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The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1917-07-13
TOTAL

Respectfully submitted,
V. r. WADDELL, Clerk.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1917-02-16
Was Not Suicide

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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1917-02-16
Economy as II Should Be Pgoc.
Gced '0 ne Home

r. Arne". .-.. T.-i.. County AGENT
The power If expenditure for con-
sumption Of goods ir p house rezts up-
On TIE woman, therefore ha should be
taught % buy wisely first, considering
the income ara hew mua5 can be a.
lowed for each item, and look to three
things. frs', the nature o. the com
modify. second. the quality. third. the
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1917-02-16
Peace at Any Price

I..I-s D 'r-Hraal
Nv front. piece he battered
win many heavy blows;
He eaiI f. LITTLE mat-ered
What happened 20 my nose
And rs he broke The lofty brow
wear beneath nv hat.
! said: "Ju7t watt A year from now,
YogN have to ten me Why and how,
You d'd p thirg ike that,'
with kerosene and matches
He sot my house afame;
Nv family. IN patches.
r rescued from the same,
Ard ag he eri00e3 upon the fierce,
/ told the sreerIrp cuss:
en- give you till a twelvemonth
hence
To tell me WHY, if you have sense,
You went and acted thusl'
NJ IIltI ''F htg poliL k'TNeT
From our great BRIDGES span,
Which meant that wholesale murder
Was his accepted plan.
And wh-n they caught him in the deed
The Judge boatowed a kiss,
And aaid: 81 think A year you need,
To tell US just Why Won proceed
To do an act like this!"
o system full Of beauty
That takes the nan of crime
And says: ut is my duty
To let you 20 Chis time.
But mark you, sir If you repeat
Your crimes across the map,
| shall refuse, when next we meet,
To recognize You or the street!
And won't that be a slap!"
John O'Keefe in New York World
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1917-02-16
Unjust to Bryan

The Montreal Gazette unwit-
tingly does injustice to Mr.. Bry-
an in these words:
"Mr, Bryan is one of those
who shout peace when there
is no peace, who chatter of
right and Justice when JUS
tice and right are being
trampled under the iron heel
of a power which respects
no law of God or man.
Mr.. Bryan does talk of peace,
but he does not chatter of right
and Justice He is not con-
cerned with them, He makes
no false pretences. He speaks
necessarily Of peace. but he
never mentions right, much less
does he chatter" about it. He
never mentions Justice; it is I'M
fair to him to say that he "chat-
tors'' about it, when everything
he says shows that he does not
even think about it, He never
mentions honor, He never
mentions liberty. He. talks only
Of peace, the one virtue which
has assumed such mammoth
propositions in his eyes that all
others have become vices.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1917-02-16
Submarine Warfare and Prices
of Farm Products

No one can tell what will be
the outcome Of Germany's sub
marine warfare, but the chances
are that its effect on cotton
prices is greater now than it will
be later. If Germany cannot
prevent ships getting to Eng
land, cotton will continue to 90
there in greater or smaller guam
titles. On the other hand, if
Germany can stop commerce
with England, the war will not
last long, and peace will boost
cotton prices again. The same
principles apply in the case of
tobacco. When the war began
cotton prices were forced far
too low, AS everybody now
knows, and we believe the same
sort of excitement is again fore
ing prices too low.
The conclusion of the whole
matter is that we see no reason
why holders of spot cotton
should rush to sell it. On the
other hand, with prices of feed
stuffs and foodstuffs as high as
high as they are, there should
certainly be no temptation to
one-crop farming this year.
The best garden ever, the big
gest potato patches, and other
crops arranged to give food,
feed and fertility should be
every wise farmers motto, Pro-
gFssslye Farmer,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1917-02-16
NOTICE

Bids will be received at 2 o'clock
Tuesday, the 9th day Of March, 1917,
for the dragging of the good roads in
District No. 2 of Noxubee County, Mis-.
sissippi, from the termination of the
rock road on the Cooksvile road to the
termination Of the sand clay road
thereon.
Bids will also be received for drag
ging the good roads from the termina-
ton of the rock road on the Macon and
Fairfield road to the intersection of
the road going toward the Harrison
place.
Contracts to be let for a team of
two mules and a team of four mules
per day. Said dragging to be done un-
der the direction of the Commissioners
of said District No. 2.
The Commissioners reserve the right
to reject any and all bids.
This, the 10th day of February. 1917.
W. E. SKINNER,
j.. F. CARR,
Commissioners.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1917-02-16
NOTICE

