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The Hattiesburg news., 1912-12-20
TWO SUITS ARE FILED
in THE CIRCUIT COURT

Suits have been filed in the circuit
court as follows:
Henry Mounger of Columbia files
suit for ]. H. Cassidy against the Prog
ress Lumber Company on promisory
note for 81 900 interest, and attorneys
feets, due Oct. 26, 1912.
Hannah & Haney, attorneys for the
Merchants Grocery Company file an
attachment suit against H. B. Mccall
OF Oveida, Fla, for $2O9.6s and gar
nishee the First National Bank OF
Commerce. the holHer Of the funds
attached and sued nr.
The Hattiesburg news., 1912-12-20
SHOULD MAKE GOOD BULL
MoosER.

Governor Blease's sentiments re-
garding the Constitution are extreme
ly Progressive.-New York Tribune.
The Hattiesburg news., 1912-12-20
THE MARKETS.
(By Associated Press.)

Chicago, Dec. 20.-Wheat-Steady;
shade higher to shade lower.
Provisions-Firm; 2 1-2c to IL 1-2c
up.
New Orleans, Dec. 20.-Cotton at
noon 10 to IL points down.
The Hattiesburg news., 1912-12-20

The strike which has been on for
some time at the granite ouarries'
Coz. 80 nd
The Hattiesburg news., 1912-12-20
tyS MINSTREL At
W AUDITORIUM
TONIGHT
LOCAL TALENT WILL BE ASSIST
ED BY WELL KNOWN FUN
MAKERS FROM MERIDIAN.

The minstrel show at the Auditorium
tonight under the auspieces of Hat
tiesburg Lodge No. 500, B. P. o. e.,
promises to be very much up-to-the-
second show. In addition to the local
talent SO recently developed and train
ed up to the border line of profession
alism, there are several real profes-
sional burnt cork artists to participate
In the fun-fest and the indications now
are that laugh-a-minute, from cur
tain rising to the last act on the bill,
will be the order
The management is pleased to have
1t known that James Dement,, high ten
or; Josh Poole, end man, and Sig. Pop
penheim, monologist, all high class
semi-professionalists of Meridian, will
be on the stage to add to the mirth.
Aside from the entertaining nature of
, the show the purpose for which the
proceeds will be used will doubtless
INSURE very full house.
Ae program announced is as fol.
lox
y N~<-SN PART I.
Million Dollar Kid. Opening Chorus
Entire Company.
Dear Old Tennessee. "A. E. HARRISON
Now Am De Time. 49,. j. Moorehead
"a Dream" "..........D. P. Kennedy
Garland of Old-Fashioned Roses.
..................R. R. Boykir
''Mammy's Shufflin' Dance. ....
.................. &c. b. Roberts
"a Whispered Vow. C. G. Murdoch
''On the N. Y, N. H. & H.. ...,.
Neutrality-suspicious.. u. i. XIII,
Here's To Our Absent Brothers".,
..........,..... P. L. Castor
speclaltles.
'Parson at the Race Track .....
.............. .... E. Harbisol
Those Musical Boys. Covert & Staise
PART II.
Melodrama-"The Hand of Fate"
Jack Manly. ........... Her
Gladys Groucho. ................S .Sher
Carroll Cavanaugh. h........,V Villain
Comedy Four.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1912-01-19

