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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-06-23
LUMBERMEN TAKE GAME
Continued From Page One.)

team did some good work. Wilder
and Magee deserve special credit, al
though Anderson, on first base, made
20 put outs during the nine innings.
Cox pitched his usual good game OF
ball
Because of the added expense &C.
companying the games with visiting
teams, in the future, the price of adj
mission to these games will be Is
cents and % cents. Collins is expect
ed to play here next week
The line up for yesterdays game
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accidentally killed near here this fore
noon. He was hunting squirrels and
had crossed the river in a skiff. While
pulling the boat up on the shelving
bank his gun which was in the boat,
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-06-23
One Killed in Arkansas.

Fort Smith, Ark, June 23.-Mrs. Lige
GipsOn was killed and four other per
sons injured in the cyclone which
struck Cans, Okla, last night. Com
munication with the storm swept area
is interrupted
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-06-23

was discharged and the entire load
entered his abdomen. lie died in a
few minutes. He was particularly
bright and attractive boy, very Dopu-
lar and esteemed.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-06-23
Train Derailed.

Meridian. Miss, June ga sout.
bound Mobile & Ohio passenger train
was derailed seven miles north of here
last night when the locomotive struck
tree which fell across the track dur
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-06-23
welborn ran for Cox in 3rd.

Welborn ran for Cox in Ord.
Summary: phase hits, c. Ander-
son; Stolen bases, Welborn, H. Ander-
son, r. Rawls, Yarbrough ID. Wind
ham: base on balls, off Windham, 3;
off Cox. /: hit by pitcher Cox. 3. Um'
pires. A. Foote and Polk.
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KILLED WHILE HUNTING.

Macon, Miss, June %. Edwin
Faser, Is years Old, only child of Mr..
and Mrs. J. o. Faser of Macon, was
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-06-23

Wanted-To buy 500 head of cattle
M. L. Thompson. 22-4t-p
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ing a storm shortly after nightfall
None of the passengers or members
of the crew was injured.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-06-23
Communication Cut Off.

Meridian was practically cut off
from communication with the rest of
the. world. Wires, both to the north
and south were reported down by the
telegraph and telephone companies.
The Postal Telegraph Company re-
ported that all connections west Of
the city were destroyed, completely
paralyzing its business temporarily.
The Western Union was cut off
practically all points except Atlanta
and New Orleans, and all Western
Union messages had to be relayed
through these cities. Only about four
points could be reached by long
distance telephone over the Cumber.
land Birmingham, West Point
and Macon.
The Home Telephone Company re-
ported that all its lines to the north
were down, and that there was con-
siderable damage to wires in the city.
Shade Trees Blown Down.
Shade trees and fences all over the
city suffered. and it was reported
that the damage was heavier toward
the north. The Rev. Mr.. Harmon re-
ported that there were a number of
trees blown down in the neighbor-
hood of Poplar Springs, and that it
was believed that there was some
damage to the Mobile & Ohio tracks
! by falling limbs near here This,
however, was not verified by the rail
road officials
| Rumors of a severe wind storm
near Enterprise could not be investi-
gated on account of the lack of tele-
! phone and telegraph communications
i in that direction.
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Chautauqua TENT Blown DoWd.

In the city, the big tent of the AL
kahest Chautauqua was blown to the
ground just before the evening en-
tertainment was to have begun. For
tunately the tent was empty. While
the damage in money was compare.
lively little, the loss of gate receipts
was considerable.
The storm broke a number of win
dows in various parts of the city. The
plate glass window of the Princess
Book Store was broken, and damage
done estimated at $40. This was fully
covered by insurance. Several other
windows were broken
In other sections of the city, trees
and fences were blown down, but no
serious accidents were reported to
the police
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-06-23
MERIDIAN REPORTS
GREAT DAMAGE IN
THAT PART OF STATE

Meridian, Miss, June 23.-One hun
dred degrees of heat yesterday was
followed by a severe storm which
swept the whole of the Meridian ter
ritory. Untold destruction was
wrought, for the wires from every di-
rection were down.
1t was reported at telegraph offices
just before the wires went down that
the BrOwnlee Lumber Company S
plant at Shubuta was on fire.
The railroad report stated that all
of the lumber in the Brownlee yards
had been destroyed. A high wind is
said to have made the flames incon'
trOllable.
Evening star., 1915-02-21
CULPEPER.

