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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-03-22
WORK ON Store
soon COMPLETED
Handsome Show Windows Put in
and Store Rearranged Through
out.

The new plate glass front and the
general Encouragement that is being
placed in the front of the store of S.
& H. Katz is almost completed, and
by the first of the coming week all will
be in shape. The display windows are
unusually large, extending about seven
feet in the store and having front
age of about an equal distance. There
is ten foot entrance between the two
show windows with attractive tiling
under foot. The free use of electric
lights at night and the unusually large
space to display goods will add great
ly to the attractiveness of the store.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-03-22
Young Man Rescued Then Dies.

McCurtain, Okla, March 22.-At
midnight Wednesday iO7 of the 11s
men at work in San Bois' Mine No.
when the property was wrecked by an
explosion Wednesday had been ac-
counted for. Twenty-six of the num-
ber were rescued alive, one has since
died, So bodies have been recovered
and 20 have been located.
The body of w. D. Roper, civil en-
gineer in the employ of the mining
company, who, With two companions
was making survey of the. workings
at the time Of the explosion, was
found las night 1t was under a mass
of wreckage in the main slope over
which the rescue parties had trampied
since the mine was first entered.
Roper's head was almost severed and
his body was otherwise mutilated.
Roper came to McCurtain two years
ago from Clio, S. c. ~ m
Ralph Kenny, 16 years old. son OF
local minister, member of Roper's
/ party, was one of those rescued alive.
/ Partly ipsensible at first he shortly
came to himself and smiled as he told
Of the night in the small pump room
4 where he and IA choking men fought
for gasps of fresh air,from an air pipe.
Then a pallor spread over his face,
his form quivered and before out
stretched hands could seize him his
body sank to the floor. Helpers look
ed at him and then at each other He
was dead.
After damp is retarding the work OF
the rescuers and only those equipped
with oxygen helmets are permitted to
enter the mine. Pater Hanraty, may.
or of McAlester, who led one of the
rescue parties, was overcome. It was
several hours before he recovered.
Relief from all parts of the United
States began pouring into McCurtain
N Continued on Page Five.)
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-03-22
TO URGE EIGHT-HouR DAY.

London, March 22.-Plans were
started here today under the direction
OF the London Trades Council for the
organization of a great demonstration
of the organized workers of London
with a view to a revival within the
metropolis and throughout the coun.
try of the agitation for a legal eight
hour day or a forty-eight hours week.
1t is hoped to begin the agitation the
first Sunday in May This new move
ment Is similar to one started twenty
five years ago, but which failed.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-03-22
MUCH PLANTING
Done this WEEK
A Sansing Has Travelled Over The
Territory And Predicts
Good Year.

A, Sans.ng, with the International
harvester Co., talks interestingly of
the agricultural conditions at the pres
.n. time, in Mississippi. He says:
'Iuere has been vast amount of
planting done the past week, and
while the crop is late | prophesy that
"aryesting time will show that the
farmers of Mississippi have exceeded
any year in the history of the state
There hass been more land cleared of
stumps in the past year than any five
previous years, and there Is more till
able land than has ever been known.
The whole country is watching with a
great deal of interest the rice planta-
ton that is being promoted at Moss
Ont. While there has always been a
Great deal of upland rice raised in the
state, principally in the Delta country
irrigated rice is having it's first trial
tlis year at Moss Point The pro
~oters are installing modern pump.
.ns and irrigating machinery and will
place $50 acres in cultivation the com
ing season. | believe that the prop
ositon is a feasible one and that irri
gated rice will thrive wonderfully or
the cut-over pine land around Moss
Point and other sections that fal
South" 81
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-03-22
DEMOCRATIC STATE CONVENTION
INsTRUcTs DELEGATES FOR
GOVERNOR.
TARIFF MADE LEADING
PLANK OF PLATFORM
Samuel N. Ralston Nominated For
Governor by clamation-Marshal
Opposed to Recall of Judges and
Judicial Decisions.

