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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-10-13
STATES COTTON
BRINGS Big MONEY

Jackson, Miss, October 13.-NIr.
John 7. Wells, who has been selected
to look after the cotton interests of
the state penitentiary farms for the
present season, reports the sale to
VIM. Almy & Co.. of Boston. of 11G
bales of cotton, ginned and com
pressed on the Sunower state farm.
The cotton weighed $500 pounds.
brought 10 IL cents per pound, and
netted, f. o. b. $6,191.S5. It was sold
for account of the Thomas Gin Com
pany, to whom the state owed some
thing over $4,000 for one of it's gin
congresses, and who wanted this. the
first lot ginned on the new gin COM
pressing arrangement, for early deliv-
cry, and as an advertisement to some
extent. So far as is known here. the
penitentiary authorities are perfectly
satisfied with the two gin congresses.
although they are of different makes.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-10-13
BRYAN GETS MORE
ENTHUSIASM OF TWO
Mr.. David Farley Returns From a
Trip to Chicago and Thinks From
What He Saw and Heard That
Bryan and Kern Are Winners.

Good news concerning Democratic
prospects has been given out by David
Farley since his return from the
waterways convention in Chicago.
While he was in the Windy City Mr..
Farley heard speeches from Taft.
Bryan and Hughes and he states that
the political situation there is a very
lively proposition.
Mr. Farley says that when Taft
spoke he was cheered in a halfhearted
kind Of way and at some points in the
city was received with great enthus-
iasm. But when Bryan spoke there
was something doing.
The applause was tumultous and
and long-drawn out. It would be min
utes at time before the Democratic
candidate could be heard for the great
cheering. Mr.. Farley is of the opin-
ion that Bryan has decidedly the best
of it in Chicago, and he says he made
inquiries at other places along the
road, and while he found some places
where it seemed to be for Taft, yet at
the majority of the places the Bryan
sentiment seemed to be largely in the
ascendancy.
While in attendance upon the con-
vention, Mr.. Farley made numerous
inquiries as to the political sentiment
of different sections of the country,
and he stated this morning his con-
clusion in these words:
81 am now more than ever con-
vinced that Bryan and Kern will be
elected"
Mr. Fairley's friends want him to
come out to the mass meeting at the
court house tonight and tell them
what he saw and heard. and those
who are interested should be present
to hear him talk.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-10-13
TO TRY SUSPECTS
IN The MORNING

Owing to the failure to secure wit
nesses, the trial of the parties SUD-
posed to be implicated in the murder
of John Morris at Sumrall Saturday
night, did not come up today, but has
been postponed until 10 O'Clock to-
morrow morning.
The parties that have already been
arrested are still in Jail These par
ties are Gates, Davis and the Ingram
women.
A telephone message from Sumrall
at o'clock this afternoon brought the
information that there might be one
or two more arrests as there was a
strong suspicion that others were i'm
plicated, 1t is possible that there will
yet be some sensational develop
ments.
1t is said that there will be quite
number of witnesses and that it is
more than likely that the whole of to-
morrow will be consumed in the pre-
liminary hearing.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-10-13
STILL after
Will SORSBY
Reported That He Passed Thru
Jackson on a Train SUM-
day Night.
The Jackson Clarion Ledger says:

The Jackson Clarion Ledger says:
1t was reported here yesterday that
Will Sorsby, the murderer of Post
office Inspector Fitzgerald, and who
has been the object of search by sew
eral secret service men since the day
after the killing, as we'll as of posses
from the sheriff's office. was a passen-
ger on the eastbound Alabama and
Vicksburg passenger train that went
through Jackson Sunday night. This
story was told by a party who has
known Sorsby for years, and the de-
tectives seem to put a good deal of
confidence in 1t.
Sorsby is said to have boarded the
train at some station between Jackson
and Vicksburg. The informant told
his story as soon as he reached Jack
son and kilograms were sent ahead of
the train. 1t is said to have been
searched at Forest or Newton, but no
Sorsby was on board, and this has
caused the suspicion that he left the
train somewhere in Rankin County.
This is the first intimation or sug-
gestion that has reached Jackson as to
the whereabouts of Sorsby in nearly a
week, the last place he was reported
having been in the interior Of Madi-
son County, at the home of a rela-
tive. Regardless of where he may
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-10-13
LEE MAKES
HIS DATES
Will Hear Complaints Against the
Railroads From Citizens of
South Mississippi.

