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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-12-12
San FRANCISCO NOT
ENTITLED TO The
DISTINCTION
CLAIMS TO HAVE FIRST MUNICH
PAL OWNED STREET RAIL
WAY IN UNITED STATES.
Special to The NeloS.

Special to The NelOS.
Jackson, Miss, Dec. 12.-San Fran
cisco probably has taken the initia-
tive in great many things in the way
of improvements, ETC., but a syndi-
Gated article now appearing in various
newspapers credits that city with hav-
ing the first municipality owned and
operated street car system in the coun-
try, which as a matter of fact is in
correct, as the system began to ope-
rate only few days ago, and a mu-
nicipally owned and operated street
car system has been in existence in
a Mississippi city for about five years.
Reference is made to Yazoo City,
Miss, where the people long ago de-
cided to become the owners of the
electric car line, here. 1t is not only
owned by the municipality, but is ope-
rated by municipal officials.
Monroe, La, also owns its own street
car system, and is operating it very
successfully. In fact the system there
was purchased many years before va
zoo City took the decisive step that
hundreds Of municipalities all over the
United States have consulted about,
and discussed, but never bought.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-12-12
POWDER TRUST DISSOLVED.

Wilmington, Del, Dec. 12.-In COM
pliance with the order of the Federal
court, a plan for the dissolution of
the Du Pont Powder Company, com
monty known as the powder trust" !"
was submitted to the court here to-
day for its approval. According to the
plan, the old combination is to be re-
placed by three newly formed corpora
tions, to be known as the e. 1. DUPONT
de Memours Company, the Hercules
Powder Company and the Atlas Pow
der Company. All three of the compa-
MES are to have their general offices
in this city, but the business of each
is to be conducted independently of
the others and no one person will be
permitted to act as an officer or di.
rector of more than one of the cor
porations.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-12-12
Will not CONFIRM
APPOINTMENTS
IN south
DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS
IN SENATE HAVE ABOUT REACH
ED AN AGREEMENT.

Washington, Dec. 12.-An amicable
agreement in the Senate over the con-
firmation Of President Taft's nominal
tions for federal positions seemed
probable Wednesday, when, after
number of informal conferences among
the leaders, tentative plan was
agreed upon. Democratic senators
will caucus today.
Under the arrangement proposed no
nominations for federal offices will be
confirmed in states where both sena-
tors are Democrats, but in all states
where the senators are Republicans
there is to be no opposition to con-
firmation Of these places. 1t was un-
derstood that many Democratic lead
ers in the Senate would be satisfied If
the appointments in Southern states
were not put through.
An effort is being made to settle the
question Of president pro tenn of the
Senate by the selection Of Senator
Gallinger to serve until March A. SEN
ator Bacon would become permanent
presiding Judge in the Archibald i'm
peachment trial.
Senate leaders were not sure, how
ever, that this arrangement would go
through.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-12-12
CROP ESTIMATED
At I3,S2O,OOO
BALES
GOVERNMENT FIGURES ISSUED
TODAY NEARLY TWO MILLION
UNDER 1911 CROP.
(Bu Associated PresS.l

Washington, Dec. 1.-THE Ameri-
can cotton crop for the season of 1912
IS will amount to 13,S20,000 bales of
500 pounds, mot including linters),
according to the first estimate made
by the government this year through
the crop reporting board, bureau of
statistics, Department of Agriculture,
and announced this afternoon. This
compared with 15,692,7O1 bales of 500
pounds, exclusive of linters, produced
in the record crop of last year, when
the total crop inclusive of linters was
1G,25O,OOO bales of 500 pounds; 11,60S,-
GIG bales in 1910, which including
linters amounted to 12,005,6SS bales;
10000, ,949 bales in 1909 which including
linters amounted to 13,5S7,306 bales,
and 11,1O7179 bales in 1907 which
including linters amounted to 1875
4G1 bales The average total produc-
tion, exclusive of linters, for the five
years from 1906 to 1910 was 11,S47,270
bales. The value of the crop, includ-
ing seed, for the same period averaged
$775,S22,OO0, while last years record
crop is estimated to have been worth
1855, ,S40,0 900 and the 1910 crop, $685.
100000, the most valuable ever pro-
duced.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-12-12
LOCAL ELKS lodge
WILL give A
Minstrel
PROCEEDS TO SUPPLEMENT THE
CHARITY FuNo-PERFoRM-
ANcE TO BE GIVEN DEC. 20.

