davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The new era., 1911-11-16
Treat the COW tindly.

xhs tide il setting toward the farm
again.
Burnt lime il harmful unless II IL
very carefully used.
Lime is not fertilizer, and should
be used only to correct acidity In
soil
Hogs often fail to get . sufneient
amount Of water during the winter
time.
The cost Of high living does not
worry the farmer; he makes his own
living.
With present real estate prices the
expression dirt cheap" loses much
Of its force
The value Of the manure from the
hay and straw used on the farm Il
no small item.
The right way to water cows In
winter 10 to keep the water before
them In the stable
Hoss may be badly diseased with
<. tuberculosis and not show It In the
least before slaughter.
A wsndsdnsd system Of manage
ment for the growing Of cattle needs
to be put into operation.
Instead OF experimenting with .
large planting Of new variety Of tree
fruit, top-Sraft few trees.
The farmer who IL too far from
town to deliver milk 1t . proAt will
md buttsrmAking his salvation.
It pays to maintain heavy now Of
milk. even II expensive feeds must b
given the cows at certain seasons.
In apple culture the hrst great -.
sentil In the successful culture Of
the apple ID The improvement Of the
soil.
II It IL winter EGGS you want bsttsr
let tho Oldest hens 20. They some
times lay few eggs but vsry few ~
. rule.
When buying bran for the cows get
enough to divide with the hens. Al .
han food bran II Just - valuable ~ .
cow food.
It does not pay to plant crops IN the
peach orchard. Some people DO It,
nut It IL generally believed 70 BE- .
bad practise.
p4sa,y or ors.s 1..1.s IA ~ =. =. r,r.n
bs cured. Do bs very careful n
hrsakins the colts. ,- s-..e.., ,
,Convsnisnt eoops for marketing the
ohieksns viii pay not only IN ~ rat
isfaction that they afford but IA the
greater convenience.
Bordeaux mixture q likely to cause
russsting Of apples On young trees, Al
Il produces excessive development Of
cork csils In the skin.
It has bssn suxgsatsd that the
packer who puts rotten EGGS on the
market should bs ssntsnosd to serve
time ~ . target for the eggs.
Have the noor OF the hen house
warm ana dry. The time Il near
when the hens 10 = wen must have
warmth and drynsss under foot.
It 10 quite true that hogs have not
such dainty appetitiss - sheep. yas
they will respond surprisingly to any
Increased attention In this respect.
Yorkshire breeders will declare that
to the best breed because It has given
them the best results; 10 with the
Berkshire men and also the Tanworth
advocates.
Sugar bests make very good feed
for cattle. but some grain and clover
and alfalfa should 60 along with
l. Ito be fed alone.
~ On the average farm the sheep are
the most neglected animals. and 1t IL
really astonishing to note the waste
Of opportunities In conditioning and
marketing lambs.
When the nests are put IN order
for the winter, sprinkle ashes ints
the material and put couple Of moth
balls In a. we'll. These tend to dis
courage mites and lice.
Carefully scrape away the dirt
around the base Of one o. two of your
trees, and you will be able to discover
The new era., 1911-11-16
DkH&bs6e1IS6 64B1N@
a Christmas
Fairy Gale
WE&bde@E&ba3d<4

T was Christmas eve
From the high hills
came no wind to howl
across the white
world at the farmer
through his every
window or to shake
the door aa II to eay.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-05-26
Residences Needed.

A signal indication of the growth OF
Macan is the fact hat several families
are very DESTROYS of securing homes IN
Macon and there is not a single house,
suitable for white people, vacant IN the
city. There has not been any vacant
houses IN Macon, except for short pc
riods, for some years, but now the
need for more residential property is
pressing and likely to grow more so.
There is said to be much money in the
town and coun4y looking for invest
ment. Putting it into good, rentable
houses in Macon would yield good re-
turns on the capital and would be an
investment likely to greatly increase in
value in a few years. The surround
ing country, the freight and express
business, both incoming and outgoing,
have vastly increased of late years.
The town is bound TO catch up with its
trade territory. One may look with
gertrude to see Macon much larger III
size and Macon property much in
creased in value in a few years.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-05-26

question of changing the present
complicated and wholly unsatis-
factory national banking system
will be a problem for the con-
sideration of Congress at a very
early date.
In view of all of these facts
and they are facts beyond the
shadow of doubts it the part
of wisdom to send as Mississippi's
representatives in the national
senate a man who is admitted by
his friends to 'be not a business
man. and who, himself, openly
boasts of the fact that he never
had thirty days rations ahead in
all his eventful career!
Heaven forbid that poverty
should be considered a crime, else
we were among the greatest of
sinners, but heaven also forbid
that Mississippians should eyer
send a man who boasts of the
fact that he has been a complete
failure as a business man
throughout his whole lifetime,
to be their representative in the
greatest business organization
upon the face of the earth.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-05-26

