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HATTIESBURG, MISSISSIPPI. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 9, 1908
PRICE FIVE CENTS
NEGRO BRUTE PAYS PENALTY
OF AWFUL CRIME AT OXFORD
Assaulted Young White Woman,
Then Cut Her Throat From
Ear to Ear.
INFURIATED CITIZENS
SWING HIM TO A LIMB
More Than Half of the Citizens of
Lafayette County Said to Have par
ticipated to the Lynching—Sheriff
Completely Overpowered.
Daily News Special.
Oxford, Miss., September 9.—Law
Son Hatton,' a negro, who criminally
assaulted and afterward murdered
Mrs. M. McMillan, a young white wo
man, near this city yesterday after
noon, was taken from the Lafayette
County jail and hanged by a mob of
infuriatetd white citizens soon after
1 o'clock this morning.
The crime which Hatton committed
one of the most brutal In the crim
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Anal gpiials of the state. Mrs. McMll
Ittn'B husband is serving a sentence in
the Oxford jail and Hatton was sqnt
to the McMillan home to deliver a
McMillan
message. He found Mrs.
alone and little ns known of the strug
gle that ensued further than the brief
:statement of the woman, who was
found by neighbors with her throat cut
from ear to ear. A bloody knife was
lying near her body on the floor. Re
storatives were administered and she
regained consciousness long enough to |
charge Hatton with the crime and to
say that she had been criminally as
saulted by the black brute.
Mrs. McMillan died shortly after
wards.
POSSE IS ORGANIZED.
The news of the crime spread rapid
ly, as the McMillan home is less than
a mile from the county court house. A
posse of citizens was soon scouring the
woods for the negro, who was finally
found crouching behind a tree and
•opened fire on his pursuers. Several
shots were exchanged before Hatton
received a bullet wound in the arm
and was forced to surrender. He was
carried to town and lodged in the coun
ty jail. This was about 4:30 o'clock
In the afternoon.
Several times during the evening
crowds gathered about the jail and
^Greatened to lynch the negro, but cool
heads prevailed and darkness arrived
without demonstration.
Early in the night armed men began
These
to arrive from the country,
were augmented by the townspeople
until the Jail yard was crowded to
overflowing. By midnight it seemed
that half of
the population of the
county was present. The sheriff ap-^
Beared on the scene, but was soon
Overpowered. He had hidden 1 tyi keys,
however, and said that he would die
before he would tell where to find
them.
An effort was then made to batter
down the Jail doors, but the structure
withstood the onslaughts with axes
and ether instruments. A window
shutter was prized open and several
shots were fired at the negro, who waB
crouched in a corner of the cell. Sev
eral of the shots took effect as evi
denced by the cries of the victim. The
sheriff then unlocked the door and the
mob surged In. A rope was secured
and tied around the negro's neck. He
was then dragged into the jail yard
and swung to the limb of a convenient
tree. The mob then dispersed, appar
ently satisfied with Its work.
The officers of the law pleaded with
the mob to spare the brute and save
the good name of the town as a peace
able community, hut they might just
as well have been talking to the wind.
Their words and their efforts had no
more weight than does the dew on the
monarch oak. The white people of the
community were determined to avenge
the victim of the black brute's lust,
and they went about it in a business
like way. A regiment of soldiers at
the jail doors could not have stopped
the mob, so Infuriated had its members
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Methodists Will Make
Effort to Defeat the
Speaker.
Hearst News Service. - *
Chicago, September 9.—Eighteen
bishops of the Methodist Church have
united in a plea to the voters of the
district to defeat Joseph G. Cannon for
re-election to congress.
The opposition to Speaker Cannon is
based on the fact that he opposed
the passage of the Littlefield bill which
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The Christian Advocate, of this city,
the organ of the Methodist Church
in the Northwest, today contains a
letter signed by the bishops appeal
ing to the members of the denomina
tion to vote against Cannon first, last
and all th^ time.
