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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-06-07
Anb PERSONALS

Misses Kate and Margaret Leland
will leave Saturday to spend awhile
with relatives at Biloxi.
\. 4. +
Mrs r. S. Lea and son, Rodger, will
leave Saturday for Biloxi, to spend
awhile with Mrs l1ea's sister
J. + X
Miss Roena Green will leave this
evening for her home in Gulfport, af-
ter a visit to DR.. and Mrs. H. T.
Mounger, on West Pine street.
4 +
Mrs. William !. Quealy left at noon
today for her home in New Orleans,
after a ten days visit to her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. j. S. Harrison, on West
Pine street.
x !. 4
Miss Annie Rose Mcleod, who at
tended the commencement exercises
of the University Of Mississippi, at
Oxford left there Wednesd ~ for
Aberdeen where she will spend two
weeks dis a member OF house party
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-06-07
THE HATTl-SBURG NEWS

event, though 1essened by weather con-
ditions, was entirely satisfactory to
the leaders.
The members of the committee hav-
ing the affair in charge, Mrs, J. L.
Jones, Mrs. Sampson and Miss Bass,
of the First Baptist church; Mrs. Shu-
maker, of Main Street Presbyterian;
Mrs. Geo. Komp and Miss Annie Mil
ner, of Bay Street Presbyterian; Mrs.
Gilman, of Broad Street Methodist;
Mrs. F. R. Powell and Miss Tina Jones
of Court Street Methodist.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-06-07
DROP RETIRED OFFICERS.

Washington, June Under orders
of Secretary of the Navy Meyer, all
retired navy officers who have been
retained on duty were today retired
from active service. After today, ac-
cording to law, no retired officers of
the United States Navy can be as
signed to active duty.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-06-07
WANTED

One hundred feather beds, paying
the highest cash prices. Home phone
1871. Apply to Golden Rule Bargain
House, West Pine street.-Southern
Feather Co. 6-3t
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-06-07
EXTENSIVE WORK
PROGRESSES RAPIDLY

The work of the Hattiesburg Trac-
ton Company, in preparing for the
operating of cars on Fourth street. is
progressing rapidly. A large force of
men are employed on that line, the
poles have az been set and most Of
the newerails laid The raising OF the
old track and the patting of new ties
Hereunder has not yet begun.
The best advertising medium is the
one that reaches the largest ns.mber
of people-The News reaches them
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-06-07

RAMSEY G. COMPANY.
LEADING UNDERTAKES
PROMPT AMBULANCE SERVICE.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-11-01
..R|DA JOHNSON YOUNG
WROTE HER OWN PLAY,
JURY SOON DECIDES

. Twelve Jurors, after a finished course
IN writing, rewriting. cutting and pad
ding plays, qualified as expert critics
to-day in Justice Hotchkiss's part os
the Supreme Court when they decided
unanimously that Mrs. R.Ja Johnson
Young Is a'rcgulaf authorizes and play
! wright and that Mrs. Edith Elliss Fur
mess, while she may be prefoctly good
;authoress. had nothing to do with The
. lottery Man
' The jury was out only a few minutes.
They found in every respect for Mrs.
Young. who. with the Shuberts. was
sued by Mrs. Furncss for $4,000 for
royalties, which Mrs. Furness claimed
cue for the additions and plot manipu-
'afions she engineered in putting the
'rlay on the boards. Mrs. Young char
aeterized Mrs. Furness's aid as that OF
+ stage director and Indignantly re-
rented the charge that The Lottery
Man was not a child OF her brain
alone.
: MIS-. Furness was engaged by the Shi-
rerts as stage director to aid in whlp-
Ting productions into shape. Sic wlpta
lines In here and there in Mrs Yourg's
yiay and shifted some of Mrs. Young
scenes, she said, Mrs Futaess asserted
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-11-01
,''GET The HOOK" IS
| JUDGES VERDICT ON
THE PO|LLON SISTERS
Katherine and Charlotte Do
Turn in Court, but Fail to
Make a Hit.

