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The Washington herald., 1909-07-11
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the Southern Railway, defeated ne Le-
gal Department. OF the Southern Railway.
by the score OF IS to 6. IN a hotly contested
game on the EIlipse. The features OF the
game were the battery work OF Murphy
and Maynard and the batting OF Todd and
Tate for the winners. Score:
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NAVY YARD LOSES ONE.
Mail Carriers Run Up Big Score on
Machinfsfa

Navy Yard was defeated by Post-ofice
in the Colored Departmental League yes
terday. 26 10 I3. The winners made eigh-
teen hits of Gibson and Simms- Son
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Immigration, 4, Standards, 3.

The fast team from the Bureau OF I'm
migration and Naturalization. won its
seventh straight victory OF the season in
an uphill game from the Bureau of Stand
ards by a score OF 4 10 s. The pitching
Of Mcdonald for the victors was OF the
highest order, he allowing only four hits
and disposing Of ten men via the strike
out route. Score:
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The Aggies still lead by a safe mar
gin, and with the addition OF Ferguson
and Hummer 10 the pitching stah and
Venneman behind the saucer. Can't
Priests band should have no trouble
in winning the flag. It is hoped that
Graham. the crack first baseman. will
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'VFz-dsn out for not touching third hase.
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legal Dep1Stnaa1t 2 Q 0 Is
Struck out-By Murphy. p: b. BroEuins 8. b.
Goldberg, / BASES on baIs-OH BroErins. 3: "a
Murphy. )
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The Washington herald., 1909-07-11

Hamline has a number Of excellent
players on their team. but the fact that
they have been losing games lately
The Washington herald., 1909-07-11

The race in the Marquette League be-
comes interesting as the season pro-
crosses. and from present indications Il
looks like the Congressionals and Pension
Bureau would tight IL 70 a finish.
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Davis end Donnelly are putting "
star games az third and second. respect
lively, Tor Manhattan. and few errors have
been ehalked Up against the pair OF high
school lads
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be again In harness soon, when the
fast fielding infeid win be complete.
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Bloomingdale appears 20 be the hoodoo
OF the Tanglewood team. beating them
twice this season and always playing
them a hard game. II the Tangiewoods
lose the penpant they can lay IL UP 20 the
Clubmen.
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Senseney. the crack pitcher OF the
Southern Railway team. is playing a
swell article az bail Besides pitching
he has played IN every position on the
The Washington herald., 1909-07-11

Engel and Legge. Of the Congressionsls,
engineered double steal on Wilhide in
Mondays game with the Columbia Print
ers.
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sheilenberger. OF Wallach. twirled 4
good game agalnst Twining Friday. buf
costly miscues cost the game.
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The Congresslonals have a pitching
staf that ranks among the best IN the
league IN "Cy" Somerville, Legge. and
Callahan.
The Washington herald., 1909-07-11

TWining has been running n hard luck
Of late, owing TO its crippled twirling
stan. Burke is sick, and Powell and Ru-
ark are not In condition. With the re-
turn Of Burke this week, the New York
Avenue lads Will be back in old form, and
should by no means be counted out Of
the race.
The Washington herald., 1909-07-11

Riseen. the southerners third sacker,
maintains his lead OF the leagues bat
sers, with ah average OF .6oS, and Is
covering third ip fne style.
The Washington herald., 1909-07-11

Birley. Handy. and Anderson were the
only men 10 connect with Graham S
curves Friday. but these three made i've
hits. Birley and Handy getting two
apiece
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-03-09

Because he was out late, Ben
Wright, last night took a brick and
knocked out his fellow boarder, Jack
Ferrel, both colored, and the only rea-
son Wright was not tried this morn
ing was that Ferrell was not able to
appear in court against him.
1t seems that Ferrell was boarding
with Wright, and came in late and
knocked at the door. Wright told him
he could not get in and forthwith Fer
rell thinking that his boarding house
was his castle and that he had a right
to stay out with "the boys" as long
as he pleased, broke in with the result
that he was hit with brick Is above
stated.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-03-09
PROPERTY OWNERS
WILL DEMAND MORE
Probable That the Government Will
Have to Pay at Least 500 a Month
Rental On Building For Postoffice
in Hattiesburg.

