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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-16

WSttGeY0S t<bgsEaI$ =&S6lGe9 fCtaD Ge3EN& @ sA- war v6tth Enssan9aita the year 1a122 The prime reasons fog the war of 1872, as given in the presidents war message to congress, were:
 1. The Imprisonment of OUT Reamen- 9 British cruisers haFassfng our slllp- ping along the American coast. g. Pre- tended blockaIies of the European coast, by which Amer1ean ahips had been piundered on every seq {. The orders in council.
 What Is tha eprrioulSsn 0r usRaFal oouese of attsdy at West Point ANiiitaFy academy7 How long ia iS, and how about Vacations2
 The course of instruction HeQUiu1a four years. The principal subjects arc mathematics, EngIish, French, draw ing, drill regulations of all arms of the service, natural and experimental Pai- Iosophy. chemistry, chemical physics. mineralogy, geology, electricity, his- tory, international, constituEienal and military law; Spanish, civil and mili- tary engineering; art and aeience Of war and ordnance and gunnery. Aca- denic duties begin Sept. 1 and continue until June {, During the summer tho cadets live in camp. They arc allowed
  four years course, and this ia granaed at the expiration of the first two years
 What was the date of Che falling eF the stars?
 The so called falling of the stars of 1883 consisted of a meteoric display eG great beauty on Nov. I3. The earth passes through ring of msteors an- nually on the night of Nov. 12 or the morning of Nov. IS, and aE intervals of thirty three years it passes through a dense portion, of the ring where the Eneteors are very numerous. That is what happened in 1883.
 Now much does the pFeaidana ef eha United States get a ysaEs
 seventy-five thoasand dollars,
 Why was tise wireless. disArsaaq qaiaHll changed from ''G a D7' sto @k 6 e oaSf7 What do the lstterss stand foF9
 The distress call, lettess ssO30aJ'' and ''9 Q G''sworas snat Ffolled au ur any special ReaGea- They yNe8e ssfr7q5F set aside aS dasSress calls and 60 neE stand for words. ''CAQ pP' tgaGlle1 aE- conf signal of distress ana is nseat tgulsE in eases where ships are disahlee and are In GaM&eE. The meaning 0E VI Al 1 D'' is "Au stations. danger" and tha letters ''S O s. adopted by sthe iutBr- 1 national wireless conventaOn, convey the same meaning. "CfQ" is che llal-l con1 call for ak stations generally q.nd with the D',sadded simply means that it is a distress call. All osheE work must cease at once andethspetrictest. at tention be given to this caI. 70 o pr is popularly interpreted az sComa quick. danger while ''SnO S''a 4s inter preted as Saving of souls'' and s'santl out snccor.' The letters do not, ofi course, stand@for these words.
 What arc we to understand by-tho "'perE barrel" az used In poiitiesP
 The river and harbor and public building bills have feng been facetlous- y called the congressional pork barrel because they usually carry so Mnay appropriations. A member who se- cures an appropriation is said to havc got his share of pork. Itsis political slang.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-16

President Wilson decided to go to Charlotte. N. C., on May 20. to attend a. ce1ebration of the A1eckIenburg declaration of undergraduates.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-16
The Mattress

Is made of all cotton and weighs 45 lbs. The tick is strong and sub- stantial and is made in two parts which makes turning it over very easy.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-16

Farmer Want Ads. One Gent Word
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-16
The Brass Bed

A 2 in Continuous Post Brass Bed with 10 filters, 5 in the head board and 5 in the foot board. This is one of the most popular as well as desirable beds in the market,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-16
Convenient Credit
 Terms

In spite of this low price for the entire outfit we gladly extend to you our easy payment plan, which enables everybody to own a high class brass bed at a very low price.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-16
The Spring

of a link fabric with strong supports oin each endI making it a most restful spring to use.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-16

How EnGoh does the pF@ni&aIIa sf eha United States get yeaR&
 Seventy five thoasand dollars.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-02
Are Ceniuses
Good Business Men?

