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Macon beacon., 1914-01-23
Town Planning in Universities.

At the international congress OF
town planning held at Client last sum-
mer, NJ Jules Brunfarst, architect OF
Brussels, and member of the Royal
Academy of Belgium, communicated a
report on the value of universities,
academies and schools Of art establish
ing definite courses Of instruction In
town planning under it's dual aspect of
technique and esthetic. He gave 1t as
his opinion, which was generally in
dorsed, that all architects, engineers
and people intrusted with the admins
tration of public works, both for gov
ernment districts and towns, should be
required to have followed course Of
instruction in civic design and to hold
q diploma for it. This, OF course, was
making very bold claim for educa-
tional work in the subject, but there
can be no doubt that sooner or later
1t will be looked upon as part Of the
necessary equipment of the municipal
constructor and engineer.
Macon beacon., 1914-01-23
RAISING STANDARD OF LIVING
Must Tend to Improvement of
Town Where They Reside.

A suggestion regarding wages, made
In the Civic Federation's report on
working conditions in department
stores, is Of special interest. 1t is that
employers pay the fare of employees
living in the suburbs, This is done to
some extent in England.
The plan is essentially one for rails
ing the standard of living among its
beneficiaries. But 1t is more than
this. 1t is subsidy for efficiency, II
you care to put 1t that way What the
employer spent for this purpose he
and his customers would receive
again in the form of better service,
even without any reduction in hours.
In addition, the report points out that
a better class of employees could be OBJ
tanned, since they could be found
among persons already living in the
outskirts of the city. But all other
considerations yield to the meaning Of
such an arrangement for the lives Of
those concerned. One manager in
Philadelphia is reported as intending
to try the plan.
Macon beacon., 1914-01-23
Dummies Arrested.

Dummies used by Pathe director
in an auto wreck at South River N. j.,
had the distinction of being shot at and
arrested by Chief of Police Oppenber-
ger of that place recently, according
to a New Brunswick newspaper. The
dummies, when not in use, were placed
In the store room of the Washington
aotel. Some jokers told the chief that
some men were stealing cigars from
The store room and when he arrived
and saw the dim figures in the dark
ness he called upon them repeatedly
to surrender. Receiving no answer he
blazed away at them several times be-
fore he discovered the joke.
Macon beacon., 1914-01-23
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NEW YORK FACING PROBLEM
Proper Housing Conditions for It's In
ereaslng Population Seem to Be
a Thing Of the Future.

10 sum up, a million and a quarter
of souls, or more than one-third OF the
tenement house population that was
stepped in the environment which
made for all unrighteousness, have
been housed decenely and safely, and
the rest will be- Have we, then.
solved, the housing problem in New
York?
No, we have not We have not real
lied the ideal of the little house with
cheap rent, and we never shall real
ize 1t. Instead. rents have risen, and
are rising yet. We have not less
crowding, but more. We know now
that the cliff dweller In New York has
come to stay, at least in the old city.
The problem now is how to bar the
cliff dweller from crossing the bridges
into the New York OF the future.
Since the point of saturation was
reached In the crowded region south
OF Fourteenth street and the exodus
thence began. the tenement builder
has been busy In the boroughs. 1t Is
easy to foresee that the time may
come when the conditions of Manhat-
tan will be reproduced in the newer
regions, without the defense OF Man
haitian that it Is pent between two
rivers. How to prevent this is the
nightmare of social reformers OF con-
gestion committees. Like men fight
ing fire we must get in front Of It.
A stern chase Is vain chase in deal
Ing with this trouble. Can we hold our
ground there?
The answer applies to every grow
ing city: We can, If we begin at the
beginning. City-planning is New
York's remedy.-Jacob A. Riis in the
Century.
Macon beacon., 1914-01-23

four-fold roads. Grouped general
H the ways of change and progress
are political, agricultural, Industrial,
social and educational. With the first
the world is best acquainted Politi-
cal progress In Ireland, as interpreted
by the overwhelming majority of
1rishmen at home and abroad, spells
Home Rule.
Irish Parliament Assured.
Ireland, always temperament, is to
become also nation. That is the
meaning of the Home Rule bill. Home
Rule for Ireland. agitated for genera
lions and, since Glandstone's day, a
clogging issue in English politics. is,
apparently. to be accomplished Even
its opponents are saying, in private If
not in public, Let's get this thing out
OF the way and give the imperial par
lament at Westminster q chance at
imperial affairs. The advocates of
home rule are talking OF the work be-
fore the new Irish parliament at Dub
lin and how the members of the new
parliament will go about it. For home
rule for Ireland, stripped of all the
verbiage of the parliamentary act,
merely gives to Ireland a legislature
which will make local laws for Ireland
1t takes Ireland out of the place of a
District of Columbia or an Alaska.
without power1to enact local legisla-
Macon beacon., 1914-01-23
Vacant Lot Gardening.

