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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-10-23
vlcKsBURG ASKS $125,ooo.
Money Needed for Work or Yaxoo
Canal Bank.

Money Needed for Work on Yaxoo
Canal Bank.
vicksburg.-At the meeting OF the
Mississippi river commission In st.
Louis an effort will be made to secure
from the commission the $125,OO0
which was requested in a bill IN con-
gress by Congressman J. W. Collier,
for the urgent and necessary immedi-
ate repairs and protection to the Yazoo
Canal bank along the city front OF
V%icksburg.
Gazing has for some time been doing
great damage to property. To this eno'
Mayor J. ]. Hayes and Alexander Fftz'
hugh departed for st. Louis on the
Yazoo & Mississippi Valley north
bound train, joined here by E. Ford OF
the Queen & Crescent road, and they
will be met in Memphis by c. c.. Han
sou of the Gulf Compress company. In
st. Louis the party will be met by
CONGRESSMAN Collier, who Will come
there from Washington to cooperate
in this important cause before the com
mission. Mayor Hayes also received
word that Vice-President w. L. Parke
of the Illinois Central would attend the
meeting.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-10-23
Women In Warfare.

Endeavoring to emulate their an
cient Germanic and Gallo mothers
who fought against the Roman
legions, the French women OF the
revolution formed themselves into
militant bodies and the danes de
Halle and the Faubourg st. Antoine
in short petticoats. red Phrygian caps
with pixies in hand, became conspicu'
GUS In the early days Of the Terror
and the Amazon Of Liege." grasping
her lighted match, astride her can
non. was dragged by a mob OF de"
mented women to Versailles when the
royal family was forced to return to
Paris. Women were also prominent
at the barbados during the com
mune, and many a ,murderous sho'
was fred by a woman's hand fron
the windows Of the capital.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-10-23
COMPLIMENT THAT WAS REAL
Tribute Paid BY old NurOs Of John
sharp Williams Should Have
Pleased Bride.

Senator Kern Of Indiana and John
sharp Williams Of Mississippi + not
only fellow Democrats, but very good
friends and frequently pelt each otner
good ~naturedly.
Upon one occasion, when Mrs. Kern
was on 9 visit to the capitol, Senator
Williams was introduced to her. After
the usual exchange OF greetings the
gentleman from Mississippi looked
Rrayely at Mrs. Kern and. with the ex'
preston Of q Judge who had a sym
pathetic comprehension Of all things
pertaining to prisoners at bar IN
uuired in a judicial voice to match.
Madam, did you marry this man o.
your own free willT
Upon proper assurance that this was
the case. he remarked, CALAMITY; !
think John has done what an ola
darky on the home place said done
when | brought my wife back home q
bride.
THE old nurse met US at the gate
and when l told her, This is your Miss
Betty, now-my wife, the old dark!
looked Miss Betty over very admiring
". Then she turned her shining blacl
face to me and exclaimed: 'Massa johl
Sha'p, Use been heah TO three genera
tions O. brides. but yoh, sub, yoh ha
lest outmarried y~o'self.' Washing
ton Star.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-10-23
MAKES YOU SICK! uSTENI
CLEAN LIVER AND BOWELS MY WAY
lust Once! Try "DOdsOn's Liver Tone When Bilious Constr
mated. HeadaChy-DOnt Lose a Days Work.

back guarantee that each spoonful
viii clean your sluggish liver better
than q dose Of nasty calomel and that
Il won't make you sick.
Dodson's Liver Tone Is real liver
medicine You'll know 1t next morn
ing, because you will wake up feel
ing nas, your liver win be working
your headache and dizziness gone.
your stomach will be sweet and your
bowels regular.
Dodson's Liver Tone Is entirely
vegetable, therefore harmless ano
cannot salivate. Give 1t to your chill
dren. Millions of people are using
Dodson's Liver Tone instead OF dan
gerous calomel now. Your druggist
will tell you that the sale OF calome
n almost stopped entirely here.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-10-23

Liven up your sluggish liver! Feel
nns and cheerful: make your work .
pleasure; be vigorous and full OF am
bition. But take no nasty, danger
GUS calomel. because 1t makes you
sick and you may lose . days work
Calomel is mercury or quicksilver
which causes necrosis Of the bones.
Calomel crashes into our bile like
dynamite. breaking 1t up. That's
when you feel that awful nausea ana
cramping.
Listen to me! II you want to enjoy
the incest, gentlest liver and bower
cleansing you eve experienced Just
take a spoonful Of harmless Dodson's
Liver Tone. Your druggist or dealer
sells you q so cent bottle Of Dodson's
Liver Tone under my personal money
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-10-23
NOT INCREASE TAXES.

