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The Tupelo journal., 1911-05-05
MANUFACTURERS in MISSISSIPPI.
Census Bureaus Preliminary Summary
. Concerning the State for 1908.

Washington.-A preliminary state
ment of the general results of the
Thirteenth United States census of man
ufactures of the state of Mississippi has
been issued by Census Director Durand.
1t includes q summary comparing the
figures for 1904 and 1909, prepared un-
der the direction of William NJ. Steuart,
chief statistician for manufactures,
bureau of the census.
The summary for the state shows in
creases in all the items at the census
of 1909, as compared with that for
1904.
There were 2,59s manufacturing estab-
lishments in 1909 and 1920 in 1904, an
increase of 1,O7S, OF II per- cent.
The capital invested, al reported in
1909, was $72, 1893, 900, "a gain OF $22,-
1877, 900, or A per cent, over $59,256,000
in 1904. The average capital per estab-
ishment was approximately $500 in
1909, and $3.50 in 1904.
The cost of materials used was $780,
$4,000 in 1909, as against $25,so1, 900
in 1904, an increase of $11,125,O0O, or 43
per cent. The average cost of materials
per establishment was approximately
$4,000 in 1909 and ST., 900 in 1904. In
addition to the component materials
which enter into the products of the
establishment for the census year there
are included fuel, rent of power and
heat, and mill supplies. The cost of
materials, however, does not include I'M
used materials and supplies bought either
for speculation or for use during a
subsequent period.
The value of products was $~S0,555,-
900 in 1909 and $57,451,0 900 in 1904, an
increase of $23, 1O4, 900, or 40 per cent.
The average per establishment was APP
proximately $4,000 in 1909 and $4,000
in 1904.
The value of products represents the
product as actually turned out by the
factories during the census year and
does not necessarily have any relation
to the amount of sales for that year.
The values under this head also include
the amount received for work done on
materials furnished by Others.
The Tupelo journal., 1911-05-05
URGES PROSECUTION
OF COTTON POOL
BLACKMAN OF ALABAMA INTRO.
DUcES THREE RESOLUTIONS.
Combination Of Bears and Bulls Alleged.
Patten, Brown, Scales and Hayne
Case Included.

Washington.-To direct the attention
81 the department of justice to an al
legged combination between the cotton
bears. and the wheat 'bulls" and tt
obtain information concerning the indict
ments against Frank B. Hayne, Of New
Orleans, William P. Brown, Eugene
Scales of Texas and James A. Patten Of
Chicago, in New York charging that a
pool was formed to advance and main
tain the price Of cotton, Representative
Blackman of Alabama has introduced
three resolutions in the house.
The first one calls for information
from the encouragement to determine
the proceedings of the department
against Hayne and others.
The second resolution directs the de-
partment to institute proceedings against
the persons alleged to have combined in
restraint of trade by forming a pool to
corner cotton.
The third directs the department to
institute against persons alleged to have
consrired to advance the price of wheat
by a corner.
MFR. Blackman's third resolution is
notable by reason of the fact that Pat
ten, indicted with the cotton men with
whom he was alleged to have operated,
was reported a year previously to have
been the leader in a bull campaign that
sem wheat SO high as to cause an in
crease in the price of flour and bread,
though there were no proceedings against
him or anyone else for that alleged COM
bination.
The Tupelo journal., 1911-05-05
M'MANIGAL WAS AFRAID
Wanted to Quit D~ynamiting, But Feared
McNamaras.

