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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-08-27
DAVID FAIRLY RETURNS.

Mr. David Fairly, after spending sew
eral days in the north returned home
this morning.
While away he visited among other
places Chicago and Cincinatti, and at
the former place he succeeded in Sc
curing and old Egyptian coffin, sever
al hundred years old. The exact age
of the coffin is not known. Mr.. Fairly
will, as soon as the coffin arrives
place it on exhibition for the public
In speaking of the trip he had just
taken, Mr.. Farley said that he spent
very pleasant time while away but
there was no place like home, es-
pecially if that home was in Hatties-
burg.
While gone he purchased a full and
complete funeral outfit and housefur-
nishings, and he says that it is one
of the finest in the South.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-08-27
WATER TANK IS
MENACE TO HEALTH
Railroad Reservoir at Laurel Proved
to Be Disseminated Of Diseases and
the Use of Its Water Is
Discontinued.

JACKSON, August 27.-President
lee, of the Railroad Commission, has
returned from Laurel, where he went
at the solicitation of the county health
officer, the mayor of the town and
others, to investigate a complaint
against the Mobile, Jackson and Kan.
sas City railroad for using water from
u tank that is believed to be causing
serious illness in the community.
1t was reported TO President Lee that
there have been six cases of typhoid
fever and one death in Laurel recently
and that all of these cases had been
using water from the railroad tank
The water has been ordered analyzed
to see whether or not it is contamin
ated, and until that question has been
settled, the railroad company has been
ordered not to use the water for drink
ing purposes.
Not only the people of Laurel but
all the patrons of the road, drin',
water from that tank, as it is used by
the train crews in filling their cool.
ers. Just why the water in that par,
ticular tank should be laden with
,ever germs is not known, as the sup
ply comes from deep wen-not from
IN or+o-fa,, vr-n1I rnwavor
Mr.. Lee states that he took the ac-
ion he did in o1oring the discontin,
Iotion os the use Of the water as a
,rccau torarv u aEure. If the water
S contaminatcl it should be known
md its use prohibited until all danger
S removed or its purity established
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-08-27
STRANGE CRAFT
SAILS At Night
Unknown New Jersey inventor Has
Towns Watching Nightly Flights.

NEW YORK, August 27.-The night
lv appearance of a strange air-sailing
craft has mystified and interested the
residents of suburban towns in North
New Jersey. What is described as an
airship, sometimes containing one per-
son and at other times two, has been
observed at night making rapid flights
high in the air. Attention has been
attracted to it by the loud exhaust
from its motor. Residents of Mont
Clair are the latest to report having
seen it. The airship, which is of the
aeroplane model, is believed to belong
TO an experimenter who has his head
quarters in some isolated section and
who is preserving secrecy.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-08-27
COST $1,000 IN GEMS
TO GET SUNDAY SHAVE

NEW YORK, August 27.-Gettins
shaved on Sunday proved very expen
sive to Elias Mehr, a jewelry sales
man, of No. 179 Graham avenue, vii
liamsburg.
When Mehr entered barber shop al
No. 1877 Meserole street he had with
him a case containing jewelry valued
at $1,000. This he placed on a small
table covering the case with his coat
and hat. After he was shaved he dis
covered that the case had been stolen
He complained to the police, WHO ar.
rested Jacob Edelman of No. 499 East
One Hundred and Seventy foui tn
street, Manhattan.
Edelman was found in the rear room
Of a restaurant nearby. Several Jew.
elry tage were found in the room.
The police are conducting a further IN
vestigation today.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-08-27
FATHER DENIED AID
BY RICH CHILDREN.

CHICAGO, August PA father
not Wiling to regard his children as
a liability when they are powerless
to help themselves is not entitled to
consider them an asset when they are
enjoying the fruits of prosperity"
This ruling, made by Judge A. H.
Williams, spoiled the prospects of
John Griffin becoming a charge on the
family he is alleged to have deserted
thirty-seven years ago.
Griffin is eighty-seven years old.
His four children told the court how
their mother, now dead, had labored
at the washtub to support them.
Thomas Griffin, a son, who is a
rich contractor, was hauled into court
under the state support act, and he
brought his three sisters, all married
to prosperous men, to corroborate the
story of abuse and neglect on the part
of the father. The aged father knew
none of them when Judge Williams in.
structed him to pick out his son and
three daughters, who, he said, ought
to support him now that he was I'm
able to support himself.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-08-27
ANOTHER BAD NEGRO
PUT TO DEATH

