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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-02-01
Frisco Won the Fair;
New Orleans Game

ton, If the people desire it."
1t was reported that "a names count
ed for New Orleans and who voted
for Frisco were those of the repre-
sentatives summoned to the White
House two weeks ago. Thirty-hve
votes were. switched from New Or
leans to Frisco within the past 10
days.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-02-01
BRYAN IS NAMED
FOR FLA. SENATOR
tBy Associated Press )

Jacksonville. Fla, Feb, In. P.
Bryan, progressive Democrat) was
nominated for United States senator
in yesterdays primaries, according to
almost complete returns,
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-02-01
(By Associated Press.)


New York, Feb. IA terrific ex-
plosion of dynamite just across the
Hudson river from the southern end
of Manhattan spread death in a great
area and rocked the great skyscrapers
in the business district of lower New
New York and caused panic through
out the metropolis.
The explosion took place soon after
noon. Great showers of glass from
thousands of broken windows in the
financial district pelted the pedes-
trions.
Dead Scattered About.
About the Jersey City railroad dock
the dead and dying were scattered
about, while many bodies had been
hurled into the Hudson river.
The police and fire boats, from both
sides of the river, soon began picking
up the dead and wounded from the
river.
Hurry calls were sounded for nurses
and physicians.
Dynamite Boat Blew Up.
The dynamite boat, believed to b
the Catherine c, blew up from SOM
unknown cause. The boat was de
molished, pier completely wrecked AM
many boats lying nearby were damas
ed.
The Catherine c was leaving he
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-02-01
NO choice YET
FOR u. S. SENATE
fRu Associated Press.l

Albany, n. Y, Feb. mo choice has
been made on the thirteenth ballot
for United States senator.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-02-01
B. JOHNSON
PAYS $4,000 FOR
CRYMES CORNER
Valuable Centrally Located Building
Changing Hands Today Shows
Active Demand

For the sum of $11 900, Paul B. John
SON today took over the two-story
brick building at the corner of Mobile
and East Pine streets, owned and oc-
cupied by T. P. Crymes as grocery.
The building is well constructed and
the corner one of the best in the city.
The building fronts 80 feet on East
Pine with a side frontage of 80 feet
on Mobile street, to an alley.
In the report of the transfer of the
Smith Richardson building on West
Pine street, the dimensions of the lot
| were incorrectly reported. The lot is
80 by 90 feet, and not 60 by $50 feet,
as stated.
| Business lots East of Main street
i usually average 80 BY 80 feet in size.
On the West side of Main, few lots
are so by $50 feet These. lots, how
ever. are few in number. The Mer'
kel property upon which it is possible
a new theatre will be built, has
depth of $50 feet to an alley. Resi-
dence lots range from $50 to 200 feel
in depth, and usually have a frontage
! of 80 feet.
- other Transfers.
A number of small deals were re
corded today. Among these, the lare
er ones are:
$2,000-A. V. Hays and M, G. Fiel'
to Jas. Hays; 60 feet front on Thir
street, depth of 24O feet, lot 8, bloc
167 of Crittenden survey, with in
provements.
s625-C. o. Eure to Alonzo Jones
n. 2-9 of lot 81, block 166 of d. H. Nj
Innis survey. Lot 50 feet on Tesse
t see street by 100 feet depth, wit
house.
$60O-Paul B. Johnson to George v
e Currie and Luther A. Smith, undivide
s. one half interest in S. IL lot 10, bloc
t. 1. B. C. Hemphill survey, and N.
ID of e. IL lot Z and s. IL of e. IL
ID lot 6, all in block of Nancy Anders'
'e survey.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-02-01
PRESBYTERY IN
CALLED Session
At FIRST Church
Special Session viii be Very Short
One, Concluding This
Evening.

Presided over by the eldest member
in service probably Rev. H. c. Smith
of Eurata. in the absence of Modera-
tor Mcintosh, a called session Of the
Meridian Presbytery was called to or
der at 2 O'Clock this afternoon in the
First Presbyterian church. Rev. A.
B. Colt, state clerk, read the call, and
is reporting the minutes.
Attending the session are these pas
tors: Revs. A. b. Colt, Enterprise,
H. C. Smith, Eurata; j. D. Sparlin
Laurel; A. A. Craig, Mt. Olive; J. w
Allen, Collins; H.. Mcdowell, Pass
Christian; and Revs. r. L. Campbell
pastor of Bay Street, and f. ]. Currie
OF the First Church of Hattiesburg.
There are a number of elders als'
in attendance, who had not register
ed at noon.
Discuss Home Missions.
Following the reception of Rev.
w. Allen, who comes from the Tupel
Presbytery, and to the church at co
| Inns, the body will take up the HON
mission work in this presbyter'
plans are being formed along the lin
of the general Christian forward NOV
| ment, and it is expected that with Il
cooperation OF the active laymen. Il
Presbyterian pastors will carry o
a broad program during the comm
summer.
All of the visiting pastors are op
mistic. In their views. =
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-02-01
FANS JUBILANT
over PROSPECTS
OF NEXT SEASON
CARLOS SMITH WILL BE MANA.
GER-AN EXCELLENT TEAM
SIGNED.
SEASON OPENS HERE APRIL 6
Several Exhibition Games Including
Aviator Day-Improvements
on Grounds.

