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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-05-13
ROOKSVILLE

and Mr.. J. NJ. Gaines r in Bal
timore enjoying the Southern
Baptist Convention.
Mrs. Myrick Cox Of Columbus
was the guest of MIS-. Jno. Will
kinS Sunday.
Mrs. Daniel Mcleod spent
Saturday and Sunday with her
daughter, Mrs. Meek, in West
Point,
DR.. Effie Close of Macon makes
frequent visits to our town. hav-
ing several patients here.
Mrs. D. T. St, John went to
Macon Wednesday to go out to
a country church for the purpose
of organizing a Baptist Mission
airy Union. She has been ap-
pointed organizer for this part of
the field,
There is a good deal of sick
ness. The sufferers at present
are, Prof. Collins, Mrs. Bowen
a. Kilmer, and Mrs. Perry.
Miss Minerva Farmer is filling
Prof. Collins place in the school
while he is unable to be at his
post.
Mr.. T. C. Hambrick was away
for a few days, attending the
Hardware Association in Column
bus.
We have been informed that
the High School will have the
same faculty another session
with the addition Of Mrs. M. w.
Crymes. We congratulate the
management on having prevailed
on Prof. Collins to serve them
again, as he is a very able educa-
tor.
Rev. NJ. Sykes had his usual
Episcopal service at the Metho-
dist church Monday evening.
The Maids and Matron's club
held their May meeting with
Mrs. J. S. Stanley. The OTTER
noon was most pleasantly and
profitably spent.
Wednesday Hartwell, the sew
en- year old son of Mr.. and Mrs.
+. H. Johnson, fell from a tree
AID broke his leg between the
nip and knee. 1t was set imme-
dlateIy, and he is said to be get
ting on nicely.
Mrs. NJ. c. Hambrick and
Mrs. Dr.. Ledbetter spent a day
this week in the Fox Trap neigh
borhood with their relatives.
Mrs. Annie Woollen, after a
short stay at home, las gone on
a visit to relatives in Tennessee.
Mrs. c.. D. Hearon of Bald
Knob, Ark, is with her daugh-
ter, Mrs. James Madison.
DR.. Murphey of Macon has
been in town professionally this
week.
Miss Renie Long Of Columbus
IS the guest of her aunt, Mrs. H.
H. Shull.
There was quite an excite
ment in town Tuesday afternoon,
when Mrs. T. j. Wilkins, Jr.,
who was driving into town, lost
control of her horse, and he ran
for a mile and a quarter. She
was quite cool and managed to
keep him in the road till she
reached town when Mr.. Euwin
Parks, and some colored men
stopped him. She was entirely
unhurt, though considerably sha-
ken up.
Miss May, of Macon IS nurs-
ing Mrs. Perry.
Mrs, Boggess is entertaining
her sister, Miss Woodward of
Macon, and Mrs. Hendricks and
children of Laurel.
Omitted from last week.
Nh. and Mrs. James Madison
and Miss Lena went up to Col
umbus Tuesday to witness the
May Day pageant. The lovely
Queen, Miss Erin Heron, being
a sister of Mrs. Madison, they
were especially entertained.
The w. H. M. Society net
Monday afternoon, May 2, with
Mrs, M, Perry, who proved bor.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-05-13

| have for sale a few thorough bred
Duroc Jersey pigs, eligible to registra-
ton. W. G CROSBY,
Macon. Miss.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-05-13
For Sale.

First class combination saddle and
buggy horse, Apply to
H. II, BROOKS, Jr.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-05-13

See Kirsch's Curtain Rods and Elk.
tension poles at SKELETONS.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-05-13
Arte Sian Wells,

Arfe sian W011Ss
[ am now well equipped for drilling
deep wells and any one needing work of
this kind is solicited to consult or write
| make the handling of pumps a
speciality. PHILLIP MISsO,
Route 2, Macon, Miss
Pasturage.
Pasturage for a limited numbe f
live. stock can be had at the Minor
Place on northern edge of Macon.
grass and a deep pool Of good wa
ter. Thoroughbred Jersey bull in pas
ture. HENRY A. MINOR. Jr.
The City Pressing has the only relia-
BILE presser in town.
C. I. SARGENT, Prop.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1910-09-28
HOW THEY READ THE PAPER
Marked individuality Is Shown In
Manner In Which Different People
Hold Paper.

