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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-02-23
BIG BUDS REPLY

Editor Beacon;~ SA.-
My good friend, J, w. Duepree. like
the courteous and fair gentleman that
ne is. has sent me a copy of his Open
Letter to Big Bud" wherein he takes
issue with me on that part of my letter
mat reads as follows: Il introduced a
bill at the request of some of nv prai-
RE friends amending the Road Law. so
That only land owners, or the agents of
nonresident land owners could vote on
issuing bonds for building roads or
other improvements, and this looks fair
to me- Now, Mr.. Editor, if my good
friend had read this part of my letter
with his usual care, he would have no.
tlced chat SAID this bill was introduced
by request and while | said it looked
fair to me did not fully commit myself
to its passage | have introduced a
goodly number of bills this session and
every single one was by request and |
VIII introduce almost any bill that a
constituent asks me to do, but will al.
ways add by request and this, as every
one familiar with legislation knows does
not commit the n introducing the bill
to its support, but when | am at all
favorable to its passage | will 90 to the
Committee to which the bill is referred
and see that it is fairly presented. Now
IN my haste in writing my last letter
used the word vote" when in the
OIL as prepared it | used the word pe-
luton, and as | am, and have been for
years a "~sutfragate" | would have been
IN favor of (and | think under the bin
IN question by using the word ''peti-
tlon females owning land could join
III the petition. Now, while not COM
lnltted to this bill in toto | 90 not think
u uhlalr Tor persons not owning land
70 nave power to put this mortgage on
'he lahd OF others. | would have been
ana am perfectly willing to amend this
ACT py striking out nonresident land
owners and let it read land owners and
Whlte men agents of nonresident land
owners have the right to petition. etc.
l think this would remove the objections
OF my good friend, for he onlv laws
stress on nonresident land owners"
ard no where says he is willing for quail
ned voters who are not property owners
be allowed to vote for this mortgage On
the land of others.
Yes, | am a s%utfragette, and am like
my good friend Deale Binion. One day
Deale said to me Emmett, Clark Lew
is IS IN favor of women voting" and |
SAID, Why Deale are you not also in
favor of this?' and knowing how fond
Deale was of his wife, and how smart
ne knew she was, | said, Don't YOU
think Lille knows how to vote as we'll
as you dor And he answered. Eyes.
ana a darned sight better" and I have
never heard a word from him against
.n,s since ana am about this way about
your Aunt Sallie and the only objection
! have to letting these ladies vote would
be that fear that Deale and | would
never get to vote our convictions any
more Tor endorse fully what the lady
salu aoouta man not having personal
liberty since Adam woke up and found
Evh lying by his side. BIC RIM
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-02-23
H WEATHER.

Judging from the kind of weather
that has prevailed for the past two
weeks the ground hog prophecy is more
to be relied on that the weather bu.
raau's predictions. Two weeks age
a statement was sent out from the
headquarters of the bureau at Wash
ington that the backbone of winter had
been broken and clear and warmer
weather might be looked for from now
on Following a severe rain and wind
storm on Tuesday night. when a rain
fall Of 2.73 inches was recorded, the
Thermometer dropped to 26 degrees
Wednesday night.
The cold. rainy weather has deferred
the planting of gardens and prevented
work from being done on the farm and
the chances are that both will be more
backward than for many years.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-02-23
Simpkius Cotton Seed for Sale.

Simpkin Prolific cotton seed, grown
in North Carolina. Best boil weeyil
variety. Ninety days from planting to
a boil. 81 per bushel Of 80 lbs. Special
prices on car lots. J, c. Page.
S~tarksville, Miss.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-02-23
CIRCUIT COURT.
No Case Of Great importance to be
Tried but Many Indictments for
Minor OffenSeS Found.

