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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-04-20
MUCH ENTHUSIASM
WAS MANIFESTED
A Big Meeting Of Hattiesburg Citizens
Last Night-Commission Form of
Government League.

Pursuant to resolutions adopted at
mass meeting held Monday night, the
Commission Government League of
Hattiesburg met last night on the
third floor of the Citizens Bank build
ing and adopted constitution.
The meeting was largely attended
by representative business men of the
city, and much enthusiasm was mani
tested. In addition to adopting con-
stitution, which is published herewith,
a committee to solicit candidates for
the various city offices were appoint
ed, as follows: E. C. Hearon, chair
man; f. S. Senton, J. B. Merkel, Ellis
Hickman, V. NJ. Scanlan. These gen
tlemen will use their efforts to bring
out the very best material to be had
for the different offices to be elected
A committee to solicit members tc
the organization was appointed
as follows: DR.. T. E. Ross, F. S
Senton, Isaac Champenois, R. D. Bat
son, j. B. Merkel, Jno. Montague, n
R. Mccullough and A. Polk.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-04-20
BALLOON ROUTE
TO SIBERu
Ambitious Project Is Now Being A.
ranged BY Company Of Britist,
Aeronauts.
(By Union Associated Press


London, April 20.-To Siberia VI
balloon is the ambitious project noV
being arranged by company q
British aeronauts. The big balloon
in which the attempt will be ms
has been completed and was plncQf
on exhibition today at the Crys11
Palace, from which the start win ~
made.
It is hoped that the direction Of IL
wind will take the balloons acros3
Europe and over the Ural Mountaini
to the Siberian plains. A novel feo
ture of the balloon will be the use 9
two baskets suspended one above "a
other. The upper basket win serV'
in the early stages of the journey =
sleeping quarters for the six passeR
gers; towards the end of the journe
the lower basket may be discarde
in order to tighten the balloon shoul
their be serious difficulties in sd
mounting the range that forms tI
eastern limit of Europe.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-04-20
some SPEED TO
this AFFAIR
Hurry And Swift Will Conspire To
Mase a Fast Team in the Matri-
monial Line.

New York, April 20.-Bill Shake
speare was right. There amt moth
ing in q name. When Miss Elizabeth
Hurry becomes the bride of Mr.. Law
renee Swift tomorrow. the ceremony
wont take place on an express train
clipping along at a mile minute nor
in an automobile breaking the speed
laws. An alliance between the Swift
and Hurry families, both prominent
in New York's best society, would
seem "a demand something like that,
mt the young people and their pa
,ents nave shown no regard for the
intelligent reporters and headline ar
lists. The Church of the Epiphany
will be the scene of the wedding,
which will be entirely conventional
and viii occupy quite as much time
as if the names of the contracting
parties were not Swift and Hurry.
When the engagement was announced
il was mmored that the Rev. DR..
Horace Speed would tie the knot. but
this has been officially denied.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-04-20
EXECUTIVE COMMITTED
TO Meet IN MAY

Jackson. April 20.-Political inter
est ceuters in the coming meeting Of
the State Democratic executive COM
mirtee. which will be some time be-
tween May and 5. Chairman c. l..
Lomax has not fixed the date for the
meeting. and will not do so till he
consuIts the various members of the
committee to determine what date
will best suit them.
In a long distance phone message
Tuesday. Mr.. LomaX said he would
call the meeting at the earliest posi-
bile date. but could not say at TINS
-ime inst when: thought it would
ba the first week in May. He has sent
out letters to members of the com
mittee 10 see what date will best suit
them. and as soon as he hears from
these letters, he will issue the call
from his home at Greenwood,
The executive committee will not
tiu If is seen whether Senator Percy
and Mr. Vardaman can arrange Sc
ries of Joint debates, take up TINS tea
trre of the coming campaign, but II
they fail. then the committee VIII ar
range a schedule.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-04-20
FATHER KILLED SELF
AS SON TELEPHONED
| Special to The NetCS.

