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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-09-15
HORRIBLE WRECK
NEAR CLARkSDALE
Miss Sharp, his daughter, seriously

Miss Sharp, his daughter, seriously
cut.
c. w. Ray, fiagman, internally.
Mrs. Annie Lubkin, Jamestown,
Miss, severe cuts on face and limbs.
Child, badly cut on body.
Miss Katherine McCloud, Lexington,
Miss, cut and bruised on face.
Miss Annie West Johnston, Green.
wood, Miss, cut on face.
Miss Willie Helm, Memphis, severe
ly injured, limbs broken.
Miss Hemphill, Glendora, Miss, cuts
and bruises on face and arms
News Agent Metzger, severe shock
and bruises.
Major T. G. Dabney, Clarksdale,
Miss, knee crushed and bruised on
side.
Mr.. Raynor, Lexington, Miss. shoul-
der hurt.
Miss Raynor. internal injuries.
Miss Ida Raynor, cuts and bruises
J. e. Bennett, bruised about head.
Mr.. Karpe, cut on head.
DIR. Robinson, Albin, Miss, severe
cuts on head and arms.
Rev. J. e. Barnett, Clarksdale. Miss,
severe cuts on head.
The wrecked train was No. 314,
which left Jackson, Miss, at 6:25 a. M,
and was known as the jackson Spe-
cial." The train upon approaching
Clarksdale, was behind its schedule
and was running at an unusually high
rate of speed when. without warning,
the chair car and day coach left the
track. After being dragged several
yards the two coaches, which were
we'll filled with passengers, broke loose
from the cars ahead and turned over
an embankment and were crushed into
mass of wood and iron.
The wreck, it is said, was caused
by the expansion of the steel rails af-
ter the engine and advance cars had
passed over them.
AS soon as the news of the accident
reached this city a train with physi-
clans and volunt eer nurses fastened to
the scene and gave succor to the
wounded.
News Agent Metzger proved himself
hero. Although badly injured he
seized an AK and rescued a woman
from almost certain death.
A number of the lesser wounded
were brought to Clarksdale and placed
in the local hospital and private resi-
dences. Those more seriously hurt
were placed aboard special train and
sent to Memphis.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-09-15
WILL HOLD COTTON
FOR Higher PRICES
Other States Will Be Asked to Join
in the Movement to Protect Cotton
Growers From the Bear Movement
Now Dominating the Market.
Hearst News Service.

Birmingham, Ala, September 15.-A
meeting of the bankers, business men
and farmers Of Alabama was convened
at the Commercial Club in this city to-
day at noon for the purpose of taking
steps to assist the growers of cotton to
hold the staple until fair and just
prices can be obtained.
w. P. G. Harding, chairman Of the
executive committee of the State
Bankers Association, called the meet
ing to order. Delegates are in attend
ance from every. section of the state
and prominent planters from other
states are here to participate in the
meeting
The movement originated with the
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-09-15
OHIO RIVER
4 GOING DRY
Fish Can Be Seen Swimming in
Stream and Automobiles Cross
1t Without Difficulty.

Cincinnati, O., September 15.-
The water in the Ohio River is now
so low that automobiles can be
driven acros it at Wellsburg.
Contractors working on Dam No.
s, at Walker, have been forced to
suspend.
Fish can be seen swimming up
and down the stream all because
the river is at the lowest stage in
its history.
The drought continues over a
large area and suffering daily
grows more acute.
Many industries have been forced
to suspend.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-09-15
Daily News Special.

Clarksdale, Miss, September ID
Four persons are known to have been
killed and twenty-six were injured in a
wreck on the Yazoo and Mississippi
Railroad two miles south of here
Monday afternoon, when two coaches
of a passenger train rolled down an
embankment. Two or three passen-
gers are unaccounted for and it Is pos
sible their bodies will be found under
the wreckage.
The known dead:
Mrs. Virginia Graham, Glendora,
Miss.
Miss Amber Russell, II years old,
Anding, Miss.
Mrs. Robert NJ. Gay, Glendora, Miss.
Unknown white woman, whose body
remains under the debris.
The injured:
Mrs. A. ]. Jackson, Mattson. Miss.
internal injurifs and severe cuts in
body.
Two small children, seriously cut
and bruised.
]. H. Perkins, Memphis, seriously in
jured internally.
G. e. Harris, district attorney of
Sumner, Miss, progably fatally hurt.
Robert Seigler, Yazoo City, Miss,
bruised about face and head.
A. R. McCammond, cut on head.
Mrs William Wood, Searcy, Ark,
bruised.
Conductor E. s. Sharp, OF Jackson,
Miss, fractures of arm; serious hurt.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-09-15
IS
SPREADING
FORTY DEATHS AND ONE HUN
DRED NEW CASES REPORTED
IN ST. PETERSBURG
Hearst News Service.

