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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-08-02
SIDEWALK ORDINANCE NO. o.

An ordinance declaring it to be
necessary that certain special i'm
provements be made on Pearl street
and certain sidewalks be laid thereon,
and providing for grading, construct
Ing and paving said sidewalks by
special assessment against said abut"
ting lots.
SECTION /.
Be 1t ordained by the Mayor and
Board of Aldermen of the City of
Macon, Mississippi, that improve
ments which require unusual outlay
and costs In excess of the general
Improvement furd of the city are
necessary in the building of side
walks on the North and South sides
of Pearl street from where said street
intersects Main street. running east
to a point on Pearl street just east
of the north post Of the B. G. Rich
mond big gate and being a distance
of - feet from Washington street,
and upon which said street on the
north side thereof is the property
owned by e. A. Bush estate and oc-
cupied by Miss Edna Bush ct al, and
the property owned and occupied by
b. G. Richmond, and on the south
side of said street is the property
owned by Mrs. Mabel Scales Klaus
and occupied by Gus Mcleod, and
the property owned by Mrs. Hazel
Scales George and occupied by self,
and the property owned by ]. S. Love
and the City of Macon, Mississippi,
and the footways or sidewalks along
said street, above mentioned, being
out of repair, are hereby declared to
be n~uisances and said nuisances shall
be abated by the owners of said lots
of land lying along and adjoining and
abutting on said streets and foot
ways and sidewalks, by the building
of sidewalks as required by the ordi-
nance of the City of Macon, Missis-
sippi.
SECTION II.
Be it further ordained that if any
owner or owners of lots lying alono
lying alongside and fronting and
abutting on the footways or side
walks or the street described In the
first section of this ordinance, are
hereby ordered and required. at his
or her W expense. to grade and
construct and hereafter keep in a
good state Of repair a sidewalk along
the entire side or front of his or her
lot or lots, so fronting, abutting or
lying along said street, within thirty
days after this ordinance becomes
operative, provided that if the said
owner or owners of said lots shall.
have constructed a walk of concrete
along his or her lot, in accordance
with the requirements herein, and
shall keep the same in repair, II shall
be deemed a compliance herewith
Said sidewalks shall be of uniform
width along said street and must be
in accordance with the plans aGG
specifications adopted by the Mayor
and Board of Aldepmen of the City
OF Macon Mississippt apw 81 file n
lhe AtH g ~ ne Nsf9t NHa Aiard et
VIA nan
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-08-02
SIDEWALK SPECIFICATIONS. CITY
OF MACON, MISSISSIPPI,

All sidewalks shall be laid by
lines furnished by the City Engi-
neer, or other person appointed by
the Mayor and Board of Aldermen,
for the purpose of locating grades
and lines and shall be in accordance
with the grades established and
adopted by the Mayor and Board of
Aldermen on file in the office of the
Clerk of the City of Macon. Missis-
sippi.
All sidewalks in the residence part
of town shall have a slope or drop
toward the gutter or ditch of one
fourth inch to the foot. In special
places this order may be changed by
the Mayor and Board of Aldermen.
All sidewalks shall he constructed
four feet in width unless otherwise
ordered by the Mayor and Board of
Aldermen.
EXCAVATION.
The walk way shall be excavated
ia q depth Of four inches below the
fiaish grads CT payer ent and thor
eHaA'y. ffmFsa NptIf ihe sEri4ss Of
iBS satttaAf I. ftii1 5hft cd
-pttns} places SAai, hh Aug mi ana
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-08-02

