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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-01-13
CAPT. JONES TO RETURN.
Here Is Some Geod News for Southern
Mississippi.

Mississippi.
On good authority it is learned that
there will be no change either In the
ownership or the general plan of man.
agement of the Gulf and Ship Island
railway as the result of the death or
its vice president. Mr.. j. \. Jones,
which occurred on Christmas day at
Gulfport.
Capt. J. T. Jones. president Of the
system, and its builder and principal
owner. intends to return to Mississippi
within the next two weeks and assume
personal charge of the property.
This announcement some
what in the nature of a surprise in
view of the general belief that has pre-
vailed in the state for several months
that Capt. Jones would again be
able to take active charge of his eN,
tensive business interests on account
Of i'll health. This report is fatty con
tradicted from Buffalo, and the infor.
nation received direct from that city
is that the veteran industrial promoter
and philanthrOpist not only bore the
ordeal of his sons death in heroic
manner. but has impressed him with
the belief that it is his first duty TO
come back to Mississippi, marshall his
forces. and take charge Of his prop.
erty interests.
It is also stated that reports con
corning the i'll health of Capt. Jones
have been greatly exaggerated; that
he is by no means a confirmed invalid,
but, on the contrary, is in better phys
zeal condition than he has been at any
time during the past three years.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-01-13
THE NEW APPORTlONMENT.
Seems Mississippi Will Not Get an Ad'
ditionaI Congressman.

Jacksonville hope cherished that
the new census would give Mississippi
an additional representative in con
gress has about fled. Judging BY the
two bills which have been introduced
relative to the re-appOrtiOnment by
Congressman Crumpacker. chairman
of the house committee on census.
One of these bills provides for keep
ing the membership at the present
number, 319. which would give one
representative for every 1000 PEG.
pie. The other bin fixes the house
membership at 1873, which would make
the basis Of representation 211 ST.
citizens for each representative.
Should the smaller unit. 211.S77. be
accepted as the basis of representa-.
ton, Mississippi would have little
chance to get an additional represent.
ative, but if the basis is fixed at 234,.
600 this state would barely hold her
present congressional representation.
as it is known that the census report
shows the population of Mississippi to
be 10000, or $4,000 short of the full
number to give the state eight repre-.
SentatiVeS.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-01-13
Killed by Neqroes.

Gainesville, Ga.-As a result of an
effort to whip a negro who had been
making improper remarks about white
girls, Ed Wiley was killed and John
Hutchins and Henry Jackson were
wounded. The negro, Will %Shackle-
ford, has been making offensive com
ments about white girls for some time,
and Wiley, Hutchins and Jackson, With
other white men, started for Shackle-
ford's house to whip him. The negro
had learned that whites were coming,
for he gathered some of his friends
and ambushed the posse,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-01-13
STANDARD PAYS BIG FINE.
Accepting Rebates Cost the Oil Trust
$23,766.

Buffalo, N. Y.-The Standard Oil
Company paid into the federal court
here $23,766, the fine assessed against
it for accepting rebates. This is the
first fine ever collected by the V
ment since the prosecutions under the
anti-rebate law were begun.
The company was indicted early in
1908 for accepting rebates on oil ship
ments. The oil was shipped at 16
cents a hundred pounds in this state
though the published rate was 20
cents. The conviction was obtained
in June, 1908, and a fine Of $4,000
was imposed in March the following
year.
An appeal of the oil company to the
United States supreme court for a writ
Of certiorari was denied and there was
no alternative but to pay the fine.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-01-13
Clicked by Dauohter.

Danville.-The death OF Mrs. Sarah
Allen. aged 20 years., who made a
deathbed statement that she was chok-
ed by her daughter. Miss Lula Allen,
has caused a sensation, as the family
is wealthy and prominent. Miss Allen
told the authorities that her mother
threw a stove lid at her and that she
pushed the old lady back to protect
herself. She says her mother fell and
broke her hip. No arrest has been
made, pending the investigation OK
Miss Aliens mental condition.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-01-13
FREIGHT BUREAU WINS
COMMISSION ORDERS COTTON
SEED RATES LOWERED.
Holds That Existing Rates Are Un-
justly Discriminatory.

