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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-04-09

ing the anniversary exercises will
close with a public reception at the
Metropolitan Opera House, at which
addresses will be delivered by dis
tinguished Catholic educators. The
college was founded in 1863, when the
late Archbishop Wood, in conjunction
with a committee of the Christian
Brothers and others obtained from the
state charter incorporating the insti-
tuition.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-04-09
TO HEAR RATE CASES.

Taxarkana, Tex, April 9.-Great in
terest is being manifested here in the
sessions tomorrow of the Interstate
Commerce Commission when the Tex
arkana-Shreveport rate cases are to be
heard. Texarkana claims that Shreve-
port should not be entitled to water
competition rates as there no longer
is any traffic on the Red River. The
principle involved is interesting to
many other places as evidenced by the
number of letters received by the
Chamber of Commerce from other
states inquiring into the details of the
case.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-04-09
Heauy Rams Giue Flood
Situation Craze ASPECT

rate. In Memphis the flooded area
resulting from backwater, was largely
increased by the heavy rains last
night. The city gas plant will proba-
bly, be compelled to shut down before
night, seriously inconveniencing thou
sands of families dependent wholly
on gas for fuel and light. Refugees
continue to reach the city from flood
ed districts of Arkansas. All able
bodied men are turned over to the
United States engineers for work on
the levees across the river.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-04-09
COMPANIES fight
over LITTLE
WIRE
Mr.. BAILEY TESTIFIED THAT pos
tai WIRES WERE CUT IN
1888 PLACES.
POSTAL SEEKS TO ENTER H'BURG
Postal Telegraph And Home Telephone
Companies Cooperate Against The
western Union and Cumberland
Telephone G. Telegraph Co.

The suit of Gulf & Ship Island Rail-
road VS.. Mississippi Home Telephone
company and Postal Telegraph COM
pany, which came up before Judge j.
Morgan Stevens Tuesday afternoon on
the hearing of a motion by defen-
dants to dissolve the temporary in
junction granted by Judge Barrett, in
January, is still being heard, with
the prospect of consuming the remain
der of today.
Tuesday afternoon was devoted to
the examination of J. R. Bailey, for
mer general manager of the Missis-
sippi Home Telephone company, and
W. G. Lloyd, of Atlanta, Ca, division
superintendent of the Postal Tele-
graph company. Mr.. Bailey was the
officer who made the contract with
the telegraph company on which that
company relied when it undertook to
string a wire on the telephone poles
from Jackson to Hattiesburg. After
the service of the injunction and the
cutting of the wire by the G. & S. l.
r. r. Co. he went over the line and
counted the number of cuts, which he
found were 1888 in number, and that
this cutting was done not only on
poles standing on the right of way of
the railroad, but also in a number of
places where the poles were not on
that right of way. He also testified
that the poles of the telephone CON-
pany in many places had been thrown
out Of line and phantom" circuits
had been created as result of the
cutting of the wires, thereby disturb
ing the service of the telephone COM
pany.
w. G. Lloyd testified that his COM
pany had long had a desire to get into
Hattiesburg with a line, in response to
frequent requests they had received
from the business men of this city;
that when they found they could get
into Hattiesburg over the poles of the
Mississippi Home Telephone company
they promptly took advantage of the
opportunity and strung wire from
Jackson to Hattiesburg; that they
had rented an office for year and
had an office manager in Hattiesburg
ready to begin work the moment the
wires were connected up, when their
business was stopped by injunction
and their wire was cut down by the
railroad company, after that company
had invoked the mandate of the courts.
When Gen. Flowers announced that
this case had reached the point where
the interest of the public had become
involved, Mr.. Lloyd was asked several
questions as to the matter of tele-
graph competition. In answer to the
question of complainant's counsel if
it is not true that there is a general
understanding and mutual working
agreement between the Postal Tele-
graph company and the Mississippi
Home Telephone company? Mr.. Lloyd
said: "It is the policy of the Postal
Telegraph company to cooperate with
all the independent telephone COM
panies as against the Western Union
and the Cumberland Telephone COM
panies." >,
Answering a question as to other
experiences of the Postal Telegraph
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-04-09
government WILL
NOT INTERFERE
WITH LAW
CALIFORNIA WOULD PROHIBIT
ALIENS FROM OWNING LAND
M OR PROPERTY.
+. ASSOCIATED Press.)

