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The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1921-05-07


pleasure thanking Tor whas YOU
passing through the
weakness that could not s!an d p
friend told about Lyda = ImA
bottle helped 80 gos more
housework Your medicine
womans friend MARY
LISTER 6O8 Frank Street, Adrian, Mich
said that middle the most trying period woman tbTouoh
perfectly without erencing
flashes that send the BLOOD
follows going sinking dizzy al
need
Vegetable Compound root and herb msdsne sep
the feminine system acts ucn
build weakened system and enables woman % pass
period with the least possible annoying symptoms
of caused by serious dspaee
the
many apparently ailments readily yield Lydia
prevents
serious troubles
Lydia E. Private Text Book upon "Aiments Pecu
liar to Women" will you free request Write
to The Lydia Medicine Co.. Lynn, Massachusetts
This book valuable information
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1921-05-07
Keep YourSkin-Pores
| Active and Healthy
with Cuticura Soap
Soap Use, Ointment Is and Soc, Talem z5e.
Kill All Flies! 1a5 1ss ssss1D
OxIDINE IN HOT WATER

Get . bottle Of OXIDINE today and when yo1
feel a cold comingon. put 5 tablespoonful of this
wonderful remedy in half glass of hot water
Stir we'll and drink just as yop would hot
toddy. Its enervating effect Is Immediately
noticeable and similar dose every three or four
hours will give wonderful results. OxIDINE
purifies your blood and tones up the entire
system. 60c at your drueg.sr's.-Adv,
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1921-05-07
A Crimson ouIch critic.

"What did you think Of our perform
ance Of Hamlet last nightT' inquired
Mr.. Stormingt0n Barnes.
ITO tell the truth" answered Cactus
Joe, "the boys were disappointed.
Hamlet showed lot Of sense in the
early part of the evening, but he be-
haved plum foolish in foolin' with a
sword instead o. getting hisself . six
shooter"
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1921-05-07
Another Call to Arms.

A lad of twelve. riding his whee,
at top speed, suddenly burst out sing
ing, "Goodby. Ma, good-by. Pa, good
by mule with your old hehaw."
An old darby, sitting half asleep on
the board seat Of q little old wagon,
and drawn by gray mule, reused him.
self and exclaimed. what, you goin'
aging"
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1921-05-07
Thought She Was a Parrot.

"You are charged with being drunk
and disorderly, sir"
"Your honor, there must be a mis-
take somewhere. had few drinkA
but I'm sure wasn't disorderly."
1.-THE young lady cashier who had
you arrested says you were pokina
crackers through the brass bars Of he1
cage and saying. Pretty Polly. pretty
Polly" -Birmingham Age-Herald.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1921-05-07
WOMEN OF MIDDLE LIFE
A Dangerous Period Through Which Every Woman MUST FaS'
Practical Suggestions Given by the Women "''''~
Letters Follow

Alton, Tenn.-"1 want
other suffering women en-, 20
know what Lydia +. finks
hams Vegetable COMPOUND
has done for me. During the
Change Of Life / was in bed
for eight months and had
two good doctors treating
me but they did me no GOOD.
A friend advised me to take
lydia E. Pinkham's Veges-
table Compound, which l DID.
and in q short time ! feis
better. Ihad all kinds Of bad
smells. but they all left me;
Now when l feel weak ana
nervous l take the VegetaoIe
Compound audit always does
me good. / wish all women
would try it during the
Change Of Life for l know 1t
will Do them good. If you
think twill induce some one
to try the Vegetable Com
pound you may publish this
letter. Mrs. A. KELLER
Alton, Tenn.
Mrs. Mary Lister OF
Adrian, Mich.,ad her
testimony to the value
of Lydia f. Pinkham,s
Vegetable Compound
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Arithmetic,

Father" said the small boy, "what
Is an improper fraction?'
IAN improper fraction, my son. is
the portion CRATER insists on taking
before he will let contract go
through"
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Located.
Maud-"If the third finger is for the
wedding ring. which is for divOrceT'
Marie-"Che finger Of scorn."
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1921-09-02
Th Carpenters Bench.
Does h Farmer Get a Square Deal ?
RyLATT CARPENTER

