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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-09-22

does not say much Of his conQuests
of widows, for he knows he would not
be believed, for jollying does not stand
with them.
The pretty girls in the shops do not
escape his tongue. BE boasts Of flirt-
ing with a new one every day, taking
her to a movie, and rot seeing her
when she passes the next time, being
attracted to a prettier face.
Foolish maTons, innocent of wrong
intent, but who cannot keep the desire
Of be admired, come in for their share
Of his Boosting. These he handles
numerically, in a way which would
mean pistols and coffee for two were
their good husbands to know how
their names were handed about by
the scoundrel who boasts Of making
conQuests Of them.
Such men are dangerous in any COM
munity. OF course their bark is worse
than their bite, but still they can
wink a good woman's reputation down
In less time than it takes to tell 1t
and do her a world of harm in awak-
ening suspicion (Which should never
have existed about her. Men should
take the matter into their W hands.
Instead of applauding the boaster, or
giving his %extravagant tales the bene-
fit of the doubt, he should be sternly
cried down, scoffed at, put to shame.
Those who listen-who'have sisters
at home-can never be sure he will
not select their women folk to mix up
in his cleverly woven falsehoods. Men
who boast of their wealth are bad
enough, but the men who boast OF
the women they jolly are many pegs
lower down. Many Of these boosters
are not really so bad as they would
have their chums believe them to be.
| They invent tales out of whole cloth
in which they show themselves up as
jolly fellows irresistible to woman
kind. They wed late, if at all. They
| have given themselves a bad name
| which sticks to them.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-09-22
COULD NOT SPEAK
10 HER CHILDREN

IT have been a great sufferer from
asthma since | was thirteen years old"
says Mrs. NJ. A. Mooney, 70 Carroll ST.,
Nashville, Tenn. Have been so bad many
times that ! could not speak to my chill
dren nor make my wants known to them.
I have taken three small bottles of Lung
Vita, which has entirely cured my
asthma" Mrs. Rubie Clark, 3l5 Oriole
St, Nashville, Tenn, writes; after hav.
ing three doctors to tell me | had tuher-
%culosis, l can gladly say that Vita
cured me"
These testimonials are taken from the
many we have on hand telling what Lung
Vita has done in cases Of consumption,
asthma, colds, Group, whooping cough and
grippe. If your dealer cannot supply you,
order direct. Price 81 IS. Booklet upon
request. Nashville Medicine Co, Room {
Steger Building, Nashville, Tenn. Adv.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-09-22
SIMPLICITY Of the Fathers.

Mrs. Everett NJ. RaynOr Of New
York, president general Of the Daugh-
tiers of the Revolution, said at u lunch
con-:
There are many anecdotes in IL
lustration Of the simple living Of the
Fathers.
"One of our country's pre-Revolu-
tionary fathers had occasion 70 cali
on the governor Of his province, and
was invited to stay to luncheon.
Luncheon began, and u liveric'
servant moved busily about, seryiae
the wine, carving the fowl, and ii.
forth.
The guest watched the servant for
some minutes, ana then said to hi,a
irritably:
What are you dance, dance, dane
in gabout the room for, man? Can't
you pull up a chair and sit down!
Surely there's enough for the three Of
US"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-09-22
CALOMEL! take ]
DODSON'S LIVER TONE
New Discovery! Takes Place of Dangerous CaOmeI-t Puts Your Liver 10
Work Without Making You SCk-Eat Anything 1t Can Not
SaEvate-DOnt Lose a Days Work!

a days work. I want to see a bottle of this Won
derful liver medicine in every home here.
Calomel is poison-it's mercury-it attacks the
bones, often causing rheumatism Calomel is dam
gerous. 1t sickens-while my Dodson's Liver
Tone is safe, pleasant and harmless. Eat any
thing afterwards, because it can not s~alivate. Give
it to the children because it doesn't upset the ston-
ach or shock the liver. Take a spoonful tonight
and wake up feeling fine and ready for a full
days work.
Get a bottle! Try it'll If it doesn't do exactly
what | say, tell your dealer to hand your money
back. Every druggist and store keeper here knows
me and knows of my wonderful discovery of q
vegetable medicine that takes the place of danger
Gus cabmel.-Adv.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-09-22

I discovered a vegetable compound that does
the work of dangerous, sickening calomel and |
want every reader of this paper to try a bottle
and if it doesn't s~traighten you up better and
quicker than s~alivating calomel just go back to
the store and get your money.
l guarantee that one spoonful of Dodsons
Liver Tone will put your sluggish liver to work
and clean your thirty feet of bowels of the sour
bile and constipation poison which is clogging
your system and making you feel miserable.
l guarantee that one spoonful of this harmless
liquid liver medicine will relieve the headache, bill
%iousness, coated tongue, ague, malaria, sour stom-
ach or any other distress caused by a torpid liver
as quickly as a dose of vile, nauseating calomel,
besides it will not make you sick or keep you from
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-09-22
All But

Dear Mabel, do you love meT'
"Oh, GEORGE"
Don't you, Mabel? Just a tiny lit
tie bit?"
well, yes, George
"And would your mother keep away
from US, except when | invited herr
"She would, George
"And your brothers and sisters,
too?"
"Why, certainly, George"
"And, Of course, the old gent would
settle my debts?'
'Of course, George"
Darling, will you marry meT'
mo, GEORGE
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-09-22
Not a True ldeaHst.

