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The Prescott daily news., 1909-05-08
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 AUTOMOBILES and Supplies TedfOrd Auto Co. ARCHITECTURAL, Iron Work, Steel Bridges, Stee! Beams Girders, Angels, Channels. TrusseS
 Thomas-Fordyce Mig Co. ARKANSAS BRICK and Mfg. Co. Brick, Sand, Rock Cement. Lime. Plaster. BLANK BOOKS, Democrat Print ing and Lithographing Co. or Ice Furniture, Fine Station cry, Bank Supplies. BOILERS, Engines, Sawm.rs. Wehrfritz Mig. Co, CAFE, in Southern Trust Building Hand omest m State; Popu!ar Prices; Roof Garden Opened April 15. CONSULTING ENGINEERS.
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 Machinery and Supplies. MANTLES and Floor Tiing n Crawford Paint and Paper Co DR' RASCHBAUM. Specialist In U seases of Eye, Ear. Nose and Throat. Only Ocu.ist that mas his own Optical Depart ment. Eyes Tested Free.
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The Prescott daily news., 1909-05-08
MOTHERS DAY

From all parts of the state come reports of special services i'll churches, Y. M. C As, and oth- CT patriotic and religious organ iza tions. The day is to be observ- ed generally throughout the Un- ited States and in all parts of the country the white carnation or white rose will be worn on coat lapel in tribute to the name of mother..
 Mrs. Anna Jarvis of philade' = phia is originator of the idea. The day is coming to be generally ob- served only this year. Last year 1t was celebrated in number of the large cities of the country 1t being estimated that on the second Sunday in May 1908 be- tween live and six millions Of people wore the white flower.
 This year the observance has been taken up by the Grand Army Q fthe Republic, Commander in chief Henry M. Nevius having paid in his annual memorial day proclamation the following touch ing tribute to the mothers of so,- diers. the words applying, of
The Prescott daily news., 1909-05-08

lady of wealth to start this holy mission. As she would leave her home Of luxury and floral wealth each day she bethought herself to carry flowers to hand to the little waifs of the street, and not ing the ecstasy with which they were received she established a mission in her city where others might send their flowers too, and together they would send out thousands Of boquetS each day. This all seems strange to us, whose every step is amid the blossoms and some might ask why do the women in sma towns wish to observe the day?
 It is to cultivate spirit of thoughtfulness and love. Then there may be many of our gir,S who will not always live where flowers are abundant and it will teach them the beauty of passing on the favor of a flower or agift to those less fortunate than them selves! So let us continue in this as long as there are sick and lone ly people who need the brightness of these messengers of Gods ,ove the beautiful flowers.
The Prescott daily news., 1909-05-08
THIEF CATCHERS TO MEET

Springdale, May S.-.The Ma tiOnal organization of the Anti Horse Thief Associat tion will meet at Fort Smith this year and J. A Farley. of this city, grand secre- tary of the order is making plans for the big meeting.
 This organization which IS es- pecial,y strong in Missouri and Nor thWester Arkansas has more than 700 members in Washing- ton county. 1t has members in all parts of the country and is so thoroughly organized that a horse is rarely stolen from mem bert The organization does not cOnfine it's operations to the de- tectiOn and punishment of horse thieves alone but puts down all sort of rascality and crime A sin gle lodge has been known to spend days of time and S10 in cash to punish the theft of a buggy whip from a member.
 The order is a law-abiding or ganization and not a vigilance committee. 1t opposes mob viol- ence and is making plans to pre- vent the possible spread of night riding in the west.
The Prescott daily news., 1909-05-08
AT THE CHURCHES TOMORROW

Methodist Church-Rev w. A Steele, pastor.
 Services at II I'm. and 7.45 pm Sunday school at 0.45 am. Epworth League at 3 D. in. Christian Church. Robert A. Highsmith pastor.
 Preaching at the Crescent Theatre tomorrow morning and evening.
 Bible school 10 am.
 Subject for II am, Some Things Christian Should Do." Subject for 7.45 pm, "Conver- sion of the Eunuch."
 Everybody extended a cordial invitation to attend all services Presbyterian Church There will be no services at the church tomorrow.
 Sunday school at the usual hour
 Cumberland Presbyterian Rev J. M. Alexander pastor. Preach ing tomorrow morning and even- ing by the pastor.
 Sabbath school at the usual hour
 e e 6
 Baptist Church Rev. l.. NJ. Keeling, pastor. Services tomor- row morning and evening" Morning Subject, The Trans figura tiom'
 Evening subject, One Lord one faith, one baptism" Two candidates are to be bau- tized at the c,ose of the evening service.
 Sunday school at the usual hour.
The Prescott daily news., 1909-05-08
P. & N. W, TIME TABLE

