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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-01-26
REACHED LIMIT or TORTURE
Real Reason Why Burglar Gave Even
Ing Papers Chance TO Use Effect
i've Headline.

A burglar broke into 3 New XOrA
mansion early the other morning ard
found himself after wandering about
the place In the music room. Hearing
footsteps approaching. he took refags
behind q screen. From eigA to ntns
the eldest daughter had . singino
lesson. From nine to ten the secSnd
daughter took q plane lessen. From
10 to II the eldest son get bis tnsfFuo'
ton on the violin. From II to Il ne
younger boy got q lesson % ts@a
and piccolo. Then at H:16. the mfn-
lily got together and practiced Austo
on all their instruments. They were
fixing up for a concert Al 12:4S the
porch-climber staggered from behind
t4he screen. "FQr heavens sake. send
FOR the policei" he shrieked. Ter
ture NE no longer!" And in the even
ing paper there a the headline:
Merry Ghildren Capture Desperate
Burglar -
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-01-26
CONVICTION HAS TOMATO CLUB.
viii Provide Financial Support From
County Funds.

Observation-Disclosures county has been
added to the list of those containing to-
mato clubs. This one, C%ovington coun-
ty, has organized on its own response
bility. Miss Susie V. Powell, who had
already organized ten counties under
the direction and support of the agri-
cultural department of the United
States government, has just returned
from ~Covington county, where she ad-
dressed the citizens there in this regard.
Covington will pay the expense of sup
porting the club within its borders, and
under the direction of County Superin-
tendent Calhoun, who is the moving
spirit in the undertaking, has already
raised a substantial sum of money to
carry on the good work. This county
will support it's own director, award its
own prizes, etc., but outside of that will
have the sam privileges of the other
ten counties.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-01-26
Hated for Her Beauty,

The Maiden asked: Can you make
me beautiful"
For five pounds" said the Witch,
Il can make you so beautiful that all
the men will turn to stare at you as
you pass"
The Maiden smiled disdainfully.
Her experience had taught her this
was not such an easy matter.
For nine pounds" said the Witch,
Il can make you so beautiful that the
photographer will copyright your pic
lures"
Still the Maiden, unsatisfed, shook
her head.
For fifteen pounds-and only one at
the price" said the Witch-'T can
make you so beautiful that you will
not have a woman friend In all the
world"
"Ah," cried the Maiden, r~apturously,
shat will be beauty indeed!"-Londop
Tit-Bits.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-01-26
CHURCH CONTRBgnN us NOW
No One Thinks Of Putiia1 lees nan
Five csnts in the pIsls Now
Day Of the PeaQ Gore.

Everything has gone up said AE,
Graytop, everything. 4ca take. Tor
instance, church contributions the
money that we put In when the pate
is passed around.
Nowadays the minimum. tie Snail
est amount that we could put in or
that we'd want to put in would be
i've cents, a nickel, wouldn't 1t!
Surely; no matter who it was. nobody
would think Of putting In less than .
nickel now; but In my younger days,
before the war, the standard contri'
button Of the run Of respectable per
sons Of moderate means was n cent,
Q penny; and the contribution plate
was commonly called the penny plate
an those days. just the same as
now, the plates were passed BY dea-
mons or other officers Of the church.
onS to each aisle. OF course We had
them Just as We do now, some In the
church who had more money than 9TH
ers and these would put In more. a
half-dime or a dime or a quarter or
! q half-dollar. and sometimes some
body would PIT in . bill. but silver
coins were not CSer numerous and
bills were rare.
"Our folks were not rich, 40 : mat
ter Of fact we had no money excs&
what my father earned, but though
we were not rich we were selfrespect'
ing. G~odfearing people and We always
went to church and the children went
to Sunday school. We had in oul
church quite a number Of people con-
fortably well off and two or three wAe
were In those days called rich, bu'
there were more people like US.
"Of course we contributed some
thing more than pennies to the sup
port Of the church, we paid our pev
rent at the fixed price and occasion
ally there were special calls when w
contributed more, whatever we coul'
afford or thought we ought to give
but our standard, regular contribr
lions on Sundays were in pennies. w
children took each a penny to Sur
day school. When the plate wa
passed in church we put pennies l
that.
"As we grew older our father woul
give more than one Of us pennies t
put in the plate and then there wa
a larger contribution from u pew
but still in those days u church col
tribution, rs I am trying to set fort
was in pennies"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-01-26
THE CAMPAIGN IS UNDER WAY
FARM
COMPREHENSIVE FARM
BOOSTING WORK.
South Mississippi Will Be Weli Advised
What to Do and How to Do 1t
BY Experts.

