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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-09-20
BANDITS HOLD UP
MEMPHIS SPECIAL
AND | DOT MAILS
Four Railway Clerks Are
TruSSed Like Fowls and
Buried Beneath Heavy Mail
Sacks
tBy Associated Press.)

CHATTANOOGA. Tenn, Sept. IT,
At 1880 this morning two masked rleTl
held UP the Memphis special on thu
Southern railroad, near Stevenson, Ala.
The men boarded the train at Ste.
venson and Immediately entered t5e
mail car and covered the four CLERKS
with pistols. The clerks were forced
to lie down on the floor of the car ana
the hands of three were tied behind
them, after which they were covered
with mail sacks. The fourth clerk
tered and valuable mail, while the rob-
bers calmly filled a bag with what
they believed to be of value.
STOPPED THE TRAIN.
After the car had been thoroughly
ransacked the fourth clerk was elsO
bound and one of the masked men
pulled the emergency cord and the
train came to a stop between Limrock
and Facklen. Here the hold-up meIl
escaped to the woods.
The engineer waited for several
minutes for a signal TO move but IL
nally went back to investigate ana
foUnd the mali clerks almost suffo-
Gated under the heavy sacks.
POSSE BEGINS CHASE.
AS soon as Huntsville was reached
deputy sheriffs were summoned and a
posse was. organized to search the ter.
ritory around where the men left 5he
train.
Telephone messages from Stevenson,
Ala, state that the two train robbers
boarded the mail car at the Cave chute,
just west of Stevenson, and after RI
fling the mail pouches remained in tire
car for forty miles, OF until it reached
stevens Gap, a blind siding west II
Lime Rock, escaping through the
woods with their booty.
The mail car was a new one, the first
time used on the Memphis Special"
Charles Flint. railway postal clerk,
who lives at Iuka, Miss, was in charge.
John S. Hamel, of LAGRANGE, Tenn, was
his associate clerk. Two negro postal
clerks. A x. Bruce. OF Chattanooga.
and G. d. Powers. of Huntsville, were
aboard the car.
CLERK TELLS STORY.
Flint, in relating his experience, said:
1T was Il new style of hold-up for
the two masked robbers made the four
CLERKS lie down, whiIe1 they robbed the
car. The train was in motion while
they were at work. When they were
through they pulled the bell cord and
leaped off just AS the train was slowing
down at Stevens Gap.
The robbers chose the lightest night
OF the week. IL being Sunday out OF
New York. The registered mail is al
ways heaviest at the end of the week.
ROBBERS WERE NERVOUS.
The two masked robbers entered the
door near the engine.
The negro mail clerks, Bruce and
Powers, were working near the door,
Hamel and myself were at the other
end of the car. I heard voices, but
being busy did not look up.
when 1 saw the. robbers they had
their revolvers leveled on MS After
1 had tied the hands of the negroes ana
Hamel, they forced all four of us to
lie down upon the floor Of the car. The
robbers were very nervous. j saw a
pistol i'm the hands of each. The other
clerks say thew had two revolvers. So
far as / know they did not visit any
other part of the train. 1t was a trying
eXperience"
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-09-20
POTOMAC RIVER is
POLLUTED WITH TYPHOID

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19.--Jamalca
Bay, Long Island, and the Potomac
river, seventy-hve miles down from
Washington, both are polluted by ty-
phi old germs. according to the depart
ment of agrlculture's declaration. T
sting Secretary Hays issued a state
ment saying the departments investi-
gators had traced typhoid to Oyster
beds and had begun a survey Of the
great oyster fields to determine how far
the pollution extends. He suggested
state policing of oyster beds and ac-
ton by the government authorities to
insure publication of city sewage.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-09-20
MEXICAN PL0TTERS
SAWED OUT OF CELLS
Csy Associated Prsss.)

DOUGLAS. Ariz., Sept 19.-Coi. Pa
mon Vasquez and Captain Teodore
Rodriguez. held here for conspiracy 10
violate the neutrality laws. sawed
their way out OF jail some time last
night. The men. who were arrested
last July for alleged participation in
the so-called Vasquez-Gomez conspir-
acy. were 10 have been taken to I'll
Paso today to stand trial.
No other prisoners escaped. The
manner in which the escape was made
indicated that tie alleged conspirators
received assistance from the outside.
Vasquez and Rodriguez are believed TO
have crossed the international line to
Join the rebels who ar mobilizinE IT
Colonia AlorelOs
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-09-20
Shot to Death for
Stealing Violets
(By Associated Prsss.)

