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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-08-07
BLOW AT FREE PRESS.
Demand for Signed Editorials opens
Way to Tryannize Writers.

1t appears that the state senate OF
New York may qualify for member
ship in the freak legislation club by
passing a bill requiring every news
paper editorial to be signed with the
name of the writer.
1t is not likely that any bill of this
character could be enacted into law.
II It should be, 1t would in all prob
ability come into fatal collision with
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-08-07
llII]IIllsiIjlj|

The only lnt- '"erat'
ing trains to the
North and Ea ~ with
out change of cars.
Sleeping cars and
diners. Two electric
lighted fast trains
daily. Call on ticket
agent for rates and
information. Cum. Phone l53.
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The Remedy which Cures Ca
tarrh by Killing the Catarrhal
Poison and Purifying the Blood.
LARGE SAMPLE FREE
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-08-07
WHITWORTH COLLEGE
(ror Young Ladies.)

Thorough instruction under chris
ton influence. Sessions 1910 and 1911.
twenty officers and teachers. Two
hundred and fifty students.
Forty thousand dollars will be ex
pended for improvements. within the
next eighteen months. Engage room
early. Next session begins Sept. IA
1911. For catalogue address.
WENTWORTH COLLEGE,
Brookhaven, Miss.
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CATARRH CURED

Bad Breath. k'Hawklns, Ringing In
the Ears. Deafness, Hacking Cough
and Splitting Quickly Cured.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS

SANSAkVAAAN ~
For Representative
e. A. (zan) ANDERSON.
JOHN M. CARTER.
w. 8. MckiNNok
J. o. BENNETT
For County Tax Assessor
n. e. CLARK
II. II. WARREN
For Coroner and Ranger.
DR.. s. S. TURNER.
For Supervisor Of eeat s
Q. z. PERKINS.
For Supervisor Of Beat 3
JNO. L. DAVIS
w. J. BASS.
For Justice of Peace Beat I.
N. r. MCCULLOUGH.
For Justice Of the Peace. Beat 3.
Al (Uncie Otck) POWE
(Judqe) J. W. BOLTON
Constable, Beat 3.
]. r. WILLIAMS.
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ODDITIES IN THE WORLDS
NEWS.

Holds Court in Tent and
Makes Jail Of Monkey Cage.
Magistrate Post of Mounds Park,
Ind, has established his headquarters
in a tent in the city park during hot
weather, and dispenses justice there.
Offenders against the law will be
temporarily incarcerated in monkey
cage. the former occupants OF which
died.
Snowstorm in July Is
Reported in Indiana.
There was a snow furry at Fort
Wayne, Ind, yesterday afternoon, &C.
cording to reliable citizens.
It came as the climax OF short.
severe rainstorm, and was accompa-
MED by a drop Of 81 degrees.
Mate, Eleven Months Old,
Has Travelled 32,4oo Miles.
The youngest officer on any sea-
going liner Is Erling Iversen, II
months old, third mate on the Nor
wegian fruit steamship Ida Cuneo, ar
rived at Boston from Cuba.
Captain Iversen, who has the ap-
pointment duly entered on the ships
log, says his third mate has made
10 trips, covering $4,000 miles.
q
Pastor Fines All Who
Wear Coats to Church.
Not only does the Rev. W. F. Roth
rock permit men and boys to attend
his church at York, Pa, in their shirt
sleeves, but fines them If they veal
coats on hot day.
Last Sunday night almost every
one wore a coat, and the five-cent fine
assessed against each materially in
creased the collection.
Farmland and Dog Battle
Fiercely With Woodenuck.
John Zodick a farmland of Sails
bury, Conn. saw dog barking at
stone wall. He pulled away som
rocks and a woodchuck darted oui
Just as the dog seized the chuck tn
chuck seized Podick. The dog shoe
the woodchuck and the woodchuc'
shook Zodick
Zodick beat the animal loose, bu
it only let go to catch fresh hol
neara the seat of his trousers whe
he slipped and fell on 1t. The do
and chuck both shook some NOR
Zodick was shaken until he shoe
with terror. He killed the chuck bu
has quit milking the cows.
Il Municipal Pigs Fall s
To Eat City Garbage. g
The system of municipal eollectio
of garbage, as tried out in New Ha
en-, Conn, for the past six. month
has proven a costly venture TIL
total expense has been at the raj
of $4,000 a year, the greater porto
of which represents investments
pigs.
The pigs were purchased at Il
suggestion of the city fathers wi
the thought that they could be fl
II on the garbage collected, and aft
being fattened disposed of at a pl
II fit OF the money thus far expend
I only one-fifth has gone for the actu
collection of garbage, the care of t
,,;oc oooountino for Tho halaDop
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rree to You and Every Sister Sur
eFjng from Woman's Ailments,
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] know Woman's 5uf7erings.
have Hound the cure.