Whenever wave Of prosperity strikes the country
che farmer The last one to feel it's bouyancy But
whenever dgnssion of panic comes, he is the first
70 get Iaraed to all four corners of the ring and
stays grogg Tor sometime after every body else has
recuperaed Why is this
we may har on every hand that the farmer is being
discriminate against that he is made to hold the bag
that ne ,etLly being imposed upon All these
complaints Ne doubtless true. And Furthermore hhe
condition is 10Th natural and inevitable. Natural be-
cause Is rt of the scheme Of life to prey upon the
weak; lneyGble because the farmer has degenerated
INTO utter @aknesS. As class 1t looks almost as if
we farmers De come to be perpetual squeaers
Right at ouse let US have it said that the farmer
setS Just eaetly what he deserves If he is dis
crmlnated aanst he surely deserves it; if he is left
holding the al or is imposed upon he is simply getting
"nat ne desryes. The moral code of the great world
OF business oes not Incorporate section on charity.
IL says in aect Eat wherever you can and whom So
ever you -and, say don't mind the squealing just
eat on until the victim is either totally consumed or
until he figt back and effectively protects himself
Farming Nd mining are the two fundamental oc-
equations man The whole superstructure of mans
activity in ID matter what line, is built upon these
two rocks Without either we would have little, with
out both THE would be nothing. 1t seems absurd
Cnat gre glass of men engaged in the practice of
one OF these fundamental occupations should find it
necessary complain
Farming tas been popularity supposed to be very
simple BUSH Us, business which fool might do we'll
at, but which, offered exercise for talented minds
and hands There never a grosser mis-estimate of
business made. Farming is very intricate and COM
pick business. To be master farmer man needs to
nave NOR Diversified knowledge and perhaps greater
ingenuity han required by any other business on
earth Fsmers are primarily dealing with the growth
and nurture of living things-boh of plant and animal
origin He therefore, needs to know something of Bolo
gy-the grat science of life. Some understanding of
the laws aeredty is particularly desirable. Being IA
milar with The phase "like begets like" is far cry
from any hoPlege Of how breed Improvement is accom-
plished
Farmers need scientific knowledge Of soils To
say simply hat knows when soil is worn out does
not indicate any great wisdom on that mans part It
only shows that he is able to recognize condition or
effect must be able to hunt down causes and provide
remedial MEASURES he hopes to get away from his diff
ficulty
farmer needs to know little of chemistry, little
Of geology, Tght smart Of physiograph9; rood dea
Of engineering and a whole hatful about business. In
addition The possession of these lines Of knowledge,
and almr Of others which space will not permit
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1921-09-02

exact, SO scientific, SO successful. 80
cheap, that they do not meet the ap-
proval of the public health service
They would not require an appropri-
alton of S150,000 at this time. A
little newspaper publicity would in
from the people of the endemic area
These people would speedily get well
and there would be no more need
of propaganda.
Ptllagra in the United States is
prevalent in the regions of the At
lantic Coastal Plain the Piedmont
Plateau, the Gulf Coastal Plain, the
Ashland Plateau, certain inland re-
gions, 0achita, Arbuckle and Wichita
mountains and where the soils are
derived from the shales of the Penn
sylvania series. Pellagra is also oc-
casionally found in northern states
covered by glacial diff from the
great Precambrian Shield around
Hudsons Bay Pellagra has the same
geographical distribution as pine
timber. Prairie Countries do rot
have pellsgra, as prairie soils are
necessarily lime soils.
Pellagra is not caused by maize
Authorization. Pellagra is not caus-
ed or communicated by the Buffalo
gnat or Simulium fly. The theories
of Lombroso and of Sambon have
been definitely abandoned, as well
as disproven. Pellagra disproYen.
Pellagra is not one Of the "deficien-
ey" diseases. The disease which
was induced by DIR. Goldberger in
the convicts in Mississippi was sour
wv and not pellagra. The people of
the south are not underfed | have
been through the pellagrous districts
of the south wherethe table was filled
wealthiest and the best provided die
with the best three times day. The
of pellagra. The people of the south
have pellagra because their water
supply teaches through clays derived
from the crystalline, ignacrs and
metamorphic rocks of the Appalach-
ian system.
Physicians of the south who have
adopted the measures and treatment
outlined by the Italian scientists are
curing pellagra Italy abandoned
the theories of Lombroso, accepted
the findings of Alessandrini and
scala, and cleaned up pellagra so
thoroughly that the disease, once so
prevalent and so fatal, scarcely fig
ured in her remarkable draft of men
for the great war. | might add much
more. but this should suffice.
E. NJ. PERDUE, NJ, D., D P. H.
Kansas City, Mo.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1921-09-02
NOTICE no CONTRACTORS

