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HATTIESBURG. MISSISSIPPI. WEDNESDAY. AFTERNOON, MAY 3.1911.
DAILY NEWS, Fnabltshed 1%
DAILY PROGRESS. Established 1896
Consolidated
April 6. 1909
/
ft TRAVIS ON UNIFORM
p
BY STATES
I
means
world
states
tion
ment,
its
a
tice,
vide
the
our
ment
of
the
form
jects.
the
such
ties
This
eous
ing
I EXT OF A VERY ABLE PAPER
UPON A MOST IMPORTANT
SUBJECT.
Document Is Both Interesting And
Instructive, Reflecting Credit On
Author And Bar Association,
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♦ the text of a very •>
a most Important ♦
•> - ibj- -i. read by S. E. Travis, ❖
* K ■; t!,e liar Association meet- •>
v Foi île sake of ab- ♦
•> I "ii .ill citations and refer- ❖
I. <■ omitted: also the •>
of uniform laws ❖
I as pointed out by •>
is; only the statement •>
> i "i 'I" paper being ♦
> Uniform Legislation by •>
. : a gr>. at big ques- •>
but surely forcing ❖
' -el: ; n tie thought not only ❖
u the U; r l.m upon the n inds of ❖
r. • i: king people, and, like •>
til i t:.
A'lichievi
^and I ■
•> Mr. ii;,'
❖ tion, slowly
reform movements, ❖
The ❖
will ueviT go backwards.
•> thought
arch Mr. Travis ❖
ii O I h subject, together •>
and n
•• the virile, able manner in ❖
handled it, makes •>
❖ which ho h
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s red it not only upon author, •>
Bar Association of ❖
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. :i honored member ❖
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G' nil men of Hi"
I" Bar Association:
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but
the honor I
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the
the
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committee in re
j I his paper, and
i "ponsibilily its oc
i . .uni Legislation
been selected be
and important
of inciting
liier Ilian of en
M y atten
'ii reeled seriously to
January of last year,
as a delegate from
; shington Conference
The
the auspices of
Since
constantly
onvinced that the
mi! "imity in state laws,
, ii logical ends, will
, benefits to tile pres
sent
u vie'
!C \Y
'inn Legislation
By
r nil
Id under
u uivic Federation.
ins
hu eject
prost"..
, f tinea k
md con «rations.
i involves so many ques
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and
This FM."
its general scope
i therefore, be confined
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of the purpose,
s and possibilities
, .p for uniformity.
IHHIOU
1 1 lullr. 'i"U, prom
in move
of Government.
, i,e movement desire
,n crament, but sim
\jo New Form
■ end improve existing
application of old
Tlie
tli
in
paged conditions.
, , lt laws by different
far as the rec
suggested it.
became too
ça ne'
ses first
,rew nation
and the ten sepa
, i independencies were
governed by men
,n. those selected to
"known
nf Its ov
and
iding"
r
said, "Ye shall
well for
P
, of law, as
me of your own
• of law" is all
!
mannet
of uniformity now
f
■Oil"
friends
hat tl.*
M'k.
The 1 ,Mori«» of the «' vilized na,1 ° nS
".„■liest times
- the same princi
a indications of
A fortuity of action by Indepen
g intend'd for their corn
resulted in many
I'h
dent mitions
, .•„fr'l'TIl"' 1 ' 1 " "ltd ^
,i, . I'lni'ksMPdUgpis^SK^^^
I
has been
means by the civilized nations of the
world during the present generation.
Uniformity of action by Independent
states gave to this country the Declara
tion of Independence, the Articles of
Confederation, and, finally, the instru
ment, the purposes of which were in
its preamble declared to be, "To form
more perfect Union, establish jus
tice, insure domestic tranquility, pro
vide for the common defense, promote
the general welfare, and secure the
blessings of liberty to ourselves and
our posterity." .
