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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-09-06
Registration, 18 to rs, Is
Expected to Aggregate
12,778,z58
165,715 to Come From State
About $4,000 From County.
"Our Final Demonstration of
Loyalty and viii VIM"
says the President.

President Wilson signed the
man-power act last Saturday and
by proclamation fixed THURSDAY,
SEPTEMBER 18th, as the date of
registration for all men between
the ages of eighteen and forty
FIVE, both inclusive. not excused
by specific regulations.
! The President appealed for a
maximum registration, 'tour final
demonstration of loyalty, democ-
racy and the will to win, our SOL
emn notice to all the world that
we stand absolutely together in a
common resolution and purpose. :"
1T is the call to duty" he said
ito which every true man in the
country will respond with pride
and with the consciousness that
in doing so he plays his part in
vindication Of a great cause at
whose summons every true heart
offers its supreme service"
General Crowder announced
that a total registration of IL. 778.
758 men Is expected, of which
1871 are expected from Miss
issippi.
The Presidents proclamation
gives in detail the regulations to
govern registration and states IN
clear and concise terms for the
ready Interpretation by every one
interested just what the govern
ment expects.
Certain Exemptions Indicated
"Only a portion Of those who
register will be called upon to
bear arms" the President stated.
"Those who are notIphysically fit
will be excused; those exempted
by alien allegiance; those who
should not be relieved of their
present responsibilities; above all
those who cannot be spared from
the civil and industrial tasks at
home upon which the success of
our armies depends as much as
upon the fighting at the front.
But all must be registered that
the selection for military service
may be made intelligently and
with full information"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-09-06
CRIST MILL AND FEED GRINDER

CRIST MILL AND FEED GRINDER
For sale cheap: Apply to or address
W. B. HELM.
Route 8, Macon, Miss.
For LeGse or Sale.
The best prairie place in Noxubee
county. Miss, containing ll20 acres.
For terms address
MRS. s. N: WALKER,
Columbus, Miss.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-09-06
DONATIONS
FROM CALHOUN AUXILIARY FOR AUGUST
A CARD.

On and after September 1st we will
not deliver goods. We have not had a
delivery boy for two months, and see
no prospects Of getting one, hence the
necessity of this change. We regret
the mistake in last weeks notice and
want to thank our 30-day customers
for pleasant, agreeable patronage.
L. C. TUCKER.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-09-06
MONEY TOLEND

We can get money for you from the
Government or Mortgage Companies.
Make arrangements early.
STRONG \ BUSH,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-09-06
Thursday, Sept. 18th
is Fixed by Wilson
as Big Draft Day.
Fdcts to Remember
About the New Drdft.

THURSDAY, September II, is reg
istration day.
Hours of registration ase between Z
a. m. and 9. m.
Draft includes all males between the
ages Of eighteen and forty-6vs, inclu.
sive, except such as are specially ex.
empted in the proclamation.
Total registration Of IL, ,7SS,75S is
expected, of which Mississippi is esti.
ated to furnish lSS, us.
President appeals tor full registra.
ton as q final demonstration of 10y.
atty. democracy and the will to win.
Absentees may register by mail, but
his registration card must reach the 10.
cal board on or before the day of res.
istration.
Persons who have no permanent
place of residence must register with
the board within whose jurisdiction
they may be on the date of registra-
ton.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-09-06
for those who wish to see him there Sat.
nrday,
c, A. HUGHES,
Phone l3l County Agent.
Phone 1871

The handling of the Fourth Lib
erty Loan Campaign in the Eighth
Federal Reserve District will be
in the same efficient hands that
was the Third Loan. But few
changes have been made in the
Organization, and the lessons
learned by experience will be TAX
en- advantage of to make the
Fourth Loan Campaign even more
of a success than the Third Loan.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-09-06
Snrsical Dsessins Room

SuTstcot Dresetug Noom
Until further notice will be open only
on Tuesday and Wednesdays from to
S. m.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-09-06
STORE HOUSE AND LOT

For sale at Masbulaville. Miss. Fer
terms apply to MISS KATE MAY,
Macon, Miss.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-01-17
u. S. Converts Eight
Hundred Vessels

