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A really truly simon pure CnlneSe Imperial war-junk, all bedecked in those outlandish many-colored offer ings to the angry gods, which are pe- culiarly Chinese; with glaring dragon eyes at the bow and the everlasting light over the Joss House at the stern and gliding through the waters of the Pacific under her own native rice straw sails, is heading for Long Beach, where she will tarry for time and give the residents of Southern Cali fornia an opportunity to see her.
 This queer old war vessel is none other than the redoubtable Whang Ho, famous battle scared war junk which formerly was the flagship of the fleet of the Viceroy of Ranking, and which has record for deeds of valor that is singularly mixed up with deeds of the cruelest torture. The Whang Ho has been purchased by a company of Los Angeles business men who have combined under the name of the Whang Ho Company.
 The famous war junk was a prize for which they had been struggling to secure for years, but it was only dur ing the spring months that her pur- chase was arranged from the Chinese government. The price paid for the war vessel was well up in the thou sands, but this does not represent the value at which she is now held.
 In fact the payment of the money was the easiest portion of the trans action which finally resulted in the big warship passing into the control of the Foreign Devils" The animosity which the orientals displayed when the big junk was about to be taken from their own country to America was lit- tie short of actual ferocity. So intense was this feeling that it was necessary to steal away with the war junk in the night to escape the machinations of the Chinese.
 In Battle With French.
 The principal point of interest about the Whang Ho is its connection with the principal points of history in the Chinese empire.
 As has been stated, the Whang Ho was the flagship of viceroy's squad ron, and during the war between the Chinese and French when the latter were in Cochin China, the Whang Ho led the fleet of Chinese war junks that went against the French in the battle of Saigon.
 Her great speed as sailing vessel had often saved the big war junk, but in this battle the great steam engines of the west were opposed to her mat sails and she, together with score of smaller junks, was sunk off Annoy.
 She was later raised and repaired and again put into commission against the French cruisers. At the battle of Chao Lien Tao the Whang Ho, all refitted and in excellent condition, again led the attack on the French cruisers.
 This time she was riddled with shot and sank with all hands. Not man was saved from the big war junk as she disappeared in the sea.
 Became Pirate Chaser.
 Again the Chinese raised their ship and repaired her. The same eight muzzle loading cannon were retained. They had seen service in score of battles, but were as good as ever. When the Whang Ho was once able to
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The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1906-09-14
The Composition on Habit.

A schoOlmaster once said to
his pupils. to the boy who would
make the best piece OF compost
ton in five minutes on ''how to
overcome habit he would give
a prize When the five minutes
had expired a lad of nine years
stood up and said: "Well, sir,
habit is hard to overcome. Ii
you take off the first letter it does
not change 'abit. If you take
off another letter you still have
a bit left. If you take Off still
another, the whole of 1T remains.
If you take off another it is not
totally used up, all of which
goes to show tina. if you want to
get rid of habit you must throw
it off altogether. Result-he
won it.
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1906-09-14
MESSENGER KILLED.
J. P. Rushing of Starkville
Run over at Hattiesburg.

HA1TIESBURG, Sept IL
Especial. j, P. Rushing, ex.
press messenger on the M. J. &
K. G.. road running into Hatties-
burg, was instantly killed in the
wards here at a late hour last
night by beng run over by a
switch engine. He had just fin
ished his run and was leaving his
car when he was thrown down
by the locomotive and decaplta-
ted. His home iSs in Starkville,
where the remains were shipped
for interment.
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1906-09-14
We of the South have to work

We of the South have to work
and must, and if we wish to see
ore this fair land, in all its
etfulgence, the glorious sun
burst of human happiness, Let
US discount no kind of labor,
industry or employment, but let
US honor more than we do how
ever, thai which brings perspl-
ration TO the honest face, the
manly brow, Honor lies in
honest toll" let US make the in
dustrial motto of the South.
Some act as if they were
ashamed to work where they
we're born and reared, some sell
out for song, for scarcely
enough to get away on, and leave
The land of their birth, the home
of their childhood. the graves OF
their loved ones, and go among
aliens and strangers and there
labor hard for a living the rem
nant of their days. People of
Mississippi. why not work here?
