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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-07-14
Hattiesburg Boy Tells Of Night on the
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Gulf During Great Tropical Storm


"The storm was so bad we could not
get them off. If we had tried, all Of
us would have been lost.
THE captain ran the boat into Pass
Lutte, carried it to the shore and tied
her to a tree. All we could do for the
people on the dredge was to ask God
to save them On the morning of July
6, we went to hunt for them, and
found that they had blow6 ashore in
the Louisiana marshes. All of them
were saved, although the house on the
houseboat was blown away. They also
lost all Of their clothing, their stores,
and their bedding. 1t was a pitiful
sight to see them in that predicament
81. hope that l will never be in an
other such a storm. All of us put on
our life preservers, and got the life
boat ready to be launched at a mo
ment's notice"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-07-14
First Trains to the Coast Kill Profitable
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Business Built Up by Auto Owners

Other motorists have drawn almost as
large amounts. Scores of travelling
men and tourists have paid as much
as $40 for the trip to Hattiesburg, or
to Virgins or Bond.
But if the rainy weather will let up
for bit, these temporary motor trans
portation companies will not be re-
vived. The tracks and roadbeds of
the Gulf & Ship Island have been put
in fairly good shape, and trains are
now being operated through to the
coast The first passenger train went
through last night, and this morning
the northbound train came through,
almost on time, while the southbound
made the trip in reasonably good
time.
1t will be days, however before the
work crews will get the roadbeds in
first class shape.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-07-14

jackson, Miss, July 14.-Soldiers of
the First Mississippi Regiment, it be-
came known today, will remain here
for week or SO longer, as orders to
leave tomorrow for the Mexican bor-
der were cancelled yesterday, for what
reason no one seems able to say.
The soldiers at the camp are now
busily engaged in making permanent
bitches around the tents and in the
company streets, to carry off any rain
water that might accumulate during
storms, and tiling of permanent
character is being put down, leading
from the kitchens to city sewers. This
is taken as strong indication that
the camp here will be permanent.
The boys at Camp Swep Taylor, who
have been anxious to get to the Mexi-
can frontier, are disappointed that the
prospects for their getting away to-
morrow has gone a-glimmering.
A number of changes were an
nounced at the camp today. Captain
Heiss, of Meridian, who has been cap
tain-adjutant, has been appointed to
succeed Captain Storm as commander
of Company H, of Brookhaven. Cap
tain Storm was taken to Memphis a
few days ago for treatment for mental
trouble. Captain R. A. Bartlett, OF
Laurel, has been given the command
Of Company NJ, of Arkabutla, and Cap
tain John Sheffield, formerly of Com
pany M, has been given the command
of Company I, of Columbus, to succeed
CanAin Mullins, who died here few
DAYS ago. Captain Howard Scales, OF
Macon, has been named as adjutant
rSuartermaster. Major R. w. Montgom
ery, Of Greenville, has been made q
major in the ordnance department OF
the quartermaster's corps.
Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant
Green Wagner, of Vicksburg, has beer
promoted to a lieutenantcy. and goes
with Company G, of Hattiesburg, as
second lieutenant. Color Sergeant
Dent, Of Macon, has been appointed
regimental quartermaster sergeant
and it is expected'the appointment Q
a man to be color sergeant VIII D.
forthcoming today or tomorrow.
Captain Hammond, with numbel
Of sergeants, corporals and priyates
ordered to camp yesterday arrived
today, but so far no announcement 0
their assignments has been made.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-07-14
DR.. COOK ACQUITTED;
JUDGE ROASTS JURY
"WHoLE OCCURRENCE is RIDlcu-
Lous AND scANpALous,a HE
TELLS THE f2 MEN.
Speciql % The Nelos.