Washington. "A reduction in the
freight rate on cotton seed from points
in Missouri, Arkansas and Louisiana
to Memphis, Tenn, is made by the in
terstate commerce commission in an
opinion handed down in the case of
the Memphis Freight Bureau against
the St. Louis Southwestern railway.
Existing rates on cotton seed TO
Memphis from the points of origin
named are held to be unreasonable and
unjustly discriminatory as to Memphis
and in favor Of East st. Louis, III.
The defendant is required to put
the reductions into effect before March
Is next.
In another case decided it was held
that the rates on cotton seed car loads
from points in Oklahoma, Arkansas,
Mississippi, Tennessee and Missouri
to East St. Louis, H., are not unrea-
sOnable or unduly discriminatory.
After announcing its opinion as to
the rates, the commission said: 1T is
not the duty of this commission to
equalize the profit and loss results Of
competing operations in different To-
calities by overcoming natural and
commercial conditions with rate ad-
i11ct
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-01-13
OLD COMMON SENSE.
Change Food When You Feel Out Of
Sorts.

"A great deal depends upon yourself
and the kind Of food you eat" the
wise IL doctor said to a man who
came to him sick with stomach trou-
BILE and sick headache once or twice a.
week, and who had been taking pills
and different medicines for three or
four years.
He was induced to stop eating any
sort of fried food or meat for break
fast, and was put on Grape-Nuts and
cream. leaving OF all medicines.
In a few days he began to get bet
ter, and now he has entirely GOV
ed and writes that he is IN better
health than he has been before in
twenty years. This man is 5S years
old and says he feels like a new man
all the time"
Read The Road to MELVILLE" in
pkgs. There's a Reason"
Ever rend the above letterP A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine true and full OF human
interest
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-01-13
WOULD X P LORIMER.
Ten Votes Which Elected Illinois Sen
ator Were Tainted.

WASHINGTON. - Senator Beveridge
Monday submitted to h senate his
minority report from the committee
on privileges and elections, in which
he declares that the testimony was
conclusive that far more than enough
bribery was practiced to invalidate the
election of Senator LOrimer."
Mr.. Beveridge submitted his report
and had it read in the open senate.
The position taken by the minority
report is hat there were seven tainted
votes shown to have been cast for
Senator LOrimer and is in line with
that of Senator Frazier, who dissented
from the subcommittee report filed in
the case.
The Beveridge report zoe further,
however. 1t says:
But those seven votes, which under
the statute and the precedents are
enough to invalidate this election,
were not all the tainted votes cast in
this transaction. The testimony shows
that at least three additional votes
were cast-those of Clark, Sheppard
and Luke
The report says that Sheppard and
Clark did not confess, and Luke could
not vote because he died before the
investigation, but the evidence con
victs them of having the plumber at
the same time and place, from the
same hands and for the same consid-
Grafton as their fellow members, who
repeatedly testified to having received
1t and who were afterwards shown to
be in possession of it,"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-01-13
Kills Brother-in-LaW

Aberdeen.-O. T. Jones shot and
killed H. F. Gilreath and then shot and
killed himself near Prairie. The men
were brothers-in-law. Messrs. Jones
and Gilreath owned a sawmiIl, cotton
gin and blacksmith shop, together and
about a year g there arose some diff
ffculty between the two, and Gilreath
had Jones placed under a peace war
rant. Thinking there would be no fur
ther trouble, Gilreath went over to see
Jones, and while there they renewed
the old trouble and Jones shot Gilreath
twice with a pistol, then used the same
weapon on himself.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-01-13
POISONED BY BROTHER
WOULD MAKE MRS. SCHENK VIC
TIM OF CIRCUMSTANCES.
Attorneys Declare Brother Slipped Poi
son in the Medicine Administered
to Packer by Wife.

