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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-07-05
COMPANIES TO
Be REORGANIzED
Plants of Hattiesburg Ice G. Coal Com.
pany and Rich Lumber Com
pany Sold.

The plants of the Hattiesburg Ice.
& Coal Compasy and the Rich Lumber
Manufacturing Company were sold
Monday by Judge N. c. Hill, a. trpe-
tee The sale of the two industries
was made in order to bring about a
reorganization of the companies, and
it is understood that all of the credi-
tors and stockholders will be fully pro-
tected. The plants were bid in by the
First-National Bank of Commerce,
which holds a mortgage on the proper
ty.
It is understood that the companies
will be Immediately reorganized with
increased capital stock under a new
charter and new name The plants
will be improved and the new com.
pany will be able to do business on a
larger and more satisfactory scale
The present management, which has
been highly satisfactory, will probably
remain in charge, but the board of di
rectors will be increased and will con
tain a number of the leading and mos
successful business men of the city.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-07-05
FAVORS Interstate
TRADE COMMISSION
(By Associated PreSS.)

Washington, July 5.-An Interstate
Trade Commission of five members to
control Industrial corporations, as the
Interstate Commerce Commission con-
trolls the railroads, was advocated in a
bill introduced today by Senator New
lands, of Nevada. The plan. is to ap-
ply only to corporations engaged in in
terstate trade whose annual receipts
exceed five million dollars. In state
ment accompanying the bill, Senator
Newlands said the recent decisions
in the Standard Oil and tobacco cases
and the government report on the
steel industry demonstrated the need
of such a commission "as far removed
from partisan control as are the
courts"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-07-05
g.a Advance in Chicago.

Chicago, July because u Lie
withering heat the price of corn jump
ed as much as four and three fourths
cents a bushel here today.
For the same reason oats made sky
ward leaps of two and one eighth to
two and a quarter cents in the early
trading on the Board of Trade today
The corn market was boiling with
excitement from the start. Buying
orders piled in from all directions but
sellers were scarce. The furry re-
ceived greater impetus when the fact
was known that Kansas City reported
an advance of five cents bushel.
There, as here, the intense heat over
the corn belt was the big factor in the
advance of prizes.
Circumstance making matters worse
from the crop standpoint was the al.
most complete absence of moisture
for the last four days. The worlds
shipments are reported much lighter
than looked for and Liverpool dis
patches told of heavy covering by
shorts.
The oat pit was as excited as the
corn pit. Business on a huge scale
was done. An official report from
Iowa showed falling off of 2S pc
cent of the oat crop in that state.
Wheat was affected chiefly by th'
bulge in coarse grains and the offer
ings were light The opening wal
five eighths to one and three fourth
cents up.
Provisions were unchanged t.
twelve and half cents higher.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-07-05
ELEVEN DEATHS
CAUSED BY HEAT
Philadelphia Experiences Warmest
Fourth of July in Thirteen Years
Several Disturbances.
(By Associated PresS.)

Philadelphia, July 5.-The recapitu-
lation of results of Independence day
shows that it was an "Old Fashioned
Fourth" To begin with it was the
hottest fourth of July in thirteen years
and there were eleven deaths from
heat and many prostrations.
Twelve persons were drowned in
and about Philadelphia while bathing;
there were two murders, sevehl at
tempted murders and numerous braw1s
and about four hundred persons were
treated in the hospitals for injuries
received from handling fireworks.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-07-05
WAR VETERANS
TO MEET SOON
Soldiers OF The Spanish-American
War Will Have a Reunion
In GuIfport.
Special to The NeiDs.

