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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-14


As to Juror Burgess.
NO such reluctance Oh the part Of
Mr.. burgess appears In the case at
bar. He states that he would go
into the jury box with an opinion and
hc would have that opinion until Il
was changed By the evidence" (pagc
"a, and ne states again that his mind
is SO made up that IL would take evil
dence to change the opinion he has,
and that until he heard evidence he
had that opinion.
He also replied in answer TO the
question, Then you are positive that
II YOU hear evidence here as you read
st in the newspapers your mind lie
made up?" ~ II Is the same evil
'dence IT would be obliged 10 be"
Ipage 20. go that this Juror admits
that he would go into The Jury box
with an opinion. which was so fixed
that IL would remain unless changed
by the introduction OF evidence, and
that If evidence like what ne had
read In the papers were introduced his
mind was then made up. If there Is
anything in conflict with this state
ment of the Juror in any other portion
OF his evidence. and we do not say
there is. we submit II would only tend
TO show st!ll more strongly than tho
statements quoted that he was An
unfit Juror.
I, is manifest that in deciding
whether a man is to get q fair trial
the mental attitude OF the jury. which
holds his fate in their hands, Is per-
hang the most vital point To hc con-
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-06-05

stands. That sight would explain
the term better"
1t has also been suggested that
the word comes from the action Of
a batter who fans" the air instead
of hitting the ball. The crowd on
the bleachers tries to rattle" him,
confuse him, and, therefore, those
who cause him to fan" are called
fans" Probably Their are other
theories as to the origin of this
word; at any rate, those who have a
brainstorm when a man ON the home
team puts a "three-bagger" over, can
ponder over this problem on rainy
days.
If fan" is not an abbreviation of the
word fanatic" there is much reason
for believing it ought to be. If there
is any one who doubts, he should be
be at the game when, in the ninth
inning, with the score tied and two
men are down, a home man on the
third strike send the ball over the
fence for home run. On such an &C.
casion as this there is little room to
doubt the derivation of the word.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-06-05
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.

1402-Henry ". tried to dispel by
proclamation the rumors of
Richard vi. appeared in Scot
land.
1603-The English merchants trading
to the Levant surrendered their
patent to the King.
1672-An Indian deed under this date
transferred to the inhabitants
of schenectady a territory of
three miles around that town.
17S1-Fort Cornwalis, at Augusta, Ga,
surrendered with 300 men to the
Americans under Pickens and
Lee.
1790-The steamboat constructed by
John Fitch, left Philadelphia at
four o'clock in the morning for
Trenton and successfully made
return trip. 1t was propelled
by twelve oars and was the most
successful experiment in the
world up to that time.
179S-United Irishmen repulsed with
great loss in an attack on New
Ross.
1S11-Venezuela declared itself indie
pendent.
1S13-Battle of Stoney Creek, Canada,
in which the Americans were
attacked by the British in the
night. American loss about 80
killed and 1870 taken. British
loss about $50.
1S29-Branch of the United States
mint established at st. Louis,
Mo.
1S54-The city of Omaha, Neb., laid
out.
1S55-The National Know-Nothing or
American Convention, assem-
bled at Philadelphia.
1S63-French troops occupy city Of
Mexico.
1S64-Major General John c. Fremont,
presidential nominee, resigned
his army commission.
1SG5-Galveston, Tex, the last sea-
port held by the south, surren-
dered by Gen. Kirby Smith.
1S74-Congress defeated the Eads H.
100000 scheme, for the improve
ment of the mouth of the Mis-
sssippi river by jetties, and
passed the Fort st. Phillips ca
nal bill, providing for a ship
canal connecting the river and
the Gulf of Mexico.
S-EXplosion of the cruiser Ten
nessee killed five men.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-06-05
word fan" AS
APPLIED TO BALL

Doubtless a great many people have
wondered as to the origin of the word
fan" as applied to the baseball en-
thusiast, but so far no one has been
able to speak authenticity on the
qustieon. Quite a number of theories
have been advanced, but they have
been nothing more than theories. The
Richmond Times-Dispatch has the fol-
lowing to say:
Fan" as all red-blooded Ameri.
cans know, is the bit of slang which
denotes the baseball enthusiast. The
derivation of this world, which ap-
pears about 5O,OOOOO0 times each
year on the sporting pages of Ameri-
can newspapers, is in doubt. The
Boston Globe has been conducting a
sort of investigation of the parentage
of the word, and a number of peo-
pie have offered explanations.
1t has been thought-and a great
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-06-05
GROWING A KING.