When the city purchased the Auto
Truck for the Fire Department, they
intended it for the use of The members
of the Department only, but it is the
habit of a good many to try and get to
the truck ahead of the members and
get a ride to every fire.
This practice must stop, as we are
carrying a heavy load of hose, besides
eight or ten men and it is impossible
for the machine to go as it should when
it Is overloaded.
This notice is to warn anyone except
a member of the Company from get.
tiug on the Truck, you will be liable tC
a fine if you disregard this notice.
Yours truly.
JAMES G. HORTON,
Mayor.
Ton T. PATTY,
Chief
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1917-02-16
Fire Damages Cavctt Residence

Fire at $50 Tuesday afternoon dam
aged to the extent of $40 or $50
The win Cavett residence in Main
street. The fire occurred in the north
gable and is said to have been caused
by a defective chimney, a hole almost
large enough 10 get a hand in being
found in the chimney by the fremen.
The house was damaged by fire Christ
mas week to the extent of several
hundred dollars and the damage had
not been completed when this fire oc-
Cured The house was fully covered
by Insurance.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1917-02-16
For SALE Or TRADE

One ~Sgudebaker 5-passenger automo-
bile; good Ak.
One Ford. Model 7, run about; good
fix.
One bran new two seated light sur
rey.
One three-year-old saddle colt from
old Cole mare.
-Four plug mules,
One plug horse.
Ten registered Jersey bulls.
VIII trade for land. lumber, dairy
cattle, beef cattle or young mules.
N, Scales, Macon, Miss.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1917-02-16
NEAT MARKET OUTFIT
FOR SALE

The outfit of the Holberg Market
wi. be sold at about half price. Among
OF r furnishings it contains:
/ Hobart Electric Sausage Mill, 22l5
horsepower, with grinding attach
mont; l refrigerator, size GXSXl1. .
DAYTON computing scales; 2 marble
slahs; 1 Buffalo Silent Cutter; gasoline
engjne, etc. The house can be rented,
pc session given Immediately. Apply
to r address J.. Z. AMEs,
Macon, Miss.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1917-02-16
The Senate Speaks

The fears which some senators
expressed concerning the advls-
ability of pushing to a vote Sen
ator Stones resolution indorsi1o
the presidents action do not
seem to have been justified. II
is true that there was no real
necessity for it, since the coun-
try knows that it is unitedIy
back of the president, but, the
resolution being up for consider
alton, it was distinctly a good
thing to have the senate speak
its mind in that emphatic and re-
sounding fashion. II was Just
rs well to let the world sec the
Democratic chairman and the
ranking Republican member Of
the Foreign Relations Committee
urge such a resolution, 10 see
the Senate pass it 50 nearly
unanimously to see 50 effective
" dramatized the effect Of al.
the efforts made by paciist oX.
tremists to scare Congress into
another course. These BON
bardments" of Congress by let
ter and telegram from that eX-
IRENE type Of pacifsts who pre-
fer vassaIage to war have now
received a test Of their effective
ness. The result is that sew
entv-cight Senators vote to up.
hold the President: the bon.
b~ardment' took effect only on
five.
If it excites any pleasure in
Germany to learn that there
were even five Senators to vote
against such a resolution, if
they choose to interpret that
meagre result of the "bomhard.
ment" as meaning a division.
the best that they can do is I.
assume that the country /,
divided in the proportion Of T.
to 5. OF course that is not thu
fact. Wisconsin is not divided
in any such proportion: Senator
La Toilette voted against tho
resolution, but his colleague
Senator Husting voted for It
The voice Of Mi sissippi spok.
through Senator Williams, not
Senator Vardaman; of Arkansa.
through Senator Robinson, no'
Senator Kirby. Senator Works
of California, whose term ends
next month, long ago ceased to
represent any party or faction
in his state, to represent any
thing but his own peculiar views.
Mr.. La Toilette carried with him
his friend Gronna of North Da-
kota. These two do represent
something, they represent La
Folletteism; the other three re-
present little besides themselves.
1t is not, perhaps, surprising
that there should be five such
men in the Senate; nor is it real
ly surprising, when we remem-
Der in what various ways the
Senate membership is made up,
that the noise of the pacihsts
should have had 50 little result.
1t is not a natter of surprise, but
of deep qualification that Mr..
Bryan's hold on the Democratic
side of the Senate should have
weakened so greatly that only
two members Of his party, and
they among the least notable,
should have followed his flag.
The Senate is to be congratu.
lated OH the way it has stood
this test, and whatever Senator
Stone hoped for from it. the re-
suit probably eXceeced his eX.
pectations. New York Times.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1917-02-16
Information Wanted

