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HATTIESBURG, MISSISSIPPI, THURSDAY AFTERNOON. AUGUST 27. 1908
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SEVERAL DROWNED IN
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Breaking of Huge Dam Turned 8a
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JFwallroads and Newspapers Are
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Hearst News Service.
Augusta, August 27.—2 p. m.— ♦
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HUNDREDS MISSING.
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Augusta, August 27.—Hundreds ♦
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Hearst News Service.
Augusta, Ga., August 27.—Property
loss from the Savannah River here will
Teach the stupendous sum of $1,000,
•000. Two fires were started last night
* by the waters from the awollenrtver
coming ln contact with slack lime. All
of the great nine cotton mills of the
city have been put out of cdtnmlbsion
and thousand* of men, women and
•children are thrown out at employment
for an Indefinite time. Many of them
residing ln the lowlands along the
ilver In the suburbs of the city have
lost their homes and household be
- longings and much suffering will result
unless speedy steps for their relief
are undertaken.
Two white women were drowned
last night near the city when their
buggy turned over while crossing a
.swollen creek. A woman and two
children were also drowned when the
floods swept away a negro cabin near
the Union depot. No bodies have thus
|§|^Mar been recovered.
This message Is being sent from a
mP^emporary office of the Postal Tele
graph Company, established this
morning on the outskirts of the city.
It Is impossible as yet to penetrate
the business section of the city ln,
boats, as the current Is too swift.
8IG DAM GAVE WAY. -
Hearst News Service.
Atlanta, August 27.—The floods In
tbe Carolines and Georgia culminated
yesterday ln the breaking of a big
dam, six miles from Augusta, Ga.,
which diverts the waters from the Sa
vannah River into the canal at that
point. The great flood of water let
loose soon found Its way Into the city
and by night from Fifteenth street to
the eastern boundary, Augusta Is un
der from 6 to 12 feet of water which
is gradually rising.
The big bridge across the Savannah
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River went down In the ruah of waters
and the dam at the locks, seven miles
above the city, collapsed, adding to
the flood.
NEW8PAPER HEAVY L0SER8.
Hearst News Service.
Augusta, August 27.—The offices of
the Chronicle and the Herald, the two
leading local newspapers, are sub
merged by the floods and neither pa
per Issued today. The fine perfecting
presses, located in basements, are
many feet under water and will be
seriously damaged.
Railroads hard hit.
Hearst News Service.
Augusta, August 27.—The loss to
railroad property alone from the floods
now sweeping this city wlU approxi
mate a quarter of a million.
FARMERS HARD HIT
' BY YESTERDAY'S FLOOD.
Hearst News Service.
Columbia,,S. C., August 27.—The
farmers are the heaviest losers in
South Carolina from yesterday's floods.
Cotton and corn crops In many sec
tions have been completely wiped out.
Many Industrial plants have been dam
aged. At Greenville It Is reported thta
thirteen Inches of rain fell in twenty
four hours.
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Great Russian Publicist is Said to
Be Nearing End of His Bril
liant Career.
Hearst News Service.
St. Petersburg, August 27.—Count
Leo Tolstoi, the most famous Russian
author, Is reported to be dying at his
country estate, Yasnaya Poliana ln the
province of Tula. He will be 80 years
old If he lives until tomorrow.
HOMELESS SLEEP
ON COLi) SLABS IN
NEW YORK MORGUE
Hearst News Service.
New York, August 27.—For the first
time ln the history of the city, the city
morgue was last night turned Into a
lodging house to care for the shelter
less persons suffering from the storm.
Two hundred men, women and child
ren took refuge ln the big building and
slept on the marble slabs used for lay
ing out the dead.
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MAKING PROGRESS
ON THE NEW JAIL
The work on the foundation of the
new county Jail Is proceeding rapidly.
The foundation has been dug as deep
as was required and today Architect
Hull is having the concrete foundation
pat down ln the basement.
The heating apparatus for the jail
will be In the basement and also the
Jail laundry.
As soon as the cement is put down
the brick work will begin In the base
ment and the work will be kept stead
ily going until the structure Is com
pleted.
