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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-03-17
CHINA'S GREAT WALL.
Il Would Be a Mighty Task to DupIi-
cate It Today.

What man has done, we are told,
man can do. But to erect today a
great fertilization comparable to the
tax on both the resources and the res
olution Of Europe. A score or two of
warships are all very well, but the
cost Of labor and the will involved in
building fleets can hardly be compared
to those devoted to the building of
before the coming of Christ, when
Rome was struggling with Hannibal.
Two thousand five hundred and fifty
miles, including spurs, arms and loops.
is the length ascribed to it by DR.. w.
e. Cell. the only white man. we be-
lieve, who has Travelled the whole
length of it,. 1t has been said that the
Great wall is the only object of mans
handiwork which could be discerned
from the moon. and one calculation has
1t that If the material of the wall were
disposed about the globe Mt the equa-
tor there would be wall girdle eight
feet high and three feet thick around
the earth.
One can believe that to this day the
name of the Emperor Chin is cursed
all along the wall by the posterity of
the wretches who were forced to the
gigantic task Of building it. In the
days of its greatest Importance, when
it was still holding back the Tartar
hordes, it is believed to have had on
its line $4,000 towers, each capable Of
holding 100 men. and $1,000 watch
towers. Even today there remains 90
600 towers and 10000 watchtowers,
with some 1000 miles Of wall that
could. with moderate repairing, be
made into formidable military work.
London News.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-03-17
TAFT IN CHICAGO.

Chicago, March 17.-President Taft
today gave a practical illustration of
what is meant by killing two birds
with one stone. AS the guest of the
Irish Fellowship Club of Chicago, he
has made himself solid with Chicago
sons of Erin, and there is no doubt
that hts broad and illuminating smile
won many vote today. This after
noon he will attempt to win over the
conservation elements of the central
west by an address he is to deliver be-
fore the Conservation Congress in
session today at the Auditorium.
The president got into Chicago
early this morning and will leave at
ten o'clock tonight. During his brief
stay he will give Chicago more
speeches to the square minute than
he has done since the campaign days
His first effort was at a reception
rendered him by the Newspaper Club
of Chicago. After luncheon he is due
at o'clock at the Auditorium, where
his speech on conservation of the ma
tons resources will be delivered An
hour later the Hamilton Club has
billed him for reception, and at 6
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-03-17

ordered him to put it back. This the
negro refused to do and personal
difficulty ensued, during which Hare
cursed him in the vilest manner and
in a hand-to-hand struggle he (Gillis)
was forced to his knees. While in
this position, he said, the negro was
about to hit him with large lump of
coal and then, believing his life was
in danger. he fired the one shot that
killed Hare.
Several witnesses testified for the
prosecution, one of them being ne
gro named Louis Stovall, who said
that he lived where he could and did
see the whole affair. He swore that
there was no quarrel between ellis
and Hare and that after the shooting
Gillis would not let any one come
near the place.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-03-17
NAN DANGEROUSLY
SHOT BY HIS wife
Caretaker at Summer Home in
Waveland, QuarreIs With His
Wife and is Wounded.

SptCtut 10 1HS sNStCS.
Bay st. Louis, March 17.-Informa
ton reached the city. Wednesday
morning of the shooting and probably
fatal wounding of James Barnes, a
caretaker at the summer home OF
Judge Thos. F. Maher, at Waveland,
Miss. Dora Barnes, wife of the
wounded man did the shooting. She
claims self-defense. The woman Is
now under arrest and was brought to
the Bay st. Louis Jail for safe
keeping.
1t was not possible to secure au-
thentic details of the shooting at
either Bay st. Louis or Waveland.
The woman simply told Deputy Sheriff
Alfred Jones, who conveyed her to
Bay st. Louis from Waveland that
she quarreled with her husband
shortly after midnight Wednesday
morning, that he attacked her brutal
ly and, in order to save herself, she
was forced to shoot.
The affair created no little excite
ment at Waveland. The couple had
been in charge of Judge Makers sum-
mer home for some time and were
generally well liked. The woman is
rather prepossessing and bears, it is
said, a good reputation.
There were no eye-wis1esses to the
affair. Advices from Bay st. Louis
state that when Dora Barnes was
brought there Wednesday morning to
be locked up, she reiterated her
statement that she fired in self-de-
Tense, after quarrel, but gave no
details. James Barnes received surgi-
cal attention at Bay st. Louis, but
will probably be brought to New Or
leans.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-03-17
Giants and Dwarfs,

