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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-09-30
THE FIRST STANDING ARMY.
historians Agree That It Was Made
Necessary by Building Of the
Chinese Wall.

10 describe the war-like use of the
wall properly, military historian is
needed, who can set forth accurately
and technically all the strategy in.
VOWED and the weapons employed. In
default of him, lay view may help
the general reader.
Inc very conception of a chain of
thousands of strong blockhouses,
linked by rampant, and stretching
over more than a thousand miles, be-
tokens mind that can conceive great
measures. Vast resources were need.
ed to execute the idea and to defend
the wall when once erected. A wall
would need an army of workmen to
erect 1t, an army of soldiers to defend
1t. The trowel might be laid aside in
a few months, the sword must be ever
ready. A mere wall without men be-
hind 1t can not delay an invader for
a day The wall of China involved a
standing army, and historians say 1t
numbered 3,0S0,0OO men.
There are signs in the brickwork
that the towers were designed and
finished first before any wall was
erected. The order was not there.
fore, wall first and then towers on 1t;
but towers, and then a curtain between
them. In China and in South Africa
there was time when it was found
wise to erect rows of blockhouses
near enough together to command the
intervening space by rifle fire, and nu-
merous enough to stretch for miles
The line of Chinese defenses appar-
emily began in the same way; only, as
they had no missiles that could be
thrown far and swiftly, solid line of
wall became needful at an early
stage. We can imagine that each gar
rison would be charged to build a sec
ton of wall on to meet the builders
from the next forts and thus the time
would not be idly spent in mere
watching.-W. E. Cell, in Harper's
Weekly.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-09-30
DENY that PELLAGRA
Is CAUSED BY CORN
By Associated Press

MOBILE, Ala, September 3O.-The
southern raisers and distributors OF
corn and corn meal are taking active
issue with the statements that ascribe
the eating of mouldy corn as the cause
of pallagra, the disease which has
wrought such fatal havoc in certain
parts of the south. Some of the most
outspoken call it yellow science"
which settles this as the history OF
the disease. Judged by its spread
the doctors are not at all sure about
its treatment, even if they believe they
have identified the cause.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-09-30
ARE WORTH ONE CENT APIECE.
seeds OF the Ginseng Command That
Price and They Are Scarce
at That.

ginseng seeds are worth one cent
apiece or from eighty to one hundred
dollars a pound. Dried root is worth
S6,25 a pound.
When first growing from the seed
the ginseng plants have two forks or
stalks and one leaf on each stalk
The second year it adds another leaf
on each part and the third year the
plant grows in three parts with three
leaves on each part and this wear a
seed ball forms.
Thls grows direct from the main
stalk OF the plant and from four to
hve inches above the foliage. The av.
erage plant, says a writer in Outing
produces from fifty to sixty seeds and
sometimes goes as high as 100 seeds
Wlld plants yield better than culti.
waited
The fourth and fifth years one leaf
IS added to each stalk. The fifth wear
me plant is full grown. having three
iorks and five leaves to each stalk n
grows from one to two feet in height.
sometimes as high as 81 inches The
leaves are broad and fiat. about four
.nches long and two inches wide when
'uii grown with escalloped edges.
IL taxes five years to grow the root
from seed for market and 10 months
10 terminate the seed for growth
mere Is more cultivated root now on
the market than wild The plants are
iound on high, dry land in the woods
ana never in swampy places.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-09-30
MADE A BAD MIXUP
UNFORTUNATE ADDITION TO NO.
TicE OF WEDDING.
Mr.. LeffingweIl, with His Mind on His
Lost Cow, Created a Decided SEN
sation by Going Into Par
ticuIars.

