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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-14
NEWS OF ENSLEY

yesterday at the McAdory infirmary and his condition is said to be serious Mir. Godfrey apparently was well when he re- tired Friday night He resides at Helena station with his wife and five children.
 The quarterly meeting and Lords Sup per will be observed at the Grace Pres bNterian church this morning in place of the regular service. The reports of the past quarter will be heard and other matters of importance in connection with the church discussed. Special music will
 be provided. In the evening the pastor, the Rev. l.. A. Reagor, will preach his regular Sunday evening sermon.
 The Carpenters and Joiners of Amer ica No. 296. Ensley, have under con sideration plans for the erection of a han on their lot on Park avenue and Eighteenth street, which they have lowned for several years. Plans for a two-story brick building will be sub mitted at once. The lower floors will be erected for business houses. The
 local unions are in an excellent shape | financially.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-14

Judge Burks. employed in the open hearth department at the steel mill, was killed yesterday aftenon. Particulars of how he met his death were not avail | able. Burks was about 9 years old band his home was at Candler Springs, where the body was sent by Echols x Angwin.
 Considerable improvements have been m@de on the Piper and Phillips building on Avenue E during the week. Plate glass Windows have been installed and new ele1 ator erected besides other costly im- proSements.
 The beat republicans have called a mass meeting at the Inferior courtroom tomor- row night for the purpose of making final decision regarding their candidates for the beat offices, to run against the demo- cratic nominees in the fall election. Three prominent men are under consideration for the judgeship and a man from Wy lam is talked of for constable.
 A mems mass meeting will be held at the First Methodist church of Ensley this afternoon at 3 o'clock the Rev. J.. o. Hanes in charge, who will take for his subject The Danger Signal" Pre- ceding the meeting a special musical pro- gramme will be rendered, beginning at f;S0 o'clock
 J T. Godfrey collector for ]. II. Per kins. was operated on for appendicitis
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-14
THROUGH H T H R E E CREVASSES WATERS ARE POURING OUT
 OVER LOW COUNTRY
lcoNTINuEp FRoM PAGE D

 Thousands of head of live stock already have been wiped out of existence north of Tallulah, and the flood waters are nov ing on to cover yet another 100000 acres of cattle grazing grounds and fertile val leys
 Thousands of persons will be made homeless in east Carroll, Madison, Tensas and Concordia parishes. II Is estimated that five-sixths of these people are ne- groes who live from day to day and the suffering among these will be acute. The United States government has been urged to rush tents and supplies to the section.
 Crevasse 1000 Feet Wide
 The Dog Tall crevasse tonight is more than 1000 feet in width and no human agency can stop the onrush or the waters until 1t has inundated q large part of an area so miles In length and varying in width from to 26 miles. The water will cover the southern half of east Carroll, three-fourths of Madison. at least two-thirds of Tensas and small portion of Concordia par ishes, which comprise the fifth levee district. Approximately 100000 acres will be submerged
 The absence of the reports of loss Of life is due to the precautions taken by the levee authorities to warn the people of the low country. As soon as the break came the news was flashed throughout the territory by telephone and couriers carried the warning mes sage on horseback into the plantations and the villages remote from wire com munication.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-14
PROPERTY LAWS
 ARE DISCUSSED Huddlest0n Speaks to Suf-
 frage League IS AGE OF ALTRUISM Women Have Equal Property Rights With Men But Are Absolutely Denied Voice in Government,
 States the Speaker
IS AGE OF ALTRUIsM

The meeting of the Equal Suffrage parish house was attended by a rep- resentative gathering of members. The speaker was George Huddleston, a prominent member of the legal fra ternity of Birmingham. and his sub iect was Property Laws Affecting Women In the State of Alabama"
 Mrs. So1on Jacobs. president of the body, conducted the meeting and in- troduced the speaker. Mrs. J. E. Fra present in her official capacity. read ing the minutes of the last two meet iugs. which, owing 10 pressure of bus mess, had not been presented Refer ence was made to- the business pro- cedure of the last meeting which was held for the purpose of revising the constitution. At future meeting the constitution as 1t stands will be read 10 the organization. Reports of vari- ous committees were heard It was stated that the plans for the lecture of Miss Mary Johnston, novelist. who will appear al the Chamber of Com fnerce auditorium Tuesday evening and at the Country club Wednesday aft ernoon, are maturing satisfactorily; that tickets are being sold and that they will be on sale at Parker's drug store and also at the door on the occasion of the lectures. Mrs Jacobs, in referring to Miss Johnston, called her one of the ablest American opponents of the cause of equal franchisement. It was an- nounced that Charles A. Brown. prin- cipal of the Central High school will introduce Miss Johnston.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-14

