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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-21
Trouble Is Expected.

Ciarksdale, Miss. Feb. 2I.-An un-
expected and radical Development
came to light in the Fisher-B -Bauga
wlangle here yesterday afternoon.
when it became known that Joe Fish
er has resigned as temporary sheriff
of Coahoma county in favor of r. Z.
came Immediately following a lengthy
conference between attorneys for both
factions, which party included Major
Pat Cassidy, counsel for Gov. Bilbo.
1t was reported that Sheriff Baugh
had agreed to close his temporary
quarters, recently taken after the
court house office had been seized by
militia on Friday morning. and to dis
continue pursuance of the Offices bust
ness, and make no effort TO regain his
position before March /. This time
is when auditors say they will have
finished work on the Baugh books
and will be ready TO submit state
ment to the Governor. 1t was also
agreed that all suits and injunctions
against the Fisher party, including
those against General Eric C. Scales
and Major George Hogaboom, would
be withdrawn
Representatives of Mr.. Alcorn took
charge of the local and Friar Point
court house quarters today, when they
were opened for business. r. L. STRAIT
ton will be chief deputy here and E.
F. Cohoe in the first judicial district
Work on the audit OF the Baugh
books will be resumed today and, the
accountants state, will be completed
by the first of the month at the latest.
Alcorn's commission is expected to-
day, when he will formally assume his
duties as sheriff. Baugh refused to
comment on the situation. Fisher is
sued a short statement as follows:
Although much has been stated as
to the politics of the situation / be-
(Continurd on Page Tour.)
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-21

London, Feb. 21.-The rapid advance
of the Russians in Turkish Armenia,
following the fall Of Erzerum IS nm
dering the Turks reforming OF their
scattered forces. Petrograd reports
that the Russians have occupied the
entire Lake Van district, the Turks re-
tirine southwark They have evacuated
Bitlis. Unofficial accounts state that
the Russians have advanced both TO
the south toward Diarbekr and to the
north toward Trebizond.
The Russian duma has been sum
m0ned 10 meet tomorrow.
The British claim successes on the
German East Africa border.
Beyond the artillery operations. bnt
little activity has been reported on jne
western front
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-21
N. c. SCHEDULE NOW
AGAIN IN OPERATION
WRECK NEAR NkTCHEZ TIES UP
TRAFFIC ON LINE FOR SEW
ERAL HOURS.

All trains on the Mississippi Central
today have resumed their old sched-
ule, following the wreck on the line
between Fenwick and Washington, II
miles from Natchez, Saturday night.
The locomotive and one coach Of a
passenger train was derailed, Suppos-
edly by broken rail.
No one was hurt, though many OF
the passengers were shaken up and
badly frightened A wrecking crew
was sent out from Hattiesburg immed-
lately
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-21
EIGHT GAMESTERS
hABbED IN A RAID
POLICEMEN RAINIER AND MlNNiS
"BUST UP" A BAPTIST
BOTTOMS PARTY.

Eight enthusiastic gamesters fell
within the tolls of the law late Satur-
day night, when Policemen McInnis
and Rainer raided Baptist Bottoms
house and broke UP perfectly good
'skinning" game.
Cards. money. refreshments, and all,
were on the table, and so sudden was
the appearance of the bluecoats that
not thing was disturbed by the game
sters before being placed under ar
rest. They made no effort to fight the
case in Police Court this morning. and
Mayor Batson put a s5 fine on each
of them. The negroes arrested were:
Nose Nailor, Will James. Buddy Nc
Comb. Joe Walter, Nose Rayburn.
Rosie Barnes. A. P. Gill and L. c.
Burkett.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-21
4 STEAMERS WORK At
RESCU|NG SUFFERERS
SEVERAL THOUSAND NEGROES
ARE MAROONED ON THE
LOUISIANA SHORE.
fBg associated Press.)