F, & N. W, TIME TABLE Westward
 Train No. I (Passenger anu mail) Leaves Prescott at Il a.nl' Arrives at Norvelle at 1.lO pm
 Train No. 3 (MiXeD Leaves Prescott at 1.50 pm, Arrives a' Helbig at 430 pm,
 Train No. 5( For freight oatM Leaves Prescott at 2 am AT rives at Helbig at 5.3O am, Eastwa--.a
 Train No. 2. Passenger alM maiD Leaves NorYel.e at Toy do p m. Arrives at Prescott at 4oO pm, ,,.,
 Train No. f (MixeD Leaves her M big at 6.30 am, Arrives at lie' colt at 10.45 am, ,v,
 Train No. 6. (For freight onss .s Leaves Helbig at s pm Arr'e at Prescott at 11.3O p.m'
The Prescott daily news., 1909-05-08

The next meeting wil be held with Mrs. H. B. Mckenzie with Miss Lauralee Powell as leader. She has for her subject one just suited to the Young peop,e-Chris- tian citizenship. If every young woman were to study this in all it's phases there would be lOf- tier ideals established for those who are considered to be the Lords of Great tion."
The Prescott daily news., 1909-05-08
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Neatness, i'll moderation, is a virtue, but when it is carried to excess it shows litt.eness of mind. Good taste-treats litt.e things as Iitt.e things.
 -Fenelone
The Prescott daily news., 1909-05-08

Mrs. Ellsworth presided over the meeting yesterday W tn tre dignity of one who is used to such things.
 We see in her the clements that will make for the Prescott w. C.. T. U. an efficient President in the very near future at election time. Ponder this we'll,
 Two more little girls were added to our White Ribbon Re- cruits."-Frances and Helen Jordan.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-04-22
DEAD WOMAN
WAS NEGRESS
This is the Theory Of Doctors
Who Examined the Bones
Found in Swamp.

ALEXANDRIA, La, April 22.-No
clue has yet been discovered to lead
to the identity of the woman whose
bones were found yesterday in the
swamps, about three miles from this
place. While the first examination
yesterday led to the belief that they
were the bones of white woman, the
autopsy held later yesterday, in which
several physicians viewed the bones,
indicated that it was a negress who
had been murdered. This was borne
out to a certain extent by the discov'
cry of lot of kinky hair, but the hair
may have came from the head of the
assailiant The general belief here
today, however, is that it was ne
gress.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-04-22
NEWSPAPER CARRIER
IS SLAIN while
Delivering ROUTE
Was Attacked BY Three Negroes and
Stabbed to Death.-Boy Member
1909 High School Class.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn, April 22.-Alli-
son Harris, a youthful carrier of the
Knoxville Journal and Tribune, was
killed this morning about o'clock
while on his route delivering news
papers. He was attacked by three me-
groes, two of whom are thirteen years
of age and the other is only eleven.
One of the boys stabbed Harris and he
died in a few minutes. The trio has
been arrested and Earnest Arnold ad-
mits having inflicted the knife wounds
Statements differ as to who started
the difficulty. The Harris boy was a
member of the class that is to be grad
uated by the Knoxville High School in
June.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-04-22
Walked Into Strange Home,
Picked Out The Best Room
and Calmly Retired to Bed

