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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-09-26

Gates of the conservation policy In
augurated by Col. Roosevelt will de-
fend the movement, while Senator
Borah and other leadinng opponents OF
the measures will also address the con-
gress. 1t is likely that bitter fight
will result and it is possible that the
gress may split.
The bills which the mining men
most violently oppose provide that the
remaining coal lands shall be leased
by the federal government, a part only
of the proceeds to be paid over to the
states in which the lands are located,
and that the development Of water
power shall be controlled by the gen.
eral government 1t is asserted Dy
some that this will be death blow
to the mining industry.
Reports will be presented to the con-
gress by the committee which has
been investigating the standardiz4tion
of electrical equipment in,s.. PIN
ing and the committee Lax
gated the effect of the NJ !
Service regulations upQi y
Colorado. Mts.'
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-09-26
mining men OPPOSE
CONSERVATION PLAN

Los Angeles, CAL, Sept. 26.-Oppo-
sition to certain phases of the conser-
walton program Of the government is
likely to develop during the conven-
tion opened here today by the Ameri-
can Mining Congress. Leading mining
men allege that the conservation
measures known as senate bills Nos.
54S4 and 54S6 to 5492, inclusive, will,
If adopted, become a serious menace
to the mining industry of the west. 1t
Is likely that the conservation move
ment will receive large share of the
attention of the congress. Leading
mining men from all over the United
states and from Mexico, Canada and
Alaska are in attendance at the ses-
sions, which will continue throughout
the week.
n Pinchot and other prominent advo-
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-09-26
MANY APPLICANTS
FOR SITUATIONS
Places of Local Strikers Have Been
Filled by Hattiesburg Men-CIerks
Believe Railroad Company Will Come
to TaW.

Notwithstanding the fact that the
places of all the men who went out
on strike at the freight office of
the New Orleans and Northeastern
railroad Saturday morning have been
supplied with new Clerks, members
Of the Order of Railroad Clerks are
confident that the railroad company
will finally agree to their terms and
reinstate them.
A visit to the freight office this
morning revealed the fact that the
places of all the strikers have been
supplied, the new men, without a sim
gle exception, being residents of Hat
tiesburg. Agent Singleton stated that
he had been run over with applica-
tions for positions, and now has per-
haps fifteen letters from different
men who want to go to work here.
According to Mr.. Singleton, the
bushes Of the office is being trans
acted smoothly and in a manner en-
tirely satisfactorily to the public, and
so far no complaints have been heard.
While the men who have been employ
ed to take the places of the strikers
are inexperienced in railroad work,
two experienced men have been en-
gagged and are expected to report for
duty today.
This state of affairs does not, ap-
parentl. disturb the brotherhood men.
They believe that the confusion which
they think will naturally result as
consequence of breaking in a new
force of clerks will hamper the rail-
roads business to the extent that the
public will be dissatisfied and demand
better service, which will induce the
railroad officials to come to terms.
They claim that the terms of the
contract which they submitted at the
New Orleans conference were not un-
reasonable, and between that a CON-
parison between the service rendered
by them and that a green force VIII
convince the officials that they are en-
titled to more generous treatment
than has been accorded them.
Apparently the strikers here are
taking things easy. They say that
the order has ample funds to take care
of the situation and prolong the strike
indefinitely if such should be necessa-
ry, and while their feeling toward the
railroad and its officials are the best,
they nevertheless think they are en-
titled to what they have asked for and
will hold out for their original de-
mands.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-09-26
HUB DONALD. SAYS
HE IS NOT GUILTY
Man Whom Humphries Implicated in
Richton Robbery Says He Can
Prove an Alab.

The News is in receipt of a letter
from Hub Donald, one of the men
whom Leslie Humphries implicated in
the robbery of the Waller drug store
at Richton, in which he states that he
had nothing whatever to do with the
robbery.
Donald AYERS that he was not within
sixty miles of Richton at the time the
robbery was committed, and claims
that he can prove the truthfulness OF
this statement.
According to Deputy Sheriff Rawls
Donald protested his innocence at the
time of his arrest, and denied Hum
phrey's statement in toto.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-09-26
BURGLAR SHOT DOWN
WHILE AT HIS WORK