srecial Correspondents Of The star
CJTIPEPER, Va, February 2O.-The
regular term of circuit court mas peeh
in session here since Monday and VIII
continue all through next Week. r'eeo
Iutions of respect and regret on 'ne
resignation of Judge George >. Snachei =
ford we're presented to the court ana
ordered to be spread upon the minutes
There have been many cases tried this
week and numbers of lawyers mere
from other places. among them Jonn ..
Barbour and NJ Carter Hall. OF Fair-
fax Horgan and Richards, of warren
ton. and Granville Swift OF FRED
ericksburg This is the first VISIT mere
of the incumbent, Judge John Rutherforo'
and many attentions have been PAID MIN
bv the bar. town officials and prominent
people. ,,or
old miller at the Slate Mills mill. was
killed Saturday when ne was eau NJ -.
the bands of the machinery as ne was
starting the dynamo for the DAY. ne
was in the building alone at the time
of the accident. He was the eldest
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Rosson
of Madison county, who, with seven
brothers and sisters, survive him. The
funeral too place from his late home on
the following day.
A play was given by twenty-five of
| the high school pupils In the falr1ax
dition to the play there were drills
and choruses given by the smaller
pupils of the school. and music, both
vocal and instrumental. by friends OF
the school.
The women Of the Presbyterian
church held an "All-day market here
today. at which they sold practically
everything in the way Of ready cooked
| meats. desserts. salads. etc. ready for
| the Sunday dinner. In addition to the
sale they also served a lunch of hot
coffee and sandwiches throughout the
| day
| At a meeting of the Orange Lodge,
No 246, l. O. o. F., held in Orange
Thursday night in honor of the twelfth
anniversary of the founding of the
lodge and also in compliment to a visit
from the grand masteh of Virginia
lodges, P. P. Deane. speeches were made
Mr.. Harlow and Rev. Mr.. Staples of Or
ange.
| Mrs Elizabeth Ann Virginia Bur-
nette, who died at her home on the
| two years. requested that no minister
should be called upon to preach her
| funeral or conduct services at the
grave. Hr wishes were respected by
her family and a simple service was
conducted by ]. B. Loving, one of her
neighbors.
Special Ash Wednesday services were
| held in the Episcopal church here both
morning and evening. At the evening
service the sermon was preached by
Rev. D. Campbell Mayors of Fauquier
| county.
\ Miss Jean Coons returned to Gull
peper this week after being for some
months in Oklahoma. where she was
engaged in educational work among
| the Indians. Her sister, Miss Laura
Coons. left several days ago to take
a course in settlement work in Balti-
| more
| The valentine dance given here Friday
night was largely attended, many per-
sons coming down from the University of
| Virginia, Orange and other towns. This
i will be the last large social affair unit
| after the Lenten season.
Evening star., 1915-02-21

Peckham. vice president: Peter J.
Hagan. secretary; Irwin F. Haskins,
treasurer. and John c. Foster. general
council The board of directors will
consist of Francis l. Moran, Percy
Boswell, A. L. Elmore, John c. Foster.
John Moran, r. E. Potts. J. B. Moore,
Amos Hawk. NJ. T. Hagan. P. J. Hagan,
George Tovey. T. L. Funkhause, DR..
Ohlendorf, DR.. Nalley and c. j. Peck
ham.
Plans for the extension of Rhode
Island avenue were presented and de-
bated, and a committee appointed to
place the proposition before the Dis
trict Commissioners. The board will
hold a large fair Easter week in the
town hall and merchants of the town
will be given booths. The fair will be
held for the purpose of boosting the
local merchants products.
Evening star., 1915-02-21
ENCLAND'S EAST COAST
NOW CLOSELY GUARDED
Autos and Motor Cycles Speed Up
and Down Shore and Aeros
Patrol Air.