Mr.. T. M. Ferguson, one of the own
ers of the Ferguson-Allen building on
East Pine street, to which it has been
rumored that the postoffice would be
moved, states positively that the
building will not be rented for $45 a
month, the price which the govern
ment is willing to pay.
According to Mr.. Ferguson, the post
office department is possessed of
more cheek than the proverbial gov
ernment mule. Not only does the de-
partment insist on renting a build
ing for $45 month, but the landlord
is expected to furnish lights and fuel
pay janitor and sweep the floor.
To provide quarters large enough
for the rostoffice in the Ferguson
Allen building it would be necessary
to take out the partition between two
stores, converting them into one.
1t is said on equally good authority
that the present owners of the Ken
nedy building will demand a monthly
rental of 800 if the postoffice re-
mains in it's present location, and that
unless another site is secured pretty
soon Uncle Sam will have to pay VI
or vacate.
There seems to be a general dispo-
sition on the part of the property own
ers to make the government pay a
reasonable rental and it is believed
that if it is compelled to pay 500 d
month or more for temporary quarters
that the erection of the new govern
ment building will be begun without
further unnecessary delay.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-03-09
new TARIFF
MEASURE IS
COMPLETED

WASHINGTON, March 9.-The new
tariff bill is practically completed, por-
tions being sent to the government
printers.
No announcement was made regard
ing the schedule, but it is understood
that hides were placed on the free
list, the duty on shoes considerably
reduced; substantial reduction on the
duty on steel rails, tools and simil-
ar products; duty of four cents a
pound on coffee was levied; whiskey
and beer remain the same, cut of
nine and a half on the duties on lum-
Der and manufacturers of lumber.
1t is becoming manifest that du
ties from the new bill are insufficient
and that it will be necessary to have
the war revenue act of 1898, which
placed tax on kilograms, bank checks,
playing cards, stocks, etc. 1t is said
the committee will accede to Ttaft's
wishes for an inheritance tax.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-03-09
NEGRO LAUNDRESS
BASKET CLOTHES
MISSING PURSE
Daily News Special.

Daily News Special
JACKSON, Miss, March Am in
teresting story of a negro laundress,
a basket of clothes, and missing
purse, is involved in a pardon peti-
tion presented at the governors Of
flee in behalf of Lizzie Moore, sent
up from Lowndes county to serve a
two-year term for grand larceny.
The negress was convicted of steal
ing purse containing $45 from a
family by whom she was employed to
do washing, and in the pardon petition
she states that after she carried the
family clothes basket to her own
home, and was removing the garments
therefrom, she found the purse con
tanning s45 in the bottom of the bas
ket; that how it got there she war
unable to state, but after the discover,
was made she placed the purse on th'
mantel, with the intention of return
ing 1t with the clothes at the end q
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-03-09
NATIONAL SALES COMPANY
MAKES POENOM|NAL SUCCESS

This company is putting some Of the
most extraordinary prices on the Hais-
field stock, and as a result the stock
is going like hot cakes.
Five extra statesmen are kept busy
and extra wagons are running over
time to keep up with the deliveries.
Mr.. Haisfield's stock was damaged,
but as is always the case, there is
quantity of pieces that are as good as
new, but when the sale was put on all
of the stock was placed on sale and
as a result the furniture buyers OF
Hattiesburg are having a regular car
nival of bargains in every kind OF
furniture and household furnishings.
There has been no let up in the
size of crowds that visit the store
daily, and the sale win continue until
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-03-09
Secretary BiXler
Endorses Position
of The Daily News
Mr.. Edgar G. Harris,
Editor Hattiesburg Daily News.

