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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-02-03
The County Attorney


The Clarion-Ledger, Aberdeen Ex-
aminer and others of the best news
papers of the state, and the circuit
Judges generally, are saying that the
law creating County Attorneys is one
of the best on the statute books.
AS a factor in eliminating from the
consideration of the grad jury and trial
in the circuit courts, ~frivalous and I'M
founded cases against innocent persons,
the Office more than justifies it's creation.
1t juStifies it in the money saved the
public, and much more in the undeserved
trouble saved citizens.
It also operates in decreasing crime
by vigorous prosecution in the justice
courts and the gathering and preserva-
ton of evidence for use before the
grand jury and trial in circuit court.
Reports from various counties all show
the great value of the Office.
Under the administration of Hon. D..
F. Allgood, the Office in Noxubee has
proven a wise thing here. The guilty
have been convicted an fined and the
increase in fines and costs have more
than paid his salary. while he has served
as attorney for the supervisors with no
extra pay. The grand pines hereafter
will be able to do their work not only
much more effectively but in half the
time.
Mr.. Allgood has made a distinguished
success as county prosecuting attorney,
and is now a candidate before the peo-
pie. So far he has no opposition and is
not likely to have any. His record is a
strong argument for his election and
will doubtless keep off any opposing
candidate.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-02-03
Low Fares via M, & o. Railroad

account Mardi Gras Festivities, Mobile,
Ala, New Orleans. La, and Pensacola,
Fla, February % to %, 1911, inc. Also
for meeting, Dept. of Superintendent,
N. f. A, Mobile, Ala, Feb. 1925, 1911.
Tickets on sale February 21-27, inc,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-02-03
Cooks Improved Cotton Seed

| have for sale 300 bushels Of selected
planting seed, at 9Oc per bushe4, at home,
or shipped at 81. This is the best cot
ton you a plant---125O lbs. seed cotton
makes 500 ID. bale, and is very pro-
Life. making a bale to the acre on ordi-
nary land. Buy your planting seed now.
JOHN K. T%RIPPLETT,
Route l, Mashulaville, Miss.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-02-03

UNITED returning, to reach startiro
POINT or or before Ma, oh IL. Extension
OF return limit to March 27 upon donos;t
u ''cket and payment of fee of $500
FOR information regarding fares. time
- trains etc. apply to nearest Ticket
agent Mobile & Ohio Railroad.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-02-03

give plausible grounds for bellev-
ng him guilty, and that in four
different cases, he is certainly
guilty of grave misconduct IN
bringing reproach upon the state
that honored him. And what as
surance have Mississippians that
in Washington, full of opportuni-
ties for wrong doing, and full OF
scandal, that Vardaman will both
be innocent of graft and free
from the imputation of wrong
doing. A Senator from MISSISSIPPI
pi should be both.
And now comes the free pass
matter. What are Vardaman's
assertions and denials worth how
ever strong and absolute they be,
and however coupled with denun-
Citations of his accusers, in the
face of this matter. In the Issue
of Jan. 9th, Vardaman says:
They have failed to produce
the pass they claim | used.
Now, I want to brand as IN
famously untrue and false the
statement or the intimation, that
l ever accepted from the Gulf
and Ship Island railroad. Or any
other railroad, in Mississippi or
elsewhere, a free pass while |
was governor.
Let the pass be produced and
if any there be in existence with
my name on it or whatever it is, [
shall be glad to have a cut made
of it and publish it in The Issue.
JAS. K. VARDAMAN.
Forthwith the pass is repro
duced with his name on the back
in his own hand. That is like
Vardaman. He was cautious in
his denials at first. He did not
remember" When he became
convinced that they had no evi-
dence he makes his bold and abso-
lutte denial. 1t was the same in the
Bilbo matter. At first he did not
mention Bilbo, or mentioned him
in a non-committal way. But as
the reports came in of the crowds
that came to hear Bilbo and the
roseate accounts of the way he
was received reached him, Var
daman's treatment of the scala
way grew cordial and more cor
, dial until it reached the climax
when he said Bilbo was as fal
above Percy as the heavens above
the earth. But since the Dulaney
trial euloeies of Bilbo find nc
more a place in the columns Of
The Issue.
He stands four square to NJ
wind that blows. He veers
around to meet every passing
breeze Of tickle public opinion.
He has not the acumen to see
that public opinion in Mississippi
about the caucus, about Bilbo and
about the senatorial race is yet
unfixed and therefore tickle.
Those who believed Bilbo once
and caught the approving para
graphs in the Issue, what think
they now of Vardaman's support
and eulogy of the BLACKBOARD OF
Mississippi's good name?
Who is it of the three senator
ial candidates most likely to faint
the states name with scandal
Let the voters answer according
to their consciences.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-02-03
Notice for Publication
Department of the Interior.
U. S. Land Office at jackson. Miss
January 18th, 1911.

