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THE HATTIESBURG NEWS
THE NEWS
Given the new», general, »tat«
and local. Give the eirculaUor
man your «ubecription.
7HE NEWS
Leading Paper of South Misp
"■i ppi. a wav. brings rt.jlu
to Adv iras »a.
VOL XV-No 136
Member of Associated Press
HATTIESBURG. MISSISSIPPI. THURSDAY. AFTERNOON. JUNE 15.1911.
DAILY NfcWb. Knsblisoed 1V0
DAILY rROC.RRSS. Enabllibed 1*96
( Aortl A. I0«i
''«ILL" TAYLOR SAID TO
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report has it that he said
Dewitt threatened to
kill him if sltrayed.
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RELEASED ON A BOND OF $500
s
,
First Formed Acquaintance With De- !
Witt While Working in N. O. & N.
I
E. Yards When DeWitt And Another 1
Were in Act of Robting a Car. .
fire
....
1 be leport is current on the streets j flue
just before The News goes to pre
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tliat l!i!l Taylor h.'» made confession !
to jiait lie played with George DeWitt
before the latter was killed at Clyde j
some ten days ago. It is impossible to
conobornte the story before going to
press this aft moon, but the informa- ,
tiou conu s Horn a reliable source and j
j
is given us told to The News.
'— Taylor was thought at the time of loss
ihe robbery at Clyde to have been
DeWltt's partner in crime, and was,
not sen again after the tragedy In!
which DeWitt lost his life until he was j
arrested a few days ago in New Or-;
leans. He was brought to Purvis and
confined to jail. It is reported bail j
Inis been allowed him In the sum or i
»500.00 after he had made the confes
sion.
Taylor's story is substantially as | d
follows: He first formed acquain- j
tauce with DeWitt while he, Taylor, ,
mas working in the N. O. & N. E. yards j
in Hattiesburg, and one night came i
upon DeWitt and another in the act j
of robbing a box car. They at once j
coverr d him with their guns and told j
him plainly they would have to kill .
him I I In- suggested that they take
him a punier in crime, promts- :
e. They
'■nt in
, lie hitter's home and
with him for about ten
,t bee ame scarce, ami j
mb the !
as plenty ,
tiie ro
,u good
ig lo ma
im and he
Cited Ills pi OP«
with DeWitt I
Qr'
T',r
rated that they
a
file .-icc . eating there
-
ev to In. gotten in the haul.
of ntu
Plans
attempt
night tiie store
Witt killed
ind the
unie
accordingly
re
the
I them out on
vas entered and De
with DeWitt, Tayloi .
er confess d to robbing j
nuber company's store
While living
Eureka l.i
tiie
at EastabU'hie; robberies at Sanford!
robbing and killing a j
Okaiiola: and killing a
und Mahned:
white man
negro.
on the way
iglit they met
. and DeWitt being in
anted to kill
rl'di- I hut Sunday
to
mood
donuthirsfy
I, them, hut Taylor persuaded ;
otnmit the crime; that he
notified tin- officers
id r<
him ind
t Clyde of the
ad vised
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als
d "lideil
Lumber Go.
im-cI ate mid and that plans j
After i
of the Lamar
liol.
el the prop'
•ntrap DeWitt.
mre made t
-yj,llllng of DeWitt Taylor says he
Orleans to consult offl
V,-at to Ne
cans ,.r ih. N. O. & N. E. R. R. oom
prevlous under
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having had a
that Officer Chambers would j
•her . and that lie was in j
[>an>.
shandies
' ilffiostthlm
utie office of the
If
railroad company
vhen arrested.
lit. his home at Clyde !
Tailor Is lit
• full story of DeWltt's crimes
and th
Taylor's part in them is expected
short time.
in a
CANADA WILL BE
•MIGHTY
nation."
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Vot»rni>hi«*>U
the Roy» I
H|>e» 1
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m«i
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area lest < .<
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•'"Il PERS MEET.
. \ I . June
15.—Dete
t the Master
M ister Meehan
: ' ilicir business
in connection
exhibition was !
occupying
• AHSOcintU
dlelibernti
with th**
Op«»«**!
7i; (WO FCptnr*.*
IC*
i s today.
eetings all
Youngs
fed of space.
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on
iiiPTON STREET
ROUSE BURNED
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J. Jones The Loser—Adjoining
Property Slightly Damaged—
Insurance Carried.