SOPERTON, Ca, August 27.-At-
ter killing one man and wounding two
others in the posse which was chas,
ing him, Bob Clark, a negro convict
was killed near here today. Enraged
citizens placed his body on pile OF
rubbish and pouring coal oil over it
set it on fire. 1t was soon burned to
a crisp. CLARK had escaped from the
chain gang and was roaming the coun-
try with a shotgun, rifle and automo-
bile pistol and wearing a steel breast
protector. When finally located by
the posse today he began firing. James
burden, a member of the posse, was
instantly killed, while the sheriff
James Lester, was fatally wounded
Walter Simons. another member of
the posse was slightly wounded. It
is not known where the negro got the
weapons.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-08-27
ORGANIZATION To
BE MADE PERMANENT
Question of An Annual Fair to Be
Held in Hattiesburg Has Been Prac-
tically Settled, and the Fair Asso-
citation Will Be Organized.

The committee having in charge the
details of arrangements for the organ
lzation and perfection of a South Mis-
sissippi Fair Association held a meet
ing this morning for the purpose of
considering propositions from land
owners for a site on which the pro-
posed fair is to be held, the committee
having previousl advertised for propo-
/ sitions of this kind.
J There were three propositions SUBJ
mltted, any one of which, taken by
itself, would have been considered rea-
enable, but the committee thought
best to defer positive action until an
other proposition, which they are ex-
pecting to receive shortly, shall be
considered
1t is stated by members of the COM
mittee that one of these propositions
will in all probability be accepted,
and that permanent organization of
the South Mississippi Fair Association
will be perfected in the immediate
future.
This is indeed gratifying intelligence
and it is hoped that arrangements will
be perfected in time to hold some sort
OF a fair this fall. The splendid speci- 4
mems of farm products which are al &
most daily being brought in by farm :
ers residing near this city is ample
evidence that creditable exhibits could
be made, and it is necessary that the
farmers should be advised as early as
possible as to the exact date on which
it is proposed to hold the fair, so that
hey may preserve specimens of their
products and make arrangements in
advance for their exhibits. OF course
III these details will be arranged by
he various committees, and farmers
viii be advised as to the nature of the
exhibits desired in order to make the
objection as complete as possible.
1t is expected that the organization
yill be made permanent, and with
his view it is desirable to secure a
ornament site for the fair, so that
he work done on the grounds will be
q accordance with this idea. The
Club has been considering
his matter for some time, and it is
lought that this is the proper time
get the association organized so that
definite plan may 5e formulated.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-08-27
THE FAIR ASSOCIATION
A PRACTICAL CERTAINTY
THE KIDNAPERS
MAKE A DEMAND
Second Letter Received From Those
Who Stole the Vivano Children.
Believed to Be in ST. Louis.

st. Louis, Mo-, August 27.-A sec
ond letter from the kidnapers of the
two Viviano children, stolen July 29
and held for $250O0 ransom, was re.
celyed Tuesday by Pietro viviano,
father of Grace. The letter says tha.
the hdnapers were anxious to be-
gin negotiations with the parents o.
the children, and that any interested
party could meet the writer on North
Second street.
Following the directions in the lat
ter plan was arranged by the DO
lice. Two suspects were arrested but
released tonight
The police believe the children have
been returned to this city and that the
kldnapers are ready to begin negotta-
tons to get whatever ransom the vii
vianos may be able to pay.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-08-27
CATCHES SNAKE. BUT
LOSES HER FRIENDS.

MILLBROOK, n. J-Mrs, Lydia
Kimble is being Stunned by her Geigh-
bors because she has a big rattlesnake
corralled in her home.
She captured the snake while pich-
ing huckleberries in the woods. The
snake was coiled to strike when Mrs.
Kimble saw it. She emptied her tin
pail of berries and dropped the YES
sci upside down on the snake. Its
head protruded under the rim. Mrs.
Kimble called on a frightened woman,
her companion, to bring her big
rock. This Mrs. Kimble placed atop
the bucket and then, with her apron
strings made a slip moose with which
she fastened the rattler. Jerking the
snake from under the bucket Mrs.
Kimble carried it home.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-08-27
THE SALVATION ARMY
ANNUAL HARVEST FESTIVAL.