The February Term, 1912. of the
Noxubee County Circuit Court con.
vened Monday morning with Hon T. b.
Carroll on the bench and Hon. Hardin
Brooks, distrist attorney and Hon. D.
F. Allgood, county attorney in atten.
dance.
Judge Carroll delivered a calm and
dlspassionate charge to the grand jury,
but clear, forcibIe and reasonable, rs
all of his judicial utterances are. Later
in the week he delivered a special
charge On rafting.
The cdHSd ceiebre, the automobile
case, was the special order of the first
day and consumed two full days in
trial, resulting in a verdict for the
plaintiff of two hundred and fifty dol
lars. The gentle sex had the star casts
IN the drama and part Of the court room
looked like a millinery shop on bar
gain day, Many people especially the
gentlemen Of the jury, thought there
ought to have been a jury of women to
try the case.
The grand jury got steadily down to
work and ground out AZ true bills dur.
ng the first five days.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-02-23
BANKRUPTCY NOTIcE

In the Deistrict Court of the United States
Tor the Eastern Division of the South
ern District of Mississippi:
In the Matter of
Lester j. Williams In Bankruptcy
NO. o Bankrupt
10 the creditors OF Lester J, Williams of Ma
con, in the County of Noxubee, district
aforesaid, a bankrupt;
N tic is hereby given that on the '21st dav
OF February, A d, 1912. the said Lester l.
Williams was duly adiudicated bankrupt;
and that the first meeting of creditors will be
held at Court House in Macon. Miss on the
4th day of March AID. 1912, at 1890 O'clock
in the fore noon, at which time the said credi-
tors may attend. prove their claims. appoint
a trustee, examine the bankrupt and trans
act such other business as may properly
come before said meeting,
Meridian, Miss this the 21st, dav of Feb
ruary, A, d. 1917 GABE JACOBSON,
Referee ia Baukruptcy,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-02-23
AN OPEN LETTER TO III BUD."

Dear Emmett
! want to call your ~attentiI N to that
feature of your letter to the BEACON. or
the Isubject Of issuing bonds for the
building permanent roads in our section.
In the first place, | want 10 say that !
hope your proposed amendment will fail.
| have never suggested to repre-
sentatives what measures thdy should
support. or oppose, having so much con-
idence in their intelligence that | was
willing to rely on their good judgment
to support those measures and princi-
Piles which they thought would pe for
the best interests Of their constituents.
| know that it is your wish and inten-
ton to do this in every instance. / am
constrained to feel that in this matter
you have acted without looking at this
question from both sides. Perhaps.
strictly speaking, IL lie not fair and lust
to vote a tax on the property Of a ION
resident, for it is the old principle for
which the Revolution of l776 was
fought taxation without representa-
ton" Your position carried to its log.
zeal conclusion, would make you a suf-
fragette. In this community, are four
widows who are large land owners. and
nobody lifts his voice in their behalf. or
claims that it is unfair to subject their
property to taxation, without giving
them an opportunity to express them
selves on the subject.
We 90 along and elect our representa-
tives who make our laws and the an
preparations for the state taxes, elect
our supervisors who levy the taxes for
our county and nothing is said about in
justice to non-residents. When thew
make their investments, they certainly
know that they cannot enjoy all the
functions Of citizenship iH more than
one place. ! do not feel that we treat
them unJustly, since w vote upon them
no burden that we do not vote upon our
own property. In this matter the MAORI
ty must rule, as in all other questions.
| must say that | have but little sym-
pathy with the nonresident property
owners in vi prairie belt. They are
worth moth ng to the community social
Iy, or in supporting our churches and
They simply stock their places
with negroes, and operate their farms
their own interest, without any re.
the well-being Of this communi-
W. Too often it happens that those
arge properties are left without white
supervision and control, and becomes (
enters of decentralization to the labor on /
farms. | have no desire to be |
Unjust to this class of property owners.
,ut certainly they will never help to
or build up any country.
suspect that our friends who have
you on this subject, and who !
re so solicitious about our nonresident i
lass, realize that a majority of our !
are in favor of issueing bonds, I
nd are making this last effort to de. 4
eat the measure 1t may be that they |
re not so unselfish as they persuade
themselves. and that in reality, they I
unwilling to pay their part of this J
a~xation. \
| feel that it would be a calamity to !
ne county, to fail in the effort to con Y
truct good roads in this section, and :
I'LL DO more to hinder the progress and
evelopmert on people than any thing
nat could happen. Respectfully,
j. W. DEUPREE. {
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-02-23
The Servants Pension Matter.