me young minister temporarily ofic.
iating at Hankins' Falls for the sum-
mer met Ehud Leffingwell as he was
walking to church on Sunday morning.
How do. Mister Lefingwell?" he
cried, cheerfully. Going to church
this morning?"
"Hay?" asked Ehud. who was pretty
hard of hearing "Hay?"
"Are-you-coming - to- church ?"
roared the minister.
Huh" Elud responded "Lookin'
FER my caow. She must "a got out
the barn las night. UNLOCKED the
hasp, | cal-late, an jest strayed-"
"Come-on-to church," the minis
ter shouted cordially, land after
preaching I'll tell the congregation,
and they'll help you. You'll get your
cow much quicker
BLOCKS! II go ye," said Ehud,
heartily. and he fell into step with the
young minister. At the church door
he was overcome by modesty and, de-
claring that he didn't have his Sun
day-go-meetin' clothes on, insisted I'D
49, SAeSAa6 III OHt vi tuc HlOSl distant
pews.
He didn't hear the sermon at all, but
ne could tell when it was over by see.
ing the young minister fold up his
manuscript and put it away. This
done, the young man began to make
announcements. Ehud raised his right
hand in a great leathery scoop behind
MS ear, but still he heard nothing.
My dear friends" said the minister,
1T affords me great pleasure to tell
you that on Tuesday evening next
at the hour of six o'clock, there will
be celebrated at the home of the
brides parents the wedding of Mr..
Edward Stoutenboro, one of our most
esteemed and promising young men,
and that charming, estimable young
lady-as beautiful as she is good
MISS Mehitabel Dodsworth."
AS the minister ceased everybody
was astonished to see Ehud Letting
well arise in his pew.
An We might add, parson," he
shouted, that her eyes amt mates
an she's a leetle mite lame in the
OH mind leg. "-Harper's Weekly.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-09-30
Yazoo County Murder Mystery
Solved by Murderers Comics
sion--Two Others Implicated.

YAZOO CITY, Miss, September 30.
The killing of John Wiltscher on
the night of Aug 81 is no longer a
mystery. The confession of a negro,
VIII Price, explained the whole mat
ter.
Mrs. Wiltscher gave Price a S. gold
piece in snuff box the night he killed
Wiltscher as part pay for the services
he had rendered her by killing her
husbaM.
Tvs s. gold piece had caused her
g&at alarm, from the fact that such
/Neces are scarce and hence was
liable to tell story. Therefore she
told the story of her having chased
the murderer, trying to take a dip of
snuff at the same time and the muir
derer having snatched the snuffbox
from her hand, and that there was a
gold piece in it.
This piece of gold told its story
and Price is the murderer Price went
to the store of S. H. Whisenton, col
ored, and bought s4.25 worth of goods,
and gave Whisenton the fatal s. gold
piece. AS Tom Brakeman had testifi--
ed that Mrs. Wiltscher had told him
that she hired and paid Price to kill
her husband, and that he refused to do
it, there was strong case against
him.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-09-30
The Clyde of Land"

According to an ancient law in Eng.
land, q hyde of land" included what
could reasonably be cultivated with
one pillow. This applied for scores Of
years but at the dissolution Of the
religious orders in the reign of Henry
VII. the hyde" or cultivated land
OF the abbots of Westminster. all re.
verted to the possession of the crown
Ihat marked the gradual decline Of
Ihat means Of measuring land, and
before many years the .erm fell into
cisuse, never to be revived.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-09-30
No Old Maids.

wed have no old maids if we ton,
a lesson from the ancient Babvloni
ans spinster said. In Babylon IN
married women were graded bv -re
state according to their looks. Far -
beautiful young wife the state de
manded large number of gold
pieces; less desirable wife cost =
smaller number of gold pieces. and
this money was al raid out again as
rewards to those who married elderly
Hnattractire girls. Thus it cost for.
:'ne to marry beauty, but if you mar.
led uG'iress . fortune came to Won
H'ooe all was happiness in Babylon
h.d CID maids were unknown"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-09-30
Couldn't Hurry the Cook.

A Philadelphia man was in great
distress one morning not long since
by reason of the delay in serving his
breakfast.
81 wish you'd go to the kitchen"
said he to his wife,s"and see what
the trouble isVe an appointment
at g."
ThspeRe complied with his request.
~Vnen she returned to the dining-room
the husband observed a strangely
melancholy expression on her face.
WELL" asked he. impatiently, did
you tell the cook that | wanted my
breakfast immediately"
Il did"
"And what did she say?"
She said" responded the wife,
that we all have our disappoint-
ments.'"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-09-30
Price Confesses.

