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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-05-17
ON GUARD

AT this time of the year people feel
weak, tired, l~istless, their blood is thin,
they have lived indoors and perhaps
expended all their mental and bodily
energy and they want to know how to
renew their energy and stamina, over
come headaches and ~backaches, have
clear eyes, a smooth, ruddy skin, and
feel the exhilNration Of real good health
tIngling thru their body. Good, pure,
rich, red blood Is the best insurance
against Ills of all kinds. Almost all
diseases come from impure and impoy.
erished blood. II Is to be noticed In the
pale or pimply face, the tired, haggard
appearance or the ~listleSs manner
Drink hot water II half hour before
meals, and for n vegetable tonic there's
nothing better than DR.. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery. the old-fashIoned
herbal remedy, which has had such n
fine reputation for fifty years. 1t con.
tains no alcohol or narcotics. 1t is
made from Golden Seal root. Blood,
root, Oregon grape root, Queens root,
Black Cherry bark, extracted with gly,
cerlne and made into tablets and LIQUID
Tablets sixty cents, at most drug stores
In order TO insure pure blood and &c
build up the system try this tonic
known as DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery. Get II nowl
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-05-17
WAGE BOARD GIVES
RAIL- MEN INCREASE
Allowances, Based on Living Cost,
Benefit 1889, 1893.
UP TO M'ADO0 FOR APPROVAL
Commission Submits Report to the d.
rector General. Dealing With Va
rlouS Phases Of tho Railroad
Situation.

Washington. d. c.. May Am ad-
vance In wages to 1898 8 railroad
employees, and ranging from / per
cent to the highest to 43 per cen to
the lowest paid, a~ggregating $500, 600
900 Is provided for In the report to
Director General McAdoo by the rail-
road wage commission.
Mr. McAdoo Is expected to adopt
only part Of the recommendations and
probably will make q number OF DIFF.
ferent alignments in deciding what
wage increases shall be granted.
In general, the director general ad-
vocates higher pay for most classes OF
workmen to enable them to meet In
creased living costs, but he has been
represented as favOring pr~oportionate-
ly larger Increases for some classes
than for others now making the same
pay, He also Is strongly opposed to
granting wage increases which might
disarrange the general scheme Of pay
existing throughout other industries.
Leaders to Protest.
The leaders Of the four principal
railway brotherhoods found on ex-
aiming the report that they had
been recommended for less than half
the Increases they had asked Of the
railroad arrangements before govern.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-05-17
THREE KINDS OF GENTLEMEN
Somewhat Peculiar Distinctions That
Are Made by Inhabitants OF the
Emerald Island.

Ireland IS the only country In which
1t has ever been customary to classify
gentlemen as Of three distinct kinds or
species.
Probably the distinctions are still
recognized to some eXtenut In the En-
crald Isle, but two centuries ago, and
even much Inter. they were defined
respectively rs Gomez the "half-mount.
ed (two) the gentleman every Inch
of him." and (three) the gentleman to
the backbone"
The first class consisted Of descend
ants Of Cromwell's soldiers, who, II
they could ride well, were called
"BuckskIn Breeches," or "SQulreens."
The second clnss was composed Of
descendants Of old families whose es-
tates had been forfeited to the crown
(for rebellion or other rensons), and
who had hcen compelled to lower them
selves by working for a living, In trade
or the professions.
The third class-the gentlemen ia
the bnckbone"-comprised the old
stock, or folks who lived on the ancient
family estates and the labor of the
p%casantry pertaining to their domains.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-05-17
CaIomeI Today! Sick Tomorrow!
Guarantee DOdSon'S Liver Tone
Don't take nasty, dangerous calomel when bilious,
constipated, headachy. Listen to me!

Calomel makes you sick you lose u
days work. Calomcl is quicksilver
and 1t ~sallyates; calomel Injuries your
liver.
If you are bilious, feel lazy, slug
giSh and NIL knocked out, II your bow
els are constipated and your head
aches or stomach Is sour, just take a
spoonful Of harmless DOdson's Liver
Tone instead OF using slckening, sail
waiting calomel. Dodson's Liver Tone
Is real liver medicine. You'll know 1t
next morning because you will wake
up feeling fine, your liver will be work
Ing. your headache and dizziness gone.
your stomach will be sweet and bow
els regular. You will feel like work,
Ing. You'l be cheerful; full Of ylgOr
and ambition.
Your druggist or dealer sells you n
bottle Of Dodson's Liver Tone for a
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-05-17
rheumatism
Relief Csc.
Nature's Remedy (NR Tablsts), Are
Helping Thousands Who Tried II.
psnsive Thlngs Without Rssult.
tie Guaranteed.

