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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-09-15

cept that better provisions is made
for appeals from the valuation of
the assessors, the use of that pow
er for political purposes being
rendered practically impossible.
1t is safe to say, however, that
the usual objections will be raised
against any change by those who
profit by the present incorrect
and unequal taxation: and that
the Mississippi tax reformers will
find it as difficult as Gov. Blan-
chard did to establish a correct
and uniform fiscal system that
does sgnal and exact Justice tolall,
-5TlRafS, IlphipffAf
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-09-15

"The great defect of our pres
ent system of assessment" says
Judge Campbell, lis that it is
purely a county matter, without
any State supervision or control.
The Board Supervisors. subject
to the right Of appeal to the Cir
cult Court in Individual cases, is
the final authority in assessment,
when the result of inequalities
complained Of. The Constitution
provides for an assessor for each
county, but itdoes not invest the
Board of Supervisors with any au-
thority whatever in matters of
assessment for taxes. The pow
er conferred on that board as to
assessment is purely statutory,
and may be changed by the leg
islature.
It is upon this point the advo-
Gates of fiscal reform in Mississ-
ippi are working, that it is with
in the power and province of the
Legislature to make a change in
the assessment system: and they
want it made at once by taking
from the Board of Supervisors
the equalization Of taxes and
providing for a commission of
three or five men in each county.
appointed by the State authori.
ties as a Board of Equalization to
whom the assessor shall submit
his completed roll, and who shall
have the right to review that as
sessment and change it if they
consider it unfair. These local
boards, it is proposed, shall be
supplemented by a State Board
to go over the county assessment
rolls. SO as to assure equalization
of taxes as between counties
the latter having the right to ap-
peal to the Supreme Court in case
they object to any change.
Tho plan II sanawlat similar
tAthst In fAFff IN FAHisiaHa, ss5
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-09-15
Notice to Cotton Seed Sellers.

| will buy seed this season for the
Mississippi Cotton Oil Co., Meridian.
Miss. will be located at the depot.
We will pay the highest possible price
and ask a share Of the patronage Of the
farmers of Noxubee and adjoining
counties. Fair weight and highest pos
sible price guaranteed. ]. M. TUCKER.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-09-15
This Applies Also to Macon.

Stop knocking, MIR. KnOcker.
Cease your habit of fault finding
Point out rather the good in ths
city and not the had.
Tho city has been set back years
by you, Mr.. Knocker.
You mean well, you may have
begun this knocking with the best
and purest Of motives, and most
patriotic purposes, and it is pos
sible some good has been accom-
plished along with the bad, but
whether good or bad has come of
it in the past only harm can come
in the future. 1t is injuring the
city, injuring its property values,
causing a cessation in real estate
sales, creating a widespread dis
trust that is playing havoc with
business generally and creating a
false impression as to the financial
standing of the city and conditions.
Investors have been deceived by
false cries and frightened by imag
mary dangers. A real estate deal
er is responsible for the statement
that several large and important
deals have recently been broken
off.
While some of the city's largest
property owners have Joined with
knockers in the past, they did it
for what they conceived a public
duty; but they realize that now
is the time to get together and
work for the commen good; to be-
gin to build up rather than tear
down; and they above all Others
see the NECESSITY for harmonious
actien in the work of upbuilding
the city and restoring confidence
in its future.
In concluding this appeal for a
better understanding among our
people, for the knocker to cease
knocking, for harmony and unity
of purpose and action, we CON-
mend the following philosophic
words of Shakespeare to the reader.
III earn what cat, get that l
wear; owe no man hate, envy no
no mans happiness; glad of other
mems good, content; with my
own. jackson News.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-09-15
Warren Martin PAMELA Yates
Earle McDayid