Mr. W. M. Coker, of Sumrall, passed
through en route home from a visit to
Purvis this mornipg.
PAT HENRY
15 ON TOP
Rankin County Man Leads in the
Eighth District By Sma!|
Plurality.
COLLIER IS SECOND
AND R.R. HENRY THIRD
Hinds County Man Still Has Hopes
of Getting Into 8econd Primary But
the Chances Are Very Much Against
Him.
Dally News Special.
Jackson, Miss., August 27,-Com
plete returns from the congressional
primary held Tuesday ln this, the
Eighth District, with the exception of
two small boxes ln Madison County,
whlch were not brought ln today, give
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Hon. Pat Henry, of Rankin, the lead
by a small plurality, with J. W. Col
Her, of Warren, next to him, putting
these two In the seednd race for the
seat ln congress vacated by the pro
motion of John Sharp Williams to the
United States senate.
The missing boxes In Madison will
not poll above 100 votes which will be
divided. It Is believed between Pat
Henry and Collier with a few scatter
taring votes for the others.
The surprise of the election was the
vote In Rankin County, the home of
Hon. Pat Henry. Tuesday night only
600 votes were reported from Rankly
with five precincts missing, Maj.
Henry getting all *>f these but 64.
It was then estimated that the missing
boxes would bring the total vote up
to about 750. But when the total vote
was received today Major Henry got
a total of 755, with 245 divided among
his opponents.
majority placed Major Henry in front
of the Held with Collier second, thus
eliminating Hon. R. H. Henry, of
Hinds, who was thought to have se
cured second place with Collier In
front.
The total vote In the district, omit
ting the missing Madison boxes, was
6,992, which Is fuller than had been
eapeftted, and the Anal result so far as
can be ascertained until the official
count Is had, makes the vote so close
between Henry, of Rankin, Collier, of
Warren, and Henry, of Hinds, that san
guine friends of the latter gentleman
are still hoping that'the official count
may change the result as between Col
lier and Henry, of Hinds. However,
this is hardly probable.
The total vote as received is as fol
lows;
This extraordinary
P. Henry Collier. R. H. Henry. Thames George.
Hallam
Counties.
253
275
337
741
480
250
Hind* .
Madison
Rankin
Yazoo .
Warren
13
70
131
76
J43
180
15
22
87
63
766
58
11
77
791
614
173
24
4
606
8
820
13
294
1162
1238
1402
1444
Totals.1452
ALABAMA STRIKERS DENY
THAT THEY WILL ABANDON
FIGHT FOR HIGHER WAGES
Hearst News Service.
Birmingham, Ala., August 27.—J. T.
Kennamer, president of the Alabama
division of the United Mine Workers,
declared this morning that the mtuers
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♦ Jackson, Miss., August 27.—Un- 4
♦ official reports from the three <•
0 missing precincts are still con- 4
0 dieting and show small gains for 0
O R. H. Henry. The most favorable ♦
4 report, however, leaves him seven ♦
♦ votes behind J. "jW. Collier and 4
♦ nine behind Pat tlenry, the vote 4
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♦ Pat Henry ..'% .1460 ♦
♦ J. W. Confer .
♦ R. H. Henry „
♦ Other reports Seduce the vote 0
♦ of the latter ten to twelve. The 4
♦ other three candidates are ac- 4
♦ knowledged to be out of the run- 4
♦ nlng. Pat Henry and J. W. Col- ♦
♦ Her are undoubtedly In the sec- <4
♦ ond primary, but ft. H. Henry Is- 4
♦ sued a signed statement today at 4
♦ noon claiming a place In the sec- 4
♦ ond primary.
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Hinds polled the largest vote with 2,
336, and Madison the smallest with
613. Rankin polled an even 1,000; Ya
zoo. 1,590; Warren, 1,453.
The second heat, to be run off by
Hon. Pat Henry, of Rankin, and Hon.
