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The Mena weekly star., 1911-07-13
WHERE?

Where can you beat--or even
duplicat e-the satisfaction of
dealing with The Mena Phar-
macy7
Besides giving you the very
lowest prices at which goods
can be retailed, we give you
prompt service. courteous
treatment and a host of other
things that 90 far toward max
ing pleased customers. Any
one who has dealt with us will
testify to this.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-07-13
APPALLING
TRAIN WRECK
Sixteen Killed and Is Injured When
Flying Express Train Plunges or
Viaduct Into Streets of Bridge
port, Conn.

Bridgeport, Conn, July it.-Six-
teen persons were killed and seven
ty-flve injured, many fatally, in the
wreck here early today of the "Ex-
press" the fast passenger train over
the New York, New Haven & Hart
ford from Washington to Boston.
Members of the st. Louis National
League baseball team were aboard
the train but escaped injury.
The Express" comprised of
eight cars, left the Harlem river
station at New York an hour late
and was going at high rate of
speed as it approached the station
here, reached by a viaduct over
Fairfield avenue and State street.
The switch upon this viaduct
was open, and as the train thun-
dered across, the engine hit the
open switch, jumped the track and
with mighty leap plunged into
the streets below, drawing with it
five of the coaches. There was a
tremendous crash, then an in
slant of almost complete silence,
followed by heart-rending shrieks
from passengers on the ill-fated
train. The sixteen dead appear to
have been killed outright.
In the crowded day coach oc-
Cured the most fatalities, the dead
being removed in heaps. The fall
from the viaduct to the street was
so great that three stout Pullmans
were almost demolished. The en-
gine plunged on 200 feet south of
Fairfield avenue before losing its
momentum.
Fire broke out in the ruins of
the wrecked coaches, but the city
fire department extinguished the
blaze in a few minutes and joined
in the work or rescuing the injured
and frightened passengers. A Mrs
Wharton of Philadelphia was re-
moved alive, but her baby was
found dead beneath her, the in
fant having evidently been crushed
by its mothers body.
The st. Louis ball players, whose
car remained on the viaduct, were
partly dressed at the time of the
accident and assisted in the rescue
work. Only a mistake saved the
players, for their car was hitched
to the rear of the train when it
should have been placed near the
front, where it wsuld have gone
over the viaduct.
Blame Dead Engineer.
The engineer of the wrecked train
was killed az his post, and upon him
is placed the blame by the railroad
officials, who say tn acci 'ent was
not due to an open switch but TO
the engineer taking the crossing at
sixty miles an hour, when the
The Mena weekly star., 1911-07-13

Webb City, Mo-, July i0.--A nino
weeks drought was effectively
broken in southwest Missouri to-
day by an inch of rain, which is still
falling. The corn is saved from utter
failure and will make one-third OF
the usual crop.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-07-13

Mr.. and Mrs. Seaborn Philpot
were in Mena Tuesday. Mr.. Philpot
saws there is a strip Of country
about two miles wide at Egger that
has been overlooked by the rain
man. and that corn there is suffer
ing, but he never saw such fine
cottou."
The Mena weekly star., 1911-07-13
AN AID. THAT PAID.
j. w. Stephen Says He Got Good
Wife and Is Pleased.

Wanted-A good, true, devoted wo-
man to be my wife and mistress of
my 80-acre farm west of Hatton,
Ark. No tobacco or snuff users need
apply. Address J. w. Stephen, r.. f.
d. No. 3, Udall, Kas.
The Mena weekly star., 1911-07-13
Blame Dead Engineer.

The engineer of the wrecked train
was killed az his post, and upon him
is placed the blame by the railroad
officials, who say tn acci 'ent was
not due to an open switch but TO
the engineer taking the crossing at
sixty miles an hour, when the
schedule calls for IL speed OF not
more than fifteen miles.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-09-21
w. S. F. Tatum EJjoins City From
Extending Water Service to Normal
25 MINUTE TRIAL;
90 YEAR Sentence