Jackson, Miss, October 13.-Presi
dent F. NJ. Lee, of the Mississippi
Railroad Commission, has given out
the following list of appointments
which he will fill during the present
month in making county visits. in ac-
cordance with section 1886 of the
code, for the purpose of adjusting such
differences as exist between the citi-
zens and the railroads and other pub
lie service concerns coming under the
jurisdiction of the commission:
Bay Springs, Jasper County Friday,
October 20.
Purvis, Lamar County, Tuesday. Oc-
tober 27.
PopuIarville, Pearl River County,
Wednesday. October 2S.
Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Friday,
October 80.
Brookhaven, Lincoln County, Satur-
day, October 81.
This will leave Mr.. Lee with only
five counties in his district to visit
during the present year. the law re-
quiring a visit to each county for the
purpose mentioned, at least once
year, after giving ten days notice.
This is a section of the code to
which very little attention has been
paid in the past, but which Mr.. Lee is
tracking to the letter, as he does
everything else which he conceives to
be his duty under the law.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-10-13
THAW MAY
GET AWAY
Pittsburg Detective Springs Sur.
prise on Superintendent of
Matteawan Asylum.
Hearst News Service.

New York, October 13.-Roger
OMara, Pittsburg detective, has se-
cured writ ordering the production
of Harry Thaw in person before the
bankruptcy court in Pittsburg 10 an
swer to complaints filed by his cred.
itors. 1t is not known whether DR..
Baker, superintendent of Matteawan
asylum, where Thaw is now confined,
will run the risk of being fined for con-
tempt by refusing to give up the de-
fendant.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-10-13
MUSIC, SOUVENIRS
and fine APPAREL

While nothing equals the coming of
a circus in the mind of the small boy,
and most men think a league cham
pionship ball game the most important
thing on the calendar of events. it
takes something more distinctly fem
inine to attract and hold the attention.
of the ladies', and that must be in the
line of stylish wearing apparel. When
a gorgeous display of the seasons lat-
est novelties is promised by a big de-
partment store, and when it is an
nounced that i'll addition to the wealth
of pretty goods shown, there will be
music, refreshments and souvenirs,
the interest is correspondingly in-
creased among the fair sex. This IL
the promise of the immediate future
in Hattiesburg. On next Monday the
big store of O'Ferrall Bros. will have
its fall opening display and all that
can appeal to the fancy of women IN
dress matters, in music, souvenirs and
dainty refreshments, will be there for
them on Monday. And there will be .
fashionable display for the men. too,
and souvenirs for the men as velI
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-10-13
Hearst News Service.

London, October 13.-Commercial
circles are at present not inclined to
regard the hopeful declarations of
statesmen as more than pious wishes.
Lloyd's Agency, the largest in the
world, is charging 20 guienas per cent.
to insure against the risk of war be-
tween Turkey and Bulgaria before De.
cember 81 and Is guineas per cent.
to insure against war between Servia
and Austria during the present month.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-10-13
WRIGHT TO SAIL
THROUGH THE AIR
WITHOUT A MOTOR
Hearst News Service.

Lemans, France, October 13.-Wil-
bur Wright announced today that in
the near future he will sail an aero
plane at height of 1000 to 1000 feet,
using only sails as motive power. The
announcement has created a sensa-
tion among aviators of all nationali-
ties and the event is awaited with in
terest. The type of the new flying ma
chine is thus far unknown.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-10-13

out his assessment roll against public
corporations and he did his work very
thoroughly and carefully. He found
considerable property that had been
overlooked heretofore and he made a
number of raises above the amount
that much of this property had been
given in at, and he sent this to the
railroad commission. But the commits
sion did not follow the assessment
rendered by the assessor and proceed
ed to fix the valuation.
AS one instance of the injustice of
the valuation fixed by the railroad
commission, it is stated that the Cum
berland Telephone Company at this
place has its property valued at less
than the Home Company.
Mr.. Beaumont is not satisfied with
the existing condition of affairs and
will probably seek legal advice as to
the proper steps to take in the matter.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-10-13
VOLCANO
BREAKS
OUT
Citizens of Basse Terre in Island
of GuadelOupe Are Terrified
By Rain of Ashes.
Hearst News Service.

