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The Macon Beacon
FCBLI9HKO WECKLT.
MACON, iiii MISSISSIPPI
The Caltforntm bean truit U bust
d beaned. m it were.
Neither, fond dreamer, doei on
d catalogue make a epilog.
A Chicago man Is going to walk to
Bt Louis ai.d asks the best way to
4o It Answer: Don't.
Callforrla's rrarpe errp appears t0
b Infringing on thp vested rlghta of
the Michigan peach crop
Imnclne the quantity of T centclpars
that Frank Chance rould. If he would,
buy with that K.I.OdO a year.
"Erg and Publicity" Is a head'lne
In an eastern paper. Hut the lens pub
licity Roue eRR hae. tho better.
We have small synp.Vhy for the
gentleman or lady who acquires chil
blains through excessive devotion to
Ilk hose.
Having his eye on the front page,
the New Hampshire's pet goat nat
urally butted Into print by way of
rear admiral.
Some of the educators hare deter
mined that examinations are no food
The schoolboys could have told thetn
Chat long ago.
If the rain of the. lemon crop has no
HI effect on the lemon pie of com
merce one will be Justified In harbor
tug suspicions.
The people of the Netherlands lead
the world In coffee drinking. Who
sow will dare to say that coffee makes
people nervous?
What has become of tho fussy old
gentleman who laments the Inability
of the present generation to make
buckwheat cakes?
Somebody has Invented a waist for
femlnlno wear that fastens together
In the back with only two hooks. What
ft pity It has no chnnce!
A Vienna physician says two per
sons can be grown together by skin
grafting. Watch tho Slnmeso twins
increase now In the sideshows.
A Harvard professor says there will
oo n be a permanent cure for the gout
Still, the market price list seem to
answer the purpose very well now.
It Is too bad that the suspender
eompany that failed the other day
mild not have held up a lltle longer.
Suffragettes advocate wearing them.
It Is rather hard to understand why
ren a wealthy Chicago woman should
pay $5,000 for a dog, unless, per
ohance, It was a solid, tenderloin dog.
A minister In the east has his ser
mons printed and sent to each sick
member of his flock. That, at least,
should Insure against any feigned
Illness.
A Philadelphia man has succeeded
fn hatching eggs of the diamond-backed
terrapin In an incubator. Next
thing they'll have them In cold stor-
U: oo.
One FTeneh woman playwright who
silled a woman friend Is to dramatise
the little Incident. If the habit
spreads friends of other dramatists
will begin to worry.
With a 'bulldog under one arm and
crate of eggo under the other, the
Industrious postman Is not required to
tTTt his cap In salutation as the fair
mistress of the house comes to get
tsr morning letters.
A contemporary remarks naively on
fte death of the composer of the
"'Sweet Pye and Bye' and other war
ballads." By the way. what consti
tutes a war ballad?
The prince of Wales has been or
dered 'by his father to resign from an
Orford club because he participated
hi a frolic known as a "rag." Evi
dently the king la opposed to ragtime.
The fishermen of British Columbia
find the whale very useful In herding
shoals of herring toward the shore.
Blnce the days of Jonah tho whale has
had a knack of figuring In tall tales.
An Investigator asserts that New
fork has no haunted houses. The In
evitable Inference Is that translated
New Yorker don't want to come back
from the next world even If It It
pretty hot.
The roof of a Philadelphia hotel Hi
Being equipped with a landing for
aeroplanes. It will keep the manage
ment busy when fly-br-nlght theatri
cal troupes adopt this means of
transportation.
It must be awful to pet into a
bunch of Chinese political reformers
who are baseball fans and listen to
their comments on the new govern
ment and the Introduction of the dla
tnond at the same time.
A Kansas City saloonkeeper, who
never had a cash register hut trust
ed hie bartender Implicitly, died
wortl $100,000 Now It is up to some
Ingenious psychologist to figure out
Just how Tflnrh he would have been
worth tad bt Installed a cash rcgls-Ut
FAVORS CUTTING
PARCEL POST RATES
HITCHCOCK WOULD INCREASE THE
WEIGHT LIMIT.