There are two incidents that hap
pened during the time the boys n ere
leaving that will interest u people.
One Of them was the leaving Of the
only Macon High School boy we had
in camp, Walter Smith. Mrs. Vivian
Jackson's brother. Walter came
here about two or three months ago
from a splendid business position in
the army game with the same seri-
business and pluck that characterized
him in school and in business and
made good. He was such a good
office man he was first put in the
office, but he put up such a strong
plea to the officers they let him out
OF this to get into an actual fighting
platoon, the one-pound cannon
platoon that Is with every regiment.
He made good in this and after a
few weeks training he came up to
see me in splendid spirits and health,
anxious to go over. In a little over
a week from that time ! went down
to tell him goodbye. The troops
were loading, marching with flying
colors and the band was playing. |
did not get to shake his hand, but
caught his smile and waved at
him, telling him that we were proud
of him and back of him. He was
the happiest boy | ever saw and if
his loved ones could have seen him
then | know they would have been
so proud of him they would not have
taken him out Of it even if it had
been possible. 1t was his cousin, |
believe, who was the first boy to be
decorated for bravery in France.
Walter is anxious to do as well and
If given the opportunity he will.
Another event | want to give for
General Cavett, our Big Bud. A
Sunday or two ago | was on my way
to New York with a troop train. We
stopped in Richmond, Va, for a rest
for the boys and hiked five miles
on dress parade through the city.
AS | marched along | thought of
those men in gray who had foungh
around that historic city in the six
ties, and especially about that Mis-
sissippian whom the State w love
will always be proud to claim, JEFF
ferson Davis. When we stopped for
a rest an old m came up all
excited, anxious to give the boys
some tie. and sandwiches. met her
and found that she was a Randolph.
AS we had some New York boys along
she hesitated at first about talking
of that struggle which she had seen
as a young woman, but when | told
her | was from Mississippi she threw
away every restraint. She told me
how that the very day, July 81, 1861,
and on Sunday, too, she said, the
first Battle of Manassas was fought
and how she had torn up sheets and
scraped them for use as bandages
for the soldiers that Sunday after
noon in teh sixties. and to-day, the
anniversary of that day." she said, 81
heard some boys were coming
through on the way to France and |
just wanted to do something TO
them" And she did. In a few
minutes we were being served fine
iced tea and sandwiches. All honor
to these heroines of two great wars!
must close. If you wish to pub
fish this keep it until you have the
space. | tried but could not make it
shorter. | wish to be remembered to
my friends.
With kindest regards to The
Beacon, | remain,
Yours sincerely,
JOE l.. McMILLIN.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-08-02
A FAIR PROPOSITION.

In the desperate effort to de-
fend his record during the pres
ent wa, the Senator not only
has been compelled to 90 back
full twenty years and dig up a
picture Of his taken during the
Spanish-American skirmish, but
now he is charging his opponent,
Mr.. Harrison, with being a
Stacker. But Mr.. Harrison is
no Stacker. He is serving his
country with the greatest fidel-
ity in trying to prove that the
plain, God-fcaring, liberty-lov-
ing people Of this country are
not going to tolerate in office as
their representative any man
who, by word or deed, has given
encouragement to the German
government. Mr.. Harrison has
made a most popular Congress
man and no man in his district
is more popular than he. He
could have retained his seat in
Congress beyond the shadow Of
a doubt. But at the impor-
tunity Of friends almost without
number, who urged him to make
the race against the junior sena-
tor, that his election might put
Mississippi on record as deter
mined to stand by those who
had stood by the government in
its crisis, Mr.. Harrison consent
ed to make the race. That this
was his purpose, The Beacon
firmly believes, and Mr.. Har-
riSon has proven it to be so by
proposing to Senator Vardaman
a plan that the Senator cannot
afford to ignore.
Says Mr.. Harrison, in effect:
Il am in this race for the good
Of my State. Knowing your rec
ord as | do ! cannot want my
State represented in the Senate
by one who has by word and
iced done so much to harass his
Dwn government and lend en-
enlargement to the enemy. To
Drove this | will agree to join
he army at once as 4 private,
provided you will withdraw
rom the campaign and retire to
private life and let some good
nan-any man who has been
oval to his country-be chosen
n the place Of either Of u.s."
But will Vardaman accept the
proposition? Never in this
world. He will stay in the race
until he is forced out by the
votes Of the patriotic manhood
a State that is truly loyal and
purposes to remain so.
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NOTICE.
NJ QQnQ

Notice is hereby given of the intention of the
Board of Supervisors of Noxubee county, Mississ-
ippi, to borrow on August 9Th. 1918, at 2 s'clock D.
m, FIFTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS, for the
purpose of defraying general county expenses
'other the judicial expensesl at a rate of interest
not to exceed 6 per cent. per annum.
1t is the purpose of the Board of Supervisors tn
issue a loan warrant for said money to be Dor
rowed. due and payable on the LIST of January
1917. out OF the first money received for taxes of
the year, 1918. on account of the general county
fund. ~
Bids or proposals to lend said money to Noxubee
county. Miss. are invited to be filed with the nm,
der signed on or before the
First Monddy Of August. 1918 at 2 o'clock o. m.
The Board reserves the the right to reject anv mr.
all bids made. "
Code 1906. section 1874.
BY order of the Board of Supervisors. this .Julv
Ord. 1918. JOHN A TYSOE '"'
Clerk Board of Supervisors of Noxubee county
Mississippi. lP. o.. Macon, Miss.
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SECTION III.

