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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-10-16
VoPIcKA OFF FOR BUCHAREST

Chicago, ILL.,, Oct. 16.-Charles j.,
Vopicka of this city, who was recently
appointed United States minister to
the Balkan states, left today for New
York, whence he will sail for Europe
next Tuesday. He expects to reach
Bucharest. where he will be stationed,
on Nov. 1S.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-10-16
Want French Warship Sent.

Paris, Oct. 16.-The foreign office
has received from the French legation
at Mexico City, message suggesting
the sending of a warship to Mexican
waters.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-10-16
B ~>%>% = = . . . = . - . . 4
, SKILLED sEAMEN NEEDED
D TO HANDLE LIFE BOATS.
(Bp Assoctated Press,

. Washington, Oct. 16.-The need
. of skilled seamen to handle life
. boats on ocean liners and the
= volturno disaster were taken up
. when the Senate began work on I
. the seamen's servitude bill. The
. Senate is under agreement to-
. dispose of the bill by October %.
. The bill is identical with the one
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-10-16
. a q . q . . o . . = . = = .
MRS. EATON Is PLACED
ON TRIAL FOR MURDER.
(Bp Associated Press.)

. Plymouth, Mass, Oct. 16.-The
= opening statement in the trial
= of Mrs. Jennie May Eaton, e
= charged with the murder Of her
. husband, Rear Admiral Joseph
. G. Eaton, were begun today. The
. prosecution stated it expected to
. show the accused poisoned the
= admiral as the result of unbound
- ed jealousy.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-10-16
WAR is RESUMED

IN SAN DOMINGO.
San Domingo, Oct. 16.-Rebels In
Puerto Plata refuse to accept the
treaty of peace and war operations
have been resumed.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-10-16
DRY FARMING MEET
| TO ATTRACT MANY

4Alsa, Okla, Oct 16.-one hundred
+. <h1uzand visitors are expected to come
Il T4isa next week for the eighth an
! nus1 International Dry Farming Con
4 erez4 md Exposition. The goyerReFi
IS &c or more state |'I - l|
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-10-16
CONCLUDE ARGUMENTS
/ IN PIPE LINE CASES,
(By Associated PreSs.)

Washington, Oct. 16.-The argu-
ment of the cases testing the constitu-
tionality of the law placing pipe lines
under regulation of the Interstate Com
merce Commission was cQnclaaedWbe1
fora tba cunrama court toH41 #
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-10-16
The Issue Editorial.

eve, in common with many other
Mississippians, have had frequent oc-
casion of late to lament that the Gov
ernor of Mississippi was so often for
getful Of the dignity of the great Of
fee that he occupies; we have often
adjured him, almost implored him, to
renounce those newspaper gyrations,
in which he never shines to advantage,
to dismiss his very incompetent press
agent, who duplicates editorials, COM
mandatory of him, verbatim ct litera-
tum. simultaneously in the Jackson
Sunday papers, which performance
does not increase the respect for the
Governor that all good Mississippians
want to entertain.
"But our remonstrance has been all
In vain. the Governor has gone, per-
versely. on his way, until to the shame
of every self-respecting Mississippian,
we find his private and personal af-
fairs, with his grateful sanction and
approval, paraded in weekly news
paper published at Dallas, Tex, and
called the "Pitchfork."
"That whole story, shameful and
salacious as it is, for the first time, Is
dealt with in print by the Pitchfork
whose correspondent undertakes to
show that the Governor of Mississippi
was not guilty of an immoral transac
ton, which so far as we know, nobody
has accused him Of.
"Think of it! The Governor OF MIS-
sissippi seeking exculpation from al
infamy which, so far as we know, no
body has imputed to him, in a newspa
per printed in Dallas, Tex, which, al
It proclaims, delights in mast!
mess a newspaper that claims nj
place in reputable journalism, tina
caters to the lowest and basest
human tastes and passions, in its owl
proclamation of proclivity, whose rev
enues are equally derived from BLACK
mai, or prostitution- of the Gov
ernor of Mississippi running to such
source for his vindication before tn
people of his state.
"Does he not know that If such
paper as the Pitchfork enters the hom
-of any self,respecting man or woma
~ j
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-10-16
ADVANCE COPIES OF CAUsTIc AR
RAlGNMENT OF BREWER CIV
ENTo THE PRESS.
GOVERNOR BLAMED FOR
ARTICLE IN PITCHFORK
Is Charged With Running to Such a
Source for Vindication Before Peo-
pie of His State"-Will Be Constru'
ed as Bilbo's Reply to Story.