WASHINGToN. January f6.-Since
the United states entered the wnr
the navy has taken Overland con-
v~rtcd to war use between 700 aud
SEQ passenger md freight vessels.
.nrhts, tugs, fishing bont, aud other
craft. This uns disclosed to-day In
n statement by Chairman oliver. OF
the House InrestlEntipE Committee,
commendipS the bureaus OF con-
struction aud repair and steam en-
gIncerinE for the preparations made
to meet war demands.
Prompt action OF the bureaus in
getting supplies, the stntepent said,
had cnabied the American destroyer
force in tho war zone to keep Ia
continuous opcrntion and IN 4 high
statet Of efficiency. despite the "din-
cult service" In which they nre en-
gnsed.
Representative Dritten, of Illinois,
a nePublicun member OF the COM
r,Ittee, In n statement, commended
the off1ci#Is OF the marine corps for
their foresight in preparing for war
In advance OF it's declaration.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-01-17
MAXIM OUTLINES PLAN
FOR BEST|NC U-B0ATs
American Inventor Explains Ideas to
Senate Committee Following
Adverse Report.
MAKE SHIPS ToRPEDo-PRooF
Absorption Of Gases and Dispersal
Of Heat After Explosion Secured
by Water Tanks Within Hull.
Concrete Skins Advocated.
IBv Associattd rrcssl

WASHINGTON, January lG.-liudson
Maxim, the inventor, to-day outlined
to the Senate ship Investigating com
mittco plans for ship construction
which he claimed would minimize the
effect on merchant vessels OF cxplo-
sionS of torpedoes BY instantly disin-
tcGratinG through cooling process
the gases formed by the explosions.
He said he had sought in vain 20 In
tcrcst the Emergency Fleet Corpora
tion in his proposal, and that he cams
10 the committee in the hope that the
government would conduct experiments
TO determine its worth.
His plan the invcntcr said. was Ia
line the ins;dS OF the hulis OF vessels
with cylinders containing water with
steel screen behind them. When n
TORPEDO exploded. the water tanks, he
said. would be hurled against the
screen. atoni=ins the water, which
would dispcrsc the heat and absorb the
gases. A cargo such as apples, 20.
tatoe5 and similar produce con!ainin. /.
large percentage OF water would
serve just as effectively as the tanks
he said.
Mr.. Maxim declared that the sh;p-
made an Irrelevant and untrue" re-
port Oh his plan, asserting that it
would be expensive and ineffective OF
ships of less than 10000 tons. lie de-
MED that the plan would be costly,
and said it would operate on ships OF
5000 or 5000 tons practically as well
as on larger vessels.
Concrete ships. the inventor said. of K.
fer a greater advantage in combating
the submarine menace than steel or
wooden ships. as they give sCcatcr re-
sistaucc and absorb heat better. 4
concrete hull he said. would ,ocaiizc
an explosion. and ho strongly urged
construction of concrete sIsinS for steel
vessels.
Loss in shipping due TO submarines
Ha9 estimated by the inventor at $4,000
minute. and he said this country
could afford to expend little extra
money in order to make its ship. tor
fighting Germany either must stop the
submarines from lcavin. their bases
or build torpedo proof ships, as he
did not think they should attempt IL
offset tne submarine campaign by
building new vessels.
Maine shipbuiIder3. VINO also appear
ed before the committee. said the cut.
put OF wooden ships in that state
could be increased. They urged tho
construction Of all the ships possible
declaring that even with the mayinlun,
Of effort enough vessels could rot be
built to meet the demands after the
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-01-17
SIX CHILDREN BURNED
Mother Probably Fatally InJured Ia
Heroic Effort TO Save Hrr
Rabies.

PORTLAND. ME-. January l6.-Six
children OF Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Eird
wcrc burned to death to-day when the
homcstcsd. sn isolated farmhouse at
Conner. Me. wa1 destroyed. The chill
crcn's ages ranged from four months
20 ton years.
Mrs. Bird strovo TO save tho little
ones, but was beaten back by tho
1amcs, which injured her probably
fatally. Tho fre was caused BY an
uvorhcatcd stove.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-01-17
COFFIN HELD STRANGER
Father OF Supposedly Dead Nav Goes
to Camp Jackson to See 10
lie Is Alive

SPhRThHBC Eti, S. g.. January l6.---
When relatives and friends Of JAMES
Riding, OF Tryon. y. O.. who was sup
posed to have died or pncumonis at
Camp Jackson. Columbia, pccrcd into
the coffin to-day as il was being low
cred into grave they looked upon
the face of stranger. When tho
discovery was made E,r., Riding. father
Of tho supposedly dead man, left for
Camp Jackson to learn II his son was
really dead. Riding. Jr.. was drafted
into the National Army u month ago.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-01-17