The Hattiesburg Lodge No. 599. B.
P. o. E., has arranged to give a min
strel performance at the Auditorium
on the night of Dec. 20. the purpose
being to supplement the charity and
help fund of the Elks, which is being
drawn upon very heavily this season.
Several ex-professionals will partici-
pate and the program promises to be
very entertaining one.
Active practice for the event is now
in nightly progress and the committee
having the matter in hand assert that
the performance will be such as to
warrant a liberal local patronage,
aside from the object for which the
net proceeds are to be used.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-12-12
COMPROMISE ENDS
TRIAL OF VA.
OUTLAWS
FINAL SETTLEMENT OF CASES RE-
sULTINe FROM WHOLESALE
KILLING Is MADE.
SIDNA ALLEN GETS
TOTAL OF 35 YEARS
In the Penitentiary, and sldnas Ed
wards Is Given Sentences Assresat-
Ing 27 Years-condemned cIansmen
Granted Another Respite to Jan. 2.

Wytheville, Va. Dec. 12.-Final set
tlement of all the cases resulting from
the killing of five persons in the Hills
Vile, Va, courthouse by the Allen
clan on March IA last was reached
Wednesday afternoon, when Sidna Al
len pleaded guilty to second degree
murder for killing Sheriff Webb and
Wesley Edwards pleaded guilty to
three charges pending against him.
Thirty-five years in the penitentiary
is the penalty Sidna Allen will pay for
the part he played in the shooting.
Aliens nephew, Wesley Edwards, will
spend twenty-seven years in the peni-
tentiary.
These two sentences were the re-
suit Of compromise following a YER
dict of voluntary manslaughter in the
case of Sidna Allen, for the murder
OF Commonwealth Attorney william
M. Foster the jury fixing the punish
ment in that case at five years i'm
prisonment. Allen already had been
found guilty Of second degree murder
at a former trial for the killing of
Judge Thornton L. Massie, for which
he had been sentenced to fifteen years
in the penitentiary and the other in
dictment pending against him for the
murder Of Sheriff Webb was compro-
missed by letting him plead guilty TO
second degree murder and take a fif-
teen years sentence, the combined SEN
tenoes making thirty-five years. Three
indictments against Wesley Edwards
also were compromised, he taking a
sentence Of nine years. Imprisonment
on each.
In the second trial Of Sidna Allen
which ended Wednesday, nine Of the
Jury on the first ballot stood for ac-
quittal and the other three for murder
in the second degree. Following their
discharge the Jurors in an interview
declared that not one OF them thought
the evidence presented by the state
was sufficiently strong to sustain the
charge Of conspiracy.
This ends, so far as the courts are
concerned, the courthouse tragedy.
On the 14th Of last March, following
the conviction Of Floyd Allen OF an
offense which would have sent him to
the penitentiary for one year, mem
Ders @: the Allen family, clannish
mountaineers, opened fire on the couri
officials. At the first yolley Judge
Thornton L. Massie ten mortally
wounded and when the DEAN tols gsi
completed Sheriff webb ana comnon
wealth Attorney Foster were fcnai
dead. On the following day one d
the three Jurors who were shot, dies d
his wounds, as did also Miss Bette
Ayres, who had been a witness against
Floyd Allen.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-12-12
HUGE LOANS. MADE
DAILY ON Stuck
EXCHANGE
BUSINESS EACH DAY AMOUNTS TO
20 OR so MILLIONS is BRoK-
ER''s TESTIMONY.

Washington, Dec. 12.-The daily
loans of the New York stock ex-
change made by New York banks to-
tai from forty to fifty million dollars,
according to the testimony given the
money-trust Investigating committee
today.
]. H. Griesel of Griesel & Rogers,
admitted he conducted all loans on the
stock market for the Chase National
bank, Nuhn, Loeb & Co. and for Spey-
-er. n;Noyember 20, when call money
went to 20 per cent Griesel said he
loaned ten million dollars between .
and 2:30 o'clock. The witness said
millions and millions Of dollars are
loaned over the telephone to brokers' 2
Samuel Untermyer, attorney for tho
committee, asked what would b t1e
result of fixing a rate of interes< 5a
money on the stock exchange.
why. It would keep the mone7 81
home IN country banks" erie -
piled.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-12-12
7wo Votes Instead of One
Until Saturday Night