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I looked carefully At the bonds, They
were in the usual form oil such seooIi
In smiles when events waited at one
beck SO courteously.
He chortied softly in his throat when
he was well back into his chair. and
beamcd on us. then he talked. He was
glad 10 see Jean Baiduc again, pleased
to meet me He was athirst for news
from the copper land, aching with won
Great Lakes railroad in building its line
II was his dearest. most closely cher-
ished hope To see the citizens OF Huron
county WAX rich from The development
the south shore OF Lake Superior. He
limited vaguely al large good fortune
which the future held for balduG. iu-
ture OF which he, BarnsHeld. was In some
esoterlc way the directing overload. fdc
wanted a long. intimate personal talk
with Balduc. He must come that night
favor In his sight. There would he only
the three of us-his family was In Flor-
ida. II would be an informal friendly
dinner. but e good one: he would see TO
that He would not he refused, his fat
arms waved rcfusals into distant imbo,
Balduc break through; but he accepted
of us at s o'clock that evening.
smiles and there We LEFT him knead-
ing his pudgy hands and thanking
Providence that the human game hAe
other. iEGRcp lESllntI w IJ'N'tt II
We went back To the Office without
word Randolph Mason looked ct the
bonds. and then directed me 20 go out
and sell them for what l could gel. |
sold the bonds on tho curb for IS cents
ON the dollar and got the cash In large
bills Randolph Mason handed this
money 10 Jean Balduc and told him TO
go back TO the Jacques Cartier river.
| The man was puzzled and angry. Was
! this all that Mason could do-ccuse him
| 10 collect the taxes Of Huron county al
| a loss OF some $4,000 e'nbe2zle the money
| and hide out FOR the rest OF his life?
Hc could do better than that The open
| way OF the great north was better one.
He would send the money TO Huron
! county: then he would go to Barnsfeid's 8
| little Informal dinner and square the nc
| count with him.
| I came forward then and begged Ma
son to explain what he meant by his
| plan. AS the matter stood. Balduc could
not do even as ne himself suggested: He
could not send the money to Huron
sum he had lacked $4,000 OF paving the
taxes. He had surrendered and receipt
ed for the taxes in full. $4,000. II ho
sent back $4,000 he would be instantly
charged with theft OF the other $4,000. Ex-
plantations would hardly avail HIM He
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got only nineteen tracts OF land for
you In Huron county, 80 you owe me
just $4,000, You paid me today. sls.6oo
Barnshcid's face began TO pale. II
don't understand" he said. II paid the
taxes 10 you. l gave you twenty -eigh,
did not pay you; ! paid the taxes"
Yes" said Balduc. you thought you
paid the taxes; but you didn't. You paid
me. The bonds brought $4,000. / give
you back the $500 now, and our account Is
Barnsneld got up 'I paid the taxes"
he Saa said Bal aduc ae taxes tax eap only bo
paid in money That's the law. You
can't pay taxes with property, Your
tax receipts are not worth heilroom
bonds"
Barnsfield turned to mo. Whats all
this rot?' he said.
got up then; and walked around the
answered, 'is quite true. Taxes can bo
paid only in money. II one owing taxes
delivers property to the tax officer for
does not thereby pay his taxes. II the
tax officer keeps the property the other
must must repay the taxes in money. The
Barnsfeld III have to repay them
he'll have to go to the penitentiary!"
NO" said, ut is not embezzlemen,
of taxes. II Is not any crime at all. for
the reason that the tax officer is author
| iZed 10 collect only money. He has nc
authority 10 receive property. Property
! II delivered to him. is AT its owners
! peril. He Ia not chargeable with en-
bezzlement II he appropriates this prop
| erty TO his own use. nor are his bonds
! men liable for IT, because they guaran-
| tee only proper accounting OF none,
| which the officer receives as taxes.
| Barnsfeld jumped UP and started
toward little telephone at the oorne
| ~ q otl lahA a,-l Ioal
| the room. smashed the telephone Will
| his knuckles and confronted Barns1eld
| ''Sit down, you puffy varmint." he said
Into your chair with youi" And, seiz
| Ing the man By the shoulders he whirleS
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eU4zdIY COWZ2andT Paris.
would certainly he extradited and i'm

