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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-02-25
THEIR BODIES WERE RlDDLGD
WITH BULLETS-BOTH
MURDERERS.
A PISTOL DUEL WAS FOUGHT
Conductor Thompson Killed by One OF
the Negroes Near Camak,
Georgia.
(By Associated PreSS.)

Augusta, Ca, Feb. 25.-Bob Jones,
the negro who shot and killed Conduc-
tor Thompson, at ,Camak, Ca, yester-
day, was taken from the Warrenton
Jail by a mob during the night and
carried to the edge of town and strung
up. His body was riddled with bull
let's. John Veazey, another negro in
the Jail charged with killing c. E. Tar
ham. was lynched in the same manner
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-02-25
MERCHANTS GROCERY COMPANY
HAS ADDITIONAL FLOOR
SPACE OF $500 FEET
SEVERAL new LINES WERE ADDED
Fine Brick Stables Are Being Built in
the Rear of the Main
Building.

A handsome new addition just COM
pleted by the Merchants Grocery COM
pany, and giving them additional floor
space of $500 feet, means greater ia
cilities and greater business for this
hustling company. In addition, the
company is having erected at the rear
of their store a modern brick stable
that will enable them to properly take
care of their drays and wagons for six
draft horses.
The Merchants Grocery Company
opened the year with determination
to better serve their customers in the
future than they had even done in the
past, and to make the year 1911 the
banner year in the firms history. 1t
was decided to give greater attention
to the wholesale fruit and produce
business, and to this end additional
salesroom and warehouse room was
needed, so the new addition was at
once started. The stock of fruit and
produce is already large, and every
day ney carload shipments are being
t received, and this department prom
= ises to be one of the largest of it's
= kind in the state.
: Under present facilities, the Mer-
j chants Grocery Company is the best
: equipped and is more satisfactorily
7 located for the easy handling of freight
than any wholesale grocery in Missis-
c sippi. On one side of the immense
2 building are the leading tracks where
/ eleven cars can be loaded or unloaded
e at the same time. On the other side
IL of the building is the long wagon shed
and platform where the city trade and
n the lesser than carload lots are han
h died. The Merchants Grocery Com
IL pany has just put in stock some pri
'e vate brands of coffee and -four, which
they are able to recommend to the
public and which will be extensively
advertised.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-02-25
LUMBER COMP ANY
To RUN At night

Virgins, Miss, Feb. 25.-The Fink
bine Lumber Company of this place
it is understood, will begin running
their sawmill at night as well as dur
ing the day, in the near future.
The mill has been shut down at
night for about four months.
Basket Ball Game.
The basket ball team here, which is
made up of school boys, is expecting
the school team from Hattiesburg here
today to play a match game tonight.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-02-25
new SALVATION ARMY
/. WORKER HAS ARRIVED

Lieutenant Elmer f. Hauseal, OF
Vickshurg, Miss, has been appointed
to assist Captain China in the work OF
the Salvation Army in this city. Lieu
tenant Hauseal will conduct a wei
come salvation meeting in Newman
Chapel Sunday night, February 26th,
at 1870 O'Clock. The public is cor
daily invited to attend
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-02-25
NORRIS RESOLUTION TO
BE FAVoRABLY REPORTED.

Washington, Feb. 25.-The House
committee on judiciary has ordered
favorably reported the Norris resolu-
ton, instructing the Attorney General
TO send the House any information he
has regarding the alleged monopoly of
the coffee trade. The committee
amended the bill by emitting the ref
erence to Brazil. saSs
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-02-25
FIRE THIS AFTERNOON.

being close this afternoon the fire
department responded to a call beyond
the Hattiesburg Hospital. The fire
proved to be grass burning to the rear
of the South Mississippi College.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-02-25
PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTMENTS.

Washington, Feb. 25.-7President
Taft has sent to the Senate among 9th
er nominations the following: John
A. Wogan, assistant treasurer of the
United States at New Orleans and
Charles Herbert. collector of customs
New Orleans.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-02-25
SMALL FIRE LAST NIGHT.

A portion of one of the sections of
the old creosote factory building on
Curry street, was destroyed by fire
last night about 1890 o'clock. The
plant has not been in operations tor
several years. and the origin of the
FIRE Is not known.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-02-25
HARMON ENDORSED
BY TEXAS Legislature
(By Associated PreSs.)

