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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1922-06-09
CAPTAIN JACK, THE MARTYR OF
THE MODOCS

THEY We're preparing to hang Cap
L tain Jack (Kintpuash), the ModoC
chief. There was a harsh clanking OF
iron as he rose to speak for himself
and his people. "Let me die like O
man, not like a dog" he said, Il am
not afraid to die, but l am ashamed to
go this way, with my hands tied be.
hind me-"
AS he stood on the scaffold at Fort
Klamath, Ore, a jealous minister
tried to comfort him. You must not
be afraid to die" he said. You are
going to a beautiful land where you
will eve want for anything"
PREACHER" replied Jack, this country
right here is good enough for me. You
say the other is a fine place and
suppose you want to 60 there. I'll give
you 20 ponies if you will take my
place. l don't want to 60 right now."
The minister declined.
Captain Jacks death marked the
end of a war that had cost the United
States more than half a million dollars
and 100 lives, white and red. Who was
most responsible? No man can say,
Captain Jack and his warriors muir
dered General Candy and Doctor
Thomas, peace commissioners, who
had com into the Indian camp under
a flag of truce. Twenty years before
a Californian named Ben Wright had
masSaCred nearly 30 Modocs under q
white flag and had become a popular
hero for the deed. Among these was
Captain Jacks father.
Captain Jack was hanged, but other
ModocS with blacker records went free
because they deserted him and Joined
the soldiers in hunting him down. AT
first he had protested at the plot 10
murder the peace commissioners. Then
some of his warriors placed a squaw's
hat on his head, a shawl about his
shoulders and threw him to the ground.
Coward! Squaw" they jeered at
him. You are not a Modoc. You will
not die with a soldiers bullet. We will
save the soldier that trouble. Spring
ing to his feet he shouted: II will do
ycur towards work even though il
cost me my life and the lives of all my
people"
The white mans history records
Captain Jack only as a %treacherous
murderer. Had he been a white man.
perhaps it would have pronounced him
a martyr. Forced into an act which
he abhorred waging a wal which he
knew was hopeless; betrayed by his
own men walking in chains to the
Indians most d~isgraceful death-smar
wonder that be cried bitterly: What
chance for justice does the Indian have
with ySu white men and. your white
mans law? NoneH
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1922-06-09
FAVORABLE REPORT
ON F0RD'S PLAN
ACCEPTANCE OF LATEST AGREE,
MENT URGED BY HOUSE CON-
MlTTEE.
ONLY EXCEPTION IS GORGAS
Ford Agents See Victory in Decision
and Hold Hope Final Inclusion of
Goreas Plant.-Vote Twelve
To Nine.

Washington Henry Ford's proposal
to develop the governments vast pow.
err and nitrate projects at Muscle
Shoals, Ala, has been given additional
approval by the house military com
mittee" and reported to the house with
n recommendation that it be accepted
in the form agreed to in committee.
The action taken was IL to 9, in ex-
ecutive session, and was interpreted
by committee men generally as being
in effect but the preliminary skirmtsh
to what promises to become a bitterly
contested battle between the .propo,
tents OF the Ford offer in the house.
In arriving at its final decision the
committee decided to eliminate from
the properties covered in the Ford of
fer the steam plant at Gorgas, Ala,
and agreed with w. b. Mayo and j. w.
Worthington, representatives of the
Detroit manufacturer, upon new lam
guage regulating the manufacture Of
fertilizers. In all other respects, the
Ford offer vas fully approved.
Mr., Mayo declared when advised of
the committee action that despite elm.
jnation of the Gorgas plant he regard.
ed the results announced as a decisive
victory for MIR. Ford and that a more
determined effort than ever before
now would be made to obtain the
properties. To agree upon every de-.
tail involved in the negotiations, ex.
cept one, was a distinct achievement,
Mr.. Mayo added, particularly since the
discussions had been extended over so
long q period of time. more
than q year since they were first be,
gun at the war department. lie ex-
pressed warm appreciation for the
courteous and conscientious work done
by the committee from the time it be.
gan consideration Of the subject,
Two other developments in congress
affecting Muscle Shoals occurred while
the committee was in session. The
house instructed its confereas on the
army appropriation bill to report back
TO 1t what decision they reached with
the senate on the amendment provid-
ing $4,000 for continuation Of work
on the Wilson dam, SO that a separate
vote might be had.
In the senate Agricultural commit.
tee, Oscar c. Merrill, executive officer
of the federal power commission, testl.
fled that the Muscle Shoals projects
should he completed and put in opera
ton preferably by private enterprise.
II the government decided to operate
the properties, Mr.. Merrill said he be-
lievcd the bill by Senator Norris OF
Nebraska, chairman of the committee,
probably offered the best method of
dealing with the projects.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1922-06-09
MINIMUM COAL
PRICE IS FIXED
Rate OF $3.50 PER TON At MINES
is ESTABLISHED BY sECRE-
TARY HOOVER.
APPLIES DURING STRIKE


