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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-07-16
MRS. MARY coKER DIES FROM
BLOWS RECEIVED IN ROOM
OF HARNESS-MAKER.
STATE FAIR BONDS SOLD
Premium of $425 Received on Sale Of
$4,000 Bond lssue.-Big State
Exhibition Is Assured for
FaIl.-Other News.

jackson.
Terribly mutilated and bruised from
repeated attacks which had appar-
emily been made upon her until she
had become so badly injured that she
died in the charity hospital, Mrs. Mary
Cocker. aged IS, is said by the police to
be the victim of one Of the most afro.
cious crimes In Mississippi police an.
nails. The woman was found in the
apartments of Horace Perry, harness,
maker, who resides on State street.
Perry, with two companions, Jim Har.
rison and Robert Carter, are held
pending a rigid investigation Of the
crime.
Mrs. Cocker, who has only one arm,
was discovered lying in an uncon
scious condition on a bed in the Perry
habitat, entirely stripped of her cloth
ing. A bloody Ratchet was on the
floor beside her, and curtain poles in
the room were despatched with blood.
She had been terribly beaten and her
body was a mass Of cuts and bruises.
She died at the hospital within a few
hours, without making any statement
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-07-16
Evelyn Must Appear in Court.

New lork.-A body attachment was
Issued by Supreme Court Justice Hen
drick July I for Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
who failed to appear to testify in the
sanitary trial of her husband, Harry
X. Thaw. Mrs, Fhaw came down from
her summer camp in the Adirondacks
and told Deputy Attorney General
Cook she could not stand the strain
OF testifying and did not propose to
testify against her husband. She then
left for the Adirondacks,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-07-16
ESCAPE FROM SUBMARINE
Nine Are Killed, However, on Mule
Ship That Outruns Germans Who
Endeavor to Torpedo.

London.-The big British steamship
Anglo-Californian limped into Queens
town harbor July 5, a veritable sham
bles after having outrun a German sub.
marine. Her wireless apparatus, her
bridge and upper works shot away, her
tunnels pierced and her decks Uttered
with dead and dying, she accomplished
the feat vainly attempted by the i'll
fated Armenian a week ago in the same
waters.
Like the latter vessel, she was laden
with transport animals for the British
army-a cargo of horses shipped from
Montreal on June "a. Panic among
the latter during and following the
bombardment to whichvthe Ang7cCalf-
fornian was subjected added to the
horror Of the situation.
The commander who brought her
through the hail Of shot, shell and
rifle fire-Capt. Parslow-paid for the
achievement with his life. He remain
ed on the bridge amid the inferno until
blown off by a shell. The officers who
assumed his post found his body with
one arm and n ueg shot away.
The others Of the crew who shared
his fate were, like the captain, horri-
bly, mutilated. The dead number nine.
Eight others were desperately wound
ed, and nearly all on board suffered
more or less in the baptism Of fire.
Among the ships crew and mule
teers were SO Americans and Canad-
ians. 1t is not known whether any
Americans were among the dead or
not.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-07-16
DEFEATED
More Than 600 Are Killed in Northern
Mexieo-Dead and Wounded Are
Strewn Over Field.

Laredo, Texas.-Additional reports
from the battle between of July 5 be-
tween Villa and C~arranza forces, near
Villa Garcia, midway between Pare
don and Monterey, in which 600 Car
rama troops were killed, state that
fighting began at 8 o'clock In tho
morning and continued furiously I'M
til 2 in the afternoon. The battle
opened with a terrific machine gun
fire on both sides. About moo Car
rama commanders ordered a cavalry
charge, followed by hand-to-hand fight"
ing, which continued two hours, when
the order for a retreat was sounded
by C~arranza chiefs. The battlefield
was strewn with dead and wounded,
but most of the latter were carried
from the field to special trains held
in readiness and taken to Monterey
for treatment.
In Nuevo Laredo C%arranza authori.
ties were ~reticent, but it was semi.
officially learned they admit the loss
Of 600 dead and probably twice that
number wounded. They claim, how.
ever, to have inflicted eve more Sc
rious losses IN dead and wounded on,
villa forces ard say the Carranza re-
'trest>was for strategic reasons and to
await achievements.
Ten thousand Villa and 5000 Car
anz troops are estimated to have
been engaged. Many Of the dead on
both sides are said to have been wo-
men camp followers, who advanced
too near the firing lines.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-07-16
Three COWBOYS Are Killed.