Happy homes, prosperous farms
and communities, fOuriS hing
schools and churches. good So
ciety, pleasant associations, IN
dependence, and in many in
stances wealth, all, all are here
for you to ENJOY and transmit, or
can be gained, e.-joyed and
transmitted as soon here as can
be done, in nine times out OF ten,
ia the places to which you re-
move. If you are honest, up
right, respectable and honora-
ble, you have better neighbors.
truer friends, and brighter homes
here than you will ever have
again. These dre facts. and If L
could but convince the sons and
daughters of Mississippi of these
truths, [ would not, in the lam
guage of the immortal Clay, ex-
change the proud satisfaction
which | should enjoy for all the
proud hOnOrS the world has ever
beuueathed to her most success
full conquerOrs.
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1906-09-14
|STURGIS LOCALS|
~~~sss,s..>e.1 BY l..
MISS SALLiE BEVILL.

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MIR. Rafael Galceran is pleas
ant visitor in the home of his par
ents tins week.
Mrs. Sallie Koontz has been
visiting relatives here. and re-
turened home Monday accompan'
led by her mother, Mrs. Lou
Rainey.
Miss Lucille Hunt has returned
to her home in Ackerman after a
delightful visit to her grand
father. aunties, and uncles.
Dr., Sam Rainey and wife &C
companied by their daughter,
Miss Mary Rose, and their little
son, haye been the guests Of Mr..
w. Fl. Durham for sev eral days,
but have returned to Mayhem.
Mr.. w. H. Durham, Mr.. w. P.
jackson, Mrs. L. Grow, Miss
Maggie Sullivan and your cores.
pondent spent Saturday in Stark
vile.
Editor r.. J. Wood was looking
after business interests in our lit
tie town a few days ago.
Miss Ilah Woodson spent Sun
day with her sister, Mrs. J. c.
Wood. in Starkville.
Mr.. r. L. Hannah is progress
ing nicely with his new cottage
on west Nam ST. 1t will.soon be
ready for occupancy.
Mr.. J. B. Hudson, of Stark
vile, and Mr.. Mariner Brown, of
Bradley, were here Wednesday.
Mr.. Ersllin Fondren is visiting
friends here. He has been in
South Mississippi for several
years.
The meeting at the M. E.
Chul ch closed Sunday night with
an increase of membership of
eighteen.
Quite number of our young
men have been out on camp
hunt butlwe have not heard an
account Of their luck.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. S. Weston
have gone home after spending
the Summer in this delightful
cline.
Miss Marie Galceran left Tues
day to enter school at Bowling
Green. KY.
Miss Unice Hunt left Saturday
after spending week with her
aunt. Mrs. Linney.
Rev. Tom Tomlinson and his
father are attending a meeting
at Macon this week.
Miss Dora Kinnard ha ended
her visit and gone home.
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1906-09-14
Never Knew It Before.

A gentleman from Alabama
was in the city last week and
visited Lake Park After look
ing around awhile at the trees
ard shrubbery he was heard to
remark: well I'll be drot; I've
been living in a park all my life
and never knew it before"
There are lots of us who never
see the enchanting beauties of
nature which surround us, until
we go away from home and see
the use others are putting them
to.-Columbus Commercial.
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1906-09-14
Dark Shadows in Homes
Occas1oned by the Grim
Reaper, Death.


Mr.. John Rushing, who was kill
ed at Hattiesburg Monday night
by switch engine. arrived at
Sessums Tuesday night and was
buried at Old Salem church We'd
nesday. Elsewhere we publish
an account of the terrible accident
which is as full as any we have
been able to gather. He leaves
a mother. several brother and
sisters and numerous relatives to
mourn his loss. He was about
twenty-five years old, moss ex.
emplary young man we'll thought
Of by all who knew him.
BELL.-Mr. Andy Bell died at
2:1O Wednesday morning after a
sickness of several weeks dura.
ton. Age 30 years. He WAS a.
son Of the late w. G.. and Sallie
Bell. He leaves two brother and
two sisters and numerous relatl-
yes to mourn his untimely loss.
