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The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-04-05
PLANO TUNING

d. G. Durham, piano tuner, is here
again tuning for his regular patrous
and will continue to make this place
regularly. will guarantee tuning and
repairing in all branches and furnish
references. Leave orders with the
American Furniture Company.
4.2.lt.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-04-05
INSURANCE COM tonpv
IN NEW X
x.u.soost New Mexico Has
NG Had Many Disastrous Tesr
Fire During Past year
Clovis Loses Grea'0' 100 f,
Date COIN anT Ts

.;s.iea az the year. IL
lhe re fiend has been do.
show Worst in the Territory and
comt6f three things will necessarily
Nv. There must be better fire protec.
tion, a raise in the insurance rates or
a number of the companies will with.
draw from the field. We publish below
a table showing the premiums received
and the losses paid by the different
companies for the year of 1909. From
the premiums received must be de.
Quoted at least 50 percent for the ex.
pense incurred by the companies in
securing the business. As an instance,
the Aetna received in premiums Sls,060.
20, Of this amoun at least rs per cent
went for expenses making the net
amount received by that company $1l,.
774.S5. They paid in losses $l0,0s0.00,
leaving them a net profit for the New
Mexico business for the year of only
q ,l64.00. While there was a small
profit made by the Aetna company IL
will be seen that some of the companies
actually lost money. The Home of New
York was one OF the largest losers.
That company received from premiums
s37,6l7.00 and paid in losses $50, $500,
a loss OF sls,0O0.OO besides the cost OF
handling the business.
Following are the returns Of FIRE in.
surance compani g thus far reported 10
New Mexico department for year 1909.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-04-05

FOR SALE:-Electric Theater. Rea.
sonable. Am making good money, but
have other business which calls me
away for several months. viii sacri.
fee to make quick sale. Also Electric
Bicycle shop.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-04-05

You can greatly improve the looks
Of adobe walls by giving them q coat
OF Ash Grove Portland Cement. In.
quire Of d. A. Belmors Lbr. 90. s.iastf
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-04-05
PUBLIC TIC

Notice is hereby given that no gar.
bage shall be hereafter dumped on the
Coble land, north and west Of tho old
securing mill. All parties violating
this notice will be prosecuted. 10.tf
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-04-05

one seven room house and one five room
house on the east side Of Fourth
street in the Niece Addition. Prices
1920 and 100 respectively, but IL
sale Of both is made ........ 9 $500.
Lots : and s, block 30, McGoe add. $500.
Lots > and q, block 90, Russell add. 5000.
Lot ., block ~, Russell addition $275.
Lots + and L Of Lot 9, Herring Sub.
DIVISION, 500.
l25xlI2 on corner Of Smith and Sec.
Ond streets. This is the best location
for a first class hotel or business house
in the city. Price ........ $l2, 900.
Lot I, Block /, McGee addition 5000.
One Of the best sites for a hotel in tn.
cumcari, with east front on corner
of Second and Center streets 90 1000.
One first class business on Main
street will net 5000 per month, for -.
S2,75O.
Splendid lf.TOOm rooming house on a lot
jGxli2, on the corner Of Adams and
Smith streets, This IL one of the
best business properties we have 10
offer, Price $4,000, partly on time.
The best Cafe in the best location In
the city, ............,..,.. 81 800.
One 5'room house, southeast corner of
Smith street, furnished, .... $1,000.
One four'room house furnished on Smith
"i'V'ti '''''''''.,. , Hl,(OO.
Lots 3, 4, 8, and 6, block 7, McGee Sec.
ond addition, each ........... sI75.
Lots 3 and 4, block one, MCGEE Second
Addition, each, .,,.......... SITS.
100 acres patented land, well fenced,
good tenant house, splendid we'll and
windmill, on the line Of the Choctaw
Railroad. Price 90, 700. Has been
held at $4,000, but must be sold al
once. A bargain.
Northeast quarter of Section IS, Town.
ship 10 n, Range 80 T., with is acres
broken, well fenced; l2x20 box house
well with plenty Of good water. al 800.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-04-05

What shall be done to stem the tide
Of disaster to companies in the south.
eastern section of New Mexicoi The
wave of fire that for so long n time
has elutched that section continues up.
abated. Companies that had the nerve
have in general reaped the reward Of
profit on their New Mexico operations.
Others that got stung badly continue
TO write freely therein under the de.
fusion no doubt, that by sticking il out
they will beat the fire Send eventually.
The prospects are not roseate, Crop
conditions have not frightened and far
too many of the towns have not pros.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-04-05