Mr. Kennab McLendon has moved
back to Hattiesburg after a short so
journ of several months at Energy,
Miss.
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Washington, September 9.—For Mis
sissippi: Fair in interior tonight or
Thursday; showers on coast.
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FAST GOING
* Hearst News Service.
New York, September 9.—A fast-go
ing automobile today ran into a group
of children at New Brighton on Staten
Island. Henry Schumaker, aged 6,
was Instantly killed and Elmer Meyers,
aged 5, and Henry Perina, aged 5,
were probably fatally injured. 'The
children were playing in the road.
TAKES CHARGE
Hearst News Service.
Sydney, N. S. W., September 9.—
Lord Dudley, the new governor general
arrived in Sydney this morning. Af
ter taking the oath of office, he left for
Melbourne on the cruiser Powerful,
where he will hold a conference with
the officials of the republic.
* VETERAN IS DEAD.
Hearst News Service.
Leavenworth, Kan., September 9.—
i Captain John F, Moore, of the Fif
teenth Infantry, is dead at Fort Leav
enworth, after a brief illness from ty
phoid fever.
ORVILLE WRIGHT BREAKS
WORLD'S AERIAL RECORD
Hearst News Service.
Washington, September 9.—On the
parade grounds at Fort Meyer this
morning, Orville Wright, on his aero
plane, stayed in the air for 58 minutes
and 31 seconds.
The flight was a trial one and when
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Des Moines, Iowa, September 9.—
Governor Albert B. Cummins will not
be elected to the United States senate
to succeed the late Senator Allison if a
comblnatlon of the "stand pat" Re
publicans and Democrats in the legis
lature can prevent ft.
Forty-two stand-pat Republican sena
tors and forty-five Democrats yester
day refused to support Cummins. The
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Three Railroads Consolidate at
Meeting Held in Mobile For
That Purpose.
STOCKHOLDERS RATIFY
ACTION Of DIRECTORS
Consolidated Company Will Be Known
as the New Orleans, Mobile and Chi
cago Railroad and Two New Lines
Will Be Constructed.
Mobile, Ala., September 9.—At a
joint meeting of the shareholders of
the Mobile, Jackson and Kansas City,
Gulf and Chicago and New Orleans,
Mobile and Chicago Railroads, held in
this city last night, a merger of the
three lines was formally effected.
The new consolidated company will
be known as the New Orleans, Mobile
and Chicago Railroad. The officers
L. S. Berg, president; W. F.
are;
Owen, general manager; H. M. Hood,
auditor; George W. Crary, secretary
and treasurer.
It is understood that securities ag
gregating $3,000,000 will at once be
placed on the market and that the
northern end of the road will be
pushed to a point on the Mississippi
River near Cairo as speedily as possi
ble.
Surveys have been completed for the
New Orleans extension, soon to be
constructed from a point on the Mo
bile, Jackson and Kansas City near
Ovette to the Louisiana metropolis. It
Is said that work on this line will not
begin until the northern extension is
completed, but there is no doubt of
the company's intention to get into
New Orleans at the earliest possible
moment, terminal facilities having al
ready been secured there.
he came down Wright said that he
could have remained in the air ten
minutes longer without trouble.
The flight this morning beats by
many minutes the world's record and
seems to assure the success of the in
ventor in the official trial to be held
shortly.
Democrats cast their ballots for Por
ter. The standpatters cast their votes
for Various Republican members. Only
sixty-five votes were cast for Cum
mins, which Is far from the majority
vote necessary to elect,
The standpatters will not support
Porter and the Democrats will not sup
port a Republican candidate. A dead
lock is compelled to result.
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FOR LAUREL
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Railroad Commission Issues An
Order to Roads Entering That
Thriving City.
FALKNER WILL HAVE
M. J. & K. C. STATION
Many Other Railroad Matters Are Dis
posed of by the Railroad Commiss on
in Its Regular Semi-Monthly Session !
at Jackson.
