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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-08-21
Story Discredited.

MEMPHIS, Tenn, August 20.-In
quiry by a Commercial Appeal report
er among the Memphis undertakers
failed to throw any light on the fore
going story 1t is the consensus OF
opinion among them that although
such a mistake is possible it is hardly
probable, since even if the lids were
taken off the coffins, the chances are
that a difference in size would make
interchanging them out of the ques-
ton. 1t is thought that if such mis-
take were made it was not made in
Memphis.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-08-21
KENTUCKY HERMIT
CALLED BY DEATH
stems Outside Picket Fence About
His Home Once in 46 Years.

LOUISVILLE, KY, August at
News has come to this city oil the
death at Green Brier, Nelson cCun;v,
of Basil Hayden, who has not steTbed
outside the picket fence bounding his
yard since President Lincoln freed tho
slaves.
1t was not resentment at this act
that caused Hayden's seclusion, for
neighborhood tradition is that he shut
himself in a little room that day in
1868, after his sweetheart died, There
after he spoke to no one except an
.overseer who took care of his property
until a mistake in accounting made
by bank clerk exasperated the her
nit. He had an estate amounting to
nearly 100000 about the house,
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-08-21
SAYS FARMERS ARE
NOT LIABLE FOR TAXES
INFRINeEMENTs OF PATENTS.
Wilbur and OrviIle Wright File Suit
in New York.


NEW YORK, August 21.-Wilbur
Wright and Orville Wright. the aero
nauts, today entered suit in the
United States circuit court here
against the Aeronautic Society of this
city, charging infringement of pa
tent rights On their aeroplane inven-
| tions. The Wrights complain that
the society procured from the Her
ring-Curtiss Company and from Glenn
H. Curtiss flying machines alleged to
infringe on the Wrights' patents and
secured Curtiss to give public exhibit
tions for which an admission fee was
charged.
1t is alleged that the Herring-Cur-
tiss aeroplane which the society re
Gently purchased and which has had
several try-outs at Mineola, L. l., is
Wrights demand that the infringing g
machine be turned over to them Tor
destruction, and in addition ask that
the court assess damages for three.
fold the amount of whatever losses
they are found to have suffered by
reason of the infringement and the
public exhibition or rental of the in
fringing machine. A hearing in the
suit will probably be held early in
October.
Aeronautic experts here tonight
generally viewed the suit in the nature
Of a test case brought to determine
legally whether the Wright patents
cover effectually all aeroplanes con-
structed along lines similar to theirs
In the bill of complaint filed today
the Wrights set forth that their claims
to the sole rights in heavier-than-air
flying machines of this type, "have
been recognized by the United Staes
government, which has purchased
some Of the machines; while the SOW
ereigus of the other countries have
given similar acknowledgment"
The bill continues, the inventions
Of complainants are of great value an1
utility. They constitute the first in
stance in the history of the counties
wherein a 'heavier-than-air' machine
ever made aerial flights and wherein
the machine was within the control
and will Of the operator. Thus the
complainants have given the world the
first machine to fly actually and sue
cessfully, and in this sense their worl;
is a creation or embodiment of new
art, and an epoch in aerial endeayor,
human flight having been for ages be.
fore a synonym Of failure and impossi
bility."
Following a meeting of the Aero /
nautic Society today President Lee s. /
Buridge gave out a staement in .
which the suit brought by the Wright .
brothers was defined as a friendly
The Wrights are honorary members
of the Aeronautic Society" said Mr..
Pmrfdge. "and very friendly to us.
Their suit has been brought to deter,
mine where rival aeronauts stand. Up
to date 36S patents Of various types
Of aeroplanes have been granted. most {
Of which are couched in almost iden- ,
-ical phrases of description 4
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-08-21
PICNIC YESTERDAY WAS
MOST DECIDED SUCCESS

