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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-11-13
Columns Minstrels.

To a crowded house, in which many
lacking seats had to stand during the
performance, Coburn's Minstrels held
the board at the opera house Wednes-
day evening. A long and good pc
gramme was given.
Charley Gano grows better as he
or. WIS older ard he and Nick Glynn
have long been favorites with Macon
audiences. The musical numbers of the
programme were especially enjoyed,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-11-13
New Manager of Creamery.

Mr.. Frank johnson, formerly of
Prophets Town, ILL.,, is now in charge
of the Macon Creamery, succeeding
Mr.. Fuller, now at the head of the
creamery at Jackson.
Mr.. johnson comes highly recon-
mended. and it is believed he will main
tain the very high standard the Macon
Creamery has established.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-11-13
wANTED-lO CENT COTTON.

If you are in heed Of good water,
why wait? Why talk war or hard-times?
/ will drill a well for you and take 1oc
cotton az half payment.
Get the man with a reputation for
making good, Address R. C. STONE.
BroOksville, Miss.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-11-13
Cotton Gfnnsd in Noxubss.

There were 9,l34 bales Of cotton,
counting round as half bales, ginned in
Noxubee county, from the crop Of 1914
prior to November /, 1914, as compar-
ed with 10, 466 bales ginned prior to
November l, 1913.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-11-13
CHURCHES


Conservation services will be held
Sunday, Nov. 18th, IL q m. by RI.
Rev. 1. D. Bratton. All are cordially
invited 10 attend.
METHODIST
Sunday school at 10 a. m. Preaching
at II 8. m.
The Union service for the week will
be at the Methodist church at Tbs, p.
a., as Rev. W. w. Woodland, presiding
elder will be with US to preach. Let
every one come, and it is especially de-
sired that every member Of the Meth
Odist church be present,
|. PRESBYTERIAN
Sunday School at 9:45, Morning SER
vice, with sermon by DR.. Jones, pastor,
at II q, m. All are cordially invited.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-11-13
SOCIAL DOINCS

, Mr., 3. b. Elkins entertained the
Forty-two club Thursday afternoon.
Miss Bessie Boggess entertained at a
shower On Saturday of last week at
the residence of her sister, Mrs. Ed. M.
Murphey, in honor of Mrs. J. J.. Scott.
Forty-two was the game played and
the prizes were won by Miss Lallie
Dorroh and Mrs. Julian Boggess. A
beautiful display of linen of every de-
scription was presented to the bride by
her friends.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-11-13

Mr.. julius Yaretzsky, Mr.. Walter
Hubbard and Mr.. Dixon, of Shuqualak,
are in town tonight to attend a meet
ing of the Masonic lodge.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-11-13
NOTICE.

All OF my accounts, yearly and month
". are made out and ready for settle
ment. Those remaining unpaid Nov
ember 18th, will be mailed TO parties
owing them. 90 please give them
nrompt attention. Respectfully,
Ed, N. MuRPHEY.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-11-13
SPOT CASH O

Meat, Lard, Sugar, Flour, Corn, Oats,
Salt, Bran, Meal, Shorts, Chops. Mixed
Feed. DAing to my inability to buy
the above goods on time, am compelled
to sell them for Spot Cash.
1l-13-4t: N. SCALES.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-11-13

Bill says have your old clothes made
new at City Pressing Club.
c. /. SARGENT, Prop.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-11-13

Give us your order for Oys'
tiers. Place your order now for
Thanksgiving dinner.
CANNON & co. Phone 6
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-11-13
ANNOUNCEMENT

The BEACON is authorized to announce the un-
dersigned as candidates for the Office of Marshal
of the City of Macon. subject to the action Of the
democratic primaries. to he held November 18th
j. r. HUNTER
l.. S. SHUMAKER
j. r. SARGENT
J. S. MAURY
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-11-13

Bill says if you want a new suit at
War Prices call and see c. !. Sargent.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-11-13

