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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-03-11
new COUNTY JAIL
!!SS!NOT IS COMPLETED
Big CREMATORY
IS GETTING Bad;
CITIZENS KICKING

Citizens residing in the vicinity of
the city crematory are complaining
again, and it seems that their COM
plants are well founded. In fact a
member of the city council who visited
the crematory admitted to a News
reporter this morning that the odor
was anything but soothing. The con-
tractors who erected the crematory
insist that the bad odor is caused by
failure on the part of the operator to
follow Instructions. Copies of the in
structions will be made out and posted
in the crematory today.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-03-11
Three BLACKS
IMPERSONATING
U. S. OFFICERS

Douglass Gillespie, Newt May and
Ben Tatum, negroes, were arrested
this morning by the police on charge
of trespassing, but it is probable that
they may be turned over to govern
ment officials to be dealt with on the
more serious charge of impersonating
United States officers.
1t seems that the three negroes in
vaded the home of Steve Williams, a
negro who resides on Sixta street,
where they claimed to be United
States revenue officers, raided the
place and secured two or three hot
ties of liquor which he had purchased
for the use of his sick wife.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-03-11
MAYOR Of BR|NKLEY
ASKS FOR ASSISTANCE
Arkansas Town Struck By Cyclone
Reports 35 Dead and 200 Injured.

BRINKLEY, Ark, March 11-Mayor
T. H. Jackson has issued an appeal
for aid. In an official statement he
reviews the destruction wrought by
the tornado Monday night; places the
number of dead at thirtyfive and says
over 200 persons were injured. The
appeals follows:
ITO the Public:-In response to
many inquiries concerning the terrible
calamity which has fallen our city, |
would like to say that the list Of dead
so far recovered from the wreckage
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-03-11
SORSBY To
FACE JURY
NEXT WEEK
Judge Potter Will Grant Request
For Special Venire Of 200
Men Saturday.

JACKSON, March 11.-Judge Potter
will not grant the motion for special
venire of 200 in the William Sorsby
case until next Saturday, and instruc-
tions will then be issued to Sheriff
Harding to summon the veniremen
during the ensuing week.
This will give the state and the de-
fense six days in which to scan the
list of 200 persons to whom the fate
of the celebrated prisoner will be en-
trusted. 1t is the present intention
of District Attorney Mcneil to have
.Sorsby arraigned for trial on the first
day of the criminal week, commencing
on March 22d.
There have been no developments
of any nature in the case in the past
few days. Sorsby still maintains his
cheerful demeanor, receives daily Wis
its from his relatives and counsel, and
if it is the intention of the defense
to enter a plea of insanity it is GER
tain that they will not make an eff
fort to prove that he is now mentally
deranged.
Both sides are keeping their plans
very quiet, and none of the manoevers
incident to preparations for the trial
are being publicly revealed.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-03-11
Negroes Are Eryoned
From Prosecuting Suits
Against Fair Association

JACKSON, Miss, March 11.-Chan-
cellor G. G. Lyell has granted the Pc
tition of the Mississippi State Fair and
Exposition company for an injunction
restraining Ida Dozier, E. ]. Griffin,
William Rudd, Chris McNair, A. ].
Roderick and w. A. Banks from pros
ecuting their damage suits filed
against the exposition company, aggre-
eating about 100000.
The temporary restraining order
was served on the plaintiffs in action
yesterday, and this means that they
will not be able to prosecute their
suits during the present term of the
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-03-11
LANDLORD FINED;
HIT HIS BOARDER
With A BRICKDA7

Ben Wright, the Landlord who re-
sented the late hours of his "boarder,"
Jack Terrell, striking him on the head
with brick because he came home
after midnight, was this morning fined
$40 and sentenced to ten days in Jail
by Police Justice ]. e. Davis. The
affair occurred Sunday night, but Ter
rell was not able to appear in court
until this morning.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-03-11

boro with his head crushed and stab
in the breast. His shovel was lying
near him. He had evidently been dean
for some time, as vultures had gre
disfigured the body. He was co&
ed a harmless. inoffensive negro, Ill
it is believed that he was killed for a
small sum of money which he had.
His home was Cuba, Ala. He had been
ditchiHg in the county for about a
year.
The suit pending in the federal court
at Meridian to place the West-King
Lumber company in involuntary bank
ruptcy was continued today for the
term. The property will all be sold
the first Monday in April
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-03-11
ROAD OVERSEERS TO
BE SELECTED AGAIN
Adoption Of Contract System Would
Render II Impossible to Use the
County convicts to Any Advantage.
Culpepper to Get Busy.

