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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-10-26
FOUR JOHNS0NS ARE
ARRESTED FOR MURDER

West Point, Miss, Oct 26.-With
Bascomb Johnson and his three sons,
Walter, William and John, in custody,
Sheriff Deans arrived here Monday
from Christine, Texas, where the quar-
tette were put under arrest as the re-
suit of indictments returned at the last
session of the grand jury here, charg-
ing them with being responsible for
the death of ]. w. Valentine, on the
night of February II, 1910.
Bad blood, it is said, had existed be-
tween the Valentines and the John,
sons for long while. On the night of
the killing Valentine was returning
from the Griffin neighborhood, fifteen
miles away, to West Point.
Within few miles of the town he
was overtaken by the Johnsons, it is
asserted. and carried back by force,
ostensibly for trial for some real or
fancied trespass. Valentine was never
again seen alive, and just what took
place that night has not and may
never be told. A heavy rain wiped
out all tracks. The next day the body
of Valentine was found in a cotton
field near well-traveled road. several
miles further away, but bearing no
especial marks of violence.
The Johnsons were arrested and
fined for false arrest, paying $3.50 each
but were not held for murder, for
lack of evidence. They were. how
ever, indicted later by the grand jury.
Habeas corpus proceedings will be
gin Tuesday, November l. All parties
are prominent, and much interest is
centered in the outcome of the first
hearing. Before their indictment the
Johnsonsl moved away to Christine,
Texas. where they were arrested.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-10-26
TERRIBLE STRAIN
RESULTED NOT AMISs
A Lenc!r Lady. After Two Weeks
Grinding Labor, Feels
Better Than Ever.

Lenoir, N. CD am not tired at all,
and am Stouter than | have ever been,"
writes Mrs. Kate Waters, of Lenoir, N. c.,
although have just finished two
weeks wash. ! lay my strength to
Cardui, the wonan'c tonic. have taken
lot of it and can never praise II
enough for what it has done for me. !
IN never thank you enough for the adj
yice You gaze me. TO take Cardui, tcl
since taking it | look so we'll and am
stout as a mite"
You are urged TO take Cardui, that gen.
&c, vegetable tonic, for weak women. lis
use will strengthen and build up your sys-
Ism, relieve Or prevent headache, back
ache and the ailments of weak women.
1t will surely help you, as ithas helped
thousands of others, in the past SO years.
~ B.-Wnite to: Ladies' Advisory Dept, chatta-
noosl Medicine Co. Ciiattanooga, Tenn for Special
M .rfctors, and 64-paee book. Home Treatment
lo' Women. sent IN plain wrapper. on request
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-10-26
AFFIDAVITS AGAINST
MONROE, La, BANKERS

Monroe, La, Oct, 26.-Considerable
of a sensation has been created here
by the swearing out of affdavits by
State Bank Examiner William l..
Young against the officers and direc-
tors of the Bank of Monroe. d.
One affidavit was sworn to by Mr..
Young against J. c. Theus, president,
and ]. j. Jordan, cashier, charging
them under act SIT of the revised stat
utes with making a false statement
to the state bank examiner as to the
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-10-26
NEWSY GOSSIP FOR
LOCAL BALLOON
Baseball Affairs In Good Shape And
Good Team is Assured For The
Coming Season.

