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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-08-22
THE FOLLOWING CONVINCING TESTIMONIAL
West Point, Miss. April 9th, 1918
Mr.. J. A. Gay, Aberdeen, Miss.

Mr.. J. A. Gay, Aberdeen, Miss
Dear sr-Some months ago heard Of your medicine KIL-CBIL, and as I
had tried almost every thing that even heard of and to n 70 avail, l decided to
give your medicine a trial! took one bottle that cost me only thmtyfve cents
and l want to say that this bottle of medicine cured me of the chls after had
been having them for about eighteen months. want to say to you Mr. Gay
spent 500 for drugs and doctors bills but none of these seemed to do me any
good, wish you much success with your medicine and | sincerely recommend
it to be the best that | have ever seen.
Yours very sincerely.
w. G. STANLEY,
Stanley-Smith Realty Co.
The evening world., 1913-02-06
WEATHER CHANGE
| ALL OVER WORLD,
! SAILOR ASSERTS
Shippers Log Shows Remark
able Variations in North and
South America.

According to Capt. Penrics, master OF |
the Lamport & Holt liner vasari. In
Yesterday from Buenos Ayres ana Rio
Dc Janssro. the abnormal weather con-
d.tions In the United States now are by
no mems restricted to this country. The
weather Of the entire world. the skipper
believes, IL undergoing unusual changes.
Capt. Psnrics. who has been q close
OBSERVER Of weather conditions since
no was Lad OF twenty. some thirty
years ago. declared yesterday that the /
weather OF the North and South At
lan,lc has been changing rapidly during
the last four years. and that within
,ha last year 1t has undergone almost
phenomenal Transformation,
II hardly know how to account for g."
he SAID Some weather observers be-
heve that II 10 due to spasmodic changes
IN temperature in the Gulf Stream and
the Japan Current. Others have con-
tended that It ~ entirely due 20 solar
Influence. Climate. OF course. Is sf-
i,cted by the progress OF civillza lion.
but this Is local and affects only those
places where the hand o: man has
changed the conrormations of nature In
his settlements.
Il have been sailing up and down tho
Atlantic now for twenty-five year,.
York, and from both these countries 10
England and Portugal. and by conpar-
ms my log books OF to-day with those
] kept twenty years ago | find excep-
ticnai changes. .
The evening world., 1913-02-06
WIFE BEkTER GETS
.., Fifteen lASHES.

FREDERICK, Nd. Feb. 6.-After be-
ting convicted OF beating his wife. Robcr;
Phillips. a white man, was allowed t.
take his choice OF three modes OF pun
Sshment-a SIS fine. eiNty days IN jail
iNr tho whipping post. lie chose tho lat
ter.
lie was handcufrcd TO the bars OF u
jail window, barred to his undersh!rt
sand given fifteen lashcs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-20
BY CLYDE w. ENNIS :
TIRE PRESSURE INCREASES
MORE ON HOT DAYS

As to the story that Is often told
that tires should be free of air pres
sure in the summer time. the reason
being that the tire pressure was in
creased and ruined tires.
f. l. Reynolds of the Goodrich com
pany in a statement given out here by
the local agency declares that to be a
faet and then explains, as follows:
Quite often you read in your morn
Ing paper of some new wonderful dis
ccyery made by science You are not
startled. because man has grown ac
customed TO the rapid advance of
science. You take the new discovery
as matter=of course. You adjust your
ways Of living to fit the new discovery
and pass 1t by as you would birth
day-something that time is sure to
bring.
1T will be no surprise to motorists
to learn that science has again come
to their rescue-this time discarding 3
one of the long cherished theories re-
garding tires
"Since the time the first pneumatic
automobile tire was built in America,
16 years ago, 1t has been the popular
belief among motorists that the air
pressure in an automobile tire increases
greatly on a hot day. Acting upon
this misrepresentation many motorists
are accustomed to running their tires
at low pressure. at times even defiat-
ing them, during the hot summer sea-
sons. Experiments conducted by the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-20
HON. w. NJ. DRENNEN
QUOTES KIPLING