Gulfport, Miss, July 5.-One of the
most notable public gatherings of this
current year in Gulfport will be the
first annual encampment of the Span
ish-American war veterans, which will
take place August 5-S, inclusive. This
occasion cannot fail to be full of in
terest for every American patriot,
bringing together as it does, not alone
those younger men who fastened to
their country's call, but the older vet
Grams of another strife-soldiers of
the blue and Of the grey who Joined
lor. -s Ia common cause on d foreign
nntr'on''y shule under one flag, side
by side, with the one stern slogan,
T Remember the Maine!'
In his dual capacity of chairman OF
me convention committee from the
| Gulfport Commercial Union and man
ager of the Great Southern Hotel, Mr..
w. n. Driver has been largely instru-
mental in bringing this military gath
ering to it's present standing of near
accomplishment and also in the en-
largement of its interstate scope.
Especially have the veterans from
Alabama, Tennessee and Louisiana
been aroused to an interest with their
Mississippi comrades. The attendance
from these neighbor states is expected
to be but little less than that of the
Mississippi veterans, and preparations
will be made for record-breaking
crowd, who will be received with all
the pomp and military honors that will
be next October so freely showered on
that feeble but revered remnant Of the
grand old army of the grey when those
aged and thrice honorable patriots
muster to the bugle call for the first
time in their beloved Southland's in
fant seaport.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-07-05

young men, was being driven along
rail, and as the hack curtains were
drawn the occupants evidently did not
hear the car until it crashed in to the
side of the hack, completely demolish-
ing it and turning the occupants over
several times. To the surprise of ev-
eryone on the car and doubtless to the
young men themselves neither was
hurt, further than receiving a few
bruises. Had the hack been a proper
distance from the track the accident
would never have occurred, but since
it did occur, it is miraculous that the
occupants were not fatally injured.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-07-05

ments at the park was composed of
S. l.. Heidelberg, T. o. Watkins, j. S.
Lea, F. M. Hunt, H. A. Moore and j. c.
Bishop These gentlemen devoted
much time to their work and were
amply rewarded in the splendid sue
cess of their efforts. To the good
ladies of Hattiesburg much credit is
also due for their efforts in getting
baskets furnished for the occasion,
and their assistance in arranging the
dinner and seeing that all were looked
after and provided for. The ladies on
the committee at the park were Mes
danes Archie Farley, Burke, Mitch
ell, Glenn, Rocker, Mckay, York,
Armistead, Watkins and Montague,
and the ladies on the committee who
solicited baskets were Mesdames Nc
Gregor, Watkins, York, Moore, Childs,
Fuller, Mitchell, Farley, Wright,
Steadman, Grove, Montague, Foote,
Rocker, Triggs, Glenn, Armistead and
Burke, and Misses Helverston and Ar
mold.
The meat which was barbecued for
the occasion was bought of T. P
Crymes, who used the utmost care in
selecting it, and no better barbecued
meat was ever prepared, as testified
to by the many who congratulated the
management on its exceptional quality
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-07-05
Crash Between Car And
Hack; Escape Remarkable

What came near being a serious ac-
cident occurred on Hardy street yes
terday afternoon, shortly after three
o'clock. One of the street cars with
trailer ahead was returning to town
bringing a crowd of people, that oc-
cupied every inch of the space, the
aisle to the trailer being jammed with
those standing. The conductor had
requested that the people standing
make room for the motorman to see
ahead, as people and vehicles were
constantly getting on the tracks or
crossing them. About half way to
town a street hack in which weA two
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-07-05
Refreshing ereezes.

Washington, July 5.-RefreshinS
westerly breezes sweeping along th|
Atlantic coast brought some reHel
from the hot wave in the eastern sed
tion of the country today and coole,
weather is promised tomorrow
Chicago and the middle West regloA
Breaks in the torrid spell are beil,|
reported. the extseme northeast haV
ing changed to considerably cool<
weather with the temperatures ,ird
ping below seasonable average.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-07-05
greater.

Refreshment stands were conducted
at the park yesterday by the ladies of
the Broad Street Methodist church,
the Main Street Methodist church and
the United Daughters of the Confed-
acy. The ladies of the two churches
realized about $50 and $50 respective
" after all expenses were paid, and a
neat sum was taken in by the U. d. c.
The money received by the Broad
Street church ladies will be applied to
the parsonage fund of the church.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-07-05
some EVENTS
OF interest
Record Breaking Crowd Handled BY
Traction Company-Those Who
Made Fourth Success.

A record-breaking crowd was handled
by the Hattiesburg Traction company
yesterday. On all of the lines of the
company 1000 peaople were handled,
$500 of the number being on the park
line. The equipment of the Traction
company was taxed to its capacity,
and more business would have been
done had the equipment been
greater.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-07-05
FOUR men KILLED.;
Three BADLY INJURED
(By Associated Press.)

