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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-11-29
MUST PAY STATE TWO TAXES
STATE WOULD COLLECT FOR PHONE
AND TELEGRAPH PRIVILEGE.
Pending Litigation Is Expected to Prove
Whether an Understanding Exists
Between Western Union and
Cumberland Companies.

Jackson.-State Revenue Agent Writ
Adams will put it up to the Cumber'
land Telephone and Telegraph Company
to show cause why that corporation
should not be held to the state for priv
ilege tax made and provided to be sS
sessed against telegraph companies. The
law imposes a privilege tax on telegraph
companies and an altogether separate
and distinct privilege on telephone com
p%anies. If the Cumberland Telephone and
Telegraph Company is a telegraph com
pany doing business as distinct and sep
arate from it's telephone traffic, then the
state revenue agent wishes to be shown
how It Ii that the corporation escapes
payment of the privilege tax for 10Th
lines of business.
In order to get at the matter, there
is a suit now pending in the Kinds
county circuit court, which, when de-
cided, as it may be shortly, will be
taken to the supreme court for decision.
The defendant company is resisting
the charge and when the time for argu'
ment and a showing is reached, wary
and experienced counsel will be heard
from on each side.
The Cumberland officials contend that
they DO not operate as a telegraph com
pany, as such, the telegraphy feature be-
ing merely incidentl to the carrying on
of its bona fde business as a telephone
company. 1t is also believed that the
pending litigation may develop whether
or not there is a traffic merger between
the Cumberland and the Western Union
Telegraph Company, as the attorney
generals department appears to beileVe
does really exist.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-11-29
SUPREME COURT MEETS
BIG DOCKET coNFRoNTS STATES
HIGHEST JUDICIAL TRIBUNAL.
With Practically a new Bench, the
States Court Of Last Resort Faces
the Largest Volume Of Litiga
tion in History.

Jacksonville regular October term OF
the supreme Court convened Monday
morning and the civil docket for the Md
die district was taken up.
The docket is the largest IN the MS
tory OF the tribunal, containing over
200 appeals. When the supreme court
adjourned in July there were about 'o
eases continued, aud the three members
of the bench confront a Herculean task,
a goodly number OF the cases requiring
oral argument.
The personnel Of the court underg9es
a change at the converting hour, Chlei
Justice Maycs having resigned during
the vacation period, and Hon. Richard T.
Reed of Natrhcl, was named by Gov
ernor Brewer a. associate justice for the
Southern district. Because Of seniority
Of service Judge sydney NJ, smith be-
comes chief JUSTICE.
The tribunal as now constituted Is
virtually a new one, Justice sam COOK
having been on the bench but two
months or so prior to the adjournment
Of the term, while Chief Justice smith
has served but little more than Two
years.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-11-29
T T OF VETERANS.
Decided Lack Of Interest in the Annual
Reunion.

J~ackson.-A meeting Of the committee
IN charge of arrangements for the an
uual reunion Of United Confederate Vet
Grams was held at the county courthouse.
The reports Of the various committees
showed a lack o! interest and absence
Of the spirit of cooperation usually man
Tested when Jackson is about to haVe
a great public gathering.
The committee hopes that the citl-
Gems Of Jackson will open their homes
for the veterans who will be here dur
Ing The reunion, and also that there will
BE- a more liberal response to the appeals
from the finance committee.
A meeting of the Robert A. Smith
Camp, Confederate Veterans, Will be
bald ut the court house Monday night
At 1880 o'clock. All Confederate veter-
ans are earnestly urged to be present at
that meeting, and also members OF the
committees of the United Sons of Vet
erans, United Daughters OF the Conied'
sracy, and the Daughters OF Veterans.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-11-29
Explains the Undertaker's Crouch.

Explains the U~ndertaker's oroueh'
who IL that fellow sitting bumped
up and mutter1ng to himself out there
on the horse blockf"
Jaw, that's Ezra Toombs, the snder-
taker," replied the landlord OF the
Skeedee tavern. "He's feeling sore
over the way his business has been
going Of late. You see, the doctor
rave Judge Feebles two weeks to live;
that wal six weeks ego, and the Judge
70 up and around now and hgger1n' on
margin again. Every time Ezra
meets the doctor he asks him. How
about It, heyf' and they have . row.
And new he's sittin' out there watch
Ing q tramp painter gliding the wealth
o. vane Of the church. ACROSS the
street. Ezra says, By Heck, he's about
ready to move away. things Ia 20 dead
here"-Kansas City Star.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-11-29
STATE CHARITY HOSPITAL
MORTALITY RATE SHOWS A VERT
LIGHT PERCENTAGE.
Statement for Month Of September
Shows 1874 Patients Were Admitted
for the Month, and a Total Of
600 to Oct. l.