Hence, uniformity of action by inde
pendent states established the govern
ment under which we today enjoy the
"blessing of liberty" and the pursuits
of happiness. The United States Con
stituion, as subsequently construed by
the Supreme Court, erected a dual
form of government. It gave us the
national government, which, though
limited in its objects, is supreme and
sovereign with respect to those ob
jects. At the same time, it contem
plated the perpetuity of the states in
the exercises of all the powers not del
egated to the general government, nor
prohibited to them, each state to be
supreme and sovereign with respect to
such powers, and the two sovereign
ties to act harmoniously within their
respective spheres in fulfillment of a
single purpose, a common destiny.
This was a departure, a new form of
government—two independent and
sovereign powers exercising simultan
eous jurisdiction within the same ter
ritorial limits, each acting, or suppos
ing to act, within its prescribed or
proper sphere, the conjoint action to
produce a single complete, effective
system.
is
are
ment
who
last
from
said
of
to
il
a
of
The Dual System.
The government, when thus estab
lished with two branches of sovereign
,y^ one tpe united States, the oth
er the separate states, began develop
mont under this new, dual system.
The legislation of the general govern
ment, having general jurisdiction, was
necessarily of uniform application;
1
but the states, left to work out their
I several destinies under their reserved
I powers, paid little attention each to
the other, the result being that each
state made its own laws, many of
which were different to, or in conflict
with, the laws of other states. This
diversity is attributable, largely, to the
conditions existing at the beginning of
the government.
widely separated and the population
The means of travel and in
Settlements were
sparce.
tercourse were crude. They had no
railroads, no steamboats, no tele
graphs, no telephones. Their inland
commerce was limited, and there was
little occasion for exchange of ideas
among, or uniformity of action by, the
states.
Onward March of Civilization.
However, the onward march of civ
soon wrought wonderful
ilization
changes. Population increased rapid
ly; wildernesses were converted into
fertile fields ;
railways, steamboats, and the tele
graph united widely separated locali
ties; products of the soil, factory and
forest filled the arteries of trade; the
highways, postroads,
people enjoyed free and easy inter
course; industrial activity grew and
extended beyond state lines to the re
motest bounds of the country; and
business and commerce expanded to
lhe extent of feeling the retarding and
paralyzing effects of conflicting state
The farmer, whose market was
laws.
beyond his own state line, soon learned
that he must consult the laws of two
when he purchased a farm
it.
too
states;
partly ip two states, lie had to consult
two lawyers and accept two deeds, or
have the one dead to conform to the
conflicting requirements of the tqro
The manufacturer who
jurisdictions,
wished to sell his products in all the
states was required to know and obey
the laws of all the states as regards
those products. The man who did bus
iness or had property in two or more
The sale valid in
to
for
states was "at sea."
state was void in lhe other;
all
the one
the transaction conformed to the laws
of the one state, violated the laws of
the other: the corporation lawful in
state was unlawful in the
the one
other; and articles of commerce, mov
ing to their destinations, met new bur
dens and restrictions at each succes
sive state line. Men met with con
fusion and perplexity on every hand.
to "wake up" and
nS
corn
^
They wen
saw, as the result,
n page four.)
MR.
JUDGE FOR THE
M'NAMARA TRIAL
Accused Man Again Identified as a
Suspect—Arraignment
to Start.
a
of
or
to
HIS
(By Associated Press.)
Los Angeles, Cal., May 3.—Since it
is virtually assured Judge Walter
Bardwell , of the Superior Court, will
preside at the trial of McNamara,
charged with dynamiting the Times
building, both prosecution and defense
are prepared for the formal arraign
ment of the prisoners today.
D. F. Young has identified James
McNamara as one of the party of four
who sailed with him in September of
last year on the steamer Mandaly
from San Pedro to San Francisco. He
said one asked him about the location
of the explosion plants in the neigh
borhood of San Francisco. According
to Y'oung, inquirer answered the
description of M. A. Schmitz.
