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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-07-03
Bonds Sold and New Main
Street School Is a Certainty

it is thought that the work can be
completed by the first of January.
While it is a matter of regret that
the new building can not be completed
by the opening of school, all will re-
joce that the high school will not
have to spend many months longer in
the cramped and unsuitable quarters
in the fairfield building.
The new building will be modern in
every way and will be credit to the
city. 1t will accommodate several
hundred pupils and is expected to
meet the demand of the increasing
population of Hattiesburg.
1t is worthy of mention that the
bonds issued by the city were taken
by local banking institution at a
rate of interest as low as the bids OF
any of the large financial institutions
in the East The ability and disposi
/ tion of the First-National Bank Of
| Commerce to purchase the bonds mo-
only showed the strength of the bank
but the confidence 1t has in the futur,
| of Hattiesburg and the city's credit.e
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-07-03
All In Readiness For The
"Clonious Fourth Euents

Tomorrow, the Glorious Fourth
promises to be a gala day in Hates
burg. A number of the stores will be
closed all day and those that stay open
in the morning are expected to close
at noon.
Those in charge of the speaking,
picnic and barbecue at Hamper Park
state that everything is in readiness
and that large crowds are expected to
be present from the surrounding coun-
try.
Hon. c. H. Alexander will arrive on
the southbound Gulf & Ship Island
train at $50 a. m. and will be met by
committee of friends and supporters
A large band composed of Hattiesbure
and New Orleans talent, will give 6
concert on the corner of Main anc
Pine streets thirty minutes before tht
arrival of Mr.. Alexander and at abou
10:S0 ne will be escorted to the park
where he will mingle with the crow
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-07-03

After some delay on account of legal
questions involved, the bonds author
lied by the voters of the city a few
weeks ago have been sold and the
money. is now available.
Bonds were issued for $4,000 to
build a new high school building on
Main street, repair the Hardy street
school building and to pay off $4,000
floating Indebtedness incurred by the
last administration of this city. The
bonds were purchased by the First
National Bank of Commerce of this
city. and the money is now on deposit
to the credit of the city in that insti-
tuition.
The plans of Architect r. e. Lee
have been accepted by the city com
missioners and the board of education
and the contract for the new school
building will be let within the next
few days and the work rushed to an
early completion. It will be impossi
BILE to get the building ready for the
opening of school in September, but
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-07-03
.LuMBERMEN TO
MEET ON JULY Il
Corrected Program of Gulf Coast Lun-
Der Exporters Association
Meets in New Orleans.

Gulfport, Miss, July 3.-Corrected
programs of addresses for the semi.
annual meeting of the Gulf Coast Lum
Der Exporters Association, on July II
1911, at the Grunewald Hotel in New
Orleans, La, follows;
objects of Classification From ar
Importers Standpoint" Ludwig Hay
mann of Hugo Perchheimer. New Or
leans, La.
"Objects of a Classification From &
Manufacturers Standpoint, A. S
Mitchell of Ingram Day Lbr. Co.. Ly
man, Miss.
Cooperation by Importers ant
Manufacturers" NJ. L. Plefshell of Gul
Lumber Co., Fullerton, La.
Association Work From Bankers
Standpoint" Charles T. Beasley, Mgr
Foreign Department, Whitney Centra
Bank, New Orleans, La.
Association Work From Lega
Standpoint" Hon. Henry P. Dart. New
Orleans, La.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-07-03
THE THREE SENATORIAL
CANDIDATES QUITE BUSY

status of the farmer has been achiev-
ed
! what these wealthy planters of the
Delta can do, is being done, and has
been done by the hill farmers with
their farmers warehouses and cooper
ative gins the warehouse can act as
selling agent for the man who only
raises few bales of cotton, and save
him the profits usually realized by
the numerous hands though which his
cotton passes on the way to the spin
ner.
81 expect in the next few years to
see this cooperative form of market
ing spread through the South and the
man who actually grows the cotton
will reap the profits which are right
fully his"
Asked about the general condition
of the cotton crop as he had learned
of it, Mr.. Jordan said the crop would
be about an average one. He took nc
stock in the reports of bumper crop
from Texas.
why" said he they haven't had
the rain they ought to have had out
there in three years. l have letters
from men who say the ground is sc
dry in places and has cracked to sucf
an extent that one can jam a raj
down the cracks, and in some places
they are big enough to engulf hors'
and wagon. No, the crop will be onl.
an average one-and the millers hav,
no reserve supply. 1t ought to sell 70
a good stiff price" he said.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-07-03
COTTON is eINNED, BALEo AND
COMPRESSED AT ONE OPERA
TIoN IN SQUARE BALE.
ENDORSED BY The sPINNERs
Hon. Harvie Jordan Endorses the
compress" and Tells of its Won
derful Value to Farmers-Thinks
Cotton Crop VIII be an Average One.