Sealed bids will be received on Or
before 5 o'clock p. M, Tuesday the
goth. day Of September, 1921, for
the drilling of deep well or wells for
the Light & Water Plant Of the City
Of Macon, Mississippi, according to
plans and specifications now on file
in the office of the undersigned
clerk at Macon, Mississippi. The
contract will be awarded to the low
est bidder who is required to enter
contract and to furnish bond in the
penalty of the amount of bid: SAID
contract to be approved by the
Mayor & Board Of Aldermen of the
City of Macon, during the term 9r
which the contract will be awarded
Each bid must be accompanied bv
check Of one hundred dollars as
an evidence Of good faith
The Mayor & Board of Aldermen
reserves the right to reject any ana
all bids,
By order of the Mayor & Board,
of Aldermen of the City Of Macon.
Mississippi, this 18th, day Of Aug
ust, 1921.
J. J. SCOTT. CITY Clerk
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1921-09-02

Con OIL the farmer needs to have good sound phosoohl
OF life. Any who undertakes to measure IN to thu
proportions Of master farmer has indeed great tasl
before him
1t has been said that the farm offers nothing to tn,
flexible and active mind therefore such minds bav,
left the farms and sought the cities and Industrial cen
ters. There may be two opinions about this matter
1t IS not impossible that the great task accompanying tn,
development into master famers was apparent to som,
OF these genuses and they didn't have the sand to face
the fight 1t has always required more or less of hard
hood and bravery to stay the farm And right now
requires something beyond that less than that some
thing sublime somethg truly ptifu.
As class, farmers know less of the intricacies Of
their business than any class of in other lines know
OF their own Applied psychological tests over wide
spread territory and under all sorts of conditions dur
ing the years OF the late demonstrate that farmers
rank very low in intelligence; in fact only ordinary lab
orers and teamsters fall below them
We have here in East Mississippi very high order
OF intelligence among the white farmers and if farmer
intelligence every where of this standard the rating
of farmer intelligence would occupy altogether another
place.
But in the practical affairs of life forced tc
march with brotherswe must accept the conditions
which the average" thrusts on US.
Here then is the great handicap of the farmer-it
react quickly to external mental stimuli" But why
mnce words.
There are just two things which farmers need to get
them fairly the way to respectable standing among
the great trades and professions of men, and these
are education and organization.
The advantages Of education the farm have al
ready been touched upon and its need must be appa
rent to all.
Organization has been dream, of farmers since time
imNaemoral-but has uniformly fsada But is there
any real reason why, farmers should not organize /?
Every interest in the world is going to fight it-be-
cause it would mean the end of a good deal of easy
pckings. The farmer is very giant among if
he only knew it, and it is through Reorganization alone
that he is kept weak.
We cannot hope within generation to accomplish
perfection But we do great deal to better our
selves.
Instead Of being such proud land foosh individual
lists and regarding every neghbor competitor, we
should join many Of activities in common cause
against the world which holds and occupation in
contempt And this is job for farmers to work out
for themselves. II we call in outside, SO called ex-
pert, aid may be sure that the pretty schemes will
be so adroity fashioned that greater confusion and
greater dstrust than will result
Every county should have farmers association. At
the gatherings Of such associations ideas could be
ped, conditions and plans dscussedanq perhaps well
defined policies for action be developed and promul
CATER,
Great movements always start from the people and
with very small beginnings; and would that it
about time the farmer ceased blubberng and began
to take some action in his own behalf.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1921-09-02
NOTICE TO BRIDGE CoNrhACroRg


Sealed bids are invitel Il BE filed with
the undersigned Clerk on or before Eleven
i'clock a. 10, on Monday, the DAY Of Sep
temSar. 1921, for funA hing the asaterisl
for and constructing according to plans and
Clerks office Of Eoxubee County. Ms4is-
sippi the following;
steel bridge over Wet Wster Greek ~
the Brooksville and Louisville Road about
2i2 miles west Of Brooksyille Mississippi.
DATA
Length il bridge -------------6t feet
Width of soadvay ------------------i2 feet
intermediate Posts S"S24e "xA".
Hub Guard angles Top 81 XXX "SL,"
Hub Guard angles Bottom 2l4"x2la"xL -.
Type re-enfOrced concret slab with con
crete abhtmeuts & wings
Contractir to take care Of traffic
Said work to be completed within 30 isyr
from the date Of awarding the contract.
good faith check Of five per cent %
bid To accompany each bid. and no bid will
be considered without check
The contract will be lot TO the lowest
bidder who must. during the meeting AZ
which the contract is awarded enter into
formal cnntrasr ixnd furnish saua, rsis4i
sufficient lupeties for the prompt proper
and efficient performance of the contract
in penalty not less the contract price Tbs
Board reserves the right to reject any OF
all bids. Bond and Contract to be recorded
A. expense Of the contractor.
BY order of the Board Of Supervisors
lvid. Minute Book "a, VNk- jgil this ii asy
of Augast 1877 9''
jNo, A. TYSON Csanesry Clrlas.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1921-09-02
PELLAGRA.

