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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-04-16
REVIVAL in PROGRESS
At s I'VE. BAPTIST

4 revival meeting began Sunday
night at the Fifth Avenue Baptist
church, with the pastor Rev. Homer
Fl. Webb, preaching.
Good crowds are in attendance at
each service and much interest is be-
ing manifest among the members, as
well as the visitors.
The meetings will continue through
out the week, and as long thereafter
as would seem to justify.
Rev. Mr.. Webb, who has only been
here for a short time, has done won
derful work for his new charge. He
is young, energetic and a pleasing
speaker, and will not doubt make a
splendid success out of the revival
that is now being conducted.
Two additions were made during the
services Sunday night.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-04-16
met DEATH BY
EiECTROCU1ION
Herbert M. Wright, Employe of Tele-
phone Company, Killed Yesterday
Afternoon.

Herbert NJ Wright, aged 23, was
instantly killed at three o'clock Mon
ca afternoon at the corner of 18th
avenue and Hardy street, by coming
in contact with live wire, while
working at the top of a telephone
pole.
Mr. Wright who was assisting Cray
ton Foster and c. Watkins in laying
line of wire to the ball park, was
ground" man. That is, he was not
supposed to do any work at the top Of
the pole. On thiJoccasion, asked to
be allowed to finish the job and his
companions assented. Hardly had he
reached the top, when he suddenly
cried out and was seen to clutch the
overhanging wires. Foster and Wat
kins climbed the pole and carried the
unfortunate man to the ground. Death
had evidently been instantaneous. His
hands were badly scorched and large
part of one of his legs frightfully
burned, where it had come in contact
with the live wire.
Mr.. Wright had been with the Cum
berland Telephone & Telegraph Co
for about nine months. He was pre-
pairing for the ministry, and according
to Manager Flint and others whC
knew him, was most eXemplar.
young man. He made his home will
his sister, Mrs. Gates, who resides a
900 River avenue.
The body was shipped last night t
Ethel, La, the former home of MI
4. J.ANri2-ht--Where -thefUnera viii oceH
today
The parents of the unfortunat
young man are both dead, but he ha
two brothers in Baton Rouge, La, VIII
were notified of his death last nigh
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-04-16
RAIN DOES DAMAGE
AT new AUGUSTA

Captain A. H. McSwain, returned
last night from New Augusta, and
states that the heavy rainfall in that
vicinity in the last few days has de-
moralized lumber and farming opera
tions to a great extent. Mr.. Nc
Swain's mill on account of the i'm
possibility to do logging with roads in
their present condition was closed
down yesterday and no attempt will
be made to resume operations until
more settled weather prevails.
Many farmers in the section will re-
plant, and in a great many instances
it will be necessary to refertilize
Corn will not be effected it is thought
but many varieties of truck will suffer
very much.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-04-16
447 Votes CAST
At TWO 0'CIl)GK|[ 0 CLlU) Gg|[
Special Election Arouses Considerable
lnterest--Friends of Commits
sion Government Confident.

The special election is being held
today to determine whether the city
Will abolish commission government
and return to aldermanic rule, and
while the election is passing off very
quietly and smoothly, there is a great
deal of interest being manifested.
The friends of commission govern
ment seem to have been thoroughly
aroused to the Importance of voting
and they were largely in the majority
during the early voting hours. Those
friends feel confident that commission
government will triumph.
At two o'clock this afternoon 247
votes had been cast at the court house
and 200 at the city hall. The result or
the balloting should be known in a
short time after the polls close as it
will be an easy matter to tabulate the
vote.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-04-16
Large Timber and r. r.
Deal on Foot is Run1or

trail at Fernwood, besides connecting
with the branch of the G. & S. |. rail-
road at Columbia.
1t is stated that three surveys have
already been made of the intervening
territory, and that there is substance
to the rumor is believed by many who
are in position to know.
The proposed new railway lines will
tap one of the richest fields of virgin
pine in the whole state of Mississippi,
and will open up the agricultural pos
sibilities of three counties, which are
declared to be among the richest in
South Mississippi
P. H. Enoch and w. f. Drew, the
civil engineers, employed by the Fern
wood & Gulf railway, were in Hatties
burg the latter part of last week but
no authoritative statement was given
out regarding their plans.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-04-16
JUSTICE COURTS Are
Still GRINDING AWAY