human existence,-the digestion Of
food, the extraction Of n~ourishmenk
from 1t and the elimination Of waste.
Poor digestion and assimilation
means failure to derive full nourishs
ment from food and that in turn often
means impoverished blood, weakness,
Anemia, etc. Poor elimination means
an accumulation Of waste matter,
which poisons the body. lowers vitality,
decreases the power Of resistance to
disease and leads to the development
OF many serious ills.
Rheumatism,-due to some inter-
ference with the process Of elimina-
tion, failure to get rid Of certain body
to any medicine that fails to correct
the condition responsible for 1t. Could
any reasonable person expect to rid
himself OF rheumatic pain a long as
rheumatic poison Is allowed to remain
In the body.
cess Of Nature Q Remedy (NR Tablets)
medicines have failed. Thousands are
using Mr. Tablets every day and get
ting relief. Why pay Ave or ten
times as much for uncertain things?
A 25c box Of Natures Remedy (NR
Tablets). containing enough to last
twenty-five days,-must help you.
must give you prompt relief and sat-
tsfactory benefit or cost you nothing.
Nature's Remedy is not only for
the relief Of rheumatism. It Inn
proves digestion, tones the liver, reg.
ulates kidney and bowel action, inn
proves the blood and ~cleanses the
system. You've tried the expensive
medicines and doctors. now make the
real test You'll get results this time.
Tablets) IL sold, guaranteed and
recommended by YOU druggist 4
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-05-17
EVERYTHING Nj FULL SIGHT
According to Children, There Seemed
Little Doubt That II Was Soon
Going to Rain.

One evening. Notwithstanding the
brilliantly and the little ones were
watching with eager interest the clear
ing Of dark days.
81 see the dlpper," cried the boy, our
eldest, aged seven.
"Yes," adds papa, and It's standing
on its head"
II guess it's going to RAIN" says Ed
gar, who is five. While from Sta, our
three-year-old, Papa, papa, and l see
the faucet"
Outside our kitchen door there
stands a spigOt beside which we keep
a dipper hanging for the children's es-
pecial use.-LOs Angeles Times.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-05-17
COULD HARDLY
GET Her BREATH
On Account Of Tight, Smothering
Feeling, Caused From Aching
Lump in Stomach. Black
Draught Relieved This
Lady.

Kings Mountain, Ky.-Mrs. Belle
Jenkins, Of this town, says: "For
about four years I suffered with stom.
ach trouble. It seemed like a lump
formed in my stomach and I could
hardly get my breath for the tight,
smothering feeling. This lump, or
whatever 1t was, ached constantly. l
couldn't sleep at night. I had no appe-
lite and began falling off. I am nat.
urally n large woman but Just weighed
l3o lbs. | got so nervous l felt l could
not stand It any longer. I knew In my
condition | could not live long.
We had n doctor, he said 'indlges.
tion.' took medicine from him, but
1t did not seem to help me any. We
had another doctor. He said Il was
neuralgia Of the stomach | took his
medicine, still there was that aching
lump. Finally the doctor d,cided II
might be a decayed tooth, and advised
me to have my teeth drawn, which
did. l didn't get any better.
One night my husband brought home
n sample Of Black-Draught | had been
unusually restless. took the sample
next morning, l told him l believed
felt better, He brought home n pack.
age, and two packages cured me and
fully believe saved my life. | weigh
lS3 lbs. and am the picture of health
Your druggist sells Black raught
Try it.-Adv.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-05-17

ment control started and which they
repeated before the commission. Their
demands had been for an average OF
somewhat less than 40 per cent, and
increases for them average less than
20 per cent.
Some union leaders who anticipated
that the commissions recommended
lions would not be for as great
amounts as they had asked already
have appealed to Director General MIG
Adoo to amend the proposed scale to
give them higher pay. Others, how
ever, virtually have agreed TO accept
the report.
The wage advances, which range all
the way from 81 to $34 a month, are
increases above the amount of pay
each employee was receiving on De
cember 81. 1915. Employees who have
received advances since that date will
benefit now to the extent of the differ
ence between their present wage and
that fixed by the wage commission.
The net cost OF the additional pay
to the railroads is estimated at $780,
O00,0OO. This Is exclusive Of the eSti-
mated deficit Of $S00,000,0Oo in govern.
ment operation of the railroads this
year, rs n result Of which Director
General McAdoo contemplateS ad-
vancing passenger rates ut least 2h
per cent and freight rates possibly as
much as Is per cent.
Based on Living Cost.
The scheme Of wage advances adopt
ed Is based on an inquiry into the
cost OF living, which the commission
found has increased approximately 40
per cent TO the average railroad EN-.
ployee receiving SS5 a month.
The commission favors a shorter
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-05-17

