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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-08-04
Notice, Contractors.

Sealed bids are invited to be opened
on the first Monday of August, 1911,
for repairing and painting the court
house of Noxubee County. Miss. ac-
cording to plans and specifications now
on file in my office. each bid to be ac-
companied by a certified cEeck of 5
per cent of bid and satisfactory bond
equal to 1-3 of the contract price to be
furnished by successful bidder for
faithful performance of contract.
The board reserves the right to re-
ject any or all bids.
BY order of the board of Supervisors
on July 6, 1911.
JNO. A. TYSON, Clerk,
BY ". o. BARNES, JR.. n, C.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-08-04

1t is the purpose of this article
to make an announcement that is
of interest to every citizen of
Nouxbee Co. whether he live in
the towns or rural districts. 1t
announces the opening of the
regular session Of the County
Agricultural High School on lues-
day, Sept, IL. 1t is of interest
because this is the only educa-
tional institute owned by all the
citizen of the whole county.
The school is located at Ma
shulaville in the western portion
of the county. The zeal Of those
responsible for its establishment
is manifest in the two magnif-
cent buildings erected; one, a
school building excellently ar
ranged for all class room work;
and the other, a dormitory that
will easily accommodate as many
as thirty or forty boarders. In
addition to this the property of
the school consists of forty acres
of good land which will be used
by the pupils for practical appli-
cation of theprinciples of agricul-
ture. New improvement will be
made from time to time as the
school and it's requirements grow.
Great care has been exercised
in the selection of the faculty to
get we'll trained and consecrated
meE and women, whose lives
are an assurance to parents that
their boys and girls are in the
best of care.
The principal is a man whose
several years experience in the
county makes him feel that he is
thoroughly acquainted with the
needs of the average boy and girl
of Noxubee county. A respon-
sible and settled lady will be in
charge of the dormitory. The
study of agriculture will be in
charge of an expert from the A.
& M. College.
The aim is first of all to give a
good High school education. The
school serves the double purpose
of preparing for college those
who wish to go, and for life those
who may not be able to go to
college. The course is practical
above all things.
Tuition is free, and board will
be given to pupils in the dormi-
tory for actual cost, which in
other such schools has never been
over ten dollars a month. This
can be paid in large part by ener-
getic boys by working extra time
for ten cents an hour. The op-
portunity has come to every boy
and girl who needs a good school
in a delightful community and al
the minimum expense.
1t is important that those who
contemplate entering notify the
principal as early as possible in
order that rooms may be reserved
for them. Any additional infor.
nation may be secured by ad'
ressing JAS. G. CHANDLER,
MACON, MISS
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Low Fare Excursion
to St. Louis, Sll.25
to Chicago $500
N RETURN
August 18th, 1911,
VIA

MOBILE AND OHIO RAILROAD
Tickets will be sold for all
through trains August II. and
will be limited, returning, to
reach original starting points up
to and including August 9th,
1911. For time of trains and al
other information, apply to near
est Agent Of Mobile & Ohio r.
R., or write: G.. A. Griffin, T. P.
A., Meridian, Miss.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-08-04
Notice, Road Overseere.

Under the provisions of Laws of
1910, Section 2, the Oversecrs bf public
roads are required to make IA sdmi-ar-
nual report to the Board of Supcrvi-
sOrs on July l.. All OVersccrs are here
by ordered to have said reports IN by
first Monday Of August, 1911.
BY order of the Board Of SUPERVISORS
on July 3, 1911.
JNO. A. TYSON. CLERK.
By w o. BARNES, JR., d. c.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-08-04
WHAT EDITOR MeNEILY THINKS.


