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The Tupelo journal., 1914-11-20
Hadn't Seen Them.

A correspondent from Cheshire,
England, says: Il came upon a small
boy not long ago who was moodily
fishing with an improcised rod n
hook in the muddy waters of the
canal. | cannot but believe that he
will make a great fisherman some
day, for he seemed to have the dogged
perseverance necessary for the craft.
But he was clearly far from happy. lie
paid no attention to me at all but
mournfully pursued the matter in
hand. What are you doing@ I asked
him at last, Fishing for sings? /
don't know he replied, drearily, I've
never caught any yet"
The Tupelo journal., 1914-11-20
Pythaaoras Didn't Know.

Everybody has puzzled over the I'M
preston that what he is doing or see
ing or hearing he has done or seen or
heard before. Professor Bergson, in
a lecture in Edinburgh, explained the
phenomenon. 1t is due to psychas-
thenia, and answers to the name of
paramnesia. What happens is that
ian insuficiency of psychical impetus
causes our attention continually to
nag and revive again. so that we con-
tinually feel ourselves simultaneously
in the past and in the present In mem
CRY and in perception"
The Tupelo journal., 1914-11-20
WALT WHITMAN'S OTHER SIDE
Marked Conservatism in Writ
ings and Actions.

With all of his radicalism, Walt
Whitman was ofttimes conservative,
wrote Thomas b. Harmed in Case and
comment. This was because of his
profound sense of justice. When the
great Emperor William of Germany
died, Whitman wrote a poem called
1.-THE Dead Emperor" which gave
much offense to many of his radical
friends, who could not see why a mon
arch should be called "a good old man
"a faithful shepherd"
He had a great admiration for Queen
Victoria. He said hat u people
should be e~ternally grateful for Vic
.storia's sympathy for the union during
the Civil war. Il, for one" he said,
i"feel strongly grateful to Victoria for
sthe good outcome of that struggle
the war horrors and finally the pres
,ervation of our nationality"
He said words in defense of Presi-
dent Cleveland when there was critf
cism because he sent a present to the
pope at the time of his jubilee.
1 cite these cases to prove that Whit
man believed in government, in law,
in the acceptance Of present conditions
until we could better them. remem
Der in the year 1887 Sidney Morse, a
sculptor from Boston, spent many days
with Whitman in Camden making a
bust of him. Morse had anarchistic
tendencies. The day the Chicago an
archists were hanged he vas very de-
spondent. Whitman said to him: 1T
won't do, Sidney; we must have po-
licemen, law, order and such things
until the human critter can get along
without them, and that is a long way
off. We can't throw bombs, and kill
people, even if they are policemen
lMorse's sadness was increased be-
u he failed to get any sympathy
from Whitman.
The Tupelo journal., 1914-11-20
Names of Nations.

The names of the great nations set
many puzzles to the philologist. There
is no doubt that France is the coun-
try of the Franks, the free men, or
that Austria is the eastern empire.
But one would not so easily guess that
Russians means rowers or seafarers
word of Swedish origin commem-
Grating the Scandinavian vikings.
The Britons have been supposed to
take their name from a word signify
ing ~variegated, in allusion to their
staining their skins with woad. Most
puzzling of all is Germans" which is
not the Latin "germanus." own broth
er, but of Celtic origin, and has been
v~ariously interpreted as meaning the
people" or the shouters."
The Tupelo journal., 1914-11-20
Whales DYING Out.

Tho whales, including blue rorquals
eighty feet long. are the giants of the
modern world, but Ed Perrier Of the
Paris Natural History museum points
out that several species will soon be
lost. At least thirty companies of
Norway are seeking whales on the Az
rican coasts, and the danger from Eng
fish hunters is as great. The Paris
academy has passed resolutions urg-
ing French and international protec-
ton.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1914-07-02
Manager KuykendaIl OF
Princess Makes Contract
for Local Scenes.
FILM 70 Be 1000 FEET
Views Will be Shown Here and
In Other Cities-Wili Be
Sent TO Exposition.