uation has been made by the simple
application Of supply and demand,
which Is In turn now varied, affected,
and modified by those limitations aris-
ing out of the artificial but necessary
and historic methods OF collective bar
gaining.
Nevertheless, there stands out one
dominating fact, recognized by rail.
road workers as we'll as by railroad
oflcials-that the lower grades Of
railroad employment, those In which
the supply Of labor has been less re-
stricted, and where organization has
been difficult, II not impossible, de-
serve wage Increases out of proportion
to the increases for those In superior
grades.
IAN unprecedented call had come for
men Of certain trades in connection
with the new industries that had been
created by the war in Europe, and this
long before u entry into the conflict
Machlnists and iron workers of all
kinds found themselves to be essential
20 the great munition plants and day
labor Of the most unskilled character
rose into high demand.
Cut OF Those Not Needed.
'The commission recommends thai
during the period Of government con.
duct of the railroads no salaries paid
to officials who are not essential &c
the operation Of the roads shall be
charged as part of the operating ex
penses.
There should be constituted a tri
bunal or tribunals to continue tn,
study of railroad labor problems, com
posed in part at least of men expert
enced in this kind Of work. for con
ditlons are ever changing"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-05-17

few cents under my personal guaran'
tee that 1t will clean your sluggish
liver better than nasty calomel; II
won't make you sick and you can eat
anything You want without being sali.
waited. Your druggist guarantees that
each spoonful will start your liver,
clean your bowels and s~trHighten you
up by morning or you get your money
back. Children gladly take DOdson's
Liver Tone because It Is pleasant tast'
Ing and doesn't grippe or cramp OF
make them sick.
I am selling millions OF bottles OF
DodSon's Liver Tone to people who
havc found that this pleasant, vege
table liver medicine takes the place OF
dangerous calomel. Buy one bottle or
my sound, reliable guarantee. ASH
your druggist about me.-Adv.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-05-17
In No Condition to Slide.

A woman passed a group of chill
dren and overheard them taunt a little
fellow because he would not slide down
a coping like the rest Of them were
doing.
One little fellow said. "You are
afraid to slide down."
The lad replied. II guess you
wouldn't want to slide down either, II
you were me, who's already had six
spankings this morning"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-05-17
For MALARIA, CHIlLS and FEVER.
Recruiters Please Notice.

In M city they were recruiting n
battalion Of short men known MS the
"Bantams."
one day our little ~four.ycar-old sol
der came In complaining OF tlredness
When asked what he had been doing
he said, 1--WE been recruiting all day
(Which battalion IRE you recruiting
for?" he was asked.
The Bantnms," he replied.
How many did YOU gct?" was the
next query,
"Oh," ne snld with Il little sigh OF
WEAKNESS. II recruited 800 bantams
and one rooster !'-Cnnadlan.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-05-17

average wo-kday, presumably eight
hours. hgJ decided that In the war
emergency the nation could not afford
10 pa, into effect q reform that would
'lw down the war machinery and
discriminate against other classes OF
workers being called upon for great
sacrifices.
Rates Of overtime pay are not dis
turbed and the increases are adjusted
TO the mileage basis Of compensation
Of some employees. a road engineer,
for example, receiving an increase Of
ia per cent in his mileage rate. A
scheme Of applying the increases to
piece work and overtime therefor Is
also provided.
An important feature Of the report
was the recommendation that where
the same service Is rendered the pay
shall be the same, without discrimina-
ton as to sex or race.
Report Of Commission.
The report Of the commission, con-
sisting Of Franklin X. Lane, secretary
Of the interior; Charles c. McChord,
j. Harry COvington, and William X.
Wilcox, Is an exhaustive one. In part
the report says:
1.-The requests which have come to
us for wage Increases, would, II fully
granted, involve an additional outlay
In wages of somewhat over 5 1,0OO,OOO,-
600 per year In excess Of the wage fund
of last year, which exceeded $1,000,
100000. Some asked for an increase
of 100 per cent In their pay, and from
this they graduated downward to 10
per cent. None were satisfied with
their present wages.
ITO classify the many hundreds OF
employments In which the 100000
railroad workers engage would be a
task calling for more time, skill, In
sight, and knowledge than we possess.
At the outset, 1t was seen that there
were grave inequalities in the rates OF
wages paid. But who could say what
relationship each class Of employees
should bear to the other? Abstractly,
why should an engineer receive $17O
per month and a telegraph operator
500 per month";
'In the world of economics this sit
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-05-17

