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The Washington herald., 1913-02-09
A Complete List of the Awards Will
Be Published in the Next Few Days.
Rules of the Contest

Every contestant should be Familiarity
acquainted with the rules and conditions
governing the contest. They shonld be
strictly adhered to. Read them carefully
and observe them in letter and spirit.
They are as follows:
]. MerchaRts and manufacturers CO..
operating in the contest. employees OF thai
firms. members OF their families and
employees of The Washington Herald and
members Of their families are barred
from competing.
2. In case of tie votes. the article in
volved will be sold and the proceed5'
equally divided among the contestants
tying. ~-
; Contestants are requested to send
their votes to The Advocate as often as
possible. Persons may cast votes for any
Of the contestants. but those ogee sent
In cannot De transferred to tho credit OF
another person
4. Votes can be obtained only by pat
ronizing the firms and products adver-.
tised in connection with the contest ,
.. The advertisement of any retail
merchant or nsnufactured product may
be Withdrawn at any time by The Wash
ington Herald for good reason. In such
event votes will not be counted for the
firm after the date that the ADVERTISE
nent is dropped.
D. Contestants may compete only for
lne dFlfCle 10 De GWafue1 IN their TS-
spective districts.
T. Candidates are not restricted to
their districts, however. in the matter
of securing votes Votes NAV bs pro-
cured in any section OF the city andN
cast for any contestant regardless of dis
tricts.
s. The contest continues until Il o'clock
(midnighD February q, 1913.
9. The relative standing Of contestants
as well as any changes in the rules gov
erning the contest, will .ppelr in The
Washington Herald from time to time.
\ personal inspection of the awards
to be given in the Merchants and Manu-
facturers' s25.oo Contest will give you
renewed enthusiasm.
Go OUT and inspect the 5000 house and
lot at Tenth and d Streets Northeast
The four S1.25o automobiles may be seen
at the establishments from which they /
were purchased The pianos and many |
other awards are displayed at the Con-i
test Building. IA Thirteenth Street
Northwest.
The closing date for nominations -
the contest was December :, 1912 III.
The Washington herald., 1913-02-09

". T. Stuart. director of intermediate
instruction, is expected at his Office to-
morrow morning. The postponed grade
meeting viii be held next week.
The Washington herald., 1913-02-09
Only 10 More Days
In Which to Secure Votes

That valuable awards
0hsean nd urgoaLW W a il ya award
o
award, the unomes the pas f the
orraton 10 nayb e bras
IL n o a
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The Washington herald., 1913-02-09
CONTESTANTS,
These Are Days for EXTRA Endeavor

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T. b.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-02-26
2 RESIDENCES ARE
DESTROYED BY
FIRE
FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS EXCITING
TIME-cALLED FROM ONE
FIRE TO ANOTHER.

Before the destructive fire at the
corner of College and Miller streets
had been extinguished this morning,
the fire laddies were called to fight
another blaze on West Fifth street.
The first fire destroyed two large
residences belonging to julius X. Den
ham at the corner of College and Mil
Ter streets at 1O:45 o'clock, and pro,
vided the most exciting fire scene that
has occurred in Hattiesburg for
long time.
The entire fire department respond
ed to the alarm promptly, but the
flames, which started from an unknown
cause in the residence occupied by Mr..
Denham, spread so rapidly that it was
impossible to save either of the
houses.
One of the buildings was occupied
by Mr.. Denham and the other by the
families of ]. H. Mitchell and Sylves-
ter Clark. They were valued at about
$4,000, with total insurance of $3.50
The firemen made a strong and sue
cessful fight to save the residence of
w. F. Nelson, which at one time
seemed doomed, owing to it's nearness
to the Mitchell-Clark house and the
high wind that at the time famed the
flames vigorously.
While the department was engaged
at the Denham fire at 11:05 o'clock an
alarm was sent in from 120 West
Fifth street, to which two of the fire
trucks responded with the result that
the flames on the roof of the resi-
dence owned by Mrs. McSwain and
occupied by E. S. Langford were soon
extinguished.
The section of the city in which
the Denham houses were located is
thickly settled and at one time other
dwellings were threatened, notably the
two-story house opposite Mr.. Den
hams, occupied by ]. w. O'Bryant and
family.
The Nelson residence had just been
repainted and generally repaired
While but little damage to this build
! ing occurred, Mr.. Nelson sustained
some loss from the hurried removal
of his furniture.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-02-26
To Protect Texas.