For King Georges coronation, two
grants have already been made-the
first of one hundred and eighty-five
thousand pounds, the second of sixty
thousand pounds additional. Still us
ing the ceremony of 1912 as a pre-
cedent, let us see in what manner
these amounts, totaling nearly a mil
lion and a quarter of dollars, will be
distributed.
A large part Of the money will go
to the great officers of the royal house
hold, to whom will be assigned sums
carefully estimated to be sufficient
to meet the probable expenditure that
will fall upon each department in the
carrying out of it's specific functions.
In this way, the lord chamberlain
will receive the wherewithal to pre-
pare apartments for the use of the
foreign princes and ENJOYS who will
assemble for the great ceremonial.
He must also provide for the allow
ances made to the royal servants for
the additional services required of
them at coronation.
To the lord steward will be allotted
moneys for the actual entertainment
of the royal princes and other visi-
tors of high rank. The master of the
horse, a high official in the kings
household, will supply them with
means Of iocomotlon, whether by rail,
automobile, carriages, or riding hors-
es, as may be necessary, or as they
may desire; and his outlay is, of
course, reimbursed by the state
Munsey's Magazine.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-06-05
= ****=~~~~~~
. THE HORSES POINT OF VIEW =
? In Summer. !:

II horse could talk he would have
many things to say when summer
comes.
He would tell his driver that he
feels the heat on a very warm day
quite as much as if he could read a
thermometer.
He would say,-"Give me a little
water many times a day, when the
heat is intense, but not much at a
time if l am warm; if you want me to
keep well don't water me for two
hours after have eaten"
He would say,-"When the sun is
hot and l am working let me breathe
once in while in the shade of some
house or tree; if you have to leave
me on the street leave me in the
shade if possible. Anything upon my
head, between my ears to keep off the
sun is bad for me if the air cannot cir
culate underneath it."
He would talk of slippery streets,
and the sensations of falling on cruel
city cubblestones-the pressure of the
load pushing him to the fall, the bruis-
ed knees and wrenched joints, and
the feel of the drivers lash.
When he falls, he would ask that
you quickly loosen his harness and
help him to rise, without blows.
Watch for the appearance of gall
spots, and try to heal them before
they grow worse.
He would tell of the luxury of a fly
net when at work and of a fly blanket
when standing still in fly season, and
of the boon to him of screens in the
stable to keep out the insects that
bite and sting.
He would plead for as cool and COM
Portable a stable as possible in which
to rest at night after days work I'M
der the hot sun.
He would suggest that living
through a warm night in stall Meth
er properly cleaned nor bedded is suf-
fering for him and poor economy for
the owner.
He would say that turning the hose
on him is altogether too risky thing
to do unless you are looking for
sick horse. Spraying the legs and
feet when he is not too warm on a
hot day he would find agreeable.
He would say,-"Please sponge out
my eyes and nose and dock when
come in tired and dusty at night,
and also sponge me with clean cool
water under the collar and saddle of
the harness.-Our Dumb Animals.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-06-05
Willing To Take Chances.

"Susannah," asked the preacher,
when it came her turn to answer the
usual question in such cases, "do you
take this man to be your welded hus-
band, for better or for worse"
"Jes' as he is, pahson," she inter-
rupted; "jes' as he is. Eff he gifts any
bettah Ah1l know de good Lawd's
gwine to take i'm, an eff he gifts any
wusser, wy Ah'll tend to i'm myself
Youths Companion.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-06-05
Knew She Would.

minister who was noted for his
Observation-Disclosures in a small country
village was once observed to stop sud-
denly in the middle of his sermo2 and
heard to murmur: 'I knew she would,
| knew she would
After the service someone asked him
the reason.
Dear me-" said he, did I? Well,
you know, from the pulpit l can just
see old Mrs. Smiths garden, and this
morning she was out pulling cab
bage, and I thought: Now if that
cabbage comes up suddenly she'll go
over and just then it came up, and
over she went."-Ideas.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-06-05

many anti-baseball folks agree in
the view-that fan" is an abbrevia-
ton of fanatic" There are many,
however, who stoutly contend that
the word has another source. A
Dorchester, Massachusetts, man says,
for instance:
ITO say we are fans because of
fanatics is too clumsy a word, and
annoys us. Look at a baseball crowd
arising from lethargy to excitement;
see the arms and forms unfold into
bedlam, and you see a fan of humans
spreading over the vista of the
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-06-05
NOTICE OF TRUSTEES SALE.