A bulletin issued by the census bu.
reau gives the financial statistics OF
with a population of 10000 and
byer. The "a cities having a popula-
|tion of between $4,000 and $4,000 In
|clud& Topeka and Wichita. Kan.-the
two in this group located in tenn
|perance states. The average tax ate
an the % wet cities is 1928 per thou
sand Of assessed valuation. The tax
Rate of Wichita (59,222 population Is
isis. so: that Of Topeka (46.47s popuia-
Ition) is given as $3.50. The current
rate Of the latter. however. including
city, county and state. y but *lo.So'
Only eight Of the cities IN license
states have q less rate than Wichita;
none has a smaller rate than the cur
trent rate Of Topeka. Although Topeks
I4stands ut the bottom Of the list on pop
ulation, only two cities show q larger
assessed valution.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-10-23
Antt-HopS.

Reports Of the hop harvest suner-
ing through the war would nave
pleased the anti-hop crusaders 81 ior'
mer times. In the middle OF Inc sew
enteenth century the city OF London
petitioned parliament to put down
two anusancies. Newcastle Goals IN
regard Of their stencil, ETC.. and nops
in regard they would spoil the taste
OF drink and endanger the people" A
few decades later John Evelyn sp-
pealed to the king and all loyal lana.
owners TO Danish the "drogue hops,
which. he declared, spoiled good ale
and led to tormenting diseases by
planting cider fruit and so creating o
taste for more wholesome liquor. "A
century ago Goblet also wrote angrily
| of hops and hop growers, chiefly De
cause OF the destruction OF young
trees for hop poles.-London Chron
icle.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-10-23
onduc1ed ~ the National wOman's
Christian temperance Union-1
EER DRINKING AND DEoENERA-


lea DRINKING AND oE0ENERA-
TON.
By PROF. DR. Won BUNGE Of Ger
many.)
Think Of the madness Of the whole
rocess. Yearly. giant masses OF our
host valuable nutrtttve substances,
rains, fruits, berries, are thrown to
hese yeast fungi to devour. The fungi
0evouT this yeast and what they leave,
heir poisonous excreta, 10 collected
d vast quantities, stored In bottles
nd barrels, sent into all countries.
distributed among all men. And now.
lay after day. all the organs and It's
ues Of the human body are flooded
nth this poison, eve those which So
srete the germ cells. and 80 the uni
kersal weakening is carried down into
III succeeding generations.
With half measures we can accom-
blish nothing. Only the most radical
means promise any success whatever.
Dur aim is the total prohibition OF
HE production and trade in all alcohol
70 drinks.
~ Our real, our chief enemy. Is the
liant capital which is laid down In
be brewing, distilling and lquor-sen
hg trades. II prejudices still rule
Lmong US It is because this capita
controls, directly or indirectly. IN,
Arhole press, and does not allow prop
r information to get to the people
Such horrors as a great mooerl
Boint-stock brewery p~erpetuates ar
A,nrivaled In the whole worlds nls
tory. Men in past centuries wer
made chattel slaves. But the slave
kept their health. Men have bee
killed by thousands. But the childre'
2of the murdered remain strong. No'
they make slaves Of them and mul
|Ider them at the same time. They h
them with their children and the
children's children. They kill the
Slowly; they torture them slowly
death.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-10-23

Mrs. Russell Sage started on her
eighty-seventh year a few weeks ago
and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller began
her seventy-sixth. Mrs. Sage 10 sald
to be the more robust of the two,
Mrs. Rockefeller not having been
very strong for some time. Both
women have q long life of well doing
to look back upon.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-10-23

AT the recent session OF the Ma
tional Electric Light association IN
Philadelphia Mr.. T. G. Martin gave an
interesting report on the electrical
stimulation and plant growth. He an
nounced that vegetables, such as rad
ishes and lettuce, when subjected 10
electrical treatment. had shown a 70
per cent increase in growth over un'
treated vegetables. Evidently cleo
tricity 10 destined to play n important
part in the production Of our food
Scientific American.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-10-23
AN INDUSTRIAL N z

The Reyman Brewery represented
one of the big industries Of Wheeling.
w. Va, before the state went dry.
THE vets binted to 1t as n OF the
great concerns which temperance
would destroy, thereby throwing men
out of employment. Instead OF de'
struction. however, came transforms
ton. The Reyman Brewery has beer
changed into the Reyman Packing
kcompany. Additions to the plant cost
ing at least n hundred and nifty
/ thousand dollars are being built ano
# will employ 400 lei The brewery
employed 40.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-10-23
HANGER OF MODERATE DRINKING.