DR.. s. II. Mclean, superintendent OF
the ney state Charity Hospital, mas
issued his monthly statement giving ad'
mission, deaths from disease that re-
quired and did not require operations
also a complete statement showing 'he
number nj admissions from the day OF
opeu,pg Of the new state institution on
june l.t mp to October lst.
In the September statement II Is
.bo,c, that fine number OF deaths all
told was fourteen, while only iour Of
These were caused from disease re4uir-
ing operations, ~
In the statement covering the full pc
Rod Of the history Of the institution,
coo patients is given as the total ad'
mitted. out Of these thirty-one deaths
have occurred. Eleven Of these were
cansaa from disease requiring operations,
or what is termed Operative mortality
or only ) per cent.
The figures submitted by DIR. NC
Lean are as follows:
Total number Of patients admitted
during September, 1912 ....'''''lo'
Total number Of operations lone dur
ing September, 1912 ..-...''.''' %
Deaths from diseases ......... ~
Deaths from disease requiring
a,nrntiong .
Total number Of deaths during
September ......... ."''
The record of patients since opening
Of hospital Is as follows
Total number Of patients admitted
from June 1, 1912, to October l,
1912 ....,.......
Total number OF operations done
from June 1, 1912, to October !,
Total number Of deaths from dis
Total number Of deaths from disease
requiring operation .......... IL
Total number Of deaths .......... A.
II il said that this record on opera
tive mortality cannot be surpassed o1
anv private institution. In TACT, NJ
institution in the South or North car
show a better record.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-11-29
GRATIFIED.
Ar psnorts Saw Crops Are Good IN
Mississippi.

Jackson.-Travelels reaching the cap
ital from all parts of the state, when
questioned as to crop and business con-
ditions, make the most encouraging and
optimistic reports. The men who visit
the delta and prairie sections, the NIL
country and sand loan lands see farm
ers hopeful and hard at work harvest
ing, taking advantage of the fine gath
ering weather, while at the same time
they report cotton to be making Dolls
ana lint at an Encouraging rate. While
the upper delta has the finest crop OF
cotton and corn in the past decade, the
REPORTS also are that even in the weevil
infected sections the conditions are
much improved, and that along the LII.
nois Central, the Yazoo y Mississippi
Valley and Gulf & Ship Island, below
this point, the farmers will reap a de-
cided increase over either one Of the past
three years while food and foraAucropa
are better than the average
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-11-29
Shaft May Not Be Ready.

Jackson.-Clay Sharkcy, chairman OF
the building committee in charge OF the
work on tho monument to tho Confed-
crate women of Mississippi, has received
word from the contractors that 1t will
be impossible to get the structure fin
tshed in time for unwilling during the
Confederate reunion here October % to
e., inclusive,
The contractors state that a strike of
stone cutters at Stone Mountain, Ga, is
responsible for the delay. This is a
bitter disappointment to the committee
In charge of plans as they had hoped to
unyeil the monument during the reunion
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-11-29
DEDICATE HIGH SCHOOL.
Oktibbeha Agricultural Institution
Opened to the Public.

Starkville.-The dedicatory exercises
Of the Oktibbeha county agricultural
high school, situated at Long View, took
place seven miles west of here. An Inn
mensc crowd was present. Prof. w. E,
Smith, superintendent for the rural
schools in Mississippi, was the principal
speaker. lIo spoke along agricultural
lines and his address was interesting and
intcrspersed with live ideas as to the
practical methods adopted in the farm
schools of the present day. Other gen
tlemen also made short addresses appro
pirate to the occasion.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-11-29

ness IN each side, c6uld not stand tigh1
clothing, and was irregular ! - CON
iplctely run, dQVn. q fadvies tE
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Ca
pound and nm enjoying good heaith. j.
Is now more than two years and ! haye
not had nm ache Or pain since. ] DO ID
my swn work, washing and everything
and never have backache any more.
think your medicine Is grand and l praise
It to all my.neighbsrs. II ysu think my
testimony viii help others you may pub
lish il. Mrs. OLIIR WoopAI1, Nor.
toms Gap, Kentucky.
If you have the slightest double
that Lydia e. Pinkham's Vcgeta-
bio Compound win help you, write
to Lydia 4. Pinkham Medicine Co
(c0nfdentiaD Lynn, Mass, for ad.
vice. Your letter will DO opened
read and answered by q woman
and held In strict confidence.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-11-29
Will Build Library.

