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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-07-25
Tired Of Bossino.

When Mary went home to Ireland
for a visit to the old farm, after o
four years course in general house.
work in America, she found a new
baby brother. And he was thot
spoiled you couldn't live in the same
house with him." recounted Mary to
her old mistress. Such a raisin' al
he had had! towld me mother twas
different altogether from the bringin'
up Of us older children. Twas do this,
an we done it-or get a whippin,.
But with the little wan now-if che
says to him do this he says, No, I
don't want to- an never a bulge does
he make. But my mother was not set
back by my scoldin'. She just sayed.
oh, we'll, wait until you've lived a.
long and as much as l have, and YOU
will get tired Of bossin', too."
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-07-25
CHURCH SELLS FOR ST

One dollar for an old church was
the bid offered a few days ago, at Clair
fontaine, a delightful place near Ram
bouillet. France. The edihce Is OF a
quaint Romance architecture and was
put up for sale recently. The only bid
received for It wac the small amount
mentioned. Since then the offer still
remains open and a new bid has been
made raising the sum to $1.65. The
mayor and the cure are wondering
what will DO the next offer. A letter
written to the Paris papers by the vii
lage magistrate says that intending
purchasers may II they like also secure
the ground on which the church stands
and which faces a beautiful avenue of
sycamores. Only the price OF the
ground, like that of the old church,
remains to be bargained for. The rea-
son why the church is to be sold seems
to be that 1t can nc longer be kept up.
So, at least, the cure appears to say
The members of the congregation are
TOO poor to pay for the repairs.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-07-25

Because rattlesnakes figured promi-
nently In her honeymoon Bessie Scog-
gan McElhose asks for a divorce In a
complaint filed in Denver against her
husband, Roy r. McElhose. She says
she was married February II, 1908,
In Pawnee, Neb., when but eighteen
years old and McElhose took her to
spend her honeymoon on an unim-
proved desert Claim near Deer Trail,
Colo.
The complainant recites that she
honeymooned digging post \ holes,
blowing and narrowing, and among
other things the bridegroom compelled
her to do was ito dig cockleburrs on
a tract OF 10 acres infested with rat
tlesnakes, which we're so numerous
that In spite Of care and caution used
BY the plaintiff she stepped on several
snakes, which caused her great mental
suffering from which she has not yet
completely recovered"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-07-25
KNIFE SCRATCH KILLS

A knife scratch cost the life OF a
Brooklyn, n. Y, surgeon, DR.. A, r.
Bristow. recently. DR.. Bristow died
from blood poisoning contracted while
operating for appendicitis at the Long
Island College hospital. He scratched
a finger with the point OF the knife
While there was no visible wound he
felt the sting and Immediately washed
the finger with an antiseptic solution.
Two days later blood poisoning set in,
DIR. Bristow was in his s~ixty-second
year. He was graduated from Yale In
1873 and three years later took his
medical degree at the College OF Phys
'acians and Surgeons. He wal a visit
ing surgeon to the Long Island Col
Iiege, st. Johns, Kings County, Long
Island States and other hospitals and
consulting surgeon to several other
institutions. He was editor Of the
New York States Journal Of Medicine.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-07-25
REPORT ON
State Superintendent Powers and Staff
Preparing Documents.

Jackson. = State Superintendent of
Education Powers and his staff are bust
ly at work compiling the matter which
will 60 into the biennial report of that
big and busy department, and, as stat.
ed by Mr.. Powers, it will be a matter
of physical impossibility to complete the
work within the statutory time, which
will be July Is. Under recent statutes,
all departments, except those of auditor,
treasurer and insurance commissioner,
with the secretary Of state, are presum-
ed to complete their reports and have
the matter in the hands of the printers,
through the secretary of state, by the
middle of July. Formerly this was re-
quired at the end of September, but it
was found by experience that under
this dispensation it was impossible to
have the reports ready for the binnial
meetings of the legislature in January.
Hence the change. Similar reports are
expected and required from the railroad
commission, penitentiary trustees, com.
missioner of agriculture, Land commits
s%ioner, and all institutions, educational
and eleemosynary, all of which are now
In course of preparation, but all will not
be completed in time.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-07-25
v A MEETS.
Reports of Officials Submitted and Sal.
aries Fixed for Year,