Mobile, Ala, Sept. 26-While at
tempting to burglarize the store of j.
j. Hauser on Telegraph Road, about
three and half miles from the city,
Will Harris, a negro, was shot down
and so badly wounded that it is be-
lieved he will die.
Hearing noise at the window Of
the store, Henry Saunders, watch
man opened the door to investigate,
whereupon Harris opened fire on
Saunders with revolver, but missed,
his weapon swapping twice. Saun-
ders then leveled a double-barreled
shotgun at the burglar and fired, the
load taking effect in the body.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-09-26
BANKERS WILL TOUR
The WESTERN STATES
(sy Union Associated Press.) }

New York, Sept ga party of 400
bankers, their families and friends
from New York and eastern and south
eastern states, leave today on a spe-
cial train de luxe TO ra tour of the
West. Billions of dollars are controll-
ed by the financiers composing the
party. The excursionists will attend
the convention of the National Bank
esr' Association at Los Angeles from
Oct. to 10, and will also visit the
Grand Canyon, the North Pacific coast
and the Canadian Rockies. The trip
was arranged by the New York state
association with the cooperation Of
the associations of Virginia, West Vir-
ginia, Massachusetts,, North Carolina
and South Carolina.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-09-26
The Kentucky Normal.

The Western Kentucky Normal is a
splendid example of the more recent
success of these state normal schools.
In 1907 the State of Kentucky estab-
lished two normal schools, one for the
eastern division of the state at Rich
mond, and one for the western divis-
ion at Bowling Green. The citizens OF
the two towns donated the grounds
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-09-26
What Normal Schools Haze
Done For Other Sections

and buildings, but the stat e donated
$3.50, 900, at each location for improve
ments, and an annual maintenance of
$50, 900, for each school. The attend
ance at the Western school the first
year was 1854, and the second year
1,4O0, and this despite the fact that
pupils from the western division of
the state alone were admitted to this
school.
The Weston State Normal of Bowl
ing Green, Ky, had during the first
twelve months of its history ten regu
lar members of the faculty. 1t enroll
ed one thousand eighty-four regular
Normal students and one hundred f1f-
ty-eight Model School pupils during
the first eleven months. The last Cen
eral Assembly appropriated $4,000 for
improvement of buildings, equipment,
etc., and made an annual appropria-
ton of $4,000 for maintenance. The
present grounds and buildings were
donated by the people of Bowling
Green. Counting the annual appro-
priation, tuition receipts and the S5,-
900 appropriated for improvement, the
cost per student in the Normal was
less than $23. The annual cost per
student in most of the Normal Schools
of the different States ranges from $50
m s1qS s.a...
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-09-26

speakers including the Postmaster Gen
eral and his first, second and fourth
assistants; Gen. John Black, president
of the United States Civil Service
Commission; Royal E. Cabell, United
States Commissioner of Internal Reve-
nue., and others prominent in the SER
vice of the government.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-09-26

Committee on Conveyances and Trans
portation.
w. R. Hardy, chairman; Judge Paul
B. Johnson, Geo. F. fairfield, H. o.
White, Dan Currie, Alex Currie, Judge
w. H. Cook, R. R. Swittenberg, John
S. Turner, Jr., Duncan Draughn, Chas.
A. O'Ferrall, Ben NJ. Thompson, DR.. j.
D. Donald, Geo. L. Pace.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-09-26
Relief Committee.

DR.. C. w. Bufkin, chairman; Drs. W.
w. Crawford, T. E. Ross, E. Dill, Ste
vens, P. A. Carter, l. H. c. Cook, s. S.
Turner, W. R. Thames, H. L. McKin-
non, F. Summers, E. L. Summers.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-09-26
CENSUS BUREAU REPORT
IN SUPPLY OF coTToN.
(By Associated PreSs.)

Washington, Sept. 26.-Census Bu-
reau's report on the supply of cotton. is
sued today estimates that there are H.
9S5,95S running bales, with 1,4S3, 5s5
in stocks, 10,35O97s in ginnings and
151,995 in imports.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-09-26
. Amusements and Entertainment.

T. S. Cotton, chairman; c. 2. Ste
vens, T. S. Jackson, Herman Katz, R.
r.. Akers, E. A. Kernaghan, Spivey
McWilliams. Walter Hall.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-09-26
Committee on Homes.for Veterans.

Mrs. D. B. Holmes, chairman, First
Ward, Mesdames T. S. Jackson, D. B.
Holmes; Second Ward-Mesdames T.
E. Ross, Sarah Glenn; Third Ward
Mrs. A. McGregor and Miss Annie Gay.
Fourth Ward-Mesdames J. r. Child,
Archie Farley.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-09-26
In Illinois

In 19O4-05 the NQrfhern Illinois
State Normal School. y Dekalb, en-
rolled two thousand thirty-six students
1t had twelve thousand Tolnmes in its
library, and it's buildin grounds ant
equipment were estima<e 70 ID worth
$400, 900. The writer is1f erned that
CONTINUED on psC SID
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-09-26
Program.

