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Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-04-06
SIZES FOR LAND RENT.

Sarah Annie Derisseaux, by neXt
friend, Lola Mccoy, yesterday f led
suit in the chancery court against
William E. Bobo ct al. for $3.50
claimd as due from Will Bowman
as rental for certain farm land fl,
the year 1915. Plaintiff claims le-
PENDANTS took possession of crops or
which plaintiff had lien, and asks
that the court order an account ng
and she be given Judgment for th>
amount due.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-04-06
INDICT JEFFERSONITES.

The federal grand jury at Little
Rock has returned true bills. charg-
'ng bootlegging, against John White,
Sarah Goosby and Ernest COSBY, all
Of Jefferson county, and who are al
ready in custody.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-04-06
GERMANS CAPTURE SHIP.
Swedish Steamer, En- Route to Eng
land, Taken in Cattigat.

London. April AN Exchange tele-
gram from Copenhagen says the
Swedish steamship Birgir, en- route to
England, has been captured by Ger
man torpedo boat. in the Cattigat.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-04-06
Perkins Encourages Cohonel.

New York, April Geo. W. Per-
kins, chairman of the Progressive
national comm ttee, spent two hours
Today with Roosevelt at Oyster Bay.
They discussed the terms under
which Roosevelt would accept the Re-
publican nomination for president
Colonel Roosevelt was assured by
Mr.. Perkins that with Hughes elimi-
mated he would have a majority of the
delegates to the convention.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-04-06
WEDDING SECRET OFT.

Memphis. Tenn, April 5.-Tnat City
Attorney Charles Bryan ana his ste
nographer, Miss Lydia Thomas, were
married in New York City las, .all
became known here today. The new
ly-weds decided to keep the marriage
secret as joke on friends. Mr. Bryan
is grandson of Admiral Semmcs,
who commanded the Alabama in the
civil war.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-04-06
MARCONI HAS WAR APPARATUS

Rome, April 5.-Senator and Air
Lieutenant Guglielmo Marconi has
perfected a special apparatus based
on new principle, which is a war
secret, for employment on aeroplanes
and dirigibles.
The invention is expected to pro-
,, duce sensational results. Marconi
will also introduce an enormously
| important wireless improvement.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-04-06
Gerard Makes Inuuiry.

Berlin, April 4, via London, April 5.
JANIS w. Gerard, the American am
bassador today sent an inquiry to the
German foreign office concerning the
sinking of the steamship Berwindale
Off Queenstown.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-04-06

William NJ. Barrett, president OF
this Adams Express company. has an
sounced that the controlling interest
in the Southern Express company had
been acquired by his company.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-04-06
French lndict Germany.

Washington, April 5.-The French
embassy tonight gave out the report
of the official investigation of the al
legged torpedo attack on the channel
steamer Sussex
The report declares that several
Passengers either saw the torpedo OF
it's wake
at is, therefore, obviously a pre-.
meditated attack on an unarme.
merchant ship, carried out without the
81 ghtest warning"
The report was made by Rear
Admiral Crusset, assistant chief o.
the French general staff, to the vice
admiral of the French general staff
and is dated at Boulongne, March sc
An Official report on the sinking o
tn steamship Berwindale off Queens
town was received today from tn,
American consul at Cork. 1t was be
lieved that one or more American!
was aboard or no such report wOult
have been sent.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-04-06

Fire in New York destroyed two
five story buildings occupied by pa
per dealers, causing a loss of $780,
900.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-04-06
River Forecast.

River Forecast.
The Arkansas VIII continue 10 fall
at Dardanelle, will begin falling a;
Little Rock Thursday and will reach
20 feet at Pine Bluff Thursda
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-04-06

y Charles B. Wolfram. publisher and
edtor-i n-chief of the New York Her
aid, the Morgen Herold and the Sonn-
tags Herold, is dead in New York.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-04-06
The Weather

Thursday unsettled; Friday, prob
ably rain.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-04-06
sussex SUNK BY
GERMAN TORPEDO,
DECLARES Page
Fragments of Missile For.
warded to Washington
by Ambassador.