Del Rio, TeXas.-Three Mexican COW
boys were killed and a number OF
horses driven off in a raid on July z by
800 M~exicans, said to be Carranza fol.
lowers, on the San Miguel ranch, forty
miles west of Del Rio, on the Mexican
side Of the boundary. The ranch is
the property of Rose & Miers of this
place.
Villa troops are reported to have ar.
rived in the vicinity of the ranch dur.
ing the night, and, according to parties
crossing the border, severe fighting
was taking place between the forces.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-07-16
Adriatic Is Safe.

New lork.-Word Of the arrival of
the Adriatic in Liverpool which was
received here July S, dispelled appre.
hension over the safety of the liner,
which had to pass through the war
zone where German submarines are
operating, The Adriatic sailed June
10, with 339 passengers and a large
consignment OF ammunition. 1t was
said there were only eight Americans
aboard.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-07-16
Superintendent 10 Elected.

Starkville.-In the special election
recently held to fill the unexpired
term Of A. E. Greene, late superintend.
emit Of education of Oktibbeha county,
Prof. c. E. Scroggin won over his
three competitors with a majority OF
46. He is now making the race TO-
the full term.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-07-16
viii Name Scholarships.

Natchez.-Mrs. Robert E, Burton,
wife of the superintendent Of Jeffer'
sol Military College. has been appoint.
ed by Mrs. w. ]. Price of Jackson,
Miss, president U. D. c., Mississippi
Division, as a member of the educa.
tional committee to award the U. D,
G. scholarships in the various educa>
tional institutions Of the state.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-07-16
-AiIeoe Infrinoement az Name.

Vicksburg.-Suit was filed In the
federal court here July 2 by counsel
for the Coca-Cola company Of Atlanta
against the Southern Bottling com.
pany Of Vicksburg, Miss, setting
forth the alleged grounds for com.
plant, that the said bottling company
is infringing upon the rights of the
Coca-Cola company by using the nam,
"Coca-Cola" without permission.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-07-16
Charged With Moonshinino.

Meridian.-Make Odom, an alleged
moonshiner, was arrested and brought
here by Deputy United States Marshal
Jasper Boykin on a charge of Illicit
distilling. The officers destroyed
about 80 gallons of mash, but said
there was more that they have not
yet found. Odom was arrested abou'
eight miles from Ellisville.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-07-16
MARSHALL Politics Omen In.

Holly SpTings.-Politics in old Mar
shall are on in earnest. The first
"gun" for the local candidates was
fired July 2 at Avis Grove, near
Potts Camp, where a big picnic was
held and where the candidates for the
legislature made speeches.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-07-16
Turkish Loss 25.OOO.

London.-A dispatch dated July s
from Athens says:
THE Turkish losses at the Darda.
nelles in the recent fighting were 20
900. An urgent order has been sent
to Constantinople to prepare $50,
900 beds in the hospitals"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-07-16
Tannery For Penitentiary.

There is a movement on foot among
the state prison trustees to establish
another industry in connection with
the ~penitentiary activities. Whether
this can be done during the present
year, however, is somewhat doubtful.
as 1t will require some outlay Of
money, which is not available. Trus.
tee Montgomery's plan is for the es-
adjustment of a tannery. AS indicat.
ed by Col. Montgomery, this is a prac.
teal proposition, as the penltentiary
hundreds Of hides during a year.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-07-16

Tacoma, Wash.-Paul Franzen, me,
chanician for William Carlson, driver
in the 250.mile Montamarathon auto.
mobile ace on the Tacoma speedway,
July 4, was killed and Carlson injured
in an upset near the end Of the contest
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-07-16
Germans Shift Troops.

