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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-09-09
REvERAND BURTON PREACHING
SERIES OF SERMONS ON
cHRIsT's MIRACLES.
MANY MOVED TO REPENTANCE
Rev. Burton VIII Continue in Charge
Through Sunday When Rev. W. NJ.
Sullivan Will Arrive and Conduct
The Meeting Another Week.

Rev. M S. Burton, who Is holding
the revival at the Broad Street Metho-
dist church preached a great sermon
last night. Despite the inclement
weather, a large crowd was present
Mr.. Burton is delivering series of
sermons on the Miracles of Christ"
and on Thursday night preached to
probably the largest crowd since the
beginning Of the meeting. He took his
text from the First Chapter of Luke,
and handled his subject in an admir-
able manner. Last night the subject
of his sermon was, Christ Seeking
Sinners" or the "Soul Fight" Taking
his text from John 4;4, THAT he needs
must pass through Samaria" The
speaker explained that in that day
there were two roads from Jerusa-
leum, one to Galilee was used exclus-
lively by the orthodox Jew and the otn-
er was called the commercial Tosf,-
and was used by Christ and His de-
ciples. On the way to Galilee Christ
came upon the woman at the well, and
made her the offer of salvation. She
accepted and told the people what she
had done they show their humanity
in Questioning her about being with
the Christ. Mr.. Burton explained the
, subject in making his hearers see the
way to help save souls, saying that
the only method of saving souls after
all is through one another. If we
fail to lend helping hand, and criti-
else the sinner instead, we throttle
the plan of the Father He closed
with strong appeal to christians to
do the Masters work in lifting and
following God, saying that all souls
had the same value in the eyes Of
God.
At the conclusion many earnest ap-
peals were made for prayer The
meeting will continue through next
week. Mr.. Burton, however, will leave
Monday for his home at Gulfport, and
Rev. w NJ. Sullivan of the Centenary
, church. McComb City. will have
, charge of the meetings He is well
o known here. and was formerly pastor
p of the Court Street Methodist church
4 Rev. Joe Thompson. has given two
lectures to the children at this
: church: one of which was illustrated
and proved to be a delightful treat
"The Little Boy With the Fishes.
On Sunday there will be services a
11:00 a. m. and at 1880 p. m. Witt
mems meeting at 400 p. m, led b,
, Rev. Mr.. Thompson.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-09-09

Rev. Jos. Piani, who filled the pulpit
at the First Baptist church on last
Sunday will lecture there on next
Tuesday evening, giving an account OF
his conversion to the Baptist Faith.
Rev. Jos. Piani was formerly Cath
olic Priest, and it was while acting as
a Missionary in Brazil that he became
a Baptist. ARfter his conversion he
took the full four years course OF
study at the Baptist Theological Sem
mary at Louisville. When one stops
to consider the vast amount of study
and research that "A student for the
priesthood must do, and the addition
al work that the school at Louisville
requires, it can easily be seen what
a wonderful storehouse OF knowledge
Mr.. Piani brings to his work, He Is
brilliant man. pleasing, convinc-
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-09-09
HARDY COX HAS
ACHIEVED MUCH
sky-scraper Home For Gulf Coast
Life Insurance Company His
Next Effort.
Special to The Ne,0s.


Gulfport, Miss, Sept. 9.-When Mr..
D. Hardy Cox, now of Gulfport, Miss,
came from the far west and located
on the Gulf Coast, even with his past
achievements, which is second to none
in the Western world, in the line of
establishing upon solid basis, sub
stantial local Life Insurance Compan-
les to keep the enormous profits in
this line at home, the most brilliant
dreams Of citizens of Mississippi never
guessed that such results would be
obtained. But big surprise awaits
the careful investor, and investigator
Of facts. Mr.. Cox has so earnestly de-
voted his attention to the cause of the
Gulf Coast Life that the greatest sue
cess of all successes has resulted
from his untiring efforts, and now the
plans of the proposed Gulf Coast Life
building are under consideration to
give Gulfport her first sky-scraper Of
flee building, and as the results of
the success of a Mississippi enterprise.
(Continued on page eight
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-09-09
HISTORICAL SKETCH
OF new STATES
interesting Recital Of Requirement
And Organization of Arizona
And Mexico.


