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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-11-12
Buys Oxen for $3.50
Uses Then for Year
Sells EN- for $3.50
PROVE TO BE
SHREWD DEALERS IN COUN-
TY LIVE STOCK.

Forrest county ought 10 go into the
OK raising industry, and place the
present board of supervisors, chan
Gerry Celrk Herbert Gilis and other
officials in charge of this department.
money, if it did.
The county would make lot of
Several months ago, i've yoke of
oxen were purchased for the use OF
the county read crew in grading
and repairing tne highways The
board went out and selected 10 ami
mails of their choice, and paid $3.50
for them. That was long time aGo
Since then. these same animals have
drawn road scrapers, plOughs and the
like. over hundreds of miles of road.
8, 10 and II hours per day. The
amount of work they have assisted in
performing, can't be estimated.
The county recently installed mo
tor truck and plOughs. 1t worked all
right. and so there was no use for the
oxen. What did the board of super
visors do about it?
| The went right out and hold these
self same animals Tor $3.50, making
Drofit of 500 on the deal, besides hav
ling obtained the use of the animals
| for many months.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-11-12
DOHERTY SYNDICATE
SENDS A MESSAGE
ANNOUNCES THAT CITIES SER
VICE COMPANY TO SELL
MORE STOCK.

Ii. F. Wheeler, general manager of
the Hatticsburg Traction Company, re-
ceived the following telegram from
Henry L. Doherty & Co, principal
owners of the local company, today:
'' At d special meeting of the board
OF directors of the Cities Service Com
pany today, the officers were author
lied to sell $5,000,000 preferred and
-, 100000 common stock for $5.000,O00
cash. A strong American syndicate
has purchased this stock. The sale of
this stock OF securities will enable the
company to retire its entire floating
debt and will furnish ample working
cash and capital.
. Arrangements have been made with
the purchasers to provide that their
stock will not be offered to the public
at present. and purchasers may with
draw their stock from the syndicate
only upon agreement that the pre-
feffed SLO~k VIII De oOlu lOl HOI AC9"
than IS per cent of par, and common
at not less than 125 per cent of par.
The holders OF the preferred stock OF
the company Of record December IS,
next. will be given the right on Jan
uary /, 1916, to receive five per cent
convertible debentures of the company
to the amount of per cent of their
holdings as payment for the deferred
dividends to that date, the holder to
have the right to convert these deben-
lures at any time into stock upon
basis of $100 of preferred stock and
! $25 of common stock for each 800 OF
Continued on Page Four)
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-11-12
GOOD ROADS LINK
EAST TO THE WEST
MAN RECEIVES
LETTER TELLING OF IN
CREASE IN TOURISTS.

How good roads are bringing the
East and the West closer together by
hundreds Of miles, and by many dol
lars and cents, is told in a letter re
ceived today by John ". Perry, OF this
city, from P. T.alor, merchant OF
ONO Ranch. Cal.
Going from his home to Sacramen-
to Mr.. Lalor said he met many cars
from the East and South.
81 was talking to people from Salem,
Mass. last week. he wrote, "%ho
came from their home in a seven
passenger car with a trailer behind
for carrying the tent and camp equip
ment. They told me they had made
the trip from Salem to San Francisco
at an entire expense of $3.50 for the
seven persons, and took in all the
points of interest en- route. They also
had the time of their lives. They said
that as soon as the Lincoln Highway
is completed, thousands of the East
ern car owners would make annua
pilgrimages to the Pacific Coast
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-11-12
at Night.

With 50 or 70 of the states most
prominent electrical officials in at
tendance, as well as electrical aut4or-
tiles and experts from adjoining states
and throughout the country, present,
the seventh annual convention OF the
Mississippi Electric Association see
ton of the National Electric Light As
sociation, convened at the Hotel Hat
tiesburg at o'clock this afternoon.
Other delegates ana members are
expected tonight and tomorrow. In
dication are that the most successful
convention of the associations his
tory will result from this meeting, II.
IF. Wheeler, general manager of the
Hattiesburg Traction Company, who
is secretary-treasurer of the Mississip-
pi section, is in charge of the arranse-
ments for the convention.
The first general SESSION was gsstd
I at , o'clock this afternoon in the pri-
vate dining room of the Hotel Hat
tiesburg. Joe Cook. president of the
Mississippi Normal College, delivered
the address of welcome Charles M.
Hays. president of the Mississippi sec
ton, was unable to be present. In his
stead. E. w Lloyd, of the National as
s0ciation responded.
/ Z. B. Booth opened the discussion of
"the reasons for general falling off OF
railway and lighting for previous
months" w F. GorenflO, of Gulfport.
spoke on Boiler room economy" j.
A. Bemis. of Vicksburg, led the dis
cussion on Public utility in Politics. .
The annual banquet of the organiza-
tion will be given in the private din
4 ing room at the Hotel Hattiesburg at
$50 o'clock tonight While the mem
I bers of the organization are at this
banquet, the ladies accompanying
them here will be entertained at the
Lomo, where a special feature pro-
gram will be rendered. Compliment
tary tickets to this are being distrib
uted this afternoon.
The second general session will be
gin at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning
S. NJ. Jones, of Laurel, will talk or
should We Admit or Invite MUnicipa
Plants to Join the Mississippi Electric
Association"
H. F. Wheeler, of this city, vii
open the discussion then on 'The pol
lev of companies regarding free light
ing and transportation to employe'
Continued on Page Eight)
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-11-12
GOVERNOR ISSUES
1915 THANKSGIVING
PROCLAMATION TODAY

