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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-01-06
IAN ANDERSON
INTRODUCES BILL
Wants the Cotton Mills of the State
to File Cotton Sta
tistics.

Representative Anderson, of this
county has introduced the following
memorial in the Mississippi legisla-
ture. On the face of it the memorial
appears to be most beneficial end
in view and will doubtless be adopted
by the state legislature, but whether
the National Congress would deem it
feasable or give it favorable consid-
Grafton is problematical.
The memorial follows:
An act of the legislature Of the
State of Mississippi memorializine
Congress asking them to obtain from
the cotton manufacturers of the
world, if possible, a monthly report
to be reported to the Department Of
Agriculture.
First. Be memoralized and request
ed by the legislature of the State Of
Mississippi to memorable the Nation
al Congress that the cotton mills and
manufacturers be required to make
reports to the Department of Agricul
ture monthly for their need of raw
cotton to supply the needs of the
manufacturers monthly.
Second. The monthly report is tc
be made at the same time and on the
day that the Government report is
made on baled cotton or raw mater
ial, so that the producer of cotton will
know the supply needed for the man
ufacturers of the world, so that they
can have a better understanding as
to the supply to furnish.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-01-06
:. :. :. I. :. I. : :. !: :: I: !. :. :. 4: :. ::
!: PAPERS RELATING TO ::
: CHARGES AGAINST JAS. :
:: vARDAMAN DESTROYED. ::
(By Associated PreSS.)

:! Jackson, Miss, Jan. 6.-Pages :.
:. and porters engaged in cleaning :.
:: up committee rooms at the State :.
8 house invaded the office of State =
:. Accountant Moore and destroy :.
: ed valuable books, records, vouch- :.
: ers and accounts covering the :.
:. investigations of that official :.
: during the past two years. =
: Among the papers destroyed :
: were the accounts and records j.
+ alleged to sustain the charges =
$ of misuse and misappropriation :.
:. of public trust funds by Ex.- :
:: Gov. ]. K. Vardaman The data =
I: bearing on the alleged abuse of :
= the ex-executive contingent fund, =
however was not destroyed. Num- :.
: erous rumors have been current :.
: concerning the destruction of :
: the records, some of them of :
: highly sensational character, :
':but it seems to have ben the work :.
: of employees who were in ignor- :.
= ance of the value of the papers :
= they carried to the engine room :
: and dumped into the fire. :
: :. :: ! : - - : : :. =
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-01-06
HArESBLRG MISSISSIPPI SATURDAY AFTERNOON JANUARY 1912
Reu. Richeson Confesses to
Murder of Miss LinneI

according to a drug clerk, the accused
pastor purchased a quantity of sy-
anide of potassium for killing a dog
On October 14th Avis Linnell was
found in the bath room of the Boston
Young Women's Christian Associa-
ton, seated in a chair, her feet in
warm water, and dead from cyanide
of potassium. On October fifteen the
police investigation developed that
Miss Linnell had been betrayed. On
October twentieth Richeson was ar
rested in the Edmands home. On Oc-
tober 31st, the date set for the we'd
ding of Richeson and Miss Edmands,
Richeson was taken into court and
his preliminary hearing postponed.
On November thirteenth Richeson
was arraigned. On December TWEEN
tieth Richeson mutilated himself. On
January sixth he confessed.
The full text of the confession
which was addressed to his counsel
follows: Deeply penitent for my
sin and earnestly desiring as far as
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-01-06
ASKS DISMISSAL
OF VARDAMAN SUIT
Attorneys in Important Case Files
Demurrer And Makes
Argument.