Vacant lot gardens in the large cities
of America represent form Of practi-
cal philanthropy that is attracting ia
vorable attention throughout the coun-
try, In Philadelphia according to the
last annual report OF the Philadelphia
Vacant Lots Cultivation association,
the land Is lent free OF charge by the
owners. The association spends about
Ave dollars garden for blowing, fer
tilizer and seed. Each garden is as
signed to family, which pays one
dollar the first season, two dollars the
second season, and so on until the
fifth season. when about the full cost
Is collected. Last year 442 families
were assigned gardens, averaging
about one-sixth Of an acre. The fam
lilies spread the fertilizer and plant,
cultivate and harvest the crops, sup
plying their own tables and selling
the surplus.
Macon beacon., 1914-01-23

phatically that there is no possibility
of any such persecution and that the
Imperial Parliament in London would
promptly and properly interfere were
it attempted. Should the British gov
ernment yield to this resistance on
the part Of Ulster, as does not now
seem probable, Home Rule for Ireland
will, of course, be deferred. Settle
ment "by consent" through compro-
mise, If any change is made in the
present Home Rule, appears more like
ly. That a majority OF five-sixths
should not rule seem incredible from
the American viewpoint, but majori-
ties are not always conclusive in
Great Britain.
Orangemen Minority In Ulster.
The Orangeman-the Protestant VI
sterman--is really not an Irishman,
but transplanted Scotchman or the
descendant of a transplanted Scotch
man. He brought his religious faith
with him, votes it on election day, car
ries 1t IN procession at political meet
ings and holds himself aloof from the
overwhelming majority Of his neigh
bors. He is In minority even in the
Ulster counties, but he has on his side
the larger Share Of the wealth, the
education the culture Of the province.
Appeal TO Force VIII Fall.
Hearing the Home Rule bill discuss
ed at Westminster, listening to the
political addresses on the Twelfth Of
'July-the chief day of Orangeism-
at Belfast, and talking with Unionist
ard Nationalist in club and street, the
conclusion Is suggested that the real
root Of Ulster opposition to Home
Rule 10 political demagoguery and
ciericalism. The majority Of the
Scotch, Welsh and English voters and
Macon beacon., 1914-01-23

tion but legislated for by congress or
parliament, and puts 1t in the place OF
Illinois or Massachusetts or Oklahoma
with its own local law-making body.
The analogy is not exactly accurate,
but fairly SO.
United States of Britain.
Home rule may be we'll defined, in
deed, in quotation from one of its
ablest opponents, who. speaking on
another subject and discussing the
British empire in tomorrow's world,
said:
Il cannot help thinking that as we
in England Nave now thoroughly rea-
lized In every one of these great COM
munities that each is to manage its
own affairs, carry out its own life,
make It's own experiments as freely as
II 1t were an independent political en-
tity-as that is truth thoroughly un-
derstood by every politician of every
party In every one of these several
communities cannot help thinking
that upon that solid basis we shall
build up something which the world
has never yet seen, which political
dreamers In the past have never yet
dreamed of, coalition Of free and self
governing communities who feel that
they are never more themselves,
never more masters OF their own fate,
than when they recognize that they
are parts Of a greater whole, from
which they can draw inspiration and
strength; and that each lives its own
life and is most itself when 1t feels
itself in the fullest sense self-govern-
ing entity which yet has larger
whole to look to, whose interests are
not alien to it, on whom 1t can rest in
time OF trouble, from which It can
draw experience. to whom It can look.
Macon beacon., 1914-01-23
U1Orld
THE NEW POLITICAL IRELAND
BY WALTER UILLIHMT, LII. D..
Dan "ds Sehc0iafjoamahm efthr Unhs.ay Of b1hssurD

