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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1922-08-11
FRIDAY AUGUST mn, 1922
EVERY CITIZEN SHOULD DO HIS DUTY

Are you a truc-bIue Mississippian, and have YOU the
honor as well a, the veal Of this great state Of yours at
heart? If all of this is true of you, then 90 to the polls
on the 18th and vote your honest convlctIons IN the prI-
mary that will be held on that day. 1t isyour duty as
much MS that of every citizen Of this great commonwealth
10 votc-to use the power with which each Independent
voter is vested to the best knowledge that is within him.
A person who is a shirker of duty and indifferent to
the run Of affairs, refusing to use his influence in the
direction that he believes from honest conviction to be
right soon becomes a nonentlty, and a dead weight on
the community and society. He IS branded in the estlma-
ton Of his fellow citizens as out of the running IN the
manipulation Of affairs, and can but fail to take the stand
ing in his community that it is his i%naljenable right to take
as a fair-minded and intelligent citizen. 50 the one who
passes his political obligations to another, with the com
forting assurance to himself that one vote more or less
can not turn the balance either way. This stand is an err
roneous one for every citizen is an integral part of the
government under which he lives, and is as much obligated
to do his part toward seeing that the right persons are
placed in office as if his vote were the sole moving power
that sets the governmental machinery in motion.
Every Mississippian who has blushed for the stigma Of
unworthy office holders that has been placed upon the
record of the state, or who has Wrthed under the sting
of the lash of criticism that has whistlcd ~wickedly from
all quarters about our heads, and flayed at times, most
mcrcilcssly, will realize, surely, the vast Importance OF
a full vote and one east in the right direction. We have
suffered from the dlslhteEralloh u or poHtlcs, cauSeu
by unworthy and unhallowed representatives, and it is
time NOW, voters, for US all to line up, quit ourselves
like men and put things back on a footing where the at
fairs of such a state with such a people as ours belong,
1t is not for Us individuality, to think OF allowing the voice
that rcsounds in the senate from the state whose honor IS
dear to US, to longer be one that carries the unseemly
echoes Of d~isloyalDy, disruption and stigmati2ing maund-
erings, and the way to prevent this Is for us to all turn
Out and vote, as a duty to state, country and family-a
duty that is as sacred as any that binds us.
Going to the polls is not an inyitational affair, but a
performance of duty and no voter who shirks it is a true
and loyal citi2crs.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1922-08-11
'oITON WORMS APPEAR
FARMERS Urged to Write For Circ,l,,
On Control Measures

a. 4 NJ. College, Miss. Auo,,s+
Al1hough reports continue to rnaoh
.he rlant Board office in regard 70
ome appearance Of the cotton worm
D. oo'lohieat caterpillar in Mississinni
iroiessor K. W. Harmed, Enton,nIpp
LlS'' states that none of these insoots
nave actually been received from, 40
Po,n' IN Mississippi. Correspondents
naEe sent IN numerous other worms
eha' nav been collected ON c|ot+nn
especially the bollworm and tLo co+
ION sqaare-borer, but these in%sects
are present every year and urless ~
Su"IN ABUNDANT should NOT canso on,
uneasinesS. ''"se any
as Professor Harmed has reca;vod
!elegrams from four counties aaIie"
calcium arsenate will control tho
oU''oH worm, is is probable tbot ~
question mas occurred to NAM noou
annl s,9tsS that calcium arsenate as
"pIipga Tor the boll weevjl will 40
W. we cotton worm and all njanto,g
Who are using this substance ."n;er
w. oo'i weevil need have no fear sans 81
Sc serious loss from the co+t ho lea OF
m"n 1l'ly other remedy that he recon-
'h,r.,oS Is powdered arsenate Of IonI
.rI' may be applied by the old n eJo
"hq d. sack method. o'' poie
Plant Board is anxious -
Just where and when the t,Tts TO learn
a arg : N Mississippi ard cotton cote" worn" worms
carefnIr, urged to inspect their fields fields
that a ars FOR forn worms of any kind, All All
a tigh bte ba ,Uund should be placed i'm in
few cotton n'1 loa or mailing tube with a
promptly to he Entom Oon and mailed
", College, Mississipni E Fmn a. &
ions IN regard to the contraI a'rec-
cotton worm may be obtained b. o, me
NIX NJ 10 the State Plant Board ar't,
W. College, Mississippi. "'' a. d
CLAY LYLE. Insnector
Charge Educational VOL
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1922-08-11
The State Highway