Secretary Stimson today assured
Senators Culberson and Sheppard that
every possible precaution will be taken
to protect Texas border from raids
by rebels from Mexico.
The secretary said he had not in
tended to withdraw any cavalry on
Texas border
"Of course 1t must be remembered"
Stimson said, that the regular army
is extremely small and when it be-
comes necessary, as It is now, to mob
ilize a force of ten or fifteen thousand
men for the purpose of preparing an
expedition to go out of the country, it
leaves very few troops within the Uni
ted States available for patrol duty.
One has to cut his suit according to
the amount of cloth he has, and that
is the only limitation upon our efforts
to protect border"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-02-26
SCIENTIST TO give
REMEDY TO
WORLD
DR.. FRIEDMAN ARRIVES IN AMER
IcA WITH TUBERCULOSIS
REMEDY.

New York, Feb. 26.-The govern
ment recognized DR.. Friedman, the
German physician yesterday when it
sent a marine surgeon to meet the
young doctor when he arrived on the
steamer Kron Prinzessin Cecelie.
At the request of the government
surgeon, DR., Friedman, after half an
hours conference aboard the steam
ship on the trip up from quarantine
consented to turn over a quantity of
his bacilli to be tested by the govern
ment and to demonstrate the aff1cacy
of his cure before physicians of the
hospital service. He agreed to meet
laboratory expert of the government
in this city Thursday to arrange for a
demonstration which will be tried on
the patients.
DR.. Friedman, who comes to this
country at the invitation of Charles
e. Finlay, a New York banker, who
hopes the physician will be able tc
cure his son-in-law of the disease, de
clared tonight that his remedy was moi
a secret and that he purposed to make
known "to all the world" the method
by which 1t was created and the man
ner in which it was administered. II
consisted of baccilli taken from tur
tie into which tubercular baccilli from
a human being had been injected, he
explained.
'T have been working upon a cure
for four years and in the last two and
half years I have treated from 2,50C
to 5000 patients" he asserted. "How
many have absolutely cured cannot
estimate, but their number has run
into the hundreds. The remedy cures
all forms of tuberculosis except such
cases as are quite hopeless-that is
on the point of death"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-02-26
Fight IN "ROOST"
BUT were NOT
CHICKENS
MAYOR eATsoN AWARDs NUM-
Der OF FINES TO coLoRED
GENTRY,

In Mayor Batson's court this morn
ing Richard Finch was fined 81 and
cost for failing to pay privilege H.
cense. The fine was suspended upon
the payment of cost.
Lille B. Lowe and Lorana McRay
were each fined $3.50 and cost for a
scrap INDUCED in byy them in the
"roost" at the Auditorium Monday
night during the performance of "Of-
ficer &c.," In addition to the other
fines Lille B. Lowe was taxed 81 and
cost for the profanity INDUCED in by
her on that occasion.
Dan Moore, Wes Owens, Leroy Jack
son and Carter Jackson, four big.
strapping negro men, were each given
So and cost for gambling. The four
were caught red-handed by the officers
about 5 o'clock Tuesday afternoon.
Lorena Hucks was fined $3.50 and
cost upon a plea of guilty to charge oi
profanity.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-02-26
UNABATED INTEREST
IN MISSISSIPPI
SPECIAL
1000 PEOPLE HAVE VISITED CARS
AND HEARD LECTURES OF
EXPERTS.
Special to The Netos.

Special to the Net1S.
McCalls, Miss, Feb. 26.-The third
day for the Mississippi Central's Ag-
ricultural and livestock special began
at Lucien this morning. The party
was in good shape for the work, hav-
ing spent a pleasant night at Brook
haven after good meetings yesterday
at Silver Creek, Vanilla, Sontag and
two at Brookhaven. Mondays total in
attendance was above 1900, while yes
terday's went above the thousand
mark.
Unusual courtesies have been shown
the party at number of places along
the line. At Bassfield a nice luncheon
was spread by the business men, and
at Prentiss a prominent merchant
spread and served an elegant bird sup
per. Flowers have been presented and
other acts of appreciation and kind
ness shown for the work being done.
Wilson and Ferris of the lecture
force are preaching straight doctrine
all along the line and the greatest in
terest is shown, while Commissioner
Blakeslee talks at every point on per-
tinent subjects, frequently urging CO.
operation in the enforcement Of the
feed and fertilize laws and the live
stock laws. His Mississippi lecture,
illustrated by stereopticon views, al
ways attracts large and enthusiastic
crowd.
Good crowds met the train at Lucien
and McCalls this morning and the
prospect for a good days work could
not be better. Eddiceton and Monroe
will be worked in the afternoon and
the night will be spent at Meadville,
the county seat of Franklin county.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-02-26
UNCLE SAM WANTS
RADIUM HUNTERS.

