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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-01-13
BILL WAS DRAFTED BY
HAzLEHURST LAWYER
And Will Have Strong Support of
Members Affiliated With Farmers
Union-The Result Of Very Lively
Agitation.

Agitation

Special to The Netcs.
Jackson, Miss, Jan. 13.-The legis-
lative members affiliated with the
Farmers Union are expected to give
solid support to the bill that will be
introduced within few days to in
validate all mortgages given on grow
ing crops.
At the request of President High
tower, head of the Mississippi divis-
ion of the Farmers Union, and for
many years one of the foremost mem
bers Of the legislature, the bill in
question has been drafted by Hon. R.
w. Miller, the well-known Hazelhurst
lawyer, who has taken an active in
terest in the subject.
A conference will be held within a
few days to pass on the main features
of the measure, after which Governor
Noel will be asked to send special
message permitting it's consideration.
, This bill is the result of very
lively agitation that has been in prog
ress for several months, and which
has as it's purpose the curtailment Of
the credit system in Mississippi's ru-
raj districts. That it will bring about
an agricultural revolution is general
iy conceded. and the measure will
| doubtless meet with some strong op-
position, especially among those mem
bers from counties where planters
and supplying merchants make ad.
vances to negro tenants, and keep
them in debt from year to year. The
proposed bill was given almost unani.
nous endorsement at the last annual
convention of the Farmers Union in
This city, the members declaring that
the time has arrived when tenant
farmers in this state must be saved
from themselves, and unless the pres
ent habit of plunging headlong into
debt from year to year is given sum
mary check these farmers wi te re
duced virtually to state of serfdom
Because of the invasion of the state
by the Mexican boil weevil, and the
evident fact that the agricultural
classes must more generally adop
diversified farming. the anti-crop mort
gage bill has aroused very serious
thought. and its advocates are conf
dent that they will succeed in secur
ing it's passage.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-01-13
Want LIMITATION ON
CAPITAL REMOVED
Governor Did Not Intimate What He
Intended To Do With the Subject,
But Secretary Bixler Is San9uine OF
Success.

A delegation of prominent citizens,
representing the Commercial Club OF
this city. called upon Governor Noel
yesterday afternoon and presented a
memorial asking him to recommend to
the legislature an amendment to the
holding limit clause Of the code chap
ter on corporations that will enable
manufacturing concerns to own a
larger amount of realty in this state.
Secretary Bixler stated this morn
ing that the governor went into the
matter at some length with the com
mittee, bu. at the conclusion of the
conference he gave no positive init
nation of what he intended to dc
with the subject, which has been more
or less agitated for the past few
months
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-01-13
fine Showing
BY LOCAL BANK
Statement Of Citizens Bank, Appear
ing In This Issue, Shows Splendid
Success During Past Year.

An excellent showing of the past
years business is made by the citi-
zens' Bank Of Hattiesburg in their
statement published in another col
umn of to-day's News. The statement
speaks we'll not only for the bank and
it's efficient management, but for TIE
general improvement in business con
ditions in the Hattiesburg section.
With nearly 100000 earning divi-
dends the bank has at the same time
more than one hundred thousand dol
lars in the way of quick assets. a
happy combination when the total of
the resources Of the institution are
taken into consideration.
That the management is meeting
the expect"ticns Of the sNa~ eholders
s proven by the more than $4,000 of
surplus and undivided profits. That
the institution holds the esteem and
confidence Of the public is proven by
he more than 100000 of deposits.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-01-13
100 BOOKS IN % YEARS.

London, Jan. 13.-One hundred
books in twenty-eight years is the rec
ord of Mrs. Arthur Stannard, better
known under her pen name of John
Strange Winter. This prolific novelist
is to day celebrating her fifty-fourth
birthday Her greatest success was
"Bootles' Raby." but all her works are
now read wherever English is spoken
and many of them have been trans
lated into foreign languages. Her
most recent hook was the hundre ith
from her pen.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-01-13
SHREVEPORT MOB
ESCAPED JURY
Thought That Mo indictment Was Re.
turned Against Parties Who
Lynched Negroes at Shreveport.