Another meeting of the board of
directors of the Hattiesburg baseball
association was held last night, and
matters of Importance and interest
to local fandom were discussed. The
meeting was well attended, and as on
former similar occasion, much enthu-
siasm was evidenced by those present.
The most important matter dis
cussed was the meeting of the league
to be held in Jackson next Saturday,
at which time the Cotton States Cir
cult will be mapped out, salary limits
fixed and a general understanding had
between the different associations, the
players and the league. j. S. Love
and Paul Edmiston will represent Hat
tiesburg at the meeting.
The present outlook for baseball in
Hattiesburg next season is most graf
flying, and all signs point to a sue
cessful season so far as Hattiesburg
is concerned. In this connection the
following from the Commercially
peal will be of interest to local fans:
Place For Budding PeIicans.
With the announcement that Eu-
gene Demontreville has been offered
the management of Hattiesburg in the
Cotton States there come two angles
the passing of one of the brainiest
ball players that ever lived and the
evident fact that New orleans is ar
ranging an incubator for the Pelicans
Frank has always been good to Gene
in that he gave him his release as
free agent each season for the past
couple of years in order to let him
frame things up himself The Wash
ingtonian's days as a Glass A player
has past, but with that wonderful base
ball intuition he would be a valuable
man at the head of a nearby club,
and Demontreville would be a won
derful asset to Frank, who apparently
ihIOhuo uoih5 iiotIiCopulS ~
in spot for unripe Pelicans and an
incubator for future birds. Frank, as
rule, prefers major league players
who are sent back for seasoning. He
goes on the principle that there is
little to be gained developing players
at the expense of his clubs percent
age only to have them grabbed by the
majors when of most value to the
club. whats the USE" he said some
years ago, "of taking up some green
youngsters and having him lose lots
of games for you before he gets ripe.
Then when he gets good enough to win
games along comes some big league
and grabs him.
DemontrevilIe is really part of the
Frank system. He will go to Hatties-
burg, take charge. Frank will send
up a few unripe Pelicans, Gene will
break them in, and then, when they
are polished, give the word and they
will go back But, remember, if De-
montrevilIe takes the Piners watch
out for fast ball club in the Cotton
States.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-10-26
list OF WINNERS AT
WINSTON COUNTY FAIR

Louisville, Miss, Oct. 26.-The Win
eton county fair, which closed a few
lays ago, was a great success, and the
managers are so gratified that next
year it will be conducted on a larger
scale. Following are several of the
awards:
Best brood mare with colt: first
prize, $3.50, w. A. Strong; best har-
ness horse, any age, $3.50, won by w.
A. Strong; best horse colt. under two
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-10-26
THOUSANDS HOMELESS
and MANY ARE DEAD

Naples, Oct. 26.-King Victor Eman-
uel arrived unannounced today. The
known deaths from the tidal wave,
cyclone and eruptions of Mount Vesu-
vius and Mount Epomeo, total 1879.
Thousands are homeless. Movements
of supplies are difficult because of
the roads being washed out.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-10-26
CLUB WILL give A
BOOSTERS BANQUET

Pascagoula, Miss, Oct. 26.-The
Commercial Club of Pascagoula will
give boosters banquet on Thursday
November 10, 1910, at which there will
be a number of speakers from this
place and several from abroad. This
was decided on by special commit
tee.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-10-26
Organize Wheat Club.

The farmers Of Lucedale have Or
ganized Wheat Club. They will
plant s. acres in wheat this fall as an
experiment. If this proves to be a
success they will plant wheat on an
enlarged scale next spring.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-10-26
Firemen Will Give Ball.

Pascagoula Fire Co.. No. l will give
its annual ball on October 9th. This
occasion will celebrate the 9th ami
versary of the organization.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-10-26

FOR SALE-Saw mill complete, rs M.
feet daily capacity on railway with
3 million feet very fine virgin long
leaf yellow pine timber. Ten mill
ion feet of same kind and quality
joining that can be bought. If YOU
want something good and have S..
100000 or more cash to invest, let
us hear from YOU. Don't write I'm.
less you lave the cash Plats and
full informatjoiI furhished on appIi.
catid1 y 9nr6hasers. Agents need
no e)I1 Address Saw Mill Bar.
this paper. 19-tf
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-10-26

FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE-Wha
ever the article, you will reach
prospective buyer through the col.
umns of Tue News. If
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-10-26

FOR SALE-Several loads barnyard
fertilizer. No sawdust or shavings.
Either phone No. 81, sol Court
street. 24-6t
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-10-26

NOTICE-For first-class, cleaning and
pressing call HATTIESBURG
PRESSING CLUB and the wagon
Will call and get, your clothes back
the same day. Our work guaran
teed. Phones-Cumb. rs; Home
25S. 25.6t
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-10-26

sTRAYED-Large gray horse weigb
ABOUT LOO pounds, 10 years old.
peen gone ten days; white mouth
and nose. $40 reward for rot,,a1
to e. s. GEORGE, corner Main and
buschman streets, Hattieshuro
Home phone $40. go.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-10-26

WANTED-POsition with good drug
store. IL years experience, Al
references. Address druggist"
care The News. 25-eod-4t
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1910-11-17
MIND CONTROLLED BY EYE
utica Doctors Say Lef..Handed Per
sons Are Such Because Eyes
Demand IT,

