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Macon beacon., 1917-04-20
SEVEN BILLIONS
VOTED BY HOUSE
THE WAR REVENUE BILL PASSES
HOUSE AMID CHEERS OF
MEMBERS.
WITHOUT DISSENTING VOTE
Bond Issue OF Five Billions and Treas
ury Certificates For Two Billions
Provided For-Loan Of Three
Billions for Allies.

Waebinptor -yrbout a diseo,,iro
volce tho hopeo amid rl,,di,s oS
1r.ambara ond tho c,rIerios noosod tho
seven buIion doIrar war royo,ro an.
thorization ueaeuro One mo,rbor
Representatiyo Landau or Naw yorL
the only socialist IN congroes voted
"prosont"
Owing to ,onor,1 ,oirs and oh
eentoae nnlv qsa yotog nara rocordod
for the hin but botb Domocratic .oad.
ar Kichiu and DonuhIican rcador
Mann announced that all or tho Nom.
bers would have voted afGrmotivoIv
if they had been present, The formal.
ity OF ron call would have been dis
pensed with If several members who
voted against the war resolution had
not insisted upon having the 0pportu-
nifty of recording themselves In favor
OF providing money to carry on bostil.
flies now that the nation is at war.
The bill authorizes $4,000, 100000 In
bonds, Of which $4,000 600 600 will bo
loaned to entente countries, and the
issuance OF treasury certificates for
$4,000, 600 600 ultimately to be met by
Increased taxation. Passage Of the
measure never was In doubt during
the two davs II was undor coneidoro.
tion in the house and favorable action
by an overwhelming vote ia assured
in the senate.
Discussion in the house was confn.
ed chiefly to proposed amendments,
Fye Of these were added, four of
which were agreed to by the ways
Macon beacon., 1917-04-20
LAUNCHES WAR PROHI MOVE
To Restrict Production of All Liquors
During the Present War With
Germany.

Washington.-Assault on the liquor
strongholds Of the country to bring
about "war prohibition" was formally
launched.
To divert enormous quantities Of
grain from liquor manufactuSe into
food channels, to turn the labor of
men employed in distilleries and brew
cries into productive occupations, and
especially to increase the man pow
er" Of the nation, anti-saloon league
officials have launched campaign in
congress to restrict, II not abolish,
production of liquors during the war.
The new campaign carries with 1t
an appeal to "the patriotic prohibit
ton forces Of the country" to urge ac-
tion in congress, which will Safeguard
our resources and make our country
sober, strong and efficient in this hour
of national peril"
Macon beacon., 1917-04-20
Advocates Drug Inspectors.

The state board of pharmaceutical
examiners will recommend to the next
legislature that 1t pass a bill provid
ing for state drug inspector whose
duty it shall be to visit and examine
all drug stores in Mississippi.
At meeting of that body in Jack.
son, J. c. McGee, secretary, introduc.
ed a resolution to this effect, and 1t
was promptly carried. The inspector
would make careful inspection of
all drug stores and see that their
drugs come up to the standard Of the
pure food and drug act and would fur.
nish the county officials with list of
the druggists violating the laws or
selling alcoholic drinks.
Macon beacon., 1917-04-20
CuIkin Declines Appointment.

Prof. w. F. Bond, state superintend.
ent of education, announces that ].
H. Culkinfi Of Virksburg, has declined
the appointment Of state supervisor of
negro schools as successor to J. R.
Ellis. Mr.. Bond also announced that
he had recommended Superintendent
Bura Hilburn of Covington county for
this position, and It is understood he
will accept. This appointment is only
temporary, however, as an election
must be held to fill the unexpired
term.
Macon beacon., 1917-04-20
Give the Soldiers Your MAGAZINES,

Under the leadership of Major
O'Farrell, the boys of the First Mis-.
sissippi regiment have provided them
selves a tent for recreation and read,
ing. The tent has been put up and
the jackson lumber company has do.
mated lumber for the reading and writ.
ing tables. The patriotic citizens of
the state are asked to furnish maya
zines and other reading matter for
the boys.
Macon beacon., 1917-04-20
Office Repartee,

Woman EditOr-Where did you get
your black eye-becn fighting again?
Muscular Reporter-Oh, no; don't
get black eyes when fight. The other
fellow gets them.
Woman Editor-Well, thought per.
haps you had been fighting with my
husband.
Macon beacon., 1917-04-20
American Flaa Torn Down,

Laredo. Texas The American flag
was torn from a United States mail
wagon when 1t crossed the border to
Nuevo Laredo, Carranza soldiers, who
are said to have removed the flag,
said the driver Of the wagon had no
right to carry the flag on his wagon
after crossing the boundary line.
Macon beacon., 1917-04-20
RAILROAD WILL PAY SALARIES
Norfolk q Western Will Protect Fam
lilies Of Enlisted Men.