MARE AND FILLY FOR SALE-A good work
mare and three year old FLY Tor sale;
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-11-13

For SALE-40, 900 good hard brick.
N. SCALES.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-11-13

O RENT House and lot on Maiu street for
rent. Apply 10 Beacon office,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-11-13

DR.. Barefeld In Shuqnalak.
DR.. Barefeld will be in Shuqualak,
Monday, Nov. 18th and will remain .
or 4 DAYS.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-11-13

FOR SALE-One registered Jersey COW with
vo,no calf J. N. MEMORIES,
W Brooksville. Miss.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-11-13

Bill says ladies' coat suits a special
isy at City Pressing Club.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-11-13

q ~SALE-Several hundred bushels choice
rccleaned lespedeza seed. Buy direct and save
money. Seed in all sections scarce: Write us Tor
nS;nescu;cklv. GRANTHAM BROTHERS,
Gainesville, Miss.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-11-13

Velyets and Roman stripe silks for
trimming at Walter B. Patty.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-11-13

SEED ~OATS-Appler and Rust Proof, nome
hushel. c. E. COLONY,
Brooksville, Miss,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-11-13
NOTICE.

Standard Patent Flour, S.. SO.
Seed Wheat.
Seed Oats.
Seed Rye.
Seed Rape.
N. SCALES.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-11-13
TO LOAN.

The City of Macon has $40, 100000 to
loan. Good real estate security, Noxu-
bee county preferred. Apply
]. J. SCoTT, Clerk.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-09
RIVER DISCOVERED COLONEL OF 1000 AM SOME TRIBUTARIES

not river, but represented floods in the forest. Floods do not stand at an angle of descent of a thousand feet, and they do not extend to cover a. dis tance of from 900 to 1000 miles. I saw the suggestion made that the riv- CT might be either the Madeira or the Tapajos. My companion, MT. Fiala, went down the Tapajos. MT. Miller went down the Madeira We went down a river in between. So that most of our party went down both the Tapajos and the Madeira and we went in between.
 The length of the river we cannot give accurately We computed it by dead reckoning at between 400 and 1,500 kilometers. I should say 800, $50 or possibly 1.oO0 miles. It runs be- tween nearly the thirteenth and fifth parallels of latitude-that is, it covers. about seven and half degrees of lati1 tude- Of course that is about doubled by the curves. As you will see if you turn to the map of Europe, that is a distance considerably longer than the Seine and Rhone combined-as far as I can see, allowing for the slant of the curves, about as long as the Rhine or the EIbe.
 At this point of the river, where the upper AripOna, so called, comes in, we measured the bottom, and it is about 4, 800 cubic meters a second, by which you can get a fair Idea of its volume in comparison with other rivers. Ex- cepdng for the 100 miles or 15O miles from the mouth, 1t is not navigable for gteamboats because it is so broken by rapids and such very swift river.
 There are rapids, and serious ones, to pass, but they can be perfectly well negotiated You can take boats up them It is still better if you want to establish a series. You can have launches above each rapid to go for the 15O or 200 kiIometers before you come to the next serious obstacle to navigation There is no difficulty whatever in the navigation I say no Btandpoipt from which I am speak lng-by launch and canoe, broken by falls now and then from 1O7k degrees to 575 degrees.
 Tells of the Authorization.
 Now, when we embarked, having gone some thirty days by mule and OK train across this high central plateau of western Brazil-when we embarked our party consisted of twenty-two men, sixteen camarades and three Brazilian officers, among them Colonel Rondon and MT. Cherrie of the American mu- scum, my son Kermit and myself. We said goodby in the twelfth degree of latitude to the other members of the expedition who had come that far
 Colonel Rondon, believe. affirmed that it was the Aripone which we
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-09
ing and conduct of