Advance copies Of an editorial which
will appear in the current number OF
The Issue, the weekly paper publish
cd at Jackson and generally looked
upon as the Jackson organ of the Bill
bo faction in Mississippi politics, furn-
ished the press, has added fuel to the
flames that were kindled by the pub
lication of the salacious and sensation
al article in the "Pitchfork," of Dallas,
Texas, charging Lieut.. Gov. Bilbo, S.
J. Taylor, Senator G. A. Hobbs, w. c.
Blount, CIR. Boyce and others with
Matching conspiracy to blacken the
name of Governor Brewer by circelat
ing story that he was accompanied
on his trip to Europe by a woman.
Lieutenant Governor Bilbo has de
MED the charge in the "Pitchfork'
article. declaring 1t is "a lie of the
deepest dye" Mayor S. ]. Taylor, o
Jackson, Senator Hobbs and CIR
Boyce have also made specific denia
of any connection with the alleged
conspiracy. The Issue editorial, whicl
attempts to place responsibility TO
the "Pitchfork" article upon Governo
Brewers shoulders, is in part as fol
lows
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-10-16

D THE WEATHER Z
. Mississippi = Cloudy tonight Z
. and Friday. Probably showers. 4
. Cooler Friday and In northwest I
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-03
their general good behavior might have

their general good behavior might have
a vacation one night each week.
There is something cheering in such a
concession. It proves that theatrical pro-
ducers are not-as some actors of the
submerged, walking class de-
elare-entirely without hearts. This gem
tieman apparently realizes that it is not
only work. but hard work, to smile and
dance and change costumes frequently
every night during the run of a produc-
tion employing chorus girls and he has
given evidence of his realization by al
lowing them an evening off, when they
are at liberty to. forget the theatre and
all its bickeringsA and behind-the-scenes
jealousies.
What if Miss Evelyn Conway. the first
to profit by the innovation, did spend
her well-earned holiday by attending the
performance of another musical play? To
the supplemented reader this may seem
the ultimate in sticking close to your
work " But il a chorus girl gets relaxa-
ton by watching other chorus girls work,
Why should the ordinary theatregoer
criticise?
The real vacation is, after all, con-
dition of mind and 1t is not to be bound
by hard and fast rules
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-03
The PotIatch Button


Birmingham potlatch carnival,
April "a and %, will bring great
throng of visitors to the city and
the committees of business men who
are looking after details promise a
brilliant show. In the two days Of
festivities home folks as well as visit
ors will find great entertainment.
Potlatch buttons are selling rapid
ly. More than half the number Of
fered already for sale have been dis
posed of and by the end of the week
not a potlatch button will be left
unsold. Every possessor of button
should wear it on the lapel of his
coat. The general committee asks that
this be done. 1t adds interest to the
potlatch campaign. The ladies are
also asked to assist the business men
in making the potlatch signal sue
cess.
Nearly all Observation-Disclosures
orders and many civic societies-have
ladies' auxiliaries. A ladies' auxiliary
for the potlatch would be in order
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-03
SERVANT PROBLEM

From the New York Telegram.
Man from India offers us solution of
the vexing servant girl problem by sug-
gesting that women be turned out into the
cold, cold world and men servants of the
Oriental type hired.
There's no question East Indians make
excellent house servants, either Moham-
medan or Hindu, the former for prefer
ence, as the Hindu not alone does pot eat
but will not handle or serve meat
We hate to tell it, but even in their ma
tive land the female of this species Is
more deadly than the male, being less re-
liable and also less honest. Then again
the men are cheaper-s4 month and pro-
viding their own food.
May be all right, but save to those who
have lived in the south and know the
house servant par excellence 1t would jar
a trifle to enter ones apartments hurriedly
and find swart man with blue-blaek hair
and /whiskers Strengthening out the bath
mat or patting down the pillow shams on
the bed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-03
OUTLOOK FOR DEMOCRACY