which come from old age and infirm-
ity caused some who had an interest
in him to have him examined as to
his mental condition. since he COM
mitted no offense to justify incarcera-
ton, and having no family here, and
not knowing what to do with him it
was thought perhaps he could find
good quarters at the asylum in Jack
son. But the experts who made the
examination found him legally of a
sound mind. In order to make the
best of the bargain President Pace Of
mered to take care of him at the
county farm.
He was taken there, but he soon be-
come dissatisfied and wandered away
from the county farm and returned to
the city.
Last night was the first known oi
his presence in the city since he left
the farm.
If it were known where his people
live, some advantage might come tC
him, if those interested could get in
to communication with his family.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-04-22
Want REDUCTION
in FREIGHT RATES
RAILROADS PROTEST AGAINST
THE DEMAND.
Officials Appear Before the Railroad
Commission to Discuss the Issue,
Missouri Board Has Large Latitude.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, April 22.-Rep-
resentatives of the different railroads
in Missouri, have assembled in meet
ing here today to have hearing of
the railroad commissioners of the state
in their demand that freight rates be
lowered.
Rates are included for freight gen.
orally, extending to all classes and
commodities, even including those ar
ticles named in the maximum freight
rate law which law has been enjoined
by Judge Mcpherson of the federal
court. The move is in accordance
with the views of Attorney General
Major that the railway commission
has the right to make reductions in
freight rates, so long as they do not
make a rate equal or lower than the
rates enjoined by Judge Mcpherson.
This gives the board considerable lati-
tude and great reductions can be made
on certain classes of freight and the
railroads will be compelled to obey
unless they again invoke the aid of
the federal courts and any reasonable
rate should not be enjoined even by
a federal judge.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-04-22
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Coroner David Farley empaneled a
Jury this morning to try and fix the
responsibility for the murder of ]. R
McShann, whose mutilated body was
found near the Bouie street bridge
yesterday afternoon.
The jury is still in session benin
closed doors at the court house and
only vague rumors of its deliberations
have reached the ears of the public.
1t was said this morning that one
Of the men under arrest had decided
to make a clean breast of the whole
matter, but this rumor cannot be con.
firmed. All of the prisoners and q
number Of other parties have appear
ed before the jury. Those under ar
rest have been examined separately
so that one would not know what the
other told the jury.
Neither of the prisoners has made {
statement.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-04-22

An old Mexican war pensloher'
James r. Blair, created CONSERVATION
early last evening in the household oil
Mr. A. S. Butler who lives on Hardy
street.
Without giving warning of his pres
ence the old pensioner at an earl!
evening hour calmly walked into the
Butler home, picked out comfortable
room and bed and calmly went to
bed.
There were no men folks at home
and when the old man was found in
the bed, the women and children were
badly shaken up, so the only thing
left for then to do was to telephone
the police station. The sergeant IN
charge responded by delegating TO
Officer Cooper the task OF getting the
old gentleman out of his comfortable
quarters.
As the aged pensioner is somewhat
infirm. officer Cooper went after hin
in buggy. When the officer arrived
he found that the ladies of the house
hold had persuaded Mr.. Blair to ge
out of the bed and occupy a pallet
which was spread for him in the hal
But the officer persuaded the not OF
| fensive intruder to go with him in tn
buggy and he was taken to the sta
| ton office where a cane rocker wa
placed at his disposal, which he too
and occupied till an early breakfas
hour this morning.
No charge was preferred and tn
old man was allowed to go his way.
Mr.. Blair is quite well known pc
sonally in the city where he has bee
for some time, but nothing of hi
family or of his old home could b
learned.
| The old oantlornon,c- ouaar doino
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-04-22
Held AS ACCESSORY
IN BREELAND MURDER
Brother to Garfield kinchen, Who
Made His Escape Soon After the
Deplorabe Tragedy.-Member of
DisreputabIe Gang.

ANTE CITY, La, April 22,-Ben
Kinchen was today indicted by the
Livingston parish grand jury for the
murder of Joe Everett. Everett was
killed at Zion burying ground, near
Springfield, Livingston parish, last
January, in a fight between several
of the Everettes on one side and
Kinchen and some of his friends on
the other.
A former grand jury took up the
case. but failed to indict Kinchen.
Ben Kinchen is now being held by
the Tangipahoa parish authorities on
a charge of being an accessory to the
murder of "Buz" Breeland.
Breeland, his wife and stepdaugh
ter, Mrs. Everett. it will be remem
bered were killed near Tickfaw in
Tangipahoa parish on January %
three days after Joe Everett was
killed.
Avery Blount was alleged to have
been the ringleader in this triple mur
der. with Ben and Garfield kincnel
also implicated. Garfield Kinchen es
caped and never has been captured
Blount was recently convicted ant
sentenced to be hanged.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-04-22
PLAN EXPOSED TO
FIX HARGIS JURY
WEALTHY sYMPATHIzER OF THE
DEFENDANT FURNISHES sPE-
CIAL LIST OF VENIREMEN.

IRVINE, Ky, April 22.-The first
sensation in the second trial of Beach
Hargis, charged with the murder of
his father, Judge James Hargis, came
today, when Judge Adams announced
from the bench that he had been in
formed by the jury commissioners that
they had been given list of $50
names by a wealthy man who lives in
Irvne, who is known as an ardent sup
porter of the defendant. The motives
of this man, whose name was with
held, are said to be questionable. The
jury commissioners were selecting a
regular venire of 200 names. Judge
Adams has the list of 80 names fur.
nished by the wealthy citizen.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-04-22
TRIBAL MASSACRES
REPORTED in INTERIOR
Believed That the Total Number OF
Dead Around Adena Will Reach
4 1o,ooo.-American Women in Danger
at Hadjim.

