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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-04-15
BUSY session
OF CITY COURT
Court This Morning Was Crowded
With Spectators, Defendants
and Witnesses.

The City hall was packed this morn
ing, the occasion being the disposition
of number of cases against retailers.
Court lasted until nearly IL o'clock.
The principal case was against Tcm
Smith, white man indicted on two
counts for retailing. One witness for
the prosecution caused much amuse-
ment among the spectators by eXhIb-
iting a small diary on which he had
enumerated all of his evidence. On
being questioned by attorneys he
would casually turn the leaves of his
book until he came to his written evi-
dence and then answer Smith was
convicted in one of the cases and
fined 500 and costs and the other
case was continued.
Will Franklin and Abe Lynch for
retailing had their cases carried over
until Wednesday Lewis Wood for
petty larreny will also be tried We'd
nesday.
Robert Turner for assault and bat
tery was fined $3.50 and costs.
Joe Byrd for carrying concealed
weapons, $50 and costs.
Frank Sutton for profanity was
fined s25 and costs.
Annie Bell Williams for retailing
secured a continuance.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-04-15

a few months of commission govern
ment, and which, Mr.. Fuller said,
could not, in his opinion, have been
accomplished under aldermanic rule.
The one fact alone, that the city has
been conducted on cash basis since
commission government was inauaus
rated should be sufficient argument
Of the superiority of the two forms.
The last year of aldermanic rule was
closed with $4,000 more money spent
than received. tiBat because a float
Indebtedness of the city; floating
debt being an accumulation from year
to year of deficits in the general fund
Floating debts are usually cancelled
by bond issue, and the interest on
these bonds becomes a fixed expense
charge against the tax payers. Meri-
dian is now struggling with a floating
debt of 100000, for which bonds will
soon have to be issued to save the
citys credit, fastening a further bur
den of taxation upon its citizens.
Mr.. Fuller showed the voters that
the present form of government is the
most representative. Ten men can
sign petition to the mayor to put
a commissioner on trial for any
charges that may be preferred, and if
he is found guilty he is then and there
put out of office. That course is open
to the voters at anytime. What 9th
er form of government gives the peo.
pie so much power? By the very sim
plicity and unquestioned truth of his
statesment, Mr. Fuller made a deep
impression on the meeting.
Opposition Urged to Talk.
The chairman again invited the 9th
er side to present their argument in
favor of aldermanic rule, stating that
the citizens had met there for enlight-
ment No one would speak publicly
for ward politics, which prompted T.
j. Pittman to rise and say he thought
it was time the daddy" or foster
daddy" of the opposition movement
should CONS out in the open and let
the people hear from him; that he
came to the meeting with the knowl-
edge and yenlightment and want to
know what the other side had
Mr.. Pittman wasA not vo,- \.
lCortinued on Page 70
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-04-15
SAN ANTONIO, TEX,
BATTLE or FLOWERS

San Antonio, Tex, April 15.-san
Antonio's annual San 5aeihto Week
fiesta and battle of flowers was COM
menced today hundreds of visitors
arriving eais morning as an advance
guard to the thousands expected dur
ing the week. A great parade of dec
GRATED automobiles will be tonight's
feature. The business section from
the Alamo to the Market House viii
be Illuminated in a brilliant manner.
and numerous searchlights will help
to make this real "city of light" An
open-air Shakespeare performance
will be a novel feature. There will be
several elaborate parades and pag-
eants.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-04-15
fHU associated PrcSS.( J

New York. April 15.-Great alarm
was felt this morning that the Titanic
the biggest boat in the world on its
maiden trip from Southampton to
New York that struck an iceberg off
the Newfoundland banks Sunday was
in a sinking condition. Two thousand
persons, many prominent personages
We're trasferred to life boats and rafts.
The transfer was completed at $50
this morning. At nine o'clock this
morning the White Star Liner officials
were without information except the
newspaper dispatches. The steamship
Nirginian, summoned by wireless
started yesterday to aid the Titanic
and is expected to reach the scene at
ten O'Clock this morning. Among the
passengers are Mr. and Mrs. John
Jacob Astor. Alfred Gwynne Wander
blt. Major Archibald Butt, aid to
President Taft. T. y. lIillet. the artist,
Mr.. and Mrs. lsador Strauss c, NJ.
Hayes, President of the Grand Trunk
railroad. benjamin Gugeenheim and
" T. Stead.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-04-15
YOlE FOR GOOD CLEAN CITY GOVERNMENT TOMORROW
v. |. swain
BACK HOME
7eturns For Fifth Successful Engage
merit in iesbure-Favorite
With Old And Young.