NEW YORK TRIBUNE:-"The
order Is impossible OF. coherent en-
fotccmcnt. The attempt to euferce
Ii will be overwhelmed by demands
for interpretation.
'The fuei administration has lost
it's hcnd.
CDR. Garfield is in ranic and
acts in N beadiouE manner.
"HarinG failed to restore the
natural rhythm of a colossal and
wonderfully delicate n ustriaI
mechanism by pokinE priority orr
ders into II, he proposes now to
mnke u run by beating 1t on the
cnrbStone.
"Thc mechanism will. somehow.
Snrvivc, but fancy the effect that
will he produced uron tho minds of
our partners In war and upon the
enemy
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-01-17

tie II. food, ns well as fael, might
full US for months. The war prep
nrntions of the nation might break
down completely.
"I. however. the hre-day term
of suspended industry can get the
railroad tracks, clear, nnd II the
subsequent period OF nine Monday
holidnys cnn set the trains moving
with their old rlock-lilie regularity,
VIC shnii have emerged from chaos
Into order. IL then we can resume
being the busiest untiop on Garth,
instead of being nm Industrial para
lytic. aa we now are. VIC shall again
he Srent nation for ourselves md
for the world, not before"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-01-17
RUSSIA ISSUES DECREE
IN SUPPORTING AnMENIANS

PETEOGRAD. January 1S.--An off,
cial decree issued to the people Of
Turkish Armenia and signed by Nikolai
Lcninc aud other members OF the Boil
sheyihi says that the government of
Peasants and Workmcn of Russia sup
ports the right Of ArmcnianY in Russia
and Turkey TO the extent OF their COM
p.etc independence and the right to
decide their own destiny.
The decree cnumcratc5 the guaran-
tees necessary for this program. name
iy. the immediate withdrawal Of troops
from the limits Of Turkish Armenia,
tho organization OF militia by the
Armenian people in order to assure
the security OF the persons and prop
erty OF inhabitants, the repatriation
without hindrance OF Armenian emil
grants scattered throughout different
countries. as we'll as repatriation
within Turkish Armenia Of Armenans
taken by force during the war by the
Turkish authorities. and the orSaniza-
lion OF central government OF the
,oplc of Turkish Armenia in the form
OF council of deputies of Armenia n
10 oplc elected according to democrat ic
principles. The decree says gcogra PHI.
ical frontiers must be fixed by demo.
cratic representatives chosen in neigh.
boring countries and the commission of
Caucasus affairs.
The decreo also says that tho council
OF the peoplc'a commissioners AT the
pcace pourparlcrs with the Turks in
sisted or this. and that the commission
en- tauca :ua affairs has been appointed
to assist tho inhabitants of Turkish
Armenia.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-01-17
DRASTIC RULE TO &
SAVE i. S. FUEL
New York y Newspapers Comment Upon
Fuel Administrator Garhelds Order

NEW YORK. WOULD:-"Thc gen
eral order issucd by Fuel hdmipis-
traitor Garfield, last night, Is the
Srcutest disnster that has befuIIe q
the United States in this war.
.UnIess IL Is revoked forthwith
by President Wilson IL means the
less OF hundreds OF millions of dol
lar, In wages and In products nnd
decentralization OF Industry that
can be nothing short OF caInmitous.
And this apart from the actual suf-
fcrinE that must ensuc among great
armies of waEe-enrncrs who depend
upon their days wages for their
daily bread and who are arbitrarily
condemned to idlcncss by the fat
Of a Federal bureaucrat.
"Wc cannot imagine what Mr..
Garfield was thinking of when he
issued this orcer, nor cnn we I'M
dcrstnnd why President Wilson per-
mitted him to Issue Il. The order
tn itself is n confession of Iucom-
potency. There can hc no more
damrisE edict of a fuel ndmIni,tra-
tIon than the wholesale suspcnsicr.
ef industry on account OF tenn
Eorary shortnRe of coal I'm n coun-
try thnt has more coal than any
other"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-01-17
GERMAN rAPERs ANGERED
AT SLOW PEACE DEALINGS

AMSTERDAM January lS.--Great
dissatisfa ction il expressed by the Ger
(Continucd on Second Pase.).
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-01-17

