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The Cairo bulletin., 1912-07-27
N. B. B. 0. Entertained.

The N. B. B. 0. Club was enter
tanned yesterday morning at the
residence of Miss Margueri , Bryant
OF 718 Eighth street. The morning
was spent in playing Five Hundred,
at which Miss Anna Pierce Walsh
made the high score. Tie cut prize
was won by Miss Mia McNemer
In addition to the club memoirs,
the following were present: Misses
Mabel McNemer of Little Rock. May
Meran of Waukegan, Nell Ross of
Kansas City, Mildred Halbeek of
Kennel. Mo-, Coena Donnelly of AL
ton, Georgia Perrault, Mia McNem-
err, Lynette Greaney, Pearl Sander,
Ruth Pettis.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-07-27
FUNERAL NOTICE.

PIERS0I4---Died suddenly at
Memphis, Tenn, Thursday, July 25.
Margaret Piersol, wife of James V.
Piersol, aged 25 years.
The funeral will take place Sun
DAY afternoon, July 2S. Services
will he conducted at st. Josepn's
eAurea by Father J. J. Dswney. The
mineral cortege will leave the resi-
3eace OF Patrick O'Laughlin. 222
Twenty first street, at 1850 p. IN. for
The church,
a special train leaves Fourteenth
street for Villa Ridge cemetery at
2:45
Friends of the family are invited.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-07-27
Small Fire At Olmstead

!. A shed filled with barrels of oil
caught fire last night at S:45 in the
rear of the grocery store of Ed E
Gore at Olmstead which for Tina
threatened the destruction of the
business houses on the east side of
the Big Four tracks. The flames
burned iercely and almost the en-
tire population formed a bucket bril-
gade and succeeded in conining the
blaze A small boy with match
caused the fire.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-07-27
y vwry PERSONALS.

Miss Adele Harris leaves soon for
French Lick Springs.
Mrs. r. B. Camp of Mounds was
0 Cairo shopper yesterday.
d. w. Moore of Wickliffe, Ky.
was a Cairo visitor yesterday.
Floyd yesterday Of Mound City
was Cairo visitor yesterday.
Dan Prindel OF Villa Ridge was in
the city yesterday on business.
E. S. Kahn has returned from an
extended trip through the South.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. J. White OF Wick
life, KY, was in the city yesterday
shopping.
Miss Laura Glendenen spent last
evening in Mound City as the guest
OF friends.
Charles PennebaBer of Columbus,
Ky, is the guest of his many
friends in the city.
Miss Cozette Shelton and Mrs. Ora
Jenkins of Wickliffe, KY, We're Cairo
visitors yesterday.
81 Attorney John B. Wickliffe OF
Wickliffe, KY. was in the city yes
terday on business.
Mrs. w. o. Parrish OF Rector.
Ark, was the guest of friends in the
city for few hours yesterday.
Miss Mary Nugent, who was oper-
Hted on for appendicitis a week ago
u the Bondnrant hospital, was able
10 return home yesterday.
|. Klein and George Wiskert leave
today for New York, Atlantic City
and all important points IN the East,
20 be gone about a month.
Bernard Y. Blrchfield Of the
Eholscn- Staehle clothing house re-
turned last night trom y trip to
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-07-27

An excellent tooth powder for the
elder children VI the nursery brood is
made OF one ounce Of precipitated
shalk, half an ounce of powdered Dor
ak and a uiarter Of an ounce each OF
powdered myrrh and powdered orris
root. The tiny child with teeth should
have a soft toothbrush and plain
water should he used.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-07-27
Comnauy K DenartS.

Company X. 80 strong left for the
weeks encampment at Springfield,
this morning. in command q Capt.
Arthur Thistlewood, First Lieut..
Charles Wood and Second Lieut. Dan
Wood. The members spent last night
in camp at the Armory and marched
to the a. m. Illinois Central train
and boarded a special coach re-
served.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-07-27
Find Good Fishing Hole.

Louis Waldschmidt and sam
Brown of the Dunbar Mil and Lum-
her Co, returned yesterday from a
business trip 10 the vicinity of Wolf
Lake i'm Union county. While there
they put in a few hours fishing In
the lake and caught over 50 pounds
OF erappie and bass, The largest
fish caught was q ~ pound bass
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-07-27

OF course, It IS unfortunate that q
corner in pearls should have doubled
their price, but most Of US don't worry
nearly so much about that as about
the unproml5ing prospect OF success
in our efforts 70 make the winter and
the coal pile come out eyen.--indian'
apolis News.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-07-27
Here TO Attend Funeral.

