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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-04-24
WILL BE Completed IN
time FOR COMING CROP
Potatoes Only Will Be Canned This
season But Preparations Will Be
Made to Take Care of syrup-Pro-
moters Go East on Inspection Trip.

Yesterday afternoon final arrange
ments We're completed whereby w.
NJ Conner and d. f. McInnis acouire
from the Mississippi Central Railroad
Co, tract of land 2OOx42O feet on
which will be erected a canning fac
tory
The location secured for the plant
is directly in front of the freight Of
flee of the Mississippi Central and is
considered an ideal place for the can
ming factory.
The promoters of this new industry
have been diligently at work for the
past two months in completing the
minor details connected with the
plant. Hundreds of letters have been
written to all parts of the country to
manufacturers of canning machinery
and others who have experience in
conducting enterprises of this char
acter, No expense has been spared in
gathering data and information that
would be of value to those who are
placing large amount of time and
money in the plant to be erected here.
Experts in machinery and operation
have been consulted and every phase
of the business from the installation
Of the machinery to the disposal of
the product worked out, and when the
factory is formally started it will be
done with every assurance of success.
The buildings to be erected will be
of concrete, sheet iron and wood and
will cover almost the entire property
that has been leased from the railroad
company. Plans for the buildings are
in the hands of an architect and will
be turned over to the builders in the
next few days. 1t has been planned
to have the work commenced by May
lst, but it will probably be few
days later before it is done.
Mr.. Conner and Mr.. McInnis will
leave tomorrow for the East, accom-
panied by an expert to inspect ma
chinery in several different cities, and
will in all probability close the con-
tract for the equipment on the trip.
Mr.. Conner states that plans are
now to install the potato canning ma
chinery only, adding the cane mill
next season If conditions would
seem TO warrant it, however, the whole
plant will be erected this year in time
to take care of all cane that can be
grown in this territory. The reason
it is contemplated commencing with
potatoes only is for the reason that
farmers generally will not have time /
At this late date to raise as much !
cane as will be required to success
fully operate the mill.
The canning factory it is thought
will have all the potatoes they can
handle this year. 1t is estimated that
over 100000 bushels will be raised in |
this vicinity. The yellow yams only
will be used by the factory, and when
it is known that many farmers here
can produce as many as 400 bushels
TO the acre with ready market at his
door it can be seen how profitable
the industry promises to become.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-04-24
LARGE CROWD AT
18th AVE. BAPTIST

The largest crowd that has yet at
tended the revival meeting in progress
at the Fifth Avenue Baptist church.
was in evidence last night. There
was one conversion and one addition.
Mr.. Webb chose as his subject "Sin,
ners in the Hands of an Angry God" :"
The sermon was one of the best that
has been heard during the meeting.
The meeting will continue through
out the week with the usual morning
and evening service.
Everybody cordially invited to at.
tend.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-04-24
MARYLAND CLUBWoMEN.

Baltimore, April 24.-Maryiand
clubwomen will be the guests of the
Arundel Club of this city during the
three days beginning today, at the an
nual meeting of the State Federation
of Women's Clubs.
School matters are among the most
important of the subjects to be dis
cussed. Legislation taking county
schools out of politics and making wo-
men eligible for membership on the
county school boards is demanded by
the club women.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-04-24
LARGE LAMPER EEL
CAUGHT IN POND.

This morning while hunting craW-
fish in the pond in the rear of the
cu1f Refining Co., Leon Smith, who
resides on East 6th street, killed a
lamner eel that is by far the largest
ayor seen here. The reptile measured
- inches in length and was inches
in circumference
The bite Of a lamper eel is said to
NO more deadly than that of the rat
tlesnake
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-04-24
Flooded Territory Two Thousand
Square Miles.