In one of his most famous poems
Rudyard Kipling gives his friend
Tommy Atkins' some sound advice on
the care and treatment of his rife.
she's human as you are; just treat 'er
as sich and she'll fight for the young
British soldier" he tells the recruit.
The same advice might well be given to
many motorists, both beginners and sea-
soned veterans, in the opinion of w. M.
Drennen Of the WHY'S company.
He points out that an automobile will
ballS and sull< and perhaps refuse to
work at all under inhurnan treatment,
just the same as a person would do
under like circumstances. He warns
drivers that the only way to get best
results from his car is to treat 1t as
a sensitive piece of machinery should
be treated.
mo one would expect human TO
do his work cheerfully and we'll If he
was beaten and abused, nor a high
strung mettlesome horse to perform as
well il 1t were started out with a lash
of the whipa says Mr. Drennen. "A
motor car driver should be just as con-
siderate of his vehicle, though many
drivers do not seem to realize this.
They start the car by throwing in the
high speed gear, and then crowding all
the power on the motor. While a we'll
made car will stand up under this
treatment for time. the highest priced
machinery in the world cannot long
work perfectly when thus used. II
more people treated their ears more
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-20

engineering staff of the Diamond COM
pany recently proved eonclusively that
increased pressure in an automobile
tire, due to the heating of the tire, is
less on a hot day than on cold day
These experiments were worked out
on the basis of the proven theory that
the absolute air pressure in any con-
tatner such as tire. the volume of
which remains constant. Is in direct
proportion 10 the absolute temperature.
The absolute pressure is obtained fy
adding the atmospheric pressure of 14.7
pounds per square inch to the gauge
pressure In order to obtain the abso-
lutte temperature add 460 degrees to
the temperature Fahrenheit, $50 de-
grees being what is known as the abb
solute zero. Applying this rule, for
mula can be worked out which will give
the final pressure due to increase In
temperature in the tire when running.
actual tests show that a 34x4 tire
inflated to a pressure of ~ pounds per
square inch and run 25 miles in an
hour under average conditions on a day
when the thermometer stands at freez-
Ing (32 degrees Fahrenheit), the tenn
perature will increase 30 degrees. But
on q day when the thermometer is at
the mean temperature (62 degrees Fab
renheit) and the same 34X4 tire is given
the above test of 20 miles in one hour,
then the increase in temperature of the
tire viii be "a degrees.
'The experiments showed the final
pressure in the tire to be 1871 pounds
per square inch and the final tempera-
ture to be 81 degrees when the ther-
mometer stood at 80 degrees, an increase
OF 81 pounds per square inch When
the thermometer stood at 60 degrees the
final temperature was 90 degrees in the
tire and the pressure was 77.6 pounds,
an increase of Sc pounds per square
inch. When the thermometer stood at
80 degrees the final temperature in the
tire was 1913 degrees and the pressure
was only 77.2 pounds. An increase of
81 pounds per square inch. AS a mat
ter OF fact the increase in pressure
would be slightly less than those noted
above, due to slightly greater ex-
pansion of the tire itself, caused by the
greater pressures.
"Of course this heating of a tire is
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-20
MIR. BROWNELL
ON A FORD ROADWAY

Ted Brownell of the Ford company.
made an interesting statement yesterday
in reference to a wooden roadway for
loading Ford cars at the factory. He
said:
"There is a little strip of wooden road
way in the loading yard of the mammoth
plant of the Ford Motor company which
could tell wonderful story of the mo-
tor car industry If it could talk All
the cars leaving the assembling floor
pass over this platform and when the
manufacturing year of the Ford com
pany closes next October approximately
43O 600 cars will have been run over it.
"The platform was laid when the Ford
company built it's present great plant
in 1910, and today it shows but little
wear. But In 1910 10000 cars were run
over it. in 1911 $1,000. in 1912 1000 and this
year the number will be close to the
100000 mark.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-20
Beer Tablets
A Foaming, Sparkling Lager Beer Can
Now BE Made Quickly For 1c n Glass

Cincinnati, o., jury 20-the latest
novelty for the Beer Drinker in prohi-
bition territory and elsewhere comes
from an expert Brewmaster of Cincin-
natl famous for its good beer. He has
concentrated Barley, Malt and Hops In
such way that simply by the addition
of water and sugar a real, sparkling,
foaming Lager Beer can be made. He
claims that the finished Beer has the
delicious taste. strength and nourishing
qualities of the best Brewery Beer and
at a cost of only one cent glass. Any
one, no matter where they are located.
can now enjoy delicious, cooling glass
OF beer at all times and although this
Is entirely new. he already has thou
sands. Of customers using his concen-
trated Beer and coming for more; thus
proving that it is giving thorough fsatis-
faction and all that 1t is represented.
lie claims that It Will soon take the
place of brewery beer in hundreds of
localities and especially in those To-
calities where the shipping OF beer is
prohibited on account of the recent
Webb Bill passed by Congress- its sale
should be enormous. Its great saving
alone must appeal to the average man
and the thrifty housewife should soon
see its wonderful advantage. For furth-
A. s. Shuh. 1898, Sycamore St, Cincin-
natl, o., who says he is more than
pleased to be put In correspondence
with anyone desiring to try his prep
aration.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-20