Mr.. r. a. Bryan in a card in
tOday's Beacon declines to run fol
Supervisor for District 1. Mr..
Bryan would have made an excel
lent supervisor despite his modest
disclaimer of being able to fill the
office. The last reason he mentions
is a little mysterious, but if we
guess it right it is a good reason
for anything a man wants to use
it for. 1t is r~egretable, however,
that in this instance it deprives
the county of the services of such
a good business man and citizen
as Mr.. Bryan.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-05-26
Card From R. A. Bryan.

I am greatly obliged to my fellow
citizens who were kind enough to urge
me to be a candidate for supervisor. I
appreciate the honor very much, but
there are several reasons why l can not
run. In the first place | have all I can
do right now to look after my private
business, and l think there are older
men in the district who can fill the of
flee better than l. l have lots of friends
and 1 don't want to loose any of them
by going into politics. Besides, l do
not feel capable of filling the office.
And lastly, you will all know why in
June.
Gratefully and sincerely yours.
r. A. RRYAR.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-05-26
Resolutions of Respect.

The following resolutions were draft
ed by the X-Prairie Sunday school, ex-
pressing regret at the death of our
brother, L. w. Smith, and are as fol-
lows:
Wherers, we have heard with deep
regret of the death of our friend and
brother, l. w. Smith, which occurred
at his residence in Noxubee county on
March l, 1911; and whereas, he was for
long years superintendent of the Union
Sunday at this place and labOred faith
fully for the %upbuilding of this neigh
borhood, and teaching the children
about Jesus; and whereas, hesever led
an exemplary life, and in the f~ullness
of time, full of years and honor, he has
been called to his eternal rest; there
fore, be it resolved,
l. That in the death of Brother
Smith we feel a personal loss, and
while we grieve that we shall see him
no more on earth, and will miss him It
Children's Day exercises, which he
loved to attend, and grieve that we will
no longer have have his presence and
life for an example and incentive for
good, still we know it was we'll with
him. That he is now with his loved
ones and the blessed SBvior from all
pain and SORROWS.
Resolved, 2. That we commend his
life as an example to ali and congratu-
late his children on having such a faith
er, and that he left them the proud
heritage of an honored name and a
blameless life. Thathe kept the faith,
fought the fight" and died in the belief
of a risen Savior.
Resolved. 3. That a copy of these
resolutions be published in the county
and a copy be spread on the minute
books of the Sunday school.
Signed E. D. CAvETT,
MRS. E. D. CAVETT,
THoS. STEVENS,
MRS. SUE STEVENS.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-05-26
In Memory of Our Father and Hus.
band, ]. K. Bankhead.

On Monday, May 9Th, at 3 p. M,
passed away our beloved father and
husband to the mansion in heaven long
since prepared for him, and in this sad
hour none can know the sorrow, the
pangs, the piercing arrows our hearts
are enduring save those who have tast-
ed of its bitter cup.
AS a father he was gentle, loving and
kind, ever exemplifying the faith and
patience of his Master whom he so long
served and whom he constantly pointed
put to us as our guiding star in life;
and to say we miss him is by far too
mild to express sentiments of our
hearts. AS we gather at the table we
can but bow our heads in silent rever-
ence as It were awaiting the blessings
each of US, and as the day passes and
night approaches then we miss him.
The world can realize that no circle is
complete with a broken link, and how
much more can we, whose hearts are
bleeding, realize the loss in our home
circle which God has seer fit that we
should suffer. These beautiful nights
as we gather together on the trout
porch to exchange u experiences of
the day and to confer with each other
in our mishaps, then it is we miss him
most, for in his heart of hearts he was
always SO ready to sympathize and to
offer the encouragement so necessary
to the distorted mind. AS a husband
no one has ever known greater devo-
ton than he was won't to display; al
ways gentle and kind, ever denying
self for the comfort of loved one. In
reverses in life his thoughts were never
for self. but for others, and we thank
God that it was such, as his life will
ever be an open book before US, and
we will ever drink of it's influence.
THE FAMILY.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-05-26

In the last number of Varda-
mans Issue there is a somewhat
lengthy letter from Noxubee, the
writer Of which mOdestly signs
himself 'Tgnoramus." In some
respects it is in marked and hon
orable contrast to many of the az
ticles printed in the Issue, in that
it is not abusive, vulgar or un-
true. Whoever IgnOramus may
be, his letter in the Issue shows
that the vituperative vindictive-
S so characteristic of most of
those who have their letters pub
lished in that paper, is largely
absent in NOxubee county.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-05-26
Notice to Creditors.