The above is the story told IN
The Herald's dispatches this morn
ing. The "frame-up has done it's
perfect wOrk-a campaign of class
and race hate, of ASPIRATION of the
legislature and all other cOnstitu-
ted authorities, has won. 1t looks
thus at this writing. Poor Miss
issippi-she has taken the plunge,
reached the irreducible minimum
of craftsmanship, and no mistake.
The climb up from the gulf to the
old plane of pride at home and re-
spect abroad, will be a long and
weary one. This comment is not
meant as a wall, but a passing
record of an event of grave and
memorable import.
Vardaman and Bilbo are en-
titled to their selfcongratulations.
and to no little tolerance for the
moral they choose to derive from
their vindication. Nevertheless
and Notwithstanding, judged by
the eternal vereties Of life, not
even a successful hue and cry,
a verdict rendered by a passion
swayed multitude, can make
truth out of a lie. If it weie
otherwise, the triumph of Ba-
rabbas, the thief and robber,
while the Savior of mankind was
scourged andcrucified, would have
changed the course of the worlds
history. While accepting the
mandate of Tuesdays plebiscite,
it is due the integrity and the
right principle of the minority to
say as much. -Vicksburg Herald.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-08-04

Boiled hams at HolbeEg's market.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-08-04

Sealed bids are invited on the first
Monday of August, 1911, for 80 tons of
the best coal at the court house and
Jail of Noxubee County, Miss. deliv-
cry to be made by September /. 1911.
Bond in amount of bid for faithful per-
Torrance of contract.
The board reserves the right to re-
ject any or all bids
BY order of the Board of Supervisors
on July 6, 1911.
JNO. A. TYSON, CLERK.
By w. o. BARNES, JR., d. G..
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-08-04
Notice, Contractors.

Sealed bids are invited on the fist
Monday of August, 1911. at z O'Clock,
for the delivery of 100 cords Of wood,
8 feet long, oak. ash or hickory. deliv-
cred at the poor house of NOxubec
County. Miss. on or before October !,
1911. Bond to be furnished in mount
of bid.
The board reserves the right to re-
ject any or all bids.
BY order of the Board Of Supervisors
July 6, 1911.
JNO. A. TYSON, Clerk
By w. o. BARNES, JR., D. &.
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Stray d or Stolen.

From the Mcleod place. 6 miles east
of Macon, a light brendled cow with
short horns, unmarked, ~ 8 years
old; has high shoulders and low hips.
Reward will be paid for COW or any in
formation. JOHN MACON,
Mcleod, Miss.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-08-04

The School Board of NOxubee County
will meet at the Court House on Nor
day, July, 31st.
]. r. JACKSON, Supt.
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Millinery AT Cost.

The Combs Millinery Company will
sell the remainder of its Spring and
Summer Goods, Ribbons, etc. at very
reduced prices.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-08-04

Patrons of public schools of Noxubee
County will elect trustees on the first
Saturday in August, the 5th day.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-29
TAKE PHOTOS OF MORSE
ON HIS HOSPITAL COT

Special tn The Washington Herald.
Atlanta, Ga, Dec. 2S-Several photo.
graphs of Charles W. Morse taken as
he lay on his sick bed this morning by
the examining board of special physi,
clans who arrived here from Washing.
ton last night, were forwarded to Presi-
dent Taft to-day as a part of an sx.
haustive report on the condition OF the
banker convict.
The board consists Of Col Henry Bir.
mingham, Maj. Fauntleroy, and Mai
Russell. They subjected the prisoner tc
one of the most exhaustive tests known
to medical science, completing their
task at o'clock this morning after hav-
ing worked the greater part Of the night
At noon they mailed their report to the
President.
While the findings of the board will
not be made public until the report
reaches Washington, II IS understood
that the examiners agree with the YER
dict of the local physicians that Morse
Is not in immediate danger OF death, but
cannot survive IF kept in solitary con-
finement.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-29
BRITISH LORDSHIP
AS BEEF BARON
Witness in Packers Case
Tells of Big Plans.