She abruptly removed her hands.
face.
"You brute: You coward" she cried.
"You have made me shoot q man, and
never shot a man in my life before"
tits only flesh wound, and he
isn't going to die" Sheldon managed
to interpolate.
what of that? shot him Just the
slime. There was no need for you to
jump down there that way. 1t was
brutal and cowardly."
"Oh, now I say be began sooth.
ingly.
"Go away. Don't you see hate
you! hate you! oh, won't You go
away!'
Sheldon was white with anger.
Then why In the name Of common
sense did you shoot?' he dema nded.
"Bebe-cause yon were white
man," she sobbed "And dad would
never have left any white man in the
lurch. But it was your fault. You
had no right to get yourself in such a
position. Besides. it wasn't neces-
sary."
II am afraid I don't understand"
he said, shortly, turning away. I'VE
will talk it over later on"
II suppose I've been unforgivably
foolish" was her greeting when he re-
turned several hours later from a
round Of the plantation. I've been to
the hospital. and the man is getting
along all right. 1t is not a serious
hurt
Sheldon felt unaccountably pleased
and happy at the changed aspect Of her
mood.
"You see. you don't understand the
situation" he began. I'm the first
place, the blacks have to be ruled
sternly. Kindness is all very well. but
you can't rule them by kindness only.
l accept all that you say about the
Hawaiians and Tahitians. You say
that they can be handled that way. and
l believe you. have had no expert
ence with them. But you have had nc
experience with the blacks. and l ask
|
from your natives. You are used tc
Polynesians. These boys are Melane
SLAMS. They're blacks. They're niggers
look at their kinky hair. And they're
a whole lot lower than the African
niggers. Really, you know. there Is 6
vast difference.
''They possess no gratitude. no sym
patty, no kindness. If you are kline
to them they think you are a fool. l,
you are gentle with them they thinl
you are afraid. And when they thinl
you are afraid. watch out. for they viii
get you. Just to show you. let me stat,
the one invariabe process in blacl
mans brain when on his native heatl
he encounters a stranger. His frs
thought is one of fear. VIII the stran
Continued on Page 7.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1912-01-19
A Romance of
The South Seas
Copyright. 1870. by Street & Smith
Copyrisht. 1911. by the Macmillan Compan

dron in which the potatoes were boiled
The blacks were not outraged from the
standpoint of cleanliness; they often
took baths in the caidrons themselves.
The trouble lay in that the bather had
been low. degraded. wretched female,
for to the Solomon islanders all fe-
males are low, degraded and wretched.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1912-01-19

CHAPTER VII.
A HARD BITTEN GANG.
TEXT morning Joan and Shell
don. at breakfast. were
aroused BY swelling muir
muir Of angry voices, The
The evening world., 1912-02-02

James Mccreey & Co.
23rd Street .34fh Street
HABERDASHERY DEP'TS. In Both Stores.
Custom Shirtings.
For Spring and Summer.
Fabrics include decided novelties in
Scotch Madras, Cheviot, English and French
Flannels and Silks, Satin Broche, Pique, Silk
Mixtures and Fancy Crepe.
Samples submitted and representative
sent, upon request, to take measurements.
On Saturday. February the grid.
Advance showing of Pure Silk hand
framed and accordion weave Four-in-haud
Scarfs,-cross stripes, Heather mixtures, plain
colors and novelty designs. $50 to 800
The evening world., 1912-02-02

Is done, he says. q lamentable percent
age Of children Of the poor will become
almost totally blind.
THE public schools In my district"
said the Justice to-day. number among
their pupils hundreds OF children whose
parents are too poor to buy eyeglasses
and who are rapidly going blind through
studying in poorly lighted rooms at
homo and in almost as poorly lighted
~schoolrooms. Mr.. Mandel. the principal
OF Public School No. 1888. the largest in
the world. with almost. 5000 pupils. has
called my attention to the state OF at
fairs and he and I are both trying TO
get the Board Of Education to do some
thing"
Justice Hoffman has taken steps 10
relieve conditions out OF his own pocket.
lie has asked Mr.. Mandel to send 10
him all children with poor eyeslght,
whose parents cannot afford glasses,
and he will have them fitted at his own
Expense until the Board OF Education
or some phiianthropic organization takes
up the matter In a general way.
The evening world., 1912-02-02
ANOTHER VIEW OF
MOTHER QUESTION.
e

OF course. there IN the other side q;
tho picture. and Mrs. Bridget Hanlon
Furnished II when | was in court.
Mrs. I~ianlon. n hale. gray-hairod stout
old person, wore "a ngh,ing face and
looked incidentally as II She had been
victorious In man. "A fight. BY all the
signs and prognostications OF prenatal
influence. &c, the son OF this aged
! Nalkyrie should have been a prize
fighter. but instead he's u photographer
making 81.
Mr.. Garvey. stating Mrs. lannon's
case. said that she had applied to the
cltY for rclief.
The evening world., 1912-02-02
CHILDREN GO Blind
IN SCHOOL ROOMS
Justice Hoffman Asks Better
Lighted Buildings - Buys
Glasses for the Poor.