J ' ° olI1 * r ' ° f / be run
on September 15, giving the two fa
Tored candldate8 three weeks ln whlch
to arouse their friends to action ln the
Anal supreme struggle for the victory
Hie honors of a seat in the con
gresa ™ th 8 " ch a smaI1 vote as
came out yesterday with six active as
plrants , n the field (he tWQ reraa , n .
i n g candidates cannot hope to bring
out above one-half to two-thirds of yes
terday's vote, and It will be simply a
question of which man can stir up most
interest among his friends. Maj. Pat
Henry Is an old .'SxConfederate sol
3ter who still wears always a suit of
Confederate gray. He represented the
old district In congress four years, and
is a man of the highest Integrity and
Stirling worth. His opponent Is one of
the younger generation which has
grown up since the v4ar, and a favored
son of Warren County who has been
several tlmee honored by election to
office, having Berved his county for
several years as clerk of the circuit
court. He Is a young man of irre
proachable character and the highest
standing among his people,
SHONTS IS ANGRY
AND THREATENS TO
HOARD HIS MONEY
Hearst News Service.
Chicago, August 27.—Theo. P.
Shonts, president of the Alton and
Clover Leaf Railroads, ln an Inter
view given ont here today, sayB that
his lines will not spend a cent this
year unless compelled to do so, and
that they would not do so ln the future
until the attitude of the several states
and the federal government is more
clearly defined toward the corporate
Interests of the country.
had no intention of abandoning the
strike. He says that he has been In
close touch with the general officers
at Indianapolis all the time and that
there has been nothing on which to
TRUSTEES
I WIELD AX
Two Members of A. & M. College
Faculty Were Decapitated
For Let Majesty.
GLENN W. HERRICK
AND DR. J. C. RODERT
Citizens of 8tarkvi)le Are Indignant
Over the Acti'on and Petitions May
Be Circulated Denouncing the Col.
lege Trustees.
Daily News Special.
Starkville, Miss., August 27.—At a
special session of the board of trus
tees of the A & M. Coliege, held yes
terday, two members of the faculty
who testified against President Hardy
In the recent investigation were asked
to resign. The decapitated men are
Prof. Glenn W. Herrick, State etomol
ogist, and Dr. J. C. Robert.
The motion to demand the resigna
tion of the two members of the faculty
was supported by Governor El F. Noel,
A. T. Deni, Z. D. Davis, J. M. Cohen,
J. C. Bradford and T. L. Wainwright.
The following trustee# eq »po—d Its
adoption: James W. Norment, J. M.
White, Prof. J. N. Powers and Doug
lass Robinson.
Prof. Glenn W. Herrick Is one of the
most eminent etomologlsts in the coun
try and has done excellent work for
the state ln his connectfon with the
A. & M. College.
Dr. Robert has discharged his du
ties with signal ability and Is highly
esteemed by a majority of the faculty
and student body of the college.
The action of the trustees has cre
ated much Indignation here and It is
probable that a petition will be circu
lated condemning the summary dis
missal of the two men.
THE QUEBEC
Quebec, August 27.—A board of En
gineers has been appointed to rebuild
the Quebec Bridge, which some months
ago collapsed, entailing great loss of
life. The three members are Henry
E. Bautellet, former bridge engineer
of the Canadian Pacific Railway; Mau
rice Fltzmaurtce, chief engineer of the
London County Council, and Ralph
Madjeska, of Chicago.
Mrs. J. H. Caver and son, Lovert, of
Poplarvllle, who have been the guests
of her brother, Mr. J. P. Pace and fam
ily, on Walley street, the past week,
returned home yesterday.
Editor Scott, of 'Sumrall, was a busi
ness visitor yesterday. 1
base the report that the strike would
be called off.
W. R. Fairley, who has advocated so
cial equality between whites and
blacks, will return north tomorrow.
Vice President White will not return
at present, but the miners say that
he wlU abide by any sanitary regula
tions prescribed by the sanitary offi
cials.
It Is admtttetd that the report that
the strike would be called off. has
caused a great many miners to return
to work.
COMMITTEE APPOINTED TO
WANTS OUT
Man Who is Supposed to Have
Murdered the Gunness Family
at La Porte, Ind.
Hearst News Service.
