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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-03-12
True Heroisrn.

lie had been counting the girl for
a long time. 1t happened on Sunday
night, after church. They were sitting
on the sofa, and she looked with in.
effable tenderness into his noble, blue
eyes.
"Tom," she murmured, "didn't you
tell me once you would be willing to
do any act of heroism for my salSe?'
Yes, Mary, and would gladly re.
iterate that statement now" he re.
piled. mo Roman of old, however
brave, was ever fired with loftier am.
'bltlon, Drawer resolution than l."
well, Tom, want you to do some.
thing really heroic for me-"
Speak, darling, what is it?n
ASK me to be your wife. We've
been fooling long enough"
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-03-12

"one word of our language that Is
almost always misused," said the par.
ticular man, "is anxious You will
hear people cxclalm how anxious they
are to see certain play or anxious to
GET a new hat or anxious to take trip
TO Europe when they are not anxious
at all. but eager or DESTROYS. If anx.
lous were used only in the right place
we wouldn't hear it half SO often.n
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-03-12

never fails. That's why millions OF
people are using "GETs.IT" TODAY
and throwing away their fussy pias-
ters. sticky tape, toe-eatinE saives,
md wrapping outfits" that make o
bundle around the toe and choke &
Into pain by pressing either on or.
around the corn. There 10 nothing
TO stick to your stocking, nothing to
cause Inflammation or rawness. nothing
20 press on or around the corn. You apply
IL In 3 seconds. No more knives; rnsors,
scissors or fles. with their hlood-poi.
son dangers. Try "GETS.ITn for that
corn. enllus. wnrt or bunion.
"GETs.IT" 10 sold by .druggists
everywhere. $50 q bottle. or sent d..
rect BY y. Lawrence q Co. Chicago
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-03-12
Going Too Far.

.'lxhy did lterly drop out of bust.
ness with his .fathcr:"
tWell, the old man said he could
stand for college flags and posters. hut
he positively would not have any sofa
pillows around the oillce."-ruck.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-03-12
RABYs sWELFARE- NEED
PLENTY OF FRESH AIR.
Dafr1pness and Overheating.

The only times when it is not adj
yisabie TO send out a healthy baby
over four months old are on foggy or
very windy days, when 1t is raining,
showing or the temperature is below
2oldegrees. or II It is cloudy and much
melting snow on the ground. On days
like these the indoor airing can al
ways be substituted. An indoor air
ing will preferable also after an ILL.,
ness, when 1t Is not advisable to take
the child out in the open.
Never send a baby out with cold
hands and feet and be sure that he is
sufficiently warm, but do not over
wrap him, causing him to perspire,
as this is the surest way for him to
catch cold. Children kept too closely
housed, in overheated and badly ven
tilated rooms and deprived Of suffi-
Client outdoor air and exercise, are
bound suffer as result. They lose
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-03-12
Rate Increase On
Coal Is Cancelled

WASHINGTON, March 12.-Pro
posed increase in rate on bituminous
coal from Pennsylvania, Maryland
and West Virginia to Philadelphia,
Wilmington and Baltimore for trans
shipments to points inside the Cape
of Delaware and the Chesapeake Bay
were found today by the Inter State
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-03-12
Use ''eets-lt, = Corns
ShriiyeI, Vanish !!
It's the New Way, and You'll Forget
You Ever Had Corns,

"e drops put on in . seconds. corn
shrivels. comes clean on. That's
the marvellous story Of "GETs-IT," the
new-plan corn cure. Nothing can be
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-03-12
.BestStories
Sorrows Of VocaIlsts.

These changes in the weather are
bothering me to DEATH" said the ANA.
teur singer.
"Why?"
When | have cold I'm bass, and
when get well I'm tenor. l can
never tell whether to practice "The
Diver or Sally in Our Alley.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-03-12
,tte pI1erenee.

The pITereree.
'siy husband says he's going TO have
n cortdng good time at his club TO.
night"
"I'm afraid mine is going to have
M uncorklns time at hls.1-Baltimorc
American.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-03-12
IL Was Urgent.

policeman-The street is closed. little
girl! Only in case of urgent neces.
sity-
Sweet Sixteen tout OF breath)-Scs,
yes! Ats.o'clock l have date.-aIu.
mich Flicgendc Batter.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-03-12

IN summertime or if living in the
South, the baby may go out for an
airing in his baby carriage when one
month old provided the sun is shin;
ing and II Is not windy or damp. but
In the winter in the North it is often
not advisable to take the young baby
out until two or more months after
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-03-12

His speech. brief though It was,
caused somewhat OF stir among the
members Of the minority side OF the
house, as though something had sud.
denly exploded ntheir midst, and Il
took some littel time for them to re.
cover their contnnsn~a
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-09-24
Jackson Highway Meeting.