ONE-CENT LETTER POSTAGE
lit Recommend That Rates on Second
Class Mail Be Increased Expenses
Have Been Reduced
$45,000,000.
Washington. I'u.-t master Cenoral
Mitrlicnrk'n hmiiuhI report tent a Lively
tipgi-A rclwtiuii f me parcel jumI
rules ami inn lanin the limit of wcilit
Ix-ynri'l 11 pjiiiuli; neummi'iiih civil
(M-iiMon l'r iital employe ; un increaie
in rten on sccoiiii-chtsH nail which mny
pave the way fur oiu'-eent leiler postage;
the ooi,M!ir;ititii of the third anil fourth
ruiM.es w 1k ,ki uinl papers may be for
warded by puivrl jM ; and ciut out
that during hit uilmiiimtratkm, expense
oi operating the postal nervce lias been
cut down $15,000,000. i
Jn coure of a Atiitemrnt, on t.'.e condi
tion of pout a I linan!-s, Mr. Hitchcock
m in his report,:
"lu 1011, for the first time since 1883,
jioittal receipt exceeded postal expend
itures, leaving a surplus instead of a
deficit. A heavy loss of revenue in 1912,
due to the extraordinary amount of
franked matter muiled in the political
campaign, created a temporary deficit,
but since the close of the fiscal year the
income of the department again has out
stripped expenses.
'"The year preceding the present ad
ministration was marked by the largest
postal delleit on record, amount ing to
$17,.100,000. During the next two years
the deficit was greatly reduced and later
eliminated. When compared with the
(inaiicin! showing of four years ago the
reports of income and expense for subse
quent years indientc an aggregate sav
ing of about $15,000,000."
WILSON GIVES SOUNQ ADVICE
Tells Southern Farmers to Grow Hogs,
Cattlo and Forage.
Columbia, S. ('. Recommendation that
farmers of the South devote more atten
tion to the. raising xif hogs and cattle
and the growing of forago crops was
made here by .lames Wilson, United
States secretary of agriculture, address
ing visitors to the National Corn Ex
position, "Don't sell your com; feed it to stock,''
was reiterated by the secretary many
times in his address. He asserted that
if Southern farmers would follow that
advice they would bring their soil to a
high state of fertility, and could main
tain Its fertility with a minimum use
of commercial fertilizers.
PaidH&neV With Pennies.
Boise, Iduho. With approximately
130,000 pennies contributed, ('apt. R. S.
Sheridan, C. O. Hronson and A. R. Cruzen
paid their lines of $500 each asRemied by
tho Idaho supreme court in contempt
cases resulting from publication in the
Boise Capital-News of criticism by Col.
Roosevelt of the court decision barring
Progressive electors from the ballot.
Contributions oume from every state in
the Union and Canada. Missouri sent
the largest contributions, with Pennsyl
vania second. The pennies were taker
in a dray from the newspaper office.
, Women on Grand Jury. . .
Redwood City, Cat. In accepting the
qualification of seventeen women for the
San Mateo county grand jury venire,
Superior Judge Ceorgn Buck in effect
placed at least six women on the grand
jury. Only thirteen men were named,
and the membership of the grand jury
is limited to nineteen. This will be
the first instance in this state of women
serving on a grand jury.
More Wall Street Gloom.
New York. A decline of more than
130,000,000 in Hie aggregate market
value of the seat on the New York
Sloi'k Exchange is one measure of the
depths of Wall stree't's gloom. The
latest sale of a seat was made for $48,
(100, which is precisely one-hnlf of the
high record reut'heit in Ittou. On the as
sumption that $4H,000 represents the
present, 'marketable value of a seat, the
total shrinkage, on paper at least, of the
1,100 seats tn the ttlock exchange, i
f'.V2,H0O,O0().
Plan Civil War.
London. Suffragists are planning "an
.'xeiting civil war" in London, nccwding
to an annouiuemetit by Mrs. l'tuikhurist.
Detective in great numbers arc on
watch in all the IaiikIoii streets, but tho
suffragists cominiM' their smressfu'
raids.
Cms Throat in Court.
Cambridge, Mass. Charles I R-rijrgs
cut his throat in court while the judge
was sentencing him to four mouths ii
isil for larceny.
