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Macon beacon., 1916-08-11
NOTICE TO BIDDERS
In the Matter OF Goods in District Two, Noxube
County, Missssippi.

In the Matter OF Goods in District Two, Noxube,
County. Mississippi.
Notice is hereby given that the undersigned
commissioners of District mo 2. Noxube,
Coucty, Mississippi. will receive bids for / OC
tons, more or less, of Screen iNovaculite OF
other screen gravel
Second Bids will also be received for Fin.
ley Method Special 80 per cent OF penetration
asphalt at II +. Also Findley Method Nat.
ural Liquid Asphalt containing aoproxi.
mately 10 per cent df 100 penetration as.
phalt at n +, in sufficient amount to surface
seven miles, more or less, of gravel road in
District 2, Noxubee county, Mississippi.
Prices to be f. o, b. Macon, Mississippi,
Third. Will also receive bids on sand Ito he
delivered per yard along the right of way of
the rock road in said district as mBy be di-
rected by said commissioners.
All bids to be opened on Tuesday, the 5th
day OF September 191 6, said bids to he fled
with John A. Tyson Chancery Clerk. Macon,
Noxnbee county Mississippi,
a certified check of $3.50 shall accomnanv
the bid for as Shalt and check of SOS Shall
accompany the other bids.
The commissioners reserve the right to re
jcct any and all bids
w. Z. SKINNER,
l.. {. GOODWIN.
J. +. CARR,
Commissioners District No. 2. Noxubee Co.
MiSsissiDDi
Macon beacon., 1916-08-11
Notice to Bridge Contractors

mo. 6777l
Sealed bids are invited to be filed with the I'M.
derslgned Clerk ON or before Two O oclock d. m
on Monday the 4th day of September. 1916 fo,
furnishing the material for and constructing ar.
cordlng to plans and specifications now on file in
the Chancery Clerks office of Noxubee Countv
Mississippi. the following:
A wooden bridge over ditch south of old rood
near bored we'll. ~
Said work to be completed within 30 DAYS from
the date of awarding the contract
Ihe contract Will be let to the lowest bidder
who must. during the meeting at which the con.
tract Is awarded cutter into formal contract and
furnish bond. with sufficient suretes for The
prompt proper and efficient performance of the
contract m penalty not less the contract price
The Board reserves lhe right to reject any ar al
bids. " "
BY order of the Board of Supervisors (vid
Minute Book 20, page l29) this 9th day Of August
1916.
JOHN A. TYSON.
Ceancery Clerk
Macon beacon., 1916-08-11

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Sealed BIDS are invited TO he hied With the IN.
dersRned Clerk on Or before Two O'Clock .. M.
on Monday the fth daV Of September. gi6 FOR
furnishing the material for and constructing ac-
cordirg 70 plans and specifcations now on file in
the Chauccry Clerks Office of Noxubee County.
Mier ssippi the following
a wo0ten bridge over ditch about z mile west
rf Rock HHIl Church.
-H'i work 10 hr completed within % days from
tho date ot awarding the contract.
The contract viii Boz let 10 the lowest bidder
who must during The meeting at which the con-
trart awarded enter into formal contract snd
fsrH st bond "'h sufficient sureties for the
prompt proper and efficient performance of the
contract in penalty not less the contract price
The Brsrd reserves the right TO reject any or all
h.dr
I order ~ the Board n Supervisors Cvid.
Minute Book ~ page l23 this 9th lay Of August.
1919,
mo. A. TYSON. Cbaneerv Clerk
Macon beacon., 1916-08-11
NOTICE TO BIDDERS


