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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-06-06

Mr.. W. c. Thomas, who came to this
county from Iowa about thirteen years
ago and had since lived on the Dins-
more place II mile east of Macon died
suddenly at his home Wedn sday aft r.
noon about four o'clock. He had be, n
in a field close to his house cutting a.
falfa and about three O'Clock came to
his barn with a load of hay and getting
d wn went to the house for a drink of
water. AS he turned to 60 back to the
lot, he noticed his team had become
frightened and ran into a wire f.nce.
He walked fast to where they we Q but
seem to become i'll and remerked to a
negro, Jesse Augustus, who was help
ing that he would have to get them out
the best he could, as he did not feel
well. He had been followed by his
wife and she assisted him to the house
and Immediately sent for a doctor. DIR,
John Hubbard responded Immediately.
Mr.. Thomas did not seem to be in any
immediate danger, but was suffering
some, and died suddenly without a
struggle from heart failure.
Mr.. Thomas was rs years of age, and
while not a strong man, was active and
a hard worker, and he had the respect
and confidence of every one who knew
him. His remains were inferred in the
Odd Fellows cemetery Thursday after.
noon at 3 o'clock after services at the
home ny Rev. Mr.. Howse.
Besides his wife he leaves a daughter
and a son. both residents of Iowa, who
did not arrive in time for the funeral.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-06-06
A Problem That stumpog Esu,,.s1-

a Problem That Stump0d Rousseau.
\ curious littie book Is an old, old
treatise Oh %aeronautics By Jean
Jacques Rousseau. called lie Nouveau
Dedale." Like Leonardo da Vinci and
Cyrano de Bergerac. Rousseau was
haunted by the dream Of aerial nayi-
cation. We read: Men walk on the
earth, they sail on the water and swim
in it. Is not the air an element, like
the othersl What business have the
birds TO shut us out of their premises
while we are made welcome in those
Of the HshesY' Rousseau took no stock
in any theories p~ropounded by the
Darius Greens Of his day. He sifted
the matter for himself and thought 1t
involved two problems. First to find
a body lighter than air, so that 1t
would rise. He imagined that sooner
or later such a body might present
itself. There was no telling. But
what stumped him was his second
problem-how to make that obliging
body stop rising and how in creation
to make 1t come down. This was too
tough for Jean Jacques, and he wound
up his book by admitting 1t. For a
long time lie Nouveau Dedale" re-
manned unpublished, appearing only In
1901.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-06-06
Mininq For Coffin Planka.

One Of the most curious industries In
the world Is the business of mining for
coffin planks. which Is carried on in
upper Tonkin, a portion of the French
possessions in southeastern Asia. In
a certain district in this province there
exists Il great underground deposit of
logs, which were probably the trunks
Of trees engulfed by an earthquake or
some other commissions of nature at n
comparatively recent period. The trees
are a species Of pine known to the
natives and also to some extent to Eu-
ropean commerce as 'nam-hou." The
wood is almost imperishable and has
the quality, either through its nature
or as the result Of its s%ojourn under
ground, Of resisting decay from damp.
This quality makes 1t particularly val
liable for the manufacture of collins,
and for this purpose it is largely ex-
ported to Europe. The trees are often
a yard in diameter. They are buried
III sandy earth at a depth of from two
to eight yards and are dug up by ma
tive labor as demand is made for them.
-Harper's Weekly.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-06-06

TO turn turtle" means, In nautical
language, that a ship rolls too heavily,
fails to recover herself and after a
brief period on her beam ends turns
topsy turvy, SO that her keel points
skyward. Then, of course, she sinks.
Frequently the compressed air impris.
oned in her hull blows her bottom out
as she goes down, or II she Is a steam
CIR her boilers burst, with like results.
AS a rule, ships turn turtle because
they are burdened with too much stop
hamper" or from lack of sufficient bal
last, or both causes combined. Rarely
does 1t happen that there are any sur.
%vlvors, but there Is n notable excep-
ton In the case of the battleship Cap
tain, which was lost after this fashion
in the bay of Biscay. In her case ex-
actly three minutes elapsed from the
time she first turned turtle until she
finally sank, and forty Of her crew Of
600 men clamDered up her side as she
rolled over and on to her keel. OF
these eighteen men were eventually
rescued and were able to describe later
on precisely what occurred.-Pearson's.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-06-06
How to Cool Things.