Witnesseth: That under and by
virtue of the authority vested In me,
as Trustee in a certain Deed of Trust,
executed on the 18th day of March,
1907, to secure an Indebtedness by O..
R. S. Pool and his wife, Nora Pool, to
the Bank of Summit, Summit, Missis-
sippi, said deed of trust being record
ed in Book One ~, pages 214-215, Of
the Records of Perry County, Missis-
sippi, and whereas, default having
been made in payment of said indebt-
edness, will on
Monday, June IL, 1911,
sell at public auction, to the highest
bidder for cash, between legal hours,
at the front door of the Court House
in the City of Hattiesburg, Mississippi,
the following described property, to-
wit:
Lots seven and eight e & 81, block
141 of the Crittenden survey of the
City Of Hattiesburg, together with all
appurtenances thereto belonging"
will convey such title only, to the
above described property, as is vested
in me by authority of the said Deed
Of Trust.
&Witness my hand this 18th day Of
May A. D., 1911.
JOHN M. wILLoUGHBY,
22-3mons Trustee.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-06-05
w. C. KNIGHT HAS
GONE TO BEYOND

Memphis, Tenn, June 5.-W. c.
Knight, Of the firm of w. c. Knight &
Co., one of the best-known cotton men
and planters in Memphis, died Satur-
day morning at his home, after an ill
ness of several months.
Mr. Knight came to Memphis about
10 years ago from Gloster, MISS
where he owned one of the largest
plantations in the South. He was 40
years of age, and is survived by his
wife and a daughter aged Is.
The funeral was held from the fami-
ly residence Sunday afternoon.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-06-05
In Doubt.

Darn these automobiles" said the
Kansas farmer.
Bother you much?" asked the tour
list.
Il sh'd say so. Wen a Teller sees a
tunnel-shaped cloud comm down the
pike, he don't know whether to run
for gun or cyclone cellar" Toledo
Blade.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-06-05
Too Soon To Tell,

Tommy had been playing truant
from school and had spent a long,
beautiful day fishing. On his way
back he met one of his young cronies,
who accosted him with the usuel ques-
ton. Catch anything?" At this
Tommy in all the consciousness Of
guilt, quickly responded: Nope
amt been home yet."-Harper's Mag
azine.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-06-05
His Nav Out.

His Way Out.
Johnny-Papa, would you be glad If
saved a dollar for you?
Papa-Certainly, my son.
Johnny-Well, saved it for you, all
right You said if | brought a first
class report from my teacher this week
you would give me a dollar, and |
didn't bring it.-Red Hen.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-06-05

first year double numbers were some
times published. 1t was printed by
Andrew Bradford and John Copson.
The first advertiser in the Mercury
was Copson who had negro boy for
sale, and on the LIST of March, 1920,
Bradford advertised Super Fine
Bohee Tea at % shillings per pound. -
Press.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-06-05
Robbie, This Time.

Robbie ran into the sewing room
and cried: ooh, mamma. There's a
man in the nursery kissing Fraulein."
Mamma dropped her sewing and
made rush for the stairway.
April fool" cried Robbie, gleefully,
IT'S only papa."-Silent Partner.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-06-05

ensued while Jailer J. P Wheeler, OF
the county Jail, attempted to return
the maniac to his cell, the jailer sus-
tanned serious injuries and broken
collarbone. He was taken to the local
infirmary for treatment.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-06-05
I: q 80 = I: : 4: = I: :
:: HUMOROUS STORIES d:
:: BRIEFLY RELATED. ::
************** i
BY Wireless.