In the Chancery Court of Noxubee Co.. Miss.
TIL Estate
No. 1868 of
J. K. Rankhead. DECD.
Letters of administration on sale estate
having been on the Goth day Of May, 1911,
granted to the undersigned by John A. Ty-
son, Chancerv Clerk of said County of Noxu-
bee,
All persons having claims against said es-
tate are required 10 have same ~prObated and
registered by said clerk within one year from
this da tie.
A failure for oRe year to probate and regis
ter any claim will bar the same.
This Goth day of May, 1911.
A. DOUGLASS,
AdminiStrntor of Said Estate.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-05-26

Call at the Gem Pharmacy and learn
of the wonderful cure for all stomach
and bowel troubles for both adults and
infants. Wares Baby Powder and
Wares Black Powder. These remedies
cure most desperate cases of long stand
ing by destroying the germs In from .
few hsafs % d few days.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-05-26

Mesdames j. S. Combs and Will
Evans of Shuqualak were visitors in
town Tuesday. They were entertained
at the home Mr.. and Mrs. Stennis.
Misses Llzzei and Lucille Shelton are
visiting friends in BrooksvilIe.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-05-26
Friday. May 26. 1911.

Spot cotton continues in de
mand with firm prices. Careful
estimates of this years acreage
are that there is an increase of
about Z per cent. over last year.
The early conditions are as a
whole fine, with an especial bright
outlook in Texas.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-05-26
MUSICAL REClTALS
Second Annual Concert by the List
Society, Miss Edna Bush, Director

Society, Miss Edna Bush, Director
Misses Linda Bush and Nellie Holt
(0) Evening r
o. Solemn March ............. ~
Matte Belle Boswell and Miss Bush
Nellie Douglas
Robins Lullaby. .KTOgmdn
Helen Carlton
May Antoinette Boswell
Minuet. BOccherim
Misses Hale, Swami. Binion and Bush
Meditation Morrison
Sarah Fisher Ames
Dolls Dream and Awakening. =. OeSten
Avis Cockrell
AngeluS G0HSch0Io
Daisy Swami
Wedding March ........ MendeLSsohn
Misses Mary Clyde Holt. Mary Patty. Sarah
Fisher Ames. Annie Elkin
Merceau de Salon ..-......D 1UnlhelIer
Lucille Shelton
Beetles Dance Hoist
Nancy Patty
Still as the Night. BONN
Sweetheart LINES
Miss Nellie Holt.
Rapsodie Mignonne .........K OeHing
Rita Binion
Miss Nellie Holt
Fifth Nocturne .LeDb0ch
Annie Lou EIkin
Faust Valse GOunOd-JdeL
Miss Linda Bush
Jubilee Don Weber
Miss Bush, Mrs. Scales, Misses Nellie
Holt and Linda Bush.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-05-26
Bottle Dairy.

Milk and cream delivered daily in
bottles. No dust in milk or measure.
Cleanest and most sanitary way of
handling dairy products. Prices--Milk
10c per quart, cream 1Oc per pint, de-
livered at your door. Phone--Cavitt
line; l short, 2 long.
May12-1m M. G. WEYBURN.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-05-26
Notice, Privilege Taxpayers.

All privilege taxpayers are warned
that license due must be paid before
first day of June. Damages double the
amount of the license must be collected
if not paid. A. d. BINIoN,
Tax Collector.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-05-26
Stock Taken Up.

On my place at Macedonia one vel
low spotted male yearling about two
years old, marked with swollen fork in
each ear and underbit in left. Will be
estrayed if not called for.
J. w. DAUGHERTY.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-05-26
May 26-2
Piano For Sale.

