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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-04-19
WHEAT GROWING
IN MISSISSIPPI
FARMERS OF NORTHERN PART
OF STATE INTERESTED.
Association of Wheat Growers Is
Formed in ChoctaW County, Where
Experts Say That the Crop Can Be
Grown Successfully.

In several communities up in the
northeastern part of Mississippi where
soil conditions are favorable the farm
ers are engaged in wheat growing this
year, and, if their experiment proves
successful they will not worry over
the price of flour during the next
year, or manifest any concern over
Patterns corner of the market in Chi
cago.
In Choctaw county an association of
farmers was formed last autumn and
a pledge to devote certain acreage to
wheat. According to reports from that
section, the farmers all have good
stands, and arrangements are being
made to build flour mill for the
grinding of the crop.
There are several counties in north
eastern Mississippi where, according
to the agricultural experts, wheat can
be successfully grown, and the pres
ent movement is one OF the most sig
nificant features of the campaign for
crop Investigation that has been so
earnestly waged in the state during
the past two years.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-04-19
BIG LUMBER DEAL
IN JEFFERSON COUNTY

NEW ORLEANS, La, April 49,
The Day Lumber Company of New
Orleans, has just completed a very big
deal in timber land in jefferson coun-
ty, Mississippi. The land consisted of
twelve thousand acres in Jefferson
county, Mississippi, and was bought
from the Douville Timber Land Com
pany, of Mobile, Ala.
I'VE intend to erect a large mill at
this point, which will cost in the
neighborhood of $125,0OO," said Mr..
Day Saturday THE mill will have a
capacity of 100000 feet per day, and
will handle number of side products
of the lumber trade.
I'VE will consolidate all of our Of
fees in New Orleans and are at pres
ent working toward this end.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-04-19
lone Touch of Nature Makes the
Whole World Kim"

When rooster finds big fat worm
he calls all the hens in the farmyard
to come and share it, A similar trait
when a man discovers something ex-
ceptionally good-he wants all his
friends and neighbors to share the
benefits of his discovery. This is
the touch of nature that makes the
whole world kin. This explains why
people who have been cured by Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy write letters
70 the manufacturers for publication,
hat others similarly ailing may also
Use 1t and obtain relief. Behind every
me of these letters is a warm-hearted
wish of the writer to be of use to
omeone else. This remedy is for
ale by Hays G Field and Yellow Pine
harmacy.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-04-19
JACKSON NEGRESS SHOT
-FOUR men while CRAZY
FROM USING DEADLY DRUG

JACKSON, April 19-Annie Will
mans, an innocent-looking negro wo
man early yesterday morning terrified
the negro population in the neighbor.
mood of her home on Roach street, be-
tween Pascagoula and Pearl, shooting
TOUR men, one of whom will die, and
SO Darricading herself in a room as to
require the police force nearly two
hours time and a great lot of ingenu-
ity to effect her capture
The one negro of the four shot by
the woman while trying to quiet her
who was seriously hurt is Horace
johnson, an old man. The charge
was from a single-barrelled shotgun
loaded with No. shot and several of
the shot punctured the abdomen, one
going through the liver According
to the attending physicians he will
likely not live more than a day or
two.
One of the others was Wash Marsh,
husband of the woman's sister, who
was shot in the face and shoulder, but
not seriously injured. One other ne
gro was shot in the thumb so that
It Will have to be amputated, and still
another was struck by stray shot.
The woman was evidently under
the Influence of cocaine or some sim
liar drug. She and her husband had
scuffled over a razor and he had taken
1t away from her. She grabbed the
gun, and he ran, whereupon she be-
gan rapidly firing and reloading,
shooting everything in sight. Finally,
when everybody was afraid to go
about the room in which she and the
gun were, she barricaded the two
doors in the room, piling up barrel
of potatoes, table and all the furni-
ture which she could move against
them
Shortly after six o'clock in the
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-04-19

