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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-09-05
Does S Advertising
Pay? Is a Dollar
Worth 100 Gems?
eULFPoRT MAN CARRIES LITTLE
STORY IN THE NEWS; MANY
HORSES RESPOND.


Special to The Netos.
Biloxi, Miss, Sept. 5,-It's just as
newsy to say that water runs down
hill and that it's dark in the country
on a night when both the moon and
the stars are cloud-hidden, as to say
that advertising pays, but the follow
ing may be interesting to lot of folks
who may have some misgivings about
the value Of the printed page in a
newspaper:
The Harrison county board of SUI
pervisors is being swamped with Of
fers from teamsters who want to haul
shells as a result of an advertisement
inserted in a Hattiesburg newspaper
by r. l.. Collins, of Biloxi Mr.. Col
Inns, who formerly lived in Hatties-
burg, decided, on learning that Harri-
son county could not get enough
teams for roadway work, to advise his
friends back home of the fact through
the medium of the press. Now he is
being swamped with applications from
the farmers of Jones, Forrest, Perry
and Jasper counties who want to get
a chance to haul shells for Harrison
county. The applications are being
turned over to the board of supervis-
ors and it is probable that several of
the applicants will be offered jobs.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-09-05
CITY CEMETERY CLUB
TO Be FORMED HERE
u,Js CITY WOMEN TO LAUNCH
ASSOCIATION TO CARE FOR
LOCAL PROPERTY.

1 Meeting will be held in the rooms
Of the Hattiesburg Commercial ciuo
u 4.3o O'Clock tomorrow afternoon,
of the women and men of Hattiesours'
,ntsrested in caring for the City Gene
terry n,oats 80
49, meeting viii be to perfect per
manent organization which VIII LOOK :.
after the cemetery, will see that all
M graves and lots are kept cleared
e weeds briars and the like.
general invitation tp the whole
~ Z 81 = attend has beef issued
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-09-05

Washington, Sept. 5.-Under an
agreement to take prompt action on
the emergency revenue bill, the SEN
ate today adopted the amendment to
the bill, authorizing the President
during times of war in which the Unit
ed States is not engaged, to withhold
clearance from all vessels which dis.
criminate against American shippers;
to withhold privileges from ships OF
such nations as withhold privileges
accorded to other nations from Amer
lean ships, and to use the army and
navy, if necessary, to prevent the de
parture of offending vessels from the
United States
The Senate also adopted the amend
ment authorizing the President, b,
proclamation, to deny the use of th'
mails, express, telegraph and wireless
to citizens of nations which do not ac
cord Americans all facilities in CON
merce, including unhampered traffi
In mails.
Congress will adjourn not later tha
Thursday night.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-09-05
LIGHT VOTE POLLED
IN TODAY'S ELECTION
TWO DISTRICTS ARE CHOOSING
SUPREME COURT JUDGES
TODAY.

Jackson, Miss, Sept. 5.-Indications
at noon today were that very light
vote is being polled in the First or
Middle, and the Third, or Northern,
supreme court districts, where people
are expressing their choice of two
candidates in each district, for places
on the supreme court
! The first democratic primary on Aug
ust 3 left the judgeship contests un.
decided, and the run-off primary is be-
ing held today. In the Middle District
Judge Clayton D. Potter, an appointee
of Gov. Theo. G. Bilbo, is being oppos-
ed by Assistant Attorney General Geo.
/ H. Ethridge, while in the Northern dis
| trict Judge e. o.. Sykes, also a Bilbo
appointee, is opposed by R. H. Knox.
These are the only names on the bal
ilots, and the count of votes tonight
should require but a short while
/ There is considerable interest IN tile
election today, but as the names oil
candidates for judges are the only ones
on the ballots it appears that the vote
will be light. On August there were
a number Of congressional contests
land this served to make interest very
(. great
!, 1t is being charged that in the Middle
District the contest smacks Of politics
= with Cow Bilho using his Influence
for Judge Potter, ana Attorney Gener
al Ross a. Collins is known to b,
/ very active for Mr.. Ethridge. Th,
terms for which the men today vii
. be nominated viii begin on the frs
of January.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-09-05
tBu Associated press !.