HIGH
at
who
E.
of
of
A.
the
il
TRUST" HAS
A MIGHTY GRIP
According to Declarations Before In
vestigating Committee of
the Senate.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, May 3.—A declaration
that the "Trust" grips the entire shoe
manufacturing industry of the United
States was made today by the senate
committee on finance, which began the
hearings in the Canadian reciprocity
bill. The middle west manufacturers
told the committee they were practi
cally at the mercy of the United States
Shoe Machinery Company of Boston.
Investigation of the United States
Steel Corporation, charged with being
a "trust," was practically assured to
day, when the house committee on
rules voted to report favorably on the
Stanley resolution of inquiry.
Renewal of the Lortmer investiga
tion was provided for today by the Sen
ate committee on contingent expenses
of such an inquiry. A fight is ex
pected when the report comes up to
morrow.
to
of
the
of
in
LICENSE TO MARRY
ISSUED TO TWO COUPLES.
no
tele
was
the
Marriage license were issued by the
circuit clerk yesterday to the follow
ing:
T. A. Belew and Miss Katie Caleoat.
both of Hattiesburg.
Amos A. Ross and Miss Josephine
Kiser. Mr. Ross lives in New Orleans.
civ
into
tele
locali
and
the
AMERICANS SAID
TO RE PENNED DP
(By Associated Press.)
Douglas, Ariz., May 3.—Refugees
from Mexico today say thousands of
Americans are penned up in Mazatlin
unable to flee because of several rail
road connections being abandoned,
and cannot get word to Washington
to send a war ship to take them away.
Before communication was interrupt
ed, it was learned that Mexican gun
boats prevented egress by sea while
the rebels surrounded the land side.
inter
and
re
and
to
and
state
was
two
farm
consult
or
the
tqro
who
TO BUILD GREAT BRIDGE.
(By Union Associated Press.)
Portland, Ore., May 3—Material is j
now on the way to Oregon for the
building of the railroad bridge across
Crooked river, which will be the great
est feat ever attempted in the history
of western railroad construction. The
bridge will consist of a single canti
lever arch, spanning the Big canyon
of Crooked river and the railroad track
will be 325 feet above the water. The
gorge is 340 feet across.
the
obey
regards
bus
more
in
other;
laws
of
in
the
mov
bur
succes
con
hand.
and
SOUTHERN HOTEL MEN.
(By Union Associated Press.)
Atlanta, Ga., May 3.—Hotel owners
and managers from all over Dixie are
the guests of Atlanta hotels today, the
occasion being the convention of the
Southern Hotel Men's Association.
result,
MR. WEATHERLY'S
FINE ADDRESS
WELL RECEIVED
Actual
a
HIS SUBJECT WAS THE "DRIFT
OF REPRESENTATIVE
DEMOCRACY."
peace
and
it
of
He
the
HIGH TRIBUTE TO HATTIESBURG
Commission Form Of Government Fav
ored And Explained—Why It Has
Been a Success.
been
This morning's session of the Mis
sissippi State Bar Association began
at 10 o'clock, with a large attendance,
President W. H. Powell, presiding.
Among the distinguished membets
who have arrived are ex-Congressman
E. J. Bowers and Private John Allen, j
The report of the committee on |
Grievances was read by W. T. Stovall, j
of Okolona, and adopted.
The report of the committee on j
Jurisprudence and Law Reform was I
read. The discussion, however, after
awhile, was postponed until this af
ternoon in order to hear the annual
address of the Association, which was
delivered by Hon. James Weatherly,
of Birmingham, Ala., a member of the
municipal commission of that city.
Mr. Weatherly of Birmingham.
Mr, Weatherly was introduced by
A. F. Fox, of West Point, chairman of
the Board of Directors of the Missis- j
sippi State Association, as a gentle- : s
man of the highest type of patiiotic , t
lawyer," who has made a study of the
(Continued on Page Five.) | Q
tion
ro
of
E!
