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HATTIESBURG. MISSISSIPPI. THURSDAY AFfERNOON MAY 21, 1908
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VOL. II. NO 3
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Forty Third Annual Session One
of the Most Successful in
Association's History.
VICKSBURG SECURES
NEXT CONVENTION
■Resolutions Adopted Thanking the
Commercisl Club, Local Press and
Citizens Generally for Their Splen
did Hoepitality.
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The Mississippi Press Association
oday finished its forty-third annual
session and adjourned to meet on the
third Monday in May, 1909, at Vicks
burg.
The convention convened at 9:10 a.
m. for the final day's session. Prayer
was offered by Editor W. D. Caulfield,
of the Gloster Record. Several new
arrivals were noted, among them being
F. R. Birdsall, of the Yazoo City Sen
tinel, Mr. Kelly, cf th^ Vicksburg
Newspaper Union, and S. F. Thigpen,
of th%Bay Springs News. The conven
• tion took a recess- at 9:20 until ll»a. m.
In order to give the members an op
portunity to participate in a carriage
drive over the city.
At 9:30 o'clock the members of the
association were taken In tow by the
Hattiesburg committee on arrange
ments and driven through the resi
dence and manufacturing sections of
the city, the party returning to the
Hotel Hattiesburg shortly before 11
o'clock.
The convention reconvened at 11
^■o'clock and he'd memorial services
Hn memory of H. T. Crosby, of the
^^Greenville Time i: M. J. Peters, of the
Lexington Advertiser; S. B. Brown,
of the Water Vnl'ey Progress; J. D.!
McKle, of the G -lfport Review; C. 01-1
tenbiirg, of the Lexington Advertiser;
R. B. May, of t' e McCon-b City En-j
terprise, and'C. fl. Cofflin, cf the Quit
man QullLmeml e-s who bad died dur
ing the past jear. The memorial
exercises were conducted by Rev. E.
J. Currie, pastor of the First Pres
byterian Church of Hattiesburg. Trib
utes were paid to the memory of
the deceased members by R. H. Henry,
J. G. ilcGuire, P. k.. Mayers and others.
At the conclnston of the exercises res
olutions prepared by R. H. Henry,
chairman of the necrology committete,
praising the life and character of the
seven deceased members were adopted
by a rising votet.
H. E. Blakeslee, chairman of the
committee on President's Address,
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F. R. BIRDSALL, of .Yaz oo City, First Vice President.
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presented the report of his commit
tee, which was unanimously adopted.
R. H. Henry, of the Jackson Clar
ion-Ledger, submitted a resolution
thanking the Mississippi delegation in
congress for their action in supporting
the bill placing wood pulp and print
ing paper on the free list. The resolu
tion was adopted with a shout of ap
proval.
F. R. Birdsall, of the advertising
committee, reported that on account
of the death of two members of the
committee no action had been taken.
The convent 1 >n decided not to fill the
vacancies and abolished the- commit.
tee.
The resolutions committee, com
posed of J. L. Gillespie, H. E. Blakes
lee, M. W. Sharp, Charles N. Shearer
and T. L. Betterworth, reported the ]
following, which were unanimously *
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C. E. CUNNINGHAM, of Newton. President.
j Association are tendered to the cttl
I zens of Hattiesburg in general and
adopted by rising vote of the conven
tion :
"Resolved, That the thanks of the
Mississippi Press Association be ten
dered to the Illinois Central, Yazoo and
Mississippi Valley, Mobile and Ohio,
Mississippi Central, Gulf and Ship Is
land and Southern Railway Companies
for the usual transportation courtesies
which have been accorded our mem
bers upon the simple application there
"Resolved, That the thanks of our
especially to the Hattiesburg Com
mercial Club for the hospitable manner
In which they have entertained the
members of the association while in
this city.
"Resolved, That the thanks of our
Association be tendered to Prof. W. I.
Thames, president of the South Missis
sippi College, and his corps of able
assistants and students for the most
excellent entertainment, given the
members of the Association at the
college Tuesday night, May 19.
"Resolved, That the thanks of our
Association be tendered to the Hat
tiesburg Daily News and the Hatties
burg Daily Progress for the numerous
courtesies extended to our members.
"Resolved, That the thanks of our
Association be tendered to Mr. F. B.