Basse Terre, Island of Guadeloupe,
October flashes have been falling
in this city almost like rain since yes
terday. The vision is at times almost
obscurred by the falling atoms. Mount
Soufriere, the largest volcano in the
st, Vincent group, is calm and the
ashes come from some other place.
The opinion is that a new crater has
burst forth and much anxiety is felt.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-10-13
CHARGE is DENIED.
Hearst News Service.

Philadelphia, October 13.-The wife
and sister-in-law of Captain J. Clay.
ton Erb, now in jail on a charge of
murder, stick to the story that he
was shot in self-defense, saying that
he pointed a pistol at Mrs. Beisel his
wife's sister,
1t is said that Captain Erb con-
fessed to his coachman before his
death that he had been given poison
in whisky highball prepared for him
by his wife.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-10-13
surgeon
IS CRITICALLY I'LL

New York, October 13-Dr. William
T. Bull, the famous surgeon, is seri-
odsly i'll at his home in this city, suf-
fering from muscular rheumatism and
gout. Some of the attending physi-
clans say that the patients disease is
cancerous. Little hope is entertained
for his ultimate recovery.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-10-13
Canaldate Nm. II. Taft
mn Be a Busy Man

Chicago October 1SW H. itinerary from octo
Der B to October 2 Republican National Com
ttee headquarters last night will arrive in
Nashville at $3.50 later and will SNEAK
ne same day at Chattanooga Knoxville Bristol The
next day Mr Taft will speak Salisbury and Green's
boro C, Danvile in the evening Mr. Tot
VIII spend sunday In washington will speak Newark L.
camden NJ j. Wilmington De Baltimore Cumberland
Feumon No. Grafton Caksburg Parkerburg Va Mr. Taft
will be at his home in Cincinnati October
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-10-13
RELATIVES DECLARE
THAT STORY IS FALSE
Plea of Self Defense Is Entered bv
Mrs. BeiseI, on Whom 1t Is Said
That Captain Erb Drew a Pistol.
Confessed to His coachman.
Hearst News Service.

Philadelphia, October 13.-A secret
autopsy has revealed the fact that
Captain ]. Clayton Erb, supposed to
have been shot and killed by his sis
ter-in-law at his home at Red Ga
bles, was poisoned before the bullets
which ended his life were fired. The
poison is said to have been admins
tered in whisky high balls.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-10-13

have been or where he is now. he is
leading the detective forces of the
government merry chase. How
ever, they insist that they will get
him sooner or later, as Uncle Sam
never quits the track.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-10-13
GRACE SMELL
TO We'd AGAIN
Hearst News Seryire.

Los Angeles, Cal, October 19.-Mrs.
Grace SnellCoffin-WalkerC CoffinlLay-
n-an-Love, the worlds champion di-
Vorcee, announces that she will again
marry Perkin A. Layman as soon as
her divorce from Love is made final.
She is the daughter of Amos ]. Smell,
Chicago millionaire, who was mur-
dered in his home there in 1888.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-10-13
TO CALL CONFERENCE,
Hearst News Service.

London, October 13.-Great Britain
and Russia will call a conference of
the powers interested in the Balkan
trouble to arbitrate a settlement of
the difficulties involved. The date for
the meeting has not been decided
upon.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-10-13
PIOUS WISHES WILL NOTA VERT
WAR
LLOYD'S INSURE AGAINST 1T

Stocks and bonds are still unsettled
and the securities of Balkan states are
not wanted at any price.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-10-13
Paper is a Good One;
Fills Long Felt Nam

The Builders Supply Company Guor inquiry was
recently sent regarding lumber conditions
I'VE bu good r.
is filling longfelt
Similar expressions being cvd daily
say that they appreciated earnestly trying to give
the people of South Mississippi the way of live
daily
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-12-11
Citizens Want Change in Government

this example by engaging in noisy con-
troversies, 1t is logical sequence that
the present form of government
should gradually be somewhat under
mined.
Many substantial citizens and large
taxpayers are convinced that a one
headed government would work more
smoothly and satisfactorily. This is
no new conviction on their part. II
has been emphasized in recent exhi-
billions of division in the present tri-
umvirate, it is true, but the advisable
ity of concentrated authority has ap-
pealed to them for years.
These citizens, however, who hon
estly believe in the wisdom of
change for the public good see great
danger in going before congress and
asking for a change at this time. Ii
by simple act one commissioner or
governor could be substituted for the
triumvirate they would urge 1t earn
estly and heartily. But they fear the
proposition would mean the opening
up of the whole question of the rela-
tons between the district and federal
government, with a possible alteration
of the organic act and perchance the
granting of unrestricted suffrage.
Better suffer the ills we have, they
argue, than invite ills We know not of,
especially as the ills we now have,
though vexatious, impose no heavy
burdens and involve no maladminis-
tratiOn.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-12-11

