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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-04-25

before Christmas of the murder of Miss
jamie Sharp in Winston county. Pub
lie sentiment was strong against him.
He was convicted and sentenced to
hang, and was removed to the Kinds
county jail in this city for safe keep
ing, and his attorneys carried the case
to the supreme court.
Permenter has always maintained
belief that the supreme court would re-
verse the lower court, and that, at the
next trial, he would be acquitted.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-04-25
TRUST MEN ASK EARLY HEARING.

Washington, April 25.-An early
hearing of their case was requested Of
the Supreme Court by the officials OF
the American Naval Stores Company,
sometimes referred to as the "terpen-
tine trust" who are contesting their
conviction of alleged violations of the
Sherman antitrust law. The court
will announce it's action on the request
probably next Monday.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-04-25
DIAz EXPECTS
STRIFE TO end
IN HIS COUNTRY
THINKS MExicANs WILL UNITE
WITH SINGLE PURPOSE
FOR SUCCESS.
MADERO is WAITING ANxIOUsLY
Hopes for Word That Government Has
Appointed Peace Envoys-Ready
Announce His.
MADERO is WAITING ANxIOUsLY
(By Associated Press.)

New York, April 25.-President
Diaz has addressed the following dis.
patch to the Associated Press:
Mexico City, April 25.-ln reply to
your message in which you ask me
concerning the actual situation in this
country, am convinced that the con
ditions of peace interrupted for the
moment will return to Mexico and that
all Mexicans will unite with a single
purpose of furthering the development
and progress of the country.
"PORFTRIO DIAZ."
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-04-25
TARIFF BILL AGAIN
BEFORE THE HOUSE
(By Associated Press.)

Washington, April 25.-The tariff
again holds the attention of congress.
Tie house began the discussion of the
free list bill. which threatens to lead
to an almost endless debate before 1t
is finally passed along to the senate.
That the measure will pass is gener-
ally conceded, but it will not command
the heaby poll OF Republican vote
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-04-25
EX. GOV. VARDAMAN
To VISIT BROOKHAVEN

Brookhaven, Miss, April 25.-From
the reports given out by the arrange
ment committee at Brookhaven, one
of the largest crowds ever in Brook
haven, will greet Ex-Governor Varda-
man when he speaks at that place on
May 5th at Ii a. m. A Vardaman Club
will also be organized at 10 a. m. the
same day.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-04-25
CITY SCHOOL
BOND ELECTION
is IN PROGRESS.

j. At 2:30 this afternoon about ::
= 400 votes had been cast in the ::
: city school bond election. ::
!: Mayor Rich states that he has ::
I. no doubt about the bond issue be- Z:
! ing authorized, as the voters real ::
: ize that there is no other method ::
{. by which the schools of the city ::
!. can be improved. ::
I. The polls will remain open un- ::
: til ssix o'clock, and several hun ::
!. dred more votes will doubtless ::
!. be polled before the polls close. ::
!. There are about 1000 qualified ::
8 voters in the city. :
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-04-25
MONUMENT TO UNION SOLDIERS

Little Rock, Ark, April 25.-After
one of the most bitter fights the House
of Representatives yesterday adopted
a resolution recommending the loca-
ton of monument to Union soldiers
on the grounds surrounding the new
State capitol The resolution was Of
fered by A. G. Little, of Mississippi
county.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-04-25
WALTER s. eANoNe DIES.

Memphis, Tenn, April pa New
York dispatch announces the death
in that city of Walter s. Ganong, for
1nurly uef. Jamestown, Miss, for some
ox known as a cotton brok'
nong was "A years of age
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-04-25
Commercial Club viii
Hold Meeting 7onight

needs of the Leaf and Chickasawhay
rivers. The matter of making the
rivers navigable is one of vital impor-
tance to Hattiesburg, and Mr.. Fox is
in position to assist materially in
securing the needed appropriation for
the improvements.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-04-25
Sent To Jail.