A contract has been signed by
Manager + L. Kuykendall Of
the Princess theatre with the
New York Film Corporation to
have pictures made Of a number
Of views in Columbus. Mr..
KuskeLdall has contracted for
l.500 feet of film. and besides
being shown several days at the
Princess the pictures will be ex.
hibited in cities throughout the
country. Some of the scenes
will be sent to the Panama ex-
position and will be a feature Of
the Mississippi display there.
Among the views to be taken
will be scenes of the Industrial
Institute and College, the fire
department. and a number Of
photographs of Military road.
besides the pictures of the lead
ing business houses here.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1914-07-02
Capt. F. W. Flood.

The Commercial is panied that
it has no hopeful account to give
of this venerable gentleman ::and
friend.
It is interesting to hear old
confederates tell of Capt. Floods
capture Of a gunboat on the
Tennessee river during the war.
His company was a part of Col.
Wade's regiment of cavalry. but
the capture was made during
Wade's absence from his COM
mand.
Dinner had just been placed
on the boats table-the confed-
crates made the federals stand
aside, while they ate the dinner.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1914-07-02

During the past week three
casks of beer were stolen from q
freight train in the local yards Of
the M. and 0. railroad. Special
Detective Kyle and Constable ].
T. Robinson located two barrels
in a ditch in east Columbus, and
on Tuesday evening Mr.. Robert
son. who was on watch. arrested
three negroes, Odis Fran ks, Dave
Brown and Phil Robertson, when
they made an effort TO remove
the beer.
They will probably be tried to-
day for petit larceny. Officers
are still at work on the case and
may bring a charge of burglary
against the three.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1914-07-02

DECISION WIS UNANIMOUS
May Have Delegated too Much
Power 10 Dsisultsr but Did
Not Implieate Self

Jackson. Miss. June %. The
supreme court this morning re.
versed the verdict ef the jury in
the Kinds county circuit cour,
finding Col. w. A. Montgomery,
a prison trustee. guilty Of NAL.
feasance in Office. ordering tina,
official discharged. Col. Mont.
gomery was fined $l00 and re.
moved from office. but continued
to hold his position as a member
of the prison board pending the
result of the appeal to the su.
preme court. The decision was
written by Justice Cook.
The supreme court takes the
view that while the trustee may
have been negligent, in that he
did not keep a strict check on
the actions of the secretary of
the board, Lawrence Yerger,
who embezzled more than $50, :
600 of the funds of the peniten.
tiary, he could not be held Grim
inally responsible for what Yer.
ger did.
Tie supreme court says that
Judge W. A. Henry, before
whom Col. Montgomery was
tried, erred in granting certain
instructions, and that the counts
in the indictment were so con.
ficting that the defendant could
not prepare a proper defense.
The main basis of the prose
cution was on the theory that the
trustees had no lawful authority
to delegate to the secretary the
duties prescribed for perform.
ance by the trustees, such as
selling farm products and indors-
ing checks. In performing these
duties, prescribed as being those
Of the trustees. Yerger was en-.
abled to embezzle large funds.
Yerger swore on the stand
that the trustees had delegated
such authorities to him, but this
was denied by Col. Montgomery.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1914-07-02

Mr.. R. v. Jones. a prominent
citizen of the Cherokee neighbor-
hood, met with painful acci-
dent Sunday afternoon at his
home which was the cause Of
him having to lose two fingers.
MIR. Jones' revolver accidently
dropped from hisrscket causing
an explosion, the bullet striking
him in his hand. DR.. Molloy
was hastily summoned and upon
examination decided best for the
injured man to come to the CO.
lumbus hospital, where an oper-
alton was at once performed.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1914-07-02
PlOW|NG DEMONSTRATION
10 Be GIVEN IN PRAIRIE
Representive of Rumely PRODUCTS
Company Here to Exhibit
Machinery.