Greenville, Miss. April 24.-The
condition of intense distress prevail
ing throughout the inundated sections
Of Bolivar Washington and Sunfiower
counties is considerably relieved TO-
day. So far as can be learned all the
sufferers have been brought to
place of safety.
More than two thousand refugees
are quartered at Leland, fifteen hun
dred at Benoit and about three hun
dred in this city. A number continue
to struggle into this city by foot.
Nearly three thousand negroes from
the Dunleith. Hollyknow, Tribbett
and Trail Lake plantations are quar-
tered at the first point named. These.
as well as those at Benoit, have not
yet received any provisions from the
government. '1rwrFwws
Governor Brewer today donated
$3.50 for the benefit of flood sufferers
in this section.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-04-24
MEDIATION Of
Difficulties EXPECTED

New York, April 24.-Mediation of
the difficulties between the SO eastern
railroads and their engineers is ex-
pected to result from the letters of
MeSsrs. Neill and Knapp to the par
ties at issue. While the reply of the
railroads does not accept mediation. IL
was stated by Mr. Knapp that he ex-
pected they would accept.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-04-24
TLDo-Hour Battle
Fought With 4
Bank Robbers
(Bv Associated Press.)

Fort Smith, Ark, April 24.-A small
party of citizens fought a two hour
battle with four robbers at Midland,
Sebastian county, before dawn today,
but the robbers escaped with loot
estimated at eight thousand dollars.
Four explosions wrecked the vault
and safe of the Bank Of Midland
awakening the townspeople.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-04-24
Forty Miles Of Water.

Delta Point, La, April 24.-over
the erstwhile fertile fields of Madi
son Parish, from Delhi to Mounds. q
distance of forty miles. an Associated
Press representative yesterday travel
ed in a motor-boat and from early
morning until night solid sheet or
water, as far as the eye could see in
every direction. lay before him. Still
the great Dog Tail crevasse continues
to pour forth immense volumes Of the
Mississippi flood waters.
From Delhi to Delhi Point, opposite
Vicksburg. only one town, Thomas
town was out Of water. Except fer
Continued on Page Four
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-04-24
CITY COURT HOLDS
AFTERNOON SESSION

A number of blind tiger cases
due to be heard by Commission
or Fuller this morning, were contin-
ued until this afternoon and Court
convened at o'clock. Another case
has been docketed against Alice Holli-
man for retailing and is being tried
this afternoon.
This morning Callie Moffet was
fined $50 and costs on a charge of
retailing.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-04-24
AdUices State
Americans Are
in Jeapordy
(By Associated PreSs.)

Washington, April 24.-State Depart
ment advices from Mexico say Ameri-
cans in all parts of Mexico feel their
safety is jeopardized by the circulation
of reports of imminent American in
tervention. The activity of rebels i'm
mediately south of Mexico City, is re-
ported increasing. Quiet prevails at
San Luis Potosi and saltillo, though
a number of American families are
leaving.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-04-24
SENATOR'S DAUGHTER WEEDS.

Washington, April 24.-Miss Louise
Chaplin Fletcher, the elder daughter
of United States Senator and Mrs
Duncan U. Fletcher, of Florida, will
today become the bride of DR.. Thomas
Kemp, of this city. All Souls church
will be the scene of the ceremony,
which will be witnessed by many Sen
ators and Representatives and their
families.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-04-24

Taft Will Reply to Teddy's Criticisms.
Washington, April 24.-President
Taft's trip to Massachusetts, New
Jersey and Pennsylvania, which be-
gins today and brings him back to
Washington early Sunday, will be
spent in speech-making, conferences
with political leaders and few hours
of golf and motoring. In the three
days he will be on the road the presi-
dent is expected to make at least a
dozen speeches.
Friends declare that some of these
will be as pointed as he ever deliver
ed. For the last two days the presi-
dent has worked only in his study
in the executive mansion, and it is
understood that he intends to reply
to recent criticisms of his administra-
tion by Colonel Roosevelt
Leaving Washington this afternoon
the president will spend the night in
New York. Thursday has been set
aside for Massachusetts,. Before he
delivers his principal address at Bos-
ton, Mr.. Taft will, over the long-dis-
tance telephone, greet the diners at
the banquet of the Associated Press
and American Newspaper Publishers
Association in New York.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-04-24
TALLULAH MAY NOT See
TRAIN FOR SEVERAL WEEKS
Two Hundred Miles OF Railroad Tracks
submerged-so Far Learned No
Loss of Life Has occurred-Apprc-
hension felt for Two other Parishes.
fRU associated Press.)

