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Democrat* of the Eighth District
Are Holding Spirited Pri
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EDITOR R. H. HENRY
IN SECOND PRIMARY
WA. Dr. Hallam's Friend* Chartered a Car
and a Brass Band—Henry Delivered
Rousing 8peech at Opera Houae,
Closing Campaign.
Daily News Special.
Jackson, Miss., August 25.---The con
gressional campaign In the Eighth Dis
. trlct closed last night so far as this
city was concernea wita a good deal
of advertising yesterday and speeches
last night by the two local candidates,
■Col. R. H.' Henry and Dr. Frank Hal
lain, the former speaking in the Cen
tury Theater and the latter at the
county court house. Both speeches
were heralded by big signs on the
strict cars, and Dr. Hallam's friends
M chartered a car and a band and a lot of
B boys and made enough noise with the
■ combination to attract the attention of
V the entire city. Col. Henry contented
w himself with big signs on all the reg
ular cars and big advertisements in the
newspapers, and by putting big ban
ners on a wagon and a speller with a
-megaphone to coax the crowds. The
result of it all was that both men
had good crowds out to hear their
speeches. •
Major Pat Henry, of Brandon made
a short speech at the close of that of
Dr. Hailam and by Invitation of that
gentleman.
The other three candidates had de
serted the field and returned to their
home towns, where they doubtless cut
some similar capers.
The balloting began here at 9
o'clock, and present indications are
that a much larger vote is to be polled
than was at first expected. Many tour
ists who left on the recent excursion to
the northern cities and resorts have re
turned In time for the primary, and
there Is apparent a much more lively
. interest In the congressional race than
had been anticipated up to within the
. last two or three days.
. Most of the speculation on the result
yNbf the primary puts Col. R. H. Henry
as one of the men who will be in the
-second primary, but there seems to be
EFFORT TO SUICIDE
CAUSED BY CYCLONE
Mrs. Wood, 0 popular lady of Purvis,
and the wife ot R. F. Wood, a citizen
of that place, made a desperate, but
unsuccessful attempt to commit sui
■ dde at tier home In that place at about
7 o'clock this morning. She used a
two barreled dei ringer pistol and fired
one shot directly at her head. The
■ball went in and striking the skull
glanced, making a very painful, but
not serious wound. Before she could
Ilie the other barrel of the pistol
some one i cached her and prevented
her from doing serious harm to her
It la believed that Mrs Wood was
she had shown some signs
self..
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no sort of unanimity as to who the
other man will be.
LIGHT VOTE IN EIGHTH.
Jackson, Mies., August 25.—A light
vote Is being polled today in the
Eighth District. Less than one-third
of the registered vote In the city of
Jackson had been cast at 2 o'clock this
afternoon. The friends of R. H. Henry
are claiming an overwhelming major
ity in thlB city. At Yazoo City It Is
said that the race will be close be
tween George and Henry.
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NEGRO ELKS
ARE SNUBBED
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Hotels and Restaurants in St. Paul
Have Denied Them
Hospitality.
Hearst News Service.
SL Paul, Minn., August 25.-—A sen
sation was created in this city this
morning when all of tlje leading ho
tels and restaurants hung up signs
denying hospitality to the delegates to
the annual contention of the Negro
Elks of America now In session here.
The negroes bad to seek cheap board
log houses.
FREEBOOTERS
AREARRESTED
Hearst News Service.
Marinette, Wis., August 25.—The
freebooter steamer Monroe and crew
were captured by port officials here
today. An enormous quantity' of stol
en goods were returned.
PRINTING PLANT
GUTTED BY FIRE
Hearst News Service.
Washington, August 26.—Fire In the
Darby Printing Works last night -did
damage estimated at $200,000.
of an uubalauced mind before.
Ever since the devastating 'cyclone
that passed through Puryls she has
been of a r.er'cus disposition and het
family and friends believe that the
terror of that awful time unbalanced
her mind. Gome of her relatives and
friends wore wounded and killed and
tlio awful shock so effected her that
her mind became somewhat unbal
anced and a continued study of the
matter made her grow suddenly
worse thla mowing, when she tried td
take her own life.