lowing MI. Hearne, MT. telQer COOK,
If thos city talked about Hattiesburg
eloquently recounting the wonderful
progress of the Metropolis of Missis
sippi, giving statistics to prove his
statements and telling of it's impor-
tance to the people of the surrounding
country 1t was a fitting address for
the end of the pragram and the peo-
pie of Hattiesburg may be forgiven
if the words of Mr.. Cook inspired
them anew with pride in the history OF
their city. At the suggestion of Mr..
+. W. Foote, of Hattiesburg, the chair
man announced that it would be fit
ting to sing the National Ode and un-
der the leadership of Mr.. F. L. Pack,
ing america" and made the woods
ring. Rock of Ages" and Nearer My
God to Thee" were also sung. There
was a general call for speakers, the
crowd insisted on hearing from Mr.
Foote, who made a short but very hap.
py talk suitable for the occasion.
Other speakers who were called on
and responded most fittingly were:
Nj. r. j. Bennett, of Hattiesburg; J.
Il. Poole and w. N. Rishardson for rhe
people of the neighborhood and Dr..
Cook and NJ. L. Ward of HattieshIrg.
II vas a great day. 1t was a success
from every standpoint and the busi-
ness mems committee are under many
Obligations to Messrs BaylisS, Me
Donald, Graham and Nixon for their
work in making the arrangements and
to Mr John Bayliss and w. w. Wright
for the assistance they rendered.
Providence Church.
1t would be hard to find a more fit
ting place to hold a picnic than Prov
idence church. This place has his
tory of ninety-one years behind it and
the present handsome structure is the
third which has been built thre. The
second structure, now in decay, was
built about seventy years ago. It
stands on the right hand side Of the
road going out, and has a place which
was built separate for the slaves who
accompanied their masters to church.
The surrounding country is especial
ly well cultivated and the crops would
compare with the Delta" or the
famous valleys of the Red river, the
Brazos in Texas and the Canadian and
Washitas valleys in Oklahoma. 1t is
eloquent testimony to the possibilities
of this section and should inspire our
business men to action, resolving that
they will not stop until alli,of South
Mississippi is brought under the civ
ilizing hand of the Agriculturalist.
There is one more picnio 4,on the
program and the people of Indian
Springs have already sent representa-
tives to Hattiesburg business men to
ask when they would visit them. While
not officially stated it is believed that
Thursday, September 8 would be
good time. This is not official for
of course the people of that locality
will be consulted. At any rate it is
recognized by the business men that
at least one more event is a necessity
and that so far as this season is CON
.cerned the picnic at Indian Springs
will be the last as after that the
farmers will be too busy to attend.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-08-21

No prices Of any goods have yet
been revised downward, while some
have been revised upward
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-08-21

DR.. Eliot's book shelf and religion
have gone to poin Mr.. Roosevelt's sim
plified spelling.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-08-21

Even Chile has contracted tie
Dreadnought habit.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-08-21
FARMERS MAY Sell
WITHOUT PAYING TAX
Question as to Whether or Not coun.
try Residents Could PeddIe Their
Products Without Paying Privilege
Tax Has Been Finally Settled.

JACKSON, Miss, August 21.-An.
swering an inquiry from State Audi
tor Smith, the attorney generals de-
partment, through Assistant Attorney
General Butler, who is in charge dur.
| ing the absence of General Stirling. in
an official opinion yesterday discuss
es the question Of liability of parties
peddling melons, vegetables and other
garden truck, TO the payment of ped.
dlers' privilege tax license, the gist
! of the opinion being that vendors SELL
ing the products of their own farms
are clearly not liable. The question
came up on a communication of A. H.
/ Geisenberger, Of Natchez, attorney for
Adams county, who submitted the in
quiry to the auditor on b6nalf of the
tax collector of that county. In the
course OF the opinion the attorney
general says:
| In Is Enc. Law, 294, it is said: "A
farmer or gardener, although he may
vend his own commodities at retail
from door to door and from town to
town is not regarded as a howker or
peddler. so long as he confines his
sales to the growth Of productions from
his own farm, or garden The sale of
farm or garden products in such casa
is considered merely as an incident
to the principle of farming or garden
ing -sg
This text is supported by many
cases cited in the notes. Again, in 21,
eye, it is said, page 372:
" Irrespective Of statutes, persons
who raise or produce what they sell.
such as farmers and butchers, have
been held not to be peddlers, although
there is authority 10 the contrary"
Therefore, in view of the common
law and the last clause of section s.
$40, We may safely assume that these
vendors selling the products of their
own farms and gardens are not with
in the contemplation of the statute,
and consequently not liable to a ped.
dler's tax.
Quite a different proposition is
presented with reference to those ven
dCrs who, for the purpose Of resale
purchase in the markets or from the
producer, and then vend from house
10 house. Farmers are not exempt be-
cause they raise what they sell, but
because the sale, either to the dealer
II from house to house to the con.
iumer, is a mere incident to their
BUSINESS as farmers.
Continuing, the opinion cites other
authorities bearing on this same Ques
ion, from both the viewpoints covered,
nd gives quite a string of these pre-
edents, concluding as follows:
From these views it necessarily fol '
ows that such vendors are embraced
within section 3,S49. levying a gradu.
ted tax on each peddler. This, OF
curse, would not apply to those who
o from house to house and barter
for eggs, poultry and
ther farm products"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-08-21
SECRETARY
WAS ExILED