DANGER OF MODERATE OH'NN'"~'
Twenty years ago medical science
discovered that the white blood cor
puscles are the guardians OF the BODY.
defending It against disease germs. A.
has been proved that even alconoi
Through its narcotic effect paralyzes
fhese defenders and makes them pow
erless to destroy the invading Toes
this even after very minute doses OF
alcohol. Moderate drinkers are II ID
we'll known. prone to diseases OF the
liver. This Is because alcohol inter
feres with it's functional duties Physio-
logical science tells US that the I've
destroys much of the poisonous waste
matter generated in the body. Wnea
alcohol Is taken into the system the
liver, it seems. goes to work to elimi
nate that first. The power OF the i've
\ being limited. some Of the other worS
II left undone. waste matter returns
ia o the blood and disease Is the re
suit.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-10-23
WHAT LIQUOR do.

Ouring q temperance campaign ~
.srtain state the proprietors OF the
nreweries published In q local papea
h. following notice: Alexander the
Great drank beer and conquered .ne
80 before he Was t~hirty-two. fel.
hans he might have done II sooner -
hs had not drunk beer. but you De.,
~. take no chances" Shortly ai.sl,
20 earS the same paper published the
sorowipg as a rejoinder; AieA anoh
enc Great died in a drunken oeSa ~.
.noa = of t~hirtythree. YOU'D DEL
tev take no chances.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-10-23
Partially.

Five-year-old Katherine was kneel'
ing on her fathers lap, stroking the
very scant thatch on the top of his
head.
Daddy" she suddenly piped up. 40
Won know that l think you've got
awfully nice hair" A moments 81
lence. Then: But If you were not
my daddy l wouldn't think you have
nice hair"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-10-23
,ucA7loN AND SALOON MONEY

An American saloon WORKER wa'
trying to persuade an lrishman TO vote
for the saloon by using the threadbare
.roument that II you close up the ga.
Ion. and cut of tae revenue. 1t VIII
he necessary to close the public
.cboo,s. And then what viii your
nov do for an ~educaAionf" Well. De
os-ah said the Hibernian, I'D rath'
ar bays my boy learn his A. b. ~
heaven than to be able TO read LaEr
On hell."-Vanguard-
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-10-23
Hioh School Election.

Ackerman.-The board OF supervls'
ors has ordered an election. to take
Mace on the 9th. to ascertain whether
or not the people will stand for a one
mill levy to maintain the county agri'
cultural high school. The school mas
already been established and the build
;nps erected. The tax was voted down
last wear by a very decisive majority
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-10-23
pronar ~Eorethouaht.

Good marnin'. Mrs. Moriartty. us
we'll YER lookin'. And how's thot
delicate son av yours nowT"
ITS %wurruking in q delicatessen
store, he Is"
AHA! Must be foine to have spe-
cial stores list for sickly byes to wur
ruk In. hey?"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-10-23
Contempt Case Set.

Walthall.-Injunction suit against
tho hoard of supervisors OF Webster
county, to enjoin the sale OF bonds 10
ne amount of $45, 900, or SO much as
would be necessary, was called to be
haard before Judge ]. A. Teat at Ack'
erman.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-10-23
Excluded.

The Applicant-Have you q vacancy
in your tango classes1
The Dancing Master-How old are
youf
"Forty-three."
What is your weight3"
Hundred and fifty"
you'll have to go on the waiting
list. I'm not accepting tango pupils
under forty-three years and lSO
pounds."-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-10-23
/ / BY NEGREsS.

Charles Treadway Dies Of Wound In
fIIeted Weeks Ago.
Greenville.-Charles S. Treadway,
aged 43 years, died at the Kings
Daughters Hospital here as the result
of a pistol shot wound inflicted by a
negro woman at the plantation store
of Willette, several weeks ago. MT
Treadway, as manager of the planta-
ton and store, reprimanded the woman
for falling to do her work on the place.
She secured a gun, returned to the
store and shot Mr.. Treadway In the
back, and after weeks Of suffering her
he finally succumbed to the wounds
He leaves a wife. The remains were
taken to Hollandale for interment.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-10-23
For the Human System.

