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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-02-03
SAYS WAR WILL END
WITHIN s MONTHS

That the European war will be
over in six months II the predic.
ton of DIR. william Day Simonds OF
Oakland. Cal. who delivered So
ries OF three lectures at the Boyl
ston Ave. Unitarian church, his for
mer passionate. DIR. Simonds Is
noted as a. student OF history He
said:
within six months ! firmly be
lieve Germany will come to a real
izatlon OF the impossible task she
has set out to accomplish. Further
more. the allied forces Of Russia
England and France will surely real
ize they cannot conquer Germany
without such an enormous sacrifice
OF lives that they will pause fol-
peace"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-02-03
OUR BURGLARS Are
EATING REGULARLY

Eat, drink. and be merry today
for tomorrow you may die"
That must be tho slogan OF the
Burglars union. which has been OPP
Grating in Seattle the past few days.
Monday night burglars broke into
the lunch room of the Pacific Coast
Biscuit Co, 1905 Sixth ave. n. They
carried off everything edible.
Biscuits make rather dry meals
Which may account for the fact that
Che following night the lock on the
rear door OF the Aquarium saloon,
ia Pike st, was pried off and en-
trance gained into the stock room,
where the unlimited visitors loaded
up with a considerable quantity of
bottled goods.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-02-03
SCOTS At idea OF
PEARLS; FINDS ONE

JOPLIN. Mo-. Feb. 3.-While l.
N. Cotter. = Wholesale buyer OF
sacks. was reading = paper he no
ticed an account OF q woman find
ing a valuable pearl while eating
oysters.
IAN rot" he exclaimed. in dis
gust
An hour later he dropped into n
cafe here and ordered "a dozen
raw" While eating them he felt
something hard come In contact
with his tongue. Upon investiga-
ton this was found TO be q small
but nicely shaped pearl He has
been offered 500 for the gem by a
local jeweler.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-02-03
Operative
BERRY STORES
MAKE A PROFIT

PUyALLUP. Feb. a.-Co-opcra.
tive stores run in puyailup and Sum
ner by the berry growers associa
ton made a profit OF $4,000 durins
1914. according TO a report OF Pres
idcnt Paulhamus. Dividends are ap
portioned according TO the number
OF pounds OF berries members de
livered 10 the association.
In answer TO criticisms on the
part OF those who urged that the
organization should have stayed on,
of the mercantile business. presl
dent Paulhamus said he could not
see that the merchants had any d.
vino right 10 the business, and that
the association members could use
the money ms we'll a. anybody else
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-02-03
AT THE LUNCHEON TABLE
Copyright. 1915, by the Newspa-
per Enterprise AssoeIstlon.)


Mollle laughed. Don't you know
PntI" she asked.
j | confessed that the gentleman OF
presumably Irish extraction and ]
we're strangers.
Well. Pat IL Mr.. Hatton's foster
brother and his managing editor.
He Is Just the dandiest pal ! have
ever known. and tho boys In tho
office toll me he Ia the only editor
they have ever known with red
blood In his veins instead OF print
er's ink. You see. Pat IN not n
real cd-in-the.wool editor. and the
things he does once In a white
make the old timers sit np and take
notice lie and Mr.. Haiton have
already almost put the paper on "A
paying basis. Isn't that grand
laughed and commented; u
think IL would DO better TO put II
on an absolutely paying basis.
Anyway. you know Mr.. Hatton
has lot OF money and he's going
to cican up this town. and l told
him I'd help him do H."
Mollie lifted her chin and smiled.
Pat told me the most wonderful
things about him. Why. do you
know. Mragis." she said. Pat says
that he has never known a good
woman with the exception OF Pats
own mother. Nora. In all his life
before he came here. Mr.. Hatton's
mother eioped with another man
when he was a small child. until
Nora that's Pats mother. you
know came. Poor Chad. mean
Mr.. Hatton, had never known what
IL was 10 have any one love him.
His father was Immersed In busi-
ness. and his mother only lived for
admiration and society until she de-
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-02-03
VICTORIA men
CHEER At WORD
TO co TO FRONT

