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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-08-01
MAN CHARGED With
A!SSAULTING GIRL

Philadelphia, Miss. Aug. 1.-George
Fielder, the young white man who
was placed in Jail here yesterday af-
tenoon. charged with criminal as
sault on a little white girl, daughter
of Robert Salter,. prominent farmer,
near Fusky, Miss, was placed in an
automobile last night and spirited out
of the county for safekeeping.
Sentiment against the accused was
so great that Sheriff Moore. feeling
uneasy as to the safety OF his pris'
oner. called Judge f. L. Dobbs, cir
cult Judge of the district, and County
Attorney E. S. Richardson into con
sultation, and they advised the sher
If to remove the prisoner at once
Sheriff Moore placed a heavy guart
in the automobile with Fielder. 1t Is
thought the excitement will subsidt
within a few days. when Fielder will
be brought back here to await hii
trial.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-08-01

Ittabena, Miss, Aug. 1.-ltabena was
hostess Yesterday of one of the largest
political gatherings that Lefiore county
has ever experienced. At II O'Clock
all of the crowd had arrived, and the
most conservative estimate lowered
around the 5000 mark.
Senators John Sharp Williams and
Leroy Percy were driven over from
Greenwood with Hon. A. F. Gardner in
his car. Upon the arrival of the cars
at Holloman's Grove, where the speak
ing took place, the crowd had already
convened and a span of hearers
crowded from the wire fence all
around the many seats prepared for
the audience, which could not accom-
modate the crowd.
1t was one of the most attentive
audiences that ever gathered at a
political speaking, and the police OF
Ittabena had little need for their pres
ence during the entire day,
Promptly at 1870 Hon. J. w. Brad
ford arose and rendered hearty wei
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-08-01
FOR "PoRK BARREL" USE.

Washington, Aug. 1.-Greater pos
sibility for the use of the Democratic
machine and for the use of the pork
barrel" will be given by the proposed
increase in the representatives, accord
ing to Senator La Toilette of Wiscon.
sin, who yesterday filed a minority re
port against the reapportionment bill
The house bill is to be voted on in the
senate Thursday. It raises the house
membership from 391 to 433.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-08-01
CUBAN UPRISING
GROWS SERIOUS
Revolutionary Veteran With Number
of Companies Take the Field
Threats Made.

Havana, Aug. 1.-An uprising against
the government, apparently of seri-
Gus character, occurred last night at
Regla, suburb of Havana across the
harbor. General Guillermo Acevedo,
a revolutionary veteran, with eight or
ten companies, armed and mounted.
took the field. 1t is reported the par
ty was later reinforced by two hun
dred men.
Before leaving Regla, Acovedo issu-
ed a manifesto denouncing the admin
istration of President Gomez as scan
dalous and corrupt and calling on all
patriotic Cubans to rise up and over
throw it. He declared he would give
Gomez fifteen days in which to resign
after which if the warning is not obey.
ed he intended to apply the torch and
destroy the property indiscriminately
until the entire island was reduced tC
ashes.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-08-01
Alexander's Last Words.

reckson Miss. Aug when ask
-.oa for q further statement last night
inst before he began his speech, Hon
r II Alexander gave out the follow
nlg:
81 really have but little to add 10
tho statement given out by me oa'-
rrdav night. except to say that ai'er
returning here to headquarters anu
going carefully over the sltua''oii
Nth nv managers, I have become all
.ha moro convinced that my forecast
of the result was correct ana 'h"'
n1oior Vardaman will lack many
,borsond votes of being nominated IN
the first primary and that ! VIII eh'e,
,bo run.off with Major Vardaman' ana
ho,.a NOT the slightest doubt OF the
intimate result, and that is tnat
will defeat him by several thouSanu
..o+oe .ban he lacks of winning
.1 not,ce senator Percy statement
..,b1isred in today's papers, III
r.b,cb he refers to attacks that nave
ra., made upon him by me and '"'
g.;.r3s As TO what may have peer
,,l, nav friends I am not advised
' Eo,e been constantly on th'
strmp for the last three months ,, w,r. s,,r,
oot dav at home, but zee. , SuL'
no,c of them have gone out o' '"''
,. oven in their zeal for me
"'' @,s to what ! have said it has pee
..i1 in every speech ] nave 'i"u
saw . IN. Fourth of July, and once i
a,,,or percy's presence, when "
ouisvile. At all times it ma
- ne uood patured, and if 1t coui
a O''a been answered, as he says
o,,d no, then feel sure he would .Ilro nav
eo'liu, ,-oa # in the same good nature
a',1 ay and not have waited "n.ll .a' .n
w. w. bef9re the primary TO SUES, s',,
day day. Ott, mere we're answers he 'l cou'
,"a' Sove made. I have never ,,+s", rene, h'
nav Mr. Percy in the slightest ~ ~
upo" 81 all times felt free 10 III
fcontinued on Page eN'
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-08-01
SEVERAL LIVES
LOST IN fire
Main Building of Ontario Asylum for
Insane Partially Distinguishes
cue Work Difficult.
(By Associated Press.)