Mr. Edgar G. Harris,
Editor Hattesburg Daily
Dear Sir:-
Permit to congratulate for the spirit
itorial of yesterday the Hattesburg pooice situation
If Hattesburg wants posoi building right of
postal facilities will take spirit than has been
You right saying the appropriation
building inadequate much better than
towns of five thousand people will have Our
the mistakes made the buildings
inconspicious buildings in the cities mentioned.
thousand dollar Hattesburg
Carnegie library will be
with the private buildings the city.
think that mistake the business
of the posoice build
We ought twice
office and the it. We hous
ands of dollars into the national which is to give other
cities first postal facilities lille with
fourth class facilities, when in the first class
will in stirring keeping
spirit editorial yesterday will things
Hattesburg in the
Respectfully yours
L.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-03-09
COOPER CASE
TAKES turn
Associated Press.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, March 9.-The
"other side" had its inning in the ar
gument of the Cooper-Sharp murder
trial here today.
The court room was crowded long
before the hour of opening and not
one-tenth of the people who made eff
fort to secure seats were successful.
General Meeks opened for the argu-
ment for the defense, and the picture
which he painted of Colonel Duncan
B. Cooper, was in sheer contradistinc-
ton to that which Captain Fitzhugh
drew yesterday.
General Meeks has been i'll for sew
eral days and appeared quite weak
when he arose in a feeble manner to
start his speech. He devoted himself
largely to the character of Colonel
Cooper, who, he said, was a brave
and honorable Southern gentleman of
the old school,"
Y ou are not trying common thieves
or murderers, gentlemen" continued
General Meeks, but men who came
from as fine stock as ever human
flesh was made of, the best people of
the South"
General Meeks went exhaustively
into the incident of the telephone mes
sage which Colonel Cooper is alleged
to have received from Governor Pat
terson, discussing the motives which
impelled the governor to send it. He
said that it vast his message alone
that brought Cooper to Seventh
avenue and led to the shooting.
General Meeks had not concluded
his argument when court adjourned.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-03-09
c. H. PITCHFORD AND
A. B. Smith VICTIMS
Posse Is Now Securing the swamps
For Joe Gordon,the Negro Who Did
the Shooting. Noel May Order
Militia to the Scene Today.
Daily News Special.

Daily News Special.
CRUGER, MISS, March s.-An arm
ed posse of more than 100 white citi-
zens, with a pack of blood hounds, is
today securing the swamps in Holmes,
Yazoo and LeF1ore Counties for Joe
Gordon, a negro desperado, who last
night shot and dangerously wounded
two prominent white men on the Shot
well plantation.
If Gordon is captured lynching VIII
undoubtedly result.
The wounded men are c. H. Pitch
ford, president of the Bank of Cruger,
and one of the most prominent mer-
chants and planters in Holmes Coun-
| ty, and his brother-in-law, A. B Smith.
Pitchford lives in Lexington and
Smith has been looking after his inter-
ests on the Delta plantation.
| 1t seems that Gordon had moved
away from Pitchford's plantation, car
rying with him mUrtgaged property.
Pitchford and Smith went after him.
On approaching GordonA cabin. ne.
gro girl appeared at the G,or ana NJ.
asked if Gordon was insid, Sbo
piled in the affirmative a n,o.
later Gordon stepped to the d. a.,
opened fire with a double-barr,,as
shot gun.
Mr.. Pitchford received wound in
the side and is in a critical condirion.
Smith received a load of shot In the
face, but will recover.
A posse was Immediately organized
and an all night search for the uegro
followed, but without result
This morning the posse was
strengthened by friends of Pitchford
and Smith from Lexington and Other
parts of the county and every effort
is being made to locate the desperate
1t is believed he is heavily armed and
that battle is sure to result when he
is located
The prominence of the wounded
| men has added to the feeling of re
] sentiment and the community is arous
ed to the highest pitch of excitment
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-03-09
FRIDGE GETS
many TENTS
Getting Ready For State En-
campment Of the Mississippi
National Guard.

Daily News Special
JACKSON, Miss, March 9.-Adju-
tant-General Fridge has received a
carload OF folding cots from st. Louis.
shipped to him on orders OF the war
department, and is very much re-
joiced. There are 1,100 of these army
cots, and it is thought that number
will be sufficient to accommodate all
the soldiers of the national guard who
may go into camp here this summer
the officers furnishing their own
cots, or beds.
Gen Fridge has an idea that when
the guardsmen know they are not go
ing to have to sleep on the ground, OF
on the mats of hay they have used IN
former encampments, they will be
much more inclined to go into camI
than they would be otherwise.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-03-09