VICTORIA, Feb. 3.-Whas
may be . death warrant for
most Of them mas been received
with . hurrah BY . thousand
men.
The thousand men comprise
the 3oth battalion at Willows
camp. For two months they
have been held here awaiting
orders from the war depart
ment In England.
Now. st last. they have heard
they will 90 TO the front; that
In . few weeks they Will be
facing the shrspnei and bsyo-
nets Of the Germans.
The news was . signal for
great Demonstration.
The first insir,atlon OF II oe-
CURED when a khakl-cisd figure
rushed eseitedly fror, the order.
ly room. The orderly opened
telegram.
"HoId the goth battalion In
readiness 10 embark, ne falriJ
shouted.
A cry went up. In q flash
every soldier had dashed from
HE tent. Uniformed men
eheereo. tossed their hats and
gave vent 10 their pent-vp feel
ings In other forclble fashion.
There ls general feeling
among the townsmen that few
Of the boys" will return from,
the front. But among the SOL
dIers there 10 nothing to indi-
cate that they are similarly Inn
pressed.
Every ono Of them 10 simply
Itching TO get q pop al the Ger
mans.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-02-03
HE'S REGULAR SOLOMON

CLEVELAND. Feb. "A board
ing house is no place 10 raise chill
dren. Judge Kennedy ruled in grant
ing Mrs. Frances Dickson divorce
and alimony on her plea that her
husband refused to make a regular
home.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-02-03

Although eggs took another drop.
there was a general advance OF food.
stuffs along commission row Wed.
nesday morning.
Beets. egg plant yellow turnips
and navel oranges each climbed, and
as result the two former are 10
cents higher. turnips are up 10 cents
and oranges increased rs cents.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-02-03
AN IMPORTANT MEETING

The Tenth Ward Improvement
club will hold special meeting AT
Mays hall Thursday evening. Mat.
ters OF importance to all residents
of the district are to be voted upon
at the coming city election. All In.
terested are urged TO attend.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-02-03
WANT THE BIGGEST FIELD

CHICAGO. Feb. 3.-lndorsed by
the Parents and Teachers associa-
ton, a bond issue for $4,000 to pro-
vide the biggest high school athletic
field in the country is being voted
on by Oak Park citizens.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-02-03
CNELLIE NOLAN,
of the Notions,
had romance in

ndu TOII1dIlCC III
her soul. Her diet,
outside of what she
cooks on the gas
burner in her hall
b e d r O o m, consists
chiefly of the stories
in the popular maya
zines.
One day, when June
madness is in the air,
Nellie reads of a
young American hero
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-02-03

Selling Prices 60 Retailer for
Butter. Eggs and Cheese
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-02-03
Standard
Patterns

tOtf--ftff
New, styles for
spring are here.
strictly reliable
mud 81 U y ..
give them n
trial.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-12-29
Walking With Girls: Shot.

Asheville. N. c., Dec. 2S.-John
Hayes. a prominent young farmer
who lived near Tryon. N. c., is dead
from a load of buckshot and Frank
Foster, who lives in the same section
is held today by the authorities as the
result of shooting in the presence of
two young women whose identity was
not disclosed. According to reports
received here Hayes was walking with
the two girls when Foster stepped
from behind a bush.
step aside please, so | can kill
you, Foster is quoted as saying to
Hayes. The latter laughed and one of
Hayes companions placed her hand in
his and said she would die by his side.
Foster then is alleged to have fired.
A coroner's jury investigated the
shooting and held Foster responsible.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-12-29
TO DOUBLE HOSPITAL.

jackson, Miss, Dec. 29.-That the
State Charity Hospital in this city
needs to virtually double it's presen,
capacity is the gist of the report made
by the board of trustees of that insti
tuition to the legislature.
The hospital has been continually
filled to Overlooking for the past two
years, and often it has been necessary
to refuse admission to patients be-
cause room could not be provided for
them.
One suggestion offered to the law
makers is that a good portion of the
present building be given over to ne
gro patients, and a duplicate structure
erected for white patients. The
building site is sufficiently large for
the purpose.
Other charity hospitals in the state
will also ask for additional facilities
in their narrative reports to the legis-
lature, and the committees ON
institutions are going to
have some important work for their
consideration.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-12-29
CHOSE DELEGATES
BY POPULAR VOTE
STATE CONVENTION LIKELY WILL
BE CALLED SOMETIME
EARLY IN MAY.

