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HATTIESBURG, MISSISSIPPI, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 28, 1908
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A Transaction 'That Amounted to
$90,720 Was Filed For
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Price Paid Waa $M an Acrs for the
Timber Alone—Company Haa a Bar
gain and Already Haa a Road Roaeh
.ing New Purchase,
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• The largest real estate, or rather
timber deal, that has been recorded in
Hattiesburg this year was filed for
record In the chancery clerk's office
yesterday afternoon.
It was a transaction that amounted
to $90,720.
Mfore than this, It was a transaction
that means a great deal to Hattiesburg
L In the way of lumber output and the
I employment of a large number of
B bands.
I A conveyance was made to the Mc
I Innls Lumber Company by McPherson
Bros., of Michigan, carrying with it
all the timber on 2,520 acres ot fine
timber land situated east ot Leaf
river.
McPherson Bros, retain possession
of the land and have only sold the
timber privileges, and the condition
is that the timber must be removed
within eight years by the Mclnnls
Tiumber Company or it will revert back
to McPherson Bros.
The price agreed upon Is 290,720, of
which $10,720 was cash and the bal
ance is to be paid on Installments. This
makes 236 an acre paid for the tim
ber.
'The firm of McPherson'Bros., Is
composed ot Win, Alexander, M. J.
and Edward McPherson, all of the
state of Michigan.
The Mclnnls Lumber Company, by
this purchase, has obtained possession
■of the finest tract of timber hi the
■ Hattiesburg territory, and although
the price paid was a large one, those
In a position to know say that the
company has secured a great bargain.
The Mclnnls Lumber Company has
an Immense plant and they already
^ Jjqi re a railroad running Into a part of
"the property purebased.
The closing of such a big deal means
that- the lumber business Is looking
up and that the Mclnnls Lumber Corn
will get Into the trade, Em a
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pany
larger scale, at Just the right time.
BLAKESLEE IS INTERESTED
IN FARMERS' INSTITUTES;
GOVERNMENT EXPERT DUE
stitute meeting at Natchez, and Its
Dally News Special.
Jackson, Miss., August 28.—Im
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Atlantic City, N. J., August 28.—
With his death In all probability not
far distant, Charles B. Roberts, mil
lionaire Baltimore clubman, today
persists In the statement that he has
no Idea as to the identity ot the
masked man whom he says on yester
day steppeu up to me rolling chair In
which he was riding with his wile's
best friend, Mrs.'W. S. G. Williams,
ot Baltimore, and shot him. _ ,
In view ot the fact that Williams
Is said to have believed that his wife
was In Boston, the police believe that
there Is much yot to be learned from
Roberts and an effort Is belnd made
to Induce him to make statement
before he becomes unconscious.
MRS. EVELYN
NESBITTHAW
SERIOUSLY ILL
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New York, August 28.—Mrs. Evelyn
Nesbet Thaw, broken in health, has
been taken to a private sanitarium.
Friends say that worry over the uncer
tainty of her husband's release has
caused a complete physical collapse.
OHMIC HEROES
UNO III GOTHAM
Hearst News Service.
New York, August 28.—The last of
the Olympic heroes arrived today on
the Cunard steamer Mauretania and
will participate in theg rand celebra
tion to be given Saturday in their
honor. Roberts, Shepard, Bacon, Por
ter and Riley are among, the contin
gent.
stitute meeting at Natchez, and Its
splendid results in interesting the
farmers, both white and colored, In
the many Improved methods of farm
ing urged by the agents of.the United
States department of agriculture x and
of the Btate department of which he
is the official head, Commissioner
Blakeslee, of the department of agri
culture and commerce In Mississippi,,
Is now engaged with an effort to have
a similar institute for one day each In
tins counties of Copiah, Pike and Lin
coln, the main object being to head off
as far as possible the Mexican boll
Weevil and educate the farmers in the
proper methods of culture so as to min
imize the destructive work of the In
sect when it strikes that section, as It
is scheduled to do this year or next,
according to the calculations _of the
experts.
Mr. Blakestee Is In correspondence
with Dr. S. A. Knapp, of the govern
ment force and with several other
emen who Will be expected to pet
ite in the meetings, as well as
the localities where the meetings
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IS GAINING
Hinds County Man May Get Into
the Second Primary in the
Eighth District.
BEHIND WILL COLLIER
BY ONLY TWO VOTES
Figures Have Boon Carefully Verified,
But They May Bo Changed by the
Official County to Bo Made Next
Wednesday.