like Lucifer, never to hope again." An
ill-mated twain for team work. the two
of them; for one is dark t'other is fair,
and this is a game where it is each for
himself and devil take the hindmost
l cast my eye out upon the gulf yonder.
1t is as calm as summer. Inevitably the
launching Of the ship comes across the
mental vista. How sally she looks in
her dress of flagsi What cheering
throngs! Smash goes tho bottle of wine
crash" the bands of music break above
the din-hip. hip. hoorayl Overhead, the
sun shines unclouded. Outside the harbor
mouth the waves are dancing. But there
is an undertone; the voice of the pillows
saying, Let her come out to me-"
All, well-a-day, there be wrecks at
sea and wrecks on shore, and politics Is
very like the briny deep, or shall say, a
woman, an angel or a fury, according to
the feminine nature and mood with which
the ocean and the state are commonly
gendered and supposed TO be endowed?
Good luck to you lads. both OF you.
May you ride the tempest, clear the Ice
bergs, steer safe through the fogs off the
banks. But, don't go upon the bridge to-
gether Take lifeboat aboard. Take two
liferafts
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-03
POINTED PARAGRAPHS
from the Chicago News,

From the Chicago News.
Beauty either fades or rubs off,
Nature is probably too busy to turn out
handsome men.
The man who kicks himself gets back
at his best friend.
It's only a matter of time until Wnlte
lie becomes dirty.
Any mans talk makes sweeter sort
of noise after a good dinner
Some folks are so financially weak tney
are unable to stand loan.
Many a smart girl has caught nus
band by posing as man natter.
Make your words palatable when you
can. You may be forced to eat them
some day.
If young man can't tell when he Is in
love, the girl should break the news to
him.
Glory be, there is nothing to keep a
thin woman from cultivating broad out
look.
Isn't It terrible the way girl manages
to look like her own mothers sister by
the time she has been married four
years?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-03
Peace Proposals of the Powers

The peace proposals of the powers
are acceptable to Turkey, but they are
not acceptable to Montenegro or Bull
garia.
These proposals say that the Turk
ish frontier shall start at Enos and
following the course of the Martha
river shall end at Media. Bulgaria
wants the territory left to Turkey still
further reduced. She really wants
Turkey in Europe confined to Con-
stantinople and its suburbs. The
Aegean islands are to be allotted by
the powers, and Greece is to have
Crete. A commission to sit in Paris
is to name the financial charges on
the one hand, of territorial acquisi-
tions and of indemnity on the other.
An equitable settlement will, if pos
sible, be devised.
1t is very plain that the allies are
less inclined to peace than Turkey at
present is. The allies are expecting
the fall of Scutari and they may
march to Constantinople itself. All
of the allies are dissatisfied over the
practical seizure by Austria Hungary
of Albania. All in all, peace is not
exactly in sight, even if Turkey is
willing to accept the peace proposals
OF the powers. More fighting will
probably take place, and in the long
run the allies will perhaps get what
they want.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-03
STARTING RIGHT

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The great detective called to his asso-
ciates to take a closer inspection of the
Jagged hole in the wall of the looted
pawnbroker shop.
This he presently said, is intended
for ingress."
His associates remained quiet, marvel
ing at his remarkable intuition.
ut is also intended for egress." he
added. And again they marveled.
A profound silence followed The yawn-
ing hole continued to yawn.
"And what is your professional opin-
ion?'' one of the associates deferentially
asked.
The chief spoke with great firmness.
II have about reached the conclusion, "
he said,. that this tunnel was construct
ed for unlawful purposes and used un-
lawfully"
The associates continued to marvel.
And the hole continued to yawn.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-03
Removal of the Fruit Stands

The corners of the busy streets in
che downtown district have been re-
lieved Of the distractions summed up
,in the words "fruit stands" By order
of the commissioners all such places
are required to find places of business
under roof The street is no longer
their habitat. a
Not only win this order Of the COM
missioners clear away sidewalk OBJ
structioE.s, but it will put fruits and
other goods whore they can be kept
freeJ from street dust, and this will
seyye the sanitary side of the situa-
ION. :,
Al few stands remain to be removed.
They have secured a few days of de-
luy, and by April Is all corners will
81 free and clear of all unnecessary
ohetructions. The reform is good
one. making for cleaner and more
sanitary city, and it is safe to say
that the fruit stands will never re-
eain the ground they have just lost.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-03
Henry watterson, in the Louisville
Cnurier journal

