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The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1910-11-01

PULPI'-
The Message of the Hour
to tie Church and
the World

The voice oi lin tisi cneti ~ lie wiliefaesS pre-
pare ye tie way Ct thc l.. ~. Make a. ~ IN tie
desert a highway t.i cur God AID / c Sl,ry Of
tic Lord shf be revetlsJ. and U ie,h T. III see II To-
set;cf lie voice SID. ~ Lin, ~ icsi Is sfass
and tie sooclilets .efeci IS Lower a te ted
TIE crass witefeti. tie Tower l4S.h b cause tie
spirt oi the Lotj bl5wetl upon it, Surely tie people
gras" 0saiaa x, SD.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1910-11-01

~. vor.on. O.. Sept. ae.h. ieio
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1910-11-01
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The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1910-11-01

True. these and similar exbortations
have been made by the Lords people
from time immemorlal. And yet the
present proclamation Is different from
all others in that II proclaims. The
time Is at hnnd;' "The Kingdom of
Heaven IL at hand" Not an earthly
kingdom with an earthly king; not a
papal kingdom exhorting the world to
righteousness In the name of the Lord.
Not Protestant ecclesiastical empire
eXhorting to godliness, But the real
Kingdom of Gods dear Son 80 long
promised, so long prayed for, Is at
hand. II will he Spiritual Empire,
replacing and displacing Satan's EN-.
pire In the world and using MS its
earthly agency Israel restored to Di-
vine favor Men will not say Lo. here.
or, To- there, but, Behold, the Kingdom
Of God will be in the midst of man
kind--everywhere present. empowered
to bless and empowered to punish.
The Great Prince OF Light the King
In his glory. with the elect as his
Bride on the heavenly, spiritual. in
visible plane, will soon take the scep-
ire of earth. His great power and the
glorious majesty of his righteous rule
will be manifest In the judgments
which will prevail--rewards and pun,
lshments. "When the Judgments OF
The Lord are abroad In the earth. the
inhabitants OF the world shaI learn
righteousness" Qsainh XVI. 81.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-08-19
TEXAS NEEDING RAIN
COTTON OPENING PREMATURELY
IN VAST TERRITORY.
Little Cotton in Eastern Belt Ready to
Open-WeeviIs Active in Mississippi
and Louisiana.

Memphis. Tenn.-For three success
sive weeks cotton has improved in the
states east of the Mississippi rive
and it's promise is now fair to good.
The crop is late and would be serl-
Ously damaged by an early frost,
while frost later than usual is needed
to allow the fullest promise to be ma
tured. The plant within the past two
weeks has grown cry rapidly, and is
attaining full size.
Such rains as fell during the past
were very beneficial. They were local
in many sections, however, and the
CarOlinas and parts Of Georgia would
be benefited by general precipitation.
Even in the earliest sections CT this
eastern belt there is very little cotton
hat is ready to pen and the move
ment to market will be delayed we'll
into September.
Boil weevils are active in Louisiana
and Mississippi and are doing some
what more harm than was earlier an
ticipated.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-08-19
COTTON LADlNG CONCESSIONS
Returning New Orleans Banekr Elk.
presses His Confidence.

New Orleans, La.-That there may
be some concessions on the part of
the English bankers in regard to their
demands that American bankers guar
antee bills Of Iading on cotton, is the
opinion of S. J.. WeXler, a New Or
leans banker, who has just returned
from Europe, where he attended the
conference held to discuss this sub
ject.
The new rule does lot become eff
fective until October 81" said Mr..
Wexler. Il am hopeful that the con-
ference to be held in London Sep
TENDER 5, between American bankers
and English financiers, will bring
about notifications of the demands.
On no commodity except cotton do
they make such a demand. Further
more, thu plan obtains only with ref
erence to cotton from America, and
from no other country"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-08-19
PAY CASH
MEMPHIS CAR COMPANY Is TO
PAY RAILROAD 100000.
No Bar to Criminal Prosecutions,
Which Are to Be Begun.