whom 1t can aid, and from whom II
can receive aid"
Commons Sure to Enact Law.
Tomorrow's world Is to have Brit
ish United States, with federal capi
tai at London, If Mr.. Balfour's noble
dream finds realization. In the mean
time, Ireland is to be a self-governine
division of the present British empire
Twice the parliamentary act effecting
this result has passed, by considera
BILE majority, the British house of com
mons. Twice, by an equally decided
majority. it has been rejected by the
British house of lords. When passed
a third time by the commons it be
comes law despite the opposition OF
the lords. The majority party in the
house of majority par
ties" Is more accurate, as coalition
Of Liberals, Nationalists and Laborites
is necessary to form the majority--is
pledged to pass the Act before another
general election. Unless something
unforeseen occurs, the Irish Parlia.
AAiOhS o. DuDhlh Will COAu0 lutO DSlue
early in 1916 or before. At which all
Ireland will rejoice-all but Ulster!
listers Resistance.
The one obstacle to the immediate
accomplishment of Home Rule is, OF
course, Ulster. Ulster comprises nine
counties Of the north of Ireland. Bel
fast Is the commercial center. From
Belfast and the surrounding country
comes the chief, indeed, practically
the only serious objection to Home
Rule. Led by Sir Edward Carson, the
Ulstermen are pronounced in their op-
position. Volunteer troops are being
drilled. provisional government sepa-
rate from that Of the rest of Ireland
formed and also by the so-called 10y
alists, who resist autonomy for Ire
land, preparations made for the resis-
tance by force to the acts of an Irish
National Parliament. They will not
submit. they declare, Nto rule from
Catholic Dublin. There's the fly in
the ointment-Catholi Dublin.
The Protestants of Ulster profess to
fear some legislative or executive per
secution from a Parliament at Dublin,
q large majority of the members of
which will, of course, be Catholic. The
Catholics, on the contrary, assert en-
Macon beacon., 1914-01-23
How He Made Il. Out.

Mrs. Jones and Johnny had only a
few minutes ago boarded the train
when the conductor called for tick
ets' Mrs. Jones Immediately pro-
duced hers.
How old is your boy, madam
Quick as a flash Johnny was down
between the seats on his head and the
mother replied, six years old" As
this procedure was not understood, and
as Johnny looked too large for six
years, the conductor said, Il did not
understand you, madam" Johnny
grinned and spoke out proudly, Don't
you know that nine turned upside
down is six?"
Macon beacon., 1914-01-23
SKIN CLEARED.
BY Simple Change In Food.

II has been said by physician that
most diseases are the result OF indi
gestion.
There's undoubtedly much truth in
the statement, even to the cause OF
many unsightly eruptions, which many
suppose can be removed by applying
some remedy on the outside.
BY changing her food Kan. girl
was relieved of an eczema which was
great annoyance to her. She writes:
For five months | was suffering
with an eruption on my face and
hands which our doctor called eczema
and which caused me a great deal OF
Inconvenience. The suffering was al.
most unbearable.
"The medicine took only gave me
temporary relief. One day happened
to read somewhere that eczema was
caused by indigestion. Then / read
that many persons had been relieved
of Indigestion by eating Grape-Nuts.
Il decided to try it. liked the
taste Of the food and was particularly
pleased to notice that my digestion
was improving and that the eruption
was disappearing as II by magic. ]
had at last found, in this great food,
something that reached my trouble.
When I find a victim OF this afflic,
tion remember my own former suf-
fering and advise trial of Grape.Nuts
food instead of medicines"
Name given by Postum Co.. Battle
Creek, Mich. Read "The Road to Well
vflle," in pkgs. There's Reason"
Ever read the above letterf Al new
one nppcnrs from time TO time. Thcy
nre genuine, true, nnd fuli Of hMman
tatereer,
Macon beacon., 1914-01-23
Established Motor speed Record.

A motor speed record has been es-
tablished between London and Monte
Carlo by Mr.. James Radley. Leaving
London on Monday at 1910 In the af-
ternoon, he arrived at Monte Carlo at
3:14 on Tuesday, having made the
journey in 26 hours and minutes.
or about 375s miles an hour improv-
ing on the attempt made a few weeks
ago by another Englishman 70 the
extent Of three hours and IL minutes.
Mr.. Radley was accompanied by two
other gentlemen and mechanic. His
sister left London on Monday by the
IL a. m. express and reached Monte
Carlo on Tuesday, her journey TAX
ing one hour and ten minutes more
than her brothers..
Macon beacon., 1914-01-23
QUICKLY RAN DOWN GHOSTS
Unlmaginative Physician Robbed So
ciety for Psychlcal Research Of
Good Material.