Mrs Maggie o'Louehlin ard son
Roland OF Chicago. Misses Maggie
and Rose L0vett OF 81. Louis, and T
c. Loyet. and family OF, Ta1ms have
arrived to attend the funeral OF Mrs.
Margaret Piersdl which takes place
Sunday afternoon The former ladies
are cousins Of Mrs. Piersol and Mr..
Lovett is an uncle
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-07-27
Park Dance.

Quite party Of young folks were
entertained Thursday night with q
dance at ST. Mary's Park. the affair
being managed by Misses LILLIAN
Shepherd and Edna Koehler.
The affair was chaperoned by Miss
Pearl Youngs, Miss Pruden Malone,
Messrs. Harry Stout and Dan Snlli-
van and the following guests were
present: Misses Cletus Schulz, Mar
gle Thomas, Mary and Alice Clark
uff, Josephine Landgraff, Margaret
Winter, Mary Loomis, Marian Wood
ward, Lillian Halliday. Ruth Wer-
ner, Alehrta Blatteau, Alice Stuart.
Mildred Emf, May Graves, Helen
Blauvelt; Messrs. Everett Hickcox.
Ralph Swoboda, Eddie Stout, En-
rico Zanone. Harrell Anderson,
Bruce Dwyer, Ralph McGruder, Rus
sell Gibson. Willie Gibson, Russell
Haden, J. c. Werner, Allen Highly.
Willie Bambrick, Marion Lee Ather-
ton. Fred Lehning, Raymond Graves
and Richie fitzgerald.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-07-27
cRHd,s EIrst years Important.

A happy and healthy childhood, full
OF sunshine and merriment, and kind
illness misunderstanding, means sue
cessful. and helpful maturity. A great
deal Of failure is fear, and a great deal
Of sin Ks stupidity. And nothing so in
creases fear and begets stupidity as a.
disorderly and inconsequent environ
ment'in the hrst few yearss-Anon.
Reverse Kick. q
Jealousy doesnt'take much to start,
and nothing to keep it going.--Atchi'
son Globe.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-07-27

TIE mind must be controlled before
the emotions can be A man can never
be philosopher until he can control
his emotions. Emotions, like hope, are
stronger than reason, as are some 9TH
ers, but such emotions will never 60
very wild If reason is virtually active.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-07-27

Ella-Live and learn. ctella--lf You
had been learning all the time You
have been living yeu would make {
sixteen volume encyclopedia look -ke
pocket dictionary.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-07-27
Moonlight Excursion.

The Sunday school of the First
Christian church gave moonlight
excursion on the Steamer Three
States last night and was we'll at
tended. Refreshments of ice cream
and cake were served. The affair
was for the benefit of the new roof
which will be erected on the build
ing.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-07-27
| CITY NEWS IN BRIEF
Asked to Dine With Taft.

Mayor Parsons received an invita-.
ton yesterday from President and
Mrs. Taft to dine with them Aug.
1st at the White House.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-07-27
nns,a Mastery Of Work.

It is a great thing to say OF any
man that he has grip of his work;
but it is a greater thing to say that
his work has a grip of him.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-07-27
Mother,s Responsibility First.

Before the stafe, before her hus-
band a mother is responsible for her
:hildren's upbringiEg Exchange.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-07-27
When Woman is Ashamed.

A woman Is always a,littie ashamed
If the husband OF whom she cannot ne
tealous.-Life.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-07-27

FOR SALE-Bargain, carpets
from floor Church of Redeemer: also
gas fixtures newell posts for same.
Cali at parish morning after 8 a. m.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-07-27
Loses Valuable Bird.

w. f. Mccarthy, manager of the
Coco Cola works, lost a poll parrot
yesterday which he values ve-y
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-07-27

highly. He IS Offering a reward for
It's return,
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-07-27
Springfield and Chicago, III.

