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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-24
Memphis YouhsAre
Nabbed By Police;
They'r re HOn1esick
POLICE TRYING TO LOCATE THEIR
PARENTS; BOYS PREPARE
TO DON STRIPES.

Two young Memphians, firing OF
the cool nights which south Missis-
sippi and Louisiana have shivered in
recently, determined to make their
way back to their Tennessee homes
early today, irrespective of the fact
that they had no railroad tickets and
no money with which to purchase
them. They were nabbed by the Hat
tiesburg police on the New Orleans &
Northeastern yards by one of Chief
Benefits bluecoats, and in police
court this morning they were fined
$3.50 and costs.
The boys gave their names as George
Collins and Allison Ellington Both de-
clared they were of respectable Mem
phis families, and that this was their
first trip from home They wanted to
see south Mississippi and New Or
leans, they said, and came south some
days ago. Their money was spent
and the cold wave made them think
of home.
Both boys strenuously objected TO
confinement in the city Jail. There
was nothing for Jailer Gilmore to do,
however, except lock them up. This
afternoon they probably will be placed
in stripes and put to work on the
streets, with the two other youngsters
from Texas, who have been trying
to get their parents in Fort Worth, to
send money with which to pay their
fines.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-24
inspection Made.

An inspection of the asphalt side
walks in the vicinity of several of
the city schools today showed that
these are being ruined by the con-
stant use of them by the roller skat-
ers.
Numerous complaints have been
filed with u.s." said Commissioner
Farley this afternoon, "but we have
not vet taken up the matter officially.
individually, we have thought over
the question. We realize that sooner
or later, something must be done. For
several weeks Mobile has been work
ing out some kind of a system, and
we are waiting to see how that city
makes out before we enact any new
regulations.
1.-THE young people who have the
craze are becoming more and more
careless, and seemingly, in some sec
tions, have no regard for the rights
of the users of the sidewalks. AS the
craze becomes more general. this
nuisance increases. Later it will be-
come a serious proposition"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-24

Year couple that will come here
on February 20, after the bride
has done the proposing, and are
wed And timid, feminine voices
have been calling up on the tele-
phone and asking Justice of the
Peace Farley, who started all this
trouble, and the Rev. T. w.
Adams and the Rev. E. E. Dudley,
ii they honestly will perform the
ceremony free of charge.
Circuit Court Clerk T. ]. Nixon
thought he was going to be held
up last night when he started
downtown after dinner, and was
accosted by shy young man,
who stepped from somewhere out
of the darkness and anxiously
asked if the bride had to come to
the Court House and get the free
license herself.
Some dandy additional offers
were made today. They were:
Rent of cottage or residence
for the first month, free of all
charge, by William Ferguson, in
charge of the rent department of
Thomas NJ. Ferguson, well-known
local real estate operator.
Christmas Savings Deposits, of
81 a week, from the opening of
this years cluJ, on December 20,
last, to February 30, by the First
National Bank of Commerce. The
stipulation is made by the bank
officials, however, that the pay
ments shall be kept up continu-
ously through the year, and
should they be stopped, the initial
Continued on Page Four)
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-24
MRS. MCDONALD SUES
FOR $4,000 DAMAGES
FILES TWO COUNTS IN FORREST
CIRCUIT COURT CHARGING
THE NEWS WITH LIBEL. ~

| Suit for $4,000 on each of two
counts has been brought in the For
rest county circuit court by Mrs. Mary
Mcdonald, of New Augusta, Miss,
against The Hattiesburg News, for
damages alleged to have been done
her by the publication in that news
paper on January II, of story tell
ing of her arrest on shop lifting
charge a few hours before.
The case probably will come up for
hearing at the April term of the For
rest court.
Mrs. Mcdonald was arrested on the
morning of January IL by Chief of Po-
lice Bennett, on charges preferred by
NJ. Covensky, a Hattiesburg merchant,
who told the cn-ef that the woman
was detected in trying to make away
with a skirt from his store. She was
released on bond, and a couple of
weeks later, in police court, the charge
was dismissed, and the New Augusta
visitor freed, after hearing.
The suit against The News. it is
understood. is the first of series of
three which Mrs. Mcdonald is pre-
pairing to institute against other par
ties.
In the first count, Mrs. Mcdonald
says that Whereas, on January IL,
1916, the said defendant, intending to
injure and disgrace the plaintiff, who
was of good name, fame and reputation
prior to said libel hereinafter set out,
and had never been suspected or ac-
cused of any crime or misconduct "e
any kind; yet the aforesaid defendant.
by its agents, editors and publishers,
contriving and intending to libel and
disgrace the plaintiff. composed, edit
ed and published in its columns, the
following scandalous and lIbelous
charge of and concerning plaintiff,
| that is to say:
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-24
RENT FOR A MONTH; CHRISTMAS
SAVINGS DEPOSITS; MESSENGER
SERVICE ANDART RUG FOR BRIDE
All right, Or. Dudley, it's YOU