Tula, Russia, August 21.-M. Guseff
private secretary of Count Leo Tol.
stoi, has been exiled to the Province
of Jerm for a period of two years aft
ter having been found gilty Of circu-
lating Tolstoi's work entitled Thou
Shalt Do No Murder" This work Is
plea against inflicting the death
penalty.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-12-07
MUDBANKS HELD
THE MONGOLIA
Heavy Cargo on Big Liner Kept
Her Away From the
Wharf.
(From Saturday IS Advertiser.)

Drawing thirty-one feet, eight inches
of water the Pacific Mail steamship
Mongolia had difficulty in making a
landing alongside the Hackfeld wharf
yesterday afternoon, owing to mud
banks The vessel is carrying 1900
tons of freight of which $500 are for
Honolulu. The entire cargo is the
largest that has ever been brought into
this harbor and Pilot Sanders had con-
siderable maneuvering to accomplish in
order to bring the vessel to the wharf
After getting inside the harbor the
big liner was slowed down to permit
the quarantine doctors to leave in their
launch. When she slowed down she also
slowed around and became cranky and
failed to answer her helm properly. The
result was that her anchor was let go
and she whistled for help. The tug
Intrepid came up and took bow line
and she was swung up to her berth. She
| could not be brought within ten feet
of the wharf with all power put on her
shore lines, and she again whistled fo.
the tug. The stern was slowed up closer
to the wharf but the bow could not be
moved. Soundings taken forward show.
ed that the Mongolia was hard on the
mud. Efforts to shift her closer to the
dock were unavailing.
The gangway was raised over the
intervening water and the passengers
were finally allowed to get ashore about
four clock
Pilot Saunders states that the Mon
golia is carrying the largest cargo ever
brought into the harbor. There are
supposed to be thirtyive feet of water
in the channel and also in the harbor
but the heavy rain of Thursday night
brought heavy deposits of mud into the
harbor causing the harbor to shoal in
many places.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-12-07
SECOND LARGEST
CARGO BROUGHT HERE

With the second largest cargo of ori-
entail freight ever brought here in
passenger vessel, the Mongolia arrived
yesterday afternoon at three O'Clock
from Yokohama and China ports. Her
local cargo comprises about $500 tons,
just 200 tons less than the very largest
ever dropped off here.
Owing to the heavy cargo the YES
sci could not be brought alongside the
wharf and the discharging of freight
was attended with extra effort, until
early this morning when the vessel
shifted to the wharf at high tide. In
spite of the delays in getting quick
dispatch of the cargo, Captain Reilly,
the wharf superintendent, expects to
have the vessel ready for departure at
II O'Clock noon today. The hour of de-
parture, however, is subject to change
| and information on the subject may
be had by calling up Hackfeld S steam
ship office.
The passengers are not many this
trip and for the most part are made
up of the suite of His Excellency Chang
Yin Tang, the new Chinese minister to
the United States. The entire party
numbers over fifty persons.
G. Bryer, is a prominent tea mer-
chant of Formosa. c. A. Freer is a
Detroit millionaire who is returning
| home from a pleasure trip. Mr.. and
Mrs. George Hellar and son and Miss
B. H. Smith form party of Seattle
people, who will remain here a short
time before proceeding to the Coast.
C. A. Stephens is connected with the
| Ia
went to the Far East recently, it was
generally supposed, in order to gain
some knowledge of the opium traffic.
That is merely rumor. However, he
believes that the time is not yet ripe
for attempts to smuggle opium on a
large scale, believing that the big peo.
pie interested in smuggling it will
work up their business gradually until
the contraband stuff is worth about
| 800 pound. He was interested in
the recent seizures of opium here and
the manner in which the hui had been
run down.
I DIR. Armstrong Smith returned on the
Mongolia looking almost European.
He was greeted by n number of old
friends at the wharf and was given a
cordial welcome home again. Doctor
Smith attained prominence during the
cholera outbreak here in 1895 when he
volunteered as nurse, and again in
1899 and 1900 when he was once more
a volunteer nurse during the plague
epidemic, having charge of the pest
house at Kakaako. For his services IL
both instances he was rewarded in {
tangible way, and he then left fol
Great Britain whore he pursued mediea
studies and has been practising physi
elan for several years, He may decide
TO femain here.
The cargo of the Mongolia include
about 1900 bales Of raw silk.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-12-07
MOUFF|E OFFERED THE POs1[N
OF CHEF OF DETECTIVE F FORCE
Sheriff Jarrett Hopes He viii Accept the Vacant Post-Lea viii
Not Be Reapponted Under Any Circumstances.
rrom Saturdays Advertiser,