At a meeting held at the Noxubee
county court house Tuesday morning
the Noxubee County jackson Highway
Association was organized. G.. T.
Heard, vice-president for Noxubee
county of the National jackson High
way Association, called the meeting to
order. J. G. Horton was elected chair
man, and Henry Minor secretary.
1t wal moved and carried that the
chairman appoint a committee of four
to draft and submit to the meeting res
olutions showing that this county was
greatly interested in the Jackson High
way; that such highway should come
through Noxubee for the reason that
the old jackson Military Road, which
the highway is to commemorate ran
through this county, that If the route
through Noxubee be chosen Noxubee
county will do her part and build her
share. and providing for delegates to
the convention in Nashville on Septem-
Der 2Srd and oath, who should work for
the bringing of said Jackson Highway
through Noxubee, said committee to
report later.
On this committee the chairman ap-
pointed E. v. Yates, Of Macon, A. M.
Tynes. of Shuqualak, G. T. Heard, of
Brooksville. and DR.. John Hubbard, of
Mashulaville.
The following delegates we're elect
ed: R. L. Anderson, A. M. Tynes, J.
A. Perry. W. C. Futvoye, ]. J. Prince,
C. s. Field. E. V. Yates, ]. G. Horton,
W. c. Swallow. T. S. McHenry. w. W.
Shannon, W. B. Bell, Claim Mcdonald.
T. W. Madison, ]. B. Bell, G. W. Cum
ningham, Eric Jamison, Wallace Nc
Leod and Earl Skinner.
The chairman was authorized to ap-
point other delegates and to give Gre
dentials, signed by himself and coun-
tersigned by the national vice-presi-
dent, to all delegates.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-09-24
Notice to the Tax Payers Of the City sf
Macon, Mississippi.

Notice 10 hereby given that the Nav.
or and Board Of Aldermen, viii At its
regular meeting on the 9th dav of Octo-
Der, 1915, proceed to equalize the mo-
perty assessed for taxation in the Citu
for the year 1916, to increase or denim.
ish the valuation Of the same az condi.
lions may justify; and this is to give
you notice that any person may appear
before the Mayor and Board Of Efdsr.
men at such time and file written Oh
lection to such increased valuation a.
they may desire. 90
Notice is further given that afte.
such equalization Of the assessed nrcl
perty Of the said City of Macon Me-
that TO objection will be taken m her:'
after except as provided by law in such
After such equalization of the ~asae.:.
ed property Of said City Of Macon ths
Mayor and Board of Aldermen viii nro.
ceed to make the levy a provided hv
law in such cases. W
This notice Is under sectitn aAoo =.
1906. sipp'' Tor
Done BY order of the Mavor and
Board Of Aldermen this 18th S.v ~
September, 1915. J., J. ScoTT "
Clerk.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-09-24

The difficulties be encountered
cold, hunger and fatigue he
endured while moving his troops
and constructing, as he went, the
roadway over which only they
could advance, were so soul try
ing, and bOdy.racking, and yet
we're endured with so much heroic
patience and fOrtitude, he there
earned the sOubriquet, given to
him by his soldiers, which so apt
" described his character it stuck
to him through life, and by which
he today is best distinguished and
most affectionstely remembered:
OLD HIcKoRY-tOugh as hick.
DRY.
And so, the BEACON fayors say
ing the old Military Road not only
as a lasting convenience for our
people and splendid auxiliary to
commerce, as 1t will be if made a
part OF q Great National Highway,
but as q memorial to the energy,
the courage the clear grit-the
will power and genius for doing
things of Andrew Jackson whose
character and accomplishments,
the Incompatible stump speaker,
Tom Marshall, of Kentucky, in a
speech once summed up in these
words:
1--WE have Jackson to fight, Cen
tlemen-and he is a host of him
self. He has whipped every ad-
versary; he whipped the Indians;
he whipped the Spaniards at Pen
sacola; he whipped the British at
New Orleans; he whipped Clay
and Adams and Calhoun; he
whipped King Biddle and the
bank, and now he has turned
Presbyterian, and will whip the
devil"
He also had other virtues, and
not the least among them, we are
glad to add,
HE WAS A DEMOCRAT!
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-09-24