All right, Or. Dudley, it's your
move mex!
The Rev. T. w. Adams, pastor
of the Court Street Methodist
Church, not only will perform
free o. charge the ceremony
which will make the Leap Year
couple man and wife next Tues
day, end give them a new So bill,
but H., will also raise that amount
by a buffalo nickel.
WHAT are you going to do about
it7
The Rev. Mr.. Adams last week
announced that he would perform
the ceremony free, if the couple
prefers minister to a justice of
the peace. Then came the offer
from the Rev. Mr.. Dudley, to du-
plicate the offer and in addition
give a SIS bill. SO today, the
Methodist minister has raised the
bid by a new buffalo nickel, and
maybe the end is not yet.
It's beginning to look as if Hat
tiesburg is going to have per-
formed, somewhere within the
confines of the city limits next
Tuesday, one of the most roman
tic marriages of its young his
tory
Suspicious looking young
swains have been "nosing" about
in the city during the last two or
three days, making modest and
secret inquiries concerning the
propositions which Hub City busi-
ness men and commercial estab-
lishments have made to the Leap
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-24
WOODMAN DEGREE TEAM
TO BE FORMED SUNDAY
Plans For Attending Carnival in Body
Next Week, Also to be Made.

The degree team of the uniform
rank of Woodmen of the World, Of
Leaf River Camp, No. %, will be reor-
ganized next Sunday afternoon, at
special meeting to be held in Wood
mems hail.
Plans for having the team head
the procession to the carnival grounds
on Woodmen's night next week, also
will be made.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-24
WOMAN VISITOR Is
CHARGED WITH THEFT
Proprietor of Store swears That She
Tried to Steal Skirt.

Much excitement was caused on
East Pine street this morning when
the police, summoned to the store of
Morris Covensky, placed under arrest
Mrs. Mary Mcdonald, of New Augusta,
who was charged with shoplifting.
'The woman was taken to police
headquarters and released on bond.
She will be given a hearing later in
the day.
"Covensky stated that a skirt had
Continued on Page Four)
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-24
5 IEPERS KILLED.

Honolulu. Feb. PA band of lepers
at the leper settlement on the Island
of Moloki, found a tin of wocd alco-
hol and drank it, with the result tnat
four men and one woman are deaf and
several others seriously i'll, according
to word received here today from
Kalaupapa, the principal village.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-24
CRAZE IN HATT!ESBURG
IS BECOMING A NUISANCE
City Fathers Are Watching Other
Southern Cities Which Are Facing
the Same Question, With a View of
Gaining Pointers from Them-As-
phaIt About School Buildings Is
Being Ruined, An Official inspec-
ton Has Shown.

The chances are that Young Hat
tiesburg. the feet of which seems to
be in the clenching grip of the Roller
Skating King, is going to have to ma
some place other than the sidewalks
of the city in which to let its craze
wear off.
While the proposition has not yet
been formally and officially taken by
the City Commissioners, it is known
that it will within a few weeks, or
lust as soon as Hattiesburg will be
i'm position to benefit by the decisions
of other Southern cities which already
are working out a plan to do away
With the recognized nuisance.
But it isn't so much the protection
of the pedestrians who are using the
sidewalks, that the commissioners are
looking for, as it is to save wear and
tear on the sidewalks in certain Sec
tions.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-24
Battle on Western Front.