would certainly he extradited and i'm
prisoned
a5%n Mason yss s f ReSors ssos s
the State Of Michigan, and sat down with
It between tho two OF US a tutor
might do with puzzled little little, boys Boy g. He
In the book very carefully 10 US. / saw
Instantly the intent OF his plan, but he
went. on. explaIning in lucid detail the
Huron county the equities which It ad-
iusted. the necessity Of government
which 1t imposed. tho penalties which II
rate doctrine OF law upon which this de-
clsIon OF the Michigan courts Is founded;
The tension in Jean Balduc,s big body
relaxed. the pressure In his face ebbed.
He understood the whole scheme TO the
end now: I do not know Of any; emos :
eulated language which. could give the
words He got slowly to-. TO his feet. I
lungs. by God" he said, you have got
| the fat thief on tho crossn
Then he turned to me. Mr.. Parks" ;"
he went on. II suppose you despised me
down to the ground when | agreed to eat
wanted to, get a last. chance at him, to
tell him what thought OF him, and then
! to jam his head on the table among his
and and We viii show him how he has
caught his own legs In his man-trap.
will tell him some things which he needs
70 hear; but we will not eat with him
Hudson bay, and he came TO find me
with load from the company store;
would not eat with him. would eat; but
Bnrnsheld, like every parvenu. wished
| 20 point out for our admiration all the
treasures In his hideous. showy palace
before we went in to dinner. The place
in the golden days OF the Spanish Main
a carved wood ceiling from some chateau
In Normandy; a marble vase from sar-
chairs mingled with Chippendale, Hep
plewhlte. and atrocious things In gilt
tables OF the empire beside coionia
arms. rugs, banners-all the indiscrimi.
nate loot of barbarian with money
sacks.
/ admired with discreet and evasiv.
finally we went In to dinner. ] hat
not seen its like. except at ThanksGiv
ing in a New England farmhouse.
turkey on his golden back In a hug
fowls. food enough for a ships crew
piled hot and -steaminE on the biEges
the servants wanted the evening off
and he had ordered the dinner put ol
so We were men and would not mine
We sat down. and Barnsheld pu
his hands on the tablecloth. closed hi
puffy eyes, and made ready to lnvok
a blessing on his house.
Jeen Balduc spoke then. Mr.. Barns
field" he said II am sick
Barnsheld sprang up, got a decantc
OF brandy from q sideboard and set
down by Balduc. There" ne said
"thatll fix you"
NO" said Balduc nothing will d
me any good but to get outside In tn
air"
BarnsHed started toward door
Come right here" he said. ''on thi
balcony"
Balduc got up then. No" he sait
''I will 20 out Into the street with NJ
Parks: but, before I 10, want TO han
you this 5000 that I owe YOU" and h
took roll OF bills from his waistcoe
pocket and laid them on the table
cloth.
Barnsfeld saw instantly that som
climax had arrived. but what he di
not know. He came back and sat dow
in his chair.
II mean" replied Balduc, that
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Randolph Mason walked over to the
window and stood looking out AT tne
you're the doctor. What you say seS soef:
went with him to BalTsieid. we
crossed the snowcad street walked
In under a gigantic granite arch anI
floor A limp youth led us 10 me
copper maenate in n wing OF the build
Ing above Broadway. Barnsheid was
inclined a little 10 display In his set
ting There was silk oriental rug
ON the floor on tho walls were rare
prints with here and there u gross
IDENTIFY took his art as prescribed b3y
the foreign agents. The only table IN
the room WAS huge piece OF sn'nlnS
mahogany heavy VII, with cabT,mgS ,hInm sy,,ian IN
the full pocket gets when II leaves It's
selection to the dealer Behind II was
Barnsiield, got. the impression OF OF
something cold and pudgy when | looked
at him. a like impression awaits tht
spectator before the glass box Mt the
| end OF the line in the National aquarium
at Naplcs-a deep-sea th'hG In nest oi
He was tall man, fauened out OF
shape rat crowding his eyes back. dis
| tending his jowIs. sagslng his chin. His
hair was light and thin brushed smooth
| TO his poll. ILis eyes We're DUH the eyes
which Victor Hugo warned against. the
trenches manned with cannon shotted to
! the nuzzle and the fuse smoking A RAJ
/ hand. Illuminated BY great knfir dia-
| mond, 1oppcd about on the mahogany
table He showed nc, apparent interes!
! nj the arrival OF Balduc, but he was a
| hit uneasy over me. His fingers wan
dnred 10 an electric button. the nails
| scratching the rim of Il.
mir. Barnsfield: began Bn'due'
| came back about those taxes
pnrDsf;eld looked tnouiringly at me
YES" he said. He wished TO know wht
lI was before his answers became more
than monosylabic ,,, oot,
| "Thnt's my lawyers secretary, saic
Ralduc. al have concluded TO take YOU
chips and whctstones They are bel 6ettsi 81
than nothing: but want Mr., Parks t'
The explanation cleared Barnsfield
face. II Ralduc was bringing HuroI
county up TO be quietly sleared OF tel
tbousand dollers lawyers secretary
merely to examine, the wording OF tn In,
honds was n detail 10 be pleased over
Je Sived down into the drawers OF nj
dca,, fishcd out package OF bonds an
lnid them on the table.
'"!1 GOOD bod five per cents be said. "se
cured by mortgage on al the coppe
oronerties in the county, fncludin
DIie MS tram roads and improvements !
no hereafter made. In six months ihe
ywm be worth hundred and twenty
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ties. printed on bank-note paper. with a