Shreveport, La, Jan. 13.-The
grand jury which has been investigat-
ing the lynching of Simmie Rochelle,
the negro who attempted criminal as.
sault upon Jennie Mcmillan. an eight
year-old white child. of West Shreve
port, finished it's investigation yester'
day afternoon ana will make Art,
report tomorrow morning.
While 1t is impossible to get accu
rate facts from the inside. the gener
al impression is that no true bills
have been found. The inquisitoria
body determined it is impossible tc
get the names of the persons who
took part in the lynching.
Two hundred witnesses were sub
posnaed.
On the other hand It seems positive
ly assured that indictments have beel
found against Lon. F. Irvine and E
Maddo. fireman and engineer. respec
lively OF the Kansas City Southern
switch engine which crashed into th'
Texas and Pacific Pullman, killinl
..tree persons Sunday night.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-01-13

INCREASE
In Common School Appropria-
ton Viii Not Hurt Proposed
State Normal.
Special to The Neios.


Jackson, Miss, Jan. 13.-The half
million dollar increase in the common
school fund for the next two years,
as approved by the house committees
on education and appropriations, will
not imperil the proposed state nor
NAL and training school for teachers,
according to educational leaders in
the two houses.
1t is estimated that the establish
ment of the state normal school can
not be attempted with an allowance
of less than 100000, and the educa-
tional forces are going to make a
fight for that sum as minimum, just
as soon as the senatorial contest is
out of the way. Furthermore, they
are going about it with an aggressive
ness indicative of success.
Petitions, personal letters, and me
MORALS, numerously signed by teach
ers and school patrons are pouring
in on the legislators urging them t.
support the normal school bill, call
ing attention to the fact that Missis
sippi is the only state in the Uniol
without an institution of this charac
ter. and appealing for it's establish
ment on the ground that the future o
the public school system absolutel,
depends upon proper equipment O
teachers for their life work.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-01-13

Returned
Man Who Shot Woman at Jack
son Recently Captured at
Tacoma, Wash.
Special to The NetCs.

Special 10 1He NeCS.
Jackson, Miss, Jan. 13.-Austin E.
Ferguson, the former policeman who,
while doing detective work in the
running down of Will Sorsby for the
murder of Postoffice Inspector Chas.
Fitzgerald, became intoxicated and
killed Ethel Maxwell, in house of
i'll fame in which she was an inmate,
more than year ago, and who has
had detectives on his trail since that
time reached Jackson this morning
and is now in the Kinds county Jail.
Ferguson was captured last Satur-
day in Tacoma, Wash, by a detective
to whom he talked too freely and was
indscrete. Telegrapmc communities
tion was at once had with Governor
Noel, and Ferguson agreed to return
here without formal requisition. In
fact, he declares he had INTENDED
coming here and surrendering as sOo7
as he had made sufficient money t.
defend his case. He was brOught
here by a Washington deputy. te
whom the $3.50 reward offered by Gov
ernor Noel for the capture Of Fergu
son was paid. The 500 statutory re
ward will. not be available until al
lowed by the circuit court in March.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-01-13
Goodyear Syndicate.

While the Goodyear syndicate is ap-
parently taking no active part in thi
agitation for a more liberal law OIL
the subject, it is stated on authority
that IL the section is amended as de
sired that concern will build on Mis-
sissippi soil an exact duplicate OF
their great lumber mill at Bogalusa
the largest in the world, involving an
investment of more than two million
dollars, and that Hattiesburg's pros
poets for securing the big enterprise
are considered very favorable.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-01-13
SAW DIRiGIBLE BALLOON.
(By Associated Press.

Chattanooga, Tenn, Jan. 13.-A
White dirigible balloon passed over
Chattanooga at 1 o'clock this morn.
ing. 1t came from the South and
went directly North across the bust,
ness section of the city. A man was
discernible in the machine. The bal
loon passed across the city in abou;
ten minutes.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-01-13
INSTALLATION OF
ODD FELLOWS
Hattiesburg n Camp No. 40 lnducted d
New Officials Into office Last
Night.

Last night at Odd Fellows Hall the
annual installation of officers of Hat
tiesburg Encampment took place, all
the new officials being present to take
the oath of office. Those installed
were as follows:
T. A. Palmer, chief patriarch ;Jno
Stevens, high priest; N. #. Sheehan
senior warden; Carl Herman, junior
warden; Otis Smith, treasurer;A A. F
James, scribe. Trustees, l.. Caplan
D. G. McGilvray, R. J. Oliver. Repre-
sentative to grand lodge, George F.
Maurer.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-01-13
The Present Law.