Justice Manning increased the bond
for Drew and Ford to ten thousand
each and five thousand for Fox. I'm
able to secure bonds for the men
promptly, all were sent to jail AS
the men walked to the Jail they were
jeered and jostled by crowd. Extra
rest Detective Burns.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-04-25
PREFERS DEATH TO ASYLUM.

Baton Rouge, La, April 25.-Tem-
porarily deranged as result of recent
illness, Mrs. Minnie Greeves, aged 50
years, a member of prominent family
here, threw herself under north
bound passenger train on the Yazoo
and Mississippi Valley road yesterday
and was Instantly killed. She left a
note in which she said that suicide
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-04-25
WINS PRIZE FOR SPEED,

Pau, April 25.-Piere vedrinet who
left Paris in his monoplane Saturday,
arrived yesterday, having covered a
circuitous course of 500 miles in six
hours and 55 minutes of actual Aying
time. He thus wins the prize of $4,000
offered by the Aero Club of Bearn for
the fastest flight between the two
cities.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-04-25
PRESBYTERIAN WOMEN.
(ey Union Associated Press.)

Buffalo, N. Y, April 25.-Some two
hundred delegates are here for the
forty-frst biennial session of the Wo-
mems Board of Foreign Missions of
the Presbyterian church, which con
venes this evening and will continue
through tomorrow and Thursday.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-04-25
100000 TO FIGHT
COTTON BOIL WEEVlL
(Bu Associated Press.l

Washington, April 25.-An appro-
priation of 100000 for the purpose of
fighting the ravages of the cotton boil
weevil is provided for in the bill in
troduced today by Tribble, of Georgia.
The secretary of agriculture is author
lied by the bill to direct the work.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-04-25
TURKISH ANNIVERSARY.

Constantinople, April 25.-A special
program was carried out today by the
Worlds Christian Student Conference
to commemorate the second anniver-
sary' CT the surrender of Abdul Hamid
to the young Turks. The day was
celebrated as holiday throughout the
empire.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-04-25
LABOR CONFERENCE.
lax union Associated Press.l

Atlanta, Ca, April 25.-Labor bodies,
women's clubs, civic associations and
state and municipal governments Of
the entire South are represented to-
day in the Southern Conference Of
Woman and Child Labor.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-04-25
ROYAL ARcANuM SESSION.
fsy Union Associated Press.)

Syracuse. N. Y. April 25.-New York
state council of the Royal Arcanum
convened here today for a session of
two days. The order is reported to
be in a iiourishing condition.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-04-25
OLD BIBLE SELLS FOR
$4,000 AT AUCTION
lBu Associated Press.l

New York, April 25.-The first book
ever printed from movable type by
Gutenberg, bible, was last night
sold to Henry E. Huntington, of Los
Angeles for $4,000 at sale by auction
of the library of the late Robert Hoe.
This is the highest price ever paid for
q book.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-04-25

All members of the Commercial Club
as well as all others interested are
urged to attend the meeting of the
Club tonight at o'clock.
Mr.. John A. Fox, special director Of
the National Rivers and Harbors Con-
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-04-25

Mrs. w. L. Stowe, an aunt, arrived in
Hattiesburg this morning from Mem
phis, Tenn, and will accompany the
remains to Knoxville. The unfortu-
nate man is also survived by his
mother.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-04-25

-
X<tianapolis, Ind, April 25.-Walter
Drew, counsel for the National Elec-
tors Association, W. Joseph Ford, as
sistant district attorney of Los An
geles, and Frank Fox, chauffeur,
charged with having kidnapped John
]. Mcnamara, secretary-treasurer OF
the International Association of Bridge
and Structural Iron Workers, were ar
raigned this morning before Justice
of the Peace Manning.
They waived preliminary hearing
and were bound over tomthen grand
jury. The constables he5< m
served the warrant upon
Burns. the detective who
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-04-25
KENYON AND BRYAN TAKE OATH.