Greenwood.-Much interest Is being
manifested in the Carnegie library build
ing that will soon be started. The first
plans submitted by the architects did
not suit the local committee nor the
lot which had been donated, but the
second plans submitted were accepted by
the committee and forwarded to MIR.
Carnegie for his approval, as required
under his offer. Mr.. Carnegie returned
it, objeoting TO one OF the doors in the
basement, which was corrected, and the
plans are now in MIR. Carnegie's hands
'ar final approval.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-11-29
Still Approves Charters.

JacksonlGoy. Brewer approved the
charter of the Honey Island Planting
Company after the charter had been dis
approved by the attorney general on the
grounds that it violates the act OF the
recent Legislature making it unlawful
for a corporation to W lands for farm.
Ing purposes,
This law does not become effective un'
I'll November /, and In the meantime thu
governor holds that the granting OF thu
charter is valid, while tho attorney gen
sral takes a position just the reverse.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-11-29
Absorbed.

A college professor noted for his
concentration of thought, returned
home from q scientific meeting n
night, still bordering deeply upon the
subject that had been discussed. AS
he entered his room he heard q noise
that seemed to como from under the
bed.
rs there someone there!' he asked
ahsently.
mo. professor" answered the IN
truder, who knew his pe~culiarities.
that's strange" muttered the pro-
lesser. Il was almost sure ] heard
someone under the bed" o.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-11-29
Grenada Plans Fair.

Grenada.-Grenada is anticipating the
biggest event in her history at the com
ing fair, which begins Oct. 30 and lasts
four days. Plans are being made tor
entertaining 10000 people during the
four days. The ~aeroplane man, j. j.
McGrath, who made such a success in
his flights at the Memphis faE, has
entered into a contract with the talr
management to be on hand with his air
ship for three days.
The stock and agricultural exhibits
will be unusually fine. More interest
has been manifested by the farmers IN
Che fair district than for many years.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-11-29
A. n M. Will Exhibit.

acknowledgements reached Missis'
sippi state fair headquarters that at
the Agricultural and Mechanical College
preparations are being made for shipping
out the exhibits which are to be in
stalled in the agricultural building at
Che exposition. This exhibit will oc-
cupy more space than was used in 1911
and as uusal, promises to be the center
OF attraction in the big building.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-11-29
GETS $4,000 FOR COTTON.
pententiary Farmer DispOses Of big
Supply.

supply.
misunderstanding Laurence Yerger
Of the board Of penitentiary trustees re-
ported the sale Of the first lot Of 1912
cotton, together with a considerable
quantity Of seed. The proceeds will 60
somewhat toward strengthening up .
somewhat depleted treasury by the addi'
ton of about $4,000.
Mr.. Yerger reports the sale OF 400
bales Of cotton from Parchman to w.
c. Craig & Co., Of V~icksburg, at 1897
cents per pound, which, in round mum
bers, at 500 pounds of lint to the bale,
will realize $2e,5oO.
A lot Of seed, consisting Of seven car
loads, averaging about twenty tons &c
the car, is reported also as having beer
sold, the price being $24.5o per ton
Tho state will realize from this salt
approximately $3.50.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-11-29
sILo FOR THE STATE FAIR.
Work Has Begun on an Interesting
Structure.

Work Has Begun Oh an AA'S
Structure.
Work has begun on the silo in the
agricultural building at the state fair
that will be operated during fair week
by an Indiana compny promoting the
use of their particular invention in this
part of the country. A 15-horsepower
gasoline engine is being installed for this
purpose and daily demonstrations will
be made both in the forenoon and after
noon for the benefit of stock men who
will visit the exposition.
This will give farmers that have new
er seen anything Of the kind a good
opportunity to study the usefulness OF
these machines now being installed by
owners of the principal stock farms IN
Mississippi.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-11-29
Greenwood Gets Laboratory.