Code section 90 allows manufac'
turing corporations to hold lands not
exceeding 100000 in value, and Ii
is contended that there are several
syndicates, not only engaged in th>
lumber trade, but otter lines of man
ufacture, that would build immense
plants in this state if this limit was
made more liberal, all of which facts
were pre sentsd fer the Governors
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-01-13
TO AVOID LAWSUIT.
(By Associated PrPss.)

Brussels, Jan. 13.-The Royal fam
lily, with the exception Of Princess
Louise, daughter of the late King
Leopold, have arranged to do every
thing possible to avoid lawsuits and
scandal in connection with the distri
button of Leopold's2 fortune.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-01-13
BURGLARS MADE HAUL
(Bv Associated Press.)

Millbrook, N. j., Jan. 1S.-Sarah
Bramer, a nurse maid employed by
Mr.. and Mrs. Barnes Compton, of this
place, was strangled to, death this
morning by burglars, who robbed the
Compton mansion of jewelry valued
at ten thousand dollars.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-01-13
HoTEL MEN AS GUESTS,

New York. Jan. 1s.-Managers of all
the leading hotels Of the city will
occupy the role of guests at the Wal
dorf-As'oria tonight. with Manager
George c. Boldt as host, the occasion
being the sncusl dinner Of the New
York Hctsl Mems Association.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-01-13

consideration, and Secretary Pixler
has hopes of impressing him suffi-
ciently to induce him to make the de-
s'red recommendation to the leg,sta-
ture at the present session.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-01-13
Census Supervisors Are
Giuing Employment To
Colored Enumerators

supervisors not later than January
25th, and the appointments will be
made by January 31st. From the lists
then on file the. supervisorswill apply
the tests prescribed by the census bu-
reau. and organize their forces for
the work. -
Charles Banks. a well known negro
leader, Of Mound Bayou, has been
appointer special agent of the ceusus
for that section of the state, and in
an address to prospective enumera-
tors he urges them to make their
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-01-13
FIRE IN sosToN.
(By Associated PrcsS.)

Boston, Jan. 13.-The Boston Young
Mems Christian Association bui ding.
in the Back Bay district, was de-
stroyed by fire early to-day. The loss
viii exceed two hundred thousand dol
lars. $3.50
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-01-13
TO ACOPI INFO E
TAX Amendment
Amendment Was Presented in Cur.
rent Resolution Drafted ty sena-
tor Franklin.
Special to The Necs.

Special to The Netrs.
Jackson, Miss, Jan. 13.-If there
are any persons in Mississippi who
oppose the income tax proposition ii
is high time to get busy with first,
class lobby, for the legislature has
set about the task of adopting the
amended as proposed by congress
and thus far no obstacles have beer
encountered.
The amendment proposed was pre-
sented in concurrent resolution
drafted by Senator Franklin Of tn
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-01-13

- UceH BfvCH TO 'SocV~
/ passage in the senate.
nmended In Governor No
message. and, being
ratic doctrine, it is not
and opposition win d.
|ody composed exclusively
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-01-13

to oyster fishermen.
This is the nrst snit In this characs
ter that Mr.. Adams has i7stituted .
quite while. and his attorneys stst<
sthat they have sufficient evidence ~
On which to fesi reasonably sasn
cpnviction.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-01-13
Fourteenth Ballot.

Special to The Neics.
jackson, Jan. 13.-Because of the re-
ception during the evening by Cow
ernor and Mrs. Noel, the Democrats
[Continued on Page Ftve.A
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-01-13

washington. Jan. 1s.-r6 H.
Mexico and Arizona st tshop1 m
was completed to day BY ne han9
eunmistce on territories and ~ ~
dersd xpcorted. s''
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-01-13

Continued on Page Five.'
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1910-10-27
ROACH DENIES
EXTRAVAGANZA.
Secretary of State Shows That
Swanger Selected Office
Force.

