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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-10-05
SHOOTING AT WATER VALLEY

Water Valley Miss, Oct 5.-In an
exchange of shots with Sheriff F. II.
Smith and two deputies last night "A
member of the special force of guards
stationed at the Water Valley shops
of the Illinois Central railroad was
wounded. The wounded man was
quickly carried within the shop en-
closure.
The name of the guard or the ex.
tent of his injuries had not been as.
certained at late hour tonight. The
sheriff and his deputies We're not
struck by any of the bullets.
Quickly as the news of the encoun.
ter was circulated crowds began to
form in the downtown streets and
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-10-05

number of armed persons went south
of here and took a position near the
tracks over which the special would
have to pass. Strike leaders in an
automobile finally persuaded the men
to disband, and commit no overt act.
Three companies of Mississippi Ma
tional Guards patrolled the streets at
dark and last night the belief was eX-
pressed hat the town will remain
quiet.
The strike breakers were glad 10
get aboard and get away from town.
Only moulders and carpenters re.
main at work in the shops of the Hi
nois Central here. Otherwise the
plant is idle.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-10-05
POWER IN A LIGHTNING FLASH

1t is hardly possible to use instru-
ments for the purpose of figuring the
forces of lightning. yet there are
many other ways of calculating IA
miliar to every mathematician. The
amount of light given by a single
flash is enough to illuminate an area
two miles square. The bolt itself
would be visible several miles further
off, but the remotest part of the
region mentioned would have as much
light as would be given by candle
quite enough to read by. To produce
such light it would be necessary to
expand $4,000 horse power for a sec
ond. These figures appear very large
but the time Is short. The fash
might be for only 1000 part of a
second but the impression on the eye
would continue for a tenth of sec
ond anyway. Figured down to an
exact hour this amount of force would
mean only about four horse power.
According to the engineer, lightning
flashes usually occur within thunder
clouds and only rarely from one ordi-
nary cloud to another or from a cloud
to the ground. They seem to follow
the rapid condensation of vapor in the
air and to be caused by that phe-
nOmenOn. The kind of electricity
formed in a thundercloud is not like
that which is produced by electrical
machinery Lightning is static cleo
tricity, the same kind as is produced
by rubbing amber with silk. When a
body like a brass globe is charged
with static electricity the charge
stays on the surface of it. The guam
tity of full charge is limited by the
area over which it can spread
When a large number of vapor par
ticles unite to form raindrop their
electrical charges are combined, but
there is not as much surface on a big
drop as on the many particles which
went into It Consequently there is
more electricity than the drop can
hold. It must hunt up other accom-
modations, either in some cloud or on
the earth. Flashes in the clouds are
often several miles long. These fash
eS are composed of a chain of small
flashes. The remedying of one over
charged cloud by a discharge into an
other increases the load of that cloud
and a number of discharges are need
ed to even things up.
Lightning discharges from one
cloud to another or to the earth differ
greatly in force. Some lightning
bolts are very heavy and splinter
trees into toothpicks, destroy build
ings and fuse rock. Others are more
mild and do little or no damage.
The question of how the static cleo
tricity gets in the clouds is very diff
ficult to answer. One theory Is that
it is generated by the evaporation of
water by the suns rays. Another
that static discharges are continually
taking place from the earth into the
air and are there readily collected by
particles of moisture. When the par
ticles of moisture condense they form
heavy thunderclouds and this forma-
ton of raindrops causes the lightning
flashes as explained
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-10-05

about the railroad yards. Whether
further disorder will follow the shoot
ing is problematical.
According to the statements 0i MI"
county officers they We're accosted by
the guard when they started through
the railroad yards, An alteration and
the exchange of shots followed
\ number Of strikebreakers are
quartered in the Water Valley shops.
About $50 of the 600 men employed
in the shops are on strike.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-10-05
THE MARKETS,

Chicago, Oct. 5.-Wheat shade to
eighth to quarter higher. Provisions
FIVE lower to seven and half higher.
New Orleans, Oct. 5.-Cotton at
noon nine to slevee points down.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-10-05
NEGRO FlEND LYNCHED.
(By Associated PreSS.)

Macon, Ga, Oct. 5.-A dispatch
states that a Dublin, Ca, negro, en-
ployed as chauffeur by prominent
Dodge county woman, was lynched by
a masked mob last night at Baldwins
Bridge for attempted assault on the
woman.
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SEEKING THE GOAT.