The Forrest county board of SUPER
visors met in special session this
to receive the new Jail, but
the structure Is still incomplete and
an adjournment was taken until March
10, when the contractor promises to
have it finished.
The only other matter considered
hy the board at today's session was
the question of working the public
roads. While no order to that effect
was entered, it was practically agreed
to readopt the old system of road
overseers.
Under the state law, If the contract
system is adopted, it would have to
be for term of two years. This the
board is not inclined to favor for va
rious reasons, chief among which is
the fact that the state law would not
permit the leasing of the county con-
victs to private individuals ana the
contract system would preclude the
l1ossibility of working the convic-ssS On
the roads. ~
President Pace says that the county
Superintendent of convicts will be in
structed to use the labor in his charge
Ito assist the overseers where the com
mutation tax is not sufficient to keel
the roads in good conditions.
The money derived from the recen'
sale of $4,000 in bonds will be dis
bursed under orders from the board o
supervisors where it will do the mos
good. In order to use this money il
connection with the labor of the coun
| ty convicts, it is probable that Sup'
Culpepper will devote most OF tn
summer to road building.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-03-11

Kinds county circuit court.
The parties claimed that they sus-
tanned injuries in the collapse of the
gallery of the COLISEUM building, on
the fair grounds, last September.
shortly after the close Of the Booker
Washington speech, and that the acci-
dent was due to a defect in the con-
struction of the building.
The injunction process is based on
the allegation that the exposition COM
pany was not responsible for the
crowding of the structure; that the
Booker Washington visit was not un-
der the auspices of the state fair, and,
therefore, no legal liability exists.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-03-11
P0STOFf|CE TO REMAIN
IN PRESENT LOCATION
E. A. Kernaghan Will Retain Position of
Assistant Postmaster.

It is stated today on what seems to
be reliable authority that the Hatties-
burg postoffice will remain in it's pres
ent location for the present, at least.
Just what agreement the owners of
the building have reached with the
government is not stated, but it is
gbelived that there will be no removal.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-03-11
BILOXI gets
THE WOODMEN
Hattiesburg Made a Strong Fight,
But the Coast City Secured
the Prize.

The next annual convention of the
Mississippi division of the Woodmen
of the World goes to Biloxi. The Hat
tiesburg delegation made a strong
effort to bring the convention here
next year, but a majority of the men,
bers desired to go to the coast and
Hattiesburg lost by a small margin.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-03-11
AGED negro
FOUND DEAD
Property Of West-Kins Lumber
Company VIII Be Sold on
April 1st.

WAYNESBORC, Miss, March IL
Early this morning Jake Lee, an old
negro ditcher, was found in the woods
about six miles northwest of Waynes-
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-03-11

Mr.. E. A. Kernaghan will continue
in the capacity of assistant postmas-
ter, which will be good news to the
patrons of the office, and he is capa-
BILE and painstaking official, who thor
oughly understands the business.
The new postmaster, Mr.. w. A. Col
Inns, will probably not assume the
duties of his office before April I. 3
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-03-11

the adoption of the design submitted
by the Philadelphia firm.
Ex-Gov. vardaman made a motion
empowering Gov. E. F. Noel, DR.. Dun
bar Rowland and Mrs. Eunice Lock-
wood to purchase the service, after
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-03-11
INAUGURATION STAND
ERECTED BY SCABS;
UNIONS TO RESENT Il

NEW YORK, March 11.-A resolu-
tion protesting against the fact that
the Taft inaugural stand was erected
by non-union men has been received
by the local unions from the Building
Trades Council of Washington. The
resolution, which will be engrossed
here, says in part:
Resolved, that we, the Building
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-03-11
TONS OF CHAMROCk
ARRIVING AT PORTS

NEW YORK, March 11.-A ton of
shamrocks arrived at the port last
night on the White Star liner Oceanic
from Southampton. She also carried
1888 sacks of mail, principally st. Pat
rick's missives from the old country.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-03-11
German to Visiting Young Ladies'.