picture on the back OF huge copper
pot, tipped over, pouring out stream
OF gold pieces. They were OF first Issue
of the Empire Copper company. limited
10 a million dollars. and In denomina-
tions Of one thousand ] smiled at the
confidence OF Barnsfield- There were
exactly twenty eight of these In the pack.
He had pinned them up for Balduc.
Barnsfield patted the bundle OF securi-
ties with his fat hand. There are the
bonds" he said, now give mo the tax
receipts signed by you rs treasurer
Balduc took a big leather pocketbook
from his coat and handed me the tax re-
celpts. I wrote into them. paid this
day by the delivery to the treasurer OF
Huron county OF twenty-eisht bonds OF
the Empire Copper company, numbered
three hundred and fifty TO three hun
dred and seventy-seven. Inclusive: Then
Balduc signed them and handed them
over to Barnsfeld.
He placed the package in pigeon
hole OF his desk. and came up from be
hind II transhgured, The chill In tho air
was gone; the hidden ice-hoes were
melted the low-lying fogs were golden
in the sun. He had not imagined that
the thing could be done so easily. He
had looked for long wrangling, delays. a
siege. 1t was like the answer TO prayer
put into ones hands while they were
still clasped. One ought to go wreathed
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for every land owner who MADE
deed for the mineral rights under MS
were burned on the hills. horses were
parnded: the local papers ran their e'e'
tion roosterS and eagles. 49,,
Then came the gray morning, and the, the
gradual rising of the sun, The minionS mHnd
OF BarnsfeId vanished he'd crss, M1nihs akes pii rail-
road sighted his transit into huron
county, No carts were trundled across
her rivers. no Italian came TO MAKE q
a little man in spectacles arrivea, ,onIng Ir%,g
Marquette and staked out shipping
whnrf ar Plymouth for TIE Great Great =, Si'V[e ,o
pIied that Barnsiield wished TO take the
copper out OF Huron county. ana ,mS
steamship company must have a "nnrd mra
county sat literally with It's jaws ag;tne,
But was this merely another sup' l,t,o
OF Barnsneld? 1t was not, n I'LL Fro,',
the regular mining region came WIN
wnrsmen and uncovered the copper,oe,aaiI,o ,ai,o
ing strata. 1t was copper terT,t9ryi i"e
,yTolo county richer than the lndies!
"ip Tnsn RaIduc stopped here in his mar
,,,t,sa ,nt' drew down the muscles OF his face
until his eyes narr9wea @ 10 Hans pa' of his coat
nockets In his big hands hls nina VIZ waS
cyidentIy crammcd with incidentSL,vSlSlo a.
eEowding incidents nHa2 Jean na1due I9Ga He was
u,rscS e,u,s waking and sleeping. as with q
Roman anatheme. Even Eyer volh haFnsnGtad nsnGed
| rhnckljOC in his den IN ne" iO' ~, b." q =
him, lie would pay the Sl9,o00 wnen a siag
deeds were transferred 70 the Great LaEes LaT,,!s
railroad company-if he were hVihs
| then. oi,,,ion Loan Bal
duo deternined 10 close up his analIs
as treasurer Of the county, come ne tS as SHM SSN
which he owed Huron conn1y for i5 to taxes sss
n,,nIr on n,r and then settle his own, affair
Win With Barnsneld, After that; he soiiel gel
"way he would go back TO the Jncque;
: cartier river; but he would hHeiy mo-
get away. ,,,.ao,5o., soId Ran
dolph Mason. ..r yent 10
him Yesterday TO collect these ~ ~
and he tried to boat me even IN on h,d Inc, pC
, Hc was hard up, he said. ne hau ~ ~
bonds OF the Empire Copper ooiiipao,
n would take these bonds AZ ,, p@
and turn over the tax receipts 70 @ MN
7 refused. and he asked me 10 conn
n ba ck today at ! o'clock, ,v,,,,o
+ Randolph Mason turned TO me- WI"
= arc these bonds WORTH? he sald' ,o.,
!; "Thcy are not listed .!m,t on 'nI IGere s'o'
s a curb market for them at 10 cents
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land. the money to be paid when the
transfer was made by Barnsfield to
the Great Lakes Railroad company.
There were thirty-four of these men
Balduc's popularity, tho reputation he
had established with the people and his
to his words, He went back to his peo-
pie, assured them that he had inves-
tigated Harnsfeld's plan and that. It
seen the very surveys for the road. the
estimates, the prohles Finally he Sc
cured the deeds OF nineteen OF these re-
calcitrant Land owners. The others could
not be induced to sell. Barnsfield
marked their names off his list. ex
pressed himself satisfied with the matter
and put all his deeds TO record The
county, now at the gateway OF its for
tunes, rejolced. A great mass meeting
was held In the court house, vote OF
thanks was awarded Jean Balduc; he
was carried to his home on the shoul
ders OF his admIrinE fellows. tar barrels
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heavy snowflakes driving against the
glass. The big northerner waited, but
Mason remained motionless, his hands
behind him. Finally. the man took up
his hat and put II on.
Well" he said, lis there any trail
out?"
Barnsfeld," he said, "and take his
bonds at par for the taxes. Mr.. Parks
will accompany you and wrto into
the tax receipts that these taxes are
paid in full by the delivery To you of
the bonds. setting out tho number and
denomination. as you receive them
Give Barnsneld the receipts and come
back to me-
The man was aghast. why. sir, >"
he said you cannot mean that! !
would be a damned fool 10 do that
The county would be losing $4,000 to
take the bonds at par
"Obey me-" said Randolph Mason. and
he turned back TO the window.
"AU right" said the big fellow;
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HIGH PRICE OFFERED FOR
GERMAN POLICE DOG
Special Cable to The Tribune.

