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dictate To our citizens. far and wide, the
counties in which the invaders will ap-
pear during the season now dawning upon
us.
Prophecy, we are told, is not yet an
exact science. but the process of pre-
dieting this insect invasion is an excep-
ton to the rule.
| never religiously believed that it could
be done until 1 beheld for myself in the
golden spring of 1902 Four full years in
advance of that date the official prophets
had given me a map Of the predicted
theater OF war. l filed it away, and when
the scheduled week rolled around / visit
ed a spot marked as within the prognosti-
Gated field of battle Here I saw the enemy
advance and viewed the succeeding
tumult. 1t was a sight for sore eyes.
spectacle to be remembered throughout
lifetime.
But the high doings Of 1902 were as
nothing compared with those which
mother nature will pull off this spring
In $50 counties Of twenty-one sovereign
American states. For the first time since
1891 two of the major broods'' OF period
ical .'locusts'' will simultaneously appear
within our domain.
II will be the last time within our natu-
raj lives that such an onslaught will be
witnessed. nor will our children's chill
dren see the like, for. strangely enough.
two OF these major broods' will not
again appear among us at the same time
until century and a half shall have
rolled by.
The two armies are of distinct races.
the one peculiar to the north and the
other to the south. The SOuthernerS
have been intrenched under ground for
precisely thirteen years. and the north
ern warriors have been similarly hiding
beneath their cooler soil for exactly sew
enteen twelvemonths. Those which now
are to appear in the south last saw the
scenes OF their birth in the year of the
SPANISH war-1S9S-while those that are
TO invade the north have not gazed
upon their native heath since 1894. In
those years countless millions OF the re-
spective races went into hiding beneath
the soil. and since that time not an IN
dividual among them has chosen to hit
his eyes above ground.
The accompanying war maps snow just
where the two armies are to appear our
ing the spring season now dawning me
black dots indicate the counties which
they invaded at the time Of their former
outbreaks.
The two broods will overlap in Indiana
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ished. To make up that deficit Of last
years potatoes alone France must this
year import SI50,O00O0O worth-all that
gold which, in ordinary years, her farm
ers keep accommodating in France.
France feeds herself.
Such is her farmers miracle. 1t Is q
small land, not quite so big as Indiana.
Illinois, Iowa and Wisconsin put together
Yet in 1909 her old worn-out soil-drained
and lived i'll over 1900 years-produced
3.6, 574 .Oo0 bushels of wheat against the
737, 1S9 600 bushels of the United States
rich virgin soil A comparison of the
acreage sown makes the French yield
twenty-five bushels per acre against our
fifteen bushels.
So for rye, barley and oats. France
is not a wheat-exporting country like
Russia, ROumania and Hungary, but
alone among the other nations OF Europe
she feeds herself completely. Observe
what it means. Russia, Roumania and
Hungary are thinly settled, but France
has a population almost half ours, draw
ing fabulous gold from the outside world
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Q C1cApA SHELLS -