Would Prohibit Polygamy.
Indianapolis, fnd. An amendment to
the federal constitution prohibiting po
lygamy, is sought in a joint resolution
introduced in the lower house.
Women in Parade. . .
Washington. Women will form a sec
tion of their own in the Wilson inaug
ural ceremonies March 4, and, for the
first time in history, the fair sex will
march up Pennsylvania avenue, from tho
cupitol to the White House, as a part
of an inauguration parade.
Gaynor'i Assailant Dod.
Trenton, N. J. James J. Gallagher,
the man who shot Mayor Uaynor of New
York nearly two years ago at lloboken,
died here in the State Hospital for the
Insane. Death vm due to paresia
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uburbanlts Consider Parcel Poat as a Species of Paternalistic, Sublimate
I Messenger Servke. News Item.
JANITOR CONFESSES
MURDERING THREE
JOHN PAUL FARRELL CONFESSES
HE KILLED MRS. HERRERA.
INSANE, BUV STORY TRUE
Every Time He Had Grudge He Settled
It With Bomb Fearing He Would
Lose His Job, He Sent Bomb
to Herrera.
New York. John Paul Farrell, a dis
charged apartment house janitor, con
fessed that lie had killed Mrs. llernurd
Herrera by means of a bomb he had
made, uml that by similar means he had
caused the death of Mrs. Helen Taylor
a. yeur ago and uttempted the life of
Judge Otto A. llosulsky of the court of
general sessions. Farrell was held on
a charge of murder for the killing of
Mrs. llerrera.
Although the police are convinced the
man is menially unbalanced, detectives
huve learned enough to lead them to be
lieve Furrell's startling story is true
in the essentials, though false in many
details.
Every time Farrell hud a grievance he
seems to have settled the business with
a bomb. Tho trouble with Mrs. llerrera,
ae said, was that she "fired" him from
his job as janitor and hired a negro in
hie place. He wanted to get Judge Ro
salsky out of the way because the. jurist
had sentenced Joseph Ilnrvey, irpal;''
to serve 39 years in Sing Sing.
(Vhy Farrell wanted to kill the Taylor
woman was more than tho police could
fathom. In his early story Farrell said
she was his daughter and he slew her be
cause she hau gone wrong. Later he
recanted and said Bhe was an intimate
friend, but gave no reason for killing
her.
BOLL WEEVIL IS SPREADING
Covered 7,600 Miles Additional Territory
Last Year.
Washington. Despite the check in the
movement uf the cotton boll weevil dur
ing the last year on account of the un
usual climatic conditions of the winter
of 1911-12 the insect has made a net
gain of 7,.'10O square miles, according to
a report mude to the department of ogri
culture by W. D. Hunter and WY" D.
Pierce, in charge of the Southern field
crop insect investigation.
The total area infected with the boll
weevil in 1912 was 278,800 square miles
as compared with 271,500 in 1911. Texas,
with 11,050 square miles, led all other
states in the area of infected territory
gained during the year. Alabama came
second, with 9,100 square miles; Flor
ida third, with 2,200 square miles, and
Mississippi fourth, with 370 square
milos.
MAIL BOX GOES UP IN SMOKE
London Outrage Is Charged to Militant
Suffragette.
IiOndon. When a mail collector was
empty injr a mail box in the business
section the contents burst into flames
just as he was about to place them in
hit leather pouch. The mail mutter
was entirely destroyed and the mail
man's hands were slightly scorched. The
outrage is laid to the door of the mili
tant suffragettes.
Three suffragettes, armed w:th buck
ets of paste and big brushes, plastered
the facade of Marlborough street police
station with "Votes for Women" pla
cards and "Women's social and political
union proclamations" and then permit
ted themselves to he arrested.
Another Snub for 3ailey.
Washington. Former Senator Joseph
V. P.ailey's farewell address to the sen
ate will not be printed as a public doc
ument. Senator Smoot objected to hav
ing the speech reprinted at the govern
tueut's expense.
Link Two Americas by Rail.
Washington. The linking of the
Americas by rail would be of great value
as a peace propaganda among the dif
ferent countries of North and South
America, in the opinion of Andrew Car
negie. This belief was expressed by
Mr. Carnegie at a meeting here of the
permanent Pan-American railway com
mittee, of which he is a member, when
reports on the linking of the Americas
were read, indicating that progress is
Wiui made toward this project.