London, Oct 5.-The Chronicles
Constantinople correspondent sends
the following dispatch:
The antagonism against the com
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-10-05

McComb City, Miss, Oct. with
the enforced departure yesterday af-
ternoon of the last of the strike-break-
ers brought here by the Illinois Cen
trail railroad, came the first real as
surance of the restoration of peace
after "a hours of excitement and spas
modic rioting.
The people here demanded that the
strike-breakers be removed from
their community, and 1872 were placed
aboard a heavily guarded special
train and hurried to New Orleans.
Sixty soldiers, armed with ball cart
ridges, with orders to shoot to kill, If
necessary. accompanied the special
train south as far as Magnolia. This
action probably prevented another
pitched battle.
Half an hour before the train left a
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-10-05
AM oTEHHERS


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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-10-05

BarEsdale & HARRISON have the con
tract for painting the handsome new
postoffce building and are doing Al
excellent job.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-10-05
CITY BREVlTIES.


Congressman p. p Harrison is
shaking bands with many friends here
today.
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MORE TROOPS
Continued from Page OreD

ton of attorneys for the Southern Pa
cific railroad company temporary
injunction was issued in the United
States court here today restraining
strikers and others from interfering
with the affairs OF the road, 1t is un
derstood the Southern Pacific officials
applied for a similar restraining or
der on every Federal district trayers
ed by the company's lines.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-10-05

The Gem theatre will be open from
10 a. m. to II p. m. tomorrow with
special programs. The first show
will run from 10 a. m to D. m. Then
there will be an entire change of pro
gram from 3 p. m. to II p, m. This is
done tomorrow at the Gem theatre SO
that all strangers will be able to see
two entirely different programs on
one day, and have a comfortable seat
in a cool theatre, with twenty big
electric fans and ventilators running
during the entire performance.
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ITALIAN SHIP

Continued From Page OneD
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-10-05

"The Switchman's Tower" at the
Lomo theatre today is a railroad story
with great situation strongly brought
out. The switchman is confronted
with the awful alternative of having
the train run over his own child or of
side-tracking it, in which case hun
dreds of lives will be sacrificed. The
child is saved at the last moment
This scene where the child is saved
is a real thriller and like all Edison
pictures is brimful of genuine atmos-
phere. "An Upt-o-date Squaw" is a
new idea in Indian pictures. 1t is an
Indian comedy a perfect scream, the
best ever made. Thos. E. Gates will
sing another new ballad We have
saved the best picture for Friday,
"The Death of Nathan Hale" the fifth
of the United States History series,
telling the story of he battle of Long
Island, with Washington's mastery
retreat, and Nathan Hale's attempt to
do his country a service, resulting in
his execution as a spy.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-10-05

Mothers Friend
Is sold at drug
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vpectart roth
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-17

freshmen backs were tearing through
and eating up the yards. Stienm may
be forced to shift a few of his Ior-
wards, as it is vitality necessary to
work up a line combination capable OF
holding the first-year team at bay.
One rift in the clouds is the announce
ment that Elliott, the big guard. is [;
stick with the Cornhuskers, having
passed up the proffer- of a law partner
ship in Oregon. His return to tie
squad is welcomed by Stiehm, who has
discovered that the chief weakness IN
the defense lies in the middle section OF
the line Elliott is available either for
center or guard and undoubtedly he
will be in action in the battle with the
Gophers.
Despite the pessimism of Head
Coach Stiehm, a Cornhusker football
grad who has been keeping tab on the
outlook is frank in expressing the be-
lief that Nebraska stands at least an
outside chance to take Minnesota 5
measure Meantime. he decries the ap-
parent disposition in the Gopher camp
to make it appear that DR.. Williams IS
sanguine of d Minnesota victory and
that he will save his heaviest guns for
the Gophers' future games
Minnesota has no cinch,' asserts
this grad. land nobody realizes that
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-17
LIFE INSURANCE COMPANIES
They Are Closely Observing Public
Health Conditions.

An examining physician for one OF
the prominent Life Insurance Com
panies, in an interview on the subject,
made the astonishing statement that
the reason why so many applicants for
insurance are rejected is because kid
ney trouble is so common to the Ameri-
can people, and the large majority OF
applicants do not even suspect that
they have the disease.
He states that judging from his own
experience and reports from druggists
who are constantly in direct touch with
the public. there is one preparation
that has probably been more success
ful in relieving and curing these dis
seases than any remedy known. The
mild and healing influence of DR. Kill
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Swamp Root is strictly an herbal
compound and it is advisable for those
who feel in need of such q remedy to
give it a trial 1t is on sale at all drug
stores in bottles of two sizes-fifty-
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However, if you wish first to test its
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Co. Binghamton, n. Y. for sample
bottle. absolutely free. When writing
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-17
He STAYS FOR LOVE.
Elmer Ferris Charged With Murder of
His Brother.

