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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-02-27
villa pomineerins and Happy.

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Chihuahua, Feb. 27.-Close advisors
of General Fancho villa today gave
out as their explanation Of Villas de-
lay in his general movement on Tor
reon their belief that villa is too hap
py in his supreme command at Chi
huahua to want to move any farther.
Impartial observers are Of the unan-
imous opinion that villa has material
ly weakened his position by not ad-
vancing at once.
Many times in the past Villa has
said he would be supremely happy II
he could rule over Chihuahua, where
he was once held as bandit and from
which city Diaz drove him. He is sur
rounde by coterie who hasten to
obey his every desire. His word Is
law and he is ruling with an iror
hand.
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TAFT AND WILSON HAVE 4
LUNCH TOGETHER. Z
(By Associated Press.)

: Washington. Feb. 27.-Ex-Pres- .
. ident William H, Taft, Alton B. =
. Parker and Senator Elihu Root =
. have endorsed a bill to authorize .
= the Supreme Court to prescribe =
. rules and forms Of procedure for =
. Federal Courts on the common =
. law side. Mr.. Taft appeared be- =
. fore the House Judiciary commit Z
. tee today and urged the passage Z
. of the measure. Afterwards he I
. had lunch with President wilson. 4
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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-02-27
NORMAL. C0liEGE TO
RAYE unique AFFAIR

The Young Women's Christian Asso-
citation of the Normal college has plan
ned to give the public a chance to
enjoy an hour of hearty laughter to-
night when they will present in the
college chapel hall an "old Maids Con-
vention.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-02-27
DEAD With
Shot GUN At SIDE
Special to The Nesos.

Special to The Nescs.
Jackson, Miss, Feb. 27.-E. B. Poole,
manager of the local FERTILIZER plant,
was found dead early this morning in
the northeastern suburbs, with an
empty shotgun at his side. Poole
had been on hunting trip in the
Heart river swamp Thursday after
noon. He failed to return home last
night and search was instituted.
Death evidently was due to accident
Mr.. Poole was fifty years of age.
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VILLA TO ALLOW
FAMILY TO VIEW
BEN1ONS BODY
TWO eRITisHERs AND TWO AMER.
lcANs MAY ACCOMPANY REL
ArIvEs OF DEAD MAN.
us IMPORTANT CONCESSION
Outlaw Chief Gloats in His Supreme
Comand and Refuses to Advance on
Toreon-eryan says no Significance
to Holding New Orleans Marines.
IMPORTANT CONCESSION
(By Associated Press.)

tOY AooVCtUstU TO0o'J
Washington, Feb. 27.-rhat the
United states Government regards
the hanging Of cIemente vergara
az . subject for reparation by the
Huerta government became known
after the cabinet meeting this af-
ternoon. Practically nothing but
the Mexican situation was dis
cussed, but no final agreement as
to the Benton case was reached.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-02-27
THE MARKETS.

New Orleans, Feb. 27.-Cotton
steady, one point down.
Chicago, Feb. 27.-Wheat closed
steady, one-quarter to three-eights
lower Provisions unchanged to FIVE
points down.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-02-27
|hATIIESbURG Ban
| MAY Join fEDE
RESERVE SYsI
DlaEeToRs HAVE AUrncl
|. OFFICERS TO APPLY ron "a
TIERS II DEslReo.
lKlLE Law IS oBJECIIo
osaranty gesture VIM rfsvs
trous 70 Many smssl sns,
says, PromInsnt ssnsssr--Ts
jackson Banks preessd We
j sanization.