In
shoe
senate
the
practi
States
States
being
to
on
the
Sen
ex
to
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NATIONAL PEACE
CONGRESS IN SESSION
h
(By Associated Press.)
Baltimore, Md., May 3.—With per
manent peace as the ultimate ideal
and international courts of justice as
the immediate objective point, the
third National Peace Congress con
vened here this afternoon.
President Taft, Cardinal
Andrew Carnegie and other
known peace advocates are on the
afternoon program,
continue until Saturday.
:
Gibbons,!
well!
The sessions will |
State Court Reporters
Effected Organization
The first annual meeting of the Mis-1
sissippi Court Reporters' Association
was held Tuesday in the county court
„ , '
house, where a permanent organiza
„ , j
tion was effected.
The following members were in at
tendance:
J. L. Barton. Winona; C. R. Bolton,
Pontotoc; R. L. Murphy, Gulfport; R.
B. Draper, Batesville; T. M. DeLoach,
Vicksburg; J. L. Ward, Meridian; G.
H. Harden, Hattiesburg; W. K. Wil
B. Frith, Brook
A. B. Comings, Senatobia;
kins, Jackson; C.
haven ;
W. M. Campbell, R. L. Payton, M. O.
Thrapp, of Jackson and E. F. Huddles
ton, of Hattiesburg.
Officers were elected as follows for
Bay Street Presbyterian
Church Free of Indebtedness
j
The beautiful Bay Street Presbyte I
rian church, through the untiring ef
forts and devoted work of the West
Minister Ladies' Aid Society, was on I
Sunday relieved of the last penny of j
indebtedness contracted for its con
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❖
THE WEATHER.
4
Washington, D. C., May 3.
❖ Fair tonight and Thursday, pre- ❖
❖ ceded by rain on the coast to- ❖
❖ night.
MEXICAN ENVOYS
READY FOR TASK
Actual Peace Negotiations Bid Fair to
Progress—Amistice
be Soon ii
its
his
to
tor
it
Extended.
(By Associated Press.)
El Paso, Tex., May 3.—With Judge
Carabajal, the Mexican government
peace envoy, already on the ground
and Governor Ahumada, of Chihuahua,
delegated to act in an advisory ca
pacity, it is expected that actual peace
negotiations hid fair to be soon in
progress. The armistice will be ex
tended five days.
Madero has called upon General
Navarro, at Jaurez, to explain the
report that reinforcements have
been brought into Juarez
laborers
j
on |
j
on j
I
af
second Annual Meeting Of The Mis
the
by
of
j Secretary L . E . DaV i S> 0 f the Mis
: s j as i pp j Land Improvement Associa
, t j on ^ a nnounces that he has arranged
the wjth all railroads in the sta te to give
| Q rate of one fare plus 2 5 cents for
dis
in viola
guised
tion of the armistice. General Navar
ro denies the reports. A rebel leader
as
claims to have witnessed the arrival
of one hundred disguised soldiers at
E! Paso, Texas, and to have followed
them to Juarez.
LOW RATES TO
LAND ASS'N MEET
sissippi Land Association At
Gulfport, June 23-24.
.1
■
I the round trip on account of the sec
ond annual convention to be held at
I Gulfport on June 23rd and 24th.
Announcement to this effect is being
I sent out from headquarters at Natchez
j to city councils, boards of supervisors,
! and all commercial organizations, urg
them to name delegates to the
h
per
ideal
as
the
con
the
: mg
gathering.
Assurance has been given by the
Gulfport Commercial Union that am
ple provisions will be made to take ,
Governor
care of 4,000 delegates.
Noel is now preparing his list of 500
delegates who will represent the state
well! at large.
All bodies naming delegates are re
will | quested to send lists to Secretary Da
vis as soon as possible.
the ensuing year: J. L. Barton pres
ldent = T - M - DeLoach, yice-pres en,
an d M - Thrapp, secretary reasurer.