Jefferson City, Mo-, Oct. 2O.-To-
pays Globe-Democrat contained a
criticism of the campaign handbook
issued by the Democratic State Com
mittee, concerning expenditures in
the various State departments. The
article in question undertakes to show
Democratic extravaganza, and among
other State officials, signals out Sec
rotary of Static Roach as a sinner
against retrenchment and reform.
Concerning this attack, Mr.. Roach
said:
THE number of employees in the
Secretary of States office is the same
as in the office of my predecessor,
Mr.. Swadger.
"ln November, 1903, when | had
learned was elected, | wrote to Mr..
Swanger, asking how many clerk
ships ! would have to appoint, and he
answered, saying ten clerks and two
stenographers. Later, | personally
inspected the department and the
work being done by each Of his ap-
pointees, and | found ten clerks and
two stenographers at work.
Before | was installed, Mr.. Swan
ger, in conference with the State
Auditor, drafted that portion of the
appropriation bill providing for the
clerk hire in this department. This
section of the appropriation bill, in
1909, as drafted by Mr.. Swanger and
the State Auditor, Sec. 4, page 26,
Laws Of Missouri 1909, appropriated
A2, 800 as the salary list Of the de-
partment for the present biennial
period.
'1n 1907 this section of the appro-
priation bill, Sec. 4, page 10, Laws of
Missouri, 1907, appropriated $42, 800
for the last biennial period Of Mr..
Swanger's term, this being the pay
ment made for the salaries of the Of
flee.
THE similarity in the figures
shows conclusively that the number
of employees is the same, as the law
fixes the annual salary paid to each.
Any accusation, therefore, that his
department has had any greater mum.
Der Of employees during the present
biennial period than it had under Mr..
Swanger is not borne out by the
money spent for clerk hire"
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1910-10-27
Hon. Charles A. Calvird For Cir.
cult Judge.

cult Judge.
From Henry county Democrat
Among the offices to be filled at
the November election is that of Cir
cult Judge; and the office and the
man who shall preside there is of
prime importance.
1t is the Circuit Judge who pro-
tects with impartiality the rights of
the citizen and the State and admins
tiers exact and equal justice between
man and man and between the Of
fender and society. This important
position is worthy of the ambition of
the wisest and ablest attorney; in
deed it calls for abilities of the high
est order.
The Democratic party is offering to
the people of this judicial district the
services of its candidate, Charles A.
Calvird, who in every way is fitted to
fill that responsible position, and
measures up to every requirement.
Mr.. Calvird is man mature in mind,
ripe in experience, has a keen ana
lytic mind, has been a thorough
student of the theory and principles
of the law and a practitioner at the
Henry county bar for many years.
By his associates he is universally
and cheerfully accorded a rank among
the very first. He will be worthy
successor to the many Democratic
iurists who have distinguished this
among the judicial circuits of the
State. To these qualities he adds
strong common sense, quick insight,
judicial temperament, love of JUS
tice, sympathy for the frailites of his
fellow man, honesty, integrity and
high moral character. He has achiev-
ed pronounced success in his profess
sion and has overcome many obsta-
cles by the force of his industry, fair
ness and manly conduct. He has
lived in Henry county for thirty
years. We have learned to honor
and respect the man for what he is
and for what he has accomplished.
Mr.. Calvird will not only receive
the united support Of his own party,
but large vote from his neighbors
and friends from the opposite political
faith, who will seek this method Of
testifying to the merit and worth Of
the man, as well as paying tribute
to his splendid qualifications for the
office to which he aspires.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1910-10-27
InconsIderate.

Lawyer Ito client)--It is an I'M.
heard-cf thing for you to murder an
old lady for the sake Of forty cents,
You didn't get enough even to pay
your lawyer.-Soleil.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1910-10-27
Hint to the Despondent.

Visit an old-fashioned graveyard
with Its graves overgrowD with weeds
and tombstones falling down, and yo,
will come back to town willing to give
life another trial
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1910-10-27
Career of David r. Francis i'm a
Nutshell.

Born Richmond, KY, October /, 1850
Came to st. Louis poor boy in. 1886
Graduate of Washington Univers-
Slty ......................l8 1870
Married Miss Jane Perry 1875
Established D. r. Francis G. Bro.
Commission Company. 1877
Elected president Merchants Ex-
change. ................. 1884
Elected Mayor of ST. Louis. E. 1885
Elected Governor of Missouri 1899
Secretary of Interior 1862
President Louisiana Purchase Ex-
position 1904
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1910-10-27

WANTED:-A good giri to do GEN
eral house work. Small family. Ap-
ply this office. lS-H
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1910-10-27
WELLMAN LANDS,
EAGER TO MAKE
ANOTHER FLIGHT.
AeroRauts, in New York, Say
America Taught Its Lesson
for Future Attempt.

