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The Nome daily nugget., 1910-07-02
Fresh Lemon. at the Board of Trad

Office: Sehofieid Building. Opposite
Court House. Phone: Main 43.
J. SULLIVAN
Stenographer
Notary
Residence: Golden Gate Hotel; Phone
Main 7. Room 5.
The Nome daily nugget., 1910-07-02

Returns of Big Fight. July 4th, at
Board of Trade.
The Hattiesburg news., 1910-08-12
CLARkSDALE MAY
TRY new Plan
Town Council Has Ordered an Elee-
tion on the Commission Form
of Government Proposition.

Jackson. Miss, Aug. 12.-Secretary
of State ]. w. Power is receiving nu-
merous requests from citizens OF
Clarksdale for copies of the law OF
1908 permitting municipalities to
adopt the commission form of govern
ment. The town council has ordered
a special election to be held on Au-
gust 30th, at which the people will be
given an opportunity to decide wheth-
er they desire to abandon the code
chapter on municipalities and adopt
the commission plan, and warm
campaign is in progress. The clarks-
dale plan is tt elect three commission
ers, one of whom shall act as mayor
and these officials are to have sole
charge of the city government.
The proposition was submitted to
the voters of Jackson about three
years ago and rejected by a small ma
jority. There have been two elec-
tions in the city of Biloxi since-the
statute of 1908 was adopted, and the
commission plan in both instances re-
ljected.
The Hattiesburg news., 1910-08-12
PLEADED GUILTY
To EMBEZzLEMENT
With Understanding That He Would
Serve His Time and Pay Court
costs-AppeaI to Supreme Court
Resulted in Confirmation.

Special to The Nelos.
Jackson, Miss, Aug. 12.-Governor
Noel has refused to pardon D. G. Nc |
Innes. former sheriff and tax collector |
|of Simpson county. This means
McInnes must either pay the $1,000
court costs or remain in jail for an
indefinite period.
! AS sheriff and tax collector of Simp-
son county, Mr.. MeInnes failed to set
tie with the state promptly for funds
in his possession. He was indicted
for embezzlement by the Simpson
county grand jury, but, by agreement,
was allowed to plead guilty to mis-
demeanor, instead of going to trial
for felony.
He was given a short term in Simp-
son jail, and fought the case through
the supreme court, entailing costs
amounting to about $1,000. When he
entered the plea of guilty, it was with
the understanding that he would serve
his time and pay costs of courts. He
turned over all his property to make
the shortage good, and is said to be
without funds to pay costs. His
friends recently applied to Governor
Noel for a pardon from the costs, but
counter petition containing more
names than that asking for the par
don was sent in, protesting against
the pardon.
Governor Noel investigated all the
conditions and circumstances of the
plea of guilty to misdemeanor, by
which Mr. McInnes escaped a Ions
term in the penitentiary, and refused
to grant the pardon.
1t seems the sheriff had the fund
of the state invested in various enter
prises in his section, and when a de
mand was made upon him to settl
:, he could not do so. This demand wa
. made during the panic of 1907-S, AM
>. he could not realize on his holdings
which cost him several thousand do
- lars. He afterwards made the shor'
age good and entered plea of guilty
! There was such strong opposit1o
: to the pardon Governor Noel felt h
. could not grant it, though Mr.. Mcli
- mes has many friends in Simpso
30 county.
The Hattiesburg news., 1910-08-12
SEARCH EXTENDED
over $4,000 MILES
Prisoner Took Position in window at
Police Station and Bowed and
Waved to Thrones of People in the
Streets Below.
(By Associated PresS.)