Patro"ize home industry by leaving
your laundry at the Palace Barber
Shop. S-l2.tf
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-04-05

II you need a cab, call 35, day o.
night. 34.tf
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-04-05

Lots 5 and 8, Block 2, Daub's Add.
Lots ! and s, Block Q, Melee, $4,000
Lots IS and 10, in Block II, Original
Townsite, one six.room dwelling, and
n barn i2x20, ............ 100000
One splendid house opposite VIM. Kuhl.
man S, on Second street, well fenced,
with outhouses and INSTRUMENTATION
-Four so foot Lots with east front on
Second street, between Hancock and
I.aughlin avenues, at ...... $2,5O0.00.
Lot . in Block 2s, MCGEE Add, $3.50.
Lot 9 in Block %. Niece Add, $500.
Lots 7 and 8, Block ., McGee Add.$i5O.
Lots . and 10, Block !, Gamble Addi.
ton, S22o.OO
240 acres with lease on school section
Joining, for nearly -four years, four.
room residence, several springs, 90
acres in cultivation, orchard, peaches,
pears, apples, plums, barns and out.
houses; school section fenced; 2M
miles northeast Of city; price $4,000.
Lot 4, Block 80 Of tho McGee addition
facing the Nichols houses on Second
street, at ..,.............., $350.O0
Lot 10, Block ~, Russell Add, s225.O0
lO0xl42 with two residences and out.
buildings, on the northeast corner of
High and Second streets. A splendid
home for the present and will be
business lots, .............. $4,000.
Two splendid residences on the north.
east corner OF Laughiin and Third
streets, now renting for 800 per
month, AT ttime) amman, $4,000.
142x100 feet on Third street, one half
block from Main on the corner of
Center street. This property will
make six lots 100 feet deep facing
Third street, near the Court House
Price $4,000. One.half cash, balance
reasonable terms. This IL q bargain.
Lot q, block 4, on Main street Of the
Original Townsite. Price -. al, 800.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-04-05

Nh. statistics Ag the year IL
Inc re fend has been do
show Worst in the Territory and
comp6,f three things will necessarily
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-04-05
)AUGTRY BUILDING, TUCUMCARI, N. M.

We sell City Property, Farms, Ranches and Accomplishments, and charge as
u commission 5 per cent to the party selling.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-04-05

Lots 10 and II, Block 81, facing the
windmill by the Park; a bargain,
partly terms, at ........... sl25.
Lot s, Block II, Highland Park, with
small house on same, terms, $l5OOO
Lots ! and 2, Block l3, Gamble Add
ton, lust west of windmill of G. II.
Chenault, within three blocks of new
School, terms, .............. $500.
Lots l and 2, Block 2, Gamble Add
ton. toEOsUO
Lots . and 10, Block /, Gamble Addi.
Lots 7.s.9, Block ~, MCGEE Addition.
a corner opposite X, =. Donohoo's
residence, ................ $4,000
so acres patented land, FIVE miles east,
tenant house and dug out, all fenced
20 acres has been broken up two
years a bargain at $l2.50 per acre,
One half cash. balance on time.
One store house on lot 4, Block 4, Main
street, renting at $40 per month, 80:
SSJOU,OO
Lots lOll.l2, Block |, Niece Second
Addition, with good four room resi-,
dence on same, ...,,,.,.... $l25O.OO
Lot 8, Block 0, Buchanan Addition, good
two.room house, fence and barn $500
The Triangle of land just west Of the
Lot 9, Block 8, Buchanan Add $4,000
Lots 8 and o, Block 3S, Original Town.
IS acres lust north Of II. M. Smith, be.
tween the Rock Island and the Daw-
son railroads, an acre, ,......: STD
Lots 10.1l.12, in Block ~, Daub's First
Addition, ...,,.....,.,,.. 81 ,0OO.Oo
Two Cement Block Store Houses 25xG0
feet on three lots on Smith street.
100000
IS room Rooming House n Lots 3 and
4, Block 3, Buchanan Addition, with
barn. one.half cash, balance terms,
s1,'oooo
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-02-25
r F AFTERNOON.

