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Evening star., 1912-10-07
Virginia Postmasters to Meet.

The annual meeting of the Association
of Virginia Postmasters will convene at
10 o'clock tomorrow morning in the
auditorium of the Elks' Home and will be
attended by many postmasters from diff
ferent parts of the state. A number of
officials from the Washington Post Office
Department will attend the convention.
Ut is expected that about 200 delegates
will attend.
An address of welcome will be made
by Mayor Fisher and the responses will
be by officers of the association. Then
will begin the business session of the as
sociation. to last three days.
Final arrangements for the entertain
ment of the delegates will be made this
afternoon at meeting Of committee Of
members of the chamber of commerce,
who will confer with Postmaster A. j.
Eggborn regarding their entertainment.
Sales of Real Estate.
Mrs. Virginia Green has sold to c. c..
Batcheller, through the Slaymaker-
Schneider Corporation, the three-story
brick dwelling house on the south side
of King street between Washington and
Columbus streets. known as 7O4 King
street, together with lot adjoining same.
! Howard W. Smith has just concluded,
through the same concern, the sale of
three two-story brick dwelling houses on
the south side of Queen street between
Columbus and Washington, from Miss Re-
becca Powell.
Slaymaker & Schneider Corporation has
also sold for the Rosemont Development
Company to Richard Gibson two build
ing lots in Rosemont and for DIR. NJ. D.
Delaney to Miss Mamie Davis house Oil
Prince street.
Children Hurt.
Evening star., 1912-10-07
Children Hurt.

A horse attached to a buggy belonging
to Mr.. Blue of Del Ray, Alexandria
county, ran away at noon yesterday at
that place, throwing out his two small
daughters and demolishing the vehicle.
Both of the girls were badly bruised.
Afterward their injuries were treated by
Dr. r. ]. Yates of that place.
While attempting to alight from a NOV
ing electric train on Royal street yes
terday Albert Speice, a youth. fell and
was slightly injured
The Methodist Protestant Church, which
was recently extensively remodeled, was
yesterday reopened with q large congre-
cation in attendance. A sermon was
preached by Rev. DR.. j. S. Bowers, presi-
dent of the Maryland conference of the
Methodist Protestant Church.
Police Court Cases.
The following cases were disposed Of
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1912-03-16
WASHINGTON NEWS.

Summing up the action of the SEN
ate in stripping the proposed arbitra.
ton treaties with France and Great
Britain Of their vital features. govern.
ment officials who followed the nego-
tiation OF the two pacts agreed that
participation by the United States in
general arbitration Of international
difficulties was a dead issue so far as
this session of congress was concerned
and probably for many years to come
Indications are that a large body of
the national guard will soon be or
dered to the Mexican border Condi-
tons in Mexico are rapidly approach
ing a crisis Officials of the admin.
istration declare privately that If re,
cent advices received at the state de-
partment are corroborated a move,
ment of regular and state troops to-
wards the Southern border will soon
be started.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1912-03-16
WHAT CONSTITUTES A SUE
scRIBER9

A court decision has lately been
rendered in Massachusetts, on what
constitutes a subscriber.
The Judge firmly believed that q
man who received the paper, although
he never subscribed for It, IL entitled
to pay. James Thompson moved,
: and William Robinson took imme.
date possession, and received and &C
cepted weekly newspaper that was
delivered to him through the mails
every week. The goodnatured editor
sent accounts frequently, but no at
tention was paid to them by Mr.. Rob
inson. Finally there was day Of
reckoning. Robinson had received
the paper for some time, he informed
the collector, but he said that he
never subscribed and declined to pay
for It. The Judge personally Ques-
toned the defendant, who said that
he read and made use Of It and was
receiving the accounts, which were
frequently enclosed in the paper.
Judgment was rendered in favor Of
the newspaper.
The Judge was severe in his criti-
cism Of people who are receiving pa
pers and do not think It worth while
to pay for what they receive and
make use Of It as an act of dishon-
esty, he said one should acquaint the
publisher and pay for what numbers
he receives.-X.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1912-03-16
LABOR NEWS.