In the seventeenth century all the
abnormally large and small folks OF
Austria were assembled in Vienna in
response to a within of the empress
AS circumstances required that all
should be housed in one building, there
was a fear that the imposing proper.
lions Of the giants would terrify the
dwarfs. But the dwarfs teased and
tormented the giants so that these
overgrown mortals complained with
tears in their eyes, and as a conse
quence sentinels had to be placed to
protect the giants from their pygmy
prosecutors, for the smallest men had
the biggest brains and the longest
tongues.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-03-17
THE WRECK MASTER.
He Does Some Tall Hustling When
the Line Is Blocked.

the Line Is Blocked.
When a wreck blocks the line the
wreck master IS the biggest man on
the railroad. Even the president. II
by unhappy chance he happens to be
there, steps aside and keeps silent aft
er the wreck train halts With a jerk
Of grinding brakes and kissing afr be-
fore the Undesirable confusion of
shattered wood and twisted steel
which clutter the tracks. The wreck
masters feet are on the ground before
the shrieking wheels have ceased turn
ing. There follow at his heels half
score Of men. all experts. but Of less
degree than their leader.
He shouts an order that seems as
unintelligible as Il drillmaster's COM
mand, then another and another.
There is instant action. At one end
Of the train locomotive begins to
creep cautiously away with the coach
es that have stayed on the rails. An
express car up toward the forward end
Of the passenger train is tilted trem-
blingly on its trucks. 1t is loaded with
bales of silk perhaps or with other
costly merchandise The wreckers do
not stop to inquire. To them it is
simply an obstruction that has to be
removed Immediately. There is a
heaving chorus, and 1t plunges down
the embankment. A hundred yards
away loaded freight car in the op-
posite train is hanging over the edge.
Fifty crowbars give it tip that sends
1t down to the foot of the hill. AS it
lands there is crash of discordant.
tortured strings. an inharmonious out
burst as though half hundred cats
had landed simultaneously on half
a hundred keyboards. "Pianos." re-
marks one of the painting workmen to
another standing at his shoulder. They
do not pause even to grin. An instant
later they are heaving away at some
thing else.-Thaddeus s. Dayton in
Harper's Weekly.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-03-17
10 II 7
Signed in the place of Jenny Cars wife.
Mor
NOTHING WAS LOST.
An Omission In a Wedding Ceremony
That Didn't Count.


That Didn't Count.
A distinguished officer of the United
States navy once told this story on
himself:
At the time of his marriage he had
been through the civil war and had
had many narrowing experiences
aboard ship, through all of which he
kept courage and remained as calm
as a brave man should. AS the time
for the ceremony came on. however,
+ his calmness gradually gave way. At
the altar, amid the blaze of brass but
tons and gold lace marking the full
naval wedding. the officer was all but
stampeded, and what went on there
seemed very much mixed to him
Fearing the excitement of the moment
would temporarily take him off his
feet. the officer had learned the mar
riage ceremony letter perfect. as he
thought. and he remembered repeating
the words after the minister in q me.
chanical sort of way.
After the ceremony was over and all
was serene again, including the Off
GERS state of mind. the kindly clergy
man came up to him and touched him
on the shoulder. .i
Look here. old man." he said; ''you.
didn't endow your wife with any
worldly goods"
whats that?" asked the bridegroom
with something of establishment In his
voice.
why, repeated the sentence With
all my worldly goods l thee endow'
several times, and despite my efforts
you would not say 1t after me-
The bridegroom seemed perturbed
for a moment and then beaming
light came into his face.
Never mind, SIR" he said. "She
didn't lose blessed thing by my fail
ure."-Exchange.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-03-17
Corrupted His Style.

