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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-08-20

BY with the words ringing in thIir
ears: 1t may be for years, and It NAV
be f%>Hsver," calamity promise that
they will sit 5own most every night
and write them how they are getting
along and just all that happens of any
interest Among the many. whom the
cars whirl rapidly away. there is usual.
~ one who is taking his chances of
retirement, which he expects to find at
h end of his journey. He looks va.
cantly, yet wistfully. out at the unfa.
mliiar scenes, so different from his
own surroundings, Try as he does, he
nnds 1t impossible to fight off the
oowncasting shadows that loom up
before him.
strangers are kinder than ones own
thoughts sometimes. Chance throws
many people together, some OF whom
prove to be valuable aids when the
turning point Of ones life is reached.
Somehow, the wanderer sees an honest
light in the eyes OF the blunt man
who shares his seat with him on the
fast'bound express. They chat not like
strangers, but as friendly acQuaint.
ances whose natures are worthy and
easily read.
n young mar tells his brief story.
He says he has never gone so far
away from home before and tells of his
earnest intention to pave his way
alone, Mems hearts, in many in.
stances, open out to those whom they
can read like a book and find truthful,
Ere the journey is over, the young
man has received good. sound advice,
which Is worth a kings ransom to him
as he goes along, the rough places he
must climb, the temptations he must
race, In the turmoil of his busy days
and tiresome nights, he feels able to
write only a few lines back to the old
ok and dear little brothers and sis.
tiers, now and then. But his idle mo.
ments are ever dwelling on them as he
pictures the old familiar scenes the
home, friends, he has left.
1t will be many a day. months and
years ere they clasp their arms about
one another, he realizes. At last, comes
the wedding announcement of his fa-
vorite sister. She sends him a warm.
loving letter, inclosing her intended's
picture. Her last lines are that he is
welcome home and that his mother,
who is failing, hopes daily that her
wandering boy will soon come home,
II only for a little while.
He packs up his belongings, quicker
than 1t takes to tell and speeding back
with a light heart, forgetful of his
trials and inconsistencies, he shouts his
own welcome home as he rushes
across the threshold, smiles amid his
tears and Is at his best in the bosom
of his family and old home,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-08-20
FOR H CHILD.

(From Address by FATHER PATRICK
MURPHY of Texas.)
l contend tonight that there are
helpless children whose little bodies
are crying out for nourishment-the
food they need-and yet the mother
cannot cook 1t for them because that
bunch got all the money first! The
little child Is crying. I'll tell you, and
! am sure any doctors in the audi.
ence will bear me out, when a child
in the poorer homes is not properly
nourished, its pain Is not in the stom-
ach alone; there is not a blood cell
IN its little body that ia not suffering.
maintain that you men who are
going to vote wet. should think Of
this: There is not a blood cell in
the child's body that is not crying out
to your God against you.
In your city there are little wasted
hands raised up in pleading. You will
find them in the homes Of your drunk.
ards. You will see the faces of the
little ones, thin, emaciated and telling
pathetically Of their hungry bodies.
These little children are praying that
you will decide a great question re-
CARELESS Of what you seem to lose
by 1t.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-08-20
What Holds a Man.

Good men are attracted and held not
alone by salaries. but by the conditions
under which they work. The efficiency
Of the board Of water supply force CON-
pares favorably with any large public
or private engineering organization.
This board has been noted also for it's
esprit de corps and enthusiasm for It's
work. These desirable qualities. the
report states, were obtained by select
Ing the most suitable available men
for the leading positions. giving great
weight not only to technical fitness,
but also to those personal qualifca,
lions which cannot be learned or rated
by examinations.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-08-20
NO IDEA
What Caused the Trouble.

