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The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1915-11-12
IL HEAD HORSES
Farm Machinery, etc.

P. & o. sulky plow, fourteen inch, good shape.
2 walking plows fourteen INCH
3-section harrow, good shape
/ Mccormick mower, good shape
Mccormick rake, good shape.
/ Superior grain drill good shape.
/ new John Deer grain binder dozen mixed chickens
good 3-inch wagon. / wagon and rack.
3 buggses / endsprng top buggy, nearly new.
sdesprng mountain buggy in good shape.
/ sdesprng runabout with long box
2 hay frames. | set double driving harness.
new buggy pole. l garden pow.
iron bedstead and springs. pedestal dining table, new
kitchen cabinet with top. ! stand table.
wooden bedstead. / extension table.
chairs and other articles too numerous to mention.
TERMS OF SALE All sums over $40
credit 10 months cash on sums
$40. ~
John Elan and ]. M. Davidson
COL MARsTERs & SON. Auctoneers E. C. PFAFFLE, Clerk
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-09-10

The combination beef and dairy
cow has been thus described A COW
that Is large, strong and vigorous, full
Of energy and Astounding In vitality;
physical organization and digestive
capacity such that she is able to turn
TO the best advantage the ~rOughage OF
the farm, converting II into merchant.
ablo products, that she yields large
quantities of most excellent milk TT
for any and all uses; that heredity Is
so firmly established that she Is able
10 perpetuate herself through the pro.
duction Of strong, healthy calves; ard
that when for any reason her useful
ness in the dairy is at an end. she
iattens readily and makes excellent
beef.
No one viii deny the need Of a dual
purpose dairy breed in America-one
that Is primarily a dairy breed but
that Will also furnish desirable beef.
kho old system of beef production
resting on free range, cheap lands and
cheap feed Is eve now a thing Of the
past. Meats Of all kinds are, year by
yoar, advancing in price; and II the
working people are to have beef at all
within their means. it must come
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-09-10
Curious Indian Game TRAPS.

The discovery Of the manner in
which the prehistoric Indians Of the
southwest obtained their meat supply
was made recently by Washington
scientists during an investigation
around the plateau Of the Pajarika
park, neal Santa Fe, where a number
of game traps were found.
It Is believed that the discovery Of
these traps indicates that the south
western Indian of prehistoric times
was far more intelligent than his
brother OF the North.
The traps are holes cut in lava rock
at places where the poisonous gases
make their way through to the sur
face. They are ingeniously arranged
to suggest a cavern in which an ami
NAL may hide.
Animals running from their foes see
n Of these traps and dive into 1t.
Almost instantly they are suffocated
by the gas. This n of dearh
does not destroy their value as food.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-09-10
Deterioration HEAVY,

G%reenville. - The deterioration In
the cotton crop Of the delta during
the past three weeks has been heavy;
In fact, the cotton has retained little
or no fruit since Aug. 10, due 10
showers and boil weevil, the latter
making their appearance almost with
out warning after the first Of August.
The cotton has been opening rap
idly and picking, when weather will
permit, has become general in mos.
sections Of the lower delta. Very
little cotton has yet been ginned, but
with a demand at present prices there
will be little disposition on the part Of
the producers to hold their product.
The condition as compared with The
crop at this time last year is fully
30 per cent short.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-09-10
LUMINOSITY IN NATURE
MANY INSECTS AND PLANTS
HAVE LlGHT-clVING POWER.
Lightning Most Popular Among Pyro-
technle lnsects-Australlan Pop
py Is the Most Remarkable
of Luminous Plants.

