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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-03-28
COTTON SEASON OVER.
Crop in the State Not Up to That OF
Year 1911.

Jnckson.-Thc cotton season in Missls-
sippi Is practically at an end, and receipts
at interior market points have been
steadily declining since The Christmas
holidays.
In the northern counties OF the delta,
where II bumper crop was raised last
year, some picking is still in progress,
but the staple has greatly deterioratei
because Of exposure to the heavy rains,
and the planters were unable to secure
sufficient labor to harvest the magnit'
cent crop. This condition, however, ia
true only of the counties in the north
crn portion OF the delta,
Buyers in Jackson have almost cleaned
up the supply in the surrounding coun'
try, and the season has been far from
satisfactory. Receipts at the local con-
press up to the closing hour amounted
to 1906 bales, against 1878 bales OF
the same date last year" %'''f"lr@
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-03-28
HIS EIGHTIETH BIRTHDAY.
Mississippi's Oldest Lawmaker Hale and
Hearty.


Extraordinarily was the eightieth
birthday of the nestor of legislation IN
Mississippi, Col. H. NJ. Street, OF Me-
ridian, former speaker Of the lower
house, and, for more than forty years
one of the most conspicuous figures IN
the public life of the commonwealth.
Although he is now at the four7score
mark, Col. Street is still hale and hearty,
in the. full enjoyment Of all mental and
physical faculties, and bids fair to last
.sor a goodly number OF years to come
". The legislative service OF Col. Street
dates back to the year 1869, when he
was sent to the lower house from Prem
tiss county, and served by continuous re-
election from that county until he moved
Ito Lauderdale county in 1882. That
county also sent him to the lower house,
and throughout his period of Legislative
service he was an acknowledged leader
The Lauderdale legislator also served
as a member of the constitutional con
~yention of 1890, and was one of the
leaders in that historic body. He was
three times elected speaker OF the lowe
house, the last time in 1905.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-03-28
LAND PRIVILEGE TAX
CASE IS Reversed
SUPREME COURT DECIDES LOWER
COURT WITHOUT JURISDICTION.
MERIT OF THE LAW IGNORED
COnstitutionality Not in Question, De-
cides Tribunal, as No Overt Act
Has Been Taken by Officials
to Put 1t Into Effect.

Jackson.-ln the supreme court Chief
Justice Smith handed down the opinion
OF the court in dealing with the some
what noted litigation brought about BY
the act OF the legislature in 1912 plac-
ing a privilege tax or occupation lee
OF 20 cents an acre on holders or oecu-
piers Of timber lands in the state III
excess Of 1000 acres. In order to fore
stall the state auditor and treasurer,
who are the officers charged under the
act with the duty OF enforcing its pro-
visions, in May, 1912, a number OF bills
were filed on behalf Of different persons
and corporations affected to enjoin the
officers from taking steps to levy and
collect the tax provided for in these
bills Of Injunction, which are all identical
in terms, the validity Of the acts and
the manner Of their passage. by alleged
Justification of the records, journals and
tampering with the clocks, is vigorously
presented to the court.
The suits were filed in the ~chancery
court of Kinds county and were fully
argued before Chancellor Lyell, who, IN
general terms, held the acts to be I'M
constitutional and granting the injunc
ton. From this decree the attorney
general took an appeal to the supreme
court.
In commenting on the case, Chief Jus
ticc Smith declared that the question
before the bench was not that Of consti
tutionality, but of jurisdiction. With
out passing on the merits involved IL
the controversy, the court held that a.
the state officers sought to be %enjoinec
had taken no overt steps toward enforce
ment Of the provisions of the act nor t.
"levy and collect" the tax provided for
the court below was without jurlsdic
ton. For this reason the case was OF
dered reversed and remanded.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-03-28
APPORTION SCHOOL FUND.
The Rate Per Capita for the Year Is
$l.93134.