Chicago, ILL.,. Dec. 2S.-The ten Chicago
packers on trial for criminal conspiracy
in restraint of trade to-day produced in
court contracts bearing their own sig
natures which show that they hold the
contracts of the owners of the thirteen
independent packing plants merged into
the National Packing Company, by which
the latter bind themselves to keep out of
the packing business for fifteen years
And the contracts are still binding, and
will be until March is. 1918. The remark
able documents surrendered by Attorney
Veeder indicate that the billion dollar
trust exists in fact to-day, and in ali the
details planned, with the exception that
the packers have been unable to capt.
talize the 500, ,0O0, 900 of water which they
bound themselves to turn into securities.
All Of the independent companies which
II was planned to buy have been bought
and in the form of the National Pack
ing Company are now controlled by the
Armour. Swift. and Morris interests All
the independents bought out are under
contract to keep out of the business The
only difference is that there is not an
ounce of water in the capital stock of
the National Packing Company. One of
the contracts produced to-day is between
Louis Samuels and other principals own
ers of the United Dressed Beef Com
pany with Henry EdeImuth, by which the
latter secured control of the Independent
companies and then assigned the stock to
L. II. Hyman. of Morris & Co. As
in all these contracts. Samuels and his
partners bound themselves to remain out
of the packing business.
Similar contracts were executed by G.
F. Swift for the purchase of the so-caIled
Fowler property dominated by Anderson
Fowler and J. Ogden Armour for the
Hammond Packing Company. C. H.
Hammond & Co, and all the Hammond
likewise Swift acquired the
Provision Company. and
Morris the st. Louis Dressed Beef Com
pany. In all thirteen great independent
companies were acquired and their com
petition obliterated. Attorney Eeeder
said that the big combination was sug-
Eested TO Gustavus Swift, now dead, by
Lord Panmure Gordon, an English gen
tleman of leisure and means who made
a pastime of organizing big combina-
tions.
Swift told his lordship he would think
about it and the Britisher was so en-
the Union Stock Yards company and the
Chicago Junction Railway to take care
OF the merger they were about to create.
But Mr.. Swift and Mr.. Needer were pa
triotic enough to believe in giving native
talent and American money precedence
So they organized the Inflated trust
leaving the gentleman from
London holding the bag and the railroad.
The jury was dismissed toward the
end of the day to allow the attorneys to
settle a squabble over the admissibility
Of evidence of little "puddles' within
the big pool, pools by which cumbersome
Profits were disbursed
The Washington herald., 1911-12-29
MOTHER DEFENDS
BOY Who USED
. BROTHERS NAME
Youthful Bandit" Mentally
Weak, She Says.
LAD HELD BY THE POLICE

Though he admittedly sought to hurt
though he faces a term in the peniten-
tiary, Miles Bertram Seaton, the youth
now held in the Alexandria Jail for> fir
ing upon civilians and police in that
city last Tuesday night, will be de-
Tended by his mother, who is willing
to spend her all to save him from
prison.
Insane, Says Mother.
Mrs. Annie Seaton, the mother, living
al SIC L street northwest, declared last
night that her defense of her son was
based on her knowledge that he was
not mentally responsible for his actions
A blow on the head from a policeman $
club during a fight four years ago was re-
sponsible for the boys erratic actions,
his mother said. In giving his brother S
name to the police after he had been
arrested, Bert" as his mother affec-
uonately calls him. showed, she says,
another evidence of the mental instabil-
ity that has characterized him for years.
He is eXcitable and nervous said
Mrs. Seeton. He was gradually over
coming his tendency toward this nervous
ness. What alarmed him last Tuesday
and caused him to make an attack upon
the police of Alexandria ! cannot say.
But l do know that he was not mentally
normal when he committed the attack
Two Stories Vary.
Strangely enough. the mothers story
of her sons Wild West" escapade in
Alexandria. which ended when he emp
tied a .32-calIber revolver at the head of
Chief of Police Goods is at variance with
the boys own account of the affair last
night. The boy stated that he must
have been blind drunk" His mother
said he did not drink, and probably was
terrified at some hing"
In his cell the lad sulkily denied at
first that he had used his brothers
name. His brother, William P. Seaton,
was not with him at the time, he said.
and knew nothing of the affair. 1t was
a mistake, he said.
When the police pressed him lie ad-
mitted he might have said it.
''BIInd" Drunk His Excuse.
But I was blind drunk If I did," he
added
Questioned as to the blow over the
head he had received several years ago,
the lad said:
Il had a fight with a policeman and he
hit me with his club. 1t bothered me
for a while. But that wasn't the trouble
last night. I was just plain drunk"
The lad added that his mother would
stand by him and get him out OF Jail"
They won't do anything to me-" he
said, when she comes down and talks
to them. She knows l wouldn't do a
thing like this ordinarily
The Washington herald., 1911-12-29
TARIFF PROGRAMME
is NOW SETTLED
Wool, Steel, and Sugar Sched-
ules to Be Revised.