London, Feb. 24.-The great battle
on the western front, where more
than a quarter of million Germans
are assaulting the French along a
25-mile front north of Verdun, domi-
mates the war news today. The Ger
The battle is raging with great fury
The Germans are using their artillery
Continued on Page Foir.)
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-24
WOMAN CONVICTED OF
ASSAULT; FINED $3.50

Jennie Hines was fined $3.50 by May
or Batson in police court this morn
ing on charge of assault and bat
terry made on D. Yates. Yates also was
given a S. fine for malicious mischief,
having broken several panes of glass
in window on Mobile street during
the alteration.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-24
WHEAT BREAKS 7 CENTS
ON FOREIGN CONDITIONS
Rumors of Drastic Consequences Which
Probably will Result, Causes Tumble.

Chicago, Feb. 24.-Runors of dras-
tic consequences which probably will
result from the tension between the
United States and Germany caused a
break of more than cents a bushel in
the wheat market today
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-24
The War a Year Ago

French artillery inflicts severe
damage on Germans on the Meuse.
German submarines sink two more
British vessels. Germans add Ork-
ney and Shetland Islands to war
zone" Russians resume the Of
fensive and cross the Bobr river
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-24

Jean Crones, the anarchist, who put
poison IN the food served at the BAN
quet at the University Club of CHICAGO,
gwen to Archbishop MundeIein, has
startled the New York and Chicago po-
lice by writing letters to a New York
newspaper. His latest exploit was to
send long letter containing crude
ringer prints mailed in the heart of the
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-24

Washington, D. c., Feb. 24.-
Congress assembled today with the
agitation for action which will
warn Americans to keep off the
armed liners and merchantmen of
the beligerents, overshadowing
other questions.
The Presidents supporters are
working hard to hold the admins
tration's forces in line to prevent
embarrassment to the President in
his negotiations with Germany.
The situation appeared to be con-
siderabIy caimed from yesterday
but evidences of opposition to the
Presidents determination to insist
that Americans have right to
travel on merchantmen flying any
flag in the world.
Opposition Is Unchanged.
Word was sent to the capitol
this afternoon that the Presidents
opposition to Congressional action
is unshaken. Reports of a revolt
against the Presidents policy could
not he confirmed in a canvass of
both houses.
The status of the situation is ex-
planned as follows:
Many members of the House and
Senate, being in the dark over the
exact facts in the negotiations with
Germany, feared that it would lead
to war if Americans are not kept
off armed merchantmen. Exagger-
ated reports of the Presidents in
tentions alarmed many Congress
men yesterday, but the explanation
today cleared the situation some
what.
Senator Gore today sought to in
troduce by unanimous consent, con-
current resolutions expressing the
sense of Congress that Americans
keep off belligerent ships. Sena-
tor Brandecee objected. The reso-
luton would net require the Presi-
dents approval. Gore will try again
tomorrow.
Chairman Stone, of the senate
foreign relations committee, coun-
seIled against Congressional action
until the President has exhausted
diplomatic negotiations. The house
leaders talked of inviting the Presi-
dent to address Congress in execu-
tive session.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-24

Chicago, Feb. 24.-Archbishon Nun-
deleln tasted the first spoonful of
CUP served at banquet of the Knights
of Columbus last night. 1t was the
first banquet the Archbishop had at
tended since the recent attempt to
poison guests at a banquet given in
his honor and at which more than 100
guests were made ill.
The Archbishop dipped his spoon
into the soup and tasted it.
IT'S all right" he said.
A rousing cheer followed and the
banqueters took the soup without
hesitation.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-24
CUNNINGHAM IN LAUREL.

F. T. Cunningham spent the day
in Laurel yesterday.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-24
THE COTTON MARKET.

(By Associated PresS.1
New Orleans. Feb 24.-The cotton
market at 2:30 o'clock was % to 2S
points down.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-24
GORE TRIES To
HAVE CONGRESS
WARN CITIZENS
Would Have Them Keep Off
Merchantmen and Liners OF
The Belligerants
OBJECTION IS MADE; TO
AGAIN TRY TOMORROW

Agitation for Congressional Action
Again OVershadows all Else in Wash
ington Today-President's Support
ers Remain Firm, and are Working
Hard to Hold the Administrators
Forces in Line-WiIson Says His
Opposition Still Unshaken.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-24

business section of New York. Thous-
ands of policemen were instructed
find hin, at any cost.
His second letter contains a post
script in which he defied the CHICAGO
police. 1t read as follows: al am uIad
that the spies from Chicago are com
ing than ! know better at what time
to let 'er 90"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-24
Man Who Would d1ave Sent
Chicago Banquelers To Death,
Remains Elusive
WRITES LETTERS TO
VIRGINIA ,oLlCE TODAY
;rones Disappears Following the Din
ner Given Windy City's New Arch
bishop, But Continues to Have Fun
With the Detectives-Departm of
Justice Hears that He has Boarded
Ship for Europe, and is Safe at Sea.