For cuts. burns, bruises, stiff neck.
sore throat, sprains, lame back and
bunions, use Hanford's Balsam OF
Myrrh. 1t is guaranteed. It Is for ex'
ternal use only. Always have a bottle
on hand. ready for accidents. Adv.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-10-23

Jackson.-H. E. Blakeslee has been
notified by A. Weller & Co. Of Green
wood that they will donate a handsome
RIO silver loving cup to the agricultural
high school which puts together the
best dinner during "Grown-in-Missis.
s,nni" week exemplifying Mississippi
nroducts entirely.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-10-23
Limited to Her.

James, you've already danced with
that young Miss Smithers four times.
I think you ought to drop her now.
People will be talking"
Nov ma"
IL tell you 1t doesn't look right"
Don't get jealous. I'm not in love
with her. She's the only n in the
ballroom who dances the hesitation
the same way l do."-Detroit Free
Press.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-10-23
rr.rxrn BABEK A GOOD TONIC

And Drives Malaria Out OF the eysteM.
aYour tRabek, acts like magic have given
n TO numerous people in my parish who were
suffering with chills, malaria and fever rec
Commend IL to those who are sufferers and IN
need Of q good tonic"-Rev. 6. szymanowsk1
n Ii,S;r n. HEX. 30 cents, all druggists or by
Parcels Post, prepaid, from Kloczewski d Co..
Washington, D. o.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-10-23

Leland.-Fire originated from ar
cause in the old power nous
building, completely destroying IT, as
we'll as damaging a lot of MACHINERY
that had not been moved.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-10-23

Patients and Doctor Far Apart.
my doctor Is evidently determined
to get a rest"
What has he done?"
"sent all his patients to the noun
tains and he's going to the seaAhore.'
Kansas City Journal.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-10-23
Making Allowances.

"Our government" said the man Of
intense idealism. must keep faith. It
must fulfill every promise to the let
ter"
"Oh, conn now!" protested the pa
tent person. "You can't expect the
weather bureau to make good on every
nrediction."
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-10-23
OF Equal Impact.

Knicker-They are looking for a
war tax that will fall equally on every
one.
pocker-Then tax the rain.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-10-23

Some people know too much. and
,tberc know enough not to.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-10-23

Hanford's Balsam is good for blood
poisoning. Adv.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-10-23

Ask anybody about it-Hanford's
Balsam. Adv.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-10-23
A Mans Carelessness.

A Mans Carelessness.
"Tve hurt my wife's feelings again.
said Mr.. Meekton.
by something you said?"
mo. didn't say a word. But /
got mixed up in my recollection OF
which parts Of her speech called for
laughter and which called for ap
plause."
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-10-23
Ceylon has 1,OOO.O 900 acres in cocoa
nut plantations.

Fruit canning Is becoming popular
In South Africa.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-10-23

sprained ankle7 Rub on and rub In
Hanford's Balsam thoroughly. Adv.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-09-09
SCHOOL DISTRICT
LINES CHANGED
lyear, which win begin next MondaJ

lyear, which will begin next Monday
morning:
The public schools of Clarksburg
will open Monday, September Il.
Two new buildings. the Washington
Irving High school on Lee street, and
the Linden ward school on Linden
avenue, will be ready to occupy. For
the first time in years all the schools
Of the district will be taught in reg
ular school buildings. The lease on
rented buildings used for school
purposes was surrendered early IN
the season. Central school building
on Hewes street, which has been
used for high school, will now be
used exclusively for graSes below
high school The name OF this ward
building has been changed to the
flowers school. in 1onor OF DE-
George Towers, graduate of Oxford
University, England, who was the
first principal of old Randolph Acad-
envy, a school established on the
present Central school site shortly
after 1870. Probably this was the
second school in the country estab-
lished west of the Allegheny noun
tains.
The completion of the new school
buildings necessitates some changes
In district lines Some change In
school organization has been found
advisable Hereafter the school will
be divided on the sfx-sfx plan, that IS
six years of common school and SIX
years Of high school. Seventh and
eighth grades, as formerly classified,
will now become the first and second
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-09-09
.THE pIREcTnIRE IAcKI;:ET.-

