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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1919-08-08
CARD FROM BIG BUD.

Macon, Miss, August 8, 1919.
Mr.. Editor:
The boys always told me that if
would go away and not make any
speeches that | would be elected in the
first primary; so as | did not get to
speak any this time, the results show
that they were right, | wanted to
write long letter and thank the peo-
pie Of NoXubee county for the mag
niticent vote they gave me on Tues
day, but this vote shows me the trueh
of the old adage, that "Spech is silver,
but silence is golden" So do not think
l had better have much to say.
| will say, however, that the results
remind me of the old man who was
picked up by a cyclone and carried a
half mile and dropped through a tent
where a preacher was having revival
After the confusion was
over, he said to the man, "Well, my
brother, the Lord was surely with
you" And the old man replied, "Yes,
parson, is that is SO he was surely
gwine some" So l thing | was
"gwine some" last Tuesday l will
not write any more, but simply thank
each and every one in the county for
this magnificent vote.
Yours, BIG BUD.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1919-08-08
Very sincerely,
CLINTON E. D0RR0H.
A CARD FROM MR.. SPRECHER.

Editor Of the Beacon.
The question having been asked as
to why | am an applicant for the Ma
con postoffice, please publish the ex-
tract below, taken from the circular
sent out by the United States Civil
Service Commission, under which the
examination was called, and under
which five applicants, including my
self, took the examination:
Hereafter when a vacancy occurs
in the position of postmaster of any
office of the first, second or third class
as the result of death, resignation, re
moval or on the recommendation OF
the first assistant postmaster general,
approved by the postmaster general,
to- the effect that the efficiency or
needs of the service requires that a
change shall be made, the postmaster
general shall certify the fact to the
Civil Service Commission, which shall
forthwith hold an open competitive
examination to test the fitness OF ap-
plcants to fill such vacancy, and when
srch examination has been held end
the papers in connection therewlth
have been rated the said commission
shall certify the result thereof to the
postmaster general, who shall submit
r. The President the name of the mgh-
est pe qualified eligible for appointment
70 fiji such vacancy unless 1t is estap-
Iisbed that the character or residence
of such applicant disqualifies HIM Tor
No person. VINO mas
az use apsed his sixty-ffth birthday shall be
qpiyen the examination herein provided
for" cDprCuEP
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1919-08-08
NOT ALL BAD.

There always have been and always
will be instances of viciousness and
depravity in every community, says
an exchange. When vice and crime
and wickedness and shame and sor-
row have been eliminated from the
world, we will have entered upon the
millennium and the preachers will be
without jobs. But because there are
some bad people in a community is
by no means proof that all the people
are bad. The truth is that the mass
of the people is becoming better all
the time. There is less vice today
than there was half a century ago.
The evolution of civilization goes for
ward all the time, never backward.
The sins of the few should not be
charged up against the many.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1919-08-08
WISDOM OF THE HUMBLE"

A freshman at Yale once asked DR.
Hadley, the president, question
which was promptly answered, SAYS
an exchange.
Whereupon the young man said;
My mother was right. She said
My son, you can learn something
from anybody"
A great deal Of the wisdom is with
plain and lowly folk. Philosophers
who have stuffed huge segments of
Libraries within their bullying skulls
might 90 to the woods and meet a
lumberman who could tell them more
than they knew of some grave mys-
terry. Or they might have boatman
to paddle them along a stream who
was more deeply yersed in manv
things that matter.
Somewhere down the village road
there lives a wise and kind old woman
who has spent her days between her
Bible and her household, very nearly.
Yet girlhood memories and woman
hood discoveries have made her a
thoughtful, feeling counselor, whom
you would rather seek than a shrewd
lawyer. Try any veteran you please
upon his knowledge of his trade; it is
a fresh delight to see his face glow
with 1t and to hear his tongue wax
eloquent. Give him your attentive
silence, and no matter how much of
person you think yourself to be, you
will be schooled in matters common
place to him but strange to you, which
are singularly filled with fascination.
We might have been advised to 20
to the whale or the elephant-and the
elephant is indeed a clever creature
but we were told to study the ways of
the ant in order to be surely instruct
ed, Jean Henri Fabre sat by the side
of the road looking with all the might
of his mind at what moved in the dust
and the grasses, and, Of course, people
tapped their fOreheads Significantly,
to telegraph to one another their sus-
piscion that he was crazy. But he
knew what he was about, as his en0r-
nous researches show.
So much has been learned by those
VINO stopped and looked where all the
others rapidly overpassed! They were
patlent with Nature, VINO was so pa
tient with them. The wind blows furi-
ously, the snow flies fast, a falling
star is rapid and lightning is the
synonym of speed-but Nature her.
self is never in a hurry. Those who
sit at her knee to learn must take time
her time, not ours-and her time
seems to be the length of our eternity.
The man who is too proud to learn
from the "old, plain men, with rosy |
faces'-from the humble wayside |
the simple, inconsider-
able talk of such islanders as those
from whom Synge derived his I'M
mortal plays-such man is unteach-
able because of the finty hardness Of
his heart and mind, where the good
seed can not be planted and therefore
no flower or fruit is ever to be found.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1919-08-08
TO THE VOTERS OF THE SIX
TENTH SENATORIAL
DISTRICT.

