigned as trustee, will on Monday the
10 day of January 1910, in front OF the door
of the Court House in the town of Macon,
proceed to sell at auction to the highest bid
der for cash north half of southeast quarter
section 4. T. IA, r. 16 east containing 80
acres more or less. and being the lands on
which they then resided. Also one mare
mule Martha. IL years old, one bay mare
Tennie 9 years old.
The property mentioned in said trust deed
to satisfy said indebtedness and the cost
of this proceeding. A. +. DENT,
Trustee.
This Dec. Il oOO
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-01-14
WHAT YOU NEED.

Another Xmas has come and
gone, and the year 1910 has
made her appearance. We now
Whish to thank our friends for
their patronage for the past
year, and trust that none of you
will find an end to tt value of
the time spent in our school.
We further solicit your patron
age, and assure you that you
shall never have cause to re-
fret any good words spoken in
our behalf,
Now as we are beginning an
other years work, we wish to
announce that we have every in
ducement to offer to the young
man or woman desiring a bust
ness education. We have placed
many young people in good posi-
tons during the past year, and
they have been a credit to us
and themselves. We can fur
nish a list of the present ad-
dresses of any Of our graduates,
to any one desiring to take a
course and wishing to investi-
gate our systems. We have the
Byrne Simplifed Shorthand and
Byrle Practical Bookkeeping,
which systems have many ad-
vantages over the systems used
in other schools in this section of
the country. The shorthand can
be learned in from ten TO twelve
weeks, with a speed of $50
words per minutes. The book
keeping is taught on the plan of,
Learn to do by doing" which
you can readily see and know
is the only to learn to be a sue
cessfull bookkeeper.
Wishing every reader of this
paper a happy and prosperous
New Year, and to every one in
terested in a business education.
We will be pleased to give fur
Their particulars of our courses.
We have what you need, and at
a cost within the reach of all.
Most Respectfully,
COLUMBUS BUSINESS COLLEGE.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-01-14
Their Action Condemned.


It seems that the action of the
Grand Army posts of Chicago in
protesting against the placing of
the statue Of General Robert r..
Lee in the Hall Of Fame at the
national capital has been quite
generally condemned by the
press and the people of the
North, who have made it clear
that they do not regard Lee as a
traitor to his country, and do not
believe there is any danger of
another rebellion in the event
that an example were given of
according such an honor to one
who fought against the Union.
Probably the Grand Army
men in Chicago who sent the
protest to Congress are veterans
who are growing quite old and
naturally dwell more in the past
than the present, but it is evil
dent that their feeling Of bitter
ness is not shared or appreciated
by a very large majority of the
people of the North, because
nearly every leading newspaper
of that section has declared that
the protest against the statue of
Lee being placed in the Hall of
Fame does not reflect the senti-
ment of the Northern people.
ct is not natural" says the
Chicago Record Herald, ito
think that that bitter feeling to-
day can gain wide sympathy or
that it can stand as representa-
tive Of any large range Of public
opinion in any section Of the
North whatever. General Lee
was an American. He was one
Of the very greatest of Ameri-
cans. He was a lovable, Chris
tan mana man whom future
generations Of Americans will
never cease to hold proudly in
regard. Virginians wish his
statue along with that of General
Washington in the space allotted
to their State in the Hall of
Fame. They wish it wisely and
we'll. Two noble men could not
be jointly honored. This, we be-
lieve, is the real sentiment OF
the North-a sentiment that, on
the Test, would show itself by an
overwhelming majority OF
votes,"
Such expressions show more
clearly than anything else that
the American people realize that
the period of sectional hatred
belongs to the past, and that
they have no sympathy for any
movement which threatens tc
disturb the ear of good feeling
that has done so much to unite
all sections of the country. :
States.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-01-14
NOTICED

Sealed bids, to be opened on 1st
Monday of February 1910, are invited
for the keeping of Giles Ferry for the
remainder of the year 1910. Contract
will be let to lowest responsible bid
der, who is required to give bond in
the amount of his bid. Right reserved
to reject any or all bids.
By order of the Board of Supervis-
ors of Noxubeo county, Miss, on thi
January, 4th 1910.
JNO. A. TYSON,
Clerk.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-01-14
Trustees Sale.

The State of Mississippi. Noxubce County.
BY virtue OF the provisions of a certain
deed of trust executed by Johnnie Robinson Mil
lie Robinson and husband. Ed. Robinson. Dalton
Bell and wife. Lucy Bell on the 4th day of Janua-
ry 1897 to A. T. Dent as trustee. to secure to T., e.
Witherspoon a certain indebtedness therein men,
toned, said trust deed being recorded in Deed
Book No. Sc, page 367 in Chancery Clerks office
in said county, |. the undersigned as trustee, will
on Monday the 31st day of January, 1910 in front
of the door of the Court House in the City Of Ma
con, proceed to sell at auction to the highest bid
der for cash west half east half northeast quar-
ter Sec, II T. ii r. 18 east.
The property mentioned in said trust deed to
satisfy said indebtedness and the cost of this pro-
ceeding. A. T, DENT,
This January 5, 1910. Trustee.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-01-14
Cotton Seed!

Good seed for planting are scarce, l
have few hundred busels Improved
Russell Big Boil Cotton seed for sale at
So. 90 per bushel, or 8 blu. 100 pounds,
sacked for S. 90. A small quantity of
extra select" seed, same variety, for
S., 90 per bushel. Leave orders at
Beacon office, or direct to
J. M. CHAPPELL, JR.
Route 6, Louisvillee, Miss.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-01-14

farm, and that simply at the
cost of a few tons Of acid phos-
phate and a little labor. With
the compost and with the cow
pea at his service to save and
gather nitrogen for him, the
average farmer is simply throw
ing his money away when he
buys that substance in CONNER
cial fertilizer, for he could pro-
duce all his land needs upon his
farm. Economy should be his
watchword, and there is no bet
ter place for him to start than
by stopping the waste of nitro
gen that is so fragrant through
out the whole South. The soil is
the farmers bank, and the fer
tiliy stored therein by nature is
his capital. He can no more ex-
pect to draw indefinitely upon
this supply without ultimately
exhausting it than he could ex-
pect his check to be honored
without making fresh deposits.
The people of the South have
been doing this for years, and
their credit in natures bank
is getting low. Every ton of
hay sold form the farm the ma
nure from which is not returned
to the soil takes off SIS worth of
fertilizer, cotton seed about $11,
corn $6.75. This has been going
On fill the farm roSnOndS roluct-
antly to many Of our drafts.
We trust that we have made
the value of farm manners suf-
ficent y evident and that more
farmers will give attention to
their saving.
S. A. KNAPP,
Special Agent in Charge
Approved:
B. T. GALLOWAY, Chef of
Bureau.
March 4, 1908.