Hamilton, Ontario, Aug 1.-At least
eight and perhaps ten lives were lost
in a fire which partly destroyed one
of the main buildings of the asylum
for insane near here early today.
There were eight hundred patients in
the building when the fire was discov-
cred and only the splendid GOODNESS
of the officials and trained fire fight
ing corps prevented a more frightful
loss of life. The fire broke out Oh
the fourth floor, where the violent in
sane are quartered. Most Of the in
mates here were moved down three
flights of stairs in prfect order, but a
dozen others, driven into frenzy by
sitting smoke and excitement of mid
night fire, fought off the rescuers with
desperate fury. Three of them, ar
ter being carried to the second floor
fled back to the blazing corridors
| where their bodies were later found
One helpless paralytic burned tt
death in his cell. Four more corpse'
were found huddled together in
small room. The fire is believed II
have been caused by a. short circui
electric wire.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-08-01
HATTlESBURG VOTE
MAY REACH 1900.

:: Voting in todays primary has =
!: been well up to expectations so =
:. far as Hattiesburg is concerned. =
!: At 2:30 this afternoon there had =
!. been polled at the two voting =
!. places, the court house and city =
:. hall, approximately nine hundred =
:. votes. or about one half the regis :
:. tered vote of the city. In spite =
:. of the rain the two places have =:
:. been crowded and the total vote =
:. promises to be very large. At =
:. the rate the votes have been cast :
I: the total may run as high as fif- =
!: teen hundred in the city which =
!: will be only about three hundred ::
:. less than the registration shows. ::
I. = &. 4 = a a q q q q q . q Q Q =
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-08-01
MAYOR IMPEACHED
and THROWN OUT

Jennings, La, Aug. 1.-City Attor-
ney w. E. Gorham reports that the
case of town OF Jennings against
Mayor H. K. Midkiff was decided in
the court at Lake Charles yesterday
morning by Judge Overton, impeach-
ing the mayor and throwing him out
of office.
The vacancy will now be filled
either by appointment by governor or
by special election.
Impeachment proceedings were in
stituted by the town about six weeks
ago. charging Midkiff with habitual
drunkenness. malfeasance of office
special privileges and numerous Other
charges, all of which were sustained
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-08-01
Nardaman,s Statement.

- Jackson, Miss, Aug. 1.-Mr. Var
daman issued the following from MS
-czmpaign headquarters last night:
This is a contest for supremacy
between the men whose toll produces
the wealth of the country and the
favored few who reap the products
of that toll. The people of Missis'
,sippi will settle the question tomor-
row as to whether or not the honest
patriotic methods of the past shall De
the rule of action in Mississippi poll
tics or the tricks, bribery and de-
baucherv of the secret caucus. The
government belongs to the people ana
think they can be relied upon to
do the proper thing. The facts are
with the people. ] have endeaVoreo
to present the case in its true hgh'
remaining at all times within the
hounds OF the utmost conservatism
I expect to win by the largest major
itv anv man ever received in MIS-
sissippi who had any opposition a
all
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-08-01
ALL THREE CANDIDATES FOR
SENATORIAL ToeA CONFIDENT
OF SUCCESS AT POLLS.
FINAL WORDS Are SAID
Vardaman Says Contest Is Between
Men Who Toll and Favored Few
Alexander Thinks He Will Be in
Second Primary.

