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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-02-11
XII.

One day In early October young
Milt McBriar happened upon Dawn
and Juanita walking In the woods.
The gallant colors and the smoky
mists of autumn wrapped the forests
and brooded in the sky. An elixir
went into tho blood with each Deep
drawn breath and set to stirring for
gotten or hitherto unawakened emo
tons. And In this heady atmosphere
OF Quickened pulses the McBriar boy
halted and gazed at the Havey girl.
Juanita saw Young Mills eyes flash
with an awakened spirit. She saw a
look in his face which she was woma
enough to interpret yer before he
himself dreamed what its meaning
might be.
Dawn was standing with her head
up and her lids half closed looking
across the valley to the Indian sum-
mel haze that slept in smoky purple
on the ridges. She wore a dress OF
red calico, and she had thrust In her
belt a few crimson leaves from a gum
tree and a few yellow ones from a pop
lar.
Juanita Holland did not marvel at
the fascinated. almost rapt look that
came into Young Mills eyes, and
Young Milt, too, as he stood there in
the autumn woods. was himself no
mean figure. His lean body was
quick Of movement and strong, and
his bronzed face wore the straight.
looking eyes that carried an assurance
OF fearless honesty. He had been
away to Lexington to college and a
going back. The keen intelligence OF
his face was marred by no note OF
meanness. and now, as he looked at
the girl OF the enemy. his shoulders
came unconsciously erect with some
thing Of the pride that shows in men
OF wild blood when they feel In their
veins the strain of the chieftains.
But Dawn, after her first blush.
dropped her lids a little and tilted her
chin, and without a word snubbed him
with the air OF a Havey looking down
on a McBriar.
Milt met that gaze with a steady
one OF his own and banteringly saidi
Dawn, pears like we mought a got
tangled up with a rainbow"
Her voice was cool as she retorted:
II reckon that's better than Citing
mixed up with some other things"
II was Jest %a.thinkin', es looked al
ye," went on the boy gravely, tibet
hits better then gittin' mixed up with
anything else"
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the girl. and with that he took It down
again and set it to his lips and blew.
A mellow sound, not loud, but far
carrying, like the fox-hunter's tally-ho,
loated over the valley.
Our house haint more than q
whoop an a boiler away" he said
awkwardly. but when ye're Twin over
hyar by ~yoreself, eff ye ever wants any
thing in Their nighttime. jest blow tibet
horn"
After she had almost burst her
cheeks with effort, he added: Don't
never blow this signal onless We wants
ter raise merry hell"
Then he initiated very low, through
pursed lips, three long blasts and
three short ones.
What's that signal?" she demand
ed.
we've heered the McBriar YELL" he
told her. Tibet horn calls Their Havey
rallyin' signal. When tibet goes out
every Havey tibet kin tote a guns got
ter git up an come. Hit means war"
Thank you. Jerry. l won't call the
Haveys to battle"
The night after she had flung her
challenge down to Bad Anse Havey
Juanita stayed at the McNash cabin
to be with Dawn and the widow. The
next day she went with them to the
mountainside "buryin' ground" where
Good Anse performed the last rites for
the dead.
After 1t was all over, and it had been
decided that the widow was to take
the younger children up Meeting
house fork to live with a brother, the
missionary and the teacher started
back. Jeb was to stay here alone to
run the farm, and when Juanita re-
turned to the ridge Dawn went with
her.
They we're passing q tumbling wa.
~terfall, shrunken now to a trickling
rill, when Dawn broke the long silence.
"Wunst, when l war a leetle gal"
she said, "Unc' Perry wal abiding out
up tibet branch from Their revenuers. ]
used ter fotch his victuals up thar ter
him."
Juanita turned suddenly with a
shocked expression. 1t vas as II her
little songbird friend had suddenly and
violently reverted; as If the flower had
turned to poison weed. And as Jua
nita looked Dawn's eyes were blazing
and Dawn's face was as dark as her
black hair-dark with the same ex
preston which brooded on her broth
er's brow.
What is 1t, dear?" Juanita asked
and in tense and fiery voice the
younger girl exclaimed:
II wishes l war a man. l wouldn't
wait and set still like jobs dom. By
heaven, I'd git tibet murderer. I'd cut
his heart outen his body"
Il tole ye," quietly commented
Brother Anse, tibet Their Instincts IL
ther blood. Anse Havey went dowr
ter Frankfort an set In Their legislator
but he come back Their same maj
tibet went down. Somethin' called
him. Somethin' calls ter every noun
tain mar tibet goes away. an he bark
ems ter Their call"
"Anse come back" repeated Dawi
triumphantly. AN Anse Is hyar. E
Jeb sets thar an don't do nothin',
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weeks to years, and she awoke each
new day braced to hear the news OF
some fresh outbreak, and wondered
why she did not. A few neighborhood
children were already learning their
%rudiments, and plans for more build
ings were going forward.