The lightning bugs mystery OF
light without heat is now alleged to
be solved. A member OF that earnest.
headed colony Of scientists at Woods
Hole, Mass, has recently declared that
the bug does its interior and exterior
illumination by eating certain sub
stances which supply 1t with phos-
phorus.
1t is to be hoped that this is true
30 we may quit worrying about why
the lightning bug Is lit up.
Although the lightning bug is our
most popular and common pyrotech-
mic insect, there are many other in
sects and many forms OF vegetable
life which share in light-giv!ng power
OF high and low degree. Under GER
tain conditions nasturtiums, dahlias,
tuberoses and yellow lilies may be
seen to glow with a bright radiance,
varying in color and intensity. Only
those flowers that have an abundance
Of yellow or orange shades exhibit
this phosphorescence. The best time to
see the light is after dark, when the
atmosphere Is clear and dry. The
light is sometimes steady, but often
intermittent and flashing.
Often, in the early fall, the ground
will be Illuminated by the glow from
the dead leaves The Australian pop
py is the most remarkable of all the
luminous plants. for 1t has been found
to send out a light of its own of quite
notable brilliancy.
Mushrooms growing on decayed
wood often have a degree of brilliancy
that, when they are placed on a news
paper. will enable one to read the
words in their vicinity with no other
light. One species of mushroom in
Australia, 16 inches in diameter, was
of such brilliancy that, when seen
from a distance, its light frightened
the natives.
Crabs are notable light givers, and
the salpa of California is the most
wonderful of all. Bodies Of water 20
miles square have been seer glowing
with them, and in Santa Catalina
channel one naturalist reported that
as far as the eye could see the crea-
lures lay cleaning like gems in the
sunlight. Many luminous frogs have
been discovered from time to time,
and any frog may be made luminous
by inoculating 1t with certain bac-
terra which produce this phenomenon.
Many theories have been brought
forward to explain the phenomenon
of luminosity, but as yet little is
known about it.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-09-10
Races Are All Decided.

shSSSo BiS ~
All the races contested in the sec.
ond Mississippi Democratic primary Of
Aug. "a. have been decided and Demo-
cratic nominees for all offices both
state and county have been named.
Stokes V. Robertson has defeated
Charles J. Moore for revenue agent
by approximately 10000 votes, with
every county heard from. Official re-
turns will change the figures but lit.
tie. Marc Antony Brown, present in
cumbent, has defeated Henry c. Wood
for land commissioner by 1000 votes,
with returns complete.
George R. Edwards is conceded the
winner for the railroad commissioner
ship for the First or Middle District
v e James R. Mcdowell. The latter
made the best race of all the defeated
candidates. His defeat was by the
small margin of 366 votes. He has
conceded that Edwards is the winner.
1t is not believed there will be ma
ter1al change from these figures when
the state committee ~canvasses the
vote next Tuesday.
Figures railroad commissioners race
are as follows: Edwards, 17,496; Nc
Dowell, 17,130; Edwards majority, 36G.
In the penitentiary trustee race, Stone
received 2S,290; while returns lin
completely give Matthews 1886.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-09-10

and that the average COW does not
give a return OF exceeding $40 per
year for the labor invested and food
consumed.
With increasing land values and
cost OF labor and feed, such a return
gives little Or no profit; and It Is up to
the farmer-dairyman keeping average
cows to find out why he Is working
without compensation. II the average
dairy herd In the United States pro.
duces just enough to induce its owner
to keep on working, 1t Is evident that
many cOws are kept at a loss, and that
II the average production could be
raised a nice profit would result. 1t
is also evident that the only way to
raise the average Is to improve the
methods Of caring for the cattle and
also the cattle themselves. BY i'm
proving the methods, 1t is quite likely
that the better t~hree-fourths Of the
COWS would produce as much profit as
all now do, and the |one-fourth now
kept at a dead loss might be sent to
the block without decreasing the out
put Of dairy products. The man who
milks cows merely for the pleasure he
gets out of 1t, provided he can afford
It. may confer a favor on humanity.
but does not show good judgment, and
Che sooner such men can be induced
to change their methods the better 1t
will be for the whole dairy industry.
Improvement in conditions Is neces-
sarily slow. The greater part Of the
owners are lethargic; but there is al.
ways a progressive portion that is
looking for better things, and this
portion will in time leaven the whole
mass. The main cause Of this lethargy
Is ignorance. Few men would keep
Improbable cows II they knew which
were kept at a loss; but they do not
test the COWS individually and 80 can
not know.
All progress in dairy husbandry.
aside from improved methods of car.
Ing for the cattle, must depend upon
improvement by selection and by
breeding. BY selection OF the best
cows, and breeding to the sons Of best
cows. in time a great improvement
would be shown; but this process is
too slow when there is a quicker way.
That quicker way Is to make use OF
the improved dairy breeds for the OBJ.
tanning Of bulls with which to mate
the selected cows. An improved breed
Is one that Is able to convert food in.
to valuable products more ~proftably
than could the breed or breeds from
which it was derived. Also 1t must be
so thoroughly established that it will
breed true, The breed which should
be carefully bred to is the one that
excels in the profitable production of
milk, butter. cheese and veal, and also
beef production.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-09-10
Forty Per Cent Cron.