In Judge Powe's court yesterday
three negroes, John Tart, Eddy Carr
and Buck Hines were given fines Of
s. and costs for gambling Felix Bell
and Tom Kennedy, plead guilty to a
charge of assault and battery and
were assessed $3.50 and costs. Five
civil services were disposed of. The
case of Rubenstein VS. Logan was de-
cided in favor of the defendant in the
case. Barnes and Clark VS.. James L.
Davis was by default declared in fav-
or of the plaintiffs. The three other
cases were continued.
This morning two cases for tres
passing came up before Judge Greer.
The plaintiff in the case was the
Newman Lumber Co., and two ne
groes, Dallas Grimes and Jim Jones
were fined IS and costs.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-04-16
TERRIBLE CONDITIONS ARE
! INTENSIFIED BY RAINS

Weber made his first talk to a Hatties-
burg congregation. This sermon GER
tainly created a good impression upon
those present. DR.. Weber is a man of
pleasing personality. He has a well
modulated voice. His style or literary
form is cultured, but what seems
to especially distinguish him is the
manifest spiritual tone to all his ap-
.plications of scriptural truth.
The one thought he sought to i'm
press ut this first service was that
suggested by Paul, that in all things
Christ shall have pre-eminence. He
urged his hearers to take this as the
one thought of the hour. Unless we
shall bring ourselves up to this point
our profession is a failure. Not is
going to be failure, but is a failure.
Christ should be as real to us, as
/ he was to Paul on his way to Da-
mascus. We should not only believe
Him but believe in Him. Only through
Christ can we apprehend God. The
Divine Creator becomes real to us
when we see His express image in
Jesus Christ, who takes our broken
and faulty lives and presents us un
blamable before God. No system OF
! PHILOSOPHY can do this. Christ only
can do it. Let us therefore not be
ashamed of the Cross of Christ. Thi,
hrst service gave promise of a very
interesting ministry from DIR. Weber
at this time.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-04-16

Several weeks ago, the Fernwood
Lumber Co., located at Fernwood,
Pike county, acquired from the j. J.
White Lumber Co. timber rights and
property valued at over one million
dollars.
Now rumor has it that |. c. Enochs,
p. II. Enoch, F. H. Enoch and T. e.
Enoch have purchased from w. S. F..
Tatum, the latter's rights to right-of-
way and trackage that extends twelve
miles from Hattiesburg to a point be-
yond Black Creek in Lamar county.
The Fernwood Company have already
the same track mileage reaching from
Tylertown to a point within twelve
miles of Columbia. BY building about
thirty-fve miles of road between the
two tracks already built connections
can be made with the Illinois Cen
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-04-16
(By Associated Press.)

New York, April 16.-These pin
nacles of fact concerning the worlds
greatest steamship disaster, the sink
ing of the great White Star liner,
Titanic, off Newfoundland stood out
prominently early today. Sifted from
wireless reports the revised estimate
of loss of life is 1924 souls. The ten
million dollar steamship with cargo
and jewels worth perhaps ten million
dollars more, is total loss.
There is no mention among the sur
vivors of Colonel John Jacob Astor,
his bride nee Force is saved.
Major Archibald Butt, President
'-c@'ts aide, is still unaccounted, for as
are many others of national import
ance.
The Cunarder Carpathia has aboard
$40 survivors, the total accounted for,
sb ould arrive today.
The rescued passengers drifted
, among the sea of ice before picked up.
There is hope that other vessels
rescued more passengers. The col
lision occurred when most of the pas
sengers were in bed, sending many tc
the decks scantily clad, when they
took their places in life boats, moi
having time to return to their state
rooms for additional clothes. The all
was biting cold and they huddled close
together for warmth.
Captain Smith, commander Of The
Titanic, probably went down with his
vessel. That he and the crew enforcee
rigidly the unwritten law of the sea
that women and children should frs
be xsyed is = ',indicat9d by t
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-04-16
WEATHER INTERPRETERS WITH
CHRISTIAN CHURCH MEETING

On account of the inclement wealth
or last evening no services were held
at the Central Christian church The
subject tonight is "Why Did Jesus
Come" Song service will begin at
7.sO. A special number will he given
also. A question box will be found in
the hall for the benefit of people de-
string information in regard to the
church. A cordial invitation is ex-
tend l to every one.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-04-16
Most Appalling Disaster
in History of the Deep
When Steamer Titanic Sinks
!: :: :. :. :. :: Z: !. :: !: I: : {. :. :. !. :.
!: ALL HOPE FOR OTHERS =
!: HAS BEEN ABANDONED. =