l want you to know that l thor
oughly appreciate the honor of my
nomination to represent you in the
Senate of Mississippi, and to assure
you that shall earnestly strive to
merit the distinction conferred and
to vindicate your judgment in select
ing me.
| can not refrain from publicly ex-
pressing my appreciation of the clean
and manly way in which my opponent,
Mr.. Dorroh, conducted his campaign.
lie was my friend before the race and
Is more than ever so now.
Sincerely yours,
HENRY MINOR.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1919-08-08
X-PRAIRIE NOVELTY CLUB.

The last meeting of the Novelty
Club was in the pretty home of Mrs
>. 5. Cavett. A number of the mem
oers were present; the absent ones
were SO because there was no possible
means of avoiding it. J
The highest scores were made bv
Mrs. Joe Stevens, Mrs. Allie Swami.
Mrs. S. |. Adams and Mrs. W. v
stewart Thus was formed the head
table for the coming meeting. which
will be at Mrs. W. A. Cheatham's.
Mrs. Cavett served uniquely and in
profusion a delicious ice
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1919-08-08
ARE SHEEP PROFITABLE?

Editor Of the Beacon
/ ask the readers of your good pa
per, are sheep profitable in Noxubee
county? In reply to this question,
will give your readers my experience
in that business.
Six years ago we bought two ewes
at cost Of Sc. Up to now we have
sold wool, lambs and a few ewes
amounting to $564.60, and have on
hand flock of ffty-four, and we have
a $125 registered ram in our flock, and
during these years they have made
their own living.
Why not organize a sheep breeders
association in Noxubee county?
Would like to hear from others.
Ravine, Miss. J. C. BARNETT.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1919-08-08

nAtter strong campaign. with five
good men in tine field YOU have but
me IN the second race for sheriff. giy-
mg me the largest vote of any Of tbe
candidates for sheriff. I deeply an
precate the honor of leading the
GcAet and the loyal support my
friends have given me.
am m the second race to win and
| hope and know that my friends will
not slacken their efforts in my behalf.
Ii am elected l will show during nv
whole four years of office my appreci-
alton Of the vote of the people Of Nox-
ubee by making the very best sheriff
that possibly can.
Again thanking my friends who
supported me in the first race and
those also who are going to support
me IN the second, I am,
Very gratefully yours,
POLK FARRAR.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1919-08-08
INCoNCLUsIyE GERM DUELs.

