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The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1911-08-23
UNITED STATES
LEPER COLONY
Conducted by Monks Near
New Orleans.
SUFFERERS MADE TO FORGET
Cases Are Incurable and the
End is But a Matter of
. Little Time.
SEVENTY DOOMED TO EXILE

All the lepers who belong to the
United States do not live at Molo-
kai, and there are other Father
Damiens in the flesh to-day. Right
in our own United States there is
leper colony. 1t is on the Missis-
sippi river, sixty miles north of
New Orleans. There dwell seventy
poor souls who are doomed to die
slow, lingering death.
No escape is possible for them.
Theirs is well nigh solitary contine-
ment, simply to wait for the end.
Benedictine monks and nuns run
the colony. Their lives are conse-
Grated to the work, just as Father
Damien's was in far away Hawaii.
At their head is Father keenan,;
assisting him is Sister Benedictia,
one of the nuns who was driven
from France when the government
stepped in and took the converts.
She fed to this country and ask
ed for some religious work to do.
She was assigned at once to the lep-
er colony, and there she is now
helping the poor -unfoTtlmates to
pass their weary days as easily as
possible. 1t is her care to see that
their tortured lives are made as
pleasant as possible.
The colony has not been there
long, but fifteen have already died,
and there are as many more who
will go soon. 1t is the work of the
good priests and sisters to see that
the doomed ones can forget. They
arrange entertainments, make up
croquet parties, take long walks and
drives, and do anything to amuse
the poor unfortunates who must
stay there until they go to their
graves.
Best of all is the leper choir.
Those who have voices and a knowl-
ledge of music sing in the church
regularly, and the practice they re-
ceive in singing is part of the plan
to help them forget their doom.
The State pays $4,000 a year for
the support of the home and the
rest of the expense is met by the
Benedictine order. 1t is little
enough, as those who are closest to
this great charity well know.
Only the other day there was a
sad experience for Father Keenan,.
A man called to see his wife and
son, both sufferers with leprosy. It
was time for him to go.
Cant you find just one spot OF
leprosy on my body somewhere"
he begged. "Then I could come
here and live with my family. They
are all l have in the world"
But there was no spot or faint on
him and he had to say goodbye.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1911-08-23
Loss of Time Means Loss of Pay.

Loss of Time Means Loss of Pay.
Kidney trouble and the ills it
breeds means lost time and lost
pay to many a workingman, NJ.
Balent, 1914 Little Penna street,
Streator, ILL.,, was so bad from kid
new and bladder - trouble that he
could not work, but he says: 81
took Foley Kidney Pills for only
short time and got entirely we'll and
was soon able to go back to work,
and am feeling we'll and healthier
than before" Foley Kidney Pills
are tonic in action, quick in results
"a good friend to the working man
or woman who suffers from kidney
ills. Foley Kidney Pills will check
the progress of your kidney and
bladder trouble and heal by remov-
ing the cause. Try them. For sale
by all druggists. m
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The Herald for classy job Work.
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drel of him who has once offended.
The hope of temperance is local
self government and home rule,
where morality springs from a
sense of right in the individual con-
science. xxx
Rockport, KY, Aug! 16.
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@ FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH. o
@ w. b. Wright. Pastor. @
O @ @ O @ Q @ @ @ @ @ O @ @ Q

Preaching every Fourth Sunday
morning and evening.
Bible School every Sunday at
$3.50 e. m.
Communion service at 1890 am.
Prayer meeting every Wednesday
evening at o'clock instead of Fri
day as heretofore.
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WANTED FOR U. s. ARMY.

Ablebodied unmarried men between
ages of IS and So; citizens of Unit
ed States, of good character aud
temperate habits, who can speak.
read and write the English lang
uage. For information apply to
Recruiting Officer, Beaver Dam.
Kentucky. soft.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1911-08-23
Sure WAY.

willis---I wonder If there will
ever be universal peace.
Gillis--Sure. All they've got to
do is to get the nations to agree
that in case Of war. the winner pays
the pensions.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-03-01
ExlLED FORMER PRESIDENT OF
NICARAGUA is VERY
BITTER.
LATIN.AMERICANS ARE WARNED
United States Accused Of Having
ShameIessly Aided In The
Rebellion. -.
(Bu Associated Press.)