Brookhaven, Sept. 2l.-Brought
into court, arraigned before quickly.
qualified jury, tried, convicted and
hustled onto train for Jackson in
twenty-five minutes, was the record
established today in the case of Law
son Davis, the negro accused of at
tempting to assault the daughter of
Marion Furr The trial itself occu-
pied seven minutes.
The crime occurred last Wednesday
morning, seventeen miles northeast of
Brookhaven. 1t was only by the vigi-
lance of Constable Henry Womack
that the black was saved at that time
from Judge Lynch" and brought into
Brookhaven, from which place he was
at once hurried to Hazlehurst in an
auto, and the same night taken tC
Jackson.
Hardly any one in the audience
which was not large one, knew wha
was taking place. The Judge had th'
clerk call a new jury and hurried,
swore it in none of its member
knowing what the rush was. Distric
! Attorney Hugh Wall stepped up t
the accused negro and read the indict
ment in an undertone, the negro sta
ing he would plead guilty. Walkin
over to the jury, which has not ye
had time to catch on to what was hal
pening. Wall stated the case to tn
Jury, requesting that it find Davi
u. guilty of attempted criminal assault
= and give him Imprisonment for lif
the limit of the law in such case
. The jury retired and immediate
brought in verdict for ninety-nil
II years in the penitentiary, The judi
- pronounced sentence.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-09-21
NEGREssES BARRED
AS TRAINED NURSES

Nashville, Tenn. Sept. 2l.-Negro
women who presented themselves be-
fore the state board of examiners Tor
trained nurses here for certificates
have been turned down. They tender
ed the fee required by law but Mrs.
Lena Warner of Memphis, president
of the board, declined 2 accept the
money and requested hegresses to
retire. One, a NASSAU etts woman
refuses to leave. A nes b doctor, k
F. Boyd. demanded an interview witt
Mrs. Warner but this was refused.
The matter was referred to Cover
nor Hooper on appeal of the negroes
The governor disapproved the actor
of the board,
1t is intimated that unless the mat
ter is adjusted satisfactorily to the
negroes litigation will follow.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-09-21

New York, Sept. 21.-Representa-
tives of thirty of the shows which
have annually appeared in Madison
Square Garden, among them the mo-
tor boat, sportsmen's, real estate, elc-
tric, automobile, poultry horse, tobac-
CO and others, met today and formed
an organization to promote the build
ing of a new mammoth show house to
take the place of Madison Square Gar
den, which is to be torn down.,
The organization will be known as
the Exhibition Managers Association.
Henry R. Sutphen of the motor boat
show, was elected temporary chair
man. and Lee Haskell of the local real
estate show secretary. The different
managers all had something to say
about what they thought the new
home of great shows should be. The
general expression of opinion was il
favor of building much larger thai
Madison Square Garden. and furthe
up town. Five million dollars was tn
amount generally favored by the dii
erent organizations to be expende
for the site and the new building.
Another meeting of the orsanlzi
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-09-21
Rig ORGANIZATION
To HANDLE COTTON

Macon, Ca, Sept. 21.-An organiza-
ton of a four million dollar concern
to be known as the Southern Cotton
Corporation, with an eye to controll-
ing and marketing cotton from the
south, was announced here today by
George d. Wadley, of Bowling Broke,
one of the wealthiest men in the
state Associated with Wadley, who
will be president. are John Wadley, OF
Waycross, John T. Moore, Leon S.
Dure, Jesse H. Hall, John T. Mckay
and w. E. Dunwoody of Macon.
The concern will operate in connec-
ton with a string of banks operated
by the National Bank Audit company,
of which William Barrett Ridgeiy
! former comptroller of the currency, is
president.
The Southern Cotton Corporation
will advance farmers money up to a
per cent of the normal price of cotton
deposited in warehouses. This cottor
N..i sc held when such time arrives
each year when correct estimate o
the crop can be made and the price
will go fixed and the cotton held unit
such price is paid.
Wadley stated that organization
work had started in thousand coun
ties throughout the cotton belt.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-09-21
dead" man SHOWS
Up At Old Home
Mother Had Collected $25,ooooo In
surance on Son and Disclaimed
Him.