NoSubee County. Mississippi.
Notice is hereby given that the undersigned
commissioners of District No. ., Noxubee
Co, Mississippi, will receive bids for 100
tonS, more or less. of Screen Novacuiite OF
other scredu gravel.
Second. Bids will alto be received for Fin
ley Method Special 90 per cent of Psnetrat ton
Asphalt-at - +. Also Finley Method Nat.
ural Liquid Asphalt, containing approx.
mattly % per cent of1o0 penetration asphalt
at a ?, in sufficient amounts to surface four
teen miles. more or less. OF gravel road in dis
trict No. Noxubee county. Mississippi
Price to BET o. b. Brooksvil e. Miss
Third, Will also receive bids on sand, to
be delivered pcr.yard along the right of way
of the rock road in said district as may be di-
rected by SAID commissioners.
All bids 70 be opened on Tuesday the 9TH
day OF September, 1916. said bids to be fill, d
with John A. Tyson, Chancery Clerk, Macon.
NoNubee Count. Mississippi.
certified check OF $3.50 shall accompany
the bid for asphalt and n check Of 500 shall
accompany the other bids.
Ihe commissioners reserve the right TO re-
iect any and NIL bids
T. w. MADISON,
w, NJ. MCLEOD
W. II. BELL.
Commissioners District No. g. Noxubee Co.
Mississippi.
Macon beacon., 1916-08-11
NOTICE TO BIDDERS
In the Matter Of the Good Roads in District No.
koxubee County, Mississppi.

In the Matter Of the Good Roads in District No. g
Noxubee County, Mississippi
Natice is hereby given tnat the undersigned
Commissioners of DISTRICT No . NoNubee Coun-
ty Mississippi. will, on Tuesday. the 5th day of
September, 1916. receive bids for dragging and
machining the good road known as the rock road
IN said District No, :, per day per team of two
mules, par day per team of four mules with
drivers.
For dragging and machining said sand clay
road IN sad District No z, per team Of two mules
per day and per team of four mules per day wi IN
drivers. including filling of ruts and holes
Bids to be opened in the Chaucery Clerks
Office IN the City OF Macon, NoNubce County,
Mississippi.
All bids to be mailed to John A. Tyson, Chan
ccry Clerk. Macon, NoXubee County Mississippi.
The Commiss'oners reserve the right 10 reject
any and all bids.
W. +. SKINNER
&. C. GOODWIN
J. +. CARR.
Commissioner District No 9
NoNubee COUNTY Mississippi
Macon beacon., 1916-08-11
NOTICE

The Board of Supervisors Of Noxubee
county, Mississippi give notice of their
intention to borrow $4,000 at their
September 1916 term, or the 1st day
thereof, payable on January l, 1917. by
loan warrant out of the general county
fund, rate of interest not to exceed 6
per cent per annum.
Bids are invited to he made on or be-
fore September 4th, 1916, at 2 o'clock
p. m. By order of the Board, this Au-
gust llth' 1916.
JOHN A. TYSON,
Macon beacon., 1916-08-11

mo 6785)
Sealed bids are to be filed with the undersigned
Clerk on or before two o'clock p. m, on Monday.
the TN day OF Sept, 1916, for furnishing the ma
teral for and building according to plans and
speclicatons now on file in the Chancery Clerk a
Office OF Noxubee county Mississippi the follow
ing:
Abutment to Crawford bridge over Noxubee
river on the Crawford bridge road about l3 miles
northwest of Macon. Mississippi
Said work to be completed within 80 days from
the date of awarding the contract
The contract will be let to the lowest bidder
who must. during the meeting at which the con-
tract is awarded enter into formal contract and
furnish bond with sufficient sureties, for the
prompt, proper and efficient performance of the
contract. in penalty not less the contract price
me Board reserves the right to reject any or all
bids.
BY order of the Board of Supervisors this llth
day of Aug. 1916.
JNO. A, TYSON, Chancery Clerk.
Macon beacon., 1916-08-11
NOTICE 70 BIDDERS
e As A.it'E q essi Reads h DiaBs, Ne. :
NoElhss csaalH. Mlnala.ln.I