Indianapolis, Ind, March 2.-The
Indiana delegation to the Democratic
national convention yesterday was in
structed in the platform adopted by
the state convention to present to
that body the name of Gov. Thos R.
Marshall as the first and only choice
of the Democracy of Indiana for the
nomination of President"
Samuel N. Ralston, of Lebanon, was
nominated for Governor by acclama-
tion.
The platform. in its leading plank
denounces the protective tariff sys-
tenn as inflicted upon the country by
the Payne-Aldrich act, which has,
through the artificial prices it fosters,
carried deprivation into millions OF
homes"
To correct tariff abuses application
is demanded of the principle that Gus
| tom house taxation shall be limited tC
the actual necessities Of the govern
ment." The action of the House o.
Representative in passing The Sher
wood pension bill is endorsed.
Governor Marshall in taking til,
chair as temporary chairman, in I
speech urged the Democrats to go t.
the people upon a platform the car
dinal principle of which is the opposi
tion to special privilege. He announc
ed his opposition to the principle o
the recall of judges and judicial dc
cisions.
THE last sixty years have produce
two men whose views will leave al
impress upon all time" he said "Lir
coin held it to be the inalienable righ
of an unsuccessful litigant to go dow
to the tavern and cuss the court. |
is the theory of Doosevelt that it i
the right of an unsuccessful litigant t
go down to the tavern and overrul
the court Bitterness of spirit an
indignation at what deem to be jud
cial injustices seize me. Even now
am chafing under what l conceive t
be the unwarranted interference @
the courts with my prerogatives. Blu
CONTINUED on Page Five)
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-03-22
GOVERNOR HAS ISSUED CALL FOR
COLLEGE BOARD TO MEET
NEXT WEEK.
HIGHT0WER CONSIDERED
LIKELY FOR The POSITION
Prof. w. H. Smith And D. c. Hull Also
Mentioned In Connection With Va
cancy-None of the Members Have
Publicly Expressed Choice.
Special to The Netos.

Jackson, Miss, March 22.-Gover-
nor Brewer has issued a call for
meeting of the general college board,
appointed by him during the legisla-
tive session.
The most important matter to be
brought before the body will be the
election of a president of the Missis-
sippi A. & M. College to fill the va
cancy caused by the resignation of
Prof. J. c. Hardy, who will retire at
the close of the present collegiate
term.
Several educators have been promi-
nently mentioned for the place, among
them being Hon, George R. Hightow-
er, president of the Farmers Ware
house Company; Prof. w. H. Smith,
director of agricultural high schools,
and DR.. David c. Hull, president of
, Millsaps College.
! According to the political tipsters
/ around the state house, Mr.. Hightow-
! er is the one best bet for the place.
! In fact, it was current rumor through
, out the legislative session that the
same political plan that eliminated in
| the retireemnt of President Hardy
also contemplated the election of Mr.
Hightower to the place.
The trustees meet in the Governors
office on next Wednesday, March 9th
1 The members of the body are Judge
/ Robert Powell, T. B. Franklin, Eu
gene Clark, Natchez; Col Jas. Gordon
/ Okolona; Hon. J. w. Cutrer, Clarks
dale; o. F. Lawrence, Grenada; F. c
Holmes, Harnando. The Governor
and state superintendent of education
are ex-officio members.
1t was generally believed that the
legislature would abolish the genera
board system, and return to the ole
single board plan, with one governing
body for each institution This, II
fact, was the plan formulated, but il
was finally discarded because the law
makers did not want to put themselves
CONTINUED on Page Five.)
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-03-22
HATTESBJRC MISSISSIPPI FRIDAY AFTERNOON MARCH q 1912
negro JONVICT
LYNCHED IN GA.
Tried to Escape, Shot Down One
Guard and Attempted to xiii
Two Others.

Cochran, Ca, March 22.-Homer
Howell, a negro convict, was lynched
yesterday afternoon after he had kill
ed the guard, Joseph Coody, and at
tempted to shoot down two other
guards, in a convict camp, mile out
side of this town.
Howell and sixty others, it is said,
plotted to escape.
Howell felled Coody with a shovel
and, securing the revolver secured
from the clothes of the dead man fired
on two other guards. Neither were
injured, but both returned the fire.
Howell fell to the ground with a bull
let through his body.
None of the other convicts attempt
ed to escape. The authorities here
were notified and aid was sent to the
camp.
Howell was guarded by the deputy
sheriffs, and was being taken tC
Hawkinsville when a mob of fifty mel
covered the officers with guns, tool
the prisoner and strung him to a tel
ephone pole, and riddled his body will
bullets.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-03-22
TRAGEDY
in WINSTON CO.
Detective Walker, Who Figured In
Perminter-Sharp Affair
Assassinated.

