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The Hattiesburg news., 1915-03-03
LARGE VOLUME OF
!. LUMBER BUSINESS
REPORTED LOCALLY
THE BIGGEST MONTH SINCE SEP
TENDER SHOWN By MILLS
RECORDS.
TIMBER INQUIRIES
REMAIN VERY BRISK
Northern And Eastern Factories Are
Placing Most Of the orders-saIes-
men to be In old Territory Before
Many Days-satisfaetory Conditions
Are Near, Experts Report.

The largest volume of business
transacted by the lumber companies
of Forrest county and this section OF
Mississippi, for any month since last
September, is shown by the books OF
the big timber manufacturers in Hat,
tiesburg and vicinity, according to
lumber experts today.
While some of the plants are closed
down, and others are working on short
hours, majority of these are finding
a market for practically all of the
material they are turning out these
days. March is expected to see gen
eral revival, and manufacturers in
Hattiesburg are preparing to execute
large number of oroers.
Inquiry in the ulmber trade is brisk
and some orders are being placed ev'
cry day. Prices are shade better
than have been for a couple of weeks
Most of the orders being recorded here
are for shiplap, boards, drop siding
and flooring. These purchases are be
ing made by northern and eastern fac
tories.
Sales in South Mississippi along th'
coast, and in Southern Louisiana, arr
not SO brisk, 1t Is said.
1T will not be long before we ge
back to satisfactory conditions" sale
one Of the lumbermen. IF things con
tinue for few weeks like they hav'
been In the last month"
Statesmen on Road.
The larger mills are beginning 4
send out their statesmen to every sec
ton. 1t is reported, and by the middl
of the month. majority Of these vii
be in their old territory.
Announcement has been made tha
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The Hattiesburg news., 1915-03-03
GERMAN SPY SYSTEM UNEAR' 'raED HER
With Broken Neck
*.% 900 *.*
Man Still Lives
Special to The NetUs.

Special to The Net1s.
Natchez, Miss, March 3.-With his
neck broken or dislocated for four
days, James Smith, of Bude, yet lives.
The vital spark has been kept in his
body by artificial respiration since the
accident, which occurred Sunday morn
ing.
Smith, who is teamster at Bude,
fell a distance Of fifteen feet, while
ascending fight Of steps outside a
building. He struck on the back Of
his head, and either broke or dislo-
Gated his neck. For a few minutes
after the accident he could breathe
without assistance, but it soon be-
came necessary to use artificial res
piration. Since Sunday morning some
one has been with him constantly
giving him literally "the breath Of
life"
He was brought to the Natchez Hos
pital Monday afternoon, where every
effort is being made to keep bacl
death.
A pulmotor was .ordered from New
Orleans, as there is not one in th'
state of Mississippi, but it could no
be brought to Natchez before TO-DAY.
Smith is conscious and says tina
he feels only slight pain in his neck
Great interest has been arouse
among the physicians, who say tha
while such cases have been known Dc
fore, they are extremely rare.
The injured man is about thirt
years of age and unusually stron
physically.
The Hattiesburg news., 1915-03-03
DRUG USERS ALREADY
FEELING ITS EFFECTS
opiates Cannot Be Sold Except Upon
Prescrlptions-Drug Men and Ply
sicians viii Cooperate With Police
In Stamping Out EVIL, Police Chief
Declares.

Will the two insane asylums Of Mis-
sissippi prove equal to the task of car
ing for those persons who necessarily
will land there since the Harrison anti
narcotic bill, which went into effect
Monday makes it impossible for them
to procure their accustomed drugs?
This is the question being asked by
Hattiesburg physicians and druggists,
as well as those of the entire state,
during the three days the laws have
been in effect.
Already the new legislation is show
ing results. AS the days go on, ply
sicians and drug men say, these con-
ditions will increase. Just as soon as
the present supply of drugs which
, were purchased before March /, Is con-
sumed, then the druggists say, con-
dition will arise which will be horrible.
The new law makes 1t illegal for
opiates of any kind to be distributed
except uuueT pTeeCTlDeu Tc6uidIiOuo
Physicians may give to fiends NOR
phine, cocaine, heroin, and similar
drugs, but in decreasing quantities
and only for certain length Of time
An authority-one Of the best known
physicians in Hattiesburg--said today
that already few of the improvi
dent" users had made their appear
ance and had demanded their favoritt
opiates.
Many Well Supplied.
"The drug user is one Of the shrewd
est persons In the world, when hi
opiates are involved" he said. "Con
sequently scores Of users purchases
large supplies before last Sunday, an
have them on hand now. But thes
cannot last indefinitely. Sooner o
later they will have to call for pre-
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The Hattiesburg news., 1915-03-03
DISASTROUS H|Yt
At HERMANv|[LE
tBy Associated Press,