Louisville, KY, Aug. 12.-Joseph
Vending, wanted here on the charge
of numbering Alma Kelner, was land
e dsafely in the city hall where this
morning, after a remarkable chase
across the continent and an almost
equally remarkable return, in charge
of Capt. John P. Carney, chief of the
police detective department.
Vending had no sooner been ush
cred into the office of the chief of po
lice on the Sixth street side of the
city hall, than he took a position il
one of the large windows and busiet
himself bowling and waving his hant
to the crowd which had gathered il
the street below.
Captain Carney and his prisoner al
rived here shortly before 8 o'cloc
this morning from Evansville, Inc
An automobile was waiting at the sti
ton and the prisoner was placed
this and a quick dash to police hea'
quarters in the city hall followed.
large detail of officers had little tro'
BILE in keeping back the crowd at tn
station.
Not until May 80, the day that I'll
mutilated body of Alma Kellner wf
found in the cellar of st. Johns Pa
aochial school, was Vending connec
ed with the disappearance OF II
child. 1t was at first believed th
the child had been kidnapped. Fo'
months prior to the finding OF II
body Vending left Louisville.
When bloody clothing was lat
found in the room he had occupied, Il
}, search for him began. 1t covered
l. a roundabout way thirteen thousal
e miles before he was finally arrest
o in San Francisco.
The Hattiesburg news., 1910-08-12
VOuDOU DOCTOR
gets IN TROUBLE
Had Been Practcing Exorcism on
Members of His own Race, Re-
ceivine Liberal Pay for Same

One Doctor Ducksworth, a negro,
has gotten himself into an uncomforta-
Bile attitude, and it may require the
employment of all the arts known to
the hoodoo and exorcist to extricate
him from the grip of the law.
Many negroes have recently COM
planned to police officers that this
negro has been taking" them, pre-
tending that he could cure all ailments
to which the human flesh is heir by
the practice of exorcism. He made
them believe, it is said, that he could
cast out evil spirits and cure all bodily
ailments by the touch of his hands,
with the assistance of the spirits
with which he pretended to be in
close communication.
Many credulous darkies believing
the doctor could do what he claim
ed. paid him liberal sums of money
in order to be healed. They got the
treatment" but no relief, and they
decided to take the matter to cour
and get revenge on the fakir.
Duckworth was arrested this morn
ing and will be tried before Judge Da
Wis tomorrow.
The Hattiesburg news., 1910-08-12
THINK MAN RUN down
WAS MURDER VICTIM
Special to The Netos.

Special to The Ne,os. . u 49,.
Baton Rouge, Aug. 12.-That the
death of C. N. Courtney, an employe
of the Standard Oil Company, whose
corpse was found under the wheels OF
An engine near the oil works on Sat
urday morning, was due to murder,
and not accident, is the theory at
Baton Rouge today.
Courtney had a dispute with his
wife some days ago over her receiv'
ing attentions from some of Court
news fellow-employes of the oil
works. and later a row with two mer
employed at the plant.
Courtney's wife sent him away, ano
she is said to have declared: =
hone the next time see you, you viii
be dead.'
Courtney was sober when he lef
town for home, boarding an L. r. ant
The Hattiesburg news., 1910-08-12
1892 BALES OF
COTTON HANDLED
BY the Hattiesburg Compress During
the Season Just Closed-Ware-
house Now Empty.

During the season just closed, the
Hattiesburg compress has handled eX-
actly 1892 bales of cotton, the larg-
est amount ever handled in a single
season by the local compress.
On January l there were in the
compress warehouse 10000 bales; to-
night not a single bale of the tieecy
staple will remain in the sheds, today
being general cleanup day and every
thing cleared out for the season.
This has been the most prosperous
cotton season in the history of Hat
tieesburg. During the marketing and
buying period, six of the largest cot
ton firms in the South have had repre-
sentatives here, and the competitor
thus created served to keep the price
we'll up to the level, and Hattiesburs
has been the beneficiary.
Manager F. L. Mathews, of the 10
cal compress, is recognized as one o
the ablest compress managers il
Mississippi, and it will be a source o
qualification to know that he will
have charge of the compress mex
Lseason. The plant will be put in first
class order for more prosperou
season next year, which is confidentl
expected.
The Hattiesburg news., 1910-08-12
MAYOR GAYN0R
Still IMPROVING
Passed Comfortable Morning AND
Showed Steady Improvement up
to / O'Clock This Afternoon.
(By Associated PreSs.)

