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The Huttig news., 1908-11-07

the windows to stare in wonder as he rasced by And inwardly he groaned and quake1.
 AS for the policeman. after some re luc'ent hesltaficn. he overcome the in herent indisrosition to exertien that affects his kind. and swinging his stick. stalked after Maitland.
 Kapply (and with heartfelt thanks giving) the young man ehanced upon a somnolent and bedraggled hack at rest in the stenci'ed shadows of the Third avenue elevated structure Its pilot was snor.ng lustily the sleep ot the bala ed on the box. With some diff eulty he was awakened. and Malt land dodged into the muety, dusty body of the vehicle grateful to escape the unpreiudieed stare of the guardian of the peace, who in another moment would have overtaken him and, doubt less. subjected him to embarrassing lnquisition.
 As the ancient fcur-wheeler rattled neisily over the cob5les. some of the shops were taking down their shutters tHe Su1ldCe cdfS were De.slnn-ng TO run wi increasing frequency, and the sidewalks were becoming sparse,y populated. Familiar as the sights were. lhey were yet somehow strange lv unreal to the young man. In a night the face of the world had changed fer h.m; its features loomed weirdly blurred and eontorted through the mystical gray-gold atmosphere of tle land of Romance. where n he real Y lived and moved and had his being The blatant day was alto sether pre- posterous; today was a dream. some thing nightmarish: last night he had been awake, last night for the first time in twenty-odd years of existence he had lived.
 He slipped unthinkingly one hand into his coat pocket seeking instino- lively his cigarette case; and his fin gers brushed the coarse grained sur face of canvas bag. He jumped as if electrified. He had managed altogeth- er to forget them. yet in his keeping were the jewels, Maitland heirlocms-
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MT Maitllnd?" lie opened the con versaticn brisSly 'I trust I do not intrude? I shall be brief as possible. if you will favor me with a private in terview''
 Maitland remarked voice well mod ulated and a good choice of words He rose eourtecusly.
 q should bs pleased to do so" he suggested, "if ycu could advance any reason for such request"
 Mir. Snai.h smiled dscreetly. fun. bling in his size rocket A second slip of cardboard appeared between his fin gers as he stepped over toward Malt aud.
 If had not feared it might deprive me of this interview, I should have sent 1T. my buzine-s card at once" h. said. Permit me
 Maitland accepted the card and elt ated his brows. Oh" he said. put ting fl down. his manner becoming per eeptibi: ,.5as cordial. 'I say, O'Hagan n
 "Yessor?'
 ''l shall be busy for Will half an hour satisfy you. MT. Snaith?"
 You are most kind" the stranger bowed
 Tn half an hour, o'Hagan, you may rstura.'
 "very good. sor" And the hall door closed
 So said Maitland. turnfes to face the man squareiy. you are from police headquarters?
 "As you sec MT. Snaith metioned delieasely toward his business card as he cal cd it.
 "Nell?"-after a moments pause.
 q sm a detective you understand" Perfectly Maitland assented, un- moved.
 His caller seemed partly amused. partIy-but very sliShtly-smbar- rassed "I have been assigned to cover the affair of last night he continued blandly. T presume you have no objection to giving me what information you may possess"
 "Credentials?"
 The mans amusement was made visible in a fugitive smile half-hidden by his small and neatly trimmed mus tache. Mutcly eloquent he turned hsfS the lapel Of his coat, exposing .
The Huttig news., 1908-11-07
RULES FOR SUCCESS IN LIFE.
Arportion Da|s Wcrk. and Give Every
 Energy to 1t.

The over-serupuious and methodicai individual who can neither sleep nor take a vacation until all the affairs of his life are arranged must remind himself that this happy cousummation will not be attained in his lifetime says Iippincott's. It behooves him. therefore, if he is ever to sleep, or if he is ever to take a vacation. to do it now. nor need he postpone in definitely
 The days work should be started with the resolution that every task shall be taken up in it's turn. with. out doubts and without forebodings, that bridges shall not be crossed until they are reached, that the vagaries of others shall amuse and interest. not distress us, and that we shall live in the present, not in the past or the future. We must avoid undertaking too much. and whatever we do under. !afe we must try not to worry as to whether we shall succeed. This only prevents our succeeding We should devote all our efforts to the task it. self and remember that even failure under these circumstances may be bet ter tEan success at the expense of prolonged nervous agitation.
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Responsibility.

