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Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1916-04-14
UNFOLDING YOUR
HOME TOWN
Trading at Home and Building
Up Home Industries is to
Your Own Best Interests
Town and Country are One.

Your town lot or your country
home what is its true value-ir
dollars and cents?
If a man came to you and said,
This is just the lot want" or,
"This farm of yours just suits
me. What do you want for it?''
And you said $500 for the lot, y
or $4,000 for the farm" on
what would you base the figures
How would you arrive at the par
ticular sums?
Of course the value of the land
next to yours would have great
deal to do with it-but wouldn't
you figure as the biggest asset
the prosperity of your home town
the fact that it is growing and
is goiug to keep on growing and
that in five years the value of
your property will be much
greater than that of today if
your home town continues to
grow and prosper?
You bet you would-you would
play up that point to beat the
band; you would paint the beauti-
full picture of how Cottonwood is
prospering and will continue to
prosper. In other words, you
capitalize the prosperity of your
home town.
If that man bought your farm
home or your city lot, he would
be paying more than the actual
value-the intrinsic value of the
land itself. He would be in
vesting in the future of Cotton
wood and if Cottonwood does not
continue to prosper, that man
would be sure to lose some mon
ey. So you can see that the true
value of your property, whether
it be a ranch or town property,
depends upon the progressiveness
of your home town and that if
you want your property to in
crease in value, it is up to you to
help Cottonwood grow instead of
trying to push it back, and the
only way you can help your home
town is to encourage more busi-
ness and social activity by par
ticipating in it yourself by
spending your money where it
will do the most good-for by
helping your own town you are
bound to increase the value of
your real holdings, whether it be
in town or country.
We must keep our money at
home. We can't afford to send
any of it away for when we do it
is gone forever. Our merchants
are just as progressive as the
in any other town.
The goods they have for our
selection are just as up-to-date
and full of value as the goods
found in other towns. And we
will find that their prices are
just about the same as in other
towns, or perhaps cheaper, quail
ity considered. Our merchants
are here to stay and when you
buy merchandise of whatsoever
kind from them you can see
just what you are getting and
you can take the article or arti-
cles home with yOu-there is no
freight to pay and you are taking
no chances of getting something
you do not want. By patroniz-
ing them we are helping our
selves as we'll as the merchants
and we are helping property to
increase in value.
The way to recognize the value
of your property is on the pro-
gressiveness of the people of the
the town and community your
self included. Take stock at
once and see if the above state
ments are not correct.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1916-04-14

Felix Martzen left this morn.
ing for Charleston on business.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-25
.ONE KILLED; 3 ARE
HURT IN EXPLOSION
ROLLER LET'S GO IN LUMBER
MILL 7 MILES FROM BROOK
LYN; ENGINEER DEAD.

One man was killed and three 9th
ers had miraculous escapes from
death, when the boiler of the Martin
& Gray Lumber Company, seven miles
from Brooklyn, exploded yesterday.
The man who lost his life was VIII
Langford, % years old, of Brooklyn.
The injured were: B. l.. Gray, one
OF the owners of the plant back hurt.
Carey hoffman and Homer Wat
kins, both negroes, minor injuries.
The accident occurred shortly after
10 o'clock Low water in the boiler
is believed to have been the caues
OF the accident. Langford was fatally
! injured, but lived until 3 O'Clock this
morning
Langford is survived by his father,
three sisters and two brothers. The
funeral was held at Brooklyn this aft
ernoon at 3 o'clock.
The other three men were not seri-
ously hurt.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-25
BLOOD HOUNDS MAKE
GOOD, POLICE SAY
TRAIL STORE ROsBER TO MOTH
ER'S HOME; PATCH ON SHOE
HELPS IN CONVICTION.