Ofhcers and directors IN
local banking institutions e.
under the state laws, are conef1
the question whether they WIN -
state institutions under the ~
Kyle banking law recently enne<@
the state legislature. or win apr1v
National charters under the new
eral reserve law.
From an authority close to tho
agement of the Bank of Hattiesbu<E{
is learned that at recent meet1n
the directors of that institutIon
officers were directed to apply for
Federal charter If they thought
step advisable. I. E.
Since that time no definite ~
has been taken but 1t is admitted q
serious consideration Is being G<V
| to the proposition, and it Il belf5x
not unlikely that the change mov
| made. 3 .s3|
Under the recent organixation Z
the Bank of Hattiesburg, many e
old loans in this institutions to4 &
amount to less than fifteen poro1
of the banks total loans. '|.
This is considered an except1cG1M
small percentage of loans Of this cG1<
acter, and should the officers doe< n
that a Federal charter is des1f1 s
the real estate mortgage might ec1lI
be disposed of. e
1t was stated at the Citizens Bank
today that no action will be taken ~
that institution until the provisions g
the new Kyle law are put into opeEc
ton. Before any action is taken n
. that institution relative to chazG
of charter, the officers desire to Ien<1
: where the nearest regional bank WIN
: be established and other facts re11tl(4
to the operation of both systems-
Country Banks Hurt.
TT is not banks the size of the Ipc1E
institutions that will be hurt most W.
the operations Of the new Kyle 1&N
a said prominent banker here to1ay.
''It is the small banks in the cour1ky
which have suffered recently be(ne
of the financial depression thak ms
i been evident in all parts OF the e(zn-
y try. s.
S 81 believe" he continued, "thnt bre
/ than fifty percent Of the press -
K banks will continue Is stakD 1lAl
u under the Kyle law. and thie Q1lto1
Al is founded on . careful investirn<1 u
e to the plans Of number q in11
tions. Probably twenty-five poiin
Q will be put out OF business ~ ~ 0
spection, another twenty-five r><r(
'e win join the National sysf8n. ~
IL there will not be more thna 11l>
1t percent that WIN remain sta&e in1t|
At tutions,'' &.
II A special to TIE News from ~ ~
Il says that bankers there estin1o1 m
T. twelve months from nop thsr6
Sc not be a banking in6<1tn1zoo a 4
e state with a capitalixaf1oh q o5oj3|
is or more operating under ! rt6he -
ter
The Jackson Bank has elrss1y -
steps to becone nz<ic1al - =
~ Merchants Bank ana Trust -
capitalized at &s5o,oo0. is prepdu
ed do likewise. X &
slf, Information from other - &
ed, the larger state banks WHO'S d :
in is not tied up in real eafate
too great an extent, win noi
that's .k~arh ~k1>.~. = 4.
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). STATE OF ANARCHY j
) EXISTS IN PORTUGAL
(By Associated Press.)

. Madrid, Spain, Feb. 27.-The
. Spanish Government has informa-
. tion that an important revolution
. airy movement is in progress In
. Portugal. According to formal
. announcement today state OF
: anarchy exists I'M Portugal.
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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-02-27
PARALizEp NEeREss, SIXTY
YEARS OLD BURNS TO DEATH

Vicksburg, Miss, Feb. 27.--Paralized
and in bed, unable to help herself,
Morency Williams, aged SO. colored,
was burned to death at her home in
Bowman avenue today.
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When the white Hunter Hunts.

The bits and snatches of ~futurist''
literature that have been copied into
the newspapers for the delectation OF
the general public may have leased and
tickled some part OF the susceptible
populace into a curious yearning for a
closer. fuller view OF this much heralded
literary novelty" II can be had in
GERTRUDE STEMS Tender Buttons tClaire
Marie. publisher for exotic tastes").
There Is nothing like II in literature
say the futurists: and Of course there
never will be.
Curiosity will probably be satisfied
satiated. short OF seventy-eight pages
OF this
A Substance in q Cushion.-rhe change
OF color Il likely and q difference a very
little difference is prepared. Sugar Is not g
vegetable.
Eye Giasses.--A color In shaving, a saloon
Is well placed In tho centre OF an alley.
A cutlet.-A blind agitation is manly and
uttermost.
Milk.-ciimb up in sight climb In the
whole utter needles ana a guess a whole
guess Is hanging. Hanging hanging.
Salmon.-It was a peculiar bin bin fond
In beside
Rooms.--Act 80 that there IL no use In q
White Hunter.--A white hunter II
nearly crazy.
Fill a thousand, ten thousand cards
with single words or phrases. Shuttle
deal: align In "hands" OF assorted sizes
and send the result to the printer. II
is the children's game OF consequences
with reduced chances for amusing co.
medicines of collocation.
Unhappy future!
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MARY AUSTIN'S VISIT
TO JOSEPH CONRAD;