Chicago, m.-William j. Burns, head
Of the detective bureau bearing his
name, Friday gave out an interview
in regard to the alleged confession of
O. E. Manigal, in which the detective
says:
"McManigal's confession, which vas
written down and sworn to before a
notary public" said Chief Burns, twas
made to me at the home of Detective
Reed in South Chicago, where Mc-Mani-
gal and James B. Mcnamara were held
prisoners for two days.
''McManigal sent for me on the even
ing of April Is and the first thing he
said when / entered the room was:
81 know it's all up with me. You've
got me right. It's of no use of me try
ing to conceal the truth any longer. It
may go better with my poor wife and
babies in Chicago if l tell the truth.
'7I am doing this for the sake of my
poor wife and children. 1 am anxious
to tell all. 1t will ease my conscience
if Iltell the truth
II then called in a secretary and a
notary public, and MECHANICAL began his
story. 1t took him four hours to tell it.
He began by saying:
81 have long been tired of this awful
work of using dynamite and nitro
glycerine to blow up manufacturing and
other plants and many a time / have
wanted to quit the game, for it made
me sick to think of the scores of lives
taken and the poor workmen who escaped
death but were manned for life. | would
have given it up long ago, but was
afraid of the McNamaras, especially of
James B. Mcnamara, who uttered ter.
rible threats of what he would do if
trayed them.'"
The Tupelo journal., 1911-05-05
WANTS REFUND OF COTTON TAX.
Governor Will Recommend Action by
Next Legislature.

Jackson.-Gov. Noel will include in his
message to the incoming legislature next
January the recommendation to induce
congress to adopt legislation which will
have as an effect the refund to the cotton
producing states of the SOS, ooo, 900 direct
cotton tax fund collected between 1862
and 1857.
Gov. Noel is in receipt of a letter from
Gov. Donaghey of Arkansas, accompany
ing q copy of a concurrent resolution
just adopted by the Arkansas legislature,
memorializing the congress to enact re-
funding legislation. The resolution asks
Mississippi and other states to adopt
similar resolutions, and the matter is of
ficially before the governor to be sub
mitted upon the assembling of the next
Mississippi legislature.
The Tupelo journal., 1911-05-05
SENSATION IN
L0RIMER PROBE
NAMES OF TAFT AND ALDRIcl
BRoUGHT II
& f@ ErFr4N&$- y - ra<s%f&~ 3f E%MH*s
w. H. Cook, Lumberman. Gives Start.
ling Testimony Before Illinois
Bribery Committee.

Springfield, lll.-The Lorimer inquiry
before the Helm committee was brought
to a crisis Tuesday when w. H. Cook,
a lumberman of Duluth, MIMI, told OF
being in a room with Hines the day OF
Lorimer's election when the head of the
Hines Lumber Company arranged over
the telephone to flood Springfield with
money enough to make a new United
States senator.
While two men differed as to whether
the message was to Gov. Deneen or to
former Gov. Yates, Christian f. Wiehe,
secretary of the Hines Lumber Company,
startled the committee by admitting
that he was present at the time and that
the man at the other end of the wire
was the embryo senator himself.
Hello, is this you, governor" was
Cooks version of The Chicago end of
Hines conversation SWELL, / just left
President Taft an& Senator Aldrich last
night in Washington. Now, they tell me
that under no consideration shall Hop
kins be returned TO the senate. Don't
leave anything undone. 1 will be down
Oh the next train, prepared to furnish
all the money that is required. Don't
stop at anything"
Cook said he and William O'Brien, an
other Northern lumber man, Wiehe and
Hines were in the room of the Grand
Pacific Hotel in Chicago IN the morning
of the day Lorimer was elected, and all
heard the conversation Cook believed
shat the conversation was addressed to
Gov. Deneen and O'Brien thought Yates.
Wiehe then sprang q sensation by ad-
uniting the text of the conversation with
out the reference to money, and then
stated positively that Lorimer was in
Springfield at the other end of the wire.
furnish asked Hines about the Illinois
senatorial deadlock, and Cook quoted
Hines for the following reply:
Its all fixed. I'll tell you coniden.
tally that Lorimer will be the next Sen
ator. We had Bouteile fixed for the
~senatorship and he promised to support
the So tariff on lumber. Then he went
before the ways and means committee
and worked for free lumber. l immedi-
ately took it up with Senator Aldrich,
and we decided that we must have a
man We could depend upon.
The Tupelo journal., 1911-05-05
MORE ARRESTS IN
.LORIMER BRIBERY
REFUSED PERSONAL PAPERS IN
LORIMER INVESTIGATION.
Chicago Packer Insists He Had Right
to Refuse Committee Inspection
of His Papers.
tcopyrtght. lMll