Capt. ]. P. Carter, Mrs. D. B. Holmes,
w. P. Chambers, Mrs. A. McGregori
DR.. w. A. Charping, ]. P. Pace, M. L.
Bixler.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-09-26
Committee on Automobiles.

DR.. f. F. Rush, chairman; Jno. Tur-
ner. Jr.. A. E. bennington, w. E. Bobo,
Judge N. c. Hill, A. S. Herlong.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-09-26
information Bureau.

Headquarters, Hays & Fied's drug
store A member of the U. D. G. will
be in chsrge here from z a. m. to 6 p.
m. anS Ie Of the Sons Of Veterans
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-09-26
Finance Committee.

Chairman, R. c. Hauenstein; w. NJ.
Conner, NJ. G. Field, F. L. Matthews,
w. R. Hardy, c. G. O'Ferrall, M. L.
Bixler.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-09-26
Sanitation and PubIic@ comfort.

DR.. J. D. Donald, H. C. Greer, r. c,
Mckenzie, owen Reedy, R. A. Cam
eron.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-09-26
Press Committee.

c. c. Johnson, chairman; ]. A.
Myer, F. D. Lander, Sr, N. R. McCul-
Tough. ...-.>- -, tsre
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-09-26
Decorations.

w. P. Chambers, chairman; NJ. L
Bixler: c. Z. Stevens, electric lights.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-09-26
Indiana Normal.

In 1904-O5 the Indiana State ~
School, at Terre Haute, had fort
members in its faculty. one tho1
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-09-26
will be on duty from p. m. to II p.

VIII De Oh uuty IIUIH p. III 20 = p
m.
Arbuckle & Co., professional decora-
tors from Memphis, Tenn, will be here
on October 4th to arrange for decorat-
ing any building. Any one wanting
decorating can call up Mr. nj. L. Blk
Ter for information. Any names left
with Mr.. Bixler win be reported to the
decorations.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-09-26

To Solicit for Decorations of Homes
and Stores.
Mrs. ]. R. Child, chairman; Misses
Mary Anna Allen, Annie Margaret
Draughn, Annie Carter, Minnie Higr
tower, Mabel Greer, Margaret McWil-
liams. Hattie McKinstry, Lessie Reid,
Ruby Pittman.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-09-26
HENEWS

Gives the news, general, STATE
and local. Give the circulation
man your subscription.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-09-26
THE NEWS

Leading Paper of South Miss
osIppi. always brings results
to Advertisers.
The Colorado statesman., 1910-09-24
Openings For Physicians.

Kansas City, Mo-, sept. 13.-
In no city in the United States
where the Negro question is dis
cussed from a social and economic
stand point have such excellent
provisions been made for the Ne
gro contingency. October l will
witness the opening of a $5OO,OOO
hospital in the heart of Kansas
City for white patients, known as
the General Hospital. The old
City Hospital comprising two hun
dred beds has been remodeled and
it will be used exclusively for Ne
groes, the hospital board having
spent $4,000 for sanitary and 9th.
er necessary Improvements.
A staff of Negro physicians and
surgeons will alternate with some
of the best known white physicians
ana surgeons. -Four internes from
good medical schools and eight
young ladies with at least a high
school education will be given ser
vice.
AS for sanitary conditions,
equipment and location, it will
compare fayorabiy with any hospi-
tai in the country. DIR. T. @. Un-
thank is receiving applications
from young physicians and nurse
apprentices all over the country.
A bath house and play ground
to be used exclusively for Negroes
is being erected on Forest Square.
1t will be in charge of Negro Off
cials appointed by the city admin
istration. Since the city adopted
the civil service rule, the Negroes
have demanded substantial things
that are credit to any race of
people any where. These things
are the direct result of the very
intelligent political leadership of
Lawyer w. Clarence Hueston and
DIR. II. @. Unthank.
The Colorado statesman., 1910-09-24