Jackson, Miss, Dec. 29.-Mississip-
PTS delegates to the Democratic Ma
tional Convention will be chosen at a
popular primary, unless the state
executive committee sees fit to ignore
the party platform and instructions
sent out by the Democratic national
executive committee.
Judge Robert Powell, national COM
mitteeman for Mississippi, has re-
ceived from Chairman William f. Nc
Combs a letter calling attention to the
Presidential primary plank in the par
ty platform, and requesting its OBJ
servance by the party. Although Mis-
sissippi has heretofore chosen her del
egates in state convention, the pri-
mary plan will no doubt be followed to
the letter.
This means the calling of state
convention during the early part of
May and it will also probably make
unnecessary a state convention of any
kind prior to the national convention
in St. Louis.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-12-29

The Paramount's perturbation OF
"Zaza, with Pauline Frederick. the
emotional artist, in the celebrated title
role, is one of the greatest dramatic
achievements yet contributed to the
screen. "Zaza" is one of the few great
stage roles created, and Miss Freder-
lck's rendition of the Characterization,
together with the production given the
subject by the Paramount Company,
Will make this photoplay one of the
foremost triumphs of the screen.
George Ovey, who is popularity known
as the funniest man in America" will
be seen in Cub comedy, 1.-The Fight
ing Hope and Helene Rosson and e.
Forrest Taylor i'm Fact Mustang fea-
ture, "The Warming" will complete
the program for today. Tomorrow
Paul Panzer of the "PeriIs of Pauline"
fame will be seen n a 3-act Universal
City made feature, ILL Nor-wester;"
Irving Cummings, assisted by the Bos-
took trained animals, in a 2-act Gen.
taur feature. "A Polar Romance" and
Harry Vokes in THE House Partv.r
Despite the disagreeable weather YES.
terday, good sized crowd witnessed
and expressed satisfaction of the
LomO's program.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-12-29
Lumber Trade Outlook.

Meridian, Miss, Dec. 29.-The holi-
days have had little effect on the de.
mand for yellow pine and the market
continues strong and active, with an
advancing tendency Dimension and
railroad demand continues to rule the
market, with strong call for car sid
ing, Practically every railroad in this
section and the car companies are
turning out all the equipment they
can and this makes the market for
railroad material exceedingly good.
The general demand, according to
mill men, shows no decline and mills
are still receiving more orders than
they can accommodate. Some buyers
have eased up on their orders some,
because of the approach of annual in
yentory taking. This, however, has
had little effect on the general market
situation. Compared with the usual
holiday market. business is very brisk
and inquiry shows that there is a de-
mand in practically every part of the
country. The trade is very optimistic
and declare general indications show
that the new year is going to develop
advancing prices. and for this reason,
some caution is being exercised in
large sales, in order to be in a posi-
ton to take advantage of any increase
in prices.
The year of 1915 started like a lamb
and went out like a lion in the lum-
Der business. 1t was slowly recover
ing from disastrous business depres-
sion during the early part of the year
and along towards the hank develop
ed wonderful business, which car
ried prices soaring. Prices are now
averaging SIS to Sc more than six
months ago, and the result is shown
in every avenue of commercial indus.
try, lumber being one of the principal
products OF this section.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-12-29
Ne} o,srien.

Way downi your heart you have
a soft spot for the minstrel men. you
know you have, just as you have for
the circus, only when it comes to GO
ing to the circus you sort of feel like
making excuses for going, something
like, "Oh, we'll, I've got to take the
children, or Brother Joe couldn't go,
so I'm going to- take his young ones. :"
But not SO with the Ministries. Just
as soon as you see the bills go up
for the minstrel show the eye bright
ems. the heart gives little flutter and
you take just one more look so as to
be sure that you get the date Alright.
And now the bills are going up for
Neil O'Brien- and his Great American
Minstrels, announcing their coming
to the Auditorium on Monday night.
January 8. for one performance; and
this means joy and fun and laughter
and surcease of the cares and wOr-
ries of the day, and this is just as nee
essary to the healthy minded individ-
ual as the air you breathe and far
more beneficial than any doctors pre-
scription. particularly when that fun
is as. clean. wholesome and devoid of
as that dispensed by. the in
lmitable Neil and his troupe of merry
minstrel men.
This year ten more people have
been added. making it the biggest min
strel aggregation that has ever visited
this city; besides this, everything is |
new this year from first part to clos
ng number. and there is much more |
Of it.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-12-29
PREPAREDNESS Is
ISSUE IN FIGHT.
CAMPAIGN FOR CONGRESS IN THE
FIFTH DIsTRlsT ENDS
NEXT WEEK.