pc sed to he due to differences in climate
to the same phenomena which cause
higher species to mature earlier in the
south than in the north.
The eggs which bore the countless bill
lions of the two broods to appear this
spring were laid in the summers of 1894
and 1898, respectively. few weeks later
the baby cicadas-about the size or
minute ants-escaped from their shells.
fell lightly to the ground and quickly
burroWed out of sight, each forming for
himself little subterranean chamber or
cell adjoining the sappy rootlet OF the
family tree, in whose twigs the produc-
tive eggs had been deposited for nourish-
ment In this underground cell. at frst
the size of a small grain of bird shot.
but gradually growing with its occupant,
each cicada has remained within two 1eet
of the surface through winter and sum
mer buried from sunlight and ar. IL
has lived thus in solitary confinement
for thirteen or seventeen years. as the
case might be. knowing only Its moist
earthen chamber, separated from its
brothers and sisters, rarely changing i.s
position, save as some accident 10 the
nourishng rootlet has caused it to Dur
row further, in search of another.
X X
In this sepulchra1 darkness and solitude
each of these little grubs is today await
ing natures signal for it to emerge from
the ground, grow wings and enjoy only
a few weeks of the society of its fellows.
the warmth and brightness of the sun,
the balm of the fragrant summer air
Today these billions Of waiting cicadas
are within about a half inch of the soil
surface of the twenty-one states 1ndl-
Gated. Each Is now Of the color and
shape of the brown locust shells" which
in past years you have seen adhering to
trees.
Just before coming to the surface these
wingless insects build in many localities
little mud chimneys, like those in the &C
complaining picture. These are some
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by her arts. industries and luxuries.
French farmers feed all those dense city
populations.
Should the farmers slacken their inten-
sive production during one single year
merely slacken-France would lose $780,
100000 on potatoes. plus SlOO.UD.OOO on
imported wheat, oats and rye, plus SlJO.-
00.OOO on imported wines and oils. Such
are the figures caused by the slack crops
of that one unprecedented year that put
even Paris under water.
Wine and oil! Entire regions flourish
by them. They bring in millions from
world commerce and permit French work
ingmen to make dyspepsia-free diet on
bread, cheese, bit of sausage. al onion
and a leaf of lettuce.
And the market gardening of land
that is a garden! And the cheese and
butter of the north-for France and Lon
dOp. And the Norman fruit and cider.
the south's perfumes, the splendid live
stock everywhere. SO that each farmers
boy has a blood horse-to gallop about
and hold the lordship of the land!
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HEN a French
farmer comes to
Paris wearing a
green ribbon Dor
dered amaranthe in
his buttonhole the
bunco men leave
him alone.
II on a visit TO
his sons studying
agriculture at the
'Sorbonne, they will
be two Of q kind
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By JOHN ELFRETH WATKINS.

HE most Wide.
spread locust in
vaSion that this
country has ex-
perienced in seven
teen years is due
this spring.
The bug prophets
of the L n i t c d
States bureau of
entomology have
just framed a fore
cast that will in
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SEVERAL HoUk-s AFTER TRANSFER Ar1oN

some orchard or wooded area where the
northern cicadas were plentiful in 1894.
or where the southern brood was abun-
dant in 1893. Here just at sunset during
each evening of the week indicated in
stitute a close watch over a patch of
open soil.
Just after the orb of day has hidden
it's face you will see scores of the brown
wingless insects emerge from their holes
with rush and scramble for the nearest
tree, bush. weed. pole. stump or fence.
If you have selected a particularly favor
ed locality the ground at your feet will
be literally alive with and hidden by the
running insects. BY 8 O'Clock the bulk Of
the army will have come out of the
ground, each fastening himself to some
selected object, preferably leaf or twig.
Then within about an hour after settling
each will be seen by your lantern light
neatly to split his parchment-like shell
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Good orthodox churchmen believe that
the very virtuous among us remain earth
lings during only a comparatively few
years of preparation for a winged exist
ence, lasting throughout all eternity. But
a sad reversal of this law is suffered by
the ccada. His monotonous career of
earth-earthness, extending for seventeen
or thirteen years underground, is endured
in preparation for but five or six weeks
of gladstone life upon the wing. BY the
middle of July all of these patriarchs of
the insect family will have fallen to the
ground. But meantime they will have at
tended industriously to the perpetuation
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beautiful white blossoms in various stages
of transformation is the way the
phenomenon was once described by Prof.
c. V. Riley. late chief entomologist of the
government.
Rise early next morning and you will
find the trees filled with the empty shells
and nearby you will see the fully de-
veloped cicadas. now adorned by the
colors that will characterize them during
the winged stage of their existence. Over
night their bodies will have turned black,
while their eyes, their legs and the mar
ginal veins of their isingass-like wings
will have become tinted orange-red.
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@BzHZtQh5A4$My~&cz

WIDESPREAD Invasion
w Not to Be Repeated for
$50 Years-Will Swarm in
38o Counties of Twenty-one
States - Countless Billions
Now Ready to Emerge From
Ground. Where They've
Waited Many Years to En-
joy Only Few Weeks of
Winged Existence - oldest
of Natures Creatures-What
to do When They Come.
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Special Correspondence Of The Star.
PARIS, March 8, 1911
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-03-04
jim HARPER HAS
SECURED PARDON

Jim Harper, convicted in the Fed
eral court for the district of South
Mississippi, in connection with T. w,
Smith in 1908 on charges of embezzle-
ment from the First-National Bank OF
Hattiesburg, and sentenced to the Fed
eral prison at Atlanta for term of
five years, has been pardoned, and is
now said to be in Memphis The case
aroused much interest at the time on
account of the prominence of the two
men, and on account Of the amount in
volved-about 100000. A quiet move
was started about one year since to Sc
cure the pardon of young Harper, and
petition was circulated here at Hat
tiesburg, which was signed by many.
The effort to secure pardon proved
successful, President Taft having
signed it about two weeks ago.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-03-04
STRAY BULLET
KILLED WOMAN
Miss Katie Cox, of Yazoo City, Meets
Death by Accidental Dis
charge of Pistol.