Notice is hereby given that Jesse C. Ivy. Jr.,
of Mashulaville. Miss. who. on May 6. 10 z, made
the East half of the Southwest quarter, Section
q. Township 10 North, Range Is East, Choctaw
Meridian, has filed notice of intention to make
Final Communication Proof, to establish claim to
the land above described. before the Clerk of the
Chancery Court of Noxubee County. at Macon.
Miss. on the 7th day of March. 1911.
Claimant names as witnesses:
Sam Guy, George Hill. Johnson Gaines, West
DAILY, all of Mashulaville. Miss:
j. JAY WHITE, Register.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-02-03
Death of DR.. J. II. Conner.

News has been received of the death
at Stephensville, Texas, of DR.. j. H.
Connor, who died January 22nd. He
lived in Noxubee many years but went
to Texas some fifteen years ago. An
obituary notice of his life will appear
later.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-02-03
Black Mare

A small, thin black mare, with
sore on back. Strayed from the Jno.
Douglas place and last e on Monday
evening, was at Mr.. A. l.. Nevillo's.
Reward for information.
Emmett Ross, Macon, Miss
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-02-03
Mare Mule For Sale.

A three-coming four year old home
raised mule for sale. Well broke. Ap-
ply to MINOR TRIMBLE,
Macon Miss
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Political Scandal in Mississippi

a scandalouS condition IN MlSSls-
sippi politics and advocates the
election of Vardaman as a remedy
and a cure.
All three candidates, Messrs.
Percy, Alexander and Vardaman
are men who have been prOmi-
nent long enough to have made
well established records, as priv
ate citizens and public men, and
from those records it is easily to
be reckoned up whose conduct in
Washington is most likely to
create a scandal. And to those
loath to believe eyil-it must be
remembered that extreme care
lessness and laxity of methods
are as likely to create scandal as
absolute dishonesty and graft.
In a high and honorable office,
where opportunities for graft are
great and the crime easily con-
cealed, the appearance of evil is
as fruitful of scandal as the evil
itself, and almost as blameable.
MI. Percy has long been a
prominent lawyer in Greenville,
and though not holding Office, has
long been prominent in public
affairs. He has been frank and
at times bitter; he has made many
bitter enemies, but not one has
ever accused him of dishonesty,
or even unfairness, and never of
anything approaching meanness
or greed. On the contrary, it has
been shown that on several Oc-
casioRs he has refused large fees
when he might have with profess
sional propriety, have taken the
cases. 1t may have been con-
scientious scruples, it may have
been personal feelings or preju-
dice. One may take either reason
butthefact is that money couldnot
purchase him to do that which he
did not want to do for whatever
reason. Scandal or the breath
of calumny has never touched
him.
Mr.. Alexander has for many
years practiced his profession in
the state capital, and has been
something of a publicist. A close
student of a rather retiring dis
position that Stunned the lime
light, he was little known to the
general public. To the legal pro-
feSsion all over the state he was
probably better known than
either Percy or Vardaman. His
career has been singularly free
from censure and he is known
by all who know him to be a
man who would shun disgrace
as a woman would shun an act
rejecting on her virtue. No
faint of suspicion has ever rested
upon him.
Mr.. Vardaman has practiced
law, edited newspapers, been a
publicist, and held many Offices.
His business has been in politics
for many years, as a legislator
or dealing with legislatures, as a
governor and as a candidate for
Senator. AS a lobbyist he lob
bied successfully, for the merger
of the l. c. and Y. NJ. V. AS a
delegate and as legislator he took
part in caucuses that voted by
secret ballot and scattered votes
in the legislature, as was the
method of the last caucus. Until
a week or two after his defeat a
year ago, he was never known
other than as apolitician who play
ed the game and criticised no one
for doing the same. He had no
reputation for crookedness nor
for saintliness. He was thought
to be a good fighter and a good
loser. He became governor, and
in many respects was an excel
lent governor. But wherever his
office gave him charge of money,
his conduct has caused a scandal.
The contingent fund, the battle
shin FIND tho Mor;I;on Dol;oe
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-09-21
A OuaiI's Freak.