A newlywed named Jones was talk.
Ing to his friend Casey the other day
about the heat in his fiat and was ask.
ing the other for a little advice.
DO you know my dining room is
the hottest place in the world?' began
the newlywed. "Do you know of any
way | might cool it orr"
"From experience l should say that
n very good way to bring about q
change in atmospheric conditions" re.
marked the older married man, land
n that is sure to bring results one
way or the other, is to take a friend
home to dinner when your wife isn't
expecting company" Philadelphia
Times.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-06-06
AN INTERESTING LECTURE
Prof. ". H. Smith Speaks at Court House ard
At Salem.

Prof. w. n. Smith. Elementary
School Supervisor for Mississippi. SUI
ported by the Peabody Fund, spoke to
a fair sized audience in Macon Monday
Tuesday he spoke at Salem where a
good crowd was present and a fine bas-
ket dinner served.
Prof. Smith is the founder Of the
Boys Corn Club movement, and is just
returned from an investigation Of the
elementary schools in Denmark and
their relation to agriculture there.
He said that we were living in an era
of readjustment. polite al, religious, in
dustrial and educational and it was en-
irently a time to recur to fundamentals.
That q great part Of the wealth pro-
duced came from the soil and the indie
pendent tiller Of the soil had the first
whack at it. Education was as neces-
sary and as valuable to a really success
full farmer as to a professional man,
provided it was the right kind Of educa-
ton. Eighty-fve per cent Of Missis-
sippians were tillers of the soil, and un.
less these were educated to their bust
ness Mississippi could not begin to real
ize it's possibilities.
The value of an industrial education
to the farmer was exemplifed in Den
mark. There one system of schools
was organized solely with a view to the
needs Of those who would make their
living out of the soil.
The Danes that titled the soil were
for the most part as well informed and
educated as those pursuing other lines
of business. AS a result, Denmark,
one third the size of Mississippi, with
scarcely more than one third of the
time for growing crops, on account of
its latitude. and where cattle had to be
housed and fed seven or eight months
in the year, supplied England with half
the bacon it consumed and exported an
nualIy $l60, 0O0, 600. 90 of butter, cheese,
eggs and pork. Besides what was con.
sumed at home, Denmark exported an.
nually in dairy, poultry and hog prod.
n fifth Of the total annual C, tton
crop of the United States, Only one
fifteenth of one per cent of the Danes
illiterate.
Prof. Smith described the school
,hods n curr cula of Denmark, and
e cooperative dajrying system. ana
: ner agricultural and business meth
u.s.. Noxubee county is naturally bet
adapted to stock raising than Den
rk. Yet if we mere did no more thar
lenmark there would be fifty CO. opera
i've dairies in the county against five
odes now The lecture was
'ull of facts and figures and very in
tructiye.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-06-06

What is known as the Martin place
between Macon and Shuqualak belong
ing to the James Jackson heirs was
sold Monday at public auction by H. C.
McCorquodale. special commissioner of
the Chancery Court, and brought $lS rs
per acre for l64 acres and $l2.0 90 for az
acres. A few months ago at a sale
which was not contaminated not half
this price Vas realized. The price this
land brought is good evidence of the eff
feet Of good roads in increasing our
land values. At forced sales hereto
fore $40 an acre has been considered a
good price for land. But with good
roads no land in Noxubee is going beg
ging. Not only do good roads increase
values but they make land more mar
ketable at the better price.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-06-06

A charming young member of a wo-
mans literary club, who adds the dis
tinction of being a bride to successful
authorship, recently met a gushing
stranger at a club reception.
ooh, Mrs, Blank, l am so glad to
meet you. l enjoy your stories so
much, and your husbands too" Then
adding as an afterthought, HE Is lit
erary, too. isn't he"
THANK heaven, nor replied the
bride. Hes in the coal business
New York Press.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-06-06

We learn from Mr.. George Russell,
who was in town Tuesday. of the death
last Thursday, May Goth, of Mr.. Lar
ken Higginbotham, at his home neal
Fearn Springs. He was in his eighty
sixth year, and old age and infrmity
was the cause of his death. He was a
Confederate veteran, having been a
member of the l4th Mississippi Regi-
ment, Loring's brigade. He was an
upright, honest man and was held in
high regard by all who knew him.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-06-06
THE THOMAS JEFFERSON
LECTURES BY JOHN
SHARP WILLIAMS