SHOPPING
E TAX IS
NOW THE LAW
38 STATES, MORE THAN THREE
FOURTHS, APPROVE IT. ..
PASS IT AT EXTRA SESSION
Government Will Derive $100,000,000
Year Revenue Incomes Below
$4,000 Will Not Be Affected.
Washington. Direct taxes upon the
incomes of citizens of the United States,
whether derived from idle cap!tal oi
from the conduct of business, were made
possible by the ratification of the six
teenth amendment to the federal consti
tution. Delaware,' Wyoming and New
Mexico, endorsing the income tax amend
ment through their respective legisla
tures, completed a list of 38 s'ates that
has approved it, two more than the
three-fourths noccssary for its final adop
tion. Leaders in congress predict that
through this authorization the law,
which will be passed to levy the tax
upon American incomes, will be intro
duced as soon as the extra session opens.
Its exact terms have not been decided
upon, but it is believed it will exempt
all incomes below $4,000, and will pro
vide a tax of one per cent upon the ma
jority of personal incomes that do not
run to an excessive figure.
The annual amount that the govern
ment may realize under the 'noome tax
is estimated by leaders in congress at
approximately $100,000,000. This would
include the $30,000,000 collected wide;
the present corporation tax.
SHOE COMBINE IS LAWFUL
Sherman Law Not Violated by Organiz
ing Company,
Washington. For the first time the
supreme court of the United States held
in effect, in the "shoe machinery trust"
case that the Sherman anti-trust law
does not forbid the mere combining of
noil-competitors in an industry. Solic
itor General Gullitt for tho government,
had contended that if the combination
brought into one hand an "undue pro
portion" of the trade it was forbidden
by tho anti-trust law.
"The distintegration aimed at by the
statute does not extend to reducing all
manufacture to isolated units of the low
est degree," declared Justice Holmes in
announcing the unanimous decision of
the court that the mere organization of
the United Shoe Machinery Company by
the heads of several non-competing
groups of shoe manufacturers had not
been a violation of the law.
John D. Gets $10,000,000.
New York. John D. Rockefeller is
$10,000,000 richer. Of a special dividend
declared by the Standard Oil Company
of New Jersey, this amount approxi
mately represents his share of a total
distribution of $39,332,000 on the com
pany's capital stock at the rate of $40
a share.
The huge "melon" comes as a result,
it. was indicated in a statement given out
by the company, of the supreme court's
dissolution decree. This necessitated the
payment to the parent company of vast
sums owed to it by former subsidiaries.
"The companies have made payments,''
a statement says, "from time to time as
able to do so from moneys raised by the
realization of assets or increase of capi
tal stock." In round figures the total
payments to stockholders will amount
to $10,000,000.
Will Stop Speculating. .
St. Paul, Minn. A bill which makes
void all contracts for margin or option
trading unless they are made in waiting
and unless the seller has in his posses
sion at a place so designated in tlw con
tract sale, the grain or stock which ;
the subject of contract, was introduced
in the Minnesota legislature.
Lawyers Disagree.
Washington. Lawyers of both houses
of congress differ as to whether the: con
stitutional amendment agreed to Sat
urday by the senate would affect the
term of President-elect Wilson. Pre
ponderance of opinion, however, is that
if ratified during President Wilson's
term it would automatically be extend
ed to six years. The proposed amend
ment, while it imposes certain restric
tions with regard to the future, declares
specifically that "the term of office f
the .'president shall be lix "yeara,"
GREEK FLEET MAY
ENTER DARDANELLES
ATTACKS OF ALLIES UPON ADKIAN
OPLE WILL BE CONTINUED.
TURKEY IN NEED OF FUNDS
Situation in Constantinople Is Desperate.
Janina Would Have Surrendered
bat for Influence of Austrian
Consul.
London. The Bulgarians are demoting
heir chief attention to the bombardment
of Adrianople and an attempt to cap
ture the Gallipoli peninsula and so take
the Turkish forts in the rear.
