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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-08-30
GIVING VARIOUS REASONS
FOR CONTINUED DELAYS
Says Contract For Boats has Been
Let, and That the Public May Reas-
onabIy Expect One of Them to be
Completed by February I.

When questioned by News report
er this morning with reference to the
proposal heretofore made and contract
entered into months and months ago,
by the Mississippi Valley Transports
tion Company, to place Hatties-
burg on the Jackson and Meridian
basis of freight rates by putting on a
regular transportation service in con-
nection with the Mississippi Central
railroad, which promise was made
to Hattiesburg citizens by duly au-
thorized and accredited repre-
sentative of the Transportation Com
pany who was soliciting subscriptions
to the capital stock of the concern,
and was authorized to speak for
Them when questioned concerning
this matter, President T. S. Jackson of
the Commercial Club, produced a
letter from President Kavanaugh,
of the transportation company, in
which the statement was made
that the contracts for the boats
had already been let and that work on
them was now in progress.
The letter was written in answer to
one from Mr.. Jackson, in which he
sought to obtain some information
with reference to the long-continued
delay of the Transportation Company
in making good its agreement with its
Hattiesburg shareholders, and Presi-
dent Kavanaugh's reply was replete
with explanations and excuses. The
lack of competition in the steel boat
building industry; the warm weather
and the absence of many of the COM
pany's officials, together with the
length of time necessary to put
through such large transaction" or
words to that effect, were some of the
several reasons advanced as causes
for the delay.
Mr.. Kavanaugh stated that the WORK
on the boats was now under way, and
he hopes, within reason, that at least
one of them will be ready for delivery
not late. than February 1, and that
the service may be put in operation
early next spring.
A letter from Mr.. Peachy, the said
to-be traffic manager of the supposed
to-be Mississippi Valley Transports
tion Company, conveyed practically
the same information as that contain.
ed in the communication from Mr.
Kavanaugh.
In commenting upon the matter
President Jackson stated that he had
been informed from a reliable source
that the United States Steel Corpora
tion was behind the transportation
company, and if such was the case
local shareholders of the concern have
Continued on Page Five.)
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-08-30
HISTORICAL CLUB
TO HAVE Meeting
Program for Meeting Has Been An
nounced, and Members Are Re-
quested to Write Essays.

The Historical Club, United Daugh-
ters of the Confederacy, will meet at
the Hotel Hattiesburg on September
10, at o'clock, and all members are
urged to be present.
A very interesting program has
been arranged for the meeting, and
each member has been requested
to write essays on each of the follow
ing subjects:
September 10th-Founder's Day.
South Carolina Seeded December
goth, 1860; Give ordinance of seces-
sion.
Origin of Doctrine of States Rights.
"Star Of the West" and lombard
ment of Fort Sumpter.
The Call to Arms in 81.
All members of the club are ur-
gently requested to attend this meet
ing.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-08-30
ARRESTED ON CHARGE
CRUELTY To ANIMALS

Yesterday afternoon Constable G. f..
Tucker arrested ]. e. Cochran, of La
mar county, on charge Of cruelty to
animals, the arrest being made in Hat
tiesburg.
According to the officers statement,
Cochran was driving mule which
was in an unfit condition for work.
The animal, it is said, had been
bruised on the shoulder and the fric-
ton caused by the collar had aggra-
waited the wound until it became a
raw sore, from which the blood was
oozing at the time the arrest was
made.
Cochran was tried before Justice
Davis this morning, and on account
of the pecuniary condition of the de-
fendant. Judge Davis dismissed him
with =, one of $1.OO and costs, and a
severe Aciprimand.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-08-30
RILEY GOES AFTER
A BOND JUMPER
w. J. Mcneil, Convicted on Charge of
Larceny and Admitted to Bond,
Arrested in Arkansas.