Every human being has dom
inant eye" and failure to recognize
this fact has caused the race untold
misery. say DR.. George NJ. Gould and
DIR. A. c. Durand of Utica, after a
study of hundreds of cases In their
clinics
The great superstition of the evil
eye" they assert, has arisen through
instructive appreciation of the fact
of the dominance of one eye over the
other and over the mind and body of
the possessor.
Right -handedness and lefthanded-
ness, say these two investigators,
arise in the first year or two OF life,
and are caused by the dominance. re
spectively, of the right or left eye In
relatively 80 per cent. Of infants the
right eye is the dominant or easier
seeing eye and In per cent. II is
the left.
The attempt to change the estab-
fishing habit Of left-tandedness In
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1910-11-17

/ child inevitably produces diseases of
many kinds, awkwardness, liability to
accidents. incapacitates, and it handi-
caps in all the subsequent life. 1t
seriously lessons the validity OF the
person in the struggle for existence.
Gould and Durand unite in saying
also that the public school law of
New York city which forbids left
handed child to write with the left
hand should be repealed II is not
the hand, but the eye that is wrong,
and back of the eye is the brain, all
of whose functions are disturbed by
any change in the use of the hand
Many strange instances of the eff
feet of interfering with the dom
inant" eye are given by Gould and
his fellow worker.
A girl of twelve was lefthanded,
but was compelled to write with the
right hand The result was that soon
she began to reverse words having
similar letters or sounds, saying
was" for saw" and "on" for mo"
and of" for for" etc She fell into
suffering and stammering.
Four years later she came under
the observation of Professor Gould.
He nut her to writing with her left
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1910-11-17
Supreme Test.

y thought sou SAID this blfhing
suit was n las, colers said Riuss
Indignantly 70 the bathing master OF
Whom be had bought his dollar suit
than morning
Yes Oats what | said returned
the bathing master
Wen, every blessed stripe on the
blooming ihins has come off ON my
ha, ~ retorted Binhs
An but waii nnfli yon try TO re;
en- off your hack" smil-a tho bath
iug MASTER snavelv Then Noun
sec p llarpsr's Weokly
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1910-11-17
How's This?

". o.er one Hundred Dollars Reward for any
..ss ot tatarrh that cannot be cured BY Hans
eA's''' FIJI CHENEY 4 Co. Toledo. O.
". I'M. undersigned. have known +. j. Cheney
,,r ma asst Is years and believe him perfectly hon-
ara5ie in Ill business transactions and financially
Ans Ia carry on, any Obligations made by his firm.
49, " WAipINo. kINNAN 4 MARVIN.
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O.
Mars Cstarrh Cure is taken internally. acting
syse,n testimonials sent free. Price rs cents PEI
b4-tle Sold by all Druggists
axe Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1910-11-17
rRy MURINE EYE eeMepY

for Red. Weak, Weary. Watery Eyes
and Granulated Eyelids. Murine Doesn't
Smart Soothes Eye Pain. Druggists
Sell Murine Eye Remedy. Liquid. 25c,
soc sl.0o. Murine Eye Salve in
Aseptic Tubes. 25c. $1.O0. Eye Books
and Eye Advice Free by Mail.
Murine Eye Remedy Co, Chicago.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1910-11-17

murder. What happened after his re.
lease was told by his old soheolntatt
as follows.
I'm the following summer Mrs
Curran sent her little cipht or nine
ycar-old girl out for sou4e thread
Pomeroy $ mother kept sln;tll
stcre) The little girl Katie never
came back. She disappeared like a
Whit of cigar smoke in a stormy mia
Atlantic. Her mother MS frantic
with grief Everybody became a de-
tective. The months rolled away one
rainy day little deafmute pulled al
roliccman's coat. and by signs in,
dicated that he wished The policeman.
70 so along with him. which he did
Murderer Appreciated
They went out OF the highways
and byways until they came to tie
Dorchester marshes, which were as
gloomy in those days as the marshes
of Abel Magwitch and Pip The lit
Tie fellow was In a terrible state of
excitement. and soon the officer was
when they came to murdered and niu
tilated little Horace MILAN. lying in
the mud and grass. They carried the
body to the station house. and then
had plaster of paris casts taken of
the footprints in the mud near where
the boys body was found They then
went to Mrs. Pomcroys house. Jesse
WAS in bed
Ills shoes exactly fitted The casts
He was arrested While he was In
Jail his mother moved away from the
old home on Broadway for obvious
reasons Then the house WAS torn
down to make room for better one
While the workmen Mere digging in
Y he cellar they uncarthed the little
corpse of Katie Curran Then Jesse
confessed that he had murdered her
and little MILAN.
She had como into the store for
the thread her mother had sent her
for. Jesse was alone in the store
He told her to go back and get it
to turn to the right
Fate Of Little Victim.
In the meantime he had turned
the key in the front door. leading to
the street. returned, followed the lit.
Tie girl, and as she started back from
the Getaway he sprang upon her,
pushed her down the cellar stairs,
mutilated, then Killed her Tie then
dug a grave in the cellar, buried her,
came upstairs, washed his hands and
face, unlocked the front door had his
dinner, and went to bed. lie was the
only one in the world Who knew OF
that little corpse in his mothers eel
lar"
When Pomeroy was tried petition
signed by thousands OF mothers was
sent To the governor praying him to
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1910-11-17