Pittshurg and Scranton are the first
cities in the United States to cut the
tax rate on buildings radically lower
than the rate on land, following the
plan which has attracted so much atten-
tion in the cities of western Canada.
For generation Pittsburg had suf-
fered from a tax system which put a
premium on holding land for speculative
purposes. The holding of old estates
were ciassed as agricultural land and
paid only one-half the rate charged
against office buildings and working
mems homes. The legislature of 1911
legislature of 1913 has turned the situ-
alton inside out to give an advantage to
the man who improves his real estate.
Buildings Taxed One-Half
The act will fix the tax rate on all
buildings at one half the rate on land.
all present city revenues an average of
10 mills on land and nine mills on build
ings would raise present revenues at
the present assessed value of land which
is practically twice that of buildings
An increase of three mills on land would
raise the same amount as has been
raised by the six mills which it is pro-
posed to decrease the rate on buildings.
To permit adjustments of investments
and prevent hardships this change in
rate will be spread over IL years The
first year the rate on buildings will be
reduced to 80 per cent of that on land
the third year so per cent and so OIL
by reductions of 10 per cent every third
year until so per cent is reached in IL
years.
The movement gained impulse from
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-20
MR.. GAFFORD SAYS
TANGO FAVORS RUBBER

Frank Gafford Jr., of the Goodyear
company, is well informed upon almost
all Bohemian subjects He is an auto
mobile tire salesman, and has in his
long career, participated in the promo
tion of other propositions. His informa-
ton, therefore, upon what effect the ia
nous "Tango" dances will have upon the
rubber industry occasions little surprise.
He says the turkey trot and other such
dances favors his line of work and then
adds:
The tango, also the turkey trot, bunny
hug. and other dances are one of the
reasons for increasing the growth in
popularity of rubber-soled shoes.
II am not an enthusiastic dancer and,
therefore, cannot speak from actual ex-
perience. However this information was
Impaired to me by many people who have
indulged, and which I readily confirm
from my own observations.
''To put these dances on in the proper
manner demands gracefulness. In order
to obtain this, the equilibrium of the
parties dancing must be very well bal
anced in order to obtain the full bene-
fit that the dance demands. BY this L
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-20

homes than any other ward of Pittsburg,
was made the basis of a calculation to
the effect that the taxation of Sss9 homes
would be reduced 10 to % per cent. 500
would be reduced to 10 per cent, and
41S would pay the same under the pres
ent system. 23s0 vacant lots would pay
an crease of 20 per cent
AS a precedent for their campaign,
the Pittsburs bodies cited the fact that
Great Britain had recently levied new
land taxes to force vacant land into use.
Hamburg, Frankfort and Cologne have
adopted this line of tax reform as a
method of securing better housing In
some German cities working mems
homes are entirely exempt and the cities
of Australia and New Zealand generally
tax buildings at less than full rate The
plan, of course, is the one which has
been urged for several years by the New
York Congestion committee, and which
they failed to get the legislature to put
before the people of Greater New York
on referendum.
From being one of the most backward
cities in the country in the matter of
taxation, Pittsburg thus leaps to the
rank of the first large city In the United
States to experiment along the new lines.
The benificiaries of the plan, In the
words of its advocates will be:
All renterS-1or the reduction IN taxes
on buildings will decrease rents to the
same extent.
Manufacturers-they can secure
cheaper land, and after building, taxes
will be far less than in other cities
Every property owner-if he has built
an improvement worth more than half
the value of his land.
Every real estate broker-real estate
transactions will be stimulated.
The laboring man-building and indus
try will be increased and more plentiful.
The city-homes and factories win re-
place the slums.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-20
HUPPs POPULAR
IN THE PHILIPPINES