London, Sept. 5.--The battle Of
the Somme has reached the high
pitch of violence.
Against picked German troops,
the French and British are strik.
ing blow after blow in what APP
pears to be the supreme effort
to force way through the German
lines.
The British today announced the
pushing to 500 yds. east Of euiiIe-
mont village and securing a hold on
the Leussee wood. Farther south,
the British have captured the Ger
man system of defense on a front
of 5000 feet around Falfemont
Farm. The British assert that
since Sunday they have captured
the whole Of the remaining German
second line defenses on the front
from the Mohquet farm to point
where the British lines join the
Germans.
Since the beginning Of the
somme offensive, the Allies have
captured 90 villages.
The sulgarians report that on
the first day Of their invasion of
Dobrudja, the Rumanians were
driven back, leaving hundreds Of
dead on the field. The 5uIsarians
have captured two villages on the
frontier, they say.
Paris reports comparative quiet
on the Macedonian front.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-09-05
CONGRESS WILL OUT
THURSDAY AT LEAST
SENATE ADOPTS AMENDMENT TO
EMERGENCY BILL AFTER
MUCH DEBATE.
(Bg Associated Press.)

Washington, D. c., Sept. S.
The Senate's amendment to the
revenue bill today, aimed at the
Allies blacklist and the British in.
reference with American mails,
created CONSERVATION among the
allied diplomats here. They de-
cIared that the enactment Of the
amendment would constitute non.
intercourse act, preliminary to,
commercial warfare.
If IL is enacted, II is under
stood that the Allies will protest.
The leaders of the Administration
did not attempt to prevent Its
adoption.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-09-05
SUGGESTION OF ERROR
OVERRULED BY COURT
Division A Of State Supreme Court
Hands Down Half Dozen Decisions.
Special 10 The Netos.

jackson, Miss, Sept. 5.--Sugges-
tions of error in half dozen cases in
the Supreme Court have been over
ruled by the judges Of Division A. The
list is as follows:
Mississippi Central Railroad Com
pany VS.. Wade Lott.
Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad
Company VS.. L. E. Edwards. sheriff.
L. L. benson vs. s. D. Russell,
Minerva Cronegia rs. State.
George Dunagin, trustee. vs.. D. B
McLaurin.
Abe Maddox VS.. State.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-09-05

The car shortage which has caused
SO much worry to the lumber manu-.
facturers of South Mississippi for so
many weeks, has taken a sudden turn
for the worse, and reports received
in Hattiesburg today from the various
manufacturing centers of the state in
dicate that if something isn't done to
relieve the situation, and Immediately
at that, scores of mills will be forced
to close down for an indefinite period.
The shortage has created the most
serious state that the yellow pine men
AlaVe had to face since the beginning
N the European war when the export
trade was practically abandoned, and
the consumers of the country declined
to buy in any quantity or at any price.
Today, northern and eastern build
ers and manufacturers are calling on
the mills of south Mississippi for lum-
Der. The lumber in the required di-
mensions, is here. II is impos.
sible, however, to transport the stock,
The result is, yards are becoming piled
high, and the sellers are declining to
take further orders, realizing the i'm
possibility of filling them.
rs Per Cent Untitled.
There are lumber men in Hatties
burg who are unable to fill 25 per cent
Of their orders, because of the cal
shortage. This shortage is growing
worse, every day, it is reported.
Many of the mills have materially
curtailed their output. Others have
shut down entirely, throwing both the
mill hands and the woods crew out o.
employment. Thousands of employees
afe being thrown out of work as re
sule
1Re shortage of cars is having It's
effect on the prices of lumber, also
NJ Prices and demand are reported ran
today with indications that the marke'
will get stiffer when a better movement
ia secured Specialties and quick snip
ments are commanding premiums
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-09-05
Pugiisf's Young.
Wife In Male Attire
Is Discovered Here.
TOMMY kETcHEL AND WOMAN OF
HIS CHOICE, BROKE, BEATING
WAY BACK HOME.

