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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-03-20

CHICRENS FOR SALE-White Orpingtons'
Owen Farm Strain Barred Plymouth Rocks
Ripglet Strain A few choice cockrels for SAFE
Eaos 40 per fifteen. Two-third hatch guaranteed.
- C. X. STEWART, Mcleod, Miss.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-03-20

SWEET pOTATOES-Bu Bunch Yams for sale In
anv quantity. Also Spanish and Red peanuts.
phone or address s. M. COCKRE1L,
: "''0 Route 2, Macon, Miss.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-03-20

MOsBY SEED CORN Carefully Selected.
T,,o nollars ner bushel. Also a few mules for
sale-prices right. b.h omi "a,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-03-20

EGGS FOR SALE-White Leghorn eggs Tor
sale at 30 cents per setting Of thirteen.
w. N. HAYNES.
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1914-11-27

at a time when there was no state
supervision. Later it was COMPEL
ed to leave the state and removed
to Kentucky.
The lodge is composed mostly of
negroes and one w. G. Critchlow
is president and his wife, J. H. Ell
lott, is secretary and treasurer.
Its regulations prescribe that the
board of trustees, or any committee
appointed by them, may pay to
members or benef1ciaries, in good
standing, such cash benefits as they
may deem proper and just, not to
exceed 800.
1t has recently been examined by
the states of Alabama and Ken
lucky and has been given sixty days
in which to make arrangements to
dispose of its business in these states.
You are warned not to become
members of either the grand lodge
or subordinate lodges in the belief
that you are obtaining insurance, as
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1914-11-27

are being gathered by the British
showing the marked increase of i'm
ports for copper in certain neutral
ports as one means of establishing
this probability.
The whole subject of the British
right to interfere with copper ship
ments is still under consideration by
the state department. Sir. Cecil
Spring-Rice, British ambassador, con-
ferred with Acting Secretary of State
Lansing, showing the figures of i'm
portation of copper into neutral coun-
tries. These revealed an abnormal
state in the copper market abroad
but there was no general increase or
decrease.
1t is proposed to show that certain
countries imported copper exceeding
their requirements yet, without Great
ing a surplus stock indicating the
balance has gone across the border
to belligerents.
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1914-11-27

Before Tom could reach China there
was a change in government and fear
ing that Tom was to head corps of
aeronai1ts to drop bombs on Picking.
President Yuan Shi Kai placed price
Of $1,000 on Tom Gums head. Tom.
however. valued his own head at a
far greater sum and went to the Phil
ippines, where he established a lucra-
tive school for flying. Lily Tong in
the meanwhile had been receiving
ardent letters from, her absent lover.
and when the daring youngster had
decided that he had enough money to
start housekeeping he sent for his
sweetheart. That is why, In China
town, in the home OF Miss Tong. Lily
is busiIy, engaged in making the prep
arations for the long Journey Of 5000
miles to become the wife Of the in
trepid young fier whose cTeverness
and exploits caused him to be named
as the head Of, the Chinese govern
ment-s aviation corps ard subsequent
~ to have q price Of $4,000 placed en-
his head. Tom Gum was born in
San Francisco and received his edu-
cation in the public school Of tIoe
western metropolis.
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1914-11-27
CLEVER sWINDLE PAYS WELL
Rare Book sharpers Gather In MiI-
Hone Of Dollars From s.,
GulIlbIe Victims ,


New York.-Like taking candy from
a fat baby-that is how George Fisher
described his sale of so-called rare
books to a New York millionaire, ac-
'cording to Irving A. Nemerov, a wit
ness In the governments suit against
Fisher. James J. Farmer, William J..
Hartley and others on the charge OF
having used the mails to swindle book
buyers to the amount of $4,000, 1000.
The witness said Mr.. Farmer congratu-
lated his son, Glenn Farmer, and
praised him highly for having success
fully made a sale of books for $751;
600 to Mrs. Emma Bird of Salt Lake
City. Mrs. Bird testified that the BOOKS
were worth about fifteen thousand dol
lars
Farmer used to go from New York
to England to mail letters to Hartley,
Nemerov testified, so that Hartley
could show the letters, bearing Eng
fish postmarks, to prospective Gus
toners. The letters from mythical
American millionaires touring Europe
addressed Hartley Familiarity and
nearly always concluded with decla-
ration of Intention to give him an or
der for 100000 worth Of books or
more.
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1914-11-27
GET THE WILDCATS PELT
California Hunters Have Unexpected
Encounter With Fierce Beast
in Lucan Valley.