Constable Morris Riley left last
last night for Wynne, Ark, where he
goes to bring back to Forrest county
w. j. Mcneil, who is wanted in this
county on series of grave charges.
Mcneil was convicted in local JUS
tice court for larceny, and an appeal
was taken to circuit court, the case
being sent back to the lower court on
writ of procedendo to enforce judg-
ment. Mcneil was admitted to bail,
but skipped out, it is said, leaving his
bondsmen with the bag to hold.
There are other charges which Nc
Neil will have to face when he re-
turns to Hattiesburg, two of which
are for obtaining goods under false
pretenses, the complaints having been
made by J. S. Turner & Company and
the Central Hardware Company.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-08-30
MAY HAVE ANNUA
Home COMING week

Des Moines, Ia, Aug. .30.-For the
purpose of organizing a state associa-
ton of boosters, delegates from all
the commercial clubs and chamebrs
of commerce are holding a conference
here today. One of the novel plans
suggested, which may become reali-
ty, is the appointment of an annual
Iowa Homecoming week, when all the
towns and cities of the state would
hold simultaneous homecoming cele-
brations.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-08-30
DEDICATION Of
Wis. MEMORIAL
Governor Noel and All Confederate
Veterans, Are Invited to be Pres
ent on September 1e.

Jackson, Miss, Aug. Ex-Governor
Noel has received an invitation from
Vicksburg-Wisconsin Military Park
Commission to attend and take part
in the dedication of the Wisconsin
memorial and regimental markers
erected in the Vicksburg National
Park on the site of the memorable
battle of 1868, which takes place Oc-
tober 49,
Camp 32, United Confederate Veter-
ans, and all other Confederate Veter-
ans who can do so, are requested to
participate in the exercises, as well
as the Warren light artillery and the
Vicksburg Southern. The letter to
Governor Noel says the monument
and markers are intended as a testi-
monial to American bravery and hero
ism, not to one side, nor to one Sec
tion, but the whole country. The wri-
ter adds
wisconsin yields to no state in her
devotion to our strong, united and
prosperous country, and erects state
memorial to stand for all time as a
sentinel, primarily, of course, to ex-
press her high regard and loving re-
membrance of her fallen sons, but
scarcely a less consideration, that it
may stand as a silent monitor for JUS
tice and righteousness, for the. peace
and prosperity OF our people-North
and South
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-08-30
CAN RAISE COTTON
IN CALIFORNIA
Former Missssippian Says the Staple
Can be Produced in Satisfactory
Quantities There.

Jackson. Miss, Aug. 30.-That cot
ton can be successfully grown in the
state of California is the testimony of
Mr.. Charles A. Watson, a former Mis-
sissippian who has been in that state
for several months directing the in
stallation of cotton gins.
Furthermore, says Mr. Watson, the
farmers of California are taking up
cotton growing in earnest, and are
demonstrating that it can be success
fully and profitably grown in certain
sections of Southern California hither-
to regarded as unsuitable for other
crops.
Mr.. Watson says that the California
soil does not appear to be fertile, YET
he saw cotton fields with stands six
feet in height, and in many places
275 bolls to the stalk. Unimproved
land adapted to cotton sells a U111
dollars per acre, while improv41
is sold at from $3.50 to 81 900 W
which makes it hard to uni
why any person should wan
gage in cotton growing in q
when land equally or better
to the stapl5 in Mississippi
bought at from IS to $10 pc
A.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-08-30
AMQRY MOB CLAMORS
FOR LIFE OF A negro

Starkville, Miss, Aug. 30.-With a
thousand men surrounding Stockton's
stables at Amory. clamoring for the
life of negro concealed in a stall, it
is probable his life will be forfeited at
the stake, for alleged brutal assault
on the seevnteen-year-old daughter of
William Jackson, a prominent farmer
four miles from Amory.
Officers and the best citizens are
exerting every effort to stay the mob.
but to no avail The girl is in criti-
cal condition and her recovery is
doubtful
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-08-30
rifle team MADE
A GOOD SHOWING
At the Recent Shoot at Camp Perry,
Ohio, Their Advantage Being Bet
ter Than Last Year.

Jackson, Miss, Aug. 30.-The rife
team of the Mississippi National
Guard, headed by Adjutant General
Arthur Fridge, returned Sunday after
noon from Camp Perry, Ohio, where
the organization took part in the ma
tional tournament.
Members of the team, eighteen in
number, are much gratified over the
showing made, which was a marked
improvement over that of the previous
year.
1--WE finished fifth in class c., and
narrowly missed getting within the
money" said Col Sam 1. McCants, Of
Meridian, commander of the third
regiment, last night. Virginia pre-
vented us from getting within the
money, and l understand a contest
was filed on account of certain alleged
irregularities in virginia's score"
The Mississippians were well pleas
ed with the camp arrangement and
treatment accorded them at Camp
Perry. All members of the team en-
joyed splendid health during their
stay. The rifle range was under COM
mand of Mississippi officer, Col. R.
X. Evans, of the regular army, who
has been the executive officer of the
event for the past three years.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-08-30
FARMER LA TOILETTE
ON A CAMPAIGN TOUR
LBy Union Associated Press.)