= Notice is hereby giveu that the UNDERLINED
Sonmissionerg Of District No. s. Noxubee
County' Mississippi, win receive bids FOR l00
tons. more Or less, Of Screen Novaculite on other
screen gravel. y N'Ae'
second, Bids will also be received for Finley
method spec al % per cent Of 100 Penefration
Asphalt ~ n P. Also Findlcy Method Natural
LlqaI -pnait, containing approximately rs per
ceht oI u" penetration asphalt az T F. in suf6-
clent amounts 20 surface eighteen miles more or
ieas. q gravel road in District No 2. Noxuboe
county Mississippi. Prices to be T.
Macon. Miss sfuui u "
o., Third: VIII u'so receive bids nm sand to he Ia
AFerea per yard along tho right Of vsy OF ire
rocE road Do za.i District as may be directed bv
said Comm seioners ny
All bids 70 be- opened on Tuesday the 5.b dav NJ
september 1915 said bids 70 be- filed with John
y lyson. Chancery Clerk Macon, Noxubee
County Mississippi
A certified check for $3.50 m shall seeoronanv
the bd for asphalt and check Of s21 60 shall nc
company the other bids
The Comm igsioners resarye ty,o rr,b, %, 49,.
any and all bids
Macon beacon., 1916-08-11

l5e acres two miles west Of depot.
One Of the best dairy proportions in
the county. Fine pasture Of 40 acres
and an abundance Of water. Also two
nice Jersey cows-fresh.
Mr.. f.. T. ANDERSON,
Route i, Macon, Miss.
Macon beacon., 1916-08-11
BROOKSVlLLE.

Miss Mary Heron Of Tennes-
see has been a visitor at Miss
Lucille Petersons.
Mrs. julius Smith os Meridian
spent Wednesday at Mrs. E. H.
Smyth's.
Mrs. r. G. Berry of Florence,
Miss, is with his friends, Mrs.
Coke Morehead and Mrs, NAL
colin Mcleod.
Mrs. Theodore Smith Of Mem
phis, Tenn, visited Mrs. c. L.
Allen recently.
Mr.. Wm. Mcleod of Alabama,
is the guest Of his daughter,
Mrs. w. A. Nuckols
Mr.. Walker George Of Mori-
dian has been up this week look
ing after business matters.
Mr.. Edwin Madison has given
up his clerkship in the postofIice
to take position with the Pio-
neer Lumber Co. His sister,
Miss Bessie Madison, is his sue
cessor in the postoiiice.
Lieut., Woodward, after a
months furlouRh. has returned
to the service Of Uncle Sam. He
is now at training camp in
Northern New York,
Miss Edna Mcleod is at home
from a short stay with Mrs. M.
M. Hunter near Macon.
Miss Lucille Glenn is at home
from a visit in Mashulaville.
Mrs. Annie Rankin is with
relatives in Kentucky.
Mrs. Marshall Mcdonald of
Memphis is spending some time
with her sister, Mrs. J, w. Will
kins.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mullins of
Columbus spent Sunday with
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Whitman.
Mrs. Mary Land and children
of Columbus, have returned home |
from a visit to Mrs. }. C. Nance.
Mr.. Wallace Peterson came
home Tuesday from Lake
where he spent the week with |
Mr.. Harold Lopor,
Mrs. Malcolm Mcleod is at
home from a visit to her hus
band, who is in a West / oint in.
Urinary.
Tom jeff Roger is enjoying s
short rest from his work il
Memphis, Tenn.
Miss Laura Ruff of Meridian,
is with the families of Messrs.
}. NJ. and W. W. Gaines.
Mr.. Russell Cook, who has
been attending summer school
in Tennessee, is at home.
Mr.. j. G. Peterson spent Tues
day in Electric Mills.
Mrs. Annie Wootten has re-
turned from Chickasha.
The two fever patients are on
the way to recovery, Mr.. l.. J.
Bate is on the sick list. We
hope it is not going to be a seri-
GUS illness in his case.
When Mr.. Edgar Smith and
family returned to their home in
Oklahoma, Miss Loula Smith ac-
cOmpanled them.
Mrs. Schmidt of St. Louis is a
guest at Mrs. Van Cleve's.
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Gaines
and son, John Morgan. spent
Tuesday and Wednesday in Oko-
Iona at DIR. Dewitt Morgan's.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. w. Graham
have as visitors his mother and
Mrs. Jim Graham and children,
all Of Meridian.
Miss Hunter our phone lady,
is spending her vacation in the
Delta.
GHOlSON
Macon beacon., 1916-08-11
FOR RENT