Jackson, Miss, July 3.-Hon. Harvie
Jordan, of Atlanta, Ca long leader
in cotton growers movements, and as
a writer upon cotton and also as an
authority upon all matters pertaining
to cotton, was in the city today en-
route to Greenwood where he will re-
main for several days.
Mr.. Jordan has just returned from
the European Spinners Association at
Barcelona, where he went to get clos
er in touch with the buyers of cotton
across the water. He is now the head
of concern which is manufacturing
and selling gin compress by which
the cotton is ginned, baled and COM
pressed at one operation. 1t makes a
compact, square bale, covered with
burlap, and is what the spinners say
they want in order to get cotton to
them in good order, eliminating the
heavy, dirty, useless jute bagging, and
completely protecting the cotton from
thrash.
1T is simply the next step in an
economic movement by which the cot
ton grower is eliminating the middle
men, and selling direct to the spin
ner" said Mr.. Jordan. Take Frank
Jones, one of the biggest planters near
Greenwood He has one of these gin
congresses of ours. He ginned, baled
and compressed his cotton, loaded II
on the cars at Greenwood and shipped
it direct to the spinners in North Caro-
lima. There are some eight or ten OF
these instruments in use in the state
of Mississippi now This organization
of planters along Cassidy's Bayou into
Cotton Growing Association was fol
the purpose of putting in this system
and selling direct to the spinners with
out the intervention of middle men
1t is the logical thing.
"Of course, the plan meets with op
position from the compress interests
There is a great deal of money invest
ed in the old style congresses in the
south. and of course any influence
these interests can exert against any
innovation or improvement in the
method of handling cotton, which
tends to eliminate them, they are go
, ing to do it, and are doing it. The
trouble, we find, and the opposition
is in the men who stand between thu
producer and spinner.
"Why should there be any one be
tween the producer and spinner
When these associations of planters
such as this Cassidy Bayou crowd, an'
others in process of formation in Mis-
sissippi can have their agent sell tn
spinners direct, the problem is solves
and great stride in the economi
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-07-03

until 1870, when he will speak.
Commencing at 10 o'clock, address
es will be made by local candidates.
At the same time a game of ball will
be played at the ball park between the
Hattiesburg and Greenwood teams in
order that amusement and pass time
may be afforded all according to their
liking. At p. m. another game OF
ball will be played by the same teams,
after Mr.. Alexanders speech.
Dinner will be served promptly at
1890 and ample provis on has been
made to satisfy the appetites of all
Music viii be furnished by the band
during the dinner hour from band
stand erected near the tables. Com
Portable seats have been arranged IL
! front of the pavilion for the men pres
/ eut and the ladies' and children arr
invited to occupy the pavilion seats.
The News will not be issued tomos
row. but viii give full account of tn
days events in Wednesdays issue.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-07-03
HATTIESBJRG MISSISSIPPI MONDAY AFTERNOON JULY g. 1911
Disclosures Dreadful,
!, IN REGARD TO CONV|CTS

| find flies and bugs in the vegetables
but the rest is cooked good" he
naively adds.
w. A Sorsby: (tr. 42.) Says the
buckets appear not to have been wash
ed in several days, and the food is
thrown in all together.
George Taylor: Ctr. 50) Complain
ed of filthy buckets and flies on food.
w. j. Sullivan: ctr. SD Stated
the food was not clean nor well cook
ed md never has been clean.
w. F. Dewitt: (tr 5S.) Says a
rau can't eat hearty breakfast OF
e'ii biscuit and fat meat and coffee
a. o'clock in the morning and work
on that until 1880, and if a convict
takes a biY iit to the field he is
whipped if caught, yet some do it to
stay their hunger. The dinner comes
to the field in filthy buckets.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-07-03
shot
LOVERS down
cupid's Work in This instance Presae
ed Near Death Instead OF Gus
tomary Love Making.