Special to The Net0S.
Denver, Colo, April 20.-When Cal
vim w. Crozier, of Kansas City, Mo.
yesterday telephoned a sanitarium in
this city to inquire the condition of
his father, John Crozier, an inmate,
the response of the attendant who
answered the call was interrupted by
a loud cry from one of the rooms of
the institution. The attendant ex-
cused herself until she could inv vnsti-
gate. Upon returning to the tele-
phone she informed young Crozier
that while they were talking his
father had fatally injured himself by
leaping from a second story of the
sanitarium to the cement walk be
meath.
The elder Crozier died shortly after
being caFried into the office
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-04-20
BODY WAS BROUGHT
To HATTIESBURG
Man Was Caught Between Cars at
Mccall, Miss, and Was Ground Out
Under Car WheeIs-Body Held for
Advices From Relatives.

George Helmer. man well known
in railroad circles, was the victim of
fatal accident at Mccall yesterday
afternoon, when he was knocked down
by a train and his life ground out by
car wheels.
Helmer was employed by the Mis-
sissippi Central Railroad Company as
car repairer, and had worked in the
Hattiesburg shops until few months
ago, when he was sent to Mccall to
take charge of the repair department
of the companys work at that place.
When the fatal accident occurred yes
terday afternoon he was engaged in
repairing some cars, and was between
two box cars when the engine pulling
local freight backed against the
cars upon which he was working.
The freight train, it is stated, was
going into a siding in order to clear
the main line for passenger train
and Helmer evidently did not notice
the approach of the cars. Details OF
the accident are very meagre, but
from what can be learned the occur
rance was purely accidental.
Helmer resided in Hattiesburg FOL
nearly two years, during which time
he was employed in the car shops o
the Mississippi Central railroad. He
has two children, a son and daugh
ter, residing at Jackson, Ohio, and
brother who lives at GAINESVILLE, Orio
The injured man was imrnediatel.
placed upon passenger train enrout
for Hattiesburg, but died before reach
ing Brookhaven. The body wa
brought to this city, and is being he'll
at the funeral parlors of Ramsey
Company, to await advices from relf
tives of the deceased.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-04-20
MOBILE ENTERTAINS
MANY Freight men

Special to The Net0s.
Mobile. Ala. April 2O.-With near
ly 1000 delegates and visitors in the
city for the occasion the twenty-sev-
enth annual convention of the Amer
lean Association of Local Freight
Agents opened here yesterday.
The session will cover four days
and the entertainment programme in
cludes visit to Fort Morgan and ex-
cursions to other nearby points.
Mayor P. j. Lyons and A. P. Bush,
president of the Chamber of Com
merce, welcomed the visitors. Other
addresses were made by c. A. Wick
ersham, of Atlanta, president of the
Atlanta and West Point Railroad; R.
V. Taylor, general manager of the
Mobile and Ohio Railroad, and c. w
Tolliver, of Birmingham.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-04-20
SOLD Short WEIGHT
CGAL; GOES To JAIL
(By Associated PreSS.)

Indianapolis. Ind, April 20.-Jas.
Jackson, president of the Eclipse Coal
Company was sent to jail, unable to
give bond for his appearance to an
swer to the charge of swindling GUS
toners by selling short weight.
Jackson was arrested following the
exposure by Mrs. Florence Stern, his
stenographer, of an alleged swindle by
which, it is said, two of the most
prominent hotels in indianapolis and
the city hospital were cheated out of
approximately $4,000.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-04-20
Constitution.

The following constitution was
adopted:
Section l. The name of this organi-
zation shall be Commission Govern
emnt League of Hattiesburg.
Section g Its domicile shall be in
the city of Hattiesburg, county of For
rest, state of Mississippi.
Section g. It's officers shall be a
president, vice president, secretary
and treasurer, whose tenue of office
and duties shall be prescribed by by
laws to be hereafter adopted, and such
other officers, clerks and committees
as may be prescribed by such bylaws
The officers now acting shall hold
their respective offices until the sec
ond Monday in January, 1911, wher
their successors shall be elected, ant
there shall be an annual election o.
officers on the second Mon
day of January of each veal
Continued on page siX)
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-04-20
PRINTERS LIFE HANGS
ON Width OF KNIf
Special to The Net0s.