Jackson.-rhe great educational cam
paign for the farmers of South Missis-
sippi began on Tuesday the 9th, at Ty-
lertown. In this work the Farmers
Union of the state of Mississippi is
cooperating with the authorities of the
Agricultural and Mechanical College at
Starkville who supply some experts for
lectures; the Industrial Institute and
College at Columbus, which also sends
a member of its faculay. The Boys
Corn Club work Of the department of
education of Mississippi; the Tomato
Club, Domestic Science and School I'm
provement branch of the state depart
ment of education, and finally the gov
eminent which is carrying on the farm
demonstration work in the state will
have experts on hand.
Tlyertown was the first rally on Tues
day, then Columbus Wednesday, Poplar
vile Thursday, Friday at Purvis, SAT-
mday, January 10, at Ellisville, We'd
nesday, January II, Lucedale; Thurs
day, January 10, at New Augusta; Fri
day, January 10, at Prentiss; Saturday
January 20, at Ha%ttiesburg; Wednes'
day, January "a, at Mendenhall; Thurs
day, January IS, at Collins; Friday
January 26, at Forest; Saturday, Jan
uary 81, at Pelahatchie; Wednesday
January 81, at Heidelberg; Thursday
February !, at Quitman; Friday, Feb
ruary 2, at Waynesboro; Saturday, Feb
ruary g., at Decatur.
President Carter of the Farmers
Union will also attend and speak, a
will Commissioner of Agriculture Blakes
lee; r. S. Wilson, state demonstration
agent of the United States department
of agriculture; Prof. j. N. Powers, stat
superintendent of education, and other
who are of eminence and note in thei
respective lines.
1t is hoped that the local authorize
at each of these points will interes
themselves and see that word is gotte
to the farmers and that a good atten'
ance will be on hand, as the movemer
is one of great benefit to the section
visited, if the residents and farmers wi
take the trouble to join in with it.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-01-26

Michael Casey. a politician in San
Francisco, who has been in office and
on the city payroll for many years,
was addressing a meeting Of his fell
lowcitizens. II was a labor meeting.
You men must know" spOuted
Casey. that you r the great body
polite in this city. You are the roots
and trunks Of our great municipal
tree. while We who represent you In
ONCE are merely the branches on thai
magnificent tree"
True for you, Nike" piped a maj
In the back Of the hall. but did "
ever notice all the fruit grows on tbs
branches?"-Saturday Evening Post
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-01-26
PRESERVE OLDSTATE CAPITOL
UNITED CONFEDERATE VETERANS
MAKE EARNEST APPEAL.
Why Structure Should Be Preserved
Patriotic Organizations
at Work.
Headquarters Miss. Div. U. C. v.
Jackson Miss.

OdShSOht IuiSo-
At me recent meeting of the Missis-
sippi Division U. C. V. the following
resolution was adopted unanimously, to-
wit:
Whereas, the old capitol at jack
soa, Mss, is so closely interlined with
the paes history and great men of Mis-
sissippi and,
re-" Whereas, events of great moment in
The states history have taken place
within these historical walls, notably
the holding Of the secession convention,
January, 1861 which passed Mississippi's
ordinance of secession, a step of great
significance in the formation of the Con
federsey, being thus taken in this build
ing; therefore, be it
Resolved, That the Mississippi Divis.
ion U. G. V. cooperate with the Mis-
sissippi Division U. D. C. in their efforts
to arouse interest in their petition to
the legislature, that decisive steps be
taken at it's next session to restore the
old capitol, Mississippi's historic land
mark.
Resolved further, That all papers in
the State be requested to publish thu
resolution about the time of the meet
ing Of Che legislature"
This resolution was adopted in re
spouse to the effort of the patriotic or
CARNATIONS of the state, who appealed
to the Veterans in convention to ait
them IN restoring the grand old capito
for the purposes of a state historical
building, the plant of which is set fortl
in their petition to the legislature. TIL
blessed women Of those organization
asked our aid in this most worthy un
dertaking and we promised our help.
trust II will be faithfully rendered b,
all lcyal veterans. I ask the paper
throughout the state to publish this u
der.
By order Of
PAT HENRY, Maj. c. S. A.
Maj. Gen. Miss. Div. U. @. v.
JNo. A WEBB, Adjutant General.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-01-26
The Turkey Trust.