Tallulah, La, April 24.-Three-
fourths of Northeast Louisiana, com
prising eleven parishes in whole or
part, is under water. Much more land
in these parishes will be inundated az
the Hoods spread. 1t is estimated that
fifteen thousand people are homeless
but not one life has been sacrificed
so far as known and for this the
stricken people are happy. The loss
to railroads will total several hundred
thousand dollars. Nearly two hun
dred miles of track in this section are
inundated. with stretches of roadbed
washed away, and probably another
sixty miles will be covered as the
floods continue to spread.
Tallulah is without railroad com
munication and may not see train
again for several weeks. Before an
other week the waters from the
Panther Forest, Rosemary and Dog
tail crevasses will join their destruc-
tive forces down in Catahoula and
Concorda parishes. Many towns in
that section will be completely inun-
dated and time only can tell the ex-
tent of the rise in the Mississippi
south of Torras when the combined
flood waters begin to pour back
through the Red river.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-04-24

rum ihloi mdIlon ODCdlneQ at the
offices of the G. & s. I. railroad this
morning 1t was stated that Pearl river
commenced falling yesterday after
noon at o'clock and has declined
gradually since that hour. All other
streams in the territory are going
down rapidly, the sun is still shining
and farmers and mill men are wear
ing more hopeful expressions than for
many days.
Farmers state that with two more
days like the last two, planting can be
resumed; but logging in most sections
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-04-24

River Falls at All Points Except Two.
New Orleans, April 24.-The Mis-
sissippi fell at all points from st.
Louis south during the past twenty
four hours except at Baton Rouge and
Donaldsonville where it remained sta
tionary. 1t fell three tenths at New
Orleans
Relief work in northeast Louisiana
and northwest Mississippi is well or
ganiEed' and approximately sixty thou
sand flood sufferers are beng fed.
Considerable apprehension is felt for
the levees south of Torras when the
flood waters from the Panther Forest
and Dogtail crevasses begin to pour
their immense volume back into the
Mississippi through the Red river.
Night and day patrols will be main
tanned at all weak points until the
danger is passed.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-04-24
GYMNASTS TO COMPETE.

New York, April 24.-More than
200 gymnasts have entered the annual
championship of the Metropolitan AS
sociation, to be held tonight.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-04-24
TuRPENTINE MEN ORGANIZE.

Wayeross, Ca. April PA perma.
nent state association of turpentine
operators will be organized as a re.
suit of the meeting here today of
many men interested in the industry.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-04-24
WARE ELECTED TO CONGRESS.

Philadelphia, April 24.-A special
election was held today in the First
congressional district Of Pennsylvania
70 fill the vacancy made by the death
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-04-24
Had Lookouts Been Furnished Glasses
Wreck Might Have Been Avoided.

