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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-10-06
YEARS EXPORTS TO EUROPE
Breadstuf Shipments In Eight Months
More Than 1888, 900 ,ooo-Break
All Previous Records.

Washington. - American shippers
exported $3.50, 101, 1S1 worth of bread
stuffs during the eight months ending
Aug. 81, according to an analysis Of
August trade just issued by the de-
partment of commerce. The August
exports represented an increase Of
more than $4,000, 900 over August Of
1915. Meat showed an increase Of
ST. OO 900 over the previous August.
One of the largest export gains was
In gasoline and naphtha shipments, to-
tai of which for the last eight months
was more than double that for the
came eight months a year Ago.. The
August total was $5,0O0,0 900 greater
tLan FOR August, 1915.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-10-06

Pinkham's Vegetable Compound My
mother bought it and the next month 1
was so well that I worked all the month
without staying at home a day. 81 am
in good health now and have told lots OF
girls about il. "-Miss CLARICE NORM,
% Russell Street, Taunton, Mass.
Thousands of girls suffer in silence
every month rather than consult a ply
stefan. If girls who are troubled With
painful or irregular periods, backache,
headache, dragging-down sensations,
fainting spells or indigestion would take
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, a safe and pure remedy msde
from roots and herbs, much suffering
might be avoided.
Write to Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine
Co., Lynn, Mass. (conidentiaD for free
advice which viii prove helpful.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-10-06

To Extinouish Gasoline Fire.

Experiments recently carried out BY
a British fire prevention COMMITTEES
show that the best way to e%xt1nguish o
small gasoline fire is to spread over
the burning liquid a mixture Of ten
pounds of bicarbonate Of soda and
twelve pounds of common sawdust,
The sawdust need not be wet but must
be free from chips and shavings. The
theory is that the sawdust, by floating
on the burning liquid, excludes the oxy-
gen of the air, and the heat of the
flame generates carboniC acid gas,
which helps eXtinguish the fire. Saw.
dust alone gives satisfactory results,
better than sand or similar materiala
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-10-06
Exhibit Model Dairy.

Probably no single feature of the
Mississippi-Alabama Fair to be held at
Meridian, Oct. 1G to Il, and the Mis-
sissippi State Fair, to be held at Jack
son the 25th and Goth, will be of more
practical value to the farmers of the
state than will the model 10-cow dairy
to be operated in the model dairy
barns ON the fair grounds by represent
tatives Of the Mississippi A. and M,
College extension service and the fed.
eral dairy division.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-10-06

Washington BEFORE the winter
comes on there will be another terrific
naval engagement In the North Sea.
And the Germans will p~recipitate it,
This statement was made by a dip
iornat representing a neutral country
which, with the aid of secret agents,
has carefully followed the events OF
the European a
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-10-06
Useless.

"Time Is the most precious thing We
have, and yet there's not one of us
who doesn't waste 1t as if it were Of
no value whatever"
you're right about that, old man. ]
don't suppose there's a day goes by that
I don't spend half an hour or more
trying to convince my wife That she Is
spending more money than we can
afford"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-10-06
Bandits Secure $4,000.

Moose Jaw, Stockholders entered
the village of Caron, eighteen miles
west of here, cut all telephone and
telegraph wires into the town, over
powered the Waterman at the Bank
of Hamilton, blew the safe and escaped
with $4,000.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-10-06
Set Clocks Back.

Paris All official clocks in France
were set back an hour at l2.59 O'Clock
Oct. /. The reyersiop to the legal time
occasioned little public inconvenience.
except to railroad passengers, who be.
lleyed the departure Of trains would be
delayed an hour, and arrived too late
at the various terminals.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-10-06
w. c. NIXON ILL.
President of Frisco System Suffers
From POISONING,

st. Louis-Wm, c. Nixon. recently
elected president of the Frisco system
under the reorganization following re-
ceiyorship, Is Ill at the Frisco Hos
pital.
His illness was brought on by poison
ing of some sort, friends say. although
just what kind of poisoning is UNI
known, First reports that he suffered
from ptomaine poisoning were later
denied. His condition is said to be
serious, but not critical.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-10-06
SOLDIERS LIKE Y. M. C. A..
First Tennessee Boys To Have Fine
Athletic Field.