New Orleans, Feb. 21.-Reports re-
ceived here this morning stated that
four steamers are now employed in
relief and rescue work in the Louis
lana flood district along the Missis-
sippi, and near Newellton, where sew
eral thousand negroes are marooned
and need food
1t is reported that food has beer.
carried into the back country around
Newellton, to the marooned planta-
tions.
The headquarters of the flood res
cuing party here reported that the
section a few miles north of Vidalia
is water covered, many plantations
being inundated. The negro tenants
have been supplied with boats, and
will be removed if endangered.
Mayor Jacoby. of Newellton, report,
ed that the situation there was IN
proved.
The Buckridge crevasse is report
ed as being more than 200 feet wide,
but the current is slow
All of the Tensas and two thirds of
the Concordia parishes are inundated.
Three negroes were reported drown
| ed yesterday. making total of six
reported dead in the Louisiana flood.
There is but little water in Water
prooi.
!, Rodney, Miss, reports inundation.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-21
HEALTH OFFICER IS
AFTER LAW BREAKERS
CRUSADE AGAINST UNCLEAN ES-
TABLisHMENTS LAUNCHED
BY DR.. DONALD.

A crusade against the unclean and
insanitary establishments of the city
has been launched by DR.. Robert Don
aid, county health officer, and W. A.
Yarbrough, proprietor of pressing
club on East Front street, above Jor-
dan & Bros store, was the first man
to be arrested.
The negro. according to DR.. Donald
and the police, is maintaining an es-
tablishment which is insanitary. 1T
is one of the filthiest places OF which
know. DR.. Donald said this morn
ing.
Yarbrough was fined IS and costs.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-21
SEIZURE
OF STEAMER APPAM
GERMAN EMBASSY DOESN'T LIKE
PRESENCE OF MARSHALS
ON PRIZE SHIP.

Washington, Feb. 21.-Thc German
embassy today made representations
to the State Department against the
presence of United States deputy mar
shals aboard the captured British
liner Appam al Norfolk.
The marshals were placed aboard
because the British owners of the Ap-
pam fled libel proceedings.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-21
tBy associated PrcSS.)

Washington, Feb. 21.-State Dc
partment officials today stated
that they consider the submarine
issue with Germany as still grave
because of the Lusitania agree
ment, in light of the newly an
nounced submarine policy OF the
Teutonic allies, which contains no
assurances for the future. The sit
uation created by the announced
intention of the sinking of armed
merchantmen without warning,
after February 20, is still in the
abstract. But the Lusitania agree
ment. officials explained, treats
merely of the past, and the Unit
ed states does not feel that il is
clearly guaranteed against another
such disaster.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-21
FIRST DOLLAR
DAY PRIZE GOES
TO MRS. ASKEW
Mrs. W. P. Smith Gets Second;
Miss Susan Rocker, Third;
Miss Creely, Fourth
WINNERS IN THE NEWS
CONTEST ARE ANNOUNCED

Voters Declare That Davidson's Or
fered Best Values, With Sarphe,
O'Ferralls, The Hattesburg News
and N. 3. BIount Closely Following
But One Ballot in Hundreds Re-
ceived Was Correct-Many Fourths
Right.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-21

Washington, Feb. 2t.-Secretary
Lansing today asked the British
foreign office for prompt replies
to the United States notes pro-
testing against the seizure of mails
and against the applying of the
trading with the enemy act to
American firms and interests.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-21

No. st Thomas, where they own
ground for coaiing station.
No. 2-Cartagena, where they sought
to purchase a navaf base
No. 3-Nicsragua Canal Route they
tried to buy.
No. 4-Moie ST. nAS'oIas, where they
tried to lease naval base.
Evidence has just been produced
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-21
'MRS.DRU|MMOND
WILL BE WHITE.
SLAVE WITNESS.
Hattiesburg Woman In Missis-
sippi Peniteniiary, TO
Testify Today
TAKEN TO NEW ORLEANS
TO APPEAR IN COURT

Only White Woman Convict in the
Prison, viii Testify Against Joe T.
Cochran-Summons Is Served Sat
ana City Immediateiy-Sent to Peni-
tentiary from Here for Assault With
Intent.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-21
Intent.