Governor Brewer today issued
the following Thanksgiving proc
lamati0n:
Executive Department
State Of Mississippi,
Jackson, Miss.
To the People Of Mississippi:
For the perils escaped and for
blessings received mankind feels
sense Of Thanksgiving.
Thanksgiving is innate. All crea-
lures feel it and humanity with its
larger sense experiences it in
greater degree.
The American people ought TO
congratulate themselves that We
have escaped ehtangling alliances;
/ that We have not become involved
in the war which is being waged
on a greater scale than any before,
and which bids fair to tear down
civilization which has taken cen
turies to rear; that we are. not
under the flag of Mars but under
that which guarantees to us Life,
Liberty and the Pursuit of Happi-
ness
Never before in the history Of
our great republic have we been
confronted with greater problems.
Thus far We have escaped great
calamities. Our sense OF thank
fulness naturally rises to the God
OF the universe In the wise dis
pensation of providence we have
enjoyed peace: have reaped and
harvested the fruits of our iabOrs.
To properly evidence our feel
ings, and to give voice to them, l.
Earl Brewer, governor Of the State
of Mississippi, do issue this, my
| Thanksgiving proclamation, calling
| upon the people of Mississippi TO
] observe Thursday, the 25th day OF
November, 1915, as a day of gen
eral thanksgiving We should out
/ of our abundance contribute to
| those who have not. We should
meet in our places Of worship and
! return thanks for what we have
and for the ills we have not. Kind
words should be spoken to those in
trouble and these should be accen-
/ tuated by kind deeds and acts OF
/ charity and love.
In testimony whereof l have
hereunto set my hand and caused
the great seal Of the State of Mis-
sippi to be affixed at the capitol.
this, the 11th day Of November, A
d 1915. Earl Brewer,
1 BY the govern:
| Joseph w. Power,
Secretary of State.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-11-12
lRn Assoclated 1,rexa.l

London. Nov 12.--The publication
of the decree dissolving the Greek
Chamber Of Deputies was received in
Athens with calm. The government.
it appears, considered the dissolution
the only possible means of securing
unrestricted liberty of action. Greek
officials in London and other points
assert that Greece soon Will be con-
vinced beyond a doubt that the Allies
have produced enough troops to make
possible a successful offensive against
Bulgaria. She then will join the Allies.
news dispatch says that there is
grave reason for fearing that the main
body of the Serbian army which has
been fighting the Germans and Bull
garians. has had its right wing cut off
between Nish and Kralievo The
fall Of yeles in Southern Strbia -
imminent after the severe defeat in
ficted upon the Bulgarians by the
French according to a Salonki dis
patch
On the French front, Paris reports
spirited artillery exchanges. In theAr-
tots district, of France, the German
batteries have been silenced.
The loss of life in the sinking of the
Ancona has not been definitely de-
termined. According to a dispatch
from Tunis. 203 persons are yet un-
accounted for
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-11-12
VOODOO DOCTOR"
HEARD FROM AGAIN

Annie Tatum, an aged negro woman
on trial before Chancery Clerk Giilis
on an insanity charge, was dismissed
Yesterday afternoon, when it was
found that the woman was not crazy,
but "doped." She told the clerk that
she obtained her medicine from DOC
tor Tom" the. negro man who was
given a $500 fine in Mayor Batson
court the other morning for practicing
medicine without a license.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-11-12

FIRST BATCH OF DELiNQUENTS 6
BROUGHT INTO COURT THIS
MORNING.

