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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-06-07

states
W are represented In q crusade
which the lawmakers and school au-
thorities Of the country are waging
against the high school fraternities,
according to the United States bureau
Of education. OF these. 13 states have
passed legislative enactments hostile
to the secret orders, while the school
boards of important cities in the other
IL states have adopted like measures
within their own Jurisdiction.
All states having laws on the sub
1ect provide q penalty Of suspension
or expulsion from school for all those
who Join these orders. The most
drastic laws we're passed by Iowa,
Minnesota and Nebraska, whose legis-
latures made 1t q misdemeanor for
any one even to solicit members to
these organizations. Michigan and
Ohio made 1t q misdemeanor for a
school officer to fail or refuse to carry
out the anti-high school fraternity law.
Other states which prohibit these or
ders are California, Indiana, Kansas,
Mississippi, Oregon and Vermont.
Massachusetts empowers the Boston
school committee to deal with the se-
cret society problem in its own way,
while Washington gives the same lat.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-06-07
BABY'S ECZEMA AND B0ILS

my son was about three weeks old
when I noticed a breaking-out on his
cheeks, from which a watery sub
stance oozed. A short time after, his
arms, shoulders and breast broke out
also, and in a few days became a solid
scab. / became alarmed, and called
our family physician who at once pro-
nounced the disease eczema. The lit
tie fellow was under treatment for
about three months. By the end Of
that time, he seemed no better. ! be-
came discouraged. l dropped the doc
tors treatment, and commenced the
use Of C~uticura Soap and Ointment,
and In a few days noticed a marked
change. The eruption on his cheeks
was almost healed, and his shoulders,
arms and breast were decidedly bet
ter. When he was about seven months
old, all trace Of the eczema was gone.
During his teething period, his
head and face were broken out in
boils which I cured with Cuticura
Soap and Ointment. Surely he must
have been a great sufferer. During
the time Of teething and from the time
I dropped the Doctors treatment, I
used the Cuticura Soap and Cuticura
Ointment, nothing else, and when two
years old he was the picture of health.
His complexion was soft and beauti-
full, and his head a mass Of silky curls.
I had been afraid that he would never
be well, and I feel that / owe a great
deal to the Cuticura Remedies"
(Signed) Mrs. Mary w. Ramsey, 224
e. Jackson St., Colorado Springs, Col,
Sept. "a, 1910. Although Cuticura
Soap and Ointment are sold by drug.
gists and dealers everywhere, a sam.
pie Of each, with 32-page book. will be
mailed free on application to "Cuti-
cura," Dept. L, Boston.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-06-07
Intruder in Girls Room Is Routed

WEAKENED by a cold hand on her
~ bare ankle, Mildred Bromwell,
eleven years old, turned over in bed
the other morning shortly after three
o'clock and whispered to her sister
Louise, fifteen years old:
There's some one in the room,
Louise, for I al feel their hand on
my ankle"
BE quiet" cautioned Louise, in a
low tone. II can smell whisky"
Louise raised herself to a sitting
posture, and by a dim light which
came through the window from a
lamp In the alley in the ear Of the
house saw the face Of a negro look
ing directly into her eyes. So close
was the dark face that the girl could
smell the odor Of alcohol in his breath.
Louise saw the nan vas sitting in
chair beside the bed, and
while she gazed at him, fascinated
with fright, he left the chair, got
down on the floor oh his hands and
knees and started crawling from the
room. Before he reached the door
Louise aroused the household with
screams, aided by Mildred.
Their father, James e. Brownwell,
was awakened. As he left his bed he
grabbed two revolvers and started to
the aid Of his daughters, who were in
the rear room on the second floor Of
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-06-07
Spain Establishes Tourist Courses

a headquarters from June IL to July
"a. Those who enroll are expected to
have some knowledge Of Spanish.
The lectures will give especial at
tention to the Spanish epic, to the
lyric as. developed in various prov.
inces, to the picturesque and regional
novel and to Cervantes. Other lee.
lures will deal with the relations Of
the Spanish language to the French
and Italian; with Iberian, Mozarabio
and "Mudejar" art and with the po-
litical and social life Of Spain in the
nineteenth century. There will also
be two illustrated lectures surveying
Spanish art.
Each Of the lectures on Spanish lit
erature will be followed by an hour
Of practical work on the text. There
will also be a special class of Castil-
ian phonetics and daily conversation
classes.
The principal museums Of Madrid,
especially the Prado, the Modern Art
museum, the Archaeological museum
and the Royal Armory, will be visited,
while excursions will be taken to To.
ledo, Escorial, Avila and Segovia.
These trips will be in the charge Of
DR.. Manuel Cossio and DR.. Manuel
Gomez Mereno. two authorities Oh
their subjects.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-06-07
~Antidrudeery Club.