st. Petersburg, September 14.-One
hundred new cases of cholera with
forty deaths is the report for today on
the cholera situation. The people are
appalled, by the spread of the disease
and are in state of panic.
Since the outbreak of the disease
there have been 6,574 cases and more
than three thousand deaths. The
health officers have made an investiga.
ton of sanitary conditions and have
found state of affairs so horrible that
the reports have been suppressed.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-09-15
District Attorney c. E. Harris Among
the Fatally Injured-Severa 9th
ers Will Probably Die.-severaI Peo-
pie Are Still Missing.
= = 49, :
:: DABNEY AND HARRIS :
:: WILL PROBABLY DIE. =
Hearst News Service.

= Memphis, Tenn, September Is. :
: Major T. G. Dabney, who had :
: one foot crushed and received Sc :.
: rious internal injuries in the rail- :
= road wreck near Clarksdale, is in :.
: critical condition. Major Dab :.
: ney is nearly 20 years of age and :
= has been chief engineer of the va :.
:: zoo-Mississippi Delta Levee Board :
- for many years. He is one of the :.
= best posted levee men in the :.
: country. :
= District Attorney c. e. Harris :
: is still living, but little hope is :
= entertained for his recovery. His :.
:: young wife arrived from Sumner ::
= this morning. "Clif" Harris is :
:: one of the best known young law :.
:: yers in Mississippi. He succeed :
= ed Hon. Earl Brewer as district I.
!. attorney by appointment and was :
:. later elected to a full term. and :.
= has made an excellent prosecutor =
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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-09-15
HUGHES IS
INEVITABLE
DAVID JAYNE HILL SAYS HE
WOULD NOT TAKE NoMlNA-
TIoN If RENDERED HIM.

Saratoga, N. Y, September 15.-Da-
vid Jayne Hill, United States ambas-
sador to Germany, was asked if he
would accept the Republican nomina-
ton for governor of New York and
he promptly replied that he would not
accept it if rendered. This seems to
make the nomination of Hughes GER
tain, as the opposition to him has no
ne upon whom they can unite.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-09-15

Commercial Club of Opelika and the
citizens of that city are here to set
forth their views as to what steps shall
be taken.
An effort will be made to have the
business men of other cotton growing
states cooperate in assisting the farm
ers in obtaining just price for this
years cotton crop.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-09-15
Hearst News Service.

Birmingham Ala, september 10
The report comes from Mobile that
Governor Conner has ordered Alabama
troops held in readiness for immediate
dispatch to Clay county to suppress the
night riders, who are threatening the
farmers who attempt to sell their
cotton at prices less than that fixed
by the Farmers Union at the recent
convention held in Dallas, Texas.
Information of the alleged action of
the governor is indefinite and nothing
is known here regarding the activity Of
the night riders in Clay. fG
In long distance telerhont nes-
sage, Sheriff Miller at Al shland. ihe
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-09-15
LECTURE ON JAPAN.

Rev. H. M. Ellis will deliver his lee
ture on Japan in the Main Street
Methodist Church tonight at 7:45
O'Clock. Mr.. Ellis has some stereopti-
con views which add greatly to the in
terest of his lectures.
Public is cordially invited.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-09-15
BURIAL TOMORROW

The funeral of Mr.. NJ. Crahen. who
died at his home on West Fourth
street Sunday night will not be held
until tomorrow. The arrival of an al.
sent sister is being awaited The in
terment will be at the City Cemetery,
but no hour has been fixed.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-09-15
G0UerN0r Conner
Nay Send Zt0obS
For Nigh Ridery

county seat of Clay County, said that
he knew nothing of night riders in
that section.
1t is thought by some that Clay
County is merely confused with Clarke
County and that it is to the latter
county that Governor Conner means to
send troops.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-09-15