Jackson, Miss, Jan. 6.-Ex-Gover-
nor James K. Vardaman has shifted
action in his battle to prevent the
state from examining into the vari-
Gus funds he is alleged to have squan-
dered during his term in office. The
latest tactic employed by the sena-
tor-elect is a demurrer which was
filed yesterday by w. H. Watkins, his
attorney, to have the bill of complaint
dismissed, giving various reasons.
The demurrer was argued yesterday
afternoon by Attorney Watkins and
Judge Frame before Chancellor Gar
land Lyell.
Gov. Vardaman seems determined
to have the bill of complaint dismiss
ed since Chancellor Lyell sustained the
injunction which prohibits the state
from examining into his accounts
The demurrer attacks the legality OF
paragraph 2 to IL it being contended
that the court has no jurisdiction over
the controversy set forth therein, and
that the matters are solely within the
discretion of the legislature. This
relates to the charges that Vardaman
failed to account for various eXpendi
lures from the contingent fund. 1t is
also contended that the court has nc
jurisdiction over the controversy foI
the reason that the legislature fully
examined and passed on the accounts
mentioned therein.
1t is also set forth that the bill
should be dismissed for the reason
that there is no charge of any conver
sion or wrongdoing in reference to
the contingent fund account, the only
claim being for failure to produce
vouchers all of which has been fully
adjudicated lby the legislature, the
only tribunal having jurisdiction
The demurrer also charges that the
state is not interested in the contro
versy set forth in paragraph IA of the
original bill of complaint, and there
is no charge of Misrepresentation OF
wrongdoing in connection with any
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-01-06
(By Associated Press.)

Boston, Mass, Jan. 6.-Rev. Clar-
ence V. T. Richeson. the former Bap-
tist minister of Cambridge, accused
of the murder of Miss Avis Linnell,
the music student, confessed the
crime today 1t was charged that
Richeson sent cyanide of potassium
to Miss Linnell in the guise Of drug
that would relieve her of an embar-
RAISING physical condition. Richie
sons confession was written. 1t
bears his signature and reads: 81
hereby confess that am guilty of the
offense of which stand indicted" 1t
gives no details.
On March 22nd last, the papers
announced the engagement of Rev.
Richeson and Miss Violet Edmands.
an heiress of Boston. On August
31st Richeson and Avis Linnell Wis
tied Hyannis Fair, where Miss Lin
nell told her girl friends she was to
be Richeson's wife. On october tenth,
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-01-06

in my power lies, to make atonement,
| hereby confess that l am guilty of
the offense of which l stand indicted.
| am moved to this course by no in
ducement of settlement or leniency.
Heinous as is my crime, God has not
wholly abandoned ME, and my con-
scrience and manhood, however de-
PRAYED and blighted, will not admit
of my still further wronging by a pub
lie trial her whose pure young life l
have destroyed. Under the lashings
of remose l have suffered, and am
suffering, the tortures of the damned
In this l find a measure of comfort
In my mental anguish l recognize
that there is still, by the mercy of
the Master, some remnant of the
divine spark of goodness still linger
ing in me. l could wish to live only
because in some prison walls, 1 might
in some small measure redeem my
sinful past, help some other despair
ing soul and at last find favor with my
God. Clarence v. T. Richeson."
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-01-06
PREPARING FOR
The INAUGURATION
Jackson Officials Preparing For Big
Doing on January the
10Th.
Special to The Netos.

Special to The Netos.
Jackson, Miss, Jan. GA meeting
of the special committee appointed
by the Board of Trade to arrange for
the inauguration of Governor Earl
Brewer and other state officials on
January 18th will be held with the
joint legislative committee appointed
for the same purpose Monday after.
noon.
The purpose of the conference will
be to arrange general details of the
Inauguration, after which the Board
of Trade Committee, of which Mayor
A. c. Crowder is chairman. will name
subcommittee to look after various
details of the work.
1t is the purpose of the Board of
Trade, and citizens of Jackson gener-
ally. to make the inaugural notable
event, and thousands of visitors are
expected from all parts of the state.
In event weather conditions permit,
the inauguration exercises proper will
take place on the steps Of the capitol
building. This plan was adopted four
years ago, when Gov. Noel took the
oath Of office and the ceremony was
witnessed by thousands of citizens.
The citizens of Clarskdale, Gov.
Brewers. home town. have arranged
for a special train over the Y. & M. ".
road, and will come to the capital in
(Continued on Page Eight.)
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-01-06

fected and was in critical condition
when I was called to Mr.. Griffin's
place to see it yielded to treatment
nicely and is alive and well at pres
ent. No doubt others of them could
have been saved had they had the
proper care and attention when first
taken i'll. l told Mr.. Griffin what the
disease was when l was out to see
them Dec. 10Th and told him I was
quite positive that it was not of an
infectious nature, so far as one ami
NAL contracting the disease from an
other unless housed and fed inside,
Continued on Page Eighty
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-01-06
new AMENDMENT
IS NOT LEGAL
Opinion Expressed That Election
Amendment Will Not Stand
Test of Law.

