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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-11-10
Relief for Formers
Representative Johnston Of COahonlo
Sends Sugeeetions to Governor

Representative johnston Of COahon,a
Sends Sugeeetions to Governor
Clarksville, Miss, Nov. 4 Hon Os-
car G. Johnston. representative from
this county. has written a letter to the
governor suggesting special legislation
for the benefit of the farmers of this
section of the state, which has been 30
severely affected by weevil and short
crops. Those familiar with Mr.. john
ston's record in the legislature have
confidence in his ability to draft the
bills mentioned in the letter. When
asked today about the letter Mr..
Johnston gave your correspondent a
copy, stating that he would like to
know whether or not his suggestions
meet with public approval. The letter
in full is as follows:
"Gov. Theo. G. Bilbo, Jackson, Miss.
"Dear Sir-During the past few
weeks hundreds of white men and wo-
men have come from the eastern and
northern counties of this state into
Coahoma and adjoining counties, lured
there in search of employment by re-
ports of good crops and high prices.
The condition of these people is indeed
pitiable. They have been driven from
their homes by the wolf of poverty.
and know not where to turn. l have
talked with many of these people,
and, from information given me by
them and from that obtained through
letters from friends in the eastern Sec
tion of the state. am leo to believe
that the financial situation in many
counties of our state is most deplora-
BILE. Indeed, am advised that in one
county which has heretofore produced
annually approximately Is, bales of
cotton, the yield this year will not ex-
ceed 1900 bales. Another county has
had its annual yield cut from approx
mately 35, 900 to less than 5000 bales.
The corn crop in these counties was
about a total loss. II these facts be
true. the struggle this winter bids tair
to be q desperate one for the small
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-11-10
farmer, who has, in all probability,
been compelled to mortgage his proper

farmer, who has, in all probability,
been compelled to mortgage his proper
ty in order to obtain the necessaries Of
life. In an effort to conceive some
scheme by which these people may be
helped, it has occurred to me that
much relief would be afforded if provi-
sion should be made for the suspension
Of collection of taxes on land for a
period of one year. After a careful
investigation / am convinced that this
would be feasible, that it can be done
in way that would greatly benefit
the smsll land owner, and at the same
time would not be taken advantage of
in the more prosperous sections of the
state, nor by the holders of large
tracts of land, nor by those corpora
tions owning timber lands. / further
believe that this can be done without
material injury to the financial condi-
tion of the state or of the counties.
at has further occurred to me that
it would be advisable to make some
provision for the distribution of cotton
seed and seed corn grown the past
year on the state farms for seed pur-
poses, at the actual cost of production,
and that this would be Of great benefit
to the farmers in those sections Of the
state above referred to.
'Tf anything along the lines men,
toned is to be done 1t must be done at
once, and will require an extraordinary
session of the legislature, which, in my
judgment. need only continue three or
four days and which could be held at q
nominal cost.
IF you think we'll of these sugges g.
tions shall be glad to submit for your
consideration the draft of bills by
which believe the above suggestions
can be enacted into law.
Trusting that you will give these
suggestions serious consideration and
accept them in the spirit in which they
are made, / am, yours truly,
20. G. JOHNSTON (of Coahoma.
Beautiful line Of fall hats just re-
ceived at Mrs. Hickm ans. !
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Pet Show at School.