The published news of the act
of the house in cutting off the
old negro servants of the Confed.
crate soldiers has aroused a storm
of indignation among the soldiers
of the state, and numerous camps
of veterans have passed resolu-
tons condemning such a policy,
and written their representatives
to support the motion to recon
slider.
Letters from veterans to their
members are coming in on every
mail, and there seems a revulsion
of sentiment in the matter.
Mr.. Harper, of Scott, author
of the motion to reconsider,
states that he will call it up some
day next week when there is a
full attendance and all interested
may have a fair show at the
proposition, either for or against.
jackson News,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-02-23

State of Mississippi. No

State of Mississippi. Noxubee County
To His Excellency Earl Brewer. Governor of the
State of Mississippi:
The undersigned citizens of Noxubee County,
Mississippi, most respectly present this thur Pc
tit'on for the pardon of J. + Finklea. and would
show the following facts: That the said ]. E.
Finklea. was indicted by the grand jury of Noxu-
bee County on the 2lst day of July. 1908, on a
charge of burglary, and on the 9th day of Feb
rraly 1888. was convicted in the Circuit Court OF
SAID County and sentenced to the State Peniten-
tiary fer a term of five wears at hard lator
Your petitioners would further show that i'm
medlately upon the return of the indictment said
Finklea was arrested, and because of his poverty
was unable to give bond. and was placed in the
County jail, where he remained until he was con.
veyed to the penetentiary. where he now is
Said Finklea is about 80 years Of age, with the
greater part Of his life before him, and has one
child of lender years who needs his labor for her
support,
We believe thai his punishment has been suf-
fictent or the crime of which he was convicted,
and most earnestly ask that you grant him a full
pardon. Most respectfully submitted,
]. ~. Sennett, j. b. Jarvis.
B. A. Cotton. &c, Flora ct. al.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-02-23
COLORED CONFEDRATES

1t has long been the pride ant
the boast of the South that tn
relation of master and slave il
ante-bellum days partook so mucl
of fidelity on the one side and o.
generosity on the other. The be
havior of the great mass of the
colored population Of the slave.
holding states during the war,
when the white men were away
in the army, is invincible and
eternal evidence of the civiliza-
ton of the Old South, its gentle
ness and business, and a COM
plete historical reputation of the
idea that slavery was in general
a brutal, cruel thing.
Among other treasured tradi
tons of the war is the fidelity
displayed all during the conflict
Of the negro body-servants Of
the Confederates. Though free
dom was often within their grasp
freedom and safety. they chose
rather faithfulness to their white
friends and masters. coupled as
it was with slavery and danger.
No more conclusive proof Of the
true attitude of the southern
slave to the southern white man
can be found than the conduct of
these body-servants in the years
of the Civil war.
To one who looks on these
things in their true light, who
values at their true worth the old
traditions of our people, it comes
like a blow in the face to hear
that the present generation of
Mississippians are to cut the few
remaining old body-guard of
body-servants from the few and ,
meagre pensions they have been
drawing. 1t may save a few I
pennies but at the expense of the c
reputation of our people for gen. !
crosby and protection to an infe- t
rior race. and visited too, on the
most deserving of that race.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-02-23
Ten Wellesley Seniors Flash Engage
ment Rings.
Special to The Times Democrat

Speclai 10 Inc IlmeS Democrat.
Wellesley, Mass. Feb. 1S.-The
past week saw all former records
for engagements go by the board
when ten maidens in the senior
class at Wellesley College proud
ly flashed ''sparklers' in place
on the proper digit. How many
took advantage of the prerogative
OF Leay Year and popped is not
known. None will admit this ac
cusation, although Name Rumor
connects one maiden as the prin-
cipal in such a romance.
The most prominent engage
ment announced is that of Miss
Florence Tapley, president of the
Barn Swallows, to Benz. Ames
Williams, a Dartmouth alumnus,
man. =
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-02-23
TO THE PUBLIC

l have opened a shoe shop in Mr..
Vests Soda Fountain where | will he
found any hour in the day. Your work
IN the Leather Line will receive the
best OF attention. am reliable; as I
nave been in the business for Is ears.
Give me a call.
2-23,3t JACK SHAW
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-02-23

WANFEp:= One afst plasg chloe 80
psslsfaF so|sf, WIN pay frsi qIsss wages
kppif n 'ilA j, NhnFt
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-02-23
Notice Contractors.