The Poillon Observation-Disclosures and
|, CharIottc-Jumped into the lmelght
again to-day when they appeared In
the Court OF Special Sessions before
Justices Fleming. Deuel. and Forker as
complainants against Lionel Stagg of
the Hotel Metropole, which closed last
! night. charging him with threatening to
do Charlotte bodily harm IL she dared
testify against Dorothy Dale, an
actrese; accused of larceny.
The sisters were Just as picturesque
Ras eyer when they appeared In court.
Their%appearlnce on the stand showed
they had lost none of the effectivene $
they dlsp,ayed In the same court, nearly
three years ago. when they were con-
: victed and sentenced to the pehitentlary
for beating their bills at several hotels.
! They then charged their hotel bills had
been guaranteed by City Magistrate
Peter =. Barlow, although the latter
denied their assertions.
(, Since their release from the peniten-
, tiary katherine and Charlotte have been
before the public innuinerable times
( When Charlotte took the stand to-day
she told the Justices Stagg had called
$her that II she appeared in Court
against Dorothy Dale she would meet
sthe fate of all informers."
What do you do for llving?" Roger
r.. Wood. attorney for Stagg, asked
fCharlotte.
II have an income" was the reply.
"What 10 your income?"
sufficient to maintain me-"
How is II made?'
Miss Charlotte blushed and hesitated.
4 assistant District Attorney Smith
Jumped to her rescue.
1 II object, I object" Smith yelled.
. Justice Fleming sustained the objec-
ton,
Katherine, the older of the two sis
Eers coroborated Charlottes testimony
but before Mr. Wood could ask her any
questions. the three Justices decided
Stagg had not committed any crime
hand announced their decision.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-11-01

All the newest eolorinss; sizes 9 to
u years; tans. browns. srays; :
pairs Of full cut knockers with watch
pockets.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-11-01

that this was playwrighting and that
she was entitled to share In the play 3
success. The Shuberts refused to con-
slider her claim and she brought suit
naming the Shuberts and Mrs. Young
as defendants.
Judge Hotchkiss quickly eliminated
the producers as defendants and left
the issue of authorship between the two
women
After the jury had rendered their
opinion, which was exactly as Mrs.
Young has felt all along. the authoress,
dressed In a handsome black gown.
swept over the box and elapsed each
CRITICS hand.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-11-01

no EXTRA CHARGE FOR 1T.
Achievements for The World nAy be left
any American ps,Eist Me>stnScr ofti:e IN ths
city uu.l . ".
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-11-01

In Johnny and full length styles; ii
boueles. ehinchilas and other fab on
rios. all sizes. - to IS. A mighty SJ
coed value for ................. ~
Omaha daily bee., 1912-07-07
Miss Hester Ross, the Pretty Mississippi Society
Girl and "Blue Pajama" Heroine.

were out-well, any truthful girl, remem-
bering her own parallel experience, will
tell you that wearing pajamas for the first
time is not conducive to sound slumber.
They have not that grateful, soft, ,volumin-
BUSINESS of the nightie. The lower portion
of of the garment-"complete in two num-
bers," like an advertised short serial in
a magazne-conveys sensation OF not
being properly undressed for bed. MOST
distracting of all is the pressure OF the
bow-knotted draw-string at the waist OF
the-er-trousers.
All Of which retarded Miss Hester Gus
tumary prompt passage into the Land OF
Nod. She heard the hall clock strike the
hour of eleven For another half hour sne
heard the rain drops splashing against her
window panes. She heard the halt-nour
strickland then she probably dozed, for
she thought she dreamed that the tele-
phone bell down in the hall was ringing
The scene changes to the train de-
spatcher's room In the station at Laurel.
Time, midnight No. II, the New Orleans,
Mobile and Chicago through express, has
1uSL passed., anu ID pulllub OIL Ihiou6u ehO
rain and fog up the heavy grade toward
Noxapater, with Ross Spur only five miles
away.
Suddenly Dispatcher Stepp's telegraph
sounder begins rafting away at frenzied
rate, ticking off his signature-"C. o., G.
O., c. o." Stepp responds in hurry 1t
is the operator at Noxapater who Is call
ing. His instrument fairly stutters with
anxiety as 1t clicks into Stepp's ears the
warning:
Hold No. u. Cut off freight cars run
ming loose on down grade!"
All the startled Laurel dispatcher can
do is to get the lamentable truth on
record He replies:
"Too late. Seventy-two has pulled QUIT"
There is no possible chance Of tagging
the express short of Ross Spur five miles
away, and no operator there! Dispatcher
Stepp thinks hard, while jumping across
to the round house. where there's a tele-
phone. It's the only chance. And at mid
Omaha daily bee., 1912-07-07