I've trod life's rough and stormy way
Beyond high noon, and nea its set
ting sum-,
Youths sunny vale lies dim and dead,
And circling years are nearly run.
The fires of youth are burning low;
The chill of age comes stealing on,
And gone are friends and wife and
children too,
And | am left to weep alone.
I've felt the spell of love and song
Of leafy trees and blooming flowers,
Of fields and groves and mountains wild,
Of tears and smiles and lonely hours.
I've mourned the death of dearest hopes
And buried them mid falling tears;
Have known the joys and felt the stings
That all will feel in our short years.
The frost that never melts is On my hair.
And silvered now that once was gold;
Yet heart is young and hopes are strong,
For these, like love, should not grow
old.
I'm living in life's yellow leaf,
The mellow light of autumn's snn.
I'm bringing in its garnered sheaf,
The harvest home will later come.
My sun goes down the western sky
Toward evening bell and hope-lit night
And when his yellow locks no more are
At eventime may there be light.
F. A. THOMPSON.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-02-25

In another year the present term of
the Chancellor for this Chancery Dis
trict will expire. Hon. James F. IMcCool
will be a candidate for re-appointment.
| Whether Or not he will have opposition
is not definitely known
1t would be a grave misfortune to the
state as well as a great injustice to
Chancellor McCool if such services as
he has performed and such a record
as a public servant and jurist as he has
made are not approved and rewarded
by a continuance in the Office he has so
splendid1v filled and so truly and faith
fully and honorably administered.
Nothing so becomes a great state as
justice-justice from the state to her
officers and citizens, and justice as ad-
ministered by her courts. Both of
these sentiments demand Chancellor
McCool's disappointment. Thus will
Mississippi pay a just u to 2 worthy
servant of the state, and insure to the
1itigants in the chancery courts of the
Sixth C~hancery District a learned in
depreciation and a fair and impartial
administration of the law.
A chancellor does not come into such
frequent or immediate contact with
the people at large as does a circuit
judge. The Importance to them of a
wise appointment to that Office and the
influence on their affairs "a chancellor's
decisions and conduct have are not
always readily apparent to the public.
But in many respects, it is the most
important of all state Offices to the
people of a district. 1t is the function
of no other off e to deal so largely and
intimately with their property rights,
and it also stands ready to interpose a
bar to any infringement of their rights
to life and liberty either from private
persons or even other courts. Origi-
nally the chancellor was the keeper of
the kings conscience. The Chancery
Court is, now in a way, the keeper of
the states conscience, and is given
those equitable powers not we'll capa-
bic of being administered by the ma
chinery of other courts.
In every respect Chancellor McCool
is notably qualified to administer the
high Office and perform it's delicate and
intricate duties. Susceptible to no
improper influence, in every case he
obeys Lord Coke's maxim and "Does
that which it is fitting that a Judge
should do. Officially and in private
person he preserves in its purest integ-
rity the high standard Of the Southern
bench and bar. Learned i'll the law
and possessing in a peculiar degree
the judicial temperament, he is one of
the brightest ornaments of the judi
ciary of Mississippi past and present.
The people Of this district would do
wisely to exert themselves to see that
their good fortune in having such a
chancellor as they have is continued.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-02-25
KEPT MULES ON THE MOVE
Hitched to Speeding Automobile Team
for a While Had the Time of
Their Lives.

Here is a story from Manhattan
with vaudeville features, not to men.
ton the hard luck:
A farmer living on Deep creek, sew
eral miles east of Manhattan, had a
thrilling experience with an automO-
bile and a team of mules. The farmer
recently had purchased a new machine,
and on one of his first trips tried to
cross the creek ut a ford. He put the
clutch at high speed and waded in.
For some reason the engine went dead
in midstream. Cranking failed to re-
yive it. After q number Of useless eff
forts, the farmer secured a team OF
mules, hitched them to the stubborn
auto and dragged the machine across
the creek II up the bank. The driver
had left the clutch on at high speed,
ana from some u|naccOuntable cause as
soon as the machine was on level road
the engine suddenly revived, the ma
chine started forward with a bound
and struck the mules squarely in their
kicking apparatus. There was some
thing doing Immediately thereafter.
The mules started off full tilt with the
machine chugging after them; the
DciAS CNbdDlCo i liz hAC
could not give the machine much at
tent1on. The machine was soon going
at a great speed, striking the mules
on the heels again and again. Both
team and machine became unmanage-
able; but the mules suddenly jumped
TO one side, bringing the machine
sharply around and causing it to strike
a bank OF earth, nus bringing the
strange runaway to an abrupt end
Kansas City Journal.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-02-25
The Earnest Man.