Some one has said truly that respon- sibility walks hand in hand with ca paeity and power. Little is expected of the incapable. The very mention of duty, task. responsibility weighs like burden upon the minds of weak men and women. Every one must have met men of good parts who will sedulously dodge anything like a re- sponsibility They shun everything like responsibility though high re wards may be offered The mere thought of being held to strict account ability dismays them, and no remuner- ation and no honor are great enough to tempt them to leave the pleasant ways of peace to undertake a course which involves contention or strife, or even serious prolonged attention.
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Annther Rnle

Speaking about game tenderfeet," :" drawled Amber Pete as he skinned a cinnamon bear. reminds me that the Human Pincushion' in the circus side show was the gamest that ever hit this settlement"
 Game. eh?" echoed the advance agent for the Mastodon Minstrel show
 Wall. should smile The boys told him if he didn't make good as the Human Pilcush on they were go- ing to shoot him full of holes at the first performance"
 And was he frightened?"
 Not bit gardner. Be said if they shot him full of holes he'd do away with the Human Pincushion' heading and bill himself as the Human Porous Plaster
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The stark in it's flight visited the home of MT. and Mrs. R. L. Aiken. 1t Conway. La, on Thursday. Oc- tober 29, and presented them with j charming little z2 pound baby girl. Mir. Akens has been in the employ of the Union Mill company and the Culbreath Logging compa- ny for the past four and d half years. until a month ago he moved to Conway to work on the railroad, where s. R. Neel has a contract.
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 Useful poQ to Own.

Theer is a wonderful dog in Paris, whose name is Dick and who has been taught to carry wine, newspa- pers and messages for his master. Every morning Dick starts out with a bundle of newspapers strapped to his back. and after he has delivered these he returns for a cargo of wine bot ties His owner says that Dick sn. joys the work.
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Mrs. Ella Howard and c. H. Howard and wife arrived in Huttig Friday evening from Glen Allen. Mo. where they accompanied the remains of Conductor L. s. How ard for burial.
The Huttig news., 1908-11-07

On last Sunday morning at the Union Sunday School the following eceived a gold pin for not having missed Sunday School the past year: Misses Bernice White, Flo "a Cargill. May Culbreath, Gladys iibson, Tennie White, Louise 2rereton and Clara Bennett and Rev John Bra reton. A number of others only missed one Sunday. but this prevented them receiving a pin.
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the swag and booty, the loot and plum der of the nights adventure. And he smiled happily to think that his inter- est in them was 50 per cent. depreci- ated in A hours; now he owned only half
 Suddenly he sat up. wifi happy eyes and a glowing face. Ghe had trusted him.
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J. w. Ferret and children visited his wife who has been quite i'll at Strong, last Saturday and Sunday. We are glad to say she is improv- ing rapidly.
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Electrical Power for Laplsnd.

Ii is stated that the building of a large new electric power station in Lapland is shortly to be taken in hand. Either the Norr or Soderland falls will be used, and it is proposed to erect the power station close to the Brunland railway station and within about ten miles of the sea The power available is estimated at SS .00O horse power.
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hing and during the night took to the woods He was captured at Bolding by Bob Harrison. J. T. Smith and others on Monday morning and brought back here and edged in the oalaboose until We'd lesday when he was taken to Fl )oraGo by Marshal Cabaniss.
The Huttig news., 1908-11-07

The Union Title Abstract com pany of El Dorado has been chart cred by the state. The capital stock, 5000. all subscribed. The incorporators are Neil c Marsh Aylmer Flenniken, J. J. Hudson, W. 1. Bell and William Bellott.
The Huttig news., 1908-11-07

Miss Pearl Kennedy, of Smack over, who has bsen here visiting her friend Mrs. L. E. Jeffus, re- turned to her home Sunday.
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Rev. w. s. Young of Strong will preach in Union church next Sun day morning and night. Every body should come out to hear him.
The Huttig news., 1908-11-07

A successful masquerade ball was given at the school house on last Saturday evening by the young men of Huttig Many of the cos tunes were unique an1 a good time was had by all who attended.
The Huttig news., 1908-11-07