Special TO The Netos
Houston, Tex, Sept. 9.-The admis-
sion of the territories of New Mexico
and Arizona to statehood brings into
the Union all the vast territory of the
great Southwest, which from the
Louisiana line west to the California
boundry embraces a strip which pre-
sents the great opportunities of the
present age.
Made a territory thirteen years
earlier than Arizona, New Mexico be-
comes the 47th state, while Arizona
will constitute the 48th. At one time
Arizona formed a part Of New Mexi-
co, but by the treaty of Guadalupe
Hidalgo in 1S4S the section north of
the Gila river was ceded to the United
States by the Mexicans, while the
district south of the river came into
the possession of the government
through the Gadsden purchase, ap
proved in 1854.
The discovery and the opening oi
The rich mining fields in that territory
followed and the country began to be
settled by the Americans.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-09-09

With an increase in deposits OF
S124,OOO and an increase in cash OF
ss2, 900 over the same period one year
ago, the Citizens Bank has every rea-
son to feel proud of the statement it
presents to the public in this issue OF
The News. There are other good fea-
lures to the statement and other in
provements within the year, One is
that while year ago there were &c.,
600 in bills payable, today the state
ment does not contain one dollar in
the bills payable column. This bank
is and has been doing much good
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-09-09
Monroe Tate Shoots
Green Seals at Picayune

and delivered the gun to Tate, who
went back into the train and fired
one shot into the body of Seals, the
load striking him in the fieshy part
of the leg and ranging downward to
his foot.
Seals is painfully wounded but Is
not though to be fatally shot. Tate
returned to Picayune this morning
and is being given a preliminary hear
ing today.
The trouble between the two families
dates back several years and one
member each Of the factions has been
killed by member of the other. Both
parties to last nights trouble are well
known, and known to be fearless and
even desperate when occasion arises
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-09-09
ELECTION CONTEST
in COPIAH COUNTY
Race For County Attorney Results
in Charge Of
Fraud.
Special to The Net0s.

Special to The Net0s.
jackson, Miss, Sept. 9.--A meeting
of the Copiah county Democratic exc
cutive committee has been called to as
semble at Hazlehurst on next Thurs
day for the purpose of considering the
petition of L. w. Bowie, candidate for
county attorney in the primary on
Aug. 22nd for a recount of the vote.
This is the only contest thus far
filed as a result of the primaries, barr
ing only the Mullette-EllZey controver-
sy for floater representative in this
county.
Bowie bases his petition for recount
on alleged irregularities in the count
at Jack precinct, afterwards recounted
by the executive committee. He
charges that in recounting the vote at
the precinct in question the commit
tee gave him only 81 votes. and Is for
his opponent, George Wade, when in
fact the count was 2S for Bowie and
IA for Wade, and thus he was defraud
ed of the nomination by majority o.
only one vote.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-09-09

q Pekin, Sept. 9.-Only measre re
ports, have reached the capital from
the walled towns in the region OF the
Yang Use Kiang valley where the
floods have hemmad in the mlssionar-
les and other foreigners. The report
received by the American mission az
WI Hu, estimating that 100000 per-
sons have been drowned, has not yet
b verified, but every account con-
,e the great extent of the disaster.
Travellers arriving by steamboat at
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-09-09
MRS. TRoTTER RETURNS
FROM THREE DAYS MEETING.

Mrs. I. P. Trotter returned yester-
day from Magee. where she has been
in attendance at the meeting Of the
Pearl River Baptist Association. The
meeting commenced on Monday, last
ing three days. Wednesday was La
dies day. and there were one hundred
delegates present, quite number OF
women when it is realized, that most
of these came from places in remote
sections of the country some OF them
driving through the country for thirty
miles Magee is located six miles
from Columbia. Mrs. Trotter states
that the. roads were in excellent con-
dition, and that the convention was
a most decided success.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-09-09
Citizens Bank Statement
Shous Nice Increase

work in the way of aiding to develop
the resources and industries of the
community, but especially has it done
good work in the matter of encourag-
ing and fostering the saving habit
and the saving-account habit, and this
is impressed in season and out on the
people. with manifest increase in
the number and size of the savings
accounts of the bank. Hattiesburg is
fortunate in her banks and in their
management. and il is difficult to see
what change for the better could be
made in The Citizens
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-09-09
100000 Chinese Drowned
By Heauy OOer-Flow