2. {. Scullin, who has been con-
fined at his home on Sixth street for
the past few days with malarial
fever, is now able TO be out.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-07-27

Mrs. A. w. Hargrave and little
daughter, Jeanette, returned last
might from Jonesb0re, ILL.,, where
they have been the guests of rela-
tiyes.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-07-27

Misses Joe Fowler of Golconda,
Ill, and Estelle Strong Of st. Louis,
Mo, will arrive today for visit
with Misses Georgia Perrault and
Francis Keegan
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-07-27

Charles Wild of Memphis arrived
this morning TO visit for a few days
with his mother. Mrs. Olive Me-
Nulty, at 3237 St. Marrs Place
West. Mr.. Wild is in the con-
tractor business at Memphis, where
he has been located the past two
years
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-07-27

Miss Blanche Fitzgerald of 724
Center street has returned home
from three weeks visit with rela-
tiyes at Chicago. She was accom-
panied by her sister, Miss Marie who
has been spending the past eight
months there with relatives.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-05-24

say that even a middle of the
roader'' can some times change
and Mr.. Brewer is now one of
the most enthusiastic favorers of
tick eradication in East Noxubee.
It has been wisely suggested
that. with the eradication of the
cattle tick, we are in need of a
County Live Stock association to
look after the welfare of the cat
tie, and in order that we NAV
compete for one of the prize
calves to be given away this fall.
1t is necessary, if we go into the
contest that there be a organiza-
ton of this kind to show that
this prize will be taken care of if
won, and, why should not Noxu-
bee county win. Let's get to-
gether and organize at once.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-05-24

commandment that promises a reward.
"Honor thy father ard mother that thy
days may be long in the land the Lord
thy God givest thee" And love thy
cyuntry. The effect of love and ODE
dience of parents on boys and girls and
the effect Of patriotism on the mature
all make for righteousness and honor
and material success,
China believes in ancestor worship.
America believes in the worship of the
children. Contrast the moribund civil
ization, the centuries of dead stagna-
ton. the cycles of wasted years of
China with the progress and enlighten-
ment and achievement of America.
Patriotism is the best safeguard of
the future. 1t is honorable. And it is
pleasant. For the patriotic man re-
ce;ves happiness from the happiness
and prosperity Of his co%untrymen Mt
to his private good fortune is his
pleasure and pride confined In every
good thing of his ~neighbors and his
community he finds pleasure.
The sun and substance of it all is to
build up the children Of today, stronger
and women, physically. mentally
and morally.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-05-24

/ order to bring IL into shape and to
Gil up any ruts or holes that might
have beeu started. Mr.. King,
the originator Of the log drag,
claims that with frequent aud sys-
tematic dragging the road becomes
so packed and hardened that 1t
neverbecOmes very muddy or cutup
as an example Of what drsgging
can do.
Considering the long hard win.
ter and the unusual rain fall this
spring / call attention to the. work
done by me on the Columbus and
Macon road. This road was passa-
BILE during the entire winter, and
wagons came over it from miles
around, when all other roads had
to be abandoned.
So let us not reject the split.
log drag, because it is a cheap
road machine; but use it constant.
ly; for it is the most efficient road
machine that we can use in the
maintenance of the dirt road.
Talk the matter over with your
neighbOrs, the leading men Of the
county, and see that they recog-
nize the economy of dragging in
comparison with gravel and mac
adam.
IF your road is soft OF rough,
Drag. brother, drag;
Once or twice will be enough,
Drag, brother. drag;
Wheels wort sink into a rut,
Every tine you strike a cut
Teams won't worry if you'll but
Drag, brother, drag.
'Twon't take long to fix your road,
Drag, brother, drag;
If you'd pull a bigger load,
Drag, brother, drag:
1t means dollars in the end,
Saved on teams and wagons, friend,
SO to this your best IA lend
DA"6t OAVSiCAS uAay.,
And IF at first you don't succeed"
Drag, brother, drag;
And once or twice don't fill the need,
-. Drag, brother, drag;
When a shower of rain has passed,
And the sun shines out at last,
While the roads are drying fast,
Drag, brother, drag.
Every time you drag the road.
Drag, brother, drag:
The lighter to your team the load,
Drag. brother, drag;
i will pay you every time.
lust to see your horses smile,
As they quickly trot a mile,
Drag, brother. drag.
LEO L. Cole.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-05-24
Cavalry will Remain.

Jackson. Miss, May %. Adjt. Gen.
Fridge reports that the recent order for
the muster out of the only cavalry
troop In the Mississippi national guard,
domiciled in Noxubee county, has been
countermanded, and that the troop will
remain. with headquarters at Brooks
vile. Capt. W. W. Walker has been
commissioned to take command of the
troop, and will keep the cavalrymen to-
gether. The company is made up of
men from the first families of East Mis-.
slsslppil, who furnish their own mounts
and, taken as a whole, they are about
as good as could be fcrra anywhere
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-05-24
The Road Question.