The young men of the city will give
q german tomorrow night in the Elks'
hall complimentary to the following
visiting young ladies: Miss Allie
Kelly Vicksburg; Miss Anna Pender,
Patterson, La; Miss Della Norgress,
Patterson, La; Miss Ethel Lawrence,
Okolona; Miss Holbrook, Mississippi
City; Miss Mcneil, Gulfport; Miss
Wesson, Eastabutchie; Miss Moore,
Utica: Miss Hodges, Meridian.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-03-11

Trades Council, chartered by the build
ing trades department of the American
Federation of Labor, do hereby enter
our earnest and hearty protest against
this departure from an established Gus
tom, and be it further resolved that a
copy of these resolutions be spread on
the minutes, copy be furnished or
ganized labor, and copy presented to
our friends in congress-"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-03-11

If you have from 500 to 500 acres of
cutover land along railroad that you
will sell for from $3.50 to $500 per
acre. address A-45. care Hattiesburg
News, and give full descrintion and
location.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-03-11
Battleship Siluer Service
Purchased This Morning

JACKSON, Miss, March 1.-THE
celebrated controversy over the selec
tion Of a design for a silver service
to be presented to the battleship Mis-
sissippi was settled this morning by
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-03-11

which these three retired and made
the selection.
Ex- Gov. Vardaman refused to dis
cuss the affair, further than to say
that he was tired of the whole busi-
ness.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-03-11
CALLED HIN DAGO;
fight FOLLOWED

Because John Morgan called him a
"Dago," Joe Brown hit him on the
head with a brick, inflicting painful
injury. Brown was before Police
Justice Davis this morning and was
assessed with a fine of SO.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-03-11
PASSENGER TRAIN IS
DELIBERATELY DITCHED
NEAR MONROE, La.

MONROE, La, March 11.-An Al,
kansas, Louisiana & Gulf passenger
train southbound was wrecked twenty
miles south Of this city shortly before
midnight last night, killing Engineer
C. w. McDaniels and seriously In
juring Fireman ]. B. Cowan. None, q
the passengers were injured.
The wreck was undoubtedly ~
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-03-11
lIKENS SOHN SHARP
II To AMERICAN EGALE
And Compares General Gardner to a
Little Bee-Martin, Trying to Attack
the Great Bird-His Speecn Amuses
Members of the Jury.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, March 11.-In
opening his speech today in the trial
of Col. Duncan B. Cooper, Robin Coop
er and John d. Sharp, for the murder
'sof Senator Ned Carmack, Gen. Wash
'ington said
When the court adjourned yester-
day afternoon we had reached the
point where Carmack had become an
editor. The position of an elitor7 is
an important one, and it rises with
the ability and Importance of the man.
So when a man of national reputation
emblazons his name at the head of a
paper, then the people read and be-
lieve."
Working himself up to a frenzy of
oratory, Washington devoted nearly
an hour to a wild denunciation of the
Carmack editorials. He said they nat
urally aroused Col. Coopers anger, as
they associated his name with some Of
the toughest characters in Nashville.
Continuing, Gen. Washington said:
"Oh, Carmack; why didn't you
think of your old friends age; his in
firmity? Why didn't YOU think of his
two beautiful daughters, who have
hoyeroi around him here like two
guardian angels? If I could have two
such daughters as these, l would be
willing 10 undergo all that Col Cooper
is now mdergoing and think the price
paid was cheap"
MlMlCS BEE-MARTIN.
Gen. WASHINGTON next devoted near
ly half an hour to a burlesque imita.
ton Of Gen. Gamers cross-examina.
ton of witnesses, which seemed to
amusc some Of the jurors more than
others. He compared Garner with q
bee-martin pecking at great eagle
He said that John Sharp was the
eagle and in the pantomine he iml
tated the assaults of the bee-martin,
jumping around in front of the jury
box and grotesquely waving his arms
like the wings of an aeroplane about
to ascend,
Court adjourned for dinner before
Gen. Washington could finish his
speech.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-03-11

Messrs. J. Frank Williams, Edgar
Estes and DR.. ]. E. Hulett, composing
the Hattiesburg delegation, returned
from Columbus this morning.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-03-11

Editor Harper Dunn, of the Sumrall
Signal, was in the city on business
yesterday afternoon.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-03-11

work of train wreckers, as some one
had thrown the switch and spiked the
rails where the. wreck occurred. The
switch light was turned so as to show
white on the main track.
1t is not known whether the wreck
isrs were tramps or persons living In
ne neighborhood who had fancied
xIoTance against the railroad.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-01-04
UN COCHERO.