, morning the police were notified and
| Officer Ed Taylor was the first on the
scene. When he saw the situation he
| realized that unless more blood was to
| be shed some ingenious strategy must
be restored to. A little later Officers
Lane, Davis, Ross and Weathersby
appeared, and by this time there were
fully two thousand people crowded
around the house, in the streets and
alleys.
The policemen who arrived late
were stationed around the house and
a negro named Joe Adams was sent
around to a window, provided with
to keep his head below the window
and reach up and break the glass in
it, making as much noise as possible
to attract her attention. While this
was being done Officer Taylor and
negro named Hardy Allen gradually
and noiselessly pushed one of the
doors Open
When the door had reached a point
where they could see the woman she
had the gun leveled at the window,
and if the negro had poked his head
up in sight it would undoubtedly have
been blown off. The trick was a COM
plete success. The door was opened,
the negro grabbed the woman and the
officer the gun before the woman
knew they were in the room.
With superhuman strength she
fought like tiger and it was only
through the assistance of other Off
GERS who came to the scene that she
was finally subdued and taken to Jail,
although she hardly weighs more than
rs pounds.
1t has not yet been absolutely deter
mined whether the woman is genuine
ly crazy or only temporarily crazed
with drugs, but the latter seems most
probable.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-04-19
TIL, HATTIESBURG NEWS
MILLIONS Behind
The SHUBERIS NOW

CINCINNATI, April 19.-The mil
lions of the Mackays, the Vanderpllts
and other New Workers are said 10
be back of the Shuberts in fight
opened against the Klaw & Granger
theatrical combination.
Max Anderson, president of the Co
lumbia theater company here, Il
quoted to this effect. According to
Anderson, the "straw that broke the
cancels back was a speech which
Abraham Erlanger, just before sail
ing for England few weeks age,
made at public dinner in New York
in which he is said to have made some
remarks about the new or national
theater, which wealthy men are build
ing in New York to promote dramatic
art. changers rival, Lee Shubert'
has been engaged to manage this the
ater.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-04-19
MONDAY IL u, Isos'

- on auction e. held by a district
q GENT. under la W, to bid on some
indian lands,n which restrictions
have been re,vel. 1 bid in my lana
~ r., n ao,laan acre, and the guar
f.r says II the sale Will De con
Iues T. .eiays elapse without Cd
II ,4,r NJ comes another CRATER
n ID lead. ito one side.
Sorry, man he says ou' v0
NJ a custer back of me who au-
lborizes uto bid twenty-five dollars
an acre that quarter. We're IN
4ba sameIsiness. so why should we
Quarrel? ou just give me five DOL
lars an &c, and I'll step out and say
nothingA squirm but pay him the
five DOS per acre. That evening
another after comes up to me in my
hotel s. leads me aside.
$50, old man, ne says, Out We
a custer back of me who authorizes
me told fifty dollars an acre. Ii
neces,y, for that quarter. But why
shouiyou and l quarrel? Give NE
$40 acre, and I'll just step on
aud " nothing II loathe him as
Won a man who would bid up my
l.pr'in a selling race, and consider
DiEholly unclublike, but l pay hin
iaen dollars an acre.
" " land has now cost me twenty
gildollars an acre; but | have a Gus
81 DER back of me who will give M
9ttty-five dollars. So three whit
4 have been made happy and on
/ dian has been skinned"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-04-19
POWERS IS URGING
SCHOOL RECESSES
WANTS ALL OF THE TEACHERS
TO VISIT NATCHEZ.
Strong Teachers Will Discuss Our
School Problems and Lecture on
Topic Bearing on the School Work
at Convention.

JACKSON, Miss, April 19.-Prof. ].
N. Powers, state superintendent of ed
ucation, has issued an address to coun-
ty superintendent and local school
boards urging that school recesses
be granted for April 80 and May 1 and
2 in order to permit all teachers in
the state to attend the annual conven-
ton of the Mississippi Teachers as
sociation at Natchez on the dates
named. A portion of the address on
the subject issued by Supt. Powers is
"At the annual convention strong
lens and noted educators from other
states will lecture on topics bearing
on the best school systems through
out the country. Perhaps this meet
ing will be of much benefit to your
teachers through the social inter
course and change of ideas with their
fellow teachers.
"a number of school boards through
out the state not only urge their
teachers to attend, but bear their traV-
cling expenses. No investment Will
give your schools larger returns than
the attendance Of your teachers on
thisc occasion, and I therefore urge
YOU, in behalf of the educational IN
terests of the state, to give your
teachers an opportunity to attend the
convention"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-04-19
Light Car and Motor Races.