The 7-room house now occupied by
A Astor Smith; with lights, water and
bath room; will newly paper and paint
inside. Apply
MRS SUSIE w. COOPER.
1893 Prytania, New Orleans, La.
Macon beacon., 1916-08-11
WANTED. ID. 1000 ROARDs

Give me prices for 2l-inch boards
either oak. pine or cypress, delivered
in Macon. Want them at once.
/. ID, CAVETT,
Route No. . Macon, Miss.
Macon beacon., 1916-08-11

A few nice Jersey mich COWS, fresh
OF springers. T. w. JACKSON
Prairie Point. Miss
Macon beacon., 1916-08-11

Good cook stove for sale. See W.
N, Jones, SE.
Macon beacon., 1916-08-11
NOTICE TO BIDDERS

Sealed bids are invited to be opened MONDAY
THE 1WENIY-FIRST OF AUGUST. at the
Office Of the County Supt of Education at ten
o clock a. m for building school house for the
CooksYIs and Paulette Consolidated School Dis
trict according to plans and specifcntions now
on file IN the Office Of the County Supt. of Educa-
tlon' also for furnishing heaters equipped with
non-radatng steel jackets to be used in heating
the auditorium and three class rooms; also for
half dozen chairs auditorium chairs single and
double desk Of all sizes; also for furnishing
three school transportation wagons. or wagon
bodies for transportation; also. for boring a
1rep wen on said school grounds. The Board Of
Trustees reserves the right to reject any or aIl
bids. MY
J. r. RORTNS
Macon beacon., 1916-08-11
J. T.. ROBINS
ILT N nnTFFvpn'
Notice to Bridge Contractors.

q. z. GOODWIN.
Trustees Of the Cooksyille and
Paulette Consolidated School
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-10-14

Broadway is the stamping ground for
"has-been" pugs. Those now pound
ing the pave have made coolies Of the
long green stuff in the boxing game,
but they have failed to hold on to 1t.
Many of them are living on their repu-
tations, living on the bounty of friends.
Disconsolate young Corbett," who
won the lightweight championship
from Terry McGovern, stands in front
of a Times Square cafe each day. Fate
has made him quit the fighting game,
and now he is doing nothing. 1.-THE
Kid" never smiles, and from his de-
lection there is an indication that
tragedy is lurking closely. No saving,
no understanding Of the uncertainty
of the game came to him. On the other
hand, there is Kid Mccoy. He is pros.
porous looking, and still has his" To
day he is a new ~thoughter'' and has
the old philosophers for a hobby.-New
York correspondence Pittsburgh Dis
patch.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-10-14
rALYs TOURIST TRADE GONE
Nation Is Called Upon 70 Provide for
Loss OF Receipts From
Hotel Patrons.

The tourist trade a. a source Of
national income and as a substitute for
taxation is of enormous value to Italy,
says the Nuova Antologia, Rome. In
deed, as a means of settling interna-
tional obligations, IL Is almost indis-
p~ensable for our land. Hence. nothing
could be more unreasonable than TO
let the hotel business become demon
allied, as upon 1t will rest the task OF
reviving the tourist trade.
This led US to propose a year ago
that payment Of the rental charge of
hotels should be postponed, a proposal
that was only adopted in part, pay
ment for half Of these rentals being
adjourned until the end Of the war.
interest at the rate of 5 per cent a
year to be charged in the meanwhile.
Now, however, in view of the pro
longation of the war. II becomes nee
essaty to make similar provisions for
the remaining half Of the rent. II
we are unwilling to allow the manager
of a hotel to pay his entire rent in
promissory notes or other instruments
Of credit, a special fund should be es-
tablished. If necessary. with state aid
to finance that half Of the rent hotel
keepers are now required to pay while
the war lasts.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-10-14
Goldsmith at Edinburoh.