Sealed bids are invited on Tuesday,
March 9Th, 1912, at 200 P. M, to con-
struct a bridge on the Wade new road,
according to the plans and specifications
now on file in the Office of the Chan
Gerry Clerk. Successful bidder to give
bond in penalty Of bid. The board re.
serves the right to reject any or all
bids.
BY order of Board Of Supervisors.
JOHN A. TYSON. Clerk.
BY w. o. BARNES. IR., D. G..
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-02-23
FOR GATE.

FOR SALE,-A few White roMborr
s~oGsraIl2 tQT sale or exchange for dthar
fs'as Y Ha'N'nqn hens, IF 4, Az
A lFMlA
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-02-23
OSTEOEATAY

VIII be absent until March 18th. All,
NOSE who want to take treatment for
March leave calls next week at Hotel
Macon, On II Knm
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-02-23

MONEY TO LOAN.

$4,000 to loan ct sly and OIeht pop
NO' IT, T. NNopes In
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-02-23
Notice Road Overseers.

You + hereby order d to put your
road links and bridges in good repairs
at once.
BY order Of Board of Supervisors.
JOHN A. TYSON. Clerk.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-03-21
ROAD BOOSTERS ACTION ASSURES A
Cross CONTINENT ROUTE BY FL PASO

FL Paso and Las Cruces and Deming
II the president will accept It, make
a motion that a corps OF engineers pc
appointed TO determine about the
routes"
Engineers Appointed.
DIT. Cary appointed J. w. Eubank,
H La Sale, J. D. Merriweather and
J. T. Mccullough said: IF you will
come down the valley through the Or
gan district I will pledge $500 to-
ward it."
w E. Garrison, president Of the New
Mexico A. & NJ college at Mesilla Park.
said. I'VE are for the southern route
The Mesilla valley BENEFITS Fl BasO
and we want to be kept in close touch
with one another and we want to show
all tourists just as much Of the valley
as possible
"The shortest routes may not be the
best. The man who is in New York
and is IN a hurry to get to the coast
will take a train. The man WhD takes
an automobile trip will want to see
all the points Of interest
Dan Jackson said. Il have bought
several automobiles, but I never man
aged to get any home with me-
great many members Of this Organlza-
ton and other FL Paso business men
who are interested both up and down
the valley are interested In It we
must keep in close touch with the VAL
ley which brings US much 1t seems
that to get a road to Fl Paso we must
have IL run down from Alamogordo, so
let US have il that way"
Francis E. Lester, OF Las Cruces,
said that FL Paso and Las Cruces
should both be on the map. This was
the sentiment next expressed by W. E
Baker, Of Las Cruces.
J. A Smith then moved that the
routes as above mentioned should be
adopted and this action was taken.
Joe NealOn, who came in late said
that he had waited, but waited in vain
for the FL PasO automobilists to reach
there.
Then the meeting adjourned.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-03-21
VIRGINIA CLANS1IEN
DEFY THE GOVERNOR

Hillsville. Va. March 21.-Hillsville
was excited today over a report that
a party OF the Aliens or their sympa-
thizers rode 70 within three miles OF
Hillsville and placed a notice Of their
own beside the governors posted proc
lamation offering rewards for the
clansmen, dead or alive. This is the
notice said to have been posted:
ITO those who made It their concern:
we have plenty OF arms and bull
lets. We know how to use them
These hills are unhealthy places for
strangers to visit Remember this
you can get US in the end. maybe, but
we viii get you first"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-03-21
ARIZONA SENATE
WORKS SMOOTHLY
CONTINUED from page -

CONTINUED rom page -
BODY; and for another. the senate has
a competent presiding orrtcer IN the
Derq0n of N G. Cunniff, who has
Commemorative knowledge OF parlia-
mentary law and procedure MI
Bradner. speaker Of the house, is con-
cededly a very estinable man, but since
manhood he has spent his time almost
exclusively at railroad work, which
hardly has been much Of training
school to fit him for his duties as pre-
siding officer of a deliberative body
Must Get The Soreness Out.
The leeislature really will be tbs
gamer by proceeding slowly just now.
and for two reasons One is, most OF
the members are new to this kind OF
work. and another is that there is yet
considerable animosity in the house
over the steam rolled methods used by
Governor Hunt In forcing the election
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-03-21
PLAINS PREACHERS WIRE
sNnLRATET 10 DR. NnRnIl