The city authorities are going after
the street tax delinqUents. On aftl-
davits sworn out by Policeman Tom
Moore, in charge of collecting these
taxes. four delinquents were in Mayor
Batsons court this morning. They
had failed TO pay the SO assessments.
It cost them $6 each TO get out Of it.
linn Oliver, viii Franklin, Charles
Williams and Rederick Cooper were
the delinquents fined.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-11-12
MRS. HART WILL Be
BURIED TOMORROW
FUNERAL TO BE HELD FROM
RESIDENCE AT 8 O'CLOCK
TONIGHT.

The funeral of Mrs. Mary Hart,
mother of Miss Belle Hart, who died
at the family residence at Jackson
and Third streets at 11:15 o'clock
this morning, will be held from there
at s o'clock tonight. The body will
be taken to Hazlehurst, the old home,
where the interment will take place
tomorrow.
Mrs. Hart had been an invalid for
some months. Diseases accompany
old age were responsible for the death
She was native of Hazlehurst, but
had resided here for some years.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-11-12
urors Are Called.

The work Of selecting jury for
yfhe case OF Tom Leverett, charged
with the murder Of ed Bradley in
fR.chton last August, is continuing
this afterr 2on. indications at 4
o'clock were that it would take the
remaining part Of the day to OBJ
[ tain set of 12 men satisfactory to
10th the State and the defense.
This work was inclined to drag
along slowly during the early part
1 cf the day, but later Judge Paul
E. Johnson speeded it along by an
snooncing to the attorneys that II
Ythey could not make better prog
press at examining the talesmeh,
he would take the matter from
kNteir hands and do it himself. THIS
Aserved to hurry things along, ana
a1any :. rnc questions, sad ~ the
Ycourt to be useless, were dropped.
At 3 o'clock, the men occupyits
he jury bcx were:
j. w. Brown, farmer, Rogers
school, married.
Angus Vance, farmer, Ideal, mar
Fled
w. E. jackson, farmer, Hickory
Grove, married.
oliver Weatherford, farmer, Har-
vey, unmarried.
J. /. eagle, farmer, Green's
Creek, married.
3. Dubose, farmer Rogers
Gchool, married.
r. Baker, farmer, Lower RIVER
Road, married.
A. {. Norton, truck farmer
Hardy street, married.
T l.. Jacobs employed at the
EraveI Pit, married.
R. c. Mcswain. farmer, Rogers
School, married.
:. D. Jackson, farmer, beat ,,
fed.
E. johnson. farmer, Eastabutch-
e, married.
EXAMINATIONS THOROUGH.
The work of selecting the jurymen
S being done in a most thorough
Il manner. At 8 o'clock, the State
still had three additional possible
CHALLENGES to its credit, while the
defense had 8. It is believed that
the defense will use its challenges
before the afternoon has ended,
and then will seek to have others
disqualified for cause.
Interest in the case is increas-
ing. and the court room was
packed this afternoon, despite the
fact that the uninteresting bit OF
LEGAL necessity of examining close
iy every proposed juryman was
al that w astranspiring.
1t is believed that jury will be
selected before court adjourns and
that the actual trial will be begun
tomorrow morning.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-11-12
EVERETT JURY.
Nay Be NAMED.
HIS AFTERNOON
3 O'clock Most Of the ChaI-
Senqes Of Counsel Had Been
Exhausted.
,AMlNATi0H 0F JURORS
is OF THOROUGH NATURE

qe johnson Is Doing His Utmost
3o Speed the Work Along, and
threatened to Conduct Examinations
himself if Attorneys Did Not Dis,
continue Unnecessary Questioning
Special Venire Exhausted; Regular
urors Are Called.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-11-12
CHARLES TUCKER HELD
)N COUPLE OF CHARGES

Charles Tucker, well-known white
ian in Hattiesburg, is in the county
all on charges of vagrancy and OF re-
aiIine He was arrested last night
v Deputy Sherig Franw Williams.
He will be given hearing in the
ircuit court the first of the week.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-11-12
PARLIAMENT IS
TO
INSURE LIBERTY
Creek Hing Send Deputies Home
to Give Government More
Chance to Act.
WILL JOIN ALLIES WHEN
ENOUGH TROOPS ARRIVE

Right Wing of Serbian Army, it is
Feared, Has Been Cut Off by the
Teutons and Bulgars Fighting To-
gether-French promise to Retake
Veles Now Held by the BuIgarians-
German Batteries Are SiIenced in
Flanders.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-11-12
APTIST NAME
COLUMBUS FOR
MEETING
Naichez 0uly Other City Max
ing a Fight to Entertain
1916 Convention.
B!LBC PROMISES TO
MAKE STATE TEMPERANCE