The Mississippi penitentiary todag
is without white feminine inmate.
Mrs. Viola Drummond, of Hatties-
burg, who has the distinction Of being
the only white woman state convict
sentenced to serve one year at the last
term Of the Forrest county Criminal
Court, for assault with intent, made on
the proprietress of a local rooming
house, has been temporarily removed
from the penitentiary, and today is in
New Orleans, where she will appear
as witness in a white slave case
there.
Mrs. Drummond's case attracted
much attention here last fall. Jointly
with her husband, Claud Drummond,
she was tried for dangerously slashing
Mrs. D. Yates, in the boarding house
of the latter last summer.
Drummond was given seven years
in the penHentiary for his part in the
assault, while his wife escaped with a
single year.
The following dispatch from Jack
son, under yesterdays date, tells of
the woman's part in the white slave
case:
Why She's Wanted.
Robert S. Phifer, lawyer of this
city and also a member of the United
States Secret Service force, left here
today for New Orleans, having IL
charge Mrs. Viola DrummOnd. a white
woman, who was recently convicted
in the Circuit Court at Hattiesburg
on the charge of assault and battery
with intent to kill. and sent to the penl-
tentiary. Mrs Drummond is wanted
as a witness in the case OF the United
States against Joe T. Cochran. who is
under arrest charged with having yio-
lated the Mann act in having one May
Oliver accompany him from Jackson
to Baton Rouge.
"The summons for Mrs. Drumnlon1
was served Saturday afternoon by
United States Marshal eastman i'll
person on j. j. Conan, secretary OF
the penitentiary board of control, and
Mrs. Drummond, who was confined in
the Kinds county Jail here, was turned
over to Mr.. Phifer by order of Super
intendent OKeefe, of the Penitentiary
department.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-21
The War a Year Ago

American steamship Evelyn sunk
by a mine Russia admits heavy
losses in campaign in East Prus-
sia. Artillery battles cn the west
ern front.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-21

before the Foreign Relations Com.
mittee of the United States Senate
many planned naval bases which
might have given ter control of the
Caribbean Sea, ii least enabled her
to dispute control with the United
States. 1t is said the Hamburg
Amer can tine has leased from Den-
mark large area of ground at st.
Thomas, which could he used as a
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-21
CORONER MADE
WHEN
.F|SHE R QUITS
Wrangle In Coahoma County Is
Toned Down By Latest
Official Action
TEMPORARY SHERIFF
RELINQUESHES DUTIES

Reported That Baugh Agrees to Gloss
His Offices While the Auditing Com
mittee Goes Over His Books-H ;
Denies This, However-New Mans
Commission is Expected to Arrive
Today-Militia Still on Duty, But NJ
Trouble Is Expected.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-21
THE COTTON MARKET.

New Orleans. Feb. 21--The cotton
market at 2:so o'clock was to II
points down
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-21

London, Feb. 2t.-A royal procia-
nation calling to the colors the
British recruits of Class ! was Is
sued today. These recruits are
bachelors aged 19.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-21

Mrs. J. n. Askew, of 441 Newman
street, won the first prize of $1,000
cash offered by The Hattiesburg News
for the person who named the five
merchants who offered the best values
on Dollar Day last Thursday, in their
proper order.
Mrs. Askews was the only list sub
mitted which was correct. The other
prize winners, Mrs. w. P. Smith, OF
ond prize of $3.50 cash. Miss Susan
Rocker of 204 Fourth avenue, winner
of the third prize of $500 cash and
Miss Addie 3. Greeley, of lo6 East
Fifth street, winner of the fourth prize
five correct merchants in the correci
order. Mrs l.. D. P'Pool, of 101 West
Fifth street. also named four of the
merchants correctly. but her answer
reached The News office after those
of Mrs. Smith, Miss Rocker and Miss
Greeley, so there was no prize left
for Mrs. P'Pool.
Davidson Wins.
The Davidson Company easily won
first place in the contest. Sixty three
News readers selected this store as
offering the best values for dollar.
The other votes for first place were
Sarphie, the Jeweler, 26; The Hatties-
burg News 26; OFerrall Brothers, 20;
with the other votes scattered be-
tween the other merchants.
For second place, Sarphie, the Jewel
er, received forty-eight votes. The
Davidson Company received twenty
five, O'Ferrall Brothers twenty-two
The Hattiesburg News. twenty; with
scattering votes for practically all the
other advertisers.
When the committee counted the
votes for third place, they faced a
rather unusual situation. 1t was found
tndt lHt lOds iuSVl SOiBpdly iCu luC
race for first place with twenty-nine
votes and that Sarphie. the Jeweler,
was second with twenty-eight votes,
but as both advertisers had already
won places on the ticket and as it
was impossible for one merchant to
offer both the best and third best
values and as it would haye been i'm
possible for any contestant to
have landed in the correct list had one
advertiser been awarded two places
on the list, The committee gave third
place to O'Ferrall Brothers. who re-
ceived nineteen votes for this posi-
tion The Hattiesburg News received
lContInued on Page Four.)
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-21
LEGISLATURE IS
BY
DEAL OF WORK
Bot h Houses Facing Many
Measures WEch viii Be
Taken Up This Week
HOUSE TO HOLD THREE
AFTERNOON SESSIONS