WaAhlngton April g. President
Wilson letit be known today that the
Federal gesernment would not inter-
fepewith Tending legislation in Cali
fornia BY which aliens who have not
declared their intentions of becoming
naturalized citizens are prohibited from
owning land or property. He communi-
Gated this decision informally to Rep
reseht, .tge Baker
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-04-09
B. F. MAXWELL OUT
ON $1,000 BOND

B. F. Maxwell, who was held for an
attack upon J. G. Green a few days
ago, was admitted to bail in the sum OF
$2,5OQ yesterday at noon by Chancellor
I. Morgan Stevens, which was prompt
ly given and Maxwell was released.
In presenting the petition the testt
mony of DIR. C. C. Hightower, support
ed by the statement of DR.. C. w. Buf
kin, that Green had been examined by
the two physicians as late as Tues
day morning and the opinion was, that
Green is nc, longer in danger Of death
from the wounds inflicted by Maxwell.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-04-09
King NICHOLkS to
ABDICAYE ThNONE
UNION WITH sERVlA PLANNED If
FORCE is USED BY EUROPEAN
POWERS.
(Bv Associated Prcss.j

London, April9.-King Nicholas of
Montenegro has definitely arranged his
plans to abdicate the throne If force is
employed by the European powers
against his little kingdom.
An arrangement with Servia provides
that King Nicholas shall abdicate and
his family quit his country.
Montenegro will then effect a union
with Servia while King Nicholas and
his family will reserve the right of
succession to serve ON the Montenegrin
throne.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-04-09
PROF. THAMES OFFERED
COLLEGE presidency

Prof. w. l. Thames has today been
advised of his election as president of
Burleson College, Baptist institution
at Greenville, Texas, but has not yet
decided to accept the position. 1t
would be distinct loss to the Missis.
sippi Normal College for Mr.. Thames
to leave. He has long been engaged
in educational work in South Missis-
sippi, and is perhaps as well and fav.
orably known in this section as any
educator in the state.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-04-09
TO OIL STREETS OF
CITY OF JACKSON

Special TO The Ne10S.
Jackson, Miss, April 9.-At a meet
ing late yesterday afternoon the city
commissioners accepted the bid of the
Texas Oil company to furnish the city
between and 10 car loads of refined
road oil at 1-2 cents a gallon.
The company agreed to allow the
city to use its oil sprinkling wagons
free of charge. The oil will begin to
arrive in short while, and will at
once be put down on a number of
streets in Jackson.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-04-09
(By Associated Pre8S.)

Memphis, Tenn, April A.-Rains
throughout the Mississippi basin, espe-
cially heavy in the upper portion of
the valley today, gave graver aspect
to the flood situation. At Hickman
the Situation is reported to be unus-
ually serious.
The Reelfoot levee has developed
several bad spots. A break at Graves
Bayou, south of Memphis, is reported
to be about 1000 feet wide today, with
water pouring through at a terrific
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-04-09
Bulletin.

London, April 9.-Central news dis
patch from Rome said that the Pope
suffered from a fainting fit lasting
two hours this afternoon and that it
was rumored that the Pontiff was in
extreme danger Prof. Marchiafaya
continued to assert that the Pope was
no worse and that there was no
grounds for anxiety.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-04-09
|REl.M MILAN CALLED
/ f0 FATHERS FUNERAL

MI{ev d N. McMillin returned this
Torning from Falkner, Tippah coun-
u. where he was called last Saturday
~ the Death of his father, Mr.. ]. j.
McMiIiln, who passed away on Sat
urday At the age of 81 years.
MT. MeMillin had lived on the farm
where he died since 1S45. He was a
Civil war veteran. and though the war
left him Shipped of all his accumula-
tions, he took up life's battles with
energy AHa soon had a competency
which he mgntained to the end of life.
When death called him he owed no
man anything but love.
The Rev. ar McMillin's many
friends here and throughout the state
sympathizs with kim in his sorrow.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-04-09