''T. Ketchel and brother, Pnradel-
phia.''
| That's the line on the register of a
local hotel which attracted the atten-
ton of Chief of Police Bennett last
night after he had seen a suspicious
booking couple enter that hostelry from
the Northeastern yards a few mo-
ments before, and he decided to inyes-
tigate
The couple evidently had come into
Hattiesburg onla northbound freight
train, from New Orleans. There. was
something about the fit of the clothes
Of one of the persons; about the toss
of the head, the shape of the feet, and
the manner of extracting match from
the right trousers pocket, that aroused
the suspicious of the police chief,
Everything was peculiarly feminine,
despite the extremely mannish cloth
ing and the closely cropped hair
The chief went to room on the
third floor of the hotel, and knocked.
A feminine voice said, who's there?"
Chief Bennett said it was an officer.
and that he wanted admittance. There
was hurrying and scurrying within,
and five minutes later, the door was
opened. A partly clad man was
stretched across the bed, and another
figure in trim dark clothing stood in
the center of the floor. A more husky
voice asked the mission of the chief.
He looked about, but there was no evi-
dence of third person in the room.
The chief looked closely at the clad
figure, and then turned to the man on
the bed.
"Why all the disguise for the wom-
an?" he asked.
The man laughed a bit, and declared
it was necessary.
I'm just from New Orleans" Ketch-
ell said. 81 got mine in the squared
canvas ring. | lost the fight, which
means that lost the purse | was
broke. had to get north. This wom-
an is my wife. She insists upon trav-
cling with me. To ride freight trains,
a woman can't wear skirts. Hence the
mannish togs. That's the answer"
4 Ketchel arose, went to his coat, and
took out some papers. There was a
certificate there, to show that he and
| the girl, who was but IL, were mar
ried in Philadelphia in November
1914.
The girl, an especially bright one
proved herself to be regular fight
fan. AS sEe stood and gazed at the
hard, highly-developed muscles of the
21-year-old husband pugilist she de
clared that he lost his bout fought in
HIgiers because he had been doped.
mo man in the world" she said
could have fought as hard and witt
as much cunning, for four rounds, only
to go down in the fifth as the result
Of a light punch, if he hadn't beer
'doped' between rounds, Tommy hat
! him licked, till they began tanning hin
) at the end of the fourth round, ant
!, gave him moistened sponge to chev
! upon. Then he became 'locoed.'"
81 Chief Bennett and several Hatties
burg lawyers tried to find some statut
providing for females Disgusting them
selves as males, but they failed
KetchePs story was accepted, and las
night he and his masculine-clad' wifi
drifted down to the Northeasterl
: yards and when no one was looking
? lost themselves in the direction Of a
, oncoming northbound freight trair
! | They, were on their way to their hom
Z in Philadelphia.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-09-05

London, Sept. 5.-The French this
afternoon reported the repulsing of
the vigorous German attacks north OF
the Somme last night, made in an eff
fort to regain the ground which the
French have captured in their new
drive. The losses of the Teutons were
heavy, the corpses of the slain sol
6iers being piled high at scores OF
points along the line.
The Germans also were repulsed
south of the Somme.
The weather is hindering the French
operations.
The British have increased their
gains in their fighting near Guile
mont
Petrograd reports that the Russians
are fighting the Bulgarians in Ru-
mania. The Bulgarian outpost caval-
Iry was sabered by the Russian caval-
ry. In the direction of Vladimir-vo-
lynski, on the upper Sereth, the Rus
Esians, in battles lasting from Thurs
iday to Saturday, have captured 115
Teutonic officers. and 4,5o0 men, with
six cannon, s5 machine guns and 4
mine throwers.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-09-05
BY ROBERT M. GATES.

