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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-04-09

The growth of over 10000 in
the church membership in the
United States last year. and the
present total membership ofover
38, 100000 in a total population
of less than 100, 900. 900 are a suf-
ficient answer to the notion that
the influence of the churches is
dying out says the Brooklyn
Eagle. Generally the proportion
of gain has been largest among
the larger bodies, like the Roman
Catholics, the Methodists and the
Episcopalians, but the average
gain is two per cent.
Whether the related fact that
the churches expenditures last
year were $4lO, 900, 900, the larg..
est amount in the history OF
American Christianity and larger
,than the sums given by Christians
of any other country" is a mat
ter Of cause of effect of the
growth of church membership is
not clear, but the two taken to-
gether show a healthful and vig-
orous life. 1t is to be noted that
this growth takes place along
side Of general decline in the
old.fashioned "revivals."
The newer church method en-
phasizes growth rather than sud
den conversion, although it does
not DENY the usefulness of the
latter in some cases. BUTT trains
its children for the church
through the Sunday school and
holds steadily before them the
Christian life. not as the result
of on emotional convulsion, but
as 3 normal development, like
physical and mental growth;
That the fruits of the method
show notable results is the best
answer to the talk about the
churches losing their influence.
The automobile and the Sunday
excursions naturally feed that
idea but it obtains yet more sup
port from the fact that the
Churches have come to recognize
their responsibility for the people
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-04-09

Those of you who put faith in
spring and summer, reports of
cotton disaster, and give ear to
annual tales of blight to Texas
and Oklahoma's crops, should
note the fact that the biggest
cotton haryests generally follow
the most depressing primary
statements. Ananias did not
leave this planet as recorded, ex-
cept bodily. His soul like that
Of John Brown, went marching
on" to Texas to officiate as cotton
crop reporter, and like st. Paul,
dies daily. Aberdeen Exam
iner.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-04-09
Another Fine Jack.

A few weeks ago the BEACON
had a notice of the fine $500
Kentucky jack purchased by
Cockrell & Fant Bros. and taken
to their plantations in the X-Prai-
rie neighborhood. So many of
the farmers in that section want
ed to go in for raising,mule colts
that the above named gentlemen
bought another jack from the
same stock farm in Lexington
and he arrived in Macon Thurs
day. Both of these jacks are
fine individuals and splendid ped
igrees. They will be stood for
the season near X-Prairie.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-04-09
Literary Contest.


I. Written spelling, high school, stud
ents dictionary, ]. L. McMillin.
II. Written spelling, grammar school,
Sl.00 cash, New Bra. Shuqualak.
iii. Arithmetic, high school, $500
cash, Bank Of Brooksville.
~. Arithmetic, grammar school, 90
cash, o. r. Hamilton, Shuquslak.
v. Composition, high school. fountain
pen, W. e. Avery, Macon.
l. Extemporaneous reading, high school
first prize Sl.00 cash, DR.. Jno. d. Kellis.
Shuqualak, second prize, one box Huy.
lers' candy, Henry Jones, Macon.
II. Extemporaneous reading, srammar
school, FIRST prize, $l.O0, Gaines Grocery
Co., Brooksvilie, second prize, one box
candy, o. HI. Dotherow, Brooksville.
iii. Expression, high school, $l.OO, W.
A. Parks, Brooksville.
Nv. Expression, grammar school, .OO
Owl Furniture Co., Brooksvills.
v. Declamation, high school, $3.50 No
Name hat, Patty Bros. Cash Store. Ma.
con.
Athletics.
Class D.:
100 yard dash, $l.00 baseball, City
Hardware and Furniture Co., Brooks.
vile.
Running high jump, 20 tickets Lyceum
Theatre, Macon.
Pole vault, one.basket satables, Geo.
Richmond, Macon.
Running broad jump, baseball bat, J.
w. Tucker, Macoa.
Class c.:
100 yard dash, one pair tennis shoes,
p. T. Bethany, Shuqualak.
Running high jump, one basket fruit,
c. H. Spessard, Macon.
Standing high jump, one neck tie, d.
r. St. John, Brooksville.
Running broad jump, one cap, Klaus
& Co., Macon. B,
Stsediss broad jump. oae Sa.ket sata.
bles, d. c. Jsrdsn, Macon.
Pole vault, $500 pocket knife. Muir.
phey Drug Co., Macon.
Closs B.:
100 yard dash, one pair $3.50 shoes, E..
F. Mum & Co., Shuqualak.
Mile race, hat, (winners choice) Will.
kins & Parks, Brooksville.
Relay race, one basket fruit, W. S.
Jackson, Macon.
Running high jump, one pair athletic
shoes, Patty Dry Goods Co., Macon.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-04-09