Sometimes Jeb came over from the
brick house to see his sister, and on
the boys face was always a dark cloud
of settled resolve. II Juanita lever
questioned him on the topic that she
knew was nearest his heart 1t was be-
cause she realized that to do so would
be the surest way to estrange his
friendship and confidence.
In one thing she had gained a point.
She had bought as much property as
she should need. Back somewhere be-
hind the veil Of mysteries Anse Havey
had pressed a button or spoken a word,
and all the hindrance that had lain
across her path straightway evaporat-
ed. Men had come to her, with no
further solicitation on her part, and
now 1t seemed that many were animal
ed by a desire to turn an honest penny
by the sale OF land. In every convey
ance that was drawn-deeds Of ninety
nine.year lease instead of sale-she
read a thrifty and careful knowledge
Of land laws and reservation Of min
eral and timber rights which she
traced to the head OF the clan.
AS summer spent itself there was
opportunity for telling timber, and the
little sawmill down in the valley sent
up its drone and whine in proclama-
ton that her trees were being turned
into squared timbers for her buildings.
Once, when Milt McBriar rode up to
the sawmill, he found the girl sitting
there, her hands clasped on her knees,
gazing dreamily across the sawdust
and confusion Of the place.
"Ye're right smart interested In tibet
thar w%oodpile, hain't ye. ma'am?" he
inquired with a slow, benevolent smile
His kindness of guise invited conf
dence, and there was no one else with.
in earshot, so the girl looked up, her
eyes a little misty and her voice i'm
p%ulsive.
Mr.. McBriar," she said, every one
OF those timbers means part Of a
dream to me, and with every one Of
them that is set in place will 90 a hope
and a prayer"
He nodded alphabetically. II reck.
on" he said, "ye kin do right smart
good, too"
Mr.. McBriar," she flashed at him In
point-blank questioning, since | came
here | have tried to be Of use in a
very simple and ineffective fashion. |
have done what little | could for the
sick and distressed, yet | am constant
ly being warned that I'm not allowed
to carry on my work. Do you know Of
any reason why ! shouldn't 90 ahead?"
He gazed at her for a moment, quiz
ideally, then shook his head.
"Oh, pshaw!" he exclaimed. 81
wouldn't let no SIGH talk es thet fret
me none. Folks round hyar hain't got
much ter do except ter gossip round.
Nobody hain't a.goin' ter hinder ye.
We hain't such bad people, after all"
After that she felt that from the Nc.
Briars she had gained official sanction,
and her resentment against Anse Ha.
vey grew because OF his scornful IN
g~raciousness.
The last weeks Of the summer were
weeks Of drought and plague. Ordi-
narily, in the hills storms brew swiftly
and frequently and spend themselves
In violent %outpourings and cannonad.
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ing Of thunder. bu. that year the
clouds seemed 10 have dried up. ana
down In the tablelands OF the Blue
Grass the crops were burned to worth
less stalk and shrunken ear. Even up
here, in the birthplace Of waters, tha
corn was brown and sapless, so that
when a breeze strayed over the hill.
side fields they sent up a thirsty. dying
rasp of rafting whisper.
II was not only In the famished
forests and scared fields that the hot
breath OF the plague breathed, carry
ing death in its fetid nostrils. Back in
the cabins Of the 'branch-water folks"
where little springs diminished and be
came polluted, all those who were not
strong enough to throw of the touch
OF the specter's finger sickened and
died. and typhoid went in and out OF
Havey shack and McBriar cabin whis-
pering, "a pest on both your houses.
The widow McNash had not been
herself since the death OF Fletch. She
who had once been so strong over her
drudgery. sat day long on the doorstep
OF her brothers howell and, In the Ian
guage Of her people, lest sickened an
pinned away"
SO. as Juanita Holland and Good
Anse Talbot rode sweating mules
about the hills. receiving calls for help
faster than they could answer them.
they we're not astonished to hear that
the widow was among the stricken.
Though they fought for her life, she
refused to fight herself. and once
again the Eastern girl stood with
Dawn in the brier-choked "buryin'-
ground" and once more across an open
grave she met the eyes Of the man
who stood for the old order.
But now she had learned TO set q
lock on her lips and hold her counsel.