London. April Ambassador Page
announced today that an analysis of
the fragments of torpedo found on the
channel steamer Sussex proved con-
Clusively they were German. The
fragments have been forwarded to
Wash ngton.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-04-06
MORE TRUCKS ORDERED.

CONTINUED On page nve'
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-04-06

Copenhagen, April 5.-It is reported
that the Germans are attempting to
force an entrance into the Gulf OF
Riga.
The Hattiesburg news., 1916-04-22
MISSISSIPPI NEWS

the woman was struck and, Tagging
down passing freight on the double
track, trainmen put her remains on
the train for transit to this place.
Mrs. Hester was the relict of Or. G.
J. Hester, well known and prominent
in this county Is years ago as a we'll
to-do citizen. The old lady had been
in strained circumstances as well as
infirm on account of her age and i'll
health for several years.
The accident occurred on the right
of-way of the railroad and not at any
crossing, and it is the supposition. that
she did not hear the oncoming train
or if she did, that she supposed it was
on the opposite track from the one
on which she was walking.
The Hattiesburg news., 1916-04-22
SECOND PRIMARY TO
BE HELD IN COLUMBUS

Columbus, Miss, April 21.-At a
Democratic primary held here Wed
nesday to nominate officials to serve
the city Of Columbus during the bien-
nial period beginning January /, 1917.
w. c. Hunter, the incumbent, led the
mayoralty race, having received 500
votes, while e. S. Donnell received 3l3
and Louis Shul, los. As no candidate
received a majority of the votes pollcd
second contest will be necessary,
and this contest will take place Tues.
day, April 25.
Other candidates were nominated as
follows: Councimen, Messrs. B. A.
Weaver, L. w. Stevens, L. A.. Vaughn,
T. w. Harris, D. S. McClanahan, S. M.
Nash; public school directors, Messrs.
G. M. Banks, E. s. Moore, W. M. Cox,
and Tom Pullan. The regular election
will not be he'd until December, but
nomination in a Democratic primary
is tantamount to election here
The Hattiesburg news., 1916-04-22
DAMAGE TO LUMBER INTERESTS
WILL REACH MANY THOUSANDS

Biloxi, Miss, April 22.- Damage to
lumber interests in consequence of
floods along the coast will amount to
thousands of dollars say lumber men.
Logs and timber have been washed
away and scattered at different points
along streams that enter the gulf.
John Latimer, Biloxi sawmill man,
states that he lost 1000 logs in conse-
quence Of the flood which accompan.
led the high wind last night. These
logs We're washed away from Back Bay
and scattered at different apoints. "A
schooner was washed up at Johnson's
turpentine still in Harrison county and
large amount of this product lost
Burns plant at Bayou Bernard lost a
large number of logs which were
brought down river at Back Bay. Back
| Bay is filled with logs washed from
various up.riyer points.
The Hattiesburg news., 1916-04-22
BRYAN is SIXTH IN RACE

omoha, Neb., April q. --latest "a.
turns from Tuesdays primary cloc-
tion covering aDout one third OF lie
state indicate that Henry Ford leads
Senator Cummns for the Republican
presidential nomination by 1000 votes.
Justice Hrghes is thiT:;. William ].
Bryan tonight stood sixth on the list
of candidates for delegates to tao
Democratic National Convention. -Four
candidates are to be elected.
The Hattiesburg news., 1916-04-22
For Commissioner.