Baseball fans in Hattiesburg are ju-
Apilsnt and are looking forward to the
sost successful season in the history
the Cotton States League.
{All doubt has been removed as to
}rlos Smith being manager, and he
As no superior in this section as a
manager, and in addition to being an
excellent leader, he knows the game
and is one of the best of outfelders
Six OF last seasons players Will be
left with the club again and several
other promising youngsters have sign
ed their contracts and will be given
trial.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-02-01
,ezn6sw wEArHER.

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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-02-01
Players Signed.


lowing popular players will return:
Tutwiler, second base; Swami, out
fielder and catcher; Bagby, pitcher;
Sorrer. third baseman; Gondolf, short
stop; Hall, catcher.
The new players to be given trlai
are. Gus Lee. E. F. Stringer, o. p.
Miller, w. R. Bagby, pitchers. F. A.
Dickman, Buz Herbert, Herbert
Brown. D. G. Halford, H. c. Stapleton,
Geo. P. Gondolf, infielders. W. IL
Zeigler, S. A. Matthews, Walton
Cruise, Burt Touzet, outfeld. w. f.
Tucker. catcher. Lines are out FOR
another catcher and pitcher, and they
will doubtless be signed during the
next few days. With such an array
of baseball artists to select lrohi'
there is no doubt about Hattiesourg
having a team in the approaching seas
nm that will be hard to beat, and II
will he no surprise if the coveted rag
finds its way to Hattiesburg.
Gus Lee has been signed on the rec
ommendation of Manager Smith, who
states that he is a wonder Stringer
ond Cruise hail from the Mississippi
College team. and are said to be eX
cellent players. W. r. Bagby Is
brother of J. C. Bagby, star pitchei
of last season, and those VINO Kho"
hin, are nuite sure that he will make
good. Dickman comes from Excelsior
Snrines. Mo. where he has been play
ing fine ball with local teams iol
several seasons past, and Is las
and highly recommended heluer
Huhbard. the first sacker, is SIX zee
and three inches tall and they say N
is well on to his job. His helght
Greatly in his favor. H. c. Stapietol
is son of DR.. r. B. Stapleton, OF Ha'
.i.,b,,rq and is too we'll known I
: need any introduction
The season will open on April D. pu
tbere will be several exhibition game
prior to that time between teams {
tba southern League and coleg
teams Hattiesburg gets an openn
,ame and there will also be gam
here on the Fourth of July III
.obedule for the season will be adop
ed about March /,
Aviation Games.
,anes will be arranged DERIVES
emo strong teams for March "a al
or the DAYS set for the big aviati'
meet and thousands will no doup,
a,trocted to the baseball park on tno
DAYS.
improvements on Grounds
,orca Of men will he put to "o
Ting the next few days improsl
the grounds, and an addition WIZ
huut TO the grand stard. =.
All these things being true' "
artoin that a great time ana 5
oessful season for the 'Ha'.iesp'
.club may be expected next Ssa'''
The Meridian Dispatch speaks
baseball prospects in JaeSs0n
lows: 49, Meridian 4
,etie Association. with a crowd pOar, ., ]
mot in the rooms OF the DO"i, :
Tssae TIA last night to discuss I'M .ne = ?
meets Of the metropolis :, q M sl,A5,1n cor
for. the national sport q '''S -
season. a.. of last !
president 4. y: Lyons & -
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-02-01

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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-02-01
Aviation Games.

rames will be arranged between
ono strong teams for March "a ano
25. the days set for the big av,a'ior
moot. Nc and thousands will no doubt De
a,tractad to the baseball park on tnos'
dfys.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-02-01

force Of men will he put to wor'
during the next few days impro'ln o, !
49, Grounds. and an addition Will D
nni,t TO the grand stard. :. :,
All these things being true I"
.orta,n 80 that "a great time and a SUI
cessful season for the Hat.lespu' .'''a,,
oe9 ,.'S nav be expected next season.
The Washington bee., 1911-09-23
CHEROKEE BALL GAME.
Is Preceded by Songs by tbs Womsa
and Dances by the Men Which
Last All Night.