Washington. - Establishment Of a
maximum price Ct $3.50 d ton for Goa.
at Tie mines in so per cent of the pres
ent production fields for the duration
OF The strike has been announced by
Secretary Hoover. he regretted, he
added, That a small minority Of the OPP.
orators representing western Ken.
tucky-had refused to cooperate and
are demanding higher prices.
Consumers can insure themselves of
a square deal under the established
prices by checking freight rates with
the maximum price, Mr.. Hoover said,
determine whether they are buying
contract coal and make proper allow.
ances for cost of retail distribution.
The maximum price, he explained, APP
plies solely to spot coal and consumers
who are not treated fairly may appeal
10 the commerce department with as.
surance that inquiry into their cases
will be instituted.
Mr.. Hoover announced he had been
advised that operators of Virginia, w.
Virginia, Tennessee and eastern Ken.
lucky would accept the maximum OF
$3.50 a ton, while Alabama operators
will accept the rate of 20 cents a ton
below the Garfield scale in that dis
trict.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1922-06-09

try it. I feel frst-rate at the present
time. 1t has done wonders for me and
keep it in the house right along. I
always recommend it to others who are
sick and ailing. Mrs. j. M. SIBBERT,
4O32 High ST., Everett Washington.
To do any kind of work, or to play for
that matter, is next to impossible if you
are suffering from some form of female
trouble. 1t may cause your back or your
legs to ache, it may make you nervous
and irritable. You may be able to keep
up and around, but you onot feel good.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound is a medicine for women. 1t is
especially adapted to relieve the cause
of the trouble and then these annoying
pains, aches and mo good" feelings
disappear.
1t has done this for many, many wo-
men: why not give it a fair trial-now.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1922-06-09
Observes Birthday Of jefferson Davis.

Washington.-The anniversary of
the birth of Jefferson Davis was fit
tingly observed here through joint
services Of the several organizations
Of the Sons and Daughters of the Con-
federacy at Mount Vernon Place Meth
odist church. Senator Pat Harrison
of Mississippi made the principal adj
dress and paid glowing tribute to the
life and services of Jefferson Davis,
He characterized him as the greatest
man whoever adorned the annals Of
Mississippi and the south's acknowl-
edged leader"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1922-06-09
Train Kills Man and Baby.

New Castle, Ind.-Lloyd Brozzell, AZ,
and Barbara Lond, aged one, of Terrs
Haute, Ind, members of a party en-
route from Terre Haute to visit the
Home for Aged Ministers near Dayton,
Ohio, were killed and three other
members Of the party seriously in
jured when a Lake Erie & Western
train struck an automobile in which
they were riding at Dun Reith, Ind.
near here.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1922-06-09
May Coinage Exceeds Year of 1921.