Standing high jump, sl.2S Spaldint
baseball, c. L. Henrich, Macon.
Running broad jump, one baseball
Glove, Book Store, Macon.
Standing broad jump, one baseball bat,
Book Store, Macon.
IL pound shot put, one pair Beacon
shoes, |. D. Tyson Co., Shuqualak.
II pound hammer throw, Sl.O base.
ball Bat, Brooksviile Hardware Co.,
Brooksyille.
Pole vault, belt and tie. Beacon, Ma.
con.
Cfass A:
100 yard dash, $500 Worth hat, Prince
Mercantile Co., Shuqualak.
Mile race, one pair W. L. Douklas
shoes, Walter B. Patty, Macon.
Relay race, one basket eatables, T. W.
Crisler, Macon.
Running high Jump, one shirt and one
tie, J. G. Chandler, Macon.
Standing high jump, $l.00 In trade,
Lamberson, Macon.
Running broad jump, one neck tie, C..
d. Featherston, Macon.
Standing broad jump, $l.00 In trade,
Cunningham, Tate Co., Brooksvilis.
IL pound shot put, one neck tie, c. d.
Featherston, Macon.
IL pound hammer throw, SIS hat, w.
M. Hunter Co., MashulavilIe.
Pole vault, one white shirt, c. J. St.
John, Mashulaville.
For The Cisls:
50 yards dash, high school, one pair
$l.00 silk hose, Brooksville Mercantile
Co., Brooksville.
so yards dash. grammar school. one
pound box candy, I'd Murphsy. Macon.
Exhibits
AOWsSsSC 1Ctsucss
A. One box Of Huylers' candy, Book
Store, Macon.
B. Seven cans peaches, T. B. Locker,
Shuqualak...
c. Sl.00 beetle toilet saters Jno. W.
Combs, Shuquslak.
Sewing;
A. One box stationery, Herbert Drug
Co. Macon.
B. One Royal Society package, Mrs. W.
F. Hickman, Macon.
c. One pair scissors, (winner's 'selec.
tion) Noxubee County Hardware Co., i,
Macon.
D. One pair scissors, (winner's selec.
tion), L. F. Holbers, Macon.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-04-09
Noxubee County Field Day.
LGrss Crowd and Ev.'y Ran Of csuasy Represented.

large crowd Of people, children and gownups from every part
Of the county Macon today witness participate
county field day contests and enjoy Macons hospitality Below
given the list prizes Next weeks BEACON will full
count of the contests and the names of the winners.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-04-09

COW TAKEN UP-A cream colored grade Jer.
sey cow with black switch. harms sowed of. Has
been taken up by 7. 8. Boggess. miles east Of
Macon. Can be had by proving property and pay
ing for this advertisement.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-04-09

HAY-Johnson grass and Alfalfa hay for sale
" Dinsmore & Sons. Dinsmore, Miss.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-03-04
WRESTLING FIRST IN JAPAN
General Secretary of Japanese Asso-
citation Talks of Sports-BasebaII
Making Rapid Strides.

Baseball is the football of Japan.
Wrestling is the Japanese baseball.
This Is the relation that tho two
sports bear to each other + japan.
said Kiyo Sue Inui, general secretary
of the Japanese association, In De-
troit recently.
Like football in America. baseball
is the college game OF the Japanese
and is to a certain extent making IFS
way among the schoolboys," the sec
rotary asserted. "But people in gen.
eral, outside of the colleges. still
cling to wrestling, the only native
Japanese sport.
Baseball is taking a wonderful
hold in Japan, but 1t has not dis
placed wrestling and possibly never
will. Wrestling, of course, is not like
it is here. II is strictly a game. TIE
Japanese system of wrestling would
do man little good II he were at
tackled. Jiu-jitsu is for that"
This formal wrestling, says Doctor
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-03-04