Be it further ordained that the
owners Of the several lots of land
or fronting or abutting On said street
and sidewalk shall fail or refuse to
construct said sidewalks as herein
required by Section II of this ordi-
nance within said time, the Street
Commissioner shall, at the expira-
ton of 80 days, proceed, at the ex-
pense of the city, to have the side
walk constructed as above required
under the cheapest and best contract
possible, and he shall keep a strict
and accurate account of the cost of
said improvements along or in front
of each lot and shall make an &C
curate report of such cost to the
Mayor and Board of Aldermen at
their next regular meeting after the
improvements or repairs have been
completed, and the cost a~scertained
thereafter, at any subsequent regu-
lar or special meeting and special as
sessment of such costs shall be as
sesed by the Mayor and Board Of Al
dermen againt each lot or lots or
piece of ground adjoining the side
walk on said street or part thereof
ordered to be specially improved as
aforesaid and said lot or piece of
ground adjoining the sidewalk on the
street or part thereof ordered to be
specially improved shall be assessed
for and be liable for the whole cost
of the improvement Immediately in
front of it and for it's entire front
age only and such amount as may be
found due shall be assessed by the
Mayor and Board of Aldermen as the
true amount of the said special tax
assessed against said lot or piece of
ground so improved.
SECTION w.
BE 1t further ordained that the
owner or owners of lots or realty
lying alongside, fronting or abutting
on said streets and sidewalks, who
shall fail or refuse to construct said
sidewalks, as herein required with
in such time, shall promptly pay, as
provided by law in such cases, when
the assessment is made for the en-
tire cost of construction and i'm
prOvement of said sidewalks.
SECTION v. d
Be It further ordained by tho
Mayor and Board of Aldermen of TIE
City Of Macon, Mississippi, that the
said sidewalk construction referred
to shall in all respects be in accord
ance with the act of the Legislature
of Mississippi of 1912, Chapter $50,
approved March S. 1912, and the
amendments thereto.
SECTION VI.
Be 1t further ordained, for good
and sufficient reasons, and the occa-
sion being urgent. that this Ordi-
nance shall take effect and be- in
force from and after its passage.
SECTION VII.
The above and foregoing ordi-
anc having been previously first
reduced to writing, vas read and con-
sidered by sections and was voted
upon by yea and nay vote, Aldermen
Featherston. Patty, Patty and George
voting "yea" and none voting may"
This the 10th day of July, 1918.
j. G. HORTON,
Attest: Mayor.
J. J. SCOTT, Clerk.
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Notice to Bridge Contractors.
NO. 99l71

Sealed bids are invited to be filed with the nm.
uersisned clerk on or before two o'clock o. m. on
Monday. the 9th day of August. 1918,
for furnishing the material for and constr,ct;n.
sccorqlng TO plans and specifications now on fle in
,ne chancery clerks office of Noxubee conntv
Mississippi. the following: 'u"'s
A wooden bridke over slough near {. C. Kina-d,.
mouse Ss;d on Crawford and Edmond's bridge road.
from on'I NV ~o =. 70 % completed within thirty days
ne contract viii be let to the lowest bidder -.
t Ssders who must, during the meeting at which
tract and furnish bond, with sufficient s,"r.t =
10 LOT me prompt proper and efficient Performer
Oh tne contract, IN penalty not Less the %Oontract
pr,Se' The board reserves the right ID reiect ann
or all bids. The contractor or centrsctnrs - any
M NJ .c seenSa insgssti9n. i made. and fog record.
y, 4 Il, ~ Rssrd ' Supervisor, TIL, evd
M 4 Fyses esiaqs e4s
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-08-02