NICE, Italy, April 19-The Auto
matte club of Nice, with the aid Of
the Touring club of France, organized
a light car and light motorcycle com
petition for April 10, 20 and 81. The
race is to include three classes Of
vehicles, motorcycles, tri-cars and
four-wheeled vehicles weighing less
than $50 pounds.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-04-19
PERILS TO SUNDAY
SCHOOL Children

BROOKLYN, April 19.7Perils con
fronting Sunday Schools" with specla
reference to moving picture show
petty gambling, the open Sunday ar
other matters will be the subjec! 10
discussion at the spring social Of tn
superintendent Of the Brooklyn SUI
day school union, to be held ~, q
in the chapel Of the Honson '
Methodist church. The speal I
the evening will be Frank A. "a
president of the Society for tb
yention of Crime, and the Rf&S
Carson, d. D., pastor of the
Presbyterian church.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-04-19
is afternoon.

building this afternoon. ;,
The exercises consisted OF pa'ri,
otic address, and interpretations OF
Irish music and song.
All the business of this associa'ion
is carried on in the Irish language
and owing to the revival of lrisf
song and literature, it has large
membership.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-04-19

|Hetty Green's daughter has lost
venty pounds since marriage owing,
) she claims, to the opportunities of
sporters. That's the first time we
yer heard reporters being accused
: making a noise like an anti-fat rem
Allentown Democrat.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-04-19

"Civic pride knows no politics, -
says an Ohio paper, and sad to relate,
the converse of that proposition is
almost invariably true.-Austin States
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-04-19
irish SPEAKING
BY HIBERNIANS

BOSTON, April 19-The members of
Division IS, A. o. H., the Irish speak
ing division of the order, rendered
reception to its many friends in APP
pleton Hall in the Paine Memorial
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-04-19

Says Emerson Hough in II, ribirH
the Reign of Graft on indian
Lands. A.
Describing perjury as o. ; of VI
outdoor sports of Oklahoma in ~
reign of graft and Indian land frau
Emerson Hough, writing in Hamptfon
Magazine for May, cites waysf -
which white grafters have CRATER Vi
each other. Suppose" he says, -
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-04-19

Is not the free breakfast table"
is worrying the average house
er these days so much as it is the
gtion of how and whether he Is
hg to get any breakfast at ALL
folk Virginia Pilot.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-04-19
Court Square Blend
OLlVER-FINNIE co,
a MEMPHIS, TENN.

Coffee Roasters - Candy Mfsrs.
Grocery Jobbers Spice MiIIers
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-04-19

IIf vou have anything to sell or rent
nv a Daily News Want ad
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-04-19

man.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-28
FRANCES FOREIGN POLICY.
Minister Pichon Urges More Activity
 in Foreign Affairs.

Paris. December 27.-Replying in the chamber of deputies today to M. De Pres sense. who urged a more active foreign policy. M. Pichon. minister of foreign affairs, declared that the situation in Europe, thanks to the policy of ententes, was better than for years past. He said that France was forced to face stern real ities. Her object was, while strengthen ing her defenses, to preserve peace by all means in her power. He revived the international crisis of the past five years the Dogger bank affair, the Persian and Turkish revolutions, the situation in Crete and other important matters which gave rise to anxiety. and pointed out that the recent agreement with Germany with ref erence to Morocco had removed Q great source of concern, both to France and the whole of Europe. He referred especially to the solution of the Balkan difficulty as triumph of ententee."
 Our policy in these affairs" said the minister, was consistent and logical. It aimed at substituting honorable for blood thirsty solutions, and the result has gained the applause of Europe
 Tn conclusion, he declared that the re- public while devoting itself to safeguard ing the interests of the country, never lost sight of the cause of humanity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-28
MRS. FORD'S TRIAL
 IS POSTPONED