judiciary Committee Has Large
Number of Pending Measures TO
Consider, While Appropriations and
Ways Members Find Themselves
of Holding Constitutional Conven-
tion Coming up soon.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-21

For Mssissippi-Fair tonight and
tuesday: not much change in tenn
perature.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1916-07-07

SO that the two rooms may be made
into one by opening both doors clear
back.
For this reason the buffet sideboard
is built against the back of the dining
room to avoid any unnecessary OBJ
struction in the main part of the room.
The living room and dining room are
both made especially light and airy
by two triple windows and three SIM
gle windows. The present fashion il
to have plenty of light in the living
rooms, and it is good fashion thar
should remain in vogue for the next
thousand years. The history of house
windows reads wider with each cent
ury.
An interesting feature of this house
is the manner in which the stairway
is built. To commence with, there is
a grade entrance at the side of the
house which leads down into the cellar
and, up into the kitchen, a combination
that is used in great many modern
houses. The same economy of space
and travel is employed in the stairway
to the second floor and to the attic. It
doubles back from landing half way
between floors The landing is provid-
ed for by an extension built as space
saver to give plenty of length of stair
run with wide treads and easy risers.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1916-07-07
NOT A FRIEND TO BE SOUGHT
Man Who Continually Elbows His
Own Horn" Is as General Prin-
cipIe to Be Avoided.

Beware Of the person who Is contin-
ually telling you Of the good he's do
Ing.
Something about that man is not
right.
He has some reason for desiring to
make you think him better than he is.
He either wants to work you into
something, or he wants to reach some
one else through you.
The man who does deeds of kind
ness, prompted by heart which is
right, seldom tells of them. He might
mention one to an intimate friend, per-
haps, but then only incidentally.
The man who gives, not because he
really wants to do so, but because of
some selfish desire, will never get
credit any higher than his own roof.
His desire for effect and his insincer-
ity make him a man to be avoided
never trusted.
Look out for the man who wants you
to turn his grindstone.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1916-07-07
BY WILLIAM a. RADFoRD.

Probably the most economical house
design for the northern sections of the
country is a square-built two-story
hOusA with a good basement. 1t is a
good. sensible way to build, and it
solves the heating problem in winter
with greater satisfaction than any
other style of house known to the
American builder.
The principle of the circulation of
warm air applies splendidly in COM
pact two-story house. The tendency
of hot air is to rise, because hot air is
lighter than cold air. In. applying this
principle the cold air is taken in from
outside through the cold-air boxes and
is sent through the furnace to the
rooms on the first floor during the
whole twenty-four hours. The up
stairs registers usually are closed dur
ing the daytime in cold weather be-
cause the surplus heat from the first
floor finds its way to the upper rooms
through the stairway. The upper rooms
are also warmed to certain degree
through the floors. This is written
with warm-air furnace in mind. The
same principle applies to certain ex-
tent when the hot-water system of
heating is employed.
The house shown in this design is
set well up on concrete wall, in a
way to make a splendid basement that
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1916-07-07

though the two small linen closet doors
open into the hallway.
The attic is of use only for storage
purposes and for the drying of clothes
on stormy washdays. For this reason
there is a sensible stairway leading up
to the attic and door at the foot
which closes it off from the rest of the
house.
1t is necessary to have a good wide
lot for a house built after this design
to show it to advantage. On general
principles full twO-stOry square
house may be put on a smaller lot than
a wide spreading or squatty building,
bus any good dwelling deserves room
enough to look right. When buying a
lot for a home or planning house for
a lot already purchased it is well to
keep in mind that any house looks best
when it fits the lot.
The lawn around a good full two
story house requires different treat
ment from a low dwelling with an
Overhanging roof. Shrubbery and vines
are needed for the proper finish of any
dwelling, and room for these should be
provided for when the plans are being
drawn and the lot purchased.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1916-07-07