Charies Denegre, agent for the Hup-
mobile, gave out a statement yesterday
IN reference TO the popularity of the
Hupmobile in the Philippines, which Is
explained by Leopold Kahn, agent IN
that country for the car
Mr.. Denegre says:
Leopold Kahn, general manager of
the Levy Hermanos company, pioneer
automobile dealers in the Philippines.
who have handled Hupmobiles since
1909, visited the factory of the Hump
Motor Car company at Detroit recently
He gives some very interesting infor-
nation on Hupm obile business in
Manila.
There are more Hupmobiles in the
Philippines" said Mr. Kahn. than any
other car manufactured in the world.
Our island boasts of 1850 motor car
owners, OF which number about 10 per
cent drive Hupmobiles. The immense
popularity of the "32' is due mostly to
the fact that it is a great hill climber;
and as our territory, especially In the
provinces. abounds with hills and
mountains, it is absolutely necessary
that an owner have a car which can
get over grades without difficulty.
THE visit of the world tourists and
their memorable drive from Manila to
Bagnio, the first ever made by motor,
did much to popularlze the Hupmobile
in the islands.
'Pfactlcally everyone In the Amefi-
can consulate owns a Hupmobile, or
intends to in the near future, and an
American army officer residing in the
Islands is looked upon with something
akin to disdain If he does not drive a
Hupmobile "32"
philippine merchants are Just be-
ginning to realize the efficiency of the
light delivery car and the first sale
we made of this kind of car was to the
Delgado Grocery company, the largest
table supply house in Manila. This
was practically the first light delivery
car In the islands and it caused a sem
sation when 1t was first received"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-20
INTERESTING GOSSIP OF BIRMINGHAM AUTOMOBHISTS

mean that the pedal extremities must be
handled with care and not be allowed to
slip and slide to the extent that leather
soled shoes allow.
THE adhesive qualities of rubber pre-
vent the slipping which makes shoes or
slippers with this equipment more eff
cient for obtaining the desired graceful
ness that these dances afford when prop
erly danced The tango, for instance,
does not require nearly so much action
of the feet as the common twostep and
waltz. Nevertheless the sureness of foot
enables the steps to be much more
Steadyu
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-20
Pittsburg Adopts Plan OF Lower
Taxation On Improved Property
BY ALLEN Il. BURNS.
Secretary Pittsburg Civic Commission.
lEXcluSiYe SerVice the Survey Press Rnraa11 J

the report of the British board of trade
on the cost of living in America which
showed that workmen in Pittsburg pay
higher rents than in competing cities:
10 per cent higher than In Philadelphia;
AZ per cent higher than In Cleveland;
70 per cent higher than in Baltimore.
Inquiry disclosed that Pittsburg man.
ufacturers were paying 60 cents to one
dollar per square foot per year for floor
space while space in interior Pennsyl-
vania cities competing with Pittsburg
can be had for 20 to 80 cents.
Average Land Value
In this economic survey of Pittsburg
for 1912 Prof. ]. r. Holdsworth figured
that the average value of land per acre
in Pittsburg was $4,000, a trihe less than
in New York, but higher than in any CT
the other ten largest cities of America
So it was that the Civic commissions,
and the Pittsburg board of trade Joined
in this tax campaign as the means
which, to their minds, would get them
three things:
Better houses for working men at
lower rents''
Relief of manufacturers and other
enterprises from prohibitive prices for
land for land needed for building and
VApdHSioi. oiiCc tillS idhd 10 peitlS
held at impossible prices by SPECTATORS,
the developement and growth of the
community is retarded.
Lower taxes as an inducement for de-
veloping the city and its business"
Charts and tables were prepared show
ing the effect of the new tax rates on
various kinds of real estate, and es-
pecially on the land and buildings OF
small industries which Pittsburg is es-
pecially keen to develop as subsidiary
to steel
How Reductions Come
The 18th ward. which contains more
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-20
PACK ARD ANNOUNCES
NEW TRUCKS

Charles Denegre agent for the Packard,
made an announcement yesterday OF two
additions to the company's truck line,
including the two-ton and six-ton trucks.
1t is believed that the Packard intends
to add the one truck to its line.
The statement of Mr.. Denegre follows:
1.-The Packard Motor Car company an
nounces the addition of four and six-ton
trucks to it's line of motor vehicles.
These two new units, with the well es-
tablished two, three and five-ton Pack
ards, offer a range of capacity to meet
nearly all requirements for heavy duty
hauling.
"The Packard company also has an
nounced hydraulic hoist and dump body
to meet the growing demand for such
motor truck equipment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-20

