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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-08-30
IMPROVING ROAD
In LA N Ar
COUNTY
J. p. COLE, MEMBER OF BOARD
OF SUPERVISORS, PERSONAL.
LY UNDERTAKES WORK.

]. P. Cole, member of the Board
of Supervisors of the Clyde district
in Lamar county, has taken on the
duty personally of building roads in
his beat. He is at present doing
some excellent work on the road
which enters Hattiesburg by way OF
Columbia street and will work right
up to the Forrest county line. Two
iron bridges will be put in and a
number of cement culverts built
Hawkins Hardware company have
just furnished one car load of cement
for use on this road. The location
of the road will be changed in severa
places. Mr.. Cole is said to have
grown quite enthusiastic over this
method of road working and is taking
much pride in his work. The road
when completed will greatly benefi
travel into Hattiesburg.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-08-30
EFF ECTS OF The
HOOKWORM ON
CHILDREN
EXAMINATION OF STANDING OF
SCHOOL CHILDREN is sUFFi-
GENT IN RESULTS.

DR.. R. N. Whitfield and Supt. T..
B. Woodley have just completed a
study of the standing of the 95 chill
dren in the Hattiesburg schools, 12
years old and over. who have been
examined by DR.. Whitfield for hook
worm disease. OF the 95 examined AZ
were found to be infected and 48 not
infected The average grade made
by the non-infected during the ses-
sion and on examination was 1874,
while the average of the infected was
74.4 or a difference of four points
in favor of those free of the infec-
tion. It is noted also, that while the
infected class got the benefit of their
recorded average several of them drop
ped out before completing the term
1t is further said in this connection
that the 95 examined were mostly
children whose parents generally be
lieved they were infected, from the
fact of manifestation of some physi
cal ailment or indisposition. It is
claimed that had the comparison beer
made with the class, who were known
to be free from the infection Il
would still more strikingly bring out
the significance of the devitalizinf
effect of this little monster" that has
for years been sucking the blood o
the Southern youth.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-08-30
HATTESBURG MISSISSIPPI FRIDAY AFTERNOON AUGUST 80 1912
TO PRIMARY LAW
is HELD VALID BY JOHNSON

Jackson, Aug. 3O.-There has been
great deal of discussion in this
state as to whether or not the amend
ment to the code chapter governing
the election of municipal officers and
which sites that all cities Of $4,000
or more inhabitants shall elect muni-
cipal officers for term of four years,
did not by implication apply to cities
of a less number of inhabitants.
For some time there has been a
vast deal of inquiries received
at the office of the Attorney General
on this point. Some time ago Cap
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-08-30

annually borrowed from his rivals
mint.
The publicity of campaign expendi-
lures, the election of Senators by the
people, the system of direct nomina-
tions, initiative, referendum and all
the paraphernalia of direct govern
ment based upon complete conf
dence of the people-all these ecles-
tic issues, from whatever source de-
rived, were articles of Mr.. Bryan's
faith when Mr.. Roosevelt's creed
knew them not.
1t is a safe assertion that the max.
ing of the American Nation today
out of the materials of twenty years
ago Mr.. Bryan has been the largest
personal factor. And if this be true
then indeed he is a successful man
September Atlantic.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-08-30
LYCEUM COURSE is PLANNED
BY EDUCATIONAL COMMITTEE

The Educational Committee of the
Commercial Club met at 4 p. m. yes
terday, and discussed several mat
ters of general interest, among these
was the matter of securing a lyceum
course for the winter and spring, with
the especial purpose of advancing the
high school pupils by interesting them
in live subjects presented by eminent
specialists. 1t is believed that a
proper canvass of the community will
discover a sufficient number of ladies
and gentlemen in the city with appre
citation of lecture course to warrant
the undertaking. 1t was decided that
no attempt could be made to intro
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-08-30

duce a lyceum course until guaran-
tee fund has been raised, This viii
be undertaken as soon as the several
bureaus have been heard from to
which Prof. Woodley has written. 1t
was decided that ten subjects, having
for their object the general idea of
community building, will be selected
and published and prize of S. given
in each month for ten months for the
best original paper on the subject
assigned for the month. 1t is the in
tention of the committee to announce
they will welcome suggestions of per
tinent subjects to select from.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-08-30
INDICTM ARE
QUASHED BY
GOVT
EMPLOYEES CHARGED WITH CON
sPiRAcY IN EVERGLADES
MATTER GO FREE.
(By Associated Press.)

