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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-10-08


pie Of the sovereign state of Miss
issippi have voted John Eharp
Williams the most illustrious liv.
Ing citizen of that great common.
wealth. SO say we all. John
Sharp Williams is q remarkable
man, the first senator in the Amer.
ican congress, the ablest and most
accomplished statesman in the
American legislature. He travel
ed no royal road to this distinction.
He worked his passage to the front
in both houses, in each of which
he showed himself to possess the
qualities that make the great par,
liamentary debater.
The house and senate of our
congress are not perfect, but in
one respect each is infallible-each
knows the capacity of its each and
every member, and weighs him
with perfect exactitude. Neither
house will tolerate a Ounce, or a
sham. To gain first place in our
congress q man must have the
goods and show them. When a
member rises in either house, a
new face, strange voice, he is
listened to with respect, and ere
he has spoken fifteen minutes his
measure is taken and it is always
and ever the absolutely correct
measure. 1t was never known to
be atfault. Physical presence and
voice, Of course, 60 a great ways
and are material aids; but con-
gress will not be bored, and Adonis
and Arpheus combined in one
would speak to empty benches in
senate or house unless he fetched
some brains with him.
Now, John Sharp is no dude.
He has not the presence of Apollo,
and his is not q tuneful tongue. /
am always reminded of an anec.
dote taken from French history
when John rises to make q speech.
At the siege of Toulon, Dugon.
mier, the commander of the French
forces, was holding a conferenl .
with his generals and Ronaparte,
then a subordinate, left the coun.d !
ellis. "A general spoka UP and ssk.|
ed "whO that litclc sIns;s-.n---.
officer was" To which the com
mander replied, "That little in
significant officer is greater man
than any of u.s."
When John Sharp Williams
takes the floor in the United
States senate the Gambler and the
galleries give ear. He never rises
unless he has something to say,
and before he he's been speaking
five minutes he is certain to say
something that will give the sen.
ate food for thought. That is
what makes John Sharp Williams
the biggest man in the United
States senate. AS q debater the
senate has not known his match
since Allen G. Thurman and Ben
Hill, and in q rough and tumble I
don't believe the senate has known
John Sharp Williams match since
Stephen A. Douglas.
Francis Jeffrey, the famous es'
sayist of the Edinburgh Review,
opined that had Benjamin Frank
lin been q graduate of Harvard
the world would never have heard
of him, and it is doubtless true
that many considerable men have
been spoiled by classical educa,
ton; but there are numerous cases
where college training has been OF
great assistance. James A. Gar.
field is one example, so is John
Sharp Williams; Cabot Lodge is
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-10-08
NOTICE GROCERYMEN.

The State Board Of Health will not
permit screens to be removed! All
grocery stores, meat markets, hotels,
restaurants and soda founts must keep
them in the entire year.
]. M. STANLEY,
Chief County Health Officer.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-10-08

TRESSPASS NOTICE-All parties are warned
under penalty Of the law that we will not allow
any hunting or tresspassing on any Of our lands.
All vlolstors will most certainly be prosecuted.
L. A, HAYNES,
], E, HAYNES.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-10-08

FOR RENT AT ONCE-Residenes known AZ
the H. H. Brooks, Sr.. home place. Write to Mrs.
Lee B. Smith, Sl7-38th Ave, Meridian. Miss, OF
zee d. c. Jordan, Macon, Miss.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-10-08

TRESSPAN0TICE-All parties. huntera
fishermen. pers. are warned under penalty Of
the Law not tssspass on my place, known as
the old Callsh place. ALI violators. will most
certainly be ecuted. w. L. sHERROD,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-10-08

FOR RENT-Five-room house. lights and wat
er. good barn and servants house.
L. E. zEPFBNICK.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-10-08

ROOMS FOR RENT-Apply to Miss Edna
Bush. phone 81, p. o, Box ll2
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HOLLAND TURKEYS arse Haliand Tur.
keys for sale-Trio $500. G 8 WILLIAMS,
Route 2 Macon. Mlaa

LoST-A silver mesh bag between Mrs. Nc
N llins and Mrs. Dinsmore's on Tuesday morning.
Purse has initials L. NJ r. engraved on it and be-
tained gold tie clasp with r. I. r. on 4. and a
ftnall cameo brooch. Finder viii receive : re-
wAri II returned to Mrs. RhymeA
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-10-08

LOST, STRAYED OR STOLEN-From depot
pasture one light Jersey yearling. weight about
"a recovery win be rewarded Z. T. GEORGE.
STRAYED OR SToLEN-Fro the Pine wood.
one mile west Of Macon. one dark Jersey eolored
hsi1er black tall. blind In right eye. short horns.
win pay reward for recovery. - :"
WILLIE MCLEOD.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-01-01
CHAPTER Xxx.
Birdman.