The extension also contains windows
to light the stairway, and as it is arts
tically designed it adds to the general
appearance of this side Of the house.
A study of the second floor plan will
show that every square foot of floor
space works to advantage. There are
four bedrooms and four clothes closets
all arranged on straight lines without
shutting the light from any window
and without any useless corners. Such
splendid arrangement of rooms is
considered quite a triumph of skill on
the part of an architect.
There is practically no wall space in
the upper hallway. 1t is all taken uI
by the necessary doors. Even the linen
closet is fllched from the bathroom, al.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1916-07-07
New Facts About Moses.

Bible questions were put to 60
pupils in the Sedgwick county rural
schools, says a Kansas City CORE.
spondent of the New York Sun. De-
scribing the funeral of Moses one boy
wrote:
s'It was on still night when the
rush of a train broke the silence and
at daybreak he was buried at the foot
of a mountain and let the dirt roll
down on him.
Two of the answers to a Prodigal
Son question We're:
.The Prodigal Son went away from
home and after While he came bacl
and said, Father, thou art sinner :"
''While he was yet great way off
his father came to meet him ard fed
on his dirty neck and kissed him.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1916-07-07

m width and is f1anked on both sides
with the old-fashioned front door side
lights. Such front entrance doors
used to be plentiful, but they went out
of fashion 20 or 80 years ago. They
are now coming back into use because
of real merit.
The floor plans Of this house are
Just as interesting as the perspective.
There are three living rooms and re
ception hall on the first floor and there
are four good square bedrooms and a
bathroom on the second floor. The
large living room and dining room are
connected by an archWay wide enough
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1916-07-07
Caustic Rebuke.

There is loud chuckling in British
naval circles over the latest story !:
Somewhere in the North sea" a GER
tain fiotilla was ordered to proceed to
sea for gunnery practice. During the
practice heavy fog came on, and the
ship whose turn it was to fire did not
sight the target until within 300 yards
range. She Immediately opened fire,
and blew the target clean out of the
water. The senior officer of the fo-
tilla, who is noted for his caustic
tongue, thereupon made the following
signal to the vessel in question: IS. O..
10 captain Of : Why did you not
proceed closer and bite itY'
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1916-07-07
Experimenting on Wheat.

The slender angular head of the
wheat stalk with its needle-like barbs
the characteristic of the American
grown crops doomed, if Professor
William f. Freedman, graduate Of
Cornell university, is successful in ex-
periments in wheat production. Pro-
fessor Freedman has at his disposal
wheat specimens gathered from all
quarters of the globe. Among these
is the ''beardless' and ''forked-head''
product of Russia. His experiments
aim primarily to reproduce an acclf-
mated American wheat that possesses
the 'beardless'' and 'forked-head" or
tripod like properties of the Russian
stalk.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1916-07-07

is light and airy because Of the large
basement windows.
The front porch and front entrance
show moderately massive construction
which taken together with the general
c1ean-cut appearance gives the house a
rather prosperous look as seen from
the street.
The tendency the last few years has
been to make wider front walks and
wider steps, as though house owners
were growing broader in their views of
life and more generous in hospitality.
The front steps here shown are ten
feet wide in the clear between. the
ramps, and the front door is built in
proportion. The door is four feet six
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1916-07-07
WHY WOMEN
WRITE LETTERS
To Lydia E. Pinkhan Medi-
cine Co.

Women who are well often ask E'Are
the letters which the Lydia E. Pinkham
Medicine Co. are continually publishing,
genuine?" "Are they truthful ? !"
"Why do women write such letters :"
In answer we say that never have we
published fictitious letter or name.
Never, knowingly, have we published
an untruthful letter, or one without the
full and written consent of the woman
who wrote it.
The reason that thousands Of women
from all parts of the country write such
grateful letters to the Lydia e. Pink
ham Medicine Co. is that Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound has brought
health and happiness into their lives,
once burdened with pain and suffering.
1t has relieved women from some of
the worst forms of female ills, from dis
placements. inflammation, liberation,
irregularities, nervousness, weakness,
stomach troubles and from the blues.