Hankow from the upper reaches of the
river, report many cofiins of a huge
Chinese type were encountered float
ing in the Yang Use Kiang, which in
dicates that the waters are robblng
the graves of former years,
From Chang Teh, in the province of
Human, comes word that the recedlng
water is being followed by pestilence.
That district hardly contains a sur
vivor who has not been affected by
the scourage and many are dying.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-09-09

Jackson. Miss, Sept. 9.-Commis-
sioner II. e. Blakeslee of the depart
ment of agriculture and commerce,
estiamtes that Mississippi's corn
crop is going to be considerably
less than million and quarter bales.
In discussing conditions he says:
"Too much water, together with ov'
erflows in some sections, has been gen
eral throughout the state, ard the
damage from this source alone mas
been of considerable magnitude. Ths
damage from boil worm has become
general. in many sections damage
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-09-09
Less Than Million Bales
Says H. E. Blakeslee

from this exceeding the boil weeEil.
The long wet spell has allowed the
weevil to multiply rapidly, and to
overcome the good effects of the ear
ly dry hot weather that promised to
reduce the damage from this source
to a minimum.
Joining the campaign inaugurated
by Commissioner T. G. Hudson, OF
Georgia, and other officials in the cot
ton section, thoroughly deprecate
the advance estimates given out on a
crop that is subject to so many dam
aging influences until it is gathered.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-09-09
THE MARKETS.
lBu Associated Press.l

Chicago. Sept. 9.-Wheat firm, one
eighth to five-eighths higher. Pro-
visions stronger, unchanged to five
cents higher.
New Orleans, Sept. 9.-Cotton clos
ed steady. eight to eleven points
down.
New York, Sept. 9.-All grades re-
fined sugar were advanced ten cents
per one hundred pounds today
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-09-09
Lecture Tuesday Night
By ReU. Joseph Pianu

ing and magnetic speaker, and those
who fail to hear him next Tuesday
night will miss treat.
There will be no charge for the lee
ture, and all are cordially invited to
attend.
Mr.. Piani and Rev. Gaines Hightow-
er are assisting in a meeting at Nor
ton this week.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-09-09
ns associated Press,)

Newport, r. l., Sept. 9.-Col. John
Jacob Astor and Miss Madeline Force
were married this morning at Beech
wood the summer home of Col. Astor
in Newport by Rev. Joseph Lambert,
of Elmwood Temple. of Providence,
R. I. William Force, of New YORK
the brides father. gave her away.
Col. and Mrs. Astor sailed immedi
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-09-09

Chesterfield Court House, Va, Sept
o.-"GuiIty of murder in the first de
gree" was the verdict rendered last
night against Henry Clay Beattie, Jr.,
charged with the murder of his wife
on July ts. Judge Watson passed SEN
tence of deaUl on the prisoner, fixing
November "a as the date of the exc
cution. The defense was granted
time to file petition for a writ Of
error to the State Court of Appeals.
Prosecutor Wendenberg, who had
the closing argument before the jury,
concluded his address Of more than
two hours at Sis p m.
The jury after brief walk around
the grounds entered the jury room at
52s p. m. At 6:26 p. m. they an
nounced a verdict of guilty Of mur-
der" The court pointed out that it
WAS necessary for the jury to state
the degree of guilt, as under the Vir-
J gina law every murder is presumed
to be in the second degree unless 9TH
erwise specified. The jury again re-
tired and after being out about nine
minutes returned with a verdict Of
murder in the first degree"
Defense Motion Overruled.
The defense moved to set aside the
verdict and the court overruled the
motion. saying questions Of law die
not enter materially in the jury's de
cision. The defense then asked for 81
days in which to file petition for /
writ of error to the State Supreme
Court of Appeals.
Prosecutor Wenderberg objected Il
what he termed the unnecessary della
in the administration of justice in thi
case
, Mr.. Carter declared the defense q
ready had been forced TO an carl
trial.
Meanwhile Henry c. Beattie. 81
had his arm around the prisoner an
> they We're engaged in earnest oonve
: sation.
r. Mr.. Wendenberg read a section
Z Continued on Page Eight)
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-09-09
SCHOOL OPENS At
RlcHToN MONDAY.

