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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-12-23
JACKSON HIGHWAY IS
NOW A CORPORATION
NAME OF THE THOROUGHFARE
is NOW CLlNCHED BY
MISSISSIPPI.

The name of the Jackson Military
Highway has been clinched by Mis-.
sissippi, and the road which will
bear the name Of the famous general
will be hurried as rapidly as machin
cry and expert roadbuiders can do it.
by Incorporating III Meridian this
enthusiasts became incorporatOrs Of
the proposition, When Mississippi
completes it's part of the task, it vii!
Lave a Jackson highway, whether it
is declared as such by the United
States government or not.
From Florence, Ala, to the Missis
sippi line and through Mississippi
from Columbus to Logtown, road
work is in progress, and there is but
little doubt that the road will be
completed by June /, 1916, several
months before the time specified at
the Nashville meeting. While the
work is underway. Mississippi advo.
Gates are not idle and will continue to
push construction all along the route.
The incorporators of the Jackson
Military Highway Association are: r.
T. Simpson, Florence, Ala; ]. NJ. Me-
Beath, Meridian, Miss; W. H. Carter.
Columbus, Miss; T J, Locke, Jr., Co
lumbus, Miss; Cliff Williams, Merid-
ian, Miss, and T. j. Bolster, Quitman,
Miss.
The domicile of the association is
Meridian, I-auderdale county, Miss, no
capital stock and an existence OF fifty
years.
The charter of Incorporation de-
cares it the purpose of the association
to create, elect and establish a con.
tinuous public highway to be known
and designated as the Jackson Mill
tary Highway, from the city of Nash
vile, Tenn, to the city of New Or
leans, La, to pass through the coun-
ties of Davidson Williamson, Maury.
and Laurence, Tennessee: Lauderdale.
Gilbert, Franklin. Marion and Lamar
counties, Alabama, Lowndes, Noxubee,
Kemper. L.auderdale, Clarke, Jasper.
Jones, Forrest, Pearl River and Han
cock counties, Mississippi: parishes of
St. Tammany and Orleans, Louisiana.
, The route outlined is that designat-
ed by the United States government as
'the original Jackson highway. =
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-12-23

London, Dec 23.--lt is unotficially
reported that a proclamation of mar
tial law in Greece is imminent While
this is unconfirmed, there is an evi-
dence of uneasiness at Athens over
tho possibility of the Bulgarians cross
ing the border lines. Should these
much-hatef Balkan neighbors once in
wade Greek territory, it is believed
that the entire country would rise in
arms
An Athens correspondent says that
it is expected that the Teutons at Giev
geli, Serbia, will begin their advance
ON Saloniki before the week ends.
Petrograd contradicts the reports of
the landing of Russians at Varna. The
port of the Russian bombardment of
Narna apparently is incorrect.
Fighting between the French and the
Germans has been reported on the
summit OF Hartmans Weilerkopf. The
Germans claim they have recaptured
The summit The French on the other
l.; nd claim they have held most OF the
positions and have made many ad-
vances.
Constantinoplc reports artillery and
kOmb encounters on the Gallipoli pc
nnSuiar.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-12-23
Greek Didn't KnOw,
He Wasn't Still
DOWn in GuHD0rf
THE STREET, AND PAYS 81
FOR HIS FUN.
THE WELLAND CANAL,

Frank Greece, until recently a citizen
of Gulfport, but who has been conduct
burg for some weeks. didn't fully real
ize until today that he no longer was
in the coast city 1t required the
assistance of one of Chief Benefits
blue coats to wake him up to the real
ization that Hattiesburg it not Gulf
port, by long shot.
Greece stepped out in front of his
establishment on Main street. today.
and gave vent to his Christmas en-
thusiasm by touching harmless look
ing little lighted cigarette to the busi-
ness end of a fire cracker. There was
a deafening explosion in a moment.
and Greece stood off and looked on in
a satisfied manner
pushed IN Grecco's direction and the
clutch of policeman was felt on his
shoulders. He was told that he was
under arrest, but he didn't want to
believe it.
They let you shoot all the fire crack.
ers you want to in Gulfport, Greece
said, and they are glad for you to do it.
He said that he didn't know it was a
him nothing
They wouldn't do me that way in
Gulfport," Greece said.
"But you're living in a regular city
now" the Mayor said
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-12-23
hurt
IN S-FOOT FALL
JOHN M'iNNiS INJURED WHEN
LADDER TURNS WHILE PAINT
ING ON WEST PINE.