Foreign Correspondence of The Star.
LONDON. February 6-The battered
and torn east coast of England. unpro-
tected till nearly two hundred innocents
were killed. is now an unbroken line of
military activity. From the mouth of
the Thames to Hartlepool no foot of
sand is unpatrolled. no community is
without its aerial lookouts.
At Yarmouth. aviation sheds have
sprung up like mushrooms. The great
patches of grass where fishermen for
centuries have spread their nets to dry
Is now Hampstead plains. And there
are similar aviation quarters elsewhere.
At nishtfall the great doors of these
sheds swing open and no less than two
hundred machines rise over the sea and
keep eyes turned and ears pointed in the
direction of Helgoland and Cuxhaven.
On shore army autos and motor cycles
speed up ana down the coast, each ma
chine with a regular beat to patrol. The
coast patrols of ordinary times have
been augmented and these men tramp
the sands for sight or sound of air
craft. Motor cars carrying anti-air-
craft guns are stationed at several
points. Twenty of these machines. ap-
parently just out of the factory, re-
Evening star., 1915-02-21
d1eton. and one daughter. Mrs. Wall. of

dleton. and one daughter. Mrs. Wall. of
Miss Myrtle Fulton. aged twenty
eight, died at Bluemont Tuesday.
ilton, Va, Thursday. She was q niece
Of Israel Fulton of Herndon.
Farmers Club. No. 1. met in all-day
session Thursday with Sebisco l..
cessful Growing of Such Crops as Al
falfa and Soy Beans
The Triangle class met Thursday
evening with Mr.. and Mrs. Conrad T.
Wahl. the evening being spent in
music and study. and additional reports
lottesville convention.
The condition Of Magnus T. Wilkins.
acing mayor of Herndon. who has been
ill in Washington hospital for a
fortnight, is improved and he will re-
turn home in a short time.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the Con-
gregational Church met in all-day ses-
sion Thursday with Mrs Albaugh and
Mrs Annie Albaugh Bready.
Monday Bridge Club was entertained
son. prizes being won by Mrs. P. H.
Powell Summers and Miss Ruth Cham
bin.
Six have announced themselves as
candidates for treasurer of Fairfax
county, among the number being
Claude Wiley. son of the incumbent;
Nathan Davis. Piggott: John Garrett Of
Centerville. and DR.. Frank Huddleson
of Herndon.
Friday was the day appointed by
the state board of health for observ-
ance by school leagues. Papers and
pamphlets on the subject of the pre-
vention of disease in the schoolroom
We're read by Jesse George and
Martha Taylor
Miss Sadie Detwiler and Miss Kath-
tod TO
the high school and the primary
schools of Fairfax in the convention
OF schools of the eighth congressional
district this week in Manassas.
Evening star., 1915-02-21
LEESBURG.

Special Correspondence of The Star.
LEESBURG. Va, February 20.-Car-
rie Jewel. about thirty years old, of
Purcellvil1e, has, with two children
been committed to the county aims
house as a result of the recent aban-
donment of her four-month-ol baby.
The woman was charged with having
placed the child under the caves of an
old warehouse near the Purcellville de-
pot and boarding a train for Washing
ton. The baby was discovered, and
Sheriff T. W. Edwards was telephoned
to by Station Agent Young. Sheriff
Edwards arrested the woman at Lees
burg and returned her to Purcellville
the next day for a hearing. She admit
ted deserting the child, but gave as her
reason that she could not obtain work
and was unable to support it or her
self. Justice Otley, in accordance with
the new acts of the general assembly,
committed her to the almshouse.
News has been received here of the
death of Wilbur Lee Workman at his
home near Round Hill from paralysis.
He was sixty-three years old and, be-
sides widow, leaves eight daughters
and one son. Funeral services were
held at his late residence Thursday.
Rev. w. F. Gale officiating.
A handsome window has been placed
in St James Episcopal Church. Lees
burg, to the memory of Christian
Townley Hempstone by his sons and
daughters.
The Womans Auxiliary of the Lees
burg Baptist Church will give a Wash
ington's birthday social at the parson-
age Monday evening. There will be an
elaborate musical program.
T. E. Brabham of Leesburg has an
nounced himself a candidate for COM
missioner of revenue for Leesburg dis
trict. There are several candidates in
the contest.
H. A. Trittipoe, y. c. Nichols and J. A.
Otley of this county have returned from
the state Sunday school convention at
Charlottesville
Mr.. and Mrs. Donald NJ. McNeale, who
were married here Thursday. have re-
turned from 4 trip to New York, Della :
ware and New Haven, Conn, and are
at their home, Rush Park, near here.
Evening star., 1915-02-21
The Old Man.
From the St. Louis Republic.