The special congressional election
in the Fifth District axes place one
week hence, Tuesday. January 4. and
the campaign promises. to be exceed
ingly lively during the next few days.
| Up to this time the contest has
aroused very little inter est. the public
mind being centered largely in the
holidays, but now that Christmas has
come and gone it is likely that the
people will pay more attention to the
several aspirants for the seat of the
late Congressman S. A. Witherspoon,
whose death occurred just prior to the
converting of Congress.
Thus far there has been no narrow
ing down of the race, nothing to indi-
cate the probable winner. Although
it is claimed that the chances largely
favor Judge W. w. Venable, of Me-
ridian, owing to the fact that he lives
in the most populous county of the
district, this is strenuously denied by
the supporters of other candidates. all
of whom claim that they will have
good following in Lauderdale, and that
Judge Venable will not leave his home
county with such an Overwhelming
majority that the other counties will
provide him enough to win the fight.
President Wilson and his policies
form the principal issue in the cam
paign. Four of the candidates, Judge
'Venable, Judge c. L. Dobbs. Judge ]. |
R. Byrd and Abe Ellis have declared
for reasonable state of preparedness, |
while w. H. Joiner. of Scott, former
private secretary of Mr.. Witherspoon.
is sduarely against it aligning him
self with the views expressed by Sen
ator Vardaman. Like Vardaman, also.
he says that Wilson will be the NOM
inee of the party next year, and that
he is the only man in the party the /
Democrats can elect. But he does not
believe in the preparedness program.
and has engaged in sveral spirited de-
bates with his opponnts on this SUBJ.
ject.
There has been little or no effort to
inject state politics into the fight. and
thus far it has been free from often
Sive personalities.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-12-29
DRUG STORE RoBssp.

Crystal Springs, Miss, Dec. 20
Cooks drug store was broken into at
an early hour yesterday morning. A
cash register containing about S1.5O
in cash and slot machine were taken
away. Giants bloodhounds we're Sc
cured as soon as the burglary was dis.
covered. and followed trail 100 yards
from the drug store leading under the
railroad shipping sheds, where a
white man was found, having in his
possession the stolen property The
man was arrested and refused to give
his name. He is apparently a tramp.
He will be given a preliminary hearing
this afternoon.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-12-29
VEGETABLE OUTLOOK
VERY SATISFACTORY
ACREAGE IN TOMATOES IN MIS-.
sIssIPPI WILL BE NORMAL
IN 1916.

The following summary of truck
conditions in the vicinity of Crystal
Springs has been issued by C. NJ.
Huber, the truck farming expert of
that place:
Since my previous report no spe-
cial changes are to be noted with ref
erence to the probable acreage that
will be planted next season in Missis-
sippi in vegetables. AS then stated
the acreage in tomatoes will be about
the same as usual-probably a little
larger at Crystal Springs and a little
smaller in other sections. Seed has
not yet been planted and more def
mite estimate cannot be made till after
seed planting-time. Acreage in peas
will probably be heavier than last sea,
son when the acreage was below nor
NAL. Acreage in beans will be small
Ter, but probably not much smaller
than the usual amount Our seeds
AAASAA h"'S SCSuiCu do Auduy UcdllS dS
will probably be required. At one
time it was thought that the very
short yield of crops planted in the
north for seed would prevent seeds
men from obtaining sufficient supply
of seed beans
Cabbage plants are usually fine,
the main trouble thus far experienced
has been rapid growth, plants being
rather too large for this date. A few
have already been set in the fields, al
though usually transplanting is not
commenced till the middle or last of
January. The acreage at Crystal
Springs will be about the same as
usual. but at other points there will
be reduction in acreage, the 1915
crop having resulted disastrously to
many growers. 1t is probable that
the acreage in carrots and beets will
fully meet the normal demand.
Strawberries are in splendid condi.
tlon at this time. weather conditions
having been comparatively favorable
though rather warm for them now and
thea.
The year now closing proved to be
one of the most Improbable for vege-
table growers that. this section has
had in many years. but most of our
growers are planning to resume an
active campaign as the European war
news would say. and when May and
June, 1916. arrive. we shall doubtless
have abundant supplies Of the vege
tables ordinarily grown here.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-12-29
leaves and other trash.