Niles, Mich, Sept. 21.-George AL
fred Kimmel, believed by relatives to
have been dead for 13 years, arrived
at his old home here from the peni-
tentiary at Auburn, n. Y, late yester-
day and was identified by former
friends and associates.
DESPITE Kimmel's identification,
however, Mrs. Stella Kimmel refuses
to see him. The mother continued to
denounce Kimmel as an imposter who
was attempting to deprive her OF $2o,-
600 insurance which she had collected
on her sons life. Ten minutes after
Kimmel arrived neighbors went IN
search of the mother to tell her or
the identification of the man who
claimed to be her son. But Mrs. Kim
mel refused to see him and continued
to reiterate her belief that her son
was dead.
! left suggesting that he had died and
! the insurance money was asked. The
life insurance company is said tt
have expended thousands Of dollars II
running down a theory that kimme
did not die. He was traced to Ar
kansas City Kas., where, so far as
his family knows, he was last seen.
Then a man answering the descrip
ton of Kimmel was found in daze'
condition in st. Louis. He recoV
cred in hospital and later left 10
New York, where, under the name
Andrew j. White, he was arrested O.
larceny charge. After more wal
derings he was found in an asyluf
| Il in New York, and afterward trace
to Auburn penitentiary.
d Seven years after Kimmels disal
S pearance his mother instituted SUI
e in st. Louis to secure insurance whic
e she held on his life. A jury returne
a verdict in her taVor anu ueoiai
J. Kimmel to be legally dead. Upon tn
: verdict one company paid Mrs, XII
i mel on $4,000 policy. Another cor
tpany. which carried a $4,000 polio
on Kimmel. however, fought the clal
Il and carried thed fdhttef 40 high'
y Courts before bhymeut was made'
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-09-21

Rev. A. F. Watkins returned last
evening from Jackson, where ne at
tended the opening of Millsaps Col
leoa A large number of students
were assembled in the College chapei
Yesterday morning, and the opening
exercises were of Ltusual interest
Short addresses of welcome and con-
eratulation we're delivered by Presl'
dent Hull. representing the Faculty,
DR. A. F. Watkins, Vice President OF
the Board of Trustees, representing
that body, Rev. Mr.. Selby, OF MOSS
Point, representing the Educational
interests of the Mississippi Confer
ence. Mr.. ]. R. Preston, Ex-Superih-
,onaent of Education of the state, and
the Rev. ]. L. Countiss, the President
of Grenada Female College, VINO de
,ivered the principal address OF the
occasion. other short talks were
made by the pastors of the various
churches of the city. Major Milisaps
the distinguished Mississippian whos'
generous gifts to the college mao
possible the erection and conspicuou
success of the institution, was pres
ent and the rostrum was graceu u
the presence of a large numpeF
prominent citizens.
Large improvements have nee
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-09-21
JAPAN AMUSED
At OUR UNEASINESS
War Rumors Kept Alive BY Business
Firms for Private Gain.

Leland Stanford, Jr., university,
Cal, Sept 2O.-Dr. Inaoz Nitobe, OF
the Imperial University of Japan, who
is touring the United States in the
interest of universal peace, in an ad-
dress before students of Leland Stan
ford. Jr., University here yesterday
said in part:
California needs more labor. Eco
nomic laws are stronger than race
prejudice and little concession on
both sides will surely do away with
the obstacles imposed. Americas re-
istrictions are keeping out many OF
the most promising students and in
divdual laborers.
q confess the two great wars IN
which we came out triumphantly have
turned the heads of some of my coun
trymen.
"We are highly amused at the stric'
surveillance of the American authori
ties over the japanese in the Philip
pines. The treaty of November. 1908
should make this unnecessary. Japal
is not stealing Americas Manchurial
trade. 1t is not large enough to b
worth our while. Present war rumor
are kept alive by business concern
and outside nations for their privat
gain"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-09-21
Ausp,cious Openings Of The -
Schools of the State

made during the summer in the or
ganization of the College, and upon
the buildings and grounds of the in
stitution. and the outlook for the col
lege is most encouraging.
Belhaven College and Institute, the
new educational enterprise of the
Presbyterians of Mississippi, located
in Jackson. has had a most propitious
opening. The boarding capacity OF
the college is already over-taxed, and
new applicants for rooms are coming
in daily.
Whitworth Female College, the
great Methodist institution located at
Brookhaven has had an unprecedent
ed opening, and encouraging informa
ton is coming from other institutions
of the state.
Mississippiass have cause for con
graduation upon the rising tide o
educational enthusiasm that is sweep
ing over the state. With all of he
multitudinous possibilities the mos
important "crop" that the state cal
raise" is her crop of educated me-
, and women.
t Pigs make pork and cane make
molasses: but boys and girls max
, men and women.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-09-21
Commission Government G1Ues
Gratifying Financial Results

cial plans were made the first of this
year, will have been settled for. In
addition to this the overflow of Cor
dons creek several months ago swept
away four bridges, entailing a loss of
about $4,000 to the city. Two of these
bridges have been replaced and paid
for. third on Unetta street will
have been replaced and paid for by
the first OF October, leaving only the
Mcleod stree. fridge still out
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-09-21
OFFICIAL FlGURTs ANNOUNCED.