Natchez, Miss, March 3.-Half OF
the business district of Hermanville,
so miles from Natchez, and 35 miles
southwest of jackson, was destroyed
by fire this morning, and for time IL
looked as II the entire town would be
burned. The blaze originated in the
store of B. B. Farmer, and from there
it rapidly spread over half of the bust.
ness district.
Among the buildings destroyed were
/ the postoffice, drug store, four gen
eral mercantile establishments, ant
numerous smaller buildings. The es
timated loss was $4,000. Half Of thi'
was covered by insurance.
| This is the second big FIRE at Her
Imanville within year.
The Hattiesburg news., 1915-03-03
TELEGRAPH
BREWTIES
Indian Bill Passes.

Washington, d. c., March b ie
Indian bill was passed by the Senate
today, after an all-night session. This
includes an amendment in behalf OF
the Mississippi Choctaws, which au-
thorizes the Secretary of the Interior
to reconsider the records in his of1ce
of rejected applicants for places on
the rolls of the five civilized tribes.
The Hattiesburg news., 1915-03-03
COUNTY DAY AT THE
NORMAL TOMORROW
seventy-eisht Students Will Speak o
Forests Resources.
general invitation to the count

Ia general invitation to the county
81 general to be present at the Nor
bal College tomorrow morning at
1O:45 o'clock to witnesse the Forrest
bounty exercises to be conducted in
,the chapel of that institution, was is-
|sued today. There will be papers on
|the history. resources. and future OF
|4his county, all of them being original
E At the Normal College at this time
Are IS students from Forrest county
Ind these will have charge of and
barry out the progrem.
The Hattiesburg news., 1915-03-03
(By Associated Press.)

Washington c. 3-The discovery of of no1
laid and thorough systems known in the annals Of Ame
service believed to have been made by the United States
following the sensational
p Seger the German reservist ndictme<
charge consprng obtain egalyy American
Washington said and Count H. Bernstorn the
ado and Captain BoyEd German aache implcated
American State Department discussing
countrys highest officials known
with him in his ns
those authority that there
that they based less reliable information
the American details M
arrested Stegler.
EMBASSY NEVER SUSPECTED.
Since the beginning the world officials
has been cooperation with
identity this person perso
hidden At first suspicion directed the Emb
For" explained official today believed
fspower government such would take
position a country sy1
tions"
During the last few days. passports have distributed
plainly birth and training bearing Of
called the Secret Service
Following their discoveries
BoyEd had promised to obtain for him passport
mission the embassy and his wife $3.50
his absence
The Hattiesburg news., 1915-03-03
Submarines Are E,

The Austro-G German sub
ron of six submarines
Of torpedo boats left tbt
val base at Pola on I'll
day. presumably for N
to strike at the great
which has been hamm4
the forts of that watet
mission.
A disparcn from At4|
nine battleships Of the
vanced to the narrow
Dardanelles, bombardi
fortifications along The
ing troop forces here
have scattered the Tu
In all directions,
Continued =
The Hattiesburg news., 1915-03-03
steeIer Repeats Hi

StSSiCr hSPcoAo VIt
New York, March ~
Stegler. the German nav
under indictment on a ch|
spring to obtain illegally 1
passport, went over perf
Roger B. Wood, assist
States district attorney.
ments made previously 4
counsel that he had obtai1
passport with the intentio
as a German spy in Engll
he had had confidential 4
Captain Boy-Ed, the Germ
tache.
Stegler, it was underst!
ed these statements to d
The Hattiesburg news., 1915-03-03

Enters Race Assured That Local Bar
10 Nearly Solid Behind Him-Strong
Following in Southern Part Of Dis
trict-Born on Mississippi Farm
Father of Forrest County's Good
Roads.

