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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1919-05-23
TWICE TOTD TALES


Ut iNNi TUG hHT++N WI N'-N
c. J.. Heinrich was in the ice bust
ness.
Moses Marx, Is pears old, died His
remains were taken TO Mobile for M
tefmut, where he had resided for
many years, and was a very wealthy
merchant.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. NJ. Bowen have the
sympathy of the community IN the
loss of their infant son.
This was a cold day and felt more
like December than any other time
L. c. Irion was then in the general
merchandise business.
Mr.. Geo. Dismukes is the best tur-
key hunter this year. He killed nine
teen, and only one hen among them.
MIR. John Aust and a wagonload Of
lady friends were in Macon on trad
ing expedition,
The friends of Miss Edna Bush are
cordially invited to attend musicale
to be given at the residence of Mrs,
A, II. Bush on Friday evening, May
25, at 8 O'Clock.
By far the largest picnic Of the sea-
son and by far the most enjoyable,
was the moonlight one given by the
Baptist Sunday School last Thursday
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Given under my hand and official
seal of said Board of Supervisors at
Macon, this 5 day of May, 1911.
JNO. A. TYSON,
Clerk.
BY p G. Barley, Deputy.
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N. II. HARRISON,
JULIUS L. KLAUS,

-, -. IIletIOIS'
State Of Mississippi, County of Nox-
ubee; Sworn to and subscribed before
me f. V. Yates, cashier this 21 day
of May, 1919. j. c. BUSH.
Notary Public.
MY Commission expires Sept. 30, 1922,
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BROOKSVILLE.

May l3, i'm Citr0uWlle. Mr. Barthal
of Chicago, and Mrs Carrie Bltvtt
Hill were united la marriage. The
next day, Mr. and Mrs. Barthel, ace
companied by the brides sister, Mrs.
Caruthers, passed through town en-
route for Canada, where they viii
spend the summer. Mrs. Barthel was
formerly a citizen of our town, and
much interest is felt i'm this marriage.
Mrs Sarah Carpenter mother OF
Mr.. j. r, Carpenter, died very sud
denly Monday, She was buried Tuesday
morning at Carpenters Cemetery in
West NoXubee Sympathizing friends
aided in these last sad rites.
Mrs. l. Mcdonald spent the week
end with relatives in Crawford.
Two more soldier boys, Mr. Rudolph
Vaughn and Mr.. Owen Todd reached
home this week, and Mr.. Roy Madi-
son is expected in in a few days, AL
most the whole town and a part of
the vicinity turned out to meet Lieut.
Roger Friday afternoon. Mr.. j. L.,
Carpenter made an address of welcome
to which the returning soldier re
sponded in a very few words, being
overcome by the unexpected ovation.
We welcome the boys, one and all
The children have received invita-
tions to Master William McDonald's
birthday party next Saturday after
noon.
Mrs W. M, Roger went to Memphis
Tuesday with Lieut.. Roger for a short
stay. He will go on to Camp Pike for
his discharge.
DR.. Stingely, of Jackson, was in
town Wednesday on professional bust
ness.
Mrs. Carl Freeman and children,
after spending the winter in Des
MONIES, are at home again.
Miss Blanche Goad came home from
Ashland Wednesday afternoon, her
school having closed, She has accept
ed a position in Bfooksville High
School for another session.
Mrs, G. W. Cunningham is in
Cleveland, Ohio, visiting Mrs. Jennie
Cunningham Patty,
REV l.. R. Long is at home for a
few days. He was sent to Fort Ogle-
thorpe in charge of a body of men,
and ran down home for short stay.
AMI Henley is at home from Rob
insonville.
Mr.. Claire Mcdonald came home
from Memphis yesterday. His father,
Rev Mr.. Mcdonald, accompanied him.
Dr. Dodson, of West Point, has
been in town, professionally, this
week.
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DurOcs For Sale-A registered Duroc
SOW and seven pigs, four gifts and
three boars. VIII sell SOW with pigs
or pigs separately at $3.50 for gifts
and $1,000 for boar. viii take $4,000
for the lot. S. MAURY, Macon,
Miss.
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For Sale-One single wagon; one
light double wagon; one heavy wagon
e. 7. GEORGE, Gil Mill, Macon
Miss.
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I, E. Y. Yates, cashier, do solmenly
swear that the above is a true state
ment of the financial condition of
Merchants & Farmers Bank located
at Macon, in the County of Noxubee,
State Of Mississippi, at the close of
business on the II day of May, 1919,
to the best Of my knowledge and be-
lief. f V. YATES, Cashier.
Correct tfae+.
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STATEMENT
of the Financial Condition of
Bank of Macon,