La Porte, Ind., August 27.—Attorney
Worden, who Is defending Ray Lam
phere, charged with the murder of
Mrs. Belle Gunness and her three
children and complicity in the murder
to
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MITTED—THE ARROW INDICATES HITE.
of Andrew Hegeleln, will shortly at
tempt to secure the release of hfs
client on habeas corpus proceedings.
He claims that the state has no direct
evidence against Lamphere.
CAUGHT OUTSIDE
OF THE STATE
During the last two weeks Deputy
Sheriff Dan McGllvray has broken all
records ln the number of prisoners he
has caught ln other states and re
turned them to this county. During
this time he has caught six fugitives,
and he didn't catch them ln bunches,
either. He had to go some distance
for some of them, and they were
caught and returned one at a time.
SECOND PRIMARY
HELD AT ELL1SV1LLE
Dally News Special.
Elllsville, Mlzs., August 27;—In the
second primary held here for alderman
Ward Two, J. C. Austin received 31
votes and his opponent, R. H. Graves
9. These gentlemen tied for Alderman 1
in Ward Two at the first primary,
each receiving 21 votes, and the third I
candidate received one vote. All other
contests were decided In the first pri
mary. The personnel of the new board
for the next term will be W. S. Glenn, 1
D. K. Collins, J. C. Austin, H. 8. I
Tucker and I. P. Clayton.
Hon. Goode Montgomery, of Laurel,
was here on legal business this morn
ing.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. W. E. De
Money, 1000 Southern avenue, Tues
day, a fine twelve pound boy.
Commercial Club Appoint* Strong .
Committee to Confer With the
County Farmers' Union.
INDUCEMENTS SHOULD
RE FOR COTTON TRADE
The Amount of Cotton That Is Being
Grown in Hattiesburg Territory
Crowe Greater Each Year and This
City will Offer Inducements.
Dr. W. W. Crawford, president of the
Commercial Club, has appointed J. B.
Merkel, T. M. Ferguson and M. J. Ep
ley as a committee from that body,
to co-operate with the Farmers' Union
concerning the building of a farmers'
warehouse at this place, where cotton
can be stored according to plana
adopted bj the union.
Since It Is now a well established
fact that the soil in Hattiesburg's
trade territory Is even better, all
things considered, than the soil of the
great Yazoo delta for growing cotton,
the Importance of Hattiesburg getting
Into the "game" at once cannot be
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True not a great amount of cotton is
now being produced ln this great sec
tion, yet It Is bound to come.- With the
cutting away of pine timber, the land
can be used for a great many pur
poses and as cotton Is always a cer
tain crop, the amount of cotton grown
will Increase with each succeeding
year. Wih a very small cost for fer
tilizing. a bale of cotton can be grown
to each acre planted. It Is a more
healthful climate than the delta, be
sides almost everything for home use
can be grown here, which will make
cotton growing profitable ln this sec
tion. A few years ago, Meridian only
received a small amount of cotton,
Now, It Is one of the largest cotton
markets in the state and is really
largely dependent upon cotton re
ceipts for its prosperity.
The time is not far distant when
Hattiesburg will be a large cotton mar
ket, as well as a great lumber market.
In this connection, when the ware
house Is built, it has been suggested
that a place be built where people
who bring their cotton from a distance
and want to stay overnight, can put
their stock and find a place to sleep
free of charge. In other words, a
' camping ground" should be estab
lished, something like Brookhaven has.
With a good price assured, with a
"camping ground" and hltchlng4MB^Hl
for .Ul who come, cotton \vouliR^H|||||l||
to Hattiesburg from a distna^Hl|||£|
twenty miles or more. It woulcWiH*®*®
farmers to this market because of the
greater trade fertilities Hatfield)ur*
has over any other place In this sec
tlon.
For this reason, when the committee
from the Commercial Club confer*
with the Farmers' Union committee,
an effort should be made to reach out
for the cotton trade In a large terrt
tory.
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BYRD'S MAJORITY
IS OVERWHELMING"
IN FIFTH DISTRICT
Daily News Special.
Meridian, Mias., August 27.—O
plete returns from every precinct
tbe Fifth District show that Ac
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Byrd haa been returned to congress
a tremendous majority over Hee C
lie.
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