Mr.. E, D, Cavett received a letter
this week from L, W. Hubbell & Son,
Springfield, Mo asking if he or any
one IN NoNubce could give any %"infor-
nation in regard to q man named
James Mostly. who made application to
enter a homestead in thar county on
Section 10, Township l3-N, Range l5-E,
IN the year 1878. Ii his present or last
known address or any information in
regard to his family, or tell whether or
no, he was a soldier in the Union army
dnring the war, it will be OF great as
sistanee to him." If any one can
give this information please phone or
address +. b Cayett, Macon, Miss.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1917-02-16
For Sale or Exchange

II years of goose feathers. Will sell
or exchange for good chickens.
MRS. j. B. WATKINS, JR.,
Mashulaville, Miss.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1917-02-16

When calling for above letters
please say advertised, and present one
cen tathe gerelai 6elively window.
A. G. FAINT. 2. M.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1917-02-16
Ford
Ammo

With the Ford Motor Company producing Early three
thousand cars each day they have been unable to meet the demand.
Over one hundred and fifty thousand untitled orders on hand
today at the Detroit factory.
No agent al formerly will be permitted to stock cars now for
Spring delivery.
Shipments will be to agents only upon receipt Of bona fde re.
tail buyers orders with at least 10 per cent. of the retail price. It
is the desire of the Ford Motor Company that as many customers
as possible be taken care of place their orders for immediate
delivery.
Agents in Northern and Eastern part of the country would
take and deliver Immediately to retail buyers the entire production
of the plant as soon as they aremrned out.
Regardless of the enormous number of orders which have
been received from buyers in Northern part of the country the
Ford Motor Company agrees to furnish a sufficient number of cars
to its Southern Agents to cover ordrs placed now for delivery as
Over two months production has already been sold. What will
the shortage be in the Spring?
Practically every automobile manufacturer has been forced to
to increase the cost Of their cars account of shortage in material.
Present Ford prices are not guaranteed against an advance.
You will be sure to want a Ford car this Spring, so to be on the e
safe side my advice to you is o place your order now.
"BETTER BE SAFE THAN SORRY"
JAS. G. HORTON,
Authorized Ford Agent.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1917-02-16

y BILLS Silk Mohajr Suits keep you
cool, Fit guaranteed,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1917-02-16

List of letters remaining in the post
office for week ending Feb. IA:
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1917-02-16

Who's your taiIor9 s Bill SAYS five
feet fl
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Lester Conner C Curry
Mary Davis Leila Dabbs (2)
Ethel Sanders Anna Dixon
Mile Flemin5 Ada Lee Johnson
Samson Jones Jessie juror
NJ johnson Mrs Eliza Kinnie
J A Lipscomb Mary Mason
Annie Maker Gertrude Murray
Young Nash Mrs. Annie Rather
Luyenia Pollard Mrs Mary Quinn
w D Ross Mrs,,Parazata S'd'r
Ben = Smith Ned Smith
h Spann Hattie Williams
Fortruce Williams Willamena Wilbon
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-02-09
A COON CLUB

The people of Moberly and all Of
Randolph county, Mo-, have the oldest
plan ever heard of to familiarize the
community with the citizens nof this
countFyI They have organized .coor
club. the membership of which is con.
fined to the county, no one outside be-
ing allowed to join. On certain date
a coon hunt takes place. 1t is attend
ed by j 500 people, including the Gov
ernof of the State and the United
States Senators and Members of Con-
gress. The hunt lasts three days and
moving pictures are taken of the
event. At the last hunt nineteen coons
were captured.
The club once captured a big coon,
and took him to a dentist. who put a
gold crown on ore of his teeth. Sen
ator Stone took the big fellow to
Washington and presented the animal
to the local zoo, and he's there now
attracting no end of attention. He is
pointed out as the gold-toothed coon
of Missouri, and is a whole show in
himself. H. Graf, in the Farm
journal.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-02-09
COUNTY, SCHOOL NOTES.