Easter has come and gone, but Mr..
Swain seems to think new hats and
pretty dresses are still in vogue, as
his entire train of Pullman cars have
an up-to-datt bright and pretty ap-
pearance, as they are just out of the
swain shops in New Orleans, where
painters, stripers and letterers have
oeen at work for the past two months,
working almost day and night prepar-
ng Tor the 1912 road tour.
The Swain show bears the distinc-
ton of being the oldest, biggest, best
equipped and most favorably known
show of its kind in America, and the
General appearance of everything,
from cars to center pole, seems to be
in shape to sustain previous Swain
reputation.
Early this morning. even before the
little bird slipped his head from under
his wing to take a peep for an early
worm, everything was hustle and
hustle around the show train, and in
very short time the big Percheron
horses were making the streets sound
and each from their heavy tread,
drawing the wagons to the show lot
Equally hustle and hurry was also
enacted at the grounds, and the whack,
whack of the big 1G-pound sledge ham,
mers, artistically manipulated by the
, experienced stob drivers, thrilled the
heart of the small boy who was shown
enthused, so much so as to rise early
to see the big tent erected. older
men were likewise entertained by the
| familiar sound Of the stob drivers, as
no doubt it recalled their barefoot
boys days, when crawling under the
tent was popular if not successful.
Mr. Swain announces many special
new features this season, viz: All
new plays, Musical Orrs, Cowboy quar-
tette, Oh My Golly comedians, Miss
lIstelle Simms, leading lady, more ac-
tors, more musicians, bigger rain-proof
and wind-ressting tent "kant-leek."
The opening bill tonight will be
Sherlock Holmes" This Is a mag
nificently equipped dramatization of
Sir A. Conan Doyle's great creation.
/ The marvellous achievement of Sher-
! lock Holmes, through scientific deduc-
tion in the detection of crime, have
been read by all lovers of fiction
/ throughout the civilized world, and
this is the first time the bill has ever
been presented here.
Mr. Swain also offers as a special
pleasing feature tonight, special, ex-
ira free-in front of the tent at 1880,
Frank Delmaine, the silver-yoiced
baritone, will sing to beat the cow
boy band. Everybody is invited to
hear this great megaphone singer.
Cont forget the hour, and don't be
late-7;3o tonight
On account of the w. |. Swain
show being so favorably known, and
the admission very cheap, big audi
ence will greet their fifth annual visit
to Hattiesburg
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-04-15
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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-04-15
CANCEL STOCK RATE INcRAEsE.

Washington, April 15.-Proposed in
creases of 33 1-3 per cent in the trans
portation rates on feeder" cattle and
sheep made by all the western rail-.
roads must be cancelled today, by or
der of the Interstate Commerce Com
mission, which declared there was no
justification for the raise. If any
roads fail to abrogate the rate volun-
tarily today, the commission will is
sue a peremptory order. ID.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-04-15
NAst ;
PROMINENT OFFICIAL
TS VISIT HATTIESBURG

Hon. P. P. Claxton, United States
Commissioner of Education, passed
through Hattiesburg last night en-
route to Popularville and Purvis
where he went to SCI the agricultural
high schools, in which he has become
very much interested. Prof. ]. N.
Powers State Superintendent of Edu-
cation accompanied Mr.. Claxton, and
they were Joined here by Pref. Cook.
Mr. Claxton did not have time to
stop over to see the Normal College
but promised to be on hand for the
opening of the institution.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-04-15
Car Shortage Relieved By
Floods IN the Lowlands

