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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-03-30

James Carley, the lO-year-old Petai
lad, who had an escape from
death Friday morning that was put
little short of miraculous, when tast
6ying Northeastern passenger tram
ran down the automobile in which ne
and his grandfather, J. M. Carley' were
riding at the Petal crossing, killing
the latter, propped up in big chair at
his parents home this morning, told
how it feels to be struck by rail-
road train and sent flying through
space.
James, despite the fact that he was
knocked rs feet, and as high as a one
story building, has no broken bones
and. with the exception of skinned
face and nose, apdsa pair of eye
which hayaabeent fxollsn shut sine
his qollsjaa va. 2ths railroad en-
gine.s bnt little re vase 70
ths Eat.
| lfsI ..r,a in Petal No
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-03-30

mlsslsslppiRaIn tonight; cold.
Or southwest portion; Wednesday
cloudy and somewhat colder.
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1915-08-13
BIG AUCTION SALE
OF BEAUTIFUL
Resident LOTS

Mr.. T. A. Wick of the Atlantic
Coast Reality Co., of Greelville N.
C. is in the city this week advertis-
ing for the big auction sale of lots
known as the Baum property on
the court house hill. This is one of
the most desirable pieces pf prop
erty anywhere about avn. 1t is
on high plateau overlooking the
town only a short distance from
the business section of the city and
has we'll graded streets leading to it.
with the electric lines of the Dills-
boro Sylvia Electric Company
passing throu 5h it, making it very
easy to obtain lights for any resi-
dent that may want them.
The Atlantic Coast Reality Co.
are the selling agents for this prop.
erty and they have a reputation Q
being the largest Real Estate Auct
ion Co. in existence.
Come to Sylvia Aug. Goth AM
buy yourself a nice residence lot il
a progressive town, where in a few
J. years you can double your interest
Mr.. T. A. Wick is in charge an
can be found at the Commerce.
Hotel. See ad on page eight of thi
issue.
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1915-08-13
OFFICERS SEIZE STILL !:
and ITS OPERATOR

In spite of the strenuous fsor.s
made by Mrs. A. S. Ammons to aid
her husband in making his escape
from revenue officers. Ammons was
captured in a swamp yesterday near
Willets in Jackson county. An illicit
distillery that he had been operating
near his house was destroyed by j.
F. Cabe and w. A. Thompson, spe-
cial employees in the internal reve-
nue. service.
Willets is a station on the Murphy
division of the Southern railway,
but it is in the heart of the Balsam
mountains and the house and
"moonshine" factory were in wild
and inaccessible spot.
AS Officer Cabe dashed Ground
the house after the fleeing blockader
Mrs. Ammons seized the raider and
held him for several minutes. The
delay gave Ammons lead but it
was not sufficient an | he was soon
captured.
The alleged blockader was taken
to Waynesville and after hearing
before United States Commissioner
Osborne he was held for trial at the
next term of the District court.
Deputy Marshal M. D. Justice went
out to Waynesville on the afternoon
train to represent the government
at the hearing-GaZette.
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1915-08-13
FIRST WOMAN To DIE
IN ELECTRIC CHAIR?

Winston-Salem, N. c., Aug. T.
At 1850 o'clock tonight Judge E. B.
Cline. of the Superior court, having
received the verdict of the jury
murder in the first degree-con-
demned Mrs. Ida Ball Warren and
Samuel Preston Christy to death in
in the electric chair Friday, Sep
tember "a, for the murder of G. j.
Warren, husband of Mrs. Warren,
Clifton Stonestreet. found guilty of
being an accessory after the fact,
was sentenced to three years in
states prison.
An appeal was taken, filed for
the defendants as paupers.
Mrs. Warren stood erect until the
words fixing the date were uttered,
then with quick, nervous jerk
sank into her chair, dropping for a
minute and then resuming appar-
ent calmness. In the event Mrs
Warren is electocuted she will be
the first woman to 60 tothe chair i
this state, and it is said the second
woman ever to pay the death pen
atty in North Carolina.
Warren was missed from hi.
home here after August Is of las,
year and his body was found il
Muddy creek. Forsyth county, last
April. Christy, during the interim
had gone back to Texas, where ht
had lived for years with Mrs. War
, rem, and whence the woman posing
as the wife of Christy, Alias Kearn
eloped with Warren.
Mrs. Warren, arrested after tn
discovery of the body. according tt
the police made a confession i'm
plicating Christy, who was extra
dited. Christy is then said to hav
made a confession in whicl
he told of a plot by him and Mr.
l Warren to kill her husband.- Cit
zen.
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1915-08-13

