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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-11-28
SANTA CLAUS LETTERS.

AS has been the custom in past
years The News will publish letters
to Santa Claus this year. All letters
to the patron saint of the Christmas
season must be sent to this office
early in December as they will be
used ir our Christmas edition, which
comes from the press December 10th.
No letters reaching us later than
December 14th can be used, and to
insure publication 1t Is best for the
children to have their letters in the
first week in December.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-11-28
PRISONERS SENT
TO ATLANTA Pen
Two Notorious Characters Must
Serve Out Federal Sen
fences.
Special to The Nei0s.

Jackson Miss, Nov 2S.-The sec
ond batch of Federal prisoners, con-
victed at the last term of the United
States Circuit Court before Judge
Niles, will be taken to Atlanta, today.
The men are Edmund Brown, convict
ed for impersonating a pension Off
Ger of the government, and the other
is M. McMullen, a white man, convict
ed of selling liquor without a reve-
nue. license. Brown will serve three
years. McMullen got off with a COM
paratively light sentence of two years.
Deputies Fred Wilson,Jr., and Charles
s. Stephens will turn the convicts
over to the warden at Atlanta.
Both men have criminal histories,
McMullen having a shade on his COM
panion. lie has been arrested time
and again on charges of Illicit retail
J ing of liquor, and has paid heavy
penalties. He figured in one of the
most atrocious tragedies in the state
several years ago, leading mob that
! lynched negro who became crazed
drinking his whiskey because the
black skin murdered the woman with
whom McMullen lived as his wife. In
passing sentence on McMullen, Judge
Niles recalled to the prisoner the
part he played in the tragedy, and
read to him the severest lecture
heard in the Federal court since its
establishment. The negro went tc
McMullen for whiskey and the boot
logger gave him a note to Mrs. Nc
Mullen" After drinking his fill, the
negro became crazed, assaulted the
woman and then murdered her Nc
Mullen is said to have been the mar
who led the mob that took the darkey
from Jail and strung him up. The
= authorities could never get sufficien
= evidence aaginst him.
Brown has been in Atlanta before
evidence aaginst him.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-11-28
A TALE OF WOE.
The Tennessean:


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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-11-28

be represented by the Boston SYM
phony." In lighter cases it may be,
that Paylowa will be retained to as
sist the encouragement and Nile
Genee will make the kick for the de-
Tense. But the Supreme Court has al
ready been treated with too much dis
respect We apologize and desist'-
Metropolitan Magazine.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-11-28

The depopulation question is worry
ing French officials to great extent.
Statistics published to cover the first
six months of 1911 show an excess of
deaths over births Of 1929 The fig
ures are all the more discouraging
from the fact that in the same period
in 1910 the births exceeded the deaths
by 21,1S9.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-11-28

Columbia (Tenn Daily Herald there
thousand turkeys the value
nearly equal the Christmas trade and Judging
will this eighty thou
sand dollars The Herald % small compared
and there ducks and
geese also shipped considerable numbers which
will not fall far short Of quarter OF
Mississippi could
enough
for homo consumption Which show how sadly neglect
opportunities
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-11-28
NOTICE.

To The Taxpayers Of Forrest county:
The books are now open for the
collection of State and County taxes
for the year 1911. II not paid by the
18th of December 10 per cent damage
will be added.
J. C. Magruder,
Nov. 25-16t. Tax Collector.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-11-28
WHY IRELAND FAILED OF HAT.