UN CoCHERO.--s iicita una eoloca-
ci6n para San Juan la lslas el coche-
70 recien llegado De Espafa Leonardo
Sacristan de los Santos. Para nformes,
Redacci6n BOLETIN.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-01-04
a @l.50

r do mucha utihdad, - sole pass
los Abogados, Cortes JudieiAlsa. Aysr
tamientos, Corporations = snpieedss
dc todos los ramos, sine tambi6a pase
,os comerciantes, indugtriales y psrss
m. de neeocios, Il eonosimisnto q -
Leyes de Puerto Rico aprobadas pee
las Camaras J Il Consejo Ejesutavs =
Il pasado aho de 1907.
Sc venden s q 30 On y Hbrssh -
Doaeean l4wonn10.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-01-04
,oa cAnos DlxM

se lfuerma Krook era Ell tnico hernano de
Tweed, no tenia mas pariente que e, no te-
Aente que ella Hablo de tn hernano, vieJa
-~eno, que tenia va setenta seis amos
pr;ncipia gritar, moviendo la ca
libras y diecises chelines; setenta y seis
is libras; setenta y seis mil saccs de miles
,ta seis mllones epaquetes de mi lbille-
. auiere arrimarme un vase uuo beeeNaf-
el vieio avaro, buscando en- torno myU1 objsto
,sla coeer arrojarlo su mujer.-s Quien tendrs
sch de arme un banco por s6do que go, para AFRO
TIA csbezai tCallarks vieja bruja, perra, furs del
,allweed, exaltado por propis elocuencia, AFRO
de otra oosa. su meta su mujer, y vuelve caer
donde no presenta mas que una masa informe
gritando:
ime bien. por favorl He venido tomar pose
e me pertenece Os supIico que me colcques
Id Ia insticia para sque = explique sobre ga
Lay pena de preside y deportaci6n para 81
zs tocar & la propiedad. =. Ia propedad
-repi.e como an eco. en- tanto que su ME-
i<rezs puhetazos. seein su eossu"srs
fancias.
nee mucho tempo del nsgo-
~s,rss, seooaG
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-01-04
NOTlCLAS

II attorney general NJ. Hoyt trs-
Daja sn Il estudio do vszios proyec-
to dc Icy que - presentartn On Ia
pe69ima Legislature.
Continuan muy sdelantados los tra-
baios de h Comisi6n del Ateneo, pa
r. reforma del Reglamento y plan de
los estudios que han de cursarse en-
dicho centro literario.
Sc encuentra restablecido de su alta
que de grippe el coronel de Ia policia
Mr.. Lutz.
Sc encuentra mejor de la dolencia
que sufre, Ell respectable amigo don Ga
briel Gimenez Sanjurjo, de CAguas.
PARA CURAR UN RRSFRIADo
I'M UN Ola, tome LAXATIVE BRO
MO-QUININA. Ell boticario devolvera
el dinero 81 no lie cura. La firma de +
w. GROVE Sc halla en- cada cajits.
Sc encr,entra algo mejorada, en-
medic de su gravedad, Ia sonora do
fla Josefa Noble, madre de nuestros
amigos don Jaime y don G. Noble.
Hacemos votos por su pronto resta-
blecimiento.
En- Ia segunda quincena del CO.
rriente llegara esta ciudad el nue.
vo jefe de la policia.
Ell secretario de Ia Corte Municipal
don Agustfn Musa, nos informa que
Dor asuntos ciyiles ante la Corte de
esta ciudad han ingresado las siguien-
tes cantidades:
Enero 1896. Febrero 5000. Mar
70 1866. Abril 1927. Mayo $42-7s
Junio $43-69. Julio $26-80. Agosto
$25-66. Septiembre SIS %. Octubre
1855. Noviembre 1884. Diciembre
$28-6O.
Eel nnmero de asuntos criminales
que Sc han visto durante el ano es
de 2,756. I
Aver tarde algunos guar
policla insular vistieror
forme, que
usan IL
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-01-04
.aEESll AEKEADA ANTIBIILI0SA
DE n. BLANCO

y q uso desaparece el extrs1'
100, indigestion, dolores de cabt
queca, bills. zcido del estdmagc
neral todos los desarreglos Pre-
- por 81 esr6mago 8 intestinos
H6T0oDetD - BlUAce.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-01-04