:: ST. John, Nova Scotia, April =
: 16.-All hope that any passeng- =
:: ers or crew of the Titanic, other ::
:. than those on the Carpathia, are =
:. alive was abandoned this after =
: noon. This means approximately ::
:. thirteen hundred and fifty souls =
: lost in the greatest Of all disas- =
: ters of sea. =
!. :. :. :. : :. :. = :: :: :. :: :: :. = = =
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-04-16
All Hope Has Been Abandoned that those
Unaccounted For Nigh Have Been Saved
868 is the Estimated Number of
SURVIVORS Mostly Women and Children
Complete List of Survivors VIII Not Be Known Until Tonight
--Carpathia Speeding to New York With those Saved
Many NotabIes are Numbered Among the Victims

ews)
appalling magnitude giant
mise by agmenay information ftering
from highways today
at
reckoning
DEATH
The c1-psths
and it t~ib tonight
Friday
by
news o
waiting
often lar notme nd
Of wome I'M
capathla
bringing
notI
from until she reaches the otherside.
in
information she
The Californian, which
wifi also
wreck -
Marine
this holding
the steamship olympic
Of passengers the capath to the wireless station Cape
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-04-16

has been inspected and pronounced
perfect by the City Electrician.
The three other buildings in course
of construction are this week receiv-
ing the iron supports that are to be
used in finishing the third floors of
these buildings, and the most of 1t
has been placed in shape for the brick
work. Windows for the buildings that
are already finished on the outside are
receiving their last coat of paint to-
day and will be placed in by the last
of the week.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-04-16
Work at Normal College
Is Progressing Satisfactorily

Work on the Normal College build
ings is progressing rapidly. The Pres
ident's home is nearing the final
stages of completion. All exterior
work is about done and laths are up
for the plaster Cottage B, adjoin-
ing the Presidents home is also ready
for the plasterers, and in another
week it is expected they will be ready
for occupancy. The Central Electric
Company are putting in the l,vaniz-
ed piping for holding the wiring, which
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-04-16
tGy associated PressA

iIlulah, La, April 16.-The heavy
us amounting almost to clon6hurst
portions, which have fallen here
ting the past two days have in
siiied the already terrible condi-
hs Of flood sufferers, many Of whom
without shelter and several with
food Since the waters from the
lem ;break invaded territory, all
lces al vantage are being occupied
,uhfortunates driven from their
mes. The fight by citizens of Tul-
an to, keep the floods back has been
,tsas the temporary levee thrown up
)ngside the Vicksburg and Shreve-
TT railroad was oyerhowed early
day flooding properties heretofore
y. The water is three feet deep
Iere and rapidly rising, The town was
tota darkness last night. More
ID tho thousand negroes along the
ge, for distance of twenty miles,
V had been without food twenty
pt hours were rescued yesterday by
'cksBirg boats. Three hundred are
III. narooned. Mrs. George Keller,
lQdebec, La, was bitten hy rat
i m yesterday while trying to save
It corn from water and may die.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-04-16
:. :. = *..9 :. :: :. :. :, !: >
$3.50 900 MORE TO :.
w FIGHT FLOODS WITH. =

Washington, April 1G.-The :.
Senate today passed the House =
bin appropriating three hundred :
Thousand dollars in addition to :,
the three hundred and fifty =
r45usand already provided TO :.
nlaintain and protect leyees on =
he mississippi river against the =
imRerding flood. The bin now =
spes SO the President, who urged ::
this tction in a special message. =
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-04-16
BRYAN INVADEs OHIO.

Columbus, Ohio April 16.-W. J.,
Bryan invaded a dozen Ohio counties
yesterday, carrying out his purpose Of
taking his fight against the presiden-
tial nomination of Governor Harmon
almost to the doorway of the state
executive. He ended the days cam
gaigning with an address here at q
banquet given by the Jefferson Club,
of Columbus
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-04-16
Z, $50 VICTIMS AT BOTTOM OF SEA
+ :. !. = i {. i = y y . = = 2 = =
4: MISS QUIMBY FIRST
:. WOMAN TO CROSS CHANNEL. .
(Bu Associated Press.l

:: Dover, April 16.-Miss Harriet :.
:. Quimbly, an American aviatrix, :.
:. crossed the English Channel from =
= this point this morning landing =
:. at Hardlot, France. She is the :.
:. first woman to accomplish the :.
:. feat of flying across the channel :.
:. alone. The flight was made in :.
:. two hours. :
:. :. :. :. :. :. I: :. :. I. : :. = : :. !: {.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-04-16
other NJTED DISASTERS