Warren Martin PAMELA Yates
Earle MeDavid
SIXTH GRADE
Minor Ames Ed Hale
Peter Card Murphey Mauldin
Sidney Card Jennie Morgan
Ellis Cockrell Nancy Patty
Jim Cockrell Joshua Prtitt
Emmett Dent Joe Shelton
William Dent John Shumaker
Elisha Dorroh Taylor Tmith
Henry Evans Roger Stevens
Adelaide Holt Lizzie Stewart
Annie Mat jackson Jim Tyson
Duverne Lever Carrie Williams
SEVENTH GRADE
Edna Cline Warren Lee
Byars Cole Ancil Lindley
Frank Cole Mary Emma Richardson
Dora Evelyn Connor Nelson Sherrod
La Ferle Crigler Annie May Tyson
Willis Dent Mamie Bell Walthall
Julia Holberg Lawson Ward
Ruth House Lula B. Williams
Sallie Jackson Sam Willirms
Warren Jackson Ethel Yates
HIGH SCHOOLGIRLS
Sara Fisher Ames Irene Hubbard
Rita Binion Fannie Hale
Helen Clement Matte Hale
Francis Dent Eddie Lee Holt
Annie Dele Douglas Alice Hale
Annie Lou Elkin Mamie Warren Jones
Beatrice Farmer Galloway Kirby
Vera Farmer Bessie Lee
Nallie Featherston Joetta McLemore
Hattie Grace Katherine Oliver
Nettie Grace Mary Patty
Mamie Guy Lucille Shelton
Mary Clyde Holt Etheldra Spessard
Fannie Scott Sallie Tyson
Nellie Smith Ruby Thomas
Annie Stevens Minnie Tucker
Daisy Swami Ruby Tucker
HIGH SCHOOL BOYS
John Hunter Carr Henry Lee
Edmund Cole Henry Martin
Sam Fant Cockrell Arthur NJ ,rphy
Frances Connor Eugene Murphy
Tom White Crigler Harrison Patty
Dayton Dent Walter Patty
Ovid E:land Charles Scales
Beckett Gladney Harold Shannon
Edwin Harkins Van Shumaker
Sam Harlins TomsStennis
Ernest Hunter Robert wey burn
Henry Hunter Val Yates
Albert johnson
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-09-15

From and after this date, Septem-
ber lst., no work will be delivered un-
til paid for.
| will not hold work longer than 30
days and will not be responsible for
any laas that may oecNg.
= "1 W.T. tp"f. 6RossEyN
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-09-15
FOR SALE.

Two pair of thoroughbred registered
Duroc Jersey pigs were bred in Ken,
lucky. They are three months old the
25th day OF Aaguat, Weigh betFeen
70 and l0Q pounds.
S Pag flEa RIeRARbans,
l.,5, MArhNi MiAst
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-09-15