Kansas City, oct. 1.-THE murder
of his brother, John Ferris "A years
old, his rival for a girls love, is the
crime charged to Elmer Ferris,
wears old, who is behind the bars at
/ Kansas City police headquarters The
crime was committed in August, 1910,
near Goodeu, Kan, where the broth
ers were working together in the har-
vest fields The accused man Will be
taken to Stockton, the county seat OF
Rocks county, where the killing oc-
Cured.
The Ferris brothers. Elmer and
John left their home in Ava, Mo-, in
the summer of 1910 and went to the
Kansas wheat fields to work together
harvesting. Both had been attentive
to the same girl in their home town
There was known to be some Jealousy
Told Her shed Never see John Again.
! The brothers slept side by SIDE wnen
/ they were working The morning OF
! August 3, 1910, the body of John Fer
ris was found in a stack of wheat his
| throat had been cut Elmer had dis
| appeared.
to the Kansas City, Kan, police they
/ have n signed statement from the girl
whom the brothers had been counting
that when she asked Elmer where the
other brother was, after Elmer re-
turn. he said:
body put an end to him out in the
wheat fields
The girls statements contains what
is regarded as damaging evidence
against Elmer Ferris. There is other
! evidence against him also
The Police Didn't Drop It.
Elmer Ferris has been around MS
home in Ava, Mo-, most of the time
I since he returned from the wheat
fields. The Kansas City, Kan, police
have been investigating the murder
continuously since the crime, however
A detective has been both in Rocks
county, where the murder was com
mitted, and N the little Missouri towh
where Ferris lived
4 H. T. thinner, the Kansas City. Kan
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police chief, asked Governor Stubs for
requisition for Elmer Ferris several
days ago. The requisition was granted
Ky the Missouri authorities and Robert
Darnall, a detective, went to Ava ana
returned with Ferris.
Ferris, in a short statement made to
the police today, denied the murder,
but he told a story in which there are
many flaws as to dates, places and
facts.
Dead Two Weeks When Found.
stockton, Kan, Oct. 1.-THE fourth
of August. 1910, the body of an IN
known man was found lying between
two wheat stacks near Codell, in south
ern Rocks county. only the bones and
a few articles Of clothing remained
and identification was impossible. The
coroner held an inquest, but nothing
could be learned further than that in
dications were that the victims throat
had been cut. He had probably been
dead two weeks. The body was buried,
but many persons set to work at once
to try to find who the murdered man
was.
About a month later it was learned
that he was John Ferris from Squires,
Mo, and that he had come to Rocks
county to work in the harvest. He had
worked about Plainville and Codell Tor
| a month prior to his death. he was
| about - years old Later his rather
/
came to Stockton and remained mere
some time working, as they said, to
find the guilty party
Urged Mob Plan.
| In December of that year young
man named Miller, who had come from
Souires, Mo-, to visit relatives near
| Stockton, was arrested, charged with
the murder Miller was released al
his preliminary hearing for lack of evil
dence to convict. After this the father
and one brother left Stockton and only
George Ferris remained. He declared
he would stay until he found the gull
~ person. Soon after this he ap-
preached several Masons and Odd Eel
| lows and asked them to help him as
a brother Mason and brother odd Eel
low, to find the guilty person. He
said he had a plan, but he must have
help. His plan was to organize mob
capture young Miller and by threats
induce him to confess the murder Hls
plan was scorned by all who heard 1t
and a local newspaper published the
proposition as made by Ferris. Ferrl:
left at once and little or nothing has
since been heard here about the Ferris
murder case.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-17
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continued fIom Page one)
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Shreveport and lots of other
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and it CAN BE USED WITH
EQUAL EFFECT BY COMMU-
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to locate within their boundar-
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One of the healthy signs of
the times is the disposition dis
played by so many communities
of the United States to LET
THE WORLD KNOW what they
have to offer in the way of
MERCANTILE ADVANTAGES,
sites for the establishment of
factories, business houses, etc.
NOC Only OOcS JIlS apply 10
towns and cities, but to rural
communities as well.
HENRY K. HANNAH, one of
New York's brainy advertising
men, recently gave a talk on the
DEVELOPMENT OF ADAM
lDONED FARMS in various sec
lions of the country.
The way to develop these
farms is to advertise them. The
New York Central Railroad and
the New York, New Haven and
Hartford Railroad are also in
terested in this subject, and are
doing what they can to sell or
lease these farms.
But, after all, the only way to
accomplish it is through AID
lVERTISING, which is the
QUICKEST AND SUREST
WAY OF ACQUAINTING THE
PUBLIC with information on
any subject.
(TO be continued.)
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BEATRICE GOES ON ROCKS.
In Hold 200 ChinIs wondered What
Had Happened.