New Orleans, March LIN a six
teen-page pamphlet, bearing title
"Refutation of the Statements of Pres
ident Taft" received today from Brus'
sells, Belgium, Jos. l.. Santos Seelia,
exiled former president of Nicarauga
INDUCES in a bitter denunciation OF
President Taft and this governments
policy of aggressiveness in Latin
America.
Seelia brands President Taft as
slanderer and accuses the United
States government of having shame
Iessly aided the rebellion in Nicaraugf
of having bought conscience" in or
der to further its scheme of ag
grandisement and warns all Latin
Americans that the purpose of Presi
dent Taft's administration is to seiz'
all Central America. The appearance
of the pamphlet is proof to the ru
NOR that the exiled dictator of Centra
America had decided not to abandon
participation in the political affair."
of Central America.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-03-01
LORIMER TO q
retain SEAT
IN THE SENATE
VOTE WAS FORTY-SIx TO FORTY
ON THE CONTESTED
PROPOSITION.
EXTRA SESSION STILL LIKELY
Ray OF Hope For Advocates OF
Canadian Reciprocity-Better
Conditions. -.
(By Associated Press.)

Washington, March by a vote of
forty-six to forty, the Senate voted to-
day for Senator Lorimer to retain his
seat. Lorimer Is from Illinois. Sew
eral speeches, both for and against
Lorimer, were made this morning.
Senator Lorimer was not present
and did not vote. Senator Taliferro
was in his seat, but failed to respond
to his name. The vote of Senator Cul-
lom, Lorimer's colleague, was awaited
with great interest. Both sides
claimed him, but he voted for Lori
mer.
This improvement does not by any
means wipe out the probability Of an
extra session of congress but 1t gave
ray OF hope which was seized upon
eagerly by the advocates of Canadian
reciprocity.
After a day of constant search for
basis of agreement and amid scenes
of extraordinary intensity of interest
and evident mutual suspicion the pro
Lorimer senators, most of them op
posed to the tariff board and the pro
tariff board senators, most of them
opposed to Lorimer, got together
about 6 o'clock yesterday afternoon ii
a modus vivendi which cleared tht
situation and obviated the impending
danger of another protracted nigh
session.
The tariff board proposition is a
least in materially improved condition
The vote of fifty-three to twenty
one by which it was made the unfin
ished business would indicate tha
should it come to vote the bill
would be passed by a substantial ma
jority Some go so far to say tha
it will receive the entire Republican
vote of the senate.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-03-01
SIX PERSONS INJURED
IN A COLLISION

Jackson, Miss, March 1.-Secretary
Maxwell has received telegram from
Scranton notifying him of a serious
accident on the Pascagoula Northern
road Monday. There was a head-on
collision between a work train and a
yard engine, in which six persons were
injured, three of them seriously.
The telegram did not give any de-
tails, simply stating the bare facts
and it issnot known here whether ii
was whites or negroes injured in the
wreck, or how it occurred.
The Pascagoula Northern is a roac
that is building out of Scranton in
northerly direction. About twenty
miles of the road have been completed
and trains are being run over the line
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-03-01
M'INNIS STORE
Will Be MOVED
Link stickney Will Open Up New
Business in the Store
Vacated.

Giant ]. McInnis has rented the
Conner Shoe Store stand on Main
street, and is having it nicely fitted
up. He will move there from his
Front street store about the fifth of
the present month. Link Stickney,
1910 manager of the Hattiesburg Base
Ball Association, has rented the Nc
Innis stand on Front street, and will
open in about ten days with hand
somely equipped and furnished cigar
stand, soda fount and pool room. Mr..
Stickney fell in love with Hattiesburg
last year. and has been looking for a
suitable business location ever since
the close of the season. He will have
one of the handsomest places of the
kind in the state, and will receive the
reports from the various league ball
games throughout the season, and
particularly the Cotton States report
when Hattiesburg is playing away
from home. Mr.. Stickney has a host
of friends here who will wish him
success in his new venture and wei
come him as a permanent resident o.
Hattiesburg. ....-
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-03-01
MISSISSIPPI HAS
l,S4l CONvICTS
The Largest Ever Recorded-Fifteen
Life Termers-Number
Grows.