Six women in Chicago have organ
lied a club to lessen household cares.
The club is the p~ossessor OF an cleo
trio vacuum cleaner, one electric
washing machine, two electric irons
and a fan for drying the washing.
The only dues are those required
for the upkeep OF these labor savers.
and this amount has been estimated to
be about three cents a week. The ini-
tiation fee consists Of the price Of the
apparatus divided into six equal parts.
The members arrange their work so
that a small boy may take the appara-
tus around to each In turn. They live
in one ne~ighborhood, 30 the affair Is
easily arranged. How practical; how
easily the idea could be explained to
take in any number Of housekeepers.
What a help 1t would be in solving the
servant problem.-American Club
Woman.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-06-07
their home at 1922 Fifteenth stree

their home at 1922 Fifteenth street.
Northwest.
The negro ran downstairs, with
Bromwell, clad only in pajamas, snap
ping his revolvers as he pursued.
Bromwell had center-f1re cartridges In
his rim-fre revolvers, and no explo.
sion followed the swapping Of the
hammers. The negro opened the front
door, ran down q fight Of iron steps
and started across the lawn. Again
Bromwell pulled the trigger and this
time there was an explosion.
When the report rang out the fu.
gitive jumped high In the air as
though he had been struck and de.
veloped remarkable speed. The
neighborhood was aroused. windows
few open, and shouts filled the air.
The intruder fed around a corner into
Corcoran street, and after running
half a block. with Bromwell, barefoot.
in hot pursuit, the negro disappeared
in an alley.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-06-07
Sikeston, Mo-
fered everything.

at those tunes, anu SAID tnat i ought 70
have an operation. Iwould not listen to
that, and when a friend of my husband
told him about Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound and what it had done
for his wife, l was willing to take It
Now l look the picture of health and feel
like it, too. l can do my own Homework,
hoe my garden, and milk a cow. l can
entertain company and enjoy them. l
can visit when ! choose, and walk as far
as any ordinary woman, any day In the
month. ! wish / could talk to every
suffering woman and girl. Mrs. DEMA
BETHUNE, Sikeston, Nc.
Murrayville, Ill.-"I have taken Ly-
dia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
for a very bad case of female trouble
and it made me a we'll woman. My
health was all broken down, the doctors
said / must have IN operation, and l was
ready to 60 to the hospital, but dreadedit
so that I began taking your Compound.
l got along so well that l gave up the
doctors and was saved from the opera
ton. Mrs. CHARLES MOORE, r. r.
No. 3, Murrayville, Ill.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-06-07
Simplest Wav Of All,

The following story the Saturday
Evening Post says is told Of Col.
George W. Cocktails, who at the time
1t took place was an instructor in en-
cheering at West Point.
One day. In a recitation, he gave out
this question to a class Of cadets.
THE post fagpole, sixty feet high,
has fallen down. You are ordered by
your commanding officer to put 1t up
again. You have under your command
a sergeant and ten privates of the on
gineer corps. How would you get the
pole back into placer"
Each cadet, after long consideration
and much figuring over the derricks,
blocks, tackle and so on, evolved a
different method.
NO." said Goethals, you are all
wrong. You would simply say: Ser
geant, put up that fagpole!'"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-06-07
Chinese Sending Many Fake Antiques
Americana are being fooled on

NICH Americans ara being fooled on
N Chinese antiques, according to
tips sent to Washington by United
States consuls at HoDgkong and other
Far East ports. Since thS revolution
began there has been q craze in Amer
lea and Europe for souvenirs, and the
fad has been fed on the stories that
royal and other Chinese palaces were
being looted.
The chief limitations are In porce-
lains and brass, ancient Chinese and
Japanese armor and weapons, old
Corean carved chests and old carved
furniture. Seven large new shops
dealing exclusively In fakes have been
opened in the last year In the prin-
cipal shopping thoroughfare of Hong
kong. There are 10Y regular auction
sales Of bogus porcelains. Similar i'm
Itations Of ancient brasses and
bronzes, worries, lacquers and other
art objects are sold. The tourists
are cheated even when they 60 to buy
modern oriental art goods. The
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-06-07