SO, when she met Anse and Jeb after
ward, she asked without rancor: May
| take little Jesse back with me, tooY
He's too young" she added. with just
a heartsick trace Of her old defiance,
TO be useful to you, Mr.. Havey, and
I'd like to teach him what | can"
Anse and Jeb conferred. and the
elder man came back and nodded his
head.
Jesse can go back with ye." he said.
I'm still amin to give ye all the rope
ye wants. When we've had enough an
quits, let me know, an III take care OF
Fletch's children"
And on her farm, as folks called
Juanita's place. that September saw
many changes. Near the original
cabin was springing up a new struc-
ture, larger than any other house In
that neighborhood, except, possibly.
the ~strongholds Of the chiefs, and as
1t grew and began to take form 1t I'M
parted an air Of ordered trimness to
the countryside about It. 1t was fash.
toned in such style as should be In
keeping with its surroundings and not
give too emphatic u note OF alien
strangeness.
Juanlta wished that her cabin could
house more occupants. for the plague
had left many motherless families.
and many children might have come
into her fold. AS 1t was, she had sew
eral besides the McNashes as her nu-
cleus, and while the weather held
good she was rushing her work OF
Undertaking and building which the
winter would halt.
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A man may deliver a convincing
barroom Grafton concerning a free
country, and then be required to put
his money on the counter before being
served.
The sun., 1916-09-24

II would not have missed the chance
no, not for the richest prizc that
cver foatcd. II has given our officers
and mon the only thing hitherto wan
ing-conhdcncc in themselves
Again, lot US skip years Of COM
parativc iuactinn, ard recall that
epoch making struggle between the
first Of our irorclads. the Monitor. and
the Merrimac. not 50 far away from
that part of the Chcsapcak" where the
PENNSYLVANIA has so lately set Il new
worlds record for long range hitting
in sheltered waters.
The Monitor carried two smooth
bore guns Of II inch cal.hrc. Each
shot weighed 100 pounds. and only one
gun could he fired at a time Even
80. her projcctilcs could not batter
their way through the cnemy's defence
despite the fact that; tho ships fought
in contact with each other. At a range
Of something liz, IS.ooo %ards the
case hardened points OF the II .nrh
shells can drill their way through more
than twelve inches 81 tie TOUCHES;
steel armor.
Rut these figures would signify hut
little Il the Guns We're not handled with
an ease well nigh Ike that - a fowl
ing piece and made to perform with
tln Vpa.,f.f,ya NJ a fran fas -. ), I. flg Nt,NlsN
The sun., 1916-09-24

realize wha; al! this means" Does he
know what it registers Of money well
spent: Does he know what it tells Of
team work and cease,ess training"
Does lie realize how thcsc astonishing
resui.s axe attained? Does he grasp
what the ~drcadnougii's score signifies
In the "a ~ national security:
To get an ;Gca % The na;I:, OF tina.
performance on the part ~ the raun-
s~yivan.a's Gunners just remember that
the target .epresentod on.y the CEN
trail area Of an enemy SHIPS vi,a.s. 1t
did no. Guailcatc the length and
heich: o. q foes entire h"oadside. In
stead Il stood FOR a SINAI part ~ tho
g-ohat.e ta..;c targ:. and therefore
pus tic Sun po.a.ers' skill ~ its u:-
r;cst tlS
Modern d-eaG:cug.lis measure 800
feet from uov' 20 Stern and tower above
tie wa:e:..lc. Ye: TO marx for tie
Pc ~EsJ,vlC.a'a E!c1 TIs o1!.y S>i-.fc
ove, 100 fec: ,o=g ard Something !es
,aa, 90 fec ..-.. Zen "a. a. L TaISc
o. .c.C0) ya.Cs fve SLOTS on. OF tnr
ca.vo ssGai, wi.a..' tia cca.g0ctcd
area. Iicr' Z. 81 80 "a u.o- : for en-
-,;.sias..1 OIL nc yart O. ;..oac for,:-
nae c:oael :, bc present.
Tie SOY; RI C.:c taat sioGiG ,.r..,
Americans, TO- 4 Slows Wat tie men
o. tac 4a"y aIs dong Gespite an ad-
m.riS,rdt,yc aiAG.,rG. 1t also mako
clear low c-.;i:@ lIon the Rel ;ias
toen revo,a,.c..2"I ~ tie Course o.
Gvcsccre years aaI ...as;ratrs al the
same time wa, mechanical progress
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\A/ straddlcd Il. Five clean
w hits. And the others close
bp' Some shooting. oh?
Fully for the Pennsylvania! Moth
lrr else ever like that score.
Enthusiasm? 1t was enough to
make a gravestonc grin.