Prof. Mckay, Of the A. & n. college,
addressed a meeting of the Stockman's
association at the court house last Sat
urday afternoon, giving an interesting
and instructive talk on horticulture.
Mr.. Creswell. who is probably the coun-
tvs most progressive stockman.
brought in and exhibited at the meet
ing eight or ten different kinds Of ap-
pies that grew on his place in the prai-
RE, and they were finer than any ap-
pies that have so far been shipped into
Macon 80 far this season. MI. Cres-
well Is only doing what every farmer
in the county can do. so he not only
grows apples but peaches. plums. pears,
grapes and berries, almost every fruit
that is grown In this section. A dem
onstration would be stout this fall at
some point in or nea Macon, said Prof.
Mckay, and everybody interested in the
subject could secure all the informa-
ton desired as to the different kinds of
trees to plant to secure a succession. as
well as the sprays required for the diff
ferent fruits. More attention than
ever before has been paid to fruit in
the last few years, but little has been
done to spraying and cultivating the
trees after they were planted.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-09-24

CuAfhAAy Va Au4 buG to-
ord Of the life Of Bienville is as
full of evidence Of sublime cOur.
age and patriotic zeal to serve his
King, three thousand miles away
in France, as is that of Kosciusko,
at whose fall Freedom shrieked, of
love and loyalty to 1.-THE republic
of Poland. with its king"
In the soil of old Biloxi the
mortal remains Of men rest
Wondering in her dust-whose
love Of God, and King and cOun.
try were as great as that of any of
the heroes celebrated In poetry or
prose in song and story, by Scott.
For there, in the sleep that
knows not breaking, repose all
that is left, save the glory of their
deeds, Of gallant Ssnvolle, poet
and scholar, and the first governor
of Louisiana; of Tonti, one Of the
finest characters ever contributed
by the Old World to the New;
and Others, cadets, and Knights,
scions of the noblest families of
France who left palatial homes
over the seas to brave the dangers
of an unexplored wilderness and
die. if need be, fol duty.
Already the weavers of fiction
are turning their talents in that
direction, and at least one Miss
issippian, in the days ofthe youth,
won an enviable name in the
world of letters by a historical
romance the scene of which is laid
along our Southern coast and in
the capital OF France, in the times
of Louis XIV and Louis XIV,
when the profigate Philip, Duke
of Orleans. without morals or
sense of shame was regent.
Reference is had in the forego.
ing paragraph to Harris Dickson,
of Vicksburg, and ''The Black
VOLTS Breed" a thrilling tale Of
the early days of Biloxi, in the
telling Of which Mr.. Dickson gives
to it a charm of word painting and
descriptive narration of exciting
events that makes the recital
worthy of comparison with the
best of latter day romances-even
"When Knighthood Was in Flow
err"
And so, we say Biloxi hast a
past which, of itself, renders her
worthy of the role Of host to
"The veterans that march id 1.-THE rank Of
the Gray"
Alas, that the rank is today but
a thin line and of a very short
length!
1t has become like
1.-THE last rose Of summer,
Left blowing alone
Whose leaves will soon be-, scattered
"o'er the bed
Where its mates Of the garden
Lie scentless and dead"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-09-24
A. H. Conn Pdrdoned

Gov. Brewer has granted a pardon to
A. H. Conn. the young lawyer of Ha-
zlehurst. who confessed to slipping into
the Bank of Hazlehurst at Hazlehurst
a year ago and taking about So, 900 dur
ing confusion incident to an automo-
bile parade being held in that city.
Conn was one of the best known
young lawyers of Hazlehurst. and at
first was not suspected Of having been
implicated in the robbery. Detectives
from the Burns agency were engaged.
and one of them, by shrewd work, sue
ceeded in obtaining information from
Conn himself that led to his arrest and
subsequent confession. Conn was
tried and sentenced to serve a two
year term in the penitentiary.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-09-24