Bristol, Tenn.-The Norfolk G.
Western Railway company has an.
nounced that none of its employees
who enlist for military service shall
lose any part of the support they have
been to their families. The company
will make up to such persons the dif.
ference in their present salaries and
the amount paid by the government
for military service.
Macon beacon., 1917-04-20
Treasury Balance Satisfactory.

At the close of business March 81
State Treasurer Taylor had $780,
95514 in the several repositories to
the credit Of the state, which is be.
lieved to be sufficient to get along on
through the summer and fall, when
supplemented by the monthly collec-
tions. This is 100000 more money
than the treasurer had the first day
of March.
Macon beacon., 1917-04-20

166 pounds and am as strong as a man.
I think money is well spent which pur-
chases Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound. Mrs. Jos. O'BRYAN, 1755
Newport Ave-, Chicago, III.
The success of Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, made from roots
and herbs, is unparalleled. 1t may be
used with perfect confidence by women
who suffer from displacements, infam-
nation, liberation, Irregularities, peri.
odic pains, backache, bearing down feel
ing, fatulency. indigestion, dizziness,
and nervous prostration. Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound is the STAN
dard remedy for female ills.
Macon beacon., 1917-04-20
Report of Pardon Board.

The state board of pardons filed q
lengthy report with the governor, fol
lowing their regular monthly session
A great many recommendation were
made for executive clemency. Sus
pension of sentence was suggested for
quite a list Of misdemeanor cases. A
number of petitions were rejected.
Macon beacon., 1917-04-20

was unable 70 Walk
or do any of my own
work. | read about
Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Com
pound in the news
papers and deter
mined to try it. It
brought almost i'm
mediate relief. My
weakness has en-
tirely disappeared
and l never had bet
ter hoalth I weigh
Macon beacon., 1917-04-20
Warning On Cattle Tick.

Three government veterinarians
from the Alabama tick eradicating
force were transferred to this state to
assist in conducting the statewide cat.
tie tick eradication. The assignment
of these men brought the total mum.
ber of federal inspectors in Missis.
sippi to AZ, making this the largest
force ever engaged in tick eradication
in any state.
Macon beacon., 1917-04-20
VIII Keep Oil Fields Golna.

Washington. Carranza has
given positive assurances to tho
United States that oil supplies from
the Tampico fields and other Mexican
sources will not be denied to the
United States or Great Britain.
Macon beacon., 1917-04-20
Costa Rica to Aid Uncle Sam

Washington.-Costa Rica's waters
and ports are placed at the disposi.
ton of the United States In the war
with Germany. in an official communi.
cation in which that government de.
fines It's attitude to the state depart
ment
Macon beacon., 1917-04-20
Accidental Explosion.

Philadelphia.-The accidental explo
sion of powder in the denotating de.
partment of the government arsenal
at Frankford, suburb, where ammu-
nition is being manufactured in great
quantities, killed one and injured an.
other.
Macon beacon., 1917-04-20
List Enemy Securities.

New York.-The governors of the
New York stock exchange adopted a
resolution instructing members of the
exchange TO report all securities and
money belonging tc alien enemies In
their possession.
Macon beacon., 1917-04-20
Carranza MuzzIes PAPERS.

Mexico City.-A decree was pub
Nshed providing a punishment OF a
fine Of so to 500 pesos or imprison.
ment from one to II months for sian.
der. libel or the issue of false or dis.
torted information in Mexican publica
tions.
Macon beacon., 1917-04-20
Wilson conoratulates Kino Albert

Washington.-President Wilson has
sent cablegram to King Albert Of
Belgium congratulating him on his
birthday and referring to the en-
trance Of the United States into the
world war.
Macon beacon., 1917-04-20
Ship Island Pier Protected.

Precaution is being taken to guard
the million-dollar shipping pier of the
Gulf & Ship Island interest at Gulf.
port. Federal guards that are now OF
duty are to be supplemented by state
troops from Jackson.
Macon beacon., 1917-04-20
Uruuuay Is Neutral.

Montevideo.-The Uruguayan GOV.
ernment issued decree Of neutrality
la the war between the United States
and Germany and between Cuba and
Germany.
Macon beacon., 1917-04-20
Establishes Tralnlnn Can1na.