" Daily News Special. :
+" jackson, Miss, September Is :
" j. w. Collier and Major Pat Hen I.
/" ry are running neck and neck in {.
: jackson. Collier will carry War :.
" rem County almost solid and ::
:" Major Henry will carry Rankin I:
" equally strong. 1t will be close in I:
&" Yazoo and Madison. 4.
" The vote is heavier here than :
= in the first primary. 4:
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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-09-15

Jackson, Miss, September 15.-The
campaign for congress in this. the
Eighth District, was brought to a close
last night by both candidates making
speeches in this city. Major Pat Henry
speaking in Smith Park and Hon. J. w.
Collier speaking in Poindexter Park.
Both left on first trains for their re-
spective homes in Brandon and Vicks-
burg, where they are spending the dav
today among the voters during the bal
loting.
The first thing of the entire cam
paign of a personal nature occurred
when Mr.. Collier last night read a let.
ter written by Hon. Ben H. Wells a
prominent member of the local bar and
former state senator from this district.
to several of his friends. in which he
said that he intended entering the race
for congress two years hence, and had
good reason to believe that if elected
this time Major Henry would not be a
candidate for reelection then. He
therefore hoped Major Henry would
win.
After reading the letter and express
ing regret that the first personal mat
ter of the campaign should enter 1t at
this late date, Mr.. Collier said it
looked hard if he had to be defeated,
after making the campaign. for the
purpose of making room for another
man two years later. when the other
man ought to be willing to make the
fight on his own merits and go through
the campaign as the others had done
in this.
Mr.. Wells makes reply to the re-
marks of Mr.. Collier in the morning
papers, and merely says in effect that
whatever of fault is to be found with
the writing of the letter are his faults
and not those of Major Henry, who
had nothing to do with the writing of
it, but that he, himself can see no
wrong in the writing of the letter to
his personal friends.
GOOD WEATHER PREVAILS.
The voting began this morning un-
der favorable weather conditions
throughout the district, and the indica-
tions are that a heavier vote will be
polled than that of the first primary
three weeks ago. This is not so much
on account of any lack of interest as
it is due to the return home of many
voters who were then in the north on
an excursion. There is no lack of in
terest, however, and the friends of
both candidates are as active after the
voters as ever.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-09-15
VICkSBURG CLAIMS
COLLIER IS LEADING
But Rankin County Will Go soIidlv
ror Henry.-Reports From Yazoo
ana Madison Indicate That the Vote
Will Be Very Close.
I" : :: " I: Z: : = & =.
/" COLLIER LEADING -.
= SAYS THIS REPORT. =

= Daily News Special. {.
" V1cksburg, Miss, September Is. :.
" AT noon today the friends of {.
= j. w. Collier are confident that he :.
" VIII be elected to congress. The :.
" vote is heavy in the rural dis :.
q" trlcts, where Collier is exceeding :.
" ly strong. In the first primary :.
4" the country vote was a great sur :.
i: prise. Warren County will give =
q" Collier a practically solid vote. Z:
= = :. :. :. :. :. :. . :. I. :. 4. I. a
:: NECK AND NECK AT T..
:" THE STATE CAPITAL. :.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-09-15
MERIDIAN NOW HAS
ALL-NIGHT SERVICE
Hearst News Service.

Meridian, Miss, September 15.-
Through the efforts of Postmaster w.
j. Price, Meridian will henceforth have
an all night postoffice service. Money
orders can be secured or cashed and
letters can be registered at any hour.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-09-15

Mr.. w. r. Elre left this morning
on a business trip to Columbia and
Silver, Creek,
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-09-15

Mr.. ]. o. Spots, of Meridian, gen.
eral manager of the Home Telephone
Company, is in the city on business.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-09-15

James w. Wordsworth, Jr., Speaker
of the New York Assembly, whose
name will be presented to the Repub-
Iican State Convention at Saratoga as
a candidate for Governor.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-09-15

William J. conners, the New York
Democratic State Chairman, who has
just started chicken farm on the
shores of Lake Erie. Me has 10000
chickens and $1,000 ducks. BY the end
of the year he expects to have 100000
chickens and $4,000 ducks.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-09-15

These three preates of the Roman
Catholic Church, are prominent in the
Eucharistic Conference now in session
in London. The larger picture is that
of Cardinal vannutteIi. The picture
below is that of Archbishop Baurne,
Cardinal Gibbons is shown to the riqht.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-02-27
Dakota Leads in Health.

