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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-12-11
FOR COLLEGE CLUB
BrunSon of Y. N. c. A. Has
Taken First Steps for
Its Organization.
OBJECT OF ORGANIZATION

Orville Brunson, secretary of the
Boys department of the Y. M. C. A.
has taken initiatory steps to organize
college club among members of the
senior and junior classes of the high
school. The purpose of the club will
be explained fully by Prof. Knouff.
principal of the high school, at chapel
Monday morning.
On Monday evening at Z o'clock.
there will be a meeting of the boys
who wish to enter the class. at which
time the organization of the club will
be effected by the election of officers
and the appointment of committees.
The members of the club will dis
cuss various subjects, including the
different schools and the courses which
these schools offer. and also what are
the best schools for boys to attend
where they have to work their way
through school.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-12-11
Jones Hardware Company
Brings Carload of New
Paris "Kids."
SHOOK HANDS WITH KRIS
AND ALL GAZED IN WONDER At
THE BEING TO WHOM THEY
HAD SENT so MANY NOTES TO,
VIA CHIMNEY FLUES.

The children of New Paris had the
treat of their lives yesterday after
noon. In order that the children of
the neighboring town might see a
real, live, for sure" Santa Claus,
Sharon Jones of Jones's hardware
company chartered special car from
the interurban company and brought
eighty-four school children, with their
teachers, from New Paris to Richmond
where they gazed longingly on Old
Kris at his headquarters in the Jones
store.
To say the children enjoyed the
treat would be putting it mildly
Their ecstacy knew no bounds when
they were permitted to shake hands
with the idol of their dreams and
actually talk to the old gentleman, to
whom they have been writing letters
for the past several weeks and send.
ing mysterious notes, with all kinds
Of requests. up the chimney flues in
their homes.
GNen "Auteo AlFSHipS.
Santa Claus listened to the requests
of the children yesterday with the air
of a martyr and the patience of Job.
Everything from a tin whistle to an
airship, like the Wright brothers.
was demanded by the youngsters.
And the promises were given while
the children clapped their hands in
glee in the expectation of the hap
piest Christmas they had ever known.
Patient old Santa Claus was confront.
ed with many perplexing questions.
The question, How did Santa Claus
get here from his home at the North
Pole when there was no snow" an.
peared very difficult at first until the
brilliant idea that airships were now
in vogue was thought of. and the
problem was solved to the entire sat.
isfaction of the little questioners. One
small urchin insisted on having an
automobile. while the modest request
OF another was regular locomotive
like they have at the depot"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-12-11
County Board Is of Opinion
That Some Poor Farm In
mates Should Be Cared for
BY Other Counties.
PLAN INVESTIGATION
TO LEARN OF FACTS
Wiley Believes That Some Sent
To Institution Had NOT Lived
In County the Required Six
Months.

The eligibility of the sixty-five in
mates of the poor farm to that insti-
tuion will be investigated by the coun-
ty commissioners next week. 1t is
said by the commissioners that there
are several inmates whom other coun-
ties should be caring for
The county is expecting to take
care of paupers only when they are
unfit physically or mentally to earn
their own livelihood and in these cases
only when relatives have not the
means to provide for them. The ques.
tion of residence also must be taken
in consideration before a pauper can
be admitted to the institution.
Statement by Wiley.
c. E. Wiley. chairman of the board
in discussing conditions at the infirm
ary said the commissioners had evi
dence that there We're a number OF
inmates at the infirmary who had not
six months. There are others who
are able to earn their own livelihood
He has no idea as to the number OF
inmates that may be discharged, but
believes there will be several. Those
who can not work but belong in in
firmaries of other counties because OF
the residence clause Of the law will
be sent to these counties.
The reduction in the number of in
mates will decrease the cost of main
tenance of this institution consider
ably.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-12-11
WAS GIVEN O|vOR( {