Letg-.-,-.g
have ;r1 80 o- lhe motives which
"J,al,' il,..-0 1Le advertised germ
psrI ~. M5eI Two doctors in St.
A.. VIZ 5''-"u'iseu zeal Justly mer-
bao+a,;-I. .'.,....''' ...'y''A not only Of the
man ,rL, L-.' .1' o. an IhtaluEant
r,1'i.,.. -'0 I'- me "eAafe OF scientific
-rb. i.- o.. ''eal.'
rr..' ''-'' -'.st press LoJlce, as quoted
E.a,I- Ia ~ gi9patCh TO the New
-,.'.., nc lJuIy i'Jhl reads: ITO
.a Us -''9oIs lIal germs do not
b." --11eo'e. ~ eleetropaGh, OF st.
80 ll'al'elsei ~ II. " Hill,
p,,lr.. tT J,l.1I Ol Lhe Minnesota
1r ''''s Il5aIyH ASSOCIATION, to duel to
-,--. 1Sa ~ Wi1n germs. Dr. I'M ac-
pos1 '.i7 l'al,Ie"Ee ana Jne TWO Will
JI@l's1 themselves To- the most yiru-
l l.'ly W courageous diseases, including
-, N p'Oi'' s''.''. '"A ana ouoouc plague.
.,g S-t0' gp@y" VIII use I'D ms defence
cams sHe germs only sanitation,
R H.. 9 All au mn sanitary 1000 ana drink.
- u, IN WI" eApoae nlmse1 after
'o, M lilocqlaIioh ana vaccination y
ne ueploraoIe feature OF the whole
- 10 J'i'' NY CONCLUSIONS can war
iaIyaOiy De drawn regardless Of the
, oiytong, ana science Will be not one
VIM au .auceu' because IN the very
ma lure OF the experiment a fundamen-
"a scleHIthc dictum is ignored. Con
cIusiohs drawn from single expert
i menu are uh|arran4ted. Individual
idlloSyncralsles, natural immunity sub
tlf ana often little understood factors,
, Ti5!cA III d given person determine the
delicate balance between infection and
resistance, all tend to make it evident
that only from carefully controlled
series OF experiments upon series of
lndiyiduals can trustworthy conclu-
SlohS be drawn. one swallow does
noJ make summer one swallow OF
y typhosus does not necessarily make
for typhoid fever.
Perhaps the most unfortunate feat I
ure OIL Vhe holoIIely "ilIcn accTueS TO .
this experiment may have upon the
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1919-08-08
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CARD FROM MR.. MULLINS.

=, Cliftonville, Miss, Aug. 7, 1919.
To the Friends Who Supported Me in
the Recent Primary:
| desire through this medium to ex-
press my most grateful appreciation
for your very unselfsh loyalty, and
also my regrets that you should be
disappointed in the results of your
efforts in my behalf.
| have only the kindest feeling for
those who opposed me,
Very sincerely,
U. w. MULLINS.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1919-08-08
Usage Not Strictll Drawn.

lhere IS no social recognition given
or expected to negroes in the South
they are segregated on the street cars
ana are not permitted to places of
public entertainment provided for the
WHITES. Usage is not drawn SO strict
ly IN Chicago on these lines. In law
and theory, there, no distinction is
made in color but the exhibition Of
real race antipathy is much stronger
Than in the South, and takes on
more dangerous phase,-Nashville
Banner
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1919-08-08
The True Corrective.

We incline 70 think tina THE true
corrective lies in the hands Of the ne
groes themselves. It is the duty of
the educated, the progressive, the
leaders among them, to guide their
people Alright. Fundamentally the
negro is poor material for thea gitator
along such lines, He is naturally
peaceful, kindly, good natured and
loyal to his friends. On the other
hand, the ignorance and poverty of
many may become fuel for the incen-
diary, 1t will not do to belittle the
danger.-New York Sun.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1919-08-08
CARD FROM MR.. DORROH.

To the Voters of the Sixteenth Sem
atorial District:
] desire to express my appreciation
for the handsome vote accorded ME on
Tuesday last, and wish to thank each
one personally for the support given
me, To those who supported my OPP
ponent, have only the kindest of
feelings, and believe that you voted
your honest convictions.
Defeat is the acid that tests a mans
inettle, and | feel that | am a strong
err man, even though | was defeated
politically. My opponent is my friend
and | want to congratulate him upon
his victory and the clean fight he
made.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1919-08-08
Who Won the War?

at is right to speak of our allies
says Marshal Haig, but 1t was the
British army that wo nthe war" VI
course it wa sthe British army that
won the war. 1t was also the French
army that won the war. The Italian
army also won the war. So did the
Russian army, and if it hadn't been
for the American army, all of the
other armies would have lost the war.
The American army won the war
Utica Observer.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1919-08-08
The FinaI Shame

Inc hnal shame would be rovoIo
u3 l OF moral indifference II v v,ii
S SsTe d .ong time to remove the stain
, no,,e Oh 1t can be taken off if the CON-
iH,IHlly sentiment were revealed AS an
4.a.aIgnatlon expressed in a deternin ','
l.o3 TO punish with a severity wbirb
VIII as nearly fit the crimes as # .
possible for a procedure Of Justice 70
lit an act of savagerv. CbIcaggo'o bo Nv
an emergent task. Its reputation is
az Ils lowest point 1t has had the
most horrible race riots Of American
hlstory.-Chicago Tribune.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1919-08-08
SCHOOL BOARD MEETING