Madison, Wis, Aug. 3O.-United
States Senator La Follette's cam
paign for reformation by the Republi-
cans of Wisconsin is being conducted
from his farm near this city, where
he is waging warfare for his po-
litical life between periods Of pitch
ing hay, cultivating crops, milling
COWS and other rural joys. The pri-
mary, which will decide Farmer La
Follette's fate will be held next Tues
day. and it is expected that the sena-
tor will take time from his agricul-
tural duties to wind up the campaign
in a blaze of glory.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-08-30
JERSEY HIBERNIANS
HOLD A CONVENTION
(ey Union Associated Press.)

Paterson, n. j., Aug. 30.-Solemn
high mass in st. Joseph's Church this
morning opened the program of the
forty-seventh convention of the An
cient Order of Hibernians of New
Jersey. Addresses of welcome by the
mayor, clergymen and local and state
officers of the order, with responses
occupied the initial session.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-08-30
STORM WARNINGS FOR
THE COAST OF TEXAS
(By Associated Press,

New Orleans, Aug. 30.--Northeast
storm warnings for the Texas coast
<4oE4 issued again today. The dis
" 111te is said to be in the western
part ri the gulf, but indications are
'thpt 1t is now of such intensity as to
taazse grave alarm. According to the
Btrict forecaster for Texas and
louisiana, it will probably result in
squalls along the coast and a rising
tide.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-08-30
Attempted TO KILL
A SPECIAL Agent
Discharged Employe Of Great North
ern Railroad Shot Dead While At
tempting to Commit Murder.
(By Associated Press.l

st. Paul, Mimi, Aug. 3O.-C. P.
Welch, a discharged special agent of
the Great Northern Railroad Co., en-
tered the office of Chief Special Agent
Alex Ray today and fired five, shots -
him. Every shot went wild. In ~
meantime, Ray pulled his gun
before Welch could fire the rsr
ing, shot in his revolver Nay s1
Head. ~
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-08-30
Three COUNTIES FAILED
To COMPLY With LAW
Vote From These Counties Had To
Be Canvassed Unoffically.-Simpson
County Failed Altogether to Make a
Report to the Committee.

At meeting of the Sixth Congress
sional District Executive Committee,
held at the court house in Hatties-
burg yesterday, the returns of the
congressional primary in this district
were canvassed, with the following Of
fetal result, as certified to by F. c.
Hathorn, secretary of the committee;
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-08-30

In canvassing the returns of the
various counties the committee found
that three counties in the district had
failed to comply with the law in max
ing the returns; one by failing to
tabulate tho vote by precincts, and
another on account of the failure of
the Secretary of the county committee
to sign his name to the report. Re
turns from these counties could not,
therefore, be canvassed officially but
unoffcially the vote was found to be
as follows:
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-08-30
CHOLERA DISCOVERED
AT BERLIN, GERMANY

Berlin Germany, Aug. 3O.- Qr-
teen cases of cholera, or suspe -
cholera have been discovered y ~
lin and its suburbs. The spree& g.
cholera to Germany has cause -
sternation throughout this part q
rope.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-08-30
LATE MARKETS.
(BV Associated PreSS.)

Chicago, Aug. 30.-Wheat dull,
prices a shade lower. Provisions
firm, prices practically unchanged.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-08-30

New Orleans, Aug. 30.-Cotton fu-
lures at noon quiet and steady, 9 to
10 points over yesterdays close.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-08-30
: :. = :. = :: :. :. :. !: :. : :
THE WEATHER.

: Washington, d. c., Aug 30.-
: Showers tonight or Wednesday;
. cooler in north and central po,r
!: tion Wednesday. l
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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-08-30
KNIlAISpF PYTHIAS
EoloRADo MEET

eX 1T , kssociated Press }

Bould0E X Aug .S0.-Colorado
Knights as convened today in
annual ent All of the ledg-
state ard nted.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-08-30
THENEWs

Gives the news, general, state
and local. Give the circulation
man your subscription.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-14
LETS TOLSTOI GO.
His Wife VIII Not Try to induce Him
to Return.