The report of the bureau of vital
statistics of the state shows that South
Dakota, with death rate of 9.4 per
1000, stands at the head of the states of
the union. While the reports sent in
by county officials may be at faul. in
some cases a check is kept by the de-
partment through papers all over the
state, and those not reported are caught
in that way. The percentage is based
on the census report of 1905, and 2on
the present actual population would
not likely be more than to the 1000.
No other state reports less than IL, and
some of them show as high as 16 to
the 1000.
Pneumonia is shown to be the most
fatal disease, with 1906 victims for the
year The greatest number of deaths
by months show that January is tho
most fatal in this disease, with Sep
tember the lightest.
Second in the list is the one for which
there is no medical relief-that of old
age, the deaths from tnat source mum
bering 296 for the year, most of them
occurring at the age of about 50, the
oldest being i1f ii11ff and the youngest in
which that was given as the cause Of
death being 65' a Twenty three had
passed the age of 80.
Tuberculosis took 266 victims, less
Il tha,, fpr INV,
but while this showed that the disease
is not increasing its hold the improve.
ment Is not sufficient to show any
marked decrease in the deaths from
that cause.
Heart trouble took 1885, cancer claim
ed It's, meningitis los, apoplexy 81,
Bright's disease l30, typhoid 80, paraly.
sis rs, diptheria 43 and and smallpox
but2.
Stanley county shows the highest
death rate, with 2O.3 to the 1000, but
this is on basis of the 1905 population,
which has far more than doubled since
that time. Sully county shows the
lowest rate with but to the 1000 but
this is accounted for to some extent by
failure of the officials to make proper
reports. Brown, Fall River, Hughes,
Minnehaha and Yankton counties all
show high death rates, hut this is ac-
counted for by the hospitals in these
counties, where patients are brought
from large territory, and the deaths
which occur at these institutions are
credited to the counties.
The increase in population from
births over deaths for the year was
practically 1000, the births numbering
O97 and the deaths 4,12O.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-02-27
THE BUSINESS OUTLOOK

That sensible economy is being prac-
tlced, following the financial collie Of
last autumn, is pointed out by the
weekly etter.by Henry Clews of New
York.
He refers to the fact tnat January
exports were the largest on record,
chiefly due to increased shipments Of
breadstuffs. Wheat alone contributed
nearly $8,OOO,OO0 increase, or one.half
of the gain over 1907.
But the imports showed a falling off
Of $42,1OOOO0 as compared with last
year, the figure being $85, 100000. Tho
decline appeared most noticeable in
luxuries. Largely as a consequence Of
this the treasury is showing a deficit Of
about $8,OOO,OOO month.
Before midsummer $3OOOOO0OO of
corporation obligations must be met or
refunded. If they are backed by
sufficient collateral, there should be no
difficulty in refunding those that can-
not be repaid, providing public conf.
dence is strong enough. MI
A number of mills that were clos ed
have resumed and the money mark ct 10
easier
All signs point to certain, if slo Va
convalescene by the business world.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-02-27
Business Growing Better.

A bright feature of the news touch
ing the industrial situation is the record
OF the many mills which had been com.
PEELED to slow down for lack of orders
which are now re e-employing thousands
Of workers. The action is widespread
the reports of the resumption OF op-
erations coming from all over the coun-
try. This means, Of course, that the
plants OF all kinds are in receipt of
orders chat permit of the extensive re-
sumption of active operations. The
renewal of orders is especially impor.
tant because it appears to be the fact
in all lines of manufacturing. that there
ARE nowhere on hand in the stores or
the millsHarge stocks of goods, This
makes the outlook fol a continuing
business much better than it otherwise
might be. 1t is conceded that jobb ers
and merchants are ordering goods only
as they pead them, and that there is no
general stocking up such as is usual
under normal business conditions. The
country is manifestly in need of the
products of the manufacturers, and
when goods are ordered they represent
the direct demand. People are spend
ing less money less money than usual,
but the orders which now come seem to
be more encouraging for the future
than many have feared.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-02-27
The Leap Year Outlook.