The agreement provided that |
the aluminium Company of
America can proceed at once and
start the construction of the seven i,
days which will harness the water
power of that section to generate
electricity for light and power.
This will give 100000 horsepower.
The agreement provides that if the
Aluminium Company of America
dams shall flood the tracks of the
present right of way of the road be-
tween Fontana and Bushnell that
it shall pay to the railroad COM
pany $500,000 for the construction
of new line which shall be built
from Bushnell with rise of one
foot and being 180 feet above the
track ct Fontana.
Then if the Southern Railway
company desires to connect with
Chilhowee, the Aluminium company
agrees to pay $1,O0O,OOO toward the
construction of the new route, half
of this to be paid when the work is
started and the other half when
completed. In addition the South
ern Railway company shall have a
right of way over the grounds o
the Aluminium Company O
America.
The agre lnent reached is heliev
ed by the local representatives t,
mean that work will be starte(
| soon on the completion of the sew
5 en- dams Of the company. A mum
Der of men have been employed OF
the dam sights making sounding
and doing other preliminary wor]
toward the construction of tn
dams.
: President Fairfax Harrison an(
President Davis have both labore'
to secure an agreement and it i
believed that this additional power
will add much to the development
2 of southern territory. This viii
give East Tennessee the larges
: water power in the country.-Citi
: zen.
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1915-08-13
AN APPRECIATION.

THREE FRIENDS UNITE IN A
JUST TRIBUTE TO A TRULY
GOOD AND REMARKABLY USE
Full MAN.
The death of Mr.. Jasper Allen on
July 80, 1915, recalls the splendid
public service that he rendered the
town of Sylvia in its early history
durin t. e latter SOS. The town had
no..public hall, no school house, no
church and for several years this
was the condition; but Mr. Jasper
Allen though living on his farm
some distance off, rose grandly tc
meet the communitys important
needs and with characteristic gene
rosity and public spirit provided
for Sylvia a building where secular
meetings, school, Sunday schoo
prayer-meeting and church services
could be held. For this inestlmab-
ly valuable contribution to tn
towns early educational, moral, ant
spiritual opportunities, the nam'
of Jasper Allen as noble benefact
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1915-08-13
CHARGED With MUIR
DER OF HUSBAND.

Dove D. McMahan, section
hand on the Tenn. and N. C. R. R.
was found shot and dying in his
home above Sunburst last Friday
morning about 5 o'clock, and a
pistol was found about 2 feet from
the left side of the bed on the floor
Mrs. McMahan, the wife, was in
the kitchen and another woman,
Mrs. Hamilton, was in another
room near by and they cried out.
Charles Campbell was asleep up
stairs and heard the shot and the
cries of the women. He dressed
hurriedly and came down. Mrs.
McMahan gave him a lamp and he
went in where the man was breath
ing his last on the bed. A pistol
was on the floor. The wife did not
90 into the room.
DR.. McFayden. the coroner, held
an inquest Friday and although the
first news of the matter indicated
suicide the Jury was not satisfied
with the theory and would not pro-
nounce it suicide.
The funeral was held at DillshorC
Saturday and Mrs. McMahan was
arrested and brought here for trial
A preliminary hearing was held il
the court house yesterday after
noon before R. O. McCracken, Esq.
1t was shown that he must have
been shot while laying on his bacl
about foot from the left or out
side edge of the bed and the sho
went straight through the bod!
bedding and mattress. Mrs. Nc
Mahan never went into the room
The clothing was not much powde
burned or schorched. The pisto
was on the floor on the left side
These are the main suspicious cir
cumstances the States representa
tive, Grover c. Davis, relied O.
for holding conviction or holdin
the accused.
Gilmer Leatherwood represented
Mrs. McMahan very ably. He pu
no witness on the stand. M
Campbell didn't think the wifi
could have had time to be in tn
room do the shooting and return
the kitchen from the time he hear
the shot and her cry, just aft'
which came from the kitchen.
After the argument Esquire M
Cracken announced that he cou
not find sufficient evidence to bin
the defendant and she was release
-Mountaineer.
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1915-08-13
MILLIONS ARE INVOLVED