II hear you have Il college graduate
for n cook. Isn't that very expen-
Sive?"
Not very, She works for her board
and clothes"
How is that?"
shes my wife"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-05-17

Or. Psery's Dead Shot" not only sxpels
Worms or Tapeworm but cleans out tho
mucus In which they breed and tones up
tho digestion. One dose sufficient. Adv.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-05-17
No Chance,

Dear, do you love me still7"
How can | tell. my love. till I've
seen Won that way7"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-05-17

And yet contractors are employed to
widen streets.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-05-17

Existence of friendship depends on
the reciprocity Of esteem.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-05-17
Important to Mothers

lmpoTtdnt 10
Examine carefully every bottle Of
CASTORIA, that famous old remedy
for infants and children, and see that 1t
signature Ds' ''a'rs'essfIZhAZZM
In Use for Over 80 Years.
Children Cry for Fletcher's Castoria
Blocked the Move.
II thought you told me you were go
ing to break up housekeeping"
Eve did intend to, hut the cook re-
fused to leave. Boston Transcript.
To Drive Out Malaria and Build Up
The System
Take the Oh Standard GROVES TASTELRSS
chill TONIC. You know what you are taking a.
the formula 10 printed on every label showing Il n
Qulnine and Iron In . Tasteless form 0c.
Money talks when 1t is put up as a
guaranty.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-05-17
Blocked the Move,
To Drive Out Malaria and Build Up
guaranty

Money talks when 1t is put up as a
guaranty.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-10-30

IF people would quit the unneces-
1 sary custom CT sending flowers TO
funerals and invest the same amount
in charity" said rabbi Martin Zie-
lonka. "a great deal Of suffering
would be relieved The health de-
partment announces that there will be
close to COO deaths in FL Paso this
month, the highest in the history OF
the city. It can safely be said that
an average Of SO IS spent for flowers
on each funeral This means $4,000
invested IN flowers for the dead. The
sentiment IS very fine, but in times
like these. when we need all the
money possible for carrying on the
war and when there is much need in
the world, it would be even finer to
donate the money TO charity The
friend wishing 10 remember the dead
could send a card TO the relatives stat
ing that such and such an amount was
being sent TO some charity in the
name OF deceased or the friend could
sent the check for that amount to the
fereaved family 70 be given TO the
1avorite charity OF deceased. Much
distress could be relieved in this way"
Every true American must admire
Gen. Pershing for his clean, Christian
life" said J. L2ndrum Graham, county
chairman for the united war work
campaign about 70 be launched in FL
Paso.
The proudest thing to be said
about and for the American army in
France from a moral viewpoint is that
It's commanding general is just as
anxious to see his soldiers maintain
a clean, faithful standard Of manly
integrity as 10 see them come OF
victorious in battle. His moral con-
cern for his men goes deep. II is out
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-10-30