Tula, Russia, Nov. 14-No effort
will be made by his family to induce
Count Tolstoi to abandon his seIf-im-
posed exile and return to the peasant
house at Yasnaya Poliana, which he
recently deserted with the avowed pur-
pose of spending the remainder of his
days in solitude. His wishes are sa-
cred to the countess, who. however,
has sent a message to her husband i'm
ploring that she be permitted to join
him and share the hardships which he
is determined to experience.
Little by little the story of the au-
thor's pilgrimage to date has become
known. In company with his physi-
clan, DR.. MakOvetsky. he went from
Tula to the ancint cloister of Shamar-
dino in the province of Kauluga, where
he remained the guest Of his sister,
Marie. The latter for many years has
been a nun at the cloister. which was
founded 500 years ago. The nuns min
gle with the world, devoting them
selves to good works. Tolstoi plans to
stay one week as the guest of his sis
ter, after which he proposes to resume
his wanderings with DR.. Makovetsky.
His destination he refuses to disclose
On the way to Shamardino, Count
TolstOi stayed over night at the mon
astery of Optina. Before entering the
place he announced:
athematized Leo To1stof Is there any
objection to my staying here" The
reply was:
1T is both a duty and pleasure to
offer you shelter
Tolstoi spent the day in the discus
sion of religious subjects with an aged
monk, whom he had met on a visit to
the monastery seventeen years ago.
The following morning the count re-
sumed his pilgrimage. He is clad in
a PEASANTS suit of rough material and
wears high boots. He carries no pass
ports and when he left home he took
only SIT with him. However, his
J daughter, Alexandra, who had learned
her fathers intentions, cor trived to Sc
crete $3.50 in a pocket Of DR.. Mako
vetsky's clothes and if the count suf-
fers for the necessities of life, it will
be because he elects to do so. Alex
andra has since Joined her father at
Shamrardino.
London. Nov. IA news agency
dispatch from st. Petersburg says it is
reported that after a brief stay in a
monastery Tolstoi will proceed to Can
ada to join the Dukhobors, followers of
his teachings.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-14
BEATEN TO DEATH
Body of a Woman Discovered in
Heart of Frisco.
Believed to Have Been Murdered
by Her Son.
HE is AN EX-CONVICT.
Had Served 13 Years in Folsom
Penitentiary.
His Clothes Spotted With Bloody
Finger Prints.

San Francisco. Nov 14.-Beaten be-
yond semblance to a human form, the
body of an aged woman was found to-
day in a vacant lot next to the Savoy
theater, in the center of the business
district of this city. John Knapp, an
ex-convict, is in Jail, charged with muir
der. On his way to work today Frank
Smith, a teamster, noticed what ap-
peared to be a bundle of clothing be-
hind a billboard, and on investigation
discovered the body.
Detectives detailed on the case found
Knapp standing in front of q stable
where he is employed not more than
so feet from the place where the body
lay. He was placed under arrest and
in his room in the stable the officers
found a window weight smeared with
blood and knotted gray hair. Some of
Knapp'S discarded garments were COW
cred with blood and the collar and
vest he wore when arrested were spot
ted with bloody finger prints.
A trail was discovered over which this
body had been dragged from the stable
to the lot where the body was found.
A photograph found in the room in
the stable bears a striking resem blanca
to Knapp, and he said it is a portrait
of his mother Mrs. Sophia Knapp, of
San Jose, Cal. The officers are in
clined to believe the dead woman is
Knapp's mother.
Knapp is 81 years old and has a
criminal record, having served 13 years
in Folsom penitentiary for the murder
of James Quinn of Humboldt county
in a gambling quarrel.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-14