Jackson Miss, March 1.-The prison
population of Mississippi has reached
1871, the largest ever recorded, which
is an increase of seven over January.
A total of 65 convicts was received
at the several farms during the month,
while a total of So was discharged,
pardoned, died and escaped.
The total number of convicts on
hand January 25, was 1884; new pris-
oners received, 63; captured, 2; max
ing total of So. There were dis
charged, after completing time, 2S;
ldied,. 6; pardoned, II, escaped, 1, max
ing total of 5S, leaving the total OF
convicts on hand Feb. 25, 1,S41. t-
There were IA white men among
the oonvicts received during the
month. Wayne, Webster, FRANKLIN
and Clarke sent one each, while Lin
coin, Covington, Yalobusha, Leflor'
and Prentiss sent up two each.
There were 10 life-termers, as fol
lows: Franklin, 2; Washington, 4
Lefiore 8, and Wayne, Bolivar, Talla
hatchie, Clarke and Jasper one each.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-03-01
HEALTH CONDITIONS
ARE SATISFACTORY

Jackson, Miss, March DIR. w. S.
Leathers, director of the Mississippi
Board of Health campaign, who was
in Jackson Tuesday, reports the work
progressing satisfactorily in South
Mississippi. He is especially gratified
with reports coming from physicians
and citizens of the various counties
where the work is being conducted,
and feels that much good has already
been accomplished, with more yet to
be done.
The field agents of the State Board
of Health are better equipped for the
work at this time than formerly, be
cause of their experience Of the past
Several counties will soon be worked
over, when the agents will move into
others. y Several additional counties
have already asked for the work, ant
DR.. Leathers and his assistants will
lput in, busy year in 1911
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-03-01
NORCUM TAKES
CHARGE OF TEAM
The Manager Promises To Give Jack
son Excellent Ball This
Season.

jackson. Miss, March Manager
Frank Norcum of the Jackson ball
team, arrived today from Norfolk, and
has assumed charge of the affairs of
the local organization. He will send
out transportation to the players the
last of this week, and they will be or
dered to report not later than March
10, so as to get into condition for the
games with Detroit, March II and 1S.
Norcum looks to be in the best Of
condition, though a little overweight,
but it will not take him long to get
into trim for the season.
Detroit plays here March II and IS,
and will be followed by Minneapolis
for three games few days later. Then
will come a game or two with Millsaps
College and probably Mississippi Col
lege and other teams before the open
ing of the season.
Norcum has about twenty-five mer
to select his team from, but it is prob
able some of these will not be brought
down, as they do not, judging from
reports, seem to be fast enough fo
this league.
Several new infielders have beel
signed and will report here abou
March 10, among them Carlson, a sec
ond baseman, who bucked, but it 1
believed he will come around, as h
seems to have too bright a future i
the game to throw it away.
s.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-03-01
JNO. Il. HAMMOND
TO Be SPEAKER
At Southern Commercial Congress
World-Famed-Paid Fine ~
Of s125,ooo.

Washington, March John Hays
Hammond, world-famed as the lead
ing mining engineer in the United
States, will address the third annual
convention of the Southern CONNER
cial Congress in Atlanta, March $40.
His subject will be Efficiency and
Conservation in Handling Southern
Resources" i-a reg d, 3
Mr.. Hammond will speak in the
section of mines and mining, presided
over by j. A. Holmes, of South Caro-
lima, director of the beureau of mines
in Washington. For this section each
state geologist of the South has been
asked by Director Holmes to prepare
paper, for later use, fully describ
ing the mineral resources of each
of the Southern states.
! Mr.. Hammond is world-famed
During 1895 and 90 he was one of the
four leaders in the reform movement
in the Transvaal. After the Jameson
raid, with which he was not in sym
pathy, he was arrested and sentenced
to death. This sentence was late
commuted to fifteen years imprson
ment and still later he was released
on the payment of fine of s125,000
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-03-01
HATIEsBJRG MISSISSIPPI WEDNESDAY, AFTERNOON MARCH 1911
SEVERAL DEALS
IN real ESTATE
No Let UP in Activity in Real Estate
CircIes-Good Prices for
Property.

