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Macon beacon., 1917-08-31
Rev. Isaac D. Borders Seeks Of
6cer's Commis sion.

The Rev Isaac d. Borders, pas
tor of Melrose Methodist church,
Windsor and Bales avenues, is
among the successful candidates
Ior places in the second officers
reserve camp at Fort Sheridan, I'll.
A reporter of The Star found
Mr.. Borders possessed of an un,
usual grasp of the problems which
confront men now, and the still
greater problems which will con,
front them when peace comes.
Mr.. Borders is a quiet, unassum-
ing man of 80 years, married, and
the father of a boy and a girl. He
speaks with the accent of the Sou.
therner, and there is nothing of
the egotist about him. Honored
and respected by his congregation
and the people of the community,
why should he-long past draft
age-gO to war;
GLOW did you happen to apply
for the training camp instead of
taking a chaplalncyF" Mr.. Borders
was asked.
"Chaplaincy7' he replied. III
never entertained the idea. |
wanted to come into close personal
contact with the men who will
fight this country's battles-to eat
the same food, sleep on the same
rude cots, face the same bullets
and the same shrapnel. Christ
didn't say he was chaplain of Pal.
estine."
FOR FIRST HAND STUDY OF PROB
LENS.
Mr.. Borders said he determined
to enter the military service for
two reasons-to do something for
his country and to get a better
grasp of the big world problems
which the church must be pre-.
pared to face when peace comes.
When he decided to take this &C,
ton he cOunseled with his brother
pastors about the branch of service
to enter. Some advised a chap.
laincy. This he did not for a mo-
mcnt consider.
Others advised a place as a Y.
Nj. c. A. secretary. In such a
position, the field is broader and
the opportunities are greater than
in the former and Mr.. Borders
considered the matter. He learned
that he could 60 as a Y. M. G. A.
secretary if he so desired, but de-
clined in favor of the larger Oppor-
tunities of an officer.
TO LIVE A MANS LIFE AMONG MEN.
"Of course may not win a
commission" Mr.. Borders said.
"But if do can do greater good
among the men than | could as a
chaplain or even a Y. M. G. A.
secretary. Before either of those
a layman has his best foot forward.
You don't meet them man to man.
Pm goin5 to war to live a mans
life among men,"
And so this quiet Southerner-
Mr.. Borders boyhood Mas spent
in Alabama-is going to France,
if successful at Fort Sheridan, to
fight for his country and get a bet.
ter grasp of the problems of hu.
manity that he may be a better
pastor when he returns. Kansas
City Star.
Macon beacon., 1917-08-31

When we have lost our undue
fear and awe of others, their
wealth, their learning, their posi-.
tion, by remembering that down
under it all they are "just folks"
it is well to try the same treatment
on ourselves. Our opinions, wishes,
prejudices are entitled to no ruling
power; we are only on the common
leyel-juSt folks.
Macon beacon., 1917-08-31
Notice to Trustees and Teachers.

The County School Board has fixed
the following dates for the opening of
the county public schools:
For white schools: Monday. Septem-
ber oath.
For colored schools: Monday, Octo-
Der Sth. JAS. G. CHANDLER. Supt.
Macon beacon., 1917-08-31
Round Up the Traitors and Spies.