Sessions Close At II O'Clock Today,
An Hour Ahead of ime-Gillon ana
Solomon Appointed Trustees OF
Southwestern Baptist 3eminary-
Report on BAPTIST Orphanage is
Made-Governor-EI Elect Reads Paper
en- Temperance
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-11-12
men
Of MISSISSIPPI
ARE IN SESSION
Light Association Delegates from
Throughout State, Guests
Of City.
CONVENTION OPENED AT
HOTEL THIS AFTERN00N

Between SC and IS Authorities on the
Electric Situation are CcnVenin9 al
The Seventh Ar>.uaI Convention
Banquet at Hotel Hattiesburg To-
niqht-AnnuaI Election of Officers
Tomorrow Afternocn-Sons of jove
at Night.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-11-12
CHANCELLOR IN THE CITY.

Chancellor ]. n. Powers, of the Uni
yersity of Mississippi, is here today.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-11-12

The Mississippi State Baptist Asso-
citation, meeting here since Wednes-
lay. Will hold its 1916 convention in
| Columbus, Miss.
This decision was reached shortly
before the close of the 1915 conven-
ton at the First Baptist Church this
morning. The meeting closed at II
o'clock, and with its adjournment, end
ed what has been the most harmonious
and profitable meeting that the Mis-
sissippi Baptist State Convention has
probably ever held So smoothly has
.he work run that an adjournment was
possible even before the time set for
L. 1t was a thing frequently COM
mented on and specially mentioned in
he concluding moments that there
was no discord and that everybody was
agreed upon the fundamentals dis
cussed.
The business part Of this mornings
session was initiated with a reading OF
resolutions, which recommended that
the convention appoint two trustees
10 represent Mississippi on the board
of the South Western Baptist Semi
nary, those later being appointed, Dr..
r. L. Gillon, of Gulfport, and the for
mer Hattiesburgan, Z. D. Solomon, of
Meridian. 1t was further recommend
ed that a special place at the next
convention be given for music and
that song leader be secured for the
week The legislature at the coming
session was urged to enact laws that
will prohibit the use Of slot machines,
and that will prohibit the advertise
ments of whiskey in newspapers in
the state. A recommendation Of sDe-
ciaI Importance was that the cOnven-
| ion memorialize the legislature to sub
NIT to the people the question OF re
moving from the state constitution
Whose sections which prevent legacies
or bequests to religious bodies, and
ethat a committee be appointed t. pre-
sent question to the legislature. La
ter those placed on this committee
we're A. T. Ratliff, T. j. Bailey and {
5 Hattiesburg man. S. Z. Travis.
piIbo Peade Daner
What Dr. T. j. Bailey of the Anti
Saloon League characterized as
; clear. strong and magnificent paper
the best report on temperance rea(
before the convention in twenty-five
wears. was the manuscript offered b!
iCovernor-Elec Theo G. Bilbo. Bap
! ttists. the report stated, have been Il
lthe forefront of all moral bettermen
movements in the south. The latte
. part of the century closed and the hrs
mart of this one. it read will be locke,
o upon bv historians as including tn
= fight for Temperance, the creates
4 movement of all. The campaign 10
v this cause has not been spasmodl(
+ but has gone and is going torwar
Il step by step, and the forces OF tn
churches today are better groomed 10
the fight than ever before. No regre
Ireform has ever been turned from II
course. Every southern state east
V the Mississippi, except Florida, is DIR.
and Louisiana and Texas, west, 500
n will be, and of the 19 dry in the unio1
IS 10 of them are in southern Bapti'
d territory.
IS The governor-elect's speech We
v. brief and to the point. He said thi
At his prohibition for the past eight yeal
C. has been consistent, and that on tn
as question he has gone the limit. t
IS renewed his declarations, which We
10 previously made before the electio
tContinucd on Page Tour.)
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-11-12
THE COTTON MARKET.
fRp Associated Press,

} New Orleans, Nov. 12.-The cotton
market c,,csed / to points down.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-11-12
THE WEATHER

Mississippi = Fair west; clearing
asst portion tonight; colder Saturday
air colder southeast portion.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-03-01
Good Outside Notice.