Superior, Wis. July 5.-Four men
were killed and three badly injured,
all railroad men, in a collision between
an extra and a gravel train on the
500 line near here today. The mixed
trains orders are said to have caused
the collision. The trains met on a
bridge over Namadji river, the bridge
catching fire.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-07-05
HEAT RECORD IS
MADE in CHICAGO
(By Associated Press.)

Chicago, July 5.--Twenty-seven dead
from heat is the record made in Chica-
go during the twenty-four hours end
ing at four O'Clock this morning. The
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-07-05
CORN MARKET
MAKES A JUMP
Gains From Three and Half to Five
Cents on Two Big Markets
Oats Also Go Skyward.
(By Associated Press.)

Kansas City, July 5.-Amid the
widest scenes enacted on the Kansas
City Board of Trade for years, the
corn market gained from three and a
half to FIVE cents in price in the first
ten minutes of trading today. During
that time approximately one million
bushels had been traded in.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-07-05

mercury stood at ninety-three through
out the night.
Another record-breaking hot day Isl
faced today with no relief promised bJ
the weather bureau before Friday.
At six o'clock the therometer was at
seventy-four; seven O'Clock eighty-six z
nine o'clock ninety-three, which was,
two points higher than yesterday at
the same hour
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-07-05

Yesterday was probably the most
orderly Fourth of July in the history
of Hattiesburg. The large crowd was
composed of representative citizens
from the surrounding country and
nothing occurred to mar the pleasure
of the festivities of the day. Only
three or four arrests were made by
the police and those were small of
fenses.
The committee in charge of arrange
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-07-05

On account of the delay in the ar
rival of the flags, the United Daugh-
ters of the Confederacy were compell-
ed to postpone their flag day" yester-
day. but the event will be given at a
later date to be decided on in a few
days.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-07-05
The Days Festivities.

The Days Festivities.
The days festivities began at ten
o'clock, with a ball game between Hat
tiesburg and Greenwood, at which
large crowd saw the home team get
beat in a snappy game by 80 score.
At the same hour the county and dis
trict candidates were addressing a
large audience at the park pavilion.
Mr.. K. l.. Bennett was master of cere-
monies and introduced the following
candidates in order named, and who
made their announcements and talks
of few minutes each: John NJ. Car
ter. +. c. Smylie and A. +. Anderson
for representative; DR.. J. d, Donald
and j. NJ. Stevens for state senator;
Claude e. Hill and d. w. Draughn for
cauntv attorney. For lack Of time the
following candidates merely made
tneir bows: Herbert Gillis and R. c.
Hauengtein for chancery clerk; T. j.
Nixon and Waldo Batson for circuit
clerk and J. D. Bennett and J. II,
Selby for sheriff.
Alexander The Central Attraction
Hon. c. "A. Alexander. candidate for
tbe United States Senate, was the cen
,,ai attraction of the day. Mr., Alex
,nder arrived on the $50 train IRON
Jackson and was met at the station by
several hundred of his followers ahc
,iti,ens from Hattiesburg and sur
rounding territory, who gave him
most rousing reception, sending III
cbaers for the distinguished visitor
,,hi,e the Sumrall band, which ha'
hean secured to furnish music for TN
occasion. played patriotic airs. Hun
dreds crowded around the candlda''
ard for fullv half an hour he was KEEP
huev shaking hands with his support
ers.
At ten-thirty Mr. Alexander wa
driven to Hamper Park, the scene U
tho festivities, where he mingled VIII
tbe crowd and listened to some OF tn
leeser lights plead their respecIiV
causes for office.
Mr. Alexander mounted the rostrui
a- a quarter past one o'clock, amid
veritable din of cheers from the vas
,brone that was crowded around Tn
snoaker's stand in every Director
Seats had been arranged for abo,
tu.optv.fye hundred people and full
many moro were compelled =
s+ord No more intelligent, attenti'
or anpreciative audience has eve
tod candidate on the MISSISSIPPI
h,ztinos Not once during his a
aross was he interrupted, except
cheers and applause, in striking co
+r,et to the treatment accorded ca
,,,otoe at some other points durif
tho nresent campaign. His auure'
ros chaste. eloquent and mastery
and was conceded on all sides to ha'
,aor one of the most impressive al
so,.,i ..nepeeches eevr delivered to
HaItiesburg audience, that audien'
foo. being the largest that ever hea a,
noIitical speech in the history OF u
city. i.
Introduced by Mr.. Travis.
Hon. S. f. Travis, leading memo D
os tbe Hattiesburg bar, introduced N
Alexander. paying a splendid triou
to the latter, comparing him ans 10 :. !.
great statesmen of the past and and 81 s.,
inc that il the voters would elect nj
Icor,;pued on page two.)
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-07-05