Jackson.--The account sheets of the
January apportionment, 1913, of the
common school fund of MISS sippi, as
complied by State Superintendent of
Education j. N. Powers shows that the
rate per capita for the year is $1.93134.
According to the report there are
1886 educable children in the state,
divided as follows. Whites, 311,3S9;
colored, 425,067. The total %appropria-
ton for the year is $~1,424,Oss, of which
two.thirds is distributed in January, di-
tided between all Of the schools in the
state.
The total amount to be expended on
the schools during the first six months
Of 1918, according to the January appor'
ticnment, is $9l9,392.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-03-28
HOOKWORM
Lowndes County. Will Assist in Erad.
icating the Disease.

Columbus.-Dr. D. D. Gill, hookworm
specialist Of the state board of health,
appeared before the county board of SUI
pervisors and presented the plan Of the
state in cooperation with the various
counties in the work of exterminating
the hookworm and enlightening the gen
eral public along modern and scientific
laws of sanitation. Dr.. Gill, in a lucid
and succinct way, laid before the board
the plan of the campaign, stating that
an appropriation Of 5000 from the coun-
ty would insure a thorough and most
scientific campaign lasting from four to
six weeks, the work to be in charge Of
specialists, who would deliver lectures
and diagnose cases. After hearing Dr..
Gill the board allowed the necessary
5000.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-03-28
Contingent Fund Exhausted.

Jacksonville governors contingent
fund for 1912 has been practically ex-
hausted in the payment of rewards for
escaped prisoners and fugitiyes from jus
tice, and, before all claims are settled,
will be closed out. There is another
$4,000 for the current year, but that
sum has been found inadequate. The
demands on tile fund are many, and some
OF them heavy, so that $1,000 does not
give the governor all he needs, espe
cially in the employment of detectives
which is often necessary.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-03-28
Approve Tick Eradication.

Hazlehurst.-rick eradication, which
was carried in the general election, was
approved at a meeting of the county
board OF supervisors. The board passed
an order to build five dipping watts in
each district, the dipping to be under
government supervision, There are
something like fifty watts owned by pri-
waite individuals in the county. With
these and the county dipping watts, the
stock OF the county can be freed easily
from tick pest, and the government quar-
antiue against cattle shipment to North
arm noints will be liiteo,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-03-28
HOW TO CURE RHEUMATISM
Prominent Doctors Best PreseflP-
ton Easily Mixed at Home.


This simple and harmless formula
has worked wonders for all who ave
tried It quickly curing chronic n
acute rheumatiGm and backache. EIoL
your druggist get one ounce OF TOTE
compound Din original sealed PACKAGE
and one ounce Of syrup of sarsaparilla
compound. Take these two ingredtents
home and put them in a half pint OF
good Whiskey. Shake the bottle ana
4 a tablespoonful before each meal
and at bedtime" Good results come
after the first few doses; II your cruz
eist does not nave Toris compound In
stock he will get 1t for you in . few
hours from his wholesale house, Don't
be Influenced to take a patent meoi-
cine instead of this. Insist on having
the genuine Toris compound In the
original, ~one-ounce. sealed. yelioW
package. This was published here last
winter and hundreds OF the WORST GasSs
iished By the Globe PhArmaeeuucaI As-
oratories Of Chicago.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-03-28
DEMAND ON TREASURY.
State Treasurer Turns Loose Money as
Fast as Received.

State Treasurer p. S. Stovall has been
busy for the past few days paying war
rants for the pensions of the Confederate
veterans Of the state. The treasurer is
retiring these warrants just as fast as
he receives funds. Al
The treasury has been rather empty
for the past few months and Mr.. Stp'
vail has been hard pressed to make pas
ments of those things absolutely neces.
sary without seeing the bottom of his
cash drawer.
The treasury will be the richer in Feb
ruary by Il great deal from the payment
Of taxes but at that it will be necessary
for the governor to negotiate another
loan of approximately 100000.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-03-28
BANKS MAKE REPORT.
Shows FINANCIAL Condition of 81 Ma
tional and a32 State Banks.