"The late Richard Watson Glider"
said a New York poet, always OPP
posed the reading of light literature.
A poet, he said, could not read such
literature without corrupting his liter
airy style.
HE once told me that the poet in
this respect was like Browns parrot.
Brown bought a parrot for $50
from a pet stock dealer and a week or
two later returned to the shop and in
sisted that the bird be taken back.
whats the matter with itr the
dealer asked.
"'W-w-why,' said Brown, the durn-
ed c-c-critter st-stutters'"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-03-17
so PER CENT OF THE POPU-
ALTON OF THE n

live in rural districts remote from
physicians or drug stores. and they
are obliged to depend upon proprie-
tary medicines to a very great ex.
tent
To women in these homes such
standard remedies as Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound come as
a boone and blessing Records
show that it has cured more women
of those dread feminine ills than any
other remedy.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-03-17
Interesting items
FROM RICHTON, MISS
Special to The Ne10S.

Special to The Nei0S.
Richton, Miss, March 17.-Bentley
& Emery's new saw mill is now ready
to begin operations. 1t is about the
same size as their other mill here, and
both together have capacity of
about 100000 it. per day.
The Baptist protracted meeting be-
gan here last night under quite favor
able circumstances. Pastor McLen-
don has with him Rev. ]. B. Leavell,
of Indianola, Miss, to do the preach
ing, while the song service is being led
by Rev. Jandon, of Hot Springs, Ark.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-03-17

sharp he will wander over to the La
Sale Hotel, where the Irish will. give
him a hearty greeting.
The chief executive will stand on
Irish soil when he addresses the BAN
queters tonight, piece of the "ould
sod from County Cork having been
procured for the occasion. In order
that Mr.. Taft may leave at 10, the
banquet will be run on close sched-
ule. On the menu is game killed by
Roosevelt and shipped from Africa
for the occasion. Women guests will
not be allowed to wear their hats at
the banquet according to the mandat,
of the committee in charge of the af.
fair.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-03-17
White WATCHMAN IS
Held FOR MURDER

Vicksburg, Miss, March 17-City
Police Judge William Waggener
bound over to the grand jury ]. L.
Gilliss the night Waterman at the Y.
& M. v. railroad shops, who was tried
in the city court upon the charge of
numbering Jim Hare, a negro, on
February %, in the shop yards ellis
has not thus far made bond, which was
fixed at $1,000.
When he took the stand in his own
behalf, ellis stated that he had caught
Hare in the act of taking coal and
wood from the railroad yard and had
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-03-17
PRESIDENT TAFT
in CHICAGO TODAY
Chief Executive is Wearing His
siardsst Smile on Occasion Of
st. Patriek's Day.
fBv Assocfated Preas.l'

Chicago. March 17-President Taft
arrived here over the Pennsylvania
railroad this morning. He will speak
tonight at Q st. Patricks Day banquet
and VIII later resume his swing
around the circuit of several New
York and New England cities before
returning to Washington.
AS the president was leaving the
station in an automobile, a woman
who gave the name of Jennie Mud
tried repeatedly to jump into his car.
She was finally arrested. She gave
no excuse for her actions. An ex.
animation will be made as to her sani
tY
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-03-17
PILGRIMS ARE GIVING
LUNCHEON TO DUNCAN
(By Union Associated Press.)

New York, March 1.-THE Pill.
grims will give luncheon of the
eighteenth birthday of their presi-
dent, William Butler Duncan. The
executive committee o fthe society
includes Col. George Harvey, editor
of Harper's; Hamilton Wright Mable,
Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler and Rob.
ert c. Ogden.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-03-17
DONATIONS To new
COLLEGE LIBRARY

The following contributions have
been made to the new library of the
South Mississippi College, since the
last announcements:
R. w. Langham, College-A Philos
ophy.
Kings Daughters and Sons-Cash
$10.25
T. j. Ford, Ideal, Miss-Cash, 81. 90
j. j. Bass, Poplarville, Miss.-Cash
$1.00.
Lucille Thames, City-Book of Ed
gar Allen Poe's Works.
ADDIE L. WEST, Lbr.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-03-17
Puttina Him Wise.