Wheeling, W. Va.-Laura Farms
worth Schenk was placed on trial here
Monday on the charge of attempting
to murder her millionaire husband,
John O.. Schenk, by arsenical poison
ing. Her lawyers declared in outlln-
ing her defense that they would con
cede to the jury that John 0. Schenk
was poisoned in a fendishly ingenious
fashion through drinking water admin
istered to him by his wife, the While
she caressed him and told him she
prayed for his speedy recovery.
But, and they emphasized THIS
Laura FarnsWOrth Schenk did not
place the poison in the water nor IN
certain medicines which they also ad-
mitted had been filled with slow
death draughts. They said they would
show that Albert Schenk, elder broth
er of the millionaire, who had hated
the woman ever since John welded
her: that he had snubbed her In
suited her on every possible occasion,
had tried to separate her from her
husband, and lat last" said Attorney
Joseph O'Brien, in his opening address,
there was evolved a gigantic consp1r-
acy to make Laura FarnswOrth SchaPk
a victim of circumstances.
She believes, and we, her counsel,
believe, tina Albert Schenk was at the
head of this conspiracy. And all OF us
believe that we will prove this to your
z14s-eoo+;~n
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-01-13
CHAMP CLARK FOR PRESIDENT
Prospective Speaker Not UnduIy Elk
cited over Suggestion.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Champ
Clark of Missouri, who has already
been pledged the speakership of the
house in the next congress, indicated
that he was not unduly excited over
suggestions that he become a candi
date for the presidency at the next
Democratic convention.
Mr.. Clark, who is constantly receiv-
ing letters on this subject, is in a re-
ceptive MOOD.
1T is very pleasant said he, in re-
ply to M of these letters, but am
not losing any sleep over that. l am
not lying awake nights counting elec,
tOral votes"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-01-13
Motor-Driven Liners.

New York.-A steamship line plying
between this port and Russia an
that it will out into commits
sion an 1%1,00O-ton transatlantic motor
boat" equipped with internal combus,
ton engine and accommodations for
400 passengers. One of the German
lines has building two 8OO0-ton, motor,
driven f~reighters. The outcome Of this
experiment will be watched with the
keenest interest. If it proves a sue
cess, the days Of steam will be mum.
bered.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-01-13
SISTERS TRY SUICIDE.
Standing in Front of Mirror, They
Take CarboTTc Acid.
iuStmentS

st. Louis.-Arms intertwined n
facing a mirrow to watch their dying
expressions, Mabel INC Isabella Bots.
seau, sisters and members Of a prom,
inent family, drank carboIic acid. Ma
bel died at the City Hospital, and her
sister, Isabella, is not expected to live.
Before taking the poison one of the
girls requested the proprietor to call a
policeman. Not until Mabel fell off
her chair, writhing in pain, was any
attention paid to the girls. The sec
ond sister dropped to the floor a sec
Ond after Mabel collapsed.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-01-13
$4,000 Is Stolen.

San Francisco.-Three bags of reg,
istered mail, with contents valued a.
$4,000, have been stolen during the
last few days in San Francisco or on
the journey across the harbor to Oak.
land. According to the Call, the stolen
sacks contained late Christmas ship,
ments and money orders, drafts, checks
and c~urrentcy forwarded by local
banks to close their years o in
the East and Northwest. The loss will
fall most heavily on the banks.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-01-13

altitude to sea level proved too much
for me and I became afflicted with ca
tarrh and cold in the cad and general
debility to such an extent as to almost
incapacitate me for attending to my
duties.
II was induced to try Peruna, and
after taking several bottles I'm small
doses I am pleased to say I was entire
Iy restored to my former normal condi-
ton and have ever since recommended
the use of Peruna to my friends
ASK Your Druggist for q Free Peruna
Almanac for 1911.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-01-13
Many Children Diseased.

Chicago.-The city health denart-
ment produced figures showing thelim-
portance of giving the child a
chance" These statistics show the
necessity of physical examination of
school children and emphasizes the
need of parents cooperating in the
work. During October, November and
December medical school inspectors
of the health bureau examined 31.OSS
pupils" says the bulletin, "of these
13,24S were found defective and treat
ment advised"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-01-13
JACKSON WANTS WILSON,
Educators Plan to Invite New Je.sey
Governor.

JacksOn.-If present plans and pros
poets are carried out, there is a strong
probability that Mississippi people will
have the honor of entertaining one of
the leaders of Democracy from one of
the debatable states in the not too dis
tant future. The plan is to invite Gov.
Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey, here
during spring. Gov. Wilson is not
only one of the limelight Democrats of
the country, but one of its foremost ed
ucatOrs and historians, and as he will
come under the auspices of Missis-
sippi educators if he accepts the invi-
tation, such a visit will be one of the
noteworthy events Of the year.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-01-13
QUE TO FREIGHT RATES
1T Is NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
HIGH COST OF LIVING.
to Pay Dividends on Nine Billions
of Watered Stock.