Austin, Tex, Feb. 25.-Receding
from its former refusal to endorse
him. the house of representatives to-
day adopted a resolution in which Gov
ernor Judson Harmon, of Ohio, is re.
ferred to as the Democratic leader in
the next presidential campaign,
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-02-25

whosoever has lived long enough 90
find out what life is knows how deep
debt of gratitude we owe to Adaia'|
the first great beneficiary OF our race
He brought death into the world.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-02-25
DON'T LET THEM
KILL ME-" said
negro ARRESTED
BOB BENNETT ARRESTED HERE
WANTED FOR SHOOTING A
WHITE MAN.
HAD LARGE PISTOL ON PERSUN
Sheriff Rouse of Pearl River County
Says the Negro is Badly
Wanted.
HAD LARGE PISTOL ON PERSON

Bob Bennett, big yellow negro ar
rested by Constable r. Riley about
a week ago, is said to be wanted III
Poplarville, Miss, on the charge Oh
shooting a white man recently.
Bennett gave his name as George
Gordon when arrested, and virtually
confessed his guilt at once lie
asked Mr.. Riley in an excited manner
what he was arrested for, and before
a reply could be made said: Don't
let them kill me- Later Bennett con-
fessed to having shot white man IN
Pearl River county in the face, and
having run away and come to Hatties-
burg. He said he didn't know whether
the man he shot died or not.
Constable Riley arrested Bennett on
a charge of carrying a concealed pistol
and on examination found a 3S Smith
& Wesson special on his person.
A message was received by Mr.. Ri
ley from Sheriff H. X. Rouse, of Pear
River county, this morning, in whicl
the sheriff said:
Badly Wanted.
81 want him (Bennett) bad. Pleas
hold him FOR mo until | come Their
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-02-25
EUGENE WILLIAMS
FINED $50 AND COST,

s.Eugene Williams, colored, was fined
$50 and cost in two cases against him,
by Justices.. w. Bolton this morning.
Hflliarns istcharged with petit lar
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-02-25
THE MARKETS.
(By Associated Press.)

Chicago, Feb. 25.--Wheat weak, is
to S-S down. Provisions easy, ~ to
7 1-2 cents lower.
New Orleans, Feb. 25.--Cotton
steady, net advance Z to 9 points.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-02-25
Badly Wanted.

81 want him (Bennett) bad. Please
hold him for me until | come. There
is no danger of his being lynched, but
your Jail is good and mine is not. So
please hold him till | come for him. -
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-02-25
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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-02-18

through Northwest Canada into the
Arctic Ocean He has the honor OF
being the only prospector who ira
versed the river from one end 10 the
other He lived with the Esquimaux
and learned their mode Of life. which
he adopted in his further search for
gold in the Arctic Being unsuceess-
ful he decided To go TO Siberia TO Try
his luck there Most men would have
gone down the west coast to some
seaport from whence steamboat
could be taken 10 the other side OF
the Pacific. but mol Dix Morgan Al
ways unconventional and ever in
search Of new excitement he decided
to cross from the American Continent
to ASIA IN his own way reversing The
Journey OF the Mongols who crossed
from Asia to America IN the distant
ages He iourneyed across Alaska be
hind dogs IN three hole hiadoekic
lashed to 4 slcdge, il The depth oi tho
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-02-18

ship lurched this way and that under
the strain Whether was trembling
or the ship, could not say, but the
iron beams around me seemed to have
ague From time to time heard the
signal gong clashing its orders above
the terrible din. | was watching the
chief who was on the floor of the
engine room. He listened at tube
and pointed to me and then waved
his hand upwards knew was
wanted on deck
up the iron ladders went like
soul escaping from he'll. and minute
later was between decks, in the
fresh air and the binding daylight.
| could not see. so sudden was the
light change, but | tried to walk to
the bridge. trod on something soft,
living. and spraug back into some
greasy substance and slipped on the
deck. The shattering boom, the rattle
Of shot on the ships side, the screech
Of big shells as they tried to grind
into the ships vitsls. and the thun-
der thumps OF our own guns that
hurled defiance at the enemy added
to my temporary blindness. and for a
few seconds rendered me incapable
Of thought ! clung to the deck and
waited for my eyes to adjust them
selves to the light In a few moments
! cot used to my surroundings and
saw around me horrible scene Of
es-1agc that would sieken me in tie
telling
81 decided TO find out .rhy was
wanted and so | made my way over
the dead bodies and blood-greasy
decks to the top deck When | got
the-e some tgea:y 5ye japanese off
GERS and men. and a couple OF Eur
opeans were watching the progress OF
the battle.
Already the Chinese ships were in
distress Mos oi their shots were
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-02-18