bPNttUt " 4 hN 4ftttos &
Vicksburg, Miss, July 14.-After de-
Eberating for Ia hours, the jury at 4:S0 !
O'Clock yesterday afternoon returned
a verdict of not guilty in the case Of
Dr. E. R. Cook, charged with man
slaughter in connection with the death
of Miss Blanche Pace, the Winona
(Miss.) stenographer. who died at the
Charity Hospital here in March, 1915.
after having previously registered at
a local hotel as Miss Thompson, Hat.
tiesburg, Miss
The trial had been on all week. 1t
had been expected that the reasons
for the young woman giving her ad
dress as Hattiesburg would be brought
out but this was not done.
When the verdict was read Special
Judge r. B. Anderson asked that a
poll Of the jury be taken and each
and every juror pronounced mot gull
ltys as his honest convictions, accord
ing to the law and evidence in the
case.
Judge Anderson then proceeded to
express his mind and also his opinion
lin the case, which did not at all coin
Ecide with the verdict returned by the
Jury.
4 In addressing the jury Judge Ander
son said:
Gentlemen of the jury, I want t
Say everybody connected with this cas-
endeavored to have fair and impal
tial trial. The lawyers seemed u hav
that object in view, and | know tha
the eourt did, and take It You did,
: have no right TO call IN question you
I action except to say what | thin
Continued on Page four.)
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-07-14
DYE CARGO BUT "A DROP

You girls
arrival with
highly coiored dresses that before the
Officials Of the
Deutschands would
x 5000 ar e use
However, officials
delicate which
Chemistry change
In the drug medicine They said
of similar
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-07-14

Clearfield, Pa. July 14.-As the third
section OF the troop train carrying
the Sixth Pennsylvania to the con-
'centration camp pulled out OF this lit
tie town, sixty sturdy soldier boys,
'massed in the rear car and on the
platform, gave vent to deep groans OF
and gazed enviously at
|27s OF their comrades, each of whom
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-07-14
CAROLINAS, GEORGIA,
ARE HIT BY HURRICANE
CHARLESTON is CUT OFF FROM
THE OUTSIDE WORLD; sA
vANNAH STRUCK HARD.
(By Associated rreSsJ


Atlanta, Ca, July 14.-The hurri-
cane which last night swept the
South Carolina and Georgia coasts
today had passed to North Charles
ion, according to reports received
here, wreckins wires and causing
heavy damage.
Charleston is cut off from wire
communication, but telephone
man has reported that the high
wind at Charleston was decreasing
this morning.
1t is said that trolley and light
service is out Of commission at
Savannah, and summerviIle, N. G.,
has received adviees that two are
reported killed and extensive dam
age done by the storm in Charles
ton.
Trees and poles litter the stress
and shipping is reported heavily
damaged.
Later reports as to whether the
wind at Charleston was decreas.
ing, were conflicting.
sommervilie had brief commun
ication with charlAston this morn
ing, but later all tie wires failed
Reports indicateasheavy damaa,
alens the coast in the storms
path, especially n the island re
sorts.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-07-14
She Tries to Kiss a Whole Regiment
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Sixty Militiamen Fail to Get Theirs

Down the track ahead We're the first
and second sections, each bearing q
full load of boys in khaki, and each
boy bearing a similar smile. In all
there were 971 smiles.
Whyg
Ask Miss Mary Hainsey, aged nine
teen. the prettiest girl in Clesrtield
Miss Mary herself wore look Of hap
(continued' on Page Four.)
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-07-14
IN
COMPANYG G.GOES.
TO V|CKSBURGER
Quartsrmas'er Sergeant Wagner
Promoted; Transferred to
Hattiesburg Organization.
TO FILL VACANCY CAUSED
BY BURNSIDE RESIGNATION

announcement Of Appointment, While
Causing Some Surprise Among Hub
City MiIitiamen, Is Approved--or-
ders to First Mississippi Regiment
to Leave Tomorrow for the Border
Are Cancelled for Some Unexplained
Reason.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-07-14
POISON MYSTERY
INVESTIGATION.
IS STILL BLOCKED.
Efforts 10 Find theJ4etter Written
10 Amy Atkinson Before
Her Death, Fail.
MURDER BY MAIL" TRAGEDY
is NOW BEFORE GRAND JURY

Father of Pelahatchie Girl Whose
Death Was Caused by Taking a
strychnine Tablet Sent Through the
Mails by Some Unidentified Person,
Assisting in Tracing Missive-Noth-
ing Yet Heard from Texan sus.
pected Of the Crime.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-07-14

overa
capital Miss
daughter
the beauties of tho
William B. Of Jasper
Richmond Hobson the Democratic
Bnkhead school
younger
s o
Socialist congressional society
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-07-14