Washington, D. c., Feb. 26.-Exami-
nations conducted by the civil service
commission today for "junior chem
lists in radio-activity" mark the be-
ginning of campaign that the Unit
ed States bureau of mines has under
taken to find out if that most precious
of all metals, radium, is to be found
in this country. The successful appli-
cants for the positions will be sta
toned at the branch office of the serv-
ice in Denver and will be employed to
make a systematic investigation to
determine if the Rocky Mountain re-
gion constitutes a storehouse for ra
dunn, as has been suggested as possi-
BILE by some of the geological experts.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-02-26
COMMITTEE AUTHORIZED MAKE
PREPARATIONS - ATHLETIC
FIELD BEING PUT IN SHAPE.
SPECIALIST WILL BE SECURED
Private Subscriptions to Supplement
Government $500 Fund Are Assured
Exhibits to Be Replaced in Com.
mercial Club Rooms.

A field day, to be participated in by
athletes from all the high schools of
South Mississippi, will be held in Hat
tiesburg in April. The directors of
the Commercial Club instructed Pref
II. B. Woodley, chairman of the COM
mittee, to go ahead with preparations
for the event, which will be one of the
liveliest attractions in Hatties5urg this
year.
The directors meeting was presided
over by Vice President Camp in the
eosence of President McInnis.
After the fieid day had been decid-
ed upon, Professor Bennet; made an
apDeal to the club to aid him in get
ting the athletic grounds in concition
for the high school boys to practice,
saying that in view of the proposed
field day events it was desirable to
begin active practice at once If the
boys are to be ready for participation
in the events.
Mr.. Stevens of the Hattiesburg
Traction Company offered the use of
team of mules and man for next
Friday and Saturday, and with other
help in sight the proposed improve
ments are assured.
Secretary HauensteinN Nreported that
he is assured the 5000 private subscrip.
tions needed to supplement the $500
which the county is to give, and $500
offered by the department of agricul.
ture through R. S. Wilson, state agent
| OF that department. This will enable
tno government to secure the services
of a high class specialist, who has al
ready been. located by Mr.. Wilson and
permit the putting of such a man in
the field in this county early in March
1t was borught out in this connection
that If man of experience who has
had training in government methods
is secured, his value to the county is
beyond computation. The results
shown in Madison county as referred
to by Government Demonstration
Agent Willis, who was here recently
was urged as an evidence of what a
good man whose whole time is ell
ployed can do to develop agriculture
in a county.
Several letters betwespA Secretary
Hauenstein and officials 6f 1heAN. o. &
N. E. railroad were reaj| sfing to q
restoration to the. Aclub r30IAs of the
exhibits that wsf4 taken way sons
time ago by - railroad company fol
exhibition elseH4efe MIR Singleton
agent of The N. o u N. E. railroad
assured fhe sdifeetofs that this matter
is reeeIQlns his personal attention.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-02-26
DEMAND FOR Pure
MISSISSIPPI SYRUP

Jackson, Miss. Feb. 26.-The fame
of Mississippi-made syrup has spread
to the Pacific coast.
A letter requesting a few gallon sam
pies for which the writer agrees to pay,
was received in Jackson yesterday
from G. L. Schneider of Berkeley, Cal,
by E. R. Won Seutter Mr.. Schneider
is president of the American Optical
Association, and evidently has hard
time getting syrup to his liking, and Of
good quality. Hearing of the excel
lent syrup made in Mississippi ne
writes for samples. His letter, in part,
says:
May l impose on your good nature
to have your grocer send me two or
three gallons of the best cane syrup.
am not specifying an exact amount, be
cause would like to have him make
inquiries as to the quantity that would
come for an equal freight or express
rate. In other words, 1t may be tha
five gallons will come as cheaply al
one or something of that nature. Th'
principal thing is to have him send M
the best that can be had, and If 1t /
out OF stock just now, to wait unit
he has some on hand.
st is impossible to get anythin
here except the manufactured stu
which has no semblance Of rel
| svrlp"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-02-26
ELABORATE DECORATIONS
FOR WILSON INAUGURATION