We heard it said the other day, by
whom, for the life of us, we cannot
remember-in the general clangor of
life's din it is so exceedingly difficult
to trace even the comparatively few
notes that emerge distinctly from
the mass of sound with easy distinct
ness-we heard it said the other dav.
we repeat, that every one has his
own individual method of reading
his newspaper An alluson was
made in that observation to the diff
ference in peoples methods of grasp
ing the printed sheet when they are
in the act of reading it. Some hold
1T widely in front of them, using two
hands; others adopt an intricate
process of folding so that the part
they are perusing is continually pre-
sented in kind Of emphatic isola-
ton. There are people who are ac-
customed to read the newspaper in
the train whenever they travel, and
yet are never able to gain the mas
terry of the printed columns, which
swell to gigantic proportions and en-
velop all the other passengers in the
compartment amid a cracking like
continuous but badly timed volley
firing. And that word reminds us
of the long sticks with handles to
which the paper is sometimes at
tached in cafes. Always more than
we can manage, they would be really
serviceable, we have often thought,
in military operations when the sig
nalers suddenly find that they have
run out of fags.-London Globe.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1910-09-28
married for Money" Certainly
Applies Here.

With a fortune estimated as
high as $50, 100000, John 5. Lyle
who will be ninety three years old
next month, has just taken a wife,
whom he has established in his
beautiful country home. T h e
bride, who was Miss Julia Han
non, a trained nurse, is only thir-
ty years old, and met her husband
when she was sent from hospital
to care for his sister-in-law two
years ago. She will inherit his
ais entire fortune, as there was no
children from his first marriage.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1910-09-28
MOTION PICTURES OF INSECTS.

A French inventor, M. Bull, has
perfected a cinematograph with
which pictures Of insects in flight
may be taken, and afterward exhib-
tied in motion upon a screen or in
a stereoscopic apparatus. AS many
as 1000 images per second may be
made by the flying insects, as repre-
sented by the images, the latter can
be caused to pass with relatively
great deliberation, so that only 10
or Is, or even only two or three, sue
coed one another per second. BY an
ingenious device NJ. Bull causes the
insect itself to make an electric con-
tact, and thus set the apparatus in
motion at the beginning of its
flight.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1910-09-28
LIGHT Cattle as An Investment.

Signs of increasing interest in
light stock cattle are easy to de-
tect The 700 to 800 pound class
has experienced sharp appreciation
in value recently. The advance at
Missouri River markets from the
low point of July is about - cents
per cwt.. and Chicago quotations
show similar gain. Difficulty is
now experienced in getting any
thing il the stocker line with de-
cent quality below $3.50 per cwt.,
and the tendency is steadily up
ward.
Many regard money put into
these light cattle as well invested.
Recent experience has demonstrate
ed this to be a fact. Reviving pas
lures and an abundance of forage
are making July and early August
purchases look cheap.
Without heavy feeding these lit
tie cattle, if we'll handled, ought to
be in good condition next spring
to satisfy either feeder buyers
or killers of cheap cattle. From
an investment standpoint they are
valuable to the man who places a
value on manure as a feedlot by
product.
There was time, not far back
in the past, when wintering stock
cattle was not regarded as remuner-
ative; but the high prices such
stuff has realized during the spring
months lately has been response
bic for a radical change of opin. on.
Cheap killing steers are not likely
to be cheaper next spring than
last, and when in any sort of de-
cent flesh will doubtless get the
benefit of competition between
butchers and feeders.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1910-09-28
NOT STARTING, BUT ARRIVING.

Doctor Mather believed that birds
flew in their migrations to an undis-
covered satellite, little moon that
had never been discovered, but was
only a short distance from the earth.
But it is marvellous how bird knows
just when to migrate, for it times
its migration, not to the exact day
of the year but to the exactly right
season to arrive when the fruits or
seeds or insects, for which it is Wild
hungry, are exactly ready for bird
bill of fare. No migrating bird is
ever cheated or mistaken like people
and almanac makers by late bad sea-
SONS, for if the season is late Mr..
Bird arrives late to suit. How can
robin in Canada, hundreds of miles
away, tell to day when the first
fruits of Louisiana are on tap?
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1910-09-28
Reflections of a Bachelor.

The old dodgers who tell how
much worse the world is than it
used TO be, ought to get consola-
ton out of how they are near the
end of it, but they don't.-New
York Press.
Anyhow, argument lets off
steam.
A man exaggerates his miseries;
a woman her happiness.
Passion is a sprinter; affection
has staying qualities.
The rouge pot fools blind peo-
pie, but what's the use of fool
ing theml
Any girl can want a man to love
her for the way she tans without
burning.
When a girl will admit she has
a big foot it's an absolute certainty
she hasn't.
You can't touch up an old paint
ing and make it look young: touch
ing up an old woman makes her
look older.
Man loves because he's fooled
into it; he marries because he's
frightened into it.
A convenient thing about a pri-
vate garden is for the vegetable
man to come around regularly to
supply you.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1910-09-28
A Beautiful Life.