With the November elections only
three months distant, the proposed
amendment to Section no of the Mis-
slssippi Constitution, giving the State
Highway Department control over a
per cent State Highway System,
looms as one of the most important
issues Under consideration. This
amendment would take seven per cent
Of the roads, the main trunk highways
from under the control of the boards
Of supervisors. and combine them into
n connected State Highway System
which would be under the control of
the State Highway Department for
construction and maintenance.
Opponents Of this amendment mold
that this is one of a series of steps
that are rapidly changing the Demo
crazy of the United States into an
lmperialistic nation, and that unless
this movement is checked, another
quarter of a century will see a United
states, in which States Rights are a
thing OF the past, and the rule of the
few is supreme.
Advocates OF this Measure, who
seem to be III the declueu MAJORITY,
hOId these views To De ridiculous ana
t"eiAely u~nIounded, ald back up their
statements with facts. Inc amend
ihent VIII IN no way place a single mile
OF Mississippi ROADS under + Federal
authority, but Will Simply transfer
the control Of seven percent of Inc
roads from the counties. to the stare
COMMISSION, winch Is elected by the
people, ana Is respons.oAe to the pep
pie. They hold, that the fact. tnal
unless this amendment is passed. Mis-
slSs!ppl will cease to partlcipate IN
federal aid allotments, alone is suf
l,cieht reason for its adoption, since
inns would mean the loss OF millions
OF dollars to this State annually. Full
~ 1lfty per cent of the road work
gong on IN Mississippi at present. is
Deing lone with the aid of Federal
FUNDS, but according to Federal law.
uiiIeSs the State is given control over
a State Highway System, upon which
'nese funds may be expended. these
aiiotmentS will cease. This claIsa
was inserted by the Government in
the W. appropriations to jns,ra
maintenance of newly constructed
roads, and avoid repetition of the
tremendous losses which resulted from
improper maintenance of roads built
with funds appropriated in 1916
Ahother very convincing argument
advanced by the advocates OF the nro-
posed change, is that a connected State
ii'SllWay System will be under the
co,,'rol OF one central authority. and
VIII be managed as a system. and not
~ small sections Of a few miles as is
dofe under the present constitution
IN TINS way, the most important roads
VIII receive the attention of tra;nsd
engineers, who will have the authority
and equipment to watch tho rnaJs
c,oSely; and act Immediately in casa
OF need of repairs. This, it is aro,,oJ
VIII relieve the counties of the bnrdon
o. maintaining these roads. and al1om
enem TO devote the county tax to roads
of lesser Importance, which ar .o'a+
present neglected. a.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1922-08-11
TOO MUCH fMoFloN-ToO LITTLE COMMON SENSE
What ails us +?

What aIs us?
We have the richest agricultural belt of the world. the
most improved agricultural implements, the best trans
l'llailon q any people and the largest home market, vet
through WaSteiul and absurd methods of distribution the
'"di i PeFlodlcaiIN IS brought to sore straits financially.
me farm makes up the largest single unit of puychas.
ing power IN America, Upon the prosperity of the far
meis depends to a decided degree the prosDcrity Of tho
m9o'tacl urer. Economically they are bound by close tics
\'l the farm and the factory are far apart in sympathy
and understanding. 'f'
no Other element Of the Nation is SO lacking IN orponi.
Sa'Um - le farm. Manufacturing is highly organized.
80 practically is every branch of general business N
1t IS absurd to say the farm cannot be- stabIf,oj ,nd =,
dlStfhutlNe wastes eliminated. '" N'
petn"rE mas the best agricultural distribution svston a.
amt world ON land, much of which an American farror
would have turned from as almost homeless i r y" q III
ca q great dalry, fruit, poultry, cattle sheen hoo and
Eatuen truck establishment, and through co-operati T9 m ANY,
from ~ " amn embraces every one who raises anything
- VI VEE 20 q drove OF steers, it not only feeds ali
ip ,Hn out London and a goodly part of the R,itishh
sues, rarm produce is collected with the regularity hat
for the nrnJ fr,n'''S letters. The collector gives a receipt
otb,, ott ao""NTI "hat isn't required for Copenhagen and
Jon'f S,t'es Denmark goes by express steamer . anu III
~ D,ci lh'Se vessels sail on schedule time. " ""
n'''Sh farmers go to school in winter 70 s+,a
fr,r, p""'Sh mothers go to school. too. DanfSb ~.
,oW ROYALTY down, engaged to be married 20 to ITS aS
10 take courses in housekeepinp ''' 'S' " Schooi
self one Of T tbn s marketing Denmark has mads i
we S''e time, although Denmark has = " europe
today, w q 'e"' democracy presented
War L, ,'Ar-
tba, ;, 1g|etH war. There probably pnvor h u
.r'l could not have been settled bot,o, wv "a beer one
p'""o'Se than by resort to arms = an honest COM
not baye h b,r mas neen a good strike, never one .bo,
on bn ntb Ge2n Steeled better by Justice and ~ om "a could
-" "9.n s.0eS than by resort to force "' 'o"'o'on sense
'"H'' war is evidence of what Fool
trihn, 's,n's economic illiteracv. So is sncb - s"ndertn
on his r'' s,o q gives to the aericultuist So small iI' tn DIS
MS - n' saan ana his cattle, his fruits and hi. " return
in3, ~ u""'Ne nm of a purchasing noyer II y Vegetables
and b ,'t :, ~ja'HShments busy on goods Of 'n nae1 W 81. keep
uore anpreciatian of the intordonapdo,o. :,
c 80 I' national family, more of a re,lizat;or.tt ~ az nrancho
# ,i I% n!rt without MI being hurt to some ,Ia, nc group
nr,ri Ht - .nTmS'''' and less Of greed and nassion Tn,fjHH' mor.
il what aus Us thef there has hpao TOO ,,.L
p, Nnat we have been doing ard too litt,o m.,h onotio'
''N9rd Sp'llano in Public LEDGE ''''' common sense
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1922-08-11
Juice to Tax PAYERS of City of
Macon, Mississippi.