Jackson, Miss, Jan. 6.-Concurrent
resolutions providing for insertion
into the constitution of the amend
ments adopted at the election in No
vember, 1910, providing for the cleo
ton of circuit judges and chancellors
by the people will be presented in
both houses next week, and are ex.
pected to provoke lively discussion
when returned from the committees
on constitution.
1t has been vigorously contended
for the past year that the amendment
in question was not legally submit
ted; that in reality it is two amend
ments in one, and therefore violative
of both the letter and spirit of Sec
tion 273 of the constitution which pro-
vides how amendments to the organ
ic law may be made.
The section cited stipulates that "if
more than one amendment shall be
submitted at one time, they shall be
submitted in such a manner and form
that the people may vote for OF
against each amendment separately
1t is contended that in this instance
the people were not given this priv
lege; that some electors nigh have
desired circuit judges made elective
and allow the appointment of chan
cellors to remain in the hands of the
governor, or vice versa, and inasmucf
as this amendment Incorporated botf
judicial positions it has violated sec
ton 273.
This view of the matter is held b.
some of the most eminent lawyers O
the state, among them being .Ex-Chie
Justice Campbell, nestor of the Mis-
sissippi bar, Gov.-elect Earl Brewer
and others of equal eminence in til,
profession.
It is to be doubted, however, ever
if a majority of the legislators are o
the opinion that the amendment
were not properly submitted whethe
the lawmaking body has the powe
to refuse to insert it as a part of thu
organic law, and this is the poin
that will provoke a lively discussion
Secretary of State J. w. Power ha
duly certified to both branches of tn
legislature that the amendment wa
adopted by the required majority
and it is held that the legislature ha
nothing whatever to do with decidini
whether the preceding Legislature
framed the amendment in a constitu
tional manner; that it can only ODE,
the plain mandate of section 273 b.
inserting the amendment as a part o
the constitution.
However it is certain that th
amendment will be subjected to a leg
al test Immediately after it is mad
part of the organic law, and the Su
preme court will finally pass on it
constitutionality.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-01-06
Important Notice to Farmers and
Truck Growers of County

Ellis Hickman of the Hawkins Hard
ware Co., has just received a phone
message from Mr.. Roberts of the
American Pickle & Canning Co., of
Virgins, advising him that he will
be in Hattiesburg next Monday morn
ing and will remain perhaps the en-
tire week with view Of ascertaining
the amount of acreage the Farmers
and truck-growers of Forrest county
will devote to raising cucumbers, to-
matoes, beans. sweet potatoes, sugar
cane and other canning products.
Mr.. Roberts is coming here pre-
pared to make contracts with the
| ltruck-growers of this section for ali
these products they can raise, provid
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-01-06
LoCAL VETERINARIANS ADVISED
BY STATE BOARD TO LOOK
AFTER SITUATION.
CARD FROM The GENTLEMEN
'ney Tell What Has Been Done and
What Should Be Done to Relieve
Epidemic Among Hogs and Cattle
of County.