Eagle Pass, TeXas,-The Y. VI. G, A.
work here for the First Tennessee
Regiment will be started at once I'M
der T. S. Daniel, formerly OF the Mem
phis association.
Beside the inside work that is car
ried IN for the soldiers, which consists
of talks, social and religious meetings
and supplying writing materials, out
door work will be provided, as Col,
Berry has given the Y. NJ. G. A. the
use OF an adjoining field. on which
will be n baseball diamond and several
tennis courts. The boys are anxious
for the work to begin.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-10-06

Baltimore Mitchell Lingo, Of Trim
fly. near fredericksburg, claims to have
the champion egg layer of the world
in a two-year-old chicken. The chick
en- has laid in the same spot in the
barn all year, and Lingo, backed by
officials Of the town, states that she
laid 3c5 Eggs last year.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-10-06
TWO HUSBANDS AT BEDSIDE.
One Sued For Maintenance and Other
DIvorced-Woman Suicides.

Chicago.-On a cot in a local hos.
pital Mrs. Anna Lossman Erickson
Ruggles, is awaiting death, which is
certain to come, physicians say, frvm
self-administered poison, while On
either side OF the cot sat a man Eric
Erickson. the husband, she had diporc'
ed and Glenn Ruggles, the husband
he had sued for separate maintenance.
Neither spoke to the other.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-10-06

Milan, Tenn.-A sad accident oc-
CURED several miles north of here,
when Stonewsll Eldridge, a well-to-do
farmer, and lis S-year-old son went to
Bradford to market a load of seed cot
ton, Their team became frightened
and ran away, throwing the boy out,
breaking his neck
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-10-06
Air Raids NOT Justified.

Berlin (via SaSville).-Attacks by
the entente aircraft upon foundries in
Luxembourg ace declared by the Lux
emburg newspaper Obermosel to be
uniustified. Luxembourg, it declares,
stands ready to furnish ammuniSou
to any custome
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-10-06
Iliteracy Fight Progresses.

Miss Allie Willinghsm, field agent
for the Mississippi commission for the
suppression of adult il%literacy, has
been on an extended tour Of the state
since assuming the exacting duties Of
her position. Miss Willingham is pre-
pairing a large volume Of data and field
notes, which she has obtained during
her travels, and expects to be able to
give some interesting details concern.
ing the work.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-10-06

Oklahoma City, okla. shoot"
Starr, city marshal of Braggs, Okla,
and Dart Daz2ler were killed, and John
NARROW, policeman, wounded during a
sun fight in a bootlegging place at
Braggs.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-10-06
Hospital Located.

Hospital Located.
The board Of trustees of South Mis-
sissippi state charity hospital have de-
cided to locate the institution at
Laurel. Private owners will donate
ten lots, and the city owns ten acres
adjacent, which will be donated to the
state.
Gov. Theo. Bilbo, Rev. T. G. Gates,
S. C. Culpepper, DR.. Davis Valley and
J. E. Davis, trustees, were in Laurel
inspecting the site Wednesday.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-10-06
Fire Prevention Day.

An executive proclamation has been
issued from the governors office desig-
mating Monday, Oct. 8, 1916, as Fire
Prevention Day" throughout Missis-
sippi, and recommending general OBJ.
of the day in such manner as
to make a vivid and lasting impression
on the people.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-10-06
STARVING IN MExlCO
People in State Of Nuevo Leon Have
No Clothes TO Wear.

No Clothes to Wear.
Laredo, TeXas.-Deplorable condi.
lions exist at Lampa2os, state of Nue.
70 Leon. so miles south of the border.
and 20 deaths occurred in two days
from starvation, according to a Texas
ranchman, just returned from his
ranch in that country. Al least half
of the crops, which are said to have
been good, have been contiscatcd by
the government for military purposes,
the rancher states, adding that since
his last visit to his ranch 800 head OF
cattle had been stolen.
The poorer women in Lampazos are
unable to Clothe themselves in a mod
est way and children Of both sexes are
virtually naked, he reports.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-10-06
ARE BUSY.
Two of Them Sink IS Vessels In Wa.
tiers OF England.