Greenwood.-With the assistance OF
Congressman Ben G. Humphreys, Green
wood has secured the United States lab
oratory for general and forage insect In
vestigation, not including the boil wee
vii, with w. R. Mcconnell and I. d.
Parks as field agents, of Washington,
d. C., who will be located in Greenwood
as representatives Of the cereal and for
eat insect Investigations for the bureau
of entomology of the United States de-
partment of agriculture.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-11-29
Supt. Powers lnspects High School.

Olive Branch. n. Powers, state SUI
p%erintendent Of education, was here to
inspect the DeSoto high school and ac-
cept it AS a state institution. In an
eloquent, %iorceful speech he championcd
the cause of agricultural schools. The
tenor of his address was that the boy
or girl who succeeded must be educated
IN whatever vocation Of lite he enters,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-11-29
Discontinue Inspectors.

Grenada.-The board Of supervisors OF
this county decided to discontinue the
inspectors for the several beats of the
county of the work of tick eradication
The county has been paying for some
time from $3.50 to $500 per month to
the inspectors, and beside this, there has
been, and is now, much other expense
for the material for the dipping watts,
etc.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-11-29

Little Ruth was the youngest daugh'
Ter in q very strict Presbyterian fan
ny that especially abhorred profanity.
One day little Ruth became exceed
lngly exasperated with one OF her dol
hes. In her baby Vocabulary she could
Ind no words 10 express adequately
her lisayproval Of dolly's conduct
Finally, throwing the offending dol
h across the room. she cried. feel
tngiy:
MY graciousl I wish I belonged
| 10 q family that sweared!"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-11-29
CoNvICTS MOVED.
Heavy Cotton Crop Requires all Men
Available.

Jackson.-Forty state convicts from
the Oakley hospital were carried to the
state farm at Parchman to aid in gath
ering the large cotton crop there.
There has been about a Thousand
bales of cotton picked out already on
this farm but Superintendent Gathinss
stated, when approached on the subject,
that there is now fully 5000 bales open
and ready for picking. The regular
force could not save all Of this crop.
The women on the Parchman farm
have already been picking and when
these extra men are put to work they
will aid materially in gathering the
cotton now open.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-11-29
Disregards Sunday Order.

Observation-Disclosures w. c Peel
made announcement of his decision that
the interest Of the postal service would
be best subserved by disregarding the re-
cent order and to continue the Sunday
box delivery, as in the past.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-11-29
A Beouest of s75o,ooO.

Jackson.-Several of the negro eduea-
tional institutions in Mississippi will
be benefited by the bequest of $7So,oOO
to negro education, contained in the
will of the late John c. Martin, a
wealthy coal dealer who died in New
York recently.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-11-29
HONOR LATE GEN. LOWRY.
Confederate Veterans Will Meet .
Jackson Oct. 21.22.

Jackson UCI. G1'~|'
The United Confederate Veterans at
their annual reunion to be held here
Oct. s1-ss, will pay deserved honor to
their late illustrious leader, Gen. Rob
ert Lowry. R. A. Smith camp, which
will play the host to their visiting COM
rades, adopted an order that the badgo
to be- worn for the reunion bear Q me-
dallion portrait of Gen. Lowry. This
will not only make an interesting souve-
mir of the 1912 reunion and business
meeting, but will be a double honor,
both to the memory of Gov. Lowry and
to the patriotism Of Camp R. A. Smith
| and their comrades.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-11-29
Successful With Alfalfa,

Agricultural College,-Mr. c, T. Ames,
of the Holly Springs experiment station,
has sent to the agricultural experimental
station the copy for a short pamphlet
ON his results with alfalfa in the brown
loan region Of north Mississippi,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-11-29
A a M Self-Help Work.

Agricultural Collegc.-one of the
hardest problems that the new presi'
dent of the A. q NJ. has had to face 10
the clamor of young Mississippians
looking for a way to earn their expenses
through college.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-11-29
New Colonies Planned.

Interchangeable Southern Planta'
ton Company, of Cleveland, Ohio, a
corporation formed to ~colonize cut over
lands in the South, has purchased four
thousand acres Of land near Poplar
vile.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-11-29

Houston.-The first Chickasaw cour
ty fair opened with a parade of floats,
headed by SWANS brass band. About
1900 people paid admission to the
grounds. The fair is the best the as
ISOLATION has had.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-11-29
State Press at Fair.