BY Wireless.
Twas in the choir, they stood in line
where many others were,
But no one saw the fervent look that
passed from hymn to her.
Dallas News.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-06-05
FOR YOUR EYES
80 - - -
IN A STATE OF EYEsTRAIN

there is no safer or more sure remedy
than correctly fitted glasses because
they are the means of RESTORING the
weakened and irritated muscles and
nerves to strong and natural action.
But the Glasses must be just the kind
which your eye troubles need; NOTHING
else will do.
My experience in expert eye-testinq
and examinations for eyestrain now
extends to 6 years in Hattesburo.
am fully qualified and thorouohly
equipped with 80 years experience in
actual eyetestins, and spectacle and
eye glass making in all their forms.
F. W. QUEEN, OpH. D.
OPTICAL SPECIALIZE
Polk Building. ITO E. Pine Street.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-06-05
lt,is Hone for tho rImla.

Men who are SO afraid Of doins
foolish things that they lack courage
to attempt wise ones will never do
much.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-06-05
JAILER WOUNDED BY NEGRO.

Vfcksburg, Miss, June 5.-In an al
tercation with crazed negro. which
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-06-05

SUBSCRIBE TO THE ksws.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-12-02
F FIRST ORDINATION
IN UNITED STATES
BISHOP CARROLL OF BALTIMORE
ORDAINED FATHER BADEN
IN 1898.
Remains Of Father Baden to be Trans
ferred From Notre Dame
to Cincinnati.

The remains of Very Rev. Stephen
T. Baden, the first priest ordained in
the United States, which have rested
beneath the old log chapel at Notre
Dame since his demise in 1S43 have
been disinterred and will be taken to
Cincinnati for re-interment. Through
the Congregation of the Holy Cross a
will be erected to his mem
ory. Father Baden was a native of
France and was born in 1773. At an
early age he entered a monastery to
study for the priesthood. The revolu-
ton forced his emigration to America
prior to the completion of his course
of studies. He enjoyed the distinction
of being the first priest ordained in
the United States, receiving Holy Or
ders in May, 1898, from Rt. Rev.
Bishop Carroll of Baltimore. Father
Baden then began a missionary career
among the Indian tribes in Kentucky
and many conversions attended his
Jealous and apostolic labors. In 1880
he was induced by the Vicar General
OF the Diocese of Cincinnati to locate
in northern Indiana and long chapel,
of which the present one is replica,
was erected by him. The new chapel,
however, contains the time honored
altar, a hand-carved wooden crucifix
and the missionary's chair and pre-
dieu.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-12-02

One day shortly before his death
there came knock at the gate-house
prison; some young men with foreign
cloaks entered with special permits,
and to his joy the old man perceived
the young recruits of Rome and Spain
coming to beg of his hands the
habit" of his old order in order to
transmit its rights and privileges.
Like second Samuel he blessed them
and asked God to prosper their cause,
and as soon as they returned to the
continent, lands and moneys and
patronage came raining down upon
them until today they are once more
teaching and praying and building as
of old. Though this is the story of
the largest order-the English Black
Monks of St. Benedict-nearly every
order has had some similar expert
ence.
Perhaps the English Jesuits are the
strongest of the orders, Father Ber-
nard Vaughan being the best-known
preacher in England There are, for
example, about $4,000 English-speak-
ing Jesuit priests and scholastics in
England and the colonies, and their
colleges, like Stonyhurst, Beaumont
and Clongowes, in addition to being
the leading Catholic colleges, in point
of architecture compare we'll with
such historic institutions as Eton and
Harrow, while at Oxford they have
their own private hall.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-12-02
CHURCH EXTENSION SOCIETY
ANNUAL MEETING OF THE BOARD
OF GOVERNORS ON NovEM-
BER 8.
Receipts for the Year Over $500, 900
Another Chapel Car-Good Done
by St. Anthony Chapel Car.