His remains were laid to rest at
Odd Fellows cemetery at 4:3O p.
m. Wednesday IN the presence
Of large concourse of sorrowing
relatives and friends.
PABKER.-The infant son,
Calroll, of Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. W.
Parker. about years old, died
Tuesday night. two and a half
miles north west of Starkville.
and the remains buried in Odd
Fellows cemetery. at $3.50 p. m.
Wednesday.
STEWART.-M r. 7 h omas
Stewart, son of Mr.. and Mrs. j.
E. Stewart. near Fairport, in this
county, died Tuesday night and
buried in the family grave yard.
Wednesday. We und er tand
that he was about twenty one
years old and d young man Of
great promise.
MCMULLEN.-Doctor E. r.
McMullen, of Hassie, in the ives.
tern portion of the County, after
a lingering spell of sickness.
passed away at a. m. Wednes-
day morning. He leaves a wild
ow and several children to mourn
his loss. He bore his Affections
as only christian could and had
SO lived and acted as to enter in
to the joys Of his Lord. Not on
ly will he be missed by the loved
ones at home but the community
in which he lived where he was
universally beloved and esteem
ed.
We mlngle our sorrows and SYM
pathies with the families of the
bereft, not as one without exper.
ience. There are none but soon
er or later will experience what
these homes row suffer.
DR.. r. E. Wilkin most beauti-
fully expressed the idea of the
poet in his talk at the open grave
of Mr.. Andy Bell, Leaves have
their time to fall and flowers to
wither at the north winds breath
and stars to set, but all, thou
hast all seasons for thine own, 0
death"
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1906-09-14
Hon. Wiley Nash. Candidate
Tor Lieutenant Governor.

NoScluSkO, August IOGn, l9oO.
General Nash began his speech
by thanking the people OF At
tala for the uniform support the
peopie had always given him.
He spoke of the rome industries
OF the city and the county, he
also discussed internal improve
ment and industrial development
Of the towns the cities the cOan-
ties and the State. He impress
sed the people with the great
Importance of dOing al that is
pc s,ib'e to keep onr good citizens
ana their families from emlgra-
ting to other States, contending
all the while that we had as good
country in Mississippi as could
be found from Ocean to Ocean or
from the falls of Niagara to the
MeXic Gulf, and one of the best
States in the Union for a white
man who had to earn his living
bv the sweat of his brow. In con
clusion he congratulated Mississ-
ippl as a State IN having so many
stalwart sons. white men and
white boys, who were proud Of
the fact that they made their llv-
ing and their fortunes by tililng
the soil. and IN concluding this
part of his speech he referred IN
the highest terms to the dignity
of labor speaking substantially Y as
follows
LAS one of the Sureet guaran-
tees to our personal and indivld-
ual independence, to our tinan-
cial, agricultural, commercial,
and industrial greatness, each RI
sing generation should do all Ill
it's power to dignity labor.
If the white girls and boys OF
the South were taught. by pre-
cept and by example, the truth
fulness of the maxim That hon
or lies in honest toll" what q
blessing it would be to ourselves,
our families and our country"
When we. as people, learn to
look on honest toll, as honorable
alike to all, will be a bright day
for the South. Financially the
war between the States left US
poor. our property gone, our for
tunes broken or taken from us;
our fathers gray haired, our
mothers with tottering forms and
feeble steps, had swept from un-
der them by hard, not to say
crued fate. what they had a
right to expect. wouli be a sup
Dort for them in their declining
wears. and start for their child
ren as they took their places.
Will our youth, and the stall
wart soGs OF the South, give up
their country to aliens and
strangers? God forbid. Provi-
depce enabled your fathers and
your forefathers, to purchase aud
s..lear this land. Will their
children prove too lndolent to till
her soil; run her factories; raise
stock upon her farms, cattle
upon her 1000 hills? Your an-
cestors came to the South when
vast wilderness, they en-
eo,,ntered, they suffered and en-
a,.ed all the hardships OF
,;oneer life, after this, Will their
nosterity prove unworthy OF
tb.ir inheritance? No, never
h.rbor a thought so degrading.