The County School Board will meet
at my office on Monday, August 18th,
at o'clock p. m. All parties having
business before this board will be Civ
en- hearing. Members are requested
to be present without fail
JAS. G. CHANDLER. Sunt
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1919-08-08
Government by Law

w nat IS every American citizens
duty Is to insist in season and ont If
season that the negro must have A.
,l li benefit of due process Of ,s ,we
when his rights are invaded bv v" n
i iToJ' every Tly mans rights are imper-
lIea' TINS country can not be goy-
S gLnsa nan by law and half by ANARCHY
without ultimately destroying no. ny ~
government by law. That is tbo v fs
S,ue' ana It goes to the yerv roar af
World. '''''---Ne" York
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1919-08-08
But. OH You SenatnfsI

1t will doubtless seem strange to
President Wilson not to be able to say
"Good mroning" to king or to re-
ceive greetings from princes and other
Scions of royaltys-Pittsburg Gazette
Times.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1919-08-08
Notice to Midwiyes.

All midwives who failed to meet
me IN Macon are required to meet me
at my office in Brooksville on Monday.
August II, at II o'clock a. m. This is
imperative. J. d. GREEN.
Health Officer Noxubee County.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1919-08-08
The Seat of Censorship.

But Chicago has been the seat of a
censorship on events over the country
for years past. First the old CHICAGO
lnterocean and later the TribuD. have
yearly printed the record of Southern
lynchlngs. There have been no moro
bitter South-haters than these organs,
But the mote and the beam were In
their own eyes However, it is not a
time to indulge in elimination or re-
crrlmnatlon. Such events as those in
Chicago indicate the desirabiity that
in every section Of the country there
shall be a careful Investigation of the
relations between the races, and if
there is any ground to expect friction.
action ought to be taken by the intelli-
gent and patriotic men of the whites
and blacks, to the end that any
Grounds for complaint shall be re-
Observation-Disclosures News.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1919-08-08
Police insufficient or Worse.

Riots extending over four days and
running up a casualty list of some
where between three and six hundred
are evident indication that the police
are either insufficient or incompetent.
-Four thousand soldiers might have
stopped the rioting much sooner if
they had not awaited developments in
the armory. To remove the causes Of
:ace riots is matter that will re-
quire a good deal of thought and a
good deal Of time, if it can ever be
done at all; but to repress the out
break Of rjoting, nothing seems to be
needed but officials with courage to
use the force that they have in hand.
New York Times.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1919-08-08
These Irritating Husbands.

You must buy me some new
clothes. Other women can't tell me
from my cook"
Now, why do you say that, my
dear? Has any lady tried to hire YOU
away ?"-Louisville Courier-Journal
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1919-08-08

If St Swithin had known about the
water shortage just announced per
while. -"'i q ii''ie
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1919-08-08

Small Jobs" were found for the alb
S s. guardian of the little cripple.
Edlth Bender. The smallest was The
job he found for himself, ' ''''
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1919-08-08

Making history has not been ;
harder task than remaking geogra
ply.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1919-08-08

Children are spanked for telling lies
IN the hope that they won't become
confirmed in it, whic his only a grown
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1919-08-08

Horse thieves can not create sta.
BILE equilibrium in Mexico.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1919-08-08

The time may come when old shoes
will be given as wedding presents in
stead of thrown after the bridal
chariot '
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1919-08-08

Contributing to a memorial does not
entitle you to forget the individual
doughboy.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1919-08-08

Can't the H. C. l.. elevator operat,
in any direction but upward?
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1919-08-08

There are plenty of straw hats in
the mayoralty ring, but it is the mar
and not the hat that matters.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1919-08-08

There is fair prospect that Phil
adelphians will do their own voting
for mayor.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1919-08-08

r por Sale Cheap-Pure-bred Ringlot
barred Rocks. A nice bunch of hens
ana cocks. H. W. Martin, Deerbrook'
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1919-08-08

The popular girl is the one who lis
tens while he tells how brilliantly he
traded-in his old car.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1919-08-08

Anyway, the price of penny wisdom
has not gone up.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1919-08-08

If Mother were paid salary, how
much would it be?
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1919-08-08