Washington, manager of the Hotel
Hattiesburg, for the hospitable man
ner with which the members of our As
sociation have been entertained and
the numerous courtesies extended in
behalf of the hotel management.
"Resolved, That we also extend our
sincere thanks to the A. N. Kellogg
Newspaper Company, of Memphis,
Tenn., for their generosity in furnish
ing the members of' the Mississippi
Press Association with badges for the
session.
"Resolved, That the thanks of our
] Association be tendered to the ladies
* of Hattiesburg for the splendid recep
tion given the lady members of our
Association at the Palm Garden of the
Hotel Hattiesburg Wednesday after
noon, May 20.
"Resblved, That the fitting climax
to the royal entertainment was the
banquet at the Hotel Hattiesburg
Wednesday night, May 20, given com
plimentary to the press by the Com
mercial Club of the Magic City of Hat
tiesburg.
"Resolved, That In closing your com
mittee wishes in behalf of the Asso
ciation to express their thanks to
every one wbo has in the least contrib
uted to our pleasures during our stay
in the city of Hattiesburg."
On motion of Mr. Gillespie the con
vention by a rising vote adopted a
resolution thanking the New Orleans
Picayune for sending a staff repre
sentative to the annual meetings of
the association and for publishing full
reports of the proceedings.
Mr. Gillespie offered another reso
lution thanking Rev. E. J. Currie, pas
tor of the First Presbyterian Church
of Hattiesburg, for conducting the me
morial services for deceased members.
The resolution was adopted.
The following oofficers were elected:
President—rC. E. Cunningham, of the
Newton Record. -
First Vice President—F. R. Birdsall
of the Yazoo titty Sentinel.
Second Vice President—E. A. Fitz
gerald, of the Vickdburg Herald.
Treasurer—P. K. Mayers, of the Pas
cagoula Democrat-Star.
Chaplain—L. T. Carlisle, of the West
Point Leader.
Orator—W. D. Caulfield, of the Qlos
ter Record.
Essayists—Mrs. M. L. Turnage, of
the Belzonl Enterprise; Miss Vlfgie
Henry, of the Jackson Clarion-Ledger;
H. M. Quin, of the Jackson Tythlan
Journal, and Walker Wood, of the Sen
atobla Democrat.
National Committeeman—J. L. Gil
lespie, of the Greqnwood Common
wealth.
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HOTEI MAN
SHOT DEAD
J. S. Catelano Killed By W. W.
4 Harwell in Pistol Duel
at Jackson.
TWO MEN DISAGREED
OVER SMALL AMOUNT
Harwell Claims Self Defence and Pre
liminary Trial May Be Held This
Afternoon—No Eye-Witnesses to the
Tragedy.
Daily News 8pecial.
Jackson, May 21.—The preliminary
trial of W. W. Harwell, who shot five
times and killed John S. Catalano
Wednesday afternoon, will probably be
held before Justice P. B. Lancaster
Friday or Saturday, the time not yet
definitely decided upon
having been
Constable Cranberry, who was just
outside the bottling plant In which the
shooting occurred, gives some of the
facts indirectly connected with the
shooting which has been rather con
fused in the various reports. He says
that at the time Catalano entered the
bottling plant he was standing near
the door talking to Harwell. Catalano
passed them and went to the rear of
the building, where he engaged in con
versation with Mr. Biggs, who was
working in the plant. When the con
stable started out Harwell started to
ward Catalano and be?an firing just
before reaching him.
The officer placed Haijvell under ar
rest and when Constable Fairley came
In asked him to take charge of the
wounded man and search him before
having him moxed. This -was done,
and no weapon except a small closed
pocket knife was found on his person.
He was bareheaded and wore no coat.
Harwell declined to talk about the
case, but-his attorney, Mr. R. P.
Thompson, stated that hts defense
would be that Catalano was advancing
-toward him with knife drawn when he
opened fire.
The two men had bad a difficulty
last Saturday In which Catalano ap
peared to get the best of it, and is
said to have struck Harwell on the
head with a pistol. Catalano was ar
rested on that charge and his trial was
set for hearing next Saturday.
Catalano came here about two years
ago from Natehez, and had been the
proprietor of the Lemon Hotel.