Geneva, July 3.-While trying to
enforce. a curious and ancient Swiss
custom, four young Swiss men were
shot in the village of Vex, Canton of
Valais, two being seriously injured
and transported in haste to the hos
pital at Sion, while the two others
were slightly wounded.
The. custom, which still exists in the
Alphine hamlets and villages, permits
young men after their days work to
visit a family and ask to "see" the
daughter-after she has reached the
age of IS. which is the marriageable
age in this country-and the visit is
generally considered as a compliment
to the girl and is welcomed by the
parents, for the young men, who are
called lovers come well provided
with wines and food. and a pleasant
evening-sometimes happy mar
riage results.
In this case, however, the custom
had a more tragic issue. The four
lovers" were refused entrance to the
house by the angry father, and on at
tempting to enter by force he took
his rife and shot them down. The
man has been arrested and the vii
layers are verp indignant. as the vic
tins are honorable young men.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-07-03
ALL PERSONS KNOWN TO BE
AVowEp CANDIDATES FILED
THEIR NAMES.
Committee MEETS IN Two WEEKS
Names Of Candidates viii Appear on
Ballot in Order Received-EIection
Managers to be Selected on July 18
State Vote Estimated.

jackson, MISS, July 3.-lne entry
list for the state primary on August
has been closed, and II there should be
any belated aspirant for the honors
and emoluments of state office, 1t is
now everlastingly too late for him to
get his name on the ticket.
At the recent meeting of the Demo
cratic state executive committee in
this city a resolution was adopted
providing that all candidates must
file their names with Secretary J. B..
Stirling on or before July l, and in
structing the secretary to prepare the
official ballot for state offices and for
ward same to the various county exec
utive committees.
Secretary Stirling stated this morn
ing that all persons who are known to
be avowed candidates for state office
filed their names prior to July l, and
, no names will be omitted from the Of
fetal ballot through neglect or over
sight.
Names of the candidates will appear
on the ballot in the order they were
received by Secretary Stirling. AS
this rule applies to the Senatorial con
test, the name of C. H. Alexander will
head the ticket, followed by Senator
Leroy Percy and Ex-Gov. Vardamar
in the order named.
The Democratic state executive
committee meets in Jackson two
weeks from today, at which time al
matters pertaining to the primary OF
August and within the jurisdiction
of the body will be disposed of.
A majority of the Democratic coun
ty executive committees have helC
their meetings to fill vacancies and fl
the pro rata assessment on candidate!
to defray the expenses of the primary
In perhaps one third of the counties
where the committees have met NJ
assessment for this purpose was lev
| leu OIL Sidtt OWlhb " th'
very heavy expenses they are incurr
ing in canvassing the commonwealth
! Other committees will hold their pre-
liminary meetings during the curren
week. The sessions at which judges
clerks and bailiffs for the election will
be named will be held on Tuesday
July IS. or just two weeks before tn
primary, as fixed by statute.
) 1t is yet two weeks until the cour
. ty boards of election commissioner
| will commence the work of revisin
the poll books for the event. How
ever, the commissioners in man
: counties will meet unofficially to sea
CONTINUED on page nve.)
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-07-03
INVESTS $1s,ooo,ooo IN MEXICO.

Mexico City, July Bel Diario. a
spanish daily in this city. this morn
Ng printed a story that Lord Cowdray
nss efI the Aguala Oil Company to
John W Gates for $1S,O00,000.
The editor of Bl Diario declares the
story IS absolutely true.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-07-03
100000 FIRE AT PlTTsBURG.

Piitsburg, July 3.-Ten firemen were
injured or overcome, 100000 proper
tv loss was caused and the mercan-
tile center of Pittsburg was threaten
ed by a spectacular fire that destroyed
The Fair, department store at Mark
et street and Third avenue at noon to-
day.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-07-03
lEsT lMoNY OF A NUMBER OF
THE coNVlcTs ON RANKIN
FARM TAKEN.
'pNG HOURS, UNHEALTHY FOOD