CONSTANTINOPLE, April 22-The
chances of bloody revolution around
Constantinople appear to have disap-
peared entirely with the troops of
the Young Turks calmly awaiting the
negotiations now being carried on be-
tween their representatives and the
Sultan, but reports of terrible massa
cres throughout this section of the
world are being received here.
According to advices received today
from Asiatic Turkey the number of
Armenians massacred will reach TO-
900 around Adena alone.
Five American missionaries are in
danger at Hadjim, Asiatic Turkey.
One of them, Miss Lambert, has sent
a message dowr. to the coast, asking
for immediate aid. The women are
entirely alone, and defenseless.
The villages around Hadjim are in
flames, and Hadjim itself is infested
\ with roaming nomad tribes.
{ Messages from the interior are h9
fling suppressed by the authorities.
7 Mahmoud SchefkeI Pasha.
LONDON, April pa Saloniki dis
patch to the Tines says that the
Commander Of the Third Army Corps,
Mahmoud Schefket Pasha, who is
playing the par tof the General
Nonck of the Turkish revolution,
has surprised and impressed every
one. including impartial and compe'
tent foreign observers, by the de-
cision and energy he has displayed
nj the present crisis. He is not act
ing in the name of the Committee
but as the representative Of the OF
toman Army, and his programme is
perfectly simple, namely: To re
establish discipline among the mu
tinous troops, amnesty to whom will
not be recognized. and to reinstat'
the ministers and other officials who
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-04-22
FIRE LATE AT NIGHT.

An exploding lamp caused the al
most total destruction of the house
owned by Paul B. John and occupied
by Mr.. D. c. Beachamp on Romie
street about IL o'clock last nighht.
There was no one in the house Al
the time, and when the fire was dis
covered by the trainment at NJ. J. &
X. C. shed the flames were covering
the roof. Two streams of water were
were secured by the firemen, but thu
fire was so we'll advanced that the
house was almost a total loss before
the flames were subdued. Hardly an!
OF the furniture wac saved
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-04-22
VETERANS PREPARE
FOR Big REUNION
AT MEMPHIS, tenn.

JACKSON, Miss, April 22.-Missis'
sippi is officially ready for the Mem
phis reunion of the United Confed-
crate Veterans, to be held on June s.,
and 10. General orders have been
issued from the state headquarters
covering all the subjects necessary, n
cludng the appointment of a sponsor,
maid of honor and the officers of the
division staff.
The appointment of a sponsor fell
to the lot of Col. w. A. Montgomery
of Edwards, as acting commanding
officer, and in the selection of Miss
Marie Louis Lewis, as sponsor for the
state division, he has made no mis-
take. Miss Lewis is a strikingly beau
tiful young girl of that town, men,
Der of one of the leading families in
the state, fully deserving of the honor
and equal to all the responsibility it
places upon her. She will do credit
to the state and to herself.
Miss Lewis has selected Miss Mel
rose Kincannon, of Tupelo, as her
first maid of honor. She, too, is all
that could be desired in personal
bcauty, character and grace. A mem
Der of a splendid fimaly wellknown
throughout the state, schoolmate OF
her sponsor and a girl thoroughly
charming in every way, she will ado
much to the pleasure of the veterans
while in Memphis.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-04-22
xNTGHTS OF KORASSON
GRAND CEREMONIAL TO
BE HELD At MERIDIAN

at s p. m, followed by a banquet be-
ginning at IL o'clock.
The officers of the temple are w.
A. Montgomery, royal vizier; H. l.. De
Leach, grand emir; ]. o. Fuller sheik
e. F. Ehrlich, madei; H. M. Quin, Sec
retary; R. e. Lake, treasurer; F. NJ.
Featherstone. satrap; B. H. Stein,
Sahib; M. B. Hernden, mokanna; S.
S. Caruthers, joe; H. L. Eastman, GER
emonial master.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-04-22
FOUR SUSPECTS ARRESTED CORONERS JURY INVESTIGATING
have been unconstitutionally dc