BROOKLINE. Mass. Sept. i9.-His
love for flowers cost an unknown man
his life here late last night and caused
Albert II. Woods. a florist and gardener.
TO be arrested on a charge of manslaugh-
ter. Woods shot the man down after
the unknown had stolen some violets
from Woods greenhouse. The florist
says he shot, only to scare the intruder
Flowers had been stolen from Woods
greenhouses for some time and he was
watching his violet beds last night when
the stranger appeared.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-09-20
Hazing May Claim
One More Victim

MIDDLETOWN, Ohio. sept. 19.-Gor-
dom Wylie. freshman in the Middle
town High school lies at the point OF
death at his home at Kyles Station as
the result Of a hazing. 1t is charged
that he was compelled to push pencil
across the floor Of the school gymna-
stun with his nose and while doing so
he vas urged along by frequent kicks.
His spine has been seriously injured.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-09-20
CANADIAN TELEGRAPHERS
GET RAISE IN PAY

WINNIPEG. Sept. 1e.-There win be
no strike Of Canadian Pacific telegraph
ers. the men have been given a u per
cent increase in pay, like raise for
overtime work and a reduction in hours
from an eleven to ten-hour standard, ac-
cording to an announcement today. The
men had asked for a Is pei cent in
crease.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-09-20
BUTCHERED HIMSELF
IN SUICIDE ATTEMPT

TEKAMAII. Neb., Sept. 19.-Twelve
self-inCicted stab wounds failed yester-
day to end the life Of a. II. Bean, of
Craig. Neb., who, while respondent, at
tempted suicide on train. He was
found in a toilet room when the train
reached here, with his windpipe slashed
land eleven knife wounds near his heart.
At hospital here physicians attending
him say he may recover.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-09-20
RIVER PIRATES ARE
CAUGHT BY WARSHlP

HONG kONGe Sept. l9.-Pirates who
had planned to seize the steamer
Kwaiping while she was bound for
Heugshan on the mouth of the West
river, We're II warted today BY the time
ly arrival of n warship. On board the
Kwaiping several confederates of the
pirates were found, fully armed. They
were arrested.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-09-20
EUROPEAN BIOGRAPHIES
VISITING IN SALT LAKE
CBy Associated Press }

Ban FRANCISCO. Sept I9.-I1e
party Of European geographers touring
the United States accompanied ny
members of the American Geological
society, arrived here today. After a
two days visit they will go to Salt
Lake. The Europeans are, guests 81
the American society
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-09-20
T0BE SPENCE DIES
AT CAMILLA HOME

CAMILLA. Sept. 19.-Edr. lobe Spence
father OF DR.. d. A. Spence. was stricken
with paralysis Friday and died Sunday
He was buried in the new cemetery
Monday morning.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-09-20
WILL COST $50, 100000
FOR NEW YORK SCHOOLS
CBy Associated Press.)

NEW YORK, Sept. l9.--It viii cost $780,
100000 TO run the New York schools next
year. according to the budget prepared
by the board of education. This is an
increase of S4,500,OO0 over 1912.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-09-13
MEANING OF AT HALF MAST"
At First Universal SYMBOL Was
Taken Of Submission and Respect
For Enemy.

Perhaps you have noticed that
whenever a prominent person dies
especially II he Is connected with the
government, the flags on public build
ings are hoisted only part OF the way
up, remarks the Toronto Mail n
Express. This is called half mast
Did you ever stop to think what con
nection there could be between a nag
that was not properly hoisted and the
death Of a great man?
Ever since lages were used IN war
1t has been the custom to have the
flag Of the superior or conquering ma
ton above that Of the inferior or van,
pushed. When an army found ltseil
hopelessly beaten 1t hauled Its nag
down far enough for the flag OF the
victors to be placed above 1t on the
same pole. This was a token no.
only Of submission, but Of respect
In those days when a famous sol
der died flags were lowered out O
respect to his memory. The custom
long ago passed from purely mill
tary usage to public life Of all kinds
the flag flying at half mast being
sign that the dead man as worth,
Of universal respect. The space lei
above 1t is for the flag Of the grea
conqueror Of all-the angel of deatf
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-09-13
Motor Cars and Mosquitoes.