AoPVltS VI OlliCldlS 0uDHlltCeu ana 0dl-
aries Fixed for Year.
Greenville.-The board of Mississippi
ievee commissioner met in regular semi
monthly session with all the members
present except Hon. C. R. Smith, the
president, who is ill. DR.. j. D. Smythe,
president pro tenn, presided.
The report of the retiring chief engi-
geer, showing the necessary work to he
done and now under contract, was pre-
scented, the report showing about one
million dollars Of work under contract.
W. l.. Thompson, rcntly selected as the
chief engineer to succeed w. j. Shackel.
ford, was formally elected. Mr.. Thomp.
son assumed the duties of the office
and conferred with members of the board
in regard to the same.
Salaries for the ensuing years were
fixed as follows:
Chief engineer, $4,000 per year; as
sistant chief engineer, S2.7o0 per year;
W assistant engineers, S2,lOO each per
year; secretary and treasurer, So, 100.
Contract was made with J.. B. Bond
& Co. for tear, work on the levee at
lIah and with J. A. Burt for team
work above Rosedale.
l.. Pink Smith, secretary and treas.
urer, made his semi-annual repost, IN.
GLIDING the emergency work at Beulah in
January, aggregated $221,9s5.05. Inter
est coupons and certificates of indebted.
ness paid this year were counted and
burned, amounting to a total of $154,170.
In view Of the condition of the bond
market, the board authorized the attor.
ney, president and secretary and treas.
urer, to borrow 5000, 900 for immediate
use pending the sale of bonds.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-07-25
HOW COCA COLA REFREsHEa

The remarkable success which has
r attended the sale Of COca-Cola has been
explained in many different ways. Some
have attributed it to good advertS
ing" others to efficient management
others, to its delicious favor" and stu
others to the fact that it vas the first In
the field Of "trade-marked" soft drinks.
In this connection, the opinion OF Q
manufacturing chemist who has analy%-
ed Coca-Cola and studied its history for
many years, will prove interesting. He
attributes the popularity Of the drink
in large part to its quality OF refresh
Ing both mind and body without pro
ducing any subsequent depression.
He points out the fact that the chemical
composition OF Coca-Cola is practically
identical with that Of coffee and tee
with sugar added the only material
difference being the absence Of fannie
acid from Coca-Cola. He points to the
laboratory experiments Of DR.. Holling-
worth of Columbia University and Of
DR.. H. C. Wood, Jr. Of Philadelphia
which prove conclusively that the CAT.
feine-containing beverages (~coffee, ten.
Coca-Cola, ETC. relieve mental and mus.
cular fatigue by rendering the nerves
and muscles more responsive to the
will. thus diminishing the resistance
produced by fatigue. These expert
ments also demonstrate the fact that
the caffeine group Of beverages differ
from the stimulants In that the use Of
the latter is followed by a period Of de-
preston which calls for more stimuli
ton, thus resulting in the formation Of
Q "habit."-Adv.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-07-25
FARMERS ADVISED.
Agricultural Experts Address Planters In
and Around Kosciusko.

and Around Kosciusko.
Kosciusko.-As announced, Messrs. G..
NJ. Brumfeld, j. w. Willis and B. ].
Moore addressed the people at the court
house in this city on the boil weevil and
how to handle him, as well as other
agricultural problems that are now con-
fronting the farmers of this county.
These men are all men of experience
and special training in their several
lines. Mr.. Brumfeld is the agricultural
agent of the Illinois Central Railroad
Company, and has supervision of their
experimental work in this section of Mis-
sissippi. Mr.. Willis is district agricul-
%turalist for the Northern District of Mis-
sissippi, under the employ of the federal
government. Mr.. Moore is the local agri-
cultural agent of the government. Their
addresses were replete with sound ad-
vice as to how to make cotton despite
the boil weevil; the proper preparation,
cultivation and fertilization of the lands,
and if needed will be of inestimable value
to the farmers of the South. There was
present on this occasion about 200 white
farmers and 100 colored, all of whom
were thoroughly interested and aroused
over the present situation here, and g
to learn anything that would aid them ir
solving their agricultural problems.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-07-25
DAVIS EMBEzzLEMENT
CASE IS DROPPED
DOUBT AROSE IN GOVERNORS MIND
AS TO HIS GUILT.
Efforts Are Being Made for Entire Board
to Quit, Col. Taylor Being Incapac-
itated and Col. MOntgOmery's
Status Being Affected.