The probable election Of Hatties-
burg lawyer to succeed Judge j. Nor
gan Stevens as Chancellor OF this, the
eighth district was forecasted today
when T. c. Hannah, one Of the most
prominent and popular lawyers OF the
city, authorized The News to say that
he will be a candidate for that position
at the special election which Governor
Brewer will call to fl the vacancy
Mr.. Hannah enters the race assured
that he will. receive the almost unan-
imous support of the Hattiesburg bar
His unquestioned professional stand
ing his active and able interest in the
upbuilding of this city and section ana
his high integrity and character Will
undoubtedly win for him large ma
ioritv of the votes of this and ad]oin-
ing counties. He is also assured OF
strong support along the coast ana
in other towns in the southern part OF
the district, so that, his chances LOT
success in this, his first political aspir-
alton. seem unusually bright.
Attended TWO Universities.
p C. Hannah was born in Oktibbeha
corntv and spend his childhood. boy
hood and youth on the farm. he AZ
tended the free schools of that county
until he had finished their curriculum'
when he entered the A. & M. coiIese
Mt Starkville. He took the full COURSE
there, receiving his degree. theh
entered the law school at the uniVer-
sity of Mississippi, also graauauns
from that institution
After this training he removed "
p-ooIbaven and entered at once lneo
the practice of his profession he
remained at Brookhaven not quite ioui
years. then came to Hattiesours
WHARF he has practiced for sever
vears. He was associated for a tiin'
with William F. Cook under the hrA
name of Hannah and Cook but siho'
tho latter's removal to Birmingham
Mr. Hannah has had no partner
In his law practice Mr.. Hannah na'
won for himself an admirable repu'a
tion He has met with more thah OF
fimQ
dinary success and has at all tiine
conducted his practice on high plah'
He has fought his cases on 'ne'r o"l
merit and his ability as la"yo'
rather than by any sort of trickery
Promoted Good Roads,
While Mr. Hannah has been devote
70 his profession, he has orancneo ou
from his law books to the extent .
Ealing an active interest in Whate'e
movements he felt were for the eei
eral good of the community wne
the GOOD roads movement was hrst o'
ginning to be talked about l. u iia'
II ,ros ono of the most active me
in this section in arousihs in'o''
Az movement. He did more Una
talk; he worked. And it was vs. Is.
d,,e to his efforts and influence 4 e. =
49, ,rrited States government Sc
exnert here and built the first \
imnroved highway in Forrest Gov
In this way Mr.. Hannah has bs
garded by men closely associate
the movement as the father OF a
county's -ood roads.
< This is one example OF his ul "a
labor for the general good
and. other activities brought ao
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The Hattiesburg news., 1915-03-03
Killed BY Train.

Meridian, Miss, March 3.-William
]. Brothers, 81 years old, son OF ]. II.
Brothers, was struck by New Orleans
& Northeastern switch engine here
last night, and his body SO muulated
that death came within a few min
utes. How the accident occurred is
not known. sS
The Hattiesburg news., 1915-03-03
American Secret
Service Believes
Embassy lnuolU|

CHARGES ARE MADE THAT AMsA ssADoR sERNsTo0@
HIS NAVAL AID ARE At THE HEAD THE svsTEm-
TAeEs SAID HAVE BEEN T AIKEN or THIS coUNvN
oUs COMPLICATIONS MAY FOLLOW OFFICIALS REel(
TALk-srEeLER INSISTS THAT EMsAssVs NAVAL AiD3 q
HIM SECURE FRAUDULENT PASSPORTS.
The Hattiesburg news., 1915-03-03
American Attitude us
What the limited atafor.

American Attitude uN
What the United Stats
the event 1t is positively 4
the Germans are operating
tenn in this country. the n
Of which are at the Germ
here. is not known. Oh
that It may result more sel
anything which has happe1
so far as this country Il
Captain Boyd has bel
ington three years. and
time he has been a great
ite. 1t is understood thG
ment will not walt for
from President Wilson
drawal, but that he will
once.
The Hattiesburg news., 1915-03-03
THE COTTON MARKET.