Rome, Nov. 2S.-All of the new
cardinals created By the Pope are re-
ceiving numerous messages of felici.
tation from their associates and ad-
mirers, and most of them held audi
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-11-28

Damp cold days, says the weather
man. Get ysur feet in shape at DAV-
IDSON'S.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-11-28

courae
Read The News
busy and then what to give
give all
time can be school girl or
how a the keyboard behind the
little time
can be turned follow the lead The News suggests
Many people pass thing by not thinking about IT. not
consideration An
way to friends Christmas To brighten their
the columns where
tells about It; Of where the profit comes
gamble chance about
You do something according doing are you rewarded
street and the ~
the city Injustice to the
citizen dscredi the big Three who
and OF the general
public
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-11-28

You save time, money and annoy
ance by going direct to DAVlDSON'S
for shoes.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-11-28

Nov. 25-16t.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-11-17
CONGRESS
GIVEN new LIFE BLOOD

a committee of the whole was to meet
for the purpose of discussion only.
Chairman Sweetman, however, ruled
that the session was a regular meet
ing of the congress and that the mo-
ton to adopt the new bylaws was in
order When certain questions raised
concerning the payment of dues and
the time the new laws were to go into
effect were explained. those who op-
posed taking action at that time with
drew their objections and the measure
carried unanimously Mr. Powell, the
drafter of the new bylaws, declared
that he did not want to have the vote
cast if the announcement had been mis-
understood, but when speakers show
ed the delegates as a whole generally
were in favor of the changes provided.
all charges that star chamber ses-
sion" was being rushed were removed.
The new bylaws, which will go into
effect Immediately, do not change the
rules of procedure for the congress.
The only change in this session will be
the appointment of the secretary and
treasurer, who will be chosen by the
executive committee
These two offices hitherto have been
elective ones. The new plan provides
that a board of directors be composed
of three men from each state and terri
tory within the jurisdiction of the con-
gress. The terms of the first directors
will be for one, two and three years,
their successors being elected for
three-year terms, so that one man from
each state will retire each year. The
president and four vice presidents,
who will constitute the executive com
mittee, will be elected by the dele
gates.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-11-17
OKLAHOMA EDUCATIONAL
ASSOCIATION TO meet

the executive committee of the Ok
lahoma Educational Association met
in Oklahoma City few days ago ard
outlined the general plan of the meet
ing. The members of the committee
are Thos. w. Butcher, Enid, presi-
dent; w. T. DodsOn, Durant, vice pres
ident; M. l.. Perkins, Ada, chairman
executive committee, w. w. Cunning
ham, Shawnee, secretary-treasurer; l..
E. Christian, MeAlester, a. j. Lovett,
Blackwell The annual meeting will
be held in Oklahoma City on December
1923. Two years ago the meeting was
held at the same place on the above
date and was the largest meeting the
association has ever had. This years
meeting promises to break all records
for educational meetings in the entire
southwest The committee has secur-
ed some of the best talent to be had
in the United States and will give the
teachers of the state an educational
treat of high character Superintend-
ent Brandenburg of Oklahoma City at
tended the meeting of the committee
and assured the members of the coop
Grafton of the school board and the
commercial club of that city. The gem
eral sessions of the meeting will be
held in Convention Hall. The new
high school building and the churches
of the city will be thrown open for de-
partmental sessions. A reto of fare
and third for the round trip has been
secured on all railroads throughout the
state
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-11-17
RODGERS GIVES CAUSE OF
FALL AS ETHEREAL ASPHYXIA

Pasadena, Cal, Nov Ethereal
asphyxia, including a somni-pathetic
condition" is what Calbraith p. Rod
gers, transcontinental aviator, declares
attacked him when he fell near Comp
ton, Cal, last Sunday on the last flight
of his cross-country trip. Further
more, Rodgers asserts, this is what
caused the deaths of dozens of other
aviators.
1T turks in the pockets of the upper
air strata" he said yesterday, "and
creeps irresistibly upon the senses of
the aviator lulling him into dreamy
unconsciousness.
Il believe this same thing to have
caused the deaths of Arch Hoxsey,
Ralph tombstone, Eugene Ely and a
number of others who have fallen to
their death from great attitudes, after
having lost control of their craft.
1T was not in my case the rarified
air that overcame me. l have expert
enced hydrogen-acking air a dozen
times and it never affected me.
There was no sitting sensation, but
| did notice peculiar odor, not unlike
chloroform knew | was falling but
didn't lose consciousness till within a
few feet of the ground.
The sense of drowsiness was first
apparent shortly after l had passed
over a small town south of Pasadena.
was up 500 feet. tried to shake it
off, but it increased. The desire to
sleep was irresistible Then ! thought
the machine would take care of itself
There was no pain, no noise in my
ears. 1t was just sweet, soothing
feeling that ! wanted to go to sleep.
Somehow, | got a grip on myself
and started on long glide toward the
earth. The nearer the ground | got
the sleeper I became | remember
that | had righted my machine and
was looking for place to land, when
suddenly lost all consciousness. II
was the nthat | fell"
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-11-17
"The Travelling Salesman"