Capt. Sol. Jacobs Of Gloucester,
who is known as the "Mackerel King"
said at a recent fish dinner:
"The successful fisherman is the
man who can take advantage even of
adverse things-head winds. storms,
billiards, and SO on.
I'm a word. the successful fisherman
is like the little boy who entered the
poulterer's shop and said:
IFS IL true thGt there's a turkey
trust. sir?'
"'Yes, my boy. I am sorry to say II
is true there is a turkey trust the
poulterer replied.
"'Then, SIR the little fellow went
ON. ma says will you please trust her
for a plump young turkey of nine
or ten pounds?"-Los Angeles Times.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-01-26
Easily Suited.

An understood yokel approached Q
sergeant in the barrack yard Of one
Of our military depots.
Il want to join the army, please"
he said.
The sergeant looked him up and
down. and replied: You cannot join
the army, my lad; you are too small"
TOO SMALL" said the youth. what
about that little fellow over there?'''
But he Is an officer"
"Oh, Is he?" exclaimed Chawbacoh.
well. I'm not particular: I'll Join tho
oficers."-London Tit-Bita
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-01-26
LAND OWNERS WANT PAY.
Riparian Owners Association Ask Con.
gress for COMPENSATION.

Riparian Owners Association Ask Con-
gress for Compensation.
NatcheA.-The Riparian Owners As
ISOLATION, on the east bank of the Mis-
sissippi river, comprised of Warren,
Claiborne, Jefferson, Adams and Wilkin.
son counties will employ ]. A. Wall
Baton Rouge La, as attorney to 90 to
Washington to assist Senator Williams
in securing the passage of a bill giving
them proper compensation for loss of
lands and crops by changes in river and
overflow. Seventy thousand acres of
land are represented in this claim. Two
years ago the association had the state
legislature memorable congress to pass
a bin authorizing the association to sue
the government for damages. Five mil
lion dollars are involved.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-01-26
Treaeherous Memory.

Parson Johnson-Yo must nevah
cherish an enmity against your neigh
Dor. Mis- Jackson. II youh neighbor
does you an injury you must forget It
Mrs. Jackson-An' so l does forget
II, pahson--but Use got a powerful bad
memory. and l keeps forgetting dat
Fse forgotten Il.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-01-26
Dissatisfaction.

$50 you were given an interest In
your employers businessf"
YES" replied the industrious
youth; but l made q mistake in &C
cepting It. l had less worry as a reg
ular employee than IS q minority
stakeholder"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-01-26
FROM PRISON TO ASYLUM.
Fate of c. r. Smith, Convicted Planter.
Governor Issues Pardons.

Governor issues Pard0nS.
Jackson.-It is now definitely and Of
ficially determined that Charles R.
Smith, the wealthy Lowndes county
planter, who is serving a life term in
the pe~nitentiary for the murder, in 1909
at Artesia, of E. A. Laurent, a we'll
known travelling man, Is insane. This
fact has been officially demonstrated ac-
cording to a report received by Gov.
Noel from the chancery clerk of Holmes
county. This report accompanied the
order for a ury in lunacy the personnel
of the ury, and the testimony of the
three physicians who testified before
that body The testimony appeared con-
elusive to the jury Of six people that
the said Charles R Smith is insane and
physically and mentally incapable OF
taking care of himself.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-01-26
Prominent Physician Dead.

Starkville.-Dr. j. S. Montgomery
died at his home in this city OF Bright's
disease, at the age of 81 years. He had
been for many years a prominent physi-
clan. He represented Oktibbeha county
in the legislature two terms-from 1882
to 1Ss6-during the infancy Of the A.
and N. College, and was a staunch friend
and supporter of that institution at Q
time when it needed friends.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-01-26
Brewer Is Besieged.

Jackson-Gov. Brewer is receiving .
bushel or so Of mail each day relative
to gubernatorial patronage, legislative
topics, ETC., and he is compelled to spend
several hours each day with a stenog-
rapher looking after matters of a more
or less official nature. A major portion
of the new governors correspondence is
in regard to appointments, especially
the twenty-nine circuit judges and chan
ceaors, levee board members, trustee
ships OF state institutions, etc, that are
to be filed during his administration.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-01-26
THEY DREW OUT $4,000.
Two Jackson Capitalists Want Money
Back From State.