Municipal Court Justice benjamin
Hoffman has appealed TO the oar OF
Education to take steps to relieve what
he considers one OF the greatest menace
TO tho children OF the East Slde-ill light
ing OF rooms in which they have to
study their Lessons that their eye sight
becomes defective.
has been n great increase in tho number
Of children with defective sight during
the pas few years. Unless something
The evening world., 1912-02-02

He mentioned incidentally that
slsttsry, had died In the city aims
house possessing bank accounts In
several savings institutions for
hundreds OF dollars OF which hrs.
Hnnlon had fallen hair.
The evening world., 1912-02-02
CAR RAMS AMBULANCE.
Surgeon Hurled Against GLASS ves-
thule and Badly Injured.

An ambulance from the German Hos
pital and n Third avenue car collided
at Sixty-eighth street to-day. n Dr.
Frederick Dietrich vas thrown from
the ambulance against the glass front
OF the car vestibule. Then he fell to be
caught between the ambulance and the
car bumper.
An ambulance surgeon from Flower
Hospital found hat DR.. Dietrich was
suffering from two bad scalp wounds
and internal injuries. lie was remove
to lbs own hospital.
The evening world., 1912-02-02

support. She IA moro thar seventy
years old. her daughter canine arord
to keep her for nothing and shs has
applied to the city for relief"
STORY OF THE ENGINEER AS
HE TOLD IT IN COURT.
Then came tho turn OF the brothers.
Tho engineer was the FIRST to take the
stand. ana stated;
Il make &2,E "A day. about SIS a week.
have a wife and two sons to support"
How old are the sonsY'
Fourteen and sixteen"
Are they In school,"
"No.'
u they work."
"No.'
How much money have you con-
tributed to your mothers support dur
the past Year,"
Les than $780,
Don't you think you could sparc a
certain regular amount to keep your old
mother from becoming n public charge 20
asked Magistrate Cornell.
II think ! could spare 81 . week." tho
son replied.
!, And this was 81 . week more
than the shipping clerk making Sie
weekly thought he could spare.
The engineers replies had been short,
bIunf, obviously truthful. The clerk .
manner on the witness stand was much
more polished ana he used large, high.
sounding words with "A relish.
Il make sS a week and | have a VIII,
and three children. nye, seven and ter
wears OF ale "a tnpnaNafhfa. o.. a..
, TO give my mother anything"
' You arc making u good salary" com,
mented the Court.
Yes. Your Honor. but / have incurred
considerable Indebtedness which neces
: slta,os the payment OF sla a week GU
a OF my salary" was the pompous. word!
reply. At oae time l lived very mucl
n beyond my means. and | am nov pay
a Ing tho bills"
Il suppose you pay n usurious rate q
Interest,"" Justice Cornell interrupted,
Yes. Your Honor replied the littl
"a man sadly. feeling now that he IA
l. touched the Courts sympathy.
10 III that Is the case You can ave III
debt voided. and the Court viii be gla
a 10 assist you when you bring the ev
dences " usury Acre.
PLAN NOT TO THE LlTTL
J., MANS LIKING.
~ But this did not suit the witness At a.
~ Il know. Nour Honor. that ! could d
H. that. but | don't want 10 leopard.
re my position"
Is Then you don't feel that YOU ca
= give your mother anything al all?'
ne The little. neat, bald. well-dr,ssod ma
10 squared his shoulders aud threw up h
" chin
to mo. Your Honor. ! can't give an
% ching" he SAiA
The evening world., 1912-02-02