If you have done we'll in business
or well in your harvest of crops, God
has certainly been good to you. Re
member that and Him with a gener
GUS gift to the Salvation Army Har.
vest Festival. The dates are Septem-
Der 18th to 21st.
No religious organization which to-
day exists, carries on its work as eco
nomically as does the Salvation Army.
The Army can and does with a dollar,
cover more ground and do more work
among the poor than the average in
stitution could with ten.
Any man or woman who during the
Harvest Festival, gives,
let us say a bushel of wheat or corn
or potatoes to the Army, may rest as
sured that the amount of actual knowl-
edge obtained by the donor, to say
nothing of the moral and philanthropic
good the Army will get out of the
gift for its beneficiaries will exceed
five fold anything the giver might in
person have attempted,
Remember the dates of the Festival,
18th to DIST. Gifts are re-
,eived at the local headquarters, 112
-st avenue
CAPTAIN A. BELCHER,
Officer in Charge.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-08-27
JUDGE WALL
ADMlNIsTRATES FINE

Yesterday the court of Judge Wall
was busiTy occupied all day IN the mosi
sensational trial that has been in the
city for some time.
Owing to the nature of the case the
tridl was by jury and late yesterday
afternoon that body brought in a yer
dict Of guilty as charged. The case
it is lleged, was that of a white man
taking up his abode with a female of
the colored race.
When the verdict was rendered
Judge Wall placed a fine of $1OO upon
the accused and a like fine upon the
negress. The former appealed his case
to the circuit court and the negress
went to the county farm to work out
her fine.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-08-27
"TY" COBB SAYS HE
DOESN'T 1T PURPOSELY.

DETROIT, Mich, August 27.-"Ty''
Cobb, the starr outfielder and batter
of the Detroit American League team,
who is also an expert when it comes
to running bases, issued statement
today in which he denies that he in
tentionally spikes players Sliding
for the base.
President Ban johnson said that Ty
must either stop spiking players or
get out of the game.
In reply to this Ty says:
IF l have spiked players intention
ally, why haven't President Johnson's
umpires reported me, when the spik-
ing was done? Every time l have
ever spiked man it has been an ac-
cident pure and simple. The base
and base lines are the property of
the baserunner Why don't the base
men get out of the way?"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-08-27
CAPABLE OF TOWING
A LOADED BARGE
Will Be Supplied With Ten Horse
power Motor and Capable of Carry
ing Fifteen Passengers.-To Be
Launched in Near Future.

In very few days Leaf river will
have another boat floating up and
down the stream.
For some weeks Mr.. j. J. Mcdonald,
the expert boat builder has been bust
ly engaged building a launch for
party of gentlemen of this city. The
launch will be about twenty-five feet
long and seven feet wide. Its motive
power will be supplied from a 10-horse
power motor and it can carry comfort
ably fifteen persons at the rate of
eight miles per hour. The boat rep
resents a new departure from the old
style stern wheeler and is known as
the tunnel stern turbine boat.
The manufacturers say that such
boat as this will easily tow forty
foot barge and it heavily loaded, UP
stream, without any trouble or strain
on the lunch.
The boat while capable of such work
is to be used for the pleasure trips
of the owners and other parties.
The boat will have cabin and will
be fitted up with locker seats and will
have every facility for comfort that
a boat of its size is capable of having.
The owners of the boat hope to show
that a vessel built on this plan will be
the ideal boat for a freighter on the
river and that it can be built far
cheaper and consume less fuel than
any other type of craft.
The boat viii: be launched tomorrow
afternoon near River Avenue bridge,
and though unable to find out who the
party will be who will christen the
Pioneer yet it was learned that an en-
tirely new brand of fluid will be used
in the christening ceremonies and
with some reluctance the information
was given that brand of the stuff
would be Leaf River Ale.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-08-27
GIRL FULL Of Pins
EATEN when CHILD

NEW YORK, August PA few
days ago a bent and headless pin was
taken from the arm of Miss Adelina
Wyckoff, is years of age, of Paterson
n. j., and since then sixten similar
pins have been extracted from the
arm. Miss Wyclloff had no idea how
the pins came there and her parents
believe that when she was a little
child she probably swallowed them.
unknown to the other members of the
family, and that they are just now
working themselves out.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-08-27
ACCUSED OF WlFE'S
DEATH, GOES MAD.