Jackson.-Sta Auditor Duncan l..
Thompson has prepared a statement
showing fhf condition Of 332 state
banks and'M national banks In Missis-
sippi., u. .....
The statement shows that the aggre-
gate resources Of the banking industry
in Mississippi amounted to Sill $780,.
593.O7, an increase of $l2 ,234, 069.64 as
compared with the statement prepared
on June 7, 1911, This is a net increase
Of about 10 per cent for n period of
eighteen months, although the number
OF state banks in operation decreased
from 342 to 332 during this period.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-03-28
WOULD SELL TO GOVERNMENT
RIPARIAN LAND OWNERS ASS0CIA.
TON HAS PLAN.
Estimates That After First 20 Years
Land Would Produce $50 Per Acre
Every Five Years-Comm!t.
tee to Washington.

Natchez.-In the absence OF the Of
deors of the Riparian Land Owners As
soria,iou, whose lands lie on the east
bank OF the Mississippi river, between
Brunswick, in Warren county, and the
southern state line, members would have
nothing to say about the report sub
mittcd by the acting chief engineer,
practically recommending the purchase
Of the lands that could not be protect
ed by %lcyccs, suggesting $40 an acre as
the average value Of said lands.
In the petition addressed to the MIS-
,issippi River Commission, the assocIa'
ton stated that the owners OF these
lands expressed a willingness to sell to
the federal government at an average OF
$10.12 per acre, there being 86,266 acres
involved, the total value at the above
rate being 1850 47. Some 0. this land
ia capable OF producing a bale OF cotton
TO the acre. In 20 years all Of this land
could produce cottonwood timber that
would be mcrchantablc and would pay
$50 an acre.
In the resolution attention was called
70 The fact that "if the government
should pay $35 an acre for the open cul
ttyatcd lands Of the east bank, they
would eventually pay a profit OF 500 al
acre" and every five years after the first
20 the timber could be cut and net the
same pricc-$GO an acre.
Capt. John T. jenkins, secretary OF thu
association, said that a committee viii
be sent to Washington to appear beior'
the senate and house committees in be
half of the association.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-03-28
Governor Guys Land.

Yazoo City.-Gov. Earl Brewer and S.
Castlcman, a prominent business man
and iinancier of Bclzoni, invested practi.
cally $4,000 cash in Il Yazoo county
plantation at Il trust sale at auction.
This plantation is located in the west.
crn part of Yazoo county, and was for
mcrly known as the Voolfolk place. 1t
contains 5000 acres and is one of the
finest in the state.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-03-28
Liberal Contributors.

Clinton,-The people of Clitnon are
liberal in their contributions to benev.
olence. The ministerial students OF Mis-
sissippi College raised $1,000 to equip a
ward to be used free of charge for the
ministerial students of the college. Not.
outstanding the fact that the people of
this community had already subscribed
about $4,000 to the Mississippi College
endowment fund, yet they came across
in the munitieent fund of a thousand
dollars toward the $4,000 needed for
buildings and equipments of this new
Enterprise,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-03-28
Farmers Will Diversity,

llickory.-There is greater activity
among the farmers in this section than
in many years before. The cry Of hard
times is not heard SO much and as the
boil vceyil has done so much harm to
the cotton crop, the farmers are turning
to other products. Several farms are
now being prepared for truck gowing,
and some OF the f,mcrs are now busy
looking after hot beds and preparing to
break land for early vegetables. Toma-
toes will be planted and other vcgcta.
blee which will meet the market more
fully.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-03-28
Railway Loses Big Case.

BrookhaNcn.-Mrs, Jack Winslow, the
young widow of a brakeman killed on
the Mississippi Central railroad, was
awarded a verdict for $25,0C0 against
the company in the circuit court. This
Is the largest verdict ever gwen against
n railroad company in Lincoln county,
one for: Sa1,0OO having been given sew
cral years ago, Winslow was killed
while on duty at Vanilla, failing be-
tween the ears while his train was
switching at that place.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-03-28
Bilbo Made Attorney.

