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Macon beacon., 1915-12-10
Shot While HuntinQ.

Greenville.-W. i. Thompson. chief
engineer of the board of Mississippi
Leyee Commissioners while bird hunt
ing with Levee Contractor l.. Law
renee of Memphis, near Leota. was
shot In the face. One bird shot en-
tered his left eye and may cause the
loss OF the sight In that organ. Mr..
Lawrence was abotu GO yards from Mr..
Thompson and fired at a covey OF
birds. not seeing Thompson when he
fired. Several shot struck Mr. Thomp-
son in the face but the injuries are not
serious except the shot in the eye.
Macon beacon., 1915-12-10
Rankin Farm Shows We'll.

Claud Allen, sergeant in charge Of
the Rankin convict farm, the home Of
the white convicts, says that he has
300 acres of oats that are up and
growing nicely, and that he expects to
plant about 100 acres more.
The Rankin farm has begun making
molasses, having twenty acres of
cane, which, it is thought. will yield
about 200 gallons an acre, after saving
seed enough to double his acreage an.
other year. With an abundance OF
turnips, green's and collards, from the
prison garden, plenty of sweet pota.
toes, peas and new ground meal. the
convicts on the Rankin farm will be
wei Nsnpplied during the winter.
Macon beacon., 1915-12-10

M Helps
ADD TO VALUE OF PROPERTY
Cleveland Landscape Artist Makes It
Clear How Trees Give Substantial
Return to Owner.

''lf trees do have an effect on real
estate, what is that effect?' says Fred
erick Noble Evans, landscape artist of
Cleveland, Ohio
1t would be an assumption of the
real estate mans total lack of obser-
vation to argue the point, that the ef-
feet OF a well-grown tree or tree group
on lot gives somehow a substantial
appearance to the whole Of the prop
erty. The sense of permanency at
taching TO the tree seems in our mind
to spread to the house also.
The household itself, our imagina-
tion suggests, must be founded on
something substantial. That house q
little farther down the street. built
in the same style, and just as large,
with no tree On the lot. seems tran.
silent, of sudden growth and about to
take sudden departure. OF the two.
If we are prospective buyers, we
would choose the property with the
tree near by, for we cannot but feel
that life would be just little more
worth living here. l once heard a
commercial traveller say that in choos-
ing the house that he finally pur.
chased he had let his imagination
do the deciding.
He had merely shut his eyes and
considered which one he would rather
come home to. The property which
he bought had trees on it. If one Of
us had been the broker, we would
probably have felt indebted TO the
arboreal specimen for the sale.'
Macon beacon., 1915-12-10
Artificial Limbs.

A recent number Of the Berlin
Medical Weekly notes the excellent
quality of work done by United States
manufacturers Of artificial limbs. One
case is cited Of a subject who eight
years ago in America had suffered am
putation Of both arms and both legs
as a result Of gangrene following Sc
we're electrical burns. THE man"
says the medical journal, after six
months practice in exercising the
stumps was supplied with four arti.
fetal limbs by an American maDufac-
turer. He became able then to earn
his living; could walk without limp
and had covered without a cane
eleven and one-quarter miles in a day
He was able to feed himself, 10 dress
and undress and In fact seemed to
show no great incapacity.' 1t was
proposed to show him for moral ef-
feet to soldiers who had lost limbs in
Battle.
Macon beacon., 1915-12-10
AFTER THE GREAT WAR
SPECULATION As TO PLEASANT
PATHS OF PEACE.
Woman Who Has Known Conditions
at the Front Wonders What Real
Return to the Normal
Will Mean.