Co Thursday afternoon, e!ovember 2,
something very interesting and anus.
ing was given at the school-a pet
show. There was a great variety of
pets and this made it all the more in
teresting.
First of all there was a parade led
by Warren Martin and his opossum.
1t left the campus at the north side,
marched around the front, (the smaller
children carrying pets almost as large
as they) and on the campus again at
the south side and all the pets and
their owners lined up from the building
to the street. All the pets that knew
any tricks performed for the onlookers.
The only ones that performed were
dogs and some of them knew only one
trick, some two, some three and the
prize was taken by dog that knew
four.
The prize for the greatest number of
pets, tie, was taken by Harry Maury.
The prettiest pet was Elizabeth Ferris
maltese cat and this prize was two
dainty handkerchiefs. Shady Smiths
duck and Owen Barnes turtle tied for
being strangest pets, Shady receiving
two handkerchiefs and Owen tie.
The pets entered were:
Spencer McHenry, pony, Clip; goat,
Billy; dog.
Harry Maury, rabbits, Bunnies;
goat, Billy; opossum, Sid; squirrels;
chicken, Rhoali.
Octave Kirby, dog, Jim.
Lipscomb Ballard, cat, Tommy.
Thomas Jackson, cats, William and
Jack.
Jack Gregory, calf, Bill Bailey.
Lolita Lever. pig, Piggie.
Frances Meeks, dog, Trip.
Henry. Holt cat, Sport.
Cicero Sessions, cats, White and
Blackie.
Edward Allen, dog, Trouble.
Ramil.e Bush. dog, Rex.
Florence Mcleod, dog, Shepherd.
Robt. Earl Coleman, dog. Teddie.
Frances Stephenson, dog, Short.
Sharkey Eiand, pony, Fannie.
Sdllie Lou Stennis, pony, Black
Beauty.
Matte Harkins, cat, Spotty.
Wyatt C. Jones, rabbit, Bunny Boy.
Charles Edward Lassiter, puppies,
Gyp, Tom; cats, Rachel, John.
Irwin Douglas, dog, Freddie.
Francis Murphy. dog, Smoke.
J. l.. Broyles, chicken Banty.
James Campbell, dog, jeff.
Eddie Norwood, dog, Bilbo.
Shelf Skinner, oogs, Sport, Spot.
Willene Jackson, cat, Kitlie Gray.
Merle Thompson, goat, Billy.
Beryl FAINT, cat, Tom.
William Hickman, dog, Fritz.
Bessie Dare, rabbit, Virginia. 7
Carlos McCorquodale, cat. Kitty.
Emmett Roy Dent, cow. Buttercup.
Sarah McHenry, pony.
Marguerite Evans, chicken, Betty.
Shade Smith, duck.
Maud Yates, pig, Mary.
Elizabeth Ferris, cat, Cupi1.
Justin Kirby, dog. Jack.
Jessie Stennis, dog, Bob.
Joe Stevens, cat, Bessie.
Katherine Martin, cat, Mischief.
Phelan Hunter, possum, Jumbo.
Owen Barnes, fish and turtle.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-11-10

The American wheat harvest
is the smallest in a dozen years
barely more than 600. 100000
bushels. In 1915 the crop was
1,011, ,505,000 bushels. Tn e
Canadian wheat crop is alsp
much below that of a year ago
The government estimates tn
corn crop in the United States
2,717, 100000 bushels, VIII III
compares with a crop of 3,05h.-
100000 bushels last year. II
view of these smalle~ crops, of
the growing home demand and of
the great increase in exports, it
is not hard to see why some Of
our food prices are higher.
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Democrats Garry California nsurine him 269 Electo-
raj votes-3 more than necessary. New Mexico looks
sure for Wilson, which would make his vote 272
Henrietta Holt, kitten, Girlie.
Lucille Holt, dog,

Henrietta Holt, kitten, Girlie.
Lucille Holt, dog.
sDora Dare, chicken,
Ruth Allen, Gog, Y.
Powell Patty, dog and rabbits.
James Horton, white pigeon, Lille.
Duvergne McCorquodale, Kitty.
John Egger, two dogs,
Sydney Morgan, dog Toby.
Matte Bell Boswell, dog, Dan.
Mary Hale, cat.
Emmett Cavett, two ponies, Clip and
Star. two pigeons, two bantams.
Mark Allen. dog. Trouble.
Boyle Elkins, three rabbits.
Paul Stephenson. dog.
Andrew and Sessions FAINT, goat.
Miss Paulk. Miss Campbell, Miss H.,
Miss S., an animal, Juicy.
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County Teachers Association

The next meeting of the Noxubet
County Teachers Association will be
held in the court house, beginning at
O'Clock p m. November the eighteenth
The Program committee have sent ir
the following program for this meet.
ing:
PROGRAM
Read first four chapters of Kennedy e
Fundamentals in Methods.
l. The Aims of the Recitation.
Paper by Mrs. Josie Mcleod.
Discussion led by J. G. Chandler.
2. The Importance of the Assignment.
Paper by Miss Lucy Douglass.
Discussion led by J. |. Dabbs.
8. The Importance of Clear Picturing
Paper by Miss Genevieve Adams.
Discussion led by A. G. Stubblefield.
4. Our Most Prevalent Mistake in the
Recitation.
Paper by Miss Annie Stennis.
Discussion led by J L. McMillin.
All teachers are asked to come pre-
pared to take part in the program.
Kennedy's Fundamentals in Methods
has been selected bv the Program COM
mittee as the text for use of the
teachers during this years work. Let
the teachers come to this next meeting
prepared to leave their order for the
book at the book store; it is an mex
spensiv We book costing only 80 cents.
The work of education in the county
as whole can not Re fruitful of re-
suits, and the individual school will find
itself unable to do what the present
day school is expected to do for the
community, unless the teachers show
interest enough to unite with other
teachers in the effort to build up the
system. This teacher can not do by
confning her work to the schoolroom;
some of the things that are very great
ly worth while in modern education, in
community building, can be gotten on
ly by organized and systematic effort.
So then let every teacher plan now to
attend this meeting Your superin-
tendent, your community, and your
county have a right to expect this
much of you.
JAMES 6. CHANDLER,
Superintendent.
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FROM THE PEOPLE
Town Pride.