Mosquitoes, flies and gnats OF every
description are said to be more numer-
GUS In Paris this year than ever be-
fore. It has become a veritable In
vasion. The explanation usually CIV
en- is that the swallows are much few
er this summer, and also that the
ubiquitous sparrow is notably on the
decrease. Nobody can find a reason
for the desertion Of the swallows, but
the reason Of the scarcity Of spar
rows is not far to seek. The enemy
Is mechanical traction, which is sup
planting the use Of the horse. Before
long, horses will practically have dis
| appeared In Paris, and when theil
nosebags go there will disappear one
Of the principal staples Of food for the
Paris 'pierrot," who is taking wing fol
the country In search Of the grains o
oats and barley once SO plentiful OF
the boulevards and avenues.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-09-13
o OF ROUNDUP.
Address by DR.. feathers Was an Interest
ing Feature.

Agricultural ~College-The leading feat
IRE of the last day of the farmers insti-
tute roundup was an address by DIR. w.
S. feathers of the state board OF health,
a discussion on the serum treatment for
hog cholera by DIR. J. A.. Beavers, Can-
ton, and a contest in canning tomatoes
and naming plants, trees and shrubs.
DR.. feathers address was a stereoptl-
con crusade against tuberculosis and the
hookworm. 1t was very thorough and
was well received. DIR. Beavers explained
the symptoms of hog cholera and read
statistics showing the great value OF the
use of the cholera serum. lie advised
the farmers of Mississippi to employ the
serum prepared by the agricultural col
lege, as he found it the purest that can
be gotten in the state. In the general
discussion which followed it was decided
to urge the legislature to appropriate
a larger sum for the manufacture OF Sc
rum at the A. and NJ. College, the pres
ent appropriation being very inadequate
The discussion was ended with a pub
lie demonstration of the simultaneous
method of administering the hog cholera
serum.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-09-13
LAW NOT EFFECTIVE.
Brewer Approves of Land Holding Cor
pOratiOns,

Jackson.-Despite the new statute pro-
hibiting corporations from holding lands
or engaging in agricultural pursuits in
Mississippi, the organization of stock
companies with this end in view steadily
continues, and it is expected that there
will be a large number of charters of
this character presented to the governor
for approval before the statute becomes
effective in October.
That Gov. Brewer will continue to APP
prove all charters OF this character, de-
spite the unfavorable attitude of the at
Etorney-general, is a foregone conclusion.
Several charters of this kind have been
given gubernatorial approval recently,
in spite of the attorney-generaFs deter
mination to prevent their issuance. Gov.
Brewer takes the position that he caA
not consider a law that is not yer il
effect, and so long as the charters do moi
violate the provisions of any statutes
now in existence, he will continue to aP
prove them.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-09-13
PETITION FOR PARDON
NUMEROUSLY SIGNED BY CITIZENS
OF KINDS AND COpIAH,
Or. Birdsong, Dentist, Who Killed Man
While Intoxicated, Is Model and VAL
liable Prisoner.

Jackson.--A petition bearing the sig
natures of nearly two thousand citizens
OF Kinds ard Copiah counties will short
~ be presented to Gov. Brewer asking
that a pardon be granted to DR.. Thomas
birdsong, sent up from Copiah county
several years ago to serve a life sentence
Tor murder.
DIR. Birdsong was formerly a promi-
hent dentist at Hazlehurst, and his vic
tim was DR.. A. B. Pitts, one of the lead
ing physicians of that community. The
tragedy resulted from a fancied griev-
ance, Birdsong being badly intoxicated at
the time. He offered no defense when
arralgned in circuit court, entered a plea
OF guilty, and was given a life sentence.
When the sentence was pronounced he de-
clared, with tears streaming down his
checks, that he would give his own life
to bring DR.. Pitts back to life again.
During his incarceration in the peni
Tertiary DR.. Birdsong has been a mode
prisoner, and of exceptional value to thu
state. Up to that time no provision
had been made for caring for the teetl
OF convicts. When a prisoner complaine'
of any trouble of this sort the farm ply
stefan simply yanked out the oiiendin
tooth.
Realizing that DR.. Birdsong could allie
viate a great deal of suffering among tn
%convicts, the warden equipped him wit
a dentists outfit and told him to go t
work. He is now busily engaged ever
day filling teeth and administering relic
to aching molars.
Birdsong has also exerted a good mor'
influence among his fellow prisoner
: working in active cooperation with IL
prison chaplain, and with Miss Emil
: Butt in the %latter's efforts among II
5 younger convicts for whom she is no
urging the establishment of a juveni
I reformatory.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-09-13
FOR
ROAD ROAD BUILDING
TO HAVE
GOOD ROADS,
ISSUE OF s25o,ooo
,Mu,,cipalities Are Taking
~. 90 Of lateral Rate Reduc-
|ptlss nv the Mississippi
Commission.