Special to The Net0S.
New Orleans, April 20.-Albert \
Brown, a printer on a morning pape
!ias in the Charity Hospital in a y
rious condition as result of kni|
wound he received, it is charged.
the hands of George Williams. "a
pressman. The stabbing OF lrf
Monday night at the corner Of ID
and Gravier streets.
The wound is in Browns che6
Surgeons at the hospital declare th'
if the wound was made by an ord
nary pen knit there is no danger
death ensuing, but if the incision WI
made by a knife with a large blade
is probable that Browns lung is pen
trated, in which case his condition.
very serious. He has been under 4
influence of opiates since arriving
the hospital. Williams has not be
arprehended.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-04-20
CALLED MEETING OF
HATTIESBURG CAMP

There will be a called meeting or
Hattiesburg Camp, No. 81, L. c. ",
at the Court House at 3 o'clock p. m.'
on Saturday, April 29rd, to hear the
report of the committee on raising
funds to defray expenses to Re0..'on,
and take action thereon, and to
transact such other business as may
present itself.
Those expecting to attend the Mo
bile Reunion are urged to be present
BY order of ]. P. CARTER,
Capt. Commander.
w. p. CHAMBERS Adjt.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-04-20
Each section to

into three sections. Each section to
be patrolled by one or more airships,
having a radius of action of about
two hundred miles.
It has been decided tha the capac-
ity of the airships shall be from
$1,000 to 100000 cubic feet, so that
they will be capable of carrying ex-
plosives in addition to their ordinary
burden. The possibility of using an
aerial torpedo is being considered by
committee at present in the hope
the aeroplane may become a
h of sky torpedo boat.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-04-20
TRYING To MAKE
The CITY CLEAN
Hattesbure Police Are Waging Vigor-
GUS War on Both White and Black
Offenders-Many Gases in Police
Court.
Court.

Today was Blind Tiger Day in police
court, and as the result of the activi-
ties of a special agent of the police
department, many alleged violators OF
the prohibition law were brought be-
fore Judge Davis to show cause why
they should not refrain from selling
booze.
The offenders before the police JUS
tice this morning consisted of both
white and black, male and female, and
they were in goodly numbers. The
court room was crowded to its capaci-
ty, the crowds having congregated
about the city hall some time before
the court was opened.
Besides the spectators, who are al
ways present in large numbers when
there is anything unusually going on
in the police court, there were per-
haps a score of witnesses, and the eX-
animation of these required a consid-
cradle amount of the courts time.
This was perhaps the biggest day
in the history of the city court, and
the trial of the various cases con
sumed almost the entire forenoon, as
each defendant had summoned every
available witness and the examination
of these was necessarily a laborious
task.
Besides those who were given hear
ings this morning, there are said to
be quite number of others, mostly
women, who have been summoned t.
appear tomorrow, these also being
charged with unlawful retailing in ad
dition to charge of vagrancy.
On account OF the difficulty eXpe
rienced by the local police in running
down violators of the prohibition law
it was thought advisable to secure the
services of some one who was no
generally known here, and according
ly special officer was employed by
the department for this purpose
Judging by the results of his labors
as evidenced by the police docket thi!
morning, no mistake was made in sc
curing the services of this man, Al
his efforts appear to have been sue
cessful to a gratifying degree.
The life of the blind tiger and tn
bootlegger in Hattiesburg is beginning
to be a hard one, and recently man,
of them have been forced out of bus
ness, while the war will be kept u
until the city is practically free fror
this species of beast.
The cases disposed of this mornin
were as follows.
Charles Thomas, $75; Grac
Vaughn, $50 and 10 days, days su
pended on good behavior; Hetti
q Sykes, same as Grace Vaughn; R
becca Kirk, $50; Lorena Hicks, s.
and Is days, days suspended on goo
behavior; Rosa PEDIGREE, $75.
Six unlawful retailing cases we
continued until tomorrow, the time
n the court having been consumed wi
4 the cases disposed of.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-04-20
MAY RUN HAVENS FOR
GOV. OF new YORK
(By Associated PreSS.)

Rochester, n. Y, April 2O-in the
first flush of victory the friends of
James S. Havens, the Democrat who
was elected to congress yesterday by
large plurality in one of the strong
est Republican districts in the coun'
try, are already talking of Havens
for governor this fall. Havens has
been deluged with kilograms of con
gratulations from all over the coun
try.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-04-20
WARFARE AGAINST The
WHITE SLAVE TRAFFIC
tBV Associated PreSS.0

Mobile. Ala, April 2O.-Warfare
against the white slave traffic has
heep declared by the B'nai Birth Or
der embracing the seventh district
of Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas Ar
l,arsas Louisiana. Mississippi, Flori-
da and Alabama. The grand lodge IN
sassion here. has appropriated $4,000
to bcgin the fight against the traffic
The vote was unanimous
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-04-20
Mr., RUCKER SPRINGS
JOKE ON The House