II always drank coffee with the rest
Of the family, for 1t seemed as II there
was nothing for breakfast II we did
not have It on the table.
Il had been troubled for some time
with my heart. which did not feel
right. This trouble grew worse
steadily.
Sometimes II would beat fast, and
at other times very slowly, so that I
would hardly be able to do work for
an hour or two after breakfast, and IL
I walked up a hill. It gave me a severe
pain.
Il had no idea of what the trouble
was until a friend suggested that per-
haps It might be coffee drinking. I
tried leaving of the coffee and began
drinking Postum. The change came
quickly. l am glad to say that | am
now entirely free from heart trouble
and attribute the relief to leaving on
coffee and the use OF Postum.
"A number OF my friends have aban-
doned coffee and have taken up Post.
um, which they are using steadily.
There are some. people that mako
Postum very weak and tasteless, but
II made according to directions, 1t is
a very delicious beverage" Name
given by Postum Co.. Battle Creek
Mich.
Postum comes in two forms:
Postum cereal-the original form
must be well boiled. 15c and 25c pack
ages.
Instant Postun-a soluble powder
dissolves quickly In a cup OF hot wa
ter, and. with cream and sugar, makes
a delicious beverage instantly. 900
and SOC tins.
Both kinds are equally delicious and
cost about the same per cup.
There's q Reason" for Postum.
sold by GrocerA
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-08-20
HERE TO STAY.

The following is quoted from a letter
written by Senator Moses e. Clapp OF
Minnesota to George w. Perkins, chair
man Of the Progressive national com.
mittee: 1.-THE prohibition movement to-
day differs from that movement In
other times. When you and / were
boys, every spring there was seen a
temperance agitation and everybody
took the pledge. Some kept 1t and
some did not. The present movement
is entirely different. There is no hys-
terra or excitement about 1t. 1t is
simply a calm, deliberate judgment on
the part Of the American people, from
the man who employs to the mar who
is employed, that the saloon is a men,
ace Having come in this quiet way,
free from hysteria and excitement, and
as a result of deliberate judgment, I
am inclined to think 1t Is here to stay,
and If times are good, is liable to be
more Of q factor than we sometimes
suppose"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-08-20
Held For BURGLARY.

Vicksburg.-Joe Yesser and Beverly
Wharton, two white youths, have been
bound over to await the action OF the
grand jury under bond OF $500 each, by
Judge William Waggener, on charges
OF burglary. Yesser and Wharton ad.
mitted that they had entered the store
Of Brown G. Baer and stole several
pairs of shoes and a quantity OF no
siery.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-08-20

Professor Copeland OF Harvard. a.
the story goes, reproved his students
for coming late to class.
This Is a class in English compo-
s%ition." he remarked with sarcasm,
not an afternoon tea"
At the next meeting one girl was
20 minutes late. Professor Copeland
waited until she had taken her seat.
Then he remarked bitingly:
How will you have your tea, Miss
Brown"
without the lemon, please" Miss
Brown answered quite gently.-Chris
tian Register.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-08-20
1fhEZZ2lngHS16
MagNOTES
AEA&@
Conducted by the National Woman,
Christian Temperance Union.)
NO MODEL LICENSE LAW.

1HU
Major Dan Morgan Smith was for
Tour years general counsel for the
liquor organization known as the
Model License league. The following
paragraphs from an address of his
shows why he threw up that position
and is now speaking and working for
prohibition.
For four years l advocated the pas
sage of a model license law as a
means of ~lessening the evils of drink.
AS the head of the law department of
one Of the three largest liquor asso-
Citations in America, l maintained that
It's passage would take the liquor
dealers out of politics and the law
breakers out Of the liquor business.
Was l wrong? l shall never
know, for the liquor crowd were pay.
ing me to talk reform and paying 9th.
ers to defeat reform!
The model license law was effec.
tive as a vote-getter, but it never
cleaned out one dive, never effected
one reform, for, although advocated in
every fight against prohibition in the
last six years, 1t has never been en-.
acted in any place. It's advocacy has
fooled more decent people into voting
with the liquor crowd than all the spe.
clous nonsense about taxes and per-
sonal liberty put together. Can we
expect laws from the liquor camp
that will eliminate the dive, or lessen
drunkenness or stop the sale Of liquor
to minors? Can We expect brewery
agents to pass laws that will take
away the license Of brewery-owned
saloons? Can we expect legislators,
nominated and elected by the brewery
interests, to pass laws that will take
the liquor business out of politics?
No, the only thing we cal expect from
the liquor people is just what we have
received in the past-lying promises.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-08-20
Fire Bug Makes ESCAPE.