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This morning about 3:30 o'clock,
fire broke out in the kitchen of the
lesldence of S. J. Jones on Tipton
street. It was caused by a defective
j flue a nd was not discovered until too
! te for the firemen, who came lm
! mediately upon the scene, to be of
iaslstance, except in saving adjoining
j property,
door was slightly damaged.
The
piano and several other pieces of fur
, Pure were saved and the pieces lost
j were Insured. The house was also
j covered by Insurance, therefore the
The Creveous house next
loss sustained was not great,
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Pardon Granted to Ray
Templet By Governor Noel
Governor Noel has grained a par
on to Rap Templet, a white youth
from Itaton Rouge, La., who was sen
tented from the Circuit court of For
rest county during the fall of 1910 for
forgery, the period of servitude being
twenty-six months. The petition was
heartily indorsed by the trial judge,
and concurred in by the party who
wa s the victim of Templet's forgery,
the actual amount having been small
:
The young mans father died a few
week's ago, while there is a brother j
in California who is 111 with consump-led
tion and is needing immediate atten- j
lion, and arrangements have lieen !
made by which Ray Templet may !
leave tor the coast without delay,
this case, as in many
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In !
ithers which hej
BARREL OF BEER |
WAS DESTROYED
Captured The Goods—Mayor Or
Watchful Sheriff At Louisville. Mist.. I
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ders its Destruction.
Watching
'
as being
liiiiilsville, Miss., June 15.—Sheriff
Hull, learning that beer
.|,|pp u a into the town unlawfully
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large quantities, endeavored I
stop to the
for an opportunity he pounced, early
Saturday morning, on two barrels of
bottled beer and had it hauled to the j
mayor's office for adjudication. That ,
official ordered it destroyed.
pm
illieit traffic.
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! Forthwith tho sheriff, followed by j
an eager crowd of men, hied to the i
rear of the court house. Bottle after j
bottle was uncorked, and the drinking :
was freely indulged In. A quantity of (
j the beer was poured on the ground, j
I Everybody enjoyed themselves.
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.1. H. Alford, the Government agrl
cultural agent from Jackson, and H. j
' Kaveley, of the department at Wash-,
ingioii, accompanied by Mr. Thorap- ,
tiie local agent, left on a whirl
Iu!
Li
ul
ill
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son.
rd trip by automobile over this sec
lion, looking after the conditions of
r!• • * crops today.
Ill make an especial exam-.
They
of cotton fields where Doll wee
Ms are found.
I ion
GIVES CAREER TO CHARITY. |
Cincinnati, June 15.—Clarence W. j
Kuhn, who was a member of tiie hank- j
Sng firm of S. Kuhn & Sons of Cincln- (
! uati, and who is credited with being ,
orth $1,600,000, has announced that i
! I,„ will devote all his time to charity. '
LIVES MENACED
BY BOAT BURNING!
! Steamer Burned To Water'» Edge—
All White Passengers Accounted
For—A Few Injured.
(By Associated Prrss.)
Paducah, Ky., June 15.—Flames men
aced the lived of the twenty-six persons
on the steamer "John Lowrey," which
hurtled in the Ohio river, opposite
Southland, Kentucky, early today. As
the flames licked at the feet of the
frightened passengers the steamer's
nose was run into the mud of the Illi
nois shore and all passengers rescued.
The Are started near the boilers. A
f ew passengers were slightly Injured,
atl( j tp e steamer was destroyed.
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White Passengers Accounted For.
Paducah, Ky., June 15.—All of the
white passengers aboard the steamer
John L. Lowrey, wnicb was burned
j near Hamletsburg, 111., this morning,
have been accounted for, according to
j a message brought to Paducah. The
j crew also escaped. It is a'so thought
| that all of the negroes aboard reached
shore safely.
has acted upon, the governor in in
fluenced largely by the recommenda
tions of the judge, which is an im- j
portant factor either for or against a \
pardon issuing. It was evident to the
Judge that a short sentence in this
court was :
strengthened by after developments. I
case would meet the ends of justice,
and this view of the
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LONG ABSENT COIN RETURNS.
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Oil City, Pa., June 15.—The first 50-1
j cent piece he ever earned was handl- j
for the second time recently by
j Frank Woods, a local hotel proprietor,
! A guest presented the coin in paying
! ids hill,
:
Mr. Woods recognized the
! coin by his initials, which he had cut
on it 20 years ago.
RADICAL PRICE
REDUCTIONS ON
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Order oT Close Out Certain Lines
O'Ferrall Biothers Have Inau
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gurated a Great Sale.