domestic shipments. OF course, there
have been numerous delays in deliv-
cries, caused by the floods, but the
lumbermen have been able to get
their shipments started, many OF them
being rush orders for spring building
contracts.
Considerable trouble is still being
encountered in logging work, owing
to the swollen creeks and small teams,
but a majority of the mills have suf,
flcient logs on hand e., keep their
plants going until permcomat improve,
ment is shown In wea pnditions.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-04-15
Nel0 Orleans Bank Fails;
Officers Concealed Condition

committee and a director, were ar
rested charged with making false
statements to conceal the true condi-
ton of the bank, we're released on ten
and five thousand bonds respectively.
The bank is in the hands of State
Examiner Young. The bank failed to
open its doors this morning. Gomila
admits he owes the bank one hun
dred and eighty thousand dollars.
Braud's shortage was discovered il
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-04-15
(By Associated Press.)

New Orleans, April 15.-F. ]. Braud.
former assistant cashier of the Teu-
tonia Bank and Trust Company, this
city, was arrested last night charged
with embezzling sixty thousand dol
lars of the '2ank's funds. - He was
still in JAIL noon today iling to
make tT tT~uHI HIsand - bond.
'Pfesident Bub ~
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-04-15


Jackson. Miss, April l5,-lt's an Ill
wind that blows nobody good accord
ING to the lumber manufacturers IN
nississjppi who report decided re-
lief in the car shortage situation since
the foods in the Mississippi valle'
have ted up traffic on several lines
Empties that would have ben ,,e ssn' IL,
into the lowlands to handle ordinary
aninments are now being diverted 10
points south OF Jackson and ,,,. as ara ~
srlt nearly all the lumber mills are are
uott,ng all the ears they want ioi
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-04-15
ODD FELLOWS HOME PLANNED

Baltimore, April 15.-A home for
aged and INDECENT Odd Fellows will
soon be built in Maryland if plans
considered today at the annual state
meeting of the order are carried to
completion. Funds for building the
home are now being raised
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-04-15
METHODIST CONFERENCE,

Clarence, Mo, April l5.--Bishop
Denny Of Richmond, Va is presiding
at the conference opened here today
nv the Methodist Episcopal church.
sontb. of the Macon district.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-04-15
GREAT LAKE SHIPPING BEGINS

Milwaukee, Wis, April 15.-Today
marked the opening in earnest of the
shipping season on Lake Michigan.
Marine insurance went into effect to-
day, and few vessels have ventured
out without this protection.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-04-15
Large Mass Meeting Saturday
Night Goes on Record Fauoring
Continuance of Good Government
Building Was Packed with Patriotic Citizens Who Want
See the City Go Forward.
ARGUMENTS OF ENEMIES OF COMMISSION the
GOVERNMENT A GAIN RIDDLE BY SPEAKERSmm


Now
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-23
THE THREATENED RAILROAD ENGINEERS
STRIKE
STRIKE

by justice and reason if they are
compelled to meet demands from
such a source.
Great weight may fairly be given
to. the argument of the men, that
their demands have already been
granted by the Western roads. These
operate for the most part in a scam
tily settled country, while the East
tied populations, which alone should
speak eloquently of bad business
methods upon the part of such east
ern railroad organizations as COM
plain they cannot meet a reasonable
wage increase to that most devoted
and useful group of public servants,
class of employees of whom one in
$50 will be killed in any year and
one in nine injured.
An element in the employment of
these men is that their working life
is shorter than that of other men.
Everytime an engineer steps into his
cab and opens his throttle the likeli-
hood that he will be able to do SO
again is markedly diminished. lie
must earn what he is able too before
he is either killed or seriously in
jured in the extra hazardous bust
ness in which he engages.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-23
FIRST. THINGS

The first railroad in Louisiana was
opened eighty-one years ago to-day.
It was but four and a half miles In
length and connected New Orleans
with Lake Pontchartrain. Its con-
struction across a swamp was then
considered a great triumph of engin-
eering science, although the latest
graduate Of an engineering school
nowadays would consider such a pro-
iect a. "soft snap" At that time the
South Carolina road and the Balti-
more & Ohio were the only railroads
in active operation in the United
States, and the latter road was op
Grated by horsepower until 1882, the
year following the completion of the
Louisiana line. The first shot Of the
Standardization war was fired four
teen years ago to-day by the United
States ship Nashville across the bows
Of the Spanish vessel Buena Vista.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-23
War Cloud Vision
For Uncle Sam
CHAPLAIN HUMPHREYS TELLS
FEETERS AT BANQUET MEXI-
CAN SITUATION Is GRAVE.