P1ainview, Tex. March 21-The Bap-
fist pastors OF the Staked Plains, as
ISOLATION net in conference at Plain
view and many questions Of general
church interest were discussed. Among
the things considered, the body OF
pastors adopted a resolution to express
their sympathy and confidence by wire
to DR.. Frank Norris, pastor OF the
First Baptist church OF Fort Worth.
and pledging their prayers, influence
and financial aid IL necessary. to him
in his trouble.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-03-21
MENTCAN ARTILLERY HEREs )

Two federal artillery pieces are sup
posed 10 be in FL Paso incognito. An
emplOye OF the Mexican consulate safd
Wednesday that two field pieces had
arrived here from che east and would
be sent to Maria, for the federal troops
at Ojinaga. Mexican consul z. c. Llor-
ente denied that there were any field
pieces in FL PasO or enYirons.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-03-21
DEPARTlfENT OF
Insurance and Banking
STATE OF TEXAS

No. 81.
Austin. Texas. March 9th. 1912.
{ To Al Whom Il May Concern:
This is 10 Certifu. That The Two
Republics Life Insurance Company Of
Ell Paso. Texas. has N all respects fully
complied with the laws Of Texas as
conditions precedent to It's doing busi-
ness IN this State. and have issued to
said Company a Certificate of Author
ity from this Office emitting It to do
business IN this State for the year end
ing the 2Sth day Of February. 1913.
Given gnssT ny -s ssn fb sn ss sea- Of oiss
written B. L. GIL,
Commissioner
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-03-21
80 BANI1RRs To arEFr.

Preparations are under way at san
Antonio for the annual convention Of
the Texas Bankers association 10 be
held dn san Antonio. May Z. s and g. The
train viii be especially decorated for
the occasion
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-03-21
10 Elect Senators.

Pretty soon Marcus A. Smith and
Henry F. Ashurst will be elect
ed United States senators, after which
they will proceed at once to Washing
ton.
Governor Hunt and Attorney General
George Purdy Billiard are at skies and
sevens on the tenure Of office propo-
sition. Billiard contends that under
the constitution the officers elected
last December have the right 10 con-
tinue in office for three years; Hunt
declares II was the understanding by
the constitution makers that they
should hold office only until the fan
Of 1912, and he asks the Legislature
TO provide for the election Of their
successors at that time The chances
are the matter will yet get into the
courts.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-03-21

Lawn Hose and sDrinklera.
Laurie Hardware Co.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-03-21

Easter will be here before you know
It Come in today and let US take your
measure for that Easter suit
Bryan Bros.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-03-21
Free Delivery

Our free messenger delivery service
beats wagons No set hour for the meat
to leave Our messengers ars on the
60 all the time.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-03-21

Yes, you do need a new hat Don't
wait until the day before Easter to
get it. The largest line and the latest
styles, at
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-03-21

= ara Hens
We are receiving daily shipments o.
fine yard hens; all laying Prices rea-
sonable. Ardoins Market.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-03-21
FINp rETRIFIED IIzARp

FIND PETRIFIED LIZARD
IN WELL NEAR ROSWELL
Roswell, n. n, March 2l-One OF
the most interesting scientific finds
made in recent years in this section is
the discovery Of petrlfied lizard or
species OF crocodile which was taken
from the bottom Of a drilled well at a
depth OF 90 feet
The find was made on the Carter
place about 20 miles southeast of Ros-
well and brought to the city BY Mr..
carter and the lizard is now on exhi-
billion.
Ice Cream Freezers.
Laurie Hardware Co.
Full measure at Southwestern Fuel Co
Fresh Buttermilk- FL Paso Dairy
EVERETT Cars-valley Implement CO.
Yard Hena.
Phone 500, ArdO.n's.
Full measure at Southwestern Fuel Co
Ice Cream Freezers.
Laurie Hardware Co.
Fish received daily. Ardoin's.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-03-21

Fun measure at Southwestern Fuel CO,
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-03-21

Fresh Buttermilk. FL PasO Dairy.