Washington, Aug. 30.-Indictments
against Charles G. Elliott, former
chief drainage engineer of the De-
partment of Agriculture, A. N. Moore
house, his assistant, F. E. Singleton,
chief accountant and R. P. Teele,
charging them with having approved
and presented false vouchers against
the government for which they were
dismissed from the government ser
vice, were quashed today by request
of the government. The indictments
grew out of the Florida everglades
land inquiry. Government counsel
stated that the investigation proved
there was no intent to defraud the
government.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-08-30
BOARD "a YEARS OLD
in GOOD CONDITION

There is on exhibition at the Com
mercial Club, a pine board inches
wide and feet long that was made in
1858, when it was used with others
in covering a church in Clarke county.
Later when the church was torn down
it was used by ]. D. Miller now Of
this city in the covering for his dwell
ing. A large part of the board is as
sound as the day it was first used.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-08-30

tain tariff bills, which would reduce
the amount of money extracted from
the peoples pockets by the tariff
laws by something approximating
$5O0,OOO,OOO yearly, and at the same
time would have provided ample reve-
nue. to run the government, for it
should never be forgotten that where
Uncle Sam gets one dollar out Of the
tariff system, the tariff barons get at
least five. BY doing so the Demo
Gratis kept the faith Of the people.
"In this contest, remembering
these things, which one of the two
parties will the tax payers believe
intends to carry out it's promises
made in its platforms this year to
reduce the tariff? Will the tax pay
ers believe the party which violated
its promise on the subject or will
they believe the party which perform
ed is promise?
"The Democrats declare in favor of
reducing the tariff generally, so as
not to disturb the Legitimate busi-
ness of the country, for it is a thing
increditable that any sane man
should desire to injure-even in the
estimation of a hair-any legitimate
business of the country. The charge
so often made by the Standpat Re-
publicans that Democrats, for some
unaccountable reason, desire to in
lure the legitimate industries of the
country Is so preposterous as to be
proof conclusive that even those who
make the change most vociferously
do not believe word of it.
Democratic prospects have not
been so bright since 1892. AS mat
ter of fact they are brighter now
than they were at this time i'm the
year 1892. The reason they are
brighter-that the Democrats have al
most a certainty of winning in No
vember-on account of the magnif
icent record made by the Democrats
of the House in the 61st Congress
plus the magnificent record of the
Democrats in the House and Senate
of the 62nd Congress.
. "The House was elected on si1
principle promises: To pass a bill
compelling the publication Of cam
paign expenditures, both before ant
after the election; to submit con
stitutional amendment for the elec
ton Of United States Senators b!
. the people; to economize; to liberal
ize the rules Of the House; to admi
, New Mexico and Arizona as tive
. states; to reduce the tariff.
/ "The Democrats have kept ever!
/ one of these promises as far as wa
{ in their power. 1t is true that Presi
: dent Taft vetoed our tariff bills, o.
under the Constitution he had righ
| to do, but that does not change tn
. fact that we kept the faith with tn
? people, and having kept faith with tn
. people is the reason we will CORY tn
{ elections this fall and elect Demo
5 cratic House, Senate and President.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-08-30

tain Frank Johnson, Assistant
Attorney General, handed down
an opinion in the matter while
too lengthy to print in detail
is thorough and masterful
treatise on the law. The gist
of the opinion, briefly stated is that
the amendment is perfectly valid, ap-
plies only to cities of $4,000 or more
inhabitance and that those with less
will elect their officers for two year
terms as heretofore while those in
the class above referred to will elect
for four year terms.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-08-30
NEW PRESIDENT FOR N. Y. o. q W

New York, Aug. 3O.-Thomaa p.
Fowler, president of the New York
Ontario and Western Railroad win re-
tire tomorrow and be succeeded by
Charles s. Mellen, president Of the
New Haven railroad. This Is in ac-
cordance with the new New Haven
policy OF having its president act in
similar capacity for all Of It's sub
sidiaries.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-08-30
EAvoRlrE FICTION.