Daily News Special.
Jackson, Miss., September 9.—The
railroad commission finished its semi
monthly session last night and ad
journed, after a two days' sitting and
an all day wrangle yesterday with
several railroad officials and attorneys
about many matters of very little pub
lic consequence, and a few matters of
somewhat greater importance.
One of the first things disposed of
was the passage of an Thf the
erection of a union passenger station
at Laurel by the Gulf and Ship
Island, New Orleans and Northeastern
and Mobile, Jackson and Kansas City
Railroads, the station to be completed
by March 1, 1909, and agreed plans to
be filed within thirty days. This peti
DEMOCRATIC LEADER
Makes Strong Plea For Principles
of Local Self Government and
States' Rights.
FEDERAL DOMINATION
IS DANGEROUS FACTOR
State Courts Should Have Liberal
Jurisdiction and Federal Judges
Should Be Restrained From Promik
cuous Intermedling.
Hearst News Service.
Peoria, 111., September 9.—Thousands
of Illinois Democrats are gathering in
Peoria today to extend a greeting to
Wllliaih J. Bryan, whose address will
be a feature of the Democratic state
convention.
Peoria, 111., September 9.—William
Jennings Bryan, Democratic nominee
for president, addressed Democrats of
Illinois in this city today on the sub
ject of "The State and the Nation,"
outlining the policy of the party on
the question of States' rights. He
said:
The success of our system of govern-,
ment rests upon the careful observ
ance of the constutional division of
power between the state and the na
tion. A number of expressions have
been coined to describe the relations
existing between the federal govern
ment and the several subdivisions,
but no one has been more felicitlous in
definitions than Jefferson or more ac
curate In drawing lines of demarkation.
He presented the historic position of
the Democratic party when he declar
ed himBelf in favor of "the support of
of the state governments In all their
rights, as the most complete admin
istrations for our domestic concerns
and the surest bulwarks against anti
republican tendencies," and "the pres
ervation of the general government in
its whole constitutional vigor, as the
sheer anchor of our safety at home
and peace abroad." The democratic
platform, adopted at Denver, quotes
HATTIESBURG MAT SECURE
LOCATION OF LARGE PLANT
tion had been pending for some time,
and the commission had heard and con- i
sidered every phase of the situation, j
The Yazoo and Mississippi Valley j
Railroad Company was ordered to
open and maintain the side track at
Casey's gin, Rolling Fork, within ten
days.
The Mobile, Jackson and Kansas!
City Railroad was ordered to build a
new depot at Falkner, to be completed j
within ninety days, and plans to be i
submitted within thirty days.
The Postal Telegraph Company was j
granted permission to close its office
at Trotter's Point.
The Mobile, Jackson and Kansas
was ordered to build a new depot
at Ripley, to be completed by Jan. 1,
1909, plans to be filed within thirty
days.
City
The Gulf and Ship Island and Mis
sissippi Central were ordered to make
stops for connections
at Silver Creek.
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The petition of the Mobile, Jackson j
and Kansas City Railroad for permis-!
sion to remove Carter's switch, near j
Leurel, was granted. I
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Permission was granted to the Louis
ville and Nashville to change the name
of the station at Clermont City to Bor
deaux, to conform to the name of the
postoffice there and to avoid confu
sion with another place In the state
failed Clermont. A condition was im
posed, however, reqi!*ri n £ I l le com
pany to divide its waiting roorrf at that
place for the separation of the races.
All other matters on the docket were
either dismissed for one reason or
another, or continued until the next
meeting.
the language of Jefferson and declares
that it expresses the party's position
at this time.
It would be almost as difficult to
maintain a free, self-governing repub
lic over a large area and with a large
population without state governments
as it would be to maintain such a re
public without a general government.