Rural Missouri has been the sleep
ing princess and the fairy prince
Progress has aroused her with kiss.
Many communities are finding that
unwise economy and its accompany
ing dreariness are losing to them the
best stock in the world, The boys and
girls OF Missouri. That the trouble
is parsimony. only and not poverty is
shown by the fact that in large part
of the state the wealth per teacher
is greater in the country than in the
city. If the rural schools were better.
il the rural life were more interesting,
il sports were more encouraged ana
conditions less hard, ii more social
events came. 10 them, many. tofathN
youths now leaving the farm would
stay.-Wm. P. Evans.
Teachers preparing for the March
examination should bear in mind that
the questions on Pedagogy will be
based on the Current Reading Circle
books An intelligent study OF these
books is an absolute essential and
very justly So
A statewide fight is now on to Sc
cure school Legislation that will more
thoroughly arouse the sleeping prin-
cess" The late lamented Howard A.
Gass used the last ounce of his
strength in this glorious struggle and
died at the front; caring no more to
make the sacrifice than the soldier
cares when be is sent why're his lie
is forfeit in, order that the victory
may be won. As expressed dry "A poo-
ular speaker 1.-the day. . In the long
fight. for righteousness lei The watch
word with each, and every enc OF IFS
be. spend and be spent"
The next. County School Board
Convention will be held on March 10,
next, An interesting program is be-
ing prepared. A more definite. an
nouncement will soon be convened. to
the proper officials by CIRCULAR let
ter. Every person interested in the
growth and development OF the
schools will be cordially welcomed to
this Convention.
Following is an additional list of
pupils recently awarded certificates for
perfect attendance: Gertrude Pyeatt,
Jessie White, Claude Queen, Lois
Miller, Blanche. Queen, Earl Pen
berthy, Nellie Lynde.. and Theqdori,
Lynde, Of the Mitchell school; Joe
Robinson and Ira Chapman, OF the
Cartee school; Marvin Boyd and Ot.l
Feszell, of the Oak Hill school: and
Albert Shinn and Mary Porter. OF the
Valley Forge school
CO. SuDt. OF Schools
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-02-09
THE BIRDS AND WINTER

Landscape architects and gardeners
should consider the birds when they
are laying out plants and shrubs for
large estate, for there are many
| Towering plants which birds are fond
of, and there are many highly colored
shrubs which afford food for them, as
well as beautify an estate. When the
north wind blows is the time our bird
friends must be provided for.
The fruit of the Virginia juniper.
or red cedar proves quite attractive
to robins, cedar waxwings and some
other species, while that of the myrtle
or bayberry bush furnishes food fol.
Most of the wild berries become ripe
in September and October, and many
of them remain throughout the winter
period. Japanese millet, if planted
broadcast in a plot of three or four
rods, will grow to height of six and
seven feet and supply food for the
songsters during the winter weather.
Woodpeckers, nuthatches and chick
adees, besides crows and blue jays,
are all attracted by unsalted bones.
meat, fat and suet.. ~ t.i,
Grain feeding devices, when placed
on pole or in the. branch of a tree
above the ground, provide food .ista-
tions. These food-hoppers, as ithay
are called, can be so constructed that
they will revolve with the wind, thus
insuIing against any of the food beiiIg
blown broadcast. Others are built so
that entrance can be gained from only
one, side. They are placed with the
entrance on the side from which the
least wind comes. Many of the recep-
tacles are built funnei+like, so that
when the birds take the food from the
bottom, more comes down. Small wire
baskets, with space enough for birds
to pick out the food, also answer the
purpose.
The birds prove to be quite friendly
after they have been provided for, and
many Of them will eat out CT ones
hard, TIE CHEEKY chirps attract otiar
birds and the result is gratifying,
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-02-09
GENERAL SHERMAN's
4 FAvORITE SONG