Save Your Coupons; They Are Val
uable."
81 Didn't Forget to Order the Sugar.
Maria: l Simply Hadn't Time to Do
It."
81 Didn't Care for the Penny, but
Wasn't Going to Let Him Beat Me Out
of It."
Gentlemen. So Far as Those
Charges Affect Me Personally I Have
Not Given Them Moments
Thought"
IT Don't Really Need Glasses! !
Wear Them to Keep the Dust Out of
MY Eyes. ~ Chicago Tribune.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-08-30
SOUTHERN TO AID FARM ERs.

Washington, Aug. 30.-The South
ern railroad has organized depart
ment of farm Improvement, which
will be ready for work next Monday.
President Foinley says the depart.
ment has been organized because the
Southern realizes that 1t will make
greater the opportunity for iucreas
ing the prosperity of the territory
through building up soil productive
ness.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-08-30
| KILLED, II INJURED
In KATY WRECK TODAY
(By Associated Press.)

Temple, Texas, Aug. 3O.-One man
was killed and seventeen injured
when a mail car and two coaches on
the Missouri, Kansas & Texas north
bound train plunged from a tressle
three miles north of here today.
The man killed was John H. Pierce,
a news butcher. of Winsboro, Texas,
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-08-30
TilIman Says Matter Should Be
Sifted.

Columbia, 8. c.. Aug. 30.-The
South Carolina Democratic Executive
committee probably will be called
upon to pass on the legality Of the
ballots cast for Governor In the
Democratic primary of Tuesday, In
which Governor Blease, who is seek
ing reelection, on the face Of the
returns has won the nomination.
The heavy vote for Governor has
called forth much comment, and
there have been frequent charges Of
Irregularities. So far three counties
have recounted the ballots, and IN
three more recounts are now going
on. In others the Irregularities Of q
minor nature were allowed to pass.
The executive committees OF the vari-
GUS counties met yesterday to tabu-
late the votes, but had not completed
their task yesterday. The work win
probably be finished today, but mean
while the vote is unofficial In many
counties. The state committee prob
ably will be unable to accomplish any
thing because Of the lack Of official
returns, and may have to adjourn
until next week.
Senator Tillman sent telegram
to State Chairman John Gary Evans
directing attention to reports that 2o..
900 too many votes were cast in the
primary. The Senator in his tele-
gram tells the state chairman: This
matter should be sifted and II their
is fraud It should be determined and
punished"
He declared the primary system
should be protected at all COST"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-08-30
Mr.. BRYAN A SUCCESSFUL MAN.

OF the new political ideas that pass
current IN our time, more by far
have been shaped by Mr.. Bryan, or
at least passed on by him from his
Populist inheritance, than have come
into being from any other single
sourse. For as everybody knows, Mr..
Roosevelt's familiar image and super
scription have been stamped on coin
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-08-30
FORCE OF MARINES
EN- ROUTE TO
CORINIO
BRITISH CONSUL FEARS FOR THE
SAFETY OF ENGLISH SUB
JEcTs AT MATAGALPA.
(By Associated PresS.)

Colon, Aug. 3O.-A force of 767 Uni
ted States marines arrived at Cristo-
bal at noon today on board the trans
port Prairie. They were Immediately
entrained for Panama, where they
will embark on the cruiser California
for Corinto.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-08-30
MRS. H. H. ROGERS
DIES SUDDENLY
(By Associated PreSS.)

New York, Aug. 30.-Mrs. Henry
H. Rogers, wife of the late vice-presi-
dent of the Standard Oil company,
died suddenly today in dining car
in the Grand Central station at the
conclusion of journey from Bratton
Woods, N. H, to her home here.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-08-30
Fears For Safety OF English Subjects

Fears For Safety OF English Subjects.
Washington, Aug. 30.-The British
Consul at Matagalpa is fearful for
the safety of British subjects there
and has communicated this fact to
the British Consul at Managua. 1t
will probably be necessary for Ad-
miral Sutherland to dispatch relief
expenditure to Matagalpa. About 125
Americans are believed to reside on
coffee plantations in that neighbor-
hood.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-08-30
RIFLE MATCHES AT SEA GIRT.

Sea Girt, N. J, Aug. 30.-Today's
program on the rifle matches being
held here by the National Rifle and
the New Jersey Rifle association, is
the long-range championship for the
WIMBLEDON cup. The teams will fur
nish their own ammunition and be
allowed to use any they choose.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-08-30
Mother and Six
Children Perish
When Home Burns
(By Associated Press.)

