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THE MACON BEACON, MACON. MISSISSIPPI Ranks of G. A. R fill AGAINST H II PRAYER VALERRA CALLS I TO LMDGE YELLOW RIVER MISSISSIPPI mi S 4 I rMTC f Ivl i " mil 3, tJ AR.CHT Gathered from All Cor ners of the State and Tcid in Briefest Form V i-ri.ii.i ti. Two city police i'i j-.iicl c.o-es were throw;! out . u:f M-urt by Judge Father. dff.-n.lant who hud been fn I n;;! of $."n.,iO on charges of .'rank, discharged on a motion bo'tiey Henry Shotts. defense c art np of the ed -lie le:t,g of At use counsel, :T '.davits ij ords "police :ier of fact in Meridian, tig ir.ayor. in, it the police court a rr moil form used the v. Jii-tico." when as a ma H ere if no police just .ce t!,c police, court judge lie Senatobia. The Cumb. -rl.ind Tele i hone company had two suns filed ..Gainst if in the circuit here and two of its linemen arrested for trespass, growing out of a dispute in the account of V. K. Still, it is said, out -- omits difference in a till and the removal of the telephone from residence over los protest, F Till dev irest.-ILm. T. G. Hilho. of Poplar '. form r governor of Mississippi, 'ted a good part of his speech here he throe great evils of the day. h he classed as follows: First. to t w ! I i I the iiitomohiie ; second, t lie movies, ami ihird, the ladies' mod.' of dressing. He said that these three were rapidlv bringing us to a moral crisis. Holly th" new i print's. -Dr. 1! rf-ident of Mi -it- of this i F. Coop-T, ippi ami synod- OlllceS curing .'lllcll 1 in. cut music as b, r '! 111,1 T. W. as i; M.-.S Slurv V.i V. V.i. Now a: board Haul Hankie e.l 1 h : v p llryasr. V.m Hi i e:r:s. w.v Camp P.ryaut. hiked to inspect es of the ' xun. t towns of 1 '1 u -rile. I'erryvuio and Henderson Th 'Se towns w.-r? flourishing :l" s, but a'- be ame extinct .- afierward, each founder living ;'!. Icvii li.-ur.ng h: name ni'.l- il.i! le lte ol about, half are b' a town located en Wynne and w av Holly Spritic .ss.on of th He i I bust- not taKe -S' its until the first of the year. bond lsue I ilrc-enwood The $:m n"o f S:don I'onsoiidated sdv w .is a. Id by the board of ,d district ! rvlsors 1 to J1'.; F!r-t Hank a' I'U H a' pur .? ar.d ic.ficat :p-to-da '.ns ar nS nool oar.l buiid of su- re and t cec-ric" f.,r til mlier meeting. the S-pt. regular in. .ii'lily r Y-r- .d ) for th. riainment o the .,':,, n .- I...jr!rmwe to -, !.:!! adj.!. "lit to Natcli ;,t of boil w.-evil and ad- conditions the crop mil ami in addition to this decided re.iu. tioti in the entile poor. tore;, Me a r.e -re( ' dlan. Work has begun here on gjn ,.vi residence which Is to be. i by Mr. and Mrs. Kdgar Fe:b- Ionian. in 2:!d avenue be' ween istn id th stree . When completed it ue, handsomest homes ill be me of idlJ. M r,. PRESIDENT CONFIDENT DISARMA MENT MEETING MEANS PEACE AND AEOLITION OF WAR. AMERICAN IDEALS TO LEAD Government Always Seeks to Serve the People, "No Matter Which Party Is in Power," Tells Lancaster Hearers. Lancaster, X. 11 Reasserting h's confidence that the disarmament con ference would accomplish definite re sults toward the abolition of war, President Harding declared in a pub lie address here that America was fol lowing a "God given destiny" in lead lug the way to world peace. Nothing In the world, the president assorted, could block the fulfillment of that des tiny. He voiced a prayer that before his administration was over a new of der would l.u established ill which the American ideals would turn the atten tion of all the world to the construc tive things of peace and brotherhood. His experieine ill the presidency, Mr. Harding added, had convinced him that Americans at home were ou a sounder basis than ever before, and that men of all ( lasses were really at heart doing everything in their power to perpetuate the ideais for which the nut tun was founded. Suae of those mo.-t often suspected of improper mo U v. s. lie .