Centuries ago a chronicler of the
Crusades recorded quantity Of GER
tain vain and valorous knight:
Three wounds he received in this
battle, whereat he laughed, but the
paynim who shore his tall plume he
cursed deeply and rested not till he
had, with his good sword, shorn of his
head"
That was in the day when every
gentleman who was not priest must
be fighter, and could be dandy only
by the way. 1t was many years later
that another type arose. dandy first
and fighter afterward; the graceful
idler, the society fop, suddenly trans
formed by patriotism, at his country's
call, into a hero. History proved him,
fiction adopted him: he became one OF
the most popular figures in drama.
story and romance. But until now
neither fact nor fiction has supplied a
corresponding type Of heroine.
The great war Of today, although 1t
demands Of many of the noble women
who have answered the call greater
ability, responsibility and thorough
ness of training than has ever been de-
manded of women before, has also Of
fered opportunities of service to 9TH
ers, hitherto merely women of fashion
and the gay world, which many have
eagerly accepted. Women used only
to organizing balls toll on committees;
women who have shone in foreign cap.
itals interpret for hapless refugees;
women who have played with petted
children in charming nurseries estab-
lish orphanages, care for destitute
mothers or adopt war babies. Other
women Of the modern athletic type,
unframed to nursing, devote their
nerve and muscle to shaving in hos
pitals-hastily improvised, ill-equipped,
overcrowded. undermined hospitals
where they fag for the real nurses,
and turn their hands to anything from
writing wills and messages for dying
men to menial and often horrible tasks
of washing. scrubbing and disinfecting
Others give themselves, with their
automobiles, to the Red Cross, and
drive their own cars, filled with wound
ed, over war-torn roads and half
wrecked bridges with skill and daring
Often they run them under fire, and
mt opo 0f fhon hac nip rhod
If ever this terrible time, which
seems an endless nightmare, does real
iy end" the American wife Of an Eng
lishman of high social position, who
has been loyalty working with the rest
wrote home recently, says the Youths
Companion, "and il wake up to peace
and pretty clothes and gay doings, and
life as 1t used to be-sometimes
wonder who it will be that will wake
Not l, the old l of before the war
that l, my DEAR is dead as II she had
been shot. / want to be happy and
jolly again, yet when / think OF the
old life it seems no more possible tC
take 1t up and live it than to 60 bach
and be little girl. have died, OF
grown up, or been born again since
| them don't quite know which!
only know that am, and must be, diff
ferent and that l cannot even wish to
be the same again."
| Sometimes to lose self is to find Q
! soul
Macon beacon., 1915-12-10

Since the outbreak Of the war the
French government has been fully
alive 10 the paramount importance OF
the agricultural problem. which has
been rendered all the more difficult
OF solution by the drain which the
general mobilization made upon labor.
In spite OF the great sacrifices made
by the women of France, who, since
the war Degan, have undertaken agri.
cultural work hitherto performed by
men, there was for & long period n
serious lack OIL hands This has been
remedied to great extent by the
initiative OF M. Millerand, the min.
lister Of war, who put at the disposal
OF farmers territorial troops and the
men In the depotG who arc UNIT fof
the lighting line Permission hao also
been granted 10 men in the trenches
to return to tho FARM Tor seed time,
while in the zone oil tho armies on
GERS In command have ordered sol
diers to render help to farmers when
ever possible.
Macon beacon., 1915-12-10
OVER THE STATE EPlTom,zEp

Two fires within seven hours at Bi.
loxi caused loss estimated at $4,000.
One hundred entries were made in
the Hazlehurst Live Stock Show re-
Gently held.
Congressman ]. W. Collier OF Vicks.
burg has returned to Washington to
resume his work there.
Congressman Percy E. Quin has ap-
pointed Lee Stamps of Brookhaven as
his secretary, to succeed Frank V.
Eisele, who has been elected sheriff
OF Adams County.
Macon beacon., 1915-12-10
Organize Pig Clucs.

Jackson. The work of establishing
and starting off pig clubs in Kinds
County is being energetcally pushed
by p. H. Sanders, assistant to G.. A.
Cobb, state agent for boys club work,
and F. VI. Coleman, newly elected
county superintendent OF education. In
order to give more interest and zest
to this campaign. merchants and lead
ing men OF Jackson, through the board
of trade, have promised prizes aggre
eating $1,000.
Macon beacon., 1915-12-10
Supreme Court Docket,

The supreme court Of Mississippi
announces the following as the list of
cases to be called for the week begin
ming Dec. 6 T. w. Avent ct al VS..
3. T. Markette ct al; Frank w. Moore
vs. American Surety Company; Mrs.
Mary ]. Thayer vs.. Addison Brannin ct
al; Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Rail
road Co, VS.. John E. Loftin; Mrs. T. T
Davenport VS.. Monroe Banking and
Trust Co.; F. r. Merrin VS.. A. V. Is
Ter ct al; 101 Ranch Wild West Show,
Inc, VS.. Mark Neely Ham, by next
friend; City of Clarksdale vs.. Claudis
Whitehead. by next friend Silas AL
len ct al. VS.. State.
Macon beacon., 1915-12-10

On some of the French military lor
fies there are affixed rods which, II
a vehicle be tilted at severe anglo
on a high-cambered road. swing out,
30 that should a disposition to over
turn be evinced. the tendency .1 inn
mediately arrested oy the ieet on the
ends OF the rods. Ior these prop the
car up by making an easy contact
with tho ground. The aston ic pure
II automatic.
Macon beacon., 1915-12-10
Vines for Concrete House.