Leota J. Norris was granted di-
vorce from Roy c. Norris by Judge
Fox this morning and also had her
name restored to Leota Champion.
The defendant was charged with adul-
terry with a we'll known woman, whose
name is not published because her
husband has consented to live with
her. out OF consideration for their two
small children.
1t was brought out in the evidence
that the couple were married in 1901
and lived together until November "a
of. the present year. when the plaintiff
found her husband hiding in a closet
at the correspondents home.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-12-11
WAS DEED OF F|EnO
Young Detroit Girl Outraged
And Then Murdered Aft
er a Struggle.
WENT TO VISIT RELATIVE
(American News Service)

Detroit, Dec. 1.-THE dead body Of
thirteen year old Helen Brown was
found. frightfully cut and battered and
half frozen, in a vacant yard at Num-
Der 10 Jones street. in the heart Of
the city. this morning. She had been
outraged. Her mother sent her to Wis
1t an aunt few blocks distant. Fri
day evening. That was the last seen
of the child. Footprints in the snow
indicate a desperate struggle.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-12-11
GIVEN HIS RELEASE
Man Who Stole a 100000
Money Package Out of
sPenitentiary.
WAS VERY PECULIAR CASE
(American News Servicep

Pittsburg, Dec. 11.-Edward G..
Cunliffe. who stole one hundred thou
sand dollars. in one package, from the
Adams Express company in October.
1905. was released from the peniten-
tiary this morning. The original SEN
tence was six years. After Cunliffe
had stolen the package he did not
know what to do with so much money
and had only spent small part OF
it when arrested. Nearly all of the
money was returned to the express
company.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-12-11
A RAILWAY CASE Up

Judge Fox overrulcd the demurrer Of
John L. Rupe, counsel for the Pennsyl-
vania railroad company. which compa-
ny is defendant in $4,000 damage
suit for personal injuries. suffered by
Earl Cottman. The plaintiff alleges
that he was injured seriously last Sep
tember at Sixteenth street and the raj!
road crossing. by being struck by rap
idly moving train. the presence Of
which he had no intimation.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-12-11
A TERRIBLE DEATH
Three Men Are Absolutely
Cooked in a Vat of
Red Hot Tar.
A FOURTH VICTIM DYING

Pittsburg, Dec. 11.-Entrapped in an
immense vat of hot tar three men,
believed to be Peter McGonnigle, John
Trent and Patrick Carey. were boiled
Clintock and Irvine this morning.
The bodies we're burned beyond iden-
tification. Patrick Moran. a fourth
victim, was fatally burned. The men
had taken shelter from the cold and
slept above the boilers.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-12-11
CASE P|T|FUL ONE

Omar Waughtel, an infant. who has
been charge of the county since it's
birth. will be transferred from the
care of the Indiana Children's Home
society at Indianapolis to some state
institution, which takes non-placable
children. The child is deaf and in a
pitable condition and the society
could find no private home in which
the child might be placed.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-12-11
IN SESSION TO-DAY

The Wayne County Horticultural SO
ciety met this afternoon at the court
house to elect officers for the ensuing
year The organization will be per-
fected by the appointment of more CON-
mittees and = stricter Interpretation
of the rules.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-12-11
WOODEN HORSE HOCf

An exact reproduction of q horses
hoof in wood Is the unique curiosity in
possession of DIR. G. G. Ferling. The
peculiar specimen of natures work was
found In the trunk of q tree while !.
was being cut down by . farmer south
of the city.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-12-11
THE WEATHER.

NDIANA-Fair and colder Sunday.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-12-11
Leaves Europe to Escape Suit0rS

Mrs. William Bays Chapman, the
$10,000,000" widow who cut short a
recent visit to Europe and returned to
America to escape the army of royal
suitors that besieged her. She thought
that with the ocean between her and
her host of ardent admirers she would
escape their attentions, but the ocean
has proved to be no barrier. Already
Count Aubert de Sonies of France is
here to press his courtship. and Sir
Edward Delmege, the Earl of Kintore
and General Count Teherop Spirido-
witch of Russia are expected to come
to plead their cause. In their
wake also are expected Christian
de Bonneville des Boucheaux and
Prince Mohammed Ali Hassan of
Greece.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-07-08
GOLD MEDAL
FOR RED CROSS
ITALIAN socIETYs APPREcIA
TON OF HELP FROM AMER
IcAN ORGAN.

