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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-01-05
new employees OF
PENIN7EN1IARY
NeyIand Submits List
Of Appointments to Board of Trus-
tees Of Penitentiary.
Special to The Ne,os.

Special to The Ne,0s.
Jackson, Jan. 5.-Following is a
list of appointments of penitentiary
employees which was submitted by
Superintendent Neyland at yester-
days meeting of the board of trus-
tees:
Hon. Board Trustees Mississippi State
Penitentiary:
Gentlemen herewith hand you
list of my appointment of sergeants
for the ensuing year, with affixed sal
aries, and ask your approval of same
All guards will receive $50 per
month day; night guards $40.
Sunfiower Camp No. l, j. b. Gil.
bert, sergeant, 1898 1-3 per month
w. w. Babers, first assistant, $50 per
month; e. j. O'Keefe, second assist
ant, $50.
Sunflower Camp No. 2, J. S. Allen
sergeant, 1888; c. B, Allen, first as
sistant, $50; ]. P. Thomson, second
/ assistant, $50.
Sunfiower Camp No. 3, E. B. Kersh
sergeant, 1888; w. M Permenter
first assistant, $50.
Sunfiower Camp No. 4, G A. MIL
Inns, sergeant, ss3.33; ]. Fl. Edwards
first assistant. $50.
Sunfiower Camp No. 5, H. P. Ed
wards, sergeant, 1898; L. R. Gar
ner, first assistant, $50; c. Peters, sec
ond assistant, $40
Sunfiower Camp No. 6, D. A. Nc
Neil, sergeant, 1888; H. c. Hackett
first assistant, $780, F. E. Mcneil
second assistant, $40.
Sunflower Camp No. Z. j. H. Stock
EFT, sergeant, 1888; E. F. Weeks
first assistant, $50.
Sunfiower Camp No. 8, j. C. Nc
Coy, sergeant, $S3.33; A. B. Stubble
field, first assistant, $50.
Sunfower Camp No. 8, w. T. Dent
sergeant, 1898; J. R. May, first as
sistant, $50; Albert Dent, second as
sistant, $40.
Sunflower Camp No. 10, ]. S. Young
sergeant. 1888; ]. T. Johnson, frs
assistant, $50.
! Sunfiower sawmill, Eugene D. Jones
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-01-05
SL|DELL OFFICE
WAS DYNAMITED
Postoffice Safe Blowers Are Operat
ing Extensively in Louisiana
Towns These Nights.

Special to The NeUs.
New Orleans, Jan. 5.-The postofflce
safe blowers seem to be operating
from New. Orleans as their base. Sill
dell was the last place they visited
Gretna, McDonoghville, Westwego and
Algiers have already received theiI
attentioasa2
some1 lpnday night between
the ghos ar6R and dawn the safe
in the Sn(oll efnce was blown with
dynamite 4SlGppglycerine and the
contents ta11osfB
Postoffice ~ istos w. C. Kenyon
has not yet osal how much the
loss is, nor h. he6aiiy clue to the
identity of the fhieves
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-01-05
SCALE OF SALARIESk
OF STATE UFflCERS
| eoisIatiye Committee in Charge OF
This Matter Has Already Com
pleted Its Labors.
Snecidl to The NeUS.

Special to The NeUs.
Jackson. Jan. 5.--Hon. w. j. Stock
EFT. of Woodvile, member of the low
err house from Wilkinson county ana
chairman of the joint legislative COM
mittee appointed during the last ses-
sion to prepare bill for the equali-
zation of the salaries of the state
officers, called that committee to-
gether Monday afternoon and the
committee, with two formerly absent
members present, tentatively agreed
upon the salary to be recommended
for each official, the list itself having
been prepared at the former meeting
of the committee held here several
weeks ago
In accordance with this agreement
committee headed by Senator G. ].
Leftwich of Aberdeen, and including
Senator G. l.. Darden of fernando,
and Representative A. Johnson of
Clarke county, was appointed to draft
the bill, which is to be presented for
ratification at another meeting of the
committee to be held on Wednesday,
after which it is to be introduced in
the house by Mr.. Stockett. 1t may
also be offered in the senate by Mr..
Leftwick, although this is improba-
BILE in view of the fact that there will
be plenty of time in which to pass
it without such means of expediting
it.
The bill is almost certain to pro-
woke lengthy discussion in both
houses, regardless of what its provis-
ions are, since there is probably no
subject upon which there is such a
general disposition to disagree
as that of how much salary a man
ought to have.
Some of the members who haV
often seen men do exceedingly har/
work for about 500 per month AMI
his board and washing are amazed
that a state official who sits in at
Office should receive from 81 900 tc
5000 per year. others contend
that il a0iliy is to be considered, all
the salaries, with a few exceptions
should be materially raised in order
to make sure Of securing the SER
vices of the abest men to be had.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-01-05
Exemption Privilege Expired Jan
1st And Corporations Will Be
Treated AS individuals.