Lexington.-The store of Howard G.
Bell at Howard and a seed house which
was a few hundred feet from the store
building were totally destroyed by fire
at 2 o'clock on the morning of August
IL. The fire was undoubtedly inceli-
diary, as the depot was set on fire, too,
but it did not burn. Bloodhounds were
t%elegraphed for and placed on the trail
which they followed into the Little
Black Creek Swamp. The loss wa,
partially covered by insurance.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-08-20
Miss Julia MAYS Candies.

1t was Miss Julia Mays birthday.
and in honor Of the occasion a cake
had beer baked to be decorated with
candles, one candle for each anniver-
sary. Dinner wag being delayed and
Miss Julia May called to Aunt Piney:
What Is holding dinner, Aunt
Piney?"
Aunt Piney's answer called for no
further explanation:
"Lawdy, honey, IS YOU forgit how
many of these candles dey is to light?'
Nashville Banner.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-08-20
BILB0 WINS---I,072
SAYS STATE BOARD
OFFICIAL FIGURES ARE MADE
MISREPRESENTATION KILLS
TALK OF CONTEST.
BILL PROHIBITS COTTON 1916
Senator n. n. CastelI Announces In.
tention of Introducing Measure
in Legislature to Prohibit
Growth For One Year.

-JdCkSOn.
The State Democratic executive
committee on Aug. 10 carefully re
viewed the figures returned by the pri
mary election officials of the counties
In the state and formally declared
Theo. G. Bilbo the party's nominee.
That the committee had the political
and fractional situation we'll in hand
was manifested early, when a resolu.
tion seeking to go back of the returns
offered by a member, in order to in.
vestigate alleged fraud. was promptly
and emphatically voted to the table.
The official figures as reported by
the subcommittee on tabulation were
as follows:
Governor-Theo. G. Bilbo 74,573, Ma
rion w. Reilly 47.717, H. M. Quin 1927,
John R. Tally 11,451, P. S. Stovall
6,706. Bilbo's majority 1,O72.
Lieutenant-Governor-L M. Rus
sell 1853, E. Bunyan Carter 62,97S.
Russell'S majority 1865.
Auditor-E. J.. Smith 51,149. R. f.
Wilson 69,1S2. Wilson's majority 49,
037.
Treasurer-Dr. Taylor 1906, ]. c.
Sheffield 1891. Taylor's majority IT,
445.
Insurance Commissioner - T. M.
Henry 76,043, w. A. Martin 55,427.
Hnnrv'c majority On e1e
Land Commissioner-M. A. Brown
36,363; Henry c. Wood 3O,S67, Charles
Terry 1900. w. M. Robb 1919, D. L.
Thompson 3O,759. No nomination;
Brown and Wood in run-off.
Revenue Agent-W. J. Evans 25,S61,
Stokes V. Robertson, 37,4O6, J.. C. Ell
mer 24,S37, C. ]. Moore 26,7S0, Phil A.
Rush 1926. Robertson and Moore in
run-off.
Clerk Supreme Court-Geo. c. My.
ers 6S,692, z. A. Brantley 61,498. Ny
ers' majority 1884.
Railroad Commissioner, First Dis.
trict-George R. Edwards 1876, Jas.
r. Mcdowell 16,399, E. A. Crowley
1912. Edwards and Mcdowell in run.
off.
Railroad Commissioner, Second Dis.
trict-F. M. Sheppard 25,320, l.. v. Aus.
tin 1906. Sheppard's majority 6,914.
Railroad Commissioner. Third Dis
trict-W. NJ. B. Wilson 33,9S3, C. R.
Horne 19,4S4. Wilson's majority H..
499.
Prison Trustee, First District-W. A.
Montgomery 19,459, W. w. Wilburn
1875. Montgomery's majority 2,183.
Prison Trustee, Second District
James F. Thames 24,S67, T. H. Mont.
gomery 1881. Thames majority g.
996.
Prison Trustee, Third District-P. E.
Matthews $1,000, l.. @. Stone 1905,
R. c. Crenshaw 800, G. H. Burkett s.
III. Matthews and Stone in run-off.
Bank Examiner, Second DISTRICT.
s. Love 1857, w. S. Pettis 1889
Loves majority 21,618.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-08-20
YOUNG MAN MEETS
DEATH UNDER CAR
FATAL ACCIDENT AT GuLFPoRT
WHEN STEAMER MOVES UP
A FREIGHT CAR.
FIRE BUG MAKES ESCAPE
Store and Seed House at lexinoton
Destroyed by lncendiaries.
Bloodhounds Follow
Into Swamp.