Egypt is still. willing that Britain
should pay her debts and dredge the
Suez Canal.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1919-08-08

Samuel Gompers, in Holland, has
not been afraid to talk to them like
u Dutch uncle.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1919-08-08
Rpoch Of Relaxed Authority-

We are having far too much hooli.
ganism these days. 1t does us small
credit. There is no conceivable reason
for it. To say that it is a product Of
our war eXcitation is a trife too hu-
initiating; it is to pronounce ourselves
a nation Of psychopathics. The trou-
bic is simply that some elements al
ways lawless think, from careless
newspaper reading, tina this is an
epoch Of generally relaxed authority
and tina THEY can do what they please.
They must be speedily convinced to
the contrary if it takes all the soldiers
in the United States.-New York
Sun.
Authorities Did Not Act.
Whether the responsibility for the
lawlessness lies with the whites or the
negroes, need not be determined until
after the force Of the law has asserted
itself. This is of the utmost import-
ance because riots not only grow rap
idly themselves unless handled deter
minedly, but they incite other riots.
and it is by no means impossible that
the outbreak in Chicago was partly
the result Of similar occurrence in
Washington, where the authorities
did not act as promptly and vigorous
ly as they should have done. The
country can not be given over to an
archy as a result Of an antagonism
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1919-08-08

that he saves. VIA" '''e "ohey
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1919-08-08

1t seems to be difficult for German
officers to visit the United States in
cognito.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1919-08-08
Short Horn Bull

l.. "A tw0-yaar+old, registered, short
S. ARMSTRoINJ1Gt e ZOO SzoO.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1919-08-08

He who murders a forest is indi-
rectly guilty of homicide.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1919-08-08

Why shouldn't food for which the
public paid be returned to the public :?
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1919-08-08

for sale-My house and lot in CITY If
Macon. r w CpI ~ IVY NY Oh
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1919-08-08

Proateers have caused a good many
priyateers.
The Jasper news., 1919-11-20
Thousands Have Kidney
Trouble and Never
Suspect 1t
Applicants for Insurance Often
Rejected.

Judging from reports from druggists
who are constantly in direct touch with
the public, there is one preparation that
has been very successful in overcoming
these conditions. The mild and healing
influence of DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root 10
soon realized. 1t stands the highest for
it's remarkable record of success.
An examining physician for one of the
prominent Life Insurance Companies, in
an interview on the subject, made the as.
tonishing statement that one reason why
so many applicants for insurance are re-
jected is because kidney trouble is 80
common to the American people, and the
large majority Of those whose applica-
tions are declined do not even suspect
that they have the disease. 1t is on sale
at all drug stores in bottles of two sizes,
medium and large.
However, if you wish first to test this
great preparation send ten cents to DR..
Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y, for a
sample bottle. When writing be sure and
mention this paper.-Adv.
The Jasper news., 1919-11-20
Make II Snappy.

If you were in the telegraph bust
ness you wouldn't make much money
If many people sent messages like the
following one. 1t was written by
woman, who won a prize for 1t being
the longest 12-word telegram ever
sent.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS counter-rev-
dictionary ntercommunications uncir-
cumstantiated. Quartermaster-gen
erals disproportionableness character.
istically contra-distinguished unconsti-
tutionalist's incomprehensi bilities."-
Boston Post.
The Jasper news., 1919-11-20
WORSE THAN
DEADLY
POISON GAS

Kidney disease is no respector Of per-
Sons. 1t attacks young and old alike.
In most cases the victim 10 warned
Of the approaching dangen Nature fights
back. Headache, Indigestion, insomnia,
lame back, lumbago,. sciatica, rheuma-
tism, pain in the loins and lower alb
domen, difficulty in urinating, all are
indication Of trouble brewing in your
kidneys.
When such symptoms appear you win
almost certainly find quick relief In
GOLD MEDAL HARLEM Oil Capsules.
This famous old remedy has stood
the test for two hundred years in help
ing mankind to fight of disease.
1t is imported direct from the home
laboratories in Holland, where It has
helped to develop the Dutch into ono
Of the sturdiest and healthiest races In
the world, and it may be had at
almost every drug store. Your money
promptly refunded II 1t does not re-
heye you. Be sure to. get the genuine
GOLD MEDAL Brand. In sealed pack
ages, three sizes.-Adv.