Louisville, Miss, March pa trag
edy was enacted Wednesday night at
Rural Hill, 16 miles from here, in
WHich the victim was detective
named Walker From what can be
learned, II appears walker, who was
g the house of Ebert Vowel, a far
mer living three miles from Hinze
Postoffice, was sitting at the supper
table with the family, when a report
of a shot rang out and Walker fell out
of his chair to the floor, dead, having
been riddled with buckshot
The shot came through a window,
the assassin having concealed himself
until the opportune moment arrived.
Fortunately none of the others were
injured. A search was instituted, but
as yet no clew has been found to lead
to an arrest, but several parties are
suspected.
The outcome of the tragedy is sup
posed to have had its beginning in the
murder of Miss jamie Sharp, of which
crime Swinton Perminter is held. near
ly two years ago in the same communi
ty, Walker was employed in the case
for the defense, and incurred much
enmity on account of bringing limo
| cent men into the affair. He had g
man named McElroy brought from
Texas on a charge of being the mur
dsrer of the sharp girl. McElroy was
acquitted and Walker was arrested
charged with perjury and was unde1
! q bond to appear before the grand jury
in July.
Excitement is at fever heat in thu
Rural Hill settlement, and relations
between the Sharp and Perminter fac
, tons are strained and other killing
| ore looked for. The sheriff and larg
posse have gone to the sceen wit
bloodhounds.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-03-22

New Orleans, March 22.-The state
closed it's case against Annie Craw-
ford at noon, after the defense at
torneys, in cross examination, had
tried vainly to wiring from the lips of
her aunt, Mrs. Robert Crawford, an ad-
mission that during Elise Crawfords S
last illness, when she believed Elise
to be in delicate condition, she had
said. "It would have been better had
she died when she gave birth to that
child six years ago." Mrs. Crawford
denied having made the statement.
The introduction of this scandal was
accompanied by lively tilt between
attorney generally of the defense and
District Attorney Adams, who accused
the defense Of dragging out scandal
which had been buried in the grave.
The defendant may take the stand
this afternoon or tomorrow.
Sister Says Annie Forger.
Gertrude Crawford, witness for the
prosecution against her sister, Annie
Crawford, on trial for the murder of
another sister, Elise, testified just be-
fore court adjourned yesterday that
Annie Crawford was a forger.
Gertrude, who is 1S.years old, said
that Annie forged her name to a check
for $50 and secured the money and
that by filling out blank checks she
had signed and given to Annie, the &C
cused had drawn from the bank and
used for her own purposes all but ST.
of Gertrude's deposit of $751;
The allegation that Annie had forg
ed her sisters name to bank checks
was another surprise to the defense
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-03-22
Senator !. d. Donald Is
Mentioned For Congress

much to represent his district in the
National House of Representatives
He may be considered in a receptive
or "Barkus is willing" attitude, but no
congressional bee has taken up per-
manent residences in his chapeau
Some friends of the senator discussed
the matter with him during the ses-
sion of the legislature and he was
promised support in event he decided
to enter the contest, but since that
time he says he has not given the mat
ter such thought that he is seriously
considering putting his chat in the
ring"
There is a probability that Senator
Donald will at some time make the
race from this district but whether it
is this year or later, he is not prepar-
ed to say. He is popular throughout
the district and made a splendid rec
ord for himself during his service in
the state senate the past session,
which would be an added asset should
he care to enter the lists against Mr..
Harrison.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-03-22
Scenes Of Tragedy Re-enacted For
Moving Pictures.

HIllsville. March 22.-Another TRACE
dy was enacted in the old Carol coun-
ty courthouse yesterday Another
troop d" mountain outlaws rode in,
shot the Ud2e down on his bench and
duplicated the gruesome assassination
of w... oao-hul this time it was
only for the moving pictures. The
mov'n" '.'re actors did none and
made l.. acaet and caused almost
rs much l1s as JHe reoI outlaws did
and l.s almost had as much e.-
citouHH av.r again
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-03-22