"sure. your Honor" said Mrs. Han
Ion. Il used to 30 ana see my sister
every week and It cost me ntty cents
every time. II cost me Sl3i.S9 to bury
her. l paid back $40 | had borrowed
from my friend. Mrs. Dufr.'
''But you had an account OF sJll In one
bank and So IN another" interrupted
Mr.. Carney.
what are ye talking about now -
said Mrs. iianlon.
"Your Honor. We can subpoena the
The evening world., 1912-02-02
o%biiging1y raised one hand TO her
bosom and whispered, "Hdsl"

There was no living with her. Your
Honor" Mrs. IIanlon continued. she
wouldn't do anything I told her 10,
50 I left her on the coolest day o: the
worst month Of the year"
What month";" asked the Magistrate.
Sure. Your Honor. | don't remember
what month"
II was March. and now ia like to hear
from Mrs. Hanlon's son."
All this time the son. a sober. honest.
dccont-looking man had been standing
Just beside the witness chair which ha
mother occupied In evident distress at
tho m.rth which the mother who &C.
cused him OF neglect excited.
The evening world., 1912-02-02

PURGE to the city almshouse. Ana 10
fore Babylon admits them TO its Grndged
hospitality the Charities Department. In
the in,eres, OF the taxpayer. Investigates
the circumstance Of the applicant. and
II II discovers = thriving relative In the
direct line, summons him 10 the Domes-
tic Relations Court forces upon him
HE shirked and reluctant duty.
Sometimes these homeless mothers are
too old and bed-ridden to appear In
court. and only Mr.. Garvey OF the De-
partment of Charities. who prcSecutcs
the cases for the city. Is present to give
the presiding magistrate tho depart
ment's report on the circumstances Of
the mother n her neglectful children.
SOMETIMES THERE 10 A CASE
FOR THE CHILDREN.
The proceeding 10 not at all one-sidsd.
II there 10 a case for tho children. It ~
brought out by the court.
And there IS Ia case for The children,
sometimes. For old women with money
In three or four savings banks often
apply to the city for relief. and their
ingenious efforts TO convince the court
that Notwithstanding these visible vi
dances OF prosperity they are In dire
nssd, furnish the only comedy In wha'
MAGISTRATE Cornell. who hears them'
terms the "saddest cases that ever come
before a Judge"
Two brothers stood together before
Magistrate Cornell this week TO explain
Why they did not contribute to the sup
port OF q mother who was too old and
IN to appear In court. one OF these mef
10 stationary engineer on the Jersey
Central Railroad. the other a shipping
clerk for an electrical nrm. The en-
gineer. In q flannel shirt and jumpers
With coal blackened face and hands. OF
fefe ed an extraordinary contrast to tn
dappsr shipping clerk. cad In a care
fpily pressed gray suit. immaculate hnei
are q pearl gray tie. Physically IN
two brothers bore a remarkable Tescm
blance to zach other. but there the Ike
ness ceased.
The engineer was obviously ashame
o. the situation in which he found him
self n seemed anxious to a
amends. The little clerk. on the con
trsry. was angry. defiant, holding
rugnac!ous chin high IN air and NAH
M short, logged replies 20 the Judge
questions.
The mother IN this case IL too il I
appear in court" Mr.. Garvey stated a.
the Department OF Charities. she live
with a widowed daughter. who has ch!
drsn OF her own 10 look after. Their
are eight sons and daughters In m
family. james. a son in very poor ell
nunstapc.s helms his mother Tn
The evening world., 1912-02-02

Some ycars ago . young woman in Philadelphia
made . suggestion. which was widely followed through.
out tho United States. that one day In the year-the
second Sunday in Maybe set aside for the celebration
Of Mothers Day. and that every man and woman should
wear = white carnation In honor Of the mothers fes
tival.
The idea has never been very popular In Modern
Babylon. which has. however. q special mothers day OF
It's own-two mothers days a week. In fact-for the
afternoons Of Wednesday and Friday are set aside in
the Domestic Relations Court for hearing cases brought
The evening world., 1912-02-02

