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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-02-21
ROOSEVELT ON
FITNESS OF The
PEOPLE TO rule
FAvoRs A FIXED GOVERNMENTAL
POLICY ON FURNISHING ALL
WRONG DOING.
RECALL OF JUDGES NOT FAVORED
Except As a Last Resort to Accom-.
pllsh Desired ResuIts-says Wiscon-
sin Has Been Turned Into an Ex-
perimentaI Laboratory.
(By Associated Press.)

Columbus, o., Feb. 21.-"Big Busi-
ness" the fitness of the American peo-
pie for self-government, the recall of
judges, and praise for the progressive
legislation in Wisconsin instituted
by and furthered by Senator Robert
H. LaFollette when he was Governor,
were topics discussed by Theo. Roose-
welt in an address today before the
Ohio Constitutional Convention here
Colonel Roosevelt chose as his sub
ject. "A Charter of Democracy"
OF what he termed "Big Business"
Colonel Roosevelt had this to say:
"The antitrust law does good in
sofar as it can be invoked against
combinations which really are monop-
olies or which restrict production or
which artificially raise prices. But in
so far as its workings are uncertain or
as 1t threatens corporations which
have not been guilty of anti-social
conduct it does harm. There should
be fixed governmental policy which
shall clearly define and punish wrong
doing and give in advance full infor-
nation to any man as to just what he
can and just what he cannot legally
and properly do
AS to the fitness of the American
DoopIa for calf uOyorOp,o,+ raIs...I
Roosevelt said:
MANY eminent lawyers believe that
the American people are. not fitted for
popular government and that it is nee
essary to keep the judiciary 1nde-
pendent of the majority of the people.
II take absolute issue with all those
who hold such a position"
OF the recall of judges, he said:
"The question is one of expediency
merely. Each community has the
right to try the experiment for itself
In whatever shape it pleases. I do
not believe in adopting the recall save
as last resort when it has become
clearly evident that no other course
will achieve the desired result"
Senator LaFollette was mentioned
but once, as follows:
Following Senator LaFollette a
number of practical workers and
thinkers in Wisconsin have turned
that state into an experimental labo.
ratory of wise governmental action in
aid of social and Industrial Justice
They have initiated that kind of pro-
gressive government which means not
only the preservation of true democ-
racy but the extension of the princi-
pie of true democracy into Industrial.
ism as well as into politics"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-02-21
LUMBER MARKET DULL
due TO BAD WEATHER

Coupled with reported inclement
weather in the north, the overloaded
condition of the mills and rains every
few days in the manufacturing dis
trict, the lumber market has not
shown any mportantincreases in this
section Although the slight decrease
In orders received has not had any
effect, for reason stated above, the
manufacturers have fully sixty days
cutting ahead and prices will not be
changed downwardaby anything in that
time, and sufficient new business will
Undoubtedly Hcome into the territory
70 hold the market. s
ie injuries andaorders for railroad and
ear;stock still'appear to ebe good, and
dressed stocksis showing some i'm
provementsln Dimension is not NOV
ing as weiiYas 1t should. slthoush di,
inensione stocks are yet low aud not
all OF itsin a shipping condition.
The carSshortages (which is now pre-
vailing withFali roads leading from the
manufacturing districts. still further
aemygshipments; and there wilhbe ne
|reiief until the weather breaks good II
1.-THE north 50 that cars can be unloadet
land returned south for loads.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-02-21
Gulf Coast Swept By Storm
Thermometer Drops Quickly

most that speed the larger part of the
day swept over Oklahoma yesterday.
Sleet, snow and rain alternated at first
early in the morning, while one of the
fiercest blizzards for years enveloped
Oklahoma City yesterday afternoon.
Trains were much delayed on all
railroads and on the Rack Island no
freight or passenger trains will reach
Oklahoma City for the next "a hours,
according to officials Of that road.
Although the wind reached a 60
mile an hour speed, it made no record
today as on February 8, it reached a
speed of 70 miles an hour The low.
est temperature recorded today was 81
degrees above zero.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-02-21
MERIDIAN WILL HAVE 4.
HANDSOME LABOR TEMPLE.