ters on England.
Berlin.-The following semi-officiA
announcement has been made public:
eleven British fishing steamships
were sunk by q German submarine in
the North Sea Sept. 90. Four Belgian
lighters were sunk in one day at the
entrance to the English channel by
another submarine.
"On Sept. q a naval airshir sue.
cessfully attacked the aerial station
at Lebars ION the Gulf of Riga). and
the defense batteries on Oesel IslanA.
Although the airship was shelled heas.
lily 1t returned unchanged"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-10-06

London.-The British %schooners
William George, ISL tons, and Pearl
of Truro, IA tonE, and the Norwegian
| schooner Manuel, of Tonsberg, have
rbeen sunk.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-10-06

to stay at homO
from work end suf-
fer a long time.
One day a woman
came to our house
q s k e d m
mother why I was
suffering. Mother
told her that I suf-
fered every month
and she said, Why
don't you buy .
bottle of lydia 10.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-10-06
Prison Seed Sold.

The Mississippi penitentiary trus
tees were successful in selling IL cars
Of cotton seed at headquarters for
$4s.35 per ton, the highest price ever
received by the state for cotton seed.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-10-06

Spartan Womon Suffered Untold Torturee
but who wants to be a Spartan? Take
"Femenina' for all female disorders.
Price SOC and 81. 00.-Adv.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-10-06
Heart Motion Recorded.

Chicago.-A machine which records
every motion of the heart was exhtb.
tied before the convention of the Am
aEican XEay Society.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-10-06
Another Norwegian Ship Sunk,

London.-The Norwegian steamer
Rolf Jarl |. 265 tons, has been torpe-
doed, according to a Reuter- dispatch
from T%rondhjem. The crew was saved.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-10-06
25 Workers. Killed

Amsterdam tyia London1.-Twenty
five workmen were killed through the
collapse of a portion Of the railway tun,
mel on the VisAixL La Chappelle limo.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-10-06
Unfailinu.

when smoke goes straight up In
the air, what is 1t a sign OFF,
THAT something is burning"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-10-06
Declines Portfolio.

Peking.-Former Premier Tang.
Shao-Yi, recently appointed Chinese
foreign minister, has refused to accept
Aat portfolio.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-10-06
Road Building Progressing.

Work is progressing very satisfao
torily On the Jefferson Davis highway,
under direction Of the state highway
cam nissiouers.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-10-06
Packing Plant Burns,

Omaha, Neb,-Fire in the Morris
Company packing plant entirely Quilted
that structure, entailing a loss estimat-
ed at S750,000.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-10-06

DR.. Psery's DEAD SHOT, Is an effective
medicine for Worms or Tapeworm In adults
or children. One dose is sufficient and' ns
supplemental purge necessary.-Adv.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-10-06

Cold storage is a failure when II
comes to keeping an engagement.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-10-06
Pharmacy Board Meets.

The fall meeting Of the Mississippi
state board of pharmacy will be held
at the state capitol Oct. 3.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-10-06
GIRL COULD !.
NOT WORK
How She Was Relieved from
Pain by Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound.

Taunton, Mass.-''I had pains in both
sides and when my periods came | had
The Delta independent., 1916-06-23

vegetable decay, while the others point
to clayey soil. Twice we came across
rapids and in each case made a port
age of half a mile or SO to avoid them
The woods on either side were prime
val. which are more easily penetrated
than woods of the second growth, and
we had no great difficulty in carrying
our canoes through them. How shall
ever forget the solemn mystery Of itf
The height of the trees and the thick
ness of the boles exceeded anything
which 1 in my town bred life could
have imagined, shooting upward in
magnificent columns until, at an enor-
nous distance above our heads, we
could dimly discern the spot where
they threw out their side branches into
Gothic upward curves which coalesced
to form one great matted roof Of YER
dure, through which only an occasional
golden ray of sunshine shot downward
to trace a thin dazzling line Of light
amid the majestic obscurity. As we
walked noiselessly amid the thick, soft
carpet of decaying vegetation the hush
fell upon our souls which comes upon
us in the twilight of the abbey, and
even Professor Challenger's full chest
ed notes sank into whisper Alone
l should have been ignorant of the
names of these of giant growth. but our
men of science pointed out the cedars.
the great silk cotton trees and the red
wood trees, with all that profusion of
various plants which has made this
continent the chief supplier to the hu-
man race of those gifts of nature
which depend upon the vegetable
world, while 1t is the most backward
In those products which come from
animal life.
The Delta independent., 1916-06-23


