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THE HATTIESBURG NEWS
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VOL II.—NO. 255
HATTIESBURG. MISSISSIPPI. THURSDAY AFTERNOON. DECEMBER 24, 1908.
SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS
FERGUSON ASSAULTED
BY DESPERATE NEGRO
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Popular Railroad Conductor Now
in New Orleans Hospital,
But Will Recover.
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WOULD-BE ASSASSIN
CAPTURED LAST NIGHT
Is Now in Jail at Clidell, La., Accord
ding to Reports—Injured Man Is
Well Known and Popular in Hatties
burg. •
Information was received in Hatties
burg last night to the effect that Con
ductor S. J. Ferguson, familiarly call
ed 'Sid" Ferguson by his friends, who
are a legion, was seriously cut by a
negro at the Pearl river crossing on
the Northeastern railroad last even
ing.
Mr. Ferguson was the conductor on
the passenger train that passes Hat
tiesburg at about 5 p. m. The train
was about half an hour late yesterday
afternoon and when it reached Pearl
river, It came to a stop and blew the
whistle, as is the custom. A negro
got on the train and when it was pull
ing out, some words were had between
him and Conductor Ferguson, the ne
gro being drunk and disorderly. The
negro whipped out a knife and at
tempted to cut Mr. Ferguson's throat.
Kt almost succeeded in the attempt
and cut a great gash in the conductor's
throat, and but for the fact that the
knife struck his jaw bone, it is prob
able that Mr. Ferguson would have
raet witlh Instant death. As it was, he
was seriously wounded, but it is be
lieved that he stands a chance to re
He was carried on to New Or
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leans and upon reaching that city he
was carried to a hospital, where his
wound was dressed and where it was
stated this morning that he was do
ing as well as could be expected under
the circumstances.
Mr. Ferguson is a brother-in-law of
Judge Bolton of this city, and from the
information that Judge Bolton receiv
ed last night and this morning, it
appears that Mr. Ferguson stands a
fine chance for recovery and the be
lief was expressed to the judge over
the phone that Mr. Ferguson would
be out in a few days.
After using his knife on Mr. Fergu
son the negro jumped from the train
and made his way into the dense for
ests. Bloodhounds were placed upon
the trail and the negro was captured
some time during the night and car
ried to Slidell, where he will have to
answer to the charge of assault with
Intent to kill.
Mr. Ferguson lives in Meridian, but
is well-known in Hattiesburg, and all
along the line of the Northeastern and
is one of the most popular conductors
on the road.
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WANTED IN LAUREL.
Deputy Sheriff Dan McGilvray this
morning arrested Lonnie Cooper, a
negro, who is, wanted in Laurel, but
the deputy was not informed as to
the charge against the negro. An of
ficer from Laurel is expected to come
for Cooper this afternoon.
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Washington, D. C., Dec. 24.—For
Mississippi: Generally fair tonight
and Friday; warmer tonight .q
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❖ CHILD'S DEAD BODY
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Somerville. N. J., Dec. 24.—A <•
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❖ few days. The child's body was •>
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RUSH WORK ON
NEW GUNBOATS
AT PORTSMOUTH
Portsmouth, N. H., December 24.—
Orders have been received by the
navy yards here to rush work on the
construction on the gunboats, Paduach
and Marietta, now undergoing re
pairs. It .is believed that they are
wanted for use in Venezuelan waters
In the event of trouble, which is now
seriously feared in governmental cir
cles.
FREIGHT WRECK
DELAYED TRAINS
A freight train was wrecked on the
New Orleans and Northeastern early
this morning between Pearl river and
Honey Island. The engine and one
or two cars were derailed. The en
gineer and fireman jumped, and it is
stated that no one was hurt te any
considerable extent.
The wreck caused Nos. 4 and 6 to he
several hours late in reaching Hat
tiesburg.
FIERCE BATTLE FOUGHT
IN VENEZUELA YESTERDAY
Hearst News Service.
Willemstadt, Dec. 24.—In a clash
between the thousands of people who
had gathered for a demonstration in
support of President Gomez and a
remnant of Castro's party, two of the
Castroians were killed and hundreds
injured on both sides.