IT is announced by the United States
1 bureau Of education that to &C
quaint the hurried traveller with the
glories, culture and progress of Spain,
the Spanish government has establish
ed a holiday lecture and travel urse
for the especial benefit Of foreigners.
The course Is separated into two d.
visions. The first part, which is under
the management of Prof. Ramon Me
nendez Fidal, will afford the foreigner
an opportunity to acquaint himself
with the fundamental ideas Of the
Spanish culture. The second part Of
the course consists of excursions to
public, historical, architectural and art
monuments, under the conduct Of
scholars whose demonstrations, &C
cording to Senior Don Juan Riano y
Gayangos. the Spanish minister, "can-
not but be incomparably superior to
those offered by professional guides"
The course will be held in Madrid az
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-06-07
Ghost Talk.

Aunt Caroline came running into
the dining room, her kinky hair on
end.
Misses" she gasped, II done met
a ghost out dar by de we'll"
"You must have been mistaken,
Caroline" said the lady of the house.
There aren't any such things as
ghosts"
Aunt Carolina drew herself up
haughtily.
"Dey amt, amt dey? Well, what
would you say II l tole you this 'un
done spoke to me? Yessum, l heered
him"
why, what did he say?"
Say" shifted the dusky mistress
Of the meals, how you specs l know?
I neber learned desc here daid Ian
gwiches."
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-06-07

bronzes are base alloys; the silver IL
pewter; the silk Is filed with pow
dered clay.
Silk goods, according to Consul An
derson at Hongkong, are being adul-
terated to an extent and in a way
never allowed before, and Japanese
and Chinese goods supposed to be
made from native-worked Japanese or
Chinese silks are partly of American
cotton. Silk hosiery is sold which 10
not only not all silk, but Is understood
and otherwise unwearable. Ivories are
Of bone or other imitation. Embroid.
cred screens are made of the fimsiest
materials glued to last but Q day.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-06-07
Opposition to Frats in High Schools

itude to the school boards Of It's larger
cities.
The more important cities whose
school boards have . passed regula-
tons restricting or f~orbidding high
school ~fraternities. are Denver, Meri-
den, Shicago. Covington, Ne Or
leans. Lowell. Waltham, Worcester,
Kansas City, Mo-: st. Joseph, Butte,
OKLAHOMA City, Reading, Salt Lake
City. Madison, Milwaukee, Racine and
Superior The commonest penalties
are suspension, expulsion, or debar-
ment from school athletic or other
teams.
The United States bureau Of educa-
tons report also cites some Of the
more important court decisions, every
one of which upholds the school au.
thorities in dealing vigorously with
the high school fraternity, on the
ground that the measures so taken
are authorized as q part Of the school
boards discretionary powers. Most
courts cited, however. will not allow
the offending pupils to be barred from
classroom exercises, although they can
be barred from participating In all
athletic or other contests.
"The high school society will very
likely never win such a place in the
American educational system as that
now occupied by the college fraterni-
IT," said William r. Hood of the edu.
cation bureaus division Of school ad.
ministration. There is no such need
for a high school fraternity; indeed.
among its most insistent opponents
are many college fraternity men,"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-06-07
ADVISED
\ THE HOSPITAL
Mrs, Herbergsr, Who Would Not
Consent to Go There, Finally
Relieved At Home.

st. Louis, Mo.-Mrs. Mary Herber-
ger, Of this city, says: Il was sick in
bed for ten weeks. with womanly
troubles, and had four of the best
doctors waiting ON me.
Every n of them said I would
have to go to the hospital and have
an operation, but l would not consent
to that.
l thought I would give Cardui a
trial. When l began to take the first
bottle, l could not turn over in bed,
but had to be lifted.
Before l finished the first bottle. my
pains were leaving me, slowly. and
soon l was out Of bed and walking
around.
My pains have not come back,
since. l weigh $50 lbs. and feel fine.
Cardui saved me from an operation.
/ am going to keep 1t in the house,
for l would not be without it"
Cardui's Strengthening effects quick
ly show themselves in many different
ways. This is because the ingredi'
ents, from which 1t is made, go to
the source of the trouble, and by act
ing specifically on the cause, relieve
or cure and help bring back health
and strength.
In the past 80 years, more than q
million women have been benefited
by Cardui. Just try 1t.
N. B.-write tot Ladies' Advisory
Dept, Chattanooga Medicine Co., Chat.
tanOoga, Tenn, for Special Instruc-
lions, and 84-page book, "Home Treat.
ment for Women," sent I'm plain wrap.
per, on request.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-06-07
The Negative.