NiPh- 'A'''HlolN lluoNeto meet lp'
day at rhe capitol-the first monthly
4meet.a2 since the alleged revolt" or
y "suikc" of the convicts on the Ran
{ kir Uneiu farm on which the white
: cout"r- m- kept
Two - rUe trustees, Hon. c. c.
Smith mu Hon. Leroy Taylor went
oya u-. d. s.nographer and had the
coaN.- ..-hg before them one by
one atl Tile testimony taken down
by seoueapher, and this transcript
. .>sill be f.ca tomorrow by Trustee
rtSmith
The hearing was in the presence of
Dr. Gatuines, superintendent of the
ipenitentlaly Sergeant Mccoy. who
pad -a,.' 90. .. he
, Izal 1r. .ta , N. .rvs
.Ane u rs" "ar orsca 70
!, lan. a4s Ha others %. th.
! (oca .... s 1,eIl,rd. the
luntortuuae cun,iCts,
| The disclosures are dreadful in
IMAM, narricnlars Had the interroga
/ tions been propounded tc the convicts
away from Sergeant Mccoy, whom
they knew would resum sway over
,bom 81. .oon as the trustees and Sup
Nuintendenj left, they would have been
Aoro flI M doubt
VIM chic. canse Of the complaint
yaemed 10 he the long hours. and the
Good ard f1e fact that every man who
c.os .fcs and wanted TO 60 to the hos
initial wa .,ewed with suspicion.
nh. e,f5arca showed that the men
or. nsa. -, GET ont of bed at 3:30
-, H.. r,orrins. given q breakfast of
.or.r,i ...sc,its q niece of fat meat
.nd ,1..t ,,ffae ON this they were
,.,,5..d 81. -na fields until 11.30 when
dirr.r ,,,. brought to the fields in
hoctat- The condition of these buck
.,s and rho manner in which the food
o.a. SERVED was another serious cause
nj comnJarnt among the men The
ro,a,,i,n. are shocking. As a few
\N. o,le. o. -1e testimony along this
mle oo ,1- subject of the way the
Sfood MAS served to these unfortunates
~. s,,Io,...g may be cited, the name
h, ,.,,ict ,estifving and page OF
m, ronscrfnr being gwen:
,.o ~" n,.a or onr plates in the dining
"aon, "~ :, mad been there so long it look
,U,n hack pepper had been put over it
:, ~ noa "a sneckled by flies. Othel
,.',n,s " | l,rr5 flies in the buckets o
S dinnsr sent 20 the field. and found
,arao green worm cooked in with the
N,s' So .,so nwe have TO cut tn,
Sottoms off biscuits and corn brea'
oo''o''' -.-, from tbe nan on tn,
pTo'"'e .nsr oro dirtv" Ctr. 69l.
oo''o"' ,.,..l ur 112l Complain
eu VI "',"' o,oa ont Of his food. an,
s"'U .,n,o cow another convic
81 fne Same "..,t,I Of flies ont o
take He"' - ,,-"
MS p"'N, -. or 122l Sal
oscar ''o''' w. ,yo,1 cooked. eithe
the IUOu was ~ . -, .,l
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-07-03

(tr. 1897 Stated the
and eating vessels were
could scarcely eat any
a moor wretch who had
ior going to the hospital
more serious the matter
a stomach trouble for
taken a dose of oil and
94) possibly in fear of
this gentle admonition
stated that sometimes
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-07-03
THE NEWS

'1sou'he Paper of South M;ss-
'S ppi' a way. brings results
to ADV srssxs.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1911-11-29

great deal of space to so-called
labor sluggers, private cars" and
strike riots" but none of them
printed a line about the assault
made by Joseph Salvatore, a driv-
er for the Evening Journal, upon
Albert Moskovitch, an aged
newsdealer at 18th and S. Paul
ina streets, Oct. 81. Salvatore
beat Moskovitch because the lat
ter. would not buy as many Jour
nails as he was ordered to.
The story of the assault and the
arrest Of Salvatore, after a weeks
search has been previously told in
The Day Book, but a final settle
ment of the case has just been ar
rived at.
sMoskovitch's case was taken up
by the Legal Aid Society, which
secured damages for him instead
of prosecuting Salvatore. Mos
kovitch needed the money.
Ash and Healy of the circula-
ton department of the Journal
acted for the paper. Apparently,
Salvatore didn't enter into the
case the Journal desiring to set
tie out|of court.
Moskovitch, through the Legal
Aid, demanded $40 for the loss of
papers destroyed while he was at
home recovering from the as
sault, and stipulated that the
Journal should restore him his
two stands, which had been TAX
en- away. He also wanted the
agency of the Examiner, which
,x,,c not CEILING oaDerS to him If
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1911-11-29
!. AID SOCIETY TAKES A HAND AND HELPS
VICTIM OF NEWSPAPER SLUGGER