Jackson.-The trial in the case Of the
state against A. C. Davis, formerly com
missary clerk and ~bookkeeper at the
state penitentfary farm at Parchman, or
the charge of embezzlement of part Of
the proceeds of a lot of cotton seed
shipped to Glen Allen Oil Mills in April
1911, from Parchman, was brought to
an abrupt termination. On motion of the
state the prosecution was dropped and
the jury instructed to find a verdict for
the defendant.
The position of the prosecuting counsel
was embodied in the following address OF
District Attorney HOWE to Judge Henry:
May it please the court, in the case
we want to ask for a jury and verdict for
the defendant. 1 want to state the rea-
son for that. Inasmuch as during the
moor recess certain matters have come
to the attention of the governor, of which
he has informed the prosecuting attor-
neys, that have caused a doubt, not only
in the mind Of the governor, but in the
minds of the prosecuting attorneys as
well, as to the guilt of this defendant,
and the governor feels, and we feel, that
it would be better for ten guilty men or
100 to escape than for one innocent man
to be convicted, we feel as this doubt is
brought upon our minds we cannot 60
further with this prosecution because of
doubt of the guilt of this defendant.
"We therefore ask the jury and verdict
he entered in this case and that a cessat
be entered in the other cases against
him"
Judge Henry, replying, declared that
the court was thoroughly in accord with
the district attorney, and felt that Gov.
Brewer should be congratulated on the
stand he had taken. He then gave the
instruction asked for, and a verdict Of
acquittal was therefore reported.
Mr.. Davis was roundly congratulated,
and no one was quicker to extend these
congratulations than the prosecuting
and the court itself. There is no
likelihood that any of the other four
cases involving him will be called at all.
There is a well grounded surmise that
it was in connection with the plan
sprung by friends of Smith to induce the
governor to accept his resignation in ad-
vance of the judicial order which will
perforce vacate the office, which is yet
to be promulgated. 1t is understood
that it is not the intention of the gov
to interfere with the %prerogative
and duty of the court in this case, or
any of the others arising out of the trials
for alleged penitentiary grating or ir-
regularities.
Meanwhile efforts are being made to
induce the entire present board of peni-
trustees to resign instanter, in.
Col. Montgomery and Col. Tay-
lor. 1t is contended that the incidents
Of the Smith trial have affected the
of Col. Montgomery in his admin
istrative capacity, while Col. Leroy Tay-
Tor, who has not been mixed up in the
Smith scandal, is physically unable to
visit the farms and give them the care
Jul supervision which the law requires.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-07-25
SUPREME COURT KILLS
SECRET FRATERNTIES
VALIDITY OF THE ACT PROHIBIT.
ING THEM is UPHELD.
Hon. ]. R. Mcdowell, Representing Fra.
ternity Men, Gives Notice That Lit
igation viii Be Taken to Su-
pIeme Court of U. s.

Jackson.-There were only two mem
bers Of the supreme court present at the
adjournment session. Quite a number
of cases were handed down by the court,
the most important being the decision
in the litigation instituted to test the
validity and constitutionality of the
act of 1912 abolishing Greek letter fra
ternities, organizations and sororities At
the University of Mississippi, or other
educational institutions supported in
whole or in part by the state. The eff
feet of this decision was to reverse the
decision Of Special Chancellor T. l..
Lamb, who oyerruled the demurrer to
the bill filed by attorneys for j. P.
Waugh, a student, who elected to test
the act, declaring the act unconstitution.
al, in violation of the 14th amendment
to the constitution of the United States.
The decree in the case was prepared
by Judge Robert b. Mayes, who was des-
ignated as special justice in place of JUS
tice Reed, who had excused himself. In
the absence of Judge Mayes from the
city, the case was handed down by Chief
Justice Smith. The opinion sustains the
act generally, and leaves the status quo
as existing since the new law went into
effect unchanged.
The fight is not ended, however, a.
Hon. J. R. Mcdowell, representing the
fraternity element, directly after the
adjournment of court made formal re-
quest for a writ Of error to the supreme
court of the United States, which means
a stay of execution until such time as
it may be gotten before the high court
of the land.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-07-25
FOUND A WAY
To Be Clear Of Coffee Troubles.