I'D like to make you my wife,
said the practical young man, but
they tell me you can't keep house"
Don't you believe all they tell you,
rejoined the girl In the case. You gel
the house and put 1t in my name, and
I'll prove to you that can keep it,
Exchange.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-03-17
Expert Opinion,

what do you think made Hamlet
SO suspicious of the ghostT asked Mr..
Stormington Barnes.
HE probably thought" answered
the psychic researcher, that no well
regulated ghost would manifest him
selfswithout ringing bells or tipping
tables. Washington Star.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-03-17

Ruberstein Bros. announce their
spring opening sale for Saturday
March 10Th. Special prices are quot
ed in this issue of The News.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-03-17

S! B. Martin, who was severely in
jured recently while riding in a wa
gon which collided with street car
on Main street, and who has been
confined to the Hattiesburg hospital
for about week, was able to be up
and around Wednesday
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-03-17
SIR MARKS HOTEL BILL.
Relic Of an Early Nineteenth Century
Election In ireland.

tlOu Ill Medtu, lTeIdHu. III tue edTly
part of the last century. Sir Mark
Somerville sent orders to the proprie-
| tor of the hotel In Trim to board and
lodge all that should vote for him.
for which he received the following
bill, which he got framed, and It still
hangs in Somerville House. County
Meath:
April 18th. 1896
TO tenting sixteen freeholders
above stairs for Sir Mark. at
IS Sd a head, is to me ............ II o
TO eating sixteen more below
stairs. and two more after sup
per, is to me NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 10 .
To eighteen horses and five mules
about my yard all night at l3s
every one of them, and for
man which was lost on the head
of watching them all night. is to
me OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 0
To six beds in one ROOM and four
in another, at two guineas every
bed, and not more than four in
any bed at any time. cheap
enough, God knows, is to me-. 22 10 0
For breakfast on tay in the morn
ing, for every one of them. and
as many more they brought
in, as near as l can guess. is to
me OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 4 70 0
To raw whisky and punch. with
out talking of pipes and tobac-
CO, as well as for breaking pot
above stairs and other glasses
and DELPHI for the first day and
night, | am not very sure. but
for the three days and a half of
the election little as / can
call II, and to be very exact. 1t
is in all or therea bouts as near
as | can guess, and not to be
too particular, is to me at least. 70 Is 8
For shaving and cropping off the
heads of forth-nine freeholders
for Sir Mark. at 13d for every
head of them by my brother,
who has vote, is to me ........ 10
For a WON'T and nurse for poor
Tom Herman, in the middle of
the night. when he was not ex-
pected, is to me....................
ten hogs. / don't talk of the piper
for keeping him sober as long
as he was sober is to me........
Ito IS 2
Signed In the place Of Jenny Cars WIFE
his Mark X
Bryan and Geraghty's Mark x
You may say Ill. SO your honour Sir
Mark send me this Eleven Hundred by
Bryan himself, who and prays for your
success always in Trim. SO no more at
present .a b. 3D.
The hotel keeper must have got
weary as he neared the end of his
long bill. for his account becomes as
wabbly as some of his guests must
have been when the crash Of glass
and DELPHI accompanied their deep po-
tation of raw whisky and punch.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-03-17

The Forrest Club is now comforta-
bly, located in its new home on Bay
street. The old George residence,
just opposite the Bay Street Presby-
terrain church, has been leased by the
club, and the interior of the building
is being re-modeled and fitted up for
ideal club rooms. Considerable work
has been done on the grounds sur
rounding and adjacent to the resi-
dence, which, when completed, will
make marked Improvement in the
appearance of the property.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-03-17
CITY RREvITIEs.
*~*****~~= : : : : : -:

M. S. Haisfield will open his new
store on Front street Saturday morn
ing at 9 o'clock. A large force is at
work arranging and marking the new
stock and tagging the hundreds of
articles on which special prices will
prevail for the opening sale. The
stock is bright and attractive and the
opening will doubtless find a large
number of customers on hand. Spe-
cial prices are quoted in this issue of
The News, but many other articles
not named in this ad will bear special
low prices.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-07-09

posing any stakeholder to any liza
bility beyond any unpaid balance
due on his stock.
Thus done and passed at my office
In the Parish Of Grant. State of LOU
isiana, on the day and date first
herein above written In the presence
OF James E. Brister and Lloyd w.
Hart, both residents of the parish of
Grant, who signed these presents
with the said appearers and me.
Notary, after due reading thereof.
L. y. ..199 shares
e. j. BEHRENS.. 100 shares
Per L. y. Hart.
nj. A. EVANS. 100 sha res
ROBERT q. HART. share
Witnesses:
JAMES f. BRISTER,
LLOYD w. HART.
RAY WATSON.
Notary Public.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-07-09
Excursion Rates to Alexandra and Re-
turn