Today is Thursday, tomorrow is
Friday, and the double vote offer
closes Saturday night at 10 o'clock.
What will these three days mean Il.
you? The offer which closes Satul.
day night is by far the most important
one, for after that time the business
turned in will suffer a great sacrifice
in votes. An opportunity is given ev-
cry one to swell their total to such an
extent as to place them where they
wish to be. 1t is reasonable to be-
lieve that more subscriptions will be
received this week than at any time
during the whole campaign, and indi-
cations point to greater activity by all
the candidates. 1t is also reasonable
to believe that the subscriptions re-
ceived this week and turned in be-
fore Saturday night at 10 o'clock will
decide the winners of the prizes.
We wish to call special attention to
one point about securing subscriptions.
1t is this: More than one candidate
may secure subscriptions from the
same party, and be credited with the
votes. For instance, Mr. Brown gave
A three months subscription in the
early part of the campaign, and A re-
ceived 1900 votes on it. Brown gave
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-12-12

B a subscription for nine months to
fill out the yearly subscription for Mr..
Brown.
The New Orleans agents, Thomson
& Edwards, from whom the Pullman
car was purchased, informs us that 1t
was shipped from the factory on Dec.
10 and will doubtless arrive here the
first part of next week.
Plenty of time is left yet in which
to win it, or any Of the other prizes.
The remaining part of the offer can be
used to a good advantage. For in
stance the highest vote published is
less than 100000. Ten yearly sub
scriptions, IL turned In before Satur-
day night would enable one to reach
that figure, as each yearly subscrip-
ton counts 10000 votes. The prizes
are as far from being won now as
they were the day the campaign was
announced, and no one has secured a
lead that could not be overcome in a
short time. Make up your mind to get
into the race, and avail yourself of
this golden opportunity to possess the
splendid five passenger touring car,
a $3.50 pianola player piano, the fur
niture, diamond rings, or any Of the
other prizes. The campaign closes
Dec. 81.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-12-12
John Sharp Entertained BY
Misslssipplans in Gotham

New York, Dec. Ex-senator John
Sharp Williams of Mississippi, who
this year delivered the Blumenthal lee
lures at Columbia University. choosing
Jefferson as his theme, was the guest
of honor last night at a dinner given
him at the Hotel Astor by Mississip-
plans resident in New York. The
menu was distinctly Southern, includ-
ing 'possum and sweet potatoes,
"cracklin" corn pone and lye hominy.
The menu was decorated with sketch
of cotton bolls and 'possum, and
bore number of appropriate quota
tions from negro dialect poems, includ-
Ing the sentiment that:
"Ole Mississippians jes' ober the fence
Dat runs around heavens sarcumfry-
mence."
Cotton bolls filled with cotton took
the place Of boutonnieres, and the Ia
BILE decorations were equally appropri-
ate. There were no speeches. The
chairman of the dinner committee, DR..
Robert c. Myles, introduced the Mis-
sissippians to the senator, saying that
John Sharp Williams needed no intro
duction to any Mississippian, and Mr.,
Williams instructed, entertained and
amused the company with reminis-
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-12-12
NO FEAR OF FRIDAY, THE 18TH.

Washington, Dec. 12-Associates
and other friends of DR.. Theodore
Gill, the noted zoologist of the Smith
sonian Institute and former librarian
of Congress, have arranged to give a
banquet in his honor tomorrow night
at the Cosmos Club. The affair will
be in celebration of DR.. Gilps 18th
birthday. The actual anniversary oc-
CURED last March. but it was de-
cided to defer the banquet until it
could be given on Friday, the thir-
teenth day of the month. AS further
evidence Of their contempt for unlucky
days and numbers the guest at the ban
quet will number exactly 113.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-12-12
MANY INQUIRIES
ABOUT ROAD
BONDS
INDICATION ARE THERE WILL BE
NO TROUBLE EXPERIENCED
IN MAKING SALE.

Chancery Clerk Herbert Gillis was
engaged throughout the day Wednes-
day in answering inquiries relative to
the 100000 good roads bonds to be
sold for use in beats one and three,
this county, and the four steel bridges
which the board of supervisors pro-
pose to erect. The bond inquiries.
over thirty in number. came from Wall
street, New York. st. Louis. Mo-, and
several places between, as we'll as
from Jackson, Miss, indicating that
there will be no trouble in getting a
buyer for these bonds.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-12-12
Bonds Constituents
\ CONGRATULATE HIM
Special to The NeioS.

nptttut ~ IHt NtbCSs
Virgins, Miss, Dec. Ex-senator
A. w. Bond reached home yesterday
from Jackson, where he was acquitted
of the charge of altering the enrolled
bill of Stone county. A large number
of the citizens of this commafiIy
called informally upon Senator Bond
at his home last evening and con
graduated him on the outcome OF sis
trial. The people here have best
loyal to him all the time and ney -
believed that he was guilty of dong
anything wrong in making the correcl
tion in the bill to make it conform. to
the intention Of the Legislature as
well as to the wishes Of the people in
this section as expressed by them at
the polls Senator Bonds constituents
feel that his act in correcting the err
ror was one of loyalty to them and not
criminal.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-12-12
GOVERNMENT after
HORSE Shoe
TRUST
(By Associated PreSs.)