Rutherford, N. j., Aug. So.-Mrs
Emilio Debaro and six of her sew
children, ranging from five mo-
to twelve years of age, met
early today in a fire which des'
their home. Debaro, the husbe
father Of a seventh child,
thirteen, escaped by jumping
second story window
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-08-30
American Mining
Camp Threatened
By Mexican Rebels
(By Associated Press.)

Douglas, Ariz., Aug. 30.-Wires to
the Ell Tigre mining camp. where for
ty American men and nine American
women were reported yesterday in
great danger, have been cut by rebels,
who threaten the camp today II the
volunteer soldiers defending 1t do not
surrender.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-08-30
EVERY BALLOT BOX
ORDERED Held UP
Twentw Thousand Illegal Votes Al
legged Cast, Also Voting Of MInors
and Observation-Disclosures TilIman
In Fight to Probe Irregularities.
(By Associated Press.)

Columbia, s. c., Aug. 30.-Charges
of fraud, of stuffing ballot boxes with
twenty thousand Illegal votes and Of
voting minors and non-residents
have served to turn South Carolina
into seeting chaldron of discomfort.
The Democratic Executive committee
is meeting here today. Yesterday
the secretary of the committee wired
the chairman of every county execu-
tive committee, instructing him to
hold up every ballot box in connec-
tion with Tuesdays primary.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-08-30
BISHOP GRAFTON DEAD.

(By Associated PreSS.)
Fondulac, Wis, Aug. SO.-Bishop
Charles G. Grafton, Of the Fondulac
Episcopal Diocese, died today.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-08-30

Will Decide GubernatoriaI Contest
Next Tuesday.
Columbia, S. c.. Aug. 30.-The Dem
ocratic Executive Committee decided
to meet again next Tuesday, when
the gubernatorial contest will be de-
cided.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-08-30
rHE NEws

Gives the news, general. stnte
and local. Give the circulation
man your subscription.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-06-10
Alcohol Cures.

Cures for habitual drunkenness de-
pend for their efficiency on the tenn
permanent of the patient. If he is
possessed of a strong will and a real
desire to be cured, most of them pro-
duce good results, but the mar who
can not keep u of temptation is
sure to lapse into his former state.
The Century for June contains an ar
ticle on Help the Hard Drinker,"
which deals with many phases of this
subject. Among other things it says:
When a patient by intelligent
treat has been put into a receptive
state of mind. he should be told to
look up his old associates and to
them declare himself upon the liquor
question. If they are friends, they
will soon refute him; if they are not,
he will have gained by making GER
tain Of it.
And there is very little danger
Illdk aux lC hdo oCth lhC1Ag hC 4
wish again to make intimates of
them; that after, in his sober senses,
he has examined the surroundings
| which they frequent. he will be will
ing to return to them. Being
himself normal, he will wish for nor
| NAL men as friends; being far more
| fastidious than he was when alco-
, holic, the old haunts will fill him
| with disgust.
This declaration of himself the
man must make. Good friends may
help him otherwise, and chiefly by
RETAINING from the slightest thing
which may by any chance tend to
decrease his self-respect. and his con-
fdence in his own power to stay re-
claimed.
The man who has taken a cure"
is constantly exposed TO II great
danger. The treatment he has un-
dergone takes away the diseased
craving for alcohol, but the taste for
it or the liking for its effects comes
! back. Repugnance does not last
long, for that is an artificial condi-
ton. The patient simply finds him.
self able to let it alone by constant
exercise of his will power. The risk
to the earnest man Of this kind is
that, when he feels out of sorts, or
tired, or blue, the memory of how
good he felt after taking n drink
comes back to him. If he tries that
one drink, the old diseased craving
returns in all its strength.
All that the cure" does is to give
a drunkard another chance to exer-
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-06-10
TOADS DESTROY INSECTS
Caterpillars, Centipedes-All
Are Toad Delicacies.