Washington, Feb. 26.-The work of
decorating the capital for the presi-
dental Inauguration is well advanced
and by Saturday night the elaborate
scheme of decoration will be carried
out in detail, making Washington a
city literally ablaze with the national
colors.
The decorative scheme centers in
the Court of Honor, located on Penn
sylvania avenue between Fifteenth and
Seventeenth streets, and which will
be occupied by the Presidents review
ing stand in front of the White House
and the observation stand for citizens
in front of Lafayette Park. The basic
color scheme is white and green, the
civic colors of Washington. and is em-
bodied throughout in the Stands and
the surroundings.
The Presidents stand is designed to
form reproduction of the portico OF
Monticello, the home of jefferson. The
colonial front of Mount Vernon, the
home of Washington, is represented
in the main front of the Lafayette
Park stand, directly opposite. Both
stands and their approaches on the
avenue have been given a setting OF
green provided by artistically arrang
ed masses Of tall pine trees of luxuri
GUS foliage.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-02-26
DRAINAGE DISTRICT WILL
RECLAIM $4,000 ACRES
Special to The Netos.

Special to The Net1S.
Sails, Miss, Feb. pa meeting of
the citizens of the county was held
here to organize a drainage district-to
reclaim the lands and prevent over
flows in this section. The section con-
tains about $4,000 acres of the most
fertile lands in Mississippi, and was
before the war a seat of wealth and
culture.
Mr.. J. F. Fontaine of Lyons, Miss,
an experienced engineer, addressed the
meeting on the subject Of drainage, its
cost and benefits. "a few years ago"
he said, "the lands of the delta were
almost worthless and went begging at
the miserable price of $50 an acre
Drainage districts were organized and
today these lands cannot be bought for
less than 800 per acre"
He also said that the lands Of the
Long Creek Valley here were as fertile
as those of the delta, and II properly
drained would grow as fine crops, yield
ing a bale of cotton, or so bushels o
corn per acre.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-02-26
LITTLE LEGISLATION
EXPECTED ON TOPIC
Claimed That Budget System viii Be
Means of Locating Responsibility
For Estimates in Keeping With
Revenue.
(BV Associated Press.l

Washington, Feb. 26. = President
Taft today sent to Congress his much
discussed budget" message. He re-
commended the adoption of a budget
system of relating proposed expendi-
lures to expected revenues and de-
clared that Congress would be greatly
benefited by having before it such a
statement before it began the annual
grind upon appropriation bills. The
United States, the President wrote,
was the only great nation in the world
which did not use the budget system
and in consequence it "may be said
to be without plan or program. He
: indicated that owing to the late day at
which he was able to transmit his mes
( sage he expected little legislation ON
the topic from the present Congress.
The President took full responsible
ity for the message upon himself Con-
gress in the last sundry civil bill di-
| rected the Secretary of the Treas
ury to submit estimates hereafter in
the old way. Mr.. Taft pointed out,
however, that he had directed the Sec
retary of the Treasury to agree with
the direction of Congress and also to
send to him information for budget
message. He referred Congress also
to the portion of the Constitution
which requires him from time to time
to recommend such measures as he
shall deem necessary and expedient.
Some of the advantages Of the bud
get system as pointed out by the Presi-
dent were:
A means of locating responsibility
for estimates in keeping with reve-
nues.
A means Of allowing Congress to
see how much gross it viii have TO
spend before it begins appropriating
for each department or detail Of gov
ernment machinery.
Because it would furnish Congress
and the public with ready reference
to reports and detailed records of ac-
count
Because it would produce an ade-
quate organization for assembling and
classifying information to be used In
telling the country what has been
done and of the governments future
needs.
; To aid in working with a well de-
fined purpose in many bureaus hith-
erto organized but directed under an
inconsistent and ill-defined program.
To cancel the nations debt, through
, sinking fund and to eliminate the
deficit which is slowly growing.
To carry out the budget plan, to re-
duce the deficit and the fixed charges
e against the government, the President
proposed
To create a sinking fund commits
l. sion to consist of the chairman of the
?, finance committee Of the Senate, the
y chairman of the House ways and
e, means committee, the Attorney Gen
r eral and the Secretary of the Treasury
Il with the comptroller of the treasury ai
d annual auditor of the sinking fund
# account. Legislation which would wip,
/ out the national debt in twenty year.
e after July 1, 1914, Congress shoul,
t, set aside As million dollars annual.
for that purpose. That would be 1
'e million dollars a year less than tn
,r present amount required by law. Tha
l Continued from Page Four.)
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-02-26
Will PROBE SHOOTING
OF "SPOTTER" COLEMAN