Austin. Texas, Sept. 21.-By official
count the statewide prohibition
amendment was defeated by a MAORI
ty of 6,S79 in the election held in Tex
as, July 22 The returns canvassed
by the State election board today,
showed 237.130 votes against the
amendment and 23O,251 for no
ton.
Efforts will be fade to have the is
sue submitted to vote again two
years hence.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-09-21
Big Slump in Steel Stock
and Enormous Selling Today

slumped five and haii points TO
hundred five and quarter, the lowest
since 1908. Common to SO IL, loss
of four points During the forenoon
a quarter of million shares changed
hands. The slump is attributed to a
fear that the dissolution of the com
bination may be necessary to comply
with the Federal laws. President
Gary declined to makes statement.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-09-21

IIatiieshNrg unders the commission
ssssnzal scvernmens and the able ad-
ministfStion -of he present commits
s!oners, will resch October list, the
crd Of the fiscal year with balance
IN the treasury, and that speaks vol
umcs. Every sceount made under the
will have been paid,
and in addition $4,000 wolla. o. are
Bose, purchased a year ago and moi
7aken into consideration when finan
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-09-21
THE MARK ETS.

New Orleans, La. Sept, 21.-Cotton
steady, three to FIVE points under yes
terday's final quotations.
Chicago, Sept. 2f.-Wheat is await
ing the outcome of Canada's election.
Opening same as last night to quarrer
lower. Provisions firm, unchanged to
FIVE up
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-09-21
TEN LINCOLN coUNTiANs
CHARGED WITH VOTE SELLING.
tBv Associated Prcssl

Brcokhaven, Miss. Sept. 2l.-lt be-
came known today that at least ten
indictments against Lincoln county
farmers. charged with selling their
votes during the state democratic pri-
mary election last August, will be re.
turned late today by the grand Jury
now In session here Those named N
the indictments have not been dirulg-
al
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-09-21

New York, Sept. 2l.-The otocN
Market was thrown into confusion to-
day by the selling of United o'a.es
c.ool stocks on an enormous scale.
From almost every quarter country
orders poured in to sell stocks Oh
.pi,lion Dollar Combine, Brokers
struggled to dispose of their holdings,
pr,cas crumbled rapidly. Preferrep
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-09-21
HAS BROUGHT SUIT AGAINST
EDITORS BiRDsALL' AND Nc
CURE OF YAZOo CITY.
HAD NO Wife IN OKLAHOMA
Says Publication That He Had Has
Dcne Him Serious Wrong and That
The j. G. Bennett Out There is
Colored Coon.
Special to The Nesos.

jackson. Miss. Sept 21.-Jas. G.
Bennett. the former Jackson newspa-
per man, and well-known in newspa-
per circles all over the south, from
his cell in the Yazoo county jail has
pulled off another stunt which brings
him in the limelight again.
He has filed suit in the circuit court
of Yazoo county against j. G. Nc
Guire. proprietor and editor OF the
Yazoo Herald, for $4,000 for libel, and
against F. R. Birdsall, editor and pro-
prietor of the Yazoo Sentinel for
! like amount.
Bennett has employed no con-sel,
and although not a lawyer Rlmsef.
has composed and drawn and filed his
own declarations. which were placed
in the hands of the circuit clerk OF
Yazoo county last night for service, :
} Bennett alleges that the Sentinel
and the Herald have libeled him II
: publishing that he had committed
) bigamous marriage in Oklahoma, am
= had deserted the wife and childre
). over there. This Bennett declares
t his declaration is a libel, as he w8
e not married while in Oklahoma, am
o the J. G. Bennett discovered ov&
l, there with wife and children is
|. negro.
h Since Bennett committed the IN
discretion of marrying an estimabl
r young lady in Jackson without tn
5. formality of a divorce, as testified Il
n in the trial at Yazoo City, from nj
first wife, who resides in South Care
t lima with her children, and his sut
e seouent Indictment by the Yazo
grand jury for bigamy, the marriag
having taken place there, he has mai
aged to get into the limelight col
siderably
No testimony was introduced I
Bennett for his defense at the tria
nor MA any effort made to controve
i the facts HI was promptly eenxiete
: by 4se i,sry ana senteioed " Judl
Henry 10 tss n;H<inazs penalty = Z
on years in the penitentiary. He elect
to go to the Rankin farm pending 7
appeal from the conviction to the
n preme court, declaring that he wal
ed the open air exercise. His ca
ial will not come up until the octor
on call of the docket and probably "
mi. not be reached until December
ax- The exercise at the Rankin pc
,ed tentiary farm got too strenuous
av Bennett and he reconsidered, and
the ed to be- sent back to the Yazoo j
where nd now is.
In vie of the promptness W
&c. which he Vas convicted by the va
-wo jury. and the further fact OF the
eral popularity of Editors EAsgsis
and Birdsall and their stahdmg
fair men, it is hardly likels that
Yazoo juries will consider Vt. !
tto, nett has been damaged forty thous
vss. dollars worth, even IL he proves
the report that he had marrie
,o,, third time in Oklahoma was can
ton.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-09-21
RESIGNS FROM COMMITTEE.
(By Associated Press.)