THE farm folk OF Delecarlia.
Sweden, are proverbially thrifty;
and Selma Lagerlof, who has made
them known to the world, is their
true daughter. With her first earn
ings-Sl30O for the romance
COSTA Berling Miss Lagerlof
bought back the old homestead in
Vermland on which she was born
and which had been lost for debt.
This she has gradually made into
the finest farm of that north coun-
try. Pilgrimages are now made to
Miss Lagcrlof's farm as much to
see her famous diaries as to catch
a glimpse Of the author of "Jeru-
salem" Indeed, the only woman
to receive the Nobel prize for liter
ature is said to make almost as
much from her herd Of Jerseys as
she does from her books.
g Brown Brothers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-02

A UGUSTE ROBIN, the French sculp-
tor, was once asked if he had any idea
how much his work had- brought him.
Ask my wife" responded the celebrated
molder of marble; I leave all those things
to her. for can not be bothered She has
kept track of every centirne for the last
forty years-frst from necessity, now
from habit" Rodin was we'll along in
years before recognition came to him.
During these years. filled with tenacious
labor. lonely pride, and the anxieties
of poverty. Madame Rodin was purse
keeper. "She is marvellous" declares
Rodin. Had it not been for her, we
wouldhave starved; and now that we are
rich, she is as wise as when we were poor"
Photograph by Underwood & Underwood.
rs Leon Bakst, the color anarchist, lifting
the mortgage on the old Russian home?
Bakst realizes three times on every
drawing he makes First, the Cars I'm
perial Ballet pays him for his designs;
then he syndicates them to the maya
zines; and lastly they are sold to private
collectors: In this way Bakst makes
about $1,000 on every drawing, and as he
turns out about $50 year. it can be
seen that he beats the President to it
twice over. He starved for years, however
in Petrograd attic studio before any one
would look at his work.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-02
Photograph from Basanta Koomar Roy.

Photograph from Basanta Koomar Roy.
NOW that the Hindu poet Tagore has been discov-
cred by the Occident, and Dubuque, Iowa, is just
as familiar with his "Chitra" as Calcutta whole
bunch of western gold has sailed the to him.
His royalties were about $4,000 last year. Unlike
some genuses Tagore will know just what to do with
this wealth. for, in addition to being a poet. he is
also bank president and college head
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-02
Photograph by Underwood s. Underwood.

Photograph by Underwood s. Underwood
THAT the genius of George Bernard Shaw is
sonaly concerned with mundane things is evil
denced by the brisk squabble he had with Forbes
Robertson over the boxof6ce receipts of Caesar and
Cleopatra" The actor burnt the production in San
Francisco (being bonded not to take it out of the
country and Mr.. Shaw vented his indignation by
way of essay on why Don't Actors Quit After
They've Said Goodbye"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-02


NOT every knows that nace Paderews is sole pro-
pretor and owner of large and prosperous hotel in
Warsaw. Sixteen years ago. realizing his limitations as
business Paderews entered the Warsaw office of the
Polish branch of the Rothschds learn something the
romance of moneynakng and housekeeping Since that
time he has taken sole of his earnings three
fourths of which, is sad have the Polish
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-10-06

Dnrco Additionally afternoon between Mr.,
! uiSS AVSs Weyburn's and town. q fat OBJ
long purse. grey tipped. with three pearl clasps
in front. Finder will be rewarded.
MRS. r. L. RHYMES.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-10-06
To Purchase City Hall

BY a vote of 120 to ID the voters of
the city Of Macon, at an election held
last Monday, granted permission to
the city fathers to purchase the old
lyceum hall, which for years was oc-
cupied by j. F. Shelton as a furniture
store, as a city hall. the building to be
r%emodeled so that the light and water
plant, The fire department as well as
an office for the city clerk will have
ample accommodations. The building,
it is thought, is large enough to fur
nish ample accommodations for all,
and still have room for public meeting
place, something the town has needed
for a long, long time. The price asked
for the building is very reasonable,
much less than the building could be
erected for. The city has been in
very cramped quarters for several
years and the rent they have paid in
that time would almost pay for the
building they will purchase. The vot-
ers evidently looked upon it as a good
business proposition, as ven with the
hard times and probably worse to
come, they could not pass up a bust
ness proposition as this seemed to be.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-10-06
President Eliofs JUDGMENT