Then Justice spoke through Magistrate
Cornell.
1T direct this man." he said, In
dioating the engineer, "to pay his
mother 81 . week. He seems will
ing enough. 30 I merely direct him.
But III man." he added stsrnly
20 the other brother. II put on pro-
bAtion 10 pay his mother u
week."
Mr.. Cornell turned to me.
'"rhn is an excellent method we en-
ploy In these cases." he remarked. 81
put tina man on probation to pay. and
II I get n report that he doesn't a ]
can sond him TO the ~workhouse."
SO. there Is one sid OF the story OF
Mothers Day IN Modern Babylon.
To save h mother from h
almshouse, h son = TO be
threatened with the workhouss.
Yet every little while. the discussion
save II both were In danger and he
could save but one-his wife or his
mother? The answer TO his conun-
drum IL Furnished every mothers day
In tho Domestic Relations Court
The wife wins every time-why mott
Tho wife contributes to the mans selfish
happiness. She Is at one with his
strongest instinct.
4 mother to be sure has borne
him, sheltered his hol"',ss In
fancy, toilsd FOR i'm /. 4 sacri-
hosd for him ~ = wife rarely
doss. hut all hat 10 suoh o long
ASrr~ es Ana nrau1A ltuAa
The evening world., 1912-02-02

LILLY. SF1IH by the Department OF Charities against tho children Of
old. brokendown women who have applied for admission to the city aims
house. or. to give Il. It's more impressive title. the New York Home for the
Aged and lnnrm.
The mothers arc not complainants In these cases Adrift in Babylon.
repuised by sons and daughters who refuse to harbor them or to contribute
The evening world., 1912-02-02
Revelations in the Domestic Relations Court
Wherein Sons Refuse to Gire a Cent to Keep
Their Poor, Aged Maternal Parent From
the AImsh0use. Although Earn
ing Fair Salaries.

Ansrer to the Query, "Sh0uld a Man Sare His wife
or His Mother in Case of an Accident Where He
Cannot Rescue BOth?"-The Wife Wins Every
Time, According to the Excuses
Made BY TIE Delinquents.
The evening world., 1912-02-02
HIS MOTHER WANTED TO RUN
THINGS HER WAY.

"I am perfectly willing to care for
m. - Ia o., ,h.,. a.
~ 80" -. 49,
u" "'"s wa" ""' '"'" 80
INTO my rome 1 ooiu my ""e '"s' -"
would Try 10 run everything anu '""'
she mustn't let her do IL. But my VIE
Is easy-going and she was willing TO
let her be the boss. Even with things
,hs, ~sv no VA. unbearab> for all
CO.. p,, ,,.s mi, nv w,,s,. limit. Your
IT,. So. 49,. ..oona 10 and no
" ~ "a - -.
lore ""''ie' o"'ue WV" my
hho'heT'
"Shs put me out on h street
Ave times, The last t1ms-I don't
know what for-shs nut me out on
The Harrison times., 1912-10-19
POSED AS MODEL FOR SALOME

father q fine looking man, was hum
Bile bee keeper Nature, though she
had glyon tho child little wealth In
money had endowed her with Jet
black hair, beautiful brown eyes and
exquisite teeth
"Ono Christmas eve whom she was
only twelve years old French gculp'
tor named Ren0udot saw her in St
p0tor'g and was struck with her beNu'
ty, Some time afterward he met her
in the country riding on donkey be-
hind her father That decided him
he introduced himself TO her family
and fell hopoloaSly IN love,
when the girl was fifteen years
old his friend Henri Regnault made
the boauty's acquaintance and asked
her to sIt to him az sOlomc, The pic.
turo finished he migrated to spain
and Morocco and finally met his death
lighting In the war Of 1870
"Renaudot had also LEFT Rome 10
take part In the war, in which he
greatly distinguished himself and on
peace being aligned ho hurried back
to Romo to marry Maria Lotinl She
was then seventeen years old and he
was thIrty8Iy"
RonOudOt'B health did not permit
him 10 pursue hin career as an artist
for many years after this Ills last
work was q "DIana tho lluntroBs,
now at the palalB Bourbon nut dc
spite the anxiety hia weak health
gave his wife, II was she who was the
FIRST TO be taken, Nt the end Of 1900
Her hulband only survived her three
weeks,
The Harrison times., 1912-10-19
Woman Divided Time Between
First and Second Husbands.
wife OF One Swltehman Meets Anoth
er, Likes His Playing on Harmonl.
ca and Weds Him--keeps II
Up Two Months.