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-14
Will Surround Tallulah

The water from the crevasse prob ably will have Tallulah surrounded by morning. The entire town, with the exception of the high ride along Round A Way bayou will be submerged. Many families will be forced to move out of their homes, but there will be no loss of life here.
 Last nights crevasse occurred at the river bend near Alsatia, La. 20 miles [ orth of Tallulah and 45 miles south cf the Arkansas state line. The full
 effect of the rush waters. the roar Of
 which could be heard for miles. was felt in the little town of Roosevelt, on the
 Iron Mountain railroad. This town to- night is under to 12 feet of Wa
 ter and the inhabitants were marooned on the housetops awaiting the arrival of rescuing parties when the last word came from there.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-14
MT. Huddleston Introduced

After announcing the next meeting to take place at the parish house two weeks hence Mrs. Jacobs, with d few well chosen remarks, presented MT. iIudd1eston to his hearers.
 MT. Huddleston gave his address in formally, but in a manner betokening E 6 thorough familiarity with the topic he was presenting. In the beginning ne discussed the present status of the Ala bama married woman from legal viewpoint. explaining that the unmac- ried womans legal power in regard % her property is as free and unfettere1 as that of man. The development of the legal privileges of woman in the past few years were touched upon py MT. Huddleston briefly but in a man ner thoroughly Illuminating.
 He then said:
 50 far as property rights arc con- cerned, women at this time have prac- tically all the powers and privileges under the law that are' possessed by men, However woman's political rights remain unrecognized and she now stands, so far as recognition of her rights as a citizen to vote and to hold office are concerned, on the same foot ing that she has stood since the be- ginning of Anglo-Saxon civilization. chased with children, lunatics and criminals.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-14
Parker's Plantation Swept

The greatest loss in that immediate vicinity probably occurred on the large plantation of John M. Parker, the New Orleans cotton merchant, and political leader His plantation was directly in the path of the rushing waters and 1t is said that practically all of his cattle were drowned.
 Many people have been driven from | their homes in small towns south of Roosevelt, but in each of these there are high spots where the inhabitants can take refuge until boats can reach them. President J. T McClelland of the Tensas
 levee board tonight gave the Associated
 Press the following statement on the situation.
 There will be no loss of life from the
 Dog Tail crevasse, but the live stock
 loss will be enormous. Because of the boil weevil situation there will be no
 crop of cotton raised in the affected ter
 rtory this season, therefore the devasta-
 tion which the floods will bring means
 added suffering and distress
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-14
Still Confident


 .'The crevasse at Dog Tail does not shake my confidence in the levees, as the break was due entirely to local con ditions obtaining at that point.
 "The people are bearing up cheerfully and courageously and the more fortu- nate are helping to the limit of their resources those who are unable to take care of themselves. The people here will aid so far as it Is within their power, but local aid is possible for only short time or until the United States govern ment can come to the rescue and take charge of the situation. The means of the more prosperous even are exceeding ly limited
 The stage at which the levee gave way was the highest water of record, being one and half feet in excess of the previous high record at Lake Providence and at the breaking point was two feet higher than in 1908. when the levee gave way at Holvbrook five miles south of the Dog Tail crevasse.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-14

J T. Godfrey, collector for l. H. Per kins. was operated on for appendicitis
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-14
Exnect Acute Suffering

aFive-sixths of the people throughout the overnowed fifth levee district are ne- groes and simply live from day to day With their work cut off, their credit on their crops for this season destroyed, and with no prospects of relief from local conditions, their suffering will be acute and immediate action should be taken by the United States government to fur nish tents and supplies and temporarily care for these poor people until such a time as they can secure some means of livelihood.
 'The same conditions prevail in the Tensas basin district, west of Bayou Ma con Ridge which Is flooded or will be- bv this break and the breaks north of the Arkansas state line on the Missis- sippf and Arkansas rivers. In this lat ter district, however, there is a smaller proportion of negroes, the majority of the inhabitants being white. entirely de- pendent upon their daily labor for their living.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-14
European nations the belief is almost uni- versal. It is one of the superstitious that persist~desnite the progress of science and

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-14

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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-05-08
BISHOPS Change
ARTICLES OF FAITH

Nashville, Tenn, May S.-The col
lege of bishops of the Southern Meth.
odist church Monday afternoon decid.
ed to recommend to the general con.
ference a change in article % of the
church articles of faith, the first since
its adoption in 1903.
The article now provides that those
who unite with the church shall be
loyal citizens of the United States. At
the time the confession was prepared,
it was intended simply for the United
States and was, therefore, applicable
However, the denomination, with its
many missions, has grown so rapidly
that this portion of the confession is
not now applicable to the whole
church.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-05-08
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.. ATLANTA. GA.