~ blue pajamas and the girl 1t Is to
sing-to paraphrase the opening line of
~ Virgils undying epic Of heroism.
"Arms and the man"-blue pajamas and the
girl. Henceforth let everybody grant to the
gentler sex all the rights there are.
Clad only in those blue pajamas, her little
bare white feet splashing through the mud OF
a black and rainy midnight she sprinted half
a mile to the railway tracks barely in time
to flag the fast express and save its sleeping
passengers from destruction by train of
runaway freight cars.
Her name is Hester Ross-Hester Ross, Of
Ross Springs, Mississippi
1t would be impossible for even the gravest
and most dignifed historian to eliminate
those blue pajamas. As we'll might Virgil
have pictured his man without arms. If little
Miss Ross had not that very night. for the
first time, discarded her creamy white, lace
trimmed mighty in favor of her first suit Of
pajamas, she would have slept soundly. as
usual The jingle of the telephone bell would
not have awakened her. The fast express and
its human freight would have whirled on to
their doom.
Ross Springs is a pretty little town named
for the prominent Ross family-of which Miss
Hester is the bright, particular attraction. She
is just twenty, beautiful, accomplished,
acknowledged belle not only of her own
town but of all that section of Mississippi.
Her fathers spacious mansion, set back half
a mile from the railway tracks, is the princi-
pal social rendezvous between Laurel, five
miles away, and Noxapater, ten miles distant
in the other direction-all on the main line of
the railroad. At Ross Springs a short spur
branches off from the main line. The juno
ton is called Ross Spur. Owing to light
traffic on the branch, the telegraph operator
at Ross Spur goes off duty before midnight.
Thus the right of way for fifteen miles is con-
trolled by the dispatchers at Laurel and
Noxapater
Keeping the topography and this traffic ar.
rangement in your mind, let US return to
pretty Hester Ross and her brand new blue
pajamas.
They were her first introduction to paja.
mas of any color, and Miss Hester was the
first girl in her Mississippi social set to make
up her mind to follow the pajama example of
society girls in the big Eastern cities Women
OF the aristocratic old South are conservative
in such matters. Most of them still favor
those charmingly feminine robes of sheerest
linen, lace-trimmed. dainty. which their
mothers and grandmothers wore, and which
are popularity referred to as nighties.
1t is whispered about down in that section
OF Mississippi that the wardrobe of no
Southern society girl contained prettier, dain.
tier, more charmingly be-laced and be-rib.
boned "nighties" than that of beautiful Hes
ter Ross Such whispers. entirely feminine
at the start, more widely circulated through
the medium of sisterly condolences to brothers
too young to be quite discreet, ultimately can
be heard over quite lot of territory.
So 1t must have been one Of those rare
benevolent interventions OF Fate that caused
Omaha daily bee., 1912-07-07

it-barely in time.
The putting locomotive was not hum
dred yards away when the engineer
caught sight of that bedraggled, pathetic
little figure standing, tottering, between
the rails, feebly swinging lantern. One
sharp toot on the whistle satisfied the
painting girl that he understood-that she
had saved the express. Then she dropped
like a dead girl, with the arm that held
the lantern lying limp on one Of the rails.
The train stopped with the locomotives
nose almost In her face. Grizzled En-
gineer Adams picked up the lifeless figure
in his arms and carried II back towards
the cab OF his engine The girl opened
her eyes and mumbed something about
runaway freight" At that very minute,
looking up the grade, Engineer Adams
could see through the mist dark mass
approaching. A few seconds later his 10.
comotiye had broken nose and one of
the runaway freight cars lay on its side
In the ditch
II both trains had been in motion there
would have been a wreck with terrible
loss Of life. AS it was, the impact was
hardly sufficient to awaken the express
passengers.
Little Miss Ross quickly revived. Her
pajamas were no longer bue-they were
black with mud. Assured that no lives
were lost she looked at herself and
laughed heartily But there were tears
In the eyes and Jumps in the throats of
the escort Of train men who accompanied
her back to the Ross mansion.
The general superintendent OF the road
has written little Miss Ross a letter of
congratulation Residents Of Ross Springs
are petitioning the Carnegie Commission
to give her medal As for Miss Hester
Ross. herself. she Just laughs merrily,
and remarks that no girl has q better
excuse to stick to blue pajamas for the
rest Of her life!
Omaha daily bee., 1912-07-07

