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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-02-04
PRICE PAID WAS PAR
and ACCRUED INTEREST
Sale Will Make Funds Available For
Highway Commission to Proceed
With PIans-Proceeds to be Left on
Deposit With Banks Until Needed.

The Board of Supervisors at their
session this morning accepted the
joint offer of the First-National Bank
of Commerce and the Hattiesburg
Trust & Banking Company for the
100000 of good roads bonds, to be
issued for the construction of public
highways in beats one and two of For
rest county
The price offered for the bonds was
par and accrued interest, and the cost
of the printing the bonds.
The sale of these bonds will make
it possible for the highway commission
to at once get to work with their
plans for building the roads in the
two beats mentioned, at an early date.
1t is understood that in making the
bid the two banks stipulated that the
proceeds of the issue are to be left on
deposit with those banks subject to
the needs of the commission as the
work on the roads progresses.
1t will doubtless be matter of gen
eral rejoicing that all obstacles are
now removed from the way of an &C
tive movement on the part of the
commission for an early Inauguration
of their proposed work in providing
these two beats with some first class
roads.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-02-04
BREWER REPLIES TO
MONTGOMERY'S
LETTER
WILL INVESTIGATE CHARGES OF
GRAFT IF ALL PARTIES
SUBMIT TO HIS TERMS.

Jackson, Miss, Feb. 4.-Governor
Earl Brewer yesterday replied to an
open letter Of Colonel Montgomery.
In his reply the Governor states he
will investigate the charges preferred
against the trustees of the penitentiary
provided they submit to his terms.
The following is the governors
reply:
"I received your letter in which you
quote from an interview given out by
me to the press as follows:
"T have heard these reports for
some time and would have thoroughly
investigated the matter If there had
been any means provided whereby
could do So You infer from this
sentence an intimation that 1 believe
the charges. Permit me to say that I
am not given to insinuations and do
not think any fair construction of the
WOTuS eIlplOgSu ny hO "AAi NAoSO'S'
any intimation of my state of mind IN
regard to this matter.
you express surprise at my failure
to use the executive contingent fund
to investigate the charges against the
board of which you are member. 1
beg to advise you that it will require
something more than money to accom-
plish a satisfactory investigation OF
this affair. The public will not and
the penitentiary trustees and Mr..
Boyce sheuld not be satisfied with any
investigation short of demonstration
of the truth or falsity of the chargess
II the trustees and Royce & Co. will
demand thorough probing Of this
matter and agree that all books and
papers at both ends Of the line, In and
out of the state, will be submitted for
inspection of my representatives and
all parties against whom charges have
been preferred will submit themselves
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-02-04
BROUGHT SUIT FOR
$1,000 DAMAGES;
GOT $50
VERDICT IN FAVOR OF PLAINTIFF
RETURNED IN CASE OF
SMITH VS.. M. c. r. r.

The case of Robert T. Smith VS.. M.
c. railroad, in which the plaintiff,
through his attorneys, Currie & Smith,
was asking $4,000 damages from the
railroad company, because a passenger
train on defendants road passed Bre-
land station without stopping, when
the plaintiff was waiting there as a
passenger, took up the entire day in
circuit court yesterday. The case went
to the jury at about 1880 o'clock and
one hour was consumed in their delib-
erations with the result that they re-
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-02-04
Special to The Ne,os.