New York, Aug. 12.-In spite OF the
alarming rumors which prevailed last
night in connection with Mayor Gay
nor's condition, official bulletins is
sued today continue to give further
assurances of his Improvement
At o'clock this afternoon Secre-
tary Adams gave out the following;
"The mayor passed comfortable
morning, taking nourishment at noon
and showing steady Improvement up
to 1 p. m"
Rufus Gaynor, the mayors son, said
this afternoon that he feels certain
that if some unlocked for symptom
does not develop his father is certain
to recover.
AS the days go on young Gaynor
/ believes the chances of blood poison
ing are steadily decreasing and this
is all which prevents the attending
physicians from issuing a statement
to the effect that the mayors recovery
is positively assured.
Expressions of encouragement on
the part of all the watchers by Mayor
Gaynor's bedside ushered in the fourth
day of his fight for recovery. The
following bulletin was issued this
morning: Mayor Gaynor passed
very good night. He slept sever
hours. He is comfortable this morn
ing and in excellent condition. Hi
temperature is one hundred, pulls
rate seventy, respiration 16."
At o'clock the physicians wer
> unwilling to supplement the bulleti
: with even informal statements as t
the patients condition, evidently az
: suming that the reassuring tenor
the official announcement will be a
that is necessary to allay any fea1
5. that had found expression late la'
t night.
The Hattiesburg news., 1910-08-12
NAVAL COLLIER is
At BOTTOM OF SEA
The MarcelIus Sunk as Result OF
Her Condition With Norwegian
Fruit Steamer.
I'm Associated PreSS.)

Norfolk, Va, Aug. 12.-The naval
collier Marcellus lies at the bottom OF
the Atlantic ocean in latitude 36, longl-
tude IA, s, having been sunken hours
after she was struck by the Norwegian
fruit steamer S. Rosario di Giorgi last
Tuesday.
The collier Leonidas arrived off
Sewall's Point Wednesday night with
the crew of the Marcellus aboard, al
so bringing four barges, two of which
she towed out of Delaware Breakwa-
ter last Monday and the two that the
Marcellus had in tow for the naval
station at Guantanamo, Cuba.
If is stated that at the time of the
collision the weather was thick. The
Leonidas and the Marcellus were pro
ceeding down the coast, and it is
stated that the fruit steamer loomed
m suddenly and without warning
struck the collier a terrific blow or
the side that ripped open the plates
but the water tight bulkheads were o
great use in keeping the collier afoa.
The Leonidas was signaled an'
steamed for the Marcellus and tool
off the crew.
The Hattiesburg news., 1910-08-12
PROHIBITION is
NOW The issue
Oklahoma Democrats, However, May
Steer Clear of the Proposition
Altogether.
(Bu Associated PresS.)


Oklahoma City, Ok, Aug. 12.-With
more than 1000 delegates present the
state Democratic convention began
here yesterday. Principal interest
centers in the probable action of the
convention on the question of the re-
submission of the prohibition clause
of the constellation to vote, of
the people. Although the resubmis-
sion forces are making every effort
to commit the Democratic party to an
endorsement of the idea it seems prob
able the concention may steer clear of
a prohibition question altogether.
1t is probable that the platform
adopted will endorse the administers
ton of Gov. Haskell although in case
of a fight, the governor will not in
sist upon the ratification on othel
than the policies for which he has
contended most strangely.
Judge John Owens of Muskogee
temporary chairman, addressed the
convention this morning. LIE Cruce
who was chosen Democratic candidate
for governor at the primaries, ant
Governor Haskell were also expectet
to speak.
The Hattiesburg news., 1910-08-12
DISTRICT MEETING
OF ODD FELLOWS
Gathering at Ellisvile Yesterday Was
Pronounced Success, More Than
100 Delegates Being Present.