Philadelphia, Pa, July Thirteen,
deaths due to heat were reported up
to noon today, making thirty-eight IA J
talities since the hot spell begun. The /
temperature at noon was eighty eight
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-07-05

Chicago, July 5.-Three deaths
from heat were reported up to noon
and the prostrations are estimated at
sixty.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-07-05
THE MARKETS..

(By Associated Press.)
New Orleans, July 5.-Cotton firm,
old crop months 13 to IS points up;
new crop 20 to % points advance.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-07-05
THE ONLY CANDIDATE FOR a
STATE OFFICE IN THIS SEC
TioN OF STATE.
EXCELLENT MAN FOR POSITION
Some Reasons Why Mr.. Austln'e
Friends Think He Should Be Elected
He Was Born And Raised on
Farm And is Man of the people.

Mr.. I. V. Austin. of Hattiesburg. an
nounces today as a candidate for
Trustee of the State Penitentiary from
the Southern District of Mississippi.
and there are thousands of friends
oy @ the southern section Of the state
who are going to aid IN every legiti-
mate way towards Mr. Austin,s cleo
ton.
South Mississippi is practically ig
nored in the distribution of state Of
fees, and the same state of affairs viii
exist under the next administration,
for there are few candidates for state
office south of the A. q " In this
respect the section bordering on For
rest county is left entirely out in the
cold under the present administration.
and with the exception of Mr.. Austir
there is no candidate out STAG
office within a radius of si ~ Z
Common justice would der
fore, that Mr.. Austin be bu1
there are other and goo ~ WIN
he should have the ofce82
In the first place ~ is the
owner of thousan<s IS <1ss OF fine
cotton lands and irISae Ii immense
crop of cotton eack 5e.x G~0
many hundreds 81 DOR
expert cotton clssse---------..'='s( ~
er on the board %
this board hnnc -.
crop.sa Mr. Aust
expert and a. ~.
masters. Y TDlao1C0
exposures D. fate of aN .
penitentisry 2mand housAS
and ehansI of administra..
Austin has no opponent, exc (y
present incnnbent .Sron the 8
Mr. Austin We 6c1 II ra
farm in Smith ce1nly. Iwas =.
Gated in Cooper-Hudl col
and other institutions ~ - "
equipped mind. He wor&sd unit
was twenty years of ne on "A 81
taught school two yseFz<ftkr IA
college, entered the al snaN
and later became I oe!< buyer
classer. He came Il, 1zr1t tiesburs
years ago. Hs b 7kisly five wears
age, is actiye. indnsErfous and a ARA;
class business n6n He ii well an
favorably hnoen throughout the state,
and has hun1Fets of friends throuxh1
optsth y 7>nern section who look or|
him - idesl nan for the position
70 which ~ Aspfres.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-07-05
Introduced by Mr.. Travis.

Hon c 2 Travis, leading MEMBER
oe tbe Hattiesburg bar, introduced Mr'
a .,ovander having a splendid tribute
t,o latter. comparing him to the
great statesmen of the past and say
e'o" .,at :, tho voters would elect him
~ continued on page twoo
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-07-05

Gives the neWD, genef~4 oeur
and local. Give the circulatioq
man your subscription.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1911-01-27
Plain Tales For ProhibitionIsts.