Washington, Feb. 24.-Chief Bielas-
Fk1, of the bureau of investigation. de-
partment of justice, today received a
letter from a woman in Chicago. de-
claring she had knowledge that Jean
Crones, suspected by the chief of DO
nee OF attempting to poison several
hundred persons at a banquet, had
LETT this country and is now on the
nigh seas. Mr.. Bielaski sent the in
formation 10 the Chicago police.
Richmond, Va, Feb. 24-Police chief
Werner today received the following
letter Qiteral copy):
Richmond, Va, Feb. 20.
Dear Chief of Police. Richmond. Va:
am here and am going to make
nell for you and your police I left
New York at midnight Sal. kwas talk
ing with a police today He no me
not.
Well, so long.
tolgned) Jean Crones,
North Street, City.
Bishop d. ]. O'Donpell of Richmond.
VINO was among the guests at the ban
quet to Archbishop Mundelein when
Crones poisoned the soup, was notified.
but refused guards.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-24

For Mississippi-Fair tonight and
Friday; light frost in interior tonight.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1916-05-25

HD UT,-does this Policy of Business Integrity
pay, IN Dollars and Cens?' the Cynic may
inquire.
From even that cold-blooded standpoint we may
answer Ito the growing youth of this country YES
it HAS paid even in material Success.
Witness the Goodrich growth from a very small
acorn indeed, to the 90 Square ACRES of Floor Space
in the largest Rubber Factory of the Word,-at Akron, re
curing Is Square ACRES of Window Glass alone to light
these Goodrich Factory buildings.
Tires were placed flat on the ground in a row., would reach
more than !, 400 Miles,-from New York City to Omaha,
although Tires are only one of the 267 lines of Rubber
Goods made by Goodrich.
Witness the present Staff of 18,147 People, who
produce the 12O, 100000 pounds of Rubber Goods, manu-
featured, marketed, and shipped, during the year, by
Freight, from this Goodrich Factory, in addition to the
100000 pounds manufactured and shipped by Express,
from same Factory during same period.
Contrast this Goodrich Rubber Goods Output, with
the total Imports of Crude Rubber into the entire United
States, during 9l5,-viz:-l72.O68,42 8 pounds and the
total r Consumption of C~rude-Rubber for same
ear,-viz:-142,O0 300 Tons, or 284,OO0,OO0 pounds!
Then, Who shall question that the Goodrich Watch
word and Policy, of INTEGRITY FIRST" pays, even in
material Results.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1916-05-25
ME greatest Word in the whole Lexicon of
Commerce is NOT "Service!'
1t is G.

NtE greatest Word IN the whole Lexicon of
Commerce is NOT 'Service!'
. 1t is "INTEGRITY!'
Because, that term embodies od-faith,-Depend-
ability, the Intention to play fair, at any cost, as yell as
good Service.
Its essence, so far as business is concerned, consists
in ~living-up to the last letter of that Americanism,
THE Square Deal"
1t demands from its practitioners not only a due
respect for the Rights of Others whether they be strong
enough to enforce these Rights, or weak enough to be at
the mercy of the strong) but goes further.
1t implies a charitable attitude toward those we'll
meaning persons who see "Rainbows," ard who cannot
live up to promises they really attended to keep.
An old-fashioned Virtue is this Business Integrity
sometimes crowded close to the Wall by that modern
idolatry called "Business-E xpediency.'
But,-there being something MORE than Money,
worth striving for, in Business Expansion, Gas wN as
Money! this old fashioned Virtue lives on, thrives and
%fourishes, in many quarters, like the Folk-SongS of a
Nation that never die.
May we here pay tribute to 'BUSINESS-INTEG-
RITY,' wherever it abides, and,-with all due modesty,-
CLAIM it as the WatCh-word which has ruled Goodrich
Activities over AT years of Rubber Manufacturing, Selling,
and
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1916-05-25
Goodrich "Barefoot'' Tires