NTASHINGTON.-Unless st. An
w thony speedily answers his pray
trs, or some other agency of the lost
and found intervenes to help him, it
may be necessary for Senator McCum-
Der of North Dakota to insert an adj
vertisement in tie newspapers of his
state for mysteriously missing over
coat.
In the second week of his strenuous
campaign for the presidency Judge
Taft invaded North Dakota. He was
accompa1ied By a cold wave that met
lions had been made for his enter
tainment at Fargo, where the arrange
ments contemplated a visit by the
Republican presidential candidate to
a big barbecue near the edge of the
city. All these plans were outlined to
Mr.. Taft by local committee which
boarded the train at Crookston, Mimi.
When Mr. Taft limited that he had no
garment to protect him from the cold,
local committeeman said they would
see to it that he was provided with
proper hab:liments.
When the Taft special reached
Grand Forks, Senator McCumber got
Fargo on the long-distance telephone
the county committee to be at the
station with an overcoat that would
fit Judge Taft hundred loyal sons
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-12-11
STORM PLAYS A QUEER PRANK.
Twisted All Four Na-ts of Schooner
James 3. Drake.

The Journals ed schooner James r.
Drake is at McPhea's shipyard in Bos-
ton undergoing repairs for one Of the
most peculiar accidents in the history
Of navigation.
While cruising in southern waters
the schooner was caught in cyclonic
storm which revolved around the yes
sci in such a manner that all four OF
her masts were twisted in their steps.
When the ship carpenters investigat-
ed the schooner preparatory to begin
ming their work they could scarcely
believe their eyes. Plainly some ro-
tary motion of wind and storm had
caught the poles In a leverage, fore
ing them just half way around. No
explanation is offered for the Masts
not coming out of the vessel All four
are standing and have been carrying
sail all the way to port. No other dam
age was received during the storm,
and although the masts were turned
they were not injured in the least.
The ACCIDENT is the first of its kind
in the memories of the oldest navigat-
ors about the harbor They say that
of all the freaky gales reported of the
tropics this is the strangest, and many
refused to believe the story until they
had visited the yard and viewed the
schooner hemselves.-Boston Tran
script.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-12-11
Antidote for Pneumonia.

l first satisfied myself of the eff
cacy of my serum by experiments on
animals. Then trials we're made last
winter in the st. Elizabeth and Stuy-
venburg hospitals in Antwerp. Sew
eral Of the patients had pneumonia In
an advanced stage, and were also hab-
itual drunkards, which always in
creases the gravity of the danger. In
every case the serious symptoms
were completely arrested within Sc
hours, while the temperature and
pulse again became normal. These re-
suits, says Dr. Bertrand of Antwerp in
the Pittsburg Gazette Times, were OBJ
tanned with total dose of serum not
exceeding eight cubic centimeters, in
jected by doses of one or two cubic
centimeters at a time. There Is no
known serum which takes effect with
such small doses.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-12-11
JACKSON
Tax on Furlong Bequests.

Another chapter in connection with
the requests made. by the late Gen.
Charles E. Furlong, of New York, to
certain institutions and individuals
in the State of Mississippi, has been
opened. Under the terms of the will
Gen. Furlong left the sum of $4,000 each
to the State Charity Hospital at Vicks-
burg, the University of Mississippi the
Deaf and Dumb, and the Blind Insti-
tutes, and State Hospital for the Insane,
in addition to individual and church be-
quests in like sum. 1t transpired that
under the inheritance and surrogate
laws of New York there would be a
transfer tax of per cent. of the pro-
ceeds, payable to the State, and this
feature set the matter in allegiance for
the time being, Attorney General Flet-
cher contending that the transfer tax
did not apply to these State requests,
and the matter was still pending in this
shape when he retired from the office
Attorney General Stirling has been in
vestigating the subject and has con-
suited with Judge Fletcher in regard to
it, and both have come to the conclusion
that the contention of the New York
lawyers is logical, and that the State of
Mississippi must lose the per cent.
There may be other items of cost to be
deducted, but at any rate the end of
the long negotiations is in sight.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-12-11
TOPICS OF THE BoUDoIR.
Little Pointers That VIII BE Found
More or Less Useful.