Con 10 a''FU6FAT4NA FAAADwk
ne evitan esas diarrcas tan frecuen
y tan temibles.
Hoy han reanudado sus ssnionee
Cortes Municipal y de- Par Dc ess
ciudad, que estaban en- reeeso de-
de 81 viernes.
Han visitado al attorney general q
juez municipal de esta ciudad seiior
Lassalle y el de Carolina, sehor Be
nedicto.
Aver Sc cay6 en- Ia Gale de San.
Francisco dislocandose un pie el an
ciano Antonio Gomez Ssntamarfs.
Aver tarde Sc vi6 bastante conct-
rrido el Parque Central, de distinguir
das familias de San Juan. A
Ell policfa insular Miguel deg
tacado en- Riot -Grande, ha pre- 40 un
buen servicio, redueiendo &pHsi6n :
unos ladrones que venfan haciendo MI
les fechorias por aquella juriadiccion;
Ell attorney general ~ reE.
culares & los contadores MUM
particip&ndoles que sc absteD,
absolute, de ordenar el pago
gun empleado municipal que 8
cobre por algln otro empleo y.
este insular 8 federal
Ha sido nombrado escribiente
Auditor de Puerto Rico, Ell sefiori
mingo Andreu y Blanco CON suelf
/ 200 dollars anuales.
la tornado possession de su pu<
mo en.pleado de la oficina del
sionado del Interior, el seiio
que Arana.
Ha tornado possession de =
Superintendent de la M
Porto Rico Steamship G
que lego San Juan
Los premios sortea
ditto Ahorro Poneei
personas siguientes
Primer nremio, S,
2r~,as
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-01-04

el sepelio del que fue don Est.
Sexman, ex-venerabie maestro g.
Logia Obreros de San Juan. Al I
te acto asisti6 nutrida represented
de masones.
Ell Casino Espaiiol de GuAyama,
nombrado la nueva Ilirectita, de
cho centric, para el afo corriente,
resultaron elegidos pdr ma3Sria,
|siguientes senores:
vice-presidente don Mar Nv
dor, Secretario, don Fran b
Suplente, don Francisco ~ Diee
sorero, don Jose Ma. Pdj jex; Su
don Jose Fulladosa vi jales: do
quin Rovira, don Jose /iallart,
Sc de Diego. Suplepdes. don
Gonzalez, don Rafael Roca, don
MO Garcia, don Julian Lopez
don Avelino Nievea. don Manu-
rrado.
Han sido assemblies en- sus /
los empleados de Ia oiicina de-
tor, los seiiores don Nicolfs Ros
con 1.300 dollars anuales, don
Perez CON 1.100 dollars, den Pc
mirez con 7sO y don Pedro
con $50 dollars.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-01-04
Hotel Paris
GALE MEN0Ez woo NJ ~
~Ay4o uez

nl1naAe eoto sstabIecimtsnts On q osntxs
= = salle Nindss Vige, son N jardin =
esa1A = 4 que reune Eayofes ventajaa
= ee4e6daAao para los SeAorse viAjeroe, }
4 - enelta een mejores hAbitaOiense ffso
sae. vsatilsdas, nAgntficos baAoe y daahas
- osmidas s to5as hssas -
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-01-04

Con ID s'FO6FATRgA FALIBRz
ne evitan esas diarreas tan frecue1a'
y tan temibles.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-01-04

Se v4ctientra CONF
blecido de su enfern
Diego, Presidente DE-
legados.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-01-04

Hoy han reanudado sus sssionee
Cortes Municipal y de- Par De y
ciudad, que estaban en- reeeso q
de 81 viernes.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-01-04

n attorney general Mf. Hoyt trs
Daja en Il estuidio dc varios proyec'
to dc Icy que - presentartn On Ia
pe6xima Legislature.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-01-04

Han visitado al attorney general q
juez municipal de esta ciudad seiioE
Lassalle y el de Carolina, seiior Be
nedicto.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-01-04

Ell policfa insular Miguel ! deg
tacado en- Rio -Grande, ha pre- 40 u1 :
buen servicio, redueiendo &pfas,on :
unos ladrones que venfan haciendo mf'
les fechorias por aquella juris sdiccionj,
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-01-04

Aver tarde Sc yi6 bastante concn-
rrido el Parque Central, de distinguir
das familias de San Juan.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-09-23
FRIENDS AND FOES.

The Yearly Meeting, according to the
custom and we dare say, after the Pc
rusal of that lively journal The Advo-
cate of Peace, has been again moved
to protest against the enlargement OF
the navy. It is. of course, the herit-
age of the Society of Friends, common
ly called Quakers. to abide by their be-
lief of non-resistance.
We have sympathy with the attitude
of Benjamin Franklin, who got an ap-
preparation for fire engines from his
non-resisting friends when the enemy
was coming up the bay to attack Phil.
adelphia. We fancy that some of his
Quaker neighbors were not entirely
displeased when they found that the
old rascal had purchased guns, cannon,
ammunition and shot with his fire en-
CINE appropriation.