Meridian, Miss. Feb. 21..1Merfdian
is to have one OF the finest labor tenn
Piles in the state, sthree-story build
ing on Fourth street having been leas-
ed by the Trades Council, and the
combined labor organizations. OF the
city, several fraternal orders and their
lady auxiliaries. The building will be
handsomely and modernly fitted up
with library and reading rooms, par
lors and lodge rooms, Tor both ladies
and gentlemen, The temple viii be
ready for occupancy In about a month
and "house,warming' on an elapor-
ate scale, is being planned. Meridian
is now recognised as one Of the
strongest union labor towns in the
state. A paid secretary win be EN-
pioyed and tho temple will b conduct.
ed on high plane
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-02-21
Kansas Also Feels II.

Kansas City, Feb. 21.-Carried on
a forty-mile wind, heavy snow storm
swept through southern Kansas, East,
ern Oklahoma and southwestern Mis-
souri, yesterday, and continues un-
abated tonight. In eastern Kansas
and western Missouri the local wealth
er bureau promises snow before morn
ing. In the western and central Sec
tions of Kansas the snow is drifting
fast and is impeding railroad traffic.
Southern Kansas reported eight
inches of snow. Chickasaw, Lawton
and other Oklahoma towns repPt
heavy snow.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-02-21
MUST FURNISH CARS TO u.
SHIPPERS IN SIX DAYS.

Washington, Feb, 21,-Railroads are
required by an order issued by the In
terstate Commerce Commission yes
terday to furnish to shippers cars of
the dimensions ordered within six
days. If larger cars should be fur.
nished at expiration of that period
the charge for transportation shall
be exacted on the basis of the mini
mum weights of the smaller cars. By
this order shippers will be protected
from excessive charges through the
use of cars larger than are necessary
for shipments.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-02-21
Distinguishes visitors.

Among the distinguished visitors to
the Masonic lodge meet here is Judge
Mccooi, Of Kosciusko. who has many
friends in Hattiesburg. There are also
present Sen. Frank Burkett. Of oko-
lona' and Hon. e. M. Thomas. Of
Greenville. at present Chancery Judge
Oh that district who is. delegate to
tne convention. Judge Roane who re.
piled to the address OF welcome yes.
.erday is a native Mississippian. but =
rev years ago moved to Atlanta. Ga
wnere ne has lucrative law practice
ne aiways comes back to Mississipp,
az these Grand Lodge msetines be.
ing a Past Grand Commander ana ON.
OF the most widely known fraterp.I
men in the whole country. Ex,Lieut
Governor. Harrison. of Columbus s
also delegate,
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-02-21
HOMESEEKERS DUE
TO ARRIVE TONIGHT
viii Probably Be the Largest Party
Yet Brought Here BY Cum
mings & Co.

The Cummings excursion is due to
arrive here tonight. Owing to the ex-
tremely bad connections that the ex-
cursionists have been making hereto
fore at Jackson, Willis S. Thompson
of the local office, went to Jackson
this morning to assist in getting the
party properly transferred to the G..
& S. |. railroad. BY going ahead Mr..
Thompson can arrange with the pros
pectors on the train relative to prop
erly arranging for conveyances and
attend to other matters that may
come up before they arrive here. This
will greatly facilitate matters and al
low him to carry them to the different
portions of the property Immediately
on their arrival.
1t is stated that this is probably the
largest number of homeseekers that
have yet been brought to Hattiesburg
by the Cummings people, and many of
those who have purchased farms on
former trips will accompany the new
party. The train will be brought to
Hattiesburg first and the party will
then be carried in the private cars to
the nearest point available to the
property they are to inspect. The last
party brought here was carried to
Clyde first and it may be that this will
be done tomorrow.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-02-21
Eight Killed and Number
Injured By Terrific Cyclone

Shreveport, La, Feb. 21.-Eight dead
and about fifty injured is the result
of cyclone which passed over Shreve-
ports suburbs shortly after 4 o'clock
yesterday afternoon. All the dead
are negroes, with the exception of the
two-months-old baby of A. j. Mannheim,
whose home was demolished. The
body of the baby was found block
away from the Mannheim home.
A number of negro cabins were de-
stroyed in the outskirts of the city and
on the nearby plantations. The cy-
clone struck in the southwestern por-
ton of the city, sweeping path
through two negro quarters and jump
ing Red river, striking two planta-
tions where negro cabins, barns and
outhouses were destroyed. In the city
proper no damage was done, there be-
ing very little wind.
With the exception of A. ]. Man.
helm, whose home was destroyed and
whose baby was killed, and G. L. Rat
cliff, real estate man, who was struck
by a piece of debris and rendered un
conscious, all of the injured are ne
groes. Mannheim was not badly hurt
and Ratcliff is expected to recover
Several negroes were brought to the
Charity Hospital from the suburbs ant
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-02-21