night, in that sleepy little place, how much
of a chance? The runaway freight cars
are slipping down sharp grade while the
express Is pulling up hill. To Ross Spur,
ten downgrade miles for the runaway,
only five miles for the express--though
the latter has to climb. Which will reach
Ross Spur first? Anyway, 1t is matter
of precious minutes
Stepp jerks down the telephone trans
mitter and yells for the solitary night
central operator at Laurel--Miss Mary
Monday. Thank Heaven, Mary's on the
job! stepp wastes no words:
Quick, Mary! Get somebody at Ross
Spur-anybody-an tell 'em to flag Sew
enty-twol Life and death! Hurry!"
Mary Monday, too, is Of the stuff that
makes heroines. In fash she saw the
one chance-the Ross mansion. Nobody
in the Ross family would stop to ask
questions. She plugged" the Ross line
and set the bell ajingling--and kept 1t
jinging with those short. sharp pauses
that seem to mean more than the sound
of the bell.
Suddenly little Miss Ross, blue-paja.
maed, sat up In bed and listened.
why, I'm not dreaming" she told her.
self. ut is the telephone!"
Out of bed, with the light switched on,
she looked sleepily for her bathrobe.
Then, noting her forgotten blue pajamas,
so much more "dressy" than her &C
customed nightie, she laughed lightly, and
slipped down the stairs in her bare feet
to answer the phone
Dispatcher Stepp's message, concisely
repeated by Mary Monday, drove all the
sleep from little Miss Hester's BRAIN
'The through express?" she said into
the phone. Flag it to prevent COLI
sion? OF course-instantly!"
Mary Monday, at Laurel, heard no
more A pretty girl In bare feet and blue
Omaha daily bee., 1912-07-07
Uorn for the First Time by a
Southern Society Beauty, They
Splash Through the Mud for
Half a Mile at Midnight, and
Flag a Train in Time to PreUent
a Collision

pajamas was in the Ross kitchen, lighting
lantern. In another instant she was out
through the back way. her white feet
flashing In the lanterns light as she
sprinted through the mud for the rail.
way tracks. half mile away.
A long whistle from down the grade
told her she was scheduled for the race of
her life. Swinging her lantern, she ran
like deer. In her blue pa1amas she ran
literally like "a blue streak" Mud
splashed to her knees. the rain soaking
her through and through, she ran without
thought that was not centred on beat
ing the through express to the Ross Spur
juction.
Her long hair came down and streamed
out behind her as she ran--she had for.
gotten that she had any hair. splashes of
mud from her flying bare feet fecked her
cheeks. her chin, her nose. Hester Ross.
the daintiest girl creature in the State OF
Mississippi, didn't care a particle. She
climbed rail fence In two bold leaps and
came down In mud-puddle that drenched
her to the waist, and never gave the mat.
ter thought
Only another fifty yards-but her bosom
was bursting with breathlessness. Another
long whistle from the express, not an
eighth OF a mile away! She pulled her.
self together for the final spurt, and made
Omaha daily bee., 1912-07-07

little Miss Ross to fole up and put away her
whole supply of these charming textile con-
fections, and at the psychological moment. to
substitute pajamas. She had plenty of
nighties She did not really need pajamas
at all. But imagine a pretty. delicately.
nurtured girl of twenty sprinting for half
mile through the rain in lacebedecked
mighty, be-ribboned, voluminous, and of gos-
samer thinness! You see there was definite.
great and humane purpose in those blue paja.
mas, though when Miss Ross prepared to don
them for the first time she was wholly ignor-
ant Of the fact.
All the same, it was great occasion. Paja.
mas, masculine or feminine, are much less
intimate and retiring than nighties. Perfectly
Omaha daily bee., 1912-07-07

u / ce a n q re-
spectacle youn 6
actresses ear
pajamas right out
in public on the
stage. A society
girl in pajamas is
fairly well cos
tuned for general
circulation IN
strictly domestic
premises; where
as, In either case,
the nightie and
its wearer, and
t he spectators,
would be Scan
dalized.
1t Is on record
that Miss Ross's
new pajam a s
were blue. 1t goes
without sayin 6
that they were
Of the finest mate
rial and fitted her
to perfection
wisely, and not
too well. The coat
had a military col
lar, nd owned
S ] yes { b a t
reached nearly to
al er dim pie d
knuckles. The-er
trousers were of
generous breadth,
and the bottom
hens caressed her
slender ankles.
Now, If you have
seen Paulin e
G b ase on the
S tage in h er
famous pink paja-
mas, You can con-
Jure up a tolera bly,
accurate vision of
Miss Hester Ross,
ready for bed on
that even t full
night, attired in
Eer brand new
ones.
In spite of the
unfamiliar gar
ment, it is prob
able that Miss
Ross said her
prayers with her
customary rever-
ent concentration
upon the subject;
but once her head
was on the pillow
and the lights
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-08-03
WHEAT ESTIMATES
SEND PRICES DOWN
Total Crop in the United
States Expected to Reach
7o7,Ooo,ooo Bushels.