Settings goods is an art, and mark
ing prices is an art, and that the Ma
tional Sales Company. with Mr.. Joe
E. Johnson, as manager, knows its
business from the word go, is evil
denced by the great sale which this
company is conducting for Mr.. NJ. S.
Haisfield, whose stock of furniture
was damaged by water in the fire,
which destroyed the upper floor of the
Johnson building on Mobile street in
February.
The National Sales Company does
not undertake a sale unless attractive
prices can be made, and with attrac
tive prices and expert advertising they
can dispose of more goods in a day
than the ordinary store would in ,
months time. and this means a loi
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-03-09
noel CALLS
MEETING OF
COMMISSION
Another Attempt Will Be Made
to Purchase Silver Service
For Battleship.
VARDAMAN WILLING
TO MAKE CONCESSIONS
Powers is Also in Receptive Mood,
But Noel and Rowland Are Silent
and SuIlen, Refusing to Discuss the
Mater At All.
Daily News Special.

Daily News Special.
JACKSON. Miss, March 9.-On the
receipt Of letter from ex-Gov. Val
,daman this morning, Gov. E. F. Noel,
schairman of the battleship silver
service commission, called a meeting
of the commission to convene Thurs
day morning, when the matter will be
discussed. Vardaman and Powers ex-
press willingness to meet the other
members of the commission half way
on any reasonable proposition, while
Noel and Rowland maintain silence.
The letter of ex-Gov. Vardaman to
Gov. Noel is as follows
Hon. E. F. Noel, chairman, battle
ship silver service commission-Dear
sir: l have today deposited with Hon.
George R. Edwards, state treasurer,
a certified check for $1,704.S0 on the
Merchants Bank and Trust company
of Jackson, Miss, the amount of
money that I held in trust for the
purchase of the silver service for the
battleship Mississippi. I have in
structed Mr. Edwards to turn this
check over to you as chairman of the
commission when the commission or
person authorized by the commission,
shall have purchased the silver SER
vice for the battleship Mississippi, and
e said service is ready for delivery.
! 'T would suggest that the silver
service commission be called to meet
about the first of April to consider
the matter of purchasing the service.
I understand that there a number OF
jewellers in Mississippi who desire to
submit plans, designs and bids for
the service. That they all may have
an opportunity to submit plans, de-
signs and bids, I would suggest also
that you, as chairman of the commits
sion. notify them through the public
press that the plans, designs and bids
will be considered at the meeting to
be called by you.
81 have made engagements to lect
ure. which will take me from the state
the greater part Of the spring and
summer, and as l desire to be present
when the service is purchased, to en-
able me to do so without serious in
convenience to me, it will be neces
sarv to dispose of the matter early in
April. I would have you call meet
ing at such time as all the members
of the commission may be present,
and I presume that by consultation
with them you will be able to fix the
date early in April, so as to be en-
tirely convenient to each of them.
"Trusting this will meet with youl
approval, I am, very respectfully,
JAMES K. VARDAMAN."
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-03-09
Local u/ZuWbefWen
S0meWbnt W0r11ed.
Hb0ut The. Tariff

Reports from Washington regarding
the action of the ways and means
committee on the lumber tariff are
somewhat conflicting. Associated
Press dispatches say that the reduc-
tion recommended is only 9 per cent,
while the Washington correspondents
of both the New Orleans morning
papers say that the curtailment will
be fifty per cent.
The concensus of opinion is that
fifty per cent is correct, but the pres
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-03-09

ent depleted condition of the national
treasury and the consequent need Of
tariff for revenue may be .He means
of decreasing the reduction when the
report of the ways and means commit
tee comes up for consideration on the
floor of the house.
The News today wired several Mis-
sissippi congressman for information
on the subject, but neither of them
could be located in Washington. A
majority of the Mississippi members
are en- route home for their vacations.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-03-09
Town Of Brink|y, Arkansas,
is Practically. Wiped Off
the Map by Storm
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: ARKANSAS DEAD i
= MATED AT SO. :.