The purpose for which this associa
tion bas been formed is to secure
benefits resulting from organized ef
r,rr
. .
standard of efficiency, the promotion
and maintenance of practical steno
graphic laws, and to promote the good
of the profession generally.
A great deal of enthusiasm was
manifested and it is believed that
much good will he accomplished by
this organization of the court report
ers throughout the state.
This indebtedness, ineiud
I struction.
ing lot and building and the furnish-j
ing of the church, amounted to $26,000, j
I and the fact that it was constructed
j during the panic and has been paid for,
cent, certainly reflects credit
every
on its membership and the ladies who
have worked unceasingly to lift the
debt.
Some five years ago Presbyterians
living on the east side of Hattiesburg,
believing it was best for their denomi
nation that a church be organized for
that part of the city, came together
and organixed the Bay Street Presby
I
SCHOOI
BY HATTIESBURG BANK
terian church. The organigation was
effected on April 6 th, 1906, with forty
members. At the same time a Sunday
school was organized, with twenty-five
members. The new church called as
its pastor the Rev. R. L. Campbell, a
minister well Unown in the church for
his ability as a preacher and devotion
to duty. Mr. Campbell has been pas
tor of the church since it was organ
ized, and has seen it grow until today
it has a membership of 140, with a
Sunday school enrollment of 125.
When the new church was organized,
having no place to worship, the little
congregation secured the Newman
Chapel, which was vacant at that
time, and for two years their services
were held there. During this time
they planned to purchase a lot and
build a home of their own; and de
siring to give Hattiesburg a church
credit to the commun!- !
ty and also a convenient place of wor- ; of
THE
Mis
give
for
good
that
that
that would be a
at
ship, they purchased the lot on which par.
the church now stands and let the con
tract for building. At the time the
contract was let everything was on a
boom, but shortly after the panic
struck the town. But due to the noble
work of the West Minister Ladies' Aid
Society, work on the church was con
tinued through the panic. These la
dies have never ceased to work, and
Monday when they went to the bank
and paid the last dollar due on this
beautiful church, it was with feeling of
just pride in work faithfully done, that i
they held their meeting and turned |
over to the pastor the last note paid
and say to him: "You can now dedi
cate this church; it is free from debt."
At a near date the dedication ser
vices will he held, due notice of which
will be given.
for
to
of
THE "HOLY CITY
IN AN UPROAR
»»
i the
to
for
they
kets
them,
sixty
the
being
ers
Inhabitants Claim English Archaeolo
gists Have Stolen Arc and
Other Relics.
,
, . .
i Jerusalem, Palestine. May 3.—The in
habitants of the "Holy City" have been
aroused to a point of rioting by a party |
of English archaeologists, who are
accused of having excavated beneath
I
(By Associated Press.)
was
the inviolable Mosque of Omar and re- tbe
moved relics reputed to include the E
Arc of the Covenant, the Censor and a
other sacred vessels which belonged to do
j the tribe of Israel.
Azmey Bey. the Turkish governor,
was mobbed on the streets for sup- High
posed complicity in the alleged pro- 0 f
fftn , ty and hooted as pig •• xhe ag
Mosque has been closed and closely 0 f
guarded pend j ng the arrival from Con- to
s(antinople o( offi( . taI , nvestigatorg
the_
_ . _ Bir , n .
a wealthy farmer
charged with murder
-
(By Associated Press.)
Fowler. Hid., May 3.—John Pool, a
wealthy farmer, is in jail here accused
of murdering his farm hand. Joseph
by j Kemper, whose body was found on the
j P°°le farm yesterday. Poole today ad ;
■
I mitted killing Kemper, but contended j
the killing was accidental. Two other
1
I
I farm hands employed by Poole have
! been missing a number of years and j
today, in excitement, there were ' ru- j
I mors of a possible second "Belle Gun
j css ' murder farm. Kemper's body was i
I found buried.