At 1 o'clock'this afternoon sfrs wss
doing as well as could be expected,
and her physician "says she will -o
cover.
Bf
home, he hit the side Of <
rock. Thla exploded the
ug the steer, and the
rnd steer blow
y Injured.
>ard for miles.
Miners Seem to Have Lost Their
Fight in the Birmingham
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STRIKE OFFICIALS
NOW IN CONFERENCE
It Is 8aid That the Support of the Na
tional Organization Will Be With
drawn—All I* jQuiet and 8erene
Today. r
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Hearst News Service.
<0 Birmingham, August 25.—3:30 4
❖ p. m.—Flash.—The rumor that 4
❖ the strike has been called off is 6
4 not verified. No agreement has 4
4* as yet been reached by the offi- 4*
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4 Birmingham, Aug., 26.—Gover- 4*
4> nor B. B. Comer has issued orders 4
•> that striking miners shall not live 4>
4 In camps. In a public letter he ♦
4 declares that these camps are un- 4
♦ sanitary and a menace to the ♦
♦ health of the state. This order ♦
4 will practically break up the ♦
4 strike, as the miners have been ♦
4 evicted from the houses owned by ♦,
♦ the mining companies and have 4
4 no place to live. Pratt City and 4
♦ other places report that the min- 4
♦ era are restless and anxious to 4
♦ end the struggle.
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Hearst News Service. '
Birmingham, Ala., August 25.—The
end of the miners' strike, with "its at
tendant evils, seems to be near at
hand.
For more than six weeks, this sec
tion of Alabama has been practically
under martial law. State troops have
co-operated with deputy sheriffs to pre
vent bloodshed, but more than a dozen
lives have been lost since the strike
began and more serious consequences
have only been prevented by the pres
ence of armed troops and officers.
It Is said here today that the strik
ing miners are willing to surrender the
fight and that officers of the union will
shortly issue an order to that effect.
The operators have persistently re
fused to make concessions on which
to base a compromise and the defeat of
the miners now seems certain.
High officials of the miners organ
ization are, now In consultation at In
dianapolis. It is said that the first
steps will he the withdrawal of the
support ,of the national organization.
All is quiet In the mining district at
noon today.
« PHOTOS TO BE MADE.
Assistant Postmaster Kernaghan
stated yesterday that there was no
news about the Federal building. He
said hat as soon as the lots were
cleared off, photos would bo made and
sent to the department. The survey
of the lot was completed last week.
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WHITE WOMAN
IS ASSAULTED
Horrible Crime Stirs New York
Community and Negro May
Be Lynched.
Hearst News Service.
New York, August 25.—A determined
posse, augmented by hundreds of en
raged citizens, Is today scouring the
woods In the vicinity of Hs^erstraw
In search of an unknown negro, who
last night brutally assaulted Mrs.
John Ga,ble, at her home near that
town.
The crime is said to have been
most brutal. The negro entered the
Gable home about midnight and
dragged her nearly a hundred yards
Into the woods, where she was found
this morning. Two children, aged 7
and 8 years, were the only other occu
pants of the house. The younger one
was found wandering In the field near
ly a mile away and the eldest had not
been located at noon today.
TURNED ON GAS
AND TOOK NOTES
ON ASPHYXIATION
Adams was today found in his room
with the gas turned on writing the
sensations of asphyxiation. Anti
dotes were administered, but his sys
tern was too full of the poisonous
gasses and he died in an hour after
being discovered.
• Adams' memorandums are intelll
gently wrlttten and accurately de
scribe the sensations until the last mo
meat
Hearst News Service.
Washington, August 25.—Arthur D.
TAFT ON MI88IONS.
Hearst News Service.
Hot Springs, Va., August 25.—Candi
date Taft will be heard in phono
graphs on the subject of foreign mis
sions.
TWENTY-FIVE KILLED
BUILDING COLLAPSE
Hearst News Service.