Omar D. Gray's Sturgeon Leader
tells this story of a freaky quail up
in Bourbon township:
Joel H. Roberts and EIvin Barnes
two farmers residing south of town
tell the Leader a remarkable story
of bantam hen who made a nest
out in pasture and laid one egg
when her nest appealed to the
peculiar taste of a quail that hap
pened along. with the result that
the bantam was chased away and
the nest left to the quail. The quail
laid nine eggs in the nest and then
began a sitting that lasted three
weeks when young bantam appear
edfrom the nest. After waiting day
or two for the nest to hatch she
started off with her bantam. Joel
Roberts, whose field the nest was,
had watched them, and when they
had left the nest examined the
eggs and found five live quails in it
Elvin Barnes. whose farm joins Mr..
Roberts, while walking through his
field the other day, came across
the mother quail and the young
bantam still together.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-09-21
Pull Toaether.

In order that our community
may prosper as it should there
must be perfect harmony and a
better understanding between all
classes. The interests of the farm
er, the merchant, the mechanic,
the laborer are practically the same
That which will benefit one will
benefit all We should unite and
stand shoulder to shoulder for the
advancement of every interest of
Monroe City and vicinity.
More labor employing institutions
will be good for all. We can get
the labor employing institutions
more easily and more of them when
Monroe City has a water works and
sewerage system and a day electric
current Progress is everywhere
moving the world forward. We
must keep moving or we will soon
get distanced. The advantages
which Monroe City and vicinity
have to offer should be kept before
the people. There are many needs
and would it not be well to discuss
! them in some way. Some plan
should be devised which will draw
all classes closer together and when
we have become better acquainted.
Each one would find every other
man and woman had more or less
good and there are none so bad as
many now think. Let us have a
"6et-to-gether" of some kind. Let
us get more intimately acquainted
with the needs of the community.
Then we feel satisfied that all will
pull harder for the interests of
Monroe City and vicinity.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-09-21
Birds Of a Feather.

President Taft may get some idea
of his point of view by looking up
the records of those who most vio-
lentlyassail there callofjudges. Every
big criminal who practices grand
larceny by law or who trusts to the
partially of corporation judges to
grant him immunity when he vio-
lates the law every one of these
will applaud the president for in
sulting the intelligence and patriot
ism of his people with his veto.
Every subsidized newspaper that
sells its editorial and news col
Mmns to the predatory interests will
echo the presidents appeal for an
independent ~ judiciary.
Every attorney who in Office re-
lies upon secret retainers from favor
seeking corporations and those at
torneys. who. out of Office. win
fame and fortune by furnishing
legal horses on which members Of
the plunderbund may escape from
punishment all these win shout
approval of the presidents veto and
hail him as a Daniel come to
judgment"
He viii be Endorsed by some
thorough misunderstanding of the
real issue and by many for partisan
reasons but bis militant and vocior
who. as defenders, share the booty.
Is Presidents who have their hands
in other peoples pockets or who as
defenders share the booty. Is
ptesiat at rai willing 20 be JUDGED
BY the company he keepss The
Commoner
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-09-21
For the School Books.

Here is a way to cover the school
books. Lay the book fatty face
down on the material of which the
cover is to be made-calico, ging-
ham, cambria, anything suitable;
mark the cloth half the width larg-
er than the book, larger all the way
around, and at the back where the
binding comes, slash to the edge of
the book; turn in the cut pieces
over the, binding (the slash must be
on each side of the binding) and
bring the cloth smoothly over the
covers Of the book, lacing it across
with long double threads. Do this
on both sides of the cover, and
over the title Of the book on the
binding cut out a section from the
cloth large enough to show the
name Of the book If books are
covered when new, and thechildren
taught to take care of them. they
can be used as long as needed
without being much damaged.
Teach the child not to hold the
book open with the thumb placed
where the leaves come together.
Children should be taught to take
pride in keeping the school books
clean and Whole.-Commoner,
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-09-21
The Watermelon.