be that we are condemned to spend
our whole lives In this strange. mac
cessible place. am still SO confused
that I cnn hardly think clearly of the
facts OF the present or of the chances
OF the future. To my astounded senses
the one seems most terrible and the
other as black as night.
When | finished my last letter stat
ed that we were within seven miles
from an enormous line of ruddy cliffs
which encIrcled. beyond all doubt. the
plateau Of which Professor Challenger
spoke. Their height, as we approach
ed them, seemed to me In some places
to be greater than he had stated. run
ming up In parts to at least thousand
feet. and they were curiously striated
in manner which Is. / believe. char
acteristic OF bnsaltic upheavals. Some
thing OF the sort IL TO be seen In Sails
bury crngs. ut Edinburgh. The sum-
NIT showed every sign of n luxuriant
vegetation, with bushes near the edge
and farther back many high trees.
There was no Indication of any life
that we could see.
That night VIC pitched our camp i'm
mediutciy under the clifr-a most wild
and desolate spot. The crags above
MS were not merely perpendicular. but
curved outward mt the top. 80 that AZ
cent was out Of the question.
In the morning. after frugnI break
fast OF coffee and manioc-we had to
be economical OF our stores-we held a
council OF war as to the best method
of ascending to the plateau above us.
Challenger presided with solemnity
as n he were the lord chief Justice on
the bench Picture him seated upon n
rock. his absurd boyish straw hat tilt
ed on the back of his head. his super
cilious eyes dominating us from under
his Dropping lids. his great black beard
waG0ing ms he slowly defined our pre-,
snt situation and our future move
ments.
IL need not say" said our leader.
''thnt on the occasion OF my last visit
! exhausted every means of climbing
the ciifr. and where I failed I do not
think any one else IL likely TO succeed.
for am something OF a mountaincer.
had none OF the appliances OF n rock
climber with me. but I have taken the
precaution to bring them now. With
| their aid I nm positive ] could climb
that detached pinnacle TO the summit.
But 20 long as the main cliff overhangs
II is vain to attempt ascending that.
! was hurried upon my last visit by
the approach OF the rainy seaHon and
The Delta independent., 1916-06-23

league, Professor SummerIee, occasion
to blaspheme. You need no chart Of di-
rections now. since you will have the
inestimable advantage of my own
guidance. From the first I had deter
mined that l would myself preside over
your investigation. The most elaborate
charts would as you will readily ad-
init, be a pool substitute for my own
intelligence and advice. AS to the
small ruse which l played upon you in
the matter of the envelope. it is clear
The Delta independent., 1916-06-23