The ball game as played by ths
CherOkees is as important to them as
football or any other popular game is
to other people The eastern band or
CherOkees live on the Qualla FeseFva-
ton, in western North Carolina
The neighbOrhOOd in which ] live,
writes an Indian girl in the Red Man,
is divided into four main sections
namely, Yellow Hill, Soco. Big Cove
and BirdtOwn. The Indians living IN
one Of these sections will challenge
those living in another to a game OF
ball. They choose their players and
agree upon the time and place for
playing the game It is generally
played in an open field far di4fesent
from the we'll graded field upon which
the game of football is played.
The evening before the game the In
dians, the women included, hold q
dance in their respective sections OF
the country. These dances are held In
the opAn air, usually near some small
stream. The women do the singing
while the men dance. In their songs
they make all kinds OF remarks about
those of the opposing side. These
dances continue all night long. From
the time of the dances until after the
game the players are not allowed 70
eat any food.
The following day the people from
the different sections gather at the ap-
pointed place TO witness the game.
They either sit or stand around the
edge of the field. The ball players
each have two sticks similar to those
used in the game of lacrosse, only
smaller. The ball is tossed up In the
center of the field, and the game be
gins. The object is to get it around
two poles placed at each end OF tbs
field a certain number Of times. Nbsy
cannot pick up the ball in their handS-
The players who succeed in getting the
ball around the poles at the end Of e6s
field the greatest number Of times win
the game.
The Washington bee., 1911-09-23
The Cow Oaci5ad

4 peasant living In the village Of
PredeGl, near the Hungarian frontier.
lost bis COW. About two months ago
be happened TO be standing at tha
railroad station watching a train bcad
Of cattle about to be sent across ths
frontier. Suddenly he gave q shout.
that's my cow?' he cried, running
toward one OF the cars.
The trainmen only laughed at him,
and be went before the magistrate.
This good man listened TO the peas
ants story patiently. Then he pro
nOunced this judgment: The cow shall
be taken 10 the public square OF Pre-
deal and MIXED. Then II it goes OF its
own accord 10 the plaintiffs stable II
shall belong to him"
The order OF the court was carried
cat, and the cow, In spite OF its ten
mouths absence. took without hesita-
ton the lane which Led II a few min
utes latsr into the peasants stable
Chicago News.
The Washington bee., 1911-09-23
0PEE AIR EXERCISE.
Always Factor In the Building Up of
Man.

Always Factor In the Building Up Of
Man.
An athlete is like an aerOnaut-safe
enough while going, but in danger the
moment he stops. especially if he stops
suddenly.
If the first great danger Of athletics
for the professional or business man,
the brain worker and man of sedentary
habits generally is not getting enough
Of them the FecOnd is like unto it
stopping them too soon. No little Of
the bad after effects so frequently
ascribed to athletics in college and
school life is really due to their sud
den diScOntinCance after graduation.
The building of man is never fin
ished until he is dead. His life is all
in one piece, and what is good for him
at one stage of his existence is, muta-
lis mutandis, good for him in all.
While mans mere stature ana gross
weight and even horsepower may
have attained their maximum by
twenty-five or twenty-three, the eff
cheney of both his mind and body for
his particular life work ought to and
under most circumstances does go on
steadily increasing until he is fifty.
ffty-fve and even sixty years of age.
And the same health giving agency
exercise in the open air-which has
been the very life secret of his struc-
tural growth and development is equal
ly Indispensable to his further func-
donal development and growth in eff
cheney. We not merely limit our
growth, but actually shorten our lives,
by taking it for granted that we have
reached our limit at a certain age or
stage and may therefore drop the
means Of further prOgress-play in the
open air. When we stop playing we
stop grOwing.-Dr. Woods Hutchinson
in Outing.
The Washington bee., 1911-09-23
OLD CRIMINAL LAW.
= Time When Prisoners Counsel Was
Net Allowed to Address
the Jury.