In the Old Days when the world
was much better than now, there
were good watermelons. AS we
remember them. the watermelons
of twenty-five years ago, were huge
affairs. They were none of your
overgrown cucumber effects of to-
day. but were great big round fell
lows. and the outside was a dark
green. 1t was the same shade of
green as the reflection of the trees
ia swimming hole.
And when you sunk the knife i'm
to it the rind ripped and cracked
for two inches ahead of the blade
land the melon just laughed it
self open.
Hold on! You didn't use knife.
You lifted the melon above your
head and dropped it to the ground
and it burst open. as red as rose
and a.hundred times as sweet. And
you ate nothing but the heart just
the chunky, crisp red heart,
5 Nowadays the marketman will
show you an oblong affair done in
pale green and greenery-yallery
stripes, with white blotch on the
under sides, that he calls a water
melon. And you cut it into slices
like bologna sausage, and eat it
with a fork like pie.
And you have forgotten whether
a watermelon goes plink-plank or
plunk.plunk when Il IS ripe. Be-
Cause Il doesn't make any diner
ence now. Elk.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-09-21

The editor who can please every
one is not suited to this earth, but
is entitled to wings, Human nature
is so constituted that some of our
readers would like to have us feed
them on scandal; some would like
to have US tell the unvarnished
truth about them, while others
would kill US if we did. 1t is a COM
forting thought to be editor and
know that the Lord himself did not
please everyone while on earth. We
labor hard to please our subscribers
but that we should occasionally
fail is to be expected. -Lancaster
Excelsior.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-09-21

When you pull down the town in
which is your home, you are pull
ing down yourself, and when you
build up you are building up your
self and your neighbor Try and
Danish from your mind the mis-
taken idea that all good things are
away off in some other locality.
Give.you town all the praise 1t can
legitimately bear. 1t certainly will
do you no harm and win cost you
nothing; and above all patronize
your home institutions including
the printing office -Newsboy.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-09-21
Call 3. Y.

When you want your sales cried
and want Col. W. I. YoueIl. call up
Ebert Yates at the F. & M. Bank
and he viii give you dates. Re-
member and cal Ely.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-09-21

Take your head to Streams Barber
Shop and have them use some of
the Fitch Tonic and DandruIf Re.
mover. Il does the work.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-09-21

Have your Watches. Clocks
and Eswelry rspaire6 nt Bebb's
IekelEy store. An work guar
ankced.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-09-21
Young man. that beautiful girl

Young man, that beautiful girl
whom YOU worship as a pillar of
unadulterated sweetness doesn't
contain even three ounces of sugar
A careful analysis shows that a
young lady of 154 pounds is COM
posed of So pounds Of water, three
pounds of the white of eggs, a little
less than three pounds of glue,
"a IL pounds of fat, 8 ia pounds
of phosphate of lime, 3 ounces of
sugar and starch, 7 ounces of
chloride of calcium, 6 ounces of
phosphate of magesia and a lite
ordinary table salt The sweetness
so pronounced in young ladies is
not somueh in their physical make
up as in their beautiful lady like
ways LaBelle Star.
The law recognizes the rights of
the man with the automobile as
well as the rights of the man with
slow team and a heavy load.
When faster team or an auto
mobile comes up behind you the
law says you should pull to the
right, the same as when you meet
another vehicle. in order that the
faster may pass. The autoist
should respect the rights Of persons
with teams as well as those with
teams should respect the rights of
the autoists.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-03-01
LORIMER DECLARED
 ELECTED TO SENATE
 BY VOTE OF 40 TO 40
Both Bulkeley and Brandegee Cast Their Ballots in Favor of Seating Illinois Senator, Accused of
 Bribery and Corruption