EDITOR of the Beacon
Our dear town. in some respects, ID
most peculiar. For fifty years or more
Macon has about held her own in point
of population. neither growing nor los
ing in number, yet in material progress
she seems to have keptl up with the
progress of the world as we have as
good water and electric light system,
schools. streets and other thingsthat add
to the comfort of its habitants as any
other town in the south or west.
Yet we make little progress either in
population or wealth.
This is unusual, and it seems to the
writer there can be but one cause for
this-a lack OF ToWn Pride, and the
fact that we do not pull together, and
it is grave fault, for it is a grave
fault, closely akin to disloyalty.
Enter into conversation with citizens
from another town and you hear of its
advantages of all kinds-its fine people.
natural advantages, remarkable busi-
ness enterprises, ETC.. etc.
Do Macon people talk that way ? The
writer is afraid not. We spend too
much time thinking and talking "Hard
Times" Did it ever occur to you that
possibly you were partly to blame for
the hard time:that you are complaining
about by your disloyalty to Macon and
Macon's business enterprises.
While dislike to say it yet l am
afraid that in this matter the ladies' are
even worse than the men. One of the
chief things that goes to make Macon
town is the mercantile interests. Stran-
gers and travelling men tell US that
Macon has more god stores and fine
stocks Of goods than can be found in
any town of its size in East Mississippi.
1t certainly has several good merchants
who show taste and discrimination in
buying. If there ever was time when
they ought to be patronized to the full
est it has been for the last three years.
There has been a growing tendency
this year. on the part OF the ladies' to
make their purchase away from Macon
without giving the home merchant a
look and in other instances to make |
their purchases elsewhere, then look at
home and find that they could have
bought. the s.2me thirgs here for the |
same price. sand often even less than
they had paid.
The peculiar part of it is that in
some of those instance the out-of town
shoppers were the wives and daughters
of professional and business men, and
even teachers in the public school-all
making living and being supported
by the taxes and patronage Of the mer-
chonts of your town.
Every dollar spent st home helps to
build up the town-heips to maintain
the schools and chuches, helps to keep
up the streets and to make the town
better place to live in.
For every dollar you send away you
only get the article paid for.
Let's all be Boosters for Macon and
Macon's enterprises, and thus in a
measure, at least. forget the Hard
Iimes and Short Crops"
OBSERVER,
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-05-11
MURRAY WRITES
DEPARTMENT | Il TO
FIX ALLBUNPS

Answering a letter written to him
by Federal Judge Charles F. Clemens,
Harry E. Murray, manager of the wa
ter and sewer department says that
his department has notified City En-
gineer George NJ. Collins to repair the
trenches at Nuuanu and School
streets, complained OF by Judge Gle
mons, and all other trenches caused
from openings made by the water de-
partment.
Mr.. Murray states that he appre-
cia5es the discomfort of automobilists
who have occasions TO cross the
bumps" as Judge Clemens designaIes
them, and is sorry that it il neces.
sary for anyone to have to call the
departments attention to matters Of
this kind.
This department has no equipment
with which to do street work" Mr..
Murray writes, "and must depend on
the road department to do it for us. /"
He adds that arrangements with
the road department have not been
very satisfactory to date, but that he
expects to shortly begin repairing all
old openings made by the department,
and put a tapping gang TO work on
all new openings.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-05-11
COMRADES WILL ERECT
MONUMENT OVER WRIGHT

Police comrades OF Fred Wright
have purchased pretty tombstone
which they VIII have erected at once
in the Nuuanu cemetery as tribute
of their esteem. The order and design
were placed today with W. II. thinner
man by Deputy Sheriff Julius w.
Asch.
The stone win be cut from polish
ed Hawaiian piece and will stand
about five feet high. It viii be in
place by Memorial Day, June 80. At
the top Of the shaft will be engraved
a reproduction of the motorcycle po-
lfcemen's crest, circumscribing the
initials IN. p" motorcycle police
mani. At the bottom is the short
tribute, Erected by his comrades
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-05-11
CITY ATTORNEY
CLAIMS Charge
Change RIGHT
Issue is Taken With Judge Ash
ford in Turning Soldiers j.
Back to Military Court