To this he appends copies OF the
records in his case
Record Of His Crimes.
One of Pomeroys paymates wrote
his recollections of the murderer
about twenty years ago He said that
as boy Jesse was quiet retiring.
taciturn. and not fond OF games His
favorite reading was the dime novels
of Beadle and Munro They used to
play Indians" and Jesse's favcrite
hero WAS Simon Girty. the renegade.
while the other boys swore by Ken
ton, Boone and the Wetzels.
1T was all wildly eNtravagant talk.
said Jesses schoolmate. and not
worth writing about but for the fact
that at that very time Boston was in
a sea of excitement over the outrages
perpetrated by some unknown per
son on little boys of from eight to
nine years of age
One week the news would come
that little boy was found tied to a
telegraph pole on the Old Colony, or
Boston. Hartford & Erie road. hor-
ribly mutlated with his back in rib
bons and caked with salt. The next
week or month another little boy. it
was never boy of Jesse's size or
age. or anywhere near 1t. would be
found in Chelsea, or East Boston, or
Jamaica Plain. or Dorchester, mutt
lated and cut in the same way Some
times boy was found tied to tree.
sometimes in an old barn, but oftcner
to telegraph pole ON some railroad
Fathers began to tell their boys to
be careful of man with red hair and
beard, as the Goth was described by
his victims, and mothers were anx-
sight for half a day
Jesse Always Silent.
We used TO talk OF the acts of this
earlier Ripper among ourselves, but
Jesse never had anything to say about
it, one way or the other Then the
number of boys who were chased
and escaped by the enamel of their
teeth. at about this time was legion.
One boys name ! remember the
others I've clean forgotten-was Oil
yer Whitman. The Ripper had been
in his clutches. and he fought like
tiger TO run like a comet With awe
we looked upon Ollie after that. Jesse
said nothing. But he thought: What
a liar you are, Ollie Whitman,r
"One fine day there came into the
schoolroom In which Jesse had a seat
and desk the head master. a Mr.
Barnes, think; an officer, and one
of the unkuown's victims The little
fellow had been found, think. in
Chelsea hung up and cut up. When
he recovered he said ii wasn't man
with red whiskers and hair who had
treated him SO, but boy who looked
TO be four or five years older than
himself. So they took this poor little
mutilated chap around to all the
schools In Boston, ! believe, until they
came TO- ! think, the Bigelow school.
His Identification.
Do you see him here?' said the
master to the little victim.
Moo hesitating!y replied the lit.
tie fellow. Then. sharply. from the
lady teacher:
: Pomeroy. why don't you hold up
your head?
Slowly Jesse raised his head and
the boy screamed
That's him, that's him, I'd know
him by his eye!'
And so Jesse was arrested, tried.
found guilty and sentenced to the
Westboro reform school If Jesse had
been III that day-ill enough to have
kept himself In the house-he might
be rivaling Jack the Ripper now"
Polneroy got out OF the reform
school in about a year Up to this
time he had always stopped short of
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1910-11-17
unfraternal.

ut seems cruel to slaughter all
those pigs for the market" said the
Chicago girl
Il know that it's cruel" replied Miss
CAYENNE. But when you think of
what the packers charge for the meat
1t does seem little unfraternal"
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1910-11-17
One of the Producers.