Richtoo. Miss. Sept 9.-Prof. S. Il
Stringer and his corps Of teachers are
on the ground and everything is IN
readiness for the opening of the high
school here next Monday. An attrac-
tive program has been arragned TOR
the opening exercises. Rev. L
Gates. of Laurel, Miss, will preach
the opening sermon. The handsome
new brick school building will be ac-
cepted for the first time.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-09-09
FAMOUS WIFE-MURDER TRIAL
CLOSES AMID DRAMATIC
SURROUNDINGS
PRISONER DECLARES INNOCENCE
Says He Was Judged More BY His
lndiscretions Than BY the Testi-
mony Directly Relating to the Muir
der. Verdict Meets Public Approval.
(Bu Associated PreSs.l

Chesterfield, Sept 9.-Somewhat
hopeful, yet sorrow bent, Henry Clay
Beattie, the elder, today visited his
condemned son in Chesterfield county
Jail today. The sallow, wrinkled face
of the father stared vacantly into the
morning sunlight as he uttered pray
er that his sons life might be saved.
There is much sympathy for the pris-
oner's aged father, but little for the
worldly, reckless youth, who is con-
demned to be electrocuted for murder
ing his wife. Public telling over the
crime still runs high here and in
Richmond, Beattie's home. The ver-
dict was not surprise to these COM
munities.
Declaring Beulah Binford a girl
from whom he vainly tried to detach
himself, and with the direct imputa-
ton that the jury judged him more
for his indiscretions than the TRACE
dy itself, said young Beattie "Beulah
Binford figured more largely in the
verdict than did the testi
mony Of the killing. These
country folk cannot understand
| how a woman of the underworld car
be crazy about man. They dom
know when that happens how hard i
is to get rid of her. Had this cast
been tried where these things are no
uncommon, this morning | would b.
free. have not given UP hope be
cause I cannot feel that an innocen
man will be permitted to suffer TO
this hideous crime"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-09-09
IRENE CHAPEL NElGHBORHOOD
FURNISH SOME LIVELY
DOiNGS.
TWO WOMEN FOUND GUILTY
Charges of Assault and Battery, and
Disturbing Public Worship. Entire
Neighborhood Aroused and More
Trouble May Follow.

The Irene Chapel neighborhood. Just
to the south of town, is furnishing
some lively times and difficulties
these days and Judge Bottoms court is
being worked overtime to settle the
existing between several of the fami-
lies and have been for sometime past,
while difficulties OF some nature are
no uncommon occurrences.
Last Sunday night while services
were in progress at the little Chapel
a fight took place between some of the
lady folks and the whole Of yesterday
was devoted to hearing the case be-
fore Judge Bolton. Mrs. Lock mace
affidavit charging John Mcbride, Mrs.
LOWE Mcbride and Mrs. Cora EXtine
with assault and battery on her per
son. These cases were heard yester-
day forenoon, Mrs. Mcbride pleading
guilty to charge, Mrs. Extine was tried
before a jury and found guilty, and
John Mcbride was discharged The
same parties were tried yesterday af-
ternoon on a charge of disturbing pub
lie worship. and after examining soma
twenty witnesses the jury found the
two ladies guilty and discharged John
Mcbride. The testimony was vew
conflicting. according to the facdonal
leanings of the witnesses Some We're
badly disturbed by the fight on the
outside of the church, by the folks
chasing in and out during the disturb
ance. while others We're not IN the
least bothered saying it was nothing
unusual for considerable confusion to
mark services down there, and one
witness testified nothing could dis
turb him. but he could see that others
were.
This particular disturbance was
brought about when Mrs. Lock. it was
testified. left the church with another
lady during the early part of the ser
vice and was sitting on the bacs
steps of the church, when the othei
two ladies emerged from the church
\ approached Mrs. Lock and after few
y words of parleying. the fight began.
Next week sometime another chap
ter of the same trouble will be hear.
in court. Mrs. Everett and Mrs. Loci
will be tried charged with cursin'
and disturbing the peace Of Mrs
Byrds family. After services Sunda!
night when the congregation had gon
home, it seems the trouble was re
newed with other members of tn
families being drawn into it, the PAL
ties to the last disturbance living JUS
across the street from each other, an
it was with difficulty the men folk
kent the women folks apart, the la
ter being very anxious to mix it. In
participants did manage it is told I
chunk Tom Walker" or Silk acros
the fence a time or two at the enem!
Int with little damage, except on
pass disabled the gate
Officers Riley and Tucker we're cal
ed tn the feud neighborhood' TN
morning to quell a general row el
gaged in by the women folks, ana
look. like the trouble will keep u
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-09-09
BIG DIRlGlBLE MAKES
A SPLENDID JOURNEY.