Washington, April 25.-William S.
Kenyon of Iowa, and Nathan Bryan of
Florida took the oath of office in the
Senate today as officers from their
respective States.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-04-25

Elk Garden, w. Va, April 25.-Fif-
teen bodies have been taken from OFT
Mine, No. 20 of the Davis Coal and
Coke Company as victims of yester-
days disastrous explosion. Eight 9TH
er bodies are supposed to be in the
mine.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-04-25

Chicago, April 25.-Wheat closed
weak, one-eighth to seven-eighths
lower. Provisions firm, unchanged to
seven and half cents advance.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-04-25
DISCUSS CHRISTIAN UNITY.

New York, April 25. Prominent
ministers Of several sects viii discuss
christian unity at the annual dinner
Of he Disciples Missionary Union to-
might.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-04-25
THE MARKETS.

(By Associated Press.)
New Orleans, April 25.-Cotton
closed steady, six to eight points down.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-04-25

Namara's arrest, who also is charged
with kidnapping"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-25

an imitation of the better circumstanced hy the less able, with it's long train Of wretched and bitter results,
 voung married couple with limited income want to keep up with a certain social set To do so certain quality of style is necessary. A certain order Of social entertainments must be given and A corresponding increase of expense must be borne an expense far beyond the income Therefore, debts are incurred, then they are increased, the little home is nortgaged. burdens as heavy as lead are hung about the neck, and then fol- low the seepless nights, nervous pros tration and the joy of home departs. The grim figure of Discontent sits at the ta- ble and moves through the home. And what does the world care? If finally the crash comes, and the mortgage is fore closed what matters 1t to the world? It will go on as aforetime. It will laugh as hilariously; it will be just as gay, its wine will sparkle and it's glasses will cink as in the past
 Instead of living quietly and content edly the simple life, there are many that sacrifice home and happiness for the ca pricious favor of society, and spend their lives in hot pursuit of the gilded phan- toms that fit through the perfumed air of Vanity Fair They are trying to keep up with others, who In their sphere are feverishly trying to overtake those just little ahead of them, who. in their places have their eyes on somebody Just a little beyond. And so the pace goes.
 A young married couple had saved about s1oo0 They were intent upon buying house. With this sum as a first pay ment their way was clear. They could have had their home with it's vines and flowers Tn A little while, and the pride
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-25

so slowly and, instead of our journey be- ing one of pleasure. we are disappointed, we worry, we frown, and curse the day that we ever set out on the excursion Whereas, a few simple things would have satisfied us and made our journey one of genuine joy.
 The truth is, mems needs are re" anu siuple enough: mems wants, however, are eIahorated and multiplied into a mass of burdensome and annoying complexl- ties The needs are real; the wants for the most part are fictitious, and would have no existence were it not for the fact that our neighbors possess certain things that we have not. Yet, to the majority of people it is the want that brings discontentment and unhappiness. If people would learn to curb their wants, there would be an infinite in- crease of happiness among men. Life would be more natural, and it's artificial ity would disappear.
 Over a hundred years ago William Wordsworth wrote his great sonnet on "Plain Living and High Thinking He therein described the social conditions of the times then existing. But the sonnet applies precisely to our own times. Men want to- keep the pace set by others; they want to make display and run glittering like the brook in the sunshine" Not because of any high purpose. but that others might see them and won der" Extravagance, luxurious pleasures, and the vulgarity of boasting of what this cost and what was paid for thar- all this, as silly as 1t may appear, has the effect upon some persons of mak- ing them unhappy, because they cannot indulge in such luxuries. Then follows
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-25