Gufport,-Fay Landers, a young man
about 20 years Of age, met death acct.
d%entally on the pier Aug. II.
Landers was at work with a steve
dore's gang loading a steamer when
he met with the mishap that cost him
his life.
Landers was under a freight car
when It was moved with a cable by a
steamer, and before warning could be
given he was crushed 10 death.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-08-20
Caught by BIoodhounds.

Hattiesburg.-Prompt work on the
part OF the officials OF Forrest county
and clever seeming on the part Of the
pair OF bloodhounds owned by X. l..
CAN'T, OF Crystal Springs, on August
IL resulted in the capture of a couple
OF negro housebreakekrs who had bur.
glarized the country home of DR.. G..
c. Bass, OF New Orleans, near Purvis.
The men are locked up In the jail al
Plfrvis.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-08-20
Aged Man Bound Over.

Blue Mountain-The preliminary
rial Of p. ID. Rushing, charged with
the murder Of his son-in.law, Harvey
Moore, a held here Aug. 8. 1t is
charged that Rushing stabbed Moore
10 death on the night of July so.
Moore and his wife we're living with
Rushing and il is claimed that i'll feel.
ing had existed between the two for
some time. Moore was only in his
twenties. while Rushing Is nearly 70
years CT age and in very feeble
health. Rushing was bound over to
await the action OF the grand jury
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-08-20

today, letting the
morrow take care
Of itself. 1t is
grand to be young,
to feel life pulls
ing through every
vein. to be able
to enjoy the sun
shine and laugh
at the clouds; but
it is easy for the
f~un-loving girl to
take life too non
c~halantly, think
ing the good times
will last forever.
Who does not
k n o w W h o | 9
bevies OF pretty
girls who make
boast that they
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-08-20
IF HE'S WELCOME AT HOME.

Some find work where some find rest
And so the weary world moves on.
! sometimes wonder what Is best.
The answer comes when life is gone.
Some eyes sleep when some eyes wake,
And so the weary night hours GO;
Some hearts beat where some hearts
break.
I often wonder why tits so.
This world is full OF bright, anxious,
striving young men who have vowed
that nothing can tempt them to burden
parents when they ara old enough to
leave the home roof, and support them
selves. 1t is hard to get a footing for
just the right kind OF a start. But
tho youth who is seeking for an honest
opportunity, who has left father and
mother hundreds Of miles away to go
forth among strangers and exc out his
present and future perhaps, soon
learns by bitter experience that it is of
no use, to be particular or to harp up-
on hCw he was raised; how much he
knows.
Most all young men who are on the
v of bidding their loved ones good.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-08-20

