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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-06-15
McAdoo Again Is
Prepared to Aid
Southern Banks
WILL ASSIST THE SOUTH IN NOV
ING ITS CROPS IF HIS AS
SISTANCE is WANTED.
(By Associated PreSS.)

Washington, June 15.-Secretary
McAdoo stands ready to again loan
move their crops if it is needed. The
scheme proved very successful last
year, according to a statement given
out from the Secretarys office today.
The Government made $260,000 inter
est on the 37,OOO,OOO it loaned in this
way last year.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-06-15
POS1OFFICE At
RICATON ROBBED
OF ABOUT $500
FORTY-YEAR-OLD NEGRO FROM
HATTIESBURG ARRESTED AND
PLEAD GUILTY.
RIFLES Big SAFE And
ALL The MONEY DRAWERS
Special to The NelCS.

Special to The NelCs.
Richton, Miss, June 15.-Harry Fer
guson, a negro about forty years old,
who says he is from HattiesbLrg, stole
about $500 from the Richton postoffce
Saturday night. The robbery was not
discovered until Sunday morning when
assistant postmaster Russell went to
the postoffice to make up the morning
mail. Ferguson was arrested this morn
ing as he was preparing to board a
train for New Orleans. All of the mis-
sissing money except about $S5 was
found on him and he admitted the
crime.
Officers of this city have been watch
ing the strange negro for several days
as a suspect in connection with the
recent Hamper & Hinton robbery at
Lumberton, but after he was taken in
custody he denied having any connec-
tion with that affair.
The negro evidently entered the
postoffice through a rear window. He
rif1ed the big safe and all the money
and stamp drawers.
At first it was believed he worked
the combination on the safe, as there
were evidences that the entrance te
the safe had been sfected in this
way, but later big dent was discov
cred IN the safe and it is believed Il
was opened by force.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-06-15
PERCY IS 1
Named DIRECTO
WILL SERVE ON REGIONAL
SERVE BOARD IN ST. LOUIS
DISTRICT.

Ex-United States Senator Leroy T
cy has been chosen as one of the
rectors of the regional reserve bai-4'
at st. Louis.
Under the new federal reserve blan
Mississippi has been divided, the north
ern portion of the state being in the
st. Louis district, and the southern
portion In the northern district.
All of the national banks in north
Mississipps endorsed Ex-senator Percy
for direetorship, and at the recent
meeting in st. Louis he was unant-
mously named a member of the board.
1t is understood that he will accept
the position rendered.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-06-15
TAKING OF CITY Will Be
NO EASY TASK FOR REBEL
Federals Hold Commanding Positions
and are Prepared for Long seige-
Mediators Continue to Discuss Sew
eraI Names for New President With
out Decision. r
(By Associated PreSs.)

Saltillo. June 15.-It was announced
at constitutionalist headquarters today
that General Villa will himself lead
the attack on Zacatecas.
The taking of Zacatecas is not going
to be an easy task for the Constitutions
lists. The federals still hold Calera,
nineteen miles north of Zacatecas, not
withstanding vigorous assault on that
position by the constitLtionalists.
Reports from Zacatecas received at
Mexico City are to the effect that the
constitutionalists lost 5000 in the fight
ing. General Barron reports that two
constitutionalist generals were killed,
one captured and executed and the
commander of a division seriously
wounded.
It is believed that these reports.
which are decidedly unfavorable to the
chances of the constitutionalists taking
the city. are the cause of General villa
himself deciding to lead the rebel
forces.
These reports could not be verified at
constitutionalist sources, however. 1t
was stated there that Zacatecas's con,
dition is unchanged and that the consti.
tutionalists are holding some unimport.
ant positions awaiting reinforcements
from Villa. -
The federals, from the hills, com,
mand all approaches to the city. A
large supply of provisions is on hand,
indicating that the federals, If cut on,
are prepared to withstand long seige
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-06-15
HARRY THAW DENIED
RELEASE ON BAIL
Also Will Not BE Allowed To Testify
In Pittsburg Case.

Washington, June 15.-Harry X.
Thaw today was denied release on
bail pending the hearing by the Su-
preme Court of his extradition from
New Hampshire to New York. The
court also denied his plea to go to
Pittsburg to testify in a case result
ing from the settlement of his fathers
estate.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-06-15
RIO7LNG STRIKERS
BURNED IA CHURCHES
(Bv Associated Press.)

Rome, Italy, June 15.-Church prop
erty suffered severely in the recent
strike riots. Reports to the Pope show
that fourteen churches were burned
and thirty-nine others damaged and
twenty-three more looted by the riot
ing strikers. Business is gradually be
ing resumed here. -,
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-06-15
WILSON SIGNS TOLLS
EXEMPTION REPEAL
No Ceremony Attends End of Hardest
Fought Victory.
(BY Associated PreSS.)