ATE

Next week, September 2Sth,
10Th, and Both, what is left among
Mississippians of the band Of
heroes which, from 1861 to 1865.
for four years, made the name and
fame of the Confederate soldiers
world. wide will hold its annual
reunion.
The honor of entertaining them
this year falls to Biloxi.
1t is well, for no spot in Miss.
issippi or scarce elsewhere is more,
if so, worthy to act the part of
host to the brave and patriotic
souls who risked their all, their
lives, their liberties and their fort
unes, in defense of their homes
and household goods their fire.
sides and freedom in the fearful
quardrennium distinguished as the
period of the Civil War Of the
United States.
1t is the Oldest municipality in
the State, and is the site of the
first French settlement in the
South, as well as the first white
settlement in Mississippi.
1t is the home of memories.
Indeed, all the coast of Missis-
sippi, from Pascagoula on the
East to Bay st. Louis on the
VESTS a Land of Memories, lit.
tie as is the thought given to the
fact by the present generation of
Mississippians,
The facts are there, and to be
found need neither tiresome labor
nor fatigue of brain for him who
has the taste and inclination to
look them up.
The genius ola Longfellow would
encounter little difficulty in there
finding material for a story of wo.
mans love-faith, hope and char
ity-the recital of which would
appeal as strongly to our sdmira.
ton and sympathy as does the
patient search and vigil long of
Evangeline, the Arcadian Maiden,
whose angelic grace and physical
beauty and pathetic wonderings
in quest Of her lover from whom
she was somehow separated when
her people, with cruelty unparal.
leled, were wantonly driven by
the unfeeling English from Nova
Scotia, the land of their nativity,
to find wretched homes among the
colonists and savages of America.
There, too, the material sbounds
for romances, based on historic in
cidents, which if given to the pub,
lie by the pen Of q Jane Porter
would rival in interest her Scottish
Chiefs or her Thaddeus of War,
saw for Biloxi has been fifty CHAR.
! aeteFised n the sepulchN Of The
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-09-24
NOTICE.
Bids to be Received fer Bsiilins Il Cssts Psias
Sekeel Heuse.
TRANSFER DEPARTMENT

Sealed bids viii be received 1t the Office NJ
Strong and Bush. attorneys. ct Macon. Missisain-
pi. for the building Of the School House at Center
Point School House In and for the Center Point
Sonso''dstsd schcoi District Ct any time prior to
in accordance with plans and specification on fis
in the office Of the chancery clerk Of Noxuhes
county. Mississippi. Bids will be received on the
building alone. on the installation Of water works.
al accordance with the said plan and s~pecifca-
tons. Bids must be accompanied with = rsrt;Sss
check guaranteeing good faith. The undersicned
bids. D.. W. nENT az" 81"
J.B WHITE,
r 8. SHEPPARD.
District. SS"v"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-09-24

Bill says let us make you q
new Fall suit, Rock Bottom
prices. Samples at City Press.
ing club. Fit guaranteed.
C, |. SARGENT, Prop,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-09-24

Cole Blease says that if Roosevelt
had been president the wal would be
all over by this time. Very probable.
All over the United States. Meridian
Dispatch,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-09-24

Chas. R. Smith, who was convicted
and sent to the pe~nitentiary in the cir.
cult court of Lowndes county several
years ago for life for the murder of Z.
A. Loursnt, and afterward sent to the
asylum In Meridian. was declared sane
yesterday and given hie liberty,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-09-24

LOSTzOp Friday night, Sept 18th, 0 hood OF
cover fog REQ car. on Prairie Point road, WIN pay
WIN" Mhs, vi A. eHEATNhM
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-09-24

The straw hat that survive the rec
ent cold spell mas a frost has fallen
it" appearance.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-09-24
OLD HICKORY AMI TIKI
MILITARY ROAD.