You should endeavor to do some
thing for the comfort of your fellow
men" said the philanthropist, with
out thought of reward"
Il do. buy umbrellas instead Of
borrowing them"
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1910-11-17
Easy Marks.

Talk erbout yore easy marks" said
Uncle Silas Geehaw. who had been
nassing a week In the city. ''us rubes
aint in it with them air teown
chaps"
.I,id yew sell 'em emmy gold bricks,
s.as queried old Daddy Squash
neck.
Nav, l didn't" answered Uncle
silas. sbut seed Teller peddlin' arti-
sa;al ice-hed tn sign right on his
.vsson-an blamed OF TIL chumps
didn't buy it for the real thing, by
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1910-11-17

Stiff neck! Doesn't amount to much.
hut mighty disagreeable. You've no idea
how quickly little lfamlins Wizard Oil
VIII Intricate the cords and make you
comfortable again.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1910-11-17

Mrs Ferndale-We haven't any
erss but j can get some If YOU want
t.4em very bad!
STANDARDIZATION mind. don't
70 for that kind.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1910-11-17

MANY fellow marries because he
Is too bashfnl to get out of it.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1910-11-17
,n,nortant to Mothers

With the advent of the telephone,
the old working nights at the office"
excuse has been given permanent
vacation
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1910-11-17
Her Only Way Of KNOWING.

lie dallienne's wife says that poets
make poor husbands"
Some poets wife must have told
her,
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1910-11-17
BOY FlEND'
MAKES PLEA
FOR MERCY

osToN.-Jesse H. Pom.
eroy, the one prisoner in
Massachusetts who is
doomed 70 solitary life
imprisonment. has writ
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1910-11-17
PUTNAM FADELE

coler mere Oools Brighter and faster eoiors the
uss CA IN On Ossasat sIthsst siss.as sssnL VII
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-12-24

ments OF the rich extend to their 70
cations, be they engaged in agricul
ture. manufacturing transportation
trade or the profession
Their capital Is invested some
where; it Is not lying idle. These
investments give employment to thg
salaried people and create the great
part Of the requirements of the rich
If the latter expend their incomes in
luxurious and destinations living the
better for the masses, as the field Of
employment Is widened thereby The
poor do not need to envy them, fos
those who have comfortable homes
an ample supply OF palatabIe and
wholesome food and raiment suitet
TO their needs, together with con.
genial companionship In neighhor
~ friends. extract quite as much hap
Iness from life as can the richest.
Where barbarism exists untouched
by civilization. these people work
M AAICii~SEiN 80, lAS&G IS tllG SlIllUIG
life reduced to the Utmost simplicity
Where "the weak, the unwise. the ur-
fortunate get their innings, as the
contributor referred TO seems to
think they will, and dominate the
present civilization, the golden age
of the woltish CRATER will have come
He will pounce upon the curious com.
hination now In rule and cease not in
Ipreying upon it until It's bones are
left bare. The CRATER will be in the
lead. the loudest and most enthusi-
ashc Socialist in the bunch, when
ever II seems probable that the So
cialists will come into power, and he
8 found now among their agitators.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-12-24
TROUBLE At SALE
Ex-SHERiFF NELLIS NTERFERED
WITH I'M ATTEMPT TO SELL
GRADING OUTFIT.
Bill Elliott Claimed Storage Charges
and A, r. HensIey Made
Stronger Claim Threat
ening Violence.

Acting under authority OF sheriff
Fred ID. Nellis sold the grading out
bit of A. Helm. at auction yesterday
morning. The stock consisted OF
oorses. mules, harness, scrapers. etc
Mr.. Nelli had ONE difficulty in get
ting the sale started as Bill Elliott
Who conducts the wagon yard or
Twenty-second street and who had
the animals and outfit in charge, re-
fused to let the sale proceed stating
that 1t would take $3.50 to make his
claim good This was paid.
Mr. Nellis acted as auctioneer and
he spent two hours talking himself
hoarse, in some instances getting
bids of 1c and SC on articles worth
several dollars. He first sold thC
outfit piece by piece, with the under
staining that If he got more for tho
outfit as a whole he could dispose Of
1t In that way.
The outfit was sold for $G26 to Ray
Blaisdell. When Mr. Nellis went tc
turn over the property to Blaisdell, A
r, Hensley made an objection, stat