rents at the opening exercises
With yarents and teachers unitec
in their efforts for the children's
welfare. great things can be ex'
pected from the school. The ia
Guilty is as follows:
High School-E. T. Price, prin'
cipaI; E. B. Everett, assistant
principal; Miss Abidee Sessions.
Sixth and Seventh Grades :
Miss Earline Holt,
Fourth and fifth grades-Miss
Laura Hibbler.
Second and third grades-Mfs'
J. E. Dorroh.
Primary-Miss Lottie Hooper
ROLL OF STUDENTS.
PRrMARY-GIRLs.
Inez Cockrell Justine kiroy
Ruth Clement VIENNA Lever
e., Conner Augusta May Schimmel
M.r.,,er;,te Evans Maay Sue Stokes
Elizabeth Ferris Shadie omi'"
Sara Alice Giadney Evelyn Taylor
Emma Laura Hughes Maud Yates
l Eleanor Harkins
PRIMARY-BoYS
& r,,rr.r Dunn Richard Stephenson
. Irwin Douglas jesse o'e"''s
Charlie Gavin Erie ocaies
Edwin Murphey Joe Stevens
Blair Mcleod
FIRST aRADE-GIRLS
pr,b Allen Lucille Holt
Annie NAV Connor Margaret Hubbard
Viz. Kate Cole Matte B. McLemore
A,r,o Nov Crace Duverne McCorquodale
Lillian Hughes Matte lomiinSoh
Josephene Hammond Hida Dent
Henrietta Holt
FIRST GRADE-BOYS
Owens Barnes Sessions rant
Roby Bush warren .u"
Lucian Dent FRANK hickman
Edward Evans Edwaro h'cA"S"
william H. Evans james Horton
rohrr,e Ed0il Thomas Short
JUuHLiC 1SubA
James Edwards
SECOND GRADE-BoYS
1 Emmett Cavett Powel fa''S
Featherston Douglas Johnny Rogers
Myron Dent Don Swami
pov.. E,k;n George Schimmel
s;drsv Morgan Paul Stephenson
Harrison McLemore
cEcOND CRADE-GIRLS
p.r,ab n Bethany Brancy Stewart
| Helen Carleton Arah May sm''h
Nell Eiland sym lommnsoh
Catherine Griffin Laia May "hi'e
Ju,;. Stokes Emmie Yates
THIRD FRADE-BoYs
.onord Rarnes Andrew FAINT
Harvey Cri9ler Percy Featherston
r..u ch.mneno;s Harris McCorquOdale
Murnhev Dare Clarke Shumaker
: Launcelott Dent Charhe iay'or
4 THIRD GRADE-GIRLs
I Catherine Cline Louise klHpy
Mar;e Dunn Corinne Patty
Mamie Lou Holberg
| FOURTH GRADE
Deale Biniop Verle heatn
kFinis Carleton Henry hupparu
Milburn ChappeIl Leonard huDoard
Avis Cockrel walter huooaru
prrke Cole Albert Hughes
vohsrt Knox Douglas Lucius Hunter
Nellie Douglas william hroy
titus Edpil Hardy Stennis
c..,,;s Evans Turner Stennis
rarir F.ser Howard Swami
r..rL Grace William Smith
o,0e Gavin Elmo Morgan
FIFTH GRADE
r..;Uhtor Allen Taylor McDavid
,,;ss Allen Mary Murphey
"a. CUNNINGHAM Eleanor Shannon
ucie Eland hehry o.ew@'
Mary Eta Gavin Sharkey ote"ar'
lillian Griffin Iaomas a'sWsf'
aul Graham wafer S'oAs.
hary HaFkiHi Eh4 may ISe'
Rslh HHqlt w. ASsf 1s9s ts
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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-09-15

Call rs for fresh cakes and candy,
Just received. j. E. DoRRoH.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-12-15
SHIP CANAL ACROSS
FLORIDA DISCUSSED
LEYLAND j. HENDERSON MAKES
IMPRESSIVE SHOWING BEFORE
BOARD OF ARMY ENGINEERS.
1T is AN ESSENTIAL LINK
Would Affect Cost of at Least Hall
Freights Handled BY Rail
and Water Lines.

Jacksonville.-One of the interest
ing visitors to Jacksonville was Lee
land ]. Henderson of Apalachicola,
secretary Of the Mississippi-to-Atlan.
tic Inland Waterways Association, of
which United States Senator Fletch-
er is president.
Mr.. Henderson came to the city in
company with other prominent Florid-
ians to boost for the Florida ship
canal, which was under final consid'
GRAFTON by the board of engineers OF
the war department. He was one OF
the speakers before the board and
delivered a thoughtful plea for the
construction of the waterway.
1t is Mr.. Hendersons idea that upon
the completion of the Panama canal
the machinery which is still service
able and the main canal organization
could be transferred to Florida and
begin at once cutting the cross-state
canal. He believes that the compile
ton of the project would be obtained
much quicker in this way.
In the course of his address before
the board of engineers, Secretary
Henderson had this to say of the
canal:
INLAND waterways will become eff.
fective freight carriers only when the
rivers emptying into the Gulf of Mex
leo and the rivers emptying into the
Atlantic ocean are connectedb inter
coastal inland waterways along the
Atlantic and gulf coasts, and joined
by a canal across the peninsula of
Florida. Why? Because, so connect
ing together, the inland waterways
of the eastern part of the country
standardizes them, in that it allows
vessels of certain types to travel over
the Great Lakes, all of the rivers,
bays, sounds and canals without
| transfer of cargo,
"The principle of rate-making Civ
en- above applies to transportation by
water as well as by rail.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-12-15
Postal Service Shows Surplus.