The United States gunboat Dolphin
is now in the harbor here and the
residents of the city gave, the vessel
RAILROAD TRAFFIC
EXCEEDINGLY HEAVY
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Railroad travel in and out of Hat
tiesburg has been unusually large
yesterday and today.- Nearly all of the
trains have been late on account of
the crowds that have been taking ad
vantage of the holiday rates.
There is one significant fact that has
long been noted concerning Hatties
burg, and that is that the trains are
almost emptied of passengers when
they reach Hattiesburg, and a new set
DEFENDS THE RAILROADS
Hearst News Service.
New York, Decembei
chants Association' qM
adopted resolution^!
the leglslatures^^^H
slons of tiie^^Hta'
every influa^H -
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^h^rk lias
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cominis
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one killed;
THREE HURT
Many Women and Children
Rescued From Flames By
New York Firemen.
Hearst News Service.
New York, December 24.—One man
was killed and three persons seri
ously Injured In a fire that gutted a
building at 155 on Fifteenth street
this morning. The quick work of the
firemen saved the lives of many wo
men and children who occupied the
structure, which was a large tene
ment.
The dead are:
DANIEL FRIZELL, aged 35,
electrician boarding with the Looker
family.
The injured are
Mrs. Alice Looker, aged 43, burns
all over her body, will probably die.
Charles Looker, aged 25, severe
burns on the head and face.
Daniel Mullen, a fireman, badly
burned on the arms and shoulders.
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FIRED INTO FAST
TRAIN LAST NIGHT
Daily News Specla'
.jackson, Miss., Dec. 24.—An un
known person tired a pistol bullet
through a west-bound Alabama and
Vicksburg Railroad train near Lake,
Miss., last night.
The train was running at a rate of
fifty miles an hour and was crowded
with passengers. The bullet passed
through .one of the day coaches nar
rowly missing the head of Conductor
Ramsey.
A squad of railroad detectives were
sent to the scene this morning to in
vestigate. A similar outrage occurred
within two miles of the same spot
ten days ago.
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a noisy welcome on its arrival at 8
a. m.
DE PAUL HAS VAMOOSED.
The Hague., Dec. 24.—-Tile foreign
office has received official continua
tion from Willemstadt, Curacoa, today
that the former foreign minister, Jesus
De Paul, has left Caracas for Paris
and that The Hague is to open ne
gotiations for the settlement of Vene- i
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of passengers is taken on.
A great many peoople are in Hat- j
tiesburg today, having come from j
near-by towns to do their shopping. ,
The merchants of the city have been !
reaching out for the trade of the Hat
tiesburg territory and they are fast
geting acquainted with the trade "that
should come here. It is a fact, be
yond dispute, that Hattiesburg's out
of-town trade is growing at a very
gratifying rate.
of normal conditions on American rail
roads. Legislaltors are urged to enact
only wise and just legislation and to
epseclally refrain from the passage of
laws that are calculated to retard the
development of railroad construction
and improvement.
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/l«H Blessed Christ Child horn so long ago.
In lowly manger, though ol royal line,
We bend our heads in adoration low
And in our hearts acknowledge Thee divine,
For Thou, Oh Son ol God, who in Thy love
, Perceived our low estate and set us Iree
Midst
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ast ample prool Thy birth
By daily Id
was from above
e ol loving ministry.
What wonder, then, that angels winged their flight
From realms ol glory to our world, and then
Above Judea s plains awoke the night
With strains ol "Peace
Or that the shepherds, watching o er their sheep.
Entranced by song they heard the angels sing.
Should leave their docks nor longer vigil keep
Till they had knell in worship to their King
Or that the magi from the east alar
Should render homage and bestow gilts,
Led as they were bv truths unerring star
To manger cradle which the world uplifts!
And so as with these simple men and seers
We worship and bring gilts ol myrrh and gold.
Oh take away our doubtings and lear.
That we Thy lace in beauty may behold.
Not now, as then, a babe in Bethlehem,
(Sweet as the sentiment such story brings)
But rather in some New Jerusalem
As Prince ol Peace, as Lord and King ol kings.
on earth, good will to men.