Knoxville, July 31.-The agree
ment between the Southern rail
way and Aluminium Company of
America has been signed whereby
the Southern railway will remove
its right Of way from the flood line
of the seven dams that will be con-
structed by the Aluminium COM
p2ny on Little Tennessee river, ac-
cording to Judge H. B. Lindsay
for the Aluminium Company of
America. Judge Linsdav states
that work my De started at once
on the construction of seven dams
of the Aluminium plant, but he has
not yet received advice!as to when
it.will start. The Knoxville Power
company was first organized by To-
cal capital and later sold the rights
to the Aluminium Company of
America. In 1907 the work was
stopped on the construction of the
Tennessee Carolina Southern rail-
way at Chilhowee, short distance
from where the proposed dams
were to be constructed, also on the
North Carolina road being con.
structed from Bushnell.
The right of way of this road ran
along the banks of the Little Tenn
essee river and it is stated that the
; backwater from the dams, if con.
, structed. would overflow the righ
of way.
When the Aluminium Company
Of America purchased the property
: of the Knoxville Power company
and additional rights, the question
arose as to whether the backwatel
would overflow the right of way o
the railway along the mountain
side near the river.
It was the opinion of the engi
neers that this would be the case
8 and the work of constructing tn
a dams was not pushed until an agr
ment could be reached by tn
Southern railway and the Alum
mum Company of America. Will
> this was pending the Aluminul
y Company located its plant at Mar,
le vile and secured $4,000 horsepowe
is from the Oconee plant. now. owne
'by the Tennessee Power company.
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1915-08-13

vi olouiu never De forgotten by
the people of Sylvia. When the
first church was built-a Baptist
Church,-he was the LARGEST contri-
butor AM the most enthusiastic
never tagging in his zeal
till the edifice was ready for use.
This venerable father in Israel
was eighty seven years of age, JULY
4. In his last illness, he was to, ca
ingly thoughtful of those he was to
leave behind. When his final sum-
mons came, he was fully ready and
fell asleep in Jesus as gently as
babe upon its mothers breast.
This appropriate Scripture ame to
the writer as he reviewed the lone,
use ul life of Mr.. Allen: The path
of the just is as shining light.
that shineth more and more unto
the perfect day.
The testimonies and tributes Of
loving friends woul fill volume,
but there are two that wish to in
clude in this sketch. Rev. j. J.
Gray thus beautifully speaks of our
departed loved one:
/ have known Bro. Allen as an
active church member nearly
twenty years. The interests of
Cots kingdom lay heavy on
his heart. His lie carried un1n.s-
taxable proof that he was a. saved
man. AS so me insects handle and
mould the earth, without being de-
filed by it, so Jasper Allen lived i
daily contact with earthly things,
turning then to account for his
personal comfort, and for the moral
betterment of all, without being de-
filed by the contact. AS the insect
leaves his house of clay, grows
wings, and flees out of sight, Jasper
Aliens spirit earth free, ascended
into Gods upper Heaven.
His life and death at the very
edge of Sylva's commercial life is
suggestion that every Christian
ought to bring heaven into the
centre of the active business world
; Hon. James H. Cathey, when ask
ed bv the writer for an estimate O.
Mr.. Aliens character responded
fee]inely and fittingly as follows:
:. He was a citizen of the ole
school; humble in his daily walk
honest, like Washington to the pen
. ny; true to his word. If he prom
u ised to meet you at the corner Q
I the street, he was there to minute
If he promised to pay you deb
: on certain day, the debt was pal
u that day or yo" knew the reaso
u why" He was true to his religion
L. faith; faithful and loyal and liber;
as to his religious obligations.
He was sound and solid as Gil
ralter in his political principle
patriotic and true in the discharg
A OF his civic duties. In his relatio
Y to men, he was considerate to tt
F. point of Difference. Toward wome
he was urbane and cbrivalric 8
became gentleman OF the %
. South
" His manner was as gentle as
~ woman's; his heart good and tend
y as a child's. His affection for h
az wife was as beautiful as it was r
!o markable and this affection W
no thoroughly reciprocated.
y He has gone to the home of tt
good.
~ K. L. M.
mt
le- The Fox Tent show that's playi
ed Canton this week will play Syl
ar next week.
~ Mrs. Walters, is visiting her da
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1915-08-13