Had Lookouts Been Furnished Glasses
Wreck Might Have Been Avoided.
washington, April 24.--Like the
missing horseshoe nail that cost a
monarch his kingdom, the failure to
provide binoculars or spyglasses for
the lookouts on the Titanic was one
contributing cause of that ships loss
and, with it, the loss of more than
1000 lives.
Two witnesses before the Senate in.
vestigating committee yesterday
agreed on this. They were Frederick
Fleet, lookout on the liner, and Ma
Jor Arthur Godfrey Peuchen, Canadian
manufacturer and yschtsman, who
was among the rescued passengers.
Fleet acknowledged that if he had
been aided in his observation bv q
good glass he probably could have
spied the berg into which the shin
crashed in time to have warned the
bridge to avoid it.
Had Asked For Glasses.
Major Peuchen also testified to the
much greater sweep of vision afforded
by binoculars, and, as yachtsman.
said he believed the presence of the
iceberg might have been detected in
time to escape the collision had the
lookout men been so equipped.
1t was made to appear that the
blame for being without glasses did
not rest with the lookout men. Fleet
said they had asked for them at South
ampton, and were told there we're
none for them. One glass wozls' have
served in the crows nest.
Major Peuchan criticised, in strong
terms, the lack of experience of sail.
ors aboard the Titanic.
He said when the call to quarters
was sounded not enough of the crew
responded to undertake the work re-
quired in lowering and filling the
boats. Furthermore, he said, no drills
had Deen held from the time the ship
left Southampton, although it was
customary to hold such drills every
Sunday.
The opportunities and activities of
a squad of photographers yesterday SO
aroused Senator Smith that he indig-
nantly ordered them all excluded from
the chamber.
This inquiry is official and sol
emn." he said, in explanation, "and
there will be no hippodroming or COM
mercializing of it. l will not per-
nit it."
An amateur photographer managed
to slip past the guard later, but was
summarily elected when he sought to
get snapshot of the scene.
Fifteen More Victims of Titanic
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-04-24
NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS
HOLD CONVENTION

New York, April 24.-PubllsherS
and owners of many of the Leading
1any newspapers of the country are
in New York today for the annual
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-04-24
Farmers and Mil Men
Optimistic Despite Setbacks

From information obtained of
Offices of the G. & S. l. weather
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-04-24
Fifteen More Victims of Titanic
Identified.

New York, April 24.-An additional
list of 15 names of persons who per-
ished in the Titanic disaster and
whose bodies have been recovered
Continued on Page Four.)
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-04-24
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THE WEATHER.

/" Generally fair tonight and I.
= Thursday =
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-10-05

had hurled fragments of cutlass in
all directions.
Although our station on the
quarter deck was some distance
from the point of explosion. cut.
lass blade (about half length) mad
struck Captain Jenkins leg with
such force as to knock him down
That nothing worse than a bruise
resulted was due 20 the fact that
the blade struck fairly with its fiat
surface. Had the edge been turned
a serious injury would have been
inflicted
When we exa mined the spread of
the shell by the places where the
fragments had struck. it was mex
plicable how I had ever escaped
without a scratch. 1t almost made
me believe in luck. For that mat
ter any one who has seen much
fighting becomes a fatalist. Evil
IDENTIFY my time had not yet come.
With the taking of Vicksburg in
July Port Hudson fell in conse-
quence. At last President Lincoln
had his wish The Mississippi
flowed unvexed to the sea" There
was no longer the need of any large
naval force on the river. was
transferred to the Brooklyn, Cap
tain Emmons, which had been or
dered North
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-10-05

40 e,oo,,od ro,idi, ana n =
.,i,,ao ,a,rsa u.o uere not bit
,t.a,y,.hiIo I,orroo,,, soop,od IA no
,,a,'i,~ 49,, ,oet En- ~ q tin,o No
-
1t was WINE SCI ing vi '''' N'V''
ongaaela that had 'ne Closest can
In my career. we were S'eai''rs
up the river escortlns sh'a.y gun
boat with ammunition iof hahNS
army. AS nave previously men
toned, all that field battery had
to do in order to nave ltiIe prac-
tiCe against Union man-ot-War
was to cut embrasures for their
guns in the leNee and let drive. The
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-10-05
From Hearst's Magazine for October

manners and so free from the ex-
actions due to official rank that he
was most welcome, crowded as our
quarters were.
Being companionab'e man, he
liked company, even when he was
under fire. recall a certain after
noon when he announced that he
was going in his little steam tender
to have a look at the Port Hudson
batteries First. he asked Captain
Thornton A. jenkins. his chief of
staf. If he would not like TO come
along The captain begged to be
excused. Then he asked Captain
smith, who also begged to be ex-
cused Neither saw any purpose
in an interruption Of his duties to
make a trip in the heat in order to
be shot at. But Farragut was not
going alone. He clapped me on the
shoulder and said: Come along,
youngster," which was equivalent
to command to one Of my rank.
As went over the side. Captain
Jenkins said TO me:
Did you ever know a man before
who always had bee buzzing in
his ear?"
We went upinto the range Of the
batteries and drew their FIRE. But
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-10-05
Do You Know