The Questioner-But really. Mr..
Smith, If, as you say, you knew l
didn't love you, I don't see why you
expected me to marry you?
The Rejected-Well, l know you're
frightfully modern and cosmopolitan
and all that sort of thing, don't you
know; and 80, of course, I thought I
should come in on the marriage de
CONVEYANCE" ramp.-The Sketch.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-06-07
The Sham Battle.

The militia was going through its
spring maneuvers and many women
had come out to witness the sham
battle.
Come out Of that bush and surren-
der" yelled the captain to a private.
"You are technically wounded"
The private shook his head vigor-
ously.
II may be technically wounded"
said he, "but l can't come out. I've
torn my pants on these pesky thorns."
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-06-07
Manila to Play Tennis.

The city of Manila is building ten
tennis courts for the use of the public
in the sunken gardens opposite the
city hall. The courts will have the
Accomplishments of baths, lockers and
reading rooms. which will be made
by transforming the bastion near Vic
toria gate into an up-to-date club.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-06-07

and where, my fellow citizen" ap
pealed the political speaker, can We
find an instrument SO fit, SO delicate,
SO adjustable, and at the same time
SO %unassuming and popular that II
will unlock every department Of state
for the benefit of its readers?"
"The hairpin!" shrieked an enthu-
siastic suifragette in the audience
Judge.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-06-07

The Paxton Toilet Co. Of Boston,
Mass, will send a large trial box Of
Paxtine Antiseptic, q delightful cleans
ing and germicidal toilet preparation,
to any woman. free, upon request.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-06-07
II You Are a TrIfIe Sensitive

About the size of your shoes, you can
wear o size smaller by shaking Aliens Foot
Ease, the antiseptic powder, into them.
Just the thing for Dancing Parties and for
Breaking In New Shoes. Sample Free.
Address Allen 8. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-06-07

There is very little fighting done in
the world, considering the number OF
men who 60 around with chips on
their shoulders.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-06-07
WOMEN SHOULD
Be PROTECTED
So Many Surgical OPP
erations. How Mrs. Bethune
and Mira. Moore Escaped.

4 was IA OC0 AOA AOW
or FIVE days at q time
month, and 50
/ could hardly
I~cramped and
had backache and
headache, and was
so v and weak
that / dreaded to see
anyone or have any
n in thereon.
The doctors gave me
medicine to ease me
aaid that I orUhf IN
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-06-07
A "Cusa" Word.

"And why" asks the minister Of his
deacon, with whom he is playing golf,
do you exclaim 'Gatun!' every time
you make a poor drive or miss the
ball?"
We'll, you're along" explains the
deacon, land 'Gatun' is about the big
gest dam l know Of"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-06-07
Their Happiness.

How about that newly-married
deaf mute couple next door to you?
Do they seem happy" "Unspeak-
ably."-Boston Transcript.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-06-07

Mrs. Wfnslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, softens the gums, reduces infamma,
ton, allAys pain, cures wind colie. Csc n bottle.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-06-07
The Flat That Failed.

Howell-How do you like your new
home?
Powell-It is a fat failure.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-06-07

More important than the choice Of Presi-
dent is the selection of Garfield Tea as the
remedy for constipation and biliousness.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-06-07
CLAIMS BABEK SAVED HIS LIFE.

Mr.. Chas. w. Miller. of Washington,
D. c.. writes Of Elixir Babek,
II can heartily testify to the virtue of
your preparation known as Babek, as I
consider that 1t was the means Of my re-
fever and the saving of my life"
What 1t did for him it can do for you,
II you suffer from any form of malaria.
Elixir Babek, so cents, all druggists,
or Kloczewski & Co., Washington. d. C.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-06-07

The most stubborn costiveness Yields,
gently and naturally, TO the persuasive action
Of Garfield Tea.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-06-07

Street gas lamps were first used in
London in 1907.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-06-07

Garfield Tea is admittedly the simplest and
best remedy for constipation.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-06-07

The term reverend was first applied
to a clergyman in 1857.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-06-07

A North Dakota man has an 11-foot
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-06-07
Paw Knows Everything.