San Rafael, GAIA fierce battle
with a wildcat, in which they came
out victorious, ended a deer hunt for
William Richie and Anthony Bocci.
local sportsmen. p,
The men were hunting in Lucan
Valley, when Richie sighted and fired
at a buck Stepping around a ciump
Of chaparral he was attacked by the
monster cat Bocci, several yards
distant, heard the sounds Of battle
and rushed to his friends assistance.
Bocci dubbed his rife and struck
the cat over the head as it leaped for
Ritchie's breast. The two men re-
turned with the pelt Of the animal.
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1914-11-27
NURSES FACE DEATH
Women Work FearIessIy Amid
Bursting of Shells.
Correspondent Describes Trip Into q
Burning Town to Rescue Wounded
eoIdIers-GlrIe. Take RIsks
With Laughing Courage.
BY PHILIP GIBBS.

Furnes.-The star of an English
hospital to which mobile column Is
attached for. field work has arrived
here with a convoy of ambulances and
motor cars. This little party of doc
tors, nurses, stretcher-bearers and
chauffeurs has done splendid work In
Belgium.
Many Of them were in the siege of
Antwerp. Lady Dorothie Fielding, one
of Lord Denbigh's daughters, won
everybody's love by her plucky devo-
ton to duty in many perilous hours.
This girl takes all the risks with
laughing courage. She has been IN
der fire In many hot slzirmishes '''
In defiance of bursting shells a fly
ing column of the hospital was pre-
pairing to set out in search Of wound
ed men on the firing line under the
direction of Lieutenant De Brogvil1e,
son of the Belgian war minister. Lady
Dorothie. Fielding and two other
nurses stood by their cars waiting
for the word i
De Brogvi1le invited me to accom-
pany the column In a car, which !
shared with another correspondent.
We set out from Fumes at noon.
We were asked to get into Dixmude,
about sixteen hlometers away. We
passed many refugees and German
prisoners, As we approached within
two hlometers of Dixmude we heard
the boom of the cannon and saw many
villages in flames. A'eo' i''t
Close to us, across the fields to the
left, Belgian batteries we're at work,
and rife fire came from many
trenches. We were between two fires
and Belgian and German shells came
screeching across our heads.
Farther, down the road we left two
of the cars in charge of Lady Doro-
THE Fielding and her two nurses. Two
of the ambulances came on with our
light car. We went forward at what
seemed to me a crawl, shells bursting
around us now on all sides.
Then we came into Dixmude. 1t
was wrecked from end to end as
though by an earthquake.
Soon we. had a full load of wound
ed men, put my head outside the
covar and gave the word to the chauf-
mel bullets came past my head and
0tHAh4A6 q plcC0 III lTOA WOEA AeSSbCAcu
out and fell at my feet.
There was an incessant cannonade
and crashing of buildings Mitrail-
leuses were at work now splitting out
BULLETS, Along country roads. the
fields were still being plowed by
shells. In the half hour since we had
left the town, Dixmude had burst into
flames and was a great blazing torch.
By this time there were five towns
blazing IN the darkness. The enemy's
bombardment was now terrific.
At the gate Of a convent were some
Belgian ambulances which had como
from another part Of the front with
their wounded. A wounded man put
his arm around my neck and then
with dreadful cry collapsed. A third
man, horribly smashed about the
head, walked almost unaided into the
operating room. Now he lies dead on
a little pile of straw.
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1914-11-27
HAS a WINGED PARACHUTE
shopman Invents Life Preserver for
Airmen-May Revoiutionize
Navigation of Air.