Washington,-Army building plans
Of the United States are to be supple.
mented by the establishment at many
points throughout the country OF civ.
ilian training camps for officers.
Macon beacon., 1917-04-20
Procesa of Elimination,

The portly man with the appetite
to match, surveyed with astonishment
the tray Of dishes the waiter had
brought.
George" he said. "how could you
remember all these things l ordered"
"Dat was easy, sab. 1 done tole
de chef dere wuz man outside want
ed everythin' on de bill cep de olives"
Macon beacon., 1917-04-20
German Nerves Givinn Away.

Amsterdam.-The military critic OF
the Vossische Zeitung of Berlin writes
that he has received many letters
which prove that "the nerves Of many
readers are beginning to give way"
Macon beacon., 1917-04-20
Common Policy For South America

SVH'VH V''0J TT 1Vut'' NT'ToT TVd
Lima, Peru.-The Peruvian press
says the entrance of the U. S. and
Cuba into the war. and the sinking OF
the Brazilian steamship Parana, make
it imperative for South America lc
6ormulate a common policy.
Macon beacon., 1917-04-20
Co On Guard Near vicksburc.

A detachment of 2S men from the
Brookhaven company of the Missis.
sippi national guard, under the com.
mand of Capt. Heiss, are doing guard
duty near Vicksburg.
Macon beacon., 1917-04-20
AGED Jurist Dies.

Fort Smith, Ark.-Judge Richard H.
Powell, aged 80, former associate JUS.
tice of the Arkansas supreme court.
died at his home here. He was ap-
pointed to the supreme bench by Gov.
Fishback.
Macon beacon., 1917-04-20

There is wide distinction between
money and wealth.
Macon beacon., 1917-04-20

DisagreeabIe and Dangerous Trouble
is diarrhea, but speedy and certain
cure is found in Mississippi Diarrhes
Cordial. Price 25c and 50c.-Adv.
Macon beacon., 1917-04-20
WOMAN SICK
TWO YEARS
Could Do No Work.
Now Strong as a
Man.

Chicago, Ill.-"For about two years
I suffered from female trouble 80 /
Macon beacon., 1917-04-20
When Your Eyes Need Care
TRY Murine Fvc Remedy

!, -. sss- - Iu~lll~@W
No 6marting just Eye Comfort. 50 cents n
MURINE EYE REMEDY Co., CHfCAGO
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-07-12
Get a Real Newspaperman.

Minneapolis Journal: Active news
papermen Of the. country are neither
surprised nor disappointed by the
manifest disposition Of both Secre-
tary Baker and Secretary Lansing to
disregard and override the so-called
bureau of inform alton with George
Creel at its head. Apparently the
war and state departments have al
ready discovered on short acquafnt-
ance Mr.. Creel's deficiencies in a
position Of this character, whatever
his qualifications as magazine
writer, and despite his fervent admi-
ration for the president, which be-
fore election he was not at all reti-
cent about making public in print.
The president can draft for this
important place any one of the best
active newspapermen in the country,
men of force, judgment. ability and
experience. Regardless of personal
sacrifice. any Of these men would be
proud to accept. A change of this
kind would be welcome to the press
and of great value to the government
and TIE public. The bureau as now
handled is more OF less of joke.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-07-12
A Good Word.

Burlington Hawk-Eye: Some one
has coined new word. The fellows
who, have been getting /, 2, 3 and
perhaps 400 per cent. profits by
gouging the American people. have
been dubbed "profiteers. There is
a name that will stick, unless an
ugly, short word fills the bill better.
1t recalls "privateers," who were no
better than pirates, except that they
were licensed by some governments.
And it brings to mind athe "bucca-
neers," who were pirates. who work
ed without a license. The "priva-
teers" were sometimes high bred
gentlemen and members Of the aris-
tocracy, while the buccaneers" were
usually plebeian cutthroats. And per-
haps those old fellows, even the
worst among them, were high class
gentlemen as compared with these
American "profteers," who have been
robbing the American people in a
manner that has rarely been equaled
anywhere under the sun. They found
it easy. They must have Inarveled
at the patience of the people and at
the ease with which the plundering
was done. And yet they may have
been mistaken in the temper Of the
people Perhaps they are not so
very easy" after all.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-07-12