Falling from a ladder which turned
with him while he was painting one OF
the three bungalows being finished Oh
West Pine street by c. .. Eure. John
McInnis. 33 years old, a painter, re-
ceived serious injuries shortly after
10: 80 O'Clock this morning.
He was taken to his home on West
Pine street, and physicians are exam
lining his injuries this afternoon.
Whether or not he received fractur-
ed skull has not been ascertained.
The distance McInnis fell was but
or s feet. When the ladder turned,
he tried TO catch on to something and
fell to one side, his head striking a
post. He was rendered unconscious
for time
McInnis is employed by Barksdale
& HARRISON.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-12-23
Sunk Without Warming.

London, Dec. 23.-The new Japa-
nose liner Yasaka Maru. which was
sunk in the Eastern Mediterranean
Tuesday by a submarine, was sent TO
the bottom without warning, accord
Port Said The liner carried 120 pas
sengers and a crew of 100. All on
board were saved, including w. j.
Leigh, an Ameri, an. The nationality
of the submarine was unmentioned. A
French gunboat rescued the passen-
gers and crew in lifeboats, and landed
them at Port Said yesterday.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-12-23

Every empIoye of the J. J. New
man Lumber Company, from the
waterboy in the West End Woods,
to the high saIaried clerks in the
main offices Of the big lumber or
ganization in Hattiesburg, will re-
ceive, after January !, an increase
OF S per cent in their wages.
This increase will be the New
man company's method Of extend
inu to the thousands Of employees
in its mills and woods, the seasons
greetings.
Announcement of the increase
was made this afternoon by W. J.
Haynen, general manager Of the
Newman Company, who has had
the question under consideration
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-12-23
NeWn1an Employees Will
Receive a ; Per Cent
Increase on January /

with r. /. Peck, the president, for
some weeks. 1t will come in the
nature of a Christmas gift to TIE
men employed by the Newman
Company.
The increase means that be-
tween $4,000 and $1,000 additional
pay will be received by the en-
pIoyes Of the company in Missis-
s:ppi. The monthly payrolIs of the
Newman organization are up
wards Of $4,000.
1t is believed that the announce
ment made by Mr.. Haynen is but
the first Of , series Of like an
nouncements soon to come from
the operators Of other mills and
lumber manufacturing plants in
South Mississippi.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-12-23
MILLIONS INCLUDED
FOR WATER PROJECTS
RIVERS AND HARBORs COMMIT
TEE OF HOUSE PLANNING ITS
GENERAL REPORT.
(By Associated Press.)

Washington, d. c., Dec. 23.-Chair-
man Sparkman, of the House Rivers
and Harbors committee, is planning
today the report on the general water
ways bill.
Among the projects the War Depart
ment reported favorably on were:
Florida-Beufort and st. Johns river,
$14, 100000; Oklawha, $733,000; Kis-
simmee. $4,000; Caloosahatchie, $685.
900; Crystal $4,000; AncIote, $22 900;
Boca Ceiga Bay. $4,000: Harasota
Bay, $4,000; Deep Creek, $4,000.
Louisiana-Red River. $4,000; Bayou
Thrhe, $4,000: Lake Pontchartrain,
$50 900: Sabine river to Logansport,
$50, 1000: yermillion and channel to
waterway, $s7. 900.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-12-23
ALLEGED HEAD Of
SYSTEM HELD
(By associated Press.)

New York, Dec 23.-Indictments re-
turned today charge Paul Koenig,
former head of the secret service de-
partment of the Hamburg American
Line, and Richard Emil Leyendecker.
with conspiracy to destroy the Wei
Ing canal with dynamite.
Edmund Justice also was indicted
with Koenig charged with conspiracy
to secure military information for Ger
many
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-12-23
Car Crackers With
a Sweet Tooth Are
on the Job Early
RANSACK THREE CARS ON SID
ING; TAKE ONLY A BOX
OF CANDY.