)ociated Press.)
New March 3.-The cotton
market eight to nine points
down. pening figures were:
May, d s.57. and October, S.S6
The Hattiesburg news., 1915-03-03
THE WEATHER

"'ss'ssippi-cloudy this afternoon
ana tonight, probably rain; rain to.
morrow.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1915-09-30
Good Men Are Scarce.

Col. E. Polk Johnson of Louisville,
who fought for the Confederacy, read
something in the dispatches from the
front the ether day that reminded him
very much of what happened when
he was serving in the western army
in the Civil war ~ remember it was
a wet, cold, rainy night in the middle
OF winter" said the veteran, when a
long, lean chap in my regiment was or
dered to go on picket duty. He
thought the situation over for min.
ute and then he turned to the ser
geant who had brought the message.
You 60 right straight back whar you
come FROM he drawled, and tell the
cap'n l jest natchelly can't do it.
got a letter from Gin'ral Bragg this
mawnin', and he said good men was
gittin' almighty skeerce in this here
army, and for me to take good care OF
myself"
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1915-09-30

said the voice at the Mereside trans
mitter. Excuse me, as Hank Billings
ly used to say when he happened to
shoot the wrong man. Come over
when you feel like it-and have time.
You mustn't forget that you owe me
two calls. Good-by."
After Margery Grierson had let her.
self out of the sitting little closet I'M
der the hall stair, she vert into the
darkened library and sat for a long
time staring at the cold hearth. It was
a crooked world, and just now it was a
sharply cruel one There was much to
be read between the lines of the short
telephone talk with Edward Raymer.
The trap was sprung and it's jaws were
closing; and in his extremity Kenneth
Griswold was turning, not to the WON.
an who had condoned and shielded and
paid the costly price, but to the other.
Dear God!" she said softly, when
the prolonged stare had brought the
quick-springing tears to her eyes; "and
IL could have kept him safe!"
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1915-09-30
WhoopinQ Couch.

The Bureau of Laboratories of the
New York board of health has been
conducting an extensive investigation
of whcoping cough, and DIR. Paul Lut-
finger recently reported to the Medi
cal association of the greater city OF
New York some Of the results of that
inquiry.
Among the most interesting con-
illusions reached is that the early part
of the disease is the most infectious.
The bacillus that is believed to cause
it is rarely found in the sputum after
the first week of the paroxysmal, or
whooping, stage, so there would seem
to be no necessity for the child to be
kept in the house for more than a
week after the whoop appears"
Doctor Luttinger says physicians I'M
derestimate the seriousness of the dis
ease and fail to report cases. Only
26 per cent of cases in a certain area
were reported, and probably not more
than 10 per cent are reported in
Greater New York"
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1915-09-30
Respiratora tor Air Raids.

AS a result of the police WARNING
advising people to keep all windows
closed in the event of an air raid on
London, and thus prevent the admis.
sion of deleterious gases, there has
been rush to buy respirators Stores
were sold out within an hour or two,
The most popular form was that made
of either noninflammable celluloid or
rubber. except the mouthpiece. They
have motor google fittinga to protect
tho eyes.-London Globe
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1915-09-30