NEW YORK SUN:--Our trans
portntion system has become tied
fu 80 hard knot that VIC might
freeze to death before the govern
ment, struggling along In the help
less way of recent weeks. could un-
The Home news., 1918-06-21
BANKHEAD HIGHWAY
 PATHFINDERS COMING

Several days ago President Plowman and Secretary Roun- tree of the Bankhead Nation al Highway Association, wrote to the various Probate Judges County Commissioners, Road Officials and local officers of the Bankhead Highway Asso- citation, in regard to definitely locating the lines in their res pective counties also making the road with the specially de- signed marker of the Bank head Highway between Allan ta and Memphis.
 They have received the most satisfactory replies from most every county between the two cities. The replies show that these officials as we'll as the people are anxious to coop crate in this work and every assistance will be renered to build, maintain and mark this highway.
 The Pathfnders Committee, reports on the route from Greensboro, N. c. to Washing ton, on the the Eastern and Piedmont Route will be made very soon. In order that every detail in regard to their deci- sions will be clear, they have
The Home news., 1918-06-21

traversed these routes again and gone into details more ex- tensively than ever. They will make their report to President Plowman, when he will call a meeting of the Board of Direc- tors at Charlotte, N. C., to re- ceive the same. Thirty days notice will be given of this meeting so that a full attend ance of the meeting will take place and all parties interest ed in the route will be present and contest the report, if they see proper, or approve the same.
 Secretary Rountree, in ac- cordance with the agreement and resolutions adopted at the annual meeting of the Bank head Highway Association at Little Rock, April IS and 19, has commenced to arrange the details of the Pathfnding Com mittee that will go over the contesting routes of the Bank head National Highway Asso- citation from Memphis to Little Rock and from Little Rock to ElPaso, Texas, over three con- testing routes. This tour promises to be the most suc- cessful and important one that has ever been made in the U. s. It will be an epoch making one. It will be the realization
The Home news., 1918-06-21
NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that on this, the 14th day of June, 1918, the Board of Commis- sioners for Road Improvement District No. 3, of Woodruff County, have filed in my office the book, showing the assess ment of benefits to be received by all tracts of lands, rail roads and other real property within said district; the land embraced in said district being as follows, to-wit:
 Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, II, 12, 13, IA, 15, Is, IT, IS, in township 7 north, range 2 west; and sections 1, 2, 8, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, II, 12, IS, IA, 15, 16, IT, IS, in township 7 north, range 1 west; and sec tions 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36 in township 8 north, range I west; all in the northern dis trict of Woodruff County.
 NOW THEREFORE, all per- sons, firms or corporations ag- grieved by reason of any as- sessment, are hereby warned to appear before the Woodruff County Court for the Northern District on the End day of July 1918, for the purpose of hav- ing any errors adjusted, or ny wrongful or grievous as- sessment corrected, the second day of July being the day fix ed for the hearing, this 14th day of June, by the Woodruff County Court for the Northern District.
 WITNESS my hand and seal as clerk for the Woodruff County Court for the Northern District this the 14th day of June, 1918.
 (SeaD Walter Jimerson,
 Clerk of Woodruff County Court for the Northern Dis trict.
The Home news., 1918-06-21

Mesdames Conner, McDan- iel, Mitchell and Timmermeis- ter, of Augusta, were in this city the first of the week in the interest of the Red Cross.
 The knitters of McCrory made a shipment of 9 knitted articles to the Red Cross Chap ter in Augusta Wednesday. The Augusta Chapter will make a shipment to Division Headquarters in St. Louis Fri day.
The Home news., 1918-06-21
How She Banished.. Backache

Mrs. Effie E. -Kleppe, Aver ill. Minn., writes: ''I was at a sanatarium three weeks at one time, two weeks at another time, for rheumatism and kidney trouble and got no re- lief. On my return began using Foley Kidney Pills; found immediate relief; half bottle completed the cure. Always use when I feel pain in my back"
The Home news., 1918-06-21

On June 28 every American will be summoned to enlist in the great "army that stays at home" On that day every loyal American should and will "sign the pledge" to in vest a definite amount in War Savings Stamps each month during 1918. The Stamps cost S4.17 each in June and Uncle Sam will pay you $500 for them January 1, 1923.
The Home news., 1918-06-21
Fort Meyer. Va.
 June 10, 1918.