WHY, man alive, the sight made
one Jingle from head to foot. My hair
s,ooi up on end in sheer exuitation. II
SEEMED almost as IL VIC we're banging
away a: an enemy. Those of us that
tcpll see the target actually stood on
tri ,iptoes in suspense.
There was that wee spcck nearly
s'svcn and n half miles away JUS
timiy outlined against tho sky. only
t&e people on tho bridges and alo.t
togli zoe /. through their binoculars
H. the men in the turre.s the mark
vas invisible. but their work was
tonn he less sure.
Tie four turrets turned Ike Ti;lns
On parade. The twelve great weapons
sslng ~athwartship on q single broad
sic, aad IN unison were brought to
bear upon a spot their hidden pointers
Gould not sec. \. brief pause: then
these dozen grim muzzlcs thundcrcd
o. one and belclled flame and lurii
smoke.
THE big ship heeled under the enor-
nous thrust of the recoIl, but nothing
Of her sturdy fabric yielded. \ dozen
taper nosed sheils, each weighing i.ioo
POUNDS, Went screaming upon their
converting flight toward that PARKWAY
sperk. For a while that oriinous flock
could be followed in their flight. and
ten they We're lost in the aerial blue.
For the better part of half "A min
ne t." projectiics sped onward. Al
a. Us were breathless.y cXpeCtant
y n'al,y ~ questioned, Would the,
s,"cH ~ tho "nd Of what seemed al
80 iwclv" coHical geyscrs mountc'
s'ywari and tho target was hidden IL
-!otous cataract, and we knew wher,
10 shots had landed. The tally wa
N.te.cs"cd a f'w moments later. F'iv
q tlem-mlud YOU. iiyc-wcnt RICH
though that blamed hi; Of u large
a@i Tho seven other. fell ncar by.
Those seven sirays meant Il goo.
ga. too, For they struck 81 clos
to N" mark that they could not hay,
missed a ship, for bursting hat nea
hey '"ouid probably do a deal Of dam
age with their hurting fragments an
would certainly discomfort or demon
s.ze an enemy's personnel. 1t W.
indeed u wonderful sight, ami non
" us would have missed it for
months pay"
So has spoken an official eyewitness
a. he navy's greatest achievement il
Ions range firing. Does the laymal
The sun., 1916-09-24
TRAINING FOR BAT VI
PRACTICE WITH SUB
CALDER GYMS.

.zcd. BY 19o. Lieut.. Sims logan to
speed things M In. II took n deal o.
time - dcvclo, o." necessary cleo
trical apparatus h, Which the big guns
could be swept from side to sid" and
quickly elevated W depressed in order
tc hold them on IL, mark. Then earn"
tho task Of training tho mon.
Patiently Sims persisted and grad
uaily his brother officers became i'm
huod with his enthusiasm and ,irc'cs~
cnorts. ont Of chaos urd"r grow ami
from make believe uudc- favorable
' conditions battle practice evolved thai
vH,s realistic in all but the shedding %.
blood.
To stimulate Tho mon and 70 ,nnG
more color 10 Some of thor york n
'att,'sh.p va substituted for tNc con-
rortional target uf canvas and nef-
ing. TIL" I'D Texas. renamed San
Marcos. was anchored ON the rang" IN
;hc Chesapeake. and as In" NSht n:
nect steamed 10y at battle speeds, thci
hammered away ut that steel clad
craft. For once. iii.. in"u hsh,r1 ~
Guns got a tr,. notion ~ what their
practice was leading NJ to and they
Jaw - F'TN Wv 49,
shells would rip and tear and wound
a foe when fired ~ anger.
II Vas "a revelation IF incstimahle
valuc. This ook place in 1917, and n.
a range Of 10000 yarIs tho percentage
81 hits with /: inch rifles reached the
1gurc OF % IL. Substantially TO"
tines better .hln the Scor" had been
with lighter weapons when the Span
.Sh armorcd cruisers were tho navy'S
quarry.
Like tho recent Performance NJ w.
Pennsylvania, the preceding record Wa
made in smooth water and not ont IN
the open sea-. and du" allowance must
he made in Judging Il the ~supcrdrcad-
nouchtis capacity - hit hard or !
often when the foe IL nearly huh dow
and waves are running high. Our
ships. however. hold their battle prac-
tee In the open sea. both night and
day. and from the scores h~crctorOrr
REGISTERED under those conditions m"
theoretical standard has hccu csta'
lished which forms The bass in graz
ing our giinners. Accord NC 70 m
table. but Lately mad" available to y"
!, public. tho order Of merit expected 9
The turrct guns is as follows:
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ute y. S.S. PENNSYLVANIA

and efficiency engineering now make
possible. To grasp tho meaning OF II
all let us for a moment bark back TO
the days Of our splendid fr.satcs and
grand cd Constitution.