McREYNoLDs DlsAPPRovEs Z
DISSOLUTION PLAN. Z
(BV Associated Press.l

. Washington, April 9.-Attor- 4
. ney-General McReynolds today
. disapproved of the new plan for
. the dissolution of the Union Pa 4
= cific-Southern Pacific merger re-
. Gently submitted to him by Robert Z
= S. Lovett, chairman of the Union Z
= Pacific road The plan neverthe- Z
. less will be subniitteaR b. the =
. Union Pacific to the United Z
. States court at ST. Leuls Mr.. =
. Lovett said =
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-04-09
THE MARKETS.
(By Associated Press.)

New Orleans, April 9.-Cotton s to
9 points up.
Chicago, April 9.-Wheat steady,
shade to three-eighths cents lower.
Provisions ten cents lower to five
cents higher.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-04-09
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, WANT OUsKY OFFICIAL
, FIRED BY PRESIDENT.
by Associated Press J

. Washington, April 9.-Repre- =
= sentative Wilson Of Florida, urged =
= the President today to remove Z
= from the office of Collector of 4
= Internal Revenue in Florida 4
= Joseph Lee, negro republican 4
. leader. The President took the 4
= matter under consideration. 4
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-04-09
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The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1913-05-08

A fling at The HERALD because
Of a reference to unfair tactics re-
sorted to by opponents to county
division appears in the last issue
of the DeSoto County News. OF
course it was to be expected, but
the ''fiing" does not prove the fall
sity of the statements with refer
ence to the tactics adopted. Our
information came from a source
about as reliable as any soerce
from which our contemporary
may get information. And if the
News has seen fit to stoop to the mire
in espousing the anti-division cause,
as is to be inferred from the analogy
drawn in its reference to The
HERALD, it does not follow that it
can pull the advocates of division
down to the same level.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1913-05-08

The proposition to divide Flori-
da into two states is taking prac-
teal shape in the legislature, IN
which there is a large sentiment in
favor of it. The chief question
seems to be what steps or pro-
cesses to adopt for the accomplish
ment of the object. The proposed
division would certainly be to the
advantage of all sections of the
State. This writer was The first to
breach the scheme, which he did
in 1888, and his advocacy of it
caused Col. Thomas w. Harris to
start a newspaper in Ocala for the
express purpose of promoting the
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1913-05-08
Essential TO Success

Advertising will do much to
help any merchan; successfully
combat the mail order house and
keep trade at home. Business
men should constantly keep attrac-
tive advertisements in the local pa
per-let the people know of their
desire to have their patronage and
that they can get at home the same
in goods, quality, service, etc.,
that they can get elsewhere.
Every retailer should keep his
name and business always before
the consuming public and the best
way to do this is through tie
columns of the newspaper.
Advertising made the mail-or.
der houses and it is just as essen
tial to the success of any other
business. The merchant who does
not advertise is overlooking an
important factor in the success of
any enterprise.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1913-05-08
Resi- Medicine for Colds

When druggist recommends s.
remedy for colds. throat and lung
troubles, you can feel sure that he
knows what he is talking about. G,
Lower, Druggist, of Marion, Ohio.
writes Of DIR. Kings New Discovery !:
II know DIR. Kings New Discovery
is the best throat and lung medicine
/ sell. 1t cured my wife Of a severe
bronchial cold after all other RENEE
dies failed" 1t will do the same
for you it you are suffering with a
cold or any bronchial, throat or lung
cough. Keep bottle on hand all
the time for every one in the family
to use. 1t is home doctor. Price
SOC and $l.0G. Guaranteed by all
druggists.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1913-05-08
Currency Legislation