being made to make q highway oil
national importance Of the road
built by him for conducting the
volunteers of Kentucky and Ten
nessee in the war Of 1912 from
New Orleans to Nashville is a
worthy undertaking.
That road, known to history as
"The Military Road and the
"Old Natchez Trace are the most
famous highways of the early days
of Mississippi, and both had the
same northern terminal though
planned in different centuries and
to meet the exigences Of different
times and conditions.
The Natchez Trace is the older
thoroughfare Of the two, and had
its origin in the demands Of com
merce.
by a treaty in 1901 between the
United States government and the
Choctaw and Chickasaw tribes OF
Indians it was opened to travellers
and Natchez and Nashville be.
came more directly connected and
more closely related in trade.
1t was then the custom fol-
growers Of produce, or traders III
it, seeking an outlet to market
from Kentucky and Tennessee ant
other up.river territory to trans
port their wares by water, descend
ing the rivers in tlatboats to New
Orleans. There they %converttd
their commodities into money, Ut.
ually Spanish silver coins, and
would return to their up. STREAM
homes via the Natchez Trace, o,
dinarily travelling on foot Will
transporting their metal none!
and supplies on pack horses.
The distance and loneliness Of
the route, on the return trip, over
which the traders had to travel,
offered both temptation and op.
portunity to those gentlemen OF
the road" whose dash and daring
enterprise exceeded their regard
for the admOnition OF the Golden
Rule, and thus gave occasion for
many hold.ups and acts of violence.
No true tale of all the evil deeds,
in their horrible details, of the
sufferings, privations and deaths
that occurred along the route can
ever now be told through human
instrumentality.
The pen of the Record Angel
from his desk On High alone can
give an accurate account of the
hardships, horrors and murders
along the Old Natchez Trace; for
every mile of it is full of adven.
ture and rich in romance, or hal.
lowed by the blood Of brave pio.
neers who ackno wledged no fear
and scorned every danger, as loyal,
loving men will do, in their efforts
to provide women, when tender
and true, with the comforts OF
life.
The Military Road was the re.
suit of a military necessity.
Jackson had done his work al
New Orleans 80 well that there
was nothing left for him to dc
except to lead his victorious vol.
unteers of Kentucky and Tennes.
see, and intermediate points, back
to their homes and disband them
with honor.
To do that he found it necessary
to construct q route more suitable
to the needs Of his troops than
any then in existence. and hence
the Military Road which we, to.
day, are seeking to have convert.
ed into a magnificent thoroughfart
to bear the name of the Jackson
Highway.
It was q big undertaking in thai
day to build that road.
way, and q man of less resolution
than the lion, hearted jackson
would have shrunk from the task
But to his iron-will and untam.
temper for doing things, no OBJ.
stacle was great enough to turn
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-09-24

Just received Fresh line of fancy
package cakes at Criglers.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-09-24

Ladies' Coat suits cleaned and press,
cd. Work guaranteed. City Pressing
Club O. ]. SARGENT, Prop
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-09-24

The weather. or rather the thermo-
meter, has done some record breaking
stunts this week. The highest record
was on Monday, when 66 degrees hot
was reached. Following a rain, or
rather a shower, which seemed to be
general, over a large. section, though
the precipitation was only enough to
settle the dust, the thermometer began
to fall and reached the low limit of 48
Just six degrees above a frost on
Tuesday night. The weather bureaus
prediction is for fair weather today.
Friday, but the wind is in the south
east, with cloudiness increased, and
the prospects look good for a rain.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-09-24

nv III ANGUS RULLr-Three wear. ala
spls:so'a Snlmsl eoad diynoaitisS' - e
se0'Hs WV 81 u aelry eeslAsgs va IA
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-09-24

OF We
District.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-01-04
MERCER GLEE CLUB
AT AUDITORIUM TONIGHT

The Mercer University Glee Club
singers from Macon, Ga, arrived in
Lakeland yesterday morning coming
from Barlow, where they gave con-
cert Saturday night and rendered
quartet and octet music in the
Methodist and Baptist churches. The
college boys sang at the opening of
the Lakeland high school this morn
ing and also gave several selections
at the ministers conference at the
Baptist church.
Music lovers of Lakeland have a
great treat in store for them as the
Mercer Glee Club has made quite a
favorable impression at Fort Meade,
Mulberry and Barlow. Especially
was that the case at Barlow. Prof
J. V. Champman of the Summerlin
Institute, is a former member of the
club and he took great interest in
making the stay of the college boys
N Barlow a pleasant one.
Barlow gave them the best house
they have had since they came on
the two weeks tour of Florida. The
concert tonight will be given at the
Auditorium theater.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-01-04
WOOdmen To
Install Officers
Wednesday Night

The program for the public in
stallation of Woodmen and the
Woodmen Circle at the Odd Fellows
hall at 7:30 Wednesday evening
Jan. 6. will be as follows:
Call TO order by C. F. Kennedy
Address - Woodcraft. by Mr.
Dame, of Tampa.
Reading-M Miss Gladys Davis.
Selection-Male quartettc.
Instrumental Selection-MissS SUIT
ton.
Solo-John Coleman.
Reading Lee Coleman.
w. O. w. installation.
Duet-Mandolin and piano by
Mrs. Phillips and Bragington.
Reading-By Mrs. w. b. Moon
Solo-Mrs. o. T. Cason.
Instrumental-Mis Mary Mckay
Circle installation
Eeadlng-Clso Sc;pper.
Solc-Miss Vera McRae.
Instrumental-Mis Mary HOGAN
Solo-Miss Emily Wilson.
Reading-NIr. Lloyd Hooks.
election--Male quartette.