Special to The Neps.
jackson, Miss, Jan. 5.-Those CAPT.
talists who have failed, neglected or
refused to establish manufacturing
plants in Mississippi during the past
few years have missed an opportunity
which may never be afforded them
again.
Hereafter they must pay taxes on
their property just as do ordinary
folks no matter what they manufac-
ture or where or when, the exemption
privilege having expired on January
LIST. This has just been pointed out
by Attorney General Stirling in an
opinion issued to Auditor Smith.
which is in part as follows:
Attorney Generals opinion.
Il return to you, unapproved, the
application of the Tishomingo Stone
Z Concrete Company, for exemption
from taxation.
This exemption cannot be allowed
In the first place it was never the in
tention Of the Legislature to exempt
all the land a corporation might own
but only manufacturing plants, l. e..
q reasonable amount of land on which
plants might be located.
"The statute provides that those
plants shall be exempted which shall
be hereafter established in this state
before the first day of January. $780,
There is no showing in this applica
ton that any manufacturing plan
was established prior to the first day
of January, 1910. On the contrary
the application shows that the plan
will be established hereafter.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-01-05
CORPORATIONS Will NOT
Be EXEMPT FROM TAXATION

of Geo. w. and L. G. Harter, of Vicks-
burg, manufacturing chairs, settees,
tables, lawn swings and large mum
Der of similar articles.
The exemption runs for period OF
five years and the municipality has
the right to exempt the same property
for a period of not exceeding ten
years.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-01-05

For HEADACHE-Hick' CAPUDINE
Whether from Colds, Heat, Stomach
or Nervous Troubles. Capudine will
relieve you. rs 'iquid-pleasant to
take-acts Immediately, Try it. 1oc
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-01-05
other Reasons Unnecessary.

1T is not necessary to give other
reasons why this application should
not be granted"
In another case which came before
the auditor and attorney general yes
terday, covering plant already estab.
1ished, the application for an exemp-
tion was granted. This was the plant
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-12-02

which was 200 more than in the year
before.
Whatever may be the absolute ex-
Pediency Of prohibition laws, it seems
unreasonable to assume that they do
not reduce consumption to some ex-
tent It is hard 70 resist the conclu-
sion that, with increasing extrava-
ganees the wet" territory has been
doing more than its pro-rata share
toward increasing the general level of
consumption Otherwise it must be
diseouraging indeed to the propagan-
da Of restrictive legislation that a
period of almost unprecedented aetiv-
ity and apparent success should show
results so surprising in tie field cf
cold statistics
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-12-02
WATER POWER DIFFICULTIES
TO BE EXPECTED.

There's nothing alarming about the
report Of an officer Of the Geological
Survey who announces that we viii
encounter difficulty IN using the water
power at Great Falls for lighting the
streets, parks, and public buildings
of the District
Difficulties are bound to present
themselves in such an undertaking. It
is even probable the difficulty he points
out-the objection Of the Chesapeake
and Ohio Canal Company-win prove
to be less serious than other Difficult
ties, which have not yet been en-
countered. If there were no obstacles
to overcome IN converting the Great
Falls power into electric lights, the
thing would have been done years ago
Three parties hold an interest in
the water power now going to waste
in the Potomac at Great Falls. They
are the United States, the Canal Com
pany, and the Potomac Electric Power
Company. The fact remains, however,
that the Government already controls
the greater portion Of the power, thai
the power Is serving no useful purpose
at present, that, IN the opinion Of
several army engineers, It can be used
economically, and that the size Of the
Districts light bills today and the
amount of illumination it gets for its
money, Justify. the District Commits
sioners in looking to a municipality
owned water power light plant for re-
lief.
Difficulties must be overcome but
IN every movement for the welfare Of
any community difficulties must al
WAYS be overcome There Is no evil
denee that in the Great Falls project
the difficulties viii be unsurmountable-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-12-02