A number of the devotees of bowling are contemplating another contest in the near future. A trophy of some value to be awarded the party making the highest aver age score in the contest.
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Rheumatism promptly driven from the blood with Dr. Shops Rheumatic Reme- dy Dor't waste time with common remedies. test will surely tell In tablet or liquid form. Sold by all dealers.
The Huttig news., 1908-11-07

E. E. Switzer, formerly of Selma. La, assumed the foremanship of the machine shops h,re on last Monday morning.
The Huttig news., 1908-11-07

Miss Jessie Porter, cashier at the Union Saw Mill company's store, visited the first of the week at Prescott.
The Huttig news., 1908-11-07

T. R. Carter is home from Lit le Rock where he attended the re- cent annual meeting of the Odd Fellows of the state, as the repre- sentative from Huttig Lodge, Mo- 548. The next annual meeting will be held at Hot Springs.
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c. L. Campbell, president of the Shreveport Blowpipe company. was here the first of the week on business.
The Huttig news., 1908-11-07

W. W. Hall of Waldo, who has been visiting his daughter. Mrs. j.. A. Hurst, returned to his home Thursday.
The Huttig news., 1908-11-07

o. o. Nash this week purchased 40 acres of the old c. c. Malone farm west of Huttig from 6. c. Bell who purchased same last year.
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Judge N c. Marsh of Fl Dorado transacted legal business in Huttie Monday.
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Misses Henry and Peyton and Allen Henry of Fl Dorado attended the masque ball here on Halloween.
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Mrs. L. D. Howell is home fror a visit with relatives at Lewisville
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Miss Zella Fike of Cecil. La, was here shopping last Saturday.
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Miss Anna Stewart of Lewisville is the guest of Mrs. Parks thi- week
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Mrs. E. L. Powell of Marion, La. visited with friends in Huttig Mon daU
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 x Local News of the Week. }

c. c. Bell transacte busin sss at Strong last Saturday.
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H. W. Baskin visited Fl Doradc on business the first of the week.
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SYNOPSIS.

CHAPTER Mad" Dan Maitland. on reaching his New York bachelor club. met an attractive young woman at the q or Janitor O'Hagan assured him no one had been within that day Dan dis cl vered a woman's finger prints in dust on his desk, along with a letter from his attorney.
 CHAPTER I.-Maitland dined with Zimmerman, his attorney. Dan set out for Greenfields, to get his family jewels During his walk to the country seat. he met the young woman in gray whom he had seen leaving his bachelors club. Her auto had broken down. He fixed it and by ruse she lost him.
 CHAPTER Iu.-Maitland. on reaching home, surprised lady, in gray. cracking the safe containing his gems. She. ap- pafently, took h In for a well-known crook, Daniel Anisty.
 Say at two o'clock this afternoon. at Eugenes. You know the placer"
 sI have lunehed there"
 Then you shall again today. You won't disappo.nt me?"
 T will be there. I 1 shall be glad to come Now-please!"
 You've promised Don't forget"
 He stepped back and stood in sort of dreamy daze, while, with one final wonderful smile at parting the girl as sumed control of the machine and swung it out from the curb. Maitland watched it forge slowly up the avenue and vanish round the Thirty-sixth street corner, then turned his face soathward, signing with weariness and discomfort.
 Al Thirty-fourth street a policeman. lounging beneath the corrugated iron awning Of a corner saloon, faced about wi low whistle, to stare after him Maitland experienced a chill sense of criminal guilt; he was painfully con se.ous of those two shrewd eyes, bor- ing gimletlike into his back, over looking no detail of the wreck of his evening clothes. Involuntarily he glanced dewn at his legs, and they mo7ed mechanically beneath the edge Of his overcoat like twin animated columns of mud and dust. openly ad- yertis-ng his misadyentures. He felt in his soul that they shrieked aloud. that they would presently succeed in aiming all the town awake, so that the startled populaee would come to
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We don't care if Bill did win. We knew he would.
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Edmond Baycock. colored, went violently insane lat Sunday eve
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(To BE CONTINUED NEXT WEEK.
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CHAPTER III.-Maitland, on reaching home surprised lady in gray. cracking the safe containing his gems. She. ap- parently, took in for a well-known crook, Daniel AnistY
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-12-22
WHITE BOYS ROB
negro HACKMAN