Neutrality-suspicious. 100000 more
double eagles were coined during May
than in the whole of the year 1927. ac-
cordiug to the monthly coinage report
made public Ivy Director Seobey of the
mint, During May the mint coined
$4,000 double eagle $40 gold pieces.
compared with 52S,0O0 double eagles
In the whole calendar year of 1921.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1922-06-09
Policeman. GO, Graduates In Law.

st. Louis, Mo.-George T, MCNamee
g. years old, and a retired police cap
tain, has been awarded the degree of
bachelor Of law by a law college here.
He began the study OF law years ago,
while teaching school, but was forced
to abandon his studies, which he took
up again upon leaving the police de-
partment.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1922-06-09
Auto Racer Killed,

Toledo, O.-Sterling Porter, Detroit
race driver, was killed here when his
machine crashed through a fence at
the Fort Miami track during an auto.
mobile ace Porter apparently lost
control of the car and was crushed
to death when it turned over after
leaving the track.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1922-06-09
Three Steel Companies Consolidate.

New Hork.-A triple steel merger
Embracing the Midvale Steel and Or.
dinance Co, the Republic Iron and
Steel Co. and the Inland Steel Co,
has been announced here. The con.
~eolidation will involve a stock capital.
ization Of approximately $l50,000, 00O
and a bonded Indebtedness of $61 900
000. All three are independent com
panies and under the merger, will be
known as the North American Steel
Company.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1922-06-09
Bank DEPOSITS Show Increase

Louisyille,-lu their quarterly state.
ments the banks of Winston County
show a remarkable increase in their
individual deposits. The balance of
the report is encouraging and indi-
Gates a splendid business.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1922-06-09
Would Sell Husbands Tomb,

New York-Threatened with poverty
because of the rapid decline in value
of her securities, Mrs. Elizabeth Vie
sen has applied to the supreme court
for permission to sell her husbands
mausoleum.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1922-06-09
u. S. Debt Decreases,

Washington.-The public debt de-
creased $5l 1852 49 in the month Of
May, the treasury department has an.
nounced. This brings he total gross
debt to a little more than s2S, 000, 000,-
600.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1922-06-09
Warming In Note To Russia.

Paris.-Russia must withdraw its
memorandum of May II to Genoa con.
ference before The Hague conference
convenes or discussion of Russian af.
fairs there will be impossible, Premier
Poincaire has warned in a note to the
movers
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1922-06-09
Committee Divided on Ford,s Bid

Washington.-lt has been learned
that the house military affairs com
nittee is almost evenly divided on the
question Of whether Henry Ford's
fla proposal for the Muscle Shoals
nitrate project.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1922-06-09
Will Join Allies In Turkish Probe

Washingtor,-The American govern
ment has accepted the invitation of
Great Britain to be represented on
the commission which is to inyesti.
gate alleged Turkish atrocities in An
atolia.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1922-06-09
Chinese President Resinns

Peking.-Presidant Chang
has rendered his resignation. He was
urged TO withhold it until the parlia.
ment convenes at Picking. II a vacancy
occurs before a new president takes of.
flee, Acting Premier Chow Tsu-Chi
will act.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1922-06-09
Two Dead In Orleans Gun Battle.

New Orleans,-Two men are dead
following a gun battle, which TOOK
place when a woman was said to
have been beaten and an attempt to
made to retrieve a ]phonograph from
her apartment.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1922-06-09

Atlanta, Ga.-Mrs. Cora Lou Vinson
was convicted by a jury in superior
court here of the murder of her hus,
band, Or, ". d. Vinson, and sentenced
70 be hanged July IS.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1922-06-09

part OF my bach and
my hips and my legs
would ache with that
tired ache. | could
hardly stand on my
feet at times. l was
always able to do my
work although l did
not feel good. / saw
Lydia E. Pinkham's
We getable Com
pound advertised and
having heard several
nroico ~ I daoidad 70
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1922-06-09
THE CROP OF COTTON is
SOS PER CENT
Estimate BY Department Of AgricuIt.
ure Shows Condition to Be 3.9
Per Cent Higher Than That
Of Last Yeal