Chelsea, Mass., August 25.—Hearst
Flash.—Eighteen men were instantly
killed In the collapse of a brick
block in Chelsea square. Ten of the
dead have already been taken from
the ruins. Scores are injured. The
police and fire departments have been
called to tje scene to keep back the
crowdfc while the work of rescue Is
going on.
DEATH LI8T INCREASES.
Hearst News Service.
Chelsea, Mass., August 25.—3: 3Q p.
.-*-It is estimated that the death list
TRUSTEES
Meeting of A. & M, Trustees Will
Be Held at 9 O'clock Wed
nesday Morning.
GOVERNOR NOEL IS
SILENT ON SUBJECT
Hence the Purpose of the Meeting Can
Only Be Surmised—Governor Has
Been in Constant Communication
With President Hardy.
Daily News Special.
Jackson, Miss., August 25.—There Is
a good deal of speculation here as to
the real purpose of the meeting of the
board of trustees of the Starkville A.
& M. College which has been called by
President Hardy at* the Instance of
Governor Noel for 9:30 o'clock tomor
row morning.
The call does not state the purpose,
but says that Important business is to
be transacted and that a full board
1 b earnestly desired. Local opinion
has centered on the idea that the pres
ident and the faculty are to be har
monized by accepting the resignations
of several of the faculty members. No
body believes that President Hardy
himself has any Idea of resigning, al
though strong pressure on the part of
some of his staunchest personal
friends has been repeatedly brought
to hear. 1 .
Governor Noel said nothing about
the calling of the meeting to the news
paper men around the capltol, and the
Information Just leaked out after his
departure for Natchez Monday morn
ing. The Governor is believed to have
been In communication with President
Hardy either Saturday or Sunday, and
it Is known that a good deal of corre
spondence has been passing between
certain members of the board of trus
tees, but none of this has been made
public. ■
in the collapse of a business block in
Chelsea square will reach twenty-five.
Many of those taken from the ruins
are as yet unidentified.
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Hearst News Service.
Birmingham, Ala., August 25.—The
Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic;
Railroad ahttdttfiCeS the formal Inau
guration of passenger service Into Bir
mingham and Brunswick on September
6. This makes the third new railroad
to enter Birmingham this year.
It is said that the new road will
finally construct a line into New Or
leans.
POLES FOR TAFT.
Hearst News Service.
Minneapolis, Minn., August 26.—
Foies have organised a strong Taft
club In this city.
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STATE FUNDS
ARE ALOTTED
Treasnrer Edwards Ignores Eight
Banks Furnishing Only
Surety Bonds.
HATTIESBURG GETS
SHARE OF THE CASH
First National Bank of Greenwood and
Mississippi Bank and Trust Com
pany Get the Largest Apportion.
, ments—List of Awards.
Dally News Special.
Jackson, Miss., August 25.—State
Treasurer Edwards has finished the
distribution of the available funds in
the treasury to the thirty-one banks
throughout the state which have quali
fied as state depositories, ignoring, ac
cording to his previously announced
intention; the eight banks offering only
surety bonds as security. These thir
ty-one banks, it is understood, got In
the distribution practically the entire
amount for which they have qualified.
Following Is a list of these banks, with
the value of the security deposited by
each:
First National Bank, Greenwood,
$ 18 , 600 .
Mississippi Bank & Trust Company,
Jackson, $15,910.
Bank of Biloxi, $2,220.
Merchants & Farmers Bank,*Macon,
$444.
Merchants Bank & Trust Company,
Jackson, $6,105.
Bank of Winona, $4,070.
Bank of Blue Mountain, $1,480.
Bank of Water Valley, $7,400.
Winona Savings Bank, $3,700.
Panola Bank, Sardis, $5,550.
Tishomingo Banking
Iuka, $2,035. *
Hancock County Bank, Bay St.
Louis, $1,702.
Mississippi State Bank, Canton, $5,
Company,
365.
Merchants & Planters Bank, Hazle
hurst, $9,435.