~>-7Jackson, Miss, Aug. 1.-The cam
paign managers for c. H. Alexander,
James X. Vardaman and Senator
Percy, the aspirants for the senatorial
toga do not change their forecasts
given out last night. Close political
observers, however, predict that Var
daman will lead but will lack a ma
jority over his two opponents, neces-
stating a second primary. Because
of the claims of Theodore G. Bilbo
thai he was bribed during the sena-
torial caucus of 1910 to change his
vote from Vardaman to Percy, the
contest between him, T. o. Yewell
and Wiley N. Nash for lieutenant
governor has attracted unusual at
tention. A second primary to settle
this contest is believed to be neces
sary.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-08-01

Charlotte, N. c., Aug. las a eli |
max to the unprecedented drought |
this section is experiencing, 152 cot
ton mills in North and South Caro-
lima shut down yesterday because the
water in Catawba river is so low the
Southern Power Company cannot sup
ply the plants with power. 1t is es-
timated that 10000 operatives are
thrown out of employment, but 1t Is
expected that work will be resumed
in two days 1t has been many weeks
since rain of any consequence has
! fallen, and local weather bureau rec
ords show now a deficiency of so per
cent in precipitation for this section.
Creeks which have not gone dry in
forty-five years are mudholes and dis
tress among the rural population de-
pendent for water on wells is great.
Mountain streams to the west, upon
which many Touring mills, tannerfes
and cotton mills are dependent for
power have dwindled to mere brooks
in some instances, and many plants
have been forced to shut down.
Crops in this immediote section are
burning up in the fields. Many farm
, ers in this and adjoining counties
despairing of a corn crop, have chop
ped down the young corn and are
, using it for feed; while the hot winds
5 are playing havoc with cotton.
+ Cities and towns to the north anC
+ west of Charlotte are facing the or
deal of a water famine that this cit!
e is now experiencing. At Greensboro
/, Salisbury, Concord Spencer, Monroe
:, Wadesboro and other places the wa
ter supply problem has reached tn
: serious stage, and measures of econ
omy are being rigidly enforced.
The situation in Charlotte has no
improved materially, though the al
! thorities are working night and da
on the problem. Feeling that the dis
tress of the people is not being RI
lieved as promptly as was hoped D
means of tank trains from the rive
n at Mount Holly, the offers OF wate
from Gastonia, Selby and Lincolnto
we're today accepted and tank train
brought in last night $4,000 gallon
from each place. This is BEN
pumped into the city mains direct D
means of fire engines, and an add
st tional steamer, borrowed from Colur
il bia S. c., will augment the local nj
at apparatus in this work today. 1t
,e hoped by Wednesday to resume
O. economic service through the main
Dr It has been cut off since early Frida
d. Special prayer services for rain we
If. held in churches throughout the sc
n. tion Sunday.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-08-01
FIRE At The STATE
insane HOSPITAL
SpPcidI to The Nel0S.

Special to The NeiOS.
Jackson, Miss, Aug. Fire broke
out at II o'clock in the negro female
ward of the Mississippi insane hospl'
tai and by noon the fire spread to
the negro male ward. The police de-
partment was notified that scores or
the patients had escaped, and on re-
quest a special police detail was sent
to the scene. All of the patients have
been captured.
Many patients had narrow escapes
but no lives were lost.
Two engines of the Jackson fire
department stuck in the mud en- route
and were unable to reach the scene
OF the fire.
At D. m. the fire was under con
! troll.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-08-01
GATES CONDITION.

Paris, Aug. 1. Physicians attend
ing John W. Gates state that the pa
tents condition was about the same
as it was last week, being still con-
sidered grave The pneumonia, which
has been confined to his left lung until
Yesterday, when 1t attacked the right
lung. has not gained any headway, but
neither has it receded.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-08-01
Showers Give Relief.

Charlotte, n. c., Aug. 1.-Showers
of yesterday and last night gave
slight relief in the water famine. Ad-
ditional showers are predicted today.
Water from Bear creek will be turned
into the reservoirs tonight.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-08-01
60 CHICAGO BOYS
GONE IN 2 WEEKS.

Chicago, Aug. 1.-SiXty-eight boys
between the ages of seven and II
years have disappeared from their
homes in the last two weeks, accord
'rg to the police, who are searching
for them.
In majority of the cases, the par
ents say the boys left home because
they wanted to become cowboys.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-08-01
FREE LIST BILL
PASSES SENATE
Only One Observation-Disclosures In
cludes Many Articles Used by
The Masses.
(By Associated PreSS.)