Washington, d. c., April 20.-With
mock seriousness Representative
Rucker of Missouri. Democrat, arose
to a parliamentary inquiry soon after
the house convened today. Has the
house yet heard that the thirty-second
district of New York had an election
Yesterday" he asked. The Demo
Gratis applauded He laughs best
who laughs last" replied Speaker
Cannon to the inquiry. And then botf
Democrats and Republicans joined il
hearty laugh.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-04-20
A SUMMARY OF The
LAWMAKERS WORK
Long Session Was Not Without Value
To Citizens of Mississippi, And
Much New Legislation Was Enacted
During the Session.

Special to The Net1S
Jackson, April 20.-L ne following is a
digest of the important legislation en-
acted by the legislature at its recent
session.
! Creation of office of county attor-
ney, salary of incumbent to be from
$500 to $4,000 per year, at discretion
of board of supervisors.
Increase of circuit court system to
seventeen districts, and increase of
chancery court system TO nine new
districts.
Creation of office of Supreme Court
commissioner, with two incumbents,
who shall perform all the duties of
Supreme Judges save that they have
no vote in reaching decisions.
Appropriation increases for the en-
suing biennial period amounting to
81 ,077,000, of which nearly one half
goes to the common school and pen
sion funds.
Acts authorizing the establishment
of the new counties of George and
Walthall
A pure food law modelled closely
, after the Federal statute, with proper
arrangements for its enforcement
A revision and equalization of the
salaries of several state officials and
state house employees, allowing addi
, tional assistance for the railroad com
mission and the Attorney-General's
office.
A statute providing that municipal
primary elections shall conform, as
: nearly as possible, to the statute.
governing state and district pri
\ maries.
f A statute increasing terms of mu
0 years.
v Appropriation of $4,000 to be use,
# in cooperation with Federal govern
7. men in the eradication of Texas cat
l. tie tick, and ad ing the Governor an,
: Attorney-General to membership O
r the Live Stock Sanitary Commission
s A law providing for the establish
V ment of county agricultural hig
e schools, and eliminating defects here
D tofore encountered.
Establishment of three new agricu
II tural experiment stations. making
total of seven for the state, under tn
direction of the A. & NJ. College.
Providing for the establishment {
municipal and county depositorie
and abolshing the office of municip;
N treasurer
Adjustment of the boards of tru
tees of the four large state education
al institutions at Oxford, Rodne
no Starkyille and Columbus, and creatio
of of a general board of trustees to |
- composed of nine members.
h- An act giving municipal authoriti,
- the right to inspect machinery al
. appliances of public service corpor
tions and condemn same if found u
fit or unsafe for use.
"' A statute comforting power on Il
' Governor, in case of calamity to al
community or portion of the state
sulting from fire, food, famine,
similar visitation, to borrow 500
for relief of sufferers
Statute making the punishment (
TT the sale of cocaine Imprisonment
l. the penitentiary.
Authority to boards OF supervise
to offer premiums for the best hol
las cultural, agricultural fand live sto
en- exhibits each year,
nal Establishment of a state char
e a hospital to be located in the city
en- Jackson.
7. Establishment of state normal q
sem training school for teachers to r.
Gated at such place as the b
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-04-20
TOM TAGGART Will
run FOR The SENATE
(By Associated press.)

indianapolis, April 20,-Thomas
Taggart, former chairman of the DEM
mocratic National Committee, formal
ly announced today that he will be a
candidate before the general assem-
bly,, next year to succeed Albert J
Beveridge in the United States Sen
ate.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-04-20
.SENRTOR DANIELS IS
GREATLY IMPROVE
lBu Associated Press.l

Lynchburg. Va, April 20.-Unites
States Senator John w. Daniel ha'
shown so much improvement durinl
the last few days that it is probabl
that he will be brought back home t
Lynchburg in the next few days. n
is now convalescent at Daytvnia, FL
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-04-20
FRENCH GOVERNMENT
TO own AIRSHIPS
NV Union Associated Press.)