Let me add, in conclusion, that dur
ing all the years | have known Bert
Williams | have never heard him
whine or cry about his color, or about
any racial discrimination. He has
gone right on, in season and out OF
season, doing his job, perfecting him
self in his work, till he has reached
the top round in his specially.
A few years ago. George Walker.
his partner, lost his health and for a
number of years has been unable to
do any work on the stage. The finer
side of Mr.. Williams life is shown by
the fact that during all Mr.. Walkers
illness Mr.. Williams has contributed
regularly toward his support and has
left nothing undone to make Mr. Walk
er comfortable and happy.
Bert Williams is tremendous asset
of the Negro race. He is an asset be-
cause he has succeeded in actually do
ing something, and. because he has
succeeded, the fact of his success
helps the Negro many times more than
he could help the Negro by merely
contenting himself to whine and COM
plain about racial difficulties and ra-
cial determinations. The fact is that
the American people are ready to
honor and to reward any man who
does something that is worth while.
no matter whether he is black or
white, and Bert Williams career is
simply another illustration of that
fact.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON.
American Magazine.
The Colorado statesman., 1910-09-24
NEGRO SCHOOLS

Beverly, Mass, August 90
President Taft attended at the
home of Mrs. Robert E. Bradley,
at Prides Crossing, this afternoon,
a meeting of the Board of Trustees
of Hampton Institute and deliver
ed an address on Negro education.
The President especially plead
ed for more liberal financial assis-
tance for schools like Hampton
and Tuskegee and their offspring.
In his address to the Hampton
Trustees President Taft said:
81 am not a millionaire, and [
have never had the feeling of one,
but some time ones imagination
takes life and vou wonder what
you would do if you had an income
of S., 100000 or $1O,OOO,OOO year
and had the ordinary feelings of a
man who wished to help his fellow
men. 1t seems to me that one
would like first to find those things
to which he could be certain he
might give his money and geta re-
turn of good to human kind, and
in looking about l am very sure
that he could not find a place in
which he could, for the benefit of
human kind, invest his money
with more certainty of returns
than in Hampton Institute.
Education is the solution of
the race question when is is direc-
ted toward giving the Negro a
self respect and belief in the
dignity of labor.
The Colorado statesman., 1910-09-24

Charleston, S. c., September Ii.
The Hospital and Training
School for colored nurses on Can
non street, located in this city, is
in thriving and prosperous con-
Idition. Many patients from the
city and outside are received ev-
cry week, and the wards are usual
ly ina crowded condition. Six
women have been received in the
nurse training department since
the graduation exercises in June,
and many applicants are now
waiting for admittance as soon as
vacancies occur. An effort will
be made in the near future to
build nurses dormitory to pro-
vide for larger accommodations
for additional students. The ac-
commodations now are inadequate
for the taking in Of any more
nurse pupils at present. A fair
will be given in the near future to
create fund to commence this
building.
The Colorado statesman., 1910-09-24
Louisiana Governor Declares God
Made Differences in Races.

New Orleans, Sept. 9.-On Sept
6, declaring that there is a differ
ence marked by God between Ne
groes and whites Gov. j. Y. San
ders created a mild sensation in
his Labor Day address last night
before 5000 persons. Someone in
the throng shouted to the Cover
nor asking about the recent Com
pulsory Education bill that was
passed by the last Louisiana Leg
islature in the face of powerful
opposition. "I have stated time
and again." replied Governor San
ders, "that if we could have COM
pulsory education for whites alone
l would not be opposed to it, but
l am certainly opposed to taxing
your pocket and my pocket to edu-
cate the black man. 81 believe
there is d difference marked by
God between the white and the
black man, and | do not believe
so-called higher education is good
for the Negro, and, except indus.
trially, am opposed to it."
The Colorado statesman., 1910-09-24

Pittsburg, Pa, Sept. 13.-Chas
W. Peters, of 3013 Grant Boule-
ward, has built a biplane which he
has on exhibition at the corner of
Francis street and Centre avenue
that is causing people from all
parts of the city to view with pride
and admiration. Mr.. Peters says
his machine will prove wonders in
aviation and will rival the best eff
forts of the greatest aviators. The
machine is % feet long and 23
feet deep. 1t carries propeller,
two main planes, each % by 8 feet,
and front lifting plane. He has
constructed horizontal and ver-
ticle rudder and claims to have
made discoveries never before
made by any of the worlds avia-
tors, Three weeks ago Peters
made a fight from the top of a
hill on Francis street. He used
the main plane and with the assis-
The Colorado statesman., 1910-09-24
GREATEST
COMEDIAN
Booker T. Washington calls Bert Williams IA tremen-
dous asset of the Negro Race" He earns from
$4,000 to $4,000 year.

