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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-09-17
G. & s. |. SWAMPED
WITH LUMBER Shipments
Has Been Forced To The Necessity
OF Refusing Further Shipments o.
fered at Various Points Along It's
Line, Until 1t Can Catch Up.

Jackson, Miss, Sept. 1.-THE Gulf
and Ship Island and the Illinois Cen
tral railroads have more business in
this section than they can handle,
while the Alabama and Vicksburg is
pushed to it's utmost to accommodate
the freight shipments offered them.
The lumber business in this section
has grown to such an extent as to be-
come almost unmanageable. Every
mill. both large and small in the
southern section of the State has re-
sumed operations, and more lumber
is being cut at this season than that
of any other corresponding one in the
history of the State.
The Gulf and Ship Island is simply
swamped while the other roads have
been compelled to run double-headers
for the past week or more. The @.
& S. I. and the n. o. G. n, bring whole
train loads of lumber to the city ev-
cry day and these tow roads having
their terminus here, transfer their.
shipments to other roads running
through Jackson, thus crowding them
10 handle the traffic offered them.
The Gulf and Ship Island has been
forced 10 the necessity of refusing
further shipments offered at various
places along its line until it can catch
up with what it already has on hand
awaiting transportation. 1t is said
that at every station in South Missis-
sippi huge piles of lumber may be
seen awaiting shipment, and much of
this will be compelled to await some
time before the railroads can accom-
modate it.
More rolling stock cannot be had,
as the freight business all over the
country has picked up so rapidly that
almost every road in the South has all
ii can do on its own lines and find
it impossible to help others out oy
furnishing them with cars.
There are two or three planning mills
in this city, and one of them now has
on hand more than 100 car loads of
lumber awaiting the finishing process.
This is not all, either, for y same
mill is eXpectin~ more lpments,
some of whict lue.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-09-17
Stolen Goods Rescued.

This gave the officers an additional
clew, search warrant was procured
and the residence of Mrs. Humphreys,
on Bushman street, was visited. Mrs.
Humphreys, who is Leslie Humphreys
mother, protested to the officers that
she knew nothing whatever of the
case, but a search of the premises
disclosed facts which tended to indi-
cate that she had knowledge of the
theft.
After searching for some time with
out result, Deputy Rawls discovered
suit case under one of the beds,
and when he pulled it into the mid
die of the floor, Mrs. Humphries, it
is said, told the officers that it did not
belong to her son, but had been left
there by man who had been rooming
in the house. The suit case was pried
open, and in it was found about $500
worth of the stolen jewelry.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-09-17
SEVERAL THEFTS
MAY Be SOLVED
Stolen Articles Were Found Hidden
In And About The House of White
Man at Poplarville.

Poplarville, Miss, Sept 17-Sev-
eral nights ago the store of d. Carver
at Nicholson, twentyeight miles be-
low here, was entered and a large
Yesterday afternoon Deputy Sheriff S.
c. Smith went to the scene of the
crime armed with a search warrant
and searched the premises of Jim
Davis, white man who has lately
been in several minor court scrapes
and found hidden in and about the
house more than a large wagon load
of dry goods, most of it in unbroken
bolts, and other goods that were iden-
titled as the stlen property. Deputy
Smith arrested Davis, his wife and
Ella Davis, his daugher, and lodged
them in all here. They acknowledged
that the goods were stolen, but say
that some one else stole them and
brought them to their house to be
hidden. The daughter, Ella, is under
bond in three cases already to appear
before the grand jury and circuit
court at the November term here.
They also told Deputy Smith that
there were more of the goods hidden
elsewhere and search is being made
for them today. This may unravel
the secret of many robberies commit
ted in that locality in the last year,
among which was the robbery of the
postoffice twice.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-09-17
POWERS WILL BE IN
The NEXT CONGRESS

London, Ky, Sept. i7.-Caleb Pow
ers, the man who was sentenced to
the penitentiary for life for participa-
tion in the assassination of William
Goebel, governor of Kentucky, in 1900,
will be a member of the next Congress
of the United States, having defeated
the present incumbent, Don. G. Ed
wards, at the Republican primaries
held Thursday.
OWN gto the remoteness of some
of the mountain districts, the com
plete returns will probably not all be
in before tonight, but enough are in
to show Powers nomination by at
least 1000, and at the Edwards head
quarters here it was conceded last
night that Powers had carried all but
four of the nineteen counties compris.
ing this, the Eleventh Congressional
District, in which nomination on the
Republica ticket is equivalent to an
election.
Powers, who was secretary of State
at the time of the assassination of
Governor Goebel, was confined in jail
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-09-17
REAL ESTATE is
Sure TO ADVANCE
burg Will Increase Property Val
ues-Now is the Time to Buy.