Washington, June 15.-President
Wilson today signed the Panama
Canal tolls repeal. No ceremony at
tended the affixing of his signature,
which marks the end of the hardest
fought victory the Administration has
won. The bill as signed contains the
Simmons-Norris amendment which
did not please the President.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-06-15
THE MARKETS.
(By Associated Press,

New Orleans, June Is. - Cotton
steady; sixteen to eighteen points
down.
Chicago. June 15.--Wheat closed
steady, one-quartor to five-eighths Of q
cent down.
The Washington herald., 1914-03-15
Not a Reveneeful Man

81 am not revengeful man." said
a Brooklyn real estate dealer but now
and Their | do want to get even. A
few days ago | drove out as far as Min
cola in a horse and buggy. and my
dog followed me. He's no fighter as a
dog, and il was a bad trip for him.
Every time we passed a farmhouse a
dog came rushing out to roll my canine
in tie dust and he was licked thirty
six different times before We got home.
was sorry for him and mad at the
other dogs and hrrC or four days later
got the loan Of n mastin ana made
the trip over again. There was fun
ftom the start to finish. The same
farmers dogs came bounding on the
ience 10 chew up something. and most
OF them got hold of the mastih before
they knew whether he was poodle or
an elephant. They saw their mistake
100 late. Lord but he slayed EN- right
and left He simply left a tran oil
bowling. limpins dogs from Prospect
Park TO Mineola and back. and rye
been ;old that some of ythe farmers
alonl the road have offered as high
as so for my scalp No: I'm not
reNenseful man, but ! want TO see my
dog have a fair. show in this world.
don't You know :
The Washington herald., 1914-03-15
"TECHTY" CROWD

Mister Foreman. >d.d the judge. as
the Jury trying sam Smith lor horse
stealing filed into tho court rOUm al
Rocky Bend Mister Foreman, hey ye
agred OH
Who ye caliin' Mister Foreman. inter
rupted the man addressed. with sc'.wi.
why. YOU. in course replied the
Judge. looking puzzled.
'Then don't We do ii a=iu, exclaimed
the other I'm plain Bil Perkins. an
yc know it
Wall then. Mister Perkins went on
the judge. ''hev-
''Durn il. wln " calm Mister Per-
kins' put "a the f"r'imam Of tn" iHry
again. ...Nr' Y" u, IN l" pick a lIss with
Tue. JetIs-""
why. in ,Our>,. I hain't. Bill-tn course
not. I'm jest airy IN 1" cit a; Yer var
dict. that all.
Then why don't yc H.. il in a civilized
way. an not Try {" insult feller. "
ye go caliin me mister amy more thar II
be Tow
"oh. thar's It. ch- didn't know eS-
actly what We WIZ kickin' abont. Now,
Bill Smith. foreman a. the jury. hey
yc----"
Say. Iook-a-ycrc. ledge Peters. II We
wanter git anythiu' out a INC ven quit
callin' me foreman. I'm jest plain an
respectable citizen ~ this town-,is good
as The next onc, but no bctter-an no
foreman tall
The Washington herald., 1914-03-15

"Oh. shoo." said the judge good
naturedly. Don't be so blamed tcchy,
Bill IL | wuz borrowin' chaw o. ter
hacker of We Id call ye Bill. hut VI.
Wanter remember thaTs a good deal -
dignity Gottcr bc some through with in
court. IL hain't as IL VIC WIZ in q poker
game. We know. Now. Perkins. hev
ye-"
rhar's handle To my name. Judge. 70
A handle? Oh. yaas. so thar is. Now.
Bill. hev-
Hold on thar. Jedge I've got an.
other name besides Bill. too"
Wall. hang me fur a Chineyman, but
NJ Gittin' dawE tired o. this thing"
shouted the jsdsc. losing all patience
y III the man. Now. quit your durn.,i
u"nSgRSt an spit out that Vardict IL VOC
don't wanter isit fined $40
Guilty. replied the foreman doggedIy
Wall. why didn't ye say so instead a.
hddlin' around with yer techiness? Now
Mister Smith. stand up till sentence
Who We callin' smith," the judge was
again with. -..
"Oh. jumpin' galOOts. but this thing ar
sittin' too much'' shouted the Judge. a.
he hshed up gun from his bootleg
sEd waved il thrcatcninGly. 81 now fine
Mister Bill Perkins. esquire. foreman o.
the jury. s. fur bein' trchy, an Mister
Sam Smith. the prisoner 1T the bar for
feinc 50 burned pcrtickulsr that ought
to send him up for year instead u
shown how tcnder-hcarted l am"
The Washington herald., 1914-03-15
p. d. G. INTERVIEWS
Half an Hour with the Secretary of the Treasury