WASHINGTON, July S.-The
Italian Red Cross Society has present
ed to the American National Red
Cross a beautiful gold medal and
handsome diploma as tokens of appre-
citation of the great assistance rem
dered by the United States for the
earthquake sufferers in Sicily and
Calabra in italy.
These gifts have just been received
by President Taft, head of the Ameri
can Red Cross in a letter from Count
Taverna, president of the Italian So
ciety.
President Taverna in the letter
says:
"Touching evidence of human soil
darity came to us from every part OF
your glorious republic, but every burst
of charity was outdone by the Red
Cross, over which you preside, sir, and
which assisted her italian sister with
a supreme munificence of W1ief.
MAY you find the medal and di
ploma we now send you as tokens Of
our gratitude, of which, however, they
are but a modest outward sign, ac
ceptable. More durably than is the
metal is our gratefulness engraved il
the hearts of the Italians whose mind
full blessings will stand as the sacred
heritage of the generations to come
The medal. which is of solid god
is three inches in diameter anc
weighs about eight ounces.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-07-08
WHICH ONE WILL DO 1T?

Hattiesburg must be placed on a
parity with Meridian and Jackson in
the matter of freight rates. Some
railway management may as well
make up its mind to do 1t and the one
which comes forward now will reap
a reward equal to the concession 1t
makes. Hattiesburg must have these
rates and will have them. 1t is nat
ural iobbing point and while the rail-
ways may continue the acknowledged
injustice for while, the present con-
ditions will not always last. This is a
new and undeveloped country. Oother
railway systems will enter this terri
tory some day, and the present in
equality of rates will be abolished.
That is, however, too remote. We
cannot wait for that and in the mean
time we must spend our money and
energy to get that which ought to be
given us without cost and the money
we must spend in this direction might
be used with greater profit to Hatties-
burg and indirectly to the railways
which enter this city. The fight for
our rights cannot be abandoned. A
continuation of present conditions
means too much loss to our business
interests. Will the railways be sensi
BILE and allow us to direct our ener
gies to some direction other than
fighting for our natural rights.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-07-08
suPT. POWERS RETURNS.
Found All State Normals Having Sue
cessful Terms.

JACKSON, Miss, July 6.-Hon j. N.
Powers, state superintendent OF eau
cation has reached his office desk
after a nine days absence, during
which he visited all the normais'
winding up at the university and
Sherman. the latter in Pontotoc coun-
ty. BY the end of this week all the
normals will be closed after a sue
cessful and we'll attended term oil
four weeks each, and one of the most
nromising features of each was the
fact that everybody passed strong
resolutions urging the legislature to
nrovide for the establishment of a
regular state teachers training school
SUPERINTENDENT Powers believes that
the matter will be viewed favorably
nv the legislature at the ensuing SEES
sion. as he also believes that the gov
ernor will make a special recommen
dation in his message.
| Relative 10 Uue Toduouy h""u -
81, $500, 900, which is to be distributed
during the next year or so among
the ten Southern state universities
as directed by the executive board
Superintendent Powers is hopeful tina
his own state university will secure
a share in the distribution. He pail
a special visit to New York with tina
end in view, and while there wa
nothing announced definitely, the III
dications seem to be favorable. A
the persuasive eloquence and logl
which could be brought to bear wa
used by Chancellor Kincannon, an
this he backed up as well as he coule
and it is reasonable to expect ths
Mississippi State University VIII &c
her pro rata of the general fund.-
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-07-08
TIES UP ROADS MONEY.

MOBILE, Ala, July S.-Attorneys
representing Albert G. Smith, a former
engineer of the Mobile, Jackson and
Kansas City railorad garnisheed the &C
counts of the company in every bank
in this city and those at the treasur-
ers office by filing suit in the circuit
court. Smith. who was injured in a
head on collision recently, got a YER
dict for $4,000 against the railroad
company and it was to obtain this that
the action was taken as it is reported
the road will change hands July Ia
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-07-08