The interests of the different parts of
the country are so varied, and the
matters requiring legislative attention
so numerous that it would be impos
sible to have all of the work done at
the national Capitol. One has only to
examine the bills introduced in each
Congress, and then add to the number
the bills introduced at the legislative
sessions of each of the forty-six states,
to realize that it would be beyond the
power of any body of men to legislate
intelligently on the multitude of ques
tions that require consideration.
Not only would national legislators
lack the time necessary for investiga
tion, and therefore lack the Informa
tion necessary to wise decision, hut
the indifference of representatives in
one part of the country to local mat
ters In other parts of the country
would invite the abuse of power. Then,
too, the seat of government would be
so far from the great majority of the
voters as to prevent that scrutiny of
public conduct which is essential to
clean and honest government,
union of the separate states under a
federal government offers the only
plan that can adapt itself to indefinite
extension.
Our constitution expressly reserves
to the states and to the people re
spectively ail powers not delegated to
the federal government, and only by
respecting this division of powers can
we hope to keep the will of the people.
Because in ail disputes as to the rela
tive spheres of the nation and the
states the final decision rests with the
federal courts, the tendency is natural
ly toward centralization, and greater
care is required to preserve the reserv
ed rights of the states than to main
tain the authority of the general gov
ernment.
In recent years another force has
been exerting an increasing influence
in extending the authority of the cent
ral government. I refer to the great
corporations. They prefer th efederal
courts to the state courts, and employ
every possible device to drag litigants
The
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Will Manufacture Machinery That
Will Be New and of Valua
ble Character.
WILL EMPLOY LARGE
NUMBER OF WORKMEN
Nothi'ng Definite to Give Out, Only
the Plant Is Considering Hatties
burg as a Location and Efforts Will
Be Made to Bring It Here.
The Commercial Club is now figur
j n g ou securing one of the largest
plants that Hattiesburg has ever had.
and while there is no absolute cer
tainty that the plant will be secured.
yet there has been several things to
cause those who have been investigat
ing to believe that Hattiesburg has a
fine chance to get the plant. v
The matter was discussed informally
last night at a meeting of the board
Of directors of the Commercial Club,
but it was decided not to give out the
name or location of the plant that it
is hoped to bring here. This decision
was made for obvious reasons and no
definite Information will be given out >
until the matter is further considered,
new
It is known, however, that the
concern will manufacture a certain
kind of machinery that will be new in
its line. In other words it will be
chinery that will "sell like wildfire"
when put upon the market.
The corporation which has been
considering Hattiesburg as a location
is said to be a large one and the plant
will be an immense affair.
The com
pany will want twenty acres for its
new plant, and, of course, will have
no difficulty in securing this. It is ex
pected that 500 men will be employed
from the start, and that this number
will be rapidly increased.
This is about all the Daily News is
at liberty to say about the new enter
prise at this time, but it hopes to give
some definite information later. The
matter is now being properly handled
and if the enterprise is what is ex
pected of it, no effort will be spared to
locate it in Hattiesburg.
GOOD ROADS
IN ALABAMA
Birmingham, Ala., September 9.—
United States Senator John H. Bank
head, who has been on the stump for
the past several weeks in the interest
of the passage of the Overton good
roads bill, when interviewed here to
day, said that he had every reason to
believe that the measure would pass
the legislature without difficulty.
CARS COLLIDE
TWENTY HURT
Philadelphia, September 9,—An un
known man was fatally injured and
twenty other passengers badly hurt
this morning in a head-on collision be
tween two trolley cars on a bridge
spanning the Schuylkill River.
POSTAL CLERKS
Birmingham, Ala., September 9.—
The convention of United States Pos
tal Clerks today listened to an ad
dress by Chief Potter, of the salaries
bureau of the postoffice department.
Several resolutions were passed by
the convention endorsing the parcels
post and the postal savings bank
movement.
Tacoma, Washington, Atlantic City
N. J., and San Antonio, Tex., are each
making a hard fight to secure the next
annual convention. •