Yazoo City. Miss, March 4.-Tele-
phone reports were received here last
night of the killing of Miss Kate Cox
at Johnston Store, eighteen miles
from here. The reports as to details
are somewhat conflicting, but it seems
that she was merely bystander. Ac-
cording to the first report, young
man by the name of Perry Dixon was
shooting at another man and shot the
young woman, and, according to an
other report, Dixon was playing with
the pistol and dropped it on the floor,
the weapon discharging and killing
the girl. Miss Cox is the daughter of
Q. Cox, supervisor from the second
beat of this county. She was clerking
in the Johnston store, and was killed
while on duty. She had an extended
acquaintance, and was very popular
in Yazoo city.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-03-04
(By Associated PreSS.)

Washington, March 4.-After an all
night session, the Senate today passed
the permanent tariff board bill by
vote of Sc to %, bringing to close a
long fight for this board.
The board was strongly recommend
ed by President Taft, who was at the
White House at $3.50 this morning.
The vote was along party lines, the
Republicans, insurgents and regulars
voting for the bill, with but two ex-
ceptions, and the Democrats generally
opposing it. Senator Beveridge made
the closing speech in favor of the bill
House Killed Tariff Bill.
After the Senate passed the tariff
board bill this morning it was later
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-03-04
PERMANENT TARIFF BOARD BILL
PASSED BY SENATE; KILLED BY HOUSE

withdrawn in the House in face of a
strong Democratic filibuster. Thus
one favorite measure of President
Taft failed of passage. The Demo
cratic filibuster threatened to block
all the conference reports on the ap-
preparation bills, and Chairman Payne,
of the Ways and Means Committee
withdrew the tariff board bill.
Ship Subsidy Legislation.
There has been and is no use OF
improper influence either for or
against the ship subsidy legislation.
So says the Special Committee of the
House, in it's report of investigation,
which was begun a year ago. The
charges made in this connection which
reflect upon the members of Congress,
the report declares, wholly false"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-03-04
. :. :. :. :. :. :. :. :. :. :. :. {. :. :: : :
. EXTRA SESSION :
!. OF CONGRESS
!. ON APRIL q. :

=: Washington, March 4. At 80 =
:: this afternoon, following a con- :
:. ference with the House and Sen :
:. ate leaders, President Taft an :
:. nounced that an extra session of :
= Congress would be called for ::
:. April 4. This date, it is as :
: sumed, was settled upon in defer =
: ence to the wishes of the Demo :
= cratic leader.
:. :. :. = :. :. :. :. : :. : : !. : : : "
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-03-04
GREAT RALLY
MAY Be Held
Meridian Wants the Three Candidates
for Senator to Speak There
Soon.

Meridian, Miss, March 4.-Meridian
wants the candidates for all state Off
ces, including United States senator,
to speak at a great political rally here
at an early date, and it is said in
vitations will be sent out soon,
asking Senator Percy and Messrs
Alexander and Vardaman to speak
here.
The occasion will be the opening
of Highland Park, new public play
ground. The date for the event has
not been fixed, but it is said it will
be in a short time, when the invita-
tions will be sent out. 1t is practical
ly certain that Senator Percy and Mr..
Alexander will accept the invitation,
when it is received.
1t is planned, or has been suggested
rather, that all candidates for the sen.
ate can speak, and it is proposed to
arrange the program so there will be
no joint debate, but each man will
be given time when his friends can be
on hand to hear him.
Senator Percy, who will arrive
from Washington in a few days, will
enter Immediately upon his campaign
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-03-04
BISHOP RRATT0N
HERE TOMORROW