The anthracite coal miners demands
for increased pay, recognition Of the
union, shorter working day and other
changes were unanimously rejected
by forty-seven operators. The opera
tors adjourned sine die after appoint
ing q committee to acquaint the Unit
ed Mine Workers Of America with
their decision. .
Notices of advances in wages were
posted at the textile mills in Lowell
and Salem. Mass. In the former place
10000 operatives will benefit and In
the latter LOO. The advance proba-
bly, will DO about per cent.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1912-03-16
MARCH CRISIS MAGAZINE.
Featured by Many Faets-PiiIsbury on
Fourteenth Amendment.

7
Next to the strikingly beautiful head
Of a colored girl on the cover Of the
March Crisis. the most striking feature
Of this number Is the article by the
Hon. Albert e. Pillsbury, former at
torney general Of Massachusetts,. Mr..
Pillsbury contends that under the
fourteenth amendment there is a clear
federal remedy for lynching, and he
outlines q bill calculated to meet this
national disgrace.
The latest statistics on Negro-Amer-
lean population are given. and the men
Of the month include ]. Rosamond
John, the giftsA composer; the late
Bishop Gaines and the young colored
high school student who was a recent
prize winner. The strong editorials at
tack the divine right" Of white men
to ruin colored girls without penalty
and explain what optimism" among
colored people may come to mean in
the way of pessimism. Mr.. Oswald
Garrison Willard contributes q strong
letter to southerner on lynching.
The National association announces
the pleasantest and most encouraging
piece Of news which the Crisis ever
had to recount. For some time 1t has
been apparent that If the association
was to do farreaching constructive
work, If 1t hoped to attack the larger
phases of segregation, lawlessness or
Acknowledgement, it must have a fund
at its disposal. Such a fund should be
called fund for legal redress, and its
money should be appropriated under
the direction Of the board of directors
and the associations attorney. Mr..
Julius Rosenwald Of Chicago started
this fund on Feb. 1 by a gift Of $4,000.
Shortly afterward Mr.. Samuel FEELS
Of Philadelphia augmented It by q gift
Of $500. This splendid beginning will
make 1t possible for the association
during the present year to carry on q
much greater mass Of important work
than before, always provided that 1t
increases steadily in members.
Forty-one persons joined the associa-
ton in January, 1912. paying $161 in
L. NJ. Hershaw reminds us in his
Historic Dates" Of General Grants
line message on the fifteenth amend
ment In March, 1870. in which he de-
that amendment "a meas.
ure Of grander Importance than any
other one act Of the kind from the
of our free government to
the present day"
Miss Jessie Fauset Of the Washing
ton high school and Phi Beta Kappa
graduate Of Cornell, takes charge of
the what to Read" department. An.
is made that the Easter
number will surpass all previous spe-
,ial numbers. Mr.. w. q. D. Du Bots
Ind his associated editors seem to be
meeting with unusually encouraging
guccesa.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1912-03-16
POINTS PATH OF PROGRESS.
Booker T. Warrington Has Jus
Written my Larger Education"

-
Booker T. Warrington Has just
Written my Larger Education"
Booker T. Washington, the wen.
known leader Of the movement to
make the Negro a useful citizen, has
Just written my Larger Education"
which is collection of his exper-
fences as a public man and as an
educator. It Is practically q contin-
uation of his up From Slavery" and
carries on the story.
In this volume Mr.. Washington
notes the mistakes that have been
made and points to the path of pro-
gress in the further education Of the
black race. AS the leading author.
ity on problems growing out Of the
occupation of American soil by the
Negro. all that he says is of interest.
Numerous illustrations give the book
an added value. New York: Double
day, Page & Co.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1912-03-16

N. w. Mic. 1884. 7. 9. Center Tie.
WILLIAM n. n. FRANKLIN.
Attorney and Counsellor at Law.
1920 Metropolitan Life Bldg.
Notary Public. Minneapolis, Mimi.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1912-03-16

John T. Snead, father Of John Bsal
Snead, the Amarillo (Tex.) banker
recently tried in Fort Worth for the
murder Of Captain A. q. Boyce, was
shot and killed at Georgetown, Tex,
by r. o. Hilliard, tenant, who then
committed suicide. Hilliard left a note
saying that he had killed Snead for
revenge.
Former Mayor Eugene e. Schmitz
Of San Francisco was acquitted In
Judge Lawlor's court in that city Of
the charge Of having bribed former
Supervisor Wilson in a case growing
out Of the San Francisco graft prose
cutions.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1912-03-16
NEGRO WARRANTS.