Hattiesburg's new poaice dogs again
made good, according TO the police,
when they trailed through the crowd
ed streets in the sixteenth section last
night a man convicted in Police Court
this morning of robbing t. P. McGint-
lev's store several minutes before.
The man trailed and arrested was
John Yore, who, until recently, was
employed in Louisiana.
The McGintley store was not broken
into, as the door was not locked.
Shortly before o'clock, the doors
were closed after the store had been
emptied. On returning several min
utes later, clerk discovered that the
cash drawer had been rifled. Chief
Bennett was notified, and he sent Po-
licemen Cahal and Buchanan to the
store. and then called on f. l.. Mcken-
,;ie, owner of the bloodhounds.
The police and the dogs reached
the store at the same time. The
hounds were taken on the inside, and
one of them tried to jump on the
counter at point where the cash
drawer was located. They bayed
awhile and then darted out of the
store. and went directly to the home
of Yore's mother. They scented each
occupant of the house several times,
and repeatedly went to Yore and
stopped.
The man was arrested and carried
to police headquarters. In the mean
time. Policemen Buchanan and Cahal
made an examination of the tracks
| leading from the store to the house
where Yore was arrested. They found
that the track made by the left shoe
showed that the sole of the latter
was patched, while the right shoe was
| filled with tacks. The police returned
| to the Jail, examined Yore's shoes
and found big patch on the bottom
of the left shoe, and many tacks in
the sole of the right.
Yore admitted having passed by the
store a few minutes before the dogs
trailed him, but declared that he was
with his wife, He tried to establish
an alibi covering the time from
o'clock yesterday afternoon unit
after o'colck last night, but failed
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-25
WCKSBURC GETS
LEAP YEAR FEVER
HEY,RE OFFERING INDUCEMENTS
TO PROPOSING BRIDES OVER
THERE, TOO.

Vicksburg, Miss, Feb. 25.-Rev. T.
B. Holloman today called at the cir
cult clerks office and told an I'M
portant piece Of news TO the court
house officials IF aEy Leap Year
girl has poppet. TIE question ano VAL
make admission Thereof, she won
have. to wait until February 29th IN
order to be married free of charge,
said the minister.-'I will perform the
ceremony today. tomorrow or any day
between now and February 29, also
on that date, l will donate my time
and services"
John Lehan, circuit clerk, will fur
nish free of charge one marriage IL
cense. if the girl admitted she hao
done the proposing.
Justice of the Peace Murch Offered
to marry such couple free OF charge
Others have guaranteed to hell
along such a couple. One of the offers
made today is by local chauffeur
who says he will transport bride ant
groom to the court house, thence t.
the minister's house or to a justice
of the peace, and then take the splice{
(Continued on Page Four.)
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-25
Dancing Is No Sin.
Sdus The MefhOdistS
OF Nashville, Tenn.
JOHN WESLEY DID 1T, CHURCH
CONFERENCE is TOLD BY
ITS LEADERS.

Chicago. Feb. 23.-Times do change
surely when champions of 50 worldly
a thing as dancing arise in Meth
odist conference.
Prof Fitzgerald s. Parker, general
secretary of the Epworth League OF
Nashville. Tenn, backed by biSEop
Collins D. Denny of Nashville and PROF.
Wilbur F. Tillett of Vanderbilt uEiveI-
sitv warned the conference nt the
Methodist church, south, against
specifically prohibiting dancing-or for
that matter, card rlaying and attend
ing theaters and circuses. He objected
to listing of specified sins.
Wesley, the founder Of the Meth
odlst church." declared Prof. Parker,
said that he could not see a theatri-
cal performance with a clear con-
science, but on his way home from OK
ford he stopped in London to see
play and enjoyed dancing With his
sister,
1.-THE life CT the founder of orr
church." he added, must ever be
reinterpreted and reapplicd TO the
changed conditions of human life and
the advancement of civilization. In
the old church smile was consid-
cred a vice: 3 laugh a crime
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-25
ROME SUES AGAIN
FOR BIC DAMAGES
FILES SUIT IN COURT THIS TIME
AGAINST SANTA
CARDEMONE.

AS sequel to the suit filed in the
chancery court of Forrest county yes
terday by Joseph Rome, against Santa
Cardemone and the t. H. Mastin Com
pany, an insurance organization, OF
Kansas City. in which Rome asked
the court to compel the insurance
company to turn over to him $2,ooO
insurance money, as result OF an
accident in which he figured the lat
ter part of last month. second suit
was filed in the circuit court of the
county today
In this Rome asks for $4,000 from
Cardemone, for injuries received
while employed by the latter, and for
punitive damages.
Rome declares that he was injured
while working with one of Cardem'
ones bridge crews on work being done
for the ]. ]. Newman Lumber Com
pany and for the Mississippi Central
Railroad He says he had paid regn.
llarly $3.50 each month to Cardemone.
who agreed, for this sum, to provide
him with medical attention and hos
pital treatment in the event of an ac-
cident.
He says that on January "a he was
| injured while in the line of duty, and
was compelled to quit work, return
| ing to the work camp. He asked for
Ia physician, he says. but was told
that none was in camp. He then ask
ed to be taken to hospital, which
request, he said. was refused. He as
serts that he was compelled to walk
leight miles, and then boarded train
and was brought to Hattiesburg and
placed in the Hattiesburg Hospital
CONTINUED on Page Four)
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-25
.EATON LANDS BERTH
AS A FIRE [AOD|E
"sLicK" WEAR RED SHIRT AND
SLEEP REGULARLY AT FIRE
HEADQUARTERS NOW.