*
I
AMERICAN BANKERS MEET
NEXT IN NEW ORLEANS, j
j
for,
selected as the next meeting place of j
the American Bankers' Association by |
the executive council here today.
(By Associated Press.)
Nashville, May 3.—New Orleans
vas
who
the
for
THE MARKETS.
New Orleans, May 3.—Cotton
closed quiet, 3 to 4 points up.
Chicago, May 3.—Wheat closed
weak, l ♦ to 1 cent lower. Provisions
weak. 5 to 17 1-2 cheaper.
Architects Are Presenting Plans For
! inerce has purchased the recent Issue
; of $40.000 High School bonds at net
THE FIRST-NATIONAL BANK OF
COMMERCE SECURED
BONDS AT PAR.
I
BOUGHT AS AN INVESTMENT
> .
The School Building And The
Work Will Start Soon.
That the credit of Hattiesburg la
good at home as well as abroad and
that the municipal securities are In
active demand, is shown by the fact
that The First-Nationai Bank of Com
par.
i
|
This purchase not only speaks well
for the city's credit, but it reflects
credit on the patriotism of this great
financial institution and indicates a
healthy condition in the local money
market. The First-National Bank of
Commerce did not buy these bonds for
eastern customers, but as a banking
investment, and by their purchase
they will retain some thousands of
dollars in Interest payments here at
home. Time was when large sums of
money for municipal or county im
provements could only be secured In
the east or the north, but times have
changed, and southern financial insti
tutions are rapidly reaching that fi
nancial strength where they can take
care of the south s financial necessi
ties. It means something for a city
to have within its bounds a financial
institution of the strength and public
spiritedne»- of the First-National Rank
of Commerce.
of Commerce.
.
Time was an important factor In
i the sale of these bonds, for it is the
purpose of the City Commissioners
to have the new High School ready
for occupancy by October 1, and had
they been forced to .seek other mar
kets for the bonds or to advertise
them, it would have meant a delay of
sixty days. As it is architects are on
the ground and plans for the big
school have been submitted and are
being considered by the Commission
ers in conjunction with the School
Trustees,
|
Architects Submit Plans.
Architect Smith, of Gadsden, Ala.,
was before the Commissioners and
tbe Trustees yesterday. Architect R.
E 0 f Hattiesburg, is being given
a hearing today, and there is little
do „t, t that one or the other of these
plans will be accepted. The plans of
Architect Smith are a replica of the
High g c hool at Gadsden. The plans
0 f Architect Lee appear quite as good
ag fhe Alabama plans and both sets
0 f p i ang have appealed most favorably
to lhe gentlemen in charge of the
sohool enterprise
.... .
plans provide for a building 104 by 151
. . . ^ ori , _
:z w
sx rs »
ori.Latent to the city. The auditorium
. . .
arrangement in his set ** plans Is
particularly piecing,
a As soon as the plans
agreed upon estimates for the con
struction of the building will be in
vited, though the factor of time will
; render it impractical to advertise for
Architect Lee's
have i4>een.
■
j bids, as that would take at least sixty
•days additional time. When the es
I
timates are received, the Commissioç
j ers will act promptly, giving the con
ru- j tract to the most accept able bidder,
with a natural desire to give the con
i tract to a home man, all things being
* equal. The construction of the build
ing will begin within the next thirty
I days and will be advanced as rapidly
j as possible.
The Commissioners
formidable underlaking In connection
with this school, but have handled it
of j in a busineSs-like and public spirited
by | manner. Feeling that they were chos
have had a
vas
to serve the people, they put the
question of whether or not the build
ing should be erected up to the voters.
Now that the voice of the people has
been expressed they are trying to,se
ttle best possible structure that
cure
the money w-iil buy, looking at the
time to the question of time and
same
the necessities of the situation.
I