A correspondent Tishes to know
what vines she should plant to com.
pletely cover a concrete house OF
rough exterior finish, the enveloping
process to be as rapid as possible.
Plant alternately, about six feet
apart, all around the house vines of
Ficus Repens and Bignonia Tweedi-
ana. The former will spread laterally
and cover the lower parts, while the
latter will rapidly ascend to the high
er parts. II may be as well to- cut on
the lower shoots Of Bignonia in order
TO hasten its upward growth, for the
Ficus will surely cover all below.
Macon beacon., 1915-12-10
Thouoht Pistol Empty.

Natchez. ez.-Information has just been
received here OF the accidental killing
of Mrs. Bernard Netterville by her
husband at their home about 8 miles
from Woodville. From what can be
learned they were handling a revolver
which they believed to be empty when
by some unaccountable means it was
discharged and the bullet struck Mrs.
Netterville in the back of the head
killing her instantly.
Macon beacon., 1915-12-10
Muat Anawsr For BURGLARY.

Newton. Dan King and Tom Ross,
the two young white men arrested by
the Jackson police as suspicious char
acters. have been returned here to
stand trial for robbery. One OF the
suspects confessed the crime. telling
how they had entered J. Engle's store
during a downpour Of rain and helped
themselves to several suit cases which
they packed full Of goods. and made
their way by train to Jackson.
Macon beacon., 1915-12-10
PLEA FOR BETTER GARDENS
Writer In California Journal Points
Out Defects That Exist in Most
Pleasure Grounds.

We should make our gardens livable
and then live in them, to an extent
equal with the English, who pass a
greater portion of their time in the
garden than any other people, says q
writer in the Los Angeles Times. 1t
is largely a matter of attitude. AS q
nation we seem to think that whether
one has a garden or not is mere in.
/ cident or a matter of taste. We
rAould learn to regard 1t as neces-
necessary to the preservation
nall enjoyment Of perfect health, both
lectively and individually. Dr..
Wilhelm Miller says: I'VE cannot be
a pink-cheeked nation until America
is one great garden, as England is.'
We must first make our garden COM
Portable, and in gaining this most i'm
portant point will come the true gar
den. For it will never do to seek com.
fort in a garden that every day looks
as though it had Just come from the
barber shop and Turkish bath. One
OF our greatest American park and
garden builders, after being shown
through Southern California's most
spectacular garden, said it might be
likened to freshly-trimmed French
poodle. No rest and relaxation, spir.
itualfy, may be found in such gardens,
not matter how many seats, benches
and arbors may be provided for phys
ical rest, for heartfelt comfort and re-
taxation, both mental and muscular
will still be lacking. We need more OF
comfort, less of Journalism and II we
make our garden comfortably beauti'
full in the fullest sense Of the word
we cannot choose but to love it.
Macon beacon., 1915-12-10
Bilbo To Study OYsters.

Governor-elect Bilbo will spent some
time on the gulf coast around Biloxi
during the month Of December for the
purpose of investigating the oyster
reefs, in order that he may thoroughly
familiarize himself with conditions
having to do with the oyster business
so as to make recommendation to the
legislature that will be of benefit to
the industry.
Macon beacon., 1915-12-10
Bonds Are Reissued.

Vicksburg.-At a special city cleo
ton held here to vote on the reIssu-
ance of 100000 city bonds TO replace
bonds issued years ago to secure the
Y. & NJ. V. railroad shops here. the
new issue plan easily carried with only
opposition.
Macon beacon., 1915-12-10
ehanaina Fashions In Yards.

FASHIONS in yards change nowadays
along with fashions In gowns, hats and
husbands. Large flower beds In con-
spicuousiy central places must be done
away with in favor Of landscape
gardening, preferably in corners OF
:hs yard or where the messing will
have us full effect.
Macon beacon., 1915-12-10
North Mlssissippi Conference

New Albany. The fortysixth annual
session OF the North Mississippi An
nual Conference OF the Methodist
Church, South, convened here with
Bishop Atkins In the chair and the
majority of the members. both clorgy
and lay. present.
Macon beacon., 1915-12-10

Deacon Grabhard--Rev. du GoOde
says he doesn't believe in raising
money by church fairs, suppeTs. con-
eerts and lotteries.
Deacon Pinchpcnni-Hm, Hes al
together too conscientious for a mir
ls:er.--New York Weekly.
Macon beacon., 1915-12-10
To Commercial conaress.

Gov. Brewer has prepared list OF
so wellknown business and profes.
sional men of Mississippi as delegates
to represent Mississippi at the South
ern Commercial Congress. to convene
at Charleston, S. c., Dec 1917. These
appointees have been notified by let,
ter OF their selection.
Macon beacon., 1915-12-10
Col. Henry Accepts.