Mr.. w. A. Ingalls, and other
representatives Of the Rumely
Products Co., Of Chicago, manu-
facturers of all kinds of power
farming machinery, are spending
several days in Lowndes county
and on Friday and Saturday will
demonstrate to the people Of
this section the work Of their
famous traction engines, and
other implements manufactured
by this company.
This demonstration will be
shown on the old Humphries
place about five miles northwest
Of the city, adjoining the Mar
shall plantation.
The fifteen horse power tract.
tion engine, known as the Rumely
Oil Pull, and which is operated
with kerosine, will be demonstra.
ted to the public. This engine is
used for blowing. hauling and al
kinds of heavy work that is done
on the farm
The Ramely OH Pull has taker
many capital prizes recently
having also won the gold media
at the motor contest some time
ago at Winnipeg.
AT present there is only one O
these machines being used in thi,
county and that is on the Hutch.
inson place north Of Columbus
and il is for this reason that In,
demonstration is to be held il
order that the people NAV Sc
the work done by the Rumel,
Pull.
| The Rumely Company has
branch Office in Memphis wher
they carry a very large stock o
their goods.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1914-07-02
TWO ME- FROM OUeO,Ic
PLAGUE N NEW ORLEANS


New Orleans. la. June ~ =.
Following the death here today
of Charles Lundsne. whose NAL.
sdy yesterday was diagnosed as
bubonic plague. and the discov-
cry Of q second case. Governor
Hall. Of Louisiana. Mayor IIehr.
man. Of New Orleans. members
Of the Legislature and health au.
thoritiss vent into conference TO
determine upon methods to be
employed by the city and state
In stamping out the desease.
While definite announcement
has not been made. II Is known
that a campaign for the exter-
mination Of rats and heas Is
among the preventive measures
to be undertaken. l, was stated
tonight that a bill would be in
troduced in the Legislature at
Baton Rouge tomorrow, appro.
plating funds with which to fight
contagion.
w. W. Wilkinson, an inmate of
the Volunteers of America home,
was yesterday sent to a large
local hospital, supported by the
municipality. This afternoon mis-
malady was diagnosed as bubonic
plague. He is so years old and
q native of Texas, but has re-
sided here for the past six
months.
Charles Lundene, a Swede,
aged 40. who died today. was
also an inmate of the Volunteers
of America Home.
The twenty.seven other mem
bers of the home this afternoon
were marched through the streets
to an abandoned ruin at the out
skirts of the city where they
were placed in quarantine. Every
article of furniture and bedding
the home contained was piled on
the street in front of the building
and a bonfire started. A guam
tity Of second hand clothing was
among the articles destroyed, as
it was thought possible that the
contasion had been communicate
ed by the cast off garments.
AS the inmates of the home
marched two and two through
the streets large crowds gathered
to watch the unusual procession.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1914-07-02
MALCOLM FRANKLIN LEAVES
FOR the HAWAIIAN ISLANDS
Goes to Honolulu to Accept Po-
sition as Collector Of
Ports.

Hon. Malcolm A. Franklin.
who several weeks ago was ap-
pointed collector of customs at
Honolulu. Hawaiian Islands. re-
ceived word the first of the week
from Senator John Sharp Will
liams, stating that his commits
sion had been forwarded to Ha.
waii. Mr.. Franklin left the
city yesterday for his new home,
and was accompanied by Hon.
and Mrs. T. B. Franklin, who
will spend the summer in Homo.
lulu.
Mr.. Franklin succeeds Hon.
G. A. Stackabel. who since 1895
has been collector of the Port OF
Honolulu.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1914-07-02
Makes Good Record.

Hon. w. N. Ethridge, the pop
ular law agent for the Southern
Railway in Mississippi. who dur
ing the May term Of Chancery
court in Lauderdale county stood
an examination to practice law
in this state. has received word
from Chancellor Sam Whitman
complimenting him upon the
high record made on his papers,
Mr.. Ethridge will continue to
make Columbus his home.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1914-07-02
COTTON CONDITION IS NOW
1876 PER CENT Or NORMAL
Progress Thfssshsus the Entife
nsIt iiss been Very Irregular
on Account ef Needy Rsins.