best and sures safeguard against per
 tent and widespread application of the Golden Rule in the think
 ing toward Mexican people
 Even strong and clear is Christ n the of the future. JAPAN IS AWAKENED; CHINA IS AWAKENING. millions PASSION FOR RIGHTS PRIVILEGES OF THEIR OWN RACEf That the most question It to and the orient to denounce to rse and exchange of thoughts and visits
 HAVE REEN DREAM, WILD PERHAPS VET SEEM ING MOST BEAUTIFUL THIS COUNTRY OF OURS SUCCESSFUL IN BREAKING DOWN PAR T,roNs RACES GLASSES, DARING SUPREME STEP AND SAVING TO THE "<EEP UP DOWN REFUSE THAT WAR IS NATURAL AND IN ASSUME NATURALNEsS OF WHATEVER YOU N THREATENtNG MENTs SHALL WANTS TO ATTACK ME | SHALL DEFEND LONGER BASE MY POL ICY HATRED AND THE EXPECTATION or WAR"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-09
REPORT ON .OF 4 NEW RIVER
Points Out Geographical Ln- iaccuFacies - Dangers of Unknown Rapids.

 there for the first time, and, of course, endeavor1ng to map 1t in detail. It is much easier now for any one to follow us, and if this Geographic society or any other responsible organization wishes to send a man to go down that river I will give him letters to rub ber man who will unquestionabIy as- sist him to get the canoes and the rowers that will enable him to ascend as far as the lowest of the uppermost rapids and come back again, covering two-thirds of the distance and going up to the tenth degree.
 We have put on the map river of which there is not only no knowledge and which is not shown on any exist ing map, but 1t IS not even guessed at on any existing map; of which the up- per courses of the navigable portion have never befoRe been trayersed by any civilized man; of which the lower portion had been known for years by the rubber men, but of which no to- pographer had the faintest idea of the existence
 We descended in the neAghborhood of a thousand feet all told from the head waters to the bottom of that river.
 Dismisses .'Flood' Story.
 It has been suggested that this was
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-09
Artistie Tempsramsnt cursd.

1t will be news to many of her uy1i- ads Of admirers to hear that that noble artist Titiens 'used to suffer from O. bad temper. and in these outburEt
 she felt a strong desire to smash auy- thing that came handy" How Iitlerl was ultimately cured Of the habit llr. Gang relates in his reEniniscencs HShe was sitting at supper after con cert in a provincial town when tho manager made some remark which an- moved her. As usual, she took the GEBt thing that came te hand. a soda water bottle, and flung it at him. The man ager was sitting at the table with a1i1 back to the window. The bottle nIsz- ed him, smashed through the window and nearly killed a casual pas4er1V. This, said T1tiens. gave her such a shock that she was completely cured of her failing."-Pau Mall Gazetta.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-09

sition. It's course is really about where the Jamaire is on the map put down as running. I could not trace out our course with reference to the map be- cause we would have to make impos- sfble zigzags in order to cross on the map the rivers that we actually crossed.
 Now we came down to this point here Indicating on the mapl. There on the map is a mountain. There was really d valley, with a river flowing down the middle. On this map, which is the best modern map, the map pro duced for me by MT. Grosvenor, as representing the latest information they had-on this map there is a river rising here. It does nothing of the kind. 1t does not run anywhere near it. Here are those rivers heading up there. They do not head up there. We went down another river, where their sources are supposed to be, and these mountains are almost as irrelevant to the actuaI facts as are the rivers them selves. I
 You can see, as said, better on this map here. Here Is the TapaJos. Here is the Gyparana running into the Ma deira. On that map and on this you will find little river in about 55& de-
 