"Where ii isr asked the chief
auxiously
81 threw the coat on top of the cylin-
der to protect me from the heat and
the chief followed my example. |
then sprang over the rail and kneeling
over the hot plates listened A mo-
ment later | knew that the danger was
external and in another. located in
the packing box a bolt whose nut
had about sixty-second OF an inch
play A few minutes work with a
spanner rectihed matters and the Jap
anese engineers smiled. and were
thanking me when a muffed thud, fol-
lowing j signal to slow down, shook
the ship Again the thud and then a
mighty boom The japanese in the
engine room could restrain their feel
ings no longer. and they cried to
each other. it seemed to me. in the
JOY Of battle Their eyes glistened
and their teeth shone white in their
.grimy faces. but they themselves and
Others clung to the iron work like
mad apes, laughing
"Crashl Crashl Crashl came from
the iron walls OF the ship as she
slightly reeIed Every moment ex-
pected shell to come screeching,
splintering, crashing. blazing through
the ships side. scattering death and
destruction The din Of the patter.
ing shot. the vibration OF the striking
shells and the recoi OF our own guns
drove me dizzy as the huge battle
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-02-18

see It ONT Id give two hundred ven
a day to see the burned fight any
how" So he remained with the aeet
and went into action with II al the
battle Of lslu Before aaj during
the lighting he was called from ship
10 ship to look over the various me
caanical devices that make the mod
crn marine lighting machine. for at
that time the japanese were ID their
infancy as iar as naval matters were
concerned, and they needed consid-
cradle help
Morgan was in the engine room o.
the No,nrra when the eaeaine shot
81 the historic battle Was Cred Here
IS bis own description 81 what it
means to be in the bowels Of q Battle
shin il action
we were in full yiew Of the Chi
ncse fleet which we could see iarough
uaF glasses @a, clearing f.r t..a
The guns 80 'Ae enemys iurrets were
changing their angles aud expected
any minuie to see the death dealing
shells come soreeching from ,he
threassaiag mugzles. Our Qwa srsii
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-02-18

we're preparing for the fray Signals
were flashed from ship to ship The
guuners stripped themselves naked.
necessary condition Tor in explosions
the canvas aud other material Of
clothing is likely to be blown into the
flesh. thus causing injection The
Japanese were maneuvering to a good
position favorable fol tie delivery Of
a broadside when some sharp signals
came up from the engine room They
were translated to me in moment
by japanese officer and | went fly.
ing down the narrow ringing iron
steps with the agility OF gorilla
Standing on the iron grating around
the cylinders, with their mighty
plunging piston rods, we're the lap.
ancse engineers, holding a rapid con.
versation The ships engines were
throbbine like the heart OF some
mighty monster IN the excitement Of
an approaching death duel The in.
animate things around US seemed to
take on the spirit Of battle The cleo
trio lights aickered nervously. and the
oilers with their long spouted cans
and smoky lamps sprang from bear
ing to bearing like agitated monkeys
Orders we're shouted above the hiss
ing al the steam and the rythmic
groans Of the living machinery
Greasy brown faces with beady glis-
ienine eyes shown from the dark
places around the hot engines Smoke
rose from The oil wicAs and clogged
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-02-18


he air with SCOT na' invaded the
lungs that 'abored for their lie
draugnt IN .ht aellish temperature A
peculiar muscular strain OF the sup
pressed excitement OF intense expect
srcy was IN every face There. in
the burning, steaming iron prison
with guns above them, mighty roar
ing boilers under terrlhc pressure,
magazines packed 10 the top with
deadly explosives all around them, and
dangerous electric cables clingiag like
slaes 70 the steel walls above. stood
the lnt'e warriors oi the engine room,
unseen by their enemy and seeing him
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-02-18