-aid. were actuaiiy the re-. idl est to help the government in tvary way. Let m what par n. cut is I to the be tell V is 1 a, and I care not power, your govern- eking to serve you ' ability." said Mr. j el "l cannot ; that is g"i! school wind ' lo'J know i 1 IS idvocai cs the j bid:. cam life. At pre-: of hi tt e at CO at is '.'tili light to I pr. ot our na! i.eia is not a pcaciical y.au.' inclusion of his address th -to-iil on the running boar' ami shod; hands with al g.'t within roiuh. lent s i ar who couc Ship Tussles Delayed. New York.-further legal tussles be ween tiie rn;!".l States shipping board j and the United States Mail Steamship Company over the nine vessels seined from the company and later returned by injunction will take place m fed eral courts. The steamship company lias withdrawn its application to have proi eed.ugs remanded to state . our'.3. MAKES CUNNING APPEAL. Treasurer Tells Why Ford and Rocke feller Should Buy State Bonds. Denver -Henry Kord. Detroit auto mobile manufacturer, and John D. Rockefeller, oil king, have been asked by Slate Treasurer Arthur M. Strong to purchsae $2,'H'U,0o0 worth of high way bonds of the slate of Colorado upon his representation that it will in. rease the sale of Mr. Ford's auio inobiles ami the consumption of .Mr. Rockefeller's, oil and gasoline if the roads of the state can be maintained i in such shape an to encourage automo bile traffic. Hroksrfl declined to bid because a Hate law provides that the bonds can- Dot be sold below par. DIES FROM DRINKING WATER. Three Sisters ot Girl Victim at Point of Death. Malone. X. Y. Poisoned water from a spring that had been uneleuned for several years caused the death here of Cruoe S. .won.-, K, daughter of Mr. tttid Mrs, Frank Sessions, while tb.ee sisiers are at the point of death suf fering from typhoid fever from the tame cause $46,000 Recovered, St. Louis. -An unopened mail pouch containing $01, in (iiiren. y, part of the money obtained by three bandits who held up Tommy Feraiso. a postof fice messenger, at North Wood Hiver, 111., has been found in a corntiel.l near Peters. 111., 10 miles from the Bceue of the robbery. Diet of Broken Neck. Chicago. Harold Iafvendahl. Uni- varsity of Illinois student and football star, who whb working his way through college and had obtained a Job for the Bummer us u life guard al a bathing beach here, died in a local hospital of a broken neck. Lifvendahl. who had a record of having saved 20 persons from drowning this summer, was in jured a few days ago when he dived Into shallow water. Cut Newspaper Price. New Orleans. The New Orleans Item announces that effective .Sunday, REPORTED ULSTER HAS TURNED DOWN PEACE PLAN DECLINE FINN FEIN OVERTURES. REPORTS ARE CONFLICTING Government Reported Willing to Re lease 25 Members of Dad Eireann In Order That Full Meeting May Be Held. Dublin. The Irish republican par liament has been summoned to meet Tuesday, August 16. the Irish lltilletin, Irish republican orgun. has announced. Notices have been sent to all member of the parliament. It is reported the reply of Ulster to overtures of the Sinn Fein has been received and is not favorable. The call for the meeting of the par liament, with all members present, involves the release from prison of 25 members of this body, and it has been declared the government is will ing to facilitate their attendance. The belief lias been expressed among th Irish leaders that there was no use in summoning the parlia ment until the altitude of Ulster had been finally defined. The mfereme in political circles here, therefore, is that the answer of l ister has been received. This an swer is reported to be unfavorah the Belfast leaders declining the Sinn Kein overtures, although these over tures had the sympathy of the British government, it is said. FORD'S PAPER VICTOR. Temporary Injunction Prevents Chi cago Police Interfering With Sale, fhitngo.