The men who broke into three
freight cars on the Mississippi Central
yards near Bouie street, and near the
general offices of the company some
time last night, left clues enough to
insure their capture, were there one
of these moving picture detectives on
the job.
Such a detective which you pay )
cents or 10 cents to see, depending en-
tirely upon liz, disposition at the time
of the movie proprietor, would start to
work to find who likes candy and who
doesn't. Then he would do a lot of
other things, and pretty soon the cul-
prits would be landed
track last night, and this morning an
inspection showed that three of them
had been broken into. and several
boxes and packages opened There
was a crate Of lamp chimneys which
was opened, and much glass broken.
Other boXes-one of paint-were car
ried from the cars some distance away
and opened. Thoy were left there, un-
molested.
The only thing missing, so far as
the railroad officials have been able to
ascertain, was box of candy That
is gone. and where it was carried. no
one knows.
Chief Bennett and Sheriff HARRISON
have their men on the job today, try
ing TO locate the robbers.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-12-23
PTTSBURG SAVINGS
BANK ORDERED CLOSED

Fittsburg, Pa, Dec. 23.-The Pitts
burg Bank for Savings was closed this
morning by state officials. The bank
had been unable to weather the storms
since the failure of James and w. S.
Kuhn, who are said to have been con-
nected with the bank since 1914.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-12-23
ALLEGED FUR THIEVES
TO BE TRIED TOMORROW.

Charles Lockett and Bill Smith, two
negro boys, were arrested by the police
today, charged with stealing set OF
furs from the home of w. M. Lewis.
They will be given a hearing in Police
Court tomorrow
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-12-23

I Biloxi, Miss, Dec. 23 ''The big
thing before congress" said Congress-
man B. P. Harrison who has returned
from Washington to spend the holi-
day, lis the preparedness program,
although there will be many other
propositions of intense interest and
great Importance for the people of the
country"
Mr.. Harrison asserted his belief
that the plan for national defense will
go through with many notifications
and that already many different
means for pruning down the PROPOSE
tion have taken place. He believed
that it would become reality. but
that the cost for preparing for ma
tional defense would not be as great
as was at first deemed necessary.
Mr.. Harrison admitted that mem
bers of Congress among the Demo
Gratis are divided on the question of
national preparedness.
This is merely a friendly division
however" he added, "a difference of
views only and is by no means vital
or deep-rooted Different representa-
tives have varying views, some being
opposed to any preparedness pro-
gram, while others believing in and
adhering to a program of prepared
ness with many notifications. This
difference will in no wise effect the
harmony of the Democratic party. AL
though there may be some represen-
tatives who differ with the Presidents
views on this question, they accede to
his wishes in other respects and are
united with him on other problems of
importance. The varying views on the
question CO preparedness will in no
wise effect the support that the pres
ident will receive, nor is there any
doubt that he will have a united
party back of him and that he will
again be nominated for the Presi-
dency"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-12-23
(Rn ASSOcintod PrPSS.l

Vienna. Dec. %. - The new
American note on the Ancona
sinking has made a good impress
SIGN. An early answer is expected
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-12-23
THE COTTON MARKET.

(By Associated Press.)
New Orleans, Dec. 23.-The cotton
market at 3 O'Clock was two points
down.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-12-23
Democrats Optimistic.

Mr. Harrison declared that unless
the present time and the next Pres:-
Dental election, the Democratic party
would remain in power for the next
four years,
There is much optimism among
Continued Un Page Two)
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-12-23
GREE CT SOON
WILL Be UNDER
MARTIAL LAW
Athens Is Uneasy Over Posi-
bility Of Bulgarians Cross
ing Border.
WHOLE NATION WOULD
ARISE If THEY 70

Teutons Are Expected To Begin Their
Advance on Saloniki Before the End
OF the Week-Petrograd Denies That
Russians Have Landed an Army at
Varna-ConfIicting Reports Made by
Germans and French in West.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-12-23
DEFENSE PLANS
WILL BE TONED,
AYERS HARRISON
Mississippi Representative Says
Cost Won't be as Large
as Was Feared.
PREPAREDNESS QUESTION
WILL NOT CAUSE SPLIT

Varying Views Will Not Affect the
Support the President Will Reveive
and There Is No Doubt But That He
Will Have a United Party Back OF
Him when the Democratic Conven-
tion Is Held, the Congr, ssman De-
ciares.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-12-23

London, Dec. 23.-The British
losses of officers and men at the
DardaneIles up to December II,
was 1921.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-12-23

Mississippi-Fair tonight and 2
The Southern herald., 1915-01-22
WHY PoPES NEVER PREACH
Tradition Of the Church, That Haf
Seldom Been Broken, Forbids
Presence In Pulpit.