Jackson.-Thus far the Withdrawals
Of money from the state treasury by
disappoited bond buyers of that 5000, 600
issue who did not get the "velvet' of
that first coupon of unearned interest,
and which the supreme court finally
decided was not a legal obligation have
not been very heavy.
The two heaviest Withdrawals were
Jackson people. Mr.. Joseph Ascher had
$3O0oe of the bonds, and as he could
not get the extra interest he wanted
his money back. DR.. Hough of Jack
son alss wanted his money back or
$1,000 he had invested in the issue fol
the same reason.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-01-26
Now Raising Mushrooms.

~Jaekson.-A new industry has started
in Mississippi, and farmers in every see
ton Of the state are all stirred up
over the possibilities offered in the cul-
ture Of mushrooms. A farmer named
e. G. Fontenberry, living near Osyka,
was inspired to make a substantial in
vestment by the partial success which
crowned the efforts of Fl. o. Schwem,
one Of his agricultural neighbors and
II Arm in the belief that he will realize
about $1,000 from a crop which will be
gathered from an area of 5000 square
feU& this fall.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-01-26
ISSUE MISSISSIPPI EDITIONS.
Big Chicago Papers Will Boost This
Section.

Section.
Natckex.-That the advertising boom
in Mississippi has only just started is
very evident from the fact that within
the next few weeks the Chicago Record
Herald, Chicago Examiner and Chicago
Tribune. three of the largest papers in
the middle west, will publish special
Mississippi editions dealing with the re-
sources both commercial and a%gricultur-
al Of Mississippi.
Since the state exhibit at the Chicago
Land Show, letters have been coming in
to the various land men and commercial
organizations in all parts of the state
from prospective home seekers asking
for information regarding different Sec
tions Of the state and concerning the
prices % land.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-01-26

The ingredients Of health and long
life are great temperance. open air,
easy labor and little care.--Philip Sid
ney.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-01-26
A H0ld-Up
An Oppressive Trust.

Before the Coffee Roasters' Association, in see.
sion at Chicago on Thursday, Thomas J. Webb,
Of Chicago, charged that there i In existence Q
coffee combine which Is ''the most monstrous inn
position in the history Of human commerce"
There Is very slight exaggeration about this
statement. 1t comes very close to being literally
true. There is q coffee combine In Brazil, from
which country comes the bulk Of the coffee used
In the United States. which is backed by the gov
eminent of Brazil and financed by 1t, which CONF
pels American consumers, az Mr.. Webb said, ito
pay famine prices for coffee when no famine
exists"
The worst thing about this is that the consun.
ers of the United States have been compelled to
put up the money through which this combine.
to further cinch them, has been made effective.
There were formerly revenue duties imposed upon
all coffee entering the United States. Those taxes
were denounced as an imposition upon the people;
as taxing the poor mans breakfast table, and the
like. The taxes were removed. Immediately
thereafter Brazil imposed an export duty upon,
coffee up to the full amount Of the former customs
taxes in this country. The revenue which for
mer,y went into the treasury Of the United States
was diverted 70 the treasury Of Brazil The poor
MANS breakfast Coffee continued to cost him the
same sd Price.
But this was only the commencement. The
''vxisrization" plan was evolved in Brazil.
Through this plan the government. using the rev.
enues derived from the export duties for the pur.
poses, takes all Of the surplus crop In a season OF
large yields and holds It off the market, thus
keeping The supply down to the demands OF the
market and permitting the planters to receive q
much higher price than they would otherwise
have done.
The United States consumes more Brazilian cot
fee than does the rest Of the world. We are the
best customers Of Brazil, and Brazil buys little
from us. Now Brazil is promoting, financing and
maintaining q trust designed, and working effect.
lively for the purpose, to compel American con:
sumers to pay an exorbitant price for the coffee
they use. What Is the remedy?-Ssaah Po's-lA'
tsuioence-N0V. L9, 1911.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-01-26

The annual per capita FIRE waste in
Europe averages 80 cents. while in
the United States It amounts to $2.51.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-01-26
High Aim.