Harwell was a restaurant man, and
managed the coffee house on Mill
street just north of the hotel. Both
have the appearance of being about
35 years old.
Harwell formerly ran a coffee and
tea business In Hattiesburg, not far
from the postoffice, but sold out and
moved to Jackson.
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ARESLOW
None of Them Have Thus Far Tak
en Advantage of the New
Alford Law.
Daily News Special.
Jackson, Miss., May 21.—So far as
can be learned around the capltol no
effort has been made in any of the
counties of the state to take advantage
of the new Alford law authorizing the
creation of county departments of ag
riculture, although 11 has been gener
ally regarded as one of the best meas
ures passed at the last session of the
legislature. To comply with the terms
of the law would not be an expensive
thing for any county, carrying with It
no provision for any cost beyond tho
salary of the commissioner, who should
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be appointed by the boards of super
visors, who alBo fix his salary.
There would, of course, be some ex
pense for postage, stationery, etc., but
no traveling expenses would be neces
sary, although an occasional trip might
be desirable, and the office might be
made expensive or hot. in proportion
to the extent of the work undertaken
by the commissioner. His work would
be mainly to gather and disseminate
such useful Information as he coull
for the benefit of the farmers of his
county.
ON TRIAL
Hearst News Service.
New Orleans, May 21.—The case of
former Police Inspector Whitaker, for
attempting to kill Editor Joseph Le
vique is scheduled for today. It is
believed he will ask for a postpone
ment.
ment.
is never going to do it again.
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P. K. MAYERS, of Scran ton. Treasurer for Life.
ARE BURIED
Digging is Resumed on Mrs. Gun
ness Murder Farm Near
LaPorte, Ind.
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Laporte, Ind., May 21.—It is
Heved that more bodies are buried on
the Gunness farm and digging will be
The posi
tion of the state in regard to the pros
ecution of Ray Lamphere was much
strengthened by the undisputed evi
dence of the arch-murderess' death In
the flames that was brought about by
the sluicing.
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re-commenced tomorrow.
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Washington, May 21.—For Missis
sippi: Fair tonight; Friday fair in
south, showers and cooler in north
portion.
Will BE REBUILT
100 KILLED IN
RAILROAD WRECK!
Hearst News Service.
Antwerp, Holland, May 21.—One
hundred people were killed and more
than that number seriously injured in
a railroad collision at Contich, a small
town six miles from this city, today.
It is believed that more than half of
the Injured will die.
The reason o woman says the baby
never cries at night is she believes it
is never going to do it again.
WISHED LORD
WOULD STRIKE
Hearst News Service.
Cumberland, Md„ May 21.—George
Martin was killed today by lightning
while sitting under an apple tree.
When the storm came up, companions
remarked about the danger and left.
Martin said he would stay where he
was and "wished the
would strike him with lightning."
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Coming of Mr. Peck is the Signal
for Activity in Local Lum
ber Circles.
CLEARING TOE DERBIS
FROM SITE ALREADY
Only the Saw Mill Was Burned—New
Plant Will Be Fully as Large ae Old
One and Equipped With the Latest
Machinery.
What the Daily News predicted
when Mr. E. G. Peck came here a
few days ago to take charge of the
Newman Lumber Company's interests,
This paper then
has come to pass,
predicted that his coming meant the
re-building of the burned portion of
this big plant and this is just what
is going to be done.
In fact, It may be stated that the
work looking toward the rebuilding
of the plant has already begun.
A force of hands is at work today
clearing away the debris and putting
the grounds in order for the rebuild
ing of the saw mill.
It was only the saw mill part of the
plant that was destroyed, the planers
and the dry kilns being left intact, and
Hattiesburgans have always felt that it
was only a matter of time when the
plant would be rebuilt, hence they are
feeling very much elated today over
the fact that work has actually begun
and will be pushed forward.
I The new plant will be fully as large
as the old one and will be equipped
with the latest machinery.
EVELYN THAW
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Stops Effort to Anul Marriage to
Become Guardian For Her
Insane Husband.
New York, May 21.—That Evelyn
Nesblt Thaw will withdraw her suit to
annul her marriage in order to be N
appointed Hhrry Thaw'ss guardian was
announced by friends this morning.
Her attorneys will not discuss the mal
ter.