Arctic winter. and crossed the Behr-
ing Strait from Cape Prince OF Wales
To East Cape on the Asiatic side In
this journey he was accompanied by
two Of those Arabs of the desert ice,
the EsQuimauN When they were on
ice The siedge was used. HE biadockie
acting like the body of am automobile.
When water was reached the dogs
were put iasidt The biaiockie which
was slid into the water and padded
b The Esquimaax 10 the next ice,
the sledge hanging underneath
In eighteen hours the journey from
The American conanen, to the Asiaiio
was made, and then The search Tor the
precious yellow metal was continued
While i, was still cold and the ice
Vas thick. and the ground too frozen
70 be worked. Morgan iourueyed from
ont tribe TO the otler in search Tor
evidences OF gold or silver and when
tie summer suns metttc the snow be
prospected all the likely country. bat
70 no avail. the search proved fruit
less besides eating up an enormous
amount Of money Morgan decided
ts return to his home in the United
States.
He was in Shanghai on his road
home, when re wss engaged - +
European syndicate to make survey
fsr proposed Trans-Asiatic railway.
and he has the honor Of making the
hrst survey for railroad north Of the
Arctic Circle
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-02-20

should sec the high calling now ex-
tended to the faithful. sanity few and
should sit down and count the cost
before undertaking so great n contract
as TO become members of that Royal
Priesthood.
If they do not accept this. the only
call now extended. they should have
in mind that there * general Law of
Retribution operating expressed IN the
terms, Whatsoever man soweth,
that shall he also reap" They should
understand clearly that every thought
and word and act of theirs will have
TO do with their future conduct and
affect them more ar less favoraby in
the resurrection. when Aessiah's King
dom will provide 10 every man Il full.
gracious opportunity of Restitution 10
human perfection In n worldwide
Eden
10 the Kingdom OF Messiah belongs
the promise, righteousness cXalteth
nation His viii he reign Of
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-02-20

kind fall asleep with experiences only
with unrightcousness and very indis-
tlnct glimpses of holiness and saint
ship When awakened they will rec
ognize the glory, honor and immortal
ity of the sanity Bride of Christ and
be recipients OF her loving care and
blessing, in proportion as they respond
to the blessed privileges Of that time.
AS the Restitution work will progress,
and they obediently rise from their
degradation. their shame and contempt
win gradually disappear. and eventual
ly perfection of human nature may be
attained I'm an earth also attaining per-
fection, as the Garden of the Lord.
Error Losing It's Power.
Intelligent people no longer believe
the God dishonorihg doctrine Of eter-
nal torture, nor even the doctrine Of
purgatorial suffering Having lost
these. they are doubling every reli-
gious teaching. What they need to see
Is the Bihle's presentations They
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-02-20

righteousness. and. by Drvine dlrectloa.
will have control of the whole world
for the uplifting OF all mankind Re
deemed by the precious blood Of Cal.
vary. At present. in every kingdom
under heaven we see exemplified the
latter part of our text, "Sln Is a dis
trace TO any peoplc"-to the whole
world. Let us accept the direction Of
rod's Word and set our faces toward
righteousness with greater zeal than
.ver-to attain Divine favor, either by
he "high calling" of this present time
or by the blessed Restitution times
soon to he ushered In tActs III. 1929.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-02-20

nristiauity to revive. II should begin
With Christians who have not yet losI
~ their flith In God and in tho Bible
These should become awakened 10 the
'act that spirituality and faith are NJ
I low Obj Their prayers should ms.
end 20 God. and their Bibles should be
tudied MS never before. They should
make use Of proscnt-day helps In then
Bible study and become fervcut and
'eyiyified Of spirit through II better un.
lerstanding of the Scriptures. They
must see that the Bible was not prop
arly represented I'm the crccds Of the
past; that it Is in direct opposition TO
many Of the doctrines Of the past
which have justly become repulslve to
Intelligent minds
When once they get the proper focus
IN Gods Word one passage illuminat.
ng another their faith in God and in
he Bible will become n living one,
moving one. aud, with this spirit, faith
nd works will come Christian zeal
cryency Of spirit ia the service Of the
Lord. With those IN turn viii come
t"tiviiics in helping one another. ac-
ivllicS in family worship. in Bible
las9es, in prayer and testimony meet
ngS, etc. Then. MS the Master said,
hey viii LET their Hight sbuc and the
worldly viii see aud be ICucn.cd by
hese living eplstles. knJwu and read
4 all I'll Corinthians III. -.
Most Important Points.
II is useless for any TO attempt 10
believe, or TO attempt 10 teach others
that God IS great. and just, and low
ing, Willie nj the same time teaching
hat He prepared. before the founda-
ton of the world. an immense torture
chamber i'm which thousands Of mil
lions would be forced TO spend eter-
nifty. How our fOrefathers could be.
lleve this and yet believe somehow or
other tlut God rs Love we do not un.
| derstand a. was their faith IN Gods
Love, aud not their faith in eternal
torment, which constituted The power
Of God working In them FOR good and
which offset the errors Of their creeds
to a large degree, But no one Of TO
day who Is at all awake can any long
er think Of worshlpplng Il God inferior
to himself A God unjust and unlov
ing, or unkind aud powerless. can NJ
longer be worshipped In spirit and IL
| Truth
| What the world needs. and whal
| FIRST Of all the Church needs. il 10 geI
d0ctrnally straight in respect to the
Almighty's character. and In respect &c
His purposes for His human crea
lures. As soon as that condition OI
mind shall have been reached there
win he no need 10 pray or ask for re
viyals OF religion they will follow ir
resistibly
But what do we see opposing any
such desirable denouement? We SRI
two hundred thousand Protestant min
lsters and Sunday School superintend
ents working against such desirable
results We see about two-thlrds o
them advocating Higher Crtcism-ln
fidelity ana One-thlrd Of them striyiA
to hold the people in ignorance respect
lug the teachings Of the Bible concern
ing mans future seeking, by lnfei
ence Mt ieast, 10 uphold the atrociou
doctrines OF dsvaA tViated upon Cod
'OeoDle by the great Adversary durlDI
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-02-20