The News is authorized to announce
M. T. SHEEHAN as candidate for
commissioner Of the city of Hatties-
burg, subject to- the action of the
Democratic primary of June 6.
The News is authorized to announce
L. McAULAY as a candidate for COM
missioner of the city Of Hattiesburg,
subject to the action Of the Demo-
cratic primary of June 6, 1915,
81
The News is authorized to announce
LEONARD L. WARD as candidate
for commissioner OF the city Of Hat
tiesburg, subject to the action of the
Democratic primary of June 6, 1916.
The News is authorized to announce
Il. B. CAPERTON as a candidate for
Commissioner Of the City of Hatties-
burg, subject to the action of the Dem
ocratic primary of June 9Th. 1916.
The News is authorized to announce
CAPT. A. FARLEY as a candidate
for commissioner of the city Of Hat
;tiesburg, subject to the action of tp9
Democratic primary Of June 6, 1918.
The Hattiesburg news., 1916-04-22
Start Tomorrow
and Keep It Up
Every Morning
Get In the habit Of drinking n
glass of hot water before
breakfast.

We're not here long, SO Ieps make
our stay agreeable. Let us live we'll
eat well, digest well, work well. sleen
well, and look well. what a gioriolls
condition to attain, and vet. how verv
easy 1t is if one will only adont fhe
morning inside bath.
Folks who are accustomed to feel
dull and heavy when they arise. sniff
ting headache, stuffy from cold. fo,,I
tongue, nasty breath, acid stomach
can, instead, feel as fresh as a daisv
by opening the sluices Of the svatan,
each morning and flushing out tha
whole Of the internal poisonous stag.
Everyone, whether ailing. sick or
weu, should, each morning hafora
breakfast, drink glass Of real bot =
water with a teaspoonful Of 1jmasfone
phosphate in it to wash from S'tI,e tbe
stomach, liver and bowels the nrav,o,,s ,as ,,,
days indigestible waste soi,r me- ME-
and poisonous toxins; thus CLEANSING mo,
sMeetening and PURIFYING ma enfira
allmentary canal before f5htfIhy ,nore ~
iooa' INTO the stomach. ysTife} action ae
aus q e,,s maser s1s and limestone phosphate on
vigorating igpg ssgmacn 4 s,c y Tgqderfully In
III aoiast.. aleii ita ions, gases, waste and
n,us's ! sSrat;. auu gives one a splendid
appee,Ee =, Ior breakfast While you are
ensVSi4e s. your breakfast the water
anq phosphate is quietly extracting
q I large volume OF water from fhe
ooa pLooa and getting ready for a
=. erDrousn ~. hushing Of all the inside
The Hattiesburg news., 1916-04-22
MIsslsslPPps OLDEST
i ODD FELLOW IS DEAD

Columbus, Miss, April 2l,-capealh
R. r. Spiers, the oldest Odd Fellow N
Mississippi, died at his home in TINS
city. He had been in declining heaith
for a number of years. He was in MS
eighty-fourth year and in point OF du'
ration of membership he was the ola
est member Of the odd Fellow frater
nifty in Mississippi. He was also
member of the knights of Pythias, be
ing a, ,pioneerSin that order also Caf
tain Spiers was actively identified witi
the commercial life of Columbus 10
years, having been engaged in the un
dertaking business.
He retired from active business soT
eral years ago. He was Confederate
veteran and fought through the lou
The Hattiesburg news., 1916-04-22
MIssIssIPPps COLLEGE
3. 3. TITLE CONTESTED

Columbus, Miss, April 22.-The de-
Gliding game of the Mississippi Inter
collegiate baseball championship will
be staged in Columbus, next Wednes-
day, between the University of Missis-
sippi and the Agricultural and Mechan-
ical College. The two teams broke
even in two-game series early this
week and the third game will deter
mine the honors. Both teams are con-
fident OF victory and ore OF the hard
est fought games in the history of the
two institutions is expected.
The University team plays the Uni
versity of Alabama, at Tuscaloosa,
Monday and Tuesday and moves to
Columbus for the tilt with the Aggies
On Wednesday. The game will be
played at Lake Park.
The Hattiesburg news., 1916-04-22
COULD NOT
LIE ON SIDE
And Had to sleep With Head High on
Pillow, on Account Of Suffering.
Says cardui Made Her Well.