The Board Of Governors of The
Catholic Church Extension Society of
the United States of America held
their annual meeting, November 8th,
in Chicago, at which about thirty of
the members were present The Very
Rev. F. C. Kelley, LII. D., President of
the society, submitted his financial
and general report to the assembled
members, and it was received with
much satisfaction by all. The report
shows that the financial receipts for
the year amount to over 100000, or
about one-half of the total receipts
of the first five years of the society's S
existence. Aside from this, and not
included in the financial report at all,
owing to the nature of the donations,
approximately $63, 900 worth of Church
goods, both old and new, has been dis
tributed in six years to needy par
ishes and missions.
DR.. Kelley stated that in the six
years of the society's work total
of five hundred and thirty-seven little
chapels had been built through the
efforts of the society, or an average of
about two a week.
Another noteworthy fact which was
reported to the Board was the offer
and acceptance of another chapel car
from a donor whose name is, for the
present, withheld. When one takes
into consideration the great amount of
good accomplished by the est An
thony" Chapel Car in the West the
prospect of another working in the
South, is looked forward to with much
pleasure and anticipation
The record of the first six months of
the Chapel Cars work this year shows
that four hundred and sixty-three per-
sons received the Sacraments in out
of-the-way places; twenty-seven con-
verts were received into the Church !;
twenty-five children living in church
less localities made their first Confes-
sion; seven children were baptized and
ten new chapels will be built, the I'M
petus for which was supplied by the
visit of the car.
The prospects for the future of The
Catholic Church Extension Society are
exceedingly bright as evidenced by the
increased revenues that are at it's dis
posal for the up-building of the Church
in America and the salvation of souls.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-12-02
RESIDENCE FOR ARCHBISHOP.

The priests of the Philadelphia
Archdiocese are planning to build a
handsome new episcopal residence for
Archbishop Prendergast. AS at pres
ent planned it will be a stately struc-
ture to cost about $4,000 and is de-
signed to be an abode worthy of the
Metropolitan See of the Archdiocese OF
Philadelphia, which has more than half
million Catholics within it's jurisdic-
tiOn.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-12-02

A Monument to Ferrer in Brussels
The Belgium ParIiament-Centen
of WaterIoo-Congo Missionaries
Cardinal-Eiect Van RosSum-Peti-
ton for Three Masses on All Souls
Day-Catholic Institute of Paris
PaIIiums for English Archbishops-
Fort Augustus Abbey.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-12-02
BISHOP MATHIEU OF REGINA
ENTHRoNED AS FIRST BISHOP
OF THE. SEE ON NO.
VEMBER %.

Elaborate Ceremonies i'm St. Mary's
Church-ReIigious Institutions Wis
ited-k. of c. Initiation and
Banquet-Sunday Services at the
Pro-CathedraI.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1911-04-07
County Roads.

The county court on last Friday met
to open the bids for making the coun-
ty roads in Berkeley county as pre-
scribed by law. There was but one bid
that OF N. Il. Frame, who bid on the
road leading to RiIey's Bridge on the
Opequon 2 Is miles, less 1872 feet. Mr..
Frames bid was $23 per mile. Mr..
Frame has made close study of sclen-
tific road making and will doubtless
give us good road on his section.
Under the law the county engineer
has the power and authority to have
all the roads Of the county made except
that let to Mr.. Frame.
The last legislature made sweeping
changes in the road laws. 1t directed
that the Office of road commits
sioner be abolished and that the state
road fund which had been collected
from the counties be returned to the
counties from which it had been col
lected. Including this amount return.
ed from the stale and the road levy
LAID for the year will give Berkeley
county more than $4,000 to spend on
her roads this year.
Berkeley has road levy Of but 5
cents on the hundred dollars worth of
property while Jefferson has levy Of
from Is to 10 cents and will raise abo ut
$4,000 to spend on her roads this yea r.
1t is hoped that there will be some
thing done for the roads this year in
this county They have been in a ter
rible condition and some roads have
had no attention for years.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1911-04-07
s. II. Williams.
dlrtlnSburg Civic Leagne.


Inc No-Liceuse League which won
Sucu sweeping victory at the recent
'Iec'Ion met at the Y. NJ. g. A. build
aug On tuesday night last to close up
'ne slars of the campaign.
Inc report of committee on per-
N'HeaI organization was adopted. The
u't'e given the permanent organiza-
''ou was the Martinsburg Civic League
""' The motto "Twentv-in-T Twenty, -
'N'cn literally means 10000 popula-
"Ou lor Martinsburg in 1920. The main
%J'c' OF the organization is TO keep
law.
Inc new officers of the league are:
- ''s-aent, a. d. Darby; Vice-president
" w. Mckown; Treasurer, T. L..
1'u' IL. LittIeton Shaull, Secretary.
a vote of thanks was rendered the
'''''1g officers and the meeting ad-
Ou'ned to meet at the call of the new
President.