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Patterson, N. J„ December 7, 1908.
POSTOFFICE IS CROWDED,
EXPRESS OFFICE BUSY;
STREETS ARE THRONGED
There has been a rush in send
ing away Christmas presents from ■
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Hattiesburg.
Yesterday the stamp window at the
postoffice was crowded nearly all day
by people who wanted to send off pack
ages. They wanted to buy stamps and
have their packages weighed to see
how much postage they would require.
Today has been pretty much a repi
tition of yesterday's scenes about the
postoffice, the ladies lately predom
inating in sending away packages.
What is true of the postoffice, is
also true of the express office. An
immense number of packages have
GENERAL BELL
WANTS BIG ARMY
Wasington, D. C., Dec. 24.—General
Bell, chief of staff, in his annual re
port made public today, says that the
United States army is entirely suf
ficient to maintain land defenses and
that there is no chance of recruiting
from the body of citizens, as the ma
jority of civilians do not know how to
shoot, nor to take care of themselves
away from the coddling warmth of a
steam radiator.
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Justice Fred E. Crans, before whom
the Hains' trial is being held.
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been sent away by express.
However,
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matter for today both the postoffice
and express office have- had large
numbers of packages to deliver, that
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have been sent ti
Hattiesburg by
friends and relatives to their loved
ones.
The holiday rush has been as great
as ususal. The merchants all had a
fine trade yesterday and many of them
are having more today than they have
had at all. A vast number of Christ
presents of various and sundry
kinds have been bought and many peo
ple will he made happy tomorrow by
loving remembrances.
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FARMERS' CONGRESS
MEETS AT RALEIGH
Washington,
J. C., Dec. 24.—The
executive committee of the Farmers'
-rational Congress has elected Raleigh,
N. C., as the meeting place for 1909.
A FINE BOY.
Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Gray are re
ceiving numerous congratulations to
day over the arrival of a lovely little
| ten-poufld boy, who made his appear-1
ance this morning.
bji-n for sometime investigating the j
cause, and endeavoring to place the j
responsibility, for the terrible wreck i
The grand jury in New Orleans has ,
that occurred at Little Woods. Nov. 11, j
in which a number of persons lost
their lives, among them, Mr. Travis
and Mrs. Snows of this place. On yes
terday they returned indictmnts
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against several parties, but they fail
ed to announce which company, the
New Orleans and Northeastern or the
Great Northern, was responsible for
the wreck. It has been generally be
lieved that the greatest measure of
responsibility attached to the Great
Northern, because it was the train
of that company that telescoped the
Northeastern train, and It has been
asserted that the engineer of the
Great Northern had been warned of
the danger and recklessly disregarded
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FREE SCHRDE
FUND SHOWS!
SMALL GAINS
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Distribution oi the State Money
Will Be Made Early in
the New Year.
STATE TREASURER
WILL HAVE THE CASH
j Edwards Expects That Tax Collec
i tions Will be Amply Sufficient to
Meet the School Warrants as Rapid
\ ly as They Are Presented.
Jackson,
j school schildren in Mississippi
Dec.
24.—The
711,949 |
get $1.75.5 each out of the $1,230,000 j
distribution of the common school
fund to be sent out between the first ^
and the tenth of January, against a !
ill ,
per capita allotment of $1.88.8 last j
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The per capita allotment has just \
been figured out on this basis by State i
Superintendent Powers, who states (
that the warrants will he sent out as
early after the first of January as !
possible, and not later than the tenth. |
This being the year following a new '
enumeration of the children, and for !
this reason there has been a lot of i
figuring. checking and rechecking, the !
sending of reports back and forth and
other details necessary to an accurate
apportionment of the fund, and owing j
year.
to the fact that some of the county j
superintendents have not been prompt
in their responses; it will be im
I possible to get the warrants out
! promptly.