the polar bear gentleman, lives. Would
you like to co.
Yes answered the muskrat LADY,. T
would like TO see some moving pic
lures If ever. I can get the leaves
swept up in time"
'T'li help you said Uncle Wigsily.
So he got a broom. borrowing one from
Mrs. Wibblewobble. the duck lady next
door. and, between them he and Nurse
Jane swept I'D the dried leaves
OF course more kept falling but
Uncle WigGiiy said they could stay on
the ground until the next day Then
he and Nurse Jane went TO the movies
They saw 4 funny picture called -
Piece OF Cherry Pie" in five parts-I
mean there were five parts. or reels.
to the piece. not to the cherry pie. and
there was another fur picture
called Why Babies Cry rise Jane
laughed at that. because FL was so
funny where a pussy cat ticikled one
baby under the chin with its tall
mean with the cats tail
Then there was q last picture show
ing how every one could help win the
war by making 2 little garden and
on the screen il said that dried leaves
were good 10 mix with the soil. Or
earth. 10 make II rich 50 more things
That's one use for falling leaves"
said Uncle Wiggily.
Yes. see il is spoke Nurse Jane.
And pretty soon she was 10 find an
other use For il was late in the AZ
ternoon- when she and Uncle WigEily
came out Of the moving pictures. and
as they were hurryinE on 20 their hol-
low stump bungalow. all OF a sudden
the bad old Pipsisewah jumped out
from behind a bush and began 10
chase them
'Ill get YOU piped the Pipsisewah-
Run. JAMIE. rum cried Uncle Wig
Cilv. and. taking hold 81 the muskrar
iady's hand. he helped her to run. But
run as fast rs they did the Pipsise-
wah ran even faster, and he was just
going 70 catch them. and maybe bite
some souse off their ears. for all Z
know. when. all OF n sudden. there
came a big puff Of wind
II blew lot OF dried leaves off the
forest trees. and the leaves tapped
and Topped and Tipped in the face OF
the Pipsisewah, and he couldn't see
Uncle MigEily nor Nurse Jane any
more than II they were in a fog. 50
their hollow stump bungalow. and the
Pipsisewah didn't get any souse At
all
Wei. 7 guess dried, falling leaves
are more useful than thought" said
Nurse Jane. and Uncle WigEilv said
the same thing. And II the hot wafer
bag doesn't wake up in the middle OF
the night and cry so loudly that Il
wakes the alarm clock. III tell you
next about Uncle WigEiiy and Pump
Kin Pete--Copyright. 1918, BY Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-10-30
Bedtime Story for the Little Ones
UNCLE wIGGILY AND THE FALLING LEAVES.
By HOWARD r CARTS. --v--ru--.uurrrulrn

NURSE Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy, the
Y muslrat lady housekeeper. was
out in front Of the hollow stump bun
galow. where she lived with Uncle
Wiggily Longears. the bunny rabbit
gentleman. sweeping the falling
leaves off the path.
"Oh. dear mer' exclaimed the musk
rat lady. as she swung the broom side
ways This Is too much"
What is2' asked Uncle Wiggliy.
cheerful like. as he came out on the
porch TO give his pink nose an early
morning twinkle.
Sweeping up these falling leaves"
said Nurse Jane. They keep dropping
all the while, and, no sooner do I get
one lot swept up than another comes
sitting down I wish there wern't any
falling leaves"
Tut Tut Please don't say THAR
begged the bunny rabbit gentleman
The old leaves have 10 come off the
trees in the fall or there would be
no new ones on in the spring.
"Oh. I suppose so.' said the musk
rat lady. as she Tipped a pile Of brown
leaves away with her broom But. all
the same. 7 don't like them I'll be
glad when they're gone"
Wen. maybe the dried. falling
leaves have some use in this world. II
We only knew what IL vas. said the
bunny.
Then he ate his breakfast. and he
was just going off to look for an ad-
venture in the woods. when he hap
pened 10 read something in the paper.
which he looked over every morning.
Hello. Nurse Janet" cried Uncle
Wiggily, real jolly like "Eow would
you like TO go TO this7"
What Is it-a psrty2" asked the
muskrat lady.
NO. but almost as nice" answered
Uncle WigEily. There's going to be a
moving picture show this afternoon in
the woods near where Mr. WhiteWash
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-10-30
Little Interviews

OF his own personal valuation OF re-
ligious faith-his own experience Of it
that Gen. Pershing has set his heart
on having every soldier under his
command preserve in France what
ever religious faith he brought from
the homelsnd-au Of IL at full
strength-and get more OF it IL he
can.
This is the handspring Of the en-
coura cement which the commanding
general has so constantly given to the
Y. NJ c. A. the Knights OF Columbus
The Jewish Welfare board and the
Salvation Army. He wants his men
under the influence Of these religious
forces. Il is the secret also Of his
quiet unexampled pains to develop
the power and use OF the chaplaincy
among his trOops-the reason why he
unheard of office Of senior chaplain
Of the army, and on appointing 10 the
position the man who had been his
own most strengthening spiritual
OunselOr-bishOp Brent No great
soldier ever issued before TO his
troops any such moving religious ap-
peal as that unofficial but nightly
effective word of counsel. SO widely
circulated by the Y. N. c. A, in which
Gen Pershing, like an older brother
Of his soldiers, begs them TO be true
to the precepts Of God And these
public signs confirm the reality OF
the conviction which an innocent
revelation Of headquarters secrets
tells Of his expressing to his staff:
Gentlemen, this army Of ours has a
heart and a conscience. and that heart
and conscience must be fed In that
great sentence IS the explanation OF
much that makes Gen Pershing
unique among the military chieftaiDs
OF his time"
Quail are comparatively scarce
this season in the southeastern part