Conditions continue healthy in real
estate circles in Hattiesburg and For
rest county, as shown by deeds filed
for record in the chancery clerks Of
flee during the last few days. Deeds
have been filed as follows:
$1,300-Mrs. Matte A. Robertson to
]. T. Watson-Part of lot 10, block
1O9, Hamper & WINERY survey; being
a part of the south half of the south
west quarter, section 8, township a.,
range 13.
$1,000-T. NJ. Crawford to L. s. Hall
and Jennie F. Smith-Five and three
quarters acres in section 12, township
4; also part of lot 6. Estridge subdi-
vision of the west half of the north
west quarter, section 12, township 4,
north of the Augusta and Hattiesburg
road, containing one acre.
$1,00O-Mrs. H. I. Ferguson to ]. d
Croft-Lots 2 to inclusive, in block
1, and lots 1 to inclusive, in block
4, College addition of subdivision OF
section %, township 4, range 13.
! si00-J. .Easterlins to Lon Easter
llng--Twenty acres IN section %
township 5.
5000. NJ. Bounds to r. r. Ford
Five acres in section 81, township 4
s5O0-S. w. Charleston and wife tt
Nathiel Crockett-Lot IA, block l
Compress addition.
$200--J. P. Liddell to Frank Heidel
berg-Undivided half interest in 13
acres in section 4, township 5.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-03-01
LUMBER Will
NOT GO Lower
Change in Prices, Says w.
n. Dick.

New Orleans, March Nv. H. Dick,
vice-president of the Tallahassee Lum-
ber Company of Philip, Miss, is in
New Orleans.
Speaking of the lumber business
throughout the country Mr. Dick stat
ed that the year 1911 is showing a
boom, almost equal to that of 1907,
which was considered the greatest
business year in the history of the
country.
"In the hardwood business" he said,
"the prices are as high as at any time
in the history of the lumber business.
The demand for hardwood is as great
as in the year 1907, but the supply is
greater. Consequently, business is
not quite as good. The price of vel
low pine is way below normal. One
of the main causes of this was the
railroads, being out of the market for
so long a period. The demand is in
creasing, however, and prices are i'm
proving.
The removal of duty on lumber
would hardly lower the price in my
opinion. 1t would, of course, increase
the value of Canadian timber lands
and perhaps increase the number oi
Canadian saw-mills.
"The Importation of lumber amounts
to about $1s,OOO,OOO annually. This
will be lost to the American people
and it will be the contribution to the
conservation of the forests.
"rhat is the real value to us Of thu
removal of the duty.
81 believe that the business of 1911
will be equal to that of any year W.
have had from present indications, ant
the business generally seems to be ol
the increase, and optimism seems t
prevail all over the country"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-03-01
REUF MUST SERVE.

San Francisco, Cal, March 1.-What
appears to have been the last hope
of Abraham Reuf, political boss of
San Francisco during the regime of
Mayor Eugene E. Smitz, of escaping
his sentence of four years, was dissi-
pated yesterday when the state SUI
preme court vacated it's recent order
granting Reuf a hearing. He was con.
victed on more than seventy charges
charging bribery during the. bribery
graft investigation in 1907,
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-03-01
CONDITION OF
U. S. TREASURY
Deficit is $4,e75,o3s, as Against $23,
914,81S Same Time Last
Year.

Washington, March 1.-At the be-
ginning of business today the condi-
tion of the United States treasury
was as follows; Working balances
in treasury offices. S26,S94,573; in
banks and Philippine treasury. s92,-
1858. Total balance in general
fund, $S3,S95,27S. Ordinary receipts
yesterday were $9OO,OS7, with ordinary
disbursements of $1,S63,557. The de-
felt to date this fiscal year is s4,975,
O9S, as against s23,S14,S1S at this
time last year. These figures exclude
Panama canal and public debt trans
actions.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-03-01
negro APPOINTED
ASSISTANT ATTORNEY

Washington, March President
Taft yesterday nominated William H.
Lewis, of Boston, a negro, to be as
sistant Encouragement of the depart
ment of justice. This is the first time
that a negro has been named for such
prominent position in the depart
ment. Lewis is at present an assist
ant United States attorney at Boston
He will succeed John G. Thompson
who resigned recently to take up law
practice in Danville, Ill. The place
pays $4,000 a year.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-03-01
GRIEF CAUSED CRIME.

Philadelphia, Pa, March Jean
ette Lewis, aged 25, Tuesday murder
ed her mother. Mrs. Sarah Lewis, and
her nephew, Edward NJ. Biddle, Jr.i
aged years, by administering poison
Then she committed suicide by tax
ing dose of the same drug. Miss
Lewis sister died last hight II is be
lieyed the young woman was crazed
BY Grief. q
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-03-01
STEAL $4,000 FROM MAILS.