The city Of Minneapolis is fast be-
coming a shelter for Migrants. There
are men who are at times unable to
get employment, but who are willing
to earn an honest living. There are
many others, who are generally
known as idlers. They are no good
to our race, no support to the places
that tolerate them, or to themselves.
A round up Of all Migrants will bet
ter our condition. The vag Law
must be enforced.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1912-03-16
LYNcHING AND LAWLEssNEss.
Letter to the Outlook, by Kelly Miller.

Letter to the Outlook, by Kelly Miller.
Feb. "a, 1912
The recent editorial by ex-President
Roosevelt on "Lynching and Lawless-
ness" should center public attention
upon the growing evil which is gnaw-
ing at the vitals Of the Nation. AS
Mr.. Roosevelt says, when men grow
accustomed to lynching men for one
crime they speedily begin to lynch
them for other crimes" "The usual
crome," once alleged as the sole
justifiable excuse for lynching, has
now become the most unusual cause.
Just as lynching and lawlessness
cannot be confined to one cause, so
it cannot be confined to one race or
to one section Of the country. Law
lessness is a swift and sure contagion
which respects neither lines Of lat
itude nor geographical demarcation.
If slavery could have been confined
to the South, there would have been
no Republican party and no forcible
emancipation. AS the Nation could
not live half slave and half free fifty
years ago, so it cannot endure half
lawless and half lawabiding today.
The calling of a slave roll under the
shadow of Bunker Hill Monument
then was no more improbable than
the burning alive of human beings
on Boston Common is likely now.
Negroes by the thousands have
been murdered, lynched, tortured,
and burned alive with indescribable
horrors, while the unabashed perpe-
traitors laugh with ghoulish glee at
the nullity of the. law. Immunity from
punishment is high license for law
lessness. Gruesome funeral pyres
light the midnight sky with their dis
NAL glare from Texas to Coatesville.
The American people look impotently
on with a momentary shudder, only
to lapse into their accustomed mood,
in sure expectancy of another shock.
Al each horrld happening the press
INDUCES in a heated spasm of right
eous indignation, but soon grows cold
again. The outlaws are rarely
brought to trial, never to justice. The
National conscience Is becoming sore.
Is this the final expression Of our
boosted American Christian civiliza-
ton? Are the energies of the Amer
lean people so localized upon material
values that the moral sense has be-
come atrophied? The righteous en-
forcement of righteous law is the
greatest issue before the Nation to-
day. For in this is involved not only
it's justification for existence-but
also the perpetuity of its life.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1912-03-16

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their swords into plowshares, and
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ton shall not lift up sword against
nation, neither shall they learn war
any more.-Isaiah 2:iv.
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The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1912-03-16

The Colored Democratic organiza-
ton in St. Paul seems to have struck
the rock Of dissolution. Irwin We'll
born, one of the Democratic leaders
and an officer of the organization was
heard to say this week that he has
almost become" Republican and
that he is considering the matter of
taking the stump for Keller.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1912-03-16

In the onward march OF science men
have learned that the dewdrop is a
tiny ocean, that solidity of matter is
obtained by moving particles so
closely knit that the human eye seeks
space In vain. These silent forces
speak wonders Of the glowing posi-.
bilities Of man in ORGANIZED func-
ton.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1912-03-16

Kind words, pleasant smiles, pure
thoughts and charitable acts not only
help us live, but often make another's
life worth living.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1912-03-16

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sure and sign all communications
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-11-30
CHICAGO TO NEW ORLEANS
IN TWENTY-FOUR HOlJRS

Chicago, Nov. 3O.-Arrangements
have been completed by the Illinois
Central railroad for the Inauguration
tomorrow of the new fast train serv-
ice between this city and New Orleans,
which will shorten the running time
between the two cities from twenty
six to twenty-four hours. The train,
which will be known as the Panama
Limited, will consist of all-steel cars
and will leave Chicago daily at p. M,
arriving in New Orleans at p. m. the
following day,
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-11-30
(By Associated Press.)