Injurious to it. but whenever the pres
sure in tire is decreased, the heating
of the tire is increased, rather than
decreased, on account of the greater
bending of the tire and consequently
greater friction and generation of heat.
From the above 1t should be clear
that the pressure in tire should not
be decreased on a hot day as is COM
monty suppose. for the simple reason
that 1t Is impossible to obtain an in
crease in the pressure, due to the heat
ing of the tire in service, sufficient to
In any way injure it."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-20
THE TRAFFIC
LAWS PASSED

The new traffic laws have been passed
They have been printed several times.
At the request of President Culpepper
Exrm of the commission, four policemen
will be detailed by the depf rtment of JUS
tice to enforce the laws. The laws are
not in effect yet and yesterday Chief of
Police George II. Bodel1er said he had
not received any instructions as to the
la xye
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-20

During the last - months the Pack
ard truck organization broke all of its
earlier records for sales ana eelipsed the
previous year by the sum of $l,9sO,oO0.
Sales made last month showed a gain
of $267,000 over the corresponding period
last year. The record month was March,
when trucks were sold to the value of
1926 100. The former record was made in
December 1912. when over $s00,000 worth
of Packard trucks were sold.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-20

nearly like human beings there would
be an appreciable falling off in repair
and replacement bills
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-05
PUNCH To BACK UP
FARMER DEMANDS
United Front Will Get Legislation
Asked, New President, Al
bany Smith, Explains.

An organization with a punch" -
wat the new president-Albany
Smith. of Tennille-expects to develop
out of the Georgia Farmers Educa-
tional and Cooperative Union in the
coming year
Not that the union has NOT made it,
self felt in the past. for more than
one Georgia Legislature has ac-
knoHledged the power of the farmers
by passing measures they demanded.
1t is too early to announce any
definite plans for the year" he said
to-day. Il have just been elected and
haven't had the time to make anv
decisions. But ii is certain an effort
viii be made to get better co-opera-
ton among farmers and to get them
to work in unison for legislation we
need. II is in cooperation VIC shall
acquire the punch that is so essen
tisl TO bringing things to pass"
Mr.. Smith was born near his pres
ent home in Tennille. He has tax IN
the keenest interest IN things agricul-
tural, though for sixteen years he mas
held the postmastership Of Tennille.
He served in the Legislature Of 1892
and 1898, and in 1897 was given his
commission as Postmaster by Presi-
dent Mckinley.
Since the organization OF the Union
Phosphate Company in 1907 he has
been chairman of its board of dirsc-
tors.
j. T. Mcdaniel, secretary Of the
union, is from Union City, Ga, known
as the State and national headquar-
tiers of the union. He maintains a
residence in Conyers. where he lived
before receiving the place Of secre-
tary.
Il. D. Wimberly chairman Of the
live stock committee, declared in his
report lhat the policy OF growing al
cotton to pay debts for foodstuffs and
other necessaries is perpetuating pow
erty
The extension of agricultural edu-
cation was urged In one report and
| high praise was given to the work OF
| the State College of Agriculture.
County fairs along educational lines
were advocated and the work of tha
district agricultural schools com
mended.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-05
RenfrOe Jackson
To Be Buried Here
Former Resident, Who Died in Dem
yer, Leaves Sister and Other
Relatives in Atlanta.

Arrangements are being made in
Atlanta to-day FOR the funeral OF
Renfroe Jackson, IS. formerly con
nected with insurance companies here.
who died at Denver Colo, Thursday
Of pneumonia. Sidney Cooper, OF
Hendersoaviue, \. c., arrived this
morning TO make the arrangements.
Mr.. Jackson lived in Atlanta until
two years ago, when he sought a
change in climate to better his health.
He was a son Of the late Mr. and
Mrs. Howell Cobb Jackson, Of At
lanta and Savannah. His nearest
surviving relative is a sister, Mrs.
Cooper Of HendersonviIle. Mrs
Shepard Bryan. Mrs. Wilmer L.
Moore and Marion Jackson. are
cousins.
jackson was married and divorced
twice. His frs wife, Miss Mary
Steer afterwards wed a Mr.. Creel-
man and Is now living at Buffalo.
\. Y. The second wife. Mrs. Laura
Green Jackson, lives near Atlanta.
The court gave the custody of the one
child, Renfroe. Jr., to Mrs. Jackson.