As you. stand before the door of The
office Of the Secretary of the Treasur,
you behold the proudest possible proc
a government can give of It's confidenct
in the Honesty of its people.
Your chest swells. !. :.
Your hear. beats exultaptly.
Your eyes dim with tears. =.
Fastened to the door with brass stacks
are United States bonds and thousand
dollar bills, aggregating a sum of s,0co.'
600. and not soul TO guard themi One
has to 'see the fact with his left eve
closed before he can believe IT.
White i stood there with my eyes
bulging and my mouth watering, United
States Senator's and Representatives,
elected. and owned by corporations. STOP
ped to look. and yet not one Of them
made a grab. 49, -5-r.
The heads of rings that have stolen
almost ALI the water powers of the West
stood before ahat display and did not
even sigh I'm envy.
There was Uncle Rube and his wife.
who had had 10 sell a COW to get money
for the trip. but they gaZed and gazed
and neither dne of them exclaimed:
"Bys gosh, but wish We had jest one
Of thep?''- 81 Co..
When YOU get as far as the Secretary s
door you can enter. and see him or
you can tlrn away and inquire as to the
location of the nearest saloon. There is
no red tape about your reception. The
Secretary does not require your card.
and he doesn't give a cuss whether YOU
are from Bad Axe or Yaphank. He has
The Washington herald., 1914-03-15

work again. Confidence came to his
| heart as FIVE minutes slipped away ana
10 tragedy occurI He had a smooth
brick wall 10 work at and as he saw
it begin 10 whiten under his brush he
felt something OF the pride Of horn
| artist. In five minutes more he might
have made himself believe that he was
touching up a landscape in the Adiron-
cpcSs had he not made a long reach
| with his brush TO overtake a bug which
was headed for safety. The ricke.y
| chair on which he. was standing made
that an excuse for wabbling about and
breaking down, and when Mr.. Bowser
fell IL WAS. OF course. eminently proper
to take the other chair with him. Ii
was more than a whoop this time. "
WIS a yell which lifted Mrs. Bowser out
OF her chair and made the cook knock
the nose on OF a pitcher. and the crash
which followed made the sashes rattle.
When Mrs. Bowser got down cellar she
found a pail OF whitewash. two broken
chairs and whitewash brush and Mr..
Bowser all mixed up on the cement floor.
but Mr.. Bowser was not dead. The
contents Of the pail had soaped him
from head to foot, and having struck
the back of his head on the hard floor
he was dazed and ftighty. With the as
sistance of the cook he was pulled to
tho wall and propped up. and a few
shifts OF the camphor brought him out
of the fog Then Mrs. Bowser tenderly
inquired.
How did il happen. DEAR" Did the
microbes suddenly attack you?''
A long minute went by before Mr.
Bcwser could get a word Then he
slowly replied:
Woman. | understand, You sneaked
down here and kicked the chair from
under me but ! am still alive''i
Don't talk nonsense. Are you hurt?'
You can GO. woman, Go and plot and
plan another attempt at murder
But let me-
And tomorrow we will end this. Fiji
teen attempts 10 murder me in one year
ard now the end has come
MIR. Bowser. -
But he gestured with his right rand
and with his left. and kicked out with
his legs. and Mrs. BowseT and the cook
withdrew and left him alone with the
frisky germs and microbes and fell
diseases.
Half an hour later he appeared up
stairs with some of the whitewash still
clinging to him. and going to the tele-
phone he called:
Have YOU got a man that can white
wash a cellar
To he sure" was answered.
Send him up in the morning. | want
him to whitewash the cement bottom as
well as the ceiling and walls
81 see"
And I want the stairs whitewashed:'
And the kitchen floor
Yes"
And the back fence
Il see
The Washington herald., 1914-03-15