1t seems hardly credible that less
than a century ago counsel were not
allowed to address a jury in defense
or prisoner. Sydney Smith first
preached against this cruel law.
he pointed out that, while in any
court where property was concerned
counsel was heard on both sides, in a
court where human life was trembling
IN the balance only the prosecuting
counsel was heard, and it was unfair
TO match a prisoner, unaccustOmed TO
marshal facts and unable TO speak.
against skilled counsel, whose sole
purpose for its own reputation was TO
win a case. Sydney Smiths eloquent
words led to the passing OF the pris-
oners defense act, 1920, which alter
ed the practice.
Another unjust practice which was
peculiar to the Old Bailey was that
when an accused person was acquit-
ted he was obliged to pay the fees Of
Newgate or go back for want Of mon
ey. So many unfortunate prisoners
died IN Newgate through this that Al
derman Brown, lord mayor in 1913,
caused an order Of the court to be
made that when any accused persons
were acquitted by their country they
should instantly be discharged in
court without paying any fees what
SoeYer. an order which has been strict
ly adhered to ever since.
OF the challenging Of jurors one re-
members a tale from Ireland. The
prisoner was hard to satisfy, aud jury
man after juryman was asked to leave
the box. However, all things come to
an end, even in Ireland, and at last
the swearing of the jury was c0mplet-
ed. And then the prisoner leaned
over the dock and sought the ear Of
his solicitor. 'The jury'S all right
now, I think" he whispered, 'but ye
must challenge the Judge I've been
convicted under him siviraI times al
ready, and maybe he's beginnin' to
have q prejudice. London Chronicle.
The Washington bee., 1911-09-23
The Terrible PoIice.

When the scheme was first bBoashed
fierce opposition developed to the es-
tablishment of LOndon's metrOpOSssaA
police in September, 1929. Police TO
patrol the streets Of London? SNch q
scheme was ''repugnant to the spirit OF
English law and to the theory Of Sxee
government" according to an editO<LsE
IN the Standard of the day. "As a sys-
tenn of clandestine intelligence tie
thing is complete" it went on. '.Ehe
low constable is instructed to make
himself acquainted with the inbabSt-
ants Of every house within his beat
And how is this information to be O6-
tanned but by the pumping Of the serv-
nntsT'
The Washington bee., 1911-09-23
BURN YOUR BRIDGES.
@s Ars So Constituted That When
RetFeat Is Left Open We Are
Apt to Turn Back.

Young men often make the mistake
when they start on an important un-
dGrtAking Of leaving open a way Of
retreat If things go too hard, says OH
sOn SWEET Marden In Success Maya
Es0s. No one can call out his greatest
reserves, do the greatest thing pos
&bla TO him, while he knows that II
the battle gets too hot he has 8 line OF
retreat still left open. Only when
thsre is no hope Of escape win an
army night with that spirit Of dss-
peTatton which gives no quarter.
Many a great general in his march
CA the enemy has burned his bridges
behind him, cut off his only possible re-
treat, for the bracing, encouraging ef-
feet upon himself and his army, be-
cause he knew that men only call out
thar greatest reserves Of power when
an retreat is cut of and when figh;-
ing desperately for that which they
count dearer than life.
We are so made that as long as
there Is a chance to retreat, as long
as there are bridges behind US, we are
tempted 10 turn back when the great
teSt comes.
"WnI you hold this fort?' asked
General Rosecrans of General Pierce
ct Stone river. Il will try, general. +"
''Win you hold this fortY' 81 VIII die
n the attempt" THAT won't do.
Look me in the eye, sir, and til ne
Il you will hold this position" Il
wEllF' said General Pierce, and be Cd.
The Washington bee., 1911-09-23
Mule Riding In Portugal.

In odd contrast to the modern rush
and honk Of the automobile and the
clang of the trolley cars are the saloiOs
or small farmers of Portugal, who ride
nOnchaiantly through the twentieth
century hubbub on the back-the ex-
treme back-Of small. patient eyed
mules. Though the country has pro-
gressed and the farmers are progress
ing toward prosperity. they have con
sistentIy refused to move farther for
ward on the mules back in Portugal
than the last fifth of his anatomy. Per
hapS the custom arose from the time
when the mule carried a large load
just before the rider and the habit has
not been broken.-Christian Herald.
The Washington bee., 1911-09-23
THE "HEATHEN CHINEE."
Appearing In Bret Harte's
Famous Poem.