rho work of building good
f.. ,,.sippi continues undated.
l,.s and municipalities have
s ''a',ase of the recent order of
!. '.a commission, reducing the
lI'' navel and road making mate
,rs made contracts for deliv-
'I ,hs railroads could get the
' |, court, 'rt Thus the road builders
~ advantage of cheaper mate
.,,s. Of bonds and bond issues
,oads purposes total a
4, ! million dollars at vans
,ho state. Clay county has
$4,000 worth Of bonds to
/, roads in that county.
''a.rvisors of Amite county will
". for $4,000 of good roads
~snnorvisors district No. 3 on
These are ) per cent. bonds.
ssoud supervisors district of Mon
~ has issued the second $780,
's'si. to build further good roads.
!, ,bo entire issue to VIM. w
4, Of De Funiak Springs, Fla, al
accrued interest, and Sl34 pre-
/, ,ounty is preparing an issue Of
i, GOOD roads purposes, amount
decided upon.
\, district of Montgomery county
1, issued $4,000 of bonds to buil'
/, that district. Other bond issue.
!, sCitated in various parts o.
En- Over s3,OOO,O 900 is now being
A Mississippi for good roads will
inspect of more to come. The pee
determined to have good road
B,v are getting them.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-09-13
CONDITION OF The TREASURY
CASH ON HAND S345, O28. 70
Balance at Beginning of September Was
Much Smaller Than for the Same
Month Last Year-Some Sta
tistics of Interest.

Jackson.-When the doors of the stata
treasury were closed at the end of the
business day yesterday, and the first
business day OF the new month it was
the close also OF a very busy dav for
the treasury department. Treasurer
Stovall honored auditors warrants 70
the aggregate amount OF $23.s3s.7o.
presented by various bankers and 9th.
ers holding this paper, representing a
fairly busy day. 1t was pay dav for
state officials and employees, and even
at that all Of them did not present their
warrants.
there was received during the day a
total OF $3,502.1 10, while the cash items
! n the drawer amounted to sos. In adj.
ooItioh there were state depository GER
tiheatcs good for a balance of $341,46s.6s.
making a total cash account of S345..
02S.7S.
AT tile same date, or Sept. /, 1911. the
treasury balance was $646, 500.36. while
at the same time in 1910, the balance
was $110,633.90.
The next heavy draft on the state.
cash will be along during November
when the auditors warrants for tn,
annual pension fund distribution will
be presented. This will call for a col,
expenditure of $~450,000, and at the sea
son OF the year when the treasury bal
anees are the lightest, but when tn,
current expenditure disbursement ac
count continues steadily, and its de
a are presented at the treasur'
doors with undated regularity.
During the last four months of 1o1
the gross amount discussed was S1.O45
O7s.O6, while the receipts for the sam
period amounted to S439, 66S. ~, leavin
a deficit balance of $606, 200. GA. TIL
exact deficit at the end Of the year wa
1854, 1906, and there is no reason t
believe that the present year will clio.
with a deficit any lighter.
During January, 1913, there will
due the teachers of the state the SUI
of $1,424,0sS for the January distribr
tion, and in addition to this and IL
drafts for current expenses of sta
government, another heavy draft
$6oO,OO to repay the loan effected
; Governor Brewer during the first $
months of his term, as authorized |
; special act. In fact, the fiscal office
look forward to low tide treasury co
l ditions for the next five months, wi
= the heaviest drafts of the year /
coming due during that period.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-09-13
TIE ROUNDUP INSTITUTE
PRESIDENT HIGHTOwER DISCUSSES
CORN CLUBS.
Able Addresses Delivered on Various
Subjects Pertaining to the Material
Welfare of the State.

Agricultural College.-President Geo.
r. Hightower of the A. and NJ. college
sounded the keynote of his plans for the
progressive development of Mississippi
in his welcome to the farmers to the
round up institute at the college. He
predicted that the enthusiasm OF the
gathering would permeate the remotest
corner of the state and in the future
increasing crowds would assemble at the
college, as the result of the enthusiastic
gathering of various organizations, in
cl aiding cotton seed crushers, hay grow
ers' association, live stock association,
boys corn club. Miss Powell's canning
club, etc, all working with united eff
fort to promote the welfare of the
farmer of the state. To bring all forces,
industrial, agricultural, educational and
moral, together that they may form q
solid phalanx for the uplifting of Mis-
sissippi is the ideal as set forth by the
president.
The gist of the speeches of the day
was live stock as the basis of future
prosperity.
An especial welcome was given to
President Whitfield, the apostle of mod
ern methods in home management, who
is here to interest the rural woman in
the possibilities of domestic science and
kindred subjects.
Mr.. Pate, director of the farmers in
~stitute, talked on the possibilities OF
quadrupling the yield of the average
Mississippi farm by deeper blowing anl
the addition of humus to the soil.
The last addresses of the day wer'
made by Miss Powell and Mr.. Cobb
, who are laboring for the boys and girl
OF the state. Miss Powell is preaching
the gospel of a better stocked pantry
and the gist of Prof. Cobb's remark
, was for better corn, through the il
fiuence of the boys and a future farr
with well-flled corn cribs.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-09-13
INSURANCE FIGURES.
J DEPARTMENT Gathers Statistics for
Mississippi.