The Mississippi state Press will be
guests Of the State Fair Association,
October 81 and it is expected that a
majority of the editors of the state Will
take advantage of the occasion and 30
present.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-11-29
NEGROES Buy Bonds,

Negroes Buy Bonds,
,Iackson.-The Union Guarantee and
Insurance Company OF Mississippi, at
institution backed BY colcrel capital
lists, has shown its faith in home enter
prises by purchasing $4,000 worth Of
good roads bonds Of various countie
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-11-29
Can't. tones Coming.

Gulfport.-Capt. J. T, Jones, presi,
dent of the Gulf g. Ship Island railroad,
who has been in Germany for several
weeks, will arrive about November i
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-11-29
DR.. Boiling Accepts

Cseenwood.-Dr. w. T; Boiling, the
noted Baptist minister, of Fulton, KY,
has accepted the invitation of Green
wood lodge No. sj4, Elks, to deliver
the memorial sermon Of that order IN
this city Dec. IA.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-11-29

health was very DAD
and I had q continual
backache which was
awful. Icould
stand on my feeA
long enough to cook
q meals v~ictuals
my bach
nearly killing me-
and I would have
such dragging sensa-
tons / could hardly
bear Il. I had sore.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-11-29
bACkACHE
NOT A DISEASE
But a Symptom, a Danger Sig
nal Which Every Woman
Should Heed.

Backache II Q symptom Of organic
weakness or arrangement II you have
backache don't neglect It. To get pes.
manent relief you must reach the rooe
of the trouble. Road about Mrs. Wood.
all's experience.
Morton's Gap, Kentucky. Fl suffered
two wears with female disorders, my
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-11-29
Cashier Missing.

Jackson.-C. f. Jones, cashier OF the
Bank of Meadville, who Is charged with
embezzllng about $4,000 belonging to
the institution, lost it in cotton futures,
and then disappeared, is still missing,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-11-29
Will Build Court House.

Jackson.-A movement has been
launched in the county of Neoshoba to
secure the erection of a new court house
at Philadelphia, the county seat, cost
ing not less than $4,000.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-11-29
swift q Co. win Build.

Hattiesbug.-Swift & Co. have pur'
eha sed the lot next to the Kemp machine
work for. $1,000 and will begin the cree
ton Of 4 krgs rlas' a. soon as plans
are agreed up
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-11-29

A rich man without charity 10 M
faithful to his duty.-F1clding-
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-11-29
covd Time to Do Il

covd Time to Do Il
Els our daughter going to pracfsss
on the piano this aftsrnoonF
Yes, I think so"
"Well then. I'd like to borrow yo@
lawn mower. I've got to cut the graz
some time. anyway."-Judge.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-04-02
OLN-T|ME REMEDY
DARKENS THE HAIR
GIVES COLOR, lUSTRE TO FADED
AND GRAY HAlR-OANORUFt
QUICKLY REMOVED.

FOR generations Sage and sulphur
have been used for hair and scalp
troubles. Almost everyone knows the
value of such combination for
keeping the hair a good even color,
fer curing danduh, itching scaIp and
failing hair, and for promoting the
growth of the hair. Years ago tne
only way to get a Hair Tonic OF
ms kind was to make it in the
nome, which was troublesome and
not always satisfactory. Nowadays,
almost any up-to-date druggist can
supply his patrons with a ready-to-
use product, skilllully prepared in
perfectly equipped laboratories.
IN ideal preparation of this sor'
is Wyeths Sage I'D sulphur Har
Remedy, IN which Sage and Sulphur
are combined with other valuable
remedies for scalp troubles and thin,
weak hair that is losing its coIof
or coming out. After using this rem
ndy for a few days, you will notice
the color gradually coming back,
yoW scalp viii feel better, The dan
druf VIII soon be gone and in less
than months time there will be
a wonderful difference in your hair.
Don't neglect your hair if it is
iull of dandruff, losing its color or
coming out. Get a fifty cent bottle
Of Wyehs Sage and Sulphur from
your druggist, and see what a few
days treatment VIII DO for You. Al!
druggists sell it, under guarantee that
the money will be refunded if the
remedy is not exactly as represent
ed. Special agent City Drug Store.