DlTOndn.
About eight o'clock in the evening of
the same day motorcar deposited at
| the Hotel Monolith gentleman whose
weather beaten and oil-stained motor
ing-cap and buster covered little cloth
ing more than shirt and trousers and
assorted oddly in the eyes of the desk
clerk with the rather meticulously
turned-out guest known to him as Mr.
Arthur Lawrence and to the manage
ment of the hotel as Mr. Alan Law in.
cognito.
Eventually persuaded, the clerk
yielded up the key to Mr.. Lawrence's
suite of rooms, together with two
notes superseded with the same nom
de guerre.
Alan's Impotence was so great that
he could hardly wait to examine these
communications until he was quit of
the public eye.
The first proved to be a character
istic communications:
Dear Ulysses-Thanks for the Jail
delivery. | got in this morning just in
time to motor over to Jersey in hopes
of seeing your finish as a bachelor:
instead, | was favored by being made
an involuntary witness to your spec
tacular ascent, following your almost
equally spectacular high-dive.
But to business: my time is linn
tied; in half an hour more | am to
double in black-face for the purposes
of the author of this melodramatic
farce which you. no doubt. call the
history OF your grando passion
Il mean to say-well. several things.
to-wit: When | saw you snatched out
OF the North river | was engaged in
trailing pale-faced villain in a motor
car concerning whom you probably
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-01-01

was busy being q bold. bad kidnaper;
Nose was In his power, as we say In
such cases. His intentions, however.
were nothing more blameworthy than
TO return her to the arms OF her dotlng
parent. | know, because | sleuthed
after EN-. even to the house OF Seneca
lrine. Later ! sleuthed some more,
following furtive young man from
the house of Urine to the office of the
general manager of the New York Cen
tral, where he made arrangements for
special to convey the said Urine and
retinue to Chicago and points West
IL leaves at three this afternoon. |
was unable to ascertain whether or
not Rose is to participate in this
hegira, but | know shall On the of
chance of being useful, have bribed
the train crew to let me impersonate
the porter. SO, should you be moved
to follow and succeed in catching up
with us, and observe anybody who
looks rather off-color In the party
don't shoot: the said party will be me
Yours for the quiet life.
tom BARCUS."
The second note yielded a communi
cation written on notepaper of the sim
plest elegance in a womans hand-a
hurried scrawl:
They are taking me West by spe.
cial train-l don't know where or why
A servant has promised to see that
this reaches you. Save mel"
Over this Alan wrinkled an incred.
ulous nose. The hand was the hand of
Rose, but the phraseology was not in
her spirit. He examined it more close
ly and thought to detect beneath its
semblance of haste deliberate and
carefully guided pen. He picked VI
the envelope to compare the handwrit
ing of the address with that of the en-
closure-and shook out a trey OF
hearts.
This last was covered, as to its face
with plainly-written message.
with the compliments of Seneca
Urine to Alan Law. We are due in
Chicago at eleven tomorrow morning
and leave Immediately for the Pacific
coast via Santa Fe route"
Comparison between this and the
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-01-01