The preparation and delivery Of ser
mons which imp6se such a heavy
burden of toll upon other ministers
Of God have no terrors for the pope,
for the good and sufficient reason that
the traditions of the church forbid
his preaching.
OF all the many strange restrictions
which hedge about a pope, one of the
strangest is that he should not be al
lowed to preach. Only once in 300
years has a pope delivered a sermon,
and that was under most exceptional
circumstances In 1846.
On the Octave Of the Epiphany a
celebrated preacher, Padre Ventura,
was to have occupied the pulpit in
st. Peters, but was suddenly taken i'll.
To prevent disappointment to the
vast crowd which had assembled Plus
TX broke through the custom Of ages,
and ascending the pulpit delivered a
simple, homely sermon that perhaps
impressed its hearers more than the
finest eloquence might have done, be
cause of its uniqueness.
The Southern herald., 1915-01-22

one that don't bark ct Us. We hate Z
break outa the plant and steer for the
ballroom with the coyote music in our
ears, and that's what it sounds like at
the end of long day when VIC snag a
piller to be waited on just before the
big doors are closed and we're due to
vamp.
well, this one with the dimples
and the fine double row O. mother-o'
pearl molars and the sunny smirk that
looked like the twenty-four carat thing
pumped on stool in front of me, and
looked me right In the lamps with a
widenin' of her cutey grin; and l
wiped the froze grin from my chart
and smiled right back at her, and it
looked like a sure thing that we're go
in t. be little playmates for the time,
and get along like as If both Of US had
been rollin' the same hoop and playin'
puss-in-the-corner together ever since
we begun t wear our hair in braids.
Does she run to form? Does she?
Say, honest, amt through yet pickin'
chiggers and burs that that sunny
mapped doll tossed at me from her
side O the counter.
"As soon as she opened her face l
had a sudden, chilly feelin' that I'd got
her wrong, and that she was goin' t
add her monniker t. my list O. mis-
takes in pickin' 'em from their looks.
"She had voice that sounded like
a creaky dumb-walter comm up when
the janitor is sore after one O them
reg'lar nights. Her voice was no more
like her smile than rubber plant is
like early lilac, and she was out for
battle, murder, arson, and collectin'
the insurance before she'd been
squatted on the stool nine seconds.
"And all the time, get me, she
wicked me just like the eye Of cam
era, and kept that smile workin' her
dimples as If she was pullin' down
eight dollars a minute for that stuff.
"She wanted t. match some mauve
baby-ribbon, and l had the thing that
answered t. her sample under micro
scope and a searchlight. Would she
see It? Not SOS you could observe 1t
with the undraped optic. She told me,
gain at me with her homemade, mo-
lasses-candy smile all the time, that
my goods had greenish tint, and was
no more mauve than diluted water
melon is Chinese yellow.
Then she added that if tried T.
get job as a brakeman in freight
yard I'd get the toss for color blind
ness before I'd got more than one foot
into the examination room.
"Smirkin' merrily all the time, with
the dimples ripplin' across her chart
like little wavelets on a still pond, she
asked me how l had ever bunked a
reg'lar store intuh stakin' me t. a jot
that called for color-matchin'
(Copyright.)
The Southern herald., 1915-01-22
A Russian Sentinel,

The sternest ideal of military duty
is fulfilled by the Russian soldier.
An illustration is given by an Eng
lish officer who has seen service in
the East. On leaving an Armenian
village, he passed a beautiful green
valley, watered by a river that flowed
between strong embankments. His
Armenian servant told him that, after
a great storm, the river had risen in
such a food that the persons living
near the bank fed for their lives.
There was a powder magazine near
the river. The sentinel who was
guarding it prepared to retreat. but
the officers who were watching the
scene from a mountain forbade him
to leave his post. For an hour the
sentinel struggled against the rising
waters, clinging desperately to the
lock of the magazine door.
The water rose to his chin, and
then the food ceased. He was deco
rated by the government with tho
ribbon of some honorary order In rec
ognition of his heroic obedience.
The Southern herald., 1915-01-22
FALLING HAIR MEANS
DANDRUFF is ACTIVE
Save Your HaIrI Get a rs Cent Ro,,,.
Of 0anderlne Right Now-Also
Stops Itching Scalp.