Husband and myself both had the
coffee habit, and finally his stomach
and kidneys got in such a bad condi-
ton that he was compelled to give up
a good position that he had held for
years. He was too sick to work. His
skin was yellow, and there didn't
seem to be an organ in his body that
was not affected.
Il told him l felt sure his sickness
was due to coffee and after some dis
cassion he decided to give it up.
1T was a struggle, because of the
powerful habit. One day we heard
about Postum and concluded to try 1t
and then it was easy to leave on
coffee.
His fearful headaches grew less
frequent, his complexion began to
clear, kidneys grew better until at last
he was a new man altogether, as a re-
suit of leaving of coffee and taking up
Postum. Then began to drink it too.
Although l was never as bad of an
my husband. | was always very ner.
vous and never at any time very
strong, only weighing IS lbs. before 1
began to use Postum. Now l weigh
115 lbs. and a do as much work an
anyone my size. l think"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Write for booklet, The
Road to Wellville."
Postum comes in two forms.
Regular Postum Unjust be boiled.)
Instant Postum doesn't REQUIRE boil.
Ing, but Is prepared instantly by stir
ring a level teaspoonful in an ordinary
cup OF hot water, which makes It right
for most persons.
A big cup requires more and soma
people who like strong things put In
heaping spoonful and temper II with
large supply Of cream.
Experiment until you know the
amount that pleases your palate ana
have 1t served that way in the future.
/. There's : Reason" Tor Postum.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-07-25
Summer Hats of Shawnee.

Many of the handsomest summer
hats worn by women all over the
country are made of shavings.
1t seem that Japan is a thriving
center for this shaving industry and
wooden ribbon Of this sort appears In
various forms, some presenting a sat
my finish and others resembling silks
and crepes.
About twenty per cent. is sent here
in the snaps Of wooden ribbons, while
the rest Is worked up into the familiar
chip brand"
Some years Japan sends $1,000, 900
Of this material into this country. It
appears that the American women
like the product better than Euro
pean, for the United States is her
largest customer. The material 10
easily dyed and is SO thin and flexible
that exquisite effects can be pro
duced.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-07-25
Negro Murderer Slain.

Alligator.-M. H. Hooper, 80 years
old, manager of the plantation of j. c,
Rainer x Co., of this vicinity, was shot
and probably fatally wounded by Sam
Townes of Hillhouse, a negro, whom a
posse was pursuing for the murder OF
Henry Brooks, negro, and the probable
fatal shooting of his (Townes') own wife
near Hillhouse. Immediately after the
shooting of Mr.. Hooper, the negro
Townes' body was literally riddled with
bullets by members of the posse Of
which Hooper had been = member.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-07-25
NOT IN TOUCH WITH HEAVEN

A letter addressed ITO my dear
God in Heaven written in a child's
handwriting, vas recently posted in a
Russian townlet. AS the address was
written in German, the Russian post
authorities forwarded it to the Ger.
man frontier post office at Tilsit. The
postmaster Of the latter place return.
ed It to its place Of origin with the
following Eperscription: ITO be re.
turned. The addressee Is in heaven,
with which Germany has no communi-
cation"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-07-25
WOMAN HUMAN PIN CUSHION

Miss Anna Bischoff. sixty years old,
a patient in the Mattheawan state
hospital, New York. is known there
as the human pin cushion. Six weeks
ago she swallowed a hatpin four
inches long from which the knob had
been removed. 1t %punctured her
stomach aud an operation revealed 1t
In the lower intestines. A week ago
she swallowed six safety pins. She
was again operated on and the pins
~asnoved She has recovered fully.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-07-25
TAKES POISON IN SLEEP

Miss Kate Graham, living eight
miles southeast Of Rogers. Ark, arose
during the night while asleep and
swallowed ten strychnine tablets
which she had been in the habit OF
administering to her invalid mother.
The overdose Of the poison threw her
into commissions. which awakened the
family, A physician saved her life.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-07-25

Not long ago 500 English song birds
were sent from London to Victoria.
British Columbia, and set free to build
their nests and rear families in the
forests Of Vancouver island. The
feathered emigrants included larks,
robins, tits. goldhnches and linnets
and they were selected by j.. H. Tur-
ner, agent-general for British Column
hia. An aviary was specially con-
.structed for them on an ocean liner
and they travelled across Canada In a
car-de-luxe, Accompanying them was
an expert whistler who kept them In
song.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-07-25
w. L. Thompson Arrives.