Greehyille, Pa.-Stephen Banjo, n
resident of this city, has an inventfo Il
which may revolutionize navigatio Il
of the air. It is a nfe-preserver for
an airman, and is so contrived that it
can be worn about, the body at all
times without Inconvenience. 1t weighs
only six pounds, and when in opera
ton opens, the extended canvas wings
acting preventive from a severe
fall.
Banjo is also working on an automo-
mile sled, which is nearing completion.
He is an employee of the Bessemer
shops, and can speak but a few words
of English.
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1914-11-27
CHINESE BEAUTY 70 MARRY
Lily Tong Of San FrancIsoo VIII eoar
Through Life With Aviator
e Tom Gum. &sss 49,

San Francisco.-Miss Lily Tong is
one Of the most charming and petite
of the Chinese bellies in San Francis
cos Chinatown.
Her suitors have been many, Tor
her beauty has ettracted scores of
lovesick Chinese SWANS who have
laid their All at her feet aud wor-
SHIPPED at her shrine. She would.
however. have none Of them. for she
had promised Tom Gum. the San
Francisco born aviator, that she and
he would soar together through life.
Tom Gum Is the young Chinaman,
whose daring aerial fetes Witnessed
by Gen. Lau-TienWei. when the
Chinese general visited San Francis
CO, resulted In Gums appointment as
chief aviator of the Chinese republic
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1914-11-27
WARNING ISSUED
BY INSURANCE
DEPARTMENT
Arizona Corporation Commission
Department of Insurance.
WARNING.

Phoenix, Ariz., Nov. Is, 1914.
To the Citizens of Arizona:
The attention of this department
has been directed to letter being
circulated among the citizens of this
state by the officers of "The Inter
national Liberty Union Of the
World" whose head office is at
Covington, Kentucky.
This is a fraternal beneficiary So
ciety organized in the state of Ohio
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1914-11-27
BRITISH TO PROVE AMERICAN
COPPER GOES TO GERMANY
Supt. of Insurance .

WASHINGTON, Nov. 23-To sue
cessfully maintain her right to secure
or detain American copper cargoes
carried in America or other neutral
vessels to a neutral country Great
Britain apparently finds it necessary
to establish the probability that the
copper is actually destined to Ger
many, Australia or Turkey. Statistics
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1914-11-27

the matter of paying benefits is
purely optional with the board of
trustees.
The association is not licensed in
the state of Arizona and anyone
working for it in this state lays
himself liable to fine and imprison-
ment and will be promptly prose-
cuted.
w. N. BRIGGS,
Supt. of Insurance.
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1914-11-27
seeks divorce From silent Hubby.

Seeks Divorce From Silent Hubby.
Brooklyn.-Alleging that her hus-
band has not exchanged word with
her for three years, although they
had lived together and had eaten at
the same table, Mrs. Lima Halter, OF
Brooklyn, is seekirG divorce. She
claims her husband has an income of
$4,000 a year
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1914-11-27
City Vaccination Proved Costly

City Vaccination Proved Costly.
Notwithstanding G. Howard,
a negro, obts' Led a verdict of $4,000
against the city, after alleging care
Iessness by the municipal physician
who vaccinated him. The defense
claimed Howard neglected the sore.
Blood poison developed and his right
arm was amputated.
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1914-11-27
Here's the TwigIess Apple.

Jacksonwald, PA farmer has an
old tree, from the side of which is
growing a big red apple direct from
the bark, without branch or twig.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-02-10
may LEVY ON The WHOLE TOWN
Judgment Includes Homes, Railroad
Depot, Church and School House.
Sheriff Has Execution.

MACON, Ga.-The whole town Of
LizelIa, homes, postoftice, railroad
depot, churches, schools, and all,
is now subject to the levy of a mort
gage execution, and the judgment
of the court will be served and ell
forced by Sheriff Hicks unless the
supreme court upsets the decision Of
Judge Mathews.
The mortgage was given by j. h.
D. Worsham in 1872 to James Dent.
In 1875 Dent secured a judgment on
it for SASS. Since then the interest
has piled up until the judgment now
is for over $4,000. In 1872 Wor-
sham went into bankruptcy and re-
served as a homestead the 300 acres
on which he had given a mortgage
to Dent. This property comprises
the present township of Lizella.
The property was sold by Mrs.
Dent to the Macon Construction
Company, and upon the failure OF
that company was sold by the court
commissioners to E. G. Harris. The
latter sold it to a score of persons.
If the judgment is ever collected
it will be paid proportionately by all
of the property owners of Lizella.
The suit was brought by heirs OF
Dent.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-02-10
THE SLAUGHTER GOES ON
Automobiles Killed 451 Persons in
New York State Last Year. Reck-
less Driving Is Increasing.