On last Saturday warrant was
sworn out for Price and he was placed
in Jail here. Some of the citizens went
to Prices house and his wife told the
whole story. When she was brought
to the Jail she told her husband that
she had told ALL He then made the
following confession. and signed it:
Some time in June Miss Loula
John Wiltscher's wife, sent Tom
Brokeman's little girl to me and told
me to go to Vaughans after some ice.
I started to the house, and as | went
along the big road | saw Mrs. Wiltsch-
'er and Lee Wiltscher off from the side
of the road in the woods. | pretend
ed not to see them and went on up
the road, and they got up and Miss
Loula called me and | went over there.
and she said that she had something
that she wanted me to do and | asked
her what if was, and she said that
she wanted me to kill Mr.. Wiltscher,
her husband, and | told her | could not
do it. | was scared 70 do it, and she
asked me if | was scared of her and
Mr.. Lee, and | said was scared they
would tell on me. She said, no they
would not tell on me; they wanted him
killed too bad.
Il told her | could not do it, and
she said that if | did not they would
have me killed She said she would
give me a COW and calf and $50 if I
would kill John. Saturday the week
before the killing Miss Loula sent for
me; sent my wife to see me. | was at
Jeff Walkers at the molasses mill.
came home and my wife came homo
and told me Miss Loula said come up
there. | went up there to see Miss
Loula about O'Clock in the evening.
She was out in front of the house
n the woods; Mr.. Lee Wiltscher was
with her. Both of them said they
wanted me to kill Mr.. John Wiltscher,
and Miss Loula said she would give
me a COW and calf and $50 | told
hem | was scared they would tell it..
Mr.. Lee said they would not tell it,
and that no sooner than | done it he
would give me my money. Miss Louie
iaid that she had given Mr.. Johnnie
i've doses of strychnine and it would
Tot kill him, and she wanted me to go
,ver to Uncle Sol Hamen's and tell
lin to come over there. Mr. Lee and
Hiss Loula told me if didn't kill Mr..
Viltscher they would have me killed.
told them | would do it the next
friday night. I went over hat night
bout 9 o'clock. She told he she would
e sitting on the gallery. went around
0 the back. She knew me by the dog
'arking. Mr.. Wiltscher was on the
.allery asleep. She came out back of
he house where / was ard said If
lr. Wiltscher was awake, size would
o in the house, and if he was asleep |
he would come back where I was and |
i've me the gun.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-09-30
A Terrible Moment.

Willie Coming into the house
breathlessly)- hurry up. There's
man with wagon outside to see
you about putting in the coal
Slimson-Tell him I'm busy lust
now, Willie. I'll go out and see him in
a few minutes.
Willie--But you mustn't keep him
waiting, pap. You don't know who lie
Ia. He is the father of the pitcher of
our baseball team. --Woman's Home
Companion.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-09-30
Railway Men in Mjx.Up.

Having some important business TO
transact with the A. G. p. A. of the
Erie road. j. X. Dillon, whose name is
prefixed by the same title in behalf of
the Pennsylvania lines, got busy with
the telephone and tried to commune
cate with his colleague.
Connection being established by way
OF two private and one public tele-
phone exchanges, Mr.. Dillon said,
"Erie?"
Yes" responded the operator.
Let me talk to J. D., please" said
the Pennsylvania man.
This is ]. d." said the voice. CAS-
sistant rate clerk. Don't want me?
Oh, know. Just wait a moment I'll
send your party"
Hello" another voice Immediately
doomed over thsSwfre. This is J. D.
What's wants%
Il beg our pardon" said Mr.. Dill
lon, ~ which J. D. might you be?"
inight be any kind" the voice
hhe back, but l am Jay Durham,
chief rate clerk. You-oh, | get you
Just hold the wire a moment till I
fix you up"
Came another voice, pleasant, in
viting sort Of voice. Anyone want
]. D.?
Woe is me-" lamented Mr.. Dillon,
"and what's more, I'm up against it.
With whom have l the honor of speak
ing?"
81. d. Anthony" said the possesor
of the voice, "chief clerk of the pas
senger department. What-oh, you
want-of course, of course-here he
is"
And J. D. Brown, A. G. P. A., took
the transmitter and made reply to his
Pennsylvania friend.
"If there are any more ]. DIS on
The Erie" said Mr.. Dillon afterward,
they're sure to get into the passen-
ger department. They're Jolly Dogs,
all of 'em."-Cleveland Leader.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-09-30
Handed Him the Gun.

"She came back. The gun was sit
ting by the house and she took it and
handed it to me and said to come in
the window and shoot him. crawled
in the window and took the gun and
went to the front door, but could not
do it, and went back in the house and
told Miss Loula could not do 1t. She
said had to do II and I laid the gun
aoxttgf bed where the little girl was
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-09-30
Ihe Fstiler,s Eositinn

Where a man comes in strong IN
discipline for the childrensis laying
down the rules and then blaming his
wife because nobody can enforce
them.-New York Press.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-09-30
CONSTABLE'S SALE