Thin, brittle, colorless and scraev
hair is mute evidence of neglectsS
scalp; of dandrufr-that awful scurs
There is nothing SO destructive -
the hair as dandruff. 1t robs the bs,,
Of its luster, its strength and its va,v
life; eventually producing feyerish
ness and itching Of the scalp wb,.h
If not remedied causes the hair roo,,
to shrink, loosen and die-then tba
hair falls out fast. A little Danderip.
tonight-now-any time-will surelv
save your hair.
Get rs cent bottle Of Knowlton,.
Danderine from any store and aftsr
the first application your hair win
take on that life, luster and luxuriancs
which is so beautiful. 1t will becoma
wavy and fluffy and have the appean
ance of abundance; an incomparabs
gloss and softness, but what viii
please you most will be after Just a
few weeks use, when you will actual
ly see a lot of fine, downy hair-psv
hair-growing all over the scalp. ADV
The Southern herald., 1915-01-22
STRANGE scorpIon Enund

A curious, strange specimen Of III.
ard or scorpion was captured by Wal.
ter T. Todd near the trolley station
of the Chambersburg, Greencastle 3
Waynesboro Street Railway company
at Highfeld, Pa. The reptile, or what
not, was about eight inches in length
and the color of brick dust. II Was
found lying on the ground only a few
feet from the station and, on account
Of the rain and cool weather, was IN.
able to use its locomotive powers Very
actively and was easily captured.
The reptile had an elongated body
without scales, four short legs and
short tail, and its body was almost as
tough as rubber. Where it came from
no one seems to know.
The Southern herald., 1915-01-22

| They are poor mothers, for they are
of nervous temperament and are
easily frightened The Leghorns,
Spanish, Minorcas, and Hamburgs are
typical Of this class. The Leghorns
are perhaps the most popular with us.
For size, the meat breeds are the
champions Mature fowls in this
class average from six to eight pounds
in weight. They are usually consid-
cred poor layers, although the pull
lets often do fairly well. They are
slow.moving. heavy-bodied fowls Of
gentle disposition, and are persistent
settlers. The Brahmas, Cochins and
Langshans are breeds Of this class.
Under the head of general-purpose
breeds are classed those fowls that
furnish a fair quantity and good quail
ity of meat and also large number
of eggs when properly cared for. The
Plymouth Rocks, Wyandottes and
Rhode Island Reds are familiar
DT6GuS Vi Iulb CldS5. Ily ulOuLu 4NUCho
probably stand first in point Of num-
Der.
Pleasing appearance rather than
utility characterize the fancy hrseds,
While many of the fancy breeds may
serve a useful purpose in furnishing
meat and eggs, they cannot compete
in this respect with the other classes.
The Polish and Bantams are repre-.
sentative Of this class.
Having settled upon the breed he
will raise, the beginning poultryman
must next give his attention to the
matter of obtaining foundation stock.
By dealing with one of the successful
breeders Of known reputation he can
not easily go far astray.
For the inexperienced breeder it is
best not to buy the most expensive
stock on the market to start with
for at first certain losses are likely
to occur which will be avoided when
he has mastered some of the secretF
of his trade"
The Southern herald., 1915-01-22

Is it for fun, love, or money that
you wish to raise chickens?
First decide this, and then pick your
breed accordingly.
This is the advice which an expert
enced Wisconsin poultryman gives to
all embryo" chicken farmers. He
emphasizes this as the prime factor
in a successful ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
what is the object of your venture,
study the requirements Of your mar
ket and then choose a breed that will
meet these conditions.
It must be very obvious to even the
novice in the chicken business that
different conditions demand different
breeds. The millionaire fancier may
well crafty his hobby Of breeding
beautifully plumed bantams, but he
who desires to sell roasters and who
depends on his flock for living must
pick the breed of fowls that grows to
a good size in short time.
Many authorities agree that all
fowls may be classified under one of
four heads: Egg breeds, meat breeds,
general-purpose breeds, and fancy
breeds. While this classification is
useful in distinguishing fowls accord
ing to their characteristics, 1t should
not be inferred that the distinctions
are hard and fast.
The usefulness of any breed will
depend to considerable extent upon
such conditions as food, care, climate,
and market demands. Thus, if it be-
came the "fad" in New York to serve
roast bantam pullets, the poultrymen
of that section could proftably raise
the tiny birds for table use, although
they are now considered a fancy
breed.
The egg breeds include all small or
medium sized fowls having strong
tendency toward egg production AL
most without exception the noted egg
producing breeds are small or medium
sized, and possess trim, neat bodies.