Providence, Nassau, in the British
Bahama Islands. and is now thirty
five years of age. His grandfather
was white man, the Danish and
Spanish Consul for the Bahama Is
lands, who married quadroon. His
grandfather, who owned number of
small ships, made considerable money
during the Civil War, which he lost
later IN investments in the United
States. When he was two years old,
father, came to New York. Here he
learned the trade of papier-mache
maker, and this brought him into con-
nection with the New York theatres.
ance with the theatre when he was i
boy.
From New York his father moved
to Riverside, California, and Bert
Williams. later graduating at the
Riverside High schol, went to San
Francisco, with the idea of preparing
there for college. His purpose was to
be a civil engineer. He was for time
bell boy at the Hollenbeck Hotel in
Los Angeles and went to school at
night.
At this time, Williams says, he was
"a great almanac man." He was the
young man who always read, remem-
bered and related the latest jokes, and
he was always popular at the enter
tanments that the colored people
were accustomed to give at the
churches and elsewhere.
One day a colored man named Lew
Johnson, who kept a barber shop in
San Francisco, asked Bert Williams
if he did not want to join little COM
pany that he intended to take up
along the coast to play the lumber
camps, between San Francisco and
Eureka, and then come back by way OF
the mining camps at the western edge
of the, mountains. That was the way
Bert Williams gained his entrance to
the stage. After his return from this
Trip ne WeuI W WI n III "
theatre, in San Francisco. 1t wasn't
very high-class theatre, but 1t was
great school for him, and Mr.. Will
liams SAYS he learned his profession
there.
Starting in this humble way, as
member of a little mountebank min
strel show, Mr.. Williams has gone on
quietly, modestly gaining the goodwill
of the public and the respect of his
associates, until he now has a secure
and established position in public IA
vor.
Perhaps l ought to mention one IN
cident in that career. In 1908, when
the Williams and Walker Company
were playing at the Shaftespury
theatre in London, England, Mr.. VIII
liams was invited to attend a lawn
party at Buckingham palace to enter
tain the guests at birthday party OF
the present Prince of Wales, grand
son of the late King Edward VII.
There he succeeded in making himself
great favorite with the little prince,
and princes, who were anxious, espe-
cially. that he should teach them all
his dances.
The Colorado statesman., 1910-09-24

Washington, D. c., Sept 14.-It
has been discovered by DIR. E. E..
Just, colored professor of biology
at Howard University, that buried
in the head of each butterfish are
thousands of embryo tapeworms.
DR.. Just further states that butter
fish are infected with these para
sites through association with the
hammer-head shark. The atten-
ton of the health department has
been directed to the matter, and
j. 9. Haley, food inspector of the
District, has been making some
observations. The result of his
investigations cannot be determin-
ed, but Mr.. Haley affirms DR..
Just's statement, and declares that
fully 80 per cent. of butterfish are
SO infected. Butterfish are caught
in large quantities in the warm
waters of tie gulf stream and off
the coast of the Southern States.
They are highly priced as food,
and while the supply sent to Wash
ington is small compared to the
total amount of fish sent to this
city, they are abundant. This dis
covery by Professor Just, who is
yet but a young man, is regarded
here as highly important, and at
the same time a tribute to his
ability as learned biologist.
The Colorado statesman., 1910-09-24

A movement is on foot among
the Baltimore admirers of the late
Joe Cans, former lightweight
champion of the world, to have a
life size bust of the dead champion
made and esen.ed to his widow.
The bust will be made from his
death mask and will be unveiled
at Cans GoIdfield hotel, at Balti-
more, on tine dead champions
birthday, which occurs on Friday,
Nov. 25.
The Colorado statesman., 1910-09-24

The Colored Fair Association
of Aiken, S. O., and the adjoining
counties has been commissioned
to organize with capital stock of
$4,000. F. A. Peters of Granite
vile, Alex Williams of Aiken, and
r. B. Mabrey of Langley, repre-.
sentative Negro citizens are the
petitioners.
The Colorado statesman., 1910-09-24

New Orleans, Sept. 14.-The
largest gathering of Negroes ever
held iu the city of New Orleans.
met today when the president, DR..
E. @. Morris of Helena, Ark. call
ed to order about 1000 delegates
to the national convention of Ne
gro Baptists, Governor Sanders
and Mayor Behrman delivered ad-
dresses of welcome.