Mary Austin In Harper's Weekly speaks
of the rich and vivid personality Of
Joseph Conrad. the Polish English novel;
list, who is constantly gaining new ad.
mirers In this country:
This was the first impression he made
on me when ! went down TO ind him in
his English country home three years ago
1t stood out all tho more vividly for
the unmlstakable traces OF the Illness
from which he was Just recovering Here
was man who convinced you at the
instant OF contact that sickness and mis-
fortune and even death itself are very
trumpery devices to be employed against
the invincible human spark. And no
next was that the man was inescapahy
n romanticist. He was one 10 whom ne
had chosen to reveal herself In that eulse'
To begin with there was n figure OF inc
man himself, the thin frame, the long
face, with its dark burning eyes, The pre-
ternaturally long hands. white and ner.
vous, plucking at his beard. Behina
him there was the dramatic heritage OF
exile, his unpronounceable Polish name.
his strange calling TO the sea and MS
youthful passion for the tongue not mo
one he was born to, which his writlhs
has so enriched.
II hadn't. however. dropped In on MN
without some preliminaries. There han
been letters an exchange OF books inc
first voice out OF America hc had called
my earlier appreciation. u stand on tlle
shore and make my shout ne nau
written, and up to the time ~ my nrs'
letter nothing had come out OF the uark
Yet In spite of assurances that he wouio
receive me, my sense OF his disuhctlon
among all men of his craft was SO srea'
that ut the last was afraid and sent tIs
boldest of our party on ahead TO pTtpars
the way for nc. We had mo'oreh noM"
from London that morning through ~
unending green of English TURF ana 'ns
rolling lands of Kent The mouse
which he was staying while AUS
House. his present home, was being pr
pared for him. was one OF those JUAN
old English farm buildings OF when wv
lower floor has been used az s.o'1r
house, with living rooms above ~
climbed up the unlighted stairway 20 j"
study, with all the evidences OF u'He
hitting work lying about, with al tn.
evidences too OF the struggle that eeulu'
must make before Il comes Int" VS. "N
l was struck anew with the plhu ~"
sutlciency OF our means of expressing w.
difference In human values cou'n 80
that the world had said too ll'll' "He''
/ was afraid OF saying too much.
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"

True to the opinion we have already
quoted as to the recent exaggeration OF
the economic Interpretation" OF expan-
sion, Prof. Frank argues in his chapter
on "Commercialism and Expansion" that
the mercantile element in the expansion
OF Rome was not no important as has
been represented. He has a modern In
stance ready 20 his hand. for certainly
there was nothing mercantile In the mo-
tive to our acquisitions from Spain
whatever the commercial result may
prove to be. At any rate, the chapter Is
well worth reading. as well as the sue
ceeding chapters on the consequences
of Laissez Faire" and "Pompey and the
Capitalists" which bring us down to
Caesar and World Conquest" which Is
familiar to more readers than the earlier
stages OF the Roman expansion. The
book shows scholarship, diligence and
acuteness and Is OF high interest. II Is a
pity that there should not have been
added to It series OF good maps illus
trating the story.
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PROF. METCHN!KOEF'S
GOLDEN JUBILEE

Prof. Metchnikofr. who is to rece'Vo
golden book to mark his scientific )uo'ee
and his SEVENTEEN birthday. has area'.
passed the one date In his career o''
has not yet attained the other
more than nifty years since he punns"os
In Germany a treatise on the phy,"n,y
of the infusoria: II Is not yet $500
years since he was born M rhs
close to kharkoff In Little Russia. ~,
presentation therefore cannon 'fust.
take place until next year, ,to' -
chnikofr's birthday falling on May TO- n,
The book will form a unique r'to'Iu NV
the latest scientific researches, s'smnI IA
men OF science of the day .,,ut.
edited by the chief technical hsI LAT,
at the Pasteur Institute. Since we ''' No..
OF Pasteur Metchnikor has pee" synrs
cepted rs "the greatest scienti'- .not
in France" Two of his note"or'mlr M, 81.
"The Prolongation OF Life" and "tn' v,,.
ture Of Man" are published by the ''
mans.
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war" began with a revo,, IN the car,ha-