Merchants & Farmers Bank, Holly
Springs, $5,180.
Citizens National Bank, Meridian,
$6,845.
First National Bank, Jackson, $3,700.
Merchants & Marine Bank, Scranton,
$6,290.
Commercial Bank of Brookhaven,
$15,873.
People's Bank & Trust Company,
Tupelo, $3,700.
First National Bank, New Albany,
$3,700.
Bank of Hazlehurst, $6,106.
Bank of Summit, $1,110.
Itta Bena Banking & Trust Company
$555.
Bank of Leflore, Greenwood, $2,220.
Bank of Mathlson, $1,480.
First National Bank of Commerce,
Hattiesburg, $1,295.
First National Bank of Vicksburg,
$8,140:
Brookhaven Bank & Trust Com
pany, $5,920.
Merchants Bank, Bay St. Louis, $1,
480.
Pascagoula National Bank, Moss
Point, $5,550.
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"Washington, August 26.—For Mis
sissippi: Generally fair tonight and
Wednesday.
FAR AHEAD
Former Candidate For Governor
May Defeat Shed Hill
For Congress.
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SECOND PRIMARY IS
NECESSARY TO CHOICE
Sisson Claims a Lead of 600 Over Hit),
But Friends of the Latter Do Not
Concede the Fact—Light Vote Was
Polled Yesterday.
Dally News Special.
Winona, Miss.. 3 p. m.—From in
complete returns received at the lm|^
quarters of both candidates here,
Sissou Is leadng W. S. Hill by i^Hj
rality of 500. fjj|||f|
Sisson carried seven counties as
follows:
Plurality.
Pontotoc ,
Atala ....
Chickasaw
Calhoun .
Yalobusha
Webster .
Choctaw
W. • S. Hill carried the following
counties by the pluralities given:
■Carroll ....
Montgomery
Clay .
Grenada ...
Bledsoe did not carry a county In |
the district, but bis total vote is e»- 1
tlmated at 1,000, making a second prl- |
mary between Hill and Sisson necea- '' -J
sary.
225
114
87
240
81
57
77
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200
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Jackson, Miss., August 26.—At 1
o'clock this afternoon reports from 4
the Fourth Congressional District |
show conclusively that a second pri
mary must be held between W. S.
Hill and T. U. Sisson, Bledsoe having m
received sufficient vote to prevent >3
either leading candidate securing a ma
jority in the official count.
Both of the leading candidates are M
claiming a plurality. Hill by 100 and J
Sisson by 600.
The vote polled is much lighter than
expected and the returns from some M
of the counties are still Incomplete. It
is probable that an official count will
be necessary to determine the relative
standing of the two candidates who
will enter the second primary.
Sisson's friends are jubiiand over
the result. They insist that Mr. HtH
as the present incumbent polled his J
full vote in the first primary and that »■
Bledsoe's vote will go to Sisson in the l|
second race.
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SISSON IS LEADING.
Memphis, Tenn., August 25.—Incom- j
plete returns received by the Conrmer- 3
cial Appeal up to 4 o'clock this mom- 3
lug indicate that T. U. Sisson has a |
slight lead over W. S. Hill for congresa M
In the Fourth Mississippi District. A
second primary will be necessary. The
Commercial Appeal's figures are as fol
lows:
■' Counties.
^Yallobusha
Pontotoc ..
Calhoun ..
•Chickasaw .... 66
•Choctaw.433
Clay
•Montgomery ... 15
Carroll .
•Webster
Attala ..
•Grenada
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Hill. Sisson. Bledsoe 1
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508
544
95 |
658
880
100
409
467
170
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325
427
50
661
718
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570'
3446
Totals ..,..
•Pluralities.
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PREACHER SUICIDE8- >
Hearst News Service.
New York, August 25.—Rev. Hen
Frick suicided this morning by bk
lng out his brains with a pistol.
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PARIS CAR ARRIVES.
Hearst Newt Service.
Moscow, August 25.—The Itall
Zust car in the New York-Paris fjj
has Just arrived.