kuk, street improvement cer.,,,
70 tne total amount of s2,79O %
certificate shall be issued -. oa
and every separate pieca ~ ead
assessed. as shown on said p,opert
which certificate shall ba s.neduI
amount Of the special taye. iof Y
against such property. and assessd
tificates shall be numbered t sae q
20 iol. inclusive. Such certifo,.
shall transfer to the bearer I ~ \!
right and interest Of the city T., ri !
assessments, and shall he !. su1
form provided by the laws ~ ~ Y
and the ordinances of the "a. low
Keokuk. eits
Be 1t further resolved Th..
Mayor and City Clerk be. ana u
are hereby, instructed to erean. n9
certificates, and when SO ers S "a
that they be placed on file in ~.
flee Of the City Clerk for a ner wv
thirty days from and after tba J.
OF the making of the said "a
ment, to-wit: the Both dav ~ ~
1917, to the end that the OWN lug
any lot or parcel of land aaa,.
which an assessment has been mail
may. within said time promise s =
agree in writing endorsed an ~
certificate, or in a separate sd
ment. that in consideration of ba S.
the right to pay his Assessment
installments he will not make y
objection Of ilegality or irregn,,a
as to the assessment or lew NJ III
tax upon and against his nrons e
and will pay said assessment VIII \
terest thereon.
Be 1t further resolved, That q, n
expiration of said period of th;s1
days, the City Clerk be. and ha n
hereby instructed to deliver said Il
tificates to Cameron, Joyce & cd
papg, the contractor for the said H
provement. and to take his recs,1
therefor, said certificates to be II
livered to the contractor in payms1
of so much Of the cost of tho ri
struction Of Improvement on Hghl
street from south line Of Main
north line of Johnson as Is represe1
ed by said certificates.
Adopted June 80, 1917, by the N
lowing vote:
Aye-Lofton, Hilpert, Hickey.
Ayes, g.; noes, 0.
Approved and signed:
ED. s. LOTION,
Mayor OF the City of KeokuI
Attest:
o. w. sANDBERG. City Clerk.
There being no further bushes
Council upon motion, adjourned.
ED. S. LOTION,
Attest: Mavd
o. w. SANDBERG, City Clerk.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-07-12
War Not Won in Secret.

Kansas City Times: When Anne
ca troops landed in France d
French military censor permitted ID
cabling to the United States Of
mere statement of facts. It was
bare and perfunctory account of OF
of the thrilling events TO the war
For the first time in our histor
American troops had been landed
European soil to take part in a ii
mendous struggle. There were
thousand fascinating features co
nected with the landing, features TIL
would have been seized on with ayiI
ity by millions of Americans.
What a picture an experienced
porter could have made! The pr
cession of gray ships, the destroy
guard, the waiting throngs eager !
welcome the vanguard of the ne
ally, the reception to the men! Al
yet nothing of this was allowed
come through.
A man who read the meager
count that was allowed to be pu
lished remarked II feel at last
was my war" How close and in
mate the war could have been maj
to seem to all the people if the new
had carried the real thrill and II
of the scene!
The right sort of a story won
have kindled enthusiasm. 1t won
have stimulated recruiting. 1t won
have set the country on fire an
made the job of raising tie next Il
erty loan and the next Red Croi
fund UNNECESSARILY easier.
Doubtless many persons feel thu
newspapers have selfish interest
preventing censorship Of EuropeaJ
news. They are mistaken. 1t max
absolutely no difference to the new
papers what news comes through.
does make great difference to 70
American people. Merely as uuj
tee for them, the newspaper ma1
continue to insist that full pubiicl'
is an essential public policy IN wa
time.
;. Without the publicity the enormou|
asset of public interest will be los]
and the one great incentive TO ea
cheney in the government service WI
be thrown away.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-07-12
creeI As An Issue.

Cedar Rapids Republican; 1t cal
not be said that that man Greer
one of the assets of the governins,.
or even administration. why appv .I
such a sensational and irrespons, ~.
man to the high Office OF conlo iN
of intelligence? Ought not ih''4
gence, or at least commonsense' !,
be requisite in an intelligence ~ ~
partment even Of the government a.s
A man In such position VINO w. ".
take an admiral's official report a. q.
disregarding its plain state,ue -
weave out of 1t a story to TICKLE - :.
people on a national holiday can am,
be treated seriously. the hsa'
papers of the whole country PRIV,
that story OF submarine attacA, ,,s
the American troop ships anu ~. .as
they learned that no such at .a,o,
had been made. And that lao'. N
ton was sent to the press owe. m
signature of the secretary o. \
navy. who also was imposed upon ~ :.
Creel, who to save the situation hs
compelled to confess that nc Al
elaborated" on the report u a
miral Gleaves-elaborated on az :,
miraps report! Did you ever hea 1,os
such governmental nonsense? c Ds
any one know a reason why M
should be longer tolerated py d
government to sit In Juos'n'
it's Intelligence"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-07-12
TODAY'S BIT OF VERSE
Nothing is so bad for the personal appear
ance as the complete abrogation Of self re-
spect.-Phyllis Bottome.
WHEN DOCTORS DISAGREE.