To the Edit! ii the New York Times:
| note atmber of articles in the
Times consrning pellagra These
articles are n error in that they are
misleading as to the cause, preven-
ton and lIfe of pellagra. They
are further b error in that they as
sumo to stite that there is differ
ence Of OPINION as to the cause of
pelIagm nd that there is still doubt
as to the 10 cause.
If there ID threatened recrudes-
cence Of phgra, all this is exceed
ingly unfaltA to the people of the
south, and Misleading to the medical
profession Who are called upon to
treat these Sufferers in the south.
Again, The people. of the south who
suffer from pellagra are our fellow
citizens andE are entitled to the best
and the trith about such an afflic-
tion Every instinct of humanity
dictates th3t the truth be told and
that these sufferers be relieved and
their lives saved
The trua cause of pellagra was
worked ouA in the Institute of Hy-
eiene Of Id University of Rome by
Professors Alessandrini and Scala.
They pubhshed the results of their
work in lR13-14. The writer was
their collaboration in America. He
Translated heir work and published
If with tha results of his American
collaboration in 1916. For five years
this work has been in the English
language II the hands of the Ameri-
can profeSS on. This research is fl
nal It is based upon the very best
scientific andings. There Us moth
ing furtheH Ito seek for the cause and
prevention aof pellagra, The treat-
ment is a success, but it does not
preclude sher methods.
Pellagra 5 an endemic and not an
epidemic Kease. 1t is chronic acid
Intoxicating and not infectious or
communica b!e in any sense. 1t is
not heredi9 Try.
PelIagra Is essentially a disease of
a fixed agricultural population liv-
inc upon pm irided and exhausted
soil Of discriminate geologic origin.
Pelagra definite geological
seographA distribution. 1t has
no reatop to labor, diet, domicile
or sanitary environment.
Pellaga b caused by drinking soft
water com big from a clay soil.
Pelagra is prevented by drinking
hard watet whose hardness" is due
10 the prSence of the cor Donates of
calcium III magnesium.
pellegras is cured by the hypoder-
mic admin stration of 10 per cent
solution Il sodium citrate. Give one
cubic cent rmeter daily for Is to 30
DAVIS auerding to the severity of
tbo case, then on alternate days for
as long a ime.
These teasures are so simple, 80
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mouths, or indirectly by handle
food. Typhoid hands often ham
typhoid around on the rims Of mill
bottles, ON bread on berries, OF
sandwiches, or other foods, handled
as those are handled.
hate to have grub clerk" il
a dairy lunch hand me sandwich
with an index finger he has jus
removed from thR region of his
nostrils. This is not nice, and be
sides the nostrils may contain some
kind of desease infection.
hate also to have milk handed tC
me which has been dipped from
reservoir with teacup held by
fingers which have made recent ex-
cursions into the mouth. Yes, it is
true, not only of typhoid infection
hut the infections of other diseases
are handed around on hands. Let
us quit shaking hands and instead
simply salute as soldiers do. This
would abolish one of the Ways by
which diseases are transmitted
Did you ever see a person cough
or sneeze into his hand and then
shahe hands with another? That
certainly is not nice, and perhaps
one is not a crank for calling at
tention to this nastiness and advis-
ing its early discontinuance.
Typhoid and all infectious dis
eases are disgrace, for said the
great Pasteur most truly, at is
possible for man to driVe all in
fectious diseases from the earth. !"
Typhoid and other iaschsal dis
eases we can readily drive from the
earth Yet we stupidity suffer from
them. If it would not Immediately
bring upon me epithet Of crank
| would suggest we do without ty-
phoid. Typhoid, and let me add
intestinal intoxicAtion, which bring
almost limitless hell on earth, could
be banished for one-tenth of what
it costs to have them. There is
much virtue in separating ourselves
from typhoid fever, for it is true
that typhoid, like sin, is a reproach
to any community.
Between August and Christmas
$40 persons now living in health in
our state will die of typhoid fever,
and there will have occurred at
least 1000 cases and rs per cent of
these cases will contract consump-
ton in convalescence and eventually
die. Of course, small percentage
of these post typhoid consumptives
may experience an arrest of the
disease. Consumption cannot be
cured, it is only arrested which in
sense is as good as cure. And
let US know right here-the time to
cure consumption is befoAe it be-
gins. In other words, prevent it.
A typhoid hand owned by a
typhoid carrier handed typhoid to
seven persons at summer hotel in
Indiana recently, and three of them
died, Beware of the typhoid hand.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1921-09-02
CHILD WELFARE
UNIT OF NOXUBEE