London.-A report from Petrograd
says that according to private reports
all passenger traffic on the German
railways has been suspended. 1t Is
believed large forces are leaving the
east front for the west, and predicts Q
rush on Calais.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-07-16
state Fair Bonds Are Sold.

otdte Fdlr 6onuS are Ola
The state fair bonds have been sold,
and to good advantage, insuring a big
state fair for Mississippians in jack
son next October.
The entire block of $4,000 Of bonds
was awarded to R. M. Grant & Co., Of
Chicago, in competition with financial
houses in Cincinnati, New York and
other points. More than eighteen bid.
ders submitted sealed propositions
which we're opened and considered at
a meeting of the city council.
The $4,000 bond issue for school
Improvements, recently voted by Jack.
son citizens, was sold to the Jackson.
State National Bank, Of this city. The
fair bonds were bought by R. M. Grant
& Co. at s IA per cent, with a pre-.
MUM Of $425. The school bonds were
sold at s per cent and a premium Of
$512.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-07-16
May Dlsbar Lawyer.

May DIsbar Lawyer.
Whether s. D. Redmond, a negro
lawyer Of this city, will be dis5arred
or allowed by the three commission,
ers appointed by Judge w. H. Potter
to hear complaints made against him
by the negro grand lodge of knights
OF Pythias and several attorneys.
The negro Pythians claim that Red.
mond unprofessionally stirred vp It'll.
cation and caused the order 4 great
deal Of trouble.
Senator Williams Spends "Fourth."
United States Senator John Sharp
Williams spent July 4 in Jackson as
the guest Of D. Morrison.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-07-16
Charged With Pilferins Much Co

Charged With Pilfering Much Coal.
Meridian.-Jeems Holloway, a badly
wanted negro. has been captured and
is now held here on numerous and
sundry petit larceny charges, growing
out of the alleged theft of 224 tons of
coal from Kaye Brothers, at various
times.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-07-16
Gets CIrvt eertcnce.

italian Gets EiYst eertenec.
Jim Bruno, the Italian charged with
killing his wife in a cell in the county
jail here last year by stabbing her,
was tried in the circuit court July 6,
convicted and given a life sentence in
the ~penitentiary. He claimed that his
wife was unfaithful to him, and when
she visited him he stabbed her. Bruno
also is charged with killing his broth
er-in-law at Cannon, but a mistrial re-
suited, after which he was brought
to Jackson for safekeeping.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-07-16
Must Die on GaHows.

WuSs DTc UT
The supreme cout on July 8 over
ruled the suggestion Of error in the
case Of S. L. Johnson, convicted Of
killing and robbing Elston Brewer in
Wcksburg several years ago, and sen.
fenced to be hanged on August 6.
This was Johnson's final appeal to es.
cape the gallows, and unless the gov.
ernor intervenes he will be executed.
On a change of venue, Johnson, who
Is a white man, was tried and CON
victed in Claiborne county.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-07-16
Recommends pisbarment Of Negro.

Recommends DISbarment OF Negro.
A singing criticism against the con.
duct of S. D. Redmond, a negro attor.
ney Of this city, who is reputed to be
the wealthiest member Of his race in
Mississippi, is contained. in recommen.
dations of a special commission ap.
pointed by Circuit Judge Wiley H.
Potter that disbarment proceedings be
instituted. The commission last week
heard evidence on charges instituted
by officers of the grand lodge, Knights
Of Pythias, colored, claiming that Red
mond had in an unprofessional way
stirred up litigation and discussions
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-11-26

sights in town, hanging at half mast all
the time, no one taking the least in
terest in its woeful state. Each morn
ing as l pass it l am depressed, fear
ing that some promising youth has
been cut down in his prime.
l understand that the object in dis
playing the flag at school is to en-
gender respect for it in the minds of
the children, but l do not think that
this will be the result unless more at
tention is paid the flag than is ordi-
narily given to dishrags on the
clothes line.
Properly speaking it should be run
up in the morning when school opens,
and lowered at the close of the school
day. In some places the Boy Scouts
take this duty. If, however. it is TO
be left on the mast night and day
don t you think some one could get the
ianitor to take yank on the hal
hards say each Monday morning
Then the school would only be IN
mourning about three days each week.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-11-26
QUIT MEAT when
KIDNEYS BOTHER
Take P Glass of Salts Before Break
fast if Your Back Hurts or Blad-
der is Troubling you.