6Gon.-The insurance department
n state government is engaged in
ky task of making up for distribu-
b the chancery clerk of each coun-
\ certified list of statements of con-
, and business of every insurance
EntiOn which holds the department
to transact business in Missis-
When it is considered that there
|Dne $50 such c registered as
fde authorized to do business in
Eippi, the fact is apparent that this
simple Undertaking. The law re-
!. this to be done, whether it be
findard old line fire and life in
Pc concerns, accident, trust and
pity and bonding companies, lorna
y Maternal insurance and benefit
NATIONS or associations.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-09-13
STOPS vICKSBURG SALOONS.
Governor Threatens to Remove Sheriff
If He Ignores Order.

Vicksburg.-Sheriff Hyland, after re-
ceiving a letter from Gov. Brewer threats
ening to remove the sheriff from office
unless he at once closed the saloons in
Nicksburg, began to make service of the
necessary papers for his deputies, and
announced he intended to comply to the
letter with the governors orders, and
il the alleged violations of The law con-
tinued it would be through no fault Of
his or his deputies.
Near beer joints, about thirty in all,
who, it is understood, have paid $500 city
license and $3.50 county, will continue to
do business, but whether they will be
able to sell anything except near beer
is to be determined.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-09-13
Law Is Puzzling.

.Jackson.-Some of the lawyers OF the
State who have been engaged to delehu
the cases wherein the keepers OF near
beer joints are defendants are pu@Ziihs
over the working OF the law. The laws
of 1912, chapter 81, levy a license oil
$500 annually on each near beer JOINT
where there is sold, kept for sale or
offered for sale, any drink that stlm'',
lates in appearance, odor, taste ana
quality. &c :. !,
The lawyers want to know II 1t IS
like in appearance, taste and quality, II
n is not really beer? Then the law cryp
tically says, ''the payment OF TINS II
cense shall not validate the sale OF an!
liquors which but for this act would d.
illegal.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-09-13
Warns Against Treating.

Brookhaven.-ln his charge to the
grand jury Judge Miller said that if re-
ports were true the law had been
flagrantly violated by certain officers, by
which the county got funds from the
state treasury in excess of that allowed
by law and has secured money under
false pretenses.
The jury was charged to investigate
for ten years back and indict all officers
who padded the list Or knowingly per
| mitted it to be done. Particular stress
| was also made on the recent account OF
the legislature making it a crime to give
away intoxicating liquors at any onc'@
place of business and declared it a VIC
lation of law for a man to give away
a drink ever in a back lot of Brook
haven or any other similar place :.
Mississippi.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-09-13
An APPEAL FOR FUNDS.
M Brewer Urges Newspapers to
Get Busy.

a.u.-Governor Brewer has issued
Flowing address to the Democratic
n,er, Of Mississippi:
IN in receipt Of a letter from the
.ntie national committee in New
rking that | urge the people of
state, through the newspapers, to
isu,e to the Marshall cam
fund. 1t is stated that we do not
~untributions from the trusts or
srsy power, but it takes money to
campaign, and they ire anxious
In Democrats be represented.
kse urge through your columns
rnhng Of subscriptions to you, and
an be sent by you to the Hon,
Powell, at Jackson, Miss. 1t is
important that a campaign fund
led at once, as it takes money tc
speakers in the field and distribute
nture."
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-09-13
900 600. 900 in Mississippi Banks.

,Jackson.-Auditor Duncan thompson
has received from the comptroller OF the
currency the report of the condition OF
tbo a national banks in the state OF
Mississippi: 1t shows total resources OF
sss. 5s1 ,632.s9, which is a substantial III
crease over the corresponding statement
of last year.. The total amount OF loans
and discounts are $1,365,O29.ss, showing
that the banks are doing a considerapie
business and keeping the money IN CIR
culatiOn.