Willie-Paw, what is a family cir
Gle?
Paw-A wedding ring, my son.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-06-07

Beware OF Springs sudden changes; keep
Garfield Tea at hand. Drink hot on retiring.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-06-07
When caesar crossed the Rubicon.

When Caesar Crossed the Rubicon.
julius Caesar was about to cross the
Rubicon.
In an extreme case like this" he
said, blithely,/ ~ wouldn't mind going
through the Hudson River Tube, even
II I had to pay seven cents for the
privilege"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-06-07

Fourteen per cent. Of the egg is al
bumen.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-06-07

A man W complains of his
wife's relations-if she hasn't any.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-06-07

London is the healthiest capital of
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-06-07
TO DRIVE OUT MALARIA

AND BUILD UP THE YBTEM
Take the Old Standard GROVES TASTBLBsA
CHILL TONIC. You hnow What you are taking.
showing IL IL simply uinine a..d Iron In o ~tasteless
form, and tho mosr ero ,tual form For grown
people AID chillI~7. conts.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-10-23
SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION
HELD LAST WEEK.

& The meetings of the County Sun
day School convention held in the
Methodist Episcopal church last week
were we'll attended. A very interest
ing program was carried out. #
Il The election Of officers was held
Wednesday and the same Officers
were reelected as follows: President
Rev. n. B. Couchman Of Earlville;
1st vice-president, Mrs A. l.. Davis,
Earlville. End syice-president, H. L.
Stone, Delhi; secretary. Miss Sadie
Bell, Manchester; treasurer, T. M.
Eldredge. Masonyille. Members OF
the executive committee for the sew
eral terms were chosen as follows:
Henry Brockman, Delaware, Mrs. Il.
A. Schneider Greeley; three years;
S. w. Klaus, Earlvlle, H. Al Le-
Clere, Manchester, two years; II. =
Ball. Manchester, Mrs. Robert Davis,
Delaware, one year.
The following were among the list
CT. delegates who attended the meet
ing: Delhi, Harry Beckman, Mac
Sanders and Elsie Hackbarth; Sand
Greek, Mrs. E. Mulligan; Manchester,
Mrs c. l.. Adams. Mrs. W.. Clark,
Kate Jones, Margaret Jones and Win
fired Walden; Mt. Hope, H. F. Ball.
Archie Ball, Anna Stone and Henry
Coleson; Earlvile, Rev. Il. w. Art
man, Mrs. "A. L. Davis and Maud Day
ey; and from Greeley, Mary Basker-
Vile.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-10-23
'ExHIelT or FRUITS AND GRAINS
FROM THE BLACK HILLS.

CIV, Miller OF this city owns q
large tract of land within a few miles
of the Black Hills in Western South
Dakota, and he has just returned
from an inspection tour Of his posses
s!ons in that part Of the West. Mr..
Miller brought with him on his return
samples Of the fruit. grain and aifal-
ia raised in that part OF the country,
and they are on exhibition in Strlck-
land & Strickland's s show window on
Franklin street Mr.. Miller reports
that wheat has averaged 20 bushels
per. acre in Custer county, South Da-
kota, tpis year, and that corn has
ripened out there this year, and that that
alfalfa grows luxuriously in that sec
ton of the country. The samples on
exhibition certainly support all that
Mr.. Miller says in reference to the
products of this land adjacent to the
foot hills Of the mountains
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-10-23
PERKINS EMBARRASSING Posi-
TON. :T$

The wrlte-up In the EarIville Phoe-
nix of the speeches at the recent re
publican meeting in Colesburg con-
tains the following paragraph:
Perkins said that the Democrats
had LEFT him in no embarrassing poi
s'tion on account Of their failure to
nominate a candidate for the state
senate and therefore, he felt free to
make campaign against other candi-
dates Of the opposite party. +.
II Mr.. Perkins Is making a special
campaign against the democratic can
didates for county office, he is max
ing the greatest political mistake Of
4 his life. !S.
II the republican candidates for
county offices insist upon Mr.. Per
kins making personal attacks upon
their democratic opponents, because
they think he can safely 90 so,s they
g are injuring Mr. Perkins more thar!
anyone else.
Mr.. Perkins is not unopposed IN
this campaign and can i'll afford to
antagonize the democratic vote OF
this district