Ed. Beacon
That we should issue bonds to
build roads in the face of the gen.
eral decentralization in all business
channels is a very grave question.
We are in a strained condition f.
n%ancially, due to the poor crop
and low prices of cotton last year.
Labor is greatly demOralized and
discouraged, because of the scarci,
ty of money and the inevitable an.
proach of the boil weevil, and
therefore merchants and supply
agents are curtailing provisions
and all other merchandise.
The advent of the boil weeyil
makes it necessary to change the
methods Of farming and hence
cause the buying of expensive, i'm.
proved machinery for planting
and cu~ltivating diversified crops,
And building a road is not all
keeping it up afterwards is very
important and expensive. If YOU
own an automobile you find that
the purchase price seems small in
deed, when you have paid for new
tires and other running expenses.
The minimum price per mile for
constructing macadam roads Is
$4,000 and the maximum price is
several thousand more. This is
merely the cost of construction
and the annual expense of repairs
is from 1850 to $3.50 per mile.
Some argue the point that good
roads will enhance the value Of
lands; that may be truein a sense;
but while we increase the the an
praiscment of our lands, VIC do
not increase their productive
powers, but on the other hand we
increase the taxes on said lands.
The last point in the case, and
the solution to the problem is
that good roads can be built with
out macadam for a very small
cost by the cheapest roadmaker
ever invented-the split log drag.
If the county is as progressive
as it should be, il will make some
arrangements for paying the far,
mers to drag the roads. No capi.
tai pays q better per cent. for the
amount put in. When properly
constructed the dirt road can be
kept in good condition throughout
nearly the whole year, except,
perhaps, during periods of severe
freezes and thaws.
After each rain the log drag
ihculd De fuE oyeE the fosd IL
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-05-24
FROM THE PEOPLE
Good Road, and How to Make Them

Editor Of The Beseon:
The good roads movement i
urged for the special benefit of
few but certainly a good thing fOI
all and now is the time to do tn,
work as everybody knows the ur
gent need of them.
The convicts did their work just
in time to make the worst roads
ever known in this country; We
would have been fifty per cent. bet.
ter without their improvement,
and yet | believe, with proper ad.
dition of other material, the roads
would have been permanently very
much improved.
In various parts of Noxubee
county there are roads that have
stood the extremely bad winter
without n break and yet they were
made on the very cheapest plan.
The writer travels frequently over
a road that is perfectly ''safe and
sound' though the heaviest lum.
Der wagons have been passing over
it almost daily. This road was
built by the road hands and a
competent road Overseer over a
section that was considered impas-
sable as there was no clay founda.
tion and therefore the quick sand
made it extremely bad. This road
was made Of pines pole laid closely
together in a trench made for each
pole and then covered with dirt
rom six inches to a foot deep.
Occasionally some wagon will run
over at one end of the poles aud
pull one or two up. Though they
nave been buried a number of
1ears they are perfectly sound but
lecay as soon as the sun, dries
| do not know how the pole
Dads would work in the black
'rairie lands, but they cannot be
made better in the sandy lands.
The wagons and teams seem to
rive or'pack the dirt not unlike
dentist packs the filling in a de.
aged tooth, and it has the effect
# making the poles impervious to
Iir and at the same time causes
The wood to retain the moisture
This road of poles is the cheapest
md most durable of any road that
an be built without enormous
;axation that must not now be
Ed. A.
M~ashulaville, May 16.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-05-24
Hay Growers 10 Meet.

W. E. Stokes, president Of the r.,4
mississippi Hay Growers Association
ea,is a meeting of that association to
held in the parlors of the Holt Hotel i
west Point Miss, at noon on May sotb.
Inc acreage in alfalfa and other bav.
mas increased rapidly in the last few
Years ana there will be many impor-
'an' questions to come before this meet.
ing and Mr., Stokes urges al hav grow
ers IN East Mississippi to be present a.
tnis time. and if they are not memh.,.
70 JOIN the association in its work -
aHs permanent and better markets
ano 70 secure the best possible FREIGHT
rs1es and exchange ideas in the mattsr
OF growing and saving hav.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-05-24
TICK ERADICATION