The indoor track will see no more
of Abel Kiviat, the speedy jeweler,
this season. Kiviat has given up the
game owing to the critical illness Of
his wife.
Athletics are grown into great pop
ular favor among New York pupils
At a recent schoolboy meet held in
Madison Square garden, New York,
1880 boys competed.
Even If the A. A. u. adjudged Plat
Adams a professional, his records can
hardly be sponged from the slate
There must be a nicely of adjustment
as to just when he became a pro, or
lust when he pawned the first medal.
Coach Jim Rice of the Columbia
crew bellows loud and long over the
statement of Doctor Hibben, president
of Princeton, anent the coaching sys-
tenn. Rice says that the coach does
as much toward teaching a man to
think for himself az the instructor
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-03-04

Bob Fitzsimmons, the greatest
fighter in all the history of the ring.
had his own theory Of knockout.
ut doesn't hurt anybody to be
knocked out" Fitz used to say. II
like to be gentle and considerable and
knock 'em out in a hurry. l put it
over as soon as I can instead of beat
ing them down gradually. The gen.
tlest way is to land a clean one-punch
knockout. 1t doesn't even leave a
headache"
Fitzsimmons once met man who
took a number of hard knockdowns
and still struggled to his feet, at last
standing in nearly helpless condi-
ton and refusing to give up. This
was Jack Dempsey, who was losing
the worlds middleweight champion
ship. Fitzsimmons appealed to the
referee to stop it, and when that off,
cial declined, because it was a cham
pionship fight. turned to Dempsey and
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-03-04
BASEBALL

Outfielder Bill Holden of the New
Yorks, who was last season traded to
Baltimore for Birdie Cree, and was
declared a free agent by the national
commission, has signed with the Mon
treal club.
Boston may be loyal to Bill Carrigan
and all that, but one Of the newspaper
men in the Hub quotes the Red Sox
manager as saying: Speaking OF
bird dogs some of these bench warm
ers are pretty good settlers"
Walter Johnson claims that the LIE
he leads on his Kansas farm Is entire
ly responsible for the excellent physi-
cal condition he maintains throughout
the winter.
Charlie Herzog has been trying to
bunco John McGraw out of the serv-
ices OF Fred Merkle, but lot Of peo-
pie think that McGraw would be bun
Going him into taking him.
The only persons who oppose Mack's
purchase of Lajoie are the other seven
club managers.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-03-04
ublic Air Gardens
Big Aid to Health
By Jean Roberts Albert, Evanston. III.

their closed sleeping quarters develop diseases formerly unknown %
cuoss rapidly spreading alright houses become
Ar ntaxd unbotedis fought against if much poison
Since humans have dgenerated that they swahe themselves
mutudnOus and consider bare legs highly indecent
Why not institute where the weakened diseased distorted get the
blessed suns rays?
after become anemic is visit mature cu
and allow air. water and to do heir worst The narb
result of this simple treatment is restored health
IF private gardens perform such miracles why not erect public
places where people may follow nare-cure methods?
Germany every hamlet public gardens where the people
reve and sunshine in the nude Sweden has public baths
for both with air and sunshine
In America bathing resorts patronzed but distorted ideas Of
decency people wate themselves gay Much virtue Of the
bathing and sunshine is lost covering the body
By should battle
effort should institute public parks where water and might be fur
secluded sections Such privileges would adjustment
many hospitals the relief of many overwod physicians and
and of prison guests What would it
sociological transformation?
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-03-04