Laurel, Miss. Mrs Martha A. Cor
bin, r. F. D. 4, OF this place, writes:
s. am glad to write this letter and you
e!come to use it in any way
you cfaC
] have hal a soreness in my side so
THAT ! could not lie on it to sleep. The
back Of my head hurt me a great deal
too, so that ! had to lie with my head
thigh on the pillow Once a month /
would have a great deal Of back.
ache Then would suffer from
dizziness, which would be SO bad i
could hardly sit up and would have a
very queer feeling in my head. The
aeighbors all advised me to have a
doctor, but mad heard great deal OF
Cardui and decided to take that. /
swelled great deal, too When
THAT first began on me would want to
stretch and when | would stretch the
pain would run to my hips and shoul-
ders.
| But began to take Gafdui, and be-
fore had taken a half bottle began
to feel better and the swelling began
TO go down. The pain began to diInin-
IisH and by the time had taken two
bottles felt well enough to quit tag
Ling II i think it is the grandest
medicine that women can use
Take cafdsi ifoF pala BY ali <lrug|
sists AdN.
The Hattiesburg news., 1916-04-22
GOVERNMENT URGES USE
LIGHTER WEIGHT PAPESR
Much Mopey May Be Saved in This
Way, Federal Authorities Declare.

I
Use Of lighter weight paper 10 re-
lieve the present stringency in paper
making materials is urged by the De.
partment Of Agriculture in bulletin
ISSUED today.
The bulletin says that since the Bu-
reau Of Chemistry began to advocate
this policy for the federal government
many publishers Of journals OF large
circulation and of important books,
and many users of wrapping papers
have adopted the plan. ut is believed
that there is ample opportunity for ad-
ditional saving in this way" the bull
letin says
The Hattiesburg news., 1916-04-22
TRAIN KILLS WOMAN.

Brookhaven, Miss, April 2t.-Mrs.
G. j. Hester, a woman of about 10
years of age, was run over by the
southbound New Orleans limited pas.
senger train at $50 this afternoon six
miles south of this town. Her entire
body was so horribly crushed, SCARED
and mutilated that she was almost un
recognizable when brought here on a
freight train shortly after the acct
dent. The fast train was stopped after
The Hattiesburg news., 1916-04-22
LAUREL TO Be HOSTS
TO STATE LAWYERS
PROGRAM is ANNOUNCED BY SEC,
RETARY; REFORMS TO
BE URGED.

Jackson, Miss, April 2t.--James r,
Mcdowell, secretary of the Mississippi
State Bar Association, has had printed
and is sending out to the members the
programme provided by the executive
Fcommittee for the eleventh annual
meeting, to be held at Laurel Tuesday,
and Wednesday, May 2 and 3. AS u.s.
ual, the features of the meeting will be
the eeries of addresses on subjects OF
interest to the legal profession, and
matters pertaining to courts and pro.
cedure, law reform and kindred SUBJ
jects. 1t was out of the proceedings
of state bar convention some two
or three years ago that the plan OF
supreme court relief" as exemplified
by the present enlarged bench and the
smoother and more expeditions pro.
gress that is being made toward light.
ening up the docket, was developed.
Other laws, constitutional and statu-
tory, with view to expediting the ad.
ministraion Of courts. have been the
outcroppings Of bar association meet.
4 ings.
fhe City of Laurel is preparing to
give the members Of the bar that gen
uine and loyal Welcome such as the
| laurelites-ar accustomed to extending
to their visitors, whether lawyers, doc
tors. preachers, teachers. bankers. fra
tcrnal bodies or other organization!
which make t, at city their meetinl
place.
The annual dress, which is usually
delivered by me distinguished mem
Der Of the bar from without the state
win be from Ion. 7. Marshall Miller
former attorr ey-general cf Mississippi
but for the r lst Is or 20 yea resi-
dent and PR stitioner in Louisiana,
garded as one Of the ablest lawyers
at the bar of the south. Gen. Mile
will discuss aThe Railroads and thu
people, a srrject which he is well fit
ted to present.
! The programme in full is as follows
4 Tuesday. May 2-Call to order by th
president: Invocation, Rev. George sI
Booth OF Laurel; address of welcome
Mayor T G. Mccalhrm Of Laurel; re
aponse. Hon .. }. Bowers Of Gulfpoyt
] presidents address, Hon. R. B. Caml
bell or Greenville reports Of commit
tees; dance at Elks Club.
II Wednesday, May MississipE
statutes Of mortmain, Hon W. G. Well
OF jackson: annual address. THE Ran
roads and the Reonles Hon I. M. Mi
| Her OF New orIsaa address (sut
ject TO be selarsaa 1on r. f. WI
bourn Of MesiaiuI unfinished bns
/ ness election ii ii gIeArs; trip to th
mills; receatiaa iii MI visiting ladie
/ tx the hofue OIL aEYA seoFge 8 Cara
The Hattiesburg news., 1916-04-22