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CONTEST RETURNS. ♦ ♦
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♦ Jackson, Miss., August 28.— <%
A 8 p. m.—The official returns from A
A Madison County, attested by the <0
A executive committee of that coun- ♦
♦ ty, were received here this after- 6
A noon, and show that the second ❖
♦ primary for congress will be be- 4
♦ tween Major Pat Henry, of Ran- <'
♦ kin, and J. W. Collier, of Warren. ♦
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♦ Henry, of Hlndq, by twenty votes. 4
♦ Mr. Henry, of Hinds, announces 4
♦ this afternoon that he will contest 4
♦ the returns before the congres- 4
♦ slonal district executive commit- 4
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Daily News Special.
Jackson, Miss., August 28.—Com
plete returns from every county In
this, the Eighth Congressional District,
only serve to bring the three leading
congressional candidates closer
gether and to increase the element of
doubt as to who will be in the second
primary on September 15, and there is
no possibility of dispelling this doubt
until next Wednesday, when the dis- j
trict executive committee meets in this
city to canvass the returns.
On (be face of the returns Major Pat
Henry, of Brandon, and Hon. J. W./Col
lier, of Vicksburg will be in the second
race, but Hon. R; H. Henry of this city
is only two votes' behind Mr. Collier,
and a very slight error or change by
the committee might give him second
place. And it is not beyond the pale
of possibility that the entire situation
might be changed In the same manner,
as Major Pat Henry is only eight votes
ahead of Mr. Collier. The entire vote
by counties is as follows:
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Collier. Henry.
Pat
County.
Henry.
741
480
260
Hinds
Madison . 188
Rankin
Yazoo . 24
Warren ■
157 / 125
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514
173
815
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1451
1453
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Total
The last of these figures were re
ceived late yesterday afternoon, and
as they have been verified by, every
possible means, there is hardly any
chance they can be changed by any
thing but the canvass by the district
committee.
Hon. R. H. Henry does not concede
that he is out of the running, and In
fact claims to have figures by which
ha Is ahead of Mr. Colli^ - by one or
two votes, but the figures here given
have been so carefully verified that
there* is hardly a possibility that they
will be changed by anything but the
official canvass. ,'
are proposed to be held, with this pur
pose In view.
Prof. E. R. Lloyd, of the Starkvllle
A. & M. College, who spent a part ot
yesterday with Commissioner Blakes
lee, Is equally enthusiastic over the
Natches institute, as well as with Mr.
Blakeslee's plan. Nothing definite has
m Dr. Knapp, but
ng that he will be
yet been heari
It goes without
there If it can
to conflict with
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HARD HIT
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Property Damage i* Thriving Geor
gia City Will Ron Close to a
Million Dollars
LIST OF THE
CANNOT BE SECURED
Many of Those Who Were Believed to
Have Been Drowned Are Returning
to Their Homes—Fire Lass In One
Plant Alone le 4154000.
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Hearst News Service.
♦ Augusta, Ga., August 28.—3 p. ♦
♦ m.—Sixteen bodies, Including five ❖
♦ whites and eleven negroes, have ❖
♦ so far been recovered following <0
♦ the flood. It is not believed that <•
♦ the total list will exceed 25.
♦ The remains of Harry Carr, <>
4> bookkeeper, and H. C. Wingard, *>
♦ printer, were identified thfs morn- ❖
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♦ Mayor Dunbar has issued a ❖
♦ statement in which he estimates <8>
♦ the total damage at 21,500,000 to ❖
♦ 22,000,000. He says that a'call •>
♦ will probably be Issued for out- •>
<• Bide assistance in caring for the ♦
♦ homeless and destitute.
Hearst News Service.
Augusta, Ga., August 28.—The Au
gusts Chronicle this morning gives
the following list of flood losses:
Total losses 2750,OtlO.
City property 2250,000.
Street railways 225,000.
Telephone and telegraph companies
220 , 000 .
Merchants and industries 2150,000.
Residences 250.000.
Loss of wages to mill, operatives
250,000.
Losses by fire 250,000.
This estimate will probably be
greatly increased when the smaller
losses are added and there is little
doubt that it will exceed 21,000,000.
W. M. Nixon, ot the Nixon Produce
Company this morning paid that the
loss to his firm alone in the fires
caused by water coming in contact
with slack lime will aggregate 2150,
000 .
It is impossible as yet to give an ac
curate casualty list, as many of those
thought to have been drowned in the
floods are showing up alive.