The biggest guns carried Ivy her were
% FOUNDERS and tho iota! weight OF
hoy hroadside was So pounds. le.s
,han half thai Of IA single II inch she'll.
Back of each 80 pound shot was a pro-
pu.sivc charge ~ five pounds Of black
powder. only half Of which was really
effective in speeding the projcctlle ~
its flight.
The ~ inch shell, on the other hand,
uses smoke!ess powder. Of which sub
stantially every grain does useful work.
and the weight Of the charge ia ap-
p~roximateiy half that o: the projectile.
No wonder each hurting shel! starts
upon it's mission with pent up energy
nearly equal to that Of n great express
locomotive speeding along at fifty
mics an hour.
, When Cai:. Hui. guided the Cons.!-
tuition to victory against the Guerricre
iis gunners fought within pistol range.
and the distance did not exceed 800
yards. And some idea o. how strenu-
oIsly lis GUNS were worked can be
gathered FROM the fact that 2.376
pounds ~ powder were consumed
,.st about enough, for a silvo from one
Of the Pennsylvania turrets. And yet
il:at flight justified enthusiasm too and
Old in fact excite it, for Lieut.. Ayiwin
wrG.e:
The sun., 1916-09-24

Il IS tho custom Win foreign ~,
ernmcntS To- regard all reports 80 "a
get practice as "f a confidential cha,
acter, and s'Ch - mo policy ~ ou
Navy Department. just th" sam
here is good cason 10 b",,ovo thn
the fpr"gu.u. table does not really jc
what orr naval marksm"u IAN de-, l-
N" statement made not lprI aGu
''Pp:. Charles i. llunE"tt, direct
~ gunner" EXERCISES, h'lrS 'u,s y
lion ont. Speaking before the or
wii,ee on Naval Affairs of me III,
oc Representatives. Ao SAID:
L hc,!"vc 'rat tho theoretical y
ability &C hitting a. Nai.ous ral.
which We have hcou using < 700
C~CoH'J,cd on S"rcrI pdge)
The sun., 1916-09-24
DRILLING THE -
GUN

NAYY yENE. straddlcd Il! We've
M straddlcd It. Five clean
w hits. And the others close
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WHITCOMB & KELLER.
st. Louis blvd, NV G-rOom modern
house. corner lot. paved streets, blocks
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Farmers Trust Bldg.
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drain which describes lands. public
highways ana easements owned hy you.
or in which sou have an interest ne IL
pending iu said court lnJ the petitioners
have l0tol thereon November e. 1916 as
the titue then the same viii De docketed
ds cause bon said court.
The Route NJ the drain described in
the petition is MS follows: Commencing
about Eight Hundred 500 feet North
a. the Southeast Corner n the North
east Quarter o.. ~ Section Fifteen llJl.
Township Thirty-Five $3.50 North Rance
One 90 East. thence westerly across
said Sections Fifteen llJI and sixteen
l6l- Seventeen f15f. and Eighteen U.s.,
following as nearly as possible the course
81 the George steele ditch established ln
the st Joseph Circuit Court at the May
term. lsS2 aud cmptying INTO the lel-
low Bank M or near the " est Boundary
% said Section Eighteen 1>l. And
lateral known as Lateral No. Z beginning
near the Northeast corner ~ Section
Fifteen f15i. Township Thirty-fvc t;s5l
North Range one a. East thence
S0Uthwesterly over the course 10 an open
ditch which is now iu existence and con-
Meeting with the main ditch at point
lab0ut Forty t40 rods West NJ the N0r'n
and south Center line Of Section Sixteen
GGI. Township Thirty-FiYe t-l5l N0rtn
Range one On East
JOHN STEELE. AND OTHERS.
Petitioners.
! Dated oct 10. 1916
WETDLEE * PARKER.
I 1873
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SHOOTS SUITOR
Dissatisfied Ohio Farmer Then Com
mits Suicide.

CANTON. o.. oct 16.-Aftei
courtcously greeting Victor Ro-
derrick. 70 year old. sutton for his
daughters hand. IN his home. W. 9
Brittson, formerly a well known
baseball pitcher. shot the youth anC
then committed suicide here Sun
day. Brittson objected 20 the
youths attention 10 his daughter
hut had seemingly submitted 10 the
derisiou Of his wife and his daugh-
ter of his attitude