Springfield, Il.-Edward Tilden, Chi
cago packer, and William C. Cummings
and George M. Benedict, president anc
cashier of the Drovers' Trust and Saw
ings Bank of Chicago, were ordered ar
rested on a contempt charge by the II
linois senate.
This action by the senate was taker
on recommendation of the senatc bribery
investigation committee, after Tilden
Cummings and Benedict had refused te
produce, Tilden's personal bank accounts
for the months of May, June, July and
August, 1909.
The committee believes these bank ac
counts will show evidence of the use Of
money in the election of William Loli
mer to the United States senate. Tilden
had submitted an affidavit before the
committee stating that these accounts
show nothing directly or indirectly bear
ing upon the election of Lorimer. He
also had offered, in a letter to the ccm.
mittee, to allow one member to come
to Chicago and examine these bank ac-
counts. Tilden made the express stipu-
lation in this letter, however, that he
should be allowed to designate the
member.
Lieut.-Gov. John G. Oglesby, immedi-
ately following the adoption of the com.
mittee recommendation, announced that
he would not assume responsibility of
issuing the warrants for the arrest of the
three Chicago men.
Senator, Helm, chairman of the ~investi-
eating committee, then made a motion,
which in effect took from the shoulders
of the Acknowledgements the resPansi-
bility and placed it directly upon the
senate. 1t was adopted.
The warrants were then given to an
assistant sergeant-at-arms of the senate,
with orders to go to Chicago at once
and make the arrests.
Attorney Healy, for the committee,
declared the senate had full authority
to examine and command all witnesses
within the state to testify under oath
and to compel them to produce any GER
tain papers or documents.
Attorney Healy showed wherein the
president of the senate had power to
order the Imprisonment of persons who
refused to answer to the senate's com
mands, and quoted from a number of
supreme court decisions in support of
his contention that the senate had power
to force witnesses to produce the re-
CURED data.
The Tupelo journal., 1911-05-05
Land to Original Owners.

Oklahoma City, Okla.-All Indian
lands tied up in the federal court in
the name Of Cash N. Cade, Republican
national committeeman and Others, have
been turned back to the original owners
In accordance with an agreement en-
tered into between the eighty defendants
and the government officials. It is un-
derstood the defendants will receive IN
return all money paid to the Indians.
An attempt to settle the criminal cases
against w. I. Chapman, al Brown and
L. G. Grimes, so far has been unsuc-
cessfnl.
The Tupelo journal., 1911-05-05
SCRIBE ACCUSED OF BIGAMY.
James G. Bennett Says He Can Dis.
. prove the Charge.

Jackson.-James G. Bennett, for the
past year and a half local editor of the
Jackson News, and one of the most
widely known newspaper men in the
state, has been arrested on an indict-
ment found by the Yazoo grand jury
On a charge of bigamy. The charge was
laid before the Yazoo grand jury by a
of Columbia, S. c., who is un-
derstood to have claimed marriage with
Bennett and subsequent abandonment of
herself and child.
Scarcely a month ago Mr.. Bennett was
united in marriage at Yazoo City to Miss
Alice Woodward, who was principal of
one of the jackson city schools.
Mr.. Bennett expresses confidence in his
ability to disprove the bigamy theory
and to show that it is a case of conniv-
ance to extortion or blackmail.
The Tupelo journal., 1911-05-05
ONE LIFE LOST IN FIRE
Cost Way in Smoke and Perished
Under Bed,