In matters of national legisla-
ton, the tariff is considered the
most important; but next in i'm
portance is the currency, which is
now under consideration by the
banking and currency committees
of the house and senate. The
members of these committees have
about completed bill which meets
the approval of President Wilson
and will likely become a. law be-
fore the present session of congress
adjourns.
The main feature of the bill will
be a provision lnsuring the elastic
ity of the currency, so that when
we are moving our ten billion dol
lar crops from field to market
it will not be such a drain on the
finances of the country as to seri-
ously affect the prosperity of other
branches of industry or to threat
en- q panic as they sometimes do.
Our present laws relating to f.
nance are exceedingly antiquated
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1913-05-08
THURSDAY, MAY s, 1918
Newspapers Discounted

A large majority of the newspa
pers of Florida advocated th,
proposition to permit Col. S. |
Wales to sue the state for thu
commission claimed by him fol
the collection of the Indian wal
Claims. This advocacy began six
or eight months before the assem-.
billing Of the legislature and was
persistent and vigorous.
The house OF representatives
Vast week rejected the proposition
by vote of fifty-four to seven.
Most of the favorable votes were
cast by newspaper men.
This makes several times that
the newspapers have been turned
down. The first notable instance
was when Henry E. Day ran for
railroad commissioner. Nearly
all the newspapers advocated him,
yet, he was beaten by vote of
four to one throughout the state.
Col. Rnbt. w. Davis, for govern
or, and Hon. Jas. P. Taliaferro,
E. for denomination for United
States senator. though supported
by q majority of the newspapers,
were defeated. Other similar in.
stances might be cited, but the
foregoing are enough to show thai
neither the people nor the legisla.
ture can be successfully influenced
by the press.
Now, why is thiss AT least
nine-tenths, if not all of our Flori
da newspaper men are honorable
patriotic men, who conduct theil
papers editorially for what they
conscientiously believe to be tn,
best interests of the state. Indeed
we do not believe that there is 1
corrupt man among them. Now
why should they be disbelleved
and discredited by the very PEG
pie who should know them bes
and know, too, that they are mer
of probity and of upright and pa
triotlc motives9
1t is, we think, because Claude
L'Engle and other political ex,
tremists of his type began years
ago persistent and systematic
effort to destroy the confidence
which the people had in the press.
They charged that o majority OF
the editors were corrupt, that they
could be bribed and were indeed
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1913-05-08

bribed to advocate propositions,
policies and candidates for Office
against the known interests of the
people. The constant re-iteration
of these charges, especially when
circumstances seemed to give them
some color of truth, has had the
desired effect and we are now see
ing the results. L'Engle was
elected to congress because he had
previously and designedly con-
vinced many people that the news
papers opposing him were paid to
do SO by the so-called Interests, !"
meaning the enemies of the peo-
pie.
When Day ran for railroad
commissioner, it was well known
that he was a practical railroad
man, and it was for that very rea-
SON that the newspapers advocated
him, because they believed that
at least one experienced railroad
man should be on the commission,
but they were charged with being
corrupted by the railroads and
enough people believed the charge
to defeat Day.
But we cannot clearly under
stand why the newspapers were
discounted in this matter of Col.
Wales and his claim, for it should
be known that Col. WALES is a
poor man and financially unable to
bride a dozen newspapers, even if
there were that many in the state
that could be bribed. 1t is pos
sible that some one with political
or other designs may have whis-
pered it in Tallahassee that the
singular unanimity of the newspa-
pers in behalf of Col. Wales in
Dictated the existenceof an organic
ed and systematic effort to create
such a strong sentiment in his ia
vor that the legislature would not
dare resist it and that the newspa-
pers most active and energetic in
his behalf would be rewarded in
case Col. Wales were allowed to
sue the state and won his suit.
There are people mean enough to
make such an insinuation and plen-
ty moro innocent enough to be-
lieve it to be founded in truth. If
he fifty-four members of the
house who voted against the
Wales proposition wereinfuenced
% do so by suspicion that the
newspapers had been offered con-
litional bride by Col. Wales,
hey ought to have the courage to
ay SO.
For our part, we are sure that
he newspapers were actuated by
hat lofty sense of justice with
which they are always inspired
md that the members of the house
we're convinced that Col. WALES
lad no just claim against the
state.
But the fact remains that the
newspapers, both the progresslves
md the reactionaries, have been
rebuffed and we are glad that this
paper, when the discussion was on,
took to the woods.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1913-05-08