The State of Mississippi,
Forrest County.-sec.
No 800.
Wheeland Machine Works vs.. n Me.
lnnis Lumber Co.
BY virtue of an execution which is
sued from the office of j. e. Davis.
Police Justice and ex-officio Jus.
tice of the Peace for Hattiesburg, OF
the County of Forrest, and in favor of
Wheeland Machine Works. and against
II. Mclnnis and j. w. McInnis for the
sum OF eleven and 11-1OO dollars, be-
SIDES the interest thereon and cost of
suit have this day/evied upon the
following described/ real estate bsrss
longing to the sYd'defenda9t, HNc-
lnnis' in the 1hnty of Fqtfssty and )
State of MissGippi, to-wit3 J
w. half 9A quarteryE 5alf Of
y. W. quakr of |ction 4, to1SSS'sssi3
T. north@nge west. os l, . ~
T. and 10 in bl one oathe AstlDs
and McInnis @bAFisioa of the Crit
'ehden surAP6f the City of Hatties-
ourg' M%all of which I will offer
ior saleat public auction to the high
est bidder for cash on Monday, the
10Th day of October, A. d. 1909. to
satisfy said judgment and all costs.
Salekwithin legal hours.
his SOth day of September, A. d.
1903. "
G. E. TUCKER,
'''o-o IhurS Constable.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-09-30
The PHILOSOPHER of Folly

Originality is a fine thing" saws tie
Philosopher Of Folly, even if you
have to steal it."
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-09-30
Plausible Prevarication.

OF two kinds of liars, the one who
can lie plausibly is the most to be
feared. The crude liar Is simply a
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-09-30
DON'T EXPERIMENT
You Will Make No Mistake If You
Follow This Hattiesburg Citizens
Advice.
Newell neglect your kidneys.

Never neglect your kidneys.
If you have pain in the back, urinary
disorders, dizziness and nervousness.
It's time to act and no time to exper-
iment. These are aV symptfms OF
kidney trouble, and ou shotd seek
kidneys.
Doan's Kidney ills is the r&edy
to use. No needfto experiment. 1t
has cured many stubborn discs in
Hattiesburg. Fq low the adfcssss a
Hattiesburg cit len and 6 c%ed
yourself.
Jacob White retired. hO4 Upton
ST., Hattiesburgy Miss, says: "T nave
used Doan's KidSey Pills-procured at
Hays and Field'NlSuaSHe and am
glad to state that they proved of
great benefit. l suffered from kidney
trouble for long time and although
| took a number of remedies none
helped me in the least. Doan's Kid
ney Pills, however, went at once to
the seat of my trobule and 1t was
not long before all the symptoms had
been removed. My back was strength
ened and the passages of the kidney
secretions were regulated. Doan's
Kidney Pills made such a great i'm
provement in my condition that
praise them at every opportunity"
For sale by all bearers. Price 81
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo
New York. sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name Isoan,s-aud
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-09-30

sSaJ5ojd o. ooJ p5WIg 6IIABaU
lss&i sS@ g9eq sAuAIB seQ eoEpn(eId
'ulssl su1 OF psWJv
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-07-08

ocean handicap with something like a
fair sporting chance.
Tfrpitz saw this and rose to the oc-
casion- With the thoroughness as
well as the promptitude characteristic
Of German state dynamics. when once
the national spirit is aroused. he set
about his task. 1t was an economic
question, primarily. matter of poll
tics, in diverting money to the build
ing Of dockyards, armor foundries
and the like. also OF circumventing
the watchdogs of the socialist party
in the reichstag.
1t was uphill work at first, but for
tune favors the stubborn. At the mo-
ment when Tirpitz was struggling to
win over popular opinion to the sup
port Of his policy and was finding 1t
dinicult by reason of the increasing
burden Of taxation which big ship
programme was settling upon the
shoulders Of the nation, there came in
1899 the Bundesrath incident, when a
German mail packet was seized by an
English man-of-war. That turned the
patriotic tide and the naval law of
1900 was the first result. Honors
showered upon Rear-Admiral Won Tir-
pitx and some big warships were laid
down forthwith. The launching Of
these ships a few years later made
Tirpitz full admiral and the supple
mentary naval bill of 1907 won him
the imperial order of the Black Eagle.
He has been state minister of the ad-
miralty since 1901.
A shrewd, practical man of plebeian
origin Che was born at Kustrin in
1849), Admiral Won Tirpitz has gained
his naval knowledge at sea, in actual
service and under circumstances
which have shown him the necessity
to the Fatherland of possessing such
q feet as present plans contemplate.
A cadet at 16, at 20 lieutenant and
at 35 a neutenant-commande after
20 years of service he was flying the
pennant of a rear-admiral and was
known as responsible officer, with
habit of thinking for himself and a
wholesome contempt for the tradi-
tons Of bureaucracy.
To-day. with the climax OF his ca
reer In sight. his most radical and am
bilious ideas adopted at home and
studied with wonder abroad. Admiral
Won Tirpitz may still look forward to
many years Of active official life.
He IL intimately acquainted with the
resources Of every naval shipbuilding
yard on the face of the globe.
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-07-08
Alcohol and TubercuIosIs.