"The Travelling Salesman" by
James Forbes, author of THE Chorus
Lady" will be the offering Tuesday, No
vember 2S, at the Grand Theatre
The story of THE Travelling Sales
man" concerns Bob Blake, a jovial
drummer, who is compelled to spend
his Christmas day in a lonely village
of the middle west, and on arrival finds
in the presence of Beth Elliott, the
ticket agent at the depot, a most con-
genial person. They strike up an ac-
quaintanceship which soon ripens into
affection, and for the first time in his
life, the young, well-meant drummer
discovers that he is enthralled with
the sweetenss, and beauty of charm
ing young lady. Through her he learns
that she is about to loose a tract of
land, and he at once takes steps to
protect her rights, and thereby runs
counter to his employer who has laid
plans to obtain what the girl thinks is
a worthless piece of real estate, but
which suddenly has assumed consider
able value, as it is needed by the rail
road company to complete some inn
provements they have in view. Blake
jeopardizes his own position in es-
pousing the rights of the girl and this
leads to many interesting complica-
tions. The comedy of the play is of
the most delicious character, and never
before in the history of the stage has
there been play which includes so
many laughs as does 'The Travelling
Salesman" So well does it depict the
life of the drummer on the road, that
it has won the endorsement of the
United Commercial Travellers Of Amer
lea and the Travellers Protective Asso-
citation. If the success ettained by
this play in New York and Chicago
is any criterion, crowded houses should
await its advent in this city.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-11-17
CHOCTAWS At CONFERENCE
VOTE TO SELL LANDS

McAlester, Okla, Nov. 16.-A mass
meeting of Choctaws, held here We'd
nesday was attended by nearly three
hundred representative members of the
tribe. The meeting had been called by
a number of influential men in favor
of having tribal affairs wound up, and
efforts will be made to induce congress
to do something at the coming session.
The movement was opened by Gov
ernor Dick Locke and other officials in
the tribal government, but the COVER
nor did not attend the meeting. 1t was
soon discovered that the sentiment of
those present was largely with the
men calling the meeting.
The meeting lasted all day, and late
this evening the resolutions reported
by the committee were adopted as re-
ported with the exception of the Sec
tion providing for the abolishment of
tribal government This was so amend
ed as to do away with all the officials
but the principal chief, his duties to be
limited 10 the signing of deeds and his
salary reduced from S5,4O0 to 5000 per
annum.
The resolutions favor the sale of the
surface of the segregated lands, the
sale of remaining unallotted lands in
tracts to suit the purchaser, the abol-
ishment of the Indian schools and the
sale of the school and other public,
buildings, the sale of the coal as soon
as market conditions justify it and the
payment per capita of all money due
the tribe not later than January /, 1918.
Representative w. F. Semple of Cad
do was elected permanent chairman.
w. H. Durant, former speaker of the
lower house of the Choctaw council,
was the active spirit in the meeting.
A central committee was named to
have its headquarters at McAlester and
appoint men in every county to cir
culate petitions in an effort to induce
80 per cent of the members of the tribe
to indorse the action of Wednesdays
mass-meeting, and another committee
was appointed to present the resolu-
tions to the representatives in con-
gress from this side of the state.
A telegram was sent President Taft
last night protesting against the action
OF the council in appropriating $4,000
for a sanitarium and $4,000 to pay the
expenses of delegates to Washington,
and against the contract signed by Gov
ernor Locke appointing J. P J. Hurley
as attorney for the tribe for the rea-
son that he was trying to reopen the
rolls.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-11-17
A GOVERNOR WORTH WHILE.