O oAAS AOS ! S Aos Mir. w. w. Raney:
 Dear sir:
 Enclosed find $1.OO for which please send me the Home News for one year, sub- ject to the change of address. And hoping that you may soon have the pleasure of send ing it to me Somewhere" in France. We are preparing to go over soon.
 ELMO MELTON 1st Go. Musicians, 30 Engi- reers, Gas and Flame Unit. Co F., End Battalion.
 Fort Meyer, Va.
The Home news., 1918-06-21
RED CROSS NOTICE

Mrs. J. R. Nelson now has charge of the Red Cross knit ting. All knitters are urged to meet at the parsonage Mon day afternoon at 3:30 o'clock and receive the latest instruc- tions. Mrs. Nelson also has charge of the Red Cross yarn.
The Home news., 1918-06-21

of a dream to connect Wash ington City with Los Angeles, Calif., so that the tourist will have an all year road.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-09
Direct Appeal to
Liberals of All Nations

# Mr.. Wilson's address is directed
primarily toward Russia it is second
arily aimed at the liberals in all coun-
tries. Steadily have the governments
opposed to Berlin yielded to the labor
and other radical sentiment among
their peoples, which have sympathized
with many Of the wishes Of the new
democracy CT Russia.
One of the things radicals every
whore wanted was a statement of war
aims. This desire of the classes from
which the soldiers were drawn and
upon which the nations depended for
labor TO keep up war supplies has
forced the Allied countries to face the
difficult task Of reaching a frank un-
derstanding as to what they were fight
ing for, and then 70 make its terms
public. Mr.. Wilson'S further pledge.
to end once and for all the kind Of Sc
crct diplomacy which has made this
war possible, will do much to hold rad
ical support firm fer the war. The
larger aims, as the President states
thsm, will appeal to radicals as some
thing worth fighting for. The lesser
or purely nationalistic aims are a logi-
cal development and application of the
larger and international aims 1t is
New-York tribune., 1918-01-09
Repairs an Error
In British Diplomacy

1t is impossible to match that either
in spirit or words in Lloyd Georges
speech The difference is striking.
The most likely explanation of the
speech is that Mr.. Wilson has seized an
opportunity to repair what he regards
as an error in the British Prcmicr's
diplomacy.
The President evidently sees an op-
portunity in the parleys that have been
broken of to hold Russia true in spirit
to the Allied cause, even if, as a mill
tary factor. she has ceased to be i'm
portant. He secs the threat Of, Ger
man world domination in extension of
the kaiser's power over the conquered
Russian provinces, and tries to keep
Russia from making disgraceful peace
with the Hohenzollerns by expressions
of sympathy and promises OF support
during the long and difficult period
while Russia is learning the art Of self
government.
The promises of aid to Russia and
the demand for the evacuation of Rus
sian territory are not conditioned upon
any attitude Russia may take. Even if
Russia should make the separate peace,
Mr. Wilson apparently would still de-
mand that she should be rehabiltated
when the Allies come to their settle
ment with the Central Powers.
Lloyd George virtually washed his
hands of Russia, at least while the Boil
New-York tribune., 1918-01-09
Differs With Lloyd George
On Russian Question

1t is precisely here that Mr.. Wilson
differs most strikingly from Lloyd
George. The British Premier slurred
over the Russian situation. lie held
out no hope to those in Russia who arc
fighting ruinous peace with Ger
many and expressed no sympathy with
the aspirations Of the troubled de-
mocracy Of that country, even going
so far as to suggest the conventional
dissatisfaction with it's present rulers
Mr.. Wilson's speech is totally differ
cnt in tone. He makes the occasion for
his remarks the parleys at Brest-
Litovsk which have just been broken
off. His address is full of sympathy for
Russia, whose present rulers even arc
not excluded from consideration. He
says Of the Russian people: "Their
conception of what is right, of what is
human and honorable for them to &C
cept has been stated with a frankncss,
a largeness of view, generosity of
spirit and a universal sympathy which
must challenge the admiration Of man.
kind"
And one Of the conditions Of peace
which he names, the first with nation
alistic condition, all five preceding
stipulations being international, is
"the evacuation Of all Russian terri
tory and such settlement of all ques-
tions affecting Russia as will secure the
best and frcest cooperation of all ma
tions of the world in obtaining for her
an unhampered and unembarrassed op-
portunity for the independent deter
mination Of her own political develop
mcnt and national policy"