According to statements made by
Percy Adkins, a negro who drives a
street hack for Rev. d. c. Rawls. a
bold effort was made to rob him late
Sunday evening by two white boys In
fact, the negro. according to his story.
was actually robbed of $3.50 by two
young white boys, both of whom were
nearly grown.
Adkins states that he was out in
the sixteenth section with his hack
when he was hailed by the two boys
who said they wanted to ride. They
both got into the hack and as the ne
gro started to drive on, one of them
grabbed him around the neck and held
him fast, telling him that if he made
any outcry it would not be good for
him. The other boy then went through
the negro's pockets and secured the
$3.50 They then jumped out of the
hack and left but before doing so
they warned the negro that if he
ever opened his mouth about the af-
fair that they would kill him. The
negro was very much frightened and
reported the matter to Mr.. Rawls.
Adkins says that he does not know
the names of the boys that robbed
him, but he knows their faces, as he
sees them around town almost every
day 1t is probable that he win point
them out to an officer the first time he
sees them and that they will be ar
rested. Mr.. Rawls says the negro is
thoroughly reliable, judged by his con-
duct since he has had him employed,
and he believes the negro is telling
straight tale about the matter.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-12-22
Sold Oil to Night Riders,
Received Severe Chastising
For Threatening to 'Peach'
Hearst News Service.

Union City, Tenn, Dec. 22.-John
Shaw, a storekeeper at Reelfoot Lake,
this morning testified that he was COM
PEELED to furnish oil for the night rid
ers for use in the burning of the fish
docks on the lake. He said that he
threatened to go before the grand jury
and indict the night riders, and that
as result Of the threat the night rid
ers took him from his home one night
and gave him a sever whipping. Shaw
identified several of tie defendants as
members of the crowd who forced him
to deliver the oil, and who later whip
ped him.
The jury today voted for a recess
Christmas day and this was granted
by Judge Jones.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-12-22
HATTESBURC MISSISSIPPI TUESDAY AFTERNOON DECEMBER % 1qo8

passive resistance so far as the rec
ord showed, would in itself be suf-
ficient to reverse the case.
The other decision mentioned was
that of A. G. Brett, charged with the
murder of D. G. Mccain at Mt. Olive,
Covington county, and the decision
was handed down by Hon. w. H. Wat
kins, special judge.
Mccain was editor of the Mt. Olive
Tribune and Brett was the station
agent for the Gulf and Ship Island
Railroad company. In a quarrel over
an account last summer the killing
occurred on the street, and the trial
i'll which Brett was convicted and
given a life sentence followed in a
few days. One of the strong points of
the defense in their application for
a new trial was the plea that they
were rushed into a trial without suf-
ficient time to prepare their case.
This point was not ouched upon by
the supreme court however, two
points only having been given as
grounds for reversal and the granting
of new trial. These were the intro
duction as evidence of a photograph
taken after the killing and purport-
ing to show the relative positions of
two eye witnesses and the partici-
pants, and an instruction of malice
aforethought." The court holds that
these terms are not synonymous to
conviction for murder, and that neith-
er of these terms or their equivalent
were used in any instruction; further
more, that the use of the word NAL
icious as employed in the instruction
referred to, conveyed false position
to the jury.
But much space in the decision is
devoted to the photograph introduced,
which was not picture of the scene
of the crime, but were artistic re-
productions arranged by the states
chief witness, and did not represent
the parties as being where the evi-
dence showed them" The introduc-
tion of this photograph was fatal error
said the court.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-12-22
SCHOOLS SUSPEND
FOR THE HOLIDAYS

A majority of the public schools of
the county suspended last Friday un-
til Monday in order to allow the pupils
and the teachers to enjoy the holi-
days.
superintendent Currie states that
some of the public schools held over
this week and will suspend Thursday
for one week. 1f.e time of suspen-
sion has not been uniform because
some of the teachers and pupils want
ed to have most of next week for the
holiday period.
South Mississippi College suspended
Friday until the goth and many of the
boarding pupils have already gone
home to spend the holidays.
The city schools will suspend to-
morrow for the holidays.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-12-22
ANOTHER WITNESS MAY
TESTIFY IN The CASE
Said That John Tonnine, Who Knock.
ed Pistol from Hand of Peter C.
Hains, Jr., Has Been Located and
Will Help the Defense.