''Oh, IL that's the case then I'll rur
the risk of being fired from my job
The new rule is not to leave the cart
except in case OF life or DEATH
Well. this is it.''
rs it about Susan?'
You've hit it,
Married to Steve Holt?"
Two days ago."
But / thought it wasn't to take place
till May"
Listen to me with both ears. Abe -
she said: and she went on to tell me
what / turned into poetry and give be-
low. 1t can be read bottom side up and
in any language. Like breakfast foods,
keep dry:
"Now Susan Gregg loved Stephen Holt,
She had love for other;
And Stephen Holt loved Susan Gregg.
And 50 twas which and 'tothsr.
huskinr-bee held one night
And Steve he got kissing:
And he had btssed a dozen girls
When Susan turned up missing.
Alone and mad she started home.
And kept s-grftng maddeT:
And as she thought of Stephen Holt
She wasn't any glsdder.
She kicked the dog when she got hun.-
The cat she gave a kick;
She blew her daddy up sky-high,
She made her mother sick.
She went to bed a-thinkinr Of
That wretched Stephen Holt:
And that she would prepare for him
most gigantic Jolt.
He should rrgret that he had PLAYED
A part assinne:
Shed him in hauty tair:
Your like doth resign
shr fell asleep-she woke sEain
With brain twas clear aud keen.
Ia. wretch. wen see II this VIII Sylt-
II: turn to raris greenr
And 10 the kitchen swift She new
And in a cupboard there
She found the thing for tater buys
And for her blank despair
And did she die of pizen sreeny
And stFaight to heaven zn.
Did weeping friends her grave s,;rr,,,a I
Amidst three feet Of snoE:
Not any, an Glad TO say
fsr stephen hastened there \
Ard he did fetch Iscscher auiok
And baDish all her care.
The Washington herald., 1914-03-15
They Were Polite.

A Philadelphia detective while in Cam.
den the other day heard that farmer
living on the outskirts of that town had
been buncOed out of so in the Quaker
City the day before, and he went over
TO get a description Of the men.
But l don't want EN- ketched." said
the farmer after he had told the story.
You don't?' asked the detective in as
tonishment. Don't you want to get
your money back?
WAL, vas he rather grudgingly ad-
mitted. but I don't want them fellers
in Jail over it,
"But-but why Uut?''
Wal. becus they treated me so
burned perlite an nice. say. We Jest
orter seen how they acted, Why every
time they bumped inter me or stepped
on my cornS they begged my pardon.
''Humph.' Crunted the detective.
That's part Of their business"
''Mebbe it is. Mister" replied the
farmer. but I can't git over IT,. Their
room wuz way up In big, high build
ing. an wuz purity nigh empty, but
burned IL they didn't hunt me up a
cheer an made me take II. while they
had to stand. Then they bruug nut Il
box u cigars an' tofTi me to take one
''BEt they re thieves and robbed yuu,''
Il know. hut see how nice trey wuz
After Il hit they brang out 4 bottle.
an told me to take a swis. an himeby
they told me to take another cigar
And for that reason yuu won't make
any effort to have theqI captured. eh?''
That's about the size q il. Mister.
II they hadn't bin so burned nice 10 me
I'd had ';em jugged or busted. Say.
meow. but when I rig up to go they
told me- To take another cigar an an
other drink. an as 7 WIZ leavin' I'm
burned II they didn't tell nlr To take the
elevator. ~ course, I didn't want tn
lug that big thing home, hut il wuz
kind o. them to offer it to me jest the
same, wasn't il. b'gUshI'
The Washington herald., 1914-03-15

cles have been wrought in our favor
We are alive when we ought to have
been dead. Every day and hour for tbs
last half year We have stood face e
face with the grim monster
IL can't believe it, she gasped.
Perhaps not-not even when you
husband says il, but II is the truth
nevertheless. We have been in danger
of typhoid fever. spinal meningitis. con-
sumption. paralysis and a dozen other
fatal diseases, and all through our OWL
carelessness i can Hardly conceive how
We have escaped"
But what is it-why don't you tell
me?"
when was our cellar whitewashed
last?'' he asked in a voice hardly above
whisper.
why, about a year ago. I guess.
"OUr cellar was whitewashed for sani-
tary reasons. The idea was to kill germs
and microbes. After six months white
wash losses its strength and germs and
microbes will frisk about and actually
feed upon it, For six months then We
have had no protection from the shafts
of the fell destroyer. The malignant
germs and microbes
"rll get a colored man tomorrow.
she interrupted. though I don't think
there is any danger. There are thousands
of cellars which are never whitewashed.
There will be no need of the services
of a colored man, Mrs Bowser. I dOn't
propose to pay a man so to come here
and skim over the wall in an hour"
But you-you don't mean that you will
do il yourself2''
That's exactly what do mean. ] have
a rail of whitewash and a brush at the
back door. 1t will not only be beautiful
but inhaling the smell will do
me good. L don't propose to leave a
thousand microbes behind in some
orner''
MIR. Bowser. Please leave this job to
some one else"' she pleaded in her ten
ierest tones. III you go daubing around
The Washington herald., 1914-03-15
YOUR UNCLE 'LISHA
He Is As Right AS Pumpkin Pie