Dizziness, vertigo, (blind staggers)
sallow complexion, fiatulence are
symptoms of a torpid liver. No ole
can feel well while the liver is in
active. Herbine is powerful liver
stimulant. A dose or two will cause
all bilious symptoms to disappear.
Try It.. Price 50c, Sold by all drug
VistS.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1913-05-08

and very inelastic. There should
never be any shortage of money
with which to carry on the bust
ness of the country and to further
new enterprises.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1913-12-05
Making Good At Land Show.

Jackson, Miss, Nov. 27.-From
reports from Chicago, it seems as if
the Mississippi display at the Land
Show now being held in the Coli
scum building in that city is attract
ing considerable interest. Secretary
j. B. Lusk, of the Jackson Board of
Trade, in charge of the exhibit
jointly with Commissioner BIakeslee
Of the Department of Agriculture
and Commerce, in letter to Ray
mond H. Smith, chairman of the
publicity committee of the Board Of
Trade, writes that they secured one
of the best positions in the building.
The typical and distinctive farm
exhibit, together with Mr.. Blakes=
lees stereopticon lectures, are fea-
lures of the big show, and not only
Mississippi, but the South generally,
are getting some effective adver-
Using.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1913-12-05
Peculiar Belief.

Two centuries have passed since
the Scottish Judge Lord Monboddo
was born. In his Origin and Pro-
gress of Language" he argued that
human beings should be studied like
other animals; but this doctrine
seemed to the contemporaries of DIR.
Johnson so ridiculous that the wags
based many jest upon it. His be-
lief that men got rid of their tails by
sitting upon them would not scarcely
raise smile among anthropologists.
Among his more startling PROPOSE
tons was the earnestly maintained
one that the ourang-outang was a
class of the human species, and that
its want Of speech was merely ac-
cidental. F"
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1913-12-05
The Invention of Paper.

All the world knows that the Arabs
transmitted from India to Europe,
through Arabia, the figures VIII
which we do our sums, but 1t is not
generally known that we also have
them to thank for paper. At various
times the scholars OF different coun-
tries have tried definitely to deter
mine the real discovery Of paper in
the eleventh century. 1t is to paper
that we owe the renaissance Of letters.
From time immemorial something
answering modern paper was used 10
China, where IL was manufactured
from silk. About the middle Of the
seventh century of our era there seems
to have been established 10 Arabia a
manufactory Of paper, and fifty years
later the way was discovered to make
IL from cotton instead OF from silk,
silk being rare commodity outside
OF China at that time and cotton rel
atively plentiful. In the reign Of
Henry | | OF France a Greek scholar
was sent to Paris To arrange system
atically catalogue Of antique manu-
scripts in the royal library, and no
tation in his hand speaks Of what was
then known as paper" as originating
in Damascus -Ilarper's Weekly.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1913-12-05
Romance Ends In Marriage.

A pretty romance, extending over
a period of twelve years, resulted in
the marriage of Mr.. Edgar Buntin
and Mrs. Freeman at StarkviIle,
Miss. Sunday night. The cere-
mony was performed by the Rev. j.
A. Ellis, a life-long friend of both.
Mrs. Freeman was formerly Miss
Lillian Jones, and Mr.. Buntin was
her girlhood sweetheart. They be-
came engaged and because Of a low
ers' quarrel the engagement was
broken. Mr.. Buntin courted and
married another young woman and
Miss Jones responded by marrying
a Mr.. Freeman.
In October, by strange colnci-
dence, Mr.. Buntn's wife and Mrs.
Freemans husband died within a
few days of each other. After this
a reconciliation took place between
the old sW eethearts and resulted in
Their marriage.
Mr.. Buntin is contractor and is
very popular in his section, and
Mrs. Buntin is esteemed for her ex.
cellent and kindly disposition,