Victor c. Locke, principal chief Of
the choctaws, consisting OF 2o,7e9 peo-
pie, ,.has just succeeded in having Con-
gress pass a bill which gives TO each
man, woman and child of the tribe
$500, which the government owed
them. He is not the kind of chief to
wear a red blanket and squat about a
fire. He is a modern business man of
great energy and ability.
The Hattiesburg news., 1916-04-22
WOLF Won leEL.

When Wolf ven lscI, secretary t
the dismissed Captain Won Paper
who was German military sttachc
Washington, was arrested on an
dctment charging him with
spiracy to blow up the WelI{
Canal, he fought the federal sec
service men. They took him, un
warrant, in the offive Won Pal
had once occupied at 60 Wall strt
The Hattiesburg news., 1916-04-22
ANNOUNCEMENTS
For Mayor.

The News is authorized to announce
t. e. BATSON as candidate for
Mayor Of Hattiesburg, subject to the
action Of the Democratic primary OF
June 6.
The News is authorized to announce
j. EMERSON GRAY as candidate
for Mayor of Hattiesburg, subject to
the action of the Democratic primary
of June 6.
The Hattiesburg news., 1916-04-22

described property to-wit:
/ The SW14 Of NEA of SWA of sec
tion 20, township S, north Of range Ia
west, being 10 acres, more or less, tho
same being no part of my homestead.
And also the following described per
sonal property, to-wit: One red COW,
about four years old, named Lille;
one red and white spotted cow, about
four years old, named Bumby; one
brown COW about eight years old,
named Whiteface.
4 Witness, my signature this the 18th
day Of April, 1916.
A. {. HARRISON,
15-4 sats Trustee
The Hattiesburg news., 1916-04-22
SEEK TO BUY BONDS.

Greenwood, Miss, April 22.-S. NJ
Anderson and A. J. Rogers, represent
ing the Buffalo Bonding Co., who hope
to purchase the bonds for the electric
railroad to be constructed in this coun-
ty soon, went to Itta Bena yesterday
to look after matters pertaining to the
road.
The Hattiesburg news., 1916-04-22

0hios Republican delegates, to be
chosen at the state primary on Tues.
day. will vote solidIy for Burton. There
will be warm state contests, despite
this unity on national issues.
The Hattiesburg news., 1916-04-22
NoMINArEs POSTMASTER.

washington, D. C.. April 22--The
president today nominated Jefferson
D. Fogg to be postmaster at Hefnanao'
Miss.
The Hattiesburg news., 1916-04-22
NEW SCHOOL LAWS