In Tennessee, as well az In Maine
and in other Prohibition States, we
have an Illuminating example of how
prohibition does not prohibit. The Su-
preme Court holds constitutional an
act of the State Legislature under
which 1t il unlawful to make whisky
in Tennessee. Thus a legitimate bus
tness comes to an end without en-
forced abstinence from indulgence In
the beverage being accomplished by
the law or the prophets OF reform.
In Tennessee q gentleman goes to
his club, opens his locker, takes out
his bottle, helps himself and his
friends, and makes merry regardless
of the spirit of the prohibition law,
but not i'm violation OF Its letter. He
Is not forbidden by statute to have a
locker. He may give an order to the
steward OF his club to buy him 500
worth Of liquor and sign tickets
against the order until the stock is
exhausted, and the steward can al
ways buy the liquor. "Speakeasies"
serve the element that does not be-
long to clubs, and moOnshine stills
will do larger business, with more
thorough neighborhood of sympathy
and protection al "a result of the abol-
ition OF the business of distilling
whisky lawfully.
"a law In Rentucy similar to that
upheld by the Supreme Court of Ten
nessee would destroy great industry
without materially affecting the drink
problem. 1t would be tyranny and in
justice. 1t would be farce and false
pretense. But 1t would not be pro
hibition of intemperance. 1t is dem
onstrable that love finds a way, no
matter whether II ID love OF woman
or love of wine. Love laughs at lock-
smiths and lawsmiths, and gains its
end.
The Hellespont lying between Lean
der and Hero was not an effective
phohibitor OF the visits or the youth OF
Abydos to the priestess of Apridite at
Sestos- Musaeus tells us that he
swan the Hellespont not only in sum
mer, when it might have proved an
invigorating exercise and an appeal
ing act OF gallantry, but also In mid
winter. Its icy currents failed to cool
hiS ardOr, while HerO's torch famed
from the tower upon raging seas.
Nothing but death ended his visits.
Whether Oh mot this love affair gave
rise to the expression in spite OF hell
and high water" Musaeus does not
say, nor the poets after him But 1t
remains fact that discouragements
in the form of obstacles placed in the
way do not deter anyone who is in
persuit OF his inamorata or his bottle.
Helen, the handsome daughter of Zeus
and Leda, had 10 many suitors that
by the advice on the sage Ulysses
they were bound by oath to respect
the choice OF the fairest woman in
Greece. But when she chose Meme
laus, Paris carried her on to Troy.
The Trojan war resulted. MenelauS
declined to consider the walls OF Troy
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1911-01-27
WASTE OF INFANT LIFE.

The most important instruction
that young woman can have and
the one which Is always neglected or
omitted is, proper training In the
rearing OF infants; yet, In these days
of modern improvement, not a sim
gle institution or college I'm this
country offers such a course. Last
week attention was called to this
fact by Mrs. Greene, wife OF one OF
the professors in the University in
Missouri, who in o. talk to two hun
dred young women from the country,
il i'm part reported as follows:
THE average young woman has no
opportunity to make herself equal
to the task OF taking care
of the most difficult of all
beings to rear, and the high death
rate or infants il the result. She ad-
vocates, in rural communities, the
forming Of small clubs by mothers
for self-education. Such clubs, she
says, can see that a good doctor Is
available for the community, and the
government will furnish them with
literature and lantern slides that will
help them get expert information on
the care of infants"
These suggestions, In view Of the
fact that In 1909, the statistics show
that 100000 infants died in the United
States, and that 81 per cent. of this
total was the result Of ignorance or
carelessness on the part Of the moth
ers, is especially worthy OF consider
alton. When one realizes that every
funeral OF these little ones costs at
least $1,000, and many of them more,
a saving on this line would be con-
siderable. 1t would too be much better
to expend the money spent on funer-
ais in teaching the mothers to feed
and clothe their children properly so
as to prevent unnecessary illness, as
there are about % cases Of illness to
one OF death. Amy saving in infant
life is a saving to the nation, and this
suggestion of Mrs. Greene's appears
to us to be not only most valuable
one, but also easily followed by the
mothers of each community.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1911-01-27
LICKED ITO al FRAZZEL.

The selection Of Mr.. Barnes, of
New York, to To- chairman or the Re
publican organization in that State
aecalls the somewhat strenuous times
hast October and the subsequent
events in November In October the
only truthful man Arm the country
had him licked to a frazzel," and
November saw the hero OF Africa
turned down by the people Since
that time we undertand he has mot
been nc home to visitors, and tine
press has been unusually Indifferent
aS to hig existance.
Roosevelt's return from Africa and
the reception he was given should
have made him the proudest citizen
in America. The honors he received
abroad and from hlS own people
have never been surpassed, IL even
rendered before, to private individ-
NAL. He returned with q prestige and