It will be recalled by many
that a great deal of newspaper
and political comment was caused
last winter by Senator Williams
lectures on Thomas Jefferson and
his Permanent Influence on Am
erican Institutions, delivered at
Columbia College. The lectures
have been published in book
form and can be obtained from
the Columbia University Press.
New York City, for $3.50.
The lectures make up a book
of some three hundred pages.
Different phases Of J%eferson's
career are treated under the
chapter headings of
jefferson, the Revolutionlst.
The Democratizer of State In
stitutions.
Influence as a Diplomat.
The Democratizer of Federal
Institutions.
Influence as President.
Influence on Religious Free
dom.
Influence on Educational lnsti-
tutions.
These lectures are fully worthy
of Senator Williams great repu-
tation. In no book of anything
like its size can one find so thor.
ough and comprehensive a treat
ment of the many-sided Jeffer-
sons activities and influence.
The Senator is a stalwart ad
mirer Of the greatest of all Dem
ocrats, and his treatment of HI
subject is sympathetic. But iron
history, from public documents
from cotemporaneous publica.
tons and published letters OF
contemporaries he proves his case
Comparisons between Tho
greatness and public services OF
great men are worthless and un
just. But it cannot be doubted
that Jefferson's services to this
country were more varied, and
his influence a more potent, ac-
tive factor in our nations tn ,ught
and life from his own day until
this day than those of any other
American of any age. lie is as
live an influence in our national
life now as a hundred years ago,
and will continue to be so so long
as we preserve our present insti-
tutions and traditions. And this
is because in every matter he
dealt with he went down to and
applied the eternal, immortal
principles that governed, govern
and will govern such things.
The elements of life and growth
were in all his work, and his in
huence is indeed PERMANENT on
American institutions.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-06-06
Barber Disbarred.

A Gulfport dispatch says: The dis
barment proceedings of Attorney Z. M.
Barber. which have occupied the circuit
court for several days, terminated this
afternoon. Judge Barrett disbars Mr..
Barber from practice of law until such
time as a trial to determine his fitness
to practice law shall be held and the
motion for continuance was granted IN
til next term Of court, which is Septem-
her next.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-06-06

II think Arthur would have proposed
to me last night If you hadn't come in
the room Just when you did"
What reason have you for believing
that?"
He had just taken both Of my
hands in his. He had never held more
than one of them at a time before"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-06-06
Wide Hats In 1898.

An artist has advertised that he
makes mp wornout umbrellas into
fashionable gypsy bonnets. The tran
sltion is so easy that he Is scarce to
be praised for the Observation-Disclosures
Times. July I, 1898.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-06-06

DO you think we have heard the
worst Of the discords in our partyY
mot yet" replied the musical man.
"Just wait till II glee club gets to
neutrality-suspicious..
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-06-06
Solid Goods.

What became of that cake l baked
for your demanded the fancee.
Il sent 1t downtown to have M
monogram engraved on it." replied the
fiance.-Kansas City Journal.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-06-06
Attention, Noxubee Rifles.

Company III" will report for rifle
practice for tho last time from June
10th to 22nd. This will be your last
chance to attend and get the shooting.
All men desiring to 60 will give me
your names at once.
H. NJ. DENT.
Capt. and Inf, M. N, G,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-06-06

AT Is laHg, life aAaFh iaagAsnt ain
stk Fsai'anlV EhasiahE Gartas
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-06-06

LAMBERSoN has all sizes in misses,
boys and children's slippers.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-06-06
Capt. and Inf, NJ. n, G,

Adjustable waist pants the very
thiag ct tAAssfsasis
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-06-06
Laces of all kinds at LAMBERsoN's.
Men Wanted

WANTED-Good, live, hustling men
TO contract cotton in this county. Good
cpmmissions. Apply to
Veai" W; f. GtsYes,
i7 FFst sat RsAR RlAs.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-06-06
WANTED

Sawyer, rim and spoke rippers. at
Rim and Spoke Factory. Write stat
ing experience and salary expected.
None but sober men need apply.
ID. M. LUTz, Manager.
Macon, Miss
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-06-06