He was chairman of the house judi
ciary committee of the last legislature.
It is reported from Decatur county
that the Democrats in many parts of
the Sixth district had not yet recov-
cred from the wounds of the primary
hence Rockefeller's defeat. In con-
trast with this disgruntled feeling was
the work of ]. D. Flanagan, who was
also defeated in the primary before the
primary, and of c. N. Page of the De-
catur county central committee. Both
men did all they could to elect Rookie
feller, choice of the Democrats of the
district for congress.
The following from the Oberlin Times
probably indicates the feeling of the
county on the election results:
THE election day passed off quietly
in Oberlin and Decatur county. The
Democrat victory. While the boys
tried to keep up courage there was no
time in the campaign when there was
hopes of the Republicans electing any
one on the ticket unless possibly A. c.
B.nta who was a candidate for county
superintendent and who came within %
votes of defeating Barnett when other
majorities in the county were running
from 200 to 500.
"The inclination of liberal Democrats
to scratch Barnett was discovered and
the Democratic Boss with his Big
Stick and lieutenants started early
Monday morning to line 'em up Mon
day was devoted to telling them what
to do; and Tuesday to seeing that they
{ I it AS 1t would have taken but
about twelve votes to have changed the
results there is no doubt but the Big
Stick saved him. How long will free
mortal men be compelled to submit to
political coercion anyway? In this dav
Of enlightenment man ought to know
how to vote and resent dictation from
any man but if he does not he should
have a guardian appointed instead of i
political Boss to attend to his class of
business.
1.-THE day was ideal and the entire
city vote was cast. Everybody is sat
isfied with results and glad ii is over
for two years.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-14
BE BIG DINNER.
The Three Clubs, Harmony" Conn
merciaI and Ad, Tomorrow.

The get together meeting of the
members of the Commercial club, the
Topeka Advertising club and the Santa
Fe Harmony club tomorrow noon
promises to be a big affair, the 500
members of the former organization
and 100 members of the latter having
received personal notification of the
affair.
Following is the communication sent
out from the Commercial club which
gives some necessary information:
There will be joint meeting of the
Topeka Ad club and the Topeka Com
mercial club Tuesday, November Is, at
noon. We will sit down to the regular
25 cent luncheon in the front parlor
at 1915.
General Manager c. w. Kouns, J.
r. Kountz, E. L. Copeland, and possi-
short talks made on the Harmony
campaign. The meeting will last one
hour only.
Every live business man in Topeka
should be preesnt.
"Please phone Secretar Badders
(either phone 727) for reservations.
J. F. FARRELL, the publicity agent of
the Santa Fe, will be the first speaker,
and will give a summary of the rail-
way situation. "It is the regular pro-
gram given in the towns where we
have stopped on our harmony trips
said Mr.. farrell.
81. r. Koontz, general freight agent,
will give the general theory of freight
rates and freight rate making; E. L.
Copeland, secretary and treasurer of
the system, will speak on the financial
side of the question, and c. w. Kouns,
general manager, will tell of the great
increase in the cost of railroading
which has kept pace with the cost of
living, and the present tendency to
hammer down the rates.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-14
UP TO THE STATES.
Texas and Oklahoma Now Dealing
With the Mexican Troubles.

Washington, Nov. 1.-THE fulfillment
of President Taft's promise to Presi-
dent Diaz to bring about the punish
ment of the persons who burned the
supposed Mexican Antonio Rodriguez
at Rock Springs, Texas, and to protect
Mexicans in this country appears to
depend on the good will of the COVER
norS of Texas and Oklahoma.
Governor Campbell of Texas, already
has promised to make an investigation
of the lynching and telegram receiV-
ed at the state department last night
from Governor Haskell, in answer to an
urgent request from Secretary Knox to
guard the safety of Mexicans in Okla
homa and particularly to prevent any
attempt to lynch the man, supposed to
be a Mexican who killed the chief of
police at Anadarko pledges the COVER
nor to comply with the request. The
state department has not been able tc
confirm the report that Rodriguez was
not Mexican but native born Amer
lean but it is expected investigations
now in progress will clear up that point.
A telegram from United States Am
bassador Wilson in the City of Mexico
informs the state department that
throughout Mexico, Sunday passed
without any recurrence of the anti
American outbreaks.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-14
LAFE YOUNG'S POLICY.
Says He Will Try to Be on Good Terms
With Cummins.

Des Moines, Nov. 14.-U. S. Senator
Lafayette Young, in an interview here
today, said he would make every ef-
fort in the senate to be on the best of
terms with Senator Cummins, whom
he formerly opposed through his news
paper, the Des MOines Capital.
I shall have no trouble in getting
along with Senator Cummins," said
Mr. Young. I'VE are the best of
friends. He is big enough to act on
his own judgment and I expect to do
the same.
The people of Iowa can rest as
sured that there will be no unseemly
scenes. My policy in the United States
senate will be constructive, not de-
structive
1T will be for the good of the coun-
try. 1t will be for the reUniting of the
republican party. The good of the
country depends upon the Republican
party I shall favor every good meas
ure without regard to its source"