Under the auspices Of the Child
Welfare Unit of Noxubee County,
Superintendent by the Womans club,
Dr. Richards Of Columbus has been
operating the past two days at the
school building The Woman's Club
changed the Holland rooms of the
building into vsry satisfactory
hospital ward and operating room,
One dozen and half children were
operated on for enlarged tonsils
and adenoids Dr. Withers has been
acting as anaesthelist This unique
hospital corps has been brought
right to the doors of the people Of
Macon This is following up work
resulting from school examinations
made by the Noxubee County Child
Welfare Unit Mrs. Mcleod and
Miss Trueloye have been efficient
nurses in the Clinic
1t is hoped that this is to be the
beginning of many clinics to be held
in Macon during the next three
months. The Child Welfare Unit
will soon be leaving for another
county to do similar work but un-
der the direction of the county nurse
and the local physicians it is hoped
that these clinics will be held every
month. No work is more needed
than this. It has been proven IN
other communities that operations
for the correction of diseased tonsils
and adenoids is a boon to school
children, and in many instances the
child who has been defective physi-
callv and unable to do school work
after the correction OF such defects
has been able o,'shO~, marked inc
pavement in his school. work and
even to lead his classes.
The taxpayer in Noxubee County
can i'll afford to neglect the wonder
full opportunity of continuing the
work that has already been by the
Health Unit, Much Of the success Of
the work has been due to the wonder
full organization Of women in this
County. 1t has been remarked that
such team work and organization as
this club posesses is rarely seen.
With these women helping there is,
no reason why Noxubee County
health conditions can not be made
the best in the state.
The parents of the children oper-
ated upon have expressed themselves
as wonderfully pleased. One moth
err made the statement that the
child operated on Yesterday at the
irnprovised hospital had far better
attention and care than another
child whom she had operated on I'M
one Of our cities.
We feel that it is splendid thing
to have skilled snecialist come to
Macon and hold this clinic for us,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1921-09-02
NOTICE TO BIDDERS

Notice is hereby given that the
Mayor & Board Of Aldermen Of the
City of Macon. Miss, will receive
bids and contract for coal, Alum,
meters. transformers, lamps, fans,
oil. wire and all material to be used
by the City Light and Water Plant
for period of three months accord
ing to law, all bids to be opened on
Tuesday. Sept. 9th, 1921 at the re
gular meeting. The Board reserves
the right to reject any and all bids,
Done by order of the Mayor and
Board of Aldermen, this August 2nd
1921. ]. ]. SCOTT, Clerk.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1921-09-02
NOTICE

Sealed bid, will be received on or befors
2 O'Clock p. m. on Monday the dag Of
September 1921 for grading road from
Cooksyiile to the Consolidated school a. PEI
plans and specifications now OF file in the
Chancery Clerks office at Macon Miss
The principal terms Of work g. follows
Clearing and grubbins IA stumps and trees
grading 4595 Gu yards Bids to be Tor
lump some job
The cintract will be awarded to the low
est bidder who il required 10 enter into
contract and to furnish bond in the penalty
Of the smonnt Of bid said contract AMI BOND
to be approved by the Biard during the
term at which tht contract will be awarded
The contract and bond to be recorded a.
aexpense Of the contractor. certified checx
Of per cent Of bid. payable 10 Allie Swana
President, must accompany each bid
IT, Board reserves the right to rtject any
or AZ bids.
BY order Of the Board Of Supervisor, o.
Noxubee County. Mississippi this day u
August 1921
JNo A. TYSON. Cbancery Clerk.