Chicago, Ill.-A settlement has been
arranged between the Illinois Central
Railroad and the Memphis Car Com
pany, whereby the latter is to pay
back 5000, 900 of the $500, 900 OF what
it is alleged to have defrauded he
railroad in repairing freight cars.
1t is stated that some or all of he
former officials who were implicated
in the frauds have voluntarily paid
back to the Illinois Central all Of he
money they received as their share
Of the conspiracy, making a grand
total received by the company OF
about 100000. Accordingly h for
mer officials have returned to the
company fully $1SO.0OO. This money
has been paid by them, it is declared,
without any promise of immunity from
criminal prosecution.
The return of the money, however,
will not cause any change in the plans
Of the Illinois Central officials, who
will, it is stated, file information with
the municipal court which will lead
to the arrest Of the offenders
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-08-19
VENDING BEHIND IRON BARS
Detectives Covered 1900 Miles in the
Hunt for Alleged Murderer.

Louisville.-JOseph Vending, who
was returned to Louisville Friday, af-
ter a remarkable chase, to stand trial
on the charge of killing little Alma
KelIner, is a prisoner of the common
wealth of Kentucky.
The return Of Vending to Louis
vile marks the end of probably the
longest chase in detective history. The
return trip from San Francisco to Lou
isvilie stretches the real hunt of about
Il, 900 miles to a total of e 1900
miles.
Four months previous to the discov-
cry of the body Vending had left
Louisville quietly, not ever letting his
wife know that he was going way.
When bloody clothing was found in
Weddings room he was charged with
the murder, and the wheels Of the
continuous search for Vending were
set in motion.
The evidence against Vending will
be purely circumstantial, according to
Edward Tierney, of the board Of pub
lie safety.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-08-19
DROPPED 5000 FEET
BALLOONIST FORGOT TO STRAP
HIMSELF TO TRAPEZE.
Descent So Terrific That He Broke a
Six-Inch. Limb as Clearly as If 1t
Were Cut by a Knife.

Asbury Park, N. J.-HUrtling out OF
the evening Sky over the aviation field
at Inter Laken, from the frightful al
titude OF 5000 feet, Benjamin Prince,
a parachute jumper, was mangled so
horribly when his body struck the
ground that it could hardly be recog-
nized when it was taken to the
morgue.
The velocity of the unfortunate aer-
onaut's descent was so terrific that
when his a struck a Dough of an
apple tree six inches thick the impact
broke the branch as if it had been
shorn off with a keen-edged knife.
The accident was due to the youths
own carelessness. Before swinging
off the ground under the huge hot air
ball in company with his team mate,
James Fleming, Prinz forgot to buckle
his safety belt to the trapeze bar of
the parachute. He was scheduled to
make what is known as a double para
chute drop. When the first parachute
of the sudden check was so abrupt
that the boy was thrown from his
scant perch and came hurting earth
ward simultaneously with the second
parachute, which he cut loose in his
agonized effort to grasp the bar.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-08-19
Develop New Graft in {. c.

Chicago, Ill.-New revelations of
graft in the Illinois Central were made
known Monday. 1t is claimed thai
approximately 100000 was fraudu-
lentiy secured from the company by
the installation of a new telephone and
electric block signal system by pad
ding the figures on the cost of installa-
tion. 1t is also charged that the COM
pany lost large sums through a con
spiracy whereby coal billed to the Hi
nois Central was stized by conspira.
tors and sold to wholesale dealers. /.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-08-19
HAD DEAL WITH M'MURRAY
Congressman Carter of Oklahoma So
Testifies.

McAlester, OklO.-"Lo, the poor In.
dian," learned a few more things
about the proposed sale of $50, 900 900
worth of his land in the hearing be
fore the congressional investigating
committee Wednesday,.
Congressman Carter OF the Fourth
Oklahoma district testified that in an
interview at the home of Richard c..
Adams, an attorney at Washington,
Adams had said he had an arrange
ment by which he was to secure 3
per cent. Of the 'profts' to be derived
from the McMurray contracts.
Did Adams say he was going to
get 5 per cent. of ell the money that
McMurray was to realiez on the deal?"
asked Chairman Burke.
Yes, he said he was going to make
sure of it, as McMurray had double
crossed him at other times, but this
time he vas going to fix it 81 he
would not lose out, and when McMur-
ray got his 10 per cent. or $4,000, OG0,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-08-19
Doll House Library.