New Haven, April 23-That there
is grave danger of a war between tho
United States and Mexico and that
would be passed determining wheth-
er or not there would be trouble, was
the declaration made by the Rev. F.
Landon Humphreys, of the Veteran
Artillery Corps Of New York city,
which startled the Foot Guard at
their splendid annual banquet held in
the ball room of the Hotel Taft last
evening. With striking sincerity the
clergyman announced that 1--WE, IN
this country, are facing a grave dam
ger. Mexico at the present time, as
it has been often, is in a ferment
Confusion reigns in that country. I
have been told by a prominent edu-
there are six parties now contending
for the presidency of Mexico. Revo-
lutiorary conspiracy and intrigue
dominate the entire nation. They
have no respect for the rights of 9TH
err governments and this is becoln-
ing, day by day. more significant
fact.
II nave received a confidential let
ter, the contents of which of course
l have been forbidden to disclose, but
the tenor of which explains the pres
emit situation. I fear I am not doing
right in disclosing even this, but It's
import I think should be understood
by you. From a person we'll ac-
Quainted with the situation of govern
ment military affairs I am Informed
that preparations are being made by
the War Department and that within
ninety days we shall know whether
there is to be trouble. / repeat again
the nation is now facing a crisis,
which 1t is well that you men and
everyone should consider"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-23
Redding Scared
By Ghost Tales
WITNESSES TESTIFY TO FEAR
SHOWN BY YOUNG MAN AC-
CUSED OF MURDER,

: New Haven, April 23-The defense
in the trial Of George Redding. Jr..
for the murder Of Morris Greenberg,
put in evidence yesterday to show
that the accused was afraid of ghosts;
so much afraid, indeed, that when
told ghost stories in Readings pres
ence the latter was afraid to go home
alone and Earl j. Dickerson, a son
of the witness, went home with him.
The Dickerson family, father, moth
er and son, were the only witnesses
of yesterday except Leonard c. Lewis,
who for three hours was subjected to
a rapid fire -bombardment by State
Attorney Alling, who seemed to have
all Of Lewis doings slowed away In
side his head somewhere.
The incident of the ghost stories oc-
Cured at the Dickerson home some
three years ago when Earl Dickersop
They have not been such friends in
the past year or more and not any
of the Dickersons have seen much OF
Redding in that time. While the
Dickersons father and son, were tell
ing of Readings dread Of ghosts, the
fanciful heads and faces upon pad
Of paper which his counsel had given
him.
The elder Dickerson told Of making
passes before Readings face upon
many occasions and related how, af-
ter the making OF such passes, George
would follow him about the room as
though he was hypnotized. Once he
told him to act like a dog and he
fell on the floor and barked. In an
swer to questions by the state attor-
ney he said that he never did any,
thing in the hypnotizing way except
to make the passes and that he had
never done anything to bring Redd1ng
out of the supposed hypnotic trance.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-23

1t Is much to be hoped that the
strike Of the locomotive engineers
may be prevented. Such an occur
renee, affecting all the railroads east
of the Mississippi, excepting a few
relatively unimportant lines, would
seriously disturb business, and, if
long continued would paralyze traf-
fic in the eastern half of the country
and seriously impede it from the At
lantic to the Pacific. The railroad
engineers do we'll to refuse to join
with the companies in demanding an
increase in freight rates. They
point out that the western roads have
already met the demands Of the
Brotherhood, without resort to in
creased rates. In good truth there
= no relation between freight rates
and wage increases on American rail-
roads. Roads which have not en-
sorption of other properties at in
fiated prices with the creation OF
great and unnecessary debt, have no
difficulty in satisfying just wage de-
mands. Those that have INDUCED In
such practices should be required to
find the necessary sums for wages
by reduction of dividend accounts
and will have no complaint marked
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-23
THE WHIPPING BOY