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A merry crowd of the junior circle
are enjoying an outing at Rawls
Springs today. -v
Attorney General Fletcher
IVill Revise His Suit For
Possession of Pine Lands
Dally News Special.
Jackson, Miss., August 28.—A revi
sion of the suit filed by Attorney Gen
eral Fletcher against the firm of Bald
win & Unsell for the recovery for the
state of 3,400 acres of land alleged to
have been fraudulently patented from
the state will have to he revised to fit
the new conditions arising out of the
death of Mrs.. Amelia Baldwin, the
senior member of the firm, which oc
curred on the very day the suit was
filed, at her home in Bardstown, Ky.
This phase of the situation was
brought to the attention of the attor
ney general yesterday by Mr. New
man, a Bon-in-law of Mrs. Baldwin
and executor of her estate, and his at
torney, Judge Fulton, both of whom
called on Attorney General Fletcher
yesterday and
if conference
SHED HILL
QUITS RACE
Sisson is the Nominee For Congress
in the Fourth District Without
Second Primary.
MAY ENTER RACE FOR
UNITED STATES SENATE
Nomination of 8itaon Revives Discus
sion Regarding Postible Candidates
for the Governorship—Brewer and
Scott Already Running.
Dally Nows Special.
Jackson, Miss., August 28.—The
withdrawal of Hon. W. Shed Hill, from
the congressional race In the Fourth
District, leaves Hon. T. U. Sisson
alone with .a sure thing, and has set
afloat a world of speculation among
the politicians of the Btate.
By assuring him a seat in congress,
it eliminates Mr. Sisson from the next
gubernatorial election, where
friends had insisted he would be, al
though there are some who still be
lieve he will get in that race when
the time comes, in spite of the fact
that the congressional Job pays 23,006
more money than that of holding down
the executive office.
While the friends of Mr. Hill here af
fect to believe that bis withdrawal was
for the purpose of beginning early a
campaign for the United States sena
torship,.the more general impression
prevails that he realized that he would
be unable to defeat Mr. Sisson, who
had a lead of 400 votes to begin with.
There are so many gubernatorial
possibilities now that speculation thus
early would be almost foolish, hut it
might be stated with a good deal of
assurance that Hon. Chas. Scott, of
Rosedale, and Hon. Earl Brewer, of
Clarksdale will be in the race.
Ardent friends of Attorney General
Fletcher have been trying'to persuade
him to consider himself among the
gubernatorial aspirants, but up to this I
time he hah maintained a determina
tion to retire to the private practice
of his profession at the expiration of
his present term as attorney general.
Should he decide to get in the race it
is conceded he would he a most for
midable candidate, no matter who else
'might be in the race.
There is every indication that Hon.
Geo. R. Edwards, Jr., will be a factor
In the next state election, provided he
does not sooner get into the next con
gressional light in the Fourth District,
which was regarded as a probability
this year. He cannot, under the law
succeed himself as treasurer, and has
given out no intimation as to what
his plans are, but there seems to he
no doubt that he has designs on the
next campaign.
his
in regard to the suit.
It will be remembered that this suit
alleges that the land in question was
obtained by means of several "dum
my" purchasers, who bought the lands
from the state one day and transferred
them 40 the firm on the following day
at the same price—an average of about
60 cents per acre, while the law pro
vides that no non-resident may secure
such lands and that no corporation
other than a lumber concern in the
state may so obtain them. The plan
of this non-resident concern, it is al
leged, was to evade the law by having
dummies make the purchases.
Other suits of a similar nature are
pending, and still others are to be
instituted. The belief prevails that
much of this s<frt of thing has been
going on , in the state, and an effort
will be made to recover a good deal of
the land so obtained.
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STRIKE IS
AH Efforts to Settle Differences
Have Failed in Binning
ham District.
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UNION OFFICIALS IN
SECRET CONFERENCE
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le Is Intimated That Ample Funds
Are Available and That the War for
Higher Wagea Will Be Waged to
Successful Finish. •
Birmingham, Ala., August 28.—T. L.
Lewis, president, John White, vice
president, W. D. Ryan, treasurer, and
W. R. Fairley and other members of
the national board of the United Mine
Workers of America arrived here this
morning from Indianapolis. It Is an
nounced that there Is no Intention of
calling off the strike and the leaders
intftnate that they have vast sums to
spend to insure victory for the men
now out on strike.