Cost Way in Smoke and Perished
Under Bed.
Memphis.-One life lost, half a dozen
people painfully injured, more than half
a hundred human lives endangered, and
q loss of property of $4,000 was the
toll extracted by a fire which occurred
Friday. The building is the relic of
wartime days, and not equipped with
fire escapes, and that the loss of life
and property was not greater is due to
the efficient work of the fire depart
ment.
The body of Mrs. Anna Hughes, IS
years old, who lost her life, was found
on the second floor under a bed. Her
room was in the rear of the fourth floor.
She had CROPPED her way through the
smoke-flled corridors upon her hands
and knees down two flights of steps,
until she was finally overcome.
The Tupelo journal., 1911-05-05
NEW DELTA.
Captain of Regular Army to Come to
Jackson.

Jackson.-Lieut. E. N. Coffey, on de-
tached service with the Mississippi
National Guards, has just received a let
ter from Gen. r. X. Evans, chief of staff,
division of militia affairs, in which Gen.
Evans states that he will in a short time
detail a captain of the regular army for
duty in this state.
This is in compliance with an act OF
the last congress, which authorizes an
increase of 200 in the regular army cap
tains. One or more men will be allotted
to each state, according to the strength
of the state troops, and while Lieut..
Coffey will be under the new officer, he
will retain his present position and con-
nection with the Mississippi National
Guard. The detail is to be made in
order to better train and perfect the
state troops for active service.
The Tupelo journal., 1911-05-05
CONFEDERATE
Maj.-Gen. Montgomery Issues Orders to
the Committee.

Jackson.-Maj-Gen. w. A. Mont
gomery, commanding the Mississippi
division, United Confederate Veterans,
has issued the following general order
addressed to the Woman's Monument
committee:
"You are requested to meet at Little
Rock, Ark, on the 18th day of May,
1911, at the headquarters of the Missis-
sippi Division, U. G. ", 10 o'clock am,
and have report of progress made in col
lection Of funds, plan of building the
monument and other information you
deem necessary to be given to the veteran
association. All staff officers and others
interested in this grand and noble work
are asked to attend the meeting"
The Tupelo journal., 1911-05-05
PLAN BIG RESORT.
Iuka Springs to Offer Cooperative
Scheme.

Iuka.-Work is being pushed forward
rapidly on the extensive club resort to
be known as the Tishomingo Country
Estate, which was conceived by j. Cary
Thompson, of Birmingham, Ala. 1t is
Mr.. ~Thompson's idea to provide a large
country estate to be handled on a CO.
operative basis where the people of the
South can bring their families and enjoy
a vacation. Modern conveniences are
planned, and in addition visitors will
have access to the waters of the Iuka
mineral springs.
The ~Tishomingo Country Estate, while
similar in some respects to projects in
North Carolina and in the state Of New
York, stands alone from the fact that
it is both a summer and winter resort,
being located in the extreme northeastern
part of the state of Mississippi, and is
the highest point in the state, the alti-
tude ranging from 600 to 700 feet above
the sea level.
The Tupelo journal., 1911-05-05
ANTI-OPTION BILL PENDING
Attacks New York and New Orleans
Cotton Exchanges.

Washington.-The anti-options bill at
lacking the methods of the New York
and New Orleans Cotton Exchanges,
which was left in the air at the adjourn
ment last season, is again pending and
the adversaries of dealing in cotton
futures declare they will renew the
fight as soon as the tariff programme
is out of the way.
So far as the house is concerned.
Scott of Kansas, who fathered the bill
in the last congress, is out, but his
Democratic sym~pathizer, Burleson OF
Texas, will jump into the breach and
lead the crusade in the house with as.
surance of ample assistance in the sen.
ate, mainly urged by Senators Clarke OF
Arkansas and Smith of South Carolina.
The Tupelo journal., 1911-05-05
Exports Show Increase.