Houston. Tex. Feb. 21.-A fire
started shortly after midnight in a
wooden hotel building here was swept
BY thirty-five mile wind and ate its
way through a section one mile long
and seven blocks wide, wiping out a
large portion of manufacturing dis
tlict and more than twenty-five blocks
of residences. The loss is estimated
at ten million dollars.
More than a thousand people are
homeless, but no fatalities are report
ed The losses on compressed and
cotton warehouses and the forty-five
thousand bales of cotton destroyed
are Animated at three million dollars.
The Industrial Rice Mill and the
Soutberu Western Rice Mill were de-
stroyea and the estimated loss on the
two plants is two hundred thousand
dollars.
Among the mills, factories and
plants either totally destroyed or seri-
oasly damaged are the McFadden
Compress and Warehouse, Dew Broth
ers Syrup Mill, The Houston Liggett
Lumber Co., Rogers Paint Company,
Cleveland Compress, Hudson Pencil
Factory. Harrel Lumber Yard, Stab
dard Compress, Cooperative Manu-
featuring Co., Acme Mill, st. Patrick's
catholic church and Parochial school,
Houston Lumber Company, Nell
benny Cotton Pickers, Hoosier Vine
gar Company, Texas Timers supply
Company, ten miles railway sWitcnes
and tracks damaged
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-02-21
BROWNS TO WEST BADEN.

st. Louis, Feb. 21.-Candidates ior
oosttions on the st. Louis American
Ieae,e teaya are beginning to gamer
Ioday Rhody Wallace will send a
inort of his players to West Baeen'
Ind, for preliminary boiling out ma IN a
.davIr two. After ten days there 'nes
Tdi will return g the Mound City and d. start art
training nd with. the remainder Of the
team. s,.,. a, mana.
-, tor this season, but with pretty
s Sia.r understanding that unless ne
,anss better than last year MS 'a,vs =
w. ~ that role will be ended ,a,, r'
m.,~ns III 'n finished as tailenders in lsia' II
r"t p,t tbeir showing against the as Caroi,
Oa'. Oa' IN the postseasOn series rsss0.ss .sa
.sa pa,S hnneh ~ somewhat to favor with 'n'
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-02-21
FLAMES DESTROY
HUGE STRIP IN
HOUSTON TODAY
LOSS WILL PROBABLY AMOUNT
10 SIX MILLION DOLLARS
MANY ARE HOMELESS.
SCORES OF PERSONS INJURED
TWO Hundred And Fifty Residences
And a Number of Manufacturing
RANTS Wiped out-Wire Service is
Badly Crippled.
SCORES OF PERSONS INJURED
(By associated Press J

Houston, Tex, Feb. 21.-Driven be-
fore one of the coldest Texas north
ers of the winter, fire early today
burned a huge circular strip through
the eastern residential and manufac-
turing section of Houston. The flames
swept big manufacturing plants and
lImsv frame structures with equal ease
and when under control at seven
o'clock this morning, probably six mil
million dollars damage had been done,
Although no lives were lost, more
than q score of persons were injured
and thousands were driven from their
homes and are suffering in the freez
inc temperature. After the flames
had swept on with scarcely a sem
blauce of control for hours, leaving
ashes and smouldering ruins for q
mile and a half. the firemen made q
desperate stand at Buffalo Bayou g
s~"l stream and finally gained con
mol Practically every home in Hous
ton has been thrown open to the hun
dgeds of homeless people.
Two hundred and fifty homes, some
po0ansioJs. others merely shacks
were wiped out The railway com
rui.s v-ro heavy losers, as much
o'a4 stock was destroyed. Ever
".. tracks arn so badly burned that
0H -.wi.a lo the East is badly dis
.-.d THE Wire service out of the
a.. S also badly crippled, indefinite
u'ag" TO some points being given by
t.. tlcaraph companies.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-02-21
(Bv Associated PreSs.)

New Orleans, Feb. 21.-Reports to
the local, weather bureau show that
the storm which swept Texas and the
gulf coast last night was most severe
in the vicinity of Pensacola, Fla,
where the wind velocity of sixty miles
an hour was recorded. The wires are
down to Pensacola in all directions.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-02-21
DEPARTMENT TO PARTICIPATE.