Several Baptist ministers passed
throush this city enrout to the AS
socjatiOn now in session at CullO-
Whee.
The Fox tent show presents The
man of mystery" Ten Nights"
" Jessie James and other good plays.
Miss Christine Nichols entertained
with moon light picnic, Tuesday
night, complimentary to her cousin.
Miss Ora Nichols of Etowah, Tenn.
/ Among those who went to Bum
garner Falls and partook of the
good time and good eats, were Misses
Dorothy Mckee, Mayme- and Pearl
Long, Alice Gray, Virginia Greer, Ora
and Christine Nichols and Messers
Hal Mckee, Gerson and T. c. Bryson
H. P. Cathey, Ephrim Stillwell St.
John Cox and Dan !Tompkins The
party was chaperoned by Mrs. Mary
Carter BrinsOn..
Mrs l. j. Brown has returned to
her home in Waynesville after hav-
ing spent some time with her
mother, Mrs. I'D. Allen.
Don't miss the tent show next
Monday night, 10 cents admission
Mr.. Harry Morton of Salisbury is
in the city this week.
Miss Sallie Mae Snyder, who has
t. been visiting Miss Mira. Crisp fol
: the past week, left for her home 10
Davidson county yesterday.
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1915-08-13
FIRE DESTROYS MOODY
Home near FRANKLIN
Special to the GaZette-NeWs.

Special to the GdZette-NeWS.
Franklin. N. c.. Aug. THE
large country bone of Frank
Moody about four miles from this
place was destroyed by fire recent
ly. The house was located on the
we'll known Barnard farm, one of
the largest and most valuable in
this part of the state. which was
recently purchased by Moody and
Howell of Waynesville. The loss
is estimated at $4,000 VITA the
amount of insurance unknown.
About $2,800 worth of jewelry was
destroyed in the flames.-Gazette.
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1915-08-13

The Fox Tent show that's playing
Canton this week will play Sylvia
next week.
Mrs. Walters, is visiting her dau-
ghter Mrs. S. C. Allison of this city.
Mrs. F. A. Luck Jr. and family
of Augusta Ga. are visiting at the
home of Mr.. F. A. Luck Sr. of this
city,
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-01-23
DIOCESE OF SIOUX FALLS

Parkston: A new Council of the
knights of Columbus was instituted at
Parkston On Sunday, January II, in the
presence of about two hundred visit
ing knights from the neighboring
towns. The members of Maher Coun-
Gil, Mitchell, S. D., to the number of
sixty, attended the initiation in a body.
A class of forty candidates was mi
tiated. After the ceremony a banquet
was served, at which addresses were
delivered by Rev. M. J. .BreenSC. S. v,
President of Columbus College, Cham
berlain, S. D.; Leroy Hackett, of Chi
cago, Past State Deputy of Illinois;
M. C. Corbett, District Deputy of
Mitchell, S. D., and others. The fol-
lowing officers were installed by J. R..
Dalton, of Woonsocket, State Deputy;
Grand knight, A J, German; Deputy
Grand Knight, J. d. Sweeney; Chan
cellor, E. d. Arend; Recorder, M G.
Sullivan; Financial Secretary, A. G.
Schlimgen; : Treasurer, III. Faust; Lee
turer, DR.. F. ]. Port; Advocate, Walter
Fergen; Warden, F. w. Moeller; In
side Guard, J. Fergen; Outside Guard,
r. A. Lalonde; Trustees, A. Fergen, F.
w. Eimers and James Steichen. The
Rev. N. J. Dahlmanns, pastor of the
Church of the Sacred Heart, was ap-
pointed Chaplain of the new Council.
Aberdeen: The following officers OF
st. Joseph's Roman Catholic Society
we're elected at a recent meeting:
George Deschla, President; John
Gessi, Vice President; Jacob Fischer
Secretary; Frank Deibert, Financial
Secretary; Sebastian Shaffer, Treas.
urer; Leonard Silvernagel, Marshal;
Leonard Schmidt and John Nicholas
Trustees.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-01-23
=: =. s : GATLN INSTITUTE 81: .$:.:

Lakes of Killarney, Muckross Abbey,
Ballinglass, The Seven Churches of
Glendalough, etc. The story is his
torical and one is interviewer with
romance, human interest and love.
Brave Michael Dryer, Robert Emmett,
Sarah Curran, John Philpot Curran,
Daniel O'Connell, Charles Stewart
Parnell, and other Irish patriots pass
before you on the screen. The story
opens with the passing of the first
Irish parliament, through the treach-
cry of Lord Castlereagh, and depicts
the many struggles and tribulations
of Ireland down to the adoption of
the Home Rule bill few months ago.
AS a special feature of the engage
ment Mr.. Richard S. Tuttle, well
known operate barytone, will appear
at every performance in repertoire
of famous old Irish songs. At the
Sunday matinee and every night dur
ing the week, Americas foremost ex-
ponent of genuine Irish bag pipes,
Mr.. P. J. Linehan of Minneapolis, will
appear in melody Of Irish tunes.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-01-23
Citation Tor Hearing WIN.