V. B. Eaton, better known as Slick
Eaton, who has been extra fireman
attached to the various companies of
the Hattiesburg Fire Department for
a long time, now has regular job.
He has been given Il regular ap-
pointment, and detailed for duty at
fire headquarters, succeeding Sailor
Boy" Wilson, who recently resigned
to go into the automobile business
here
Eaton has had much experience as
fire laddie, and his duties at head
quarters are not new to him.
Wilson is preparing to open serv-
ice garage at some point downtown,
where he will be able to furnish motor
vehicles of all kinds at all hours.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-25
AUTO RIDES, WALKING CANES
AND BANK ACCOUNTS COMING
House Cleaning Utensils and Garden
tools Also In Today's Offers-Gen-
uineness of Promises is Vouchsaf-
ed-Every Person pIedsing Gifts did
so in the Best of Faith-Best Offer
of Lot Not Announced.
And still they come.

You probably thought that al
most everything that well wish
ing city could contribute toward
the welfare and happiness OF
bride and bridegroom during
this Leap Year, had been thought
of and promised, didn't you?
Well, if you did, you were wrong.
There are a lot of other things
which have not yet been announc-
ed
The bridal present promises
continue to roll in, and by next
Tuesday morning, the day when
some nervy young woman brings
into Hattiesburg the man of her
choice and tells the marriage IL
cense clerk that that is what she
is tMhning her faith on as life
companion. the couple will have
almost enough to start off house
keeping with.
Contributions to the gayety OF
the day, announced today, were
as follows:
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-25
Mclnnf Proves to
Be a Tree Dentist
As Hf Work Shows
JAIlER eCALES HIGH LADDER
AND gcuTs BRANCHES IN
cpURT HOUSE YARD.

The Ftall, though slender, water
oaks Which go a long way toward
beautf flying the otherwise bare grounds
surrounding the court house, have
been undergoing a course of trim
ming for the last couple of days, under
the leadership of Jailer Bob McInnis.
The trees didn't need trimming any
more than a poet needs a hair cut
now and then, or Hattiesburg an Audi
torium. But they got it, just the same,
and the appearances of the grounds
have been improved wonderfully.
The trees are more than % years
DID, the older employees at the court
house say, having been set out by
Hugh Mccullough, who was sheriff
of the old county, nearly quarter of
century ago.
For several months many of the
limbs have been dead, and many had
grown unsightly A couple of days
work, however, has wrought marvels
there.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-25
CONFERENCE HELD
ON WARNING ISSUE
URE WOULD LOSE, 2 TO I,
IF 1T WAS VOTED ON.
(By associated Press.)

Washington. Feb. 25.-Congress as
sembled today with the Presidents
position on the question of armed mer-
chantmen of the belligerents clearly
defined. The Presidents letter to Sem
ator Stone in which he declared that
he would not consent to the abridg-
ment of American rights in any re-
spect, left no doubt but that the Presi-
dent thought that peace would be
maintained
The House leaders, including Speak
er Clark and Representative Kitchin
and Flood conferred with the Presi-
dent, outlining the House situation
as that considerable sentiment favors
warning Americans to keep off armed
merchantmen. t
The President said that he hoped
to conduct diplomatic negotiations in
way as to avoid war: that the pro-
posed congressional action would
Continued on Page Six.)
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-25
GETS NEW AUTO.

Jackson, Miss, Feb. 25.-Mrs. Theo.
G. Bilbo. wife of Mississippis chief
executive, has a brand new, shining
automobile. 1t was presented to her
Wednesday evening by members OF
Governor Bilbo's military staff.
The presentation speech was deliy-
cred by former State Senator John
Hebron, requested to act as spokes-
man for the party of military staff
members, who called at the executive
mansion. His speech was so wOrded
that it appeared he was to give the
auto to the Governor but suddenly he
turned to Mrs. Bilbo and rendered
her the car.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-25
(By associated PreSS.)