What chance has ghost nowadays?
Who can hope to keep phantom in
the family in the face of such perni-
cious inquisitorial activities as those
of the Boston professor who investi-
gated Back Bay mansion most con-
vincingly reputed to be haunted? Col
lier's asks. Unpleasant and forbid
ding sensations had been the por-
tion of tenant after tenant. Asleep
and awake, they were oppressed with
alarm, melancholy and even paraly-
sis. Vague but horrific apparitions
hoated before their eyes; their ears
were afflicted with terrifying noises.
to their beset imaginations "the sheet
ed dread did squeak and gibber"
throughout the place
Every circumstance of CHASTITY mys-
terry was present until their arrival
from the Massachusetts institute Of
technology a pedagogue bearing the
unimaginative name Of Schneider. Pro
fessor Schneider asked few ques-
tions, shifted the air, and sent for
the furnace man. The furnace man
fixed the furnace and that fixed the
phantoms One and all. ghoul, ghost,
goblin, wrath, specter and banchee,
they vacated the premises and return
ed to their home limbo. They had
been born of poisonous gases escap-
ing from the defective furnace.
Most ghosts probably do leak out
of bad fiues and pipes. This contribu-
tion to demonology will commend
Schneider to plumbers and owners Of
haunted real estate, but will never
earn him membership in the Society
for Psychical Research.
Macon beacon., 1914-01-23

nve-nixths Of all Ireland have calmly
decided that Home Rule is to be es-
tablished In Ireland and the frantic
appeal to force In Ulster may hurt the
heads Of Catholic workmen in Belfast,
but It win not stop the setting UP Of
the Parliament at Dublin.
When one goes beyond the state
ment Of the facts Of today to suggest
the story OF tomorrow entrance Is
made into the realm Of prophecy. Yet
even entrance there must be adven.
tured If the making of tomorrow's
world is to have full considerations AT
least glance across the threshold
may be taken.
No Persecution, Says AsquIth.
Upon the third reading Of the HON,
Rule bill In the House Of Commons,
Mr.. Asquith, the Prime Minister, said:
Because we have faith and trust in
the patriotism and common sense Of
our Irish fellow citizens. we do not
believe there would be any danger
under Home Rule Of either religious
or political persecution or oppression" :"
II, he added, the opposition could show
there would be real danger of this
kind, they would have not only the
Governments sympathy, but its sup
port. The reply of the Ulster Protes-
tants is an emphatic refusal to accept
the Prime Minister'S conclusion for
the reason. they say, that everything
in the past and present history of the
Nationalists justifies 1t in holding the
opposite conclusion. And there the
case rests. Whether the five-sixths
Of the Irish people represented at Dub
lin are to be bad boys cannot be finally
determined until they get the chance
to be bad boys. The Parliamentary
bill gives them the chance.
Relics Of Irish Parliaments.
In the National Museum at Dublin
are the robes worn by the Right Hon
orable John Foster Baron Oriel), the
last speaker of the Irish House Of
Commons, the spe lker's chair and the
mace, the symbol Of legislative au-
thority. These will be used by the
speaker Of the new House of Com
mons. After the British Parliament
had abolished the Irish Parliament the
Irish speaker was asked to hand over
the mace to the authorities in Dublin
Castle. He declined saying that he
would never surrender the mace to
any one but the body from whom he
had received it.. Entrusted to the
Dublin Museum for safe-keeping. 1t is
today the property of the speakers
descendants.
John Redmond Probable Premier.
Armed with the symbol of authority
the new national assembly will take
up the work of legislating for it's own
people. John Redmond, the National
ist leader, will doubtless form the first
Irish ministry. He belongs by birth
and training to the landed class and
all his instincts are towards modera-
tion. The Nationalists, now a solid
body, will divide in their advocacy of
protection, free trade and other poll
cies. Measures for the agricultural,
industrial. social and educational
amelioration of ireland. now of ne
cessity receiving scant consideration
in the Imperial Parliament at London,
will have large attention Ireland at
Dublin will administer, well or i'll only
the future may show, her own affairs.
To those who believe that self-gov-
ernment is better even than good gov
ernment, tomorrow's world will be
improved by the political coming
the new Ireland
copyright. 1913. by Joseph B. Bowies.)
Macon beacon., 1914-01-23

Du blin, Ire
land.-Old Ire
land. nearest of
the British Isles
to all America
and dearest to
IN a n y A m 9 r l.
cans, is being
made new, to the
Joy Of those who
yet dwell on "the
ould sod" and to
the equal joy of
the t h o u s a nds
who have depart
ed to enrich 9TH
er lands. There
is a new Ireland
slowly rising into
view upon the
worlds skyline.
The transforma-
tion Is along
Macon beacon., 1914-01-23
RottomIess.

Nervous Tourist--Are you sure the
driver is strictly sober man? He
does not look like an abstainer.
Landlord OF Scotch Inn--Weel
there's not an abstainer about the
place, ma am, but he's the next best
thing toe it; ye Gamma flll that yon
fu'
Macon beacon., 1914-01-23
Wonderful Case of Mrs. Stephenson,
on the Pacific Coast.