Chancery Clerk Gillis is in recent
oi a letter from DR.. E. H. Aicher
whose services were desired in the
county in connection with the
diseases which have recently
made their appearance among cat
Tie and hogs. DR.. Aicher was form
erly assistant state veterinarian but
advises the local authorities that his
connection has ceased with the de-
partment and that some sixty days
ago the funds appropriated for the
Live Stock Sanitary Board had been
exhausted, For those reasons DR..
Alcher could not come but stated he
mad referred the matter to DR.. Ranch.
the new State Veterinarian who had
taken the matter up yith Drs. Deaven-
port and Heiny the local veterinarians
and instructed them to give the farm
ers interested their assistance. These
gentlemen are fully competent and
are doing what they can to give the
stock owners relief and it is hoped
the disease will soon be checked. In
fact some abatement has already
been noted and it is hoped no further
inroads will be made on the cattle
and hogs of the county.
DR.. Aicher, in his letter, takes oc.
casion to express the hope that the
present legislature will be liberal in
its support of the department and
thereby help the farmers to prevent
contagious diseases from depicting
the ranks of their live stock, and that
in another such crisis the expected
help of the state will be forthcoming
The following communication has
been Addressed to The News by Drs
Davenport and Heiny, which places
them in the proper light before the
public as to- what they have done in
the matter, and also abounds in in
formation and advice that should
prove beneficial to stock raisers OF
the county:
+ I'VE have noted in the late issues
of your paper an account of a pecu
liar disease existing among cattle in
the southern portion of this county
and you made mention of an outbreak
on w. E. Griffn's farm about miles
northeast of this city and stated that
Mr.. Grifln's cattle were dying in large
numbers. We note with regret that
this statement is considerable mis-
leading to the general public as one
not acquainted with the circum-
stances would naturally infer that
Mr. Griffin had lost at least Is or 20
head Of cattle and that they were
still dying at the rate of 5 to 10
daily. This is not the facts of the
case. Mr.. Griffin up to the evening
of the 4th inst, has lost 6 head and
9 were sick, one of which could be
saved with the proper medical care
and attention. The other has been
sick few days and will probably
die one OF the first that became eff
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-01-06
FARMERS OF THE STATE TO RE-
cEIvE INFORMATION AND Ap-
VICE FROM EXPERTS.
The RAILROADS ARE ASSISTING
While National And state Govern
ments And Colleges OF state Aid
Movement - Demonstration Work
Will Form Part of Valuable Services.

Jackson, Miss, Jan. 6.-The most
notable campaign of education on ag-
ricultural and industrial subjects ever
waged in Southern state is being
planned in Mississippi, and will be
formally launched during the coming
week
A combination of forces has been
perfected whereby it is expected to
reach every farmer in Mississippi with
the doctrine of crop rotation, diversi-
fled farming, and the adoption OF
more modern methods of agriculture
The forces that will be employed
in the campaign are as follows:
The United States department of
agriculture
The Mississippi A C M. College
and agricultural experiment stations.
The Mississippi division Of H.
Farmers Union.
The state department of agricul-
ture and commerce.
The state department of education.
The Industrial Institute G. College.
The agricultural and industrial COM
missioners of the Illinois Central. Y.
& M. ", Queen & Crescent, Gulf q
Ship Island, Southern, and Mobile
Ohio roads.
The formal launching of the W
will take place during the com
week when Messrs. ]. F. Mckay
R. H. Pate, field directors and ma
gers of the cooperative and farm ex-
tension work of the A & M. Collegej
will take the field in the southern
part of the state and conduct a seyie'
of institutes.
These two workers, who were ~re
Gently appointed by President fHardr
! for the declared purpose of darryi
the A, & NJ, College work direct
the farmers, will be Joined affew id
later by the representatives of
state and Federal government agd
cies, the railroads. the Farmers I'm
ion, and other agencies at work in
behalf of agricultural development in
Mississippi.
! Details are now being perfected fol
plan to complete harmony in the
campaign OF agricultural election
The allotment of speakers, instruc,
tors, and experts in various lines OF
farming work. will be carefully Sc
lected, aud the plan is to hold an In
stitute lasting one week at each
point, and, instead of confining theiI
activities to the towns, these corps
of instructors will go out into sSht
rural precincts where they can get IN
direct contact with the farmers.
Furthermore, the work is not tc
consist wholly of talk While it is
conceded that the right kind of tain
to the farmers is valuable, practical
demonstrations are of far more value
and actual object lessons will be Civ
(Continued on Page Eighty
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-01-06

ranks OF the Salvation Army a great
soul saving campaign is now going
on. Hattiesburg is no exception to
the rule. Special services are now
going on at the new hall on West
Pine street upstairs. Ensign A. r.
Henderson, who has charge Of the
army work in Mobile. Ala. Is here
and will conduct the services satur-
day night and Sunday Sunday night
the special features win be an en-
rollmeiit Of soldiers. Captain and
Mrs. Hapzellief who have charge o.
the Army work in this city viii be
glad to welcome all who can come.
Service heeins at zoo q a
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-01-06
TO ACCOUNT FOR THE
MCNAMARA FUNDS