Poplarville.-Thc board of aldermen
elected as city attorney Lieut.. Gov. Thco,
G. RiIbo, at a salary of 500 per year,
a reduction of 500, as the Office has
heretofore paid $500 per year.
The board of supervisors also elected
Iieut.Gov. Bilbo as their counsel for
the next year. The salary has not been
fixed, but it is rumorcd here that the
board will fix it at $500 per year, a
reduction of $loo from what it has been
in the past.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-03-28
CARTER GETS POSITION.
Farmers Union President Will Manage
the Potosi Plantation.

Jackson,-By arrangement with Gov.
Brewer mutually satisfactory to all par
ties, T. W. Carter, president of the
Farmers Union in Mississippi, and also
official head of the National Warehouse
Company, now in receivership, and which
has been carried by creditors into the
bankruptcy court, has been rendered a
position with a large planting and land
concern in the delta, which owns tn,
Potosi plantation.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-03-28
Will Inspect Militia.

Jackson Lieut.. Mcclellan, the United
States army officer on duty with the
National Guard of Mississippi, will take
up the work of appraisement and in
s~pcction of the headquarters, stores,
equipment and rank and file of the mi
litio organization in the state during
February,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-03-28
Timely.

Joseph EttoF, addressing the Ina
Fails strikers. cracked q timely joke
Let US emulate the frmness OF tes
millionaire class" he said Our mn
llonaires, you know, swear on at the
beginning Of each year, and infallibJ
keep their pledge"
Jaw. whata dc they swear on" .
striker incredulously demanded.
They swear OF their personal prop
erty eaxi~ was tie reply.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-03-28
Will Fight Tax.

Jackson-rhc tax measure adopted at
the 1912 session of the legislature that
will be vigorously fought at the next
session is the transfer tax, imposing \
special privileg OF one dollar per $1,000
on all real estate transfers filed for rec
ord in the chNncery clerks office.
There is mo possible way OF avoiding
this tax, as the statute provides that t
must be paid to the county tax collector
before the chancory clerk is permitted to
file the deed for record.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-03-28
Personal Privilege.

"You sometimes contradict yourself
In your speeches"
Il know it." replied the positive cam
didate. And l want. you to under
stand that I am the only man In our
party who dares attempt such a
thing" Z. 3
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-03-28
LEvEE BOARD MEETS.
Muchi Business Is Transacted at the
Semi.Annual Session.

Semi,A nnual Session.
Grccnvillc.-lThe Board Of Mississippi
Levee Commissioners met in regular
sem Annual session here, The scini-an-
nuul Scport,ot Secretary and Treasurer
J.. Pink Smith gayc in detail the receipts
and Expenditures of the board from June
80 10 date, showing a balance on hand
of $i65.G43'0G. Chief Engineer W, J.
Shackglford, was authorized to advertise
for llds for 100000 yards Of levcc. En-
Iarg6uent work on the Bolivar county
front ate BoiG'r,s Catfish Point and
Eutdd. Chief Engineer Shackcliord and
an attorney were authorized to take
stsp. to secure the right of way for 4
propqGl mud leyee on Gleepyille's front.
The i~ipihg high water and the condi.
tionf of ,thc Bcuiah levce were q~cn
careful consideration and prompt steps
takch TO put up bic gaps in that new
lcyee at ohts.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-03-28
Death at 0rphanage.

Virgie Lewis, a sixtccn-year-old girl,
who had been an inmate of the Meth
odist OrphanaGe for the past three years,
died in the hospital ward of that instr
! tuition. Miss Lewis was one of the bright
est and most lovable girls at the or
phanage, She came here from Perth,
Jefferson county.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-03-28
CAN PLACE NAME ON BALLOT.
Ruling of Court Destroys Power o.
Parties.

Jockson.-The opinion of Assistant
Attorney General George II. Ethridge,
holding that an elector has the right to
write the name of Il candidate on a
ballot, together with an opinion of the
supreme court touching On the same
point, virtually destroys the powers of
political executive committees specifying
q time limit in which candidates can get
their names printed on the official bal
lot.
This ruling by the supreme court and
assistant attorney general means that a
candidate can appear in the field the day
before election if he sees fit to do so.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-03-28

jackson. state motor
license law has been upheld by the su.
preme court of the state. The court ruled
that the state was entirely within its
rights in making the collection.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-03-28
False Adams.