The Ri. Rev. Dr.. Bratton, bishop OF
Mississippi will be here tomorrow,
and will confirm a large class of per-
sons at the court house at the night
service at 7:30. There will also be a
preparatory service tomorrow at II
o'clock in the morning at the court
house. All members and adherents
of Trinity Episcopal church and all
officers of the church, with the mem
bers of st. Andrews Brotherhood,
Women's Guild and choir are request
ed to make special effort to attend
both the services tomorrow. Every
one will be cordially welcome.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-03-04
THE JAPANESE ORDER
TWO NEW BATTLESHlPS

Victoria, B. c., March 4.-Advices
were brought by the liner Empress of
India last night that orders had been
given by the Japanese admiralty to the
Mitsuibishi Company and the Kawasa-
XII Dock Yards for two battleships OF
$4,000 tons. The two Japanese com.
panies have sent four experts to the
vickers-Maxiin yards in England,
where a Japanese warship is being
built.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-03-04
GREAT EVENT
With SCHOOLS
ian and Laurel to Have "Field
Day" Exercises.

A large number of pupils OF the
Hattiesburg public schools are plan
ming a trip to Meridian on the 2Sth
day of April to take part in the Field
Day" exercises of the public schools
of Meridian.
1t is expected that the schools Of
Hattiesburg, Laurel and Newton will
participate. Arrangements to this ef-
feet are considered completed, and it
is proposed to make this field day"
an occasion of far more than local
interest. The fact that the three
nearest large towns are to take part,
gives it wide scope of interest.
It is proposed to have lot of field
sports during the day time. A pro-
gram outlining the plans for the day,
will be arranged later. Among other
things will be a basket ball game be-
tween Newton and Meridian young la.
dies.
At night there will be a joint de
bate between the literary societies
of the Meridian public schools and
the literary societies of the Hatties
burg public schools. The subject will
be: Resolved, That the government
Should Own the Railroads" Hatties
burg will have the affirmative.
The societies will debate on the sub
ject in Hattiesburg at the close of th
school, about May "a.
There will be picked representative
for each town. In addition to thi
the three places named will have rel
resentatives in defamation contes
that will be something very interes
ing.
This will be a great occasion, an
if the railroads could be induced, a
they probably can, to give specis
round trip rates to Meridian from tn
places named and intermediate point
a great crowd will probably atten,
The occasion will be one of the mo!
: interesting in the school history {
this section of the state.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-03-04
SHOUT OF FIRE ALARMS
ALABAMA LEGISLATURE.

Montgomery, Ala. March A false
alarm called out the entire Mont
gomery fire department tonight at s
O'Clock to the state capitol. The
house was in the midst of debate of
the liquor regulation bill when some
one shouted that the capitol was on
fire. There was much confusion and
the debate was interrupted for half
an hour. When it was learned that
:, there was no fire the legislators re-
turned to the hall and resumed the
night session.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-03-04
POSTMASTER COLLINS RECEIVES
A LETTER FROM CONGRESS-
MAN BOWERS.
TO BE INSTALLED At EARLY DATE
The Route viii Serve a Rapidly De-
veIoping Territory-Covers
26 Miles.

That much desired, and long de-
.ferred rural route from Hattiesburg
to Richburg is soon to be a reality,
according to letter received this
morning by Postmaster Collins from
CONGRESSMAN Bowers. Congressman
j, Bowers has been trying for several
years to get the postoffice department
to have this route started and 1t is
worthy of note that one of his last
official acts as member of congress
was to secure this improvement for
the Hattiesburg territory.
The new route will be installed as
soon as practicable, which will be
at an early date, and will serve a
rapidly-developing territory. The
route will have total length of
twenty-six miles. Leaving the Hat
tiesburg postoffice, it will run south
east and south of Bay and
Edwards streets to the city
limits, thence south and west
of south to the Clark corner and dis
tance of 6.25 miles. Thence east and
south to the D. R. Pool corner, 4.5O
miles. Thence westerly on the settle
ment road to the Frank Downs corner
2.25 miles. Thence north to the Rich
burg road 2.25 miles. Thence north
west to Richburg postofflce, 4.50 miles
Thence northwest, north and north
easterly to Hattiesburg, 6.25 miles.
4 Congressman Bowers letter to Post
master Collins is as follows:
X Washington; D. c., Feb. 2S, 1911.
Postmaster w. A. Collins, Hatties
burg, Miss.
Dear Mr.. Collins-It gives m'
pleasure to advise you that the post
office department inform me that Ru
raj Route No. 3, from Hattiesburg, ha
been authorized for installation a
soon as practicable. l shall appreci
ate it if you will let this information
be as generally known as possible. l
might be we'll to have The News max
some note of it.
Yours very truly,
"E. J. Bowers"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-03-04
SUIT AGAINST
GEN. ELECTRIC
AIIeqed of Unlawful Acts and Con-
spiracy in Restraining
Trade.
(By Associated PreSS.)