Detroit, Dec. 12.-The federal gov
ernment has filed a civil antitrust
suit against the horse shoe trust. In
a petition Attorney General Wicker
sham seeks an injunction against the
Master Horseshoers National Protec-
tive Association and manufacturers of
drilled horse shoes, adjustable calks
and rubber hoof pads, from continuing
the alleged combination to confine the
sale of these articles to horseshoers
and prevent their sale direct to horse
owners.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-12-12

cences of their native state, and with
glowing prophecies of its future.
The dinner committee was compos-
ed of DR.. Robert c. Myles, DR.. Charles
G. Barrows, DR.. Charles Baskerville,
William G. Broughton, James s. Meng,
Augustus w. Van Wyck, John Watson
Cox, Samuel Bell Thomas, S. r. Ber-
tron, R. II. Craig, T, P. Flaherty, G.
G. Cowan, R. e. Bonner, J. ]. Craw-
ford, Evan s. Edwards. John w. Pet
ers and DR.. David N. Barrows.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-12-12
GALLoWs AWAITS
ITALIAN SLAYER.

Montreal, Dec. IL. Preparations
have been completed at the Montreal
Jail for the execution of Antonio Far
dutto tomorrow. Fardutto, an Italian,
was convicted of the murder of Louis
Motto, stone cutter, who was found
dying in the street, with his throat cut,
some months ago. The evidence at
the trial showed that the crime re-
suited from a quarrel.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-12-12
Get a Respite.

Richmond, Va, Dec. 12.-Floyd Al
len and Claude Swanson Allen under
sentence to die in the electric chair
Friday Of this week for their part in
the HiIlsviIle shooting, were granted q
respite until Jan. II, on presentation
by their attorneys of new evidence
found warranting a new trial.
Applications for a rehearing will be
made to the supreme court.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-12-12
CONGRESS IN rExa

Dallas, Texas, Dec. 12.-Almost -
cry pursuit OF Texas citizens, in u lE
try and farm life, was represen -
here today at the opening Of the ~
ono annual meeting Of the Texas 81
ouzh1ze Congress. The program i'zS'
vzte< II the discussion Of numereas
1nes<'>nh Of vital Importance to -
Industrial development and conseFvs-
tio1 p fa<n lands in Texas. A special
fes<4re g the meeting win be the
awe = severai thousand dellars IN
cash rFIoes offered BY the congress for
the ~ <srIeulturai resuits realised
in the <|> ~ past year.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-12-12
Taft ReappOints
W. A. Collins For
Hattiesburg P. M.
(Rn Associated Press.l

Washington, Dec. denominations
sent to the Senate today by President
Taft, included Walter A. Collins to be
postmaster at Hattiesburg.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-12-12
QUARTER MILLION
FIRE At DALLAS
fBu Associated Press.l

Dallas, Tex. Dec. about a quar-
ter million dollars damage was done
by fire this morning which practical
ly destroyed the story building and
stock Of Huey Harry and the Phillip
Hardware Company. One fireman was
injnred.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-12-12

Joseph M. Gates is soon to produce
a new musical play entitled "The Pur-
ple- Road" By Cred de Gressac and
Victor Hollander.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-12-12
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THE WEATHER .

Fair tonight and Friday, colder .
tonight, freezing temperature in .
terror and frost near the coast .
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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-12-12
PRINcEREeENT OF
BAVARIA rs DEAD.
(By Associated Press.,

Munich, Bavaria, Dec. l2.-Luitpold.
Prince Regent OF Bavaria, died today,
aged ninety-one.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1912-02-16
PROBLEM OF TOO MUCH WORK
II Must BE Solved, Especially When
New Methods Are Advocated-Sow
Part Of Land TO Some Grass.