'PAPER SLUGGER
This was Nov. 20, after the case
had been continued in court. I
Nov. 21.-Moskovitch appeaE
ed at the Legal Aid offices, and
said he had received no afternoon
paper up to noon, and had been
given no money in settlement.
Advised by Legal Aid investiga-
tor to wait until next day before
taking matter up again.
Nov. 22.-Reported he was re-
ceiving morning and afternoon
papers. No money.
Nov 23.-Received morning
papers, Evening Journal, but only
first edition of American. After
getting first edition, another
stand was placed beside his, and
two boys took charge of it, havl
ing exclusive sale of American.
No money settlement.
Nov. 24.-Assault case came UP
in Maxwell street court. Legal
Aid representative holding con-
ference with Healy and Ash in re-
gard to settlement in hall outside
courtroom, and didn't hear case
called. Judge thought matter
adjusted, and dismissed charge
against Salvatore Representa-
tive of Legal Aid told Ash and
Healy matter wasn't ended, and
unless settlement was made new
suit would be started.
Ash told Legal Aid representa-
tive he would see that other two
men were put off corner by the
way, who owns these corners, the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-02

From the New York Press.
 Paris freak fashion maker is Paul Poiret and he has many sartorial sins to answer for It was Monsieur Poiret who attemtped to foist the sheath skirt on u feminine world. He now is responsible for a new creation known as the hoop tunic gown. The under part of the dress follows the prevailing mode of limp and clinging narrowness. The distinguishing feature is the tunic of transparent ma telial This overdress is short about hip length and has a reed or wire run through the bottom of it, causing 1t to set out from the body in wide circle. Such 8 frock recently was exhibited on a livine model in one of the big shops, and women paused open-mouthed when they saw it coming. M. Poiret's newest devel- opment of this model has the short sleeves treated in the same way as the tunic, with thin whalebone or steels at the edge to hold the sleeve well out from the arm As fringe generally is used to edge the sleeve with, the resultant effect can be im- agined Before wearing the Poiret model the victim must take course of lessons in urdulation which takes the place of walking when the hoop tunic is donned, else it will sway too violently and destroy the "effect"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-02
TALK ABOUT OYSTERS

Capt. C. A. McAllister, chief engineer in
 United States Revenue Cutter, in Sun
 day Magazine.
 Only about one person in a thousand
 who orders the luscious bivalve known
 as the Blue Point really gets the genuine
 article. The reasons for this are simply:
 First because very few Blue Points are
 raised, and, secondly, because the supply is usually marketed in November and De-
 cember This brand of oyster takes it's name from being grown on beds in the vicinity of Blue Point in Great South Bay, Long Island. The water there is very shoal. In consequence, when the bowling win ter nor'westers blow till they virtually empty the bay, any oysters on the beds freeze To forestall the loss, the wise oyste- longer becomes active and mar kets Blue Points in the fall. It is thus seen that the reason they are so small is that they have had only one summer in which to grow. A full sized oyster in that latitude requires two or three years to mature Nevertheless. you can find
 ''Blue Points, on bills of fare in Oshkosh or Kansas City at almost any time of year.
 Every locality has it's pet brand of oys- ter Boston has it's Cape Gods; New York it's Saddle Rocks; Philadelphia its Cape May Salts; Baltimore, Washington and Norfolk their Lynnhavens Each place is willing to wager that it's particular bi- valve is the most luscious in the world. Not being particularly averse to starting | trouble, the writer wishes to state that, having been born in a New Jersey oyster
 raising community, reared near the most 1 famous oyster beds of New York, and having eaten mollusks harvested along every coast of the United States, he would l lay a wager on the Bayou Cook oyster, l raised in the Gulf of Mexico. for first l place in the great oyster sweepstakes, l and on the Maurice River Coves raised in | Delaware bay for second place. There
 are many who will agree with me in this | oyster rating.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-02
How now, however, mad way? What, In thy quips and thy quiddities.
 -1 King Henry ".
Three American Cardinals

Official confirmation has been re- ceived that Archbishops Farley of New York and O'Connell of Boston. and Monsignor Falconio, papal dele gate, have been selected to serve in the sacred college. The last named has lived in this country nine years, and all three of the new cardinals referred to are, therefore, considered Americans. Thus 12,0O0,000 Catho- lies in this country will be represent ed hereafter by four cardinals in- stead of one. There is a belief, too, that Archbishop Quigley of Chicago may yet be honored by the vatican. These appointments will not, how ever lessen the standing or dignity of Cardinal Gibbons, whose seniority and primacy will be duly recognized.
 There are 70 seats in the senate, or sacred college of the Catholic church, and only 46 of those seats were filled when the names of IT new cardinals were announced. When the new cardinals are duly invested the college will consist of 29 foreigners and 34 Italians. This is a great re- duction in the majority of Italians. American Catholics have never ob- jected to a majority of Italians, be- cause a certain number of the cardi- nals must reside in Rome, and most of these are naturally, as rule, of Italian nativity. An Italian is as naturally elected Pope, although no law reqires this. There have been Popes of other nationalities.