Special to The Ne21s.
Jackson, Miss, July Develop
ments in the Pelahatchie poisoning
mystery are being retarded by the fail
ure of the authorities to receive a
reply to the letter of Inquiry sent
out early this week, seeking informa-
tion OF the recent whereabouts of the
man suspected of sending the death
tablets to the 17-year-old country girl.
Amy Atkinson died Friday morning,
July 7, under the most mysterious cir
cumstances, and over a week has now
passed without the discovery of a sin
gle plausible clue to the author of the
missive which came to her without a
name and carried the pellets which
she took. The letter has completely
disappeared and the father of the girl,
who last had it, is still in the deepest
,quandary as to what became of it.
]. G. Allen, the coroner and head
of the police of the little town, and Lee
Myers, foreman of the coroner's jury,
state that they are doing everything
ipossible to locate the girl victims all
legged despoiler and to ferret out the
mystery OF the disappearing death let
ter. 1t is probable that more witnesses
will be questioned today, and the at
tempt will be made to discover if the
dead girl told her secret to any one
else beside her father 1t is strongly
believed that she did do this, giving
the name of young man who used to
live in the community.
The strychnine, capsules were evil
IDENTITY not obtained from any OF the
drug stores at Pelahatchie or sur
rounding towns, as the proprietors and
clerks of these places are all positive
lin stating that they do not recall a
sale Of the drug in the quantity and
shape in which it was sent to the girl,
previous to her death. The theory is
advanced that possibly the poison was
secured through an emissary Of the
sender who wished to avert suspicion
from himself.
\ Letter Loss PerpleSing.
The strange disappearance Of the
letter and remaining capsules is the
lmost perplexing fact in the whole oc
currence. Mr.. Atkinson, the girls
father. had the letter and says he
placed it with the three remaining pei
lets on his bureau, retaining the fourtf
pellet to take to town for analysis
No one beside the children and a ne
gro girl working at the place entered
the house while Mr. Atkinson wa
gone to town. When he returned, h
! says the letter and capsules had dis
appeared. The one that he took i
! his pocket had come apart and its cor
tents spilled out so that no trace 0
the white powder remained.
: The older children said positivel
that they had not touched the lettel
iand the negro servant stated that sh
i lhad seen no sign of it in cleaning u
THE trash and paper about the hous
Likewise in the case Of the capsule
{ lMr. Atkinson expressed chagrin ovt
1.-The loss Of this evidence which, ha
it been preserved, would most like
Ihaye led at once to a solution Of u
whole enigma.
y Until word is received from Tex
y concerning the suspected young ma
the investigation Of the girls dea
4 Iwin be indefinitely blocked.
e.I The public is curious to know VIII
d.IwilI be the action of the Rankin cor
p ''ty grand jury in the matter Cire'
fContinued on PAGE Four.)
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-07-14
DEUTSCHLAND TO BE
Is GIVEN CLEARANCE
GERMAN suPERsuBMARlNE MER-
cHANTMAN WILL BE ALLOWED
70 SAIL ANY TIME.

|. washington, D. G., July 14.-An ad-
Asory report on the status of the Ger
IAN IAN submarine Deutschland was sub
mitted to Acting Secretary Of State
polk today, by the neutrality board.
= Il understood that it holds that the
nautschland is peaceful merchant
.b,p and is entitled to all privileges
as such.
II Is indicated that the State Depart
,n,ant viii make noS formal announce
r,ant concernWg the Deutschland. bu'
nat tie II Bury Department will be
,ay,seswa bit her to clear and sal
ssom N whenever the captain
iin,'. 3sf aasasssls
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-07-14

Washiu9ton, p. c. July i4-Thc
tropical disturbance first noted
Wednesday, appears 10 have been
located this sAmorninp north Of San
Domingo, and is moving north
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-07-14
BRITISH BREAK
THROUGH 4-M|[E|
GERMAN FRONT
Alter an All Night Attack. Eng
lish Close ii on Teutons.
Routing Them.
SECOND DEFENSE SYSTEM
is NOW BEING ATTACKED

Heavy Fighting Continues About the
River sonme-The British Capture
Tongueval, ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, and
the Trones Woods-Many Cannon
'nd Guns Taken from Enemy Bear
the 1875 Date, indicating that Teu-
ton Guns Are Few.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-04
Most Ancient Treaty.