Special to The NeDs.
jackson, Miss, Feb. 4.-Although
they failed to bring home the sweep
stakes prize from the recent National
Corn Show in Columbia, 8. c., the corn
club boys and tomato club girls Of
Mississippi returned Monday after
noon we'll pleased with their trip and
the showing that they made.
The boys, twenty-one in number,
were in charge of G. A. Cobb, of the
A. C M. college at Starksville, who is
at the head of the boys corn club
work in this state, while Miss Susie
v. Powell, supervisor of the school i'm
provement work in Mississippi, chap
eroned five young ladies' who made
high records in tomato club work the
last year. The young ladies who went
to the big show are Miss Winnie Bal
ley of Lexington, Miss Irma Maxwell
of Brookhaven, Miss Berdie Ashley Of
Georgetown, Miss Birbe Cogdell of the
State Normal College at Hattiesburg
and Miss Julia Pitts of Hermanville.
! These young ladies' had an excellent
exhibit at Columbia that attracted q
great deal of attention. Among the
articles on display were canned corn
tomatoes, peas, jams, jellies, etc. They
conducted a demonstration in tomato
canning while the lens of a moving pic
ture camera was trained upon them
While in Columbia they attended {
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-02-04
Hollow Horn Bear Wants !.
to Attend Inauguration

Washington, Feb. 4.-Hollow Horn
Bear Of South Dakota, an Indian chief
and the original of the picture Of the
Indian on the five dollar treasury cer-
tificates, has written to the inaugural
committee, through Senator Gamble,
expressing desire to attend the inau-
guration. The chief desires to present
to the new President great peace pipe
which he declares is the highest honor
the Indians of South Dakota can con-
fer on the great white father" If
the President-elect is agreeable to the
plan, Hollow Horn Bear will bring with
him a group of Indian chiefs and the
gift will be presented with tribal cere-
mony. The pipe which Hollow Horn
Bear would present is similar to those
presented by the Indians to their own
chieftains.
For the first time in history women
will participate in the inaugural pa.
rade. These women, two hundred
strong, wearing uniforms and repre-
senting the National Peace Congress
will form section of their own.
Plans were completed by suffra
gette leaders to hold daily street meet
ings beginning tomorrow and to con
tinue through to March 3, when tht
suffragettes' parade will take place
Most Of the meetings will be held nea
the government departments with
view Of interesting government en-.
ployes in the suffragette cause. SUI
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-02-04
HAS OPENED OFFICE
To PRACTICE
DENTISTRY
DIR. v. L. IZARD, FORMERLY OF
NEW HEBRON, is LOCATED IN
THE ROSS BUILDING.

Dr. V. L. lizard, formerly of New
Hebron, Miss, having recently moved
to Hattiesburg, has taken a suite of
offices in the Ross building, where he
is equipped for the practice, of his pro-
fession of dentistry.
DR.. lizard has been practicing dem
tistry for some time and comes to
Hattiesburg for the purpose of widen
ing his field. He is pleased with Hat
tiesburg and feels confident that the
continued growth of this city offers
abundant encouragement for a prac-
titioner.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-02-04

for examination under oath, the exec
utive department will undertake the
job, provided the funds at your dis
posal are used, If necessary, to supple
ment the funds under my control.
"The investigation will be thorough
and impartial and whether it results in
wreath of laurels or a crown of
thorns for the brows of the trustees
will depend entirely upon the truth.
agree with you that an investigation
should be made and as the chief execu-
tive of the state, I will enter upon the
work with sincere hope that l can
make a report which will vindicate
the honor of the state and her official
board. Now if the penitentiary trus-
tees and Mr.. Boyce desire my depart
only to demand it and submit to my
terms. When this is done I will see to
it that the state and all parties con-
cerned shall have square deal with
out fear and without favoritism.
"The violent inunendos that I may
have inspired the newspaper articles
are entirely unsupported by facts and
submit are purely gratuitous. Per-
NIT me to impress upon you that l
have not in the past and will not in
the future resort to an indirect meth
cd to asperse the character of any
man, much less public official. With
these observations I gladly furnish
you the name of the editor of the
Clarksdale Challenge. His name is
J. T. Mayhem and he resires at Clarks-
dale. You speak of "The Recorder"
know nothing of any such paper.
"The slightest injury would have
convinced you that I would not and
could not use the Challenge as a me-
dium for the exploitation of my views
or policies"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-02-04
PAINrERs ANp DECORATORS.