Omaha, Neb., March News of a
theft from the mails at Fullerton,
Kansas, Feb. 25, of registered pack
age containing $4,000 in currency,
has reached the local police. Two
men are suspected by the postoffice
authorities and it is said they are on
their way to Omaha. The money was
shipped from an Omaha bank.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-03-01
ROBIN GUILTY.;
REMANDED TO
TOMBS PRISON
JEROME CHALLENGED A JURY
MAN, REBUkED BY THE
JUDGE.
SEVEN INDICTMENTS REMAIN
A Full Statement of Robins Larcen-
cies Has Not Been Made
Judge.
(Br Associated Press.)

New York, March 1.-Joseph G.
Robin pleaded guilty in the supreme
court here today to the charge of lar
ceny of twenty-seven thousand dol
lars from the Washington Savings
Bank, of which he was president.
The jury was selected late Tuesday
afternoon to try Joseph Robin, the
fallen banker, after William Travers
Jerome had exhausted the last of the
peremptory challenges allowed him as
counsel for the defense. Mr. Jerome
challenged one talesman as mentally
incompetent" because the talesman
regarded alienist testimony as valua-
BILE only when weighed in the terms OF
common sense" The challenge was
promptly overruled by Justice Sea
bury, who rebuked Jerome. 1t de
veloped several of the talesmen were
patrons of the Northern Bank, one ot
Robins institutions, and they were
readily dismissed.
Seven indictments Remain.
Seven indictments remain agains
Robin. He was remanded to the
Tombs until March II to await sen
tence. The collapse of Robins de
/
last night, when it was reported Robin
said he was tired of all this" Through
Robins operations, the Washington
Savings Bank, Northern Bank of New
York, Carnegie Trust Company and
string of minor concerns, which n
promoted went into insolvency. N
full statement of his larcenies has bee
made public.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-03-01
ExoNERAT.Ep Mem URRAY.

Washington, March 1.-The house
committee that investigated Senator
Cores charges of attempted bribery
in connection with J. p. McMurray's S
Indian attorney contract in Oklahoma,
made its final report to the house last
night. The committee found no evi.
dence to show McMurray was involv
ed.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-03-01
THE MARKETS.

New Orleans, March 1.-Cotton
steady, 4 to IL points down from high
est.
Chicago, March 1.-'Wheat weak, 5-s
to 1 is down. Provisions, firm, un
changed to Z. 1,2 up. 3trat.r
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-03-01
SENSATIONAL ARE
ALLEGATIONS MAI

Denver, Colo, March Fraud g
ceit and conspiracy are charged II
suit fled by the federal governr1e1
against the Colorado Fuel and
Company to recover title 20 2'e|
acres of coal lands in Las Aan'u
county, Colo, valued at more I
81. .0o0, 900. A
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-03-01
BBI[liBQ.a VIII RUN
FOR LIEUT.. governor

PoplaTville, Miss, March lon
March 4th, big meeting will be held
at Poplarville, at which State Senator
Theodore Bilbo will address the voters
of Pearl River county and make for
NAL anpcunrrugu1 a his candidacy
for Lie nor OF Mississip-
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-03-01
EDWARDS ll!l!l,.MA MANDAMUS !!lAIl!!|!! 49,.
AGAIN THROWN OUT

jackson, Miss, March Lat the
urgent request of attorneys for Nus
Emma Edwards, the mandamus fled
in her name against her son, State
Treasurer George f. Edwards, to com
pei him to pay interest on four state
bonds held by her from July |, 1910,
to Jan. l, 1911, was called in the cir.
cult court Monday and thrown out
This case has been before the Kinds
chancery courts in several bills and
amended bills, was passed upon by the
supreme court and has now come be
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-03-01
THE NEWS

Gives the news, general, state
and local. Give the circulation
man your subscription.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-12-26
The President Laughed.

President Taft, who has difficulty In
keeping his weight down to 800 pounds,
often cracks a joke or gets off wit
ticism about his size. One afternoon,
as he was leaving the White House to
take horseback ride, he met group
Of newspaper correspondents, and
among them was Matthew Tighe, an
old friend.
After greetings had been exchanged,
Mr.. Taft looked down at his legs en-
cased in leggings which emphasized
the girth of the limbs. He struck his
left leg resounding blow with his
riding-crop, and, turning to Tighe,
asked with smile:
What do you think of that, Matt?''
That" said Tighe, grinnlng, would
do credit to any piano ever manufac'
.tured."
And the loudest laugh about it came
from the president.-Lippincott's Mag
azine.