The wool schedule of the tariff Will not
be revised by the House until February
and will follow the revision of the steel
chemical and sugar schedules, if the
plan outlined yesterday by Chairman Tn
derwood, of the Ways and Means Com
mittee. is carried out
Mr.. Underwood. who returned to Wash
ingtOn Yesterday, indicated the rates Of
the proposed revision of the steel sched-
ule will follow closely those of the steel
bill of last session. which reduced the
present duties from so to 20 per cent.
The Republican members of the Ways
and Means Committee have received
proofs of the tariff boards report. and
when the Democratic members have
been supplied a comparison will be made
between the boards figures and the data
which has been collected for the use of
ever, that the Democratic majority will
follow implicitly the boards report. 1t is
expected that the tariff programme will
be completed by next March.
Inquiry a the headquarters of the
tariff beard in he Treasury Department
Yesterday afternoon brought to light the
fact that the steel schedule will not be
tackled for some time. No work at all
has been done on it. The board is just
completing its synopsis of the wool re-
port, and after this is out of the way,
which will be in few days. will rush
work on the cotton report. so that it
may be submitted to Congress about the
middle of January Then inquiry into
either the steel or leather schedule will
be begun. There is no way of telling
when tine board will be able to get to
work on the chemical or sugar schedule.
Mr.. Underwood is against free sugar,
as he was against free wool, on the
ground that the present finances of the
country do not warrant such an enOr-
nous reduction I'm revenue would be
brought about through legislation to re-
move entirely the duty on these two
products.
Il am afraid" the majority leader re-
marked, with a smile, that the split
in the Democratic party in the House on
the question of free wool is mainly
newspaper split"
He said he had heard nothing Of any
differences on this question, other than
hose which developed during the special
session, and was settled by unanimous
caucus action. Nor did he anticipate any
trouble such as has been rumored would
result when the wool bill was taken up
a gain this winter
William J. Bryan will come to Wash
ington January TO attend the Jackson
Day dinner, and those who know Mr..
Bryan anticipate that he will talk freely
with his free-wool friends in the House.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-29
"PardSitic Rich" Scored
By "SOciaL PathOlOgiSt
Prof. Henry w. Farnan, of Yale, Denounces the
'Monkey Dinner" Glass Before Ameri-
can Economic Association.

sons of distinguished parents displaying
real ability, when put to some academic
test, and yet doing nothing to make their
lives useful or distinguished for lack of
proper incentive.
'Parasitism is, however, but a part of
the general subject ofGeconomic pathoI-
ogy, which has been altogether too much
neglected by economists in the past, and
which can certainly never be studied by
the deductive method. Or, if we pass be-
yOTd the strictly economic questions 10
those broader questions of social policy,
what vast materials have We in our
country bearing upon the mixture of
races. What a splendid opportunity to
test the theories of the philosophical
anarchist, who holds that the ills of So
ciety are due to the law, and who may
study in the history of Alaska the effect
of allowing commonwealth to grow up
almost without law
When asked last night to designate the
particular parasites whom he had in mind
when he made the address, and whether
or not he meant to point the finger OF
scorn at certain families in New York,
the professor said:
You must draw your own deductions
from my remarks"
The Washington herald., 1911-12-29
RICHEsoN FAST RECOVERING.
Accused Pastor VIII Be Ready for
Trial by January 15.

Boston Dec. %.-ReE Clarence V. T.
Iinnell, has so far recovered from his
self-infiicted wounds to-day that Chief
Justice Aiken, of the Supreme Court,
continued the preparation for the preach
er's trial on January 10 by ordering the
reservation of the greater part of the
fourth floor of the courthouse.
1t was reported to-day that Miss Violet
Edmands. whom the minister was to
marry, will be an important witness at
the trial If her health will permit Not
a single day since the pastors arrest has
Miss Edmands failed to write him some
cheering or consoling message.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-29
1dentined a Iohn G. kim.