Located al Macon, in the County Of
NoXubee, State of Mississippi. at the
close Of business May 18th, 1919, made
to the Board of Bank ENaminrs.
RESOURCES
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JNO. A. TYSON,
Chancery Clerk.
BY P c, Barkey, Deputy Ch'y. elk

Lost, Strayed or Stolen-Two mule
colts, both about the same size, two
years old, one bay and little lighter
than the other They were put in Nox-
ubee Swamp in January, one mile
southeast Of old staye factory. A re-
ward will be given for their recovery.
GEO L. CRYMEs, Brooksville,
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Mules and WagOn-Two cheap mules;
good work stock. Also one sccona-
hand wagon in good repair viii sell
separately or together at a bargain
K, T. MCLEOD, Mcleod, Miss, Phone
1882
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W E, Skinner,
J. f. Carr
Road Commissioners of Supervisors District
No. 2. 30-3l-32
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And then read this ad;
Breakfast Bacon lee per pound and
The celebrated Murphey hams lie per
pound at l.. S. Shumaker's
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For Sale-,,OOO bushels ear corn
W, I, COMMON, Deerbrook, Miss. 81
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NlTIrE

BY P. C Berkeley, Deputy Cb'y. elk.
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STATEMENT
of the Financial Condition of
Merchants g Farmers
BANK

at Macon, Mss, in the County Of
Noxubee, State of Mississippi, at the
close of business May 18th, 1919,
made to the Board of Bank Examiners
I RESOURCES
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-08-08
THE ARMADILL0 AS A DIGGER
In a Tue-of-War With a Boy the Ami
NAL Won Out in Quite
Easy Manner.

One day | was standing on a mound
when an armadillo bolted from his
earth and running to the very spot
where | was standing began vigorously
digging TO escape by burying himself
in the soil.
Neither men nor dogs had seen him,
and ! at once determined to capture
him unaided by anyone and imagined
it would prove n very easy task.
Accordingly I laid hold Of his black
bone-cased tail with both hands and
began Juggling TO get him off the
ground, but couldn't move him. He
went on digging furiously, getting
deeper and deeper into the earth, and
I soon found that instead Of me pull
ing him out he was pulling me in af-
ter him.
Ii hurt my small boy pride to think
that an animal no bigger than a cat
was going to beat me in a trial OF
strength, and this made me hold on
nor tenaciously than ever and tug
and strain more violently, until not to
lose him l had to go fat on the
ground. But 1t was all for nothing.
First my hands, then my aching arms
were carried down into the earth. and
I was forced TO release my hold and
get up to rid myself of the mound he
had been throwing up into my face
and all over my head, neck and shout
ders.-From Far Away and Long
Ago" by W. III. Hodson.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-08-08
WHITE ANT IS CAUSE
OF SERIOUS DAMAGE
Little Insects Are Essentially
Wood D~estroyers.
There Are Numerous Records Of In.
Jury to Young Fruit and Nut Tree
Seedlings and to Young Trees
Planted in Rich Soil.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment OF Agriculture)
Unless proper care is taken to
make buildings white-ant proof, and
to eliminate these ants from build
ings already established. the insects
may cause serious damage. especially
in the southern states.
White ants, or termites, are essen
TALLY wood destroyers. and live In
nests in the wood Of dead trees, de-
caylng logs or stumps in the forest ;
in the foundation timbers of build
ings, fences and other structures Of
wood in contact with the ground; or
in a labyrinth of underground pas
sages In the earth usually underneath
wood or vegetation. An average col
ony contains several thousand ,ndi-
viduals, but owing TO their spbterra-
mean habits they frequently carry on
their work unnoticed. and ii is some
times very difficult to destroy them
once they get established in a build
ing.
Though colonies are made up of
both wingless and winged individuals,
the grayish white. soft-bodied wing
less workers are the destructive form.
These workers make the excavations
and live underground, shun the light
and are therefore rarely seen. Al
ways coming up through underground
passages, they work in the interior
Of the wood, and leave intact a pro-
tective outer shell, so that the dam
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-08-08
CTo BE
TREE PUZZLE TO FORESTERS
Peculiar Formation Of Spruce Has
Caused Speculation Among Men
Learned In That Lore.