Sheriff Jarrett has offered the posi-.
ton of chief of the detective force
to Arthur McDuflie, formerly ON the
force under Sheriff Brown and now
connected with the Hawaiian Dredg.
ing Company. Mr.. McDuffie is consid-
ering the offer and will probably de-
eide whether he can accept it or not
by Monday next. He is the only one
to whom the sheriff has made any
offer, despite inspired reports to the
contrary.
McDuffie is regarded as a thoroughly
competent man for the position, and if
he accepts will enter upon his duties
with the full confidence of his supe-
rior officers
al have made Mr.. McDuffie an Of
fer of the vacant position, F" said Sher.
if Jarrett last night. ~ believe that
if he can see his way clear to accept,
will have a very efficient man at
the head of the detective force l
realize that in some quarters my choice
may be criticized, but l have consid-
cred McDuiie IS former connection witt
the police, the questions that arose at
The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-12-07
PORTUGAL WOULD
RETAIN MACAO

LISBON, November 1s.-The Seculo
today says that the Chinese delegates
to the Hongkong congress, having re-
fused to recognize Portugal IS claims in
Macao or TO submit the question to
arbitration, Portugal, win the support
of Great Britain, has opened pour
parlers direct with China for the main
tenance of the status quo.
The island OF Macao, at the mouth of
the Canton river, forms, with the two
small adjacent islands of Tiapa aud
solane, province, The city of Macao
is divided into two wards, one inhab-
tied by the Chinese and the other by
non.Chinese, each having its own adj
illustrators, China holds that all the
dependencies Of the city Of Mafao haYo
been occupied illegally by Portugal for
some years, and insists that the terri
tory and Islands be evacuated by ror'
tpgal
The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-12-07
OF THE MULTITUDES

who have used it, or are now u.s.
ing it, we have never heard of
any one who has been disappoint-
ed in it. No claims are made for
it except those which are amply
justified by experience. In COM
mending it to the afflicted we
simply point to its record. 1t
has done great things, and it is
certain to continue the excellent
work. There is-we may hon
estly atfirm-no medicine which
can be used with greater and
more reasonable faith and conf
dence. 1t nourishes and keeps up
the strength during those periods
when the appetite fails and food
cannot be digested. To guard
against limitations this trade
mark" is put on every bottle o:
The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-12-07
CARRIAGE TOP
HITS DIPLOMAT
Bow-Line of Mongolia Damages
the Chinese Minister'S
Surrey.
tFrom Saturdays IS Advertiser.o