From the st. Louis Republic
What can an old man do but die?"
sang an embittered singer. What, in
deed? In this Osler-obsessed world
what remains for the elderly man
whom human needs will not permit to
sit by the f1reside? The cry in all lines
The older men. steps slowing, eyes
dimming, shoulders dropping, are
"scrapped' and sent to the human junk
heap along with other waste material
of humanity.
In sane Europe. previous to August l..
the old man had place. He was a
mender of roads. a tender of looms, a
gate tender. a toy-finisher. something
that gave him some part in the days
sweeper of streets and watchman.
but the tendency Is toward the employ
ment of younger men in these places.
In this America of the feminist trend
women are doing much of the work
that has for generations fallen to the
male whose powers were beginning to
fail.
We have not yet come to the plan of
old-age pensions, but these must come
unless a place can be made for the old
men of America in the vast and COM
plicated machinery of American indus
tries. With every period of business
depression the necessity for making a
decision comes little nearer. To
place the old man at work might mean
the slowing down of some of these in
dustrial devices of ours that are some
what overspeeded. To assume old-age
pensions means additional tax burdens.
Evening star., 1915-02-21

the circuit court Tho shooting IL said
to have been the result Of a quarrel over
a fence line.
The rural free delivery carriers OF
Fauquier and Prince William counties
are to meet here Monday to effect an
organization. The session is to be ad-
dressed by President Kaufman of the
Virginia Rural Route Carriers Asso-
citation
Students of Manassas High School
were addressed in assembly Iuesday
morning by Miss Christine Timing, W.
ham. member of the Eastern College
faculty. addressed the college students
Wednesday morning on The Sisnln-
'cance of the Treaty of Ghent."
G. Raymond Ratcliffe. cashier OF the
Peoples National Bank Of Manassas;
left today to attend the meeting OF
the executive council of the virginia
Bankers Association. which Is 70 oe
held at the Jefferson Hotel In Hicn-
mond.
Tuesday evening by DR.. j. Marye Lewis
and Miss Julia Lewis, in their home' on
West street.
The Farmers and Teachers Alliance
is to hold it's regular midwinter SEES
sion Monday at the Manassas , A"~ The
chief topic of discussion of the farm
ers is to be THE Betterment Of the
Soil" The principal address is to oe
made by W. NJ. Brown. field agent OF
the southern railways department or
farm Improvement work. on Making
More Money on the Farm. Pror. Charies
n Thomas. instructor in psychology
and education in the washington nor.
NAL schools, is to speak on ine NeeIo
and the State,- and a model lesson In
reading is to be given by Mrs. Eva
Fletcher, a teacher in the Washington
public schools. ,s ~.
Mrs. L. Frank Pattie entertained the
Young Ladies' Sewing Clup ihur sua'
afternoon.
Evening star., 1915-02-21
HERND0N.

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
HERNDON. Va. February 20.-The
sale is reported of the farm containing
several hundred acres belonging to DR..
William T. Callar to Mr.. Gale of south
west Virginia, who will take posses
sion soon. The price paid is said to
be about $4,000. DR.. Callar and fam
lily will occupy the Buell. residence near
Coral
Rev John C. Kerr breaches in the
Methodist Church Sunday evening. the
subject being "Christs View Regard
ing War"
Mrs. Susan Middleton, ninety-four
years old. died at the home of her son.
w. Floyd Middleton. last Saturday
after a short Illness; interment in
Mount Zion cemetery in Loudoun
county, Elder w. II. Lefferts of the
Primitive Baptist Church officiating
Mrs. Middleton is survived by three
sons. Arthur, Howard and Floyd Md
Evening star., 1915-02-21
MOUNT RAINIER, ND.