- A temporary injunc'ioD restraining the Chicago police depart ment from intenei'ing with the sale of Henry ford's liearhorn Independent was issin d in circuit court. Attorneys for the petitioners argued that in ar resting newsboys who were offering the journal for sale the chief of police was interfering with constitutional rights. HATFIELD UNARMED. Wife Declares Detective Shadowt-d Mingo Gunman, Matewan, V. Va. Sid Hatfield and Ed Chambers, Mingo mountaineers., who were killed on the stips of .he court house at Welch, McDowell coun ty, in a gun fight, were unarmed, their widows told newspaper men in Matewan. The willows said that they or their husbands did not anticipate trouble ill Welch, and that Hatfield locked his pistols in his traveling hag and Chambers laid aside his arms he fore starting for the court house. Chinese at War Again. Peking. Fighting is reported in progress along a 10 mile front 50 miles northeast of Yochow, where forces from the province of Hunan, atiliated with the southern or Canton government of China, recently invad ed Ilupeh province. APPEAL FOR JOBLESS. Small Asked to Open Armories Gov, to Ex-Service Men. Chicago. An appeal has been made to (lov. I. en Smail by Theodore Roose velt Post of the American Legion to open the National Guard armories here j for the housing of hundreds of Jobless i ex-service men said to he in Chicago. (iov. Small has r. plied that the state director of labor wlil make au Inves tigation. SHERIFF THREATENED. Gets Letter Warning Quick Resigna tion as Measure of Safety. Fiizcerald, (la. Sheriff K. V. Dor miney has received an anonymous let lei warning hint to resign his offic within 24 hours "and he sate.' The noet concludes: "Whatever hap pens will occur in a crowd; we never expect to find you in the woods." The sheriff was warned not to attend church, among other things, he stated. Cat Fighting Angers Judge Landis. Chicago. "I'm sick of your cat fighting." said Judge Landis, chosen as referee in the building trades con troversies, when the heads of the two great building associations and the head of the building trades uniojis ap peared before him. "I'm not going to waste my time listening to your fool arguments, and the only way for you to get an early decision Is to quit 'meowing' at each other and sett'e down to business." Adrift Four Days. New York. Three fishermen, who were picked up from a disabled motor boat Ho miles off the Florida coast on Aug. 1. were brought here by the steamship Santa Theresa from Ma tanzas. The men said they were adfift four days. Ban 12-Ounce Loaf. Chicago. Chicago's 12 ounce loaf cf bread has been banned by the cily ' council and In Its stead the council directs bakers U cull a pound loaJ 01 loaves la weights divisible by eight. t', V's'i'rvi .j ; !" p:if j ;Hj p Dr. John A. 1.. Waddell, a American bridge builder, nnd Wiidell photographed on their arrival in Japan ai'ter an absence of thirty nine years. Dr. Waddell expects to bridge the Yellow river for the Pt-king-Xunkow line. Surgeons Sew Up Cut Inch Long in Heart New York. four stitches were taken in the heart of Frank Farino, sixteen, .stubbed acci dentally. The wound was an Inch long. After the operation, performed through an opening made between two ribs, Farino asked to sit up. Doctors are hopeful for his recovery. The operation required ofi minutes, stitches being taken only when the heart was contracted. Dr. James M. Downer nnd Dr. (leroge Doyle performed the operation, said to be the first of its kind. HOPE TO COME t Deported Radicals Are Fleeing From Soviet Rule. Reported to Be Greatly Disappointed at What They Found in the "Promised Land." Itlga, Latvia Lltte groups of llus-slan-Americans, who were deported or volunteered to go from America to soviet Iiussla, are: trickling back iicross the Latvian frontier from the land of the ttolshevlkl very frequently these days. All hope to get hack to the United Statas. These emigrants, according to Amer ican consular officials, who hear their stories and have to tell them there is not much chance for them to get back, are greatly disappointed with what thoy found In tne "promisee land," They telb of starvation nnd Ions rides in trains so packed with people that there Is scarcely room to breathe. Ilesldes those who have succeeded In getting to Latvia, there nre many others who have written friends in Itlga asking for money from America. The Moscow correspondent of the Iliga Hundschau writes as follows about the Itusslan-Amerlcans Inside the country : "The numbers of llusslnn commu nists expelled fmm America, who with wrv faces are selling their lust goods and chattels on the Moscow t.hieos are increasing every market day. "The soviet government Is doing its most lo keep these pie above Htm water lories these down, bv giving them even wmue in.