An official dispatch issued ct Constan
tinople indicates that the Bulgarians
have been successful in their first oper
ations in the latter quarter, and, accord
ing to a Sofia dispatch, the capture of
Gallipoli is the chief object of the Bul
garian ambitions for the time being.
Should the Bulgarians capture the
Turkish forts there is nothing to prevent
the Greek fleet from entering the Dar
danelles where, in the opinion of naval
officials, it could easily defeat the in
terior Turkish fleet, in which casa Con
stantinople would be at the mercy of the
allies.
The Daily Telegraph published a long
dispatch from its correspondent, Ellis
Ashmead Bartlelt, at Constantinople, in
which he says the Turkish people are
in such a state of misery and destitution
as a result of the war that they are com
pletely indifferent as to the fate of
Adrianople.
"There is not a cent in the treasury
and there are no means of getting money
until peace is concluded, and, meanwhile
the country is drifting to ruin and bank
ruptcy. "The misery in the Turkish camps is
indescribable. It has been bitterly cold,
with a heavy snow. The soldiers are ill
fed and badly sheltered. Smallpox, en
teric fever, dysentery and pneumonia
have replaced Asiatic cholera."
SOUTHERN BANKS VIOLATE
National Institutions Loan Money on
Real Estate, Says Wexler.
Washington. Charges that national
banks throughout the South openly vio
late the national banking law by lending'
money on real estate mortgages, were
made by Sol Wexler, a New Orleans
banker, before the house currency re
form committee. He told the committee
the national banking law should be
amended to legalize loans on real estate
lecurities and said he knew of banks in
Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama loan
ing their funds on real estate to ac
commodate farmers. He recommended
that such loans be legalized ana limited
to eight months paper to allow the
farmer to "make his crop.';
"The famer is the only man who is
not allowed to take his stoclt in trade
into . a national bank and secure credit
upon it," said Mr. Wexler.
CHICAGO MAIL ORDER CITY
Outstrips New York in Parcel Post
Business.
Chicago. Chicago leads the cities of
the United States in parcel post business
for January, the first month of the op
eration of the department, according
to figures compiled by Postmaster Camp
bell. Neve York is mare than a half
million packages behind. Statistics show
this comparison between New York and
Chicago:
Packages dispatched in Chicago, 3,
617,673. Packages dispatched in New York, 2,
072,379. In the same period New York received
660,185 packages, 107,865 more thar
Chicago.
Priest Gets Damages.
Ogdcnsburg, N. YT. Fifteen Ihousand
dollars damages for false imprisonment
was awarded to Rev. Father L. A. Klau
der by an Ogdensburg jury. The de
fendants in the action were Bishop
Henry Gabriels of the Catholic diocese of
Ogdensburg, Coadjutor Bishops Conroy
and Drs. Hanbidge and Cooper of the
Ogdensburg State Asylum for the In
sane. The plaintiff set forth that the
j defendants caused him to be placed in
the asylum aft.T his refusal to relin
quish his parish at Faust, N. Y.
No Inaugural Money.
Trenton, N. J. A senate bill appro
priating $25,000 to send a portion of the
New Jersey National Guard to Washing
ton to participate in the inauguration
of President-elect Wilson was defeated
by the house because it included the
! c4itn BAnafnri am rn rr itinan u.lin urrtul.t
make the trip at the state's expense antf
made no predion for assemblymen.
Leads Veteran Division.
Washington. Maj. Leonard Wood,
grand marshal of the inauguration pa
rade, appointed Brig. -Gen. James E. Stu
art, Chicago, a veteran of the Civil and
Spanish wart, to be marshal of the
"veterans and patriotic division of the
parade."
... "Man of Mystery" Dies.
Muskogee, Okla. John Mann, who,
with an 11-year-old boy, has been living
in the woods along the Canadian river
near Porum, Okla., and who has been
known in the neighborhood as the "man
of mystery" because of his uncommuni
cative manner, was found dead at a camp
on the river bank, with the boy watching
over the body.
00 Again Advances.
Pittsburg. For the first timo in al
most 20 years the oil purchasi agen
ties quoted (2.50 for Pennsylvanlievruda
CUTTHIOUT
Recipe that Breaks a Cold In Day '
and Cures Any Curable Cough.