Mrs. Mary Roberts Rinehart,
the well.known writer, tells, in a
recent issue Of the Saturday Even.
ing Post, an interesting story
about her travels through the
country recently in studying the
new cantonments. In this story
she gives an indication of wide
prcad German propaganda now
under way throughout the coun,
try. She says
After | had been travelling about
the country for a few weeks, ] had
come to a conclusion there was no
getting away from. Germany is
still trying quiet methods in this
country. What her great army
here will do when those methods
fail | do not know. What it is
doing now, as a part of its work,
is to be heard and seen on almost
every through train. Pleasant
faced gentlemen in smoking com
partmcnts, friendly ladies in dress
ing rooms and Pullman chairs are
busily instilling into the more or
less receptive minds of leisurcly
travelling public diStrust of our
Government. DO you recall that
unctuouS gentleman who said he
vas from New Orleans, but whose
'oat was marked Baltimore, who
Drcfaccd his remarks with the
statement that he was a loyal Am
erican, but?
Have you not heard the old, old
arguments of capital forcing this
var because it was afraid of the
afcty Of its loans to the Allies?
)f Great Britain dragging us in
because the British were lying
lown on their jobG OF big inter
'stS who brought on our part in
the war for the sake of contracts!
They have all the stock argu
these German spies and
propagandistS, plus some new ones.
But ask them their names and ad
dresses, and then, a triile later,
get out your note book and write
something down-it doesn't mat
ter what. The names and ad.
dresses are not important, because
they are false. But watch them
stop talking and observe them fur.
lively scrutinizing you afterward.
! have had two women try this
with me, and on one through train
in the South ! overheard, in the
compartment, one man
forth to three different au
icnces. 1t is ihsidious poison,
for it strikes generally at the good
faith of our allies.
These statements of Mrs. Rinc.
hart merely confirm what every
intelligent man in the country
and that is that the coun-
try is literally full of pro German
activities, of spies in every direc-
.ion, of men and women who, pro.
Tossing to be Americans, are still
1t heart pro Germans, or, as we
have said somewhere else, pro.
Ilellitcs; but the Government has
not yet made any great move to
round up, intern or shoot the men
guilty of these activities. In the
meantime, they are making certain
the death of many an American
through our failure as a
nation to act with energy.-Manu.
Iacturers Record.
To Insure Lives of American
Macon beacon., 1917-08-31
FOR RENT

Store room next to H. M. Jones' gro.
Gerry and lately occupied by Harry Mil
Ter. Possession given at once. See H.
\, Dorroh. Macon, or write George B.
Clement. care of Cochran building, Me-
ridian. Miss. :
Macon beacon., 1917-08-31

Yarn can be bought in Macon for Csc
and 85c per hank. Needles will be in
soon. Use No IL steel for sockA and
wristlets and No. 3 amber needle for
muflers. Grey yarn for sock, two
hanks; blue yarn for mufflers. two and
a half hanks; any dark color for wrist
lets, half hank.
Macon beacon., 1917-08-31
PENSION NOTICE

The Noxubee County Pension Board
will meet on the First Monday of Sep
tember 1917. All new applications
should be filed on or before that time.
JOHN A. TYSON,
Aug. "a, 1917. Clerk Pension Board.
Macon beacon., 1917-08-31
UNCLAIMED LETTERS

List of letters remaining in the post
Office for week ending August 29th.:
Mrs M A Buckingham Lille E Davis
Mrs Pinkie Bise W A Colbert
Mrs Christiana Davis Minnie Graison
Mrs Maria Davis Mary L Hibber
Mrs Kate Humphries OW Humphries
Mrs A D johnson Annie James
Warren May Mary Martin
Mamie B Richardson Shade Spann
Mrs Lula Robinson Abpie Stewart
Sam Wilson Jane Moung
When calling for above letters.
please say advertised, and present one
cent at the general delivery window.
A. G. FAINT, P. M.
Macon beacon., 1917-08-31
CAN PACK Ray,

| have good steel hay press and
would like to pack your hay on shares.
aug3l N. SCALES.
Macon beacon., 1917-08-31

Mrs. W. F. Hickman will put in the
famous Bucilla line of fancy work.
Call and see it.
Macon beacon., 1917-08-31

Unless all signs fail, electricity is go
ing to make the country as surely as
steam has made the towns.
Macon beacon., 1917-08-31

Enr Donf-The house recently occupied nv
wi NS" Nose Holberg as a market
Mlli also sell the hxtures now in the house
for meat market. Apply or address I +
Ames, Macon, Miss.
Macon beacon., 1917-08-31

tVN LnNlnNuL galow located in one OF
the best sections of Memphis to exchange Tor
improved farm OF about one hundred acres
X. McCALLUM,
1912 Forest Avenue, Memphis. Tenn
The Washington times., 1917-10-25

Uncle Sam hasn't q stancher sup
porter in Washington today than a
little freckIe-faced ten year old
"newsie" who has bought a Liberty
bond with money he earned selling
The Washington Times.
Joseph Tracey, 9O5 E street south
east, also has $40 to his credit at the
Washington Mechanics Saving Bank.
His happy little grin and his CHEEKY
@'Times paper, sir?" have made him
the proud owner OF a creditable bank
account and a $50 Liberty bond.
Sells at Navy Yard.
For four years Joseph has stood at
the entrance to the navy yard and Of
fered papers to the men as they
came from work. He's not big
enough to tussle with the larger boys
who sell papers there, but he has so
many friends among the employees Of
the navy yard that his bunch of pa
peTs-aImost as big as he is-always
dwtndles away, and he comes home
every night with a pocket full OF pen
nies. Today he is displaying his
Liberty bond button to his customers
80 they can see what he does with his
money, and how true his little heart
beats for Uncle Sam.
He's "In the War
Il can't carry a gum" said Joseph.
sbut 7 can buy Liberty bonds Nobody
The Washington times., 1917-10-25