The sick man promised, and as she
was going away she turned to repeat
the caution. Andrew Galbraith's eyes
were closed in WEAKNESS, and he did
not see that she was standing with her
back to the wall while she admonished
him, or that, when she had gone to
send the visitor up, the earpiece of the
house telephone set had been detached
from it's hook and left dangling by it's
wire cord
Miss Grierson went on into the H.
brary after she had met the detective
at the door and had told him how to
lind the upstairs room. When the
sound of cautiously closed door told
her that Broffin had entered the sick
room, she snatched the receiver of the
library house phone from it's hook and
held 1t to her ear. For a little time
keen anxiety wrote it's sign manual in
the knitted brows and the tightly
pressed lips. Then she smiled and
the dark eyes grew softly radiant. "The
dear old saint" she whispered: the
dear. dear old saint" And when Brof-
fin came down few minutes later, she
went to open the hall door for him,
serenely demuse and with honey on
her tongue, as befitted the role OF
"everybody's good angel"
did you find him worse than you
feared, or better than you hoped?" she
asked.
He's mighty near the edge, should
say-what? But you never can tell.
Some of these old fellows can claw
back to the top O. the hill after all
the doctors in creation have thrown up
their hands. I've seen it. What does
Doc Farnham say?"
What he always says; while there's
life, there's hope"
Broffin nodded and went his way
down the walk, stopping at the gate to
take up the cigar he had hidden on his
arrival.
$50 Galbraith's out of it, lock, STOCK
and BARREL" he muttered, as he strobe
thoughtfully downward. II reckoned
it'd be hathaway, as soon as heard
the story O that shipwreck. And now
l amt so blamed sure that it's Ray
mer a-holdin' the fort in them pretty
black eyes. The old man talked like a
man that had just been honeyfugled
and talked over and primed plum up
to the muzzle. Why the blue blazes
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1915-09-30

was handed down from the top of the
omnibus. Alertly watchful, he quickly
recognized Brofin among the porch
loungers. and saw him leave his tilted
chair to saunter toward the steps.
Then the fateful thing happened. One
of the luggage sorters, clean-limbed,
handsome young fellow with boyish
eyes and good-natured grin, wheeled
suddenly and gripped him.
"Why, Griswold, old MAXWELL, I'll
be logged! Who on the face of the
earth would ever have thought of find
ing you here? So this is where you
came up, after the long, deep, McGinty
dive, is it," Then to one of his fell
low Travellers; Hold on a minute,
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1915-09-30
CHAPTER XVII.
The Quality of Mercy.

On no less an authority than that Of
the great doctor who came again from
Chicago for a second consultation
with Doctor Farnham, Andrew Gal
braith owed his life during the two
days following his return to conscious
ness to the unremitting care and de-
votion of one person.
seconding the efforts Of the physi.
clans, and skillfully directing those OF
the nurses, Margery threw hersel2 into
the vicarious struggle with the gener.
GUS self-sacrifice which counts neither
cost nor loss; and on the third day
she had, her reward. Her involuntary
guest and charge was distinctly bet
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1915-09-30

can't she take her iron-molder fellow
and be satisfied? She can't swing to
both of 'em. Umr!-the old man want.
ed me to skip out on a wild goose
chase to Frisco in that bond business,
and take the first train! Sure, I'll go
but not today; oh, no, by grapples;
not this day."
1t was possibly an hour beyond Brof-
fins visit when Margery, having sue
cessfully read the sick man to sleep,
tiptoed out of the room and went be-
low stairs to shut herself into the hall
telephone closet. The number she
asked for was that of the Raymer
Foundry and Machine works, and Ray
mer, himself, answered the CALL
Have you heard anything yet from
Mr.-from our friend?"
mot word. But I'm not worrying
any more now. I've been remember
ing that he is the happy-or unhappy
-possessor Of the artistic tempera-
ment' and that accounts for anything
and everything. I'd forgotten that for
few minutes, you know"
"Well?" she said, with the faintest
possible accent Of Impotence.
"He has gone off somewhere to plug
away on that book of his; I'm sure of
it. And he hasn't gone very far. I'm
inclined to believe that Mrs. Holcomb
knows where he is-only she won't
tell And somebody else knows, too"
who Is the somebody else?"
Though the wire was in a measure
public, Raymer risked single word.
charlotte"
None of the sudden passion that
.eaped into Margery Grierson's eyes
was suffered to find it's way into her
voice when she said: What makes
you think that?"
"Oh, lot Of little things. l was
over at tho house last night, and there
Is some sort of teapot tempest going
on; 1 couldn't make out just what.
But from the way things shaped up,
gathered that our lyiend was wanted
in Lake Boulevard, ond wanted bad
for some reason or other. I had to
promise that I'd try to dig him up, be-
fore got away"
"Well?" went the questioning word
over the wires, and this timc the impa-
tient accent was uncopcealea
II promised; but this morning Doc
tor BERTHE called me up to say that 1t
/ was all right; that I needn't trouble
/ myself"
! And l needn't have troublet YOU