leaves and other trash.
t1S) Careful ginning, to preserve
the character and grade of the fiber.
In the planting of pure seed the I'M
perial Valley grower now has the as
sistance of the Long-staple Cotton AS
ISOLATION. The most practical way to
guard against deterioration of seed
from mixing with inferior varieties is
to grow in any community only one
standard variety. In the case of the
Imperial Valley, as has been found to
be the Durango and the local associa-
ton can accomplish much for the com.
munity by furthering the universal
adoption of this variety. 1t is prob
able that from time to time enormous
yields and big returns will be report
ed from some other sort of cotton but
such reports should not be permitted
to affect the action of growers. 1t re-
quires several seasons of intelligent
business management to introduce
and establish with the trade a long
staple cotton from new locality. Aft
er this has been accomplished, it is
not advisable to change to some other
variety without comprehensive test
covering several years.
The 1914 crop in the Imperial Valley
consisted of $4,000 bales of short-sta.
pie cotton. 5000 bales of long staple
upland. and 100 bales of Egyptian OF
approximately 500 cotton growers in
the Imperial Valley, about $50 were
producing Durango cotton. If the pro-
ducers of short-staple cotton could he |
induced to adopt the Durango variety |
the problem of maintaining an ade. |
quate supply of pure seed would be !
greatly simplified and the interests of |
the entire community greatly en- |
HANGED.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-12-29
mrs. MOUNGER IS
BURIED TODAY
LARGE coNcoURsE OF FRIENDS
ATTEND FUNERAL; MANY
FLOWERS SENT.

The funeral of Mrs. e. II. Mounger
wife of the Rev. E. II. Mounger, we'll
known Hattiesburg minister, who died
at Touro Infirmary Monday night, was
held from the Main Street Methodist
Church this afternoon at O'Clock.
The Rev. George H. Thompson, pre-
siding elder of the Hattiesburg dis
trct, had charge of the services. The
interment took place in the City Gem
etery.
A large concourse of friends and rel
atives of. Mrs. Mounger attended the
services, and followed the body to the
grave. Many beautiful floral offerings
were received.
The pail bearers were: Active-C.
Il. Stevens, Frank W. Foote, V. M.
Scanlan, A. Polk, T. S. Jackson and
Dewitt Cameron; Honorary-H. S.
Stevens Capt. J. P. Carter, Prof. F. Il.
WO0dley, DR.. j, d. Donald, John A.
Mcleod and H. A. Camp.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-12-29
EDITOR FLIGHTS TRoTH.

Jackson, Miss. Dec. 2S.--A quiet, at
tractive home wedding was solemn
nized at o'clock yesterday afternoon
at the home of C. o. Jaap, Jr. city
editor of the Clarion Ledger, when
Miss Bessie McGraw. a sister of Mrs.
Jap, and C. H. Minis plighted their
troth. Both are popular and talented
young jackson people, their wedding
being the elimination of romance
begun during school days. The cere-
mony was impressively performed by
the Rev. w. H Benton, pastor of the
central Presbyterian Church, in the
presence Of the families of the young
couple and few close friends
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-12-29
HEIRS GET MILLIONS


tribute the property as when they sell
property and distribute its proceeds.
Most all OF the property, especially
money, bonds and loans. can be dis
tributed without much time or ex-
pense.
All the Mississippi kin then in the
state met at Lexington about week
ago, not knowing then which ones of
them would be heirs. They selected
E. F. Noel as their attorney. He went
to Georgia at once. gathered up all the
material facts and made his report at
another meeting of those who were
heirs yesterday.