Washington, Jan. 6.-It is under
stood that complete report on the
expenditures of the Mcnamara de-
fense committee of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor is in readiness for
presentation to the executive commit
tee, which will meet here on Monday,
when the report will be made public.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-01-06

charlotte. N. c.. Jan. 6.-F1fteen
4 above Zero
rou York. Jan. Zero tempera-
ture accompanied by high northwes. al,*,a'.
win winds caused intense suffering during
last night and today
c,,oooo Ian. Zero weather con-
.,,,od today to mold Chicago IN l's
grasp Eight below zero ''a,,arn was report. r'ont
sa si'It at six o'clock with s,'a government nlsht
20 toree.st {. of fifteen below before night
fall
n.,,as. Tex, Jan. s---The cold s' wave
struck nOrt vest Texas '0'"'
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-01-06
MANY IMPORTANT
SUITS PENDING
Interstate Commerce Week" is Be
fore U. S. Supreme Court
Monday.

Washington, Jan. 6.-'Tnterstate
Commerce week. will be observed in
the Supreme Court of the United
States beginning Monday. Practical
ly all of the questions to be argued
that week are connected with rail-
road or steamship traffic.
The first case to be considered in
wolves whether shippers may be in
dicted for accepting rebates unless it
is shown that the railroad concerned
had posted the regular rates at the
railroad station at point of oris n. 1t
was held by Judge Speer, of Georgia,
that the posting of the regular rates
in the community in which the ship
per lived was such an important
means of information that the ship
per could not be indicted. unless 1t
was alleged the rates had been post
ed. This ruling occurred in the in
dictments of Harvey c. Miller and
Morris F. Miller, of Philadelphia, on
shipments over the Merchants &
Miners transportation Co., jointly
with the Seaboard Air Line and with
the Atlantic Coast Line.
Another case is the quarter century
fight of Cincinnati shippers for lower
rates to Chattanooga and the South
In 1894 shippers induced the Inter
state Commerce Commission to order
a sharp reduction of rates over the
Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas
Pacific road from Cincinnati to Chat
tanooga. Courts held that the com
/ mission could not fix a future rate
/ Later when this power was conferred
upon it the Commission reduced first
class rates to 20 cents, and held that
while a demand for a so cent rate
might be reasonable on a road direct
to Chattanooga it would not be so OF
the Louisville and Nashville and con
Meeting lines. Furthermore, the com
mission held that to reduce the rate
to 60 cents might make inequitabl,
certain rates from Memphis to Chat
tanooga and to Atlanta, Birmingham
Montgomery and other southern
cities. The Cincinnati shippers mad,
an unsuccessful attempt in the Com
merce court to have the seventy cen
rate declared unjust and unreason
able.
Whether a loophole really exists il
the migration laws such as would al
low steamship companies to shift tn
responsibility for bringing in immi
grants of the excluded classes, viii
be argued before the court. A New
York court held that while the pun
pose of Congress seemingly was I
make the steamship companies pa
the cost of returning such immigrant
as are denied entrance there wa
nothing in the law to prevent tn
companies from circumventing tn
law by requiring these immigrants t
put up security in foreign ports t
cover the cost of returning them i
rejected.
Another question will be whether
special rate on coal may be given raj
roads. Still other cases involvin
conflicts of jurisdiction between tn
Interstate Commerce Commission an
the Commerce Court will be heard.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-01-06

ing at a speed estimated at thirty
miles an hour. At Dallas the tenn
,perature dropped twenty degrees in
one hour. 1t was twenty-five above
zero at ten o'clock.
Kansas City. Jan. 6.-From to 6
inches of snow fell over the greater
portion of the Missouri Valley last
night and today where below zero
temperature prevails. In some dis
tricts.the lowest temperature in ten
years have prevailed since yesterday
morning. In Kansas City. where
thousands depend on gas for heat,
there is intense suffering, the gas
pressure being SO low that practically
/. -
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-01-06

vided the farmers viii become suf-
ficiently interested and viii guarantee
enough acreage to justifying his CON-
pany to place man here to look after
the situation. All who are interested
should Lot fan to be on hand next
Wednesday and hear his instructions
on the cultivation of these products.
Mr.. Roberts is an expert in his
line and his instructions win be high.
ly valuable. Cali at The Hawkins
Hardware store for Information and
for tiMSzannjx place of speaking.
Gins ACTIVE WORK,
ThI0l the country in the
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-01-06

of the funds enumerated in the para
graph.
The demurrer sets forth the final
contention that there is no cause OF
action in the suit.