victim of persecution; that frauA. ths third degree and various other forms of intimidatan were practiced against him.
 The ma ajority of the Senate accept- ed Lorimer's defense and the decision is final. He stands cleared as far as the Senate itself is concerned Of all the charges made against hin
 Senator Beverfdge and others who opposed Lorimer realized in the latter days Of the contest that the majority was against them and they found their consolation in the assertion:
 we have tried this case before the people of the country and 1t is to the people that the Senate. as the jury, must return its verdict"
 The ves1ict was sent out to the peo- pie this afternoon.
 The vote in the Senate today was on the question of adopting the fol- lowing resolution introduced by Sem ator Beverfdge. (Rep.. 1nd.):
 Resolved, That William Lorime1 was not duly and legally elected to . seat in the Senate of the United states by the Legislature of the State of u- linois."
 The vote "aye" was against Lorimer: the vote mo- was for him.
 The two Connecticut Senators, Bulk eley and Brandegee. answered mo" to the roll calL
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-03-01
SEN, PADDOCK'S
 C0MMITTEEF FOR AN INCOME TAX
Will Report in Favor of the Measure-Minority May
 Oppose it
(special to The Farmer)

Hartford, March By a vote of five to four the legislative committee on Federal relations on which Senator Paddock of Bridgeport is chairman de- cided yesterday to report favorably upon the income tax proposition.
 Those who favor the endorsement of the proposed constitutional amend ment providing for the income tax proposition are Senators Paddock, Wildman and Dearing and Represen- tatives Luhsern and Meyers. Those opposed are Representatives Fern, Pope, Burnham and Clark.
 It is likely there will be two re- ports from the committee. Senator Paddock is hopeful that he will be able to convince the Senate of the wisdom of Connecticut's following in the footsteps of other progressive States of the Union already on record in favor of the project.
 Before the same committee next Tuesday afternoon there will be a hearing on the bill to provide for the popular election of United States Sem atorS.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-03-01
ATLAS DONATES HIS SHARE TO GUS WHITEHEAD Public Will Now Have a Chance to See Two Flying
 Machines" He Says Paine Declares He is Ready to Make Good on Sat-
 urday

'I hereby donate my 50 per cent. of the purse to Gustav Whitehead, for his share in Saturdays flight"
 This statement was made by Prof. Atlas this hnorning in relation to the interview given out by Paine. to the effect that Atlas had an understand ing with him that the two were to split up the purse.
 "The first I knew about this agree ment was when I read it in the paper today" said Prof. Atlas. You can say for me that it is delightfully."- un- expected. but so long as Mir. Paine feels that he is obliged to give me to 1t.
 You can announce for me right away that I hereby donate my share of the purse to Gustav Whitehead as an inducement for him to fly on Sat- urday. The public will now have a chance to see two flying machines in- stead of one. I was wondering where the committee could raise the money to pay Whitehead for his expenses in fixing up his machine and bringing it to the park, but Paine has solved the dilemma for me.
 ''It is absolutely untrue that there was any agreement existing be.ween Paine and me, to my knowledge but as long as he has come out of his own accord and assumed the respon- sibility for such an agreement. shall gladly take advantage of 1t to spro- oughly deserves 1t.
 Paine speaks of this as a gentle mems agreement If he is a gentle man, then he must turn over half of the proceeds to Whitehead. who, un- derstand. thoroughly deserves the SUD- of e yUh ho ing machine that was unquestionably made in Bridgeport, down to the very last inch of it. even including the en- gine."
 Aviator Paine stated to the Farmer this morning that he is thoroughly disgusted that such a controversy has arisen. and that all he asks is to be let alone.
 "Give me my chance on Saturday," he declared. "and I shall make good. All I require is decent weather. By that I mean a day on which the wind isn't any more than moderate. On such day I'll guarantee to fly or die.''
 Gustav Whitehead has put his mono plane in shape and will try to be at the park Saturday in readiness to at- tempt a flight.
 His flying machine is a very small. very light monoplane. something on the type of a Lillienthal glider T. has an extremely powerful engine mounted in 1t. and MT. Whitehead's chief concern is that the engine may prove too powerful for the machine.
 He does not promise to make flight, but simply asks the privilege of attempting ,o make one. He does not ask for any contract for payment in the event of his making a flight, but says that he is willing to trust to the sportsmanship of the committee in case he succeeds in making good.
 "I ann not going to make any fool- ish promises" said Mr. Whitehead: eff fly. we'll and good; if I don't, why then I'll take my machine home and Say nothinQ"