The following ingredients mixed to-
gether make a good toilet powder:
Crush six ounces of best white starch
and rub 1t through a sieve, then shake
1t through piece Of muslin. Mix into
this two drains of powdered orris root
and shake again through the muslin.
Then add to the powder a few drops
of any favorite perfume.
Always use tepid water to wash in,
and If 1t is hard little borax will
soften it, as hard water is very bad
for the skin.
One of the most striking features of
the latest evening dresses is the lack
Of transparencies employed in their
fabrication. Soft satins take an easy
lead In pale shades of blue and pink,
also ivory white and black.
Every girl who can possibly do SO
should learn to row. There is nothing
better for developing the muscles of
the chest.
There is great feeling for deep
square effects at present The after
noon blOuses are made with square
Jokes, and the evening bodices are cut
low, in the same idea.
The following is good recipe for
cold cream: Melt one ounce of white
wax in quarter of a pound of pure
olive oil, and as the mixture cools add
gradually one-fourth of pint of elder
flower water and six drops of altar of
roses. Stir until cold.
This is a season of smart little
coats, and the wide upper sleeve now
SO fashionable demands that the coats
should be made so that they may
easily slip over full sleeve.
A good exercise to broaden the
shoulders is to extend the arms
straight out and, keeping them so,
sway the hands backward and for
ward. This exercises the muscles,
AID stretches the shoulders to the full
est extent.
About once a month the hair should
be properly singed This will keep
1t from breaking or splitting.
One of the best curling fluids may
be made as follows: Half an ounce
of borax and Is grains of gum arabic
dissolved in ounces of warm water
water. When cold add 6 drains of
spirits of camphor. Wet the hair with
the fluid, and curl in the usual way.
All the best shop-bought blouse mod
els of an ephemeral character are
made up on chiffon foundations. This
not only gives steadying effect, but
1t serves to greatly enhance the filmy
aspect of transparent material.
If the scalp is very dry, rub into it
once a week little olive oil or pure
vaseline. If little is put on the
flyer tips there will be less chance
of the oil getting on to the hair, and
giving it a greasy look.
The newest material for bathing
gowns is black alpaca, although navy
blue serge is still we'll to the fore.
An excellent eyebrow tonic can be
made of equal parts of alcohol and
olive OIL Shake well before applying
with a tiny brush
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-12-11

RESIDENT ROOSEVELT caused
L great rejoicing among $4,000 gov
ernment clerks here the other day, by
announ cling that he had no intention
of compelling the poor overworked
employees to labor an additional 30
minutes daily.
But before the rejoicing got to the
danger point, he spoiled it all, by add
ng a postscript that be would permit
10 depart 2ent head to increase the
sa a v Ct any of the employees.
The hours which the department
employees now observe are from nine
a. m. to 4::30 D. M, with half an hour
for lunch.
Up to three years ago, they quit at
four o'clock in the afternoon, when
very suddenly the strenuous president
issued an order lacking on the addi-
tional half hour. Then it was rumored
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-12-11
Joy of Department Clerks Shortlived

that he intended to complete the job
by making it a full hour, and keeping
the clerks at work until five o'clock
every day.
So when the clerks went to work
the other day there was great rejoic-
ing in the White House announcement
that 4:30 would still be the limit.
Then came the second half of the
same executive order directing that
no increase should be offered, sug-
gested or proposed in any Of the
budgets for anybody. Economy was
given as the cause.
This order affects not only the
Washington employees of the govern
ment, but its employees throughout the
country, many of whom are figuring
on generous increases.
Secretary Loeb explained that the
no-increase order did not apply to reg
ular promotions under the civil serv-
ice, but that it would forbid the in
crease of any clerks or officials sal
airy for the same work. 1t Is under
stood that a number of department
heads intended to recommend in their
current estimates an increase for
some of their subordinates. The presi-
dents order spoils all of this.