posed.
The Committee is giving hin
whole-hearted support, but it does
not attempt to control hs acvtions
Mahmoud Schefket Pasha is anxious
to proceed to the front, but besides
being Commander in Chief he is in
spector General of the Rumelian viii
ayets, and President of the Finan-
cial Commission. 1t is doubtful,
therefore, whether he can now leave
Saloniki He has, however, invited
the Grand Vizier to enter into ne
necessary, send 100000 men to the
front.
"If there are any doubts" con-
tinues the dispatch. 'in western Eu-
rope as to which side will be VIC
torious in the struggle, they need
exist no longer Victory will remain
with General Schefket's Army and
the Committee, and this victory will
be the triumph of liberty, progress
and enlightment over despotism, re-
action and obscuratism.
AN extremely gratifying feature
of the situation in Macedonia is the
attitude of the Bulgarian clubs,
which unhesitatingly ranged them
selves on the side of the Constitu-
tional Party, and have thereby es-
tablished a claim for future consid-
Grafton which is frankly admitted"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-04-22
Finding tine Body.

The report that reached the city
yesterday afternoon that a headless
body of man had been found in the
swamps of Green creek came as a
genuine shock to the people of the
city; yet, to those who were informed
as to the disappearance on Easter
Sunday of a man known as ]. P Nc
Sham, understood to be brick
layer, it was naturally supposed that
it must be his body; but they could
not imagine how it was that his body
was headless, unless he had met with
an accident on the railroad.
Shortly after the first report had
been circulated confirmation came to
hand that it was McShann's body, but
with the Identification came also the
report that he had been murdered,
and that the killing had been a most
brutal one.
AS told by those who visited tho
scene, the body was in a most horri-
BILE state of decomposition, and had
been attacked by buzzards and hogs.
These had robbed the bones of nearly
every vestige of flesh where it was
not protected by the mans clothing.
With the head and neck cleaned of
hair as a result of the tugging and
tearing of hogs and vultures, the head
easily became detached from the
body. This accounts for the fact that
the head was found at a considerable
distance from the body, and is easily
explained as the hogs, in their tussle
for its possession, must have dragged
it off.
The swamp sand in which lay the
body of the murdered man gave evi
dence that a severe struggle had
preceded the crime. The mans hat
black derby, lying somewhat distan
from the body, had been badly crush
ed, as if it had been trodden on durin.
the scuffle, and his necktie had beel
pulled half in two.
The first positive evidence that
crime had been committed was foun,
upon an examination of the naket
skull. Here, it was discovered tha
the victim had been felled by terrif
blow with a heavy weapon of som
kind, apparently an instrument like
double-headed hammer, the blow hay
ing been so severe aud the effect s
fearful
Evidently the first blow of the dea(
ly instrument was not fatal. Perhap
it was this lick which struck the vi,
tim, apparently in the grasp of hi
assaiants, hitting him square in tn
teeth, since the front teeth had bee
Knocked out Of re upper and lowe
t Jaws, and the lower jaw broken
= two, Apparently, the blow was
I glancing one.
The fatal lick must have been
g livered with fearful force, as if We
e geance were behind it. 1t fell upC
Q the back of the head at the poll
e where the skull is the thiclSest, an
Y Judging from the splintered and ra
! 81 -a--~- 49, i-,a'-' ment of deat
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-04-22

co,odin Temple No. 142, Dramatic
oador Knights of Khorassan, has is
On elaborate invitation to its an
,oI Grand Lodge Ceremonial, to be
,0fa in Meridian on May 10.
rho event will open at p. m. with
neral reception in the Great South
80 . hotel followed an hour later by a
ana W narade which will take up the
afternoon.
THE ceremonial proper takes place
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-04-22

NASHVILLE, Tenn, April 22'-The
se,ond day of arguments in the mo-
finn for new trial for Col. Duncan b.
cooner and Robin Cooper began, to-
dow Captain Fitzhugh for the state
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-04-22
jFJTZHUGH SPEAKS
FOR THE STATE IN
COOPER HEARING

was the first speaker. "The Defense"
he said, have assigned forty-seven
reasons for a new trial. If they had
found one good reason for new trial
they never would have given forty
seven varities."
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-04-22
CATTLE DIE ON TRAINS.
Railroads Can't Refuse Shipments
From Texas Drouth District.

FORT WORTH, Tex, April 22.-Lo-
cal railroad officials here announced
today that cattle are dying in large
numbers on trains and claims are be-
ing filed against them by the shippers.
The cattle are shipped free from West
and South Texas, where cattle are in
bad condition, due to the drouth. The
Rock Island railroad reports eighty
head having died recently in one bunch
on train of that road.
The railroads cannot refuse to ac
cept cattle, according to a national
law.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-04-22

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