is going TO say that I'm not in this
war.
81 have sold The Times ever since
was six years old. couldn't do
much for myself at first, but 1 help
ed another boy. Now 1 make about
so cents a day. Every night I carry
my money home to mamma, and she
gives me about half of 1t to put in
the bank. 1 have got about SO now,
and I'm not going to draw it out till
I get married. / have got my girl
now. Her first name is Mary, but 1
can't tell you her last name.
when 1 get grown l am going to
be a sailor. That is the best thing
in the world to be. I am in the high
fourth at the Towers School ] ought
to be in the low fifth.
Buy Only From Him.
There are a lot OF people at the
navy yard that won't buy papers
from anybody but me. stand way
out on the curb. and they pass by
everybody to come to me. They will
be glad to see this Liberty bond but
ton on me, too.
Every day 1 would see those big
pictures OF Uncle Sam looking at me
and saying, You buy a Liberty bond :
Now I can look right straight back
at him and say, Yes, sir, I've got one.
and I'm going to buy another as soon
as 1 can"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-05-04
If You've Been Robbed By Smelter
Trust, Now Is the Time to "Holler'

The Smelter Investigating committee named by the
cent legislature, which will open series of many hearings
throughout the metal mining of Colorado will be
Idaho Springs l1th the complete that
meeting being hands of members of the metal mining
this city The meeting will be held in the City
Hall
After delay occasoned by question the legality
of the act under which the Legislature appropriated money
investigate the soaed smete trust the matter having been
taken the Denver the held the law
utona and directed the state auditor to and
the treasurer to pay warrants under this act.
The committee before going fully noa number of matters
connected with the investigation, which is estimated will
the balance of the year. will hold number of public
hearings in the leading mining of the state opening
these meetings at Georgetown Wednesday, May and at Idaho
Springs Friday and then to Central City Saturday,
1t is the desire and wish of the committee that these
hearings be well attended possible and for that
evening sessions will be held and they all who
complaint forward and make it, and the
mee all the written evidence such settlement Sheets they
wish to submit
The members of the committee Senator Fincler
chaman Representative Henry Nagle secretary
William Canish and Representatives Don Mcdonald and
P Ardourel
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-05-04
Death Takes Away
Mrs. Marqaret CallOW

Mrs. Margaret Callow, widow of
the late Robert Callow, died Friday,
April q, at the home of her
youngest daughter, Mrs. James
Kelghtley, in Coultersville ILL.,,
where she had been visiting for
the past four months. Mrs. CAL
low was n years of age last Jan
uary and died just one year and
seven months, to the day, after her
husband. Mr.. Callow was past
80 years ofage at the time Of his
death.
The remains we're received here
Tuesday and the funeral was held
from the Methodist church We'd
nesday at 2 o'clock, Rev. Benz.
Eitelgeorge officiating.
The death angel has visited the
Callow family a number of times
during the past two years and
they are burdened with sorrow.
The sincere sympathies of the
entire community go out to them.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-05-04
Words Often Misspelled

The following errors in spelling
are made time after time by people
who consider themselves good
spoilers and who really are, for they
don't misspell many other words
in common usage.
passenger for passenger
developement for development
judgement for judgment
business for business
buried for buried
separate for seperate
increasing for increasing
Greely for Greeley
Kentuckey for Kentucky
Messers, without a period, for
the abbreviation Messrs.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-05-04
Red Cross TO Organize
Here Next Monday

AS an appropriate opening for
the meeting to organize a Red
Cross branch in this vicinity, at
the Opera House, Monday night,
May 5, Mr.. Schoellkopf has Sc
cured a wonderful picture-Sarab
Bernhardt in Mothers of France.
The picture brings tremendous
message from the mothers If
France to the mothers of America.
1t is perhaps the greatest photo
drama of the worlds gr eatest war,
presenting the worlds greatest
actress.
Following the first show the
audience will be addressed by an
organizer of Red Cross branches
from Denver.
This lecture will be free. 1t
will give an opportunity to hear of
the work this great international
organization hopes to accomplish.
At the close of the address
membership blanks may be filled
out by those desiring to belong to
this wonderful society.
A permanent organization viii |
then be effected and o fiji S
elected.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-05-04
The First Stage. OF Famine