card found In his effects, the man found
lead in a room at the Hartford Hotel.
Pennsylvania avenue and Four-and-a-
half street northwest. Wednesday after
noon. was positively Identified yesterday
as John G. King, travelling salesman for
a New York City concern. 1t is thought
that the man accidentally left the gas
turned on in his room. The New York
authorities have been asked TO locate his
relatives. 1t is thought Kings home Is
In BROOKLYN, N Y
The Washington herald., 1911-12-29

Declaring that the Parasitic Rich" in
America must be controlled before the
advance of socialism and anarchy can
be checked, Prof Henry W. Farnam, of
Yale, president of the American Eco
nomIc Association, yesterday announced
himself in favor of a scientific investi-
cation into that remarkable class that
has instituted monkey dinners in New
Iort and all-night snake dances in New
ork
In an address before the American AssO-
citation for the Advancement of Science,
now in session here, Prof. Farnam said:
1T is a matter of common observation
that wealthy families in our country
often contain a number of parasitic
members, that is, members who derive
large income from society without rem
dering any apTeciable economic or public
service in return. These general and OBJ
vious facts need. however, to be eX
amned historically and statistiCally, in
order to enable us to judge correctly of
the reaction OF prosperity on the human
mind. and Of the conditions which de-
termine ii.
We gather the budgets of working
men. but not of Clubmen: We collect the
statistics OF involuntary unemployment,
but not of voluntary idleness; our study
Of social conditions on the East Side has
not been extended to the West Side.
And yet how can We understand the
cause of national decadenCe, that great
and perennial question OF history as we'll
as OF practical politics unless We un-
1inchingly examine its phenomena during
the growing period?
These parasitic members OF the So
called leisure class should be peculiarly
useful specimens for economic study in
our country. because they are not under
the social pressure Of the feudaI system,
inherited in the older countries of Eu-
rope from the time when wealth meant
land ownership. and land ownership Of
necessity involved public duties.
Many OF this class walk our streets,
eloquent but unconscious arguments for
socialism, terrible examples for the
moralist, living texts for sermons, rich
material for the problem novelist but
still comparatively neglected by the
economist, the soCiologist. and the statis-
tician.
Intensive studies of heredity in fam-
lies, such as those made by Sir Francis
Galton in England and DR. Frederick A.
Woods and DIR. &. Z. Davenport in our
country. are of great value. but need to
he supplemented by study of the eco
Homic reactions.
I'm the case of animal life. the inherited
characteristics are all-important. and the
skilIfuI breeder can reasonably expect TO
find the qualities Of the parent in those
Of the offspring. But if COWS had the
power 10 deliberately choose a life Of
ceIibscy. We should find many pedi-
greed Guernsey, with ancestors in the
advanced register, chewing her cud in
idleness on the hillside and yielding no
milk whatsoever, just is we often find
The Washington herald., 1911-12-29
Honor. Nnxal Heroes.

The Secretary of the Navy has
awarded a medal OF honor and a gra-
tuity of 800 to each OF five members
OF the crew of the gunboat Pampanga
for heroic conduct in a fight with Moro
outlaws on the Island of Basilan, Phil
ippine Islands, September "a. In the
fight Ensign Hovey was killed. The
members of the crew who receive
prizes are Jacob Volz. carpenters
mate; Fred Henry MCGUIRE. hospital
Bolden r. Harrison, sea-
man; George F. Henrechen. machinist's
mate, and John H. Catherwood. ordi-
nary seaman
The Washington herald., 1911-12-29
REYES CHARGES DROPPED.
Attorney General WickerSham Af
viscs Officials at Houston.

Houston. Tex. Dec. 2S.-The two United
States neutrality law violation cases
pending against Gen. Bernardo Reyes,
the Mexican officer now under arrest in
Mexico charged with fomenting a revolu-
tion against President Francisco l. Ma
dero. were dropped by the United States
government officials here today. This
action was taken by Lock Mcdaniel
United States district attorney, acting
under the advice of Attorney General
Wickersham. Sonora Reyes leaves San
Antonio for Mexico City to join her hus-
band tomorrow.
The rumOred extradition proceedings
against Emilio Vasques Gomez on the
part of the Mexican government were
met today by a statement from Gomez,
who is at San Antonio, stating that
he had no connection with the Reyes
revolutionary agitation and hopes for
Madero's success.