not preaching but educatiof; and, as
a result of the conference Was formed
THE Association for the 43etterment
OF American Homes"
A plan of campaign suggested by a
prominent newspaper man who at
tended the conference, was adopted,
and in accordance with this plan, the
Association employed Henrietta Allen,
the well known authority on interior
decoration to prepare a series of prac-
. teal articles on the selection and pur-
chase of household furnishings. which
would assist people in ordinary circum-
stances toward getting value for their
expenditures. and, by pointing the way
to judicious expenditure enable them
through the exercise of good taste, to
make their homes more comfortable
and therefore more attractive.
The articles written by Miss Allen
have been edited and revised by the
newspaper man before referred to
| and various other practical sugges
lions from the same source, such as
putting a release on each article; avoid
ing the necessity to the Association o
any expenditure for offices and assist
ants, by making the papers obtair
the plates for the articles directli
from the plate makers; giving f
right of publication of the articles
orly one paper in a city; and variot
other details which his journalistic 9:
petience supplied A
The first experimental campaign
the Association, has not been made q
very elaborate scale, yet the co
of preparation of these articles, illt
trations, and original plates has 81
Iproximated about one thousand dollat
and, thanks to the practical nj
whose counsel has guided the comI :
; tee in charge of the work, it is :
lieved they are of a nature to NIT
the approval and welcome of 9e
press; every reference to the sourctr
object of their publication having bsp
avoided. AS they now appear, ae1
: final revision, they contain some Of
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-07-08

ganization, or at least in the attend |
ance. The young man who gives up |
a good farm to take clerkship in a
store or office or to work in the
shops makes a mistake which will tell
most seriously on him and his when
he is an old man. Nine times out OF
ten he will accumulate nothing, for
man on a salary seldom saves any
thing, and when he is old and can no
longer draw the salary of younge:
man he will find himself out of en-
ployment, unable to take up another
avocation, and without home or
livelihood.
If the same man had n NAMED on
the farm until old age, if he had been
frugal and industrious, nine times Cut
of ten he would have had good homo,
with sons and daughters settled about
him, and indepenent an happy.
Another thing in favor Of the coun'
try home is the advantage the coun
try offers over the city in a socia
way for these young men. In the
country where they were reared the,
are usually honored and respected a!
the best people. When he comes t.
the city or town he has to start a
the bottom, and it is often the cas-
that he and his family, should he hav,
one, never attain the position in thu
city they would in the country.
There is something wrong in tn
headworks of man who prefers
hand-to-hand living in the city to
comfortable home and independence
in the country.
While lands are cheap might
good plan for every young country
man to adopt would be to get piec
of it and improve a country home be
fore going to the city. Them If h
should not succeed in the city, h
would have home to fall back o.
and, whether he succeeded or moi
the rent on his farm would come i
mighty nicely. The country offer
better opportunities for the youni
man of limited means than the cit,
We know lawyers too poor to skin
doctors existing by writing whiske
prescriptions; merchants slaves
their creditors. bookkeepers workin
fourteen hours day, with no pro
poets of ever saving anything; sa
aried men about sixty days ahead {
their salaries, and yet many farmf
boys envy these. We say the far
is better. II ~r
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-07-08

which are the outgrowth of ignor-
ance and discomfort due to the
lack of proper education.
Now, Mr.. Business Man, do not
throw down this issue because it has
so much for the farmer. Study it
yourself and you will be able to help
some farmer who has not the educa-
tional advantages that you have. Read
every word and remember 1t and use
the knowledge to cooperate with some
man who needs your help. This is
a valuable issue. The best We have
ever put on the press from an educa
tional standpoint. 1t carries the wis
dom and experience, which if absorbed
by every farmer in South Mississippi
would rob the boil weevl Of his ter
rors In a short time and would open
the eyes of the wise ones to some OF
our needs. We have the possbilitie:
of a great country, If we develop oui
agricultural lands. We can Offer
homes to Thousands, who will de
velop wealth which will bring bless
ings to thousands more who are CON
fortress now. We can only do it by
proper education.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-07-08