cease wondering and put in more time
in the 'tater patch.
In other days when most farmers
owned and worked yoke Of oxen IL
was generally believed that they were
useless unless profanity accompanied the
gad. Now that they are no longer to
be found II has been ascertained that had
farmers sung gospel hymns to them in
stead Of cussing their eyes they would
have been hard but cheerful workers.
Better late than never. but what would
the farmers have done to relieve their
feelings?
believe that every man is the better
for having something to struggle for. I
have been struggling for years to get a
second pair Of trousers ahead, but every
time ] have accomplished II my wife has
been quick to give the old pair away to
a. tramp. leaving me as before. Still.
have had the excitement of the struggle.
and the tramps have had the little glad
surprises.
I think that n husband. no matter how
long he has been married. nor how lou:
since the romance departed, should now
and then surprise bis wife with a bOu-
C.uet. think so. and yet every time
The Washington herald., 1914-03-15

his desk close to the door and a smile
on his face, and the moment you poke
your nose inside out goes his hand and
you hear the greeting:
Come right in, old boy, and have a
chat and a chair!'
But you may be rushed today"
Not a bit of it. I am positively
ashamed to draw down the salary do
for the little work there is. 1 was
writing some spring poetry when you
came i'm
And he handed it to me to peruse. 1t
read:
With hail and slect. oh. spring. we greet.
With the robins song;
Mid drifts Of the blow,
And blizzard comes along
It's the real thing" said as I re-
turned his effort.
Il may publish it in twelve monthly
installments when 1 am fired from this
Job. Anything the United States can do
for you?"
a have financial problem, Mr. Secre-
tary."
Hand it over and I'll do my best"
We are to suppose that when you
were young man you fell in love with
a nice girl?"
You may suppose that fell in love
The Washington herald., 1914-03-15

Said Jacob BLY,. - sleek and sIy:
she hsedeih not my pleading
land in the barn a dozen COWS
On slower hay were teeding.l
Said Mary High TO Jacob BY:
My love II is anotheT's'
HE was windmill man who had
Some six a seven brotheTsl
Said Izcnb Rly: Il never lie:
III hunt for home and perrh'
HE thought a bhff like that world go.
And she'd be his TO cherish.J
But:
said Mary High to Jacob bly,,
GO hang. YOU silly critter.''
land Jacob went and tried 10 hang.
And still he will not get her,
The Washington herald., 1914-03-15

I even with both legs broken. and she
| knew that argument would be thrown
| away In quarter Of an hour he was
| at work. and she got down the camphor
bottle. a box of ointment and a strip of
adhesive plaster and made ready for
rat might happen. Mr. BOwser felt
elated as he shifted at the whitewash
He thought he det -cted traces Of a herd
of microbes on the walls, and there was
a grin Of satisfaction in his $. ul at the
thought of swiping them out of existence
His heart being in the work, he put on
the dope with vigorous hand, and he was
just applying his tfi-d brushful when
there was a sputter and he dropped his
brush with A whoop. He had got a dose
Of the mixture In his right eye. With
that optic squinted up until il raised the
end of his nose, and the other blinking
like a blind horse, he groped his way
into the laundry and applied cold water
He hoped to get through with il without
a call from Mrs. Bowser. but the smart
was still lifting his heels OFF the floor
when she came down and observed:
Did YOU call me. Mr. Bowser?''
NO: I don't call you. and you know
didn't" he shouted in reply Its
mighty funny that you have to poke your
nose everywhere. When | want you Ill
let you know"
But didn't YOU whoopg'
III | did that was my own business
! think ! can whoop in my own cellar
If ! take a notion to. 4 microbe few
into my eye. and I'm getting it out
She left him. and after a long ten
minutes he got enough of the lime out
Of his eye to enable him to open il
again. His bald crown and face md
been thickly Spattered but he was not
discouraged. He thought it wouhi h" .,
better plan to begin overhead. and work
gently until he had gotten the hang uf
the thing. He carried two old chairs
out OF the laundry and placed them in
1"sitlon. and standing on one and plac-
inE the pail on the other he went to
The Washington herald., 1914-03-15
BOWSER, HE WHITEWASHES
And of Course He Makes First-class Job Of 1t

There was nothing in Mr.. Bowser's
demeanor during dinner to lead Mrs.
Bowser to suspect that he had any par
tlcular scheme on hand for the evening.
but scarcely had they got seated in the
family room when he CLEARED his throat
and gravely observed:
Mrs. Bowser, how many times do
YOU suppose We have faced death within
the last six months?"
why. what do you mean?" she ex-
claimed Ain alarm.
Il mean that We have been preserved
about forty times over, and that mira