viii carry out the one important re
form which they are in position TO
execute One Democrat replied that
while he believed the committeeman
ing power was dangerous in the hands
of Cannon, he did not think it need
be taken away from Champ Clark We
must confess to doubts whether the
country viii accept this view. Every
Speaker who has held these immense
powers has earned the title of despot.
It Is dangerous to allow such author
ity to remain IN any mans hands.
The country Is going to be keenly
disappointed if this power is not taken
from the Speaker. It is going TO lose
its confidence in Democratic inten-
lions. The viriIe forces Of Republican
progressivism viii overlook no oppor-
tunity to force the issue and make it
embarrassing
Just as a matter Of good politics, 1t
is up to the Democrats TO make good
on this proposition
In its news columns The Times to
day prints the roIl-ean Of Democrats
who thus far have answered this, the
biggest question now before the mer
who viii compose the new House. It
VIII publish answers hereafter received.
and trusts that there may be a fun and
frank expression
There is no doubt Of the country's
wish in this matter. It wants the
Speakership stripped Of despotic pow
ers and the House made again a real
deliBerative body The Times believes
that when the country fully under
stands that there Is danger of this re-
form being sidetracled, it viii give
such expression OF disapproval as viii
bring Democrats to the conclusion that
reform of the rules Is the first great
duty before the House
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-12-02
INCREASED USE OF LIQUORS,
BEER, AND TOBACCO

The Bureau Of Internal Revenue has
Just issued statistics for the fiscal
year ended June 30, 1910, which show
that there has been an astonishing
increase in the consumption of dis
titled spirits, fermented liquors, and
tobacco in all its forms.
The I63,OOO,O0O gallons Of distilled
spirits represent an increase of 80
100000 gallons, as compared with the
previous year; the Sc, 485, III barrels OF
fermented liquors represent an in
crease of 100000 barrels; the 1900
100000 cigars smoked by the American
people represent an increase Of 100000
OOO- The cigarette habit appears to be
growing, since there was an increased
consumption of round billion, bring
ing the total up to 6,83O,OOO,OOO
Smoking and chewing tobacco and
snuff showed an increased consumption
OF 100000 pounds, bringing the tOtal
up to 100000 pounds.
The striking increase IN the amount
of beer and spirits consumed, in spite
Of the wave Of prohibitory and lOca
option law sweeping. over the country
viii arouse considerable discussion
The bureau itself declares that Their,
has been an increase in the amount o.
Illicit distilling in ~drv7 States mar
tieularly IN North and South Caro-
lima, Georgia. and Alabama. Tn,
number Of such plants closed was l,9Il
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-12-02
CHURCHILL TRAILS
BALFOUR ON STUMP
Home Secretary Employs
Relays of Automobiles to
Convey Reports.

LONDON, Dec. 2-The first members
OF the new English parIiament-the drst
Of the reign Of King George were re-
U-lrned TODAY without opposition They
are all UniOuists- joseph Chamberlain
and Jesse Ceilings were returned from
the city OF Birmingham; A. J. BaIfou-
from Banburv, and Mr.. Guinness, from
Bury St Edmunds-
The candidates for the London city
seats IN parliament ali Of them Union
lists, were returned without opposition.
The elections began IN Indictment wealth
er- II was cold and dreary- Despite
this fact and the fact that candidates
were unOppOsed there was q great deal
Of excitement
Surrounded by a special guard Of de-
teCtives to protect him from the SUI
fTagettes, Home Secretary Winston
ChurCaiII went to Cheshire today 10 de-
liver two speeches He replied 70 utter
anceS Of SalfOurr declaring the Iatters
sudden change Of attitude, wherein he
asserted that he was wiling 10 allow
the constitutional questions 20 20 before
the people, showed insincerity- A spe-
Cial train waited at Cheshire 10 CARY
the home secretary 10 GTi-Ishz-- Wnzra
AIr- BaIfOur VIII also speak this even
ing
The hone secretary All fgurre~ 70
Sheffield and SPEAK IN reply TO a speech
delivered at CI-imsby bv the former
PREMIER A special reIav Of automobile
VIII carry 2 verbatim report OF the Bal
four speech TO Sheffield from CTriUslg-
ar. Churchill VIII be IN Manchester to-
morrow
Despite the fncIeuent v-eatE er the
house 70 house canvass Of the cauds-
dates continues The campaign IS grad
uaIlv becoming more bitter and. prom
ises at its climax, 10 eclipse anyChlD-
eYer. seen n English politics.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-12-02