Greenwood.-The cotton crop has
suffered considerable deterioration,
and the crop yield this year of the
fieecy staple is conseryatively based
at a 40 per cent crop. Weather con-
ditions have been all but favorable,
and greatly retarded fruiting, and has
stunted the growth Of the plant. She'd
ding has been largely in evidence,
and the plant fails to show a healthy
appearance. The crop is opening
faster, however, since the late rain,
and picking is becoming general.
Ginning has started on a small scale,
but gin receipts are beginning to
pick up.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-09-10
DO YOU HAVE Hay FEvER7
Then Doubtless You Suffer Also From
the solieitous Friend-cures
by Hearsay.

! affect hay fever on the eighteenth
day OF every August, beginning at a
quarter past three in the afternoon,
Robert c. Benchley writes in Vanity
Fair. From then until September 20,
along about ten o'clock at night, my
friends are never at a loss for a mer-
ry laugh or a jocund remark about
my appearance. / am not a proud
man. but | have sensibilities. | there.
fore have a personal interest in all
alleged hay fever reliefs.
But hay fever cures always come
secondhand 49, by hearsay. Someone
snuggles up to you and says: "Oh, do
you have hay fever" Ito which the
Goldbergian answer would be, NO, l
paint my rose and eyes red every day
to brighten the gypsy moths away
and then. with an air OF purveying
diplomatic secrets they confde that
they have "a friend who used to nave
hay fever, oh, terribly; couldn't
breathe, and all that sort of thing,
you know; and someone told him of
this kind Of powder arrangement
which you snuff up your nose and then
mold your head under water for a
minute or two, and, do you know, he's
never had a touch OF hay fever since
he tried It," And II you'd like, they'll
ask their friend where to send for It,
and they take your telephone number
so that they can let you know all
about 1t. Only II you are hardened to
the type, you give them the number
Of the ZOO, or the aquarium, or some
thing i%mpersonal like that, for the
chances are that when they do call
you up 1t will be to suggest an addi-
ton to your life insurance policy. ,
It's mighty funny that you never
run across the original friend in the
first place. No one ever steps right
up to you like n mar says in SO many
words, This has cured me Of hay
fever" pointing the while at q clearly
labeled bottle.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-09-10
SEPARATOR IS QUITE USEFUL
To Secure Last Cent Of Profit Out Of
Dairy One Must Take Every Pre-
caution to Get Most Milk.

The modern dairy is very different
from the dairy of the old time, and to
get the last cent Of profit out of your
labor, and out Of your COW, you must
take every %precaution for securing the
largest quantity Of milk and for get.
ting from that milk the largest guam.
tity OF butter and cream.
One way is to get n separator and
then to learn how to use the separator.
Then you must study the food prob.
lem, You must keep an account with
every COW. II you have three or five
or ten, do not average the production
Of milk, Keep a separate account with
each COW and find out whether each
COW is producing enough to justify
YOU In feeding it and caring for it.
This Is the foundation OF success In
the dairy.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-09-10
Boy Is Shock Absorber.

Howard Davis, q Contemporaries
Upland (Pa.) boy, performed a remark
able tumbling act while picking cher
ries in a high tree. That his neck was
not broken vas probably due to the
fact that in his flight from the upper
branches he struck and knocked from
a ladder Charles Esslinger, another
lad, who really suffered most from an
injury to his back.
After striking young Esslinger Da-
Wis turned a somersault in the air and
fell at full length on the ground. The
shock stunned him temporarily, but
he soon regained his feet, while his
companion required assistance to get
home.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-09-10
Reunion of Veterans.

Adjt.-Gen. J. A. Webb, Of the Missis.
sippi division, United Confederate Vet.
Grams, gives formal notice that the
date selected for the annual reunion,
to be held this year at Biloxi, is Octo-
Der 9Th. The event will last three
days.
Gen. Webb has been in correspond
ence with the committee on arrange
ments at Biloxi, and that organization
promises to make the reunion in every
way a notable event.
1t will be especially enjoyable this
year because of the fact that the vet.
Grams can visit the Confederate Home
at Beauyoir, and visit the comrades
who are spending their declining days
Their in peace and plenty.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-09-10
Big CIarksdaIe Lumber Mil Burns.