NEW YORK,-When told that his
wife had died in the Bayonne Hos
pital, and that he is charged with
causing her death, John Laughlin, of
No. 1877 Broadway, became violently
insane.
Mrs. Laughlin was taken to the
hospital on Thursday. Her husband
said she was suffering from alcohol
ism. According to the police the wo-
mans body was covered with bruises,
Jessie Miller fifteen years old told
Inspector Patrick .Tierney that Laugh
lin had pulled his wife out of bed and
numerically beat her.
Laughlin is assistant engineer at
the Standard Oil Companys plant at
Bayonne County Physician Charles
B,Converse will hold an autopsy.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-08-27
INDIANS REFUSE TO
ACCEPT TAFT FLAG

MUSKKOGEE, Okla, August 81
Basing their action upon the conten
tion that it would be using the Amer
lean flag for partisan purposes a
band of full blooded Cherokee Indians,
meeting at the Big Tucker Springs
adopted resolutions refusing to accept
from Congressman Chas. e. Creager
the flag that floated over the White
House at the Inauguration of Presi.
dent Taft.
Mr.. Creager intended to present the
flag at the annual pow-wow of the
Cherokee this fan.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-08-27
ZEPPLIN AIRSHIP ON
A LONG FLIGHT,

ULM, Germany, August 27.-On its
flight of 500 miles the airship Zeppe-
lin II. passed over Ulm shortly before
T o'clock this morning. The airshiD
was flying low and its screws were
buzzing like monstrous hornets. A
weighted envelope was dropped at the
edge of town containing the following
message from Chief Engineer Duerr,
~E,verything is in good condition"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-08-27
ANOTHER STORM WARMING

NEW ORLEANS, Augut 27.-- While
the storm which was declared to be
central over the gulf last night APP
parently disappeared today, another
warning was issued. Today's storm is
said to be over the gulf off the mouth
of the Rio Grande and to be Of con-
siderable intensity. T.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-08-27
AN INTERESTING
NEWSPAPER RELIC
Copy of the Hattiesburg Herald, Pub
Iished in 1885, Brought to the
News Office BY DR.. |. H.
c. Cook.

A newspaper relic of more than or
binary interest to Hattiesburg citi-
zens was brought to the News office
! Yesterday afternoon by DR.. l H. C.
Cook. 1t is a copy of the Hattiesburg
Herald, bearing the date of April 4,
1885, and contains many items which
would prove interesting to present res
idents of this thriving city, who are
not familiar with the early history of
the town One of the news items
printed in this paper records the pro-
ceedings of a meeting of the business
men of the town, at which time it was
decided to petition the board of super
visors to build bridges across DuPriest,
Myers and Green's Creeks, on the old
Augusta road, and also to ask officials
Of the railroad to build a platform to
facilitate the handling of cotton ship. |
ped from this point. This meeting was
presided over by W. NJ. Conner.
At another place the startling an
uouncement is made to the ladies of
the town that Miss Carrie Buck, Of
Macon, Miss, will be here next week
with a fine lot OF Spring and Summer
Millinery, and invites the ladies 70
call and examine her goods at the
Johnson House.
Another item relates that "Hatties-
burg is a town of 1,200 inhabitants
and has but one resident LAWYER We
have litigation, and plenty of it here
too" The lawyer referred to was
Judge X. McInnis, who has resided
here constantly since that time,
The paper appears to have had a
good advertising patronage but the
names of the merchants engaged in ]
business here at that time are unfa-
miliar to a majority Of our present
'csidents. Mr.. John Hamper, the late
capt. George, w. NJ Conner. Jno. A.
Mcleod, who was then in busiess with
lis father and Judge K. AIcIunis are q
mong the names which are familiar f
o present Hattiesburg residents,
While the paper also bears testimony +
o the fact that Sam Carmichael was
lying the trade of a tonsoriaI artist
on Broadway street, near Eatons Z
tore
In the directory OF city officials the A
ollowing names are given: VIM.
ohnson, Sr., Mayor and president of al
be Board of Aldermen; n. c. Blount.
hos. Dearman, A. c. McLaurin and
!. ]. Collins, Aldermen; d. H. McIn- X
is, Marshall.
The county officials are named as 81
blows: J. w. Denham, representa-
We; R. P. Bradley, sheriff. A. H. Nc
vain, chancery clerk; F. F. Myers,
easurer, and G. d. fairfield, SUPER Co
tendent of public instruction. of
The train schedule shows that there wi
ere as many as four trains passing to
rough Hattiesburg in the space Of to
hours, and the entire is 70,
lie is replete with information which fo,
worthy of consideration. The same
,irit of enthusiasm and energy which m,
the chief characteristic of Hat 90
,sburg citizens is manifested through
1t, and the publishers of the paper,
essrs McLaurin and Adamson, evi- all
ntly were thoroughly inoculated un
it'll the virus of progressiveness. ini
------- -ev
Mr.. J. E. Williams, the genial pre- cit
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-08-27