Jackson.-R. II. Henry. publisher
and editor OF the Jackson Clarion.
Ledger has accepted an invitation
from Henry Ford to act as Mississip-
pi's representative on peace commits
sion to Europe.
Macon beacon., 1915-12-10
Negro Violated Pardon.

John Frank Johnson, a negro par.
doned some months ago by Gov. Brew
er OF the life penalty for murder, has
been returned to the state prison from
Adams county after conviction of rob,
berry. Since Johnson's pardon was
conditional, it is believed he will be
required to I'll, out his first sentence
Macon beacon., 1915-12-10
Movable Schools.

Miss Susie V. Powell, state agent for
home economics extension work In
Mississippi, has issued official bulle.
tins announcing the next series OF
movable schools. These will be in
Tate county, and in Kinds, in both
counties Monday, Dec. G.
Macon beacon., 1915-12-10
Fire pestroys Country Home.

Shannon.-The country home Of J.
B. Abernathy near this place has been
destroyed by fire. 1t was one OF the
few remaining colonial. snte-bellum
homes in this county.
Macon beacon., 1915-12-10

Jess-Why did Mae marry harold!
He's perfect blockhead.
Bess-Well. you kEow she always
liked hardwood trimmings In . house.
Judge.
Macon beacon., 1915-12-10
keepinp It Dark.

Il don't want 10 sign my name to
this letter. think IN sign 1t 'CognOs-
CO."
If you dent want TO be known,
think I'D sign IL IncOgnOsco'.
Macon beacon., 1915-12-10

Germany is a large producer Of
honey"
Maybe that accounts for the sweet
time they're having there
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1915-04-22
WESTERN BATTLES IN AIR
Heavens Continually co<fsd win
aarstirs ssrsprei From Asrspizns
Gun FlrsL

General Headquarters of the British
Army IN France-Mud which ham
pered the armies in France and Bel
GUM throughout the winter virtually
has disappeared along the British
'front.' Dismal. rainy days have given
way to weeks Of sunshine. which has
tried up tho reads. trenches and lines
Of communication. making the soldier
Iifs a paradise compared with former
conditions.
With the coming of clearer weather
thers also has been a marked increase
IN the number Of aeruplane reconnais-
sances on both sides. Half dozen air.
craft have been constantly maneuver-
ing over Ypres., Most Of them are
British attempting to bring down Ger
man flyers. who try 70 spot batteries n
the rear Of the British lines.
Day after day the sky Is unflecksd
except by the cotton wool flakes of
bursting shrapneL. as antf-aircraft guns
seek the flyers. Although the dueIs
continue for hours, machines on eth
er side are seldom brought down. The
population Of Ypres. almost daily un-
der German shell fire. seldom turn
their eyes heavenward. So sated with
war are all civilians that the graceful
craft are unnoticed a. they swervs.
circle and wing for vantage points.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1915-04-22
ARTILLERY DUtlS
ON FRENCH FRONT
1ANo -vo-HAso FIe4rt~c on
MOST o. T-E WESTERN
LINE
ALLIES HOLDING POSITIONS
1arssy asilaa Strung o-s-rsss Ir sns
oarr'areiiea Against L.raiss psr.
ses-srra<ins Psint rnrs.t
era ls1ig'u Neutrality.

Londnn.-Actizity 1inux the western
battle line seems 70 1arrakr sf the M
trr- Of Isolated snxasemenrs rather
taan a general offensive. Artillery
daeia have taksn the place Of hand-sn-
aand lighting. which has been ne fem
tare OK tie recent struggle along the
Aeuse and near the Lorraine border.
ogr ne hitter rype of cumbat continues
n Tie VasEes. where the official state
nasnfs ag-pe sharp fighting Is taxing
place on German territory.
Tie confederation. however. ends
With this f1cr. the French claiming to
1aye ocrupied dominating positions
hare. and the Germans declaring the
af-asrks of the Fres>ch have faiIea-
Pstrug-ad continues 10 report minor
saeresses in the Cazzthians. showing
that the lighting has not been entirely
suspended near the passes. but the
Russian. Austrian and German official
reports agree tnat spring virtually has
put an end TO all activity along the re-
malnder of the eastsru sruur.
Il again Is un1fficfaIlv announced
that aperarirns ars under way In the
Dar'taneIles. where the Turks are re-
1crtet building defenses axainst Iand-
tng parties. but the news Of the break
ng no Of the ice At ArchangsL. the only
larxs sea port on the narth coast Of
hazaia. may induce the entents allies
90 Be more dsIiherate in their attempts
% Sslock the gate 70 the Black Sea
Tha irritation in Holland over the
scrpedotzg ec the Dutch ship Katwyx
has been greatly aIIayed by Germany's
expression 0f her willingness to make
an apology and pay an indemnity II il
b found that the vessel was sunk By
German submarine.
Whether the negntiatfons between
Rome and Vienna concerning ItalY's de-
mands tor territorial concessions have
been broken off remains for the mo-
nent an official secret, bur IL appears
to be universally agreed that the tan
sion is approaching the breaking
point 1t h suggested here that the
ItzIia1 foreign office fs awaiting an
ulEimatum from vienna en- the subject
u kalys military Preparations along
tae frontier as a prerexr to sewer the
rsUaininx ties barring "A cu<hrenk of
nns<ilities.
! The aIertness with which ItalTs sg-
sry msvs nov iz followed IN Londnn
Indicates the high fuportxnce attached
here to efforts TO hiring Italy to NE
Fighting line
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1915-04-22
ReseNTs SINKING or BOAT
10 saemzrins s.nk kscsyk, tfoiIsnd
wiH tssid Germany asspansibis
For Act