over the world as an actress, will play
the role of Melisande in Materlinck's
great drama. King Albert and the
Queen will be present.
M. Maeterlinck was all but unknown,
unhonored and unsung in his native
land until he had won recognition and
appreciation in Paris. Though he
abandoned Brussels for Paris as a per-
manent place of residence, declaring
that he had shook the dust of Belgium
from his feet forever, he has relented
and returned to Brussels today to re-
ceive belated honors.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-05-08

Continued From Page One.)

tract rate of interest from 10 to per
cent, President Fox said that the trou'
BILE with usury law is that law-abid-
ing men who loan money. at the legal
rate are put in competition with those
who have no regard for law and lend
their money, with impunity, at any
rate of interest.
Passing momentarily from the seri-
GUS to the amusing, Col. Fox INDUCED
in some jocular comment on the anti
tipping law, and said that the joke
becomes irresistible when one reads
the 9Th section making it the duty of
judge to solemnly charge a grand
jury at each session of court that it is
grave offense against the peace and
dignity of the state of Mississippi to
give niger dime to tote your grip
sack, and renders you liable to a fine
| of $50 therefor.
President Fox approved the action
of Gov. Brewer in vetoing House Bill
No. IT'S giving the right of initiative,
referendum and recall to any munich
pality, and said that the Governor
should have vetoed the commission
government bill for municipalities for
the same reason, as both are clearly
unconstitutional.
The law requiring corporations to
have pay days for employees at least
once per month was held to be in vio-
lation of section III of the constitu-
ton, and also obnoxious for graver
reasons.
H. B. No. 6S7 appropriating $4,000 as
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-05-08
MRS. fLATAU LEASES
MAMMOTH SPRINGS

Mrs. Maud Myer Flatau has leased the
Monmouth Springs Hotel and left yes
terday to take charge and get every
thing in readiness for the opening
within few days. Mrs. Flatau is fav.
orably known to the Hattiesburg public
as an excellent housekeeper and pro-
WIDER and should receive a large pa
tronage during the season from the
Hattiesburg public and the people of
this section. Visitors will find COM
Portable rooms and table spread with
the best the market affords, we'll pre-
pared and well served. There is no
better water in this section than that
at Monmouth Springs, and there is no
more healthful resort in this section
for rest and benefit during the warm
season.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-05-08
GIRL ALWAYS WEAK
Tells How She Became Strong And
Vigorous.

When | see pale, puny children on
the street l always wonder what their
parents are doing, if anything, to
build up their strength" said a well
dressed man the other day.
Mary Lang, of Altoona, Pa, was one
such child. Her story is told in one
of her own letters. Ever since child
hood she says, 81 have been weak
and delicate and my blood has been
thin and poor. Many different forms
of treatment did me no good but last
spring | took Vinol and now l am so
much stronger and better that l want
you to know it, don't know when l
have felt so well and vigorous as I
have since taking Vinol."
We only wish that every weak.
rundown, sickly person would realize
that Vinol is the one best remedy to
enrich the blood, build up the body
and put the glow of health in pale
cheeks. Your money back if you are
not pleased" is the way we sell Vinol
SO you can see we believe in it.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-05-08
BATS TO KILL "skEETERs.p

Waco, Tex, May Specialization of
mosquitoes by means of trained bats
was advocated by DR.. A. B. Campbell
of San Antonio in an address before
the Texas State Medical Association,
IN session here today DIR. Campbell
has made exhaustive experiments in
San Antonio and has obtained remark
able results. He believes that by
propagating the bats in large numbers
-NH entire South can be rid of mosqutI
~''antly of both MALAY
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-05-08
WILSON MORE THAN
ENOUGH IN TEXAS.
by Associated Press.)

Dallas, Texas, May S.-With reports
from all but SO of the 249 Texas coun-
ties, Woodrow Wilson has more than
enough votes to control the state con-
vention. It will require the state con-
vention to decide between Taft and
Roosevelt, as to the Texas preferen-
tial for the nomination. Contests and
uninstructed delegations neutralized
the effect of lead for either candi-
date.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-05-08
ENGINEERS HOLD CONVENTION.

Cleveland, o., May S.-With Grand
Chief Warren S. Stone presiding, the
national convention of the Brother
hood of Locomotive Engineers was
opened today. According to Mr.. Stone,
permanent peace is now assured be-
tween the locomotive engineers and
the fifty eastern railway systems on
which strike was threatened, as the
result of the arbitration agreement.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-05-08
ROSE DAY IN COAST CITIES.

San Francisco, May S.-San Francis
co and all the other coast cities from
Stockton to Santa Cruz are today OBJ
serving rose day." the proceeds from
the sale of flowers to go to charity. In
all the hotels and many other public
places society bellies are selling bou-
quets, and roses are also being dis
posed of from automobiles in the
streets.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-05-08
ELECTION IN QUEBEC.