New York, April 16.-Among the /,
important marine disasters recorded /,
are:
1866. January 11-Steamer London
on her way to Melbourne foundered ins
The Bay of Biscay; 22O lives lost.
1867, October 29-Royal Mail steam
els Rhone and Wye and about fifty
other vessels driven ashore and
wrecked at st. Thomas, West Indies,
by a hurricane; about 1000 lives lost
1873, January 22-British steamer
Northfeet sunk in collision off Dunge-
ness; 800 lives lost.
1873, November 23-Whte Star At
ianlic wrecked eff Nova Scotia; 541
lives lost.
iG74, December 26-Emigrant vessel
Cespatrick took fire and sank off Auck-
land; 476 lives lost.
1878, March 24-British training
ship Eurydice, a frigate, foundered
near the Isle of Wight; 800 lives lost.
1878, September 3-Brtish iron
steamer Princess Alice, sank in col
lision in the Thames river; 700 lives
lost.
1873, December 1S-French steamer
Byzantin sunk in collision with the
British steamer Rinaldo in the Darda
nelles; 21O lives lost.
1880, January 31-British training
ship Atlanta left Bermuda with 29C
men and was never heard from.
1887, January 29-Steamer Kapunda
in collision with bark Ada Melore of
coast of Brazil; 300 lives lost.
1887, November 15-British steamer
) w, H. A. Young caught fire between
Canton and Hong Kong; 400 lives lost
1890, February 17-British steamer
Duburg wrecked in the China Sea
|, 400 lives lost.
$780, September 19-Turkish frigat,
Ertogrul foundered off Japan; $40 live
, lost.
!, 1891, March 17-Anchor liner Utopi
: in collision with British steamer An
, son off Gibraltar and sunk; 574 live
lost.
| 1892, January 13-Steamer Name
! low wrecked in China sea- 414 live
, lest.
= 1894, June 25-Steamer Norg
2 wrecked on Rockfall reef in the Mort
4 Atlantic; 600 lives lost.
1895, January 30-German steame
E .llbe sunk in collision with BIRTHS
+ steamer Crathie in North Sea; 80
I lives lost.
t 1895, March 11-Spanish cruise
n Eeina Reginta foundered in the Alta
tic at entrance to the Mediterranean
: 100 lives lost
1898, February 15-United STATE
battleship Maine blown up in Havar
harbor; 26O lives lost
1898, July 4-French Line steam
. La Bourgogne in collision with Britt!
! sailing vessel Cromatyshire; 571 liv
lost.
1904, June 15-General Slocum, {
d cursion steamer took fire goil
through He'll Gate East river; mo
e than 1000 lives lost.
v 1906, January 21-Brazilian bait
'e ship Aquidaban sunk near Rio janet
Of by an explosion of the powder mas
1t zine; PIP lives lost.
* 1906, August 4-Ttalian enigra
at ship Sirio struck rock of Cape ]
re los; 95 lives lost.
O. 1907, July 2O-American steam.
st Columbia and San Pedro collided
Continued on Page Eight-)
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-04-16
Officials Beselged by Grief Stricken
Relatives.

hCldttNCSs
Officials of the company have little
news to impart. Wireless operators
worked throughout the night trying
to get information from the scene,
but were handicapped by a thunder
storm which finally silenced wireless
communication.
Gradually the names Of the rescued
began to come through and these were
posted at the offices of the company.
There were some who scanned the list
and turned away with faces showing
hopes realized but many who came
were disappointed and grief-stricken.
A squad Of police and an extra force
of clerks called to care for the in
quiries. President Taft telegraphed
the company for information about
Archie Butt and was promised Inn
mediate reply II anything was learn.
ed. Vincent Astor. son of Col Astor,
remained up throughout the night try
ing to learn the fate Of his father,
Continued On Page Four.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-04-16

preponderance of women among the
partial list of survivors by wireless.
All night the offices of the company
here was beseiged by relatives of the
passengers where wealth and poverty
rubbed elbows, many leaving the scene
tearfully and without hope.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-04-16
YIN ST. n. c.
4 REVIVAL BEGINS
- -
"a
L. Weber. ) OF JaeNS0" '', =.
90 s,.+i,o serNices-Will Last
g Several Days.

| revival services at Main street
Iodist church conducted by pr, 49, -,
Iebegs pastor pf First Me'nou,Y' ,e.,,o
oh,sIackson, Tenn, which begun
ays~lll continue for ten days o', q,
NEHs. Services at the ohnrcn
Yteing at $50 a. m. closing
'off@ $50. At night, services
M everybody welcome
Norning's service at Nam
Mist church, Dr. j. L
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-04-16