London--Altheugh IL Is not yet GER
tain that q German submarine boat
was responsible for the sending 20 the
bottom Of the Dutch steamer Katwyk
OF the North Hinder Lightship. thu
sinking Of the vessel haz aroused ehe
Indignation Of the Dutch people. as
evidenced by the editorials Of newspa-
perz In Holland.
The Katwyk. loaded with grain from
Baltimurs. consigned to the Dutch znv-
srnment. Is rsporrad to have been r.
ing at anchor NJ the time Of the ex-
plosicn and N have heen flying the
Dutch Tag The Dutch newspapers
Insist that no mistake could have heen
made and that Il \ German submarine
actually tnrpedoed the steamer -ws
must expect that ths German govern
ment viii, without loss of time. he
made responsible f1R this severe vio.
lztiun uf the rights of neutral Dowsrs-
Fhs fact that tn DuEeh snvsrnmsul
was diruExly tnyoIvs1 y ths Kakwy1I
ing of the steamer came immedlntsiy
On top of tha xnnouncemenk that fnuz
Dutch trawfsrs had bssn ssfzsd BY the
Germans and tzksn to xsshruxxe, xp.
parsntIy has hsxghfsned the feelings
of the Hcllznders-
Next In interest To tha sinking Of
the Katvyk was the publication Of a
white paper" showing that Great
Britain acknowledged that 6ritish
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1915-04-22

Mississippi pageant to be presented by
the senior class and 700 students of
the Industrial Institute and College on
the campus May q, commencement
week. viii serve TO attract hundreds Of
visitors from all sections Of the state
and the south The pageant viii be
the most gorgeous undertaking ever
attempted by a southern college. and
Il win be the first real big pageant ever
staged IN the south. The play In being
directed by Mas Emma ody PohI and
Mrs- Rsca Gather. ths author II viii
deptrt tho history Of Columbus The
columbus Riflemcn have hesn invited
to pnrxtcipnxs.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1915-04-22
BATTLE N EAST DELAYED


Prfruxrad.-Unfsr tns sun trses m
soddsn land On tina southern sIrp~s af
the C1rpnfhians. II Ia not ifkeiy that .
decisive result VII be r>ncned m q
great hattie.
Meanwhile hoxn sitfss xr~ bringing
great r~enfarrsm~nfs 20 ths se~ne
Germany has sent q quarter sf o NIL
lon men - help IN ne 4sfsnse II
Hungary. 6uf shsv haze h~~n cnm,
1siled to fight slrnw rz1s nunss~<. par.
Elrnlnrty az rarnnw md Garsfrs. Do
furs they could r~arn Tas -n~1w n
Hungary. whsrs rhs sinm.aize< n~-a
vas greatest rhsy have est AssrtIv
and their Attach On Carries. wnica n.
Russians srfll a1Id. wa ~ezk-
The Germans have also ,ruux1x 100
truop trains trum Cr1euw win er~sh
cnrDs 10 eupe with tae nsw 1usir.ons
which the Russians ar. fenxrhenEnx
continuously down tho OndarA
This In an entirely difrersnt battle
trum the Carpathian struggle and ia
fksIy to conclude enriier than ths Ger
man movements tndiczfe-
The German generals feel that Ans
trfa s dragging Germany down and
that thetr position has been weakened
BY the Russians. Tnerefnrs she In IN
crsastns her strategic initiative
through progress southwzrd and west
ward
In Moth Poland tasy are using great