Notwithstanding a loss esti-
mated here at $780, 900, the planning
mill Of the Duss-Hetzler Company was
reduced to embers late on the night Of
Aug. q, and several adjoining resi-.
dences were slightly damaged, al.
though efficient work of the fire de-
partment prevented a more serious
conflagration.
Starting from an unknown cause in
the dry kiln room, the infammable
nature Of the lumber in the mill en-
abled the fire to gain considerable
Roadway before the department ar
rived, and heroic efforts were neces.
sary to keep the blaze confined to a
restricted area around the mill and
yards. Several box cars on the Yazoo
& Mississippi Valley Railroad tracks
leading to the mill were consumer by
the flames.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-09-10
MARKETING THE PEACH CROP
One successful Way Is in Car Lots
and That Means Comparatively
Some Essential Hints.

Ry w. H. WlCKFS. Arkansas Expert
ment Station)
For conditions whore the markets
are comparatively distant there Is
Just one way to market peaches sue.
ccssfully on q commercial scale, and
that is in car lots. This generally
means comparatively. rs few growers
have enough Of any one variety to
make up a car lot themselves. Grow
ers in the same community should
plant the same variety in order that
they may ripen at the same date, II
is almost impossible for n peach grow
or to live by himself. Therefore do
not expect to 20 into n community. no
matter how we'll the soil and climate
are adapted to the cultivation OF
peaches, and expect TO make a success
of Ave or ten acres OF peaches unless
you have a good local market, Better
you and plant a few acres and market
comparatively. Form a cooperative
association and. If possible, affiliate
with n larger central market agency.
As for peaches, the trade uses the
hushel basket and the siX.basNet
crate. Nearly NIL the markets prefer
the buchel basket. and there It is,
in most cases, the nor desirable
package,
Proper picking. grading and pack.
ing are essential features in peach
marketing.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-09-10
PROPER BOOSTS FOR CHICKS
Always Use Flat Pieces About Three
Inches Wlde-Ailow Plenty Of
Room fer Them to Grow.

Do not give the growing chicks any
opportunity to roost upon the cross
studdings. II such are used in the
construction OF the house cover them
with a slanting piece of wood which
makes 1t almost impossible fer them to
perch on.
The roosts should also not be round,
as such roosts are apt to cause crook.
ed breast bones. Always use fiat
roosts about three inches wide and of
suiicien, capacity to accommodate tho
number Of chicks comfortably, allow.
ing plenty OF room cor them to GROW
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-09-10
Where Do Comets Come From9

Prof. Ellis Stromgren, director of the
Copenhagen observatory, has carried
out. with the aid of Mr.. ]. Braae, an
investigation to determine whether
comets come originally from interested
lar space, as has been commonly sup
posed, or originate within the solar
system. His method of research in
wolves the backward computation OF
planetary perturbations for eight
comets. The conclusion reached is
that all comets heretofore observed
have originated within the solar sys
tenn.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-09-10
Maeterlinck's Failures,

M. Maurice Maeterlinck began his
literary career with three apparent
failures. The first was the founding
OF a literary review, which quickly
went under; the second the publica-
ton of a volume of poems, which
failed to attract attention, and the
third the issue of a play, La Princess
Maleine," of which he printed just rs
copies with his own hands and gave
them away. A year later, says the
London Chronicle, chance brought a
copy OF the play into the hands Of NJ.
Octave Mirbeau. who wrote a glow
ing eulogy of it in the Figaro. and
M%aeterlinck awoke one morning to
find himself famous.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-09-10
RAINS CAUSE loss
TO COTTON CROP
PLANT HAS G WELL AND
FRUlTlNG is 0ERATELY
GOOD IN PLACES.
PICKING IN SOME SECTIONS
Weather Conditions Have Not. Been
FaVorable-This Years Yield in
Some Places Reckoned at
a 20 Per Cent Crop.