On the walls of two of Egypt's
greatest temples, that of Karnak and
the Ramesseum at Thebes. carved in
the everlasting stone of the dry land
of the Nile, is the oldest international
treaty known to man. Rameses the
Great, one of the signers. is the best
known man of remote antiquity. Khe-
tasar (the car of the Keta, or Hit
tites) the other party to the treaty, is
unknown, except to a few, and his ma
ton is little known, even to the
scholars.
The Hittites were a mighty race,
whose empire, equal in rank with the
mighty empire of Egypt and Baby
lonia, once extended over 400, 900
square miles of territory in Asia Minor
and Syria. Three years ago practically
nothing was known of the life and
civilization of these mysterious people.
They are mentioned in the Bible. and
in the Egyptian and Assyrian records.
but until very recently their own story
had never been read by modern man.
Today, thanks to the excavations that
were carried On at the capital city of
Carchemish, much has been learned
about this great group of tribes, and
orderly evidence about them is now
available for the first time in 2,000
yearS-Christian Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-04
NOT EVEN A BUDGET HERE.

Russia's duma is worrying some be-
cause the estimates for the ordinary
expenses of the government during the
ensuing year are considerably in ex-
cess of the estimated revenues. This is
a chronic condition with most modern
governments, and the situation in this
country it now in this respect is
most acute. But our congress goes
merrily on its way Planning millions
and millions of expenditures for this
and that with nary a thought, appar-
emily. as to where the money is COM
ing from. And we wallow along in
our financial labyrinth without any
thing that savors of a budget system,
and in this even Russia has the ad-
vantage of US. Russia at least knows
where she's at financially, which is
something that Uncle Sam never does.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-04
Jdyh Jots

A funny man, says the Horton
Headlight Commercial. seldom sees
any humor in his own product
The worst thing about the average
vegetarian, declares the Wilson Coun-
ty Citizen, is that he is proud of it.
At this time of year, points out the
Concordia Kansan, the country edi-
tors drag the roads-in their papers.
When the shoe is on the foot Ask
the girls, suggests the high school re-
porter for the Marion Review, how
they like to ask the boys for dates to
the leap year parties and-get stung?
Ouch.
Need never expect the other fellow
to think you work as hard as you
yourself think you do, points out Mrs.
Homer Hoch in the Marion Record.
He has to think some about how hard
he himself is toiling.
The following in the Gridley Light
is sufficiently plain: Notice-To the
owner of the COW that Hugh Phillips
corn said COW ate olt of my shock on
February II, 1916.-Mrs. Maude Kari
Told by the Concordia Blade as il
Illustrating how much the average
young married woman knows about
buying meat. young husband was
starting to his work when his wife
said: Frank. dear, will you order me
SlA pOuHQS VI Dull DIS you go ny the
meat market 2" Listen, honey, you
don't mean bull; you mean beef"
Now, then, smarty, don't think you
know everything. I said bull and
I don't mean beef. All the girls have
been serving beef tea at their parties
and 1 mean to have something differ
ent. 1 thought it would be real nice
to have bouillon."
Observations by Obey Weaver in his
Sedgwick Paragraph: A lot of good
people enjoy telling bad news. &.
Do your best today and you will be
able to do better tomorrow. A
man with a good appetite has no bust
ness devoting himself to art. 9.
If you wish to hear the wheels in your
head buzz. sit down and try to think
an original thought. -. Automo-
billing has a tendency to make us a
more active and athletic people-we
who must walk and dodge. If
the devil were to take off his hat
every time he met a hypocrite, he
would have died long since of expos
ure-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-04

the railroads were to force the suspen-
sion the greater favor in which they
are coming to be held in public esteem
would be changed to as great Iisfavor
as they have ever fell in the past.
Were the men by refusing to arbi-
trate their demands to force a Sis
pension OF railroad operation the couE-
try over. the cause of organized labor
would be hurt seriously and for a long
time. There is room for difference
of opinion regarding the reasonable
ness of the demand for higher wages.
There is no room for difference of
opinion as to the ways in which the
demands should be Sc led They
must be by agreement or by aroitra-
lion. If arbitration had always gone
against tie men they might hold that
their rights as men were being over
ridden by a form of settlement which
was fair only in form and in essence
tyrannical. But no such contention
can be set up. If it could be that
might justify strike which would
compel submission to the men, On
der such conditions, if they can be
imagined as a practical situation, oub-
lie opinion would be with the men
not against them. But they are in no
such position. They have gained some
thing by every arbitration into which
they have entered, and it is even tak-
en- for granted by many railroad men
that arbitration on t. occasion would
give the men 7ome increase in wages.
This surely is not. condition justify
ing a refusal to arbitrate and strike
to enforce the mems demands. 1t IS
because a strike under the circum-
stances would be a preposterous thing
that it seems well nigh impossible.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-04
LOOKING FORWARD.