there arising Gods heaven Of slowly
milk!
artistic for salvatonbut
TO fol- kiddies
tired seeing Sixteenth
$1,000 automobiles while the dead
take the cold form Of another dead
Sixteenth street would supply milk for two starving
a week!
4 babies
milk would like see the ten thousand little white grave
every
Building reading
memory Of an public placed thereon!
walk through beautiful
lined streets her humble home to md her baby cold IN death its childish
prate d its chubby fingers enated into claws and the wan face
few pennies worth Of milk keep
Of life!
Z am seeing
of papers,
public halls sdiuns and municipal improve
description.
81 would baby health CLINT
as the maddest
I care nothing
a1oeao of human se but remember that it also contains many
who
electricity find the joint Of
without blueprint said that
Injurious many
while scientists their heads
filed with funeral with little white caset
he
We pirate of high art and boast of being governed city
nation
the alleys under the shadow Of
Capitol itself the almost animal Of the female with her dead
n
Nightly here in this Capital City, prayer
order Of things and let
a the rich little lessI
Daily wealthy people
prayers White Throne
greatest teachers
done these
when think these things long mystic power to coin
ability
viii
only ability
for moment darling while go to the woodhed and css
reached for his hat but Imogene said
Andrew. just this once7" .zzasazzzzal
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-12-02
NAVY DESERTIONS
WORRY UNCLE SAN
More Than Six Hundred
Sailors or Marines Court
Martialed In Year.

Dessrtion Is the most common onfense
in the naval and marine services, &C
cording 10 the report OF Robert L Rus
sell judge advocate general Of the de-
partment-
Last year there were G01 sailors and
maIlnSs tried by cc1rt-martial on this
chaSSe- Five hundred and forty-three
OF these men were sailors. while the
Test were marines
No less than thirty-six other offenses
were Ilea b. COuTL-maTtfai- Next 70
deSertlon IN order Of frequency is the Of
Iense % 'scandalous conduct which IS
hol oenned IN the report and absence
WITHOUT leave IS next There We're Z78
d Jnese cases last year. Fraudulent en-
ilstlnenI comes next, and the list dwin-
oles down 70 assault Of sentfneIs, break
iIB arrest o1sreSDectfui language to an
fAHceFs drunkenness. neglect Of duty,
refusing 10 obey orders, robbery, sleep
- On watch. destroying public prop
erry, falsehOOd- arson unsifrea ting shore
dWellers, and inefficfency-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-12-02
PEOPLE RESPOND TO APPEAL
FOR FAIRGROUNDS

The children Of Washington get their
Fairgrounds. More specifically, the
children of Washington keep their
Fairgrounds. Eight of the eleven, ii
is announced, wiz be kept open this
winter, from o'clock TO O'Clock on
school days and all day - Saturdays
and holidays.
This result of the six weeks cam
paign Of the officers of the Washing
ton Fairgrounds Association will be
received with much satisfaction by
the people of the city As to the chill
dren Of Washington, they are Simply
crazy about it." The result Is espe
cially gratifying in view Of the fact
that the contributions to maintain the
grounds during the cold weather were
practically free viii offerings. The
officers Of the association engaged IL
but very little personal solicitation
Of funds
It would have been more gratifying
TO the association if the complete sum
of 5000 had been contributed, but
the fact that $4,000 was contribute
voluntarily in small a1aounts is decid-
edIv gratifying. showirlq that the
people of washingt9n rszlize the value
of the public Fairgrounds, and prov
ing conclusively that public seutimen;
on Fairgrounds Is OF such character
that their Permanency is assured
It may be necessary to take up an.
other small collection in the spring
but after the close Of the present fsca
yeT the Fairgrounds viii pass int
the hands Of the District Government
and Ein undoubtedly be provided fol
as aze other permanent institution.
Of the District. With the people be
hind the fairgrounds they hav,
Just shown themselves to bet seem:
certain that the experimental stag,
has been passed and the institution
put upon a foundation so solid thai
no person or interest win ever try K
shake them of.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-12-02
OPPOSE THE PASSAGE
OF ENVELOPE BILL

In the LAST three weeks, Senator Pen
rose, Of Pennsylvania, chairman OF the
Senate Committee on PostOfffces- has
received over 1000 letters protes ing
against the passage Of the bill 70. bid
ding the Government making contracts
for printing return cards Of private
nrTns or persons upon stamped enve-
lopes- The labor unions favor the bill,
which is now before the Senate. II was
introduced by Representative TOUvelIe,
and has already passed the House The
opponents Of the bill say il would force
the public to pay an average Of s. per
Loo more for printed stamped eEve-
Iopes-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-12-02
BUSTS ARE PLACED
NCAPTTOL INCHES