Now, that We have secured the State
Normal College, which marks new
era in the history of Hattiesburg,
advise all to come quickly and buy
some of my great bargains in real es-
tate before prices get too high.
AS was the first to reduce the price
of land and rent when the panic struc6
Hattiesburg, | have decided to be the
last to raise prices.
Being the only dealer here who has
been continuously and exclusively in
the real estate business for more than
,urteen years, / am therefore well
equipped to be of great service to my
friends and customers.
Respectfully,
THOS. NJ. FERGUSON.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-09-17
FIREMEN'S DAY
B|LOXPS BIGGEST
Plans For The Annual Event, To Oc-
cur Next Monday, Are Being Car
ried Out Satisfactorily.

Biloxi, Miss, Sept. 17.-Firemen's
Day, September 10, is the biggest an
nual event of this place, and it is al
most certain Back Bay Fire Company
will participate next Monday in the
celebration.
The members several weeks ago
decided that owing to heavy expenses
incurred the men would not parade
this year, but they now say if they
can raise band" they will turn out.
All other companies will march.
The celebration includes a banquet
and ball at the hall of Volunteer Com
pany No. l.
Members of the East End Company
also held a meeting last night. About
| fifteen members of that company will
turn out with their apparatus, and
they win march with Mississippi Hook
and Ladder Company. Great interest
is being taken in the celebration,
which falls on Monday. Back Bay
Company is trying to get the Virgins
Band. Volunteer Company has Sc
cured the services of the First Infan-
try Band, Alabama Guards, of Mobile
composed of fifteen pieces, it is said
The Biloxi Herald Band will play for
Mississippi Hook and Ladder, and the
Gulfport Band will march with West
End Company. The Mobile Band Will
play at the ball for the twenty-sev-
enth anniversary of Volunteer No. /.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-09-17
GREAT DEMONSTRATION
WAS GIVEN LAST night
Committee Met at Train by Several
Hundred Citizens, Led by Brass
Band-WhistIes Blew and Rejoicing
Was General.

AS tribute to the energy and un-
firing efforts of those who worked so
hard to secure the Mississippi Nor
NAL College for Hattiesburg, and as
a public expression of thanks and ap-
probation to the local delegation
which appeared before the trustees at
Jackson yesterday and succeeded in
landing the prize for this city, men,
women and children, headed by brass
band, gathered at the Gulf and Ship
Island station yesterday evening to
welcome the victors home.
When the news of Hattiesburg' s
good fortune was flashed over the
wires yesterday afternoon, several
patriotic citizens got busy and began
arrangements for a suitable demon
stration, and the reception accorded
the committee when they reached the
city was a rousing one indeed When
the train pulled into the station a
shout of "Hurrah for Hattiesburg''
rent the air, the band played martial
strains and several hundred people
Joined in the rejoicing.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-09-17
bodies found I)Nsl ;.
engines Pilot
Had Been Killed And Were Not Dis
covered Until the Train Reached
Philadelphia To-Day.

Philadelphia, Sept. 17.-Tightly
Uedged in the pilot Of an engine draw
ing the Royal Blue Express on the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, the
bodies of two men, supposed to have
been struck and killed at Belcamp
Station, in Maryland, were found when
the train reached here shortly after
daylight this morning. Letters on
the bodies indicate that the name of
one is Winfield D. Cullin and the
other Jesse Cullin. Part of a carriage
wheel was found in the pilot. 1t is
believed that the men We're struck
when they were driving across the
track.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-09-17
REARS MONUMENT
OF INDEPENDENCE
Mexico Crowns The Celebration Of
Her Centennial in Pazzo Reforma.
-Diaz Spoke.