II always knew that Binks was
lacking In true poetical ldealism," said
the irate leader of one Of the clans.
Just before the Inst election he made
overtures to me for the purchase Of 90
votes"
"Well." said the sophisticated friend,
that didn't offend you. did itT' ,
"Of course not; but when made
the trade and delivered the goods the
constituencies dog refused to pay"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-09-22

Of those whom she trusted, the ship
wreck of her affections, should not
judge her unheard. The problem of
the working girl whose path is beset
by dangers little dreamed Of by the
majority of women offers a grave stu
alton for readjustment. The women
who employ young, innocent, inexpe-
rienced girls in their households should
have their attention called to the grave
error on their part of leaving such
girls in their homes unprotected while
they go off summering. 1--WE are keep
ing the house open for my son." n
woman will complacently tell another,
adding: "Annie will have scarcely any
thing to do except cook for him and
keep his DON in order. He may bring
home q young a friend to pass a
few days with him now and then, but
young men are scarcely any trouble.
Annie may thank her stars that I do
not close up the house, which would
Oblige her to secure another place
during the summer"
It would be a thousand times better
for many an Annie if they sought new
places rather than remain under such
conditions, especially If she has beauty
combined with innocence and an all
t%Oo-trustful nature. Many a youth Is
an angel for all that his folks know
concerning him, a model young nan in
the home under parental eyes, but
quite a different person among those
of his kind, with all restraint removed.
Left to his own devices, many a son
of a good family commences the dig
ging of a pit for his own feet quite
as soon as mother and father have
turned their backs on home. With
hilarious companions, he starts In to
have a good time. His comrades
comment on the good looks of Annie
the redness of her cheeks, the bright
ness of her eye and the trimness of
her figure.
If young master and his guests
choose to have midnight lunches, An
ME must be there to prepare it for
them. Annie is praised for her cake,
flattered by attention. An intimacy
hitherto unthought of springs up.
There are no fellow workers about
with whom Annie may take counsel,
no older women to warn her to be-
ware, take care.
The mother is the last n to whom
Annie can tell the story of misadven-
ture when she returns. The son sug-
gests to his mother that he would ad.
wise Annie's being turned off-he is
sure she has formed the drink habit
The girl is promptly discharged. She
goes from bad to worse. Whose fault
is it? The mother would, not have
left one of her own daughters in
peril from close association with wild
young men, alone, unprotected, yet
she took no pains to safeguard an
other girl just as young and innocent
All young men are not wolves IL
sleeps clothing, seeking whom they
may devour; probably not one ia five
hundred is not all that he should be
but it is difficult to select that one
from the many. Therefore all limo
cent girls should be s~afeguarded from
dangers that menace them e a
homo
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-09-22
Modern Villain.

Through the s%hrubbery Marcus Pelf,
the wealthy rejected sutton, watched
Harry Harrison, the village black
smith, clasp Ruth Roberts In his strong
young arms.
Course 'em !" he Kissed. "Ill have me
revenge! I'll buy 'em an automobile
for a wedding present, and then look
on g~loatingly while they mortgage the
blacksmith shop to buy gasoline!
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-09-22
Reason for GroWllnQ.

Rivers had just got home, and was
stumbling we the things ia the dark
hall.
What are you growing about,
dear?" called out Mrs. Rivers from the
floor above.
Il am growing" he answered in his
deepest bass voice, ito drown the bark
ing Of my shins."
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-09-22
The Crime.

"You don't mean to say the sheriff
has done arrested the boys that made
up that lynchin' partyy'
"He sho' did"
"Name O. goodness! What for?'
SHERIFF says he lows the laws got
to be respected mo round here, an
them boys used a tree in the %cotehouse
grounds an tramped all over the lawn
right where there was a plain sign
sayin' Keep or the Grass Town
Topics.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-09-22

He Meant Well, But

Distinguished Out-of-Town Guest
(speaking at banquet)-Your beautiful
little city appeals to me. AS we came
in on the train I remarked to my wife:
"Ah, my dear; you and ! ought to be
living on the top Of one Of those mag
nificent hills"
Toastmnster Tin hoarse Whisper
Go easy; we've got only two hills In
town. The insane asylum Is on one,
and the sewage works on the other.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-09-22

young in years,
who has erred
and V been
enabled to find
h e way b a k
from the primrose
path she entered
to the rugged,
straight and mar
row way the good
are treading.
Those who do not
know the history
of that n poor
heart that sinned
and suffered, the
S G S and
temptations she
passed through,
the pressure of
want, the falsity
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-09-22
To Fortify the System Against
Summer Heat

Many users of Groves Tasteless Chill
Tonic make it a practice to take this old
standard remedy regularly to fortify tho
system against the depressing effect of
summer heat. as those who are strong
Withstand the heat Of summer better thar
those who are weak. Price soc.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-09-22
Love Is Blind.