He. confded to me once that above
all songs he. especially disliked
Marching Through Georgia" and
that, naturally, was the song he was
constantly obliged to listen to. Peo-
pie, of course, thought it must be his
favorite melody But he hated the
tune, as well as the words. He was
desperately tired of the song, and,
above all, he detested what it stood
for, and what it forced him to recall.
So it was that his real
hearts preference was for such SIM
pie, old-fashioned, plantation-evoking,
country-smelling airs as 1.-THE Little
Old Log Cabin in the Lane"
One day during his many visits to
our home he asked me to sing this,
and when ] informed him that | could
not because did not know and did not
have the words, he said he would send
them to me. This he did; and | took
pains after that never to forget his
preference.
One night when was singing in a
concert in Washington ! caught sight
of him sitting quietly in the audience.
He did not even know that had seen
him. Presently the audience wanted
an encore, and, as was my custom in
concerts, | went to the piano to play
my own accompaniment. l turned,
and meeting the Generals eyes, smiled
at him. Then sang his beloved Lit
tie Old Log Cabin" My reward was
his beaming expression of apprecia,
tion, He was easily touched by such
little personal tributes. ="
'"Why on earth did you sing that
queer old song, Louise" someone
asked me when was behind the scene
again. .l'n
at was an official request / re-
piled mysteriously. = Clara Louise
kellogg Strakosch.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-02-09
GOOD SHOWING.

The Miami (Qkla.l Record Herald
gives the Following report Of mineral
shipped ftopl the district for the week
! closing January n. The U. S. Smel:-
| ing Go. lat the top Of the list. showing
Isthe largest sales, is the one in which
our t9wnsnien, Messrs. Marbury, Wat
|xen, Smith and Graves, are interested:
|Exsg-ast week was another good one in
the Miami district from both stand
point Of sales and production. This
district led the Joplin camp by $l96,-
F267 and Webb City-Carterville by $780,
705. Her total for the week was
S263.4+5t The weekly average for
FIRST tour weeks ofthe year would in
dicate at least $10.000,000 total for
the Year 1917.
Top for jack was $50, four dollar
advaHce, and lead jdmped,io 500 per
ton. fSpelter prices justified strong
er demand Raw.ore had mush 10 do
with the strong cicse Of the week 5
farket. 1t was a good week from 4
production, standpoint. The mills
were all active. -.
Following are the shipments from
the Miami district, ii pounds toGeth-
er With their values, Of lead and zinc,
up to and including Saturday, lafu-
airy u, 1917:
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-02-09
CLAIMS TO BE BROTHER
OF PRESIDENT WILSON

A man walked into the Bank OF
Charlottesville last Saturday and
opened checking account with con-
siderable deposit, remarking that he
had bought farm in the lower part
of the county and would be here more
or less often. He stated that his name
was Wilson, and further remarked that
he probably had as prominent rela-
Iives as anyone around here, as Pres
ident Wilson is his brother. He said
they became estrangcd in early life
and had nothing to do with each other
since. He has made his home in Ten
nessee, he said, and apparently is very
well-to-do. Just how much credenee
may be given his assertion would be
hard TO tell, though, of course, it is
not an impossible story-Caruthers-
vile Democrat. lEN
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-02-09
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
Rev Robert s. Boyd, Pastor.

AN~N AsOOSAt ~ DOybS. "SNoA'
Morning services at 11:00 O'Clock.
subject, "a Paradox of the Kingdom, :
Multiplying by dividing"
. Evening services, 1880 O'Clock,
"Living What We Profess r.
Sunday School at 9:45 am. Chris
tian Endeavor, 6:45 and Junior C. E.
at gao pm. @.s.
On Wednesday evening of this week
there will be held the Installation
Service, at which time Rev. R. s. Boyd
will be formerly made pastor of this.
church, Rev. t. B. Anderson Of Ken
nett, Mo-, will preach the sermon. Rev.
Lynn F. Ross Of Jackson, Mo-, will de-
liver the charge to the people, and
Rev. E. o. Sutherland, the charge to
the pastor elect. The pastors of the
sister churches Of the town are invited
to be present and bring their brethren
We hope that it will be an inspiration
al service to all who attend. The pub
lie are invited. Hour, 1880.