One secondhand piano for sale cheap
MRS. M. Nj. HUNTER,
Macon, Miss.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-05-26
BUSINESS MAN


very questionable record in re.
gard to certain trust funds, urges
in his defense that Mr.. Varda-
man is known to be a statesman
and not a business man."
The Beacon cordially agrees
with its esteemed, if deluded.
contemporary in regard to the
majors lack of business qualif-
cations, a fact which is so palpa-
BILE as to be conceded, however
reluctantly, by his most ardent
followers. In the statement that
the major is known to be a states
man, we cannot, however, so
easily concur. Certainly no man
should claim a high degree of
distinction in statecraf, who,
while a public official handled
every trust fund in his posses
sion with a recklessness so great
as to cause his friends to rush to
his defense with the statement
that he is "known not to be a
business man," who failed utter
ly to fulfill a campaign pledge
after that commission had been
intrusted to him, and who shows
the white feather with a persist
ence that is pathetic every time
a joint debate is sought between
him and either of his opponents.
We had always fancied that
statesmen were made Of sterner
stuff than that.
But even if we grant that the
major measures we'll up to all the
requirements of his friends, it
still occurs to us that a states
man devoid Of business sagacity,
is sorely lacking in one of the
most important elements of
craftsmanship. In the earlier
days of the Republic men who
were much given to altisonant
discussions of academic questions
we're placed in high position and
won great renoWn; but that was
in a less practical age, when the
machinery of government was
vastly less complex than now.
Our Goth century civilization calls
for something more practical in
craftsmanship than the mere
ability to deal in verbal pyro-
technics. The congress of the
United States is confronted with
problems SO vast, so intricate and
so perplexing as to demand the
shrewdest wisdom in intelligent
ly considering them. Into TIE
hands of the several hundred
men who compose it's member
ship is committed the shaping of
all national legislation affecting
the welfare of 80, ZOO, 900 people,
involving the handling of great
appropriation measures, which
necessitates the expenditure of
vast sums of money, the carry
ing on Of the postoffice depart
ment, one of the very greatest
single business enterprises in the
world, as we'll as the other i'm
portant departments of govern
ment the conservation of our
natural resources, one of the
greatest of our national problems;
the development of our rivers
and harbors, a gigantic enter
prise whose Importance cannot
be overestimated; the regulation
of all the railway systems in the
land, which requires great bust
ness Judgment and wide business
Information to be done wisely
and with equal justice to all con-
cerned, nor should it be forgot
ten that it is congress that regu-
lates the salaries, the hours of
daily labor. etc, of the vast army
number approximately a quarter
million, of Civil Service employ
ees.
Only the other day, in discuss
ing the duties devolving upon the
present Congress a press dispatch
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-05-26

Lige Landlord, in same neighbor-
hood, has up a red heifer about two
years old.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-05-26

Examine the Patent Economy Fruit
Jars at j. E. Dorroh's: They save
fruit time and VERY
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-05-26
For Sale

Three young Jersey cows, fresh in
milk. full blood but not registered.
Also $50 bales second cutting Johnson
grass hay, free from weeds.
II. f. MARTIN,
Route 2, Macon, Miss.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-05-26
Peas For Sale.

We have about so bushels peas. We
will deliver them in Macon at $3.50 per
buShel. SIS bushel at store.
G.. p. RUSSELL & Co.,
May 1862 Mashulaville, Miss.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-05-26
Peas for Sale.

l have about 200 bushels Of peas for
sale. r. A. BRYAN,
May19-2m Cliftonville, Miss.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-05-26

Cold bottled coca cola and syurps at
J. E. Dorroh's.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-05-26

For the best patent flour, Postel's
Elegant, phone 25.
T.. E. DORROH.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-05-26

Be wise and have your horses shed at
Wood and Machine 6hsps.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-05-26
Commissioned Sale.

STATE OF MISSISSIPPI. NOXUBEE COUNTY
In Chancery Court,
Joseph F. Shelton
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-05-26

L w w OOAAO AOOAJ
and with equal justice to all con-
cerned, nor should it be forgot
ten that it is congress that regu-
lates the salaries. the hours of
daily labor. ETC., of the vast army
number approximately a quarter
million, of Civil Service employ
eeS.
Only the other day, in discuss
ing the duties devolving upon the
present Congress a press dispatch
to one of the leading southern
dailies contained this significant
paragraph: ct is the revenue
problem which complexities the
issue this year as in the past, and
various suggestions are being
offered to raise the necessary
hundred millions to keep things
moving in Washington" We
wonder how far quotations of
poetry and verbal pyrotechincs
would go towards solving the
problem 1t was but recently
that the Government began the
establishment of the Postal Saw
ing System, which is destined to
be Of vast Importance, and the
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-05-26

: Chancery Court of Noxubee Co.. Mis-.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1911-10-06

Experiments At Indian Head Show
Possible Yields That May Be OBJ
tAinod on FaIloW Land.