Another proof that love is blind Is
that no decent husband ever sees n
freckle or wrinkle on the face of the
wife who has just put n bait Of fried
chicken, hoecake, roas'n'ears, sliced to-
matoes and sparrow grass in front of
him~.-Iiouston Post.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-09-22
Warned.

rs old skinfint an approachable
manT
Yes, very. provided you don't care
what happens to you utter you mp
proach him"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-09-22

IMITATION is SlNCsREST FLATTERY
but like counterfeit money the imita-
ton has not the worth Of the original.
Insist on La Creole Hair Dressing
it's the original. Darkens your hair In
the natural way, but contains no dye.
Price 81. 00.-Adv.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-09-22
EASY Money.

"Will Jack be a good provider, do
you Think
"Oh, yes. He can borrow money
whenever he wants It."
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-09-22
ON r SYMPTOMS

8 "Renovine" and be cured. Do not
wait until the heart organ Is beyond
repair. "Renovine" Is the heart and
nerve tonic. Price soc and $1.00.--Adv.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-09-22

Kansas City (Mo.) property for tax
alton purposes is valued at S206,032,-
G72.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-09-22
VICE AND VIRTUE.
a u u 1919 hA9AanER EgacAE

Vice is q monster of so frightful mien,
To be hated needs but to be seem;
Yet seen too oft, familiar with its face,
We first endure, then pity, then embrace,
There is always sorrow in my heart,
never scorn, when / hear of a girl,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-09-22

DisaoreeabIe and Dangerous Trouble
Is Diarrhoea. but a speedy and certain
cure is found In Mississippi Diarrhoea
Cordial. Price 25c and 50c.-Adv.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-09-22
MALE FLIRT OF LAST YEAR.

Time Is a grief hat wastes the heart
Like mildew on n tulips eyes
When hope, deferred but to depart,
Loses it's smiles, but keeps its sighA
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1916-05-27
KEEPING UP SOIL FERTILITY

The farms of Europe produce
crops of the great grain staples that
in yield per acre greatly exceed ours.
our farmers have had too much the
feeling that you could go on irdeim'
itely taking away from the soil with
out putting anything back. In the
virgin soils of the Middle West, 1t
has often been said that the land
needs no fertilization.
The Illinois Farmer in recent
editorial admitted that even in the
bounteous soils of that state, more
has been taken out than has been
restored. The editor attributes the
unsatisfactory acreage production OF
staples to failure to keep up fertil'
ity.
Agriculture in the United States
has been a form of mining. The
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1916-05-27
PEACE IN EUROPE

Periodically comes some report of
the possibility Of peace negotiations
being opened to end the war cata
clysm in Europe. Most of these are
based upon opinions of people who
draw deductions from long distance
observations and none seem to be
founded on any authentic statements
or incidents that could be made OBJ
yious proof of the probability of the
much desired result.
But now comes one indication that
people well may heed. Lloyds and
other underwriters have been issuing
insurance against the coming of
peace varying the premiums demand
ed from twenty to thirty per cent.
Press dispatches say Lloyds have
jumped the premium demanded for
such insurance suddenly to fifty per
cent. Underwriters, successful ones,
are close observers and this action
would indicate that the possibility OF
world peace is not so remote.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1916-05-27

were winning the war and that the
allies were beaten.
Sir Edward here made the declar-
alton that the time for peace had not
yet arrived and that the entente al
lies were under obligations not to
act separately on peace terms. He
added that If any OF the allies had
right to speak with regard to peace
at the present moment. it was France
on whom the concentrated fury of
the German attack had been thrown.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1916-05-27

who was responsible for 1t. Had Ger
many refused to restore Belgium, had
she refused to agree to form an in
ternational council to maintain Euro
pean peace, Mr.. Ponsonby asked. II
she had refused the things the coun.
try ought to be told.
Gives Chancellor the Lie
Sir Edward Grey in the course of
his speech characterized Chancellor
Won Bethmann Hollweg's recent state
ment that Great Britain was prepar-
ed to go to war over Bosnia as a
first class lie. The real reason for
the prolongation OF the war was that
the German government continually
was telling their people that they
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1916-05-27
COLLEGE GIRL ATHLETICS