Of Last Year.
Washington.-The condition OF the
cotton crop on May rs this year was
Cos per cent OF normal, compared with
&c per cent May % OF last year, the
department OF agriculture has esti-
mated.
The average condition Of the past 10
years on May % was 74.6 per cent.
Conditions by states follow:
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1922-06-09
Tapped For $4,000

Atlantic City, N. Louis Remner,
a milliner of New York, has reported
to the police that he had been fleeced
out Of $4,000 BY a gang Of wire tap.
pers.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1922-06-09

Athens.-Gen. Papalous, commander.
ln-chief of the Greek forces in Asia
Minor, has resigned, says a dispatch to
the newspaper Chronika.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1922-06-09
WIN Seek Treaty

lBerlin.-The German ambassador
~ Washington has been instructed
to negotiate a German.American COM
mercial treaty, it was reported here.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1922-06-09
COULD HARDLY
STAND AT TIMES
Hips, Back and Legs Would
Have That Tired Ache
NUNHWuUNNNW

Everett, Washington For several
years ! have had trouble with the lowest
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1922-06-09

Miss Alice Moore Harding, daughter
of William P. G. Harding, governor
Of the federal reserve board, whose
engagement to Robert Thompson PeIl
Of New York has been announced.
Miss Harding is a sister of Mrs. Fred
erick H. Prince, Jr., and also of Miss
Margaret Harding, who resides in
Washington with her father. The
wedding will take place in June of
next year, after Mr.. PeIl has finished
his course at Harvard.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1922-11-22

Name of owner-Part of Section o
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1922-11-22
NOTICE OF DELINQUENT TAX SALE.
Continued from Preceding Page.

Name of owner-Part of Section or Lot
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1922-11-22

Name of owner-Psrt of Section or Lot
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1922-02-03
The Pause of Emphasis.

The historic old church of st. Mi
chaePs, in Charleston, S. C.-to be a
member of which Is the. open sesame
to Charleston society-had at one time
a very eccentric pastor, whose con-
gregation never knew just what he
would do next. One hot July after
noon he entered his pulpit, with the
sounding board above, sat down and
wiped the perspiration from his face,
remarking, In a calm, unrufied tone
"D-d hot day"
OF course the congregation was
thunderstruck. With all his peculiar
tiles, they had not dreamed Of any
thing like this. So still was the audi
ence that the drop Of a pin could have
been heard. After long time, when
the perspiration had been carefully
wiped from cheek and brow, he con-
Guided:
"That's what I heard an irreverent
young man say as I came in. '-Har-
per's Magazine.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1922-02-03
BEFORE MATCHES WERE MADE
Primitive Peoples Had Ingenious
Means Of Making Fires That An
swered the Same Purpose.

Two methods of making fire were in
use among the aborigines of North
America at the time of the discovery.
The first method consisted of striking
a spark from flint and pyrites-a hard
ore containing usually considerable
iron This method was practiced by
the Eskimos and by the Athapasca
and Algonquin tribes ranging across
the continent from the Pacific coast
TO Newfoundland and down the Allan
tic coast
The most valued and most effectual
method Of making fire known to the
Indians was that of the reciprocating
motion of wood on wood and ignfting
the ground off particles through heat
generated by friction. The simplest
method was to whirl rapidly backward
and forward a wooden rod or drill.
The drill turned in lower piece of
wood which may be called the hearth.
The drill was worked near the border
of the hearth, cutting socket. From
the socket a narrow canal was cut in
the edge of the hearth, the function
of the canal being to collect the pow
dered wood ground off by the friction
Of the drill, as within this wood meal
the heat rose to- the ignition point.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1922-02-03
Had to Be Masters Of Craft.

Carved and handmade chests, side
boards, tables, chairs and other an.
tiques are rightly valued by people OF
discriminating taste. In the Fifteenth
century men were known to have
worked eight years or more carving
a single one of these intricate pieces,
fitting the drawers perfectly and bal
ancing everything. Certainly any
piece of furniture on which those mas
tiers of the cabinetmaker's art spent
so much time and thought are worthy
of appreciation.
An apprentice to the art of cab
inetmaking commonly worked from
three to eight years making his first
piece of furniture. This work then
was passed upon by jurors, and If the
verdict was Imperfect" it was burned
before the door of the maker and he
was forbidden to make furniture for
sale until he had redeemed himself
with an acceptable piece.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1922-02-03
The Meanest Man.