Washington.-The annual report of
Postmaster General Hitchcock states
that the first time since 1883 the an
nual financial statement of the post
office department shows a surplus in
stead of a deficit. The revenues for
the fiscal year ended June 80, 1911,
amounted to 1921, 9,S236O and the
expenditures to $23766O, 7O5.4S, leav.
ing a surplus of $219,11S.12. At the
beginning of the present administra-
ton in 1909 the postal service was in
arrears to the extent of $17,749,,
770.47.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-12-15
TWENTY ONE 81
FROM SOUTHERN sTArx
TING IN WASHINGTON. ~
ALE RAISED BANNER CROPS
Agricultural Department Officials Are
Highly Pleased With Work OF
Boys Corn Club.

Washington.-Twenty-one boys from
the Southern states, who won prizes
this year for raising banner crops
of corn, arrived here, and will take
in the sights of the national capital,
one of the rewards of their efforts.
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson
presented each boy diploma in rec
ognition of the good work done by
them in the advancement of agricul-
ture. They also will be presented
to President Taft.
Agricultural department officials in
charge Of the farm demonstration
work are highly pleased with the re-
suit of this years work by the Boys
clubs. Both in quantity of corn rails
ed and in cheapness of production it
has been by far the best year since
the idea was inaugurated three years
ago. They point to the fact that six
of the boys now here raised more
than 200 bushels on their acre of land
whereas last year this was done by
orAy one boy. The average produc-
ton among the twenty-one boys is
about IT'S bushels per acre.
Bonnie Beeson, II years old, of Mon
ticelo, Miss, who grew 227 and frac-
ton bushels on his acre at a cost of
IA cents per bushels, is the leading
prize winner, having come within
bushel of the best previous record. In
cheapness Of cost, Junius Hill of Ala
bama comes first, his 212 bushels hav-
ing been raised at an average cost of
only IL cents bushel.
THE most interesting feature of
this years corn work which has
spread like wildfire throughout the
entire South,' said Professor Martin,
who will have charge Of the boys dur
ing their stay here, 'is the extreme
ly low cost of production shown by
them, and we are much pleased with
this, for one of the things on which
Doctor Knapp, who started the move
ment, insisted, was that no efforts
should be made to produce freak
crops, no matter what the expense in
Cured might be, but that cost should
be kept down. Therefore, in award
ing the prizes cost counts equally
with production in determining the
prize winners.
The boys here are Eber A. KIM
brough and Junius Hill, Alabama
BurIey Seagrace and Walter Hale,
Arkansas; Ben Leath, Arthur Hill and
Monroe Hill, Georgia.; Carl Duncan
and Howard Burge, Kentucky; John
H. Henry, Jr, Louisiana; Bonnie
Beeson, Barnie Thomas and John
Bowen, Mississippi; Charlie Parker,
Jr., North Carolina; Philip Wolf, Ok
lahoma; Miller Hudson and Claude
Mcdonald South Carolina. John V.
McKibbon and Norman Smith, Ten
nessee; John A. Johnston, Jr, Vir-
ginia, and Edward Doyle, Illinois.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-12-15
HYDE JUROR MAKES ESCAPE
Juror In Famous Kansas City Poison
Case Disappears.

Kansas City, Mo.-A mistrial OF the
second hearing of DR.. B. Clarke Hyde,
charged with killing Col. Thomas II.
Swope, appears probable.
Made desperate by the sight of two
of his children, from whom he had
been separated for six weeks, in the
court room, Harry Waldron, one of
the Jurors, escaped from the jury's
hotel quarters. While a guard slept,
Waldron pried open a nailed transom,
crawled through the opening, tiptoed
to a fire escape and leaped fifteen feet
to freedom. The entire city police
force and a dozen deputies from the
county marshal's office have searched
in vain for him since his absence
was noted near daybreak.
If Waldron is not found, the eleven
remaining jurors will be discharged.
Judge Porterfeld said. Or if the miss
ing man is found and he cannot prove
that he has not discussed the case
during his absence, the same action
will be taken.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-12-15
POMONA.