a.. me real and personal rolls -
T ,o5s OF Macon, Miss, for - " the
~ were delivered to tbe tne year
mayor and Aldermen on A,n board OF
and said rolls are now on 6ie list,
once OF the city clerk. "e IN the
All citizens of the city a,o inn;..,
10 .nd G'll at the office of the "c cjtr ,n cld,Si
ara examine said rolls. Anv t;erk
" taxpayer who is dissatiSfoS S',,Ien
ne assessments. NAV at anv t;n,o WIN
-, ,oon before the first Tuesday IN o'" SEQ on
present his objections tbareto p;,,
writing which shall be filed 'u with IN IN
sSsfssement roll to the said Ciart a ,ng
ioeketed and nrescntod TO s,ia p anG
y Aldermen. Septomher. An narsons
who shall fell to make objections t sons
e concluded by the assese~,an. aaa
nre"'nded from ouestioring ;ts ,,I ?1'
V after its approval, exeept n;rnrs
"h' nersonS non compos mentjs
THIS order ~ivon by tho Rosrd 90
NNperrtsors of Noxuhaa Conr.,. az
~ lSt d8y &c Arr,,st 1000
TOM T. PATTY. Assessor
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1922-08-11
SOME VARYING ESTIMATES

As far as women are concerned there are two peculiar
Facts regarding their standing with nations and indiNi-
duaIs; the countries that seem the most sentimental in
tt"r language toward the softer sex (such as the Orier-
tad are usually the most Intoierant in practice; ON the
pat of the individual it is considered witty 10 be coarse.
This has resulted IN myriads Of SO called wise proverbs.
The world no longer suosyrbcs to the following to men
ton a few:
'iI'l is paved with women's tongues"
,..uie gong to war say a prayer; before going to
$40 Two prayers; before marrying say three PRAYERS
81 women have no character al alt"
Even a woman, Madame de StacI, wrote. Il am clad |
an, not a man rs | should be obliged to marry a woman
1t Is peasant to turn from this Islander TO the true esti.
maze Of woman. The path of a good woman is indeed
Slrr"A with flowers; but they rise behind her stems. not
heiote them, Her feet have touched the meadows and
,e5 uc DAISIES rosy All the evil that women have done
TO Us comes IRON us and all he good they have done to nc
comes from them AN the reasoning of man is NOT
w" one sentiment OF woman"
no generation of women deserves tho ovil t,i,,, .h
So' "I lheh' every generation deserves the best fiat Va
.'pN, many VINO had their filings in so-caIed wittiriSms ~
,Lg NN 'et mat they could do 50 with impunity Tn3,,
v.n uo longer possible, for with the great stridas
.,,l nave made M all lines, they can afford r. traa,
n'n S''o'' contempt the opinions emanatinp FROM hr,ins
nu "''r'S lar interior to thptr own. If in fms ranorat;,,
.um'. are lowered, it is because they choose tn ha i,
at their feet. =" world * IN reality
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1922-08-11
THAT CARELESS OPERATOR