BERLIN, Aug. 5.-Not only in Eng
land and America. but In Germany fan
ciers pay high prices for dogs. At the
recent exhibition of dogs at Cassel
Erenchman offered 10000 marks. about
in the name OF Tell. and the sum offered
might be considered as conclusive evil
dence that Tell IL worthy OF his famous
name, but this is not all, The dog be-
longs to Sergeant Decker. who refused
the tempting offer observing that his
dog should not quit Germany at any
price.
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him around and forced him down into his
chair. Baiduc stood over him a mo-
meat. his fingers working with restrained
savagery. Ills jaws camped his eyes
narrowed TO n thin line OF blue. Then
he turned 10 me. Let us CO. he said.
before / tramp the creatures face out
Of shape on the floor"
We left Barnsfeld. ~ieezing with ex-
element. his breath gone and his fat
hands wabbling about on the arms o!
his chair.
In the street. Baiduc took deep
breath and shook himself like a dog
coming out Of a sllme-vat. II had TO
get out OF there" ne said. "or kill him.
Good bye. II you ever need slave with
steel fingers. send word OF Il TO Jean
Balduc on the Jacques Cartier river"
and he was gone.
took hnnsom to the Dresden for a
little dinner.
| For the legal principle involved in this
story see People VS.. Seeley III Mich,
| 263: IS n. w. r., sos.
| collector OF taxes oan receive moth
ing but money In payment Of taxes. II
he receive property in lieu thereof and
appropriates II TO his own use. he Is not
guilty of embezzlement. and his bonds
men are not liabie.-Peoplo VS.. Seeley.
supra 4 collector OF taxes can receive
nothing but money In payment OF taxes.
Miller We. Wesencr, 45 w. Va. 50.
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