Science offers a new solution for
the bug problem. II is 10 employ
in its professional capacity, SO to
speak, the toad-the ordinary hop
toad of the field and garden-as an
insect destroyer.
In this business the humble toad
Is unequalled by any other living
animal. He is the greatest bug ex-
terminator in the world. 1t is en-
tirely practicable to utilize his SER
vices on an extensive scale, employ
ing him Systematically as an ally to
check the insects which levy an an
nual tax Of more than 100000 up
on our agricultural resources.
There is no reason why the farm
ers of the country should not hatch
and real their own supply of toads
for local service. With a pond or
even a small pool insured against
drying up during late spring the
creatures viii breed of their W ac-
cord in any desired numbers up to
the limit of the food supply available
in the shape of insects. But one
thing absolutely essential is that
they shall be protected against their
natural enemies, and by no means
the least destructive of their enemies
are small boys who through mere
thoughtlessness kill toads whenever
they get a chance.
1t is estimated that an average
toad is worth to the farmer s. a
year for the cutworms alone which
it destroys. But this is only one
item. The amount a toad will eat is
astonishing. A large specimen has
been known to deyour a hundred rose
beetles at a SINCE meal. One toad
needed II myriapods-the common
household centipede-to satisfy his
appetite, another SIS army worms
and yet another 60 gypsy moth cater
pillars. Still another toad was seen
to eat 80 large, full grown celery
worms in three hours, while another
accepted So flies fed to him in less
than ten minutes.
1t is a Common thing when the
occupants Of an ants nest are
swarming and the insects are emery.
ing in large numbers to see an en-
terprising toad sit at the entrance
of the burrow and snap up every ant
that comes out. The slaughter he
accomplishes under such circum.
stances is frightful. But, of course
most ants are not reckoned as in.
sects injurious to man; and the toad
unquestionably destroys some species
which are beneficial to the farmer
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-06-10
TEN N FOR WIVES.

Ten don'ts for wives" were given
to the congregation Of Euclid avenue
Baptist church, of which John ID.
Rockefeller is a member, by Rev. w.
w. Bastard in his sermon Sunday
night. They are:
First-Don't marry a man for a
living, but for love. Manhood with
out money is better than money
without manhood.
Second-Don't overdress, or un-
dress; common sense is sometimes
better then style.
Third-A wife with a hobble skirt
and a husband with patched trousers
make a poor pair. A woman can
throw more out a kitchen window
with a spoon that a man can put in
to the cellar with a shovel.
Fourth-Don't think that the way
to run a house is to run away from
it. 1t is wrong to go around lectur-
ing ether women how to bring up
children while you are neglecting
your own
Fifth-Don't tell your troubles 10
your n%eighbors. They have enough
of their own. Fight it out vita your
husband if it takes all summer.
Sixth-Don't nag. The saloon
keeper is always glad to welcome
your husband with a smile.
Seventh-Don't try to get more
out of a looking glass than you put
into it. Natures sunshine is better
for woman's beauty than mans pow
der and paints.
Eighth-Don't make gamblers and
drunkards out of your children by
running whist parties for prizes and
serving punch with a stick in it.
Ninth-Don't forget to tell the
truth, especially to the conductor
about the age of your child. Honesty
is worth more to you and him than
a nickel. A boy who is 8 years old
at home and 6 on the cars will soon
learn other things that arc not so.
Tenth-Don't forget that home is
a woman's kingdom, where she reigns
a queen. To be the mother of a
Lincoln, a Garfield or a Mckinley is
to be the mother of a prince.-Cleve-
land Dispatch to Philadelphia
Record. ~
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-06-10

else his win power. This the man
a do who drinks. but is not chron-
ically diseased by alcoholic excuses
to the degree when his brain and
win are affected. The existence of
such a disease is beyond dispute, and
it is this illness that may be treated;
but no medicine will give will power
to any man. He must work out his
own salvation in the end.-New York
Commercial.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-06-10

Upon the whole he Is immensely use
full, devouring countless numbers of
the very worst bug foes of the crops.
Technical World.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-06-10
Wanted-A Poodle Catcher

Wanted-A Poodle Catcher
"What this town needs is a good,
active and aggressive dog catcher"
"You got someone you want APP
pointed?"
mo; bu my wife's got a p%oodle!'
-Houson Post.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-06-10

LOST-A gold watch and fob, both
bearing initials E. G. S. Finder
please return to Herald Office 1t
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-06-10
We offer you an extraordinary
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Final improvements in auto
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