Columbus.-Recent rains have been
anything but favorable to the cotton
crop, and the operations of the loli
weev1l have been greatly accelerated
thereby. The cotton In the county Is
in good condition only in spots. The
weevil has wrought considerable DAM
age, cutting the yield down in many
localities at least % per cent. The
plant is fruiting as we'll as could DO.
expected, and picking is in progress
in many sections of the county.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-09-10
Peellnu Onions for Llvlnq.

The profession of onion peeling Is
hot n that obtains much notice, yet
there are at least five hundred wom-
en- in the East end of London arr
ing their living by removing the skins
OF onions. With practice, they a
make eighty cents to a dollar a day.
Very often they have been peeling
since childhood, daughters succeeding
mothers. 1t Is not a profession you
can learn in one lesson, for the skin
must be removed by hand, Or the
onion Juices" and Is no use for pick.
ling. The onions are always peeled
In water, This Is not done to save
the eyes Of the peeler, but is done to
keep the onion white.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-09-10

from the dairy herds Of the country.
Except for beef for the few who are
able to pay very high prices, cows can
no longer be kept merely for the calves
produced, practically everywhere the
dairy COW must take the place of the
beef COW. Since these facts are in.
disputable, farmerdairymen seeking
TO improve their herds for dairy pur.
poses should keep the item Of meat
production constantly in mind.
How many cows there are In the
United States that are kept for milk
production, except for such figures as
are found In the census tables, Is IN
known; but 1t may be safely stated
that the number exceeds 10000, 600.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-09-10
Good Farming at Summit.

Summit.-In spite of the boil wee.
vii some farmers are making excellent
crops. One Of the progressive farm.
ers, living four miles west Of Summit,
brought in a stalk of the King i'm.
proved cotton four feet high. The
stalk contained IS bolls, some Of
them open and nearly all of them
grown, one limb alone having u large
bolls on it.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-09-10
Honest Grief.

At the funeral of Baron Lionel de
Rothschild, father OF the recently de-
ceased Lord Rothschild. a poor old
man wept loudly and bitterly.
why are you crying?' inquired a
by-stander. You are no relation Of
Rothschild."
mo-" howled the mourner; that's
just why I'm crying.'-London Tit
Bits.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-09-10
Army Officers Death.

Meridian.-News of the death in
New York Of Col. ]. V. White of the
coast artillery was received here. He
was in charge Of the coast artillery in
the southern district of New York.
Col. White was a native Mississip.
plan, born in 1854. He graduated
from West Point in 1877 and was an
honor graduate Of the artillery school
In 1888.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-09-10
Baby Beef For the Fair.

Frank w. Early, state agent Of the
bureau of animal husbandy, United
States department of agriculture, will
be In charge of the baby beef exhibit
at the State Fair this year.
Mr.. Farley was recently assigned by
the federal government to work in this
state, his especial duty being to en-
courage and develop the live stock in
dustry. He is making headquarters in
Jackson in the Board of Trade build
ing, where other agents of the United
States department Of agriculture are
Quartered.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-09-10
Clarke Memorial Collecs.

Newton.-The formal opening of
Clarke Memorial College took place m
the college chapel Sept. /.
Judge w. w. Venable, of Meridian.
was scheduled to deliver the opening
address followed by an address BY
Hon. L. L. benson, president of the
board Of trustees.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-09-10
Demonstration Farm at Fair.

Uncle Sam is going to give a dem.
onstration in scientific farming at the
Mississippi State Fair in October. 1t
will take place in a sure-enough farm,
in order that tillers of the soil may
see with their own eyes the merits and
advantages of intensified and diversi.
fed agriculture.
The United States government is
tking an active interest in the state
fair this year. R. S. Wilson, state
agent of the cooperative and demon.
stration farm work for Mississippi, has
been authorized by the department to
take charge of the agricultural exhibit,
all features of which will be under
his personal direction.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-09-10
Makinu Georue Happy.

George, dear, you remember just
a few weeks before we were married
you said that anything you could do
to make me happy would make you
very, very happy"
Yes, darling. What is it,"
George, | really must have another
new gown. l hope you won't deny
yourself that happiness" - Detroit
Free Press.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-09-10
PLAY for Rifle Practice.

Booneville.-The United States Sec.
ond Regimental Band Of Mississippi
left for Vicksburg to play for the rife
practice. Before leaving they gave a
concert Of popular and sacred airs.
This band is composed of as good
talent as there is in the state and
they are booked for quite a number
of fairs.