Memphis. Tenn. June q. -
Reports Of correspondents 10 the
Commercial Appeal indicate q
condition Of the cotton crop Of
10 per cent of normal. This
compares with 7i3 on May 25
and represents therefore a gain
by the crop Of i3 points during
the past month. The figures
also compare with SIS on June
Is Of last year. S0.4 year before
last and a l0.year average of
S0.6.
While the Improvement in the
crop has been great. there is still
left much to be desired. as may
be seen by the fact that condi.
ton is still 81 points below the
l0-year average. Progress has
been very irregular. owing to the
partial character of the rains
that fell over the eastern section
of the belt between June Is and
20. There is a relatively large
area-probably Is per cent of
the total east of the river that
has come up since these rains.
while there is still small per-
centsge that had not come up on
the date reports were mailed.
The rains. however, have served
to bring about a considerable i'm
provement in the crop of the
east, taken as a whole.
Boil weevils are more numer-
Gus than ever before known in
infested areas of Louisiana,
Texas. Mississippi and Alabama.
with indications that the in
tested area bin Alabama will be
increased. Some complaints
from damage are made in Louisi-
ana, but to date this has been
negligible and any forecast Of
probable damage would be mere
ly guess.
Aside from some backward.
ness in Texas and Oklahoma.
cultivation is practically perfect.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1914-07-02

CAsTlEMAM ON STAND
Burns Representative Explains
10 Jurors the Use oi De-
tsetsphous.

Jackson. June 30. When the
circuit court recessed tonigh,
three witnesses had been OBJ.
tanned in the B;lbo case. Steve
Castleman, who testified as to
his interviews with Hobbs rel
alive to the bribing of the sen.
ator and the lieutenant. governor
to secure the passage of the Delta
county bill. Maurice Burka, who
installed the detectaphones for
recording the conversations and
Stenographer Douglass, employ
ed now by Congressman Pujo,
of Louisiana, and who took down
the interviews in shorthand.
Douglass will be on the stand
tomorrow morning and will read
the notes of what occurred at
the interviews held in Jackson,
his reading this afternoon in.
Guiding only the conversation in
the Park hotel at Vicksburg.
The jury in the case was high
ly edited this afternoon when
Burka, who says he is chief clerk
of the Burns agency in New
Orleans, opened up a detecta-
phone and explained its work.
in9s to the panel, all of whum
examined it closely and asked
numerous questions. Juror Var
ly wanted to know if it recorded
the actual conversation. probably
thinking the machine worked on
the principle of a phonograph.
reproducing the words on a wax
record. The sleuth explained
that the machine is placed in a
room and a wire run to another
room where those hearing the
conversation sit with a sort Of a
harness over their heads listen.
ing to what is being said.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1914-07-02
v, c, WALTERS RELEASED BY
DECISION Of HIGHEST COURT

lating to kidnapping. the lesis-
lature rendered the amended
law unconstitutional. the court
held. by the phrasealogy Of tina
title Of the new law.
The court ordered the verdict
and sentence against Walters to
be SET aside and that hs be dis
charged from further prosecu.
ton under the statute.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1914-07-02

New Orleans. La, June o.
Holding invalid the law under
which William C. Walters was
recently convicted at Opelousas
Of the kidnapping Of Robert
Dunbar, tie Louisiana Supreme
Court today ordered Walters re-
leased.
In attempting to amend the
existing law in the year 1910 re-
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1914-07-02
SUFFRAGE QUESTION ONE FOR
STATES TO DECIDE, SAYS WILSON

tions that his party had not en-
bodied this question in its plat
forms, and then for the first
time announced his personal
conviction that suffrage issue
was one for settlement by the
states and not by. the federal
government.
The women went away plainly
disappointed and chagrlned.
some talking Of immediate action
against the democratic party.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1914-07-02
Closed for the Summer.