Victoria, B. c., Oct. 1.-THE Can
adam Pacific steamship Princess
Beatrice, running between Vancouver,
Prince Rupert and the northern can
neries, struck on Noble Island late last
night and is held fast on the rocks.
Three hundred passengers, 200 of whom
We're Chinese being brought south
from the canneries, were taken of by
the steamship Venture and landed at
Albert bay. No one was injured
Large holes were stove in the bow
and her forward hold filled with water.
When the vessel struck the Dassen-
GERS were taken into the small boats
and transferred without mishap to the
Venture, which responded to distress
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OTTAWA HOLDS WILLIAM JEWEL
score Of to Ends Gridiron Contest
at o. U. Grounds.

Ottawa. kan, oct. 17.-Honors were
evenly divided again on the Ottawa
university gridiron when the varsity
team and the William Jewell eleven
fought 6 to 6 game. 1t was very
fasf game and William Jewell tried
many fake plays. Their line of play
has been entirely changed in the last
few days. since ..Bin'' Saunders began
coaching the team. Campbell, who for
merly coached the football team, Is
now general director of athletics for
the Baptists Of Liberty. Ottawa played
more consistent bail than when they
held Washburn to a nothing to moth
ing score ten days ago.
Martin of William Jewell got away
for AS yards and made their touch
down. while Bowers scored for Ottawa
by a line plunge after 3o-yard run
by McCIay.
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CHIoAGo's SPLENDID HOTEL

is strategically located, within five min
I1ttes' walk Of stores. theaters. and near
all railroad and transportation lines IL
Overlooks Grant Park and Lake Michi-
gan, afording summer resort features
right in the business district
The Auditorium has been favor1te tor
twenty years with discriminating tourists
and rnaintained-one of the worlds most
notable hotels. The sum Of 900 was
recently expended for improvements. No
more satisfying cuisine or attention can
be provided anywhere.
Circular of information and rates on
application to w. s Shafer, manager.
Michigan Boulevard and Congress St.
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THEY MUST SEE BEER SIGNS.
w. c. T. Z. Asks Street Car to Remove
Liquor Ads.

Meriden, Conn.,. Oct 17.-Members Of
the State Womens Christian Temper
ance union which will meet here dur
ing the latter part of tie week, are
much perturbed over the fact that they
will have to use street cars transfers
advertising a popular local brand Of
beer.
The committee of arrangements has
asked the traction company to remove
the Objectionable advertising during
the time the convention is in session.
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St. Louis. Oct. 1.-THE NatIoAaI
League team won from the American
League team. Announcement was made
that the teams viii play double heaG-
er today, winding up the fail champion
ship
Score: RH-E
Nationals .....-.3 % 10 z
George, Powell. Nelson and
Stephens; Steel and Bliss
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RAIN STOPS sox-CUB GAME.
Chicago Teams Plan Battle To-day
Sox Hone to End series.

Sox Hope to End series.
Chicago, oct. 17.--With the Chicago
American league team leading the chi
cago Nationals 8 to in the fourth
game of the city championship Sc
ries. rain fell in torrents in the last
half Of the second inning. causing the
game to he postponed. Having three
Victories in a row to their credit, the
American 1eaguers hope to win today
thus ending the series.
Before the game. Frank Schultz, the
Cub outfielder, was presented with the
National league automobile prize and
the pennant, won by the Cubs when
they were declared 1910 champions OF
the National league, was also hoisted-
It is probable that Walsh will op-
pose Brown in the box today.
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fact more than DR.. Williams. During
the past twelve years only twice nave
we failed to give the Gophers a tight
battle Once we beat them and twice
we got away with a tie The Min
nesota schedule proves that he respects
the Cornhuskers and is determined to
take no chances"