A cross section Of a great old spruce
tree from Alaska tells the story Of a
tree which executed a spin, like a bal
let dancer. This cross section shows
a most peculiar spiral structure, which
has caused n great deal of speculation
among the various ~foresters through
out the country and a very interesting
explanation is advanced In American
Forestry.
1t is known that n tree growing at a
slant forms on the lower side of the
trunk a dense reddish wood known as
"rotholz." This spiral in this case is
Of such sort. and as IT is a continuous
formation, winding from the center to
within half an inch from the circum-
ference, 1t is surmised that II was
growing In an inclined position on the
edge Of a glacier. where by some
shifting 1t was caused to rotate. so
that all sides of the tree were success
sively on the downward side. Thus.
as the tree grew. and its rotation con
tinued slowly. the 'rotholz" developed
into a spiral
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-08-08

back every cen In n short while, even
else. Anyway, in a few weeks the
panicky conditions would be over and
business would return to the normal.
He knew, he wrote, that "Old Reliable
Kip" could perform his usual miracle
and get blood from some of those
Cleveland turnips.
He was so sure of his father that he
ended his letter with an advance pay
ment of thanks. This was the first
payment he had made in advance for
a long time.
lie sealed the letter, put a special
delivery stamp on it, and took 1t to
the branch post office so that IL would
reach Cleveland without fail the next
morning.
When he got back to the house
there was a telegram from home.
Leaving beaver due tomorrow a.
m. don't meet me but be home must
see you important well love.
FATHER"
The next morning Bayard rose be-
times TO meet his father at the train.
And Daphne went TO the Grand Cen
trail station with him. She ran to
her father and flung her arms about
him, and Bayard Rugged him and car
ried his suitcase for him. 1t was no
time to be tipping a porter. Nor to be
making use of taxicabs with the fit
ney subway at hand. Bayard lugged
his fathers suitcase along F%ifty-ninth
street. The hall boy, who had not been
tipped for some days, observed a
strict neutrality. He was feeling the
pinch. too.
When breakfast was ended Wesley
noted that Leila herself carried the
dishes away, with Daphne's help.
When the table was clear she closed
the door on the two men and said:
well leave you two alone to talk
business"
The two men regarded each other
askance, as uneasily as two wrestlers
circling for a hold. Wesley was the
first to speak. He said:
well, my boyf"
Il wrote you a long letter last night,
dad" Bayard said.
you did? What aboutf"
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-08-08

prepared by the United States Depart.
ment Of Agriculture
The popular liking for cottage
cheese, which is rapidly gaining favor
in many parts of the country, presents
new problems in marketing, say mar
ket specialists of the United States
department of agriculture. Marketing
methods which make it possible for
consumers TO obtain this valuable food
product in a desirable condition, have
kets. A good quality of cottage
cheese, however. when sold in suit
able packages mt a reasonable price,
will be used by numerous consumers
creameries, as well as dairymen and
farmers, are producing cottage cheese
as Il side line, and find they can dis
pose of it readily.
Cottage cheese is unlike butter I'm
general characteristics, but may be
m~erchandised in much the same man
ner. Ii should be placed I'm a con
tainer that will not only protect it
from contamination, but will also aid
In preserving its qualities for II rea
sOnable period. The most commonly
used types Of packages for retailing
cottage cheese are the parchment pa
per wrapper, tinfoil wrapper, paper
oyster pail, butter cartons, fiber board
packages, and glass or e~arthenware
jars. The more desirable types of
cartons are those which offer the best
protection against the entrance Of air,
since they protect the cheese from on
Elimination and keep it in satisfactory
condition until used.
Wrapping Cottage Cheese.
When a good grade of parchment
paper is used and care is used in
wrapping 1t neatly around the cheese,
IL Is an economical and serviceable
package. Where quantities of a half
pound or less are purchased. the small
oil parchment paper bag, similar to
that used for sailed peanuts, has
proved satisfactory. Tinfoil wrappers
make a neat-appearlng package that is
practically alright, and protects the
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-08-08
CHAPTER XIV.