Gulfport.-Carefully compiled figures
have been prepared by Secretary Carlo
Wiz TO the Gulfport Commercial Union
show that at the present rate of in
crease the total shipments of lumber for
the year 1911 will far exceed those of
1910. Interesting comparative figures
are shown by Mr.. Carlovitz's report.
With respect to these same miscellaneous
exports it is shown that for the first
three months of the current year they
amounted to s2,O35, os3, as compared
with only $51,567 for the first three
months of 1910.
The Tupelo journal., 1911-05-05
Fighting the Cattle Tick.

Natchez.-Dr. Hortsman, government
expert in charge of Adams end Jeffer-
son counties, has received a letter from
the cattle tick eradication bureau in
Washington, congratulating him on the
progress made in this district and prom
ises that if it is maintained the quar-
antine will be raised this fall. There
are now 14o cattle dips in the two coun-
ties and stockmen are dipping their stock
regularly. According to Dr.. Hortsman
this is all that is necessary to have the
quarantine removed this fall.
The Tupelo journal., 1911-05-05
Anti-Boll weevil Rally

Columbus.-The second great Lowndes
county anti-boll weevil rally vas held
here. Five hundred planters Of this
and adjoining sections were present.
Many advanced pupils from the high
school and several score of young women
from the Industrial Institute and Col.
lege were here. Addresses were made
by r. s. Wilson, state agent of Missis.
sipppi and Alabama, representing the
Farmers Cooperative Demonstration
Association, a branch of the United
States agricultural department.
The Tupelo journal., 1911-05-05
UNCLE SAM PROTESTS
Mexican Official Accused Americans Of
Fomenting Trouble.

Washington.-The reported dcclara-
ton of Ramon Corral, vice-president of
Mexico, that Americans were fomenting
trouble in his country to force interven-
ton. has encountered the disfavor of the
United States government. The state
department has called the matter to the
attention of Mexico to establish official
ly whether the interview with the vice
president, in which the statements ex-
cepted to are said to have been made,
was authentic, as published in Mexico
City.
The question will be taken up by
Ambassador Wilson at Mexico City to
whom the department telegraphed late
Friday a copy of an official statement
which it had issued u~nequivocally dis
approving the alleged utterance.
The Tupelo journal., 1911-05-05
PATENT wEEvIL ExTERMINAToR.
Mechanical Hades Invented to Kill
Cotton Bugs.

LOUISVILLE. X. Armstrong of Louis,
Vile and E. Starnes of Mathiston have
just returned from Washington, where
they placed before the patent Office q
new mechanical continuance in the shape
Of q weevil exterminator, which, if sue
cessful in accomplishing what the in
ventors claim, will be a blessing to the
farmers whose lands are infested with
the pests.
The continuance is constructed in
such a manner that when the weevil en-
tiers the trap, he is wheeled by revolu-
tion into another receptacle which, by
some fixed means, ignltes and destroys
the insect by a blaze of fire.
The Tupelo journal., 1911-05-05
Fine Program Prepared.

Gulfport.-The annual field meet of
the Mississippi intercollegiate Track
Association and the Mississippi Inter
collegiate Oriental Association, which is
to be held in Gulfport May II and ~,
promises to be most successful and will
be attended by an enormou crowd.
Special trains viii be operated from New
Orleans, Mobile, Jackson and other
points. A splendid program Of field
events has been arranged. There will be
hurdle races, long distance uns high
jumping, pole vaulting and many other
athletic features.
The Tupelo journal., 1911-05-05
Racing at State Fail.

Jacksonville outlook for good racing
with plenty of housekeeping entries as
a feature of the 1911 fair season in
Mississippi was never more promising, ae-
cording to Assistant Secretary and Mas
ager J.. M. Mcdonald, of the State Fair.
There are some who would rule out the
race track features altogether as being
not altogether consistent with the agri-
cultural and industrial characteristics
which pertain to these expositions, but
these appear to be in the minority.
The Tupelo journal., 1911-05-05
The W. c. 7. o. Is Active.