No man or woman who eats meat
regularly can make a mistake by flush
inc the kidneys occasionally, says a
we'll known authority. Meat forms uric
acid which excites the kidneys, they
become overworked from the strain, get
sluggish and fail TO filter the waste ami
poisons from the blood, then we get
sick. Nearly all rheumatism, head
aches, liver trouble, nervousness, dizzl-
ness, sleeplessness and urinary dis
orders come from sluggish kidneys
The moment you feel dull ache III
the kidneys or your back hurts or #
the the urine is cloudy, offensive, full
of sediment, irregular of passage or at
tended by a sensation of scalding, stop
eating meat and get about four ounces
of Jad Salts from any pharmacyj take
"a tablespoonful in glass of water
before break fast and III few
days your kidneys will act fine.
his famous salts is made from the acid
of grapes and lemon juice, combined
with hthia, and has been used for gen
erations to flush and stimulate the kid
neys, also to neutralize the acids in
urine so 1T no longer causes irritation,
thus ending bladder weakness.
Jad Salts is inexpensive and cannot
injure; makes a delightful efferveseent
Whitewater drink which everyone
should take now and then to keep the
kidneys clean and active and the blood
pure, thereby avoiding serious kidney
complications.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-11-26
HS-IT IS POSSIBLE
TO STOP RHEUMATISM

Rheumatism is a tormenting and
stubborn malady. In some cases it
yields to treatment which is without
avail in other cases.
The darling pains, lame muscles or
stiffened joints only disappear by grad
ually expelling the uric acid, and SO
many thousands have been relieved by
the blood-enriching oil-food in SCOTS
Emulsion that you should give it a
faithful trial. SCOTS Emulsion acts as
powerful blood-purifer by increasing
the red corpuscles and it strengthens
the organs to carry off the acids which
cause the trouble.
Try Scots Emulsion Itcannot harm.
1t has helped thousands and may be ex-
actly what you need. No Alcohol.
Scott & Bovine. bloomfield. Nj. 1923
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-11-26
tCopyright,
4 II r. IN COZ ME- TAX

The income tax is an insidious effort
to collect money from people who
would rather invest it in a new fall
overcoat or a trip to the Royal Gorge
1t is aimed primarily at the idle rich.
why by rights should pay all of the ex.
penses of the government except the
water rent at the White House. but il
sometimes steps aside and strikes a
humble home which has just laid in a
new limousine.
The income tax law was passed by
Congress at time when it looked as
if the pork barrel wouldn't last
through the sixth round Fear of this
calamity induced a good many con
gressmen who had applied for a mar
bic postoffiee building to vote for the
bill in a resonant tone, Joining glad
hands with others who cherished the
laudable ambition to build deep sea
harbor on the creek in the rear of the
county seat. This combination was too
strong for the reactionaries in both
parties, who gave in and have been
contributing ever since with a painful
grunt.
Under the provisions of the income
tax law, nothing is exempt except de-
probation on the family COW. 1t is
very discouraging to man who is in
debt up to the top lid of the stand
pipe not to be able to swear off
Protected by The Ada
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-11-26
STATE NEWS NOTES.
Death of Middiebury Graduate.

News has been received at Middle
bury college of the death of John A..
Howe CT Albany, N. Y, of the class of
1858. Mr.. Howe had been principal OF
grammar schools in Albany since 1857
and was known as the grand old
man CT Albany teachers He was the
founder of the Albany free library,
and Of the first kindergarten and the
first night school in Albany. He was
the originator CT the practice of dis
playing the national emblem over
school houses, which has since become
universal. Mr.. Howe was born in
Poultney, Oct. l, 1884, and prepared for
college in Troy Conference academy. A
son and two grandsons also have grad
uated from the college
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-11-26

The commission for relief in Bel
GUM calls attention to the fact that
with another winter starting in there
are 100000 persons in Belgium who
must depend on outside charity for
clothing as well as food. These limo
cent victims Of the war, homeless and
poverty stricken through no fault Of
their own, are unable to help them
selves to any extent. Many of them
are frail women, children Of tender
years and old men Incapable o.
earning a living if work was TO be lad,
and those of them that are a''lc and
willing to work have great difficulty
under present conditions IN finding even
temporary employment. Tie food
problem is pretty well taken care of,
but the commission has no reserves
with which to provide clothing for the
destitute. An appeal on this behalf is
now made to the American public and
it is to be hoped the response will be
as generous as it has been in the matter
of supplying food.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-11-26