Bayard tried Lella's recipe for a
time, but there We're expenses that he
could not charge, and even the wad of
money she had struggled out of New
port did not last long. Other people
were nc more willing to pay bills than
he. Moneys that We're owed to him he
could not collect. He could not re-
spond to the multitudinous appeals fol
charity. This was a real shame in
times of such frantic needs. He could
not do any of the honorable, pleasant
things that n can do with money.
He had to do many Of the dishonor-
able, loathsome things one without
money must do.
In his desperation Bayard's thoughts
reverted to his original reScuer his
father. He never appealed to the old
man in vain. Bayard had often prom
Used himself the delight of sending
home Il big check as a subtraction
from his venerable debt. But it was
Il promise easy To defer, in the face of
all the other temptations and oppor-
tunities. His father never pressed
him, never expected a return of the
money he had been investing in the
boy. For "A child is a piece of furnl-
ture bought on the instalment plan to
go into somebody's else house as soon
as II is paid for.
Bayard put off the appeal to his ia
ther ms long is he dared, but Mt last
sat down to the hateful letter.
He hated to trouble his Door old
dad at such n time Che wrote with
TRUTH, but his very life depended on
raising some immediate money. He
was young and husky and he would be
on his feet in n jiffy. He would pay
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-08-08

keeping quality of the cheese. The
wrapper may be placed above a mold
and "A measured or weighed amount
placed in it, first wrapping the cheese
in parchment paper or lining the wrap
per with it. Wood fiber containers
coated with parafiin are among the
most sanitary and desirable types of
packages for cottage cheese. They
may be obtained In several sizes.
The regular style butter cartons are
used as containers for cottage cheese
and serve well when the cheese does
not contain surplus moisture or is
rather dry. Paraffin paper cups are
especially desirable since they have
close-fitting alright covers which
make them practically impervious to
moisture and keep the cheese in a
perfectly clean and sanitary condition.
No additional wrapper or paper Is re-
quired, although s0ne retailers place
such packages in paper bags MS a mat
ter of convenience to the customer.
Demonstrates Good Advertising.
Because of the lack of a general
knowledge I'm some sections of the use
of cottage cheese as a substitute for
meat and as a substantial part of the
menu, demonstrations and displays OF
attractive and appetizing dishes pre-
pared from cottage cheese are desir-
able methods of extending It's use. At
grocery stores, food shows, and meet.
ings of women's organizations, dem.
onstrations of the many practical and
attractive ways of preparing 1t may be
given, samples may be served, and
recipes in which cottage cheese is
used may be distributed. Lectures al
so may be given on the food value OF
this cheese and its use in the diet.
Such demonstrations and lectures may
serve not only to extend n knowledge
and appreciation of the value and
uses Of cottage cheese, but also of
the many other ways Of using milk.
Recipes and material for lectures a.
demonstrations may be obtained free
by applying to the United States De
pnrtment of Agriculture, Washington.
ID. C.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-08-08

age is often unsupported until beyond
repair. They gain entrance to build.
ings through wood which comes ir
contact with the ground. Flooring
and other stationary woodwork and
furniture frequently become infested
when the wooden beams are laid di.
rectly on the earth or In moist con
crete and are often reduced to mere
shells, the interior being completely
honeycombed. Always the ants pre-
fer to work In dark. warm, moist
places.
White ants occasionally injurs
large trees and shrubs. In Florida
they have done notable damage to
newly planted groves of grunge trees.
having eaten the bark about the col.
lar and roots and completely girdled
the trees. Similar damage has been
recorded to other fruit and nut trees,
especially in the southern states. In
the South also ants occasionally in.
jure the stems and roots of a great
variety of grain and truck crops. In.
jury to corn In the prairie region of
Kansas has resulted from the early
presence of the insects in enormous
quantities in heavily sodded soil
where they feed or the roots of the
vegetation. There are numerous rec
ords of ant injury to young fruit and
nut seedlings in nurseries and to
other nursery stock. and to young
trees planted in recently cleared
ground or soil rich I'm humus. The
ants also injure a variety Of shrubs,
weeds and flowers In gardens as well
as In greenhouses.
Since white ants are difficult to
eliminate from the woodwork Of q
building when once established every
p%recaution should be taken to prevent
their gaining entrance. Where pos
sible, foundations of buildings should
be entirely of stone, brick or concrete,
including stone columns or pillars in
the basement to support the floor
above. Make the floors and walls i'm
the basement or cellar of concrete and
lay the floors on a gravel base. Where
stone OF concrete foundations are i'm
practicable $ timber i~mpregnated
with coal-tar creosote.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-08-08
CHAPTER XVI.