us 70 outnank this pestilent morass,
which droned like an organ in the dis
tance. so loud was 1t with insect life.
On the ninth day after leaving tho
canoes, having done, as I reckon, about
100 miles, we began to emerge from
the trees, which had grown smaller un-
til they were mere shrubs. Their place
was taken by an immense wilderness
Of bamboo. which grew SO thickiy that
we could only penetrate it by cutting
a pathway with the machetes and BILL
hooks Of the Indians. It took US . long
day, travelling from in the morning
till at night with only two breaks
of one hour each, to get through this
obstacle. Anything more monotonous
and wearying could not be imagined.
for. even at the most open places, I
could not see more than ten or twelve
yards. while usually my vision was
limited to the back Of Lord Johns cot
ton jacket in front Of me and to the
yellow wall within a foot of me on
either side. From above came one
thin knife edge of sunshine, and fifteen
feet over our heads one saw the tops
of the reeds swaying against the deep
blue sky. l do not know what kind or
creatures inhabit such thicket. but
several times we heard the plunging of
large. heavy animals quite close to us.
From their sounds Lord John judged
them to be some form OF wild cattle.
Just as night fell we cleared the belt
of bamboos and at once formed our
camp. exhausted by the interminable
day.
Early next morning we were again
afoot and found that the character of
the country had changed once again.
Behind us was the wall of bamboo. as
definite as II 1t marked the course of
a river. In front was an open plain,
sloping slightly upward and dotted
with clumps of tree ferns. the whole
curving before us until 1t ended in a
long. whale backed ridge. This we
reached about midday. only to ind a
shallow valley beyond, rising once
again into gentle incline which led
to a low, rounded sky line.
And now. my readers. II ever I have
any, l have brought you mp the broad
river. and through the screen OF
rushes. and down the green tunnel,
and up the long slope OF palm trees,
and through the bamboo brake. and
across the plain OF tree ferns. At last
our destination lay in full sight OF us.
When we had crossed the second
ridge we saw before us an irregular.
palm studded plain and then the line
OF high red cliffs which | have seen
In the picture. There It lies. even as
/ write. and there can be no question
that 1t is the same. At the nearest
point 1t Is about seven miles from our
present camp. and 1t curves away.
stretching as far as I can rec. Chal.
lenger struts about like n prize pea.
cock. and Summerlee Is silent. but
still skepucal. Another day should
bring some of our doubts to an end.
Meanwhile. as Jose. whose arm was
pierced by broken bamboo, insists
upon returning. / send this letter back
In his charge and only hope that II
may eventually come to hand. I will
write again as the occasion serves.
have inclosed with this rough chart
of our journey, which may have the
effect OF making the account rather
easier to understand.
The Delta independent., 1916-06-23

that had told you all my intentions
Issbould have been forced to resist un-
welcome pressure to travel out with
you." ...--.... .......
1t was Aug. 2 when we snapped our
last link with the outer world by bid
ding farewell to the Esmeralda, a
steam launch which Lord John Rox-
ton chartered to take US up the river.
Since then four days have passed, dur
Ing which we have engaged two large
canoes from the Indians made of so
light material (skins over a bamboo
framework that we should be able to
carry them around any obstacle.
These we loaded with all our effects
and have engaged two additional In
dians to help us In the navigation. l
understand that they are the very two
-Ataca and Ipetu by name-who ac-
companied Professor Challenger upon
his previous journey. They appeared
to be terrified at the prospect Of re
peating 1t. but the chief has patri-
archal powers in these countries. and
if the bargain is good in his eyes the
clansman has little choice In the mat
ter
So tomorrow we disappear into the
unknown. This account / am trans
mitting down the river by canoe. and
1t may be our last word to those who
are interested in our fate. i have. ac-
cording to our arrangement, addressed
1t to you. my dear Mr.. McArdle, and
leave 1t to your discretion to delete.
alter or do what you like with 1t.
From the assurance of Professor Chal-
lenger's manner and in spite OF the
continued skepticism of Professor
leader will make good his statement
and that we are really on the eve of
some most remarkable experiences.
When ] wrote last we were about to
leave the Indian village where we had
been deposited by the Esmeralda. |
have to begin my report by bad news,
for the first serious personal trouble Il
pass over the incessant chickering's be-
tween the professors) occurred this
evening and might have had a tragic
ending. I have spoken of our English
speaking half breed Gomez-a fine
worker and a willing fellow, but afiiict-
=
which Is common enough among such
men. On the last evening he seems to
have hid himself near the hut in which
we were discussing our plans, and, be-
ing observed by our huge negro Zambo,
who Is as faithful as dog and has
the hatred which all his race bear to
the half breeds. he was dragged out
and carried into our presence. Gomez
whipped out his knife, however, and
but for the huge strength Of his captor,
which enabled him to disarm him. with
one hand, he would certainly have
stabbed him. The matter has ended in
reprimands. the opponents have been
compelled to shake hands. and there IL
every hope that all will be we'll
For two days we made our way UP
a good sized river. some hundreds OF
yards broad and dark in color. but
transparent. so that one could usually
see the bottom. The afiiuents of the
Amazon are. hnlf Of them. Of this ma
ture. while the other hnlf are whitish
and opaque, the difference depending
upon the class Of country through which
thev have flowed. The~dark Indicate
The Delta independent., 1916-06-23
CHAPTER TX.
"Who Could Have Foreseen itf"

DREADFUL thing has happen
~ ed to us. Who could have fore
"a seen 1t? cannot foresee any
end to our troubles. 1t may