The roll of honor in the book, ia.
nous Edinburgh Students" includes
the name of Oliver Goldsmith-which
may surprise many people, the fact
that he had at any time any associa,
ton with Scotland being little known,
says the London Chronicle. 1t took
several universities to complete the
education of Oliver Goldsmith and Ed.
inburgh was one Of them. After he
graduated at Dublin he spent three
years in verse writing, flute playing
and in more or less perfunctorily
studying law at London and medicine
at Leyden and the Scottish capital.
He was in Edinburgh somewhat too
soon to have met either Burns or Rob,
ert Ferguson, both Of whom would
would have been men after his own
heart. Each could have piloted him to
distinguished and disreputable boozing
kens.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-10-14
Japanese Cotton Industry.

The export Of cotton piece goods
from Japan has greatly increased
since the war, according to the British
consul at Osaka. The mills are re-
porte" to have made a big profit in the
sale of shirtings and drills. From May.
1915, the diminution in stocks in
Sh2 hal created a demand for Japa-
nese goods, which increased steadily
during the year. The mills, however,
adopting the view that prices would go
higher, showed no anxiety to push
sales. This attitude appears to have
been justified by results. 1t is reported
that at the beginning of 1916 the mills
were in the comfortable position of
having sold their output for six months
ahead, and there is a general impress
sion that the position thus gained in
the cotton piece goods markets of
China and India is one which will be
held.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-10-14
HIS UNLUCKY "DAYS OFF"
Fireman Breaks Ankle, Leg, Foot,
Arm, and Head in Five Of His
Rest Periods.

His left ankle broken when caught
with several other fremen under a
falling wall at the big fire in Ceilings
wood. Capt. George Wade recalled at
the Homeopathic hospital, Camden,
that all five serious mishaps ne has
sustained while in the Camden fire de-
partment were met in responding to
calls on his day off, says the Philadel-
phia Record. Such was the case the
last time. He just dropped in at fire
headquarters to see how things were
going when the call for aid came from
Collingswood. OF course, he could not
resist the temptation to lead his com.
pany.
On another of his days off in 1907
he was thrown from the engine and
suffered a compound fracture of the
left leg. At another time. in a like
accident, also on his day off. his right
foot was crushed. At still another
time, Captain Wade suffered a frac.
ture Of his left arm by a fall at a
fire at Eleventh and Cooper streets.
Fighting a fire at the Graves varnish
plant on another day when he just
happened around, he sustained a con-
cussion of the brain when struck by
a falling cornice.
Still it's all in the game" said the
captain, forcing a smile.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-10-14
Criminal to XIII a Bat.

It is criminal to kill a bat, according
to a letter directed to the public by
the state fish and game commission,
which is strongly in favor Of protect
ing the ~displeasing creature of the air
because of It's fight against destructive
insect pests.
California has 20 different species OF
bats, against 541 of birds. The COM
mission points out that in many parts
OF this state and in Texas laws are
in force to protect bats because of
their use in checking the undue in
crease in injurious insects. They hunt
by sound, and spend the night about
the bright lights capturing bugs.-Sac-
ramento (Cal.) Bee.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-10-14
cat,s Daily Lunch a Snake.

Evidently considering a day incom-
plete unless it includes a lunch on
snake meat, a cat belonging to Charles
Shultz has set a record for snake catch
Ing. The Shultz residence, which is
near the Indian school grounds, has
been a center for snakes recently,
About a week g the cat brought
In a two-foot copperhead in his mouth.
and after it had been killed by a mem
Der of the family lunched of the choice
portions.
Three snakes were caught on subse-
quent days by the animal, and the
other day he worked overtime, secur.
ing two.-Carlisle (Pa,) dispatch to
Philadelphia Record.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-10-14
swatting the Fly in Korea.

The Japanese administration of
Korea has adopted a queer but very
effective method of stamping out dis
ease due to the common fly, says the
London Globe. The Anglo-Saxon slo-
gan of xiii that fly" would prob
ably not stimulate the imagination of
a people which regards disease as in
evitable. SO the administration has hit
on the idea of buying flies from the
populace, and an illustration in the lat
est annual report on reforms and prog
ress in Korea bears the enticing head
line, Purchasing flies from natives by
government officials
The report is, however. tantalizing,
ly reticent or a matter of such human
interest as the price per pound or by
the thousand, and the nature of the
local "swatters."
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-10-14
Plans Art Education.