When the time comes when 1t
u;ll be universally the case that
.ona are ashamed to till the
,and that belongs to them there
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1906-09-14

as plainly mapped out along our
future way as the milky wav
that spans the brow Of night;
likely many who owned slaves,
aud possibly some of their inn
mediate descendants. will never
be able to accommodate them
selves TO the changed order OF
things. This in many cases
could hardly be expected other
wise, but the posterity OF our
present dominant white Southern
population. must, in respect to
manual toll, prove not only equal
to. but reversing the order Of
things) you must prove your
selves superior to your ancestry.
Honest toll and labor though
despised by some nations, has
ever been houored respected and
esteemed by some of the proud
est and strongest.
Lord Coke says, using his own
language; "AmOng'st the 10
mans agriculture or tillage was
of high estimation, in SO much
as the Senators themselves would
put their hand to the ploW, and
it is said, that never prospered
tillage better than when Sena
tors themselves plowed, such
force hath the example of su
periors.' Aud he quotes AS
authority for the statement.
Cicero, Virgil and Seneca.
In this country onr greatest
men have been tillers Of the soil.
In the South agriculture, farm
ing, tilIage has always been and
ever will be the leadme pursuit,
honored and respected by all,
and those who pursue it, God
like will hold the fate OF this
section in the hollow Of their
hand. Let youth gain a good
public school education. that
can now be gained IN almost
every county in the State, then,
if he proves himself to be worthy
and we'll qualified, he is apt to
be called to serve his fellow
citizens from the field, the factO-
ry. the foundry, or the farm as
from any Of the SO called learned
professions. Thomas Jefferson
the patriot and statesman, him
self Southern man, who wrote
the Declaration of Independence,
who after the Revolution served
his>country long, faithfully and
we'll at home and abroad was a
farmer. And whenever not IN
public life he was on his farm
where he lived aud died and
where they buried him beneath
his own Monticello.
George Washington the father
Of his country was farmer. A
man first in peace, first in war
and first in the hearts OF his
countryman." A man who hav-
inc lead the armies of the Revo-
luton to victory. and twice the
chosen President of the United
States, laid aside his sword and
his badge OF Office and rode back
to his Mount Vernon farm and
there passed the remainder OF
his life as Southern Planter.
and wheD he died he was buried
on his own farm, where he sleeps
to day and where year by year
thousands of the American peO-
pie pay homage at his tomb:
stThough shrined in dust the great
Washington now lies,
The memory of his deeds will ever live.
Tinged with dye that n'eer will fade,
The proud olive shall rise,
And wave unfading ore his honored
tomb
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1906-09-14

Mr.. w. B. Akin presented
Mr.. r. A. Lampkin an ear of
corn which measured IA inches.
We heard of this by accident.
The news paper would be
better medium of circulation of
such news If the growers wished
for the general public to know
of such productions. We would
like to own a thousand acres of
such corn.
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1906-09-14

Mr.. j. II. StillmaE spent sew
eral days at Tuscaloosa this
week.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-01-20
PRACTICALLY AGREE
ON QUARANTINE BILL
Surgeon GENERAL is TO BE IN
CHARGE AND APPROPRIATION
is PROVIDED TO MEET ALL Ex-
PENsEs.


Washington. January 19.-(Special.)-
Practical agreement has been reached
by southern members of Congress on a
national quarantine measure and 1t is
expected that the measure will be fav-
orably reported from the House COM
mittee at an early date. The bill which
more nearly comedies with the views of
the southern members Is that introduced
in the Senate by Mr.. Mallory and now
pending In the quarantine committee. of
which Senator Morgan, who is an advo-
cate of national quarantine, is chairman.
Under Senator Mallory's bill, the surgeon
general of the marine hospital service.
with the approval of the Secretary of
the Treasury, is to select suitable places
on the sea coast as he may think best
for quarantine grounds and anchorage of
vessels.
The bill provides that any person other
than state or municipal, health or quar-
antine officers, entering the limits of
any quarantine ground or departing in
disregard of the quarantine rules, shall
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and
upon conviction shall pay fine of $500
or Imprisonment for one year. The bill
fixes the salary of the surgeon general
at $500 and will carry an appropriation
sufficient to carry into effect the de-
tails of the act.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-01-20
CHANGES MADE In
ss,HEPBURN :, RATE BILL
AS FIXED UP IN CONFERENCE
LAST NIGHT THE REPUBLICANS
BELIEVE 1T WILL NOW BE AC-
cEPTABLE TO DEMOCRATS.