Mexico City, Sept. 17.-Mexico
crowned the celebration of her cen
tennial yesterday with the dedication
of monument to the independence
of the republic.
There was a grand parade from the
national palace to the site of the mon
ufent in the beautiful PIAZZA Reforma.
midway between this city and Chap
ultepec, where the ceremonies were
hold. Ten thousand soldiers. marines
and rurales and representative of
other powers were in line.
The feature of the program was an
address by President Diaz. The mon
ument is an imposing granite shaft
rising to height of 140 feet 1t is
topped with a figure symbolic of lib
erty and the base is surrounded by
bronze figures representing the va
rioius phases of the national life
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-09-17
CUSTOMS SLEUTHS
FOOLED ON jewels
OF MRS. CHAPMAN
They Thought Necklace Was Worth
$4,000 and Seized 1t and Found
1t Was Only Copy.

New York, Sept. ia quiet laugh
at the expense of suctoms men is now
being enjoyed by Mrs. T. Irwin Chap.
man, an actress.
Mrs. Chapman, who was formerly
the wife of Thomas Irwin Chapman,
a standard Oil man of Breckline,
Mass.,' declared dutiable goods worth
only about $10O on her arrival from
abroad today. In her baggage inspec-
tors found jewels and gowns which
they said were worth thousands of
dollars, and she was asked to explain
why she had not declared them.
A necklace particularly attracted
the customs men, who said it was
worth at least $4,000. On examina-
ton Mrs. Chapman explained that this
necklace was of American make, anu,
though it was copy of necklace
worth $4,000, it's value was far from
that amount. Appraisers later valued
it at perhaps 5000.
Despite this appraisal, however,
Mrs. Chapman's baggage was held for
further examination.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-09-17
Those Who Spoke.

Judge n. c. Hill, T. S. Jackson, S.
E. Travis, H. A. Camp, F. w. Foote,
Rev. ]. n. McMillin, J. R. Tai
ly and Mayor Donald each made
short addresses. telling the peo.
pie what the Normal College meant
for Hattiesburg, and congratulating
the citizenship generally upon the
good fortune in living in such a wide
awake, progressive city. The loca-
Continued on Page Six.)
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-09-17
A General Jcllification.

Everybody was glad and each had
a different way of expressing his
pleasure. A score or more of steam
whistles Joined in a long and noisy
salute to the victorious commit
tee, and there was a conglomeration
of noises, the like of which have never
before been heard in the city. When
the delegation alighted from the train,
and before anyone could realize what
was happening, cries of speech,
speech" went up from hundreds of
throats, and the surprised, but pleased
committeeman were taken to the
front of the Hotel Hattissburg, where
numerous incandescent lights had
been strung across the building, and
the crowds insisted upon knowing
first-hand just how it had been done.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-09-17
WILL TRY TO DISSOLVE
THE GREAT SUGAR TRUST.

Washington, Sept. IA petition
for the dissolution of the so-called
sugar trust will be filed in the United
States courts at New York next week.
This is an action entirely Independent
of the indictments which were found
some time ago against the American
Sugar Refining company and some of
it's officials. 1t was the subject of the
between Attorney General Wicker
sham and United States Attorney
Wise.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-09-17
Chile Celebrates
INDEPENDENCE DAY

Santiago, Chile, Sept. 17.-Tomor
row will be the centenary of the
initiation of the movement which ulti-
mately resulted in the independence
of the narrow strip between the Pa
cific and the Andes now constituting
the republic of Chile, and a great in
ternational celebration will mark the
anniversary. The festivities COM
menced today will eliminate tomor-
row with the opening in Santiago of a
worlds exposition of fine arts and a
national agricultural and industrial
exhibition. The art show will be held
in the recently completed Palace of
Fine Arts, one of the finest edifices
of its kind in the world, which win
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-09-17
Humphreys Confessed.