The mineral springs project is
bringing Ashland into the limelight.
Sundays Oregonian carried a two
column picture of our big parade
Friday with an Ashland date line dis
patch referring to the demonstration
as the biggest ever seen in southern
Oregon The photograph for the oc-
casion was taken by Chester Steven
son and it was finished and on its
way to Portland within fifteen min
utes after the parade went by. Mr..
Stevenson is a fine scenery artist and
has already produced postal card
scenes which are attracting notice
from such bodies as the Oregon De-
velopment League and other booster
organizations. The Commercial Club
has contracted for many thousand of
these and is sending them broadcast.
1t is an effective method of advertis-
ing.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-03-01
Circuit Court
GrindS Away

A jury in the circuit court Thurs
day found J. D. Bell and John Sheri-
dan of the Nash Hotel Company not
guilty of selling liquor to minors, af-
ter but five minutes deliberation.
This is the inglorious finale of agita-
tion launched two years ago. Nine
other Medford saloonmen were in
dicted on similar charges. They will
be dropped. The issue in the case
was woven about the responsibility of
an employer for the acts of his en-
ploye.
After twelve hours deliberation in
which they were unable to reach a
verdict, the jury in the trial of Ray
Toft, charged with perjury, was dis
missed Wednesday night by Judge
Calkins. At one time the jury stood
eleven to one for conviction. The
balance most Of the time stood nine
to three and eight to four for con-
victon. In the closing balloting the
jury was deadlocked and could reach
no agreement or compromise.
This is the second disagreement, a
jury at the September term of court
failing to reach verdict after ten
hours deliberation. The prosecut-
ing attorneys office has reached no
decision whether a third trial will be
called or not.
The trial of Louis Martin, slayer of
Arthur Hubbard, game warden, will
commence today. Several venires of
jurymen will probably have to be
chosen. Much interest is being taken
in the case by Ashland people.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-03-01
This Years Taxes
Due For Payment

The taxes on Jackson county are
now due. The warrants authorizing
their collection are drawn and rolls
placed in the hands of the treasurer
for collection.
Fred L. Colvig, treasurer, makes
statement covering collection of taxes
for 1914 as follows:
First half of all taxes legally lev
led and charged shall be paid prior to
April l following, the remaining one
half to be paid on or before August
81 following without penalty.
Interest shall be charged and col
lected on any tax or one-half of tax
not so paid at the rate of / per cent
per month or fraction of month un-
til paid. All taxes remaining unpaid
September l shall become delinquent
and will be subject to penalty of 10
per cent and interest at the rate of
IL per cent per annum until paid.
The new tax law passed by the re-
cent legislature will not affect the
collection of the taxes for this year,
and in view of the fact that the legis-
lature also enacted a measure provid-
ing for the refund of the interest on
the last half of the 1914 tax roll, it
has been decided that the collection
of interest will be waived on last half
payments if made prior to Septem-
| Der 1.
He earnestly requests all taxpayers
to check up their receipts with the
list of their properties and report any
discrepancies promptly, so that the
matter can be adjusted; also to see
that tax receipts contain your per-
sonal tax
1t would expedite the work in the
treasurer's office to great extent if
taxpayers will make application by
mail for their tax statements, fur
nishing descriptions if possible.
A complete list of all property,
both real and personal, within the
corporate limits of Ashland has been
furnished each of the banks, also
G. F. Billings, where taxpayers may
make payments if desired.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-03-01
Women of WoOdcraft.

Acorn Circle No, 54, Women OF
Woodcraft, held a regular business
and social meeting Saturday evening,
February 27, at I. o. o. F. hall.
The sick were remembered with
messages of love and flowers, visit
ors were welcomed, applicants elected
to membership, officers installed and
some plans made for celebrating the
eighteenth anniversary of the organ
ization of the order.
The supper committee, Mr.. and
Mrs. Ora e. Deibert and Mrs. Isabelle
Yarbrough, prepared delicious home
refreshments which were served in
the hall.
The following are the officers of
the circle for the ensuing year:
Guardian Neighbor-Mrs. Edyth
L. Phipps.
Past Guardian-Mrs. Clara Loomis.
Adviser-Mrs. Emma B. Earle.
Magician-Mrs.B Bertha e. ,Oslin.
Clerk-Mrs. Josephine d. 7Grocker.
Banker-Mrs. Callie B. L. Shelton.
Attendant-Miss Naomi L. Reyn-
olds.
Inner Sentinel-Mrs. Hattie B.
Reynolds.
Outer Sentinel-Mrs. Anna Parr.
Captain of Guards-Ora E. Del
bert.
Musician-Mrs. Ocean w. Deibert.
Board OF Managers-Mrs.M Mary R.
Shuts, Mrs. Laura L. Abbott and
Mrs. Zorah Q. Wiley.