Immediately after a conference
among themselves, the officers of the
national federation went into consul
tation with the officers of the local
unions. Thus far no statement as to
the plans for further continuation of
the strike have been given out.
CHARGED WITH DESERTING.
The police department has received
notice to look out for Albert B. Bai
ley, who le charged with deserting the
United States army. Bailey enlisted
at Springfield,' Mo., and gave the
name of his father as M. M. Bailey,
of Hattiesburg. The young man is not
known around here.
DEPARTMENT CALLED OUT.
At 2j30 o'clock this afternoon the
fire department was called out to
Crymes brick yard to put out
burning cord wood.
some
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INSURANCE COMPANIES
SUE ILLINOIS CENTRAL
Jackson, August 28.—The case of
several fire Insurance companies'
against the Illinois Central Railroad
cotapany, in which the taking of de
positions wa3 commenced in the coun
ty court house yesterday, bids fair to
last several weeks. Only a few of the
four hundred witnesses in the
were examined yesterday and a still
smaller number this morning. The
plan is to summons only a few witnes
ses for each day, so that there will be
as little idle waiting on the part of
witnesses as possible, which will mean
a saving of a good deal of money in
witness fees.
■The case involves nearly 2170,OOtt,
growing out of the big fire which des
troyed the plant ot the Gulf Com
press Company, together with a large
case
SMALL CHILD DIES FROM
BURNS MADE BY CARBOLIC ACID
Mr. J. W. Oden's little child who ac
cidentally turned over a bottle of car
bolic acid on himself Wednesday, died
at 1:15 o'clock Thursday morning and
the remains were buried in the City
Cemetery yesterday afternoon.
The child, whose name was Frances
Joseph, was awfully burned as stated
in Wednesday's Daily News and very
little hope was entertained for his re
covery from the first, although every-'
thing possible was done to save the
bright little life. He was only 14
months old and was the delight of the
household.
Mr. Oden had been suffering from
wound made in his foot by a nail and
TRAGEDY
Will Lee Killed By Will Bean, Both
Wood Sawyers and Both
About Eighteen,
RARE FIST FIGHT
\ LASTING 20 MINUTES
Alleged That After the First Fight
Bean Hit Lee Over the Head With
a Peavey, Cauaing Hia Death In a
Short While.
As a result of a 6«fctb*tweee4;
young white men, logfl
Newman Lumber
rail, who were out in l|
work Wednesday, one of
pants is dead and the otheMM|
on a charge of murder. U
Will Bean Is the young man
charged with the crime and Is in JME
His victim was Will Lee.
The particulars are about as fol
lows:
Bean and Lee, both about 18, were
out In the woods engaged In getting
timber for the mill when a dispute
arose between them over some trivial
matter. The boys fought with bare
fl3ts for about twenty minutes, when
worn out with the long drawn-out pu
gilistic encounter, hostilities
abandoned and It was supposed that
the affair was over.
Later in the afternoon, about .6
o'clock, it is alleged that Bean Blipped
up behind Lee and dealt him a mur
derous blow over the head with a
peavey, from the effects of which Lee
died at 10 o'clock Wednesday night.
It is probable that Bean will be giv
en a preliminary trial in Sumrall to
day. From reports that have reached
here it is not known that the
men had ever had any trouble before.
wo
rs for the
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were
young
amount of cotton in 1905.
The insur
ance companies were forced to pay the
insurance on the compress and the
cotton, and are now seeking reimbur
sement from the railroad company, un
der the theory that the fire was caused
by sparks from the locomotive of the
company. Messrs. Willlambson, Wells
& Peyton ere conducting the case for
the railroad company, while the in
surance people are being looked after
by Messrs. Green & Green and Harris
& Willing of this city and Hon. R. L.
McLaurin of Vicksburg.
District claim agent, H. B. Hull, ot
Memphis, Claim Agent W. F. McCar
iRy, of McComb City and Claim Agent
J. L. Scott, of Grenada, are also here
in the interests of the railroad com
pany.
ruent.
through tomorrow.
was using carbolic acid on the wound.
The bottle was placed under the bed
and was forgotten and when the little
child was crawling around, he found
the bottle under the bed, and took It
up and spilled it all over himself,
making a horrible scald.
The family have the sympathy of
a host of friends In their sad bereave
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SONS OF HERMAN MEET.
Great Falls, Mont., August28.—Sons
of Herman of Montana
Great Fall* today for the state con-\
vention of the order, which will lasAW
bled