iuE EutuhC Attttilpt.
New York, Oct. 24-Walter Well
man and his five companions were
landed here by the steamship Trent,
which picked them up at sea after
they had abandoned their dirigible
balloon America and failed in the first
attempt ever made to cross the
Atlantic through the air.
A bruised right hand which Well
man carried in sling was the only
physical injury that resulted from
their long voyage of approximately
800 miles, and a rescue the like of
which is unknown to all history.
None of the aeronauts expressed
regret for the loss of the America.
They agreed that it had served its
purpose and taught its lesson.
All stand ready to renew the at
tempt as soon as Wellman and his en-
gineers find way to conquer the diff
ficulties that brought their first trip
to its thrilling end Tuesday morning,
400 miles south of Sandy Hook.
Standing on the deck of the Trent
clad in the same suit of khaki he
wore when he andhiS crew launched
the America Saturday at Atlantic City,
Wellman made this statement:
I'VE thought we could not get
along without the equilibrator. Now
we find we could not get along with
1t. Our plans for the future are in
definite until we find something that
will do what we thought the equili-
orator would do"
The "equilibrator, to which Well
man attributes the failure of his voy-
age, was the series of tanks contain
ing gasoline which floated in the
water attached to the airship by a
long rope.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1910-10-27
To MIR. Rudyard kipling

Ho! Rudyard, smite yer bloomin'
Tyre
An sing for us another song.
The only thing wot we require
Is, you don't keep us waitin'
long,
We ear from others day by day,
An some is good-but what they
do
Amt got the swing O. 'Mandalay";
So won't you let us ear from
you?
OF late you 'aven'twrote norhyme,
An every poet-lovin' cuSs
Is Spendin more than 'alf lis time
A list'nin for you-same as us.
Walter S. Trumbull in Lippincott's.
The Detroit times., 1910-01-20

patrols a beat along the river front
through manufacturing and tough res
idcncC districts. His beat is a mile
and a half long. 1t would be impos'
sible 10 hear revolver shot from
the middle of his beat to either end,
In case he became involved in diff
Guilty and shot 10 summon help. And
IL is impossible for him to guard
against fires in any of the manufac-
turing plants along the way, where
thousands OF dollars worth of prop
erty may depend upon the beat being
properly patroled.
Out In the north end residence sec.
ton there are people who never SEE
or hear of a policeman in their neigh
borhood.
Even in the downtown district beats
are heightened. and frequently "dou
bled" in order to patch up the va
cancy left by the drain for special
duty on the traffic squad Then, IN
addition TO that, came the futile "l5O
squad"
The thieves, burglars and profes
sional sneaks. know just as much
about the police beats as the commits
sioner does II is their business
They know where a beat is length
ened, they know of their chances, FOL
and against interference by the police
Ry lengthening beats Police Cpm9ss
sioner Croul may fool the public, and
fool the police themselves, but he
can't fool the crooks. A city with
doubled or tripled s"beats'' is a mark
for every "yeggman," porch-climber
and jimmy-man in the country. Theirs
is a Free Masonry of helpful hints to
one another.
The Detroit times., 1910-01-20
NO ACTION AGAINST MARSHA.
Case Was Not Brought Before the
Grand Jury.


Walter 8. Harsha. former United
States circuit court clerk, will not
have to defend any criminal proceed.
ings In connection with the shortage
of $4,000 or more, which the govern.
ment claims, I'm it's civil suit, was
found In his funds at the time of his
resignation. His name was not
among those indicted by the federal
grand jury which brought In its re-
port, wednesday morning, and Dis
trict Attorney Watson declares that
no indictment was asked.
The federal statute of limitations
bars prosecution Of persons when
three years or more have expired az
ter the alleged commission Of any
criminal act. The government can
not prove anything against Harsha
within three years.
The list OF indictments contains q
great many bills against petty of
tenders. John Neafer, alias II. A
Shannon, Is accused Of impersonatinG
naval officer; Albert E. Bradley
Harry V. Martin, Max Holmes and
John F. Wilson, are each separately
charged with using the malls In con
nection with schemes to defraud; Dan
Etherington, Guy McEnteer, Frank
Wilbur and George CoDp are accused
of conspiring to aid. in smuggling
Chinese: wilhelm Danneil Is accused
OF writing scurrilous postal card
Charles Ellair, Willis L. Hathaway
Charles +. Dederick and Ford Demine
of Jackson, are all accused OF steal
ing from the mails: John +. Burns
Jr., Is accused OF breaking into the
postoffee in Loomis.
There were 10 indictments in this
southern district and three in the
northern.