 about 5.12 or 5.15, but very nearly 5.5 "a little river without any name.
 Found River Not on Map.
 We found a river-that is that black spot there Gndicating on rnap}-wfth no hint or suggestion on the map. I repeat that there is not a hint or a suggestion. There is not a hint or a suggestion of any big river between the Duvida and the Madeira except that this map gives incorrectly that river as flowing where it does not flow With that river we have noth- ing to do.
 We found that this river, called the Duvida River of Darkness1 arose be- tween the f1fty-ninth and sfxtieth meridian of longitude west from Greenwich, just north of the thir- teenth degree of latitude, south. It at first flowed west and then south and then flowed north, originally as a mountainous, timber choked brook, not navigabIe until in latitude degree 1 minute south and longitude 50 degrees and IS minutes west-about, in each case, maybe two or three minutes wrong.
 We crossed at a point where it be- comes navigabIe, and it was there that we embarked and then ran on down about 5 degrees. I want to call your attention to the fact that am using my terms with scientific precision, and when say sPut it on the map" I mean what I say.
 I mean that it is not on any map and that we have put it on the map
 I went down that riTer, going down
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-09
AleaeIna Aara. el.I...

Tn @Inseet Bi0graDhseg V7iEh Ben and Camera's the author pictursa ft plight of the -unIucky dy who hag er- tered Mrs. Spiders paEEoRs
 It Is struggling to escape from t1a unexpected not which in Eo1aa mV ter1ous manner has suddenly 1p ed 1t when a creature oe tsa as- pect hastily Eusaes out upon e. Eaha bead-like eyes glare wildly upon ehe terrified fly. A large, halry and bry nnger-Iike Dalpus on each side o1 sliE appalling face waveH and nourshea with angry menace in the air, apfaF ently quivering with malignant aa. Then one of those c0mbed and claw ed feet is stretched toward che hap less prisoner. and the threads tlaf hold the fy are suddenly frightened m as the monster pulls them together. Then the spinnerets eject a shower of silken strands over the dys and t i4 spun round and round on the tRrHadE that hold 1t until at last it is securely enyeIoped, sttlI alive, in aiken bonds.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-09
Trapulna a coyoae.

The coyote is one of the sIiest a0 hardest of all fur bearing anfmals to trap. He delights in digging up ha springtng them. eating the bait and otherwise disturbing the set Without getting caught Ills sense of 8meil ts very acute. The best way to trap hir1 Is to build a bonfire over the set uG the traps have been properly placst Throw into the embers somo bacon rinds, chicken bones or. betr yet bones of sage hen or grouse. Tne c1Eoea habitually searches about
 for stray bits of meat and ia thareGars less wary. The fire ohIltr3ea th traces of the set, eleulnates the eEez and smell Of a human being. and th odor of the burned meas win aet him from long distance. Ee more likely to walk into the trap thu6 cie- guised with the reunauts o2 caUN- fire than any other unless you Ee a carcass literally surrounded Wgfth tr
 with a severe winter on and no er carcasses within m11ea.-Ts g. ecM Tn Farm and Firess.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-09
FAIRFIELD

Tohn Cousky of Mill Plain, was fined s10 and costs by Judge Bacon Wake man in the town court yesterday af- ternoon- The man was arrested on Saturday for catching perch in net at the Far Mill river. He paid his fine It is expected that a number of arrests will follow as the gsrne warden has secured a number of names of persons catching fish in this man ner.
 Walter Russell while driving his horse along the highway near Eastcn yesterday morning lost a rubber tire which he had in the rear of his twag- on- The matter was reported to the police at Bridgeport
 Miss Grace Pease has returned to her homo after undergoing an opera ton at the King County hospital in New York
 Ths many friends of George Mullins win be pleased to learn that he is greatly improved in health
 John Boyle has opened a new route in NH Plains on which the Farmer
 Attorney clitus Fl. King returned to his home from Hartford late yester- day afternoon
 d large number have arrived at the beach for the summer
 Miss Mae L Lowell is a. guest at the home of relatives in town.
 MT. and Mrs. James Wilson have re- turned to their home in NorwaIk after spending, several days with friends in town
 Charles Grey of the beach entertain- ed Miss Mildred Hall of Westport over Sunday
 The Draper family have arrived at the beach for the summer.
 The cottage of pr. J. T. Thompson at the beach is being rebuilt pr. Thompson will move his family from Brooklyn. ". r., when work is com pIeted
 The work of spraying elm trees on the property Of Miss A. B Jennings is about completed
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-09
COL. ROOSEVELT $
 DISCOVERY
We Put It on the Map" He Asserts, Counting Proof
 to the Contrary.
By THEODORE ROOSEVELT.