CHICAGO. Aug. Increased esti-
mates Of yield counted today against the
value OF wheat In consequence the
market closed aasc to t@ic under last
night
According to leading expert, the to-
tai crop Of wheat In the United States
this season will be 707. .00o. 900 bushels
As the same authority two weeks ago
had put the probable aggregate at 700
100000 bushels and had figured a month
back that the sum would be only SAL
ooooo0 bushels. the effect tended to IA
Vor the bears. Weakness. however was
apparent from the start, the chief early
influence being cool, dry weather for the
northwest
A rally In the last half-hour resulted
from an Improvement OF cash wheat de-
mand. In the course OF the session Sep
tember ranged from &C TO e3lc, with
the close firm but 1c net lower, at 92l@
Heavy rains southwest, where needed
Drought about downturn In corn. There
also We're predictions that the crop would
be 100000 bushels more than last sea-
son' September fluctuated between 66s6
6ehc and Csc, closing firm at e79@67sc. a
loss OF s9sc Cash grades were weak
No. 2 yellow. 7Aa@75c.
Increasing sales to arrive depressed
oats The decline in corn and wheat
formed an additional weight on holders.
september ranged from CSC and 32{c,
with last sales &C. down, at 32i0s2ic,
Provisions. although comparatively
STEADY showed the effect Of selling due
10 the fact that stocks on hand were
was January pork. SC.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-08-03
6RApSTREET's REPORT.
Progress Toward Enlarged Business Is
Clearly Indicated by Agency.

NEW, YORK, Aug. 2.-Bradstreets re-
ports. again spell progress, and a more
clearly defined movement toward en-
larged business 10 reflected In most sec
tions, save parts OF the south. This dis
position is manifested to greater ex-
tent at northwestern points than any
where else.
In the textile lines, price advances are
significant OF an enlarged demand, either
present or prospective. Indeed, those
buyers who have hesitated about paving
the advances asked are coming Into the
markets and OF course, the mills are
tlrm In their views as to prices as 1t is
fully recognized that supplies are not
over plentiful, first, because prolonged
turers TO restrict output to demand, and.
secondly. because labor troubles have
initiated against anything liRe full op
erations
In industrial circles employment is
good and the Iron and steel industry con-
stronger; higher prices are being de-
manded for a number OF finished prod
ucts. eastern shipbuiders have placed
heavy orders for plates and shapes. the
railroads are inquiring for rails for next
years delivery. thus returning to their
old-time policy OF ordering In advance,
and some business has been booked for
this year by eastern mills
Collections have Improved at a num-
Der of points. still there is sufficient
slowness to prevent uniformity, and pay
ments In the south continue slow. espe-
clally from retail dealers.
Business failures In the United States
for the week ending August were s24'
week number "a. as against 26 last
week
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-08-03
DUN'S REVIEW OF TRADE.
Trade Expansion Contrasts With speeua-
tive OuIlness.

NEW YORK, Aug. 2.-R, G. Dun &
Co.'S Weekly Review Of Trade tomorrow
will say:
Trade expansion contrasts with specu-
latlve dullness. Inasmuch as the Increased
Industrial and mercantile operations in
volve larger demands for money, while re-
quirements In connection with moving the
crops will be heavy. II is on the whole
fortunate that there is no great specula-
tive activity TO add to the burdens Of the
money market.
"A noticeable note OF optimism pre-
walls In business circles, which are not
appreciably affected by the excitement Of
presidential year.
THE further price advances on steel
products testify to a large volume OF new
business.
''In dry goods ane lines are stronger
rejecting the continued idleness at New
Bedford Prints have been advanced to
a basis of o4c for standards and prices
OF low and medium bleached cottons were
also marked up he and &c respectively.
Tickinss are &c higher and demins are
very steady. In woolens and worsteds
trade in mems wear continues satisfac-
tory,
Pronounced strength rules throughout
the leather market"
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-08-03
ASSESsM ENT NO. 2,

Black Pine Mine & Milling company.
principal place Of business Salt Lake City.
Utah.
Notice is hereby given that at meet
ing OF the board of directors, held at the
office OF the company on the 29th day OF
July, 1912, an assessment OF one-quarter
OF a cent per share was levied upon the
stock Of the corporation issued and out
standing payable immedia tely at $40
West South Temple street. Salt Lake
City, Utah, Any stock upon which this
assessment shall remain unpaid on the
goth day of August. 1912. will be delin-
quent and advertised for sale at public
auction and unless payment Is made be-
fore viii be sold on the 18th of Septern-
Der. 1912. at ~ o'clock noon, at the COM
ment thereon. together with cost OF ad-
vertising and expense OF sale.
BY order OF board Of directors.
], F, KTEHM
Secretary and Treasurer.
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