Washington, January 19.-The republican
members of the House committee on in
terstate and foreign commerce held eau
Gus at the capital tonight at which the
Hepburn rate bill was discussed at con-
siderable length. The bill, it is believed,
will be reported to the House next week
in slightly modified terms Senator Dolli-
yer of Iowa attended the conference and
Joined with the republicans in review
ing the provisions of the measure.
The caucus was held in Mr.. Hepburn's
committee room.
The caucus reported an agreement on
the provision regarding the phraseology
to be used in defining the rate which may
be fixed by the commission. This will pro-
vide for ''tust. reasonable and fairly re-
munerative rate, which shall be the maxi
mum that may be charged" by the car
rier. This language shifts the position of
the word maximum in some way by
opposition of the democratic members,
who held that it's original position in the
bill left room for ambiguity on the gem
eral question of the reasonableness of
rates.
Various sections relating to notices,
changes of venue, also were considered,
and changes in phraseology made. AL
though the probability is that the bill will
be reported to the House next week, an
other caucus of the republican mem
bers followed by meeting of the full
committee Is likely before this is done.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-01-20
$2616 WAS PAID
FOR KNOX PORTRAIT
NEED FOR REFORM IN ExPENDI-
TURES BY HEADS OF DEPART
MENTs is URGED BY MEMBERS
OF THE HOUSE.

Washington, January 19.--Reform in the
matter of making deficiency appropria-
tions agitated the House today, and the
entire time of the five and a quarter
hours session was devoted to Its discus
sion with the exception of a short
speech for free hides by Mr. Perkins of
New York.
The urgent deficiency appropriation bill
was being considered under the general
debate order, and Mr.. Littaeur of New
York In charge of the bill, set the pace
by pointing out the failure of the legis-
lation of last year to curb heads of de-
partments in their demands for deficiency
supplies. He explained the more stringent
measure recommended in the bill, and
said that several requests for money had
been refused by the committee
The one specific illustration of the need
for reform which was cited was the ap-
preparation of $2615 for a portrait of ex-
Attorney General Knox, which Attorney
General Moody had paid out of the con-
tingent fund Of the department of justice,
and for which the bill makes provision to
reimburse.
Under the new limits the use of the
contingent fund will not be permitted.
This view of the case was acquiesced in
by Mr.. Brundige of Arkansas, Mr.. Liv-
ingston of Georgia and Mr. Fitzgerald of
New York, all minority members of the
appropriation committee. Mr.. Burton OF
Ohio concluded the debate for the day
with general observations of the necessity
OF closer guard of the expenditures of the
revenues of the government.
General debate on the bill will proceed
tomorrow.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-01-20
COUNT GLADSTONE LEADS.
Keeps Up His Phenomenal Game-Find
ina Faculty at Grand junction.

Grand Junction, Tenn, January 19.-In
the fourth and last series of the all-age
stake of the United States field trials,
run today on the Hobart Ames preserves,
Jesse Rodfields Count Gladstone kept
up his phenomenal game finding faculty,
and 1t was this that gave him first money
over Green River Kate.
She got second and Hard Cash took
third money. In the three hours and a
half that the winner was down. he To-
Gated fourteen covey of quail. Kate's
work was generally regarded as more
classic and snappy, but in her three
hours and a quarter she found less than
half as much game. The winner is a
lemon and white setter dog by Lady $
Count Gladstone, out of Jessie Rodfield
He is owned by Jesse Sherwood of Chi
cago. Green River Kate is by Lad of
Rush, out of Gorham's Dorothy, owned
by G. L. Zorn of Louisville, and handled
by e. d. Carr. Hard Cash is by Young
lingo out of Browns Bella, pointer,
and is owned by A. NJ Masters of jack
sonville, H. Both the first and third dogs
were handled by e. S. Shelly. The draw
ing occurs tomorrow for championship
entries to begin Monday.