Many sins both of omission and commission are laid at
the door Of the linotype man IN a printing office. II a
copy writer makes a mistake that makes somebody mad
or worse, that shows him up as not 50 well-lntormed as
he might be, and would wish to pose as being, there is
such a handy excuse in the person of the linotype man,
who can be charged with setting up wrong, and more often
than not he is without defense, for how can he be expect
ed to remember what passes from his fingers over the
keys, we'll enough to put up a defense if things come out
and an instance Of his being SO, is shown in the statement
that appeared in one of last weeks editorials, where Cand
Ter was spoken Of as belonging to the L S Senate. He failed
10 make corrections from proaf that was returned to him
and bllthely let the statement 60 into print, where it
caused the readers to wonder concerning the information
Of the editorial staff, hence this explanation. The Limo
type operator does not lose cast as readily as some others,
If he makes a comic on tragical blunder, and any way,
he is a constitutionally independent soul, and does not
care If he docs, So we have no hcsitancy in placing the
blame where it belongs.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1922-08-11

Advice, like castor oil is easy to
DIV but hard to take.
Neye." count your chickens when
yonr wife IS around.
The rich ma. Usually has a twin
six and the Door nan has six twins.
When we think We en- make both
ends meet-somebody moves the ends.
Somebody puts your money in the
bank. Why don't you? ~
The moral that adorns a dogs tail
is this; The tail that gets a wioole
on seldom has a can tied to it.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1922-08-11
Fruit Trees

w NJ Jones, agent for the Con-
cord Nurseries, Concord, Ga. at prices
just half what you paw to ]trareline
agents Have all varieties. peaches.
apples pears, plums, pecans cranes,
ana ~shrubbery. Delivered free Nov,
lst. to 18th. Will take pleasure IN
showing color plates of these fruits,
Macon Miss.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1922-08-11

The only happy people are those
who never stop to think whether they
are happy or not
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1922-08-11

Artistic temperament seems to have
much in common with an aversion to
work.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1922-08-11
Fable: Once upon a time there was
a family hal had enough towels.

Not every mar will admit that his
wife made his a success, but every
wife will.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1922-08-11

One reason why a dollar goes faster
now is because it has to in order
to keep the pace we set.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1922-08-11

Some people wouldn't enjoy giving
a party except for the pleasure of not
inviting somebody.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1922-08-11
iht IFTrFp

the odn %t' n,ig, most childish bits of suncrstition to which
who ror,i, u' ~ y prey Is the So-callcd "chainIatter " AZ
~ = nn r''@Ne these Ietters are enioincd to send s Sjrj, al
MIN" va" do,s 'fnaS within twenty -four hours Al t tbo ~, J'm -
You are "T' toId a y"" nave been an obcdient link in the v rbai "
Tbo.a y y, %s 'ltlved bad luck is promised Won " you
ipyitina W." lhSlSt upon casting charms uno, nai. !.
enough dryic S."'5 Re OF Destiny and the wink of Fate. p HAYES
tbom na,,o,y them without troubling their fr %o JaV"gTry
them s o"aI [[a9o'S feet, buckeys and borsos"b"as Let
break mir"o ps''I LEA eats ,h and raised ladders Let them never rmr
avalar mba Lgt them de airy, hing that vii, 's| n,n ~ the
care to court t a letters, pt unon prosy persons who do n rmI
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1922-08-11

backs ANA !, ,"'NS VINO stand by with hands behind tboir
or nh h"o 'T,uSe to lend aid when a project i hoina MI. y
como Wv "olef Ioudest in condemnation if tbings FAN - ~
dow r"n 90 p',lecty as planned. If You fail 10 yot, T,, :"
part. than =" !" ,a's class 50 come ahead and do ,a,r
you will fool ,hat 800 ,a q not run smoothly afterwards
r,on. :. - INA, you have a right to EXPRESS =, .m.
y" '"at You please, FOR it is your affair as S'"''-
"'' as strong . hand intt as any bo4v else. ''''"s' 20"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1922-08-11

Our next song win be: "She had
the hives, 50 he called her honey.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1922-08-11

~ mN ~, y nercent Of the American noo,Io
pant n,,noy , ,, "nng o. percent nay money 70 landlords
W. honSe rented hn' 10 landlord win ,r yr"n paV tof
y tenant owns onlv a hurdle Of REGENTS = TIE ,"mf
The Holbrook news., 1922-06-23
WE WISH HIM SUCCESS