viii Chamberlain: Present indica-
tions seem to declare for dull, unin-
teresting leap year harvest From no
place do there come reports of great eff
forts being put forth to secure hus-
bands. Perhaps the low-voiced, dim.
ly-lighted revealments of the !ireside
conference, where more than two would
be political rally, will never come to
the ear of the scribe who makes the
record, but from superficial evidence
the man market is very dull. Whether
this is owing to the fact that custom
has overbred our girls in timidity and
modesty, or that men are not so much
in demand as they often think they are,
is a philosophical question beyond the
the average mind to solve to the com
plete satisfaction of all persons. If it
should appear that women would
rather go without stronger half than
wade through SHOWS and against incle
ment night breezes and then sit and
Groom idle gossip while the tapers burn
down and out seeking shoulder on
which to recline lily cheek, men W i'll
have to rake what compliment for
themselves they can discover, out of
the situation. AT least in our town
the sweet girls are standing firm on the
ancient tradition. They are Prscil
las to the scratch. With gleefu
laugh and toss of the head they pro
nounce for the time-honored game :
come and find me.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-02-27

Four hundred dollars al acre for
Stanley county land puffs up the people
Of that county, that price having just
recently been paid for a tract adjoining
Fort Pierre which has been used as a
truck farm, and which the purchaser
will continue to use for truck and fruit.
The soil is alluvial and is shown by
digging to reach down twenty three
feet which makes it practically mex
haustible. This comes near being a
record price for South Dakota and it is
one which will make the older sections
of the state east of the river to begin to
sit up and take notice of that part of
the state west of the Big Muddy. OF
course this was an exceptional tract
with good mprovem ents, but not many
tracts Of farm land whatever the i'm
provements would bring such price in
this state,
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-02-27
Sioux indians Win Suit.

In an opinion by Justice Holmes the
supreme court of the United States to.
day decided The case of the Sisseton and
Wahpeton bands of Sioux Indians vs.
the United States favorably to the
Indians. The Indians claimed a large
sam of money growing out of treaty
with them in 1851 under which the
government agreed to pay, them for
fifty years an annuity of 5000, in ad-
dition to $3O50O0 cash paid at the
time. The payments were regularly
made until the Sioux outbreak of 1861,
when, owing to the many atrocities
committed, the payments we're suspend
ed The court of claims held that the
government was still indebted to the
Indians for $7SS,97l, which was today
affirmed.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-02-27
To Survey Reservation.

N. b. Switzer, of Washington, a
government inspector Of surveys, is in
this city and will inspect the survey of
the old Fort Bennett military reserva-
which comprised strip of land alon G
the Missouri from the mouth of the
Cheyenne river to the location of tn e
old fort and agency. AS soon as the
survey Of this tract is approved, th c
land will be opened to settlement, the
tract containing about township
But there will be little picking on the
tract as it has been practically all oc-
cupied by squatters for years, and the
will have the preference right of filing
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-02-27

The democrats of Stanley county be-
lleye that now is the time for them to
get together, and Warren Young,
chairman of their county committee
has called mass meeting of the demo
Gratis IF the county to be held at Mid
land Oh the 18th of March for the pur-
pose of organizing a Bryan club and
completing a thorough county organ
lzation for the campaign in the June
primaries and the election in the fall. g
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-02-27
Nursery Law is Upheld.

The supreme court handed down a
decision upholding in its essential fea-
turns the nursery law passed by th g
last legislature. The law requires all
nursery stock to be inspected and ac-
companied by proper certificates Of in
spection Oh being shipped into this
state, and also requires nursery com
panies selling goods in this state to file
bond in the sum of $4,000 to protect
anyone buying nursery stock from them
against any loss occasioned by diseased
or fraudleht stock.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-02-27

Everybody likes clean, attractive,
enterprising and prosperous town
Therefore every citizen who does his
part toward making his town clean
attractive, enterprising and prosperous
is help to the ontire community
Every slight improvement, every delap
idated structure removed, every wealth
er-beaten wall painted and every tire G
planted tends toward an attra ctive
whole. Every town should have an or.
ganization devoted chiefly to the man :
agement Of such work 1t is second in
Importance only to work for those
things generally considered more ma
teral
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-02-27

People travel great distances to enjoy
much poorer trout fishing than is fur
nished by our streams. 1t is therefore
we'll worth while that we use due dill
gence to keep the streams we'll stocked
No more delightful outing can be offer.
ed to the lover of nature who dwells on
our prairies than week or a month
along Rapid Castle, Spring or Spear
fish canyons, while to those who love
the click of the reel there is added a
zest that is above price and impos sible
of description.