Trm your drug-gist ret half onne
f Globe Pine Compound (Concentrate
Ptn) and two ounce of Glycerin.
Take theae two inrredtents home an4
tat them Into a half pint of rood whis
ejr; shake well and use In doses of on
ts two tea spoonful fter each meal
and at bedtime." Smaller doses to chil
dren sccordlng to sre. But be suce ts
set only ths genuine Globe Pine Com
pound (Concentrated Pine). Each half
ranee bottle comes tn a sealed tin screw-
top esse. If your dnirrist does not have
It hs will quickly ret it Many mix
tures are of larrs quantity and cheaper,
but It is risky to experiment. This
formula comes from a reliable doctor
snd Is certain. This was first pub
lished here six years ago siri focal
drurgists say It has been In constant
demand ever since. Published by tho
Globs Pharmaceutical laboratories of
Chicago.
Anyway, the leap year girl who pro
posed to a man was merely trying to
make a name for herself.
Constipation canses snd aggravates many
serious diseases. It Is thoroughly cured by
Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. The farorU
hmuy laxative. Adv.
Enough to Scare Anybody.
"I had an awful scare last night"
"What happened V
"My husband had been reading
about the war In the Balkans and he
mentioned the names of a lot of those
Turkish towns In his sleep.
Significant
"Albert, what did your sister say
when you told her I was In the parlor
waiting T Inqulrod the hopeful young
"Nothin. But she took a ring oS
ene finger an' put it on another."-
Uppincott'a.
Made Him Suspicious.
"Did you ask your girl's father for
her hand in marriage?" "I did."
"And he refused you. I can tell by
the way you look." "No, he didn't
He gave his consent" "Then wry
the peculiar look you are wearing T
"He was so darned willing." Houston
Post
Not a Complaint
"Miss Brown," said the art inspec
tor, pausing before a student's easel,
"you might with all propriety worship
that drawing of yours."
The poorest pupil in the class looked
up, surprised and pleased.
"I'm so glad you like it, sir. Bui
why why "
"The Bible expressly commands ua
not to worship the likeness of any
thing in the heavens above or in the
earth beneath,, does it not?"
8PITEFUL
Beatrice Kitty's trousseau will fill
17 trunks.
Idlllan The poor girt. Jack hasnt
money enough to pay overweight
charges on more then two.
COFFEE THRESHED HER,
( 15 Long Years.
"Tor over fifteen years," writes m
patient, hopeful little Ills, woman,
"while a coffee drinker, I suffered from
Spinal Irritation and Nervous trouble.
I was treated by good physicians, but
did not get much relief.
"I never suspected that coffee might
be aggravating by condition. (Tea it
Just as injurious, because it contains
caffeine, the same drug found in cof
fee.) I was down-hearted and dis
couraged, but prayed daily that I
might find something to help me.
"Several years ago, while at a
friend's house I drank a cup of Post
am and though I had never tasted
anything more delicious.
"From that time on I used Postum
Instead of coffee and soon began to
Improve in health, so that now I can
walk half a dozen blocks or more with
ease, and do many other things that I
never thought I would be able to do
again in this world.
"My appetite Is good, I sleep well
and find life is worth living. A lady
of my acquaintance eald she did not
like Postum, it was so weak and taste
less, "I explained to her the difference,
when it Is arcade right boiled accord
ing to directions. She was glad to
knew this because coffee did not agree
with her. Now her folks say they
expect to use Postum the rest of their
lives." Name given upon request
Read the little book, "The Road to
Wellville," In pkgs. "There's a Rea
son." "Postum now comes In concentrated,
powder form, called Instant Postum.
It is prepared by stirring a level tea
spoonful in a cup of hot water, adding
sugar to taste, and enough cream to
bring the color to golden brown. '
Instant Postum is convenient?
there's no waste; and the flavour is ah
ways uniform. Sold by grocers 45 to
50-cup tin 30 ct&, 90 to 100-cup tin
50 cts.
A 6-cup trial tin mailed for grocer's
name and 2-cent stamp for postage,
Postum Cereal Ov. Ltd, Battle Creek,
Mich. Adv.
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