Portugal digs less coal than any
other European country Her total
product of coal is only $4,000 tons A
year. New South Wales digs YEARLY
just twice as much coal as all Spain
produces,
a remarkable instance of red tame
on the part Of railway officials has oc-
CURED on the Hungarian State rail-
ways near Neutra. While a train was
passing across the bridge over tho
NaaS IVer passenger saw boat
keel uppermost and a man strueelip,
III the water below. He STONED tho
uaih oy pulling the. cord. jumped int,
'he river and brought the dlownino
man safely to the bank. He them o,t
lito tue tram again and was entbnSIy
"slltaiIE received by his fellow passen-
SclS; VINO wed with each other in Offer
ing MN drN clothes The guard how
ever, was not sympathetic, and who.
IHe tram reached Neutra the life save.
was arrested for having pulled the cora
""e" no one in the train was in danger
English silver plate has on If fam
u'leItnt marks. First. the initials Of
ltS maker; second the mari, If ~
company, third the sovereign,s mai,
me Ilon' fourth, letter denoting the
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-10-05
Not For Red Tape.

He was not given to "pape work
or red tape, by which ] mean
lengthy written detail in his con
duct Of operations. remember
the simplicity of his methods. par
ticularly in contrast with those Of
another admiral with less respon-
sibility. who could not get along
without force Of clerks. There
was q saving that his principal
place for fling papers was his own
coat pocket His was the supreme
gift Of directness and simplicity in
great affairs. so valuable in time OF
war. Generally he wrote his orders
himself. perhaps with his knee or
the ships rail- as a rest. ! recall
hat one day when he was writing
healooked up and said
Now. how in the devil do YOU
spell Apalachicola? Some Of these
educated young fellows from An
aapolis must know
A man who had such an Impor-
tant command could hardly have
been more democratic. one night !
had given orders for thorough
cleaning OF the ship on the next
morning was awake very early,
for it was stiningly hot. Five
o'clock came and l heard no sound
Of the holystones on the deck. So
went above to find out why my
orders We're not obeyed and my
frame of mind for the moment was
entirely that of the discipinarian.
There was no activity at all on
deck. | looked around for the 9th
Ger Of the deck. He was an old
New England whaler brown as a
buccaneer, who had enlisted for the
war from the merchant service
recollect that he wore small gold
rings In his ears. a custom with
some OF the old fashioned merchant
sailors who had travelled the world
over. found him seated up in
the hammock netting where it was
cool, with Farragut a. his side.
Sitting With Farragut.
Why aren't YOU cleaning ship"
] asked
u think am to blame, said Far
ragut. with his pleasant smile we
two veterans have been swapping
yarns about sailing ship days"
AS a rule, no captain or executive
officer likes having mis- ship the
flagship OF a commander-in chief
But Farragut was so simple in his
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-10-05

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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-10-05
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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-10-05
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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-10-05

Of the many interesting fea-
lures of HEARST'S MAGAZINE
none has been more eagerly
awaited, from a historical point
of view, than Admiral Dewey S
Autobiography.
The following excerpts are
from the instalments in the Octo-
Der number, now on sale at the
news stands
4 FTER the battle OF Port Hud-
n son. had radical change OF
occupation As prize commits
sioner at New orleans / had to ad-
Indicate controversies concerning
cargo captured on blockade. and.
when | had declared il legitimate
prize to sell it for the government.
My service as prize commission
err was relatively brief summer
found me back on the river as eH-
eCutiVe Ot1iCer on the scoop MohOH-
gahela, stationed below Port Hudson
under my old Captain Melancthon
Smith for a short time. until he
was ordered north and Captain Alb
ner Read took command.
As the Hartford was above Port
Hudson. Farragut made the Monon-
gahela his flagship when he was
looking after operations on the
lower reaches Of the river. He
lived mostly on deck and naturally
at such close quarters that ! saw
great deal of him