Montreal, May denominations will
be made today preliminary to the cleo
ton to be held throughout the province
next Wednesday to choose members of
the thirteenth Quebec provincial par
lament. Sir Lomer Gouin declares he
is confident of success and that the
administration will be Endorsed by a
good majority
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-05-08
TO CALL RlcHEsoN's SUCCESSOR

Boston, May S.-Members of Imman-
uel Baptist Church of Cambridge will
hold a meeting tomorrow night to Sc
lect new pastor to succeed the Rev.
Clarence V. T. Richeson, who is now
held in jail pending his execution for
the murder of Miss Avis Linnel. The
Rev. DR.. P. A. Nordell has been &C.
cupying the pulpit since Richesons
arrest
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-05-08
SOCIOLOGICAL CONGRESS.

Nashville, Tenn, May Sat today's
session the Southern Sociological Con-
gress was broken up into nine depart
ments, and in each of the sectional
sessions experts of national reptua,
ton addressed the delegates on mat
tiers connected with handling specific
social problems.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-05-08
The MARKETS.

New Orleans, May S.-Cotton at
noon 3 to 10 points down.
Chicago, May S.-Wheat opened one
half to two and half cents down. Pro-
visions two and half to twenty five
cents up.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-05-08
HoNoRs FOR MAETERLINcK.

Brussels, Belgium, May 9.-Maurice
Maeterlinck, Belgium's most distin-
guished poet, playwright, -essayist and
man of letters, was today honored by
his countrymen with great fete in
% his being awarded the
special
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-05-08
INESDAY, MAY 8, 1912.
ORM IS WORSE NEEDED.

orming the tariff and reforming the trusts, and
e reform that is worse needed and where reform
itself
'ersome. Senators and congressman in each
worse STILL tiey many that individually they
congress meets that the general public does
ondemn that congress, collectively; yet at the
will elect these to congress. The reason
way his respons ibility for the sins omission and
whole.
lid be greatly reduced One each state
mber of members for the lower house, would give
1T working force than they The lower
babel Half the members do know half the time
orse than that tn do not know what they doing
es. Mr.. Sims, of Tennessee recently moved amend
POSITION suggesting that the government work
rural route carriers. Not bad idea, think. But
asked how much it would cost, he replied, as noncha
was taking chew of tobacco "oh don't know Those
estimate the cost for him said it S17OOOO0O
ce did that make with Mr.. Sims? He go back
yhanded of toll who live routes in his dis
strict all rura that he tried appropriation
their exclusive benefit but the city down
AXE Sims solid See?
politics should be cut out of the public service
fewer higher men sent to congress
must be reformed before much good congress
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-05-08
tOCRATIC HOUSE AND PUBLIC I4YCHWA US

ted States $S5OOoOOO the main
standing
its naval esab
ids more than 6OOOOOO annually for
nds the about $40 improvement
harbors.
annually for the construction
buildings
100000 annually the maintenance of Diplomatic and CON-
representatives. in foreign countries.
spends Notifications
spends annually $1SOOOOOO agricultural development
spends annually 100000 Indians
the United spends nothing annually for the con-
ton or improvement of Public HghwaysFrank B.
lacks National Monthly.
And standing at the doors of con-
and begs And the pension
with their ndaOus beg
buldose
nothing initiative You can get any
or of an old bill through by staying
how intelligent and the main peoples
little they even waste it
right things would in the
direction.
they do good roads 1t
about much average
station as does con.
thousand producer pays the freight both
begin with the again The rail-
the people
the farming people who profit by good
roads But they have no lobby beg
ought to be issued to build
them This ought to be issued
to build them Standing the
that the Percy government
ought establish Highway And congress would
the Highways lobby to stand at
its doors and beg Good roads
states employ takers good
Organization is what needed Of con.
thing without
place progressive movement is at home
MT Underwood has Mississippi bottled
unbottied they will
the delegation representing the
full the state could
ntelgnty and faithfully likewise represented two
OF its most competent and representative
sippi would instruct for the southern not at all
they still
mating ballot This town
ona district chose Wilson delegates The consolation in
hat
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-05-08

The Birmingham Ageerad defeated the New
-""r wherever they have Maybe So but he has been
-"'ection Of his meeting places. Mr. Underwood
he is fighting very adrotly
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-05-08

a supplemental common school fund to
be paid to the counties whose distrib-
utive share of the state school fund
is not sufficient, was declared in viola
ton of section 2O6 of the constitution.
Also Senate Bill No. 495, levying a
tax of 20 cents per acre upon any per-
son or firm owning more than 1000
acres of timber lands is branded as
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-05-08

To every person suffering
with an old sore or chronic
ulcer, the very best news in this
paper is contained in the present
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-05-08

being so clearly unconstitutoly
it is not even good nonsense.
President Fox referred, luI
comment, to a number of Hs'
eous statutes enacted by
ture, including those prov keI
stringent penalties for tn, J.
of liquor, and gave the Law was
credit for all wise legisla dent