- to run and manage. P.ut ns : factories nre very much run ; even American spirit and en- i-rgy Is not sufficiently strong ... ".-i them In operation. "A little better off nre those of the Immigrants who have managed to take with them from America their tools ar goods produced by their trade. Such people are doing a big business nnd LIVES LIFE OF Man Visits City for First Time and Sees First Woman. Swift Chang Comet and He Imme diately Shede Hie Whisker and Buys 'Store Clothes. Omaha. Tracy Gillls, older tlinn iirigham Young when he took his third wife, bus Just let his eyes inst w.e woman. He also has had his lirst remembered view of a railroad train, ft street car. a daily newspaper nnd Motion magu.lne. fpon seeing a woman for the first time (lillis visited a barber shop and had his long hair cut and his face shaved. (Jlllls In thirty-three years eld. He wo ho Chicago. His mother was nil actress and his fmher disciple of Moody and Sunkey. Hut for n third of century falher and sou, their Bible open to the chupter which tells noted Mrs. Drop of 1 0.1C3 in Number of Vet erans cf Civil War in the Past Year. 4,445 POSTS IN 43 STATES Ohio Has the Largest Quota, With Pennsylvania Second and New York Third Organized in Illinois in Spring of 1866. Indianapolis. When the Grand Army of the Republic holds Its annual reunion this year more than IO.ikio of the Civil war veterans who attended the encampment of ll-0 will be count ed among the missing, ns the ranks have be.cn depleted to this extent through the last year. The total membership of the G. A. It. today is UH.155, while Its member ship in liWl was 1(,".H. The total membership is scattered among 4,44,") posts in every state. Ohio, with 10,2-11, lias the largest member ship, with Pennsylvania second with 0.12; Xew York third, 8,7'do; Illinois fourth, (i.s!S; Indiana fifth, W4!); Massachusetts sixth, o.HoC). No other state bus fhtKM or more members. Property owned by all posts Is valued nt S'J.dVo.d'JT. Including real estate worth .'?,N02,S41. Members in the old Confederate states total approximately 2.2IK). The ('.. A. H. was organized in Illi nois in the spring of ISiili. Who Its originators were is a matter of tradi tion, rather than of record, says the icpnrt made to the national encamp ment in 1st;:) by X. P. Chipninn, then adjutant general of the national or ganization. First Post in 1866. "There can be no doubt that the late Col. P. F. Stephenson of Deca tur, 111., was one of the prime movers," says Chipmnn's report. "P.elng recog nized as such, lie organized the first post at Decatur, HI." lty July, 1S1K3, there were 4(1 posts BACK TO U. S. can afford to live party of emigrant well Thus, one succeeded In : factory con- s has sewin; installing a small talnlng about 300 sewing machines. "Formerly the soviet government simply would have confiscated this lucrative enterprise, but at present the government Is a little wary, the more so as In this ense they have to do with Immigrants whom they make a point of treating with the greatest possible courtesy and consideration. "Quite recently there arrive." a party of Americans whose specialty Is the construction of small dwelling houses. They nre welcomed and aided by the soviet government." Radium Bearing Rocks for Madame Curie j U i J f i.Wt- nfflfrfrVrW "LfrnTft 1 1 f &i "fV Senator Holm O. lUirsum of New Mexico with the radlum-bearlnp rock he presented to Mine. Curie. There nre millions of tons of tills ore near Sliver City, N. M.. and it is believed less than 1,000 tons will produce a gram of radium worth ?100,000. HERMIT 33 YEARS of John the Baptist dwelling In the wilderness, have lived alone on a west ern Nebraska ranch JO miles from railroad, with no stranger stopping within Its fence posts. George Willis, the father, died re cently, two years short of the four score nnd .ten which he believed that had been promised to him. Tracy, the son, burled the body on the ranch nnd went on with his farm work. Today he came to Omaha on his pioneer Jour ney with n load of cattle; According