He didn't have a hard luck story to tell. He didn't try to sell us anything. He was just a boy, way off from home and a little hun gry to ''visit" with the folks. He dropped in at the News office and chatted a while. By name he is Robert K. Noble and he halls from Fredericksburg, Maryland. He is an eX-service man of the 29th Division, who saw fighting in the Argonne and was gassed in Alsace. And after a long siege in govern ment hospitals he had de- cided to get we'll 'on his own. So he is travelling across country on his bi- cycle propelled by 'shanks mares on his way to the Coast. He is feeling so fine, he proudly boasts, that he'll be able to handle a job when he gets there, and he looks it. He's a trife gaunt, but he's brown as a berry and his muscles show up most convincingly. We hope he is entirely cur ed and that he gets a dandy job when he reaches his destination, for his is the spirit that helped the sol dier boys 'to carry on" when things looked black.
 He left Navajo over forty miles away at four-fifteen Wednesday morning a n d reached Holbrook by ten fifteen the same morning. Then gaily pedalled on his way to Winslow thirty three miles to the west. It took him just a month and a day to get this far and he intends to reach the Coast by the 27th of June.
The Holbrook news., 1922-06-23

the lead of certain Federal officials and prosperity boom CTS, they became optimistic Since, however these pro- sperty forecasts have not matured they again down in the dumps How long will it take us to learn that Presidents don't make business but rather business makes Presidents It is true that conditions dull at the pre- sent time partly account of the late spring. part due to the floods of the sout partly due to the strikes New England and New York State and partly due to the upset conditions in Europe When however, bus is looked upon from long range it will be that it is passing thru only natural eadustment which takes always considerable time. stated two years ago that improvement could be expected before August 1922 and still feel that way Even after the turns in the fall of this year. it will be a slow altho steady climb upward.
 "On the other hand all industries not hit at the same time, they will tend to back at different times The industry that first hit will be the first to come back. This was the silk industry which was most suppressed during the will show the greatest cry during the next few years; indeed it is already covering have in mind the building industry There is marked increase in the demand for all building terals, notably lumber aho iron and steel sharing in the building boom The sales of hardware and paints have increased If labor does not become too hungry for increased wages this spurt in building may de- veop into real boom.
 Another industry which should quickly show better employment is the automobile industry, especially the makers of the expensive cars These makers the first to be hit and these should be the first to back"
 Commodity prices are likewise adjusting themselves naturally"
 Better sti the cost of living whole is still on the decline. man purchase for 75 cents today what cost him dollar year ago. Retail sales are hold ing up very wel the mail order houses are showing n- creases western shoe manufacturers busy and ture factories working liberal schedule Even coal production is holding up fairly we'll.
 "Al of this means that there Is reason why the banker manufacturer merchant should be pessimist or optimist today Neither the prosperity boomers nor the calamity howers should be followed. Within a few months concluded Mr. Babson i've should reach the end of the decline in general business Honesty thrift industry and the spirit of service will hasten the day.
The Holbrook news., 1922-06-23
TREASURY DEPARTME NIT Office of Comptroller of
 the Currency
No. 17l9S.

Washington. D. C., May II, 1922 Whereas, by satisfactory cyl dence presented to the under signed, it has been made to ap- pear that 'The First National Bank of Holbrook" in the Town of Holbrook Tn the County of NavaJO and State of Arizona has compiled with all the provisions of the Statutes of the United States. required to be complied with before an association shall be authorized to commence the business of Banking;
 Now therefore 1, D. k. Cris- singer Comptroller of the Cur rency. do hereby certify t ha t The First National Bank of HoI- brook" in the Town of Holbrook in the County of Navajo and State of Arizona is authorized d to commence the business of Bank ing as provided in Section Fifty one hundred and sixty nine of the Revised Statutes of the United States.
 In testimony whereof witness my hand and Seal of office this eleventh day of May, 1922.
 (Seal.) R. D. CRISSINGER,
 Comptroller of the Currency.
 If.
The Holbrook news., 1922-06-23

to the County Treasurer of Navajo County, Arizona, which certified check so deposited by the success ful bidder shall be retained by the said Board of Supervisors and be forfeited in the event the bidder shall not carry out the terms of the contract for the purchase Of the Bonds. All checks from bidders other than the successful ibidders, shall be forthwith returned to them after the said sale. No bid will be accepted for less than par and ac- crued interest. The Board of Sup ervisors reserves right to reject any and all bids.
 Section g. That this order shall be published for at least five (5) consecutive weekly issues before the date of said sale in the "Hol- brook News, the official paper of Navajo County, Arizona, and shall have asl the caption therefor, the following:
 Notice and Order for the Issue and Sale of $11, 1,75OO0 School Bonds of School District No. 6 (Taylor) of Navajo County, Arizona.
 By order of the Board of Super visors of Navajo County, Arizona, made this 5th day of June, A. D. 1922.
 B. E. OWENS,
 Chairman of the Board of Super
 visors, Navajo County, Arizona. ATTEST:
 M R. TANNER,
 Clerk of the Board of Supervisors, Navajo County, Arizona F June 16 L July IA.