Paris. April 2O.-Within less tnah
month il is confidently expected,
the French government will own a
dozen airships, and General Lacroix,
a former commander-in-chief, has
1aid before a committee of the Ma
,ional Aerial League scheme for the
utilization of the airships. Acting
on the assumption that the patrolling
of the valley of the Rhine is of
mary Importance, he suggests
the whole district shall be divi
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-04-20
NURSES in CONVENTION
AT TERRE HAUTE, ind.
(By Union Associated Dc

Terre Haute, Ind, Aptll The
semi-annual convention Il Ne Indiana
States Nurses Associat Pm a
three-day session here &; be ma
tion-wide fight agains illosis
and its prevention will g the
topics discussed.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-04-20
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. THE WEATHER.

:: Washington, d. c., April 20 ::
!. Fair tonight. Possibly light frost :
:. in north and east central por- :
:. ton. Thursday fair and warmer. :
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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-04-20

MR.. M'LAURIN
COMPLIMENIED
Bar of PopIarviIle Pass Compliment
tary Resolutions at Last Ses-
sion of Court.

At the session of the Pearl River
county circuit court, which has just
closed at Poplarville, the bar of Pearl
River county adopted the following
resolutions, complimentary to District
Attorney McLaurin:
"Poplarville. Miss, April 10Th, 1910.
WI ereas, it has been to the pleas
ure al L profit of the County of Pearl
River, especially the Bar of the
COUNTY to have d. G. McLaurin, serve
as District Attorney since the fall Of
1906:
And whereas, this is the last day
that Mr.. McLaurin shall serve us in
the capacity of District Attorney;
Therefore, be it resolved that we,
the Bar of Pearl River county deeply
regret to lose Attorney McLaurin in
his present capacity. But realizing
that our loss is to the other districts
gain;
BE it further resolved, that we, as
attorneys of this Bar praise the noble
and manly way in which he has dis
charged his duty. We feel that while
he has worked arduously and assidu-
ously to execute the law and do his
duty to the State he has never for
the gain of applause prosecuted an
individual at this bar.
BE it further resolved, that we
wish him success in his new field, and
that honor and success may crown
his worthy efforts to serve his people
Resolved further, that a copy OF
these resolutions be spread upon the
minutes of the Bar Association OF
Pearl River County.
y. NJ. SHIVERS.
"Presient.
LEOPOLD LOCKE,
Secretary"
The retirement of Mr.. McLauriI
from the district attorneyship in Pear
River county was brought about b.
the redistricting of the state, b,
which Marion, Lamar and Pearl Riy
er counties were taken out of the FIJI
teenth district and the county O
? Jones added. This makes more con
I pact district and will greatly facilitat
e the handling of the courts busines:
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-04-20
THENEWs

Gives the news, general sta<1
and local. Give the circulatio1
man your subscription.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-04-20
old CONFEDERATE
GENERAL IS DEA
lRN Associated Press.l

Florala, Ala, April zo.-S. q
French, the Oldest surviving Confe5
edate general, died here today. agdt
80 years. He will be buried at Peu
sacola Thursday. II
trustees may select.
Making the birthday of G i
E. Lee, Jan. 18th, a legal hd
Hotel sanitary law. prop 4
mississippi Travellers, II
known as clean bed shese4
Extension of lease to Missiso
State Fair on the old capitol and
jacent grounds.
StafRte prohibiting corporatI1
froln 1rRhasing capital stock Of ~
! - "a porations, acquiremenf
kchises. plants or equipn
srization of 5000, 900 state
lContinued on page sikh
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-04-20
THE NEWS

Leading Paper of South Miss
issppi, Always brings results
to Advertisers.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-04-20

Continued on page siX.)
The Colorado statesman., 1910-01-22
AT the National Capital
Gossip of People and Events
Gathered in Washington
Ex-senator Wilson's Joke on New York

resources OF the state OF Washington
and the general attitude Of its people
toward the question of conservation.
THE issue of conservation with US
is merely the question OF the removal
of friction between the national gov
ernment and the state" said Mr.. Will
son.
when Gov. Hughes of New YORK
came out to see our fair at Seattle he
made a speech in which he said that
we of the west would probably be sur
prised to know that the state OF New
York had set aside 100000 acres OF
land for a forest reserve. 1t fell to
me to reply to the speech of the gov
ernor and told him that we were In
deed surprised that anybody In the
state of New York would let that much
get away from him. Then | told the
governor that If the forest reserves OF
the state oil washington were placed
side by side in one contingent body OF
land the entire Empire state of New
York could not only be put down In
the middle of it, but man could walk
around the boundaries of the forest
reserve and still be unable to see the
boundary oil the state of New YORK.