1T is rumored on the street of
Laurel today that DR.. ]. d. Donald of
Hattiesburg, member of the state SEN
ate from the Second district, will enter
the race for congress against Hon. b.
p. Harrison, the present incumbent" p"
The above is a news item appearing
in the Laurel Daily Argus of yester-
day.
Senator Donald, when asked about
the matter this morning, stated he
had not authorized any statement that
he would be in the race for congress
this year. However, he is human, and
does not deny that he would like very
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-03-22
SI0NA EDWARDS, NEPHEW OF
SIDNEY ALLEN, CAPTUIED AT
LAMBSBURG, VA.
PROBABLE OTHER MEMBERS
WILL SOON Be TAKEN
Scenes of Tragedy Re-enacted at Hills
vile For Moving Picture Makers
Posse That Went to Mountains Tues
day Has Not Reported.
OH ASSOcidted PreSSl

Hillsville, March 22.-Sidna Ed
wards, nephew of Sidna Allen, leader
OF the Allen gang which took to the
mountains after the court house as.
sassination here, was arrested without
resistance today at Lambsburg. His
capture leads to the belief that Others
of the mountaineers soon will be in
custody.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-03-22
II SONS AGED
FROM 6 TO is
AND IS MORE

Denver, March 2.-In columns of
two fourteen youths ranging in age
from six to sixteen, filed into the lob
by of a local hotel today, while a
stout man brought up the rear. "All
mine" he said to the clerk at the
desk" "and there are thirteen more
back in Kansas" He registered as
Nathan Alexander and ordered fifteen
single rooms for the party.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-03-22
7wo Floors Of Acid Bldg.
at Fertilizer Plant Fall

The second and third floors of the
Meridian Fertilizer Co.'S acid build
ing collapsed at 2 o'clock this morn
ing. The immediate cause of the
accident was the corrosion of the
main supports that held three large
tanks of acid on the third floor. A
few minutes before the accident sew
eral workmen in the plant were on
the third floor and fortunately when
the accident came no one was injur-
ed.
The collection of sulphuric acid
fumes in the building has made it Inn
possible to estimate the damage up to
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-03-22
VICKSBURG YOUTH
BROWNS IN CISTERN

Vicsburg, Miss, March 22.-John
Paul Coccoro, aged IA, son of R. Coo
running backward flying kite on his
fathers place, mile east, of this city,
yesterday afternoon, fell into a els
tern. He drowned in six feet of water
before he could be gotten out. A rope
was gotten in few minutes but the
boy never came to the surface.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-03-22

this hour. but it is thought that ST.
900 will cover the loss. The fertilizer
people state that while the accident
comes at bad time, it will not materi-
ally effect the output of the plant. The
tanks were used in the manufacture
of acid that is used In making fertile
er, but there is great quantity on
hand In another part of the building.
The factory closes for sixty or thirty
days every year to allow for making
needed repairs and the damage occur
ing from the accident of this morning
win be remedied when they close for
annual repairs.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-03-22
Frank Burns Brought From
Arkansas BY Dan McGilorqy

in company with Dearman about five
wears ago, and was not located until
the arrest of Dearman two weeks ago,
and while the officers are keeping
ouiet as to the information on which he
was located, the clue as to his where
abouts and operations was doubtless
secured in connection with the cap
ture of Dearman. AS soon as Mr.. Nc
Gilvray located Burns he wired the
Arkansas officers to arrest him, which
was done and the detective left Sun
day morning for his prisoner. Burns
was placed in the county jail.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-03-22
FORREST CO. BOY
IS PRINCIPAL
{. C. Strahan Again Elected BY Jetfer-
son County Agricultural
Trustees.
Special TO The Netos.

Union Church, Miss, MSrch o.
The board of trustees of the jefferson
County Agricultural High School met
Tuesday and reelected the following
teachers: e. r. Strahan, principal
and agriculturist; Herd C. Steele, lit
erary department; Miss May Haddon,
domestic science department.
This school is run in connection with
the local public school and teachers
Tor that department will be elected
later.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-03-22
OZONE TO DESTROY FLIES.

Ozone is to take a prominent part
in the campaign against the deadly
fly All disagreeable ordors, such as
attract flies, are caused by tiny parti-
cles of decaying organic or vegetable
matter floating in the air, Ozone at
tacks and burns up these particles. re-
moving the ordor and destroying the
food which would nourish flies.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-03-22

4 n4oo+;,o n G. McGilyray returned
Yesterday from searcy Ark where mere
NO went to get Frank Burns allas
Andy steine, who was brought s."n, o~on
ANU, n . charge of having escaped from
~. ~ = rorrast county farm several years
ago. while serving sentence e., ,,.rua
1SV, While this is the technical charge ls
"nsI ,,n,o, roouisition papers we're IS
Susu sue that hi, the prisoner is implicated implicated
ION n, 'r%, ,~orvin Dearman in the robberies
S charged to the latter He a had tDs e'fa farm n,
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-03-22
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!: MISS. AND OHIO FIX
: RIVERS RISING RAPIDLY.
!: (By Associated PresS.)