Dr. Charles Mayo, the noted surgeon de-
clares that alcohol has no medical value and
that the medical profession would welcome ma
tional prohibition. On the other hand, DR.. Bev
erley Robinson, an equally eminent c1inician,
opinion on forty years of hospital and private
practice he asserts that there are conditions
which absolutely demand the use Of alcohol as
a prominent part Of medicine. For stimulants
or heart tonics, he says, only two are worth con-
sidering- strophanthous and old brandy, and
he would consider it criminal not to give BRAN
dy in pneumonia cases, especially where the
patient had reached certain age. He trusts in
alcohol also as powerful remedy in cases of
diphtheritic and other sepsis
These high authorities in their profession be-
ing in diametrical disagreement, as doctors so
often are, the views of a distinguished psy-
chologist may be of interest Dr. Menas S.
Gregory, head Of the psychopathic ward of
Bellevue hospital New York City, holds no
brief for alcohol, but he feels and says that pro-
hibition is much more dangerous experiment
than the anti-liquor men suppose There are in
the human mind, as he points out elemental
impulses neither good nor bad but which may
be satisfied in good or bad ways All the sin.
evil, misery in the world are due to mans at
tempt to satisfy these desires. But so also are
all the achievement, the beauty and the ioy of
life One of these fundamental human pas
sions is the intoxication impulse. It is not
necessarily the impulse to drink but it calls for
drink when there is no other way of expressing
ITSELF 1t is the impulse to transcend the hard
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-07-12

realities of life, to expand, to abandon ones self
completely to something beyond the range OF
practical necessity. This impulse which leads
men to drink is the same thing which leads
them to the higher things of life-to poetry, to
prohibition propaganda or to prayer.
Prohibition does much real good, says DR..
Gregory, but much real harm unless provision
is made to satisfy the impulses which prompt
to drink. An intelligent solution of the prob
lem must include something more than the
abolition Of alcoholic beverages. 1t must in
clude important changes in our social life.
Temperance is entirely desirable The drink
evil is real and terrible The sale of liquor
must be regulated restricted The drinking OF
it should be discouraged in every practicable
way; but it is deep and complicated problem,
and it is folly to assume that it can be solved
by legislation against the sale of alcoholic
drinks.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-07-12
Can't Cash Il.

Donnellson Review: Secretary of
the Treasury McAdoo has issued q
card of thanks to the newspapers Of
the country for their loyal support
and unlimited amount of space given
in the interest Of the liberty loan
That's all right, Nc, Wen let it go at
that this time, but don't you think in
the future You should make some ar
rangement so the boys could cash in
at regular rates?
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-07-12

It is rather a curious fact thas va
duration of the American CIV, ,m,ontn
was exactly four years, four I Iau
and four days, figured from West
9, 1861, when the "Star OF the barbo
was fired upon in Charleston mt
(the first shot of the war, ,,sag,
May 10, 1865, when the ia 1a1o Pint
n,ent was fought near fio
Taxaa
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-07-12
Roosevelt Efficiency

New York Herald: Mr. Roosevelt
announced several months ago. II
and my four sons are ready TO go
to France" Two of the sons already
have arrived there. That is 40 per
cent. efficiency which, if it could be
matched by the remainder of the co.
100000 families in the United States,
would mean an army of 100000 in
Franco
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-07-12
THE RURIcoN.


One other bitter drop to drink,
And then-no morei
One little pause upon the brink
And then-go DER!
One sigh, and then the lbrant morn
OF perfect day
When my free spirit, newly born,
VIII soar away!
One pang and / shall rend the thrall
Where grief abides,
And generous Death will show me all
That now he hides;
And, lucid in that second birth,
/ shall discern
What all the sages OF the earth
Have died to learn.
One motion and the stream is crossed.
So dark so deep!
And shall triumph, or be lost
In endless sleep.
Then, onward! Whatsoever my fate,
/ shah not care!
Nor sin, nor Sorrow. Love nor Hate
Can touch me there.
William Winter