The post of whipping boy which in
Z purely metaphorica1 sense is occu-
pied by Mayor Wilson irks him little.
Despite divers castigations which
must full sorely afflict the mayoral
dignity, he continues to keep a stiff
upper lip. defending acts for which
he is no more responsible than the
neighbor's children. At the BAN
quet of the commercial travellers the
other evening he was especially jaun-
ty and jocular in his effort to tell
those wise boys why the Board of
Charities named a gentleman from
Bleeding Kansas to be superinten-
dent Of the outside poor.
I'VE could not find,' he told the
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-23

Richard Rumbold, on the scaffold
in the year 1855 declared just before
they strangled him., IT never could
believe that Providence sent a few
men into the world ready booted and
spurred to ride, and millions ready
saddled and bridled to be ridden"
A very profound observation this,
and worthy of consideration. But
what's the use of having boots and
spurs If one doesn't ride? And
what's the use Of being saddled and
bridled If one doesn't furnish a
mount?
shy at the black fact it is d self-evi-
dent fact that America is cursed
with the doctrine of caste and class
as effectually as is England or In
dia.
Democracy is dead-long live Plu-
tocracv!
And what a fawning. cringing.
boot-licking lot we are! Almost pa
theological.
If there was ever time in the
history of mankind where the gold
en- calf received adulation, and
where Mammon was enthroned in the
Holy of Holes, it is in this benighted
Age of Steal in which we now live,
and move, and have our being.
No sane man denies it. Many,
processing to be rational, glory in it.
1t affords an opportunity EZRA
of the individualist''- plenty
more. ad nauseam.
And if perchance a fingered
Countess, or a white-livered Duke
neither of whom ever performed an
act, or contributed an effort toward
the welfare of the race-should deign
to come over and '1ook us over"
what adulation, what toadyism is
lavished upon them!
Our Placidly Abortive Efforts.
And in the meantime mothers and
children starve. Two hundred and
fifty thousand die annually of pre-
ventable diseases, and but feeble pro-
test. and placidly abortive efforts are
made to remedy the evil.
We are the only country claiming
to DE civilized that has not wit
enough to protect the woman just
before and just after the birth OF her
child. Motherhood is gilded with
poetry and sentiment, but it is as
cheap as rags in this country for all
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-23
DEMOCRATIC DINNER
SEVERAL HUNDRED FROM ALL
OVER STATE AT HOTEL TAFT
ON THURSDAY.

New Haven, April 23-It is expected
that several hundred Democrats from
all over the state will attend the ban
quet of the State Democratic club
at the Hotel Taft on Thursday after
noon at I O'Clock. The committee in
charge of the banquet has heard from
nearly every senatorial district in the
state and delegations are coming from
each of them. 1t will probably be
the greatest gathering of Democratic
leaders held in the state, outside of
state convention.
AS the Democratic State convention
in Bridgeport comes only a week lat
er much OF the discussion at the din
ner and before and after will be Of
delegates to the Baltimore conven-
ton. The slate for delegates at large
now talked of is made up of Charles
w. Comstock Of Montville, Willie O..
Norwalk and Congressman Thomas L.
Reilly of Meriden.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-23

travellers, a man of practical exper-
fence in Bridgeport, and that is why
we went out of the city," whereat
his auditors smiled, and the mayor
also, for everybody present knew that
the mayor would have preferred to
name a Bridgeport man, and that or
ders to name an outsider came from
''above" and had to be obeyed
The whipping boy was in former
centuries an appendage of courts.
When one Of the little princes did
anything the whipping boy took the
blame and got the licking. 1t is not
Of record that he had to pretend he
liked it. Mayor Wilson gets the
blame, takes the punishment and
likes it.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-23
Tufts Glee Club Concert

The Tufts Glee and Mandolin
Clubs will give a concert in the Uni
versalist Church, Friday evening Of
this week, beginning at 8:15 o'clock.
Tickets can be obtained Of members
of the Mems Club of the church or
can be purchased at the door on the
evening of the concert. There will
be no reserved seats. This club is
composed, as in former years. of
about thirty vocalists, instrument
pIayers and readers, and the high
character of entertainment is main
tanned as in former years. This col
Iege club for many years has been
regarded as one of the, best musical
organizations, and all are sure of a
high grade entertainment