A recent observer OF the women's
colleges reports a tremendous growth
in interest In athletic exercises. For.
merly the college girl might play
croQuet and few of the more siren.
uous tried tennis. That was about
all. Their sporting fields were call
cd recreation grounds and even the
word athletic, was considered unlady
like.
Today the college girls are playing
baseball, polo, basketball, lacrosse;
they have swimming and hockey and
about everything but football Inter
collegiate sports have become COM
mon.
The time may even come when wo-
men will compete with men in these
sports on even terms. When one con-
siders how women of primitive ages
did the hardest OF manual labor,
there seems no reason why women
may not before many years acquire
physical strength equal to men. 1t
would be a terrible blow to some of
the mems colleges to be beaten by
the girls. Yet the latter will keep
training rules better and will think
quicker. There may be a dreadful
downfall one of these days for the
kings of sport Herald Republican.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1916-05-27
DIPLOMACY OF
GREY ATTACKED
IN COMMONS
Impromptu Speech by Sir Arthur
Ponsonby on the Question Of
Peace Provokes Retort

London, May 24-In an impromptu
speech In the house OF commons to-
night on the question OF peace and
the propriety of employing the Am
erican press as a platform, subjects
unexpectedly raised by Arthur Pom.
sonby, Liberal member for Stirling.
Scotland, In strong address attack
ing the government for allowing dip
lomatic etiquette to stand in the way
OF possible peace pourpariers. Sir
Edward Grey, the British foreign
secretary, set aside all ideas that
peace negotiations were possible at
the present stage and plainly reiter-
ated that the position of the allies
In no way was changed. Sir Edward
declared that 1t was impossible to
consider terms OF peace without a
previous agreement between the en-
tente allies. Further, he expressed
the decided opinion that the hostili-
ties had not yet reached stage
where 1t was possible to talk of peace
especially as the German public was
constantly being fed with lies by
their ministers.
Mr.. Ponsonby's reference to the
use of the American press as n plat.
form, was the outgrowth of a recent
interview with Sir Edward Grey.
Does Not Stand on Etiquette
Sir Edward in replying to this at.
tack, while admitting that important
disclosure Of any policy ought first
to be made to parliament, argued
that a crisis might arise during the
war when consideration Of etiquette
should not be allowed to stand in
the way. He contended that since
German statesmen constantly were
giving interviews and statements to
the American press, it would be mere
perantry which would hinder British
statesmen from countering these
statements in the interests of their
own country.
Mr.. Ponsonby argued in favor OF
counciling peace possibilities and
against prolonging the war merely
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1916-05-27

crop derives its elements of nutrition
from the soil. When those elements
pass into the ear OF corn and grain
OF wheat, they are taken from the
earth. It seems incredible that any
thing that may come through rain,
irrigation, floods, the air, or the un-
der soil, can supply the place Of
what has been distracted. II not,
then soil exhaustion in any locality
is mere question of time.
Man is a prodigal creature. and
organizes his systems of waste as
carefully as methods Of production.
Vital elements OF foods pass into an
imals, and PASS out in waste. Much
OF this material is turned into
streams to be thrown into the sea.
Costly systems of sewage are con.
structed to effect this throwing away
OF necessary elements.
The farmer who is down on his
luck and complains OF adverse wea-
Their conditions may simply be suf-
fering from failure to keep up his
land. During recent years fertiliz-
ing materials have been freely sold
and have done good. though not al
ways applied scientifically. But en-
richment pays today better than ev-
er, owing to high cost Of labor. II
the product of farm can be dou-
bled, the labor cost per unit Of pro-
duct is greatly reduced.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1916-05-27
CLEAN UP

Picking up the cans and papers on
clean up day isn't enough. Every
barn, corral and Clubhouse in the
community should be cleaned, says
Miss Gertrude McCheyne OF the U.
A. c.. Neither is one day in the
year enough, but few minutes ev.
cry day should be allotted to clean
up work. The main excuse for not
keeping clean is lack of time. But
clean premises are cheaper, more
satisfactory and less painful than a
funeral, and many deaths are con.
tracted from germs that have thrived
in the unclean places of the house,
yard, and outbuildings.
The death rate of infants increases,
says Dr.. e. G Titus of the U. A.
c., from 80 in January to from 10
to 176 in August and September. This
rise is proportional to the increase in
flies during their breeding season. 1t
Is significant that the maximum
death rate is reached at the time
that the flies are the thickest. The
0y Is carrier OF death. 1t is hatch
ed in the filth of the outhouses, sta.
bles and yards. Clean up. Get rid
of the fly and save precious lives.
The work of few who clean up
is undone IL others fail to do It. II
is everybody's business and problem
Clean up yourself and see that your
neighbor does likewise.