The Cozy theatre. located on
South Market street, which is
owned by Mr.. Frank Hull of
Jackson. and which for some
time past has been under the
management of Mr.. Edwin
Baker. has been closed for the
season. This place of amuse-
ment will be reopened early in
the autumn.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1914-07-02

two Tupelo baserunners on sec.
ond and third. two balls on the
batter and retired the side with.
out a run being scored. He
showed splendid nerve. a good
breaking splitter, fair speed. good
control and an excellent knowl-
edge of how to pitch.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1914-07-02

Southern Railway Passenger
train due to have arrived in CO.
lumbus at 9:05 Sunday night was
delayed ten hours and did no
and did not reach the city until
7:30 Monday morning. The
burning Of a trestle at Gown,
Ala, was the cause of the delay.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1914-07-02

Washington. June 30 Five
hundred members of the General
Fed sration of Women's clubs
marched to the White House to-
day and drew fIon President
Wilson final refusal to sccede
to demands that he support the
movements for a woman suffrage
amendment to the federal con
stItution.
The President reiterated his
statements to previous delega-
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1914-07-02

DR.. and Mrs. P. L. Berry will
leave today for Camden, Miss.
where they will attend family
reunion the coming week.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1914-07-02

Big Carroll Newton has found
his batting eye and is certainly
setting the horsehide on the
trademark. In Saturdays game
he grabbed a home run and q
two bagger off Funk of the Tup-
60 club. With the exception Of
a tendency by him to tag a run.
Continued on last Page.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1914-07-02

senting the Twelfth Missouri
District was unseated and Mich
eel J. Gill. Democrat. given the
place. Dyer's election was con.
tested because of fraud.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1914-07-02

Mr.. John Semmes, state agent
for the Studebaker Company,
with headquarters in Meridian
spent the first Of the week in the
city.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1914-07-02

Little Pat Gallagher is now in
charge of the club as Field Cap
tain since the retirement of Tom
Hopkins who was exceedingly
popular with the fans and a dan
dy little ball play. Gallagher is
playing a nice game at the short
field position and certainly hits
'em where they amt.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1914-07-02

Mr.. C. 7. Prince, personal in
jury attorney, for the Mobile and
Ohio R. R., with headquarters in
Mobile, spent the first Of the
week in Columbus on business.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1914-07-02
WIN Open Series Of Three
Games With Columbus at
Lake Park.
luCENllE HERE JULY 5
Lsesi Players IIsss Two 0smss
10 pieksns County Tsam.---
Other Notsa

Tuscaloosa will open q three
game series at Lake Park today
playing Friday and Saturday and
the advance notice is that they
have quite an array Of college
stars in their lineup. The games
will be called at a o'clock and it
/, to be hoped that there will be
good attendances as the success
or failure of the club rest err
tirely on the patronage of these
three games and the three games
to be played with Alicaville On
Monday and Tuesday of next
week. Monday having been set
aside as the 4th of July holiday
two games will be played on that
date, a morning and afternoon
game. The morning game will
start at 1890 and the afternoon
game at A o'clock.
Columbus lost the opening
game of q three game series at
Aliceville Monday by a score of
6 to l. The usually reliable
"Shuckins" Smith was on the
mound for our nine and allowed
the sum total of II bingles which
were punched in the End, 9th
and 9th innings. Stephenson
was on the mound for Aliceyille
and allowed six hits. The game
was devoid Of features except
the pitching Of Stephenson.
Score:
r H E
Columbus iO0OO0O00 1 8 3
Aliceville O0O320ix 6 II 2
Batteries: Smith and Kildron.
Stephenson and Wells.
Columbus lost the second game
to the fast sailing Aliceville base
ball nine on Tuesday by a score
Of IA to 6. Little Jimmie Nor
wo,d opened on the firing line
for 'ourn's' and before the derrick
could be cotton into working
order in the first frame Little
Jimmie's slants had been nicked
for II hits and 8 runs where
upon Patrick Gallagher mounted
the Hillock and his offerings
were punished for 6 hits and 6
runs during the remaining 8 in
nings. Propst opposed Norwood
and Gallagher on the mound and
was hit hard but the handicap
of 8 runs gathered by the oppo-
sition in the first frame could
not be overcome.
r H E
Columbus 2Ol3O 5000 s IA 4
Aliceville 8302i0 5000 IL II 2
Batteries: Norwood. Gallagher
and Kildron; Propst and Wells.
No report from the third and
last game at Aliceville could be
obtained up until we 60 to press.
Roberts, the tall spit ball artist
however was billed to hurl the
game for Columbus and if the
big fellow was in form it it al.
most q certainty that he brought
home the bacon. In his initia
attempt here he went to the
mound in the second inning with