Washington, Feb. 21.-The depart
ment of agriculture was authorized by
the senate to participate in the Nation
al Corn Exposition to be held in Co
lumbia, s. c., next January, through
the adoption of a resolution offered by
aenator Smith, of South Carolina.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-02-21
ExPLoDEs AT VINE
GAR BEND, ONE DEAD,

Vinegar Ben, Ala. Feb. 21.-An en-
gine on the Alabama and Mississippi
railroad exploded here yesterday, kill
ing one white man, named Richie, and
injuring several other persons. The
cause of the explosion is unknown.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-02-21
coNFEDERATE COMMANDER
OF aNio5E IS DEAD.

r. Gainesville, Tex. Feb. 21.-Capt A.
j. Meriweather of Gainesville. who
commanded the Confederate ship Mo
be in the civil war. died here yester-
day, aged SO years. He had been a
resident of Cook county for AZ years.
He was educated at Annapolis in the
class, with ,Admirals, Dewey, Schley
and Sampson.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-02-21
MAN PLEADE DeUlLTY TO nl
PEoNAGE CHARGE IN 1iLoxi.

Biloxi, Miss. Feb. 2l.-S. A. Ven
tors, formerly saw-mill proprietor Of
Picayune, today pleaded guilty to the
grand jury indictment charging vio-
lation Of the peonage law Sentence
will be passed later. Ed Moore aIso
under Indictment, failed to appear ah1
bis bond Of three thousand dollars vas
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-02-21
Over the Northwest.

St. Louis, Feb. 21.-Snow began fall
ing Tuesday afternoon in Eastern Mis-
souri,, southern Illinois and western
Kentucky and reached depth of from
6 to inches in many localities.
Trains were from three to six hours
late.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-02-21
Arkansas Given Covering.

Fort Smith, Ark, Feb. 21.-The
heaviest snow storm in twenty years
fell here last night. Within three
hours the fall has reached depth of
six inches.
Rogers, Ark, reports eight inches
of snow and Fayetteville eleven
inches.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-02-21
Oklahoma Blizzard Swept.

Oklahoma City, Okla, Feb. 21.-A
storm which was reported general
over the state, ushered in by SO mile
an hour wind, which kept up at al
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-02-21

nearby plantations. At least three of
these are not expected to survive their
injuries
The Bourbon news., 1912-08-09
YOucan Make MOney
At Our
Reduction Sale

We wish to reduce our stock of Furniture We
have too many goods and want money for them. This
is why we are making this sale. Our Prices
Will Make You Buy when you come in. We
will sell you high class goods at low prices. This
is your chance to fit out your home and Save
Dollars.
Remember, every piece of furniture in our
store is syish and is we'll built and strong-ust the
kind to stand the and tear of every day use.
Prices Quoted Are For Cash.
If Charged Will Be at Regular Price.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1912-09-17

Redwood is in a position to build
up one Of the greatest county fairs in
the state. But the right publicity is
needed.
Why not put the statef fair exhibit,
the secretaryship of the Redwood
Falls commercial club. thesecretary-
slip of the Redwood County Agri-
cultural society, the secretaryship
of the Western Development associa-
ton in the hands of one man and let
him give to the county the publicity
and the boost which it deserves and
can have for the asking?
There seems to be but one man
available for this work and that is
C. C. Eaton.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1912-09-17
Official Paper of Redwood County
WHEN l GO HOME

When go home it will be evening,
And shall hear my own dear people sing
And see the lightedrooms, and take my place
AS one of them, in that sweet time of grace
When go home shall be very tired
of struggling for the things that l desired
But shall be content to end my quest
Gaining the best things-peace and love and
rest.
When go home how sorry shall be
Not to have brought more treasures back
with me!
Yet though / be failure, worn and poor,
They will not turn me from my Fathers
door.
When go home shall be travel-stained,
For winds have beaten me and storms have
rained.
And earth has chung to me by vale and hill
But they will take me in and love me still,
When 60 home-Ohl will it not be heaven
To be restored. accepted, loYed, forgiven?
Sorrow and signing are for thosewho roam.
shall have found my bliss when go home.
Marianne birmingham
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1912-09-17
EAR CORN THE BEST