IL information which it is the object
othe Association to disseminate;
vile the merit of the articles, and the
p,ninence of the writer justify their
psentation to the readers of any first
css publication.
fhe Association, having no pecuni-
" returns in view has adopted the
I'm of having the plate makers, who
le reliable concern, as can be seen
i reference to the books of any COM
lercial agencies, deal directly with the
publishers; supplying the complete
hates at price which is simply NOM
hal, and but fraction of the cost Of
he preparation and illustration of any
Jingle article.
Should this first effort meet with
he encouragement the Association be
ieves it deserves, the work will be
continued and with the objects in view
and under such favorable conditions
the cooperation of the press is hoped
for.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-07-08

In all parts of the South, Wherever
the soil has been improved by the
truck growers, every one has seen the
great crops of crab grass that folio"
the early truck if simply let alone
Crab grass hay, grown on these ler-
tile soils and cut at the proper stage
is as good as timothy. But the great
hay and forage crop of the South, the
crop that has higher feeding value IN
the hay than the red clover OF the
North, as high feeding value as alfalfa
hay is the cowpea With this plant
we can grow a larger crop of more val
liable hay than any grown in the
and can grow 1t after por-
ducing a crop of grain on the same
and and at the same time can leave
he land with Increased fertility by
son of hs sg grown it. Much of
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-07-08

our upland country is not in a condi-
ton yet for the production of grass
hay, but the cowpea hay can be grown
in great quantities, and by feeding it
the cotton farmer can get on cash
basis by having beeves to sell in the
spring and can increase his manure
pile and become gradually more indie
pendent of the fertilizer man-Stark
vile, Miss, Southern Farm Gazette.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-07-08
THE TRANSFORMATION OF TEXAS
Harper's Weekly.

Harper's Weekly.
Texas is beginning to come into it's
own. Ten years ago an immigration
began which has steadily gained
strength and breadth, until today
country nearly as large as New Eng
land is feeling the impact of vigorous
colonization. Land that had remained
for ages as Nature made it is feeling
the touch of the plow. Vast stretches
of waste land, where only cattle roam
ed yesterday, and buffalo the genera
ton before, are being opened up as
farms and settlers are coming in from
every state in the Union, but especial
ly from the Middle West.
1t is another act in the great Amer
lean drama Of conquest. These farm
ers played. too, in some of the earlier
acts. They are the men who pushed
on into the undeveloped West. But
what difference there is today! They
do not come now in prairie schooners,
anu thC pilNotiOho VI lnOoC udy al z
unheard of. They come to Texas in
special railway coaches, with an at
tendant who answers questions, with
dining car for their comfort, with
automobiles to meet them when they
arrive at their destination. 1t Is
pioneering de luxe. What must the
old-timers think when the come into
this country to pick farm if their
thoughts go back only single genera
ton to the days when they fought
their way against hardship that seems
now to be only tradition?
The most spectacular boom Of all is
going ON in the Gulf-coast country.
In the northern counties they are mild
in their claims, they say they have
land that is fully as good as the aver
age and at a much less price; but on
the Gulf-coast they know no limit. And
they have good reason. No one knows
what the limit will be. Whatever has
been tried has blossomed, water is
plentiful and seemingly inexhaustible,
the sun is kind, and the people are
flocking in so fast that they can not
be counted. Is it any wonder that they
shout instead of talk?
On the western end of the Gulf
coast country is the Rio Grande valley
Until the st. Louis, Brownsville and
Mexico road was put through, this sec
ton was practically off the map sc
/! far as commerce went. Now it is dis
! tinctly on the map. For centuries the
Rio Grande has been depositing a ricf
lot of mud all over the delta as If II
anticipation of a hungry lot of set
tiers who would some day come int
the land and call it the American
Nile. Irrigation canals are stretching
out from the river at a half-dozel
points giving drink to thousands o
acres of fine land in this newly dis
covered Eden, and farmers by the hun
| uTeu are dllSduy tohihS hioih ShS ~
soil the heritage that centuries ha
brought it.
The first strawberries, watermelon
, and other vegetables that reach tn
Northern markets come from this re
gion. That is what makes the openin
up of the land SO valuable; for whe
; the facts that it is fifteen hundre
miles nearer to st. Louis than is Cal
fornia, and that 1t can supply tn
Northern markets with fresh vegets
bles in the dead of winter, are take
into consideration, it is plain that n
one can estimate with any degree G
accuracy the future that lies before i