Henry Watterson, in the Louisville
Courier Journal.
OWN by the sad sea waves-act-
ually under the bamboo tree-amid
~ rose gardens and orange groves,
| have been perusng Three WeelSs,ss
not the vulgar skit of that vile woman,
but the first installment of the drama
OF the Wilson administration. have read
over again the Presidents inaugural
address. I shall not say it nay; but, when
reflect how preachments more deep
sounding and far-reaching have fallen
upon closed hearts and deaf ears. I may
be forgiven If my optimism fails to an
swer its call upon my faith.
This, however, is not to discredt its
phraseology, which ranks high among es-
says of the kind, or its purpose whose pa
triotism and philanthropy admit Of no
dispute.
To take no account OF Buddha, Con-
fucius and Mahomet, the progressive
world has been now nearly 1900 years af-
fecting to believe tho teachings and pre-
tending to square itself by the example
of Jesus of Nazareth. Men have been
burned at the stake; armies have tri-
umphed and been trodden down; the SER
mon on the mount has thundered through
the ages and echoed round the universe.
Yet what real hold has Christianity, as
Christ delivered it, up human kind and
where is the Christian church, where the
Christian people, where in the conscience
and conduct of men and women the re-
ligion of Christ and Him crucified?
woodrow Wilson and William Jennings
Bryan might be lilSened to two beaming,
puoyant boys, given a dollar each to go
and see the show. They are bidden to
keep together. The money is declared for
common use Good intentions and self
confidence animate BOTH The weather is
fair, the walking easy. If they hear the
distant roar of the lions, the bowling of
the wolves and the growing of the tigers.
it is to them the rather music than warn
ing. With the bravery of youth and the
joy of possession. they reck not the dan
gers ahead They think they have, and,
as it were they have the world in sling:
woodrow Wilson, born in a manse, grew
up to pink teas and fairy tales, child
OF books and destiny. William Jennings
Bryan, likewise a professionalism. has
dwelt in peachblow vase 1000 leagues be-
yond the moon. Yet has he been In some
sort victim of circumstance, for thrice
he has fallen
From morn to noon,
From noon to dewy eve, {
A summers day
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-03

From Leslie s.
Wages Five years ago Japan and China
boasted but two small steel plants. To-
day these two plants are employing more
persons than any steel company In the
world with the exception of the United
States Steel corporation, and one-third
as many as the latter. These companies
not only supply most of the needs of
their own countries, but recently cap
tured big order for the Philippines on
which American. British and German pro-
ducers were bidding. They have the ore,
their plants are modern and for wages
they pay less for a month than our
plants pay in day! The highest grade of
workmen in a steeNnnil are the rollers.
In China, rollers are paid 81 to So a
month, compared with IS to $40 a day in
this country. The best workmen of China
receive Sc month, while for the same
work here an operator receives $780, The
same ratio of comparison obtains In the
common labor of the mills, &c to &c per
day there compared with 50 per day here.
This is the real yellow peril. Sweep away
protection and the first to suffer, and
those who will suffer most, are the work.
ingmen. Neither Europe nor America can
compete with a country which pays wages
of &c day or 81 month.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-03
NO TROUBLE TO REMEMBER

From the Chicago Tribune.
'Hellol Is that the health department.
"Yes."
'This is Snoodle-G. III. Snoodle, umpty-
seven Ringbone avenue. Say, when are
you going to send a garbage wagon
around to this neighborhood?"
TITS impossible to say, Mr.. Snoodle;
we are doing the very best we can.'
But, great Scott, 1t has been six weeks
and four days since anybody in this part
of town has even seen garbage wagon!
How do you happen to remember SO
accurately, Mr.. Snoodle?"
"That was the day, sir. as it happens
when I went on the water wagon, and
I've been fighting the durnedest thirst
YOU ever heard of every minute sincey
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-03
STILL WEAR FLANNEL NIGHTIEs