On account of the State Encamp-
ment of the National Guard at Alex
andria the L. r. & N. Co. will sell
tickets at one and one-third fare for
the round trip. The State enca mp
rnent of the National Guard will ex-
tend from July 10th to 18th. Tick
cts for the round trip will be on sale
July 10, IL, II, Is, IA, 1910. limit
ed to return July 10Th. The two
special feature days will be, "Gov-
ernor's Day." Wednesday, July 18th,
at which time there will be dress
parade and review of the troops by
the Governor and staff; and on Fri
day, July 18th, "Sham Battle Day."
there will be the great spectacular
event of the troops divided in set in
battle array, and u contest for pos
session OF the field.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-07-09
Quarterly Report of the Parish Su-
perintendent.

perlntendent.
Colfax, La, July 2, 1910.
To the Parish Board of School Direc
tors for the Parish of Grant:
Gentlemen:-l make this my field
report for the quarter ending June
30, 1910.
During the quarter all of the white
schools (4O) have been in operation
with a teaching force of sixty-five
teachers and fairly good attend
ance of pupils, though in some agri-
cultural communities the attendance
has not been very good on account
OF some children being stopped to do
farm work.
Wehavea also had FIVE negro schools
in operation during the quarter and
i've colored teachers employed.
These schools have been very well at
tended. We have six colored schools
to be taught yet, and l recommend
to you people to open them the first
Tuesday in July.
This quarter closes the school year
OF 1S09-1910, and in my opinion
closes the best school year in the his
tory OF your parish. We have run
thirty-five schools eight mouths and
five schools nine months, giving us
more than an average of eight
months for all of the white schools of |
the parish, and an average salary
paid teachers equal to that of most |
any other country parish in the
State.
There were five young men gradu-
ated from the Verda High School
May 9th, 1910, and consider their
accomplishments as high school
graduates second to none in the
State.
Now, while the educational condi-
tions OF our parish are good, and We
have worked up q fairly good inter-
est among the people, and our sys-
TEN is among the best in the State,
yet the conditions are not what we
would like for them to be, for the
reason that according to the num-
Der OF educables as made by the as
SCISSOR and furnished us there were a
lew hundred children during the past
school year that were not enrolled
IN the public schools of Grant, which
TACT is to be regretted, especially
when you take into consideration
the TACT that there is a good school
house that is fairly we'll equipped in
reach of all the children of the parish
herewith hand you circular let
ter from the State superintendent
relating to the establishment of an
agricultural school, and | recon-
mend that you take such action in
the matter as may seem best to you.
suggest that you fix date not
later than September 18th for the
opening OF the schools for the CON-
Ing school year.
The school finances are in good
condition. and at present we see no
reason why weshould not have good
schools the coming year.
Thanking you gentlemen and the
people OF the parish for your co-opera-
ion in the discharge of my official
iuties during the past quarter and
he past school year, l am,
Yours truly. jim. WARNER,
Supt. Grant Parish Schools.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-07-09

Mr.. A. W. Stewart, who attended
the meeting OF the parish school
board last Saturday, informs us that
the NJ. 2. church, of Pollock, which
was burned up by lightning a few
weeks ago, was insured for $1,000,
and the church will he rebuilt.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-07-09
SATURDAY, JULY 9, 1910.

Owing to sickness .: "a part of our
office force, and an unusual crowd Of
official reports, We have to cut very
short on local items this week.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-07-09

Jack johnson, negro slugger, whip
ped Jim Jeffries, white slugger, at
Reno, on July 4th, now it is to
be- hoped that decent people can find
something else in the newspapers ex-
ctpt about them and their kind.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-07-09

Two of the Sheriff. Brothers, own
Frs of the hardwood mill being erect
ri in Colfax, together with force
OI helpers, have been In Colfax all the
werk getting things in shape to put
up their mill and get to work at an
early date.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-07-09

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