Cincinnati, December 27. Mrs. Jeannette Stewart Ford, the woman who is charged with blackmail in con- nection with the embezzlement of $643,000 from the local offices of the Big Four railroad, will not be brought to trial until January 10. The case was called today in the criminal court, but Mrs Ford's attorney asked for a continuance on the ground that his client had sustained severe fall on the frozen pavement and was unable to be present.
 Mrs Ford's attorneys also filed a demurrer to the indictment, claiming that nle alelged blackmail levied on Charles L. Warriner, former Big Four treasurer, and now under sentence of six years hard labor for his share in the dedication, was, if committed, q misdemeanor and not felony. The demurrer was oyerruled late today.
 There has been a question raised as to whether the charge of black mail made against Mrs. Ford in the indictment really constituted a crime under the statutes. It has been gen erally understood that the indictment charged Mrs. Ford charged Warriner with exposure on his own shortage if he did not pay her money, when, as a matter of fact, the indictment charged that she threatened to reveal the fact that Warriner shielded for mer employe of the Big Four, whom Warriner had ascertained to be short some S22,00G, according to his claim. It is as to whether or not such action would constitute black mail that may be the subject of an attack. Mrs. Ford is confident of being acquitted of attempting to blackmail Warriner when her case is being tried. The convicted former treasurer of the Big Four will be the chief witness against her. His departure for Columbus to serve the sentence of six years i'm posed upon him has been deferred un- til he has testified in the Ford case.
 Mrs. Ford was not present when her case was called. Her attorney said she had fallen on the ice yesterday, sustaining injuries which made her at tendance impossible
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-28
CAMPAIGN IN BRAZIL.
Candidate for Presidency Makes
 Statement of His Policy.

Rio Janeiro, December 21.--At a politi- cal banquet given here last night, Mar
 shal Hermes de Fonseca, candidate for the presidency of the republic, set forth his programme He promised that he would conduct the administration in ac- cordance with existing laws and the con stitution. He guaranteed civil impartial ity, and said that great care would be ex
 ercised in the choice of magistrates. He dwelt at length upon the necessity of primary education and the need of pro
 fessonal and industrial schools. He said the natural wealth of the country should be developed by every proper means, and expressed himself in favor of coloniza- tion. The tariff he declared, should af- ford moderate protection to local indus try. Brazils foreign relations, de Fon- seca continued, were harmonious. Inter nally, the situation is good. De Fonse- cas declarations have made a very fa- vorable impression on the general public.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-28
COLLEGES VOTE TO
 REVISE FOOTBALL

New York, December 27-Fifty colleges out of approximately sS in the Intercol- legiate Athletic association have voted for the retention of the American foot ball game with the elimination of mass plays and other dangerous plays. This was made known tonight by the execu- tive committee of the association on the eve of the meeting to be held tomor- row.
 Five institutions voted that the present game is satisfactory except in minor de- tail; F favored the English game of rug by; took a midway position between the American game and rugby, and 9 voted that either the American game should be radically changed or rugby substituted.
 The executive committee, it was an nounced, favored the changes proposed by the athletic committee of West Point and would so report to the convention tomorrow.
 Among the abuses of the game the West Point committee names are:
 "A desire to win at any cost which develops a tendency toward semi-pro- fessional games; the practice of employ ing professional coaches not identified with the college and a dependence on preponderant weight and strength instead of mental acuteness and individual skill. .
 It is further contended that indiscrim- mate playing of obviously over-matched contests should be prohibited and to this end the forward pass Is condemned as extremely dangerous because of the un- protected position of the player receiv- ing the pass.
 Dragging and pulling of a player is con- demned and penalties are provided for players piling upon man who has fall en with the ball.
 The association is not a governing body and has no direct control over college sports, but whatever 1t recommends will more than likely meet with the approval of the rules committee.
 The executive committee approved the application for membership of Harvard Brown, the college of the city of New York. Bates college of Lewiston, Me. 4 Indiana State university, Tennessee State university, Delaware college and Nor wich university of Northfeld, Vt
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-28
HARVEST OF DEATH
 IN COAL FIELD

BlueGeld W. Va, December 27.-Death by accident and assault reduced the pop ulation of this coal field by at least half a score during the Christmas celebration, all said to have been due to drinking.
 The dead:
 Herbert Gose, shot and killed by Lee Findley, near St. Paul, Va.
 William White and Wash Jones, ne- groes. killed each other in pistol duel at St. Paul. Va.
 James Hill, shot and fatally wounded by a man named Widener, near Virginia City, Va.
 J. R. sawyers, run over by train at Huger, ". Va.
 C. Levery, found dead on track at Vul- can, Va.
 Jack Patrick, fell from moving train at Cedar Bluff. Va, will die.
 John Wills. throat cut in fight with William Odell at Toms Creek, Va.
 Two unknown men. one a negro, killed by train at Landgraf
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-28
CLARKE SHOOTS
 WIFE BY ACCIDENT Sad Christmas Tragedy In Gull
 man County SHOT FIRED 300 YARDS Pierces Wall and Enters Body of Housewife Who Is Busy in Her kitchen-Wound Is Proba-
 ply Fatal One.
SHOT FIRED 300 YARDS