Mr., ]. E. Williams, the genial pre-
scriptionist of Bufkin & Co., has just
returned from quite an extended trip
to Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Louis.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-07-13
UNDESIRABLE ADVERTISING"

Bemidji and Beltrami county is
getting some advertising just now
which they did not crave and don't
like. But if the county officers of a
county which makes such enormous
pretentions can't stand little crit
icism they had better 90 west and
allow SOMEBODY to manage affairs
official who know how and will look
just little out for the rights of the
taxpayers.-Cass Lake Times.
This city and this county have
certainly received large amount of
adverse criticism and undesirable
and undeserved advertising because
of the report of a certain deputy
public examiner and considerable
grand stand play on the part of
some authorities of high standing,
as we'll as some of our own people
of lesser light, who are also DESTROYS
of getting into the "limelight."
That there have been Irregularities
in running our county seems to be
pretty we'll proven, but that any
such a hula bloc should be raised
as has resulted from the examiners
report hardly seems called for.
If there has been wrongdoing let
the guilty suffer, but the reputation
and credit of the private citizens of
this bailiwick should not be jeopar-
died by a lot of double-leaded
roasts in the twin city papers, in
much of which there is not one
iota of truth.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-07-13
Additional Locals

William Lennon was with US again
today, from Kelliher.
R. C. Hayne1 of Tenstrike was a
visitor in the city today.
Walter Markham went to Laporte
this morning to look after his inter-
ests at that place.
J. c. Thompson, the Tenstrike
merchant, came to Bemidji this
morning and spent the day here on
business.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lenahan of St. Paul
arrived in the city last evening for
visit at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
E. E. Mcdonald.
The Edison monographs, yes we
have them.-For the latest Edison
records 60 to the Northwestern
Music Co., 314 Minnesota Ave.
william Burce OF Kelllher, who is
in the employ of the Crookston
Lumber company, came to the city
this morning on a business mission.
T. ]. Welsh, general manager of
the T. J. Welsh Timber company,
cames to the city last night and
departed this morning for his home
at Walker.
Mrs. C. B. Upton of Shevlin was a
visitor in the city yesterday for a
few hours, coming over on the noon
train and returning to her home in
the afternoon.
Mrs. George Kirk and children
departed this morning for Brainerd,
on a visit. Mrs. Kirk will include
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-07-13
ional avoirdupois from real enjoy

tional avoirdupois from real enjoy
ment.
]. F. Swenson, who lives on Sven
son Lake, in the eastern part of Bel
trami county, has returned from
Belmont, near Grand Forks, N. D.,
where he and his brother, Fred,
spent several days last week, Fred
remaining for a more extended visit.
J. E. brought home with him a fine
sample of wheat in the stalk which
is taken from the farm of Ole Rauck,
near Belmont.
John F. Gibbons and A. A.
Andrews Of this city, and sLynden
A. Smith of St. Paul and. E. r.
aDampier of Akeley returned yester-
day from trip to the Red Lake
Indian agency and Cross Lake.,
where they witnessed quite pow.
WOW and dance among the reds, the
further particulars Of which will
be- given in near issue of the
Pioneer. Mr.. Dampier spent yester-
day afternoon and last night in, the
city and departed this morning for
Park Rapids, where he attends the
meeting of the Hubbard county
board of commissioners, in his official
capacity as county attorney.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-07-13
CAUSTlC COMMENT.
la. G.. Rutledge.1
NEW NATIONAL ANTHEM.

NEW NATIONAL ANTHEM.
dedicated to Senator Aldrich.
My country tits of thee,
Sweet land of liberty,
For thee l toll.
[ love thy rocks and rills,
Lined by protected mills,
Thy breweries and stills,
And Standard Oil.
I'll praise thee without stint
If 1 get leave to print
My speech in full.
I'm for no tax on brick;
Free cloth makes me sick
You see, my bailiwick
Produces wool.
Pm for the open door
On every alien shore,
But not on thine.
Tariff for revenue
In every district, too
Pm for that, p. d. O.,
But not in mine.
Consumers ultimate,
Hot-temperedly irate
May rage and roar;
They cannot understand
How firm the guiding hand
By which my course is planned.
Forevermore.
Our tariff god, to thee,
Who hast elected me
This prayer l quote;
"l'm for my native land,
Firm will l ever stand
After the boss has scanned
My little vote.''