Denver, Col, Feb. 4,-The annual
convention of the International Asso-
citation of Master House Painters and
Decorators assembled in Denver today
with an attendance Of several hun
dred delegates from leading cities of
the United States and Canada. The
annual reports Of President ]. w. Nor
ley of Winnipeg and the other officers
show the organization to be in flour
ishing condition. A number Of local
associations we're added to the mem
bership the past year The convention
will continue until the end Of the
week.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-02-04
FRANCE OBSERVES MARDI eRAs.

Paris, Feb. 4.--All Paris, and, in
fact, nearly all France, paused in the
customary pursuits of business today
to participate in the festivities attend
ant upon the annual celebration of
Mardi Gras. The celebration centered
in the capital, which became the OBJ
jective point for thousands of visitors
from the provinces. The pageant of
King Carnival, which was the feature
Of the day, was more than ordinarily
elaborate and attractive.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-02-04
INCREASED FINE FOR
SECOND oFFENsE

In Mayor Batson's court this morn
ing. John Wooley was up charged with
the theft of a shirt and a suit of un-
derclothes from P. c. Harper. AS this
is the second time John has been be-
fore Mr.. Batson on a similar charge
since the first of the year, in addition
to fine of S. and costs, he was given
ten days on the streets.
Sam Deere was fined 81 and cost for
leaving a team unhtched on the
streets.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-02-04
GOLF TOURNEY AT PINEHuRsT

Pinehurst, n c., Feb. 4.-Auspicious
conditions attended the opening at
the Pinehurst Country Club today of
the ninth annual st. Valentines golf
tournament. The tournament, which
will last through the remainder Of the
week, has attracted a large number
of well known players from various
sections of the country.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-02-04
No Portion of City Spared From
Attack.

No Portion OF City Spared From
Attack
London, Feb. 4.-Terrific lombard
ment of the forts around Adrianople
was begun last night by one hundred
thousand Bulgarians and Servians sur
rounding the city. Siege guns and
field guns opened the fire. Not even
the residential portion of the city was
spared.
Military men look for prolonged
defense of the besieged garrison, which
comprises many of Turkeys best reg
ular troops. Shukri Pasha, Turkish
commander defending Adrianople, one
OF the most determined officers of the
Ottoman army, has declared he will
not surrender until the last of his sol
diers have been killed.
A correspondent Of Dutch paper re-
ports Scntari surrendered to the Mon
tenegrins last night, but there is no
confirmation.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-02-04

Sofia, Feb. 4.-some quarters of
Adrlanople are In flames as a re-
suit of the bombardment by Bull
garians and ServIans, which was
renewed with even more intensity
this morning, according to advlces
from the front.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-02-04
URGE KAFFIR CORN FOR TEXAS

Fort Worth, Texas, Feb A spe-
cial demonstration train left here this
morning for a trip through the Texas
corn belt to demonstrate the posslbill-
ties of kaffir corn, This grain is be-
lieved to be especially well adapted
to the soil in the black land belt and
it's general planting is being urged up
on the growers.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-02-04

fragists of national prominence will ad-
dress the meetings.
The American Federation of Labor,
through President Gonpers, has sent
invitations to labor unions throughout
the country, urging union men to have
their women relatives take an active
part in the suffragette parade.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-02-04
PROMINENT LOUISIANA
POLITICIAN is DEAD.
(Bn AsSoctated brrss.A

Shreveport, La, Feb. Al. Ernest
Bred, aged seventy, a prominent
Louisiana politician, died today.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-02-04

Bulgaria Turns Deaf Ear to Powers.
London. Feb. 4.-The Balkan war
has been resumed. The bombardment
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-02-04
=
. THE WEATHER.