Hanceville, December 27.-(Specia1. )-Au- gustus Clarke mortally wounded his wife at their home near F'ontilla, six miles east of Hanceville today with a Winches- ter .3S caiibre rife
 MT. Clarke was shooting in the pasture about 300 yards from the house when a shot was fired in the direction of the house. The ball passed through board an inch thick and entered the abdomen of Mrs. Clarke. She was busy about her homework in the kitchen at the time of the accident.
 She was hurried to Birmingham for surgical treatment immediately after the accident.
 MT. Clarke, who was unconscious of what harm he had done until he went to the house and found his wife's uncon- scious body on the floor, is almost crazed with grief.
 MT. and Mrs. Clarke moved to this county about two weeks ago from Ran dolph county and were just getting settled in their new home.
 Mrs. Clarke is about g years of age and has no children.
 It is believed that she is mortally wounded
 Mrs. Clarke was brought to the Hark- ness--Long infirmary in Birmingham and an operation was performed by pr. Mack Rogers. While it Is believed the wound is fatal 1t was impossible to determine at . late hour last night.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-28
CHARGED WITH MURDER.
Mother of Children Burned in House
 Is Under Arrest

Loveland, Ohio, December 27.--Fire early today destroyed the home of L. Sonnecalf and caused the death of Rose and Paul Sonnecalf aged and years respec- lively.
 Stanley Lever and Cliff Lattimer, pro- fessional ball players, made a heroic at tempt to rescue the children, but they were driven from the house by the in- tense heat.
 Charged with the murder of her two children. and with having set fire to her home to conceal the crime, Mrs. Paul Sonnecalf was arrested this afternoon in an apparently demented condition. The bodies of the two little boys. aged and years, respectively, were found in their. home after the fire had been extingushed with their heads beaten in by some blunt instrument.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-28
SENTENCE TWICE coMMUTED.
Two Presidents Show cIemency ts
 Convicted Man.

Washington, December 27.-Executive clemency has again been exercised in the case of Thomas Westmoreland. who was convicted in the circuit court, Eastern district of Texas for murder committed in the Indian territory, June, 1893.
 Westmoreland was once sentenced to be hanged and the United States supreme court affirmed the sentence.
 Then President Cleveland on October 29, 1895. commuted the sentence to im- prisonment for life.
 President Taft today directed that the sentence should be commuted to D years with usual good allowance for good con- duct
 The President also commuted. to expire immediately, the sentence of five years Imprisonment imposed on Philip Sango. a negro citizen of the Creek or Muskogee nation, who pleaded guilty of forgery.
 The attorney general said Sango had been the tool of others.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-28
SANITY IS RESTORED.
Injured Policeman Recovers From
 Blow on the Head.

St. Louis, December 27.-Patrolman Thomas Cuddihee, who, by blow on the head, was changed from an officer of the law with a gold medal for bravery into a man who sought to kill his wife and children, returned to his home today with his sanity restored to him. He had been for three weeks at the city hospital, where part of his skull had been removed
 Two years ago Cuddihee was hit on the head with a club by negro and was treated at the sta te insane asylum. From the asylum the policeman had been dis charged, but he sought to harm his fam fly. It was then decided that an opera tion would be necessary. This was per formed and bone which had pressed on the brain was removed.
 Cuddihee will rest few weeks before returning to his beat.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-28
WANT sTENOoRAPHER
For the Taking Of Testimony in Rail.
 road Rate Hearing.

Montgomery, December N.-(Special.)-
 After a conference this afternoon the matter of selecting a. stenographer for the rate testimony taking to begin January in Louisville was left to Col. W. A. Gun ter, referee. This is the first evidence to be taken according to the order issued some weeks ago and marks progress in the litigation between the state and cer- tain rail lines. Colonel Gunter will re- ceive bids until Friday of this week.