Washington, Aug. 1.-The house
farmers free list bill passed the SEN
ate this afternoon after the adoption
of an amendment offered by Senator
Kern of Indiana, taking meats off OF
the free list The house bill was first
defeated by a tie vote of thirty-nine
to thirty-nine. Senator La Toilette
then moved reconsideration and Sen
ator Kern offered his amendment
which was adopted. The bill then
passed the senate, as amended, by
vote of forty-eight to thirty, the
Republican insurgents joining with
the Democrats in supporting the
measure.
Senator Kern's amendment to the
free list bill takes meats off of the
free list except when coming from
countries that admit American cotton
Corn wheat, oats, cattle and hogs are
free of duty. The senate had earlier
defeated Senator Bailey's amendment
taking all meats out Of the free list.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-08-01
GENERAL ARBITRATION
TREATY TO BE SIGNED
THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

:. Washington, Aug. 1.-The gen :
:. eral arbitration treaties between
!. the United States and Great Brit :
!: ain and the United States and :
{: France will be signed at three !:
=: O'Clock Thursday afternoon at =
= the White House, according to =
; official announcement today, :
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-08-01
LEWIS SAYS PERSECUTION.

Washington, Aug. THAT postof
flee inspectors invaded his plant, gave
him no chance to be heard, and sent
to the postoffice department a report
which he was not allowed to inspect,
were among the statements made to-
day BY f. G. Lewis, the st. Louis pub
Usher, before the house postal ex-
penditures committee.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-08-01
Looks Like Vardaman.

The private opinion most generally
expressed by friend to friend. conf
dentially, is that Vardaman will win
in the first primary, and there will be
no second primary. The prophesy is
that there will be close finish be-
tween Alexander and Percy, with the
result in favor of Alexander.
The Second Race.
In event of such result, the bulk OF
the third mans vote will go against
Vardaman, for since the inception OF
the fight it has been generally recog-
nized as Vardaman against the field.
and the real battle is between the
radical and the conservative factions
of the Democratic party, Vardaman
representing the former and Percy
and Alexander the latter.
To Overthrow Vardamansm.
Should Alexander be eliminated IN
the first primary he will do all in his
power to throw his following to the
support of Percy, and the latter will
do likewise should he be the third
man in the race. In his final address
yesterday Senator Percy stated that
"The dominant motive which has ac-
tuated me throughout this fight has
arisen from the profound conviction
that the welfare of Mississippi de-
mands the overthrow of Vardeman-
ism, and I consider the success OF
) the cause paramount to personal vim
. dication."
Estimates Of Vote.
Estimates are also at variance as
. to the total vote that will be polled
; Even If the weather cuts some small
figure. and keeps voters in remote ru
. raj districts from the polls, 1t is mo-
likely that the total win be less thar
10000 and the, Alexander campaign
CONTINUED on Page six.)
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-08-01
LONG DROUGHT
FORCES MILLS
TO SHUT down
NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA
EXPERIENCING UNPRECE-
DENTED DRY SPELL.
10000 OPERATIVES ARE idle

Crops Burning Up in the Fields-Far-
Mers Chop Down Corn and Use 1t
for Feed-Tank Trains Being Used
to Haul Water-Prayers for Rain.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-08-01
SENATORIAL CONTEST THE ALL
ABSORBING SUBJEcT-BUsl-
NESS ALMOST SUSPENDED.
NO CHANGE In The OUTLOOK
nation in First Primary - Other
Candidates Certain of Another Con-
test-vote May Reach 10000.

Mssissippi's election day dawned
with cloudy skies and local showers
in a number of counties. Other Sec
tions report a bright day and a very
heavy vote polled during the forenoon
hours
AS showers reported are of the
light, summer variety, it is not likely
that the weather will materially af-
feet the result Interest in the event,
especially the senatorial contest, is so
intense that the qualified electors are
willing to brave almost any kind of
weather to get to their polling pre-
| cincts.
The polls opened at 9 o'clock in the
cities and towns, and an hour earlier
in some of the rural precincts. Vot-
ing has been heavy throughout the
forenoon, and in some communities
nearly every form of business has
been suspended, and the people are
devoting their entire time and atten-
tion to the election.
The senatorial contest, which has
been under way for the past eighteen
months, is the all-absorbing subject,
and comparatively little interest is
being manifested in other events on
the ticket In fact, it is doubtful
whether results in several of these
contests will be known until Thurs
day or Friday unless the candidates
themselves are especially diligent in
collecting the returns.
No Change in Outlook.
The arrival of election day shows
no change in the outlook. The cam
paign bureaus of the three senatorial
candidates are standing by their last
= estimates. The Vardaman faction
j. claims his nomination in the first pri-
S mary by a 10000 majority over both
d opponents The Percy and Alexander
s bureaus assert that there will be two
|. primaries, with the defeat of Varda
a man certain in the second event by
u anywhere from 5000 to $4,000 votes
IS They disagree, of course, as II
5. whether it will be Percy or Alexander
S. in the second primary with Varda
e man.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-08-01
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THE WEATHER.