His Excellency Chang Yin Tang, the
new Chinese Minister to the United
States, who arrived yesterday on the
Pacific Mail steamship Mongolia en-
route to Washington, had a narrow es-
cape while leaving the Hackfeld wharf
from serious injury. The minister, ac-
companied by his secretary, after leav-
| ing the steamer, were placed in the car
riage of Tseng Hal, the local Chinese
consul, who occupied the front seat with
the driver, the minister occupying the
rear seat.
The carriage, with others provided
for the minister's suite, was driven
through the wharf shed and as they
emerged into the open part of the wharf
their progress was partially obstructed
by the big bow line from the Mongolia
which stretched diagonally downward
across the wharf to the mauka side,
where it was secured in an iron ring.
The driver endeavored to pass under the
highest place under the line, but just
as the carriage started under, the line
sagged trifle and caught the carriage
/ top. Instantly there was rending and
crashing of woodwork and cloth and the
whole top crumpled and fell upon the
minister and secretary.
The carriage was stopped immediate
| ly and men rushed over to offer assist
ance. The minister had thrown his
hands up and held the top off his body.
An automobile was summoned and the
officials were transferred to the faster
! vehicle, and in this were conveyed to
the Chinese consulate off King and
Sheridan streets, where the minister
will be entertained until the departure
of the Mongolia The remainder of the
suite were conveyed to the consulate
in six-horse tallyho driven by Lewis.
Accompanying the minister are forty.
eight Chinese, including the wife of the
minister and several other ladies and
young gentlemen. Six young Chinese
accompany the minister as legation
guards. They wear dark green uni
forms with silver braid trimmings and
on the collar is the legend, "Chinese
Legation in large white letters. They
wear military caps, large enough to
/ confine the queue underneath. They
look like the bellboys found in the big
hotels.
| The new Chinese consul for Honolulu
also arrived with the minister. He is
accompanied by his two sons and two
other people who will be attached tc
the consulate. The new consul il
Liang Koh Yin. He succeeds TsenG
Hal, who will shortly return to China.
The new minister to the United
States is a rather young man of pre-
possessing appearance. He has been al
official adviser of the Chinese foreign
office at PeRing and is said to be well
read man on international politics.
The minister and new consul wer
met at the wharf by the Chinese consu
and secretaries and several prominen
Chinese of Honolulu, all robed in gor
geous Chinese apparel.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-12-07
JAPAN'S NEW
AMBASSADOR
HERE THURSDAY

Baron Uchida, the new Japanese Am
bassador to the United States, will pass
through Honolulu on Thursday, being
a passenger aboard the Tenyo Maru.
The baron only lately returned to
Japan from Vienna, where he served as
ambassador from February 10, 1907. His
retirement from Vienna was for the
purpose of accepting the Washington
post.
Baron Uchida has been in the diplo-
matte service of Japan since he entered
it twenty-five years ago. He was born
in 1865 and was appointed secretary of
legation in London in 1898, and was
transferred to a similar post in Peking,
serving from 1895 to 1897. In 1900 he
was made vice minister of foreign af-
fairs, and in 1901 he was transferred
to the legation at Peking, serving until
1906, About year later he was sent
to Vienna.
Mrs. Uchida is n daughter of Mr..
Togura, a millionaire of Yamato. She
was educated in Nassar College, in the
state of New York
The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-12-07

that time and the other circumstances
in connection with them, and l have
decided that 1 want him. Should he
decide that he is not able to accept
my offer, which trust he will not,
l have another good man in view. No,
he is not newspaper man. AT the
commencement of my term offered
the position to A. p. Taylor, but he
decided that the position was one he
did not care to fill again. 1 have not
offered him the position since, as I
have no reason to suppose that he has
changed his mind.
"Under no circumstances will 1 re.
appoint Leal. / discharged nm be.
cause / had satisfied myself that he
was not fit for the position. 1 knew
what / was doing, and l know what
| am doing now. Whatever may have
been the finding of the grand jury, my
own opinion remains the same.
81 hope to be able to finish my
term without any further disagreeable
incidents, but if 1 find that there is
graft or the semblance of graft among
any of the police officers, l will not
hesitate as to what to do about it.''
The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-12-07
STEAMSHIP GENERAL
MANAGER TO BE HERE

General Manager Avery of the Toyo
kisen kaisha line is among the passen,
gers aboard the Chiyo Mau which Is
due here Monday morning, He Is en-
route Ia Yokohama, possibly TO confer
with officials of the line. II has been
rumored that the r. X X company is
preparing 90 take action 10 rut loose
from the Pacific Mail company and
operate separately.
Mrs Avery, his wife, arrived yester
day on The Mongolia from The Far East
where che hus been spending lew
monlhs She wac on route ln The Coast
bui en arrival yesterday resolved a
Nlreleas message from Nj Avery ask
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