Greenville.-W. L. Thompson, elected
by the Mississippi Levee Board as its
chief engineer to succeed Maj. w. J.
Shackelford, resigned, has reached Green
vile from Panama and will assume the
duties of his new office at once.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-07-25
Ya-Yan Plant Shuts Down.

Gulfport.-The plant of the Yaryan
Naval Stores Company suspended opera
tions to remain suspended probably for
three months or more. Il was announced
some days ago that the plant would
close down the latter part of this month
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-07-25

A curious churchyard memorial 10
found at Primer, England. 1t resem-
bles a church tower, and half way up
the structure. on both sides. u coffin
projects. Beneath and supporting the
structure is an arch filled in with iron
work bearing the words: "Byde My
Tyne" The stone coffin contains the
remains Of a Scotch merchant whose
descendants retain his properly only
as long as he remains above ground.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-07-25

Columbus.-The startling disclosure
was made here of the presence of boil
weevil in The section north of Columbus,
in what is known as the Caledonia neigh
borhood.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-07-25
Natural.

"As soon as approach a hacker
for my enterprise he flies from me-"
We'll, don't you think it the nat
ural thing for an angel to fy?"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-07-25

The woman who powders her nose
isn't so apt to shine In society.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-07-25
Good Advice,

When you start out to find q bust
ness opening"
"Yes?"
Don't get. In 4 hole"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-07-25

FOR wEAKNEss AND LOSS OF Ape.
TTTK.
The Ola Standard General STRENGTHENING toniA
GROVES TA6TBLHSS chill TONIC drives out Aas
lara and builds mp the system. A true tonic ana
sure Appetsey. TOr adults and children. 50 eeneA.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1913-02-07
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~" ". '''''''S wi =, ''"'''o'
ue,'e'e' ''',e S'''''o'' d" ''' ''A"
urdav ovsniro tbo Pow M. no,.
will nreoch On Sunday tharo u;II
De SUNDAY schooI AT ~ ana preach
ing at / a. M baptlsm IN the al
terhoon at the Mashed q ranch,
There is considerable illness at
present. Little Nell Gibson and
chum. Sallie Ruth Thomson both
pneumonia Liner many Trends are
wishlng them a speedy recovery
Mr' ana MRS Flerce furnished
the music Tor a very enjoyable
a Muhc'e oil engine ana Knox
pump are being installed on Mr..
Cush. kambos farm.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1913-02-07
ICING PLANT Of
H. MEYER MODERN
Latest in i2efrigerating is Placed
in Meyers Gold Avenue
Market
4-ION BAKER ICE MACHINE
Large Capacity Ice Boxes, Chill
Room and Meat Cutters
Installed.
4-TON BAKER ICE MACHINE

The refrigerating plant of Henry
Meyer on Gold avenue, one of the
most modern in the Southwest, has
been placed in service. The plant
is located in the new brick and rein.
forced concrete structure recently
erected in the rear of the Gold
avenue meat market facing Spruce
street, The building is twenty-five
feet by twenty.siX feet with ground
floor and basement with concrete
il0ors throughout.
LATEST EQUIPMENT.
The refrigerator is located on the
ground floor and is sixteen by
eighteen by fourteen feet with q
capacity Of about car of dressed
beef. There is chill room in con.
nection in which the freshly killed
animals are placed to take out the
blood heat The continuous over.
head tracking enables the attendants
to handle the heavy carcasses with
facility. This department is also
equipped with track scales.
MODERN ICE PLANT.
The basement contains a l-ton
Baker ice machine with a capacity
equal to the melting of four tons of
ice every twenty-four hours. The
Enterprise meat cutter, Buffalo 81.
lent meat cutter and bone grinder,
as well as the ice machine, are driven
by an electric motor. The render
ing and stuiling machinery is also
located in this department.
REFRIGERATED SHOW COUNTERS.
The market has been equipped
with refrigerated show counters and
an adequate ice box. all of which
are chilled by the ice plant. All the
wood work is panelled hard wood,
natural finish, and the effect is
wholesome and perfectly sanitary.
The leading meat retailer of FL
Paso was recently in Deming. and
while here went over the Meyer
plant. He declared that there was
not such a plant in FL Paso. Ger
tainly the citizens of Deming should
appreciate the enterprise shown by
the greater part of the merchants
of the city in giving them service
that ordinarily is found only in the
large cities.