Washington, Sept Sat no time
lsince Woodrow Wilson and Charles e
Hughes became opponents for the pres
idency have the prospects Of the Demo
cratic leader been so fair or so flatter
ing as right now. Monopolizing public
discussion at this moment are Wilson's
speech of acceptance at Shadow Lawn
and the action of Congress in averting
the ordered strike of 100000 railway
ltrainmen, and the one distinct over
tone is, "Great is Woodrow Wilson"
After a careful searching of hearts
men are asking one another, as well as
themselves, this pertinent question
why should Woodrow Wilson be put
down and Charles H. Hughes be pu'
lup?" The questioners are swerved t6
Wilson by the force Of the answer that
the Democratic leader stands unafrait
upon his record, whereas, the Republi
can leader is unamazed at his recrim
Iinations.
Wilson points with pardonable pride
7 to his achievements and Hughes points
with prudish peevishness to his as
sumptions. Wilson works while Hughes
whistles and wishes and wobbles. Viii
son invites attention to his party''
performances; Hughes prates of his
party's promises. Wilson believes tina
the party which deserves we'll shoulc
prosper; Hughes is preaching that th'
Republican party should be returned tt
power because it is demanding wildly
Undoubtedly it is upon these contrast
THAT Wilson will win in the Novembe
election.
Although he has critics in his owl
party fold, none has acknowledged dis
appointment in Woodrow Wilson TO
not doing, not daring, not driv
ling toward the achievement of highe
and better things for the common we
fare, and that, too, against odds tina
would have overwhelmed less coui
ageous, a less resolute and shorter
yisioned executive. No president, wit
the possible exception of the grea
Lincoln, ever had to wiring success
from more menacing or distracting SUI
Eroundings.
Many Trying circumstances.
From the day Of his oath of offic
Woodrow Wilson has had to combat
J Ecomplicating conspiracy of circun
stances for which he was not even r.
; Imotely responsible. His nearly fou
Years in the White House have bee
/ spent in stress and storm, PARTIAL
illustrating the despairing words Of II
Icynic who said that "life was Just or
i'd thing after another" Yet Woo
row Wilson has nver missed a step
the progressive march: he has not 10
his stride on the great national hill
with the millions of Americans who
Ihope is abiding, whose faith is U
clouded, whose courage is undaunt'
) lin the struggle against the forces
iincompetency. responsibility and
J. ertia,
Woodrow Wilson IS no Alfred Va
grave one of "those men who ACHE
SO little because Of the much they &C
ceive." He has achieved much
cause he has conceived much, and
unparalleled record of constructive Il
islation attests in the concrete the W
dom OF many Of his conceptions.
Behold his opponent Charles
1ughes-a nice man, clean man
lawyer OF respectable attainments q
jurist of prominence But what
Continued On Page Four)
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-09-05
NO MORE "OBEY" FOR
EPISCOPAL WEDDINGS
Much Imposed and Trampied Upon
and Broken Word to be Eliminated.
(By Associated Press.)

Chicago, IIi, Sept. 5.-The
Learned Commission of seven blsh-
ops, seven pastors, and seven lay
men, Of the Protestant Episcopal
Church, appointed to revise the
ritual Of that denomination, has de-
termined to eliminate the word
!. "obey" from the marriage cere-
rnony.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-09-05
NO BLANKET DECISION
ON STATUS OF U-BOATS
Government Rules That Each Individ-
ua Boat Must Be Considered.
Oh Associated Press.1

Washington, Sept. 5.-To the
Entente Allies proposal that neu-
trail nations accept the principle
that all submarines are war yes
sells, the United States has dis
patched reply which, It Is under
stood, It holds to the principle
that the characteristics Of each
individual submersible must gov
ern the case.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-09-05
JOINT COMMISSION
TO MEET TOMORROW
Mexlcan-American Board Leaves for
New London on Wilson'S Yacht.