by the Maine clubwomen in their an
nual meeting Il few days ago. Peonage
is condition of compulsion service
based on the Indebtedness of the WORK
er to the master. The basic matter is
Beyond question, many
of the men who go into the woods are
indebted to their employers for their
transportation and their outfits. Tech
nically, therefore, they are poems. The
debt is not a serious matter, however.
They are soon clear of it, and when
they come out to civilization they have
commonly more money than is good for
them. They paint Bangor, or the first
place they reach, a very vivid carmine
and have a wild time for while-un-
til their money is gone. Then they land
in jail or in the hands of the employ
ment agents and are signed up for an.
other trip to the woods. If they are
Hpeons' it is their own choice. The
Maine system undoubtedly exists in
lumber camps in New Hampshire an,
Vermont. 1t is stretching things pretty
hard to call the system peonage, as thu
term is commonly used.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-11-26

enough assets to get in the same class
with numerous of his fellow-townsmen
who do not owe anything. and whose
sources of revenue are harder to locate
than the cause of the European war,
when victim of the tax sees a neigh
Dor with four times his income left neg
iected and sad at heart by the nearest
revenue collector, he is tempted to put
all OF his property in the name of some
deceased relative and bury his salary
III the asparagus bed
When it is time to take up the free
Will offering, along in March, the CON
trlbutor IS given a blank which goes
INTO some very offensive particulars re-
gardlng the business of the addressee.
This blank is simple affair, and can
easily be filled out in ten days by the
head OF the firm, two stenographers and
an expert accountant. After it is filed
out and sent in, it is returned for a
correction OF two cents in the footing,
which makes it necessary to start back
at the beginning of the calendar year
and hire new accountant There is
never any difficulty about collecting the
income tax, for in case some local cap
itaist endeavors to ring in a part of
his household expenses as a charge
against the factory pay roll he is wait
ed upon by the United States marshal
and induced to reconsider.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-11-26

We have always supposed that
peonage existed in this country only
in the southern states, SO that it was
rather surprising to have a United
States immigration commissioner state
that the Maine lumbermen maintain
:" the most complete system of peonage
that has ever existed in the entire
country The newspapers of Maine
have denied the charge in various ways
and it was made a subject of discussion
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-11-26

Rabidou, the Mortified lumber deal
err who killed one man and MANNED an
other while driving his automobile, and
who was convicted of manslaughter,
ought not to complain about a $1,000
fine. A jail sentence. which might have
been imposed, would have hurt {. good
deal more We have heard the oracle
Of Futnev road say "a trouble which
YOU can settle with money when you
have the money ism t much of a trouble
after all. But if Rabidou is like most
of us he will have lingering remem-
brance of his Victims
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-11-26

Judge Harland B. Howe of st. Johns
bury comes into the limelight in New
York The officials of the Hamburg
American line who are charged with
conspiracy arc being tried before him,
New York viii find Judge Howe pic
turesque figure and man fully capa-
bic of deciding important questions
which will come before him.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-11-26
1t was a perfect Thanksgiving day
atmospherieally speaking.

Thanksgiving in America this year was
written in capital letters. The country is
returning to prosperity but thanks cen
tered chiefly over the fact that the country
is spared the horrors of war.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-11-26
TO SUBSCRIBERS.

1t is the aim of the management to
secure efficient service In the delivery
of the paper each night. and 1t solicits
the cooperation of subscribers to that
end Prompt reports should be given Of
each failure to receive the paper on the
morning following the omission, In per-
son. by telephone or postal card, thus
enabling the cause of the error to be
promptly and accurately discovered and
the proper remedy Immediately applied
1t is only by this method that the pub
Usher can secure the desired service.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-11-26

Carranza tells the Mexicans that the
process of reconstruction will be long and
difficult The statement Is undoubtedly
true, but somehow it doesn't seem to coin
eide with the assurances he gave President
Wilson some little time ago.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-11-26

Henry Ford's peace trip to Europe will
be peace trip and nothing more. y The
allies are not ready for peace. Hostilities
will not cease until some definite assurance
can be given of stable conditions in the
future. Ford is sincere man who has
made great success in business, but he is
a dreamer