No finer tribute could be paid
TO the Wilson administration than
is to be found in the fact that
President Emeritus Eliot Of Har.
ward, writing in the Atlantic
Monthly, is in substantial agree.
mcnt with the views of Richard
Olney, says the N. Y. World j..
Mr.. Olney spoke as a party mar
who has always been high minded,
independent and courageous. DR.,
Eliot is one of the best represen.
tatives of that large and inhucD
tial element which has no strong
partisan ties and which in norma
times exercises a controlling in
tluence upon public affairs.
BY the same orderly processes
of reasoning from a record of legis
lative and administrative achieve
ment which DR.. Eliot truly says
the Republican party never
equalled in five times as many
years, both of these eminent men
reach the conclusion that "the
man chiefly responsible for this
consummate service to the Ameri
can people should be again made
their chief magistrate.
1t is no accident that brings
such Americans as these into poll
tical harmony. The explanation
is to be found on the side of Mr..
Wilson in mighty tasks begun OF
accomplished, in hard dutie,
bravely performed and in ideal:
adhered to unfalteringly, and or
the side of Mr.. Hughes in an alb
sence of real principles, inta lacl
of frankness and a purpose who'll,
intirm except as it may be inter
preted rs destructive and reac
tionary,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-10-06
An Tncipient Blaze

The auto hose made its first run 10
a FIRE last Monday morning to the
home Of Justice Wood Cockrell in the
north part Of town. A spark from a
wood fire had popped on a bed and
when Mrs. Cockrell opened the door
she found the room dense with smoke.
The mattress was thrown from the
room and extinguished, but not before
it had almost been consumed. The
nearest fire plug was at Mr.. Georges
corner and had the house been afre it
is probable that 1t would have been
burned before the connections could
have been made. That section of
town is without any fire protection and
for use in such cases chemical fire ex.
tinguishers should be purchased and
kept in the auto truck. Some of the
most disastrous fires we have had
could have been put out by the use Of
an extinguisher.
Every fall, especially with weather
conditions the amt as this year. fires
have been caused by sparks falling on
a dry Shingle roof or in leaves in the
cutters. The latter, especially, are
the most dangerous. A ladder should
be kept convenient for access to all
roofs Of residences and leaves should
be kept out Of the cutters. An ounce
OF prevention Is worth a pound of cure.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-10-06
S. NJ. Thomas New Clerk

A Jackson special to the Meridian
Dispatch says:
S. M. Thomas of Macon, who will be-
come chief clerk to P. ?. Garner, the
new commissioner of Agriculture,
when he assumes the office next Mon
day, succeeding Ii. +. Blakeslee, ar
rived in the city today, and spent sew
eral hours at the department of agri-
culture familiarizing himself with the
duties which he will be called upon to
perform after tomorrow. Mr.. Thomas
brought his family, consisting of his
wife and daughter. Miss Ruby Thomas,
to Jackson, and they will reside here
in the future. Mr.. Thomas was super
intendent of schools in Macon for
three years and for many years was in
the office of the sheriff of Noxubee
county. He succeeds Edgar G. Gun
ming, who has been chief clerk for
many years. Mr.. Cunning has accepted
the position of assistant director of
exploitation for the Mississippi Gen.
tennial Exposition and will leave for
Gulfport Monday.
Mr.. Garner will retain E. A. Caroth-
ers as b%ookkeeper and Miss Louise
Crane as stenographer and Miss Maisie
Day has been given a clerical position
in the department, Mr., Garner takes
Office Monday,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-10-06
Do You Know That

1t is dangerous to put anything into
the mouth except food and drink?
Sanitary instruction is even more
important than sanitary legislation?
The U. S. Public Health Service is.
sues free bulletins on tuberculosis?
The continuous liberal use Of alco.
holic beverages lowers efficiency and
menaces longevity?
Moderate exercise in the open air
prolongs life?
Mouth breathing makes children
stupid?
Fish cannot live in foul water MOI
man in foul air!
Smallpox is wholly ~preventable?
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-10-06
Possibility of Weevil Damage in
Northern Part of Cotton Belt