LAMBERsoN carries a sizes in collars,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-08-04
"LETTA" AND BUCK ARE NAMES
OF ROUNDUP BUFFALO; DR.. MCNARY
AND GRACE BOWMAN WIN PRIZES

Letta and Buck are the names of
the two Roundup Buffalo and DR..
McNary, superintendent of the East
ern oregon state hospital, and Grace
May Bowman of 121 Perkins avenue
have the distinction of being the
chisteners and incidentally of win
ming the two three-day tickets to the
annual Roundup offered by the East
Oregonian as prizes to the persons
suggesting the names chosen by the
judges of the contest.
The decision of the judges, who
were A. j. McAllister, F. j. Donald
son and Fred Koeppen, was made yes
terday from typewriter lists of the
500 or more names suggested The
sealed box containing the coupons
lth the names Of the contestants was
not opened until 10 o'clock this
morning in the presence of witnesses
and the names of the winners were
not known until then.
DR.. McNary suggested the names
of Letta and Buck, while Miss Bow
man suggested Lettie and Buck. The
suggestions were so nearly the same
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-08-04
M'ADOO'S ORDER is
PROVING beneficial

CHICAGO, Aug. 4.-Secretary Nc
Adoo's offer to deposit SIS, 10000 or
even $50,0O0,O00 of the government
funds with the banks of the west
and the southwest this fall removed
the last vestige of fear about the fl
RANGING of the crop movement This
proposition following his recent an
nouncement that the treasury depart
ment was ready to go to the limit In
the issue of emergency currency II
that should be necessary, was accept
ed as the best evidence that the gov
ernment was ready and willing to as
sist the business interests at need in
the most practical way possible.
Fairly adequate provision has been
made for commercial paper maturi-
ties during the fall months, and there
Is less anxiety on that score than
there was a short time ago. The de-
posit OF government funds will make
1t easier for the banks to grant re-
newals on loans and without interfer-
ing with the crop-moving require
ments. Furthermore, the recent heavy
movement of grain has released con-
siderable money that had been tied
ur and will now be available for the
maturing crops.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-08-04
LOCAL PEOPLE MAKE LONG AUTO
RIDE;CARRY|NG ROUNDUP BANNER

Having covered S56 miles without a
single accident and having carried
the banner of the Roundup into
dozen or more cities, the automobile
party which left ten days ago for
Boise arrived home yesterday eve-
ming. In the party were Mr., and Mrs.
Leon Cohen, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. F. Rob-
inson and Harold Smith. The trip
was made in Mrs. Cohen's car and
Mr.. Smith was at the wheel through
out the entire trip.
Little difficulty was experienced on
account of bad roads though the party
found the trail from La Grande over
Starkey Prairie to Lehman Springs
almost impossible for an auto. The
worst stretch Of regularly travelled
road they encountered was from the
top of the mountains into La Grande.
The party left Pendleton at 5 a. m.
a week ago last Saturday and reached
La Grande, distance of SO miles, at
10. Baker, which is Ill miles from
Pendleton, was reached at $3.50 p. m,
and the party spent the night there,
starting on their trip again Sunday
morning at a. m. They were de-
layed somewhat enroute to Hunting
ton by washouts which were caused
by cloudbursts on the night before,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-08-04
TRAMP CAUGHT IN
DESPICABLE CRIME

Detected in the act Of committing
an unmentionable crime, John Hod-
smeith, alias Harrington, transient.
aged about 60 years, was arrested Sat
urday morning shortly before noon
by Chief of Police Kearney below the
levee a short distance east of the
Main street bridge. He was bound
over by Justice of the Peace Parkes
to the grand jury under $500 on
charge of sodomy and is now in the
county Jail
The man. who is moral pervert
and degenerate of the worst character
Is alleged to have attacked Perle Wa
ters, the ten year old son of Mr.. and
Mrs. w f. Waters. According to the
story told by the little boy, he and
his elder brother had padded across
the river from the north side and on
coming up the levee encountered the
man. He started talking with them
and when they showed fright. he seiz-
ed the younger boy and began lead
ing him down toward the river. The
elder boy became frightened and ran
to the Neagle blacksmith shop where
he was told to hurry to the police sta-
ton. He arrived there breathless and
notified Chief Kearney, who secured
the Frank Stroble dray and hurried
to the scene.
Suspecting the foul purpose OF the
man In taking the boy he made his
way silently and came upon the man
IN a situation which makes his con-
viction certain. The little boy was
struggling against him with all his
might but was helpless. The sight
SO enraged the chief that he did not
handle the man with any great gen.
tleness when he arrested him. Strobe,
who had accompanied the chief,
CHANGED to be carrying a rope and
the pervert, thinking he was to be
lynched, begged for his life.
The man declares he came from
Portland on the morning train and in
his pockets were dollar and ticket
to Pasco.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-08-04
WATSON RAILS AT
LOBBY PR0BERS