Let US endeavor so to live that
when we come to die even the ander>
taker will be sorry."-Mark Twain.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-01-26

Standard statistics Of the coffee trade
show a falling off in sales during the last
two years Of over two hundred mililoo
pounds. Authenticated reports from tho
Postum factories in this city show 0
tremendous increase in the sale Of Postum
In q like period Of time.
While the sales of Postum invariably
show marked increase year over year, the
extraordinary demand for that we'll
known breakfast beverage during 1911 ID
very likely due 10 q public awakening TO
the oppression Of the coffee trust.
Such an awakening naturally disposes
che multitude who suffer from the n
effects Of coffee drinking 20 be more re-
ceptive to knowledge OF harm which %
often comes as Q result Of the use Of
the drug-beverage, coffee.-BGtas Creek
Ecening Neps-Dec. ~. 1911.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1912-10-25

We received the following interest
ing letter from Mr.. and Mrs. 7. B.,
Paramore this week. These good
people have been on an extended visit
to their old home, but from the sound
of the letter, they are glad to be on
the way to Kansas:
We have spent six weeks in our
native states, Ohio, and Indiana, view
ing the old Fairgrounds of child
hood and the old cemeteries that
memorabilia our grandsires. We
found a very few of our preceding
generation living. Our playmates
are men and women OF families and
affairs. We had pleasant time rid
ing on the Electric Interurban Rail
ways and renewing old acquaintances
We found the wheat crop failure in
Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, but corn
is good from Western Kansas to
Central Ohio. Indiana will average
the best corn from the river to the
Lake, compared with the states we
passed through. We saw ears foot
long and hanging higher than we
could reach, standing tip-toe. We
counted 20 rows with go grains in
row, making a yield of 1900 fold.
After seeing Chicago, the second city
in America, and Cleveland, the
greatest in Ohio and sixth in the
world-greater than New York in
ready made clothing, and Akron, the
city of Quaker Oats, and rubber
goods, and other noted cities in Ohio
and Indiana, we left for Western
Kansas, satisfied that for health and
schools, for temperance and argicul-
ture and Christianity, as we'll as var
iety of grains and grasses, Kansas can
not be equaled, much less excelled.
Yours truly,
T. B. PARAMORE and WIFE.
P. SWIM arrive home Friday.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1912-10-25
First published October IS. 1922
ROAD NOTICE

State OF Kansas, Seward County, IS,
To whom it may concern: Take
notice that legal petition signed by
John L. Boles and others household
ers of Liberal Township in said
County has been presented to the
Board of County Commissioners pray
ing for the location of a section line
road as follows: beginning at the
southeast corner of section 5-35-33,
running thence west on section line
a distance of eight miles to the Ste
Vens county line; also legal petition
signed by j. Fl. Gentzler and others,
hOusehOlders of Liberal Township in
said County was presented to said
Board praying for the location of a
section line road as follows Begin
ming at the northeast corner OF sec
ton 3132-33, thence south on section
line distance of thirteen miles to
the southeast corner of section 31-S4-
39; Also legal petition signed by H.,
C. WEIGH and others householders of
Liberal Township in said County, was
presented to said Board praying for
the location of section line road as
follows: Beginning at the northeast
corner of section 32-34-33 running
thence west on section to the north
west corner of section 31-34-34 a dis
lance of eigh miles to the Stevens
county line,
Each of said Roads to be Sixty feet
in width.
And said Board OF County Commits
sioners as viewers together with the
County Surveyor will meet at the
points of beginning said roads as Pc
titioned for on the Sth day of No
vember. 1912. and proceed to view
said roads as the law directs at which
time and place all persons interested
may attend and have a hearing. In
case said viewers fail to meet on
the day designated they may meet on
the following day as provided by law
without further notice.
Witness my hand and official seal
this 18th day Of Oct 1912.
(Seal) E. d. COOPER,
t. County Clerk.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1912-10-25

northwest quarter of section 20 in
township 80 south of range 80 west
of 9Th P NJ, and that you and each
VI you be forever barred and estopped
from claiming any right, title or in
terest in said land adversely 10 plain
4iff and decreeing your possession
thereto wrongful and giving to plain
tiff complete, unqualified and peace
able possession of said land and ev-
cry part thereof and ejecting you and
each of you from the same and every
part thereof and give the plaintiff
general, equitable and legal relief
Witness my hand and seal of the
Court affixed at Liberal, Kansas this
GARD day of October, 1912.
(Seal) r. S. IRWIN.
Clerk of the District Court.
F. S, Macy and C. V, Manatt, attor-
neys for plaintiff.