Jackson, Miss, April 22.-At the re
cent session Of the legislature there
was considerable new Legislation en-
acted pertaining to the common
schools Of the state, the object being
to make the laws more effective by
bringing administrative methods more
in conf5fmity with the much advanced
conditions. Prof. W. N. Taylor, as,
sistant to State Superintendent Smith,
has prepared the following synoptical
outline of this new school legislation
The legislature of 1916 passed the
'1llowing laws in regard to the public
hools:
A law raising the standard Of pub
school teachers, by requiring ex-
,tions of four additional subjects,
1ws:
and practice of teaching,
tary algebra.
effect September, 1870
sciences
English.
effect September, 1879
providing for an education
4 to compile and write a
code Of school laws, to be
% the next session of the leg
ratification law with three pro-
as follows:
> Granting professional licenses
to graduates of state colleges and to
other colleges maintaining standard
college course (including nine hours
in educaticn), approved by the state
board of examiners.
(b) Providing reciprocity with other
states in granting teachers certif-
Gates.
(c) Providing that license which
is about to expire may be renewed,
where the holder thereof attends
summer normal for six weeks, and
pursues a course of study outlined by
the state board of examiners.
4. A law providing for the purchase
Of text books for agricultural high
schools, separate school districts, and
other high schools. This law will have
the effect of reducing high school texts
about IS per cent
5. A law providing for additional
help in the State Department Of Edu
cation.
6. An act amending the law for the
consolidation Of schools, so as to ia,
cilitate the organization of consolf
dated rural districts.
z. An act to amend the separate
school district laws, SO as to harmon
ize conflicts and to provide for trans
portation into separate districts.
5. An act providing that one-third
Of the common school fund shall be
distributed in October of each year,
instead of June.
3. A law providing for the appoint
ment of an illiteracy commission, for
the purpose of devising methods OF re-
moving adult iIliteracy in the state.
The Hattiesburg news., 1916-04-22
MOTIVE TO BIDDERS.

Sealed bids will be received up unit
noon, May 1, 1916, for one. 'about GO
H. P. Gasoline Engine Motor Truck
with Steel dumping body and all
steel tractor type wheels for haul
ing gravel, sand and clap and pulling
road graders and drags and also for
Trailer Dump Wagons with roller
bearings for hauling three to five
cuoic yards each. ghe board reserves
the right to reject any and ali bids.
This April Sth, 1916.
Herbert ciIIis,
tsealj Clerk Board Of Supervisors
BY J. $. carraway, .. c.
8 s-sat
The Hattiesburg news., 1916-04-22
L-L:-ANS
Absolutely Removes
Indigestion. Onepack:age
nroves It. 25cat all druggists.

wears Of war, having made splendlS
rocord as a soldier. He leaves threef
children, Charles spiers Of St. Louis
andsMrs. Eugene Samdefs| New YORK.
and Mrs. P. D. Enlilis ofaLittle Rock
Ark.
The Hattiesburg news., 1916-04-22

! New York.
a an, a member of the German em'
bsssy staff" he cried. THIS WIN nn'"
war with Germany"
The Hattiesburg news., 1916-04-22
nrnlloen ROUND rRle nATEs

winter tourist and all year tourist
ackets now on sale to various polnt
In the West and Northwest. For fu
information apply to your local TieketN.
Agent or the undersigned.
JNo. W. WOOD, o. p. A.
Meridian. Miss.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-16
KANSAS MAN Tilted,
SHOOTS THE WOMAN
Fort Scott Farmer Shoots Sweetheart
and Wounds Her Father.

Fort Scott, Kan, Feb. 16.-Because
she refused to marry him, Warren
Jury, a farmer near here, shot and
wounded Miss Minnie Gaulding, is
years ole and probably fatally wound
ed her father. William Gaulding. The
shooting occurred at the Gaulding
home near here where Jury was ar
rested.
Jury had been attentive to Miss
Gaulding for some time. Yesterday
he asked her to marry him, according
to the girls statement. She declined.
Miss Gaulding7 and her father were
standing in their yard last night when
Judy appeared and suddenly began
shooting. Gaulding fell. wounded. The
girl ran into the house.
Jury, according to the girl, forced
open the barred door of the Gaulding
home, and despite the pleading of the
girls mother and her four sisters shot
her in the arm after demolishing the
telephone. Jury fled.