squad OF police apparently as grimly
bent on comprising the destruction OF
their quarry as WAS the mob.
And they swarmed up the rigging
after him without q moments hesita-
ton.
Holly pressed. the fugitive climbed
higher and still higher, until at length
he gained the topmost yard: with
three policemen not half a dozen feet
below him and popping away for dear
life. II happily with the VIGOROUSLY
poor craftsmanship of policemen gen
orally.
None the less. there was no telling
when some accident might wing bull
let into the young man: and it was
evident that he 80 decided.
For, inching out to the end of the
yard. he waved his hand toward his
prosecutors with gesture OF light
hearted derision that Enthusiastically
identified him as Alan Law to Mr.. Bar
Gus, and forthwith dropped to the wa
ter, feet foremost
Alan later took the water neatly.
came up uninjured and clearheaded
and without an inetant's hesitation
struck away toward the middle OF the
Hudson.
AS this happened the police ran to
the stern of the square-rigger, un-
moored dory that was riding there,
and threw themselves into It,
During the Ito Barcus, at least
oreathless suspense of that chase, the
ferryboat drew stolidly farther and
still farther away from the scene. Bar
Gus could not tell whether, as it
seemed, the police-laden dory was real
ly overhauling Alan, or whether the
illusion Of perspective deceived him
At all events, it seemed frightfully
near thing when the interruption be-
fell which alone could have saved
Alan.
Out of the very sky dropped hydro
aeroplane, cutting the water with a
long, graceful curve that brought it..
almost at standstill, directly to the
head of the swimmer, and at the same
time forced the police boat to sheer
widely off in order to escape collision.
Immediately the swimmer caught
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-01-01

landscape. Only at the Thru cAsa ~
they succeed in picking up the line -
the Santa Fe. And 1t was some hours
later, though still daylight. when tha1
picked up the special train. flying HkO
bunting across the levels.
There was scant room for doubo
that 1t was the train they sought 8por
Gals are not common. Moreover. Ala1
contrived with considerable, difficulty
to focus binoculars upon the rear plat
form OF the car, and caught fugitiv0
glimpse of a white-coated figure with =
black face that was watching the BIZ
plane In the same manner, that ~
with glasses.
The man In the white coat, Alan -
sured himself, was positively Barcu1.
And hardly had he comforted hirl'
self with this assurance when his eA1e
donic destiny struck the motor DUNN.
In response to his look of dashed
inquiry the aviator merely SHOOK .
weary head and muttered the Wofdoe
Engine trouble" &
Swiftly the earth rose to rGSive tho
volplaning mechanism. Und GC1otio
admirable handling it SETTLED bWn ~
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: message purporting to be from Rose
olstilied the conviction that the same
hand was responsible for both.
Alan shrugged. So he was to be
lured away from New York and Rose
by this transparent trick, was he? No
| fear!
With plenty of time on his hands,
he gave the matter serious considera-
ton and concluded to take no chances.
1t was just possible that Urine had
taken Rose with him on his western
trip, after all. In such case the only
possible way Of overtaking the special
would be by air line.
| Promptly Alan called up the ayia.
ton fields at Hampstead Plains and
got INTO communication with a gentle
man answering to the surname of
Coast: the same birdman who had
come to Alan's rescue with his HYDRO.
aeroplane.
Their arrangements were quickly
contaminated, Coast agreeing to wait
for Alan with his bipane in Van Cort.
landt park from midnight till daybreak.
~ Spdicu IL uetu De 10 undertake a
! transcontinental flight.
| Thereafter Mr. Law proceeded to re-
| babilitate himself in decent clothing
and his own esteem; after bathing. he
dined alone in his rooms. from a tray.
after dining he slept soundly for three
hours-and may be thought TO have
| earned at least that much rest through
having been for four hours a passen-
ger in a hydroaeroplane lost in fogs
that wrapped Long Island and all the
, adjacent territory in an impenetrable
shroud.
Nor had this been all. Leaving aside
all that had led up to Alan's rescue by
, Coast: the forced landing of the hydro
aeroplane for lack of fuel had taken
place on the south shore of the Great
South bay; a search of hours had fol-
lowed before boat was found to con-
vey Alan and the aviator to the main
land; and motor run of several hours
had followed that, conveying Coast to
his Hampstead hangers and Alan on
to his hotel in New York.
AT midnight he committed an act of
burglary. calmly and with determine
ton breaking his way into the house
of Seneca Urine through the area win
dows and basement
In this nefarious business nothing
hindered and none opposed him. But
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-01-01
CHAPTER xxx.
JalIbird.