LOOKING FORWARD.
Look not for Sorrow; for perhaps too
soon
without your seeking, she on you will
And if it be at morning, eve. or noon,
To you her mission she will plainly
state.
Look not for Trouble; she is always near /;
And If from her you never have a call,
That you are more than mortal much
fear,
For she herself makes known to great
and small.
Look not for Darkness, she too oft ap-
When for her visit we are least pre-
But if to you unheralded she nears,
Let not your soul by her claims be
ensnared.
Look not fir sickness; though we know.
alas!
She will come to us at some unknown
And if our youth and middle age she
pass
She surely will come to us in old age.
Look not for Weakness, ills. nor anything
For what We wish not, Time will surely
bring;
So let US forward look for Cheer and
Light.
Thomas F. Porter, in Boston Globe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-04

he declared without a qualm. He
swung down the slope and landed on
the rocks just below her. Don't you
love this place? I used to come here
when 1 was a little fellow and listen
to the water as it broke over the
rocks. I'm glad you're going to
stay"
IT'S dear of Aunt Polly to let me.
It's all her doing. She just shows you
the right way to go somehow and
makes it seem easy. 1 was afraid to
face the winter alone"
You wouldn't have had to-" Ben
blurted out. 81 wasn't going to let
you go away" He stopped and looked
up at her as she sat on the bank, ferns
and pine needles around her. I'D
have told you right straight off. Now,
1 suppose 1 ought to wait till spring"
Myrtis was silent. Her chin leaning
on her hand, she looked down at the
brook, afraid to meet the big boys
eyes
It's natural for you to stay here"
he went on. THE place will be mine
some day, and Aunt Polly loves you.
You can teach this winter if you want
to, but the minute you get tired, Myr-
ti5. 1 want you to quit. and I've got
my mothers wedding ring she gave
me when she died, and told me some
day it would be for the girl 1 loved
best. Myrtis. can't you say, anything
at all to me?"
She met his eyes with tear-filled
ones, ard held out her hands to him,
whispering. Tn glad. Ben."--
Copyright, 1915, by Mcclure News
paper Syndicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-04
Household Hints


Kale or Spinach German style)-
Take half peck kale or spinach. Clean
and wash thoroughly, chop or cut
fine, put in kettle with cold water,
let boil fifteen minutes. In another
kettle put a large tablespoon butter,
let get golden brown, add large ia
blespoon flour. stir till smooth. add
enough boi1ing water to make thin
gravy. Drain water from kale or
spinach, add vegetable to gravy. salt
fine and one slice of smoked bacon.
Let simmer two or three hours. (<ale
requires longer cooking than spin
ach.) This is excellent served with
plain boiled rice or mashed potatoes
and Dreaded pork chops.
Potted Sleeps Head - Get a
Sleeps head and trotters siuged.
Clean thoroughly and put on to boil
covered with sold water. Allow it to
the water and replace it with cold.
Boil till meat seems tender; lift it
out and take it from bones, replace
ing bones in pot to boil for an hour
or two, so as to extract as much good
ness as possible from them. Some
peppercorns and sage enough, to sea-
son should be added and boueu with
them. Take out the tongue and skin
it. placing it top downwards in CEN
ter of large dish. Take three hard
boiled eggs, cut in halves and ar
range them around tongue. Cut up
meat into dice-shaped pieces and add
to liquid, which should be strained
to keep out all the small bones See
that this is properly seasoned and
pour into the decorated dish When
cold turn out, and you will be de-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-04
a PREPosTERous rH.NG.

As the time approaches for the SGT
Element of the demands which have
been maze by the coal miners Of the
country and by the employees of the
railroads the belief is growing that IN
neither case will the negotiations
come to an impasse, declares The An
nalist. The truth of the matter IS
that neither side, particularly IN the
case of the railroads, can afford 10
take a position which would lead to a
suspension of work. The country
cannot get along without them The
side responsible for the break between
men and management would have no
standing at ell in public opinion. [,
is doubtful if it could withstand public
pressure for even a few days. 1t
would be fruitless recalcitrancy. If