Jacksonville Mississippi w. C. I. u.
has just closed an important session at
<Gorinth. A large increase of members
and accession of unions was reported.
Among other action affecting the future
of prohibition sentiment and knowledge
in the state, it was ordered to ask of
the committee in charge that a course
of study on the effects of alcohol and
narcotics en- the human system be in
troduced into the state normal at Hat
tiesburg, by which the teachers Of the
state may be trained as experts in sci.
entific temperance instruction.
The Tupelo journal., 1911-05-05
Call Templar Conclave.

Observation-Disclosures Gordon Speed,
acting grand recorder of the command
ers OF Mississippi, Knights T%emplar, has
sent out the following circular letter:
The fifty-frst annual grand conclave of
the grand ~commandery of Knights Tenn
plar in Mississippi will be held at Clarks-
dale, May 16 and II. Hamasa Temple,
Ancient Order of Mobiles of the Mystic
Shrine, will hold a ceremonial session
at Clarksdale, May 1s."
The Tupelo journal., 1911-05-05
THREE CORPSES TIED TO RAFT
Skulls Crushed-Evident Kentucky Muir.
der Deep Mystery.

Lexington, Ky.-With their skulls
crushed to a pulp and q note pinned to
their lapels bearing the grim remark,
Dead mel tell no tales the bodies Of
three unknown raftsmen have been
found in the Kentucky river at Camp
ton, Wolfe county, one Of the worst dis
tricts in the Kentucky mountains. The
bodies were tied to a log raft and have
apparently been in the water several
days.
The Tupelo journal., 1911-05-05
Earthquake is Recorded

Cleveland, O.-The seismograph at st.
Ignatius' College observation recorded
an earthquake early Friday. The main
shock occurred at 4:07 am, and the
tracings on the record sheet, showing
short vibrations, lead Rev. Father Oden-
bach to believe that the center of the
disturbance was not far distant.
The Tupelo journal., 1911-05-05
Woodall Again Captured.

Brookhaven.-Sheriff E. G. Smith re-
turned from Junction City, Ark, with
Robert Woodall, under sentence of life
improvement. Woodall escaped from
the Lincoln county Jail during the Sep.
TENDER, 1910, term of court, where he
was convicted for an attempted criminal
assault.
The Tupelo journal., 1911-05-05
Wage War for Health.

Yazoo City.-Yazoo City is waging a
war against the enemies of health, and
while dealing with immediate conditions
and educational campaign is being made
with the school children. Under the
auspices of the state board of health,
Or. Stingiiy is here with an exhibit on
tuberculosis, typhoid fever, malaria and
hookworm.
The Tupelo journal., 1911-05-05

Daisy Cornucopia Pauline" Is the
name of the COW that has established
a new worlds record by producing
SAX pounds Of butter In seven days.
The COW with the crumpled horn OF
plenty, as it ere.
The Tupelo journal., 1911-05-05
Tupelo Passes Bond Issue.

Tupelo.-An election to determine
whether or not the city would issue
$4,000 in bonds to raise funds with
which to improve the electric light plant,
build a city hall and pave certain streets
was held here and the bond issue ear
ried by a vote of 30f for to 13 against.
The Tupelo journal., 1911-05-05
Verdict for $4,000.

Meridian.-In the circuit court the case
of Mrs. N. Spills VS.. the New Orleans and
Northeastern railroad resulted in a IN
sent verdict by the jury for $4,000. The
amount asked in the bill of complaint
was $4,000. The complainant alleged
that the railroad company was response
BILE for the death of her husband, who
was killed by one of it's trains.
The Tupelo journal., 1911-05-05

New York authorities threaten to
place a ban on "cuss words on the
stage. This will be q heavy blow u
the deep dyed villyun. Can you I'M
agine a respectable yillyun muttering
fudge" or "iddlesticks?"
The Tupelo journal., 1911-05-05

A Pennsylvania Judge has decided
that 1t is no part Of q woman's house
hold work to milk COWS. But where
was his consistency when he also de-
cided that she might collect the eggs
and feed the chickens?