Berlin. Germany, Sept. 9.-The Yep
,plin dirigible balloon Schwaben with
six passengers arrived over Berlin
this morning, completing the $50 mile
journey from Baden Baden. The big
airship circled Berlin and then landed
at Pottsdam.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-09-09

Frank o. Croy, State Commander OF
the Macabees in Alabama and Missis-
sippi. was here yesterday, and will re-
turn Monday in the interest of Hat
tiesburg Camp. winch is in an enthus-
iastic and thriving condition.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-09-09
Minister at Last Found
For Astor-Force Wedding

ately on his private yacht, Mona.
Their destination is not known. a
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-02-02
FOOD 4 la TABLOID
New First-Aid- to-the- Hungry Ra,
ton for Army.
fwenty-Four Hours Meals All Packed
In a Can About the Size of
a Cake of Kitchen
Soap.

Washington.-A half pound of grub
D day for hard-worked soldier sweat
ing in the trenchesi Dinner, two and
two-thirds ounces after a forced
march. when he is footsore and
weary TWenty-four hours meals,
all packed snugly In tiny can, about
as big as Bridgets slab of kitchen
soap!
Such is the invention Of Gen. Henry
G. Sharpe, commissary general OF
Uncle Sans army-the busy officer
who thrice daily feds the $4,000 hun
cry mouths of our soldier boys
He IL the first inventor you ever
heard of who hopes that there will
never be any demand for the prize
fruit of his genius. And this Is be-
cause this invention Is an emergency
ration" whose use would mean, in the
FIRST place, war-which General Sher-
man rightly defined as "hell'-and, in
the second place, an unfortunate emer-
gency of war resulting from cutting
OF Of the supplies of an army in the
field
The sky-blue can, which holds an
emergency breakfast, dinner and sup
per, all within it's tiny shell, Is four
and three-Quarters inches long, less
than three inches broad, and an inch
and a quarter thick You can wear
one in your hip pocket without
arousing the least suspicion that you
are bearing refreshments less proper
and polite
War breaks out, say, with the Japs,
the Germans, or the bloomin' British,
Each Yankee brave in khaki has one OF
these can Of first-aid-to-the-empty
dropped into his haversack, where II
keeps fresh for months, and where II
must be regularly accounted for at in
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-02-02

The next day a man appeared from
the telephone Office.
81 have come to see what makes
your telephone bell ring most of the
time" he remarked.
But none Of the family could en-
tighten him, and he saw nothing about
it which was out of order.
The next day he came again, took
the telephone entirely to pieces, ex-
amined the full length of the wire.
Still, he could find nothing amiss, and
still at the central Office the little
flame kept burning in the niche dedi-
Gated to this particular family. This
indicated that their bell was ringing.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-02-02

At last it occurred to the authori-
ties to examine a little box, of about
the size Of an ordinary suit case,
which was nailed up against a large
tree close by the house.
In this box several telephone wires
converged. It was sort of neigh
borhood switchboard.
What was the surprise of the tele-
phone men to find this box nearly
filed with nuts. They took out three
peach baskets full. each one holding
at least two quarts.
Rioting among the nuts were the
youthful members of promising
squirrel family-Christian Herald.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-02-02
What We Did for Mexico.

New Orleans, lathe mosquitoes
of Yucatan are the largest in the
world and 10 times more voracious
than even the Jersey mosquito. I'm.
til few years ago they were un-
Known in Mexico, but were brought
hire by ships from the United States
AL have rrospered to an alarming
e34nt IN the land of their adoption