Akron, O.-Declaring that excessive
freight rates are responsible for the
nigh cost of living, Ohio c. Barber the
millionaire match magnate, mas sent a
letter to every member Of congress
demanding reforms.
In addition to the regulation OF
freight rates, he demands that laws
be passed that will effectually limit
railroad and industrial capitalization.
He declares the freight business or
the railroads costs each family SS1 a
year. This latter, coupled with the
other earnings of the railroads, he as
serts, has boosted the average railroad
cost per family to $127 annually.
Barber starts his letter to the cor
gressmen with these three d~en}a1tds:
What is the matter with America?
What is the matter with congress?
why has the seat OF government
been transferred to Wa1 street,"
Continuing, he says: PERSONALLY, /
appreciate fully the Importance of sta
bility of vested rights in property,
corporate or personal.
But vigorously contend that the
commission Of excuses in the capital
iZatiOn of corporate companies fOrfelts
instantly the right to claim face value
for such capitalization II the levying
of a tax upon the American public for
the payment of dividends upon this
Watered stock. And in this Offense the
railroads alwaye have set the pace
Conceived in the master minds OF
Huntington, Morgan, Hill and Harri-
man, this policy has been worked out
TO a nicely. These clothed the scheme
in the pretty catch phrase of a com
munity of interests and ~cIeverly set
about to grab all the through trunk
lines Of railroad from coast to coast,
They agreed plausibly, and with
truth, that these trunk lines were the
great arteries which maintained the
.Ife of commerce: tha they were a ne
cessity for quick transportation.
approximately this IS billions of
railroad capitalization is fictitious;
purely and simply watered stock, upon
which the people of the United States
are taxed in railroad rates to main
tain the annual dividends.
"Despire this tremendous stock wa
tering, the railway net earnings have
duN dut6u Sjeduly ana the average civ
idend rate has more than doubled in
the last Is years.
Tn 1894 the dividend rate was 1.66
per ent Last year it averaged 3.68
per cent and the railroads earned a
act income of 1852, 153 $3.50.
and the people paid the freight!
RAILROAD presidents Indignantly
deny that freight rates affect the cost
of existence. James J. Hill and w. G.
Browne declare low acreage prOduc-
ton by the farmer is responsible for
high prices.
Trust magnates disagree. All seek
to shift the responsibility. S. r. Gug-
genheim says it is extravaganza on the
part of the laborer. Ogden Armour
says it is the law Of nature.
This one problem of railroad freight
rates is the great economic question of
the age. Were it fairly solved all
other ines of commerce and trade
would sOCn adjust themselves and a
more equitable distribution of the pro-
ducts of business would result.
what are YOU going to do about it?
yours in militant sincerity.
(Signed) 90. G. BARBER"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-01-13
Whitfield MAY Not Accept.

Advices received from Columbus
and Hattiesburg are to the effect that
President Whitfield of the Industrial
Institute and College may not accept
the presidency of the State Normal
College at Hattiesburg. Mr.. Whitfield
has not made the positive statement
that he will not, but in a letter to a
friend, received a day or two ago. he
intimated that he does not banker for
the new JOB. Juet what Mr.. WhitfeId's
reasons arc for MOI accepting are not
made Known.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-01-13

Frequent seismic manifestations OF
late had prepared the world for news
Of some such ~upheaval as that which
rs reported off the coast Of Salvador,
accompanied by the sinking Of a
small island This has involved a
lamentab1e loss Of life, and illustrates
anew the peril Of making homes In
the earthquake-ridden sections Of the
earth, for several similar catastrophes
have occurred in hat quarter.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-01-13

A fashionable New York hotel now
-ermits women to smoke in it's din
ing rooms, corridors, or any other old
place. If this smoking stunt keeps
on growing among the fair sex we
may soon be confronted with divorce
Tuits owe the custody of the max
MS"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-01-13

In Colorado they propose a law ma.
king 1t IN offense for doctors to cut
out patients appendices unless II il
necessary. The enactment Of such a
statute would enable us to foresee the
time when professional ethics would
require every doctor to testify that all
his brother practitioners appendix.
pruning was positively required
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-01-13

A man IN New Jersey wrote a rebuke
TO the kaiser for riding a horse with a
dOcked tail. 1t is not feared that in
ternational complications will result,
Or that a German phantom feet will
lombard our defenseless seacoast
ports.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-01-13
Fourteen Tanneries Close.