J6tIOlTO.
The period of restraint In durance
vile suffered by one Thomas Barcus
In consequence of conduct riotous, I'M
seemly, and in general pre1udfced 10
the public peace of the New Bedford
waterfront at half-past four in the
morning, proved in the upshot far
more brief than had been fondly
hoped, not only by his just Judge, but,
singularly enough, by the misdemean-
ant himself.
Taking everything gravely into con
sideration. including person any
thing but prepossessing, the judge
reckoned that, in default of fine of
one hundred dollars, ten-day layup
for repairs and repentance was not too
much to mete out to the prisoner at
the bar.
He was sentenced at 10 a. m. and 1t
was little short of 10 p. m. when his
postprandial repose was disturbed by
door to his CELL
Conducted with every evidence of
disesteem on the part of his jailers to
the office of the warden, he was &C.
quainted with the fact that his fine
had been paid by no one less than the
Judge himself: then present in portly
and solictous person.
IF only you had told me you were
a friend of Mr.. Digbys," the judge
FASTENED to say as soon as the two
were ensconsed in the privacy Of the
judicial limousine, II would have
known better how to guide myself in
this unfortunate affair.
.'And If you will be good enough to
indicate how else l may serve you
2"
"Digby didn't offer any suggestions
IN his wire, gather?"
"One moment | have it here"
Naturally I'd like a bath and
change of Clothes" Barcus pursued
while the judicial breast-pocket was
being explored and could do with
transportation to New York by the
first train out of this God-forsaken
hole, and"
This is what Mr.. Digby says" the
Judge interrupted, laboriously de-
ciphering the message by the light of
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-01-01
CHAPTER XXI.
Via Air Line

Not once in the course OF the next
sixteen hours but a thousand times
Alan questioned land, it will readily
be allowed, with all excuses) his san.
ity in permitting himself to be in
fluenced to humor Judith's insistence
and make her party to this wild
aerial cross-country dash.
Between whites the plane flew fast
and high, cutting a direct line, as the
crow flies. athwart the eastern and
western states.
Chicago they raised as a smudge on
the northern horizon about one O'Clock
in the afternoon; thereafter some lit.
tie time was lost in descents to ascer-
tain the identity of the many railroad
lH1ss that olsskc-cssed the swimming
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-01-01

SYNOPSIS.

The o. Hearts is the death sign"
employed by Seneca Urine in the private
war of vengeance which, through the
agency of his daughter, Judith. woman
or violent passions like his own. he wages
against Alan Law. son of the man now
dead who was Internationally response
BILE for the accident which rendered Urine
q helpless cripple. Alan is in love with
and is In turn loved by Rose, judith $
twin and double but In all else her oppo-
site. Judith vows to compass Alan
death, but under dramatic circumstances
he saves her life and so. unwillingly WINS
her love. Thereafter Judith is by turns
actuated by the old hatred, the new love,
and jealousy of her sister. Rose. Inc
latter is kidnapped by her fathers orders
of New Jersey, from which Alan rescues
her after accidentally setting the tene-
ment on fire
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-01-01

a match: please see to immediate
release of one Thomas Barcus. prob.
ably in Jail in your Jurisdiction for riot
Ing on waterfront this morning. Pay
his fine and instruct him to report to
me In New York at earliest feasible
hour. Give him all the money he
wants and look to me for remunera-
ton"
"Eh?" Barcus interrupted. sitting up
smartly; whats that last AGAIN."
Patiently the judge repeated the
sentence from the message.
Thanks. Please don't read farther
You might come to something that
would spoil it. It's almost too beauti.
.ul as it stands" Barcus observed
Law owes me five thousand or so
:iquidated damages-but I'll be rea-
sonable. Frisk this burg for fifth of
that sum before train time-and I
promise to ask nothing morei"
His private comment was: I've sus.
pected that this was a fairy-tale all
along. Now | know 1t isl"
And this phase of incredulity her.
sisted in coloring the complexion of
his mind until the moment. some
hours later. when the train connecting
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the pontoon of the hydroaeroplane,
pulled himself up out of the water
and clambered to the seat beside the
aviator.
Before he was fairly seated the plane
was swinging back into its fastest
pace.
With the ease of wild goose it left
the water, mounted the long grade of
an air lane. described wide circle
above the bluffs of Weehawken, and
swept away southwark.
The Monte Vista journal., 1915-09-04
REAL GAME WARDEN
GATHERS IN VIOLATORS