war" began with q revolt IN the Cartha-
ginian garrison OF Sardinia. The mu-
tineers declared their independence OF
Carthage and offered the island to Rome,
as they were entitled 10 do. so far as
possession implies ownership. There
were also clashes between Carthage and
Rome on account Of the superiority OF
the African capital in sea power. and the
pretension which she made and enforced
OF prohibiting other than Carthaginlan
commerce to Spanish ports. There
were abundant occasions of COLI
sion. and the prevailing party in Car
thage, the Barcid family and their
adherents. were more than willing to
take advantage OF them. The second
Punic war was primarily a war OF re-
venge for the first. The genius OF Han
nibal made II the most formidable
threat to Roman expansion and even
to Roman national existence that had
been delivered since the humiliation
Of the young republic at the Caudine
Forks He was the greatest "scourge"
Of Italy that appeared until the bar
barians came down to pick up the dis
membered fragments OF the Roman En-
pire. 1t was only after Hannibal had
been defeated and scipio had carried
the war into Africa that Rome was
free from fear. The final treaty handed
over Spain to the victor and made
Rome the paramount power in the Med
iterranean.
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SOME NEW BOOKS.
The Expansion of Rome.

Under the title Of Roman I'm perioiisrr.
by TENSEY FRANK, professor OF Latin
in Bryn Mawr (Macmillan), has APP
peared the work of which the ambitious
scope In far beyond that implied
in an octave volume OF some $50
pages. Those historians who have at
tempted so big picture have COM
monty taken a much larger canvas
Indeed, nobody since Mommsen has un-
dertaken to cover so much OF the history
OF Rome. for Gibbon, OF whom II
has been said that "in the East and in
the West he has set his mark on all
that was great for ten centuries" his
history may be said to begin where
that OF Prof. Franz ends. The theme
OF the latter history is not "the decline
and fall" but the "rlse" OF the Roman
Empire. ard II virtually concludes Its
detailed treatment OF the subject with
Julius Cesar, though there Is con-
GLIDING chapter which sketches IN
outline the combinations OF the story
down to Trajan and Hadrian. stories OF
the imperialism" OF the greatest en-
p,re OF the ancient world, an empire
with which only that OF Great Britain
can be compared in modern times, have
a special interest and concern for Amer
leans just now, whether we maintain
that we have achieved our bit OF EN-
pire" or only had II thrust upon us. We
need to know how the Roman Empire
came about, and that IL exactly what
Prof. Frank sets out TO tell us. and TO
tell Us as an American historian, with
continual reference to our special In
terest. His wise saws are enlivened
with modern instai ces. or the seizure
By Rome OF Sardinia, IN conjunction
with an army OF rebellious Carthagini-
ans, who offered II to her, as conse-
uuence o. which action the second
Punic war arose. the author has TO
cav: "Tt would indeed be unjust to
rank II vlth--shali we say the recent
occupation OF Tripcli?-for Rome could,
after ALL with not little show or
reason. have advanced the plea that
Carthage had abandoned the Island. II
would perhaps be fairer TO compare 1t
with the order OF the United States.
which comp alled Colombia to renounce
her claims to Panama a few days after
the revolt Of the straits republic" AS
compared with the recent and brilliant
Italian historian OF Rome. It may be said
that Prof. Franks interest is rather In
the evolution of policies and institu-
tons. and Prof. Ferrero's in personali-
ttes. There Is hardly an express
character" in Prof Franks pages
until quite IN tho later stages OF the
imperial development, whereas the per-
turbati,ns OF that development by indi-
viduals may almost be ,alled the staple
Of Prof Ferrero's work.
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world: In maize she In third among
the nations. In its export FIRST; In
wheat she stands sixth in point Of pro-
ductlon, first in export OF wheat and
-four. A land that will bear watching!
To English eyes Argentina Is tho
Canada OF the Southern Hemisphere;
but the Argentine farmer can produce
for AS Sd. an acre what II costs
Agricola I'm Canada Sss I'd. to produce.
And at that Argentina Is producing
only lib bushels CT wheat an acre,
where Canada gets Is, England 80,
France 20. What win not improved
conditions Of farming do for the Ar
gentine? And as her farming grows
moro intensive what will be her rec
ord as feeder Of Europe? To-day
she supplies England with one-fourth
II her food purchases from abroad: In
cereals alone, $4,000 tons Of wheat,
500 900 Of maize. $4,000 of oats. To
the Argentine an alfalfa farm II as
good as a gold mine. Alfalfa has turned
big areas of sun baked land into fertile.
cattle nourishing pasture.
Mr.. Fraser paints with a broad brush
and a sweeping stroke. He IL clever
at Analysing the genius" OF places and
his descriptions of Buenos Ayres. Ro-
sario, Bahia Blanca, Mendoza, Tucuman,
&C., are not lacking In color or char
acter. He dips into Argentine politics.
education and business: offer the farmer
"a gray painted threshing machine from
England and a red ono from the United
states, and the red paint will carry
tho day and the deal. Tho big figures
Of cattle and crop reports do not blind
him to the existence Of such obstacles
in the peaceful way OF the farmer and
the herdsman as locust plaques and
foot and mouth disease, against both
of which an intelligently organized and
earnestly prosecuted campaign Is car
ried on. After due allowance made
for these drawbacks. for such natural
deficiencies as the lack OF good har-
bors and for such excesses of the real
estate SPECTATORS enthusiasm as may
lead TO some artificial stimulation OF
land values, there remains enough In
the present and future Of Argentina 10
commend II and its possibilities highly
not only TO the Latin races to whom
tho land offers permanent roofing place
but TO the shrewdly adventurous spirits
of nations like our own and the Ger
man, increasingly aware of Argentine
opportunity and constantly trying Ia
edge into" It's commercial and indus
trial exploitation.
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The Tale Of Many Years.