Flushing, L. l.. Dec. 22.-Thornton
J. Hams, accused of being an access
ory in the murder of William f. Annis.
killed by Capt. Peter c. Hams. Jr.,
was visibly unnerved when he appear
ed in court this morning. He was de-
lirious during the night and slept lit
tie
The testimony of Mrs. William E.
Annis wife of the murdered man, col
cluded Yesterday afternoon. was a
hard blow to the defense, and the in
dications are that the tactics of the
counsel for Hams will undergo a COM
plete change.
Hams was further affected today bv
the news of the serious illness of his
mother, who has been standing firmly
by her son throughout his troubles.
1t is announced that John Tonning,
the boatman who knocked the pistol
from the hand of Peter C. Hams. Jr.,
and who is believed to have been the
only cool-headed man on the boat at
the time of the shooting. has been
located and that he will be brought
into court to testify for the defense.
Attorney McIntrye says that he
hopes by the evidence which Tonning
will give to make up for the ground
lost through the testimony of Mrs.
Annis
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-12-22

has charge of the work, that it would
be finished by the holidays and that
it would be offered to the board of SUI
| pervisors for acceptance at the Jan
/ uary term, and this would probably
have been the case except for the
delay in receiving the steel cells and
the iron stairway. These have not
yet been received and as a conse-
quence the work has not been com
except to put in the cells and thes tair-
except to put in the cells and thes tair-
way. These are expected to arrive al
most any time and it is certain that
the building will be ready to turn over
to the county in February. The con-
tractors have until that time to COM
plete the work according to contract.
Since the contract was first closed
the board of supervisors decided that
it was necessary to have more cells
and six additional ones were ordered
making a total of eighteen, instead of
twelve as was first contemplated. This.
it is thought, will be ample and the
board concluded that it would he tbe
part of wisdom TO put in all that would
likely be needed at the start and thus
save the necessity of buying more
cells later. The six additional cells
will add $500 to the original cost
and will make the total cost some
where close to 100000. but this is
tlbout $4,000 cheaper than was orig
nally expected.
The work on the new Jail has been
watched very closely by Mr. T. J. Pitt
man, who has been employed to look
after the county's interest. and it is
his opinion that Forrest county will
have one Of the best and most sub
stantial iails in the state. The board
is to be congratulated in getting this
jail built several thousand dollars
cheaper than was expected. 1t is usu-
ally the case that the cost exceeds
the original amount and this is prob.
ably the first instance in the state
where several thousand dollars have
been saved from the estimated price
and at the same time having the work
done in the most substantial manner
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-12-22
READY TO TESTIFY.

Boston, Mass, Dec. 22-Mrs.
Claudio Hams is today in Jersey City.
convenient to New York if needed to
testify for the prosecution in the trial
of T, jenkins Hams. Before leaving
the city she said that she was not
afraid of cross-examination and ex-
pressed the hope that the Hains
brothers would be punished for the
murder of William E. Annis.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-12-22
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lRON-BOUND OATH ::
OF NIGHT-RiDERS ::

: Union City, Tenn, Dec. 22.- ::
= The night rider oath in full is ::
:: here given for the first time: ::
= "You do solemnlYswear, in the ::
= presence of Almighty God and :.
= these Witnesses. that you desire:
:: to become a night rider; that you =
: will not write, talk or tell to any :.
:: one of the secrets of this order ::
:: of night riders; that, if you do ::
:: talk, write or tell to any person ::
:: any of the secrets of the order, :.
:: we are permitted to do with you :.
!: as we see fit. You know death, :.
:: hell and destruction will be your ::
:: portion, and that your body will :.
: not be buried in graveyard. Do :.
:: you willingly and freely submit :.
= to all this, so help you God?" =
!. !. !. :. :. :. :. :. :. :. :. :. :. :. 5. :. :.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-12-22
GOMPERS CONTEMPT
Case DECISION IS
EXPECTED TOMORROW

Washington, Dec. 22.-The an
nouncement is made today that Justice
Wright of the district supreme court
will tomorrow hand down his decision
in the contempt cases against Samuel
Gompers, Frank Morrison and John
Mitchell. accused of having violated
an injunction issued by Justice Gould
forbidding them to conduct a boycott
against the Buck Stove & Range Com
pany of st. Louis.