London. Feb. 25.-France today is
putting up just such another fight that
kept her capital from the hands of the
German invaders year and a half
ago, when a quarter of million of
the Kaiser's soldiers made a mad rush
for Paris, but were halted.
Today the Kaiser and the Crown
Prince are in charge of second at
tempt to wrest from the French forces
the important center of Verdun. The
Teutonic forces are meeting with par
tial successes.
The French have been forced back
by the Germans farther toward the
Verdun defenses to the rear of Beau
noon are along the hills east of Champ
Ineuville, six miles from verdun. The
mont. The German lines this after
French report that they are holding
Champneuvlle
Constantinople reports that the Brit
lsh attempts to advance below Kut-
! el-Amara were repulsed with heavy
losses.
Take Many Positions.
| Berlin. Feb. 25.-The Berlin war of
! flee today announced that the Ger
mans had captured all of the French
positions in the region north of Yer
dun as far as Loudemont ridge, south
of Beaumont, increasing the total num-
Der of prisoners to 10000. The Ger
mans captured the following fortified
villages: Champneuville, Cotellate. Ar
mont, Beaumont, Chambrettes. and
Koraes.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-25
What They Get.

Tour of the city, just as long
as they like, in most any kind or
a car either designates, by VIII
don's Auto Exchange, Sailor Boy
Wilson, proprietor.
A $5 deposit credit on a saw
ings account at the Citizens Bank,
under certain stipulations.
The newest and latest things IN
walking canes for women, by Sar-
phie's.
Seeing that everything except
hardware has been offered to the
Leap Year bride and bridegroom"
says P. D. Rawls, in care OF the
c. E. Linneman Hardware Com
pany, 81 do not think it fair to
give so many other nice things
Continued on Page FourD
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-25
.CARTERSV|L[E MOB
LYNCHES A NEGRO
TAKES HIM FROM JAIL; STRINGS
HIM TO TREE, AND FILLS
BODY WITH BULLETS.
fRu Associated Press.l

Gainesville, Ca, Feb. 25.-Jesse
McCorkle, negro, captured last
night on the charge of breaking into
the house Of a white woman near
here, was taken from jail by a mob
this morning and hanged TO tree in
front of the city hail. The body was
riddled with bullets. The woman at
tackled shot the negro in the arm.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-25
IRISH IMMIGRATION CUT IN HALF

London, Feb. 25.-According to sta
tistics just issued 1895 Irish emigrat-
ed in 1915, approximately half the
number Of the previous year. Only
twenty-five per cent were of military
age. The great majority were women
and children.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-25
REPRESENT EVERY PART
OF SOUTH MISSISSIPPI
Are Welcomed by Judge N. c. Hill,
Who Tells Why the State Needs to
NRevise it's Banking Laws-Gulfport
Banker Responds, and Explains Why
the Financial Men Like to Come to
esburg-Visitors to be Taken
Sightseeing this Afternoon.

With bankers representing practl-
cally every city and town in the Fifth
and Sixth Congressional districts OF
Mississippi in attendance, groups and
of the Mississippi Bankers Associa-
ton are meeting in Hattiesburg today,
and. as a result of this meeting, many
changes in existing laws governing
financial institutions of the state more
than likely will be brought about.
Between 40 and so of south Missis-
sippi's leading ,nanciers are attending
the meeting, which will close this af-
ternoon, after which the visitors will
be taken on sightseeing trip over
the city, and into the adjoining coun-
try
The visitors are the guests of the
Hattiesburg Clearing House Associa-
ton Frank w. Foote, George ]. Hauen-
stein. r. o. Rea, and G. M. McWilliams
are at the head of the committee on
entertainment.
The sessions are being held at the
Hotel Hattiesburg. Early today, the
financial men began coming into the
city. and each incoming train increas-
ed their numbers. BY II o'clock, when
the first session of the meeting wag
opened, the big assembly room in the
hotel was practically filled with dele
gates and with representative Hattiesl
burg business men.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-25
The War a Year Ago

Ninth British ship sunk by submarine
or mine during one week. Ger
man supply ship Gotha captured
by British. Forts at entrance OF
Dardanelles were demolished and
the strait was pierced for four
miles.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-25
Herring Presides.