Famine that dread calamity that from mnemorial has
akd thru the lands of history approaches by
Like the vices she first clothed fnery and
she finally draws the far back disclose
forms of the living skeletons who her handwo that
that the victims Of her attack
The first evidence of the of this
land rising of the price oodu Door
undered because they cannot buy enough weew to
satisfy the cravings of hunger.
Have not then the first stage of mne fearful
thing not us? Must ask other evidences
before with defend
the STEP which bread TORCH internal mob
warfare?
Crops the only Crops every field every garden
lot along highway everywherehat the
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-05-04
American Hotel Passes
To New Hands
VOLUME 12
NUN Der 81

Mrs. Eliza Bone and w. II.
Launder have purchased t he
American hotel, ISL Miner street,
and are having it remodeled and
rehtted, and when the work is
completed it will be one of the
neatest and best hostelries in the
city.
Mrs Bone has been in the hotel
business in this city for many
years and is one Of the city's most
popular caterers and hotel keepers.
Mr.. Launder is also well known
and has had much experience in
the hotel business.
The American hotel is con.
venient to the hot springs and yet
close to the business center, and
will, no doubt, be filled to its ca
pacity thruout the year.
The adjoining cottages were
included in the purchase and they,
too, will be repainted and placed
in IA first class condition.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-05-04
COLO, FRIDAY MAY 4, SIFTNG
New Law Will Cut
Booze ImpOrtatiOnS

Blanks for the importation of
intoxicating liquors have been re-
ceived by the county clerk, together
with the instructions for their
usage. Before procuring the
Permit the applicant must make
affidavit before notary or the
county clerk, as to the kind of
liquor to be purchased, which
must be sent to the clerk, if made
before a notary, before the permit
can be issued. The permit must
accompany the order and be
pasted upon the package by the
shipper. 1t will no longer be
necessary to make the affidavit be-
fore the express or freight agents,
same being made prior to the
issuance of the permit. A fee of
25 cents is charged for the
permit. and similar fee for the
affidavit. In view of the fact that
the affidavit specifies that no
member of the applicants house.
hold has received a shipment 30
days prior to the issuance of the
permit, and that the limit to be
received has been placed, the
quantity imported should be far
below the amounts received here
tofore.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-05-04
Night Fire Destroys
Store at Alice Camp

A fire which broke out 6ercely
at 2:3O Wednesday morning in the
store of John Walder at Alice,
wrought complete destruction of
the building and contents and
came near suffocating and burning
Mr.. Walder's sister, Mrs. Ida Con-
dit, and her 9-year old daughter.
The fire is presumed to have
originated from an overheated
stove pipe. Mrs. Condit and
the little girl were sleeping in a
rear room and Mr.. Walder was in
Denver. The fire and dense smoke
aroused Mrs. Condit from sound
sleep and she quickly put the little
girl out thru window and then
managed to make her own escape
by the same avenue. Aside from
trunk, phonograph and few
minor articles which were pulled
out of the seething flames, nothing
was saved. ....
Mr.. Walder carried stock Of
groceries and miners supplies
and was doing a good business.
He is already hauling lumber for
rebuilding and is supplying his
trade with goods hauled regularly
from Idaho Springs. Mr.. Walder
had gone to Denver to see about
getting his new Kissel truck which
he had ordered for use in his stage
route business between Alice and
Idaho Springs. The return trip
from Denver was made in the
Harpers' new Cole car and nothing
was known of the fire by Mr..
Walder until Idaho Springs was
reached Wednesday morning on
the homeward trip.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-05-04
Going To Nevada

B. F. Couch, who has been in
charge of the office of the Argo
mill, Argo tunnel and fremont
Mining company, has rendered
his resignation and will leave
Monday for Tonopah. Nevada,
where he will assu me a similar
position with the Lo uisiana Con-
solidated Mining company, large
silver mining property. Mr..
COUGHS family will not leave un-
til shortly after the close Of school.
The position held by Mr.. Couch
at the Argo will be filed by E. G.
Abel, who advances from the ranks
of the Mines Supply company.
B. B. Shepherd comes from
Denver to fill .he vancancy at the
Mines Supply company caused by
the change of Mr.. Abel to the
tunnel and mill. Mr.. Shepherd
is taking up the work gradually
and will be assisted part of the
time by Mr.. Abel until he is
thoroly familiar with the work.
In the departure of Mr.. Couch
and family Idaho Springs will
suffer distinct loss, but since the
Nevada position presents a larger
opportunity Mr.. Couch is receiving
the best wishes of his many
friends.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-05-04
Miners Lend Their Aid
TO the Road Project