Duquesne (Fla) Times: New Jer-
sey has new employers liability law,
enacted through the influence of Gov
ernor Wilson. It was not regarded
with favor by companies that insure
employers against loss through awards
of damages for personal injuries. and
these concerns promptly declared that
they would make a big increase in
rates.
Up to this point things had proceed
ed exactly as things have proceeded
in other state in which laws passed
for the benefit of common folks have
aroused the ire of corporations; but
when the threat of the companies was
made Governor Wilson quietly replied
by stating a proposal that took their
breath.
"As you please, gentlemen" he said
in effect, but you may make it nee
essary for New Jersey to provide a
system of state insurance"
The companies are now "hollering
their heads off" but with no effect up
on the placid scholar in the governor S
chair 1t is evident even to them, that
he means business, and that If they
make an increase in rates that is un-
justifiably great, simply for the pur-
pose of teaching other states a les.
son." he will make his suggestion of
state insurance effective.
Governor Wilson's wonderful tri
umph for progress are among the most
remarkable political phenomens OF
this period, and show the people what
one capable, honest and courageous
man can do If given the power a gov
ernor sways. When he took office
New Jersey was helpless in the grip
of the boss system and was as corrupt
as any state in the union; but despite
this he has made New Jersey a leader
in progressive legislation, and. with
the people at his back, has forced ma
chine Legislators to do the public's
will
One cannot help wondering what
Pennsylvania would be like at the end
of the term of a governor like Wood.
row Wilson.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-11-17
RODGERS RECOVERING SAYS
HE WILL COMPLETE FLIGHT

Pasadena, Cal, Nov 14.-Calbraith
P. Rodgers, the transcontinental avia-
tor, awoke for a few minutes yester-
day from the semi-coma which follow
ed his fall Sunday when within only a
few miles Of completing his oceanic
ocean fight, and muttered to his at
tendants:
"Oh I'll finish that flight, all right.
The aviator, who suffered concussion
of the brain in his fall of more than
100 feet at Compton when bound for
the actual salt water terminus Of his
trip, added that he
expected to complete his fight just as
soon as he was sufficiently recovered
from the bruises and sprains resulting
from Sundays accident.
His physicians said his injuries
would result in no complications and
it was expected he would be able to
complete his journey in about ten
days. Meantime, his aeroplane which
was shattered in the fall. is being re-
built at Long Beach.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-11-17