utters. She would as soon believe that
that they could change toward each
other The same ideals hold fast to a
girls heart at twenty. Her first beau
sets the standard by which she uncon-
sciously, perhaps, judges all others
who evince an interest in her.
Another five years drift so swiftly
by that girl is scarcely conscious of
the flight of time. Her eyes still look
through the rosy glasses of that TWEEN
tieth year. Youth and its pleasures
seem dearer than ever to her. Very
young men still appeal to her. Her
heart has not gotten beyond the early
girlhood stage. To say that she has
a woman's hopes, thoughts and ambi-
ton at this stage cannot be said to be
true in a majority of cases.
At eight and twenty she begins to
realize that men in their middle TWEEN
ties are too young for her. She thinks
the man in his early thirties too old
to be ccngenial. She has formed her
ideal in early youth. 1t does not oc-
cur to her to remodel it to the require
her day dreams a handsome young
man and is forever furtively watching
for the coming of the hero, the one
In real life who corresponds with the
mind picture.
1t is safe to say that she seldom, if
ever, realizes her hopes. At five and
thirty she folds away her romantic
dream pictures and looks about her,
seeing the world of men as they really
are. 1t would take a long stretch of
imagination for such a girl to idealize
man fat, comfortable and forty into
being an ideal hero. He does not talk
sentiment with the fervor of youth.
His habits are set. His opinions are
deeply rooted. Such matches are not
always love matches. The man
chooses her because she is more likely
to make a good, sensible wife than any
other he knows Of She accepts him
to rout at once and forever the fear
that she will be an old maid if none
other chance presents itself.
No woman is ever justified In marry
ing for such a cause. The oldest and
wisest sages tell us that woman is
sure to meet her ideal if she waits
long enough. Some are destined to
wed early in Efe, some late. But love,
and love alone, should be the only rea-
son for marrying. Then her dreams
would be realized Two congeniai
hearts will become one. Happiness is
only possible where one feels that she
cannot live without the other. To wed
a man who is not her ideal means a
lifetime of unhappiness.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-03-04
Our Faulty Systems
Of Training Children
/ By e. W. STA4L. Wauk.gan. III.

aphy MILL do not believe that boys be induced
apply themselves with ygor and what much difficult perSe
verance studies by the force
be learnt by children for which
rigid discipline known liability punishment indispensable as
doubt audabe effort modern teaching render
possible Of what the young required learn and inter
eng this principle pushed the length OF not
requiring anything but what has been made and inter
ng the chief objects of education has been sacrificed rejoice
in the decline of the brutal and rannica system of teaching which,
however enforcing habits of application but the
me- training up of who will be incapable OF
doing anything that is disagreeabe to Them
for the school, but for life then these words of
are meditation by those educators whose theory
child best developed along the lines of least resistance
Life along ower beds Of requires Spartan
certain hardness. Is not the spirit OF awnes
that is abroad in the land defective educational
ideals?
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-03-04

cannot change the great eternal plan
to give love to some, take love from
others. II the hearts door is shut
firmly against brooding memories they
cannot enter and lodge there. The
world does not change. It's the people
in it. Children romp through child
hoods golden hours, grow to lovely
girlhood and young manhood, meet.
love, and wed, and walk sunny paths
awhile, then suddenly one loses the
other. Life, loving and loss are re-
peated. The world goes on. 1t is
cloudy today, but on the morrow the
sun breaks forth again. Having once
loved makes the heart tenderer to-
ward others; natures more charitable.
No grief is so deep but that the great
magician Time may not heal it. No
matter how dark the night, hope will
rise with the rosy morn, gliding the
path which leads to the future. "'Tis
better to have loved and lost than
never to have loved at ALL"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-03-04
Many Women Of
Today Are Derelict
By Mrs. George Young. Escanabs. Mich.

girls learning sewing mendng housekeeping music art etc. and
appearing the streets night alone The main idea fifty years
ago steady application, thrift and industry.
changed The child of today placed forward as
something cu played with and laughed at am not saying that
wemnnered because there thousands upon
em and well educated too but today most children have
respect for their parents anyone else.
parents bringing their children disgrace
girls years random the Streets and it is
cue to draw attention and be is e and Smart have
some man. old enough their father, irt with them.
respectable to do these things today than it was fifty
difference that fifty years the mother was in
planning her cden education and training Today she
at the average dressed hanmedown
clothing Fifty years the made their Clothes and
good .s
staying home their mothers did fifty years
today society that holds parties days week
expect many American girls be good houeepers when
they good housekeeping?
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-03-04
If YOU HAVEN'T A SWEETHEART.