Many years have passed since Mark
Twain died, and the greatest tribute to
his genius is that no humorist has
arisen to take his place. Opinions
differ as to which was his funniest
story, but there are those who think
that his yarn about the meanest man
is not easily beaten. 'The meanest
man I ever knew" he said, "lived in
Hannibal. He sold his son-in-law the
half Of very fine COW, and then re-
fused to share the milk with him, on
the ground that he had only sold him
the front half. The son-in-law was al
ways compelled to provide all the cows
fodder, and to carry water to her
twice a day. Finally the COW butted the
old man through barbed-wire fence,
and he sued his son-in-law for dam
ages"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1922-02-03
ToLsTOY JEALOUS OF WIFE
Their Marriage in Way Romantic
Though She Had Much to Fo.'-
give in Him.

In his book, Family Happiness"
Leo ToIstoy tells his own romance. He
was a lifelong friend of both Mrs.
and Doctor Baer, parents of Sofia
Andreyevna, whom he loved ardently.
Her.name is Indicative of her ancestry.
her mother being high-bred Russian
and her father a German physician.
Sofia and her sisters were all ac-
comp1ished in household arts, as well
as in the more elegant studies be-
fitting young women of their station
in life.
From the very first, his love for
this girl, many years his junior, WAS
strong and passionate. Finally he
asked her to marry him. It was his
wish that the wedding take place i'm
mediately, but Sofia declared that she
must have a trousseau first They were
ultimately married in September 1852.
Although Sofia was just as much
the idealist as her husband, she was
far more practical, and made per-
feet wife from the domestic point
Of view.
Their life was not entirely with
out disillusionment. Ardently in
love with his wife, Tolstoy at times
exhibited insane jealousy. Unjust
suspicious were frequently mani
tested, but Sofia had great wisdom
and understanding, and did not let
this failing come between them. He
always repented later and humbly
begged forgiveness for his rash ac-
TONS
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1922-02-03
WARNED AGAINST OPEN SHOP
Capital Urged by New Jersey Cham
Der of Commerce Body to
"Aid" Unions.

Newark, N. J., Feb. 1.-Some of New
Jerseys biggest business men, mem
bers of a committee of industrial re-
lations of the New Jersey state cham
Der Of commerce, in a statement made
public here, cautioned all employers
to ''avoid antiunion coercion" to steer
clear of the various 'open-shop move
merits and to cooperate with the
workers in every possible way"
The report was written after an
eight months survey. It has been
approved by the executive committee
and adopted by the board Of trustees
of the chamber.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1922-02-03
FREELY illumination.

The freely is a well-known beetle OF
the elateridae family, which is able
to throw out a strong and apparently
phosphorescent light in the dark The
illumination is Intermittent, and ap-
pears to be under the control of the
insects nervous system. Both the
male and the female fireflies emit
light, as well as their larvae, the eggs
being luminous even while still ia the
body.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1922-02-03
FIRE ON 1000 INDIA RIOTERS
Battle Over Arrest of Two Jute
Workers Leads to Battle at
Calcutta.

Calcutta, Jan. 31.-Four thousand
workers. In the Standard jute mills at
0itteghur. in the environs of Calcutta,
.ngaged in riot and were quelled
" the police only after numerous
casualties had been inflicted
The trouble arose when the workers
.emanded the release of two comrades,
rrested on a charge of assaulting the
manager of the works, which was re-
used.
Police rushed to the scene, only to
9 received with shower of missiles.
hey fired into the air, but the rioters
enewed their attack, whereupon the
Ulcers fired volley into the mob.
wo of the members of which were
illed and 40 wounded.