Treasurer Edwards states that, in
his opinion, the warrants will be paid
j upon their presentation after January
1 j 10. Judging by the experience of last
year, when $1.(546,000 in taxes was
paid in during the month of January
he figures I hat by that time there will
be enough money in hand from that
and other sources to take up the pres
ent deficit of between $500,
$600,000.
and
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The falling off of more than thirteen j
cents per capita this year is due to j
an increase in the number of educable |
children, with no increase at all in {
appropriation for the common school !
fund, which has stood at $2,500,000 for
the past four years, despite the most
persistent efforts of the educational
leaders in the legislature of 1908.
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SUSPENDED FROM
N. Y. EXUHANGE
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j kerage firm of Spader ,v Company has ,
been suspended from the exchange
for a term of three years.
New York, December 24.—Marshall
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be eventually threshed out in the j
courts and it is probably that a num- j
her of suit will be filed against the
This is a matter that will
tlio same.
two roads jointly, in which case the
courts will have to fix the responsibil
ity. The following telegram, sent out
from New Oloans. tells of the llndiugs
of the grand jury:
New Orleans, Dec. 23.—As a result
of the disastrous wreck on the New !
Orleans and Northeastern Railroad a j
few miles out of New Orleans on No- j
vember 11, in which ten lives were i
lost, and a dozen more persons severe- j
ly injured, the grand jury in session j
here today returned indictments l
charging manslaughter against the fol
lowing:
N. G. Pearsall, general superintend
ent of the New Orleans Great North
ern.
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{FLETCHER IS
SEATED FOR
A FUEL TERM
Governor Noel is Reticent
the
on
Subject. But Fletchers Ad -
Are Confident.
mirers
BARNETT AND SMITH
ARE NOT WORKING
Either Gentleman Would Accept the
Appointment, but Both Seem to
Take it for Granted That Fletcher
Will be Named.
| Daily News Special,
Jackson, Dec. 24.—That Associate
j Justice It. V. Fletcher, of the supreme
court, will be appointed to succeed
^ himself when his term expires on
! the 10th of May, next, is now an al
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j most unanimous conclusion in well
j informed legal circles.
\ Careful inquiry among those who
i ought to know, however, elicits the
( fact that Governor Noel has not inti
mated, even to his closest personal
! friends, what he intends to do in the
| matter, but these self-same friends
' frankly admit that the governor can
! hardly do otherwise than reappoint
i Judge Fletcher, for a storm of indig
! nant protest from the bar of the state
would follow any other action on the
part of the chief executive, since more
j than ninety per cent, of the local bar
j associations have sent in petitions ask
itig thal Justice Fletcher be retained,
While Judge Sydney Smith, of Lex
ington, and Hon. D. R. Barnett, of
Yazoo City, have stated that they
would accept the supreme judgship
if tendered, they are not making any
efforts to secure endorsements from
the bar outside of their respective
counties, so far as can be learned.
That Governor Noel holds Justice
Fletcher in the very highest regard
was of course shown when he named
him to fill the unexpired term of Jus
tice S. S. Calhoon, and since he has
j formally announced himself as an as
j jdrant for the full term, his friends
j believe that the governor cannot af
| ford to discount one of his own selec
{ tions for the bench by giving the place
! to another aspirant,
OHIO CITY HAS
SERIOUS FIRE
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Hearst News Service.
Lima, O., Dec. 24.—Fire which start
I ed in a livery stable here this morn
I ing and for a time threatened the
, control just before daylight Fifteen
houses were burned and the financial
destruction of the entire business dis
tract of the city was gotten under
luss is heavy.
H E. Flanagan, division superin
tendent of the New Orleans and North
eastern.
J. O. Armstead, chief train dispatch.
or of the New Orleans Great Northern,
Henry Slager, conductor, and A. E.
Hudson, engineer, of the New Orleans
and Northeastern, and W. A. Blaclf
burn, engineer of the New Orleans
Great Northern,
! After censuring the New Orleans
j and Northeastern for its alleged tardi
j ness in affording relief to the wreck
i victims, the grand jury recommended
j to the Louisiana railorad commission
j that all railroads entering New Or
l leans be required to maintain relief
trains for instant use and that all lines
in the state be compelled to adopt the
block system of signals,
The indicted men were required to
furnish bond in the sum of $1,000 each.