The most prominent tuberculosis
specialists in the country agree that
alcohol will not cure consumption. DR..
s. A. Knopf says; Alcohol has never
cured and never win cure tuberculosis.
1t will either prevent or retard recov-
cry" Dr. Frank Billings OF Chicago
and DR.. Vincent Y. Bowditch. ex-presi-
dents OF the National Association for
the Study and Prevention of Tubercu-
losis; DR.. Lawrence F. Flick of Phila-
delphia and DR.. Edward l.. Trudeau of
Saranac Lake, the founder OF the anti
tuberculosis movement in this country.
are all Of the same opinion.
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-07-08
The Marital crasshopper. Z.

What Is grasshopper? The latest
definition comes from western Aus
tralia. Domestic servants are almost
unprocurable there. and wives have to
do nearly all their own household
work. The consequence is that they
are compelled to recuperate at the sea-
side in summer. In their absence the
husbands have to prepare their own
meals and do domestic duty generally.
Husbands SO engaged have come to be
locally known as "grasshoppers.' No
doubt the word is the husband of the
more familiar grass widow."-Lon.
don Chronicle.
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-07-08
ADMIRAL Won T|RP|7z
he le the Man Who Keeps Eng
land Awake Nights.
esrman Master Mariner Has Reused
the Fatherlsnd to unexampled En-
thusiasm for DomInion-A
shrewd, Practical Man.

New York.-Among the distin-
guished officials who accompanied
Prince Henry. the kaisers brother, on
his visit to America In 1902. was Ad-
miral Alfred Won Tirpitz. the German
secretary of state for the navy. Tall.
burly. bearded, Neptune-like. appar-
emily In the prime of life. though
really approaching the age limit Of
three score years. the impression
made by the personality of Germanr's
master mariner was one never to be
forgotten.
Since then the name OF Admiral
Won Tirpitz has gone round the world.
He 10 the redoubtable builder of all
big-gun battleships who causes Brit
ain SO many sleepless nights. He is
the man who has reused the Father
land to her opportunity and potential
destiny The most illustrious of liv-
ing ministers of marine, he is inspirer
Of that national obsession of sea su-
premacy through which Germany has
become by few years of persistent
and systematic effort the second naval
power in Europe to-day.
80 AN'Citoh aidOif gtt III Siitntc
and comparative secrecy. since the So
called Dreadnaught era. Germany has
been building battleships-jumping
suddenly from 1900 tons to $4,000
and more; widening and deepening
the Kiel canal and fortifying her
whole Baltic and North Sea coast
lines until they bristle with great
guns and mining defenses; fighting in
the reichstag for an unprecedented
naval budget, restlessly and indefati-
gably drawing on the state economies
to build gigantic battle engines. fast
armored cruisers. invincible torpedo
boats--a navy, in short calculated
within a closely fixed time to rival
that of England both numerically and
in positive combative strength.
The evolution of the Dreadnought
type, which rendered virtually obso-
lete most of the ships not only of Ger
many but of England as we'll. evened
up matters among the rival maritime
powers. 1t gave them Unexpectedly
an opportunity to enter the grand
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-07-08
An Irish BulI.

After Boyle Roche's famous bird
comes the County Cork veterinary sur.
geon. At the last meeting of the Dun.
manway rural council member of
that body complained of the inatten-
ton Of the official veterinary surgeon.
There was" the rural councillor ex-
planned, "a case Of swine fever In this
place recently, and, though the doc
tor got the order to go there, he
never turned up until the following
Tuesday. and even then 1t was an
other man who came to represent
him"
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-07-08
The Earth and the Moon.

That the earth must shine on the
moon even as the moon shines on the
earth is obvious. To detect this light
from the earth on the lunar surface
and scientifically prove its existence
Is another matter. II Is interesting to
find that recent number OF French
astronomical paper contains two pho
tographs OF parts OF the moon illum-
mated by earth light. They were
taken by M. Quenisset at the Juvisy
observatory.
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-07-08
To succeed MAJ MorrI..

Denver.-In order to keep repre-
sentative Of headquarters Of the or
ganization In Denver and continue
the work Of the late Max Morris. the
Denver Trades and Labor Assembly,
Sunday, voted to indorse the candi
dacy Of Arthur A. Peters for the posi-
ton Of International secretary of the
Retail Clerks Union. Peters is the
president OF the Denver branch, the
position lately occupied by the dead
leader, and pledged himself In a
speech before the assembly, to follow
out the policy of Max Morris.