Every one who knows American
poetry is familiar with Bret Harte's
''Heathen Chinee," written in the ear
ly seventies at the time when the feel
ing on the Pacific coast ran high
against the mild eyed Celestial and
Yotcing that feeling by pOrtraying the
hero, If such term may be applied to
Ah Sin, as a crafty card cheating
villain who OutWits the sharps Of the
California mining camps.
Il is not generally known, however,
that the poem is unique in that it
contains an error which the author
failed to detect when reading the gal
ley proofs and which survived ard
still survives all attempts at cOrrec-
ton. Perhaps it is the only instance
In literature where a grossly patent
error in the copy reading Of an after
ward famous article, whether prose
or poem, has persisted through nu
merOus editions despite all efforts of
author and editor TO kill it.
The poem was written while Bret
HaTte was employed on a San Fran
cisco daily and, to him, was merely
a part Of the days work 1t tells of
Chinee. All Sin, who, with a smile
that was childlike and bland" sat in
game of euchre with Truthful James
and Bill Nye.
At crucial point Of the game the
artless Chinese plays the winning
card, which" says Truthful James,
the narrator of the catastrophe, 1.-The
same Nye had dealt unto mer' Where
upon Truthful and Nye proceed to
go for that heather Chinee." The
damaging evidence disclosed by their
rough and searching investigation is
told as follows in the poem as it was
printed-and has been printed ever
since the initial publication:
In his sleeves. which were long, there were
tWenty-fOur packs
Which Is coming it strong, yet I state but
the facts.
In this form the busy Bret Harte
let the proofs go down to the printer.
and It was not until some time later
that he recalled having overlooked an
error in 1t. He hurried down to the
press, but already several hundred
copies had been struck off and were
being distributed about the city to the
morning subscribers. Bret Harte, at
taching no Importance to the fugitive
verses, which had merely Oozed from
bis pen the afternoon previous, made
no effort at correction then. When,
however, the eastern press enthUsias-
Ideally copied it and publishers and il
Illustrators rang all manner of comic
changes in it he tried to substitute the
correct phrase, but without avail, and
''The Heather Chinee" has persisted
In its original form through number
less editions ever since.
What Bret Harte wrote was:
In his sleeves, which were long, he had
twenty-four jacks.
Now, in the game of euchre, as ali
card players know, the jacks are Of
great value, and the Stufting of num-
berless jacks up his flowing sleeves,
as the poet intended to sing, showed
great astuteness on the part Of All
Sin. The Uncorrected error of the com
pOsitOr who set up packs" instead Of
Jacks" still left enough Of sense to
pass muster when embodied between
the cOntexts.
The poet, after years Of fruitless en-
deavOr finally gave up all hope and
! =
ing.-New York Times
The Washington bee., 1911-09-23
OUR NATURAL SkVAGERY.
1t Will at Times Break Through the
Veneer of Civilization.

veneer or SiVllizatlons
It's a mighty short step from modern
civilization TO the natural impulses OF
ancient savagery. If you don't believe
it just watch some time, and yoU'A
see a small boy-Or a grown man-das-
cover a rabbit
The first thought that comes into his
mind is to kill the rabbit. Quickly hs
searches his mind to see where 4
weapon can be found.
The second thought is to secure a
rock to throw at it, just as some cave
man might
A man finds a snake coiled In the
road. 1t may be a harmless snake,
but it's a snake, and therefore bis
primitive instinct calls upon him to
kill it.
A weapon. He seeks about for a
club, just as his ancient, skin chOthed
ancestors would have done, and, haY-
ing secured the club, he dispatches
the snake, his soul singing vita IA
umph.
Modern civilization probably would
have urged the man TO cut q EoEkea
stick and catch the snake by the nss2z
with it, then TO secure 10 cents Wo<EA
Of chlOrOform and kill it swiftly snd
painlessly. But he goes after the shzs
just as naturally as if he had never
seen a steam heated fat or ridden -
trolley car or seen an automobile.
Children roam in the woods and eat
every variety of berry they can and,
1t matters not If they be poisonozs.
They taste them all from the looks,
and the amount eaten depends on st1s
taste. This is probably what the saye
children did, and the modern infants
show the same intelligent caution Pc
garding what they put in their mouths.
It's that way all through. We meE
have acquired more or less sHs1k
veneer Of modern civilization, bzG let
emergencies arise and we're as pziznl-
tive as the most primitive Of oar IN
| cestOrs.-G Galveston News.
The Washington bee., 1911-09-23
Domestic Science.

Reginald, dear" said the young
wife, who was trying to do her own
cooking, this recipe says first draw
the fowl carefully How do you draw
q chickenW
with a drawing knife, Of course"
said the young husband, yawning.
Didn't the grocer send one along with
the bird ?"-Exchange.
The Washington bee., 1911-09-23
His Mark.

Edmond ROstand, the famous French
playwright, was snce the hero Of an
amusing episode. During a visit to a
friend in the country NJ. Rostand was
requested to accompany him to a mai
rie in order to register the friends
newborn infant. The adjunct of the
marie, a conscientious little man, book
ed the infant and then turned to NJ.
ROstand as the first witness. Your
name, sirY Edmond ROstand."
Your vOcatiOn?" Man Of letters and
member of the French academy"
Very we'll" replied the official; you
have to sign your name. Can you
write? If not you may make a cross"