The experiments conducted at In.
dian Head. Sask.. 1T the government
experiment station, show In 4 very
striking manner the possible yields
that may be obtained from growing
wheat on faliow land under dry condi-
tons. The figures submitted below
cover period OF 20 years They are
field returns, which are always
smaller than returns from plats.
The period covered begins with 1891
and ends with 1910. The average
yield OF red fife spring wheat for the
said period was 1895 bushels. The
average precipitation during the en-
tire period was 1909 inches annually.
This, however. does not include the
snowfall. hence so far the record is
incomplete. But the snow fall at In
dian Head Is usually light.
In 1892 on a rainfall Of 6.92 inches
the yield was 28.20 bushels. In 1894
on rainfall Of 39 inches It was IT'S
bushels, and In 1899 on a rainfall Of
9.44 inches the yield was 1920 bush
els.
During the same years the oat crop
on summer fallowed land gave an av-
erage OF 82.33 bushels per acre. Dur
ing three of those years 1t went over
the one hundred bushel mark. In
1908, on rainfall of 1856 inches, 1t
was 1892 bushels per acre. These
facts are very striking. They show
what may be expected In dry areas of
the semi-arid northwest where the
best Of cultivation Is given to the land
In 1892, on rainfall of 500 inches,
the yield was 51.6 bushels In 1894
on rainfall of 80 inches 1t was "a
bushels, and in 1899 on a rainfall OF
9.44 inches 1t was "a bushels.
1t should be stated, however. that
the returns In wheat were not exactly
proportionate to the precipitation. In
1900, for Instance, with precipitation
OF INA inches the yield of wheat was
only 17.49 bushels. and In 1907 with a
rainfall of 1917 inches the yield was
18 bushels per acre. Other factors,
therefore. play an important part In
determining yields in dry areas.
1t should also be borne in mind that
the yields given relate to crops grown
on summer fallow land. This would
mean that return of 1913 bushels
was the return for each year In wheat,
and that 41.18 bushels was the return
In oats. The one crop grown in two
years would involve considerably less
labor than two crops grown in the
same period. The summer following
of the land also prevents 1t from be-
coming foul with weeds.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1911-10-06
PREVENT LOSS OF MOISTURE
Evaporation In Month From Bare Stub
BILE Fields Is Equal to Five Inches
of Rainfall.

Loss of moisture from stubble fields
left bare after harvest is each month
equal to five inches of rainfall SO long
as there Is moisture left to evaporata.
Plowed ground left loose, neither har.
rowed nor packed will, In hot windy
weather, lose in "a hours sufficient
moisture to equal one inch of rain
fall. Take Professor Ten Eycks ex.
periences in the efficiency Of moisture,
the loss in month from bare stubble
fields Of moisture Is equal to five
inches of rainfall and is a loss capa BILE
OF producing ten bushels of wheat
Stubble fields often lay bare two or
three months after harvest, many
growers thus losing each season suffi.
cient moisture to double their yield OF
wheat
Following the binder with the disk
harrow. driving close to the binder. In
the space between the machine and
the last row OF bundles, produces a
soil that checks evaporation. Made
Immediately after the grain is cut.
there Is no loss of moisture at all.
Farmers short of teams can wait until
the grain is cut and then can disk the
ground around the shocks. or In the
stubble following the header. This
not only stops evaporation. but puts
the ground In fine condition for plow.
ing later on.
Moisture goes rapidly out of fresh.
ly plowed ground, left loose Harrow
attachments are made for the plows
which pulverize the furrow as soon
as 1t is made. creating mulch on the
freshly plowed surface that stops
much OF the evaporation. Some farm
ers take one section of a harrow, tie
an extra horse to the pillow team and
let him draw the harrow over the
fresh turned burrows. This is an eco
nomical method and the land gets
narrowed two TO four times. Other
wheat growers unhitch from the pillow
before noon and then harrow what
has been plowed, say up to IL O'Clock.
following the same plan In the after.
noon. so that each half days blowing
is narrowed Immediately after pillow.
ing.