!. MEMPHIS, Tenn, March o. :
!. Bulletins received here late this +
:. afternoon estimate the number of :
!. dead from the tornado which I:
:. passed through Arkansas last :
!. night at more than so. More +
: than 100 are said to have been :
: seriously injured. =
80 {. :: =: !: + & : : = 8 - =
WHEATLEY, ARK, March 9.-Res-
idents of Brinkley, Ark, which was
devastated by a tornado early last
night, are arriving here and tell many
sad stories in connection with the ca
tastrophe.
Six white people are known to be
dead and probably fifteen injured.
The dead are:
PORTER FOOTE
]. l.. STERRETT.
HENRY STOVALL, Jr.
MRS. PHILLIPS.
TWO UNIDENTIFIED MEN.
Brinkley is a town of about 5000
people and had three-fourths of its
houses razed to The ground by the
wind.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-03-09
B0nruer Came Home Lute .
and LandI0ra Used Brick;
V1ctlm is Seriously Hurt

lice justice this morning on the charge
of gaming. They were John Smith,
EYerett Hudson, Bob Johnson and Vim
SON PcTis. The first two were fined
IS and the other cases were passed
until tomorrow.
CQrnelia Deal and Olivia Handy
we're up on charge of profanity
and for an assault on each other. They
were made to pay the costs.
Zeke Gibson for an assault was
fined $3.50.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-03-09
oliver IS
NAMED FOR
The SENATE

HARRISBURG, Pa, March Geo.
T. oliver, of Pittsburg, was today
named as the republican candidate
for United States senator to succeed
Philander c. Knox by the joint caucus
of the senate and the house. This is
equivalent to an election.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-03-09
HANDSOME FARM Home
IS DESTROYED BY FIRE

the handsomest in Marion County
and his loss is heavy. He is brother
of Mr. A. Polk of this city, and has
many friends in Hattiesburg.
Mr.. Brown Polk, son of Elias Polk,
who is a student at South Mississippi
College, received a telegram apprising
him of his fathers loss. He left i'm
mediately for home.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-03-09
Back From Gotham.

Mr.. Chas. OFerrall and Mr.. J. T.
Collins, of O'Ferrall Brothers. have
returned from New York, where they
have been for the past month purchas-
ing the spring stock for their firm.
Mr.. OFerrall and Mr.. Collins on their
return trip from New York attended
the Inauguration in Washington.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-03-09

News reached the city today of the
burning of the handsome country
home of Mr.. Elias Polk at Goss in
Marion county. The fire occurred
Sunday while the family was at church
and nothing was saved from the burn
ing building
The home of Mr. Polk was one of
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-03-09
MAY SEND TROOPS.

JACKSON, March 9.-Governor
Noel was in telephone communication
with the sheriff of Holmes county
this morning and it is understood that
the military companies of Yazoo City
and Lexington have been placed at his
disposal in case they are needed to
prevent a lynching.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-03-09
Circuit COURT
IS PRETERMIT1ED

Judge w. B. Cook has pretermitted
the regular term of the Perry County
Circuit Court until tomorrow in order
to celebrate the arrival of a baby girl
which came to brighten his home last
night. Court will be resumed at New
Augusta tomorrow.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-03-09
ANOTHER SAD BLOW
FOR STANDARD oil

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-, March g.
Motions today by the Standard Oil
company of Indiana and the Republic
Oil company of Ohio, for rehearing
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-03-09
MARRIAGE LICENSE.

A marriage license was issued yes
terday for Mr.. G. w. Nicholson and
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-03-09

of the custer suits recently brought
against them for modification of the
judgment, were overruled by the Mis-
souri, supreme court.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-03-09

The Florida Times Union says that
Chicago people often marry--some-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-10
PERSONAL POINTS.

Wallace Leland has returned home
after a visit at Aledo.
James Broderick of Calumet,
Mich, is here for a visit with home
folks. ~sGs
j. F. McDermott left this morning
Cor Drummond, Mont, where he will
remain for some time. e%
Dec Carvin of Juno, Alaska, is 4
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. H. p Stapley
n South Rock Island.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gilmore Dunlap and
little son have gone to Stanton, Ill
to visit at uncle, who is seriously i'll.
Rev. w. B. Clemmer returned a;
noon today from visit at Lanark, IL
His family remained over tomorrow.
Mr.. and Mrs Wallace Rogerson of
Chicago are in the city to spend Eas-
ter with the latter's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. John McGinnis.
Mrs. ]. H. Battles, Miss Julia
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-10

Card Party by Ladies.-The Ladies'
auxiliary of the o. r. c. will hold a
card party at Engineers nall at the
foot of Thirtieth street Thursday after
noon, April Is, from 2:30 to O'Clock.