the dark ages II IS sad picture.
Has it no silver lining;
The Clouds Silver Lining.
There are still sanity few in the
world who are not bowing their knee
10 Baal, not worshiping the golden
calf of mammou, not wandering, not
seeking TO prove that they are de-
sccndants Of monkeys, not seeking TO
figure God out of creation and to say
that nature is Cod In, this time,
when others are going into 'outer dark
ness. these children of God, feeding
upon His Word are being blessed aud
refreshed in spirit as never before. To
them Gods Word Is shining more
brightly as the days 20 by; the rough
places are becoming smooth and the
darl, places clear no them the glory
Of the Divine character Is being re-
vcalcd The secret of the Lord Is with
them. He Is showing them His Cove
nant and making them to understand
many of the deep things of His Word,
which the natural eye has not seen,
nor the natural ear heard. neither have
these things entered into the heart OF
the natural man-things which he hath
In reservation for them that love Him.
These are now seeing that the King
dom for which lie taught us to pray Is
not a myth; these are seeing that II
did not come at Pentecost, nor when
Papacy was established, nor with the
establishment Of any of the sects Of
Christendom. Consequently they are
now praying from the heart, "Thy
Kingdom come and waiting for the
glorious Messiah, promised TO begin
His great work Of blessing natural Is
rael and through Israel all the families
Of the earth (Acts Av, 14-17; Acts ILL.
1928.
These see that the Kingdom of Gods
dear Son Is TO he one of power and
great glory; that before 1t, In time
of trouble, every other religion and in
fluence will crumble to dust; that Satan
shall be bound, and for "A thousand
years the most blessed influences favor
able TO righteousness will be brought
| TO bear upon mankind.
Church and World Standards.
During the dark ages" the fact that
the Church Is a specially called. cho-
sen, faithful class (and only "a little
1ock'), was seen and preached TO some
extent, But this lofty Church stand
ard was difficult Of application to the
world. and the worlds hope. under a
different standard, was not seen. II
clarifies our minds greatly when we
recognize that the elect few are intend
ed by God to be the worlds instructors
and helpers by and by, when the world
will be granted an opportunity OF res
cue from sin aud denth-not TO heaven
ly conditions, but to earthly Restitu
tlon Of al that was lost by Adams
transgression and Redeemed by th'
Great Sacrifice OF Calvary Gohn Ill, 10
Isaiah xxxvl.
After learning that the hell TO whicl
The world goes in death Is the grave
aud that II is AN unconscious condi
ton, n sleep the next lesson Is tn
resurrection Of the dead-"Many tha
sleep IN the dust Of the earth shal
awake, 80 some TO. shame AM
. lasting contempt" panlel Ali, ~ Man
--~-=r~s----.-s.------s.-. ---- ---~- ~-~-As.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-02-20

OF China
breaking being made have the
o
Britain of her intention
Chnas Petersburg
will be forthwith the district ILL.,
lei
81 a
a punishment mill
decidedly
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