BOston.-Howes Brothers Company
of this city, the second largest sole
leather tanning company in the United
States, closed fourteen tanneries for
an indefinite time. This cuts out a
production of more than $4,000, 600
worth Of sole leather per month.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-01-13
DISMISSED THE JURY.

Sensation Created in the Circuit Court
Room at G~reenviIIe.
Greenville.-Judge J. NJ. Cashin, pre-
siding over the criminal term Of the
circuit court of Washington county,
created a mild sensation in the court
when, after the regular jury. before
whom was tried a negro with selling
whiskey, returned a verdict Of not
guilty, the judge discharged the jury
from further service for the week and
instructed the sheriff to summon a
new jury.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-01-13

Two men propose to journey around
the globe on stills. 1t is not clear why
they should be permitted to do so, as
necessarily they would have to traverse
territory where more or less prejudice
against vagrant tramps has found ex-
preston in statutory restraints. and
sven in rock piles.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-01-13
The Pronouns.

I'VE must e~cOnOmize," said tho
man Of high financial authority.
Your grammar IS at fault" replied
the ordinary citizen. why do you
insist on using the first instead Of the
second person plural?"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-01-13
BATTLE VICTORY OBSERVED.
Legal Holiday at New Orleans to Carry
Out Ceremonies,

New Orleans. lathe anniversary
Of the battle of New Orleans, which
brought success to the arms of Amer
lea under the leadership of Gen. An
drew Jackson. was observed in this
city and throughout Louisiana Monday
as a legal holiday. Appropriate exer-
cises were held by historical societies
and in the churches. Banks, public in
situations. commercial exchanges and
business houses generally were closed.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-01-13
Veterans Protest.

Jackson.-Robert A. Smith Camp,
Confederate Veterans adopted resolu,
tons protesting against certain Iite'a.
ture selected by the School Book Com.
mission, as a part Of the teachings Of
the public schools Of the state.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-01-13

A woman Of n~inety-One in Massa-
chusetts wants to go up in a balloon.
Another example Of how people are
as young in these times as they want
to be.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-01-13

An eastern man says he will soon
put Holsters on the market at three
cents each If he'd only turn his at
tentiOn to bacon what a gay world this
would become.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-01-13

The agitation to mako the upper
berth lower continues; but no matter
ut what figure they fix the price it will
still be high.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-01-13

Philadelphia society women protest
against posing In bare feet on the plea
that their underpinning is too insight
ly to be exposed, unadorned, to the
vulgar gaze. Thus are the women of
Chicago deprived Of their bfrthright.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-01-13

Now we understand why certain
things are as they are. During the
present ear the people of New York
have eaten three million pounds of bad
eggs in their pastry.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-01-13

The new census of Berlin and its
suburbs shows a population Of 3,4O0,-
900. It Is camping on New York'S
trail
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-01-13

Overstudy killed a promising youth
In Baltimore, but there is no danger
o6 this malady ever becoming an cpl
demic.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-01-13

Siam is to AVE an aviation week
and 80 the march Of up-to-date civtE-
2attOn goes-or rather fies-merrily
On.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-01-13

Fashionable wom.n in the national
capital climb the Washington monu-
blent to reduce lefr flesh. Thus does
the uplift reuLn society.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-01-13

There Is a woman wireless oper~
Gtor. The old saw must be Amended
to read: What man has dbne, a wom-
an can and will do"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-01-13

Winter may be trying to keep 1t w
until March. 1t began early and II
has been cold throughout
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-01-13

A schoolgirl in Indiana has fallen
heir to $780, 0O 900. This news will
probably have an agitating influence
IN European titled ~impecunious cir
Giles.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-01-13

A German has invented a noiselesS
telephone booth. A nOiseless tele-
phone party line would be a greater
blessing