Everything that has been done IL
! police court with regard to these mat
tiers has had my sanction and APPROX
al, said City Attorney Arthur N
Brown today in answer to a state
ment from Circuit Judge Ashford
which was published in the Star-But
letin yesterday, in which the jurist
criticizes purported notice system
Of reducing felony charges to INSIDE,
meaner charges upon promise of plea
Of guilty, and turning the cases Of sol
diers over 10 military authorities in.
stead Of prosecuting them in the ciyil
courts. "....-"
Regarding the violation of local
laws by soldiers" Mr.. Brown cOntin-
ued. "a number of such cases, where
the offense was not of a serious ma
ture, have been turned over to the
military authorities at the request of
the latter, the authorities represent
ing their desire to deal with these Of
tenders as they believed would do the
most good. ~. r." ..-.... F..
As the head of the city attorneys
office, | desire to lake exception to
the statements of Judge Ashford that
we have been cuuntenancing the com.
pounding of felonies In the police
court of Honolulu by reducing charges
which might be felony charges to mis-.
demeanors and, so far as know. no
such action has been taken by Mr..
or any other of my dep.
uties -
AS matter of fact, it has been
the practise fesrse ~zs-,s q " sf.Ionv
cIr-yr1aL y, re or years, where a lei )
ynarge Is preferred in the first in
stance against the person, to reduce
he same to misdemeanor after al
careful investigation and after being
that such prosecution is the
proper course. .."# ~: -. ;: 49,
THE grand jury and the judges in
he first circuit court have had
TO comment on the number
IF assault and battery with dangerous
Weapons cases which have come up
rom the district court when, in view
Of the trivial nature of the cases, have
ordered the same to be disposed OF
N the police court as misdemeanors.
"In cases where persons have been
arrested for taking automobiles, there
has always been a question whether
such acts are felonieS or simply mis-
lemeanors under the head of malicious
injury. In view or the inability to
Try cases by jury in the circuit court,
Of the fact-that no funds will be
available until after July 1. and be
cause of the fact that no jury trials
ire, held during July and August, !
believe it is wrong to Mold these df.
lenders on felony charges
Mr.. Brown added that his office has
always believed in the principle of
certain conviction rather than on Sc
verify of punishment
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-05-11
PAYMENT
BY HAWAIIAN
COMMERCIAL CO.

II At the session Of the Honolulu stock
| exchange held this morning announce
ment was made that the board OF di
4 rectors OF the Hawaiian Commercial
! & Sugar Company mad met in San
| Francisco yesterday and declared an
extra dividend Of 81 per share, pay.
able June ), in addition to the regu,
lar payment OF g cents payable on
| the same date. =.-- ..@
The announcement did not quite
reach the expectations of the most
sanguine ones, who had prophesied
that such extra dividend would be an
nounced for repetition every two or
three months The stock advanced
from 52k TO SAY. III. =.
Today 0laa recovered its yesterday
losses, dvancing from 1875 to 1875.
Oahu declined an eighth and Pho.
neer advanced Il and Honokaa h.
big advance was scored in Koloa,
which rose from 1856 to $780,. .--
Five shares Of Inter Island were sold
at 200, an advance of s.. 49,. =. -.
Sales between boards were 1865
shares and session sales were 400.
Frequent rumors of dividends of
disbursements to be made or OF
changes in method of making such dis
bursements were in circulation in the
district around the stock exchange
this morning. .... !.
One OF the current rumors in the
early hours was that Hawaiian Com
mercial was to pay 81 share and
that the declaration would be made
at the morning session. On the
strength of this report the stock rose
a point to 81.
Another rumor was that Olaa would
be on dividend paying basis by July
or August 49," 4
As to McBryde, there were two re-
ports current. One was that this com
pany would begin paying regular
monthly dividends instead of making
two payments Of so cents each as last
year. The other report on McBryde
was to the effect that two or more SO
cent dividends are to be r,sISnofuIs, =
Mainland auof.~af.. ID laid
ed ait iniba * atsahtio 81 on Consolidat.
,rpes i yesterday showed a decline to
$345 but it was said to be in good
demand.
In San Francisco Mineral Products |
fell off from 95 to 921z, but at that
price was in eager demand and there |
was no lack of purchasers. The de-
cline was laid to profit taking.
Engels Copper holds its advance
and mainland quotations continue at
1926. = ~.
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$1,000
MAY BE VOTED
INVESTIGATORS