"They say that Wombat is a gen
ius."
Nothing to that story. It's a
canard. l loaned him a dollar once
and he paid. me back all right
enough" .-,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-03-28
McAllister Gives Up.

Cantun.-W S. McAllister, who es-
capped from the insane asylum at Jack
son, surrendeted to eX.Sherif 5. +. Me
Kee and expressed himself as being will
ing tNIteturn.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-03-28

To prevent Malaria: is far better than
TO cure it. In malarial countries take a
dose of OXIDINE regularly one each week
and save yourself from ChilIs and Fever
and other malarial troubles. Adv.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-03-28
Fair Vim Enlarge.

Columbus. THE Mississippi and West
Alabama Fair Association, organized
about ,12' years ago aud under whose
auspices twelve annual fairs have been
hei: in Columbus, wILb- r~enrgani1cd
ana enlaEgs8r -
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-03-28

When a woman suffering from some form of feminine
disorder is told that an operation is necessary, it of course
frghtens her.
The very thought of the hospital operating table and the
surgeons knife strikes terror to her heart, and no wonder
III quite true that some OF these troubles may reach a stage:
where an operation is the only resource, but thousands of
women have avoided the necessity Of an operation by taking
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. This fact is
attested by the grateful letters they write to US after their
health has been restored.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-03-28
Mind Reader.

sss First HStraphangerr- Look QUIT,
You're treading on my feet!
Second StraphangerABeg pardon!'
|. also ~prefersto ride in a cab.-Judge.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-03-28

DR.. Pierce's Pellets, small, s~ugar-coete4
easy to take as candy, regulate and invigoS
ate stomach, liver and bowels and oAra go
ettpatiOn. ADV.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-03-28

The man who .consults a beauty
doctor evidently has a leaky brair
box.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-03-28

Turn on the back-biter and say u
to his face.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-03-28
Words Of the AvIatos

Words OF inc HVIdIUVs
$50 you took a flyer in-the stCcA
MARKET"
YES" answered the regretfullook
ing man, and hit an air pocket"
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1913-08-14

A great many people are always asking
if humanitarian principles pay in a prison.
Rather foolish question when you come
to think of it. If it did not pay, why
have all, or by far the largest majority, of
prisons adopted them-doing away with
the whipping post, the underground dun
geon and other forms of Anticipated Gus
toms? Take boy or girl and whip them
every time they make a move, place no
confidence in them, and you are going to
have frst-class sneak on your hands-a
child that will land in the penitentiary as
sure as two and two make four. They
will do little things when your back is
turped; lie to you at every turn and on top
of all this be forming plots in their mind
as to how to get even. A woman or man is
only child grown up. The treatment
that will make child bad will make bad
man worse. For the benefit of those who
are not confined in humanitarian and mod
ern prisons, it is to be hoped that their ov-
erseers will soon come to a realization of
their needs and make the movement for
humanitarian prisons world wide. Rome
was not built in day, and do not expect
to see change, in prison that is anti
quated, between suns.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1913-08-14

You have heard many men express the
opinion that if he had his life to live over,
knowing as much as he knows now, he
would miss the rough places. Would he?
There is not person living who has not
seen the mistakes that another has, or is,
making. Do they profit thereby3 Some
do, but very few. When you see man
make mistake and lands up against it
hard, you will often try to do the same
thing, little different way; but you do
not get away with it any better than the
other fellow. If you had your life to live
over you would know what to avoid, but
it is very doubtful if you would. Know
ing what caused your break before, you
would have everything fixed SO as to pass
over the break smoothly; but there would
be another break just little bit farther
ahead that you failed to see-what's the
use. You would only be following in
your old footsteps, and perhaps hitting a
few mud holes that you missed the other
time over the path.