Cleveland, O., March 4.-FolloWing
a consultation between Judge w. S.
Kenyon, assistant United States at
torney general, and United States
district attorney, Day, the latter filed
suit for the government against
the General Electric Company, Of
Schenectady, New York, and others
alleging unlawful acts by the COM
pany and conspiracy in the restraint
of trade.
The specific charge is that the Ma
tional Electric Lamp Company pro
noted by the defendants for monopo-
lizing the trade in carbon tilament
electric incandescent lights, controls
ninety-seven per cent of that bust
ness.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-03-04
(By Associated PreSS.)

WASHINGTON, March 4.-Senator
Joseph w. Bailey, of Texas, has re-
signed from the United States Senate.
He made no explanation of his reasons
therefor.
Senator Bailey first presented his
resignation to vice-President Sher-
man, who refused to accept It. Sena-
tor BaiIey's term would not have ex-
pired until March, 1918.
After vice-President Sherman de-
clined to announce Baileys resigna-
ton to the Senate, Senator Bacon was
appealed to to make the announce
ment. He likewise refused and Bailey
wired his resignation to Governor Col
quit, of Texas.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-03-04
IMMANUEL Church
EDUCATIONAL RALLY

Prof. J. l.. Johnson, one of Missis-
sippi's coming educators, will speak
on Christian Education at Immanuel
church Sunday afternoon at o'clock
Everybody is invited and especially
those who believe In the development
of the towns and South Mississippi.
None who attend the address will re-
gret doing so
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-03-04
OLIVER rogers WAS
BOUND over ON BOND

Oliver Rogers, colored, who is con-
nected with the Magic City Bank. con-
Quoted in the city by negroes, was
bound over to the grand jury this
morning by Justice w. C. Hardee on
charge of embezzlement. The
charge was preferred by Jim Mitchell
and the sum involved is ST. Rogers
was required to give bond of $500.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-03-04
ARIZONA AND NEW MEXICO
COUPLED AND ADMITTED
TO STATEHOOD.
CONGRESS ADJOURNED AT NOON
Speaker Cannon Made a Speech in
Which He Discussed His
Policy.
(Bv Associated Press.)

Washington, March A blockade
of the big appropriation bills, threat
ened by Senator owen of Oklahoma,
gave way at 11:25 o'clock this morn
ing, when he agreed to yield the floor
if the senate would agree to vote on
the resolution Of coupling Arizona
with New Mexico, finally admitting
them to statehood.
The coupling was agreed to, but
the resolution, as amended, was de-
feated by a vote of forty-flve to thirty
nine. The parliamentary situation
was much tangled and the senate
hummed with excitement.
1t developed, however, that in the
voting to defeat the coupling of Arizo-
ma and New Mexico the senate had
defeated the ratification of New Mexi-
cos constitution as well.
The three big appropriation bills
are the sundry civil, naval and post
office. The second postoffice bill
providing for an increase in postal
rate for advertising sections of Ger
tain magazines was eliminated and ir
its place a commission to investigate
the entire subject was provided for.
The amendment adopted gives
thirty days leave annually to rura
route carriers.
Leaving out the provision for ;
commission to investigate all fact
pertaining to second-class mail mat
ter, the postoffice appropriation bill
passed finally by the house this morn
ing. The senate accepted the bill a
sent to it.
Congress Adjourned.
The sixty-first congress came to al
end at noon today by constitution limi
tation. Despite the peril that threat
ened some of the big appropriation
bills almost up to the last moment
they finally all got through and re
ceived the signature of Presiden
Taft.
Speaker Cannon made a brie
speech before the adjournment il
which he discussed the policy he ha
pursued in presiding over the lowe
house. The speaker expressed fait'
that the next house will observe fai
play.