A beautiful life is an honest life.
A life of truthfulness, of nobility
of the soul and life of devotion
to our loved ones here and to the
God who created US. Life, in
deed, is but a river running with
rapidity, onward, onward, ever on.
1t runs, alas. too swiftly. We
have not one moment in which to
hesitate or spend in idleness. We
should place a guard on our every
day actions, as we travel along
life's journey. just one unkind
word can never be recalled; how
much better had it never been
spoken. Kind words How lit
tie they cost, and yet how dearl
Soft words soften the soul. Words
harsh and angry kindle the fire of
wrath and vengeance. Cold words
chill while hot ones create fire and
discord. There are vain words,
idle words, silly words, spiteful
words and a multitude of others
to guard against. BY trying daily
to initiate Him who had not where
to lay his head only, can we live a
beautiful life.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1910-09-28
for Sale.

Double Standard Polled Dur
ham Bulls. THOMAS J. BIGGsTAFF,
1-tf. Mt. Sterling. Ky.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1910-09-28
A Good impression.

What makes a better impression
on you than to get letter from a
firm written on an artistic letter
headl That's the kind of work
we do.
Advocate Pub. Co., Inc.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1910-09-28
The Sense of Smell.

1t is not in the nostril that the sense
of smell lies, but in the upper third
of the nose. There the red lining of
the nostril changes into brown, and
becomes much more sensitive.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1910-09-28

Regulates the bowels. promotes
easy natural movements, cures
constipation-D oars Regulets.
Ask your druggist for them. 25c.
a box. I'm.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1910-09-28
FRUlTLESs STRUGGLING.

81 understand that after waiting
20 years she married a struggling
young man?"
eyes, poor chap. He struggled the
best he knew how, but she landed
him" Brooklyn Life.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1910-09-28

Baby won't suffer five minutes
with Group if you apply DIR.
Thomas Eclectic Oil at once. 1t
acts like magic. I'm.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1910-09-28
Exercise.

The value of daily exercise is to
bring the less used organs into play,
that they may the better sustain the
organs which to us individually ap-
pear more important.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1910-09-28
GALLANT.

Shelf l were a man I should
never marry.
He-If you were a man l should
0cVoA HS1Ays LllA
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-12-22

stores. The pine apple grows on
a small bush, one to a bush;
thought they grew on pine trees,
but not so. The cocoanut tree
grows here in abur dance.
l notice by the papers from
Mexico that you have had some
cold days. There has not been a
day or night passed over me that
/ haven't had my window hoisted
No frost here to cut garden truck.
We have lettuce, fresh onions and
radishes from the garden. Vegc-
tation is green and fresh as a day
in June in Missouri.
The Nelson's are all well, pros
pering and making money.
G. Kabrich.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-12-22
MIDDLEToWN FOLKS.
Fall Heir to Big Fortune of Ne
braska Woman.

Omaha, Neb., Dec. 13.-MiS
sourians will benefit to the extent
of nearly $4,000 by the will file
to-day of Mrs. Mary j. Paxton, q
wealthy widow of Omaha, who
died last week.
Judge Ware, of Sterling, Dor.
othy Show, of Montgomery City
and Mrs. Matte Houf. of Middle.
town, are brother and sisters Of
Mrs. Paxton, and will participate
in the division Of the property.
which is valued at more than
$250,000. j. w. Show, Julia Show
Mary Show and Paxton Show of
Montgomery City and Susie Show
of High Hill, Mo-, are nephews
and nieces and all share in the es.
tate. Nancy j. Cox, of Montgom.
cry City is bequeathed $4,000.
The brother and sisters of Mrs
Paxton will be paid during their
lifetime only the interest of the es-
tate. At the death Of the last Of
these the property is to be divided
among their children.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-12-22
BEAN CREEK.