An additional $4,000 asked by the
water Investigation committee com.
mission may be included in the budget
for the next half year. the ways and,
means committee OF the supervisors
having decided 10 have the matter
taken up with the budget The CON-
mittee met this noon and rassed on
the request OF the commission. which
was referred TO il al the board meet.
ing Tuesday night.
The funds of the commission are
practically exhausted and there is no
money available for work Il desires to
complete. How these will be met is
problem for the commissioners to
decide.
Another meeting of the committee
will be held Monday afternoon to de-
eide whether or, not it will recon-
mend the employment of an attendant
for the emergency hospital as re-
quested by the hospital physician
julius Asch, the acting sheriff. and
DR.. r. G. Aver, the hospital physician
Will be requested to attend the meet.
ing and present their case
Action on the amendments to the
purchasing agent ordinance, intro
duced Tuesday and referred to the
committee, was deferred.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-05-11
PROCEEDING IN
CONDEMNATION
IS COMMENCED
Start is Made to Secure Site
Needed for New FedeGass,
BuiIding:.,rr1 a
A petition s.-e,ocreIsJ

A petition SsS.N''0
irwin Eetot-.isco w. =~>. ....=
nrisina .ty on5eeking to condemn the
in's = I hes.e and other properties com.
the site selected for Honolu-
new federal building, was filed in
federal court today by Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Samuel B. Kemp.
The petition states that the land
sought to be condemned is bounded
by Union square, Militant street,
Queen street and Richards street, and
comprises 1883 square feet of land
1t will be used for the erection and
maintenance thereon Of certain public
buildings for the use of the United
States postoffice, United States Gus
tom house and for other governmental
offices at Honolulu.
According to the petition the land
is valued at $200,00o. Included among
the respondents are: w. G. Irwin
Estate Company, Claus A. Spreckels,
Rudolph Spreckels, A. B. Spreckels,
Emma c. Ferris, John Ferris, w. T.
Rawlins, Jane s. Ra~lins, Mrs. victo.
ria Ward, territory of Hawaii and the
unknown heirs of number of other
persons. mostly Hawaiians.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-05-11
GENERAL HWANG HSlNG
PLEASED WITH H0N0L ULU

Gen. Hwang Hsing. former Chinese
minister of war, who passed through
Honolulu last month on his way to
China. has sent cable to Col.-gen. D.
J. Wudan stating that he had ar
rived safely in Toxic and would leave
at once for Shanghai to confer with
DR. Sun Vat Sen.
Gen. Hwang Hsing said In the cable (:
1--WE will never forget the kindness OF
the Chinese people in Honolulu, and
/ orly regret that was unable to re
main in the beautiful city for a longer
time. Kindly express my thanks for
the courtesy shown our party during
the day spent in your city"
A bill to make the writing of a
threatening letter TO the president a
misdeIneaner, was reported favorably
by the house judiciary committee.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-05-11
SAYS JAP ANESE
WOMAN HIT HIS
AUTO YESTERDAY

An old Japanese woman, o. Miya,
IS in the Japanese hospital today re-
covering from fall she received
about 4.S0 yesterday afternoon when
she apparently ran against an auto
on Beretania street near the ball
grounds. II was Bishop H. B. Restar-
ick's car, driven by Miss Anita Meyer,
1--WE didn't strike the woman, she
ran into US" explained Bishop Res
tarick today. Apparently she didn't
see us when she ducked her head and
ran directly across the street. She
paid no attention to warnings given
and probably would have been killed
had not Miss Meyer acted quickly and
swerved to one side. AS il was she is
only bruised from contact with the
road. No bones we're broken"
Two others were in the bishops car.
He says Miss Meyer is a licensed
driver
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-05-11
JAPANESE WILL
BE EDUCATED ON
DUAL BATHING

japanese of Honolulu, arESS.
established . on BIZ IL Of dual bathing as
,Asthhpr by some of the Japanese
1asiSlase keepers. At the present
time there are about eight Japanese
public lighthouses where men and
women batne together.
Consul General r. Moroi and the
Japanese press have started an educa-
tional campaign which will prevent
the further establishment of these in
situations and will gradually weed out
those now doing business. At the
present time the majority of bath
house keepers among the Japanese
have separate bathrooms for men and
women.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-05-11
FINE STAMP COLLECTION
Is SHOWN PHiLATELlSTS

One of the most complete stamp
collections of New Zealand and Aus
tralia was shown last night by Mr.
Van Weenan at the monthly meeting
CT the Philatelic Society which met at
the residence of A. F. Cooke. Mr.
Van Weenan is publisher of The Land.
a we'll known farming paper of sgd
ney. Australia Others present were,