Kansas City, Mo-, Nov. l6-The del
egates to the Mississippi con-
gress. in Convention hall yesterday aft
ernoon decided a question which may
mean that hereafter the congress is
to play role much more important
than hitherto in the national problems
of the United States.
Durign the twenty-five years of its
experience, the congress has held an
nual sessions, during which the great
issues of the day were discussed. When
the congress adjourned, its work and
problems were also adjourned until
the next session. But yesterday after
noon, when the delegates unanimous
ly adopted the new bylaws and amend
ments to the constitution of the organ
ization as drafted by John L. Powell
of Wichita, chairman of the commit
tee on permanent organization, the CON
gress was given new life blood Under
the plan adopted the congress will be
a permanent organization and its great
work will go on the year round Stand
ing committees appointed during it's
annual meeting, will work on the So
luton of problems presented. A per-
manent headquarters will be establish
ed, with the probability that Kansas
City will be the city chosen. The an
nual sessions, however, will be held in
the different cities.
The radical change, however, is the
creation of a sustaining membership of
about 1000 persons. This will be OBJ
tanned fro mthe different comercial
clubs throughout the country each
member of the club paying 25 cents.
The club then will be allowed to send
two delegates to the annual sessions
of the congress for each 100 members
of the club.
In addition to this representative
membership, the governors of states
and territories will appoint twenty del
egates from each congressional dis
trict and twenty at large. The mem
bership is given further scope by the
power of the executive committee to
appoint 400 members at large. This
will permit all those desiring repre-
sentation to come in who otherwise
would not be available. Each member
of the congress so elected will pay Sc
a year toward the support of the or
ganization. This is the plan to create
a working capital which will produce
results.
When Mr. Powell explained his plan
yesterday afternoon only a small num-
ber of delegates were present. When
M. M. Sweetman of Kansas City, who
presided, announced that the question
would be decided then. a stormy dis
cussion was started by the delegates,
many of them having understood the
announcement made in the morning by
President Fred Fleming to mean that
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-11-17
Christian Endeavor Convention.

Next Sunday, November 10Th, Chris
tian Endeavorers of the fourteenth
district will meet in the second an
nual convention at Vinita. This dis
trict is made up of the counties of
Ottawa, Rogers, Nowata, Mayes, Dcla-
ware and Craig. 1t is hoped that every
c. E. Society will send a representa-
tive Free entertainment will be furn-
ished all who represent societies of
the district.
There will be two sessions during
the convention. Sunday afternoon at
2:30 o'clock at the Congregational
church, this will be the business ses-
sion of the convention. In the even
ing at the Presbyterian church Rev.
Frederick Hawley will address the con-
vention. Rev. Hawley is we'll known
in this part of the state and will have
a message for all who come. There is
a great work for the young people of
Oklahoma to do. Come to the conven-
ton and get in line for effective Chris
tian work
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-11-17
GOVERNOR DENIES
BEATT|E RESPITE

Richmond, Va, Nov. 16.-With the
emphatic statement that he was firmly
convinced of the prisoners guilt, Gov
ernor Mann yesterday declined to
grant respite to Henry Clay Beattie,
Jr., convicted in Chesterfield county,
September of wife murder. The re-
fusal of the governor to interfere with
the sentence, which the supreme court
sustained on Monday, means that Beat
tie will die in the electric chair at the
state penitentiary on November "a.
Rev. Benjamin Dennis, an Episcopal
minister who had interceded in the
young mans hehalf, went quickly to
the prison to inform him that every
possible effort to save him had failed.
Beattie heard the announcement in ST.
lenee, though he was visibly affected.
Later his father, his brother and his
young sister called to see him.
Governor Mann gave out state
ment in which he said that Beattie's
appeal was made with the purpose, if
possible, of avoiding the consequences
of a crime of which he knows he is
guilty" The governor also said the
so-called affidavit of Paul Beattie was
not worthy of consideration as evi-
dence.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-11-17
At the Grand Theatre.

Another splendid performance was
given last night by the Dorothy Reeves
company. The play was a five act
eomedy-drama, bordering a little on
the sensational order, but just enough
to make the dramatic situations in.
tense. By some in attendance the
play was said to be the best of the
week. Miss Reeves had good part
and displayed her usual clever work
as a leading woman. She is the equal
of any seen here with some of the
higher priced attractions. The entire
cast was in capable hands, the per
formance running smoothly through
out. Tonight "The Devil"
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-11-17
Shot n His FIRST Hunt.

Guthrie, Okla. Nov. 16-The quai
season opened yesterday and Charlie:
r. Renfro, business man and mem
Der of the republican state committee
was the first victim. He was hunting
near Guthrie with Joseph Willis. who
thought Renfro was behind him. In
stead Renfro was in range and receiv
ed the load of shot in his body anC
head
Several shot went through Renfro's
cheeks into his mouth. He is under {
care.