Virginia and Partisan Have No Sur
ViVors Aboard.
Wireless messages from the steam
ers Virginia and Partisan say they
have no survivors of Titanic aboard.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-04-16

eatest Calamity in History Of Floods
New orleans, La, Aoril l6,-The
brmt,s $ Dogtail cre'asse and
aches in the lower Arkansas levees
e relieved considerably the river
Nation south to Vicksburg. The
yes at South Memphis show slight
this morning. A great bulk of
j. today continued through the
ali cfevasse, near Alsatia, rapidly
totine hundreds of square miles
orming and grazing lands. The
tory will probably experience the
test calamity in the history OF
DIS, Engineers report conditions
royed today.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-04-16
pVNPoUR AMOUNTING TO AL.
onl
faAsT CLoUDBURsT ADDS TO
'@9' SERIOUS SITUATION.
GREATEST CALAMITY IN
THE HISTORY OF FLOODS

Water Continues to Pour THROUGH
;;poetaiI CreVasse lnundatiug HIM.
R,E
tdreps Of Square Miles Of Farming
81,
fTef ritory~Woman Bitten by Rater.
y
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1912-02-15

ing to make them visit and that as
had the only vacant room In the
house he would make arrangements
for me to stay with lady across the
street, who had two young men board.
ing with her, II l did not care.
could not object and moved, and
suppose Mr.. Lincoln paid my board
all the time was there as we'll as my
salary, for know / did not pay any.
Then one day the foreman sent for
me to work on a brief, and when II
was finished, to my great delight. paid
me full journeyman's wages. Alto
gether I remained in Springfield four
months, going from there to St.
Louis, where I went into a printing
office; but / soon returned to Cincin.
natl and TO Ludlow, where l have
lived for nearly sixty years"
Mr. Bentley never had an opportu'
nifty to renew his acquaintance with
Abraham Lincoln, but never forgot the
helping hand which he extended to
the lonely. respondent boy that night
in Decatur, which played such an i'm.
portant part in the history of the
great president himself.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1912-02-15
Thrillino Rescue

A thrilling rescue on the line at
Gamblers, northumberland, occurred
recently. Quite unconscious, or care.
less of the approach of q goods train.
child wandered on TO the North.
Eastern Railway and walked on to
the permanent way. The engine driv.
er tried to stop the train before It
should reach the little one, but found
the weight of the heavily burdened
wagons too great for anything but a
gradual pulling up. 1t seemed as II
the childs fate was sealed, when the
fireman, Coombes, rushed along the
footplate, climbed onto a buffer of the
engine. and swiftly hooked up the
child with his legs when the train
reached the spot. Taking the child I'M
scathed in his arms, Coombes then
climbed back along the footplate to
safety.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1912-02-15
WAS READY WITH AN ANSWER
How Lincoln's ingenious Mind Framed
Effective Reply to Objections
Against Emancipation.

ERHAPS no story
of Lincoln's was
told under graver
conditions a n d
with more en-
phatic application
than that which
closed the famous
interview on the
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1912-02-15
Humorous Even in Discomfort

when Lincoln was on circuit in his
lawyering days" said a Chicago vet.
eran to the Pittsburg Gazette-Times,
"he used to put up at some pretty bad
taverns-taverns where, big as he was,
by Crinus, he and the judges and the
lawyers would have to sleep two and
three in a bed. And what beds they
were! Once, after a wretched night
Lincoln got up and walked to a notice
on the wall that said, No smoking in
the bedrooms He chuckled grimly
Then he took a pencil from his pocket
and scrubbed beneath the notice:
The fleas don't like it. :"
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1912-02-15
Almost Lost His Life.

S. A. Std, of Mason, Mich, will
never forget his terrible exposure to
a merciless storm. "It gave me a
dreadful cold" he writes, that caused
severe pains in my chest, so it was
hard for me to breathe A neighbor
gave me several doses OF DR.. Kings
New Discovery which brought great
relief. The doctor said / was on the
verge of pneumonia, but to continue
with the Discovery, l did so and two
bottles completely cured me-" Use
only this quick, safe, reliable medi-
cine for coughs, colds, or any throat
or lung trouble. Price soc. and
$1o0. Trial bottle free. Guaranteed
by Wheaton & Sons, Rhodes Drug
Store and the Rexall Drug Store.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1912-02-15
The
Lincoln in
Legend

he Lincoln legends are many
and various. We have
them, as with all great
names, humorous, pathetic,
tragic, epic. Supernatural
likewise ascrihinR an influ-
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1912-02-15
He won't Limp Now.

No more limping for Tom Moore
OF Cochran, Ga 81 had bad sore on
my instep that nothing seemed to
help till l used Bucklen's Arnica
Salve," he writes, but this wonderful
healer soon cured me-" Heals old
running sores, ulcers, boils, burns,
cuts, bruises, eczema or piles. Try it.
Only 25 cents at Wheaton & Sons.
Rhodes Drug Store, The Rexall Drug
Store.