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This lug department store has re
, L
cent y made some important changes to
'
A hai gain even of unusual magui
uile is announced in today's News by
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O'Ferrall Brus.
and a big reduction in stock is abso
lately necessary for the proper hous
j ing and display i
, stock of ladles' footwear
if goods. The large
has been
moved from the Main street store to
1
j the main biuldlng, and this of itself
i will require a large amount of floor
j space for proper display. The first
: floor of the Main building Is being re
( modeled, and it Is found that a large
j quantity of goods on that floor can not J
! he properly displayed, so many lines [
: must he closed out.
, It simply came down to the ahso
! lute necessity of reducing stock in all
lines and closing out a number of
lines, and the members of Ihe firm (
realized that tills would only be effect- .
j ed by radical price reductions. The j
big ad In today's paper gives a few of ;
j these reductions. This big ad tells also .
of railroad fare refunded, and of other I
, matters, of Interest pertaining to this j
big opportunity. You should read the !
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realize that this Ih your opportunity to
save money on goods, whose value is
beyond question.
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NDi ANS BALANCE LARGE.
| Nowata, Ok., June 15.—W. W. Hast
j Ings, attorney for the Cherokee nation
j ts In receipt of a statement from the
( department of the Interior, which
, shows that the total sum of the na
i tion on deposit with the interior de
' partment to amount o $2.414,392.69.
A REVOLUTION
IS REPORTED
IN PORTUGAL
monarchist said to have
STORMEDAND RAIDED PLACES
IN PLAZA BROGA.
the report is not confirmed
Advices From Other Sources Are That
Plans of the Royalists in the Fron
tier Did Not Develop—Bomb Ex
ploded on Plaza at Valencia.
(By Associated Press.)
Madrid, Spain, June 15.—Telegrams
received from Vigo state that a mon
archlst revolution has broken out at
Chaves, Portugal ,and the Portugese
garrison mutinied and killed Its com- ]
mander.
and raided the offices of the republi
can newspapers in the Plaza Braga.
The monarchists stormed
Report Unfounded.
Vigo, Spain, June 15.—Reports from I
Chaves of the mutiny of two regiments I
of the Portuguese troops Is not con
firmed. The rumors are probably un- 1
founded, since It Ib learned from other ]
sources that the royalists plans on the
Portuguese frontier did not develop as
expected. It Is supposed here that the
royalists at Chaves planned to mutiny
upon the npproxies of Captain Cou
celre, the monarchial leader, who Is
be at the head of the forces
in
j said to
a \ near Braga,
Bomb Exploded.
Valencia, Spain, June 15.—The great
: entrance of the Cathedral here was
I shattered by a bomb exploded in the
I plaza In front today. So violent was
... _ îveral neighboring build
lere damaged No nersons were
lere aamageu. iso peisons were
he shock
50-1 | nKR „
j injured,
by
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IMimlVllYU INI 1
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Growth And Underbrush Under Bridges
Being Cleaned Out—Street Pav
irnj Preparations Start.
Tiie street cleaners uf the city are
the er
til and un
today cleaning
del-brush under tiie Main street bridge,
which work they will complete today,
and then tomorrow will do the same
nder tin* bridge on Hiver ave
vork
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re- crossing on Main street preparatory
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to paving same.
Tomorrow ,,r Saturday the North
Eastern will begin sprinkling the Mo -
idle Street crossing which Is the
dustiest place iu town ana when they
by
nue.
hands
j The N. O. & N. E. section
i have started work ou the railroad
to
have finished paving the Main street
crossing will then pave the crossing of
Mobile street, and also lay a side
pavement for pedestrians, from their
depot shed to Front street.
floor
first
re
not J
VENEZUELAN BEING
WmHFD Ci nSElY
lines [
all
of
firm ( Washington, June 15.—Clprlanojand
. Castro, former president of Vene
The j zuela, now said to he planning to re-|
of ; turn himself to power will get no aid
also . from any persons in the United States
I If redoubled vigilance of tiie secret
this j agents of tiie state department and
the ! tiie department of justice can prevent
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will It.
to
The report of Castro's presence at
is f-.Iayti caused orders to be Issued to
i day which will have the effect, of
I nouille guard being set at New Or
leans and other points along the gulf
coast from which a filibustering expe
Hast
the
na
■ Ion might find aid.
THE WEATHER.
Washington, D. C., June 15.—
❖ Generally fair tonight and Friday.
♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦•♦♦
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de
THE drouth in
1EXAS CONTINUES
.