Special Game Warden Leslie
O'Rear from Denver has been SPEND
ing most of the month of August up
the Rio Grande with the result that
number of arrests and convictions
have been made for violating the
game and fish laws
On August 7th, II. F.. Herr a resi-
dent of Salida, also proprietor of one
of the leading hotels of that city, was
arrested and tried before Justice
Lees OF Creole, for fishing without
license. He was found guilty and
fined 1925 and costs.
Two Meyicans were also found
fishing without licenses and received
a fine of s25 and costs each. Two
young tourists stay ing at the Hot
Springs hotel at Wagon Wheel Gap
were caught fishing on residence H.
censes and were found upon inyesti-
CATION that they were both from
Kansas City. They were fined 500
and costs each. Jacques Bussert
proprietor of the Hot Springs hotel
accompanied the boys TO Creole and
tried to give testimony in their favor.
admitting that he had telephoned to
County Clerk Messenger and secured
licenses for them giving one address
as Denver and the other as Colorado
Springs, and he paid both fines.
Mr.. Bussert was later tried for will
fully disappearing the residences
of the said boys and was fined s35.
The Monte Vista journal., 1915-09-04
IRIS THEATER NEWS

Our Monday night programs are
some OF the best during the week.
Last Monday nights program pleased
good sized audience, when we
showed the two-reel detective drama,
1.-The Thumb. Print on the Safe" a
Hazards of Helen picture, and a Wit
agraph comedy, Her Gethsemane. ;"
What l like about The Goddess
serial is that it is so different from
the other SERIALS" remarked one of
our patrons few days ago. "Then
there is quite lot of good clean
comedy running through the differ
ent chapters, and a lesson to be
learned from the story.
"Dimples the Auto Salesman" a
Vitagraph comedy, featuring Lillian
Walker and Billy Quirk, pleased the
large audience that turned out Tues
day night
The Charlie Chaplin film failed to
appear Thursday and we received a
cartoon picture and Pathe's news in
stead, these and three-reel Essanay
drama. "The Snow Burner" made up
a fine program which evidently
pleased the large crowd present.
Friday the Charlie Chaplin film ar
rived and was shown with the New
Elaine picture. This was a two-reel
comedy, "The Champion" and was
one of the best of these comedies
shown so far.
You should not miss any of the
wild animal pictures produced by
Selig company, which we are show
ing. This Saturday one-reeler,
Tiger Bait will be shown, and a
week from Saturday another one,
THE Tyrant of the Veldt.'
Next Mondays detective story will
be THE Voice from the Taxi" in 2
reels. THE Girl Engineer" is the
title of the Hazards of Helen episode
and Lubin comedy, "Perciva's
Awakening"
Thursdays Broadway Star Feature
will be THE Breath of Araby," in
three parts, produced by the Vita
graph company.
Another Charlie Chaplin comedy
will be shown next week, entitled
THE Tramp" in two reels. This
picture was advertised for a showing
in Monte Vista some weeks ago, but
was never shown, as It happened to
be picture belonging to the Gen
eral film Co., which are shown ex-
| clusively at the Iris. Watch for the
| date.
This Saturday matinee will be free
| to all children under Is years of age
We want every child to be our guest
The Monte Vista journal., 1915-09-04

The Tuesday half holidays are
over for this year as last Tuesday
was the last one. This next week
the base ball tournament Monday
and Tuesday make 1t necessary for
us to close during the games.
We are opening and putting into
stock all kinds of new goods for the
Fall season. We want you to see
these so you can appreciate what
large stock you will have the oppor-
tuity of choosing from.
j. l.. Freeman returned Wednes-
day morning from the eastern mark
cts where he has been for the past
two weeks finishing up the purchases
of Fall goods.
The Elberta Peaches are just
about ready for this market. We
will have large shipments of these in
as soon as the prices are right. We
believe the price will be low this
year.
very large shipment of the high
cut shoes for women in the Queen
Quality brands has heen received
this week. For snap, fit, style and
quality, the Queen Quality shoe is in
the lead
We received a shipment of brass
beds within the last few days. A
letter accompanied the invoice saying
that there had been three advances
since we purchased these and that
while these were at the old price any
future orders would be subjected to
the advance in price.
Harry Loss and Will Goff went out
early Wednesday morning after
ducks. A lucky puncture saved them
from arriving on the shooting
grounds until after sunrise.
Read our advertisement on the
last page.