New York, Sept. 5.-rhe Mexican
American joint commission which viii
undertake to settle the border Difficult.
ties. departed on the Mayfower today
for New London, Conn, where the first
conference viii be held tomorrow.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-09-05
THE COTTON MARKET.

New Orleans, Sept. 5.-The cotton
market at 2:SO o'clock was: January,
opened at 1888; March, 1903, opening
at 1911; October, 15.45, opening al
1852; December. 1854, opening a.
1880.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-09-05
SENATE COMMITTEE is
IN FAVOR OF PURCHASE
It's Members Report FavorabIy on the
Treaty to Buy Danish West Indies.
(Bg Associated Press,

Washington, Sept 5.-The Senate
foreign relations committee today
fayorably reported on the treaty for
the purchase Of the Danish West In.
dies.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-09-05
HUGHES LOSING
GROUND WHILE
WILSON GAINS
President Is Presenting Records
Of Deeds; Republican Leader
Offers Promises.
LATTER HAS NO ISSUE;
| CAMPAIGN IS PITIFUL

Present Chief Executive Has Secured
More Constructive Legislation and
Has Solved More Problems Than
Any Other President Since Lincoln
Both Railroad Managers and the
Members Of the Unions are Praisina
His Recent Work.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-09-05
4 CHILDREN DEAD OF
lNFANTILE PARALYSIS

New York, Sept 5.--During the last
!, snours infantile paralysis killed II
-'s,,dren in the fye boroughs Of New
York. -
stricken.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-09-05
FRENCH REPU[SE
NORTH.
THE SOMME
Teutons Endeavor TO Gain
Ground Lost In Recent Drive;
Losses Are Terrible
DEAD PILED HIGH TO
SHOW COST OF ATTACK

SOUTH Of the somme, Paris Also Re
ports That the Kaiser's Forces Have
Suffered Great Losses-Rritish In
crease Their Gains on the Western
front - Russians and Bulgarlans
Meet, When cossacks saber to
Death Bulgarian Cavalry Outpost.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-09-05
BIDS OPENED FOR
NAVY WATERPLANEs

Washington, D. G., Sept s.. Bids
we're opened today at the Navy De
partment for 80 hydro-aeroplanes for
the Pensacola aviation school.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-09-05
IGAR SHORTAGE
'S1R|KES MILLS;
MANY CLOSE UP
South Mississippi Lumbermsn
Are Hard fit Because Of
Their Scarcity.
OUTPUT CURTAILED;
SCORES LOSE JOBS

Condition Assumes Serious Tone,
Ri Unless Railroad Companies Give
Hflief, Others VIII be Forced to
Shut Down-some Sellers Able to
Obtain Scarcely % Per Cent of the
Cars They Demand-Lumber Prices
Firm, However.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-09-05
NEW AUGUSTA BANKER HERE.

J. H. Kennedy. president Of the
Bank o. New Augusta. was in Hat
tiesburg today q business.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-10-31
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PERSONALS.

c. G. Titus has returned from Tex-
arkana, where he received treatment
at the Cotton Belt hospital for in
juries to his left foot, which was
mashed some days ago while he was
working at the company shops here.
G. VI. Redinger. who resigned some
days ago from his position as motor
man with the Pine Bluff company
mas gone to st. Louis, where he may
locate.
Hughes Butterworth has returned
to his home at Little Rock, after a
visit here with relatives and friends
Judge f. J. Kerwin left this morn
ing for Stuttgart on professional
business.
DR.. Fred c. Rowell will leave to-
day for Nashville, Tenn, TO attend
the triennial convention of agents
and medical representatives Of the
Metropolitan Life Insurance company
He expects to return Thursday night
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-10-31
MRS. J.L. BROWN, OF
COLLEGE PARK, HAS
gained 20 POUNDS
Was Confined to Her Bed
and Chair for Over Two
Years, and Thought She
Would Not Live Long.