to the young man's tale, the older Gillls trafficked, with ills neighboring farmers only on .their property and never on his own, for fear his son's ears should pick up hints of civilization. The father lied to tiie West with his son to save him from the dancing, singing actresses In Chicago's old Huyniarket theater. "A devil lurks on every city street comer, father taught me." Tracy Gillls mid today. "He told me the sad story In Illinois, representatives of which met in convention utld urganizcil the slate department. Stephenson was by common consent the provisional commander in chief, anil posts were organized in other states, resulting In the tirst national encampment beini; held lit Indianapolis, November no, 1st U?. After the Indianapolis conven tion Chipninn records that "posts seem to have sprung up ns If by magic in all parts of the North." but he adds there was no record of progress. Ten states were- represented at the In dianapolis encampment, 21 states in 1117, 24 in DWS, 37 in lSGo having 2,000 posts. At the ISO!) encampment a mutual life insurance scheme was proposed, it being said that the O. A. 1!. had 240 000 members. In 1SG7 It had been said that the stnte departments "claimed to represent n constituency of over 200.000." Rut there Is no au thentic record of the number for tiny early years, the Insurance proposal, containing an estimate, It Is thought, nnd the 1S(7 estimate being regarded as the number of Union soldiers liv ing In the jurisdiction of the state de partments represented at the conven tion. For instance, the adjutant gen eral's report nt the 1S70 encampment, when there were 3!) departments, says It Is "absolutely Impossible for tne to furnish anything like n correct report of the present membership." Decline Constant Since 1890. In 1MMI, however, reports taken as nuthentic state that the membership was do'.l.iv.l, the highest mark record ed. From 1S7S to ISiM) the growth was rapid, being from 12,000 to 8o,00 annually. Since lSOO the decline has I n constant except for a 3.000 gain In 100!, said to be due to prospects of favorable pension legislation. Sub soiinent enrollment figures from the time the (1. A. R. reached Its zenith to the present time follow : HIO 407. ;S1 Y.m. , . .Itft.ivr 1M1....W.W v: ;.m,!.mi !iv2 scsio W!: r.n.Mr. iv.i ,.:;h;.2:'s x.... ;.':.:-.i" irn3. . . .li.sr lMii....Sii'.i.CM) 1M4... ..'17,311 1014.... 171 !!?..- 1S!i.r..... 357.(3 1WS5....EK.4M I1U5. .. . . .Mi.'.'.lO JW....K5a Phi). . . .H:I74 1S'.i7....31H.4."H !!:.... K,Ke M7....1M.MI iH"l!'.!.;KV"3 ... .2-',"'. 1.'.7 WIS.... lJii.Slli , W19....1I.S5T : vni".'riia iuw....2i3,ii uco.... wars The 1020 national encampment voted to meet every year as long as n single member survived. Ilrlg. (len. John L. Clem, address Army and Navy Club, Washington, D. C, claims him self the youngest i. A. li. member. He Is thought by the O. A. It. officials here to be seventy-one years old, hav ing enlisted as a drummer hoy at the . . . nM. r i age of eleven years. nie .iucii".. who is the oldest member always brings up hundreds of claimants ami no reliable record has been obtained. An implement that can be operated with one hand has been Invented for stretching metal bands around pack-i ages and fastening the ends. .of my mother and warned me to avoid all sinful men." With the money from the sale of his cattle Gillls changed his home made garments for a suit of store clothes. He also bought a safety razor, a lube ot tooth paste and two silk neckties. He is willing to admit that one gllmpsa of the city has demoralized him. In Ids plans for the future, which In clude continued residence on his, secluded farm, he mentions a wife nnd a course in agriculture. Drowned In Swimming Ho"e. Lewistown, III. Mrs. Dave Shaw,, thirty-live, her two children, Uuth, fourteen, mid Dorothy, twelve, nnd Charles Lolley, an elderly man, uncl of Mrs. Shaw, were drowned in a pool on the Shaw farm, six miles west of Canton. Meteor Fall in Tennessee. CTiatlanoogii, Tenn. A meteor weighing between .MH) and 000 pounds fell near here. The meteor made a swishing noise that was heard several blocks. 11 buried Itself lu ll.tt ground. V