Love is just a morning glory, doomed at
noon to die;
Love is only half story, told in passing
by:
Love is gold so delicate the faintest flame
would melt it;
Love is nothing, but God help the man
who's never known or felt it.
If you haven't sweetheart, try to
review the situation, and see IL 1t is
not your own fault. Lovely woman is
to be wooed, and therefore to be won.
But they have no patience with lag
CARDS in the love game. A man must
poets them to be interested in him in
return. Because one Of the fair sex
is shy and seemingly cold, he shouldn't
be faint-hearted and in despair lest his
suit might be unsuccessful.
There's no woman who detests a
man because he loves her if he's come
ly in her sight. Even the plainest of
men, plain to actual LONELINESS, have
been known to aspire to the hand Of
the loveliest women and have led off
the prize which handsomer men have
failed to secure.
Abraham Lincoln had notable love
affair of this kind. The girl whose
hand he sought in marriage was fa-
! nous belle and beauty: one of the
most witty and fascinating young
women of her day. The honest young
lawyer, after several unsuccessful at.
tempts on his part to declare himself,
wrote her love letter which was so
convincing that it took the citadel of
her heart by storm. He wrote in his
quaint way: I'm laying bare my heart
thoughts for you to read, I may in
cur your displeasure. But shall new
er despair. While you are single, l
shall be. l will never lose the hope
of winning you"
This was a postscript, written on
separate piece of paper, which the
young lady did not find for many a
day. History has it that they had
had a slight quarrel, and were well.
| nigh parted. Those words straight
from an honest heart so impressed his
Aouy AOtS Lhdt oAC IG-
called him. We see, from the diffident
Lincoln, that no man is too bashful to
make an attempt to gain a sweetheart
when he sees girl he really cares
for. If he is too bashful to ask per
mission to call upon her, a note will
probably pave the way.
Many man hangs back, doubtful
as to whether he has found the right
| girl. That is the one matter IN life
| where the man must be careful in his
selection and choose for himself. AS
Davy Crockett says: "Be sure you're
right, then go ahead" Don't wait I'M
til you have piled up riches; if you do,
some other man will beat you in loves
race. When the heart is yet young,
| man should take unto himself a
| wife,"
Don't wait until you are SO old that
woman would consider you a burden
instead of prize. Without a sweet
heart the single man is never quite
| satisfied with himself. To love and be
loved by a good, true woman should
be every mans hope.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-03-04
A DIFFERENT WORLD WITHOUT
HER.

We starve each other for loves caress.
We take, but we do not give
It seems so easy some soul to bless
But we dole the love grudgingly less and
less,
Till it's bitter and hard to live.
If life's song could go on uninter-
rupted to the finish, there would be no
hushed music on the lips, no unsatis-
fled longing to the heart. One never
knows how dear is the companion
ship of loved one until the cord
which binds one heart to the other is
suddenly snapped asunder.
There are those who can move on
in the same beaten path Of life, doing
their best to live and in measure
forget. There are some grtefs which
take such hold on the heart and in
fict such deep wounds that 1t seems
they will not heal Suns rise and
creep to the noon, slowly deepening
at length into the gloom of the night.
The daily routine of life goes on as of
yore. But without her it isn't the
same old world. Old friends are kind,
but they are only friends who come
and go according as their interests
draw them hither and thither. There
is no closeness of tie. They could not
be depended upon to come at his call,
at crucial moment, for love of him.
The man who has loved and lost
does his best to hide from the world
the blight that has fallen over him. He
forces the tone of his voice to drop the
note of sadness and his lips even to
smile. But his heart feels the worlds
GOODNESS. From his home sunshine has
fed. His eyes see what no one else
beholds-a shadow on his hearth.
Where should such a man look for
solace? The babies on the block seem
TO draw him by a sympathetic chord
They learn to watch for the kindly
gentleman who always has a smile
and gentle word for them They stop
their play to run a little way with him
as he clasps them by the hand. He is
glad to see them so joyous. Their
friendship is always sincere. When
one little fodder lisps, you don't live
IN our house, but ! love you" he
realizes that the dear old world is as
full Of the golden promise of love as
ever; that it's only his poor heart that
Is weak and weary with it's doubling.
Brave is he who can realize that he
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-03-04
Homemade Silver Polish.

To make the best silver polisher and
cleaner known, take a bottle of am
monia as sold in most grocery stores,
and to this add two ounces Of whit
ing and just a few drops of oxalic
acid. In this way you will procure
for the expenditure of fifteen cents as
much of the best silver polish as can
be purchased for dollar in most of
the prominent drug stores. This same
polish is so cheap when homemade
that the housewife will not find it too
expensive to use it in polishing all of
the cutlery and also the brass door
knobs or any other bright metal fix
lures about the house.-"The Home
Department" National Magazine.