1sadore Duncan has announced her
intention to supply IAN art education
to 1000 children made orphans by the
a She hopes, after the war is end.
ed, to take her present pupils and
many others to an island which she
has purchased off the coast Of Greece
There she expects eventually to teach
1000 children, 200 each from Germany
France, Belgium, England and Russia
as well as American children who may
wish to be included, but for whose sup
port 1t will be necessary to have sub
scriptions.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-10-14

Game Fish Record Broken In Hawaii.
James w. Jump of Los Angeles, the
holder of the worlds record for yell
low-fin tuna at Catalina, has broken the
worlds record for an afternoon catch
Of game fish with regulation rod and
reel off Molokini Island. Maui, Terri
tory of Hawaii, with two yellow-fn
tuna, 10 and 81 pounds; two ono Ia
cross between the giant mackerels and
the s%wordfsh), one weighing 81
pounds and measuring six feet in
length and the other, five feet, weigh
ing AZ pounds; one barracuda, three
feet two inches in length, and a
number of smaller game fish, including
the oceanic bonito, a~lbacore, etc, a to-
tai afternoons catch Of ove 300
pounds of game fsh.-Forest and
Stream.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-10-14
ACCOUNTING FOR OLD MAIDS
Various Reasons Why Girls Of Home
burg Are Living Lives Of
Single Blessedness.

They say there are one hundred
Ill bet that's Just about the number
Of Massachusetts, young men who have
gone West or somewhere, and haven't
remembered the things they said at
parting as well as the girls did.
We've got plenty of girls in Home
burg who are getting intimately -ac-
quainted with the thirties-fine girls,
still pretty. bright and keeping up
with the world. Young men come into
town and do their best to get on a
"thou-beside-me" footing, but somehow
the girls don't seem to marry. At the
root of almost every case there's an
old Homeburg boy. Maybe he's max
ing good somewhere, apd they're both
waiting until he does. Maybe he isn't
making good and Is too proud to ask
her to wait. Maybe she's waiting
alone-because some other girl was
handler in the new place. And maybe
It wasn't a case of wait at all. only the
boy who went away looked better to
some Homeburg girl than any Of those
who stayed at home.
There's Carrie Moore. She's u
prize maid and dresses like a mail
sack full of government seeds, but
they say she was the prettiest girl in
Homeburg when young Cyrus McCord
went to Chicago to carve put his fu-
ture so that he could come home and
marry her. But Cyrus didn't carve
out his future. He married it instead,
and Carrie is almost sixty now, living
alone and getting peculiar. like so
many of our lonely old folks do
George Fitch in the American Maya
zine
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-10-14

Chairman T. w. Hukriede, of the Republican state Com
mittee, has appointed Monday, October 10th, as Republican
Day in Missouri, and has asked that it be celebrated by the
Republicans of the state, with a contribution of ONE Doll
LAR to the fund from which the expenses of the campaign
are borne.
You are interested in the fight for the return of a per
manent National Prosperity.
You are deeply concerned in the efforts to clean out the
corrupt, incompetent and extravagant administration at
Jefferson City. The fight to clean them out is your fight.
The National Committee is giving nothing to the cam
paign in Missouri. The Big Corporations are not contribut-
ing a penny. The Munitions Manufacturers are not interest
ed in our success. You must give the money that IS needed
to pay the expenses of organization, of the distribution oil
literature on a large scale, of campaign meetings and OF get
ting out the vote. If you don't the work can't be properly
done. If it ism t done, the chance of victory will be lessened.
Missouri is rich and Republican policies will add to its
wealth. The State Committee is calling on every Republican
in the state who can afford it, to contribute ONE DOLLAR
victory always means many dollars in return for every man,
from the day laborer up.
1t is up to you to help guarantee this result by sending
in the small contribution asked. Use this coupon:
T. W. HUKRIEDE, Chairman
Republican State Committee,
AL international Life Bldg,
st. Louis, Mo.
Dear Sirs I enclose ONE DOLLAR as my contribution
to Republican success.
Address.