refilled with approved material
thoroughly tamped. This subgradd
shall be rammed and tamped to d
hard surface. o nthe top Of this subj
grade shall be spread and thoroughly
tamped three inches of concrete and
on this shall be laid the finishing
coat of one inch of cement mortarl
thoroughly coated and trowled to q
smooth surface. The finish must foil
low the concrete as rapidly as posi-
sible and in no case must the finish
coat be put on more than n hou4
after the concrete has been placed.
All sidewalks shall be divided intd
four-foot blocks and shall have All
expansion joining cut entirely
through the concrete at the end oil
each block and sand line. All joint]
shall be cut true to line at righI
angles to the center line of the pave
ment and one-inch expansion joint
every forty feet, filled with pitch, al.
joints shall be neatly finished will.
proper finishing tool. The edge OF
corner of the pavement shall bE
neatly rounded with a proper finishA
ing tool.
All walks Of other widths shall bS
finished in the same n except
the blocks shall be of such dimenE
sions as the city may decide best in
each particular pavement.
The surface of the completed WALL
shall be protected from the sun fot
three days by a coat of sand onf
inch deep kept moistened or by any
other suitable method.
All fills over six inches in heighI
shall be put down in six-inch layers
dampened and well tampe,.
The contractor shall do all gradE
ing under four inches and all fJiS
not over four inches at no expense
to the property owners. All grading
in excess of the above shall be paid
for by the property owners at sd
much per cubic yard.
All retaining walls, where required
shall be paid for by the lineal foot
The gravel shall be worked back ono
inch from the face to give it a good
smooth surface. All concrete walks
shall be made one foot from the prop
erty line.
CONCRETE.
All concrete to be used in walks
shall consist of one part Portland
cement, good pit run gravel in thd
proportion of two parts sand and five
parts clean gravel as near as pos
sible, thoroughly mixed with hand OF
machine, sufficient water being add
ed to give it a moistened surface
when thoroughly rammed.
MORTAR.
The mortar shall consist of one
part Portland cement and two parts
good clean sand, no sand screenina
larger than one-fourth inch. The
cement and sand to be thoroughly
mixed and dry and then made intd
mortar by adding sufficient water
CEMENT.
All cement in the work shall be
Portland or some standard; no dam
aged cement will be allowed in the
work.
GRAVEL.
All gravel used in this work shall
be clean, flint gravel and be free from
loan or clay and not larger than will
pass through a two-inch ring.
SAND.
All sand shall be clean, hard,
coarse grit, entirely free from any
foreign matter.
The above and foregoing plans and
specifications having been adopted
by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen
of the City of Macon, Mississippi, they
are ordered spread on the minutes.
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State of Mississippi,

State of Mississippi,
NoXubee County.
I, J. ]. Scott, Clerk of the Mayo,
and Board of Aldermen, hereby Ger
tify that the above and foregoing or
dinance, having been previously re
duced to writing, was read and con
sidered by sections and then as 4;
whole and voted upon by yea and ma,
vote: it was adopted on final passag,
by Aldermen Featherston, Patty
Patty and George voting yea and non,
voting nay.
I further certify that said ordi
nance was ordered published as pro
vided by law.
This the 18th day Of July, 1918.
]. ]. SCOTT, Clerk.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-08-02
An Inspiring illustration.



II you ever bad any doubt abou'
your Junior Senator's loyalty since
the outbreak Of the great wal il
1914, just gaze upon the from
page Of the last number of the sen
ator's campaign sheet, and yor
will behold a picture that should
set at rest forever any such impi
Gus thought. Behold, not your
Senator Of today, but the mighty
war lord, the doughty ''majah,'
full panoplied in the habilimcnts
Of war, his menacing sword at his
side, his S%ampsonian locks flowing
in the breeze. Time, the year 1893;
occasion, the gigantic death strug.
gle with the might power of Spain.
No, the sword wasn't bloody. 1t
didn't get bloody at all that W,
eve heard Of, and We should have
heard Of it, never doubt. But
the "majah" was there Just thu
same, in characteristic spectacular
array, and so il you don't belicv,
that Vardaman has been loyal t.
his government in it's present slight
unpleasantness with the little ger
man principality, just look on thai
picture and be convinced. If h,
was so patriotic then, what a sub.
lime personificatior of patriotism
he must be now!
Now we have no fault to find
with the gallant Major for COUGHING
his lance, Quixotic fashion, against
the Spanish windmill some twenty
years ago, even If he did forget to
spur his steed and make the
charge. But we can't see for the
life of us how that fact proves that
our Junior Senator has been loyal
to his country in its relations with
the most damnablc a~utocrcy, the
most powerful military organiza
ton in all history. AndIthat Var
daman as senator did by speech
and act repeatedly cndeavor to EN-
barrass his own govcrnment-his
own democratic administration in
its relations with the German gov.
eminent is a matter of record, and
the record will not lie.
And if, in order to prove his
loyalty during the present war it
be necessary for his personal organ
to HE back into history aud pro
duce a picture of Vardaman in mil.
itary attire, rull twenty years ago,
IN a mimic wal under a Rcpubli
can administration. then the scna
tors defence Of his present record
must be a lamcntably weak one at
best.
PART IL,
oh, but we forgot. When wal
was declared by our government
against the will and votel of Mr.,
Nardaman, Mr.. LaFollette ct al.
the very next day our Junior Sen.
ator strobe over to the Office of the
Secretary of State and offered his
services to his.country to the Sec.
Rotary in person. We do wonder
If this is what he said in that thrill
ing moment of sublime self sacri
flee.
Mr.. Secretary: In view of the
fact that this is going to be a wal
"purely for pecuniary protit;" in
further view of the fact that, altho
Germany has made every posi-
bic concession to avoid it war has
nonetheless been declared, | am
here before you this morning to of.
fer my distinguished services on
the field of battle, to ''stab Ger.
many in the back" as has been
proposed, promising to be just as
and devoted to my country
in the trenches as I have endcav.
pred to be on the floor of the Sen.
ste."
But now, really, do you suppose
The Senator thought his services
WOULD be accepted ard are you at
" qVFEFised that MI, yoFe dc.
M iNGl
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1918-03-15