The man who has genuine
earnestness all through life is
bound to get somewhere ulti-
mately-to do something that is
worth while. He may, and un-
doubtedly will. make mistakes
like the rest Of creation, but he
goes at everything with a set
purpose. If he finds himself on
the wrong track; if one policy or
course fails, proves weak, I'M
true or unfeasible, he doesn't
sWerve, lounge in idleness, give
way to gloom, despair or dissipa-
ton. He just buckles his belt a
notch tighter and goes at it
again on another tack.
The earnest man, nine times
in ten, has it in him to labor
tirelessly IN the accomplishment
Of a desired purpose, and, more
over, he will have that purpose
fixed and outlined before him.
He takes pride and pIeasur in his
work. He wants to do some
thing that counts. He is never
a blow hard or a braggart. He
is intent on results, and what
9th ers says or what goes on
around him bothers him not at
all, Earnestness and intelli-
gence give birth to great achieve
ment and surmount difficulty
with ease. The earnest man
seldom wastes his time. He
knows that that is mans best
possession and he is ever reluc-
tant to put off till tomorrow
what may be done today, that he
may indulge in amusements. ]
would rather be surrounded by
earnest men who cannot be dis.
honest or careless, than by a
horde of others claiming the
hallmark of genius and carrying
its Responsibilities M Com.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-02-25
RECOGNIZED AS A STATESMAN
Candidates Scheme at Once Seen to
Be the Production of a
Master Mind.

"Our end Of the town is completely
without police protection" said the
aldermanic candidate in a lively
speech. Elect me and / promise to
have this section of the city literally
swarming with police"
The next night he was denounced
by the opposition as a four nusher
and asked TO outline his plan for Sc
curing proper protection.
Ladies and gentlemen" he began
at the following meeting. q was
called a buffer by our friends. the op-
position, last night. / now propose to
show you how / will make good in my
promise. First Of all ] will start the
movement for more police protection
by hiring two new cooks. Let evC.y
man of family in his audience hire
one cook and keep her and wen need
an exclusion act % keep the cops out
Of our territory"
PandcmOnium broke loose. A new
Bolivar bad appeared in their midst
and At the election his rival vas
sE*3IFtG into oblivion.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-02-25
Death Of Judge HuddIeStOn.

Much regret was expressed
among members of the jackson
bar and the legislature today
over the news from PhiladeI-
phia, Miss, of the death of
Judge Green B. Huddleston, at
that place, for many years one
of the foremost jurists of the
state, and Tor d number of years
circuit judge of the Meridian
district. Death was due to
heart failure and came very sud
denly.-Jackson News.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-02-25
ANNOUNCEMENTS
For Marshall,

We are authorized to announce
S. A. LEVER
as a candidate for the office of Marshal
and Tax Collector of the City of Ma
con, subject to the action of the pri-
mary.
We are authorized to nnoun
FRANK COLE
as a candidate for the office of Mar
shall and Tax Collector of the City of
Macon.
We are authorized to
W. E. STENNIS
as a candidate for the Office of Marshal
and Tax Collector of the City of Macon.
We are authorized to announce
j. A. LEE
as a candidate for the Office of Marshal
and Tax Collector of the City of Ma
con-.
We are authorized to announce
c. L: SMOOT
as a candidate for the office of marshal
of City of Macon, subject to action of
the primary.
We are authorized to announbe
E. F. MAURY
as a candidate for the office of Mar
shall and Tax Collector of the City of
Macon, subject to the action of the
primary.
Clerk and Assessor
We are authorized to
R. E. V. YATES
as a candidate for the office of clerk
and assessor for the City of Macon.
We are authorized to
JOS. SCOTT
as a candidate for the office of clerk
and ssessor for the City of Macon.
Treasurer.
We are authorized to announce
w. S. STAGGERS
as a candidate for the office of ~treasur-
er for the City of Macon.
We ale authorized to
BROOKE FERRIS
as a candidate for the Office Of treasur-
er for the City of Macon.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-02-25
Notice! Notice! Ladies!