Daphne had watched Lella's little
scene with as much confusion as the
other two Kips. She felt Il normal
amount of jealousy, of course, as wom-
an to woman, but no more than a
healthy amount, for she liked Leila
and she was grateful to Leila for be-
ing able to rescue her father and for
being willing to. 1t vas Il fine thing
for Leila to strip herself of her last
splendor to help an old father-in-law
pay the interest on a mortgage on a
house in another town. Daphne gave
Leila full need of applause for that.
What embitter 4 Daphne was that
it had to be Leila and not herself that
saved her father, and that Leila had
to do the deed by spending things she
had not paid for herself-Ornaments,
gewgaws, gifts.
Leila had collected from life perhaps
three thousand dollars worth of jew
els and Daphne had collected a nifty
dollar check, framed-and that check
was In lieu of work. AS soon us she
remembered that check she ran up to
her room and tool it down from the
wall, ripped off the back of the frame
and removed the check from the mat.
She studied it and thought, 1.-The
first money and the last" hen a
vigor and determination clenched all
her muscles in a kind of lockjaw. She
came out of the spasm in Il tremor OF
hysterical faith. She spoke her
thought aloud in Il fury at sha'n't be
the last, it sha'n't, it sha'n't, by golly!'
The feebleness of the eXpletiye dis
gusted her. She tried To be powerful
by way of powerful language. Before
she knew II she ripped out a resound
ing oath that would have pleased good
Queen Bess. by G., I'll pay my way!
honestly. like Il man
All her powder exploded in that one
defamation.
She fell over into a chair in horror,
The blasphemy seemed to rattle about
the little room. II terrified her. Mrs.
Chivvis ran down the hall, carrying her
everlasting sewing, and tapped on the
door and asked:
did you call me, my dear? Are
you ili?"
"No, thank you. I'm all right. ]
didn't say anything"
That was doubly false. She had
said something. In the slang of the
hour she had said something" She
had said an e%arful," also II heartful.
Mrs. Chivyis supposed that what she
had heard was some voice from the
street. and went back along the hall,
stitching as she walked.
Daphne took the check and went
down to Bayard's apartment. Bayard
was on his way TO the pawnbroker's
Leila was in his room. Old Wesley
sat in a chair facing a wall. lie seem
ed to see through il. Daphne went to
him and put the check in his hand, ex
planning what it was.
IT'S all | ever earned, daddy, and ]
want you to have IT,"
He looked ut II and smiled and tears
fairly shot out of his eyes. He patted
her hand between his and said:
"Why, honey, | couldn't take your
little earnings! Not for anything
in this world"
please. daddy; it would make me
ever so happy!"
But IL would kill me! You don't
want TO do that, do you? You must
something nice with IT,"
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-08-08
Household Work Savers.

Use plenty Of newspapers about
the kitchen. spreading them on the
floor when anything Is likely to spat,
ter. 1t is easier to gather them up
than to clean up. If there is a kitchen
range not in use in the summer time
it is well TO prevent dampness and
rust. If the kitchen has but a gas
range. then a good-sized waste basket
should be kept and the papers dis
posed of In whatever way Is best.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-08-08

only people who get sued are the poor
little dubs that pay cash most of the
time and then ask to be trusted when
they're hard up"
Bayard had rebuked Leila for
spending money on clothes and on
ainusements. But she had had the
fun she still had the clothes; and
where were the fruits of his years of
self-denial? Where were his boarded
earnings? His few bonds were IRE
deemably in pawn. And on the roads
of Belgium and East Prussia myriads
Of wretches who had kept thrift and
builded them houses We're staggering
along in hungry penury, fugitive FROM
shattered homes and wondering about
the next days bread.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-08-08

apolOgized for lending him less than
half the value of the gems; so many
people were looking to the pawnbrok-
ers for salvation, he said, that he could
not find cash enough for all. Times
We're hard indeed when the pawnbrOk-
ers were Overworked.
Bayard went home and surrendered
to Leila her funds. She passed them
owe to her father-in-law. Poor Yves
ley peeled off the minimum that would
serve as a sop to his creditors n
said he would take the afternoon train
home.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-08-08
Canadian Money Orders.

Canadian money orders are issued
on blanks of various denominations.
each with the amount of money for
which the order Is issued printed on
it. A lady living in Ontario. sending
a bunch of 30-cent money orders to
make up a remittance to a Boston firm,
apologies thus: Il apologize for all
these post Office orders. II seems that
the local postmaster got In a stock six
years ago, and the 30-cent orders were
the slowest to sell. He has no others
on hand now"