(By w. c. PALMER. North Dakota)
TOO much work" is remark that
meets one on nearly every farm. The
writer has often heard the same re-
mark at Farmers Institutes. And
especially when new methods are adj
vocated. 1t is a real serious problem.
However IL must be faced and solved,
too. AS long as the land was new,
spreading over "A large number of acres
was in many cases profitable.
That time has now passed as the
results in half farming now too often
result in crop failure or so many wild
oats and weeds in the grain that 1t
makes a man ashamed to take them
to market. Half farming with such
results simply wastes work. Some
better method must be worked out.
What is the man to do who has
pore land than he can work thorough
ly?. One solution is TO sell a part of
IL. That, however, is not what most
land holders want to do. Another solu-
alfalfa, clover, or some grass as
timothy, bromus or slender wheat
grass. The returns from the land in
hay will be fully as good as from that
In grain. And the work will be much
less. At the same time the land will be
cleared from weeds and plant dis
eases and the humus content will
be increased
The starting OF the clover and al
falfa may need some special prepare
ton, as manuring and sowing with
out nurse crop, and introducing some
of the germs that live on the nodules.
Get small piece started and that will
help you get the whole farm in condi-
ton.
Leave 1t In grass three to five years
Every year SOW more grass and also
pillow up some sod This new land
will be in fine condition to grow large
crops.
BY this procedure the work on the
farm will be reduced and the returns
increased, and the land put in much
better shape than is possible in con-
tinuous grain growing.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1912-02-16
Dea ness Cannot be Cured

10y local applications, as they canno.
reach the diseased portion Of the ear
There ~ only Que way 10 cure deafness,
and that is by constitutional remedies
Deafness is caused by an inflamed con-
dition OF the mucous lining of the Eus
tachian Tube. When this tube is IN.
famed you have a rumbling sound or
imperfect hearing, and when it is en-
tirely closed, Deafness Is the result, and
unless Inflammation can be taken out
and this tube restored to its normal
condition. hearing will be DESTROYED for
ever; nlne cases out of ten are caused by
Catarrh, which is nothing but an in.
famed condition of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
any case of Deafness Caused by catarrh)
that cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure. Send for circulars, free.
f. j Oh ENEY Il CO. Toledo, O.
Sold by druggists, Toe.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipa-
ton.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1912-02-16
HOW GOLD PENS ARE MADE
Metal Is Rolled Int a Ribbon and
Pen Shapes Are Cut Out by
Machinery.

The tiny tip of white metal seen on
the under side Of the point OF a gold
pen may lie Of platinum. but It is more
likely to be iridium. iridium is a very
hard metal and it is expensive; 1t
costs about four times as much as
gold. The purpose OF the iridium tip
is, of course, to give the pen more
durable tip.
The gold pen maker buys his gold
at the assay Office iu bars Of pure "a
karat gold, which be me,ts and alloys
with his silver and copper tc the de-
gree of fineness required. Gold Of IA
karats Is used in the manufacture OF
the best American gold pens, that be-
ing the degree of flneness deemed
most suitable for pen use; but good
pens made in this country for sale In
France are made Of IS karats, the
French government requiring that all
articles exposed for sale in that coun-
try as gold shall be of not less than
Is karats.
The gold from which the pens are
to be made is rolled and rerolled until
what was originally thick. heavy bar
OF gold has been rolled into a thin
gold ribbon about three feet In length
by four inches wide. Then this gold
ribbon Is put into a machine which
stamps out of it pen shapes, all still
fat. Then on the tip of each of these
pens is fused the iridium point, and
then the shapes go to a Sitting ma
chine, which cut the slit in the pen.
From this Sitting machine the pens
60 through another, which gives them
their rounded, familiar pen form, and
then the pens are ground and polish
cd and finished ready for use.
American gold pens in fountain pens
or as dip pens are sold in every coun-
try In Europe In competition with pens
of British or of German manufacture,
and under the same competition they
are sold throughout the world, In
South America, Africa, japan, China
wherever pens are used.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1912-02-16
Bruce and the Spider.

Apparently the little Preside story
about Bruce and the spider is in the
category of fables. So eminent an au
thority as Sir Herbert Maxwell says ir
Robert the Bruce"
What is the evidence to be fount
In support Of it? Not in the writings
OF Barbour, Fordun or Wyntoun, those
most nearly contemporary with Bruce
and least likely to suppress a circum
stance s.. picturesque and illustrating
so aptly the perseverance and pa
thence of the national hero under des
perate difficulties.
No; nothing Is heard Of this adyen
ture till long after Bruce and his
comrades had passed away, and Their
1t makes its appearance in company
with such trash as the miraculous an
pearance Of the arm bone of st. FIJI
Ian on the eve Of Bannockburn, and
worthy of just about as much consid.
Grafton"
So goes another Of the venerated
legends Of childhood.