We will on March 1st in the Dorroh-
Shannon store in Macon. open a com
plete and first class Millinery store,
and cordially solicit the patronage of
the people of Macon and vicinity.
Thanking you for your past patron
age and asking a continuance of the
same. Respectfully,
COMBS MILLINERY Co.
MRS. C. E. COMBS, Mgr.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-02-25
Death of Charles Meriwether Strong

Little Charles Strong, the three-year,
old boy Of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Strong,
passed away Tuesday. He had been
sick with fever several days, and con-
gestion set in causing his death.
1t is one of the mysteries of the9laws
obtaining in this universe, that one so
young, in whose being so much happi-
ness and so many hopes were bound up
here, should be transplantod to another
sphere. But uncontaminated with a
single evil thought or word or deed of
this worlds humanity and still divine
with the divinity Christ imposed on all
little children, he passed into another,
and surely a better existence.
The fullest and sincerest sympathy
of all who know them are with the be-
reaved parents.
Early Rose seed potatoes cheapest in
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-02-25
The Senatorship


After a prolonged fight in which
there were many sensational
features, the conservatives won
out Tuesday night, and the dem
Ocratic caucus nominated Hon.
Leroy Percy for senator. The
vote was close-Percy 81, Yard
aman 81.
Nothing but fine political gen
eralship and the acknowledged
ability and merit Of their final
candidate enabled the conserva-
tive element to defeat Varda-
man. AS it is, the general opin-
ion both out and in the state is
that the caucus was governed by
ideas of duty and that they chose
the Worthiest man. The mem
bers Of the majority were neither
to be cajoled by eX-parte petitions
rejecting the views of only a Sc
lected number Of citizens nOr
stampeded by threats of their
own political ruin. MISSISSIPPI
plans may we'll have now a re-
newed confidence in the strength
and wisdom Of the democracy Of
the state, as exempted in the
late democratic caucus Of the
Legislature.
This fight, however, is only the
preliminary skirmish; the decis-
i've battle will be in 1911 before
the people of the state in the pri-
mary election then to be held.
Both Percy and Vardaman have
already flung down their gaunt-
lets, and there will be, probably,
no other candidate.
THE BEACON hazards the pre-
diction that the contest then will
not be so close as the one just
ended. Mr.. Vardaman is a man
who politically possesses great
attractiveness; his support Will
be enthusiastic and strong, and
he will make a gallant and at
tractive fight. But the Fates, III
the shape of the sober enlighten-
ment and strong common sense
of the people Of Mississippi are
against him and he will fail of a
majority.
Mr.. Vardaman fundamentally
misjudges the temper Of the
times and the tempers of the peo-
pie both of Mississippi and the
nation. He differs from Jeff
Davis of Arkansas in degree,
not in kind, and HollingsWorth
Of Indiana is of the same sort
though in the opposition camp.
Both South and North are dis
gusted with the waving of the
bloody shirt, and though Mr..
Vardaman does not know it, both
North and South are out of humOr
with the waving Of the kind of
red flag Mr.. Vardaman faunts.
1t pleases some people. but for
tunately those people are always
more or less in minority.
Senator Percy in birth, breed
ing, attainments, ability and gen
eral qualifications fits we'll the
exalted seat he has been elected
to. OF an old and distinguished
Mississippi family, the son Of a
noted democratic warrior. he rep
resents we'll an element in our
state of which all Of us are proud.
In himself, he is splendidly edu-
Gated, has won distinction at the
bar for ability. and his character
is high and without a stain.
Mississippi may confidently eX-
pect that with Percy in the ma
tional senate her standard will
be borne aloft as of old, in faith
full, able hands.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-02-25
Platinum Merely Ry.nroduct.

In British Columbia platinum is
found in many of the alluvial gold
workings, where it can be saved as a
~by-product. The saving of it in a
small way is, however, attended with
so much trouble that it has beer prac-
ideally neglected and no appreciate
production made recently.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-02-25
Notice.

Any one having land for sale can OBJ
tain listing blanks free Of charge. 1t
is my intention to advertise three Of
the best and most attractive farms
listed with me in several papers in Ill
inois, Ohio and Kentucky. List your
lands now and get this chance Of a big
adv. free. C. G. CLAY,
Macon, Miss.
OHoo Ouar M q 2 Ropk
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-02-25
Sale.

About II thousand feet secondhand
lumber, and 1900 to 1000 cleaned brick,
Lumber stacked, and nails taken out.
Most of it in good condition, and a part
of it as good as new. Will sell at very
reasonable prices. Apply to
ED. M. MURPHEY.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-02-25
StudyShorthandat Home

with an expert Stenographer. Easy les
sons, easy terms, day o. night lessons.
Address R. L, H., P. O. Box 35.
Macon, Miss.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-02-25
Lost,

Fine male Bull Dog, about one year
old, named Tom, white body and head
with block spot over left eye, extend
ing up in left ear. My name engraved
On collar, Last seer OF CoOpers Gre
sham plantation, will reward party re
turning him to me,
HIN. SCALES.