At the meeting of the Metal
Miners association held in George
town on Monday of this week,
resolution was adopted seeking
the aid of the State Highway Com
mission, and it's endorsement of
the Loveland Pass highway.
Similar applications have been
made by the neighboring counties
and some results should be OBJ
tanned through the different in
fluences brough to bear upon them
by the various organizations.
Tho too late for any assistance
for this year, the board of county
commissioners on Saturday last
filed their application with the
forest reserve for assistance from
that source. Summit county has
designated James Galloway OF that
place as its member of committee
which is to be organized to super
intend and attend to the various
needs of the project, and while in
session on last Saturday, the
county commissioners of tn S
county chose William II. Stephens
of Silver Plume as this county's
representative. No better choice
could have been made by the local
board, as Mr.. Stephens is familiar
with the project, and from its first
mention has been one of the prime
movers thereof, and with his APP
pointment the residents of Clear
Greek county may feel absolutely
secure and assured that he will
leave nothing undone to further
the completion of one of the best
highways in the state of Colorado,
one which will not only prove
valuable from tourist standpoint,
but connecting link between
Clear Creek, Summit, Lake and
Grand counties through a region
renowned for its mineral resources
and at the same time bringing
our neighboring counties closer to
us, and establishing closer bond
of friendship and good feeling
between the inhabitants of the var
ious communities.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-05-04
Dream of New Hotel
May Now Come True

Mrs. Mary E. Holland, wife of
D. J. Holland, proprietor of the
Club hotel, has fallen heir to an
estate valued at over 100000,
left her by an intimate friend,
Mrs. Mary Haskins Luthe, who
died in Denver two weeks ago.
Both Mr.. and Mrs. Holland have
dreamed of "A fine new uptown
hotel for Idaho Springs, and now
that the "wherewith" will soon be
available their dream may come
true. The estate consists of valu-
able real estate holdings, stocks
and bonds, and cash.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-05-04

A year ago S. L. Burger, the
blacksmith, contributed the largest
pile Of trash on up day. but
this year he didn't do nearly so
we'll. Perhaps w. B. Kelso will
be the high man this year, most
of the collection coming from the
lots he recently acquired to the
east of his house.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-05-04
Christian Science

Christian Science services are
held in the lower Masonic hall
Sundays at II a. m., and Wednes-
day evening at s. Sunday School
at 9:45. The public is cordially
invited to attend these services.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-05-04

The foot bridge leading to the
zig-zag trail has been repaired. A
portion of the floor had been burn
ed out by hot ashes carelessly
thrown thereon.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-05-04

The city Jail will now be cleaned,
repaired and placed in a sanitary
condition, ready for any mergency.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-05-04

For the first time in the history
of Denver reservations have been
made at Denver hotels for parties
of tourists up to as late as the
last of June.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-10-11
United States Navy League

Charles J. Bonaparte, Secretary o
the Navy under President Roosevelt
discusses the fighting functions o
the United States Navy in an articl,
he has written for Sea Power, the of
ficial organ Of the Navy League. Mr.
Bonaparte says in part:
mo man is a friend to the Navy
or, at all events, a safe, wise OF
useful friend, who tries to make il
forget that it is, first, last, and all
the time, a fighting machine; that
its true business is not to spread en-
lightment or to promote interna-
tional amity or to edify by the vir-
tue and decorous demeanor of its
personnel, but to crush and destroy
its country's enemies; if it does
that, and does it thoroughly, its
shortcomings in other respects may
be dealt with leniently; if it can not
or will not do that, then all the
treasure lavished upon it is far worse
than wasted. What has just been
said, must not be misconstrued; it
is eminently desirable that our sail
ors, and officers, no less than the
men, should be happy and healthful,
sober and Of good morals. Expe-
rience has shown beyond doubt or
dispute that if they are, they will be
all the more willing and all the bet
ter able to do their particular work
and do it well. But, after all, the
one thing needful, the one thing for
which all other creditable character
sites in them, are in the last resort.
but as MEANS to the great end, is