there be plain living and high think ing. The usual method is that of lux urious living, extravagant living, liy- ing at pace that kills, and plain think ing or no thinking at all. These are they that crowd their little boat with too many things and expect to make the trip with comfort. II cannot be done. Only few things are needful and the sooner we recognize this fact the sooner will contentment come
 To accentuate the physical body and to magnify the material appetites un- duly Is to dwarf the higher nature until it cannot think high thoughts. To think no higher than money and houses and lands, is to become sordid and gross We become like the God we worship
 Furthermore, there is another ele- ment of our common humanity tC reckon with. I mean the abject poor At the display of wealth and the vul- gar boasting of the extreme rich, there are awakened qualities of mind that assert themselves in bitter socialism and in sullen anarchy It's mutterings are already heard in political upheavals. 1t deposed a king only little while back. and there is not monarch in Europe that does not fear its power. When old Foulon, in the days of the French revolution. was asked, But what will the masses of the people do if your measures prevail?' He an- swered Let them eat grass. The people, however, had no idea of eating grass They rose up against all that Foulon stood for, and destroyed fl. Then they caught Foulon, and hanged him to a lamp post, and as his lower jaw fell they stuffed his moIth with grass. the while saying, "Ha, ha, we'll eat grass, will we7"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-25
PLAIN LIVING-By Dr. w. E. Euans

No man can justify such extremes. But that discontent is increasing and that anarchy needs only an opportu- Let the rich man be modest in his wealth, and considerate of the poor. Plain living and high thinking will be the worlds universal Alkahest.
 There is a thought that the very poor should take to heart. One often hears a man condemned because he is rich. It is said, So and so could not have made so much money honestly, he has made it by the use of improper methods" Why? Simply because he is rich. Now, this conclusion is not necessary. Many rich men are of tue highest character. They are philanthropic and charitable, They are constantly doing good with their money; and instead of exciting distrust they should have the perfect confidence of men Let them not be envied. Let them be praised for their appreciation of the obligations of our common brother hood.
 There. was a. time when. the average rich man was poor. He was industrious, frugal. and lived plainly in those days. He saved his money. Finally he invest ed it. and in all honor he climbed the ladder of success. He was faithful as a toiler in his sphere. Let us take off our hats to him.
 At the same time let his example be followeo Let the poor man live within his means Let him not overcrowd the boat. Let him learn to distinguish be- tween his needs and his wants. Let him. if it be possible, have his little bank account which is earning money for him
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-25
KINGDOM OR CHURCH?-By George Eaves D. D.

ing a view of both church and state which makes possible nay, inevitable, a better condition than a mere illogical tumble like that at Westminster on June 22nd? It might almost be held triumphant ly that the original conception of the church was precisely the opposite of the traditional conception. Instead of being institutional, organic, visible concrete, was it not rather pervasive. inspirational spiritual, a movement" rather than a sort of sect? A man may surely be re- hgious, truly. deeply. magnificently re- ligious, and yet not fit in with your sect, your organic confession, your visible in- stitution Even so free-thinking a mod ernist as John Stuart Mill put into words a kind of universal and spiritual confes- sion which seems destined to make the older state-church confessions impossi- ble, antiquated, absurd. ''To endeavor so to live that Christ would approve our life" does seem vaguely ideal indeed. Without the dogmatic basis of the faith the ideal may conceivably prove fruitless. But as a movement-motto the words stand for a great reality, confession or the ethical kingship of Jesus.
 Now Is 1t not abundantly evident that the modern state is instinctively reaching after this ideal? The legal relation be- tween church and state is in that case illusory. Instead of it we have actually the pervasive. inspirational, suggestive and spiritual Jesus-motive, dominating modern humanity and compelling us to say that the state is itself spiritual fact, a religious organization, because capable of being permeated by the Spirit of Jesus. Is 1t not at least thinkable that the Masters conception of the church was that of men so related to him as to possess his consciousness of being each a link in the chain that connects the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-25