Mr. and Mrs. w. ]. Edmonds arrived
from Arlington, N. j., last Friday, and
are at home in their pretty cottage in the
western part of town. We are glad 10
welcome Mr.. and Mrs. Edmonds among
is again.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. M. Lowry of NayIor,
Mo-, who have been spending a week
in town, have gone TO Crescent City
where Mr.. Lowry has position.
Mrs. May Erwin Coleman has been
I here few days recently attending to
her property interests. and was a guest
at the Middleton House.
Rev. E. II. Byron has so far recovered
as TO make trip TO Palaika Monday.
w. S. Middleton returned Monday
night from a trip TO Tallahassee and
Jacksonville.
Quite number of our people visited
Palatka Saturday, among them being
Mr.. and Mrs. r. c. Middleton, Chas.
Cook, Mrs. w. II. Cook, Mrs. Geo. OF
terson, c. C. Middleton and Willie
Tucker.
Rev. c. N. Krook, former pastor here,
but now at Lake Helen, preached Sun
day morning in the Congregatio nal
church. The audience was large and
appreciative, and as Mr.. Krook was al
ways much liked here, his friends were
glad of an opportunity TO see and hear
him once more.
The V. |. A. sale and supper Friday
night was great success from every
standpoint, the hall being well filled
with old citizens and new, who enjoyed
the splendid supper and pleasant even
ing afterward. Harry Ketchum, young
man from Danbury, Conn, gave some
fine piano music. This was the first
entertainment of any kind given by the
ladies for several months, and we hope
more may follow in the near future.
The new Miller residence is making
rapid progress and will be an addition
TO our Main street when finished.
Rev. E. H. Byron expects TO move his
family soon into their own home which
is now being completed.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marshall Treadwell have
for guests two young men from Dan
bury, Conn, Mr.. Sheppard and Mr.. Sill
lotor.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-12-15
100 men KILLED
. IN NINE EXPLOSION
DUST EXPLOSION IN TENNESSEE
COAL MINE CAUSES DEATH
OF MANY MINERS.
RESCUE WORK USELESS
Rescuers Who Penetrate Workings Of
Mine Found only Dead and
MangIed Bodies.


+ Bruceville, Tenn. = Five men Z
r were taken out alive from the 4
+ Cross Mountain mine after all 4
+ hope of saving any Of the 100 4
r or more men entombed by the 4
+ explosion had been abandoned. =
I. All except one man were in good 4
+ condition after sixty hours be- 4
r low the earth, and the rescuers 4
r were so encouraged that they 4
+ bent their energies anew and :
r there were excellent prospects 4
r that more survivors would be :
r reached. =
r r r r r r + r + + r + r r I. Z
Briceville, Tenn.-Somewhere in
the depths of the Cross Mountain coal
mine probably one hundred men lie
dead while their sorrow-stricken fam
lilies kepe vigil at the mouth of their
tomb, hoping against hope that their
loved ones may be alive when res,
cuers reach them.
Eight torn and mangled bodies had
been brought forth when search was
abandoned for the day. Outside OF
the immediate families of the entomb.
ed men no one in this little mountain
village believes that any living thing
in the mine survived the terrific ex,
plosion of coal dust that wrecked the
workings.
For more than thirty-six hours ev-
cry surviving miner in this region
had toiled with no thought of food,
sleep or pay, to remove the debris
and force fresh air into the inner
most recesses of the mine. They prac-
tically have penetrated to the main
entry head, nearly three miles in.
They expect to be ready to work the
cross entries in which the other bod
les have undoubtedly been cast by
the force of the blast.
Black damp developed and retard,
ed progress, but the silent force push
ed dauntlessly on, some of them till
they were carried out overcome by
the noXious gases.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-12-15
M'NAMARAS ENTER PRISON
Dynamiters Arrive at San QuentIne
to Serve Their Sentences.