Often it is the simplest method in
common farm practice that is the
most profitable. Unnecessary de-
tails mean more attention, and they
must be subtracted when the farm
profits are estimated at the close of
the years operations. This axiom
attic principle is true of hog-feeding;
according to experiments conducted
by the Iowa Experiment station. 1t
has been found that the simplest and
most profitable method in most cases
is to feed dry ear corn. The grind
ing of corn for hogs, according to
the figures obtained, is, as rule,
unnecessary and Improbable, al
though soaking may be advantageous
under certain circumstances. The
fastest and most economical gains
were made by feeding hogs dry ear
corn until they had reached weight
of 200 pounds. After that change
to soaked shelled corn secured the
most profitable gains. Corn that
was soaked IL hours gave the most
satisfaction. 1t proved improbable
to grind corn.-Ray P. Speer, Min
nesota Agricultural College.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1912-09-17
PARCELS POST
ON JANUARY 1
Law just Passed Provides For
Carrying IL Pound Pack
ages In Mails
POSTAGE VARIES WITH DISTANCE
Postmaster General May Modi-
fy Rates, Weights and Zone
Distances

The new parcels post law, passed
by the congress which came to an
end last week. will go into effect
January /, next.
Packages weighing not more than
eleven pounds, nor more than sew
enty-two inches in length, and girth,
may be sent through the mails, pro-
vided they are not liable to injure
the mails, postal equipment or en-
ployes.
Bourne Explains Law
Senator Bourne, chairman of the
committee on postoffices, has sent
out the following circular letter ex-
planitory of the new law:
ANY article is mailable ifnot over
eleven pounds in weight, nor more
than seventy-two inches in length
and girth combined, nor likely to in
jure the mails or postal equipment
or employees. Flat rate Of 1cent per
ounce up to four ounces regardless
of distance.
Amount Varies With Distance
"Above four ounces for firstpound
each additional pound up to eleven
pounds, respectively. rural route and
city delivery, 5 and Is cents respect
lively; fifty-mile zone, 5, 8. and IS
cents; 150-mile zone. 6, 4and Accents
300-mile zone, 7, 5 and 81 cents; 900.
mile zone, s. 6 and 68 cents; 1000
mile zone, 9, 7 and 70 cents; 1,400-
mile zone, 10. cents and 81; 1900
mile zone, IL, 10 cents and Sill;
over 1,800-miles, IL, II cents and
.$1.32.
Burden on Postmaster General
"The postmaster general may
make provision for idemnity insur-
ance and collection on delivery with
additional charges for such service,
and may, with the consent of the in
terstate commerce commission. after
investigation, modify rates, weights
and zone distances when experience
hasdemonstrated the need therefor. )"
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1912-09-17
BE NOT WEARY

The Gazette is for Theodore Roose-
welt for president.
Not because of the personality OF
the man but because ofthe platform,
because of the cause in which he is
enlisted.
Yet the Gazette has great admira-
ton for Woodrow Wilson and it has
no patience with those people who
say:
Il would vote for Wilson but I'm
afraid his election would unsettle
business.
Poorer excuse for not standing by
your principles no man could origi-
nate.
If you believe in Wilson, in his
platform, in his work, vote for him.
The terror, real or imaginary. of
no financial oiegarchy should stop
you.
If the nation is in the hands of a
ring of despoilers the quicker we as
certain this fact the better.
If there is a clique that can beckon
har6 times to the doorsof the Ameri-
can prosperity that clique should be
unmasked and ousted.
Let us have the issue at once.
You believe in Wilson, then stand
with him though the abyss yawns at
your feet.
Only so shall freedom flourish,
shall liberty remain liberty, shall the
American conscience dominate over
the American greed.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1912-09-17
RIPE FOR BETTER THINGS

Redwood county stands on the
eve of great possibilities.
Will Redwood county take advan-
tage of the opportunities?
At the recent state fair this county
was third in the exhibit of products.
Olmstead and Houston, the two
oldest in the state, were two points
ahead.
This means that, potentially, Red.
wood is the greatest county in the
state.
1t can be put on the map as such
1t should be so put on the map.
Development and publicity arethe
essentials for rapid progress.
Land going to $500 an acre, said a
real estate dealer last week. Ger
tainly, but it will require proper
work and hard work to make this
development little faster than nor
NAL.
The West Central Developments
ISOLATION is ready to take hold of the
work.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1912-09-17

Last Sunday after services Rev. A.
Funke handed in his resignation as
pastor of st. Michael's. His action
came as complete surprise to Cath
olics as well as others and all feel
that the local parish as well as the
village Of Morganlosein Rev. Father
Funke an able, energetic man and a
greatorganizer. Morgan Messenger