Very little cattle dipping was
done during the winter, but since
the advent Of spring and decent
weather, nearly all the watts in
the county, and there are now
over 100, have been busy and the
cattle are being freed from not
only ticks but from lice and horn
flies, which have noticeably de-
creased since the dipping of
cattle commenced.
When the movement was first
commenced two years ago there
was considerable opposition from
every portion of the county, es.
pecially in the free range" Sec
ton. But now almost all opposi-
ton has died out; the inspectors
are treated courteously and indi-
cations are that by spring the
quarantine will be lifted and cat
tie can be shipped from Noxubee
county to st. Louis and Chicago
and sold on the market in compe-
tition with western and northern
cattle instead of being quaran-
tined as soon as they arrive and
forced to be sold for immediate
slaughter only.
There are very few ticks re-
ported from only one portion of
the county and we are informed
that if no ticks are found in that
section by October the quarantine
can be lifted. Where there is a
dividing line in the county, as
east and west of the railroad or
north and south of the river and
the ticks have been eradicated
from either one of these sections
the quarantine can be lifted from
it.
All the counties adjoining Nox-
ubee are either in full operation
under the tick law or are doing
preliminary work. Winston on
the west and Kemper on the
south are establishing watts and
getting ready for the work and
before the summer is out will be
in full operation. So there will
be no danger of the county being
reinfected by invasion of cattle
from adjoining counties after the
ticks are once eradicated.
The splendid effects of dipping
in Kidding cattle of all kinds of
is being recognized by
all and even after the quarantine
is raised it is believed dipping
will be continued. big Bud" in
one of his letters from Jackson
this spring called attention to the
fact that Mr.. Raj Brewer was
"agin the government in the
matter Of dipping. as well as
sthss things, but =s ere sled &c
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-05-24
Mr.. Leftwich's Speech.

AL introducing non. george j. Lett
wich who made the literary address
before the graduating class.of the Ma
con High School last Friday evening.
Hon. Walter Price spoke Of his sterling
reput alton as a jurist, a statesman and
a christian gentleman.
The speaker spoke without notes, and
deliberately. The earnestness of the
man and the fine matter of his remarks
made a deep impression on his hearers.
Nothing more than a synopsis of his
talk a be given here.
Mr.. Leftwich spoke of a long enter
tanned desire to visit Macon. which was
a community having the name of being
a town apart, a place of itself, with a
distinct individuality. He was charmed
with it, a beautiful little city set in the
midst of a smiling, fertile prairias.
The blessings of this section were
great. Compare it to Holland where
men with infinite labor had fenced out
the sea and then made land by leveling
high ground, while here the hand of
God by a volcanic upheaval had lifted
above the waters the fertile fields which
were once the bottom of the e a
Pushmattaha a great Indian chief,
was born near Macon. He was pro-
nounced by competent judges to be one
of the greatest orators the world has
ever produced. The names of the peo-
pie of this town speak of fine old Eng
fish descent. The business and appear
ance of the town speak of progress and
we'll doing. 1t is a goodly heritage that
the people of Macon possess, and a
piece of good fortune to live here.
His speech had no one subject, but
the caption of it should be 1.-THE Con-
servation of the Children" We hear
much these days of the conservation of
u forests, of our coal of our resources
The value of our children is far greater
than the value of all our material re-
sources. Why not conserve them?
Why do we wish to preserve our coal
and lumber supply except to preserve
them for these children and their chill
dren's children.
Mississippi does much for her schools.
Out of a revenue of about five millions,
the state spends about two-thirds for
schools In addition a tremendous sum is
spent by municipalities, and by the pa
rents, On the school question our POI
liiical factions are both agreed This
is a wise policy. Every school house is
a policy of insurance for the future.
This lisa large investment our state
and towns and parents are making.
What returns are the investors to re-
celve? What dividends are expected
from so large an expenditures Strong
and well trained men and WOMEN, val
liable ami patriotic citizens are expect
ed. The dividend is expected to be
found in the character of the citizen of
the future.
But with this higher training there
should come no contempt for work and
toll. The existence of slavery in the
South once almost destroyed our peo-
pies proper conception of the dignity
of actual labor. The wisest and best Of
men know that honor lies in honest
toll.
The ASA sommshdmshs - .:ss aaly
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-05-24

The fine picture of the U. S Gunboat
The Petrol and her distinguished Com
mander, Eugene Dismukes, is a strik-
ing feature of this issue of the Beacon.
Commander Dismukes holds the high
est place occupied. or we believe ever
occupied. In the U. s. Navy by any
Mississippian. He holds it with dis
tinguished credit to himself and honor
to his native town of Macon.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-05-24

OF all ticks of every kind which
were mere aa in abundance four years
ago. The eradication of the cat.
Vic tlcK was the greatest boon to
our STOCK farmers of anything that
ever mas or could be done for
Inem' and now they know it, but
wnen the movement first struck
TINS county it was the most un:
popular thing ever heard of and
now the most popular.
.[Signed] J.R Hoe,,r
County Judge.