After Humphreys saw that he had
been caught with the goods on" he
made clean breast of the affair, ac.
knowledging his guilt, but implicat.
ing two other parties, Hub Donald and
Jesse Barron, both of Hattiesbrug. In
his statement to Deputy McGilvray
Humphreys said that Donald and Bar.
ron had knocked hole in the wall
Of Mr.. Valleys store, and that he
(Humphreys) had gone inside and
stolen the goods, dividing them with
Donald and Barron.
A charge of receiving and disposing
of stolen property was made against
Mrs. Humphreys and Mrs. Barron, but
they were released on DR.. Valleys
request, Donald and Barron have not
yet been apprehended.
Humphrey is well known charac-
ter in Hattiesburg, having figured in
several sensational court scrapes, and
making himself notorious by escaping
from the county farm in company
with Oscar Smithwick several months
ago.
Ne will probably be given prelimi-
nlinAtrial next week.
i. \. !
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-09-17
BALLOON RACE
AT INDIANAPOLIS IND

Indianapolis, Ind, Sept. 17.-Al-
though balloons will doubtless soon
become back numbers" great interest
attaches today to the national balloon
race, which will serve as an elimina-
tion contest for the international race
to start from st. Louis next month.
The pilots making the best records
will represent the United States in
the competition against balloonists
from France, Germany, Great Britain,
Denmark, Switzerland and Italy.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-09-17
NEGRO MURDERER
RUNNING With GUN
STIRS LOUISVILLE
Killed His Wife And Fled With Crowd
At HeeIs.-Spread Terror in City
Hospital Grounds.

Louisville, KY, Sept. 17.-Followed
by a crowd of 500 people, which in
cluded detachment of police, Oliver
Lock, colored who killed his wife
early yesterday in their home by cut
ting her throat with knife, was cor
rallied a couple Of hours later in a
vacant house at 124 West Gray street,
only to make his escape again when
the police closed in on him. He is
now at liberty armed with a pistol.
The first seen of Lock after the
murder was at Clay and Chestnut
streets, when he met Harry Walker,
a 17-year-old boy. Walker had heard
about the murder and when he spied
Lock, cried; There goes the man
that killed his wife" Lock turned
around at the sound of the youths
cry and pulling revolver showed it
in his face and threatened to blow his
brains out if he uttered another cry.
1t was too late, though. as a number
of people heard the warning and
started after Lock, who had begun to
run down Chestnut street.
Two wagon loads of police were
hurried to the scene and the crowd
that was following on the heels of
Lock was considerably increased.
With the revolver clutched in his
right hand, Lock ran through the
grounds of the City Hospital, spread
ing terror.
in house that is being dismantled
in West Gray street, the negro finally
sought refuge. He was seen to enter
by the front way and feeling sure that
they had the fugitive captured the
police closed around only to find the
house empty.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-09-17
PINKERToN Detective
ASSISTED OFFICERS
Came Here With Description of Stolen
Goods, and Deputies McGIvray and
Rest.

Leslie Humphries, we'll known in
this city, was arrested yesterday after
noon by Deputy Sheriff Dan McGil-
vray, charged with having robbed DR..
Willis Valleys jewelry store at Rich
ton several months ago. Humphries
is now in the county Jail.
Yesterday morning a Pinkerton de-
tective from New Orleans arrived in
Hattiesburg and informed Deputy
Sheriff McGilvray that he was work
ing on the case of a robbery which
had been committed at Richton, and
the aid of the local officers was sought
in an attempt to apprehend the guilty
party. The detective explained that
about $1,000 worth of jewelry had
been stolen, and the only clue which
he had was the numbers of some of
the watches which had been taken.
Deputy Sheriff Rawls suggested that
the pawn shops Of the city be search
ed with the result that at the first
place visited one of the watches was
found. 1t was located in the pawn
shop of Cook & Co, and had been
pawned by Mrs. Jesse Barron, a sis
ter of Humphreys.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-09-17

form a permanent memorial of the
centennial. The United States and
all the important nations of South
America and Europe have entered dis.
plays.
Visitors from all over the world and
warships from many nations, includ-
ing the United States, are taking part
in the celebration. Although Chile
and the United States were once on
the verge of war, the incident has now
been forgotten and the relations be
tween the nations are exceedingly
frindly. Chile has progressed wonder
fully in the last few years, and with
a wise and honest government, the
coming decade is likely to witness
even greater progress.
The recent death of President
Montt, while on visit to Germany
for the benefit of his health, led to
the abandonment of some of the
amusement features OF the centennial
celebration, but all the more serious
features of the affair will be carried
out without alteration. President
Montt visited New York shortly be-
fore his death, and was passenger
on the vessel on which Mayor Gaynor
was shot. The excitement ls believed
to have hastened hls desth,
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-09-17

Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera ami
Diarrhoea Remedy is today the best
known medicine in use for the relief
and cure OF bowel complaints. 1t
cures gripping, diarrhoea, dysentry, and
should be taken at the first unnatural
looseness of the bowels. 1t is equally
valuable for children and adults. 1t
always cures. Sold by HAYS &
FIELD.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-09-17

during eight years, his first three
trials resulting in convictions, and the
fourth in a disagreement Governor
Wilson swept the court records clear
of all of the cases remaining untried
in connection with the Goebel murder
by granting pardons to Powers and
seevral others.
The campaign between Powers and
lEdwards has been spectacular one,
\ Id evoked marked bitterness.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-09-17
JUSTICE FULLER
Was rich MAN
That The Two Possessed Estate
Valued at $t,o65,o
(Bu Associated Press.1

Chicago, Sept. 1.-THE will of the
late Melville w. Fuller, Chief Justice
of the United States Supreme Court,
and his wife, Mary E. Fuller, who
died in 1904, have been admitted to
probate here. The late Chief Justice
died possessed of an estate valued at
S950.O0O. while the estate of his wife
is placed at e116.oOO.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-09-17
LATE MARKETS.

Chicago, Sept. 17.-Wheat weak, Is
to Ia off. Provisions dull, unchanged
to 12 cents down.
New Orleans Sept. 17.-Cotton fu-
lures closed barely steady, at net
decline of to points.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-09-17
NEW ORLEANS NOW HAS
339 075 INHABITANTS

Washington Sept. 1.-THE popula-
tion of New Orleans is 339.O75. an in
crease of 51,971. or 1871 per cent as
compared with 2S7,1O4 in 1900.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-09-17
A SMALL BLAZE AT
FERTILIZER GIN

This afternoon a small blaze in the
cotton gin at the Meridian Fertilizer
factory called all three fire companies
out, but the fire had been extinguished
before the department reached the
scene. The origin of the fire is not
known. Very little damage was done
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-09-17
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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-09-17
THENEWs

Gives the news, general, state
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man your subscription.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-09-17
THE NEWS

Leading Paper of South Miss
osippi. always brings results
to Advertisers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-12

so little about American politics or insti-
buttons he could not make such yarn 80.
Likewise was Mr.. Roosevelt's privacy
In the jungle respected. He was not
chased. or spied upon, or lied about, as
he had feared he might be. His own
stories and illustrations for his magazine
publisher were fresh when printed, and
he had nothing to complain Of.
Returned now to the territory Of the
telegraph and daily publicity, Mr.. Roose-
welt is an object of very great interest
both in Europe and America No man
knows the fact better than himself, and
he is far from being Indifferent on the
subject, We may all be sure. His ap-
pearance after his sojourn in the heart
of the dark continent. his conversation
about his hunting experiences supple
mental of his own printed narratives.
and his receptions along the route toward
home. will afford good texts for the cor
respondents in his train, but there an
end until Mr.. Roosevelt once more sets
his foot on the home soil and has had
time to confer with his political ad-
visers.
What we shall all get then of an au-
thoritative character will be worth wait
ing for. Mr.. Roosevelt is not of the
age or disposition to become loafer.
or mere observer. 1t will not be long
after landing until he will be in action
again in some way, and his influence be
felt in political affairs OF current concern.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-12
No Roosevelt Interviews Yet.

Mr.. Roosevelt is not ready for the in
reviewers just yet. Glad that they have
taken the trouble TO meet him, glad to get
the news they bring. but for comment on
il they and their newspaper readers must
wait while He appreciates their ente :
prise. but cannot reward 1t. The public
is warned against all stories purporting
to give his views about political matters.
or outlining his plans for the immediate
future
Upon leaving home for Africa, Mr.
Roosevelt warned the public in this way
against inventions. He would not, he de-
clared, discuss politics. domestic or for
eign, during his absence. He had laid
down the burdens OF Office for a hunt and
a rest, and for a year at least would ad-
dress himself TO those two objects.
Things went well with him in that par
ticuar But one faker got near him. and
he succeeded only in covering himself
with confusion. \ yellow reporter for a
Paris daily printed legged interview
with the distinguished traveller. but the
production was so clumsiiy constructed II
scarcely needed a denial. though Mr..
Roosevelt gave It one. Its author knew