A friend from North Mississ-
ippi. where the boil weevils have
been particularly destructive
this season, wants my opinion as
to the probability of the weevils
continuing to be destructive
next year in, say, the three
northern tiers of counties in
that state
The writer once heard Prof.
Conradi of South Carolina, who
had considerable experience with
the weevils in Texas. say, in re-
ply to a somewhat similar ques-
ton. that he had decided to quit
predicting what the boil weevils
would do, unless it were posi-
BILE to g5t the Lord to certify to
the weather.
On the same basis we cannot
make a prediction as to what the
weevils will do in north Mississ-
ippi next season, or any other
particular season, without know
ing what the weather, particu-
larly the winter temperature, is
going to be.
We have, however, considera-
BILE evidence which leaves lis to
believe that only in exceptional
seasons, mild winters and favor
able summers, will the weevils
be especially destructive in Ten
nesse and the northern tiers of
counties in Mississippi. But,
say some. 1T has always been
thus. Those just outside the in
tested area or those visited for
the first time, think they will not
be seriously injured or that the
next season the weevils will be
less destructive" That is un-
doubtedly true, but we have
more than the optimism of hu-
man nature on which to base the
opinion that the weevils will not
generally be de structive year
after year as far north as north
ern Mississippi and Tennessee.
We have the fact that they have
not been generally destructive
so far north, for instance, in Ar
kansas. Furthermore we have
the fact that the cold winter of
l9ll.l2 gave the weevils such a
setback in northwestern Mississ-
ippi that they scarcely regained
the lost ground until the favora-
BILE season uf 1916.
We wish to avoid misleading
anyone and at the best can only
give an opinion; therefore, the
only safe plan is to adopt a sane
orr ational system of farmi lg,
involving Increase soil fertility.
Any such system will effectively
curtail the acreage planted to
cotton, Progressive Farmer.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-10-06
The Political Outlook

Wilson's adjustment Of the
threatened railway strike has
made him many friends, and some
enemies. The enemies are almost
wholly Republicans, the high
moguls Of the corporations and
the protected industries. The
friends he has made are thou
sands Of them Republicans. There
are $500, 900 members in the
twelve principal trade unions Of
the United States. With these
men, the eight. hour day Is .
prime issue. They cannot help
feeling friendly to President VIII.
son for his espousal of their com
mon cause. There are nearly
three million persons, organized
and unorganized, engaged in the
transportation ice in this
country. The Presidents declar.
alton in favor of the eight. hour
day must appeal very strongly
not only to conductors and engi.
neers, but to switchmen and
every other category Of railway
and transportation men through
out the land.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-10-06

For Sale or Trade 7 ,s, gold sac saddle xl horse e., I
cheap for cash or trade for mule SAM age.
I. Ii, HUNTER.
Route :, Macon, Miss,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-10-06
S OF LETTERS

Remaining in the postofice at Macon
for week ending Oct. 4th. 1916.
Mrs George Allen Mrs Palee Bricen
M Barnett Mrs Hattie Curtis
M L Clark Jack Dunlap
Rast Duarin Mollie Gilmore
Gussie Jackson Mrs Hattie Hopkins
Mary Liza Lang Carrie Will Moore
Mrs Edith Nauls Ike David
Nathaniel Rouen Marie Sanders
Minor Smith Mrs Henry SIGH
DR. G F Smith, VS. Mrs Annie Spiller
B A Somerville Wyatt Stevens
When calling for above letters, please
say advertised and present one cent at
the general delivery window.
A. C. FAINT, P. M.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-10-06

Dnetod We. the heirs of Isham Cambrick have
! VStSu posted their land "a miles south of
Macon) against hunting or otherwise trespassing.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-10-06
Noxubee County Fair

It has been much talked Of late
that the time had arrived for the
revival Of the Noxubee County
Fair association. All remember
the benefits which accrued to the
county in the years gone by from
the old association. 1t was not
an uncommon thing for people to
come to Noxubee from all over
Mississippi and Alabama to buy
registered Jerseys, a good saddle
horse, or a handsome pair of
match standard bred driving
horses. Who is it that does not
remember the great herd of reg
istered Jerseys, headed by that
great bull Tormentor, owned by
the late Mat Mahoner. The
herds of registered Jerseys owned
by Messrs. N. Scales, William
Scales and others, the registered
Shorthorns owned by Maj. Num-
and Judge Foote. The good and
fancy trotters of Ed Smith and
others, and last but not least,
June Bug, the fastest running
pony that ever set foot in the
prairie. Think of the great social
gatherings from all over Mlsslss-
ippi and West Alabama, a great
homecoming time for all Noxu-
bee people. The old!fair associa-
ton was the direct cause of bring
ing in more good live stock in the
county than all the talk and lee
lures on the subjects of live stock
and dairying that has been heard
here for ten years past.
If there was ever a time in the
history Of the county when it be-
1oOves us to get a move on it is
now. The boil weevil is here to
stay and the only way to put up
IN equal fight against him is to
Erow livestock.
Let US make NoXubee county
he home of the best registered
Jerseys in the world; the head.
Iuarters for the best beef cattle,
logs, mules and horses, Then
ct Jus show the world that we
ave them by displaying them.
he fair grounds could be used
or trade days. the first Mon
lays in the months, the same as
IA Tennessee and Kentucky.
This feature alone would be worth
he expenditure. 1t would be
veil, too, to have frequent stock
,hows several times during the
year. 1t will not be long before
our stock men will have a sur
plus of registered stock to sell,
and then the fair association with
its equipment, stables, show ring
and grand stand will be the place
to pull off these sales. The sec
rotary of the fair association
should be a permanent thing,
with an Office accessil lie and open
all the time to keep in touch with
the best interests of the livestock
people of the county.
BY no means would we forget or
overlook the ladies with their
fancy work, cakes, %jellies, pre-,
serves, canning outfits; the boys
corn clups, pig clubs, baby beef
clubs and the host of other inter.
eSts which would be fostered by a
fair association.
The Beacon wants to have short
letters each week from two or
three people giving their reasons
why a fair association would bene.
fit NoXubee county. We do not
want any one to hold back waiting
for somebody else to write first.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-10-06
E-A.T
Have a good cook and will appreciate
your patronage at my cafe.
JACK HOLMAN.
NOTICE. CAR OWNEpSi