That's q fine bust OF Cleveland It
looks exactly like him the day I saw
him inaugurated
That's not Cleveland. father" said
the boy. Its Roosevelt
The old man looked a little more
closely Well he said, after his
scrutiny, ''mebbe your right But I
don't see any teeth
The five Vice Presidents whose like
nesses are being installed are Morton,
Hendricks, Hobart, Fairbanks, and
Roosevelt The Roosevelt likeness wears
a frOwn as If the colonel were waiting
for group Of undesirable tourists
coming down the corridor. The mouth
Is closed, but II looks as IL it might
open At any minute
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-12-02

Not the least Of the changes in the
Capitol, which will be observed by re-
turning Senator's next Monday, is the
installation Of the marble busts OF the
last FIVE Vice Presidents, which are be
ing placed in the inches in the south
corridor Of the Senate
Among them is the bust Of Cc4onel
Roosevelt Fairbanks famous whiskers
have been fmmortalized also, the same
which disappeared at the hands Of the
barber In the Orient
Standing before the Roosevelt bust.
which bears no inscription as yet, an
elderly tourist today said to his son:
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-12-02
Andrew and InnOgene
BY Roe Fulkerson

AIOGENE
she aske
succncty.
hat you
mean" Andrew, day
paror hurredy
your presence impossfbiy keep
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-12-02
THE DEMOCRATS AND THE
HOUSE COMMITTEES.

The Democratic party desires to put
Its best foot forward, in the next year
and a half, in the hope Of promoting
its chance Of electing a President in
1912
Having secured control of the popu-
lar branch Of Congress, the question
for Democrats Is, what can the
House do to convince the country tina
It can get what it wants through
Democracy"
1t seems easy to answer the gues-
ton The country was led during the
lste campaign 70 understand that
further reform of the House rules
was pledged by the Democrats. That
was the biggest single issue. Further
reform" means, IN the public mind,
just one thing:
ITO TAKE THE CO8BnTTEE-AP-
POINTING POWER FROM TIL
SPEAKER
This Is the biggest single achieve
ment Of which the Democrats may be
certain. They are understood by the
nation to have promised it. The coun-
Try wants It, and the Democrats will
sacrifice a vast share of public con
faence if they do not grant it.
Yet there is serious uncertainty
whether they intend to do this Champ
Clark, who is universally expected to
be Speaker, has not declared himself
for the change-not since election. He
and other leaders have taken the hest
tating attitude that the party caucus
must decide.
Democrats who now occupy advan-
tageous positions on important com
n1ittees, and are DESTROYS that the old
order Of precedence shall continue
have generally declined to commit
themselves. Their reticence is con
strued to indicate that they do not
care much about making the change
As soon as possible after election
The Washington Times sent to every
Democratic member-elect a letter, ask
ing him to answer the question:
do you intend to vote to take from
the Speaker the power to appoint com
uiittees?"
To this letter a considerable mum
Der Of replies were received A second
letter was sent, repeating the inquiry
and asking the courtesy Of a reply
from gentlemen who had not answered
the first. As a result approximately
ohe-third Of Democratic members-elecr
have given expressions. They are tab
Udated thus:
IL favor Of taking the committee
raining power from the Speaker-Sl
Opposed to taking the commit se-
making power from the Speaker
Answering but declining TO give posi-
tfEe expreSsiOn-4G-
Total number answering-77.
Total number Of Democrats elected Il
the new HOUse-225-
There Is not, on this showing. mucl
ground for hope that the Democrat
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-12-02
What S on the Program IN
Washington Today

oyster supper. St. Stephens Episcopal
Church, Fourteenth street and Co
Iumbia road, to s D m
Bazaar under auspices Of the Young
Peoples Social Club, Epiphany
Church, G street, between Thirteenth
and Fourteenth streets northwest, 3
TO 10 ?. n
Sho' mems night at EIks' Fail Festival,
91e Il street northwest.
Olive Meade Quartet. benefit Of Gradu-
ate Nurses Association, Columbia
Theate-, 4:S0 D. N.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-12-02

and tell you what / honestly think
Of this milk proposition" He got
up and commenced TO pace the floor
ct has exactly the same effect
on my temper that q RED paTasoI
has on the nerves OF a HOlstein gen
tIeman COW! want 20 paw the
earth and below. I want TO brfng
out my large vocabulary Of vitupera-
tive epithets and air them on this
subject A shorthand report Of a
speech OF mine on this matter would
be simply a series Of dashes and
exclamation points.
Il am tired Of hearing the Com
missioners ask Congress for a few
more million dollars TO make
Washington the city beautiful when
from every DOOR home IN the CITY