rText of his speech before the National
 Geographic society.1
 WI YE started up the Papagaio, WV hunted around there dndicat- w ing on the map), went up
 here to this point and then struck across country on muleback to this point and then went down to there. It is almost impossible for me to show you on these standard maps what I did because the maps are so preposterousIy wrong
 There are two rivers close together, the Sacare and the ajos-that is, within ten miles of each other each of which has waterfall about the size of the falls of the Yellowstone, in one case about 75O feet high and in the other case about 25o feet high. There is not a hint of the existence of those waterfalls nor, as far as I can find, of those rivers on that map. The Ju- ruena is not there
 We then journeyed three weeks far ther on. We got near. this great tzib- utary, which is here, which is the Gyparana, but on the map the Gypara- ma is ? degrees of longitude out of po-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-09
Where sentimant stops.

Mary Johnson in her book 'sHagar'' has Mrs. Green, one of the characters, reply to the heroine's wish that she could make money, by saying: 'eIt ain't so easy for women to make money. There's more ways they can't than they can It's what they call SsentI- ments fights them. Sentiment don't mind their being industrious, but it draws the line at their getting money for its
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-09
FRISCO BOARD NEARLY
 BARS FIGHT SHOWS

San Francisco. June 9.-Prizehght- ing had a narrow escape from being crossed off this city's program of fu- eure entertainments yesterday when ehe board of supervisors voted nine to eight to revoke all fight permits. Un- der the charter, 10 votes were neces- sary to adopt the resolution and one member of the board was absent.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-09
u Scared Him.

After spending a few weeks cle year at watering place, where he took his daily swim in the open air pool or warm sulphur water, a little fellow was the next year at the seaside. In his tiny bathing suit he gaEed ont over the vast ocean in silence.
 4'Pm not goin' in. Dat ain't waiter for boys. Oats for boats "- Chicaeo
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-09
HARRY WHITNEY ERECTS
 MONUMENT TO PONY

New York. June s.-A novel monu- raent has been placed over the grave of Easz Leaf, the polo pony belonging 10 H F. Whitney that dropped dead iu d game at Meadowbrook on Memo rial day Two small goal posts. paint ed blue and white. support a black tablet with the inscript1on in gold, let tering-
 -Gold Leaf. Famous international sony
 Charles Bake, of Los Angeles. a mo- tor-cycIe racer, was killed in Chicago when his machine crashed into a steam roller
 The schools at Columbus, Ohio. were closed becauae or the heat Tie ther- mometer registered 10z degrees
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-09
onian Mna,,rnl

Bertha-And do you really believe that woman always tuEng Co the last page first when she picks up a book Percy-Well have 10 reason to doubt TeFeeraph
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-09
A White Hepe.

'1 have a mind to give you a good whippingi'' exclaimed the impatient fa- ther.
 'SWeIl.'' replied the athletic youth, maybe you can, but if you succeed it will be some item for the sport page-"-Washington Star.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-09
WiIJlnq to HeIp.

daughterl- CSoodby, my dearl I WOn'e kiss you-I have such a cold. Els Son (with alacrity) y)-Can do anything for you, father2
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-09

' N TIMES WAR. I IN HELL THERE NO DIFFICULT
 SETTLED BETTER WAY THAN BY FORCE OF SOME OF CRUZ IN TRENCHES TR SOCIETIES., INsTRUMENTAL SETTLING INTERNATIONAL DISPUTES. WILL
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-09
No+ Whi.kw

Ma-You've been drinking! I smell t in your breath Pa-Not a drop. Eve been eating frogs legs. What you smell is the hop.-Harvard Lampoon-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-09

James. I understand the fogs are thick in London
 q remember one, sir, that held for three months. 1 was working on tunnel, sir, and we cut ninety foot tunnel through a sixty foot hill. .a- Washington Herald