Hog killing and selling turkeys
is the order of the day.
Alice Willingham sold to Powell
G. Mundy 10 fat hogs at Tets. a
pound.
Burley Willingham bought two
shoats of Arthur Ketter for $ll'oO
We are glad to learn that
Arthur Ketter is improving, after
a lingering spell of typhoid fever
Mrs. Dick Nichols in improV'
ing.
Prof. Davis is on the sick list
Was unable to teach Monday
His daughter, Miss Josie, laugh
in his place.
The box supper at Bean Cree
school house last Friday nigh
was largely attended. A sum Q
$1775 was realized. A cake an
silver was given for the most pol
ular young lady. Miss zanad
Weekley received 80 votes and r
ceived the prize. John Weekl'
4 served as auctiOneer.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-12-22
WOULD ANNUL.
Trouble of Mr.. and Mrs. Whitecot-
ton, Newly Married.

Kansas City, Mo-, Dec. 49,
Preparations are being made by
James II. Whitecotton, an attor-
ney of Paris, Mo, and former
Speaker of the Missouri Legisla-
ture, to have the marriage of his
son, James Whitecotton, to Miss
Florence Beaver, annulled.
The marriage which took place
July 20, became known to ,b'
parents a few days ago. ~. Is
happened to see the record O th
license in the Office of the WIar.
dotte County Probate Court, anil
the parents were told of the mar
riage.
The couple eloped from Paris,
Mo-, July % and came to Kansas
City, Kan, where WhitecOtton
gave his name as White, his age 81
and his address as Hannibal, Mo.
and the girl gave her age as Is and
her home as Muskogee, Ok.
While Mr.. Whitecotton wants
to have the marriage annulled, a
G. Beaver, of Monroe county,
father of the girl, objects.
Young WhitecOtton is attending
school at Fayette, Mo-, and his
wife is. attending Hardin College
at Mexico, Mo. He is 10 and she
is 18 years old.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-12-22
What Gle Must Be. ;,

Miss Laura Hanley, Of Mexico,
writing to the St Louis Post
Dispatch in contest for the best
reasons on "What Must He Be to
Win Your Love-" says:
''FOr an ideal lover what pie
ture would you see?
Broadminded and pureminded
that he must be.
Handsome, not essential, but he
must be neat,
And nice and COURTEOUS to all he
may meet.
If he be kindhearted, sympa
thetic, sober and true,
Why, we must overlook just one
fault or two.
a Democrat or a Republican. nos
&" would one care,
II he can just make a living for
one happy pair. :"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-12-22
Gov. Hadley's Turkey.

Fulton, Mo-, Dec. 13.-Follow-
ing the announcement that Gov.
Herbert S. Hadley would bring
his fifty-fve pound prize turkey
to the Galloway County Poultry
Show, in Fulton, Dec. 90 to 80, his
friends have raised a special fund
and will offer prizes for the two
biggest pen turkeys in Galloway
county.
At the close of the show the
turkeys are to be presented to the
Chief Executive as worthy mates
to the. big gobbler.
Since Gov. Hadley acquired the
monarch of the barnyard he has
set about to promulgate the breed
of big turkeys, and his Kingdom
friends are takin~ this means of
getting him the st there is in
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-12-22
WALNUT LOGS.
Don't Burn This Wood-It Is A
Great Waste.

Mexico, Mo-, Dec. 12.-In
thousands of Missouri homes to-
day the blaze which crackles in the
stove and old brick fire place is
consuming some of the most val
liable timber ON the American con-
tinent. This timber is black wal
nut and even more valuable than
mahogany.
Timber buyers are in Central
Missouri today buying all Of this
variety of trees they can and some
are discovering that the owners Of
small farms have already used as
iirewOod walnut timber which.
had it been sold, would have made
themindependentlyrich Thiswood
has become so valuable that even
stumps are sought. They are cut
into veneer hardly thicker than
cardboard.
Within the next thirty days
eight or ten carloads of walnut
logs will be shipped from here.
Farmers who have timber on their
places are beginning to watch and
guard these trees, for they bring
from $35 to $40 thousand feet.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-12-22
Ts Coming To Mexico.

Columbia, Mo-, Dec. Ill. I,
Van Note, who has acted as the
keeper of Chief Josephine, Mis-
souri's record-breaking cow, will
leave the employ of the State
Farm at Columbia in the spring.
Mr.. Van Note has had the care
of Josephine four years, and is
credited for her record in mills
producing.
He has purchased the Lee dairy
ct Mexico, Mo-, and will go there
to enter business.
Josephine has fallen a little be
hind in her milk production in tn
last few weeks.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-12-22
FROM FLORIDA.
A Mexico Man Tells of the PEG.
ple-The Fruits and the
Gardens.