II. c. Herring, of Moss Point, vice
president of group 6, is the presiding
officer. E. c. Tonsmeire, of Biloxi, is
the secretary of the convention.
Judge N. C. Hill, of Hattiesburg,
made the welcoming address to the
bankers. Judge Hill is a member of
the state banking committee In his
address, he pointed out the need of rel
vision of certain laws of the state as
affecting financial institutions, and
told the bankers that this is the time
for them to take up these questions
with their respective legislators.
j. A. Bandi, of Gulfport, responded.
He told why the bankers liked to
come to Hattiesburg mot only is you.
reception and welcome always cor.
dial,' he said. "but the place is ideal
ly and centrally located for the bank.
ers of these districts"
state association, of 1886 123456 345
T. H. Dickson, secretary of the state
association. of Vicksburg, who had
been scheduled for an address on
Bank Taxation" this afternoon was
placed on the morning program.
This afternoon. H. M. CottreH. of
the Business Mems Club, of Memphis.
c. X. Lloyd, professor at the A. and M.
College. at Starkville; M. G.. McNair.
OF Lauderdale: S. j. High, of Tupelo;
Walker Broach, of Meridian; George
Bacon, of Laurel, and j. o. Rea, of
Hattiesburg, were scheduled to make
addresses
AT 1870 O'Clock the morning session
adjourned. and the bankers were the
guests at luncheon at the hotel. OF
the Hattiesburg Clearing House Asso-
citation.
Those in Attendance.
Among those in attendance are:
George Bacon and C. r. Shannon. of
the First National Bank, Laurel; G.
nj. McWilliams, of the Citizens Bank,
of Hattiesburg; E. G. Bond, Bank OF
Collins; Capt. ]. p Carter, First Ma.
tional Bank of Commerce. Hatties.
burg: w. r. Holloway, Bank of Col
Inns; T. w Yates. Commercial Bank
(Contirued on Page FoW.)
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-25
THE COTTON MARKET.

New Orleans, Feb. .5.-The cotton
market at 2:3O o'clock was / to 3
points down.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-25
Of
.TEUTONS HALTED
FOR TIME BEING.
German Forces Are Within Six
Miles of Verdun; No Fresh
Assaults In Night
FRENCH STILL HOLD THE
CITY OF CHAMPNEUvILLE

Kaiser and Crown Prince are Direct
ing the Latest Onslaught on the
French Forces, and the Latter are
Putting up the Stiffest Fight of the
Entire War-Berlin declares that
the Germans Have Taken 10000
Prisoners Thus Far.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-31
PERSONALS


 Mrs. Carrie Dow of Norwich has been visiting her brother ln Phoenix vile.
 Charles Carver and family of Will uemsville were recent visitors in Nor wleh.
 Misses Gladys and Grace Thompson of Griswold are visiting with Westerly friends.
 Master Luke white.of Putnam Is in Norwich to spend his vacation with friends.
 Miss vernie Smith of East Haddam Is visiting her sister, Mrs. Susie Bee- be in Norwich.
 Miss Mildred Mathews and Miss Healy of Willtmantic spent the week. end at Ocean Beach.
 William H. Eagles has returned tc his home here after visiting in New Brunswick and Maine.
 MT. Connolly of Uxbridge, Mass, was the guest of his grandson, John Connolly, of this city Sunday.
 Miss May Ryan of Taunton, Mass. is the guest of Mrs. D. J. Johnston o1 FraQklin street for a few days.
 Rev. Joseph Maurice of Montreal Canada, is spending a week with his brother, Everett, of Union street.
 Richard Quinn leaves this morning for Block Island, where he will enjoy his annual vacation of two weeks.
 MT. and Mrs. A. P. Gradolph of Willow Point, West Mystic, were week end guests of Mrs. John Anseu of Main street.
 Miss Mary Bobsein of Norwich is Annie BObsein of GraniteviIIe, Wa terfOrd.
 Mrs. Thomas Scott of F'aIkirlk, Scot land, is the guest of her brother. Al Craig Taylor, of Union street for a few days.
 After passing a vacation of week at Block Island, Thomas Donovan will resume his duties at the Wauregar house today.
 MT. and Mrs. Frank Cantweu of the Stratt1eId hotel, Bridgeport, and MT and Mrs. Ware of Hartford were guests here Saturday.
 John J. Harrington, W. Raymond Gordon Felix Callahan, John King motored to Colchester, Saturday ev- ening where they attended a dance.
 Miss Nellie Nolan and her sister Miss Annie Nolan, of New York, for merly of Norwich, are at their cot taSe on Fishers Island for the season
 Elmer D. Rinsman, who is now em ployed in the undertaking business 1T Springfield and likes it there, passed the week end with his family in this city.