port or ports in United States
to which such supplies should
be sent he will guarantee the
necessary transportation subject
alone to interruptions from biz
yards and floods.
All officers and employees of
the railroads, says the Director
General, now serve the Govern
ment and the public interest
only. He asks them to get the
spirit of this new era supreme
devotion to country and an III
vincible determination to perform
the imperative duties of the hour,
cooperation, not antagonism; con-
tidence, not suspicion; mutual
helpfulness, not grudging per-
Torrance; just consideration, not
arbitrary disregard tof each
others rights and feelings; and
an earnest desire to serve the
great public faithfully and ef6ci-
emily. To save America, to say e
the world from despotism, we
must work together.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1918-03-15

Miss 10 Davis is with her sister,
Mrs. Walter Robins at BrOd head.
Fred Bryant, son of Milt Rry
ant, was here this week from
Harlan county,. looking for men
to work in and around the mines
James Dalton is at home on
furlough Some of his Indiana
relatives have come here to See
him before his leaving for lover
there
On account of Il shower of rain
Miss Risse Williams, who Was
visiting Winchester friends missed
attending the fatal theatre in
which twelve lives were lost last
Saturday night.
Russell Proctor barely misss d
being in the Winchester disaster
Saturday night where so many
lost their lives He had started
to the theatre that fell in but
changed his mind. 1t was but a
few minutes later till the fatal
crash came
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1918-03-15

Cas- Cox, the barber man, when
a boy tod his Sunday school
teacher the devil was dead.
"What makes you think that ?"
said the startled teacher.
dad said So" explained the
small boy: Il was standing in
The street with him yesterday
when a funeral passed and when
he say it he said: Poor devil,
he's dead"
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1918-03-15
GOVERNMENT CONTROL OF
RAILROADS.

Director General McAdoo has
announced that while the rail-
roads are under the control of
the Government it is futile to
impose fines upon them Tor viO-
lations of the law and of the
orders of the Interstate Com
merce Commission, and it there
fore becomes the duty of the
Director General in the enforce
ment of the law and said orders
to impose punishment for will
full and unexcusable violations
thereof upon the person or per-
sons responsible therefor.
1t is announced that when the
prompt public transportation
service requires it, employees
will be required to work reason
able amount of overtime, but ex'
cessive hours of employment
will not be required.
Pending a disposition of the
question of wages and hours, al
requests of employees involving
revlsions of schedules of genera
changes affecting wages anc
hours will be held in allegiance
The question of wages when de
termined will be made retroactive
to January 1, 1913.
The Director General state:
that if he is notified o. the 10
cation of specific supplies TO
TRANSPORTATION TO Europe and tn
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1918-03-15

Tommy Thomas, the newsboy,
one of the victims in the Win
chester disaster Saturday night
was bright hustling little fell
low and was one of the Boone
Way Mans friends in Clark's
Capital. Tommy's distrsught
mother went to the school build
ing Monday to see him, being
unable to believe him dead.
School having been dismissed
for the funerals that day. she
was shown thru the various
empty rooms, not finding him
she was persuaded to return
home where Tommy was lying
in his casket- The mother
could not realize he was dead.