= St. Louis, March 22.-The Mis- .
: sissippi and Ohio rivers are swoL =
:: len and rising rapidly as a result =
: of SHOWS and heavy rains this =
:: week. Snow and rain fell last :
:: night. The guage at Cairo shows .
: a rise of nearly two feet in the =
: past twenty-four hours. The wa =
: ter there is within ten inches Of =
+ the danger mark. =
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-03-22
REVIVAL SERVICES AT MAIN
STREET METHODIST CHURCH.

Revival services at the Main Street
Methodist church will begin April 18th
and continue two weeks. The Rev. J..
L. Weber, D. D., pastor of the First
Methodist church, Jackson, Tenn, will
do the preaching. DR.. Weber is man
of great ability as a preacher and a
very successful revivalist.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-03-22
WAGES INCREASED
TEN PER CENT At
FALL RIVER MILLS
VI Associated P.eas.l

Fall River, Mass, March 22LAn ad-
vance Of ten per cent in wages from
March %, was offered this afternoon
to the operative unions by the Fall
River Manufacturing Association AS
surance is given that the increase will
be accepted and there will be no gen
eral strike next Monday. The advance
will effect thirty thousand operatives.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-03-22
THIS NUMBER HAD BEEN RE-
MOVED FROM MINE THIS MORN
ING AT EIGHT O'CLOCK.
FATHER GIVES AWAY COFFIN
BUILT FOR RESCUED SON
Two Sons Entombed In Mine, Thought
Dead, But One Rescued--Minister
Son Dies After Being Taken UP
AIive-ReIief Pours In.
I'm Associated Press.l

McCurtain, Okla, March PA to-
tai of sixty-one bodies had been re-
moved from the San Bois mine at
o'clock this morning and it is expect
cd that in the neighbonhood OF seven
ty-five will be taken from the wrecked
entries later s-1 f. =
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-03-22

Mount Airy, n c., March 22-It is
reported that Sidna Edwards of the
Allen clansmen was captured near
Lambsburg, Virginia, by a detective
posse aud is being taken to Roanoke,
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-03-22
THE MARKETS.
(Py Associated PresS.)

(Py Associated PresS.)
Chicago, March 22.-Wheat easy
one eighth to one half lower Pro-
visions steady; five cents lower to
five up.
New Orleans, March 22-Cotton
steady; two to three points up.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-03-22
State Closes Crawtord Case;
Scandal Aired in Court

almost as much as the autopsy over
the body of Elise Crawford last Sun
day. 1t is possible that the taking of
evidence will be concluded Saturday
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-03-22

:. FIERCE FIGHTING IN
: PARAGUAY is REPORTED.
lBN ASsociated PreSSD

. Buenos Ayres, March ga
:. fierce battle between revolution
:. aries and the government forces
:, in Paraguay has been going on
;, for several days and is still rag
:. ing according to kilograms re-
& ceiyed here today
:. :. :. :. :. :. :. = = = = : q" : " =
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-03-22
Edwards in 4iIIsviIle Jail.

Hillsyille, Va, March 22.-Edwards
reached Hillsville this afternoon and
was Immediately placed in Jail. He
would make no statement.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-07-13

SOUTH TACOMA funeral directors.
Call night OF day. N. 1iz2. B1125.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-07-13
LOOKS LIKE A
STEEL PLANT
At LAST

The A. P. Gillies project for
big steel plant seems to be show
ing something definite now.
The Tacoma Land company,
Hewitt Land company and Mar
rows land company have agreed to
give one-fourth of all their land
adjacent to the steel plant site on
Chambers creek if the company
makes good and puts in a $1O,-
100000 plant.
Gen. Hubbard, president Of the
banking corporation
of New York, who owns the Car
bonado coal mines, has also Of
fered the mines to the steel COM
pany and has written to Manager
R. l.. Davies to allow representa-
tives of Gillies to go through the
mines to estimate their value.