Where no letters exist chronometry
cannot exist of many races the ages
have passed unrecorded. To search
out and to tell the tale OF these most
mmemorial years has been for long
the theme upon which Prof. Ellis
WORTH HUNTINGTON of Yale has directed
studies in the field and researches in
the laboratories OF time. His latest
amplification of the theme IL presented
In The Climatic Factor as Illustrated
In Arid America Carnegie institution
of Washington.
Primitive man is like the child, the
essential primitive Of higher man, he
IL content with the chronology of
'once upon a time" His present Is
all that engages him, his past has gone
and remains unreckoned. Where the
conditions OF his life are uniform In
ease or disease time suggests no ac-
cent. Days pass without count, or (,
counted he reckons the time by the
night when he covers before ghos,
and hobgoblin. At his next higher
step he learns the time measure of the
moon and invents the month: and
when he finds himself out Of accord
with the constants Of nature, the seed
time and harvest. he acquires the ar,
OF INTERPOLATION, a discovery too high
for the Bedouin OF the desert and 70,
the holy calendar OF Islam.
Thus he comes to the year. Yet far
below the concept of observational az.
tronomy and the faint giimmer OF
mathematics the year has come 10
some of the most rude OF mankind
on the German coast OF New Guinea a
marine worm comes to delight the
epicure for just one hour year be.
tween sunset and moonrise, and b,
an unknown mystery of biology thi.
worm OF the tides intercalates Itself
Into conformity with a sldereal wear
feat which man could not accomplish
until the days Of Pope Gregory.
When the present feels the need Of
| past chronology arises, q need o.
advancing culture. SO high a, cultur,
as that OF the Jews was satisfied witt
the careful preservation of genealogi
cal tables, the records which through
Archbishop Csher's Interpretation hav,
set In the margin OF our Bible Tn,
year Is. G. 4OO+ over against the word.
or Genesis "in the beginning" Urhe,
cultures have evolved other forms o
time reckoning, the numbered Olym
piads OF the Greeks, the years of IN,
| foundation OF the Roman city, the DIV
nasties OF the two Egypts and of China
the era of the Hegira.
In earlier works Prof. Huntington
has examined the natural records fo
| the determination OF the pulsation o
mans energy as conditioned by tn,
advance and recession OF aridity II
Eurasia. Other investigators are nov
conducting similar research upon tn
deserts of northern Africa, whose des
location has covered what In historI
times was the granary of Mediterranean,
culture. In Eurasia the fiuctuation
OF the strand level OF the Caspian an,
the contours of tho channel of stream
such as the Anu Daria and the sly
Daria have afforded yardstick who's
inches are to be counted in centuries
In the Barbary States the advance o
the Sahara upon Timgad, as the hes
established criterion. Yields a shorte
measure Of the calendar of the pas,
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a Receptive RetinA I'm Busy Argen,
tina.

Because II was written recently
enough to stand as contemporary obser-
walton. yet just long enough ago to
have escaped the moulding influence Of
the climax OF McNico's troubles and the
mediation Of the A B c Powers, the
last chapter. prospects and Problems"
of The Amdsinp Argentine, by JOHN
FOSTER FRASER Dunk and wagnalls).
Ia peculiarly timely reading. In both