Meridian, Miss, Feb. 26.-The or
der issued by Circuit Judge John Il,
Buckley, sor special stss'cn of nf'
grand jury to convene today, has
aroused considerable comment9 ABOUT
the city and the probable purpose p
view.
Judge Buckley said Monday that the
grand jury was reconvened for the pur-
pose of probing thoroufhly tbe Shoot
ing Sunday night, irf2 which Robert
Coleman, "spotter," who testified dur
ing the present term, Of epurt against
blind tigers" va shot, Will McRae
was also shot throQeb the breast and
Charles Bates Wounded a the hand.
The county and city officers hold to
the theory that the, snooting was an
attempt to assassfnaf< Goleman. Dick
Johnson, negro. who. II is alleged,
did the actual shpoti1G, md 1t is al
legged, that witnesses oIain that they
saw Johnson standins on his porch
firing at Coleman and NcRae In front
of his house. JohnsoI> has heen arrest
ed on charge of asz>Ql< 18th intent
to kill and murderl <a(1sp Foster,
another negro in the party, is charged
with assault.
In some quarters il is bei|eFed that
the grand jury will also nVestigate
other matters while Id 4<s4I91
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-02-26
1000 POUNDS OF POWDER
DESTROYED zoo LIVES
Labor Department
Passed Senate;
One Battieship
(By Associated Press.)

Washington, Feb. 26.-Bill to create
department of labor with cabinet Of
ficers at its head, passed Senate today
with amendments. The measure had
previously passed the House.
The two battleship programme was
defeated today in the House sitting as
committee of the whole. An amend
emend appropriation for one battle
ship was adopted.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-02-26
HAT7IESBURG and
LAURfL WON'T PLAY

The proposition from Laurel to COM
bine with Hattiesburg in providing
baseball for the two towns by the or
ganization of team in each place did
not meet with sufficient encourage
ment in Hattiesburg to warrant a con-
tinuation of the negotiations taken up
by the Laurel fans with Secretary
Hauenstein of the Hattiesburg Com
mercial Club. After sounding those
most likely to support such propo-
sition, Mr.. Hauenstein phoned the
Laurel people the matter was not ia
vorably considered here.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-02-26
PEOPLE HAD GATHERED
TO WITNESS Big BLAST
Engineers Were Attempting To Per-
form Tremendous Feat of Road
Building When The Catastrophe
Occurred.
(By Associated Press.)

Gijon, Spain, Feb. 26.-Upwards Of
two hundred people were killed or
wounded by an i'll timed explosion of
charge of seven thousand pounds of
powder, which had been laid yesterday
by government engineers with the OBJ
ject of razing enormous block of rock
preparatory to cutting a roadway.
The people had gathered to witness
the demolition of the hill.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-02-26
GEO. W. PERKINS TO SPEAK.

Elgin. ILL.,, Feb. 26.-Preparations
are complete fer the reception and en-
tertainment of host o. visitors ex-
pected here tomorrow Tor the annual
state convention of the Y. M. G. A.
The big feature of the convention will
be banquet Friday evening. at which
George w. Perkins, the New York
f,nancier. will be the principal speak
er.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-02-26

Washington, Feb. 26.-With outlook
that armed oposition to new pro-
visional government in Mexico has
been reduced to a few small threat
ened uprisings by followers of the
late President Madero, it is the opin-
ion of the administration officials
here that chances for use of military
arm to protect American interests
have great diminished.
Concentration of troops at Calves
ton will continue, but it is admitted
the purpose now is principally to test
working of new system of army re.
organization.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-02-26
BULLETIN.

Douglas, Ariz., Feb. 26.-An at
tempt to dlsarm former Madero
volunteers at Aqua Prieta early
today resulted in sharp skirmish.
Most of the volunteers escaped to
this side, leaving their arms.
Quiet has been restored.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-02-26
eRoNNA-sTUTz WEDDING.

Washington, Feb. 26.-Congression-
al society was interested today in the
wedding of Miss Marguerite Katherine
Stutz, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Stutz
of this city, and James D. Gronna. son
of Senator and Mrs. A. J. Gronna OF
North Dakota.