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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-08-01

Washington, Aug. 1.-The farmers
free list bill, the second of the big
tariff revision measures that followed
the Canadian reciprocity bill over from
the Democratic house, meets final ac-
ton without further debate In the
Senate today. The bill would place on
the free list agricultural implements,
cotton bagging, cotton ties, leather,
boots, shoes, fence wire, meats, cere-
ais. flour, bread. timber, lumber, sew
ing machines, salt and other articles.
The exemptions are designated to take
effect on the day following the approx
al of the measure.
The Ways and Means Committee OF
the House last night reversed itself on
the compromise wool bill. 1t decided
/ that the House should ask for con
ference with the Senate on the compro
mise, with view to a still further
compromise, the result of which viii
be the placing of wool bill before
President Taft, carrying a duty of 81
per cent on raw wool.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1911-11-27
Death OF Henry Hardy.

Mr.. Henry Hardy who died last
Tuesday, was resident of Annapolis,
and no man was more widely known
in the city than he. For a number of
years, in his earlyIlife, he conducted
a meat store on the corner of College
avenue and Hanover street. Later he
moved over Severn and while there
his mother and first wife died. Re-
turning to the city he located on
West street, where he conducted a
meat store for about fourteen years.
Within the past year he has been
very unfortunate. His business de-
clined rent was due and he was COM
PEELED to move to the present location
on Calvert street, near the Short Line
depot. His death was caused by
pneumonia, from which he had been
sick only few days. He had a small
insurance on his life something about
thirty-eight dollars) which will not
cover his funeral expenses. His wife,
who is cripple and penniless, will
endeavor to run the business and will
be grateful to receive a share of
the public patronage at her little
fresh meat. green grocery and candy
store on Calvert street, near the
Shot Line railroad depot.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1911-11-27

Mrs. w. Il. Gardiner, Sr, and MISS
Ruth Gibbons, who have been on an ex-
tended visit to New York to Mrs. Fred.
Hit, Mrs. GARDENERS daughter, have
returned home and are at Mrs. Arthur
Montgomery Jones' residence, Murray
Hill.
Miss Flora NJ. Wooley spent the
week end with friends in Philadelphia
and attended the Army-Navy game.
Miss Leila Owngs of West River is
the guest of Miss Katharine Field
meyer.
Mr.. Joseph 3. GirauIt has been
visiting relatives in Philadelphia.
Mrs. Ennalls Waggaman will not OBJ
serve her day "at home" next Monday
Nov. p.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ennalls Waggaman
are visiting friends in Philadelphia.
Mr.. E. r. Reich, attended the game
in Philadelphia on Saturday. Mrs.
Reich and Miss Reich spent the week
end in Baltimore.
Mr.. George N. Moore has returned
from Richmond Virginia having attend
ed the first annual convention OF the
National Association for Highway I'm
provement held in that city.
Mrs. Bernard Wells with daughter
Lillian and Miss Ella Moore left Sat
urday morning for Philadelphia to at
tend the Army-Navy game after which
they will spend few days with friends
near that city.
Miss Nelson of Milwaukee arrived
Friday in time for the game at Phila-
delphia. She is q sister of Midship-
man Nelson, of the third class, and is
stopping with her mother or Green
street.
Mrs. George w. Hodges. the Anna
polls genealogist. is in Baltimore to-
day attending the meeting of Balti
more Chapter d. A. X. at Hotel Belve-
Gere
Mrs. Robert Moss left today for
Baltimore to attend the meeting of
the Society of Aids, Charities and Cor
rection, which meets in Baltimore at
Oster Hall in the Medical and Chirur-
gical Society Building. The Society of
Charities. Aids and Corrections is do,
ing a noble work in the State, and es-
pecially in the counties, Anne Arundel
included.