WASHINGTON. Aug. A sting
ing condemnation of the insidious lob
by probe was voiced by Watson in let
ter Withdrawing his request that he
appear before the probers to ex-
plain charges of Mulhall that the
Manufacturers aided his campaign for
governor of Indiana in 1908. 81 have
decided to take the case to another
tribunal where the law will be i'm
partially weighed" wrote Watson. He
bitterly denounced the statements
summing up the lobby testimony,
which appeared in New York newspa-
pers Saturday signed by Senators Ov-
erman, Reed, and Walsh. Senator
Townsend, of Michigan, appeared on
his own request and branded Mulhall
as liar and a corruptionist."
"These statements are plain
show, the letter read. "The majority
of the committee, without waiting for
the formality of a report. voluntarily
rush into print, render decision and
pronounce judgment before single
witness is heard or syllable of tes-
timony in rebuttal is offered. I SUBJ
NIT you prejudiced my evidence. You
have passed it's character and suffi-
cheney without having heard it, for
while you don't specifically mention
my name, yet you are privately de-
termined and have publicly announc-
ed that Mulhall made out his case"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-08-04
GOLDENDALE MAYOR
is ADVOCATE OF
MUNICIPAL PAVING

= That a city can do its own
= paving work successfully and
. that not until municipal govern
= ments take up such work
. themselves will people get paw
= ing at a reasonable cost, Is the.'
. view of Mayor N. L. Ward Of
y Goldendale, Wash.
y Some time ago the East Ore
= gonian received information
= that the city of Goldendale was
= doing large amount of paw
= ing work itself and saving the Z
y property owners money. To
y ascertain the facts Of the case
= a letter was addressed to Mayor
= Ward asking as to the matter.
= The reply, which Is as follows,
y shows that while Goldendale
y has not done the work on a
y municipal basis, the mayor Is
= of the opinion good pavement
y has been secured at lower
. price than Is generally obtain
= able.
. Goldendale, washington,
D August 4, 1913,
= Mr.. E. B. Aldrich,
= Editor East Oregonian,
= Pendleton, Oregon.
y Dear Sir:
= Replying to yours of the 29th
= ult., I beg to say that Golden
. dale has about eighty blocks
. paved with Asphalt Concrete,
. but the work was all done un-
. der contract with j. F. Hill Of
= Chicago.
= We paid s1.1S and got good
y pavement and in fact just as
. good a pavement as the Warren
. peoples pavement for s2.00.
= am heartily in favor Of cit
= les doing their own paving
= and we will be unable to get
. pavement at a reasonable cost
. until cities own their own paw
. ing plants.
. Yours very truly
. N. L. WARD.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-08-04

that the judges decided to divide the
prizes between the two. DR.. McNary
was the only contestant suggesting
Letta and Buck and his coupon was
received at the East Oregonian office
at p. m, July 90. Two others be-
sides Miss Bowman suggested Lettie
and Buck but her coupon was the
first received. reaching the office at
80 p. M, July rs. F. ]. Quinlan,
proprietor of the Delta, and Gladys
Lane of us Lane street made the
same suggestions, the former being re-
oeived at p m, July 20, and the hat
ter at a. M, August 2.
The names suggested are a play
upon the slogan of the Roundup,
Let 'er Buck" and this fact was what
determined the judges in making their
selections. Quite a number suggest
ed Let 'er and Buck for the two
names.
The directors of the Roundup have
been notified of the selections made
and by their agreement with the East
Oregonian have officially accepted
them so that hereafter the two buff
falo will be known as Letta and Buck