A search for a child's short story,
"The Griffin and the Minor Canon"
in a volume all by Itself revealed to a
persistent city shopper the thought
and money that are expended ON the
furnishing Of dolls houses. Book
stores had not the story in a single
volume, but in a department store
one young woman interviewed had re-
Gently bee transferred from the toy
department and was able to contribute
a helpful hint.
II think" she said, you can find It
In IN of the dolls houses downstairs"
Curiosity had by that time become
a sauce to literature, SO the shopper
hurried downstairs to inspect the doll
houses. Three of the most expensive
houses contained libraries consisting
of a score of diminutive books and
each book contained a child's story
complete. One of them was THE
Griffin and the Minor Canon"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-08-19
LET NO GUILTY MAN ESCAPE
I. c. Head Says Road Will Prosecute
GrafterS.

Chicago, IIl.-"Prosecute criminally
every man who was in the conspiracy
through which the Illinois Central rail
road was defrauded out of owe $4,000
600, and let no guilty man escape pun
ishment," is the sensational order is
sued in characteristic language by no
less a parsonage than President J. I.
Harahan himself.
Il wish every guilty corspiratOr to
feel the yoke of the criminal statutes"
emphasized President Harahan. The
railroad will cooperate to the fullest
possible extent with the states at
torney's office. All the evidence col
lected by our army of detectives,
proving absolutely the guilt of the
cOnspirators, is at the full disposal of
the prosecuting officers ow the cOun-
ty, and the railroad will do everything
additionally in its power toward the
criminal prosecution of the guilty
ones"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-08-19
GRABBERS' CRAFT
INDIAN VICTIMS WE'RE HOPE
LESSLY AT THEIR MERCY.
Minor Threatened With Suit by Guard
ian, Whose Cost Consumed
His Heritage.

Sulphur, Okla.-Details Of & scheme
by which land %grabbers organized sys-
tematicaIly to enrich themselves at
the expense Of minor Indians were re-
lated at the congressional investiga-
ton into Indian land affairs Monday.
In one instance, it was asserted, the
cos of disposing Of the property OF
an 1~S-yearoId was $2,O75 more than
the property brought, and the condt-
ton which permitted this and similar
deals was declared to be a disgrace
to Oklahoma.
Fearing that the scheme prevailed
generally, Representative Philip H..
Campbell of Kansas, a member Of
the investigating committee, had put
on the stand James Marlborough, a
Chickasaw Indian by intermarriage.
do you all this sort of thing graft
ing asked Mr.. Campbell, after the
witness had related the circum-
stances.
well the people down our way
think it is a scandal that the laws
permit such a thing, and we think
it is time congress takes notice of
C1lC AAhOllC1s
"The probate court at Durant
allowed the guardian to sell for $4,000
a tract OF 40 acres of what is known
as allotted land owned by an 1S-year-
old child. The guardian then put in
a claim On the proceeds. The claim
included $3.50 for acting as guardian,
S1,650 for improving the land, $500 for
a barn, $50 for posts, $3.50 for fences,
$GS for witness fees and more money
for other purposes. 1t was found when
the deed was closed that the child
owed MS former guardian $2,O75, and
o the guardian is threatening to
have the property of the child sold in
order to get the $2,075.
Il know of another case in which
1926 acres were sold for an Indian
child, and when all the claims were
paid the child got $3.50. In another
instance 81 800 was obtained for 200
acres, but the child got only $12O. In
other words, the children of deceased
Indians in this state, where are 10.
Gated One-third of all the Indians in
h United States, are Systematically
being robbed of the estates allotted
them by the government.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-08-19
GENERALS WIDOW IN WANT
Hero of Charlottesville Did Not At.
tain Wealth,

New YOrk.-Within stones throw
of the fashionable and %luxuriousIy APP
pointed apartment houses that skirt
M~orningside Park, the aged widow of
Brig.-Gen. George w. Won Schaick, a
hero of Charlottesville and Fred
ericksburg, was found by reporters on
Monday living in furnished rooms and
in need of the ordinary comforts of
life
Eighteen months ago Gen. von
Schaick died at the age of 80, leav-
ing a brilliant ecOrd as a Civil War
soldier and as an officer in the Gus
toms service, but there was only a
small life insurance policy upon
which the widow could depend for
maintenance. That has now been ex-
hausted.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-08-19
TWO NEGROES SHOT TO DEATH
Accused a White Man Of Stealing
Their Corn.