Mississippi-Generally fair to- 4
night and Wednesday; frost to- 4
night. 4
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-09

thought of it first. A moment later they
heard his voice from the top of the wooden
belfry, situated squarely above the central
part of the roof.
"Down by the bridget" he cried. "Shoot
toward the bridget"
"Fire at will, and aim low" ordered Cap
tain Pollard and hundred Krag- Jorgen-
sens belched forth fire and steel and lead.
Again and again the Americans fired,
and their rifles were aimed with admira-
BILE judgment toward the position of the
enemy.
"They're working to the right" cried the
boy on the belfry.
And the soldiers on the ground fired ac-
cordingly.
Captain Pollard then ordered his men to
advance at double quick; which they did,
loading and firing as they ran. Eager to be
in the fray, even the guard followed the
dauntless Captain.
And, seeing the Americans leave it, half
a hundred dark forms stole into the building;
and each carried an oil-soaked bundle OF
cogra or tree cotton. AS single man, they
lighted the infammable stuff, and in few
seconds the matching became roaring mass
of flames.
Stowell saw it; but his attention was
turned toward the fight. He was still crying
out to his company the direction in which
to fire, as they were not yet out of the tall
grass.
Then bullets began to sing their death
songs about the little trumpeter: the light
of the fire made him a splendid target But
he did not mind, it seemed he still cried
out to his Captain from his place of vantage
Perhaps he wanted to redeem himself. Still
it was with a glad heart that he noted that
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A CREDIT TO THE SOUTH
Continued from page 9

the insurgents were leaving off their firing
Mad, almost, with the war spirit that had
distinguished his father, he raised his bugle
and blew the call to charge.
But he stayed on the belfry too long. The
matched roof of nipa and grass had suddenly
become raging furnace of fire, and he was
cut off from retreat
Still drunk with the spirit of victory,
Stowen blew again the call to charge.
AND grand old Company L did charge;
= but back toward their little companion
on the belfry. They stopped only at the
wall of fire. At glance they saw there was
little chance to save the brave lad; but they
tried with the hearts of strong men to hope.
Then Tom McLain gave cry that his COM
rades never forgot, and leaped like a mad
man toward the flames. Captain Pollard
seized him; but was easily thrown aside.
Only the combined strength of half a dozen
succeeded in holding the crazed man. He
soon became quiet, however: he realized
that his own destruction would not save the
boy on the belfry.
The face of every man in Company L had
blanched to the colorless shade of death.
was none.
Then, standing erect as became soldier,
his slight form outlined against the farther
wall of fire, and bearing a certain majesty
lent by the nearness of the wooden cross that
surmounted the old building, Stowell raised
his bugle and blew: not the go-to-sleep song
of the army, but the reveille of the old
Southland, following it quickly with that of
the new Union.
His comrades went wild then. They were
touched to the heart. Captain Pollard, a
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AN ORDER FOR SEATS

7 GUESS I'll tell her that the house is
I sold out for next Wednesday," said the
boxoffice manager of an uptown theater
after he had read the following letter from
feminine applicant for two tickets:
"MY DEAR SIR.-Will you kindly let me
know by return mail or by telephone if you
have any good seats for next Wednesdays
matinee at your theater? By good seats do
not mean the most expensive; for l really
priced seats are often better than the poor
est of the higher priced seats.
"Then, again, l never care to pay two
dollars for the last row of two-dollar seats,
because there is so little difference between
the first row of the dollar-and- a-half seats
and the last row of the two-dollar seats that
/ had just as soon have the dollar-flfty
seats as the two-dollar seats. Of course it is
different if you get the best of the two
dollar seats 1 have had dollar seats that
were quite satisfactory; but, as l want this
time to bring with me friend who is making
me little visit, who lives in small country
town in which she never sees good play,
naturally feel that | should like to have good
seats for u.s. as it will be the only time she can
go to the play, because we have other en-
gagements for the other two evenings she is
to be in the city.
not want them too near the orchestra, be-
cause am apt to have headache if sit
too near the orchestra, and then think that
if you sit too near the orchestra you see so
much of the makeup of the players that it
takes away much of the realism. l think
you know what mean.
"And yet do not want seats too far back,
because my friend l am to bring with me has
slightly defective eyesight. Indeed, the
chief reason of her visit to the city is to have
her eyes examined, and she has already seen
an excellent oculist who is going to fit her
with glasses and thinks that with care her
eyesight will at least not get any worse than
it is. She is little far sighted and for that
reason must have seats suited to eyes of
that kind; while l am just trife near
sighted, and that is another reason why do
not wish to sit too near the stage.
"The first row in the first gallery is al
ways good place to sit, if one can get
seats in or near the center; but the last
time-no, the next to the last time-I
went to the theater we had the last seats
at the end of the first row in the first gal
lery, and they were so far around that we
could not see the players all the time on
the stage, and it was very annoying; so
please do not give me the last seats at
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-09
BY MAX MERRYMAN