Chicago, lll.=-A wife who for two
months divided her time between two
husbands, fooling both OF them by
naming her mother as an alibi when
she returned late to either homo, was
found IN the person Of Mrs stella
Carabne.Gulley according to James
u. Carabino, who says he II the origl'
nal husband, aud had the vito ar'
rested as bIgamst
Both husbands Orc Rwitchmcn, and
out OF the city about half Of the time
Mrs Carabmo.Galloy is twcnty'IoSr
years Of age and rather pretty,
Oscar Galley, the second husband,
was also IN u cell, charged with mar
rying u woman whilo ho had knowl'
edge OF q prior husband, lie told the
police he understood the woman had
obtained n divorce from Carabne
Everybody involved Is agreed on
some facts, namely, Corabine lost his
Job few months ago and the wife,
who had to 30 out TO work In a hotel
heard Galley playing on u harmonlea,
liked the music and married him,
Capbino said no married his wire
six years ago and lived happily until
no took sick last spring and lost his
place. He was hunting work when the
wifo volunteered to 90 out and cara
the family living for time, When she
found work In a hotel, COrablnc stored
che furniture, lie regained hle health
and found q now job,
Meanwhile, no said, Galley and the
harmonica had Interested tho wife.
The second marriage took place
March 0 last IN Great Bend, Ind, Dur
Ing tho following two montha the wife,
The Harrison times., 1912-10-19
REEK WITH TYPHOID GERMS
Or. G. w. stiles States Large Per Cent
Of BIVaves on New York Mar
ket Are Bred In Sewage.

Washington, D. Cdr George w.
stiles Of tho department OF Agricul.
ture has prepared comprehensive
bulletin showing that large percent
age Of the oysters dumped into New
York market are bred in Bewage-pol-
uted waters and roek with typhoid
germs. The bulletin Will be published
in few days
Dr. stiles doyotes chapter Of his
work to 127 cases Of illness he traced
from oysters dredged IN Jamaica bay
last fall, Dr. stiles gave the jamaica
case as but one instance and os proof
positive that oysters carry typhoid
germs when improperly bred,
Tho bulletin covers an investigation
Of tho oyster dredging business IN the
vicinity Of New York and New Eng,
laAd, and by charts and bulletins II
shows that millions OF oyators are
bred and 0oOtod In waters which are
used aB outlets for the human refuse
OF New York and the cities adjacent
Tho bulletin condemns such practices
as being most dangerous to the health
Of the communities
The Harrison times., 1912-10-19
BEAR IS UNLIMITED GUEST
Enters Sleeping Room Whose oeeu'
pant VaeAtes lnstanter Without
Waiting 10 presb,

Hood River, Orc,=The ciIizons OF
tho oak Grove dlBtrlct armed wnh
the family weapons and followed by
all Of the dogs that qualified for tho
event, are passing tho time In a bear
hunt A big brown bruln eamo down
out OF tho Green Point hilla Il few days
ogo, wIdod n raspberry patch 0t tho
ranch Of Esquire g. g, Lennon, de-
atroyed the aplnry OF another rNneher
ana entered the kitchen OF the Apple
del
Robert shinn, u graduate OF tho
Oregon Agricultural college who In
caring for the Applodel tract keepa
bachelors hall there Ills slumbeFB
Of the early dawn were disturbed by
the noise of the bear faidihg the eull
nary department,
In few seconds the bear had on
tered his sleeping apartment Bhnn
left hurrlodly through mn opon window
by his bed, The llapplng OF his night
shirt waving an adieu 30 suddenly In
tho cool morning breeze frightened
the bear, which turned over q cup
board Of jams and canned fruits In
lta haaty exit through tho pantry
The bear II said TO be one Of the
largest ever seen IN this region, and
the ranehere fear that unless Il 10
killed It will begin TO raid barhyards