New York, Nov. 30.-Charles H.
Hyde, former city chamberlain, CON
victed last night of bribery, spent the
night in the Tombs and this morning
declined to eat breakfast.
Hyde was found guilty of bribery
in connection with the performance of
his duty as an official The jury which
had been hearing his case in the su-
preme court rendered its verdict short
ly before midnight, after nearly three
hours and half deliberation.
Justice Goff remanded Hyde until
December 4, and the former city cham
berlain was led across the Bridge of
Sighs" to cell in the Tombs. It was
his first taste of prison life, for he
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-11-30
"POSSUM" GUILTY
OF UNLAWFUL
RETAILING
BLACK WHO ESCAPED FROM DEP.
UTY LEE GETS "HIs'N" TO
TUNE OF $500 AND 60 DAYS.

In the circuit court this morning,
the case of Marion Birge, commonly
known as "Possum,' which went to
trial Friday afternoon, was taken up
with the opening of court.
"Possum" is the man who, when ar
rested by Deputy Sheriff Lee, sue
ceeded in making his escape while
the officer was walking into town with
him by snatching the officers pistol
and knocking him over the head with
it, and afterwards hiking to the woods.
He also enjoys the distinction of be-
ing one blind tiger" keeper who was
not turned up" by the detectives, his
case having been worked up by the
deputy sheriff, who arrested him after
another negro--a plain country darkey
had said he could buy whiskey of
Possum. When the deputy saw this
thirsty dusky come out of the house
occupied by "Possum," he hailed him
and learned that he had the goods on
him, and at once told how, and from
whom, he bought the liquor.
The jury was out but little while
when they returned verdict of guilty,
and the court fixed the negro's penalty
at $500 fine and sixty days in Jail.
Toy Ferguson, an escaped negro
from the county farm, having been re-
arrested and indicted for escaping,
was arraigned this morning, plead
guilty and was sentenced to the peni-
tentiary for one year.
Grace Vaughn, previously convicted
for unlawful retailing, was sentenced
to pay fine of $4OO and costs and to
stand committed until the same is
paid.
Upon the return of the verdict in the
Marion Birge case, that jury was dis
charged for the term, all other jurors
having been allowed to go earlier in
the day. At noon court adjourned till
Monday morning.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-11-30
SENATOR WILLIAMS
Will DELIVER
LECTURES
MISSISSIPPI STATESMAN WILL
TELL COLUMBIA STUDENTS
ABOUT THos. JEFFERSON.

Jackson, Miss, Nov. 30.-Much in
terest is manifested in the announce
ment that Senator John Sharp VIII
liams will deliver a series of lectures
before the students of Columbia Uni
versity during the winter on "The In
fluence of Thomas jefferson"
During the two-year interval be-
tween his retirement from the lower
House of Congress and taking his seat
as the successor of the late Senator
H. D. Money, Senator Williams spent
almost entire time in his library en-
gagged in literary work, his principal
labor being the preparation of an an
alysis of the life of Thomas Jefferson
His series of lectures, it is stat
plan. His series of lectures, it is stat
ed, will be Immediately followed Icy
the publication of his book on the
same subject.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-11-30
CASE OF SMALLPOX
IN COUNTY
JAIL
jim HATHoRN, CONVICTED MIR
DERER, HAS HAD THE DISEASE
SEVERAL DAYS.

Jim Hathorn, convicted during the
present term of Circuit Court of the
murder of Ed. Downing and sentenced
to life Imprisonment in the peniten-
tiary, was discovered the day after his
conviction to have a well defined case
of smallpox and he is now in the hos
pital room of the county jail, being
looked after personally by Sheriff Ben
nett and attended by DR.. W.. r.
Thames. His case appears to be the
second case of smallpox in the coun-
ty Jail recently, another prisoner,
Henry White, a negro, charged with
unlawful retailing, having but recently
recovered from an attack of the same
disease.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-11-30
LUMB. TEL. COMPANY
TO IMPROVE
SERVICE
WILL START AT AN EARLY DATE
TO INSTALL COMPLETE CABLE
DISTRIBUTION IN H'RURe.