Albany, N. Y. Sept. 2l.-William }.
Connors, of Buffalo, chairman Of the
state democratic committee. has re-
signed membership from the commit
tee. to take effect at once.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-09-21
SANG "CASEY JONES"
is NOW CRAZY
(By Associated Press.)

Springfield, Missouri, Sept. 21.-By
singing Casey Jones" necessarily
Harry Roberts, farmer, warbled
himself into an asylum for the insane.
He sang from morning till night.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-09-21

ton will be held next week, when
more definite action will be taken.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-09-21
FINED FOR KISSING WIFE.

Kansas City, Mo-, Sept. 21.-Kissing
ones wife or husband in public places
in Kansas City, Kan, is illegal, ac-
cording to a decree issued yesterday
by Judge Carlisle of the municipal
court Judge Carlisle fined Ben Span
nos and his wife 500 each for kissing
each other in Shawnee Park Monday
nightG
~ always thought a woman coulc
Kiss her husband whenever she pleas
ed Z Mrs, spsnnos said. what is the
use ofsbeing married if you can't love
yours husband? We haven't any home
so We 30 thc park xhen, We iinisf
i1sstst.. 4. 4 Eds 7tJsHtf-f4t - Hl 1i4t
WOIK., t 4 IL e - 4 Z r.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-09-21

CONTINUED on Page Four)
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1911-12-08
Let the PEOPLE Saw.

In our editorial career covering Just
one week, we have found out that we
can get all the free plate matter we
want lauding Governor Harmon, of
Ohio, as candidate for president, and
seeking to tear down Governor Wilson
of New Jersey. We have not found
out yet who is paying the bills, but
will let our readers know as soon as we
do. Why cannot the interests AS they
are commonly called, "let the. people
say" The phenomenal growth of the
socialist party, as shown in the recent
elections should be sufficient warn
ing to the persons who are seeking to
force undesirable candidates on the
people. Let the choice come froa the
people and socialism will vanish.
One very desirable result of the re-
cent election was the wholesale
slaughter of the bosses IN both parties
May the good work go on.--South
Branch Review.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1911-12-08
A Gamblers Testimony.

| have been in the saloon business,
with a gamblers room attsched, for
the last four years, and claim to know
something about what am now going
to tell you. do not believe that the
gambling den is near so dangerous,
nor does it do anything like the same
amount of harm, as the social card
party in the home. | give this as my
reason: In the gambling room the
windows are closed tight, the curtains
are pulled down; everything is con-
Quoted secretly for fear of detectives,
and none but gamblers, as rule, enter
there. In the parlOr, all have access
to the game; children are permitted to
watch it; young people are invited to
and alluring by giving prizes, serving
refreshments, and adding high social
enjeyments. For my part, could
never nee the difference between play
ing for piece of silver nodded in the
shape Of money and silver nodded in
the shape of cup or thimble. The
principle is the same: and whenever
property changes hands over the luck
OF cards, no matter how small is the
value of the prize, | believe it is gam
bling. Perhaps you have never thought
of it, but where do all the gamblers
come from? They are not taught in
the gambling dens. A "greener,n un-
less he is fool, never enters a gam
bling den, because he knows that he
will be fieeced out of everything he
possesses in less than fifteen minutes,
He has learned somewhere else before
he sells foot inside of such-a place.
When he has played in the parlor in
the social games of the homes, and
has become proficient enough to win
prizes among his friends, the next
step with.him is to seek out the gamb-
ling room; for he has learned, and
now counts on his efficiency to hold
his own. The saloon men and gamb-
lers 2huckle and smile when they read
In the papers of parlor games given by
| ladies', for they know that aftera while
those same men VIII become patrons
of their business. / lsay, then, the
parlor game is the college where gamb-
ler's are made and educated.-Ex
| change.