either end of the first row in the first balcony
"A sister of mine has suggested that she
60 in with me and we get box for the play;
so if you will let me know how much good
box will be we may decide to get box. 1t
will depend a good deal on whether my Sis
ter can get out of an engagement she has al
ready made for next Wednesday. She is to
let me know about this very soon, possibly,
by the time l hear from you, and we may
decide to get box. 1t would be the first
time my friend ever sat in a box, and it
would therefore be a novel experience for
her.
But l should not want the top box, partly
because you are so far up you cannot hear or
see very well away up there, and then al
ways feel little dizzy away up there; and
the air is not so good as on the floor, because
you know that bad air always goes up. l
shouldn't dare sit near the railing of top
box, for fear went over; so l am quite sure
we should not want top box-and, after all, :
do not think that a box seat is any better
nor even so good as the best seat in the CEN
ter of the house, where you have the stage
right before you and can see the whole &C
ton of the play.
"Perhaps you could send me printed
diagram of the house with the best seats
still unsold marked on it.
II hope to hear at once from you in re-
gard to the matter; but if you phone be
sure and do so before ten in the morning,
because l am going downtown with my
friend to shop with her, and there will be no
one here to talk to you over the phone but
a new and green maid have who does not
speak English, and you would find it difficult
to make her understand any message you
wanted to give her for me. She is an excel
lent maid; but is very slow picking up our
language, although she is trying hard to do
SO. Please let me know at once about the
tickets.
up. S. l do not want either of the seats
to be behind post nor in the middle of
row, because if you get there little late and
the other seats in the row are taken you have
to climb over a lot of people to reach your
own seats, and some of them are sure to be
too impolite to rise. am told that they are
much more polite in many ways in theaters
in Paris than they are in New York, but
that our American theaters are away ahead
of most of the theaters in Germany; but as
I have not been in either place, l cannot say
as to this.
"If have not made it clear as to just
what seats l want, you may phone me; for
it is always easier to speak than to write
things, don't you Think"
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STATE GRANGE
FAvORS VOTE
FOR WOMEN
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way but practically no selling, and this
is the one that is going to benefit the
farmer most. but we all appreciate CO.
operative buying IS much easier than CO.
operative selling 30 it is right that we
should exert every effort to establish
cooperative. buying first, then co-opera-
tive selling win fall In line.
The grange In this State is, in our
opinion in a position to establish at once
IN each county a cooperative store, this
store TO-. carry in stock the principal
staples used on the farm and 70 be run
on q strictly cash basis. This store will
sell TO any one, but upon the preseuta-
tlon Of a grange card the holder will be
allowed an additional discount. When
we come 30 cooperative selling, we must
have cooperation between the farmer
and the consumer as web as cooperation
among the farmers themselves. Ine PER
fection Of the farmers cooperative as
sociation is going to make co-operatin
with the consumer and the elimination
Of the middle man possible.
'The establishment Of rural credit
system is one that commends itself very
highly TO the farmers Of today. and CO.
operation in this matter. among tho
farmers win give them untold benefits" !"