Fred F. Flint, manager of the Hat
tiesburg exchange of the Cumberland
Telephone & Telegraph Company,
states that his company will begin not
later than February 1, 1918, to install
a complete cable distribution of line
service in this city, using the twisted
pair of wire installation, insuring the
elimination of cross-outs and cutting
out the annoying trouble of electric
light induction.
The introduction of this service will
practically eliminate the danger to
employees and the public from highly
charged live wires caused by acct
dental crosses with power wires. The
contemplated improvements will cost
around $4,000.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-11-30
QNI1MAN MAYOR IS
INTERESTED
VISITOR
HON. J. p. ADAMS MARVELS AT
WONDERFUL GROWTH OF HAT
TIEs8URG IN FEW YEARS.

Hon. j. P. Adams, mayor of Quit
man, was in the city Friday, stopping
for few hours visit to his brother,
George M. Adams, on Fourth avenue,
while en- route to the Isthmus of Pan
anna to visit three of his sons who hold
important positions with the canal
commission, one of them being en-
ployed in the legal department of the
government.
1t has been eight years since Mr..
Adams was last in Hattiesburg and
he expressed amazement at the won
derful development that has taken
place in the, meantime. He expressed
the opinion that it will be but a few
years before Hattiesburg will be the
largest city in Mississippi
Referring to conditions in his own
section, he stated that the cotton crop
is almost a complete failure, on ac-
count of the boil weevil, but that all
other crops are excellent. His people
are by no means disheartened by cot
ton conditions, he said, since they re.
altze how many other things can be
counted on to take the place of the
fleecy staple as basis of agricultural
wealth.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-11-30
WILL SEE TAFT BEFORE
DECIDING ON HBURG Pm.

Hon. Pat Harrison is in the city to-
day, having come for the; purpose of
delivering an address at the Elks' me
mortal service to be held at the Audi
torium at 2 O'Clock Sunday afternoon.
He expects to leave for Washington
tomorrow night to take up his labors
as congressman. Speaking of the
matter of the postmastership of Hat
tiesburg, he said it would be much
more satisfactory to him if the matter
was not complicated by the numerous
applicants seeking the place, there
being at least fifteen worthy citizens
who intimated that they are in re-
ceptiye attitude towards the luscious
plum hanging high, but ready to fall.
Mr. Harriosn says that it is not his
purpose to do anything in this matter
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-11-30
INVESTIGATION TO DETERMINE
IF PUG HAS HIDDEN HER
Mrs. Falconet Leaves For Home, De-
clarlns, a Am Through. Would
Have Given My Life to Free Her
From Horrible Career"
tBy Associated Press.i

Chicago, Nov. 30.--LuciIe Cameron.
former white sweetheart of Jack John
son, the negro pugilist, has disappear
ed. Her mother, into whose custody
the young girl was given by the fed
eral court, returned last night to her
home in Minneapolis.
The association of the white girl
with Johnson was the cause of sever
al charges of violating the white slave
law being made against the pugilist.
She disappeared Wednesday night,
from the hotel, where she has been
living with her mother.
The department of justice win inves-
tigate to determine if Johnson or his
friends have hidden the girl, who is
wanted as a government witness.
Mrs. Falconett, her mother, said AZ
am through. l would have given my
life to free her from the horrible ca
reer upon which she started"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-11-30
MINOR CASES IN
CIRCUIT COURT

In two cases of the city of Hatties-
burg against F. M. Lyle, charged with
retailing, on which final judgment had
been taken on a previous day of the
present term of the circuit court, the
orders of judgment-final were set
aside and the bondsmen given until
the next term of the criminal court to
show cause why judgment should not
be made final.
The judgment-final taken against
the bondsmen of Marion De Loach on
previous day of this term was set
aside upon the appearance of De Loach
for trial. His trial on charge of ar
son was concluded yesterday after
noon and the jury promptly returned
verdict of not guilty.
The indictment against Gus Jones,
charged with vagrancy, was nolle
pressed on motion of the district at
torney.