From the American Magazine
In this new story Emma hcChesney
makes the following reply to her employer
when he ventures to say, in the course
of business conversation, that women
quit wearing flannel nightgowns when
Broadway was a COW path:
Did. eh?' retorted Emma McChes-
ney. That's the New Yorker speaking.
Just because the French near-actresses
at the Winter Garden wear silk lace and
sea foam nighties in their imported bon-
doir skirts. and just because they dis
play only those frilly, beribboned hand
made affairs in the Fifth avenue shop
windows. don't you ever think that they're
a national vice. Let me tell you, there
are thousands and thousands of women
up in Minnesota and Wisconsin and
Michigan and Oregon and Alaska and
Nebraska and Dakota who are thankful
to retire every night protected by one
long, thick, serviceble flannel nightie and
one practical hot water bag. Up in those
countries retiring isn't social rite; It's
a feat of hardihood I'm keen for a line
of plain, full, roomy. old-fashioned fIan-
mel nightgowns. They'll be wearing those
things long after knickcrbockers have
been cut up for patchwork
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-03
Lhree acres is steadiIy drOpping out

three acres is steadily dropping out
of sight.
Two years ago Alabama made a
fine record in corn and last year corn
clubs made things lively in the agri-
cultural districts. The effect of the
corn club work has been far-reaching
and Alabama is almost sure to make
a new high record in corn production
this year. And now that the Ala
bama farmer has got good start as
a corn producer there will be rapid
increase in alfalfa growing.
There are few alfalfa belts in the
south and the one beginning in the
eastern part of Mississippi and ex-
tending through the central part of
Alabama is just now attracting a
great deal of attention. No better
alfalfa soil can be found anywhere
than this in the black belt of Ala
bama. A considerable tonnage of al
falfa will be shipped from this state
this year and it is reasonable to say
that within the next year or two Ala
bama will be large seller of both
corn and hay as well as cotton. There
will then be three important money
crops instead of one.
This marked progress in agriculture
may be traced to several causes,
chief among them being the United
States governments farm demon
stration work and the well organized
efforts of the agricultural department
of the Alabama Polytechnic institute
at Auburn.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-03
COMMANDS FOR LOVERS
from the st. Louis Times.

From the st. Louis Times.
Here are the commandments in tho
Heart Breakers; /. Thou shalt not sing
"The Rosary In order to make girl
sentimental. 2. Thou shalt not put thine
arm around the girl to keep her warm.
8. Thou shalt not tell the girls fortune
in order to hold her hand. 4. Thou shalt
not tell any girl about any beauty who
looks like her. 5. Thou shalt not use
baby talk except in cases where the
lady proves to be more than 30, and
any member able to prove any lady more
than 80 will be awarded the clubs medal
for bravery. 6. Thou shalt not call a
girl by another girls name. q Thou shalt
not kiss girl who is asleep. s. Thou
shalt not tell girl she is the only girl
you ever loved. 9. Thou shalt not tell
a girl what heart breaker you are
don't tell her--show her. 10. Thou shalt
not tell girl how many girls thou hast
kissed; remember. 1t is quality, not guam
tty, that counts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-03
Emb...y and Legation building.

Some years ago bill was introduced
in Congress providing for an appropria-
ton for building or purchasing house in
each foreign capital to be used as the
residence of our diplomatic representa-
tive" said an old citizen who was once
active in public affairs. 1.-THE sum pro-
posed to be appropriated was, believe
s., 900, 0o0 There was much opposition in
some quarters to such an expenditure, but
it seems now that the present Congress
will make the appropriation.
"1he idea that this government should
own an embassy and legation building in
each capital has certainly grown. Such
an appropriation as that referred to would
be most reasonable Diplomatic salaries
paid by this government are very small
compared with the salaries provided by
other nations. With residence furnished
the ambassadors and ministers plenipo-
tentiary and small increase in salary
would enable our diplomats TO live In good
style without drawing on their private In
comes We now pay our ambassadors
sl7, 500. The salary should be increased -
$25, ,0OO.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-03
HE SHOULD WORRY

Frederick Moxon in Lippincott's
Three students of philosophy sat on
top of high hill. One was a Pessimist,
one an Optimist and the third had not
declared himself
While the first two were warmly dis
cussing their opposing theories of life,
Ia sudden gust of wind simultaneously
lifted off three hats and sent them
bowling down the hill. The Pessimist
and the Optimist gave chase, but their
companion remained calmly sitting on
top Of the hill and watched the others
running after the hats Presently each
procured his own hat and the Optimist
picked up also that of the third man.
Then they painted back up the hill.
"Whew' gasped the Optmist, as he
handed over the hat to him who still
sat on top OF the hill. "I guess you're
an Optimist, too. You didn't seem to
worry any,.
ssWhy should II" was the dispassion
ate replx II knew that mine own
shall come to me- You see, I'm a Fa :
ta1ist."