STATE OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY OF
Ramsey, SIS. In Probate Court.
In the Matter of Proving the Alleged
Last VIII and Testament of Thomas
The State of Minnesota to All Whom 1t
May Concern:
Whereas, Sarah Smith, of the City of
st. Paul, and State of Minnesota, has
County of Ramsey, an instrument in
writing purporting to be the Last Will
and Testament of Thomas +. Smith,
late of Ramsey County. Minnesota, de-
ton to said Probate Court, praying
that the said instrument may be proved
and admitted to probate and that Let
terS TeStamentary be granted thereon
to said Sarah Smith;
1t Is ordered, That said petition be
heard and that all persons interested
in said matter be cited and required to
appear before this Court on Monday,
the 8th day of February, 1915, at 10
o'clock a. m, or as soon thereafter as
said matter can be heard, the Pro-
bate Court Rooms. in the Court House
in the City of st. Paul, in said County,
and show. cause, If any they have, why
said petition should not be granted and
said Will admitted to probate and that
this citation be served by the publica-
ton thereof in The Catholic Bulletin
according to law, and by mailing copy
of this citation at least IA DAYS before
said day of hearing, to each of the
heirs, devisees, legatees of said dece-
dent whose names and addresses are
known and appear from the files Of this
Court
Witness the Judge of said Court,
this 18th day of January, A. ID. 1915.
I1. w. BAZTIIB.
Judge of Probate.
(SeaI of Probate Court.)
Attest: +. w. GoseWisch,
Clerk of Probate.
T.. ]. Doyle, Atty.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-01-23
DIOCESE OF DULUTH.

Duluth: On Monday evening, jan
uary II, the Marie Antoinette Court
w. c. o. F., held its annual installa-
ton of officers under the direction of
Madam Roy representing the High
Court of the Order. About one hun
dred members were present and the
following officers were installed:
Chief Ranger, Mrs. Annie Regal;
Vice Chief Ranger, Miss Aurelie
Proulx; Recording Secretary, Mrs. D..
Grandmaison; Financial Secretary,
Mrs. A. DesRochers; Treasurer, Mrs.
D. Gagne; Medical Examiner, DR.. A.
Giroux The Court was organized on
December 80, 1897, by Mrs Elizabeth
Rogers then the High Chief Ranger
of the Order 1t is now one of the
strongest and most prosperous Courts
in the Society.
A joint installation of officers of
the Ladies Auxiliary, A. o. H., and
of the Division No. 4, A. o. H., took
place Wednesday evening, January 20,
under the direction of Mrs. S. A. Muir
ply and John Simonds, County Presi-
dent.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-01-23
JOHN MCCORMACK AND IRISH
SONG.

It is "a matter of record that prior
to the time John Mccormack was
engaged by Oscar Hammerstein to
sing at the Manhattan Opera House,
he was offered an engagement by an
other American organization provid-
ed he assumed the name CORMACCO.
McCormack's answer came swift and
sure: You'll engage me under the
name given me by my. father and
mother, or not at all.
The whole world loves a man with
convictions and courage. The same
old world hates coward. The mu-
steal world loves John Mccormack
not entirely because he is the possess,
or of God-given voice, but being the
fortunate possessor of one of the real
ly great voices of all time, he remains
a real, manly, natural human being.
John Mccormack is not merely a
great singer, he is great musician,
a great student, brilliant scholar,
one of Gods noblemen. The secret
of his success in interpreting the
songs of his native land is well ex.
pressed in the following words, by one
of the best known musicians in this
country:
"He has grown up amongst the folk
songs of his native land, has come.
| by natural instinct, to know and ap
preciate them probably as well, per.
haps even better, than the old bard
Carolain himself. He expresses them
through the medium of his lovely
voice, with all their pathos, their hu
NOR, their tenderness, thrilling in
their tones and finding the chord re
sponsive within the minds of most Of
his audience, leads them after him
much as my ancient namesake, or feo
did stones, and other so-called mani
mate objects. For he is singer
who, whilst being capable O.
singing as but few can, il
noblest numbers to schoo1ed ear!
capable of fully approaching him, hi
lis perhaps the only tenor within thu
memory of most people now living
i who can take the old songs of thu
hearth and glorify them, whilst repeat
ing them in their ancient FORM"
Mr.. Mccormack will be the SOLOS
with the Minneapolis Symphony Or
chestra at the st. Paul Auditorium OF
/ Thursday evening, January 2Sth.