attend some jolly affair every evening
of the week Sunday excepted, dane
ing far into the wee sma' hours, and
up with the sun the following morn
ing, bright as a dollar, and fresh as
daisy, and that it is sheer nonsense
to believe continuous rounds Of gay
ETY. told on a girls health or looks?
Turning night into day can be kept
up but a certain length of time. The
pretty daughter Of wealth need not
know when the sun rises; 1t Is not a
reminder to her that time Is passing,
She can sleep well into the MONDAY
wooing the roses in her cheeks to stay
by her.
But what the heiress may do with.
out dismay Is positive harm to the
pretty shopgirl who has nothing but
her energy, health and youth to bank
on. No matter how youthful and seem.
ingly tireless she may imagine her.
self to be, the nightly pursuit of
pleasure will all too soon demand of
her its toll.
The proverbial forty winks Of sleep
each night may suffice for a little
while, but nature will soon rebel.
When the sun throws It's first beam
OF golden light into her room, a sigh
Instead OF q laugh will soon break
from her lips and she will wish from
the depths Of her heart that she could
sleep just a little longer-only five
minutes more would be a boon.
But there's just so much time to
dress, swallow her coffee and rolls and
get to her place Of business. Time
will not loiter for her convenience. She
gets up tired. The gay life slowly but
surely makes inroads on her health,
and no girl who is tired and haggard
In consequence can save her beauty
for long.
Entertaining company in a girls
own home, II late hours are INDUCED
in, Is quite as disastrous. II 1t Is a
young man whom a girl hopes to win
for a husband who is permitted to
outstay the departure hour set by gen.
eral custom in polite society, she will
find that defying judicious social re-
quirements lowers. rather than ad-
vances her in the average young
mans opinion.
There's another danger signal for
young and innocent girls to heed,
though they be rich or poor-and that
Is, the saucy-looking cocktail or the
red, red wine which plays an import
ant part In gayety which leads to dan
ger or perhaps wrecked lives. The
girl who allows herself to be coaxed,
or cornered into imbibing
liquor has a thorny road ahead of
her to travel. One glass creates a
thirst for a second, and perhaps a
third. Few, II any. young women can
lmbibe to that extent without losing
heads.
Young men escorts who would
tempt unsophisticated young women
into such a pitiable plight are not
safe companions to see them home.
Old heads cannot be put ca young
The thing for parents to
do is to set the pace they are to travel
while they are in the early teens.
Shut down on every evening out"
practice. Send away beaux and close
he home at 1890 o'clock. Censor a
girls friends Of both sexes, and you'll
bring up a daughter you'll be proud of.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-08-20
HOW TO IMPROVE SALOONS.

A liquor paper wants to know how
to improve the saloon. We make the
following suggestions, and guarantee
that if followed they will improve any
saloon in America:
Take down the sign.
Move out the bars and fixtures.
Empty the stock in trade down the
sewer.
Get the ~bartenders some other work
Pull down the curtains.
Lock the doors.
Put a ITO Rent" sign on the out
side.-Exchange.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-08-20
IN RUSSIA.

From July to December there were
recorded in Petrograd in 1913 ninety.
seven suicides, but in 1914 only four.
teen. The same phenomenon was OBJ
served in Warsaw, where during the
first half of 1914 there were recorded
41s suicides, and during the second
half only 205. The reduction of the
number Of small loans made by the
pawnshops, and the increase Of the
deposits in the savings banks, were
among the further gratifying results
OF temperance. For the first two
mol>hs of 1915 the savings banks Of
Petroyrad received deposits exceed
ing the figures for the corresponding
months of. 1914 by one and o half
million rubles (&150,000), while
throughout Russia the quantity OF de-
posts increased by a hundred billior
rubles (e10 ,0G0,0 OO).
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-08-20
Planter Kills Tenant.

Redding.-Frank Thorpe was shot
and instantly killed on August 10 by
Talmage Carver, three miles south Of
here. Thorpe was a tenant on Carver's
farm. They had been having trouble
for several days over the rent or d.
vision OF some corn. The difficulty was
resumed and resulted in the death OF
Thorpe.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-08-20
SOFT WHITE HANDS
Under Most Conditions II You Use
Cutlcura. Trial Free.

The Soap to cleanse and purify, the
ointment to soothe and heal. Nothing
better or more effective at any price
than these fragrant supercreamy emol-
lients. A onc-night treatment will test
them In the severest forms Of red.
rough. chapped and sore hands.
Sample each FREQ by mail with Book.
Address postcard. Cuticura, Dept. Ky.
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-08-20
Anthrax Appears.

Jackson.-Following a report of DR..
H. Chadwick, city veterinarian and
pure food inspector, that anthrax
had appeared among some cattle
herds in and about Jackson, DR.. E. NJ.
Ranck, state veterinarian, at Stark.
vile, reached here Aug. s and at once
began an investigation. He concurred
in DR.. Chadwick's diagnosis, pro-
nouncing the suspected cattle to be
infected with anthrax, and steps were
Immediately taken to place the cattle
under Stringent quarantine.