INDEPENDENCE, onreoN@I sick with what four doctors
called Nervous Postaon treated by them for several
would be better for while then back the old way again had
ppaton of the heart bad fanng spells and
that dropping to the floor would nearly kill could
lift the ghtest weight without making @ fact about
sick miserable could be- medicines adj
yertd and thought would try them and did for
Pnhams Vegetable Compound and also used the Sanatye WASH
Since then have used them whenever felt sick remedies
the only doctor employ You liberty publish this let
ter."-Mrs w. STEPHENSON, Independence, Oregon
Macon beacon., 1914-01-23
One of MANY.

Briggs-Rogers claims to be an ag-
nostic, doesn't he?
Griggs-Only as to religion; as to
everything else he knows it all.
Macon beacon., 1914-01-23

Women from the Atlantic to the Pacific, from All ascctions
of this great country, city SO large village small
but that has written words Of thanks for
health restored by Lydia E. Pnkham's Vegetable Com
pound. No woman who is suffering from the ills peculiar
to her should rest untshe this famous remedy
trial. Is it not reasonable believe that what it did for
these women it will do for any sick womanf
Macon beacon., 1914-01-23
A Grateful Atlantic Coast Woman.

HoDeDoN MEI feel duty owe to all suffering to
tell what Lydia Pkams Vegetable Compound did for One
year ago found myself aterrbe sufferer had pains in both sides
and such could scarcely saighen at times My
back ached had appetite and could Sleep
then would be tired mornings that could scarcely get around
It seemed almost impossible to do bit of work and
thought would be better until submitted to
on commenced taking Lydia E. Pnkham Vegetable Compound
and felt like had palms, slept we'll had good
appetite and could all work for fam
lily of four shall always feel that good health to
medicine" Mrs. HAYWARD Sewers, Hcdgdon, Maine-
For years Lydia e. Pinkhan's Vegetable @SGS~S,N
the standard fe KG&NNNI
male ills. No sick with wOmans ailments I/ - v&AM
justice herself If she does this fa "a
medicine made from roots and herbs it III ~ WIl
has restored suffering tOhealth. ~
EPINKHAM MEDICINECO. C\ ~
@& (CONFIDENTIAL) LYNN MASS. for advice. MN MN@3M
and answered
by woman and held in strict confidence. SSSE
Macon beacon., 1914-01-23
New Pipe Cleaner.

For cleaning pipes used for con-
veying liquids there has been invented
machine that forces crushed quartz
through them, much as bottles are
washed.
Macon beacon., 1914-01-23

The man who is placed on pedes-
tai must take a certain amount Of
pride in his very loneliness.
The Oklahoma miner. [volume] (Krebs, Okla.) 1912-192?, 1914-01-01
'Eire ElN Jan. 81

Hammerstein's comic opera Of
rs people with dainty Edith
Thayer will come to the Busby
theatre on Saturday, Jan. 3 for
matinee and night. The COM
pany comes direct from Texar-
kama in special train. Manager
Estes per sonally guarantees the
attraction and is looking for
ward to a record breaking atten-
dance. A more detailed an
nouncement will be given pext
week.
The Oklahoma miner. [volume] (Krebs, Okla.) 1912-192?, 1914-01-01
The *

We now have considerable
due us on subscription, and to
make a long story short-WE
NEED THE MONEY, and un-
less we get this amount or a
goodIy portion of it within the
next few days we will be COM
PEELED to discontinue the publ
cation of this paper. So, if you
desire to see your home paper
continue and succeed it will be
to your interest to come to our
rescue in this matter.
A blue pencil cross at the top
of the paper will indicate that
you are behind on your paper.
We do this with a kindly feeling.
and no intention of offending
just a matter Of business.
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Guarantees Ii.

Manager Estes desires to per
sonally guarantee the Fire
Fly" which comes to the Busby
for matinee and night Saturday,
Jan. 3.
This is the first Hammerstein
show in McAlester and Mr.. Es-
ties is expecting overflow crowds
at both matinee and night per-
formances. Miss Edith Thayer
is the smallest prima donna on
the stage and the company is
60 strong with their own orches-
ira Of 20 pieces.
Night prices: Balcony so, Is,
81. Lower floor $1.50; a few at
$500.
Special matinee prices: Balco-
ny 80, Is. Lower floor $1.00.
Seats reserved at Daniels for
both performances. Order your
tickets now for Their are going
fast.