Safety first" may well be written
in letters of fire all over the United
States. Conditions are truly horri-
BILE. Daily in city and country the
slaughter of human beings goes on
unchecked and graves are being dug
by thousands every year by mans
recklessenss and disregard for hu-
man life.
During the year recently closed
automobiles killed 302 persons in
New York city and exacted toll of
149 other victims in the state out
side the city, making tolat of 451.
During the same period 1OS per-
sons in New York city were run over
and killed by trolleys and 1872 by
wagons. In the state outside the
metropolis the trolley killed 10 and
wagons 80, making a grand total for
all three agencies in the state of
8O2.
The record of these agencies in
New York city alone for four years
is 2,006 persons killed, and the auto
was the greatest offender. The wag-
on, however, was a close second,
with 100 as opposed to IT. Last
year, however, the deadly nature of
the automobile was better displayed
and the fatalities exceeded by so the
total by wagon and trolley in the
metropolis.
The Association for the Proven
ton of Reckless Driving, which has
collected the statistics, says that the
reckless driving of automobiles is
increasing and is studying remedial
legislation. One New Yorker sug-
gests that the Sullivan law, which
prevents the totingof deadly weap-
ons. be abolished and that pedestri-
ans arm themselves with revolvers
for protection.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-02-10
AN ATLANTA MAN HAS BEEN FISHING
And What He Told When He Got
Back Shows He's Some Fisherman.
Here's What Happened,

ATLANTA.-A fight with a devil
fish weighing over 1000 pounds is
told of by Alfred c. Newell, promi-
nent Albanian, on his return from
q fishing trip at Miami, Fla.
While fishing with rods and reels
in a small yacht one of the party
hooked a giant fish which is belieY-
ed to be the giant devil fish which
for the past year has occasionally
been seen near the railroad bridge
off Alligator Reef.
The engine was cut off, but before
Mr.. Clark, who got the strike, could
get control of his reel, more than
200 yards of line had gone. When
Mr.. Clark became exhausted Mr..
Newell and later the owner OF the
yacht took a hand. The boat was
dragged steadily seward, and the
water, about two hundred yards
away, where the fish was struggling,
was whipped into a frothy white.
Finally the line broke and the
struggle ended. 1t is believed that
the fish was the companion of the
1900 pound devil fish harpooned in
the same waters last season. Since
it's mate was killed the great fish has
been seen at frequent intervals III
the same vicinity.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-02-10
JUDGE BUSH WEEDS mrs. SHEFFIELD
Widow of Late Judge of This Judi
ciaI Circuit Becomes Wife of Her
Husbands Brother-in-Law.

Judge Isaac A. Bush of Camilla,
one of the most prominent lawyers
and men of affairs in this section of
the state and Mrs. Ida Sheffield,
of Arlington, widow of the late Hen
ry c. Sheffield, who was for a num-
Der of years judge of the superior
courts of the Pataula circuit, were
married Tuesday morning at the
home of Mrs. Sheffield in Arlington.
The ceremony was performed by
Rev. Chas. G. Earnest, pastor of the
Arlington Methodist church.
The ceremony was a simple affair,
witnessed by a few personal friends
of the bride, and Immediately the
couple boarded the train for the
groom's home near Pelham.
No announcement of the notable
and interesting event was made in
advance, and while there were ru-
mors that it was to occur many
friends of both parties were taken
completely by surprise when they
learned of it.
Judge Bush, who is we'll known
and whose first wife was sister of
Judge Sheffield, is perhaps the
wealthiest citizen of Mitchell county.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-02-10
WOULD PUT BANK ON ITS FEET
Plan Is to Be Submitted to Meet OBJ
legations of ~ . $ National.
Examiner STU Co. >rk.
AMERTCUs.-Stockhostba tn