Dynamiters Arrive at San Quentlne
to Serve Their Sentences.
San Quentin, Cal.-The Mcnamara
brothers entered San Quentine peni-
tertiary, where James B. is condemn
ed to spend the remainder of his life
for his confessed crime of murder in
connection with the Los Angeles
Times explosion, and where John j.,
secretary of the International Associ-
alton of Bridge and Structural Iron
Workers, is sentenced to fifteen
years Imprisonment for dynamiting.
The men entered the prison, it is
fairly authenticated, believing they
had achieved much for the cause of
union labor and had been misunder-
stood in their efforts and the results
they obtained.
Whirled from Los Angeles on a
fast train, the men were taken from
it, at sunrise, put on little river
steamer and landed, two hours and
half later, at San Quentin prison
wharf on the shores of San Pablo
bay.
AS the prison clock struck 10, John
]. stepped over the threshold of the
Jail door, with his brother directly
behind him. In five minutes James B.
had become convict 1884 and John
]. number 25,315. They were meas
ured for jail clothing, photographed
in two positions, given a carbolic
tinctured bath, put into stripes,
shaved and cropped and re-photo-
graphed within an hour.
Cell IS, into which they were lock-
ed adjoins the tier sin which con-
demned murderers are kept and the
balcony outside is cut off by a little
CRATE. Further down the row toward
the other end is the cell of Abraham
Ruef, serving a 14-year sentence for
bribery in connection with the San
Francisco cases.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-12-15
Mechanical VIII Be Released.

Los Angeles Cal.-ortie E. McMan'
igal will be taken to Indianapolis
within a few days to tell the Federal
grand jury there what he knows OF
the alleged dynamiting conspiracy
the first chapter of which was closed
with the placing of James B. and
John j. Mcnamara in the San Quen
tin state penitentiary. McManigal
after his trips around the country
giving testimony probably will be re
leased. He will be closely guarded
however, at all times.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-12-15
Problem Of the EI.e.rio r.l

Invention during the next two or
three centuries will probably be in the
direction of initiating the wonderful
economy and the simple direct methods
OF nature, says Professor John G. Nc
hendrick. Take the electric eel Its
electric organ is in no sense a storage
battery, but continuance by which
electric energy is liberated at the mo-
ment when it is required. At rest the
organ SHOWS so small an electromotive
force that good galvanometer is re.
CURED 10 detect it, but sudden nerv-
Gus impulse from the cells spinal cord
raises potential of many volts with
very little heat and 50 small an ex-
penditure of matter as to defy the
most expert chemist to weigh it.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-12-15
Pointer For the Preacher

Among the stories related by the late
rev. DR., A. r. Pierson was one of a
marble cutter, with chiseI and ham
mer, working block of stone into a
statue. a preacher who was looking
on said, Il wish | could, on hearts of
stone, deal such transforming blows!"
Perhaps you might" was the work
mans quiet answer, "if, like me, you
worked on your knees" -Phlladelphia
Record.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-12-15
Beautiful, but DANGEROUS.

The laburnum is a beautiful tree.
Unfortunately however, like many
other beautiful things, laburnum bios
som is dangerous. The long, yellow
flowers and the seeds which presently
take their place contain pOison-cytis-
sus-so powerful that Il hundredth part
of a grain injected under the skin Of a
cat or a dog is sufficient to cause its
death. In ten seeds of laburnum there
is sufficient poison to kill a child and
there are a number Of cases on record
of death from this cause. Also the la
burnum exercises an evil effect upon
the vegetable world. The gardener win
tell you that flowers will not flourish
in the ground about laburnum tree
London Globe.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-12-15
crowned Emperor Of India.

Delhi.-The Great Durbar to cele-
brate the accession of King George
as emperor of India far outshone the
coronation Durbar in 1908. There
was a public holiday throughout In
dia, and the royal proclamation was
read in every town AND village. About
one hundred ruling chiefs were in at
tendance, and the visitors were esti-
mated at something less than 100000.
This year the personal attendance OF
the king-emperor and queen-empress
attracted vast crowds.