Jacksonville, Fla, Dec. 10, 1910.
Editor Message Here are a few
more of my observations:
Jacksonville is well equipped
with churches; there are about
20, five within a block of where |
stay. A great cathedral has just
been completed and was dedi-
Gated a few days ago. No one
could see the service without a
ticket. The priest gave them
out at the parsonage. | rushed
in with the great thrOng and told
the father that | was from Mis-
souri, and would be pleased to be
at his magnificent temple dedi-
cation. "Sure," he said. how
many tickets do you WANT" |
was supplied all right.
When the hour for the dedi-
cation came the congregation
marched from the old church, a
block distant, to the new church.
There were so boys all the same
size, with red robes and white
lace caps. Then came 80 girls,
dressed in pure white with thin
wells over their heads that went
down the back to the hem of their
garments. Then came 20 priests,
who marched around the building.
The High Priest sprinkled holy
w9ter on each corner of the buill-
liz Then they marched in--on
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-12-22
HOG CHOLERA MEDICINE.
Audrain County Stockman Finds
it Successful-More Educa-
ton for the Farmer.

The following is taken from the
National Daily Live Stock Re
porter of Monday Of this week:
D. Hildebrand,a prominent snip
per of live stock and grain from
Audrain county, Mo-, was on the
market today with hogs and while
here made very pleasant call OH
the Reporter While here he said
Corn is bringing around 40c and
the quality is not very good as ii
is soft as a rule at least what they
are selling is soft. ! think the
farmers are holding back their
good corn. Feeders are getting
most of the corn as they will pay
2 "a &c more for it than we can af-
ford to give and ship it. Hogs are
scarce as there was a big lot LOST
this summer and fall from cholera
especially south of where | live.
/ did not lose many as l fed them
plenty of cholera medicine. l am
a firm believer in feeding hogs
medicine to keep them healthy
and invariably where this was
done no hogs were lost, where they
did not use medicine whole droves
died. l took hogs already sick
and by giving them plenty of med
icine cured them. OF course we
all have our favorite medicine but
nearly all of them are good and
the man that uses any of them win
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-12-22

H. G. Sims, at Stoutsville, Mo-
a brother of W. H. Sims of near
Laddonia, thru his nephew, L. IL
Sims, at Rush Hill, will get the
Message for a year as Christmas
present. H. C. Sims used to be a
resident of this county, about 81
wears ago, and he is still interested
in things doing here among us.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-12-22
FARBER NEWS.

Rev. Luke Kirtley filled his APP
pointment at the Baptist church
Saturday evening and Sunday.
Miss Hattie CrearY is Yisitipo
the family Of Edward Maehin
near Mar!insburg.
The Sunday schools OF Farber
are arranging to have "A Christ
mas tree.
Mrs. j. w. Trabue, who has
been visiting her niece in st. Louis
returned home Friday.
Mrs. Lane came up from Van
dalia Wednesday to visit hel
daughter, Mrs. F. w. Turner.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry OF nea
Chicago visited Mrs. Antoni frs
of the week.
Miss Belle Sheppard visite'
, friends at Vandalia Sunday.
= Charles Kellum was called
Barry, Illinois, Saturday, hi
D uncle being seriously i'll.
Miss Birdie Pierce, OF La
donia. visited her friend, Mi
!. Eta Turpin, first Of the week.
+ Henry Willzerson and wife
d Rails County. visited Edmol
V. Bryning and family, Thursday.
al There will be family reun
at the home of Senator Big
II, Tuesday, the 18th. All the eli
ii dren are expected home at Il
time.
Miss Neva Bell, who is after
g. ing school at Vanlalia, spent >
-, day with hOmefolks.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-12-22
Rrown.Weatherford.

Mr.. c. \. Brown and Miss Mabel
Weatherford, both of Farber,
came to Mexico last Thursday
and were united in marriage, the
wedding taking place at the home
of the officiating minister, Rev. j.
ID Greer. Both have many friends
who join in extending them
best wishes for prosperity and
happiness together.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-12-22
Two Neighbors in Trouble.

John T. Mason and 6. A. Bast
are neighbors on South Clark
avenue. The former is suing the
latter in the Circuit Court on
three counts-frst, to recover so
actual damages, alleging that de
PENDANT tore down a fence be
tween their respective properties
second, $1.0O actual damages anc
$40 punitive damage, allegln'
that defendant threw a log int
plaintiffs yard; third, SO
actual damages and $25 punitiV
damage, alleging defendant COZ
verted three fence posts belont
ing to plaintiff to his own use.