Buy a Compromising vspor Plug"
from me to put on your car. and Won
VIII get thirty per cent more speed
thirty per cent more power and forty
per cent more mileage out of everv ssi.
ION OF gasolene. II will pay for itself
IN a little while. They are guaranteed
70 give satisfaction or money refunded.
l! interested call or Arite me, care of
Merchants and Farmers Bank. Macon.
miSs' s. F. DOUGLASS.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-10-06
Cotton Ginned to Sept. 18th

There were 1881 bales of cotton,
counting round as half bales, ginned
in Noxubee county from the crop of
1916 prior to September 25, 1916, as
compared with l745 bales ginned to
Sept. rs, 1915.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-10-06
FOR SALE

One pure bred Orpington rooster
two years old See J. 8 McDAylP'
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-10-06
For Sals

Two brood mares and two good mule
Solts; can be seen on Eiland place near
Macon. Apply ]. w. EnxNn
or write o. c. ErLAND.
Holly Springs, MIS- q
The Detroit times., 1916-11-10
THE GRAND CROSS OF HoNOR!
President Wilson's Victory
Pleases English Woman, Here
To Revive Story Te elIing Art

Miss Marie Shedloch. ~ London.
,uEland. who up- come TO this couu-
rr, 20 70 eal the beauties of the
revived lrt Of story telling iu an
extensive lectura tour rs as greatly
interested in The presidential clec
non as II she were AN American oit.
1cu
Politics interests me even more
than dors my art" said Miss Shed
lock an animated vital sort Of a
woman whose eyes kndled with
keen intelligence over the big issues
Of the day
II believe that this war viii
hrug about a great increase In th"
democracy OF Europe England rs
already more democratic than sos.
ar. i'm many respects Nhafey.i
else she stands for, believe she
stands for fair play Atho I think
there must come a day when pa
.riotism Is considered a small thing
in tho big questions ~ humau.N
- hard TO see II now when one has
SO many friends who are giving
,hcjr lives in the ranks
~ am delighted with so many
things In America Your libraries
are FAR in advance ~ ours Thry
nave made IL possible for wr tn ao
my work in this country The Amor
The Detroit times., 1916-11-10

real national s0lrit In America
where there is uch a vast foreign
population This is something that
England Goes not understand She
cannot realize YOUR great size and
o." difficulty Of amalgamatins the
different races that come here
"It would have been sad thing
r. after Al Tho progress you have
made in the last four years. Mr.
% shce rad been elected With
Hughes iu the chair, war with Mex
ico would have been almost GER
tain
Miss ShedIock has spoken before
.h, library employees. many teach.
,rr and Thursday night she gave a
program IN n lngleside club
Miss Shcdlock has travelled all
over America AMI has given lectures
IN many libraries. schools. colleges
and universities In 1907 she was
recalled from the United States 10
-.ve courses ot lectures. with
stories 10 teachers. under the direc.
tion OF thn London county council
Gle remained i'm England eight
ycars. telling stories IN tho training
colleges ;or teachers and in the
Training ehoo's for boys