R. E. Potts has been appointed town
clerk and treasurer, and Charles New
man will act as clerk to the mayor and
council These two offices were for
merly held by James Stockman. The
mayor and council have approved the
name of F. Millard Lightbown to fill
the unexpired term of a. l.. Elmore,
councilman of the third ward.
The Mount Rainier board of trade
met Thursday evening in it's rooms on
34th street and the officers and di-
rectors of the association were elected
The following were chosen as officers:
Amos Hawk, president; Charles J.
Evening star., 1915-02-21

tion is equivalent to election. The best
county office financially is that of
county treasurer. and for this there
are six aspirants-Claude Wiley, son
of the present treasurer, and now post
master at Fairfax; George X. Pickett
of Mount Vernon, John D. Garrett of
Centervilie. Nathan C. Davis of Lee,
Frank W. Huddleson of Herndon and
A. Keith Paris, jr., of Mclean
For the house Of delegates at Rich
mond. Franklin Williams, jr., fruit
farmer living near Vienna, is making
hot fight against Walter Tansill
Oliver. who was a conspicuous op-
ponent of the prohibition enabling act
in the last session of the Virginia gen.
eral assembly. Commemorative At
torney Ford will have no opposition.
over his one opponent. There are
many candidates for the board of su-
pervisors and other minor offices, and
there seems prospect Of a complete
turnover on the board, the principal
issue being good roads.
At the annual meeting of the Fair
fax County Fair Association 1t was
voted to increase the capital stock
from $4,000 to $4,000, to carry out
needed improvements and extensions.
ed president, Franklin Williams, jr, of
Vienna vice president, E. G. Burritt of
Fairfax secretary. and w. NJ. Farr of
Fairfax treasurer. The fair will be
held "Wednesday. THURSDAY and Fri
day. October s. and s. A proposition
to admit exhibits from Alexandria
county was voted down.
The Fairfax County Improvement
League has turned over to committee
of seven the matter of road improve
ment in Providence district. through
which the Fairfax-Washington high
way runs. a part of which remains to
be finished out of the proceeds of a
$4,000 bond issue just authorized by
the voters of the district. The COM
mittee includes representative citizens,
who will see that the money is ap-
piled to the best advantage. Construc-
ton Is expected to begin in the spring.
Evening star., 1915-02-21
GOES TO THE PHILIPPINES.
Surgeon John D. Long of Public
Health Service Gets Assignment.

Surgeon John D. Long, famous on the
Pacific coast as the man who suppress
ed San Francisco's bubonic plague,
has been assigned to the post of pub
lie health officer Of the Philippine Is
lands. He is now on the seas, on his
way to. Manila, where he will make
his headquarters.
Surgeon Long succeeds Surgeon Vic
tor G. Heiser. also of the public health
service. recently relieved. The assign
ment of Surgeon Long was made at
the request of the Secretary of War,
who has direction of the affairs of the
Philippines.
Surgeon Long has been fifteen years
Evening star., 1915-02-21
VIENNA.


Special Correspondence of The star.
VIENNA. Va. February 20.-County
and district offices in Fairfax county
are to be filled at this falls election
and the crop of candidates is already
large. The candidates will be sifted
out at the democratic primary, to be
held probably in August, and nomina-
Evening star., 1915-02-21

in the service. In the plague eradlca-
tion crusade undertaken by the public
health service for disease-imperiled San
Francisco, he succeeded Surgeon Gen
eral Blue. who inaugurated the work.
San Francisco has been made essen
TALLY rstproof. especially along the
water front, through the agencies di-
rected by Surgeon Long. No case OF
bubonic plague has been reported for
many months.
Evening star., 1915-02-21
chester in the direction Of Yarmouth.
Mimic Attacks Indulged In.

Sandrinsham, the country home Of the
king and queen. is exhaustively pro-
tected,. so far as protection against aer-
ial attack is possible. Their majesties
have even indulged in mimic attacks to
ascertain the chances of being nit by the
German flyers. One day last week a
British aviator ascended to a height of
about one and half miles and prac-
ticed at dropping small bags of flour,
to represent bombs. on the castle. From
this height, with a strong wind blowing
and a weapon necessarily light to pre-
could come to the castle was two miles
This was highly gratifying to their
majesties. who to their intimates have
made no effort to conceal their fear Of
the air raids.
Evening star., 1915-02-21
Sparks Cause Forest Fires.

Locomotive sparks caused 80 per cent
of the fires on national forest purchase
areas in the White mountains of New
England and the southern appala-
chians I'm 1914, according to the forest
service. More than half of the SOB
fires in the east occurred in virginia
alone. 221 of them starting from loco
motive sparks.
Evening star., 1915-02-21

kitty-Jack says he loves me so
much that he could die for me.
Aunt Jane-Jack would do anything
to escape work.-BoSton Transcript.