Woodbury., Ga.-Because they &C.
cused a white man of stealing orr
from them, two negroes named Love.
land, father and on, were shot to
death late Monday afternoon by a
crowd of Infatuated whites.
The negroes we're prosperous farm.
ers, and it is alleged they circulated
reports that cor had been stolen
from them by Oscar Parks, member
of a prominent family. Young Parks,
with his -four brothers and severa
other white men, went to the home
of the negroes to punish them for cir.
culating the reports. The negroes
were seized by the whites and asked
to retract ne reports. This they re
fused to do, and it is said prepared
to defend themselves. The white men
at once opened fire and riddled the
negroes with bullets, the latter fall.
ing Cead almost at their doorstep.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-08-19
Woman Fires on Night Riders.

Glasgow, Ky.-The first outbreak on
the part of the Might Riders in this
section of the country in many months
Sunday night, when a body of masked
men visited the home of Mrs. Mary
Buchanan and demolished a mill own
ed by her. Later the band returned
and broke down a door and threw
stones through the windows Of her
residence. Mrs. Buchanan and her lit
tie son armed themselves and opened
fire on the right riders, who withdrew.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-08-19
Heyourn DisIikes "Dixfe."

Seattle, Wash.-Senator w. B. Hey
BURN Of Idaho created a sensation at a
reception given to Congressman T. R.
Hamer by stopping the orchestra
while the musicians were playing
Dixie" Col. Hamer had just finished
his address and the orchestra had
started a medley of we'll known airs.
About the sixth number in the medley
was Dixie" The senator leaped to
his feet, strobe across to the must
clans and cried out: "This is a Repub-
lican meeting. We want no such tunes
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-08-19

The oil-burning torpedo boat de-
stroyer Roe reached a speed of 81
knots an hour in a test off the Della
ware breakwater, although the con-
tract requirement "a only IS knots,
and is now acknowledged to be the
fastest exclusively oi~l-burning torpedo
boat destroyer in the United States
navy. The American ~shipbuilder has
the reputation of c%ultivating a margin
Of safety, and turning out boats which
exceed the maximum requirements Of
contracts.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-08-19
q New Version.

Lawyers have a peculiar system OF
abbreviation, such words as trustees.
executors being cut down to trees,
exors, and admors. This practise led
to an amusing slip on the part Of a
solicitor, who, somewhat late in life,
abandoned his profession and entered
the church. A few Sundays after his
ordination he startled his COngrega-
ton while reading the lesson by deliv-
ering n Of the passages as follows:
Il see men as trustees walking"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-08-19
Cotton Exports GIut shipments.
Strong Fight on Cholera.

Washington. Rigorous measures
have bee taken by United States rep
resentatives abroad to prevent the in
PRODUCTION of cholera into this coun-
try. At the instance of the public
health service the United States on
sular Offices at Hamburg, Bremen,
Antwerp and Rotterdam and other
ports are working under cabled in
structions, which require them to de-
tain steerage passengers from chol-
era infected districts in Russia AID to
disinfect baggage prior to embarka-
ton
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-08-19
UNCLE SAM LIKES LUXURIES
Imports Were Double Those Of 1900,
According to Figures Issued.

According to Figures ISSUED.
Washington. - Two hundred and
fifty million dollars worth of articles
classed as luxuries were imported into
the United States during the fiscal
year 1910, that total exceeding by
more than twenty-five million dollars
the figures of 1907, the former high
record year, and being actually more
than double those of 1900, according
to statistics of the department of Ia
Dor and commerce.
The figures show the importation in
1910 of SIS, 600 1000 worth of diamonds
and other precious stones, $46,O0O,O0O
worth of laces and embroideries, $751;
OOO,O 900 in tobacco and cigars and $685.
600, 900 in wines n liquors.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-08-19

Farmers after experiment report
that the COWS yield their milk better
when the photograph is kept going in
the barn at milking time. This seems
TO offer a grand scheme of relief in
the form of moving all the phouO-
graphs to all the COW barns.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-08-19
Gets Heioht Record.

Lauark, Scotland. ]. Armstrong
Drexel, the American aviator, attained
a. worlds altitude record by rising
$3.50 feet. Drexel's flight was the SEN
sation of the aviation meeting.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-08-19
Autos Scatter Mob.