Special to The Netos.
Ellisville, Miss, Aug. 12.-More than
100 delegates, representing over 70
lodges in Southeast Mississippi, at
tended the District Meeting of Odd
Fellows yesterday and were royalty
welcomed and entertained by the hos
pitable people of this little city.
Prominent Odd Fellows in attendance
were: R. S. Brumfeld, Grand Mas
ter; Herman Katz, Deputy Grano
Master; w. S. Pedoty, Grand Secre-
tary: n. M. Cudabac and o. U. Addl-
son, District Deputy Grand Masters.
Visitors were met at the train by
members of the local reception COM
mittee, and an excellent band fur
nished inspiring music, and from the
beginning to the end of the meeting
a spirit of cordial welcome was shown
all visitors which made the meeting
one of the most pleasant in years. II
fact as the saying goes, Odd Fellow
money was counterfeit"
A delightful feature was the baske
dinner at noon on the court hous'
lawn. This was prepared and al
ranged by the Rebekahs and was
magnificent repast. In the afternoo
there was a general business meetin
at the odd Fellows Hall, and at nigh
public speaking at the handsom
court house, hundreds of townspeopl
being present, Grand Secretary Pedot
delivering a mastery address on Od'
fellowship. Another feature of tn
meeting was the initiatory and fir
Il degree work by the degree teams
Ellisville and Laurel.
= Representatives from Hattiesbu1
k were Messrs. G. P. Smith, Hernia
|. Katz, D. G. McGilvray, R. ]. Olive
a. S. S. Wright and Dr. Busby.
The Hattiesburg news., 1910-08-12
INCREASE in PRICE OF
VEHICLES Threatened
(Bp Associated Press.l

Louisville, Ky, Aug. 12.-The great
demand for competent workmen OF
certain classes by the automobile fac
tories in the country, and the steep
advance in the prices of materials
used in the construction of carriages
are two reasons assigned by the dele
gates to the annual meeting of the
Carriage Manufacturers Association Of
North America for the proposed ad-
vance in the price of carriages and
light vehicles. Leather, lumber, rub
Der and steel are material used In the
manufacture OF carriages.
The delegates refused to divulge
the exact increase in the price OF car
riages which they propose. Thell
meetings are being held behind ciose1
idoors here.
The Hattiesburg news., 1910-08-12
Lightning BREAKS
OPEN A Store SAFE
SpectdI to The Net0S.

Special to The NetoS.
McFall, Ala, Aug. 12.-Lightning
played the role of safe-breaker here
Wednesday night when it tore a hole
in the roof of the store of L. d. Sny-
der, ran down a post, broke open the
safe and stole away. At the home
of John Davis at Alexandria a few
miles north of here, the family clock
was demolished while the house was
comparatively uninjured.
The Hattiesburg news., 1910-08-12
RAILROAD BLUNDERED
in SHIPPING A CORPSE
Special to The Neios.

Special to The Netos.
Jackson, Miss, Aug. 12.-Mr. and
Mrs. w. A. Scott arrived here We'd
nesday afternoon from Monteagle'
Tenn, and supposed they were accom-
panying the body of their little son on
arrival here it was found the corpse
was not on their train. 1t had been
shipped by express, and instead of
being placed on the train with Nthe
parents when they changed cars at
Nashville it was routed over another
road and did not reach jackson untll
six hours after the parents.
The Hattiesburg news., 1910-08-12
Vessel IS ABLAH
ON LAKE MICHIGAN

Chicago, Aug. 1.-THE Evanston
life saving station has received re-
port that a vessel caught fire in Lake
Michigan between Milwaukee and
Kenosha. The burning vessel Is re-
ported to have been sighted by the
crew of the steamer Christopher Co
lumbus while the latter was en- route
ts Milwaukee.
A wireless message from the Craw'
ford Transportation Company's Ship
Tennessee stated that the Tennessee
was alongside of ship on fire twenty
miles northwest of Chicago. This
seemingly would indicate the safety
1.-The passengers of the burning yes
The Hattiesburg news., 1910-08-12
WOODMEN ENDORSE ]
CRESCENT CITY
As Logical Point For Panama Exposi3
tion,-Exposition Management
Is Gratified.