Goodrich barefoot" Tires
IGHT in weight, and close grained, because
relatively free from inert substances. or
"fllers" that give excess Weight to Rubber,
at the expense of Liveliness, Springiness and Endurance.
Goodrich Safety-tread Tires, of black Barefoot
Rubber, are therefore Lively, Sprngy, Clingy, and Long
lived.
Through their high Pneumatic quality, they give
Pep to Car-Action, while stretching out Mileage, per
Dollar invested, in a way that sets Users thinking.
More than 200 different Makes and Brands of Auto
Tires were made and sold in u. S. A. last year, 1915, to
the total extent of about 100000 Automobile Tires.
0 f that 1000, 600 total Tires, the B. +. Goodrich Co.
made and sold One-fourth.
Yet-Tires are only one of the 267 different lines
made by the Goodrich Rubber Factory.
This indicates Why Goodrich Best-in-t Market
Dealers) at the lowest price in America per delivered Mile
of Performance.
Compare price-list on left column and see!
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1916-05-25

This, exclusive of the Goodwill, Prestige, and Public Con-
fdence that flows from AZ years consistent practice of such a Policy,
which may we'll be worth as much more, in personal satisfaction, to
each Goodrich Stakeholder, each enthusiastic Officer, and each loyal
Employee of the B. F. Goodrich Co.
But, "How does this Concern YOU, the Consumer?'-you
now ask.
1t concerns you, first of all, as a proof that Square dealing,
traight-thinking,- BusInessIntegrity PAYS,-even in Coin
of the Realm.
1t concerns each Parent,-and the Son and Daughter Of each
Parent,-aSa vivid demonstration of The fact that the modern god of
'Expediency, is a false god,-and that all the brilliant feats, and
dexterous manipulation of facts, which pass current as "Expedency'
are needless. for permanent Success.
1t concerns the Consumer of, or the Dealer in, Rubber Goods
because he kn0VS that, in dealing with a House of Integrity he can
TRUST the Statements, the T ducts and Trademarks, of such
a House, imbLcIy,-can save Time and Trouble and can abandon
that costly and unpleasant WaChtuhcSS which is necessarily involved
in buying anything under the old Law Of Caveat Emptor, Qet the
Buyer beware).
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1916-05-25

IHEN, therefore, the largest Rubber Factory in the
~ World with a AZ year Experience in Rubber Working)
and AT years of Business Integrity, Good-faith demon
straton, and Square-deaing, TELLS you that Money can't buy
BETTER Fabric Tires, at any price than Goodrich Fabric Tires at
their very moderate Fair Lst' price,-you can well AFFORD to
believe it.
When they tell you that nothing but Business Integrity brerets
their charging you prices as high as those charged for other Makes of
Tires, of no better quality, you can rely upon this
The difference in Price is then a REAL Saving.
1t is the Cash Value, to you, of dealing with a House which has
made "Integriy' its Wachword through AZ years of Rubber Manu-
featuring and Selling, and which has nerer yet sacrificed Principle
to Profit, nor Good-faith to E~xpedienCy,
Then accept this SAVING which Goodrich Integrity brings to
you every time you buy the best Fabric Tires in America, at the
following Fair List prices:
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-02-28
Fire Alarms Yesterday. During: High
Winds Cause Anxiety
for a Time.
for a Time.

Three fires yesterday afternoon af'd
night called out the fire department
but in each instance the damage was
slight.
At three o'clock yesterday alter
noon an Oh stove in the dining room
of the residence of Judge }. II. VI
Norton. GIG Prince street, eXpiodeo'
setting fire to the curtains IN the
room. The family were on the second
floor unaware of their danger when
they were notified by John M.
johnson. a neighbor. a loss of SOW
was incurred, several antique pieces IN
Guiding dining room table more than
century old, and valuable family
portraits. are believed to have escap-
ed serious injury. The oil stove haG
been placed in the dining room to FUR
n:sh additional heat during the pre-
vailing cold spell.
Earlier in the afternoon flames
broke out again in the water soaked
hay remaining in the warehouse CT
Walter Roberts, which was destroyed
by fire on Tuesday. Hose was SEM
from the Columbia Engine Co. and
stream was played on the blaze for
several hour before it was eXt.ngui-
shed.
! About 10. o'clock last night, fire sup
posed to have been started by tramps
broke out in string OF freight cars
stored on a. sidetrack near the Catho-
lie Cemetery.