Atlanta.-By the use of heavy auto
mobiles as b~attering rams, the Atlanta
police scattered a mob Of several hun
dred men who had grown riotOus
while discussing the relative merits
of Hoke Smith and Joe Brown, who
are candidates for the gubernatorial
nomination.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-08-19
REUNION BEGINS May is
C~onfederates Will Remain For Three
Days in Little Rock.

New Orleans, La--Offcial announce
ment that the twenty-frst annual re-
union of the United Confederate Vet
Grams wi be held May 16, Il and IS, of
next year, is made by Gen. William E.
Mickle, Acknowledgement and chief Of
staff. The 1911 reunion is to be held
in Little Rock, Ark, in conformity
with the decision reached at the last
reunion in Mobile.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-08-19
Negroes Can't Compete.

New Orleans, La.-Announcement is
made by the secretary of southern di-
vision Of A. A. L.. that entries Of ne
gro athletes made by metropolitan
clubs will not be accepted in the ma.
tional meet here in October.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-08-19

Counterfeit buttermilk is being sold
In some of the drug stores in the east,
and the health authorities say 1t Is
very dangerous. will it never be pos
sible to get a good thing that the coun.
terfeiters can't counterfeit?
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-08-19
Japan Suffers Heavily.

Tokio.-The devastation wrought
throughout many districts by the re-
cent floods is appalling. Whole vii
lagos and towns have been washed
away and many lives have been lost.
In the sections OF Toxic alone 10000
houses are submerged.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-08-19

In twenty-seven years the K1mber'
ley diamond mines have yielded 1920.
900, 900 worth of diamonds. Still our
western corntields do a lot better than
that.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-08-19
Employers Always Liable.

New York.-An employer must COM
pensate his workman for injury, no
matter who is at fault. That is the
gist of a sweeping labor law that be-
comes operative September 1 in this
state.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-08-19

The man who IS earning his own ltv'
ing in these days, however mildly he
may be going about It, is truly enough
earning his bread by the sweat of his
brow.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-08-19

Ten or fifteen deaths among the
comparatively few ~aeronauts and avia-
tors in the last few months are not
only oepleting their ranks but showing
UP cir flights as mighty dangerous
paStiming.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-08-19

IJmay soon be possible to telephone
to England from the United States.
Very we'll, but how about getting O
ey that way?
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-08-19

IN printing the new passenger tick
cts to be used on airship lines care
should be taken to have it specified
that stop-over privileges may be had
when necessary without the signature
of the conductor.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-08-19

1t would seem that more people are
giving their lives to the perfection OF
the %aeroplane than to any former
scientific achievement.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-08-19

Two PhiIadelphtans AVE lost their
lives running for trains. Such unusual
haste was sure to be fatal in Philadel'
phia.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-08-19

The work Of a contributing editor
is sometimes made difficult by h
friends who insist on coming around
during office hours to talk politics and
tell hunting stories.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-08-19

Still there is an abiding of optimis-
tic faith that it will prove easier to
dodge an aeroplane than an automo-
bile or motorcycle.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-08-19

A Kansas Judge rules that 1t Is the
duty of pedestrians to dodge automo'
biles. Also the necessity.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-08-19

Going down to the sea in ships was
the ancient idea of peril. But 1T was
common place safety beside going up
in the air in the most modern style
of ships.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-08-19

IimorOus males who are frightened
at the way women are invading mems
occupations should take heart at the
success some achieve in trimming
hats.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-08-19

Having all the news about the hot
spell that was fit to print, and some
that was not news, it seems that we
might have a little cool weather for
variety in the news columns.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-08-19

Few horses are wearing bOnnets
this season, probably because bonnets
are absolutely out of style.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-08-19

The Chicago woman whose ear was
bitten off by her husband, probably
didn't feed him enough.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-08-19

When tho automobile collides with
the locomotive 1t is seldom that the
latter has to go to the repair shop.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-08-19

There is a very bad 81 bill in circu.
lation. Insist on getting your change
IN tWenties and ffties.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-08-19

Just bottle up your weather crouch
and strike a temperature average for
the year on the 31st day of next De-
Gerber.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-08-19

If you cant swim stay near the
shore. If you can swim be satisfied
to tell your friends o 1t.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-08-19

The merciful man is now very mer-
c1ful to his beast.