Special to The 7.etos.
New Orleans Aug. 12.-The news
of the endorsement by the Uniform
Rank of the fourth district, Woodmen
of the World, comprising the States
of Louisiana, Mississippi and Ala
bama, recognizing New Orleans as the
place in which to celebrate the COM
pletion and opening of the Panama
Canal in 1915, was enthusiastically
received Thursday morning by the
MANAGEMENT of the Worlds Panama
Exposition Company. The resolutions
were adopted Wednesday at the en-,
campment held at Gulfport, Miss, at
tended by many thousand members
of the order from three States men
toned.
The resolutions were presented by
Prof. M. Whitney, consul commander
of Hyacinth Camp No. 3S7 of New Or
leans. They were unanimously adopt
ed and many expressions favoring the
Crescent City were made by promi
nent members of woodcraft.
An official copy of the resolutions
signed by Gen. A. B. Booth, head con
= sui of Louisiana; c. L. Matber, s. L
Caure. head consul of Mississippi, AM
; H. F. Simrall.
. The tri-State encampment was hel
, at Camp Simrall," a short distanc
o from Gulfport.
The Hattiesburg news., 1910-08-12
specimens GATHERED
FROM Many PLACES
Virgins, Lumberton, E'llsvIl'e' Pur-
Wis, Olah And other Points rave
Been Drawn Upon in Securing The
Splendid Collection.

In mentioning the splendid exhibit
of agricultural products now on dis
play in the Commercial Club room,
The News has inadvertently failed to
make mention of individual EXHIBITS
in the collection; and lest the idea
should prevail that it is strictly an
exhibit of Forrest county products,
The News is requested to state that
the exhibits have come from several
counties of this district; the prime
purpose of these exhibits, which are
being collected elsewhere as well as
here, being to promote the develop
ment of all of Southeast Mississippi.
In making the collection, the
towns of Virgins. Lumberton, Purvis,
Ellisville, Olah and others are repre-
sented, and some splendid specimens
of several varieties of fruits, vegeta-
bles and agricultural products have
been obtained from those places.
One of the best exhibits of grapes
came from near Virgins. These
grapes were grown by Mr.. Renot, a
Frenchman, who took the cuttings
from the south of France to Califor
mia, and brought them from that
state to this. The vines were only
. eighteen months old when the ripe
fruit was gathered, and several of the
punches weighed more than two
pounds each. Mr.. Renot calls this
variety 1.-The Baton Rouge"
Mr.. McHenry, of Richburg, has tw'
fine exhibits of Niagara and Concord
! graves, while Mr.. Louis Letton, whit
e lives in Hattiesburg, has several va
rieties on exhibition, and some yer.
y, fine grapes from vines one year oil
- were contributed by Mr.. II. A. Camp
# Some honey, which is attractin
considerable attention, was contrib
e. uted by Mr.. l. E. Bass, of Lumbertor
i who also sent some Japanese walnut'
4. Mr.. L. B. Pettus, of Ellisville, sen
n some very fine okra, corn and oats
. Mr.. w. B. Pridgen of Virgins, flu
70 nished some nice cucumbers an
., squash, and Mr.. j. w. Moragne {
Purvis, sent some very fine Irish p
10 tatoes.
40 One of the very best features of tn
-. exhibit is a pumpkin weighing 62 1
is pounds, which was grown by Mr.. '
od N. Collins, of Olah. Other article
no contributed by Mr.. Collins are tv
m varieties of corn, some oats, canne
40 beans, peaches, blackberries, tom
- toes and syrup. The most liber
n, contribution to the exhibit was tn
nd of Mr.. w. D. Lettle, of Hattiesbur
ok who gave squash, okra, peas, butt
beans, wonder berries and four v
rieties of corn.
The above brief enumeration
some of the specimens in the exhil
conveys but a faint idea of what tt
M Commercial Club and other comm
~" cial clubs are doing along these lin
but will serve to inform the pub
that the great variety of good thin
the which are being shown here are I
,ye confined to one locality alone, but c
ose be raised anywhere in South Miss
of sippi.
LOT |
The Hattiesburg news., 1910-08-12
UNLAWFUL To SWIM
In RIVER In DAYTIME
Special to The Netos.