Notwithstanding the
suspended Americas National
together with close friends of !,
banks officers, announced tonight
that they will submit a proposition
shortly to take over the crippled in
stitution, discharge its Indebtedness
and resume business if their plan is
permitted by the comptroller of cur
rency.
The suggestion is that the stock
holders, who are already liable for
the amount of their stock, pay in
100000 Immediately, which sum,
with collections which may be made
within thirty days, would entirely
cancel the banks Indebtedness and
pay all smaller depositors.
Large depositors will agree not to
demand their money within twelve
months, but all will eventually be
paid.
Receiver Dunlap declined tonight
to make any statement regarding the
banks affairs and probable amount
of shortage, stating that his limited
investigation would render any state
ment impossible.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-02-10
STARVING BULGARIANS|
FAMINE HAS REACHED MOST
APPALLING PROPORTIONS.
Widespread Suffering Throughout
the Empire as Result of Recent
Devastating War.

Pathetic appeals for the relief of
refugees in the Balkans are reach
ing London daily and the relief socie-
ties declare that, especially in Bulga-
ria, the need for immediate distribu-
ton of funds, food and clothing is
most urgent. The Macedonian COM
mittee, in its latest appeal, states:
Bulgaria has on her hands thous-
ands of exiles and fugitives, who have
fed to escape the coercion of the
Greek and Servian armies. She takes
over new territories which are little
better than deserts. The country has
been ravaged in two years by each
nation in turn"
Bulgarian war has always meant
devastation and slaughter, whether
waged against the Turk or Christian,
resulting in widespread famine and
suffering.
Il have just seen the most heart
rending proofs of distress among wo-
men and children and non-combat-
ants that l have ever seen, although
| know the condition of life in the
lowest slums in London and other
overpopulated European cities, ;"
writes an English Methodist mis-
sionary.
The mothers are wan and bag
gard, and although they lack food
they cried out to me as l walked
about: Give me bread; for Gods
sake, give me bread for my children
Women and children are now suffer-
ing from the lack of the barest neces-
stiles. | have seen them living in
novels where more prosperous people
would not think of forcing animals
to live. One poor woman, with two
little children clinging to her ragged
skirts, told me that neither she nor
her children had eaten so much as a
crust of bread for three days.
much as a crust of bread for three
days.
Equally distressing cases are to
be seen on all sides, and now this
frightful restitution and misery is
heightened by the severe winter. If
one but could hear the appeal of
these refugees all necessary aid
would be forthcoming, for it is i'm
possible to resist such appeals. But
to meet many demands here man
must have a purse of a Croesus. Food
above all else should be sent before
it is too late. Every shilling now
means a life saved later.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-02-10
HE NET The DEATH OF A HERO
Young Wireless Operator on Ill-Fat-
ed Steamer Monroe Sacrificed Him.
self That Others Might Live.

One of the pathetic tragedies con-
nected with the sinking of the Old
Dominion steamer Monroe, with a
loss of Al lives, was the death Of
Ferdinand J. Kuehn, the wireless OPP
orator, who sacrificed himself that
another might live and who thus met
the fate of a hero.
Knowing that he could not swim
and that he was facing certain death
in the ice-cold waters of the Atlantic
he calmly unbuckled his lifebelt and
fastened it about the waist of Wo-
man. Whether the woman survived
or not is not clear. but the young
hero persisted. Today in New York
two gray-haired parents, of whom he
was the sole support, are weeping
over his death, taking what comfort
they can from the fact that in the
supreme test he rose to the apex OF
true manhood and met hero's end.
For years, ever since he grew old
enough to earn money, he was the
pricipal support of his parents.
He was the only son and they had
become more and more dependent on
him. He was a total abstainer from
both tobacco and liquor, and most
of his life was spent with his family
A few years ago he became inter
ested in wireless telegraphy. He
rugged up a station on the roof of
his home, and after he had become
proficient in the use of the key he
sought employment with the Mar
conf company. After making sew
eral trips to Europe and South
America he entered the service Of
the Old Dominion lire, The Monroe
was his first assignment there.
Earning only $50 month he sent
$50 of it to his parents. Some of it
they saved, and when the trip was
over he had planned to secure en-
ployment near home, so that he
could attend night school and per
feet himself in the education which
he had marked out for himself.