You can tell them that 1t helped
my wife, too; and of all the people
hat have made statements about get
ting benefit from Tanlac believe We
have the most cause to De thankful
for she thought she wouldn't be liv-
ing long and the doctor didn't give
me any announcement
This remarkable statement was
made by Mr.. J. l.. Brown, a we'll
known carpenter Of College Park. Al
lanta, in conversation with DR.. T.. b.
Elder, Mr.. Brown added very seri-
ously that he fell unable to express
in words his great appreciation for
what Tanlac had done for his hohe
and The mother OF his eight children,
and then went on to say:
"For over two years she has had
to live practically on nothing but
milk, being bothered as she was with
a bad stomach trouble that kept drag
ging her down until she was hardly
more than living skeleton. She
didn't seem to get any strengthen
ing rest at night and simply had no
energy for anything. In fact. she
spent about all her time between her
bed and the chair and didn't feel like
taking an interest in anything.
She had a mighty bad breaking
out on her ankles. too, and all the
way IN to her knees and these places
would then swell IN terribly. Her
color was bad. to and ii just looked
like nothing on earth could ever do
her any good or livcn her up.
"Well, some strange things hap
pen in this world. and the change in
her is certainly one of them, for it was
about month ago that she was as
bad off as she's been at all, and now
she's a well woman and 7 am sure a
happy man. She has taken just three
bottles of Tanlac and weights 120
pounds-that is, she's gained 20
pounds since she began taking it.
| "My wife now eats heartily, sleeps
good and feels as strong as she did
years ago. She is now doing all her
own Homework and. cooking and
says she. will never be able to say
enough about this Tanlad We don't
mind who you tell about this, for it's
nothing but the plain. Simple truth
and that don't hurt anybody"
The public is warned against buy
ing Tanlac from any other than regn-
lar established agencies. Genuine
Tanlac is sold in Pine Bluff exclusive
W by the Central Pharmacy and bears
the name Of G. w. Willis and the
Cooper Medicine Co. There is Tan
lac dealer in every town.
Tanlac is sold by:
Central Pharmacy, Pine Bluff; J. A
Van Elton, Furth, Ark; John NJ. Ora
Gle, New Gascony; John NJ. Oracle
Rob Roy, Ark John NJ. Oracle, Han
naberry, Ark; G. II. 'Ioslyn, Gould
Ark; Star City Drug Co.; Star City
Ark: Herr & Helvie, Faith, Ark; u
w. Morrow, Sheriff., Ark, r. f. D.;
E. P. Laid e. Co., Furth, Ark; E. c
Pyatt. Sheriff. Ark; A. w. Leake
Altheimer, Ark, w, L. Davis, Wabba-
seeka, Ark, r. F.. D. (Advt)
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-10-31
A TEXAS WONDER

The Texas Wonder cures kidney
and bladder troubles, dissolves gravel,
cures diabetes, weak and lame backs,
rheumatism, and Irregularities Of the
kidneys and bladder in both men and
women. Regulates bladder trouble in
children. If not sold by your drug
gist, will be sent by mail on receipt
of 500 One small bottle IS two
months treatment, and seldom fails to
perfect a cure. Send for sworn testl-
monials. Dr. r. w. Hall, 1926 Olive
Street, st. Louis, Mo. Sold by drug
nj etc I A ,l,t \
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-10-31

made a fortune in Arkansas. the cir
culars stirred the town, and attract
ed additional attention to the state.
Wilson Will Win.
Captain Hilzheim returned from the
tourney confident that Woodrow Will
son will be reelected president. He
says he was surprised at the sentl-
ment for Wilson in Indiana, Illinois
and. Ohio, especially in the mining
section of Ohio. Railroad men every