New Orleans, Aug. 1.-THE numer-
Gus complaints made to the police de-
partment in regard to number of men
and boys swimming in the river naked,
at all times and places, has brought
out the feet that it is against the law
for anyone to swim in the river, under
any circumstances, in the daytime.
This statement was made Thursday
morning by Corporal Gilrey of the
Harbor Precinct
"About twenty arrests have beer
made by the officers from this pre-
cinct during the last month" sale
Corporal Gilroy, "and we are watching
for all Offenders. Arrests have beel
The Hattiesburg news., 1910-08-12
TUMBLED THROUGH
ELEVATOR SHAFT
SpectGI to The Meas.

SpectcI to The NeG0S.
Vicksburg, Miss, Aug. 12.-Henry
Forster, aged 1S, connected with a
prominent family here, was struck by
a freight elevator in the Valley Dry
Goods, Company AT noon yesterday
and fell a distance of fifty feet down
the shaft to the concrete pit. His
head was crushed TO a pulp.
The women clerks became hysteri
cal. and the store had to be closed.
The Hattiesburg news., 1910-08-12

r-lde recently by all of the officers
from this station.
Persons who desire to swim must
do so at night, and then the SWIM
mers must be properly clothed. When
we find that the law is being violated.
we arrest the vlolator."
The Hattiesburg news., 1910-08-12

N. train at the depot, and alighting at
North Baton Rouge few minutes
later. The engineer of the other
train says that when Courtney was
hit, he was lying directly across the
tracks.
Since then the men with whom
Courtney quarrelled have left town
The belief is held that Courtney was
struck on the head and put on the
track SO that the crime would be con
cealed.
The Baton Rouge police are taking
lno interest in the case because 1t oc
6urred outside of the city limits.
The Hattiesburg news., 1910-08-12

Chicago, Aug. 12.-Wheat quiet ane
steady, IL cent higher to is cent low
er. Provisions easy, shade lower.
The Hattiesburg news., 1910-08-12
LATE MARKETS.
(By Associated Press.)

New orleans, Aug. 12.-Cotton lu-
lures at noon quiet, unchanged to )
points down.
The Hattiesburg news., 1910-08-12
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. THE WEATHER. !:

: Washington, d. c., Aug. H.
I: Partly cloudy weather with local
= rains tonight or Saturday.
The Hattiesburg news., 1910-08-12
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THE NEWS

Leading Paper of South Miss
sslppl. always brings results
D to Advertisers.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-08-13
ONE YEAR OVER THE CENTURY
Mrs. yman Rogers Bases Longevity on Early Plain Living-Resides with Her Daughter, Mrs. Nancy M Sweet of Montvle, Who is IT.

Residing with her daughter, Mrs. Nancy M. Street, in an attractive little cottage on the Gay road, Palmertown, Mrs. Lyman Rogers will on next Tues day celebrate the 101st anniversary of her birth. She comes to this notable day mentally and physically more ac- tive than many persons who count only the allotted three score years and ten.
 In walking she relies to some extent upon her staff now. but she likes to be out of doors all she can. While to hereditary longevity may be ascribed the sum of years she has enjoyed, the aged woman herself attributes it large ly to the good plain living of her earlier years, combined with her extraordinary will power and determination, this lat ter at times making it no easy matter for her family to guide her movements. Her appetite is good and she wants her food to be substantial She boasts that she has never had a doctor, except at the birth of her children, and she views with disfavor any suggestion that she should see a physician even now for any reason. Her daughter, Mrs. Street, is 76 years of age. and like Mrs. Rog- CTS, knows little Of illness.