that comes to one who owns his own home they would have enjoyed. They went so far as to consult a real estate agent and found house that would just suit us" But they never bought that house A neighbor had purchased an automobile That settled it. Instead of that 5000 going into house, it was put into an automobile Now, if man pos itively needs an automobile, or, if a man can afford one, l have no objection to his having one. But I submit. is it not the height of folly to purchase an au- tomobile under the circumstances above given? That couple is still paying rent, and the machine is depreciating every day; to say nothing of the monthly eX- pense to which it puts it's owner. o, it is pitifull
 I have one solemn sentence to write, Let no person or persons outside your own home set the standard of your manner of living. You know how much or how little you can spend and yet be honest Others do not know. If they can make displays of their wealth envy them not at all. But live patiently and contentedly within your means. Let not your neighbor say, by word or manner, how you shall live and what you snail spend.
 But you tell me that to keep up with your set you are obliged to live as they do whether you can afford 1t or not. I answer; Then you are in the wrong set. Get out of that set. Live more plainly than the set you have been associating with. In the name of mercy are you dependent upon a set" for your happiness? If the set requires that you mortgage your home for the purchase of an automobile, fs that the set for you to live in? Let
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-25

world with God. along whose lives the 1neffable Presence passes. possessing hu--
 manity to make it and keep it human7
 Are we not defining the human" as the
 "Christ-like? Are we not making the
 Messiah, portrayed in the New Testa-
 ment. the exponent of the heart of hu-
 manity? The truly social is the truly re-
 ligious. What else Is the explanation of
 all our modern zeal for health. for equal ity of opportunity. for better distribution | of wealth, for abolition of vice, for | beautifying the city, for universal peace. | for personal purity, modesty. ufs yelfish-
 ness, sacrihcial love of humanity, and
 in fact for progress? What else Is the ex- l planation of 1t. but the return to the early confession that the church. fmrna- l terial but inspirational. is the pillar and foundation Of the truth?' At last the crude forces of decay are proved futile against the high spiritual destiny of the
 race, the "gates of hel1'' futile against
 such church. At last the gates of the Kingdom stand unlocked. The keys have
 unlocked the age to come, whereof ws
 speak" But he would be a very cour-
 ageous Briton who would argue intimate
 relation between the lavish loyalty of
 Georges and Mary's coronation pageant,
 and the approval of the King of Kings.
 Westminster Abbey doors may be closed.
 the barriers and the police and tho throngs in London streets all may pass
 like shadows. But is it not sure that
 George V. Is king, the throne secure, the
 people safe, precisely in proportion to
 their attainment of the keys of the Kng- dom of Jesus? Is there not surer
 pledge of endurance. for instance, fin the
 kings coming signature to the social redemption schemes of MT. Lloyd George | than in his suffering the hallowed drip- pings of pr. Davidson's cruse of oil?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-25

N WISH I had all the books that have | loaned out and that have never been A returned to me. 1 have wanted cer- tain of them many time have wanted to quote from them, or I have needed them for purposes of verification, and, forgetting that had loaned them out, l have lost much valuable time in hunting for them. l suppose they will never be brought back to me.
 I need one of the books now It is but a small one and not of any great value. But there is description in if that l need. I shall have to rely upon my memory l refer to Jerome K. Jerome s little story of Two Men in a Boat, to Say Nothing of the Dog" The story re- lates that the men cto say nothing or the dog0 were arranging for q trip up the Thames They were 10 be gone for quite time. They, therefore, began to stock the boat. They piled in it all manner of things to eat and to drink. Several days were required to stow away their purchases, and when they had placed them on board 1t was seen that they had too great load for the size of the boat.
 They, therefore began to unload. They concluded that only a. few things were actually necessary, any way; and instead of carrying a ship load if provisions. a very small space would hold all the things that would be necessary for their trip. And. SO they made their journey.
 This little incident contains much of the truth of life. We all are trying to carry too much things up the stream of time We load our boats with all manner of things which we shall not need; we fret and fume that we sail so heavily and