poguiar memory - the lev l'lrecloa. y.
jacket ne modei picttEeo nere !. s =
carried our n Irlcoslne. s. = -, 1872 ~,
n cio.n. lI = DeAuL
quanty ma makes nan nc s. ~. g
sonr ana q
ter1al are requtFeo ZOE y = y 0ost Vas-
tureo mere. -
TO preserve the lines o. sne coat Llle
greatest care should ne usea y c ue-
ting. Al OF the paris q tne PastsIl.
with tne exception oI tns cO.asI: ~. 3
placed on 2 lengtnW1se tn Is g. OF L ~
cloth. MAKE notcnes ca.e1uly ano g
sure that they correspond peT1ectly pe 20.
fore they are put togetne AI y - oI5l "a
what y WI Cost 70 nave = ta1lOI's ptess ~
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-09-09

years Of the Junior high school.
When the organization is fully ad-
justed, which will require q year or
two. the Junior high school will
comprise three years, the former the
seventh, eighth and ninth years IN
school, the latter the tenth. eleventh
land twelfth years in school. It is be-
Iieved that many advantages will be
derived from this plan of organize
ton. For the year 1914-1915. all
seventh and eighth grades. Junior
high school, will be in attendance at
washington Irving high school on
Lee, street.
On Monday morning. September
ia, the school buildings will be open
and ready for the reception of pupils
at $3.50 o'clock. Pupils in attend
ance at high school last year should
report at Washington Irving schools
Central, Con- church and oroaddus.
should report at the Central builds
ing: those who were at Fferp61-- and
Patton should report at Pterpont;
those who were at the West - :,
Morgan and Monticello. should re>
port at the same buildings and the
same rooms that they attended last
year; those who were at Carlisle and
Park avenue, should report at Car
should report at Linden school on
Linden avenue: those who were at
Alta Vista and Winfield should re-
port at Alta Vista; all pupils In the
colored school should report at Wat
ar street. Pupils who were not In at
tendance last year should report at
the ward buildings of their own dis
trict. or the building found most
convenient. On Monday morning as
oIa% ~ and hIl1ldin re
will be made. slips showing needed
text books given out and new pupils
received. Every pupil In the district
should be in attendance from the be-
i ginning.
In dividing the Independent dist
riot into wards. the aim has been 70
place children in the nearest ana
most convenient ward building that
lis available for their Accommodation.
lines established at the beginning are
believed to be those best suited FOR
the accommodation OF the children,
all circumstances considered. Should
necessity arise, these ward lines are
subject to change. The. following
ward lines have been decided upon
West End school. for the first
four grades In the section OF the dis
ltrict lying west Of the city corpora
ton line and Elk creek to the West
| Fork river at Adamston Fifth and
sixth grade pupils will attend Pier
pont.
Morgan school, for pupils in the
/ first four grades who live in Stealey
Heights, Hartland and Highland
Park. Fifth and sixth grade pupils
will attend at Pierpont
| Monticello school, for pupils in the
first four grades xSl1o live south OF
the city corporate lines at Mont cello
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-09-09

In S. s. s., the famous blood purifier.
Is the greatest natursl repair crew known.
It Is an antIdote for gems. that once let
loose, multiply 50 fast tlat definite dts-
ense is apparent over night And yet 20
powerful Il the influence Of 8. 8. 8 that
IKE vast amy 1t spreads all through
the blood. checks disease. opens MP al the
valves of escape aud throws ont disease
through the lungs, kidneys. bladder, bowels
Do not become panic stricken II rash:
cr bofIs or eruptions in1ame the skin.
Nature Is doing her best but Nature y At
the same time calling for help. and IN
s. s. s. is just the Kind OF help Nature
demands, for 1t is pure vegetable remedy
With. an action that vigorously follows the
blood channels ana cleans and repairs az
ii goes along. In every ccmmunity are
people who know this to be true. They,
have used s. SIS. and are blood clean,
through and through.
Get bottle OF s. s. s. today at any
drug store. Drive out those destructive
germs that cause skin eruptions, sore throat,
swollen glands. blood risings. painful rhen-
naatic joints chronic brnnchitis, ana most
All conditions Of disease. Read the folder
around the bottle that tells about the great
work being done to assist sunerers II yon
would know. more about the blood and its
treatment, write for special book to The
swift SPECIFIC CO.. 50 Swift Bldg. Atlanta,
Ga. 81 X 5, =