Rains of Last Night Not General and
the Dust Was Barely Settled in
Some Parts.
(By Associated Press.)
Dallas, Texas, June 15.—The first.
rain in nearly a month fell last night
in numerous sections of North Texas
where the corn is burning up and cot-,
ton must soon have moisture gave
rife to reports that the drouth had
been broken. Today's reports how
ever, show that the rain was not gen
eral, as a rule not more than enough
to lay the dust falling
Dallas and Fort Worth were nearest
the cénter of the rain, but less than a
quarter of an inch fell here. The
heavy precipitation benefitted only a
few square miles.
THE MARKETS.
New Orleans, June 15.—Cotton clos
] ed unsettled, twelve to fifteen points
down.
Chicago, June 15.—Wheat closed
strong, one half to five eights higher,
Provisions easy two and half to ten
down.
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G. & S. I. Has New Scheme;
Wants More Concessions
Gulfport, Miss., June 15.—It has |
just come to light that officials of the
Gulf and Ship Island railroad have !
filed with the United States war de- j
partment app'lcatton for permission to J
put on an additional charge on all j
commodities shipped through Gulfport
in the form of a wharfage charge.
if granted, the proposed charge will j
amount to about $100,000 a year, to be
pai d by the shippers, and persons who
have seen the schedule predict a fight
'
I ahead, started by the shippers here to
! prevent the granting of permission to
j make the new charge.
i A copy of tiie schedule filed with
I the war department shows
content
follows:
board
" ,nted charses 1,1 part aa
1 ' ,,mber . I u ' r thousand feet.
IMPROVEMENT 18
SHOWN BY BANK
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! Statement Of The Hatt.esburg Trust
! & Banking Company Shows Inst;
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tution In Helthy Condition.
,
surplus
1
i t „ ove lumber ar.il oi! the wheels
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it iK P
J geneia ly and it is not ex
- 1 U ' d t ' , " t ' b '' ''T' 8 " aoc " unt W,H
' ,m "' h ° f ,ncreft8e the
m ° Mt ° f ' h ° HRttie8b " r S Tn,st 4 R anb
ling company appearing in todny
j New* shows improvement all along
eason of the year
their
While this is the
I when all banks have
j money out helping to make
crops
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I the line over the same period a year
ago.
There ts an increase of nearly *100,
000 in deposits or 40 per cent, and
crease in undivided profits after
Ing an S per cent dividend, and
crease of ov r $4'i,000 ln cash on hand
! and quick assets, and at the same time
a laree Increase in the money loaned
! out, showing the bank has a large
crease ln resources over a year ago,
is using this increase for the
.Hiding and general welfare of this
re-| section.
Keeping everlastingly at it tiring»'
' success, and 'his is particularly true
. where the new customer, once
cured. Is given service unsurpassed
-i d R accorded pefe
! nrompt attention and Is aided in everv
lrtesy
his business under
at v, \y
lakinurs.
ssible i
The Hattiesburg Trust
a Banking company Is building for
future and tho foundation stone
ready laid provides for a magnificent
I structure.
LUMBER MILL DESTROYED.
❖ ^ Hurricane Lumber Co., near Ray
•> . nette, Ala. Incendarles are suspect
ed. The loss aggregates $75.000
Mobile. Ala., June 15.—Fire early
❖ ! yesterday destroyed tiie mill of
thf POLITICAL DEBATE AT
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WINONA A WARM AFFAIR
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STORM RAGED
CAUSING HEATHS
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j Many Lives Lost And ship ping Dam
aged on Austrian Coast By a
a
a
Terrific Wind.
(By Associated Press.)
Trieste, Austria, June 15.—A storm
of hurricane force raged during the
night here, causing many deaths and
much damage to the shipping. Early
today the bodies of twenty victims
bad been recovered. It Is feared that
Ashing smacks with their crews to
Ia'irg forty men, which were at sea
last night, are lost. Ships In the road
were seriously damaged, and a Greek
vessel with a crew of twelve, foun
i dered. Minor damage to craft report-j
! ed from other points on the Adriatic
I sea.
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| measure, 20 per cent; crossties, each
jl cent; box and barrel material, per
! hundred pounds, 1-2 per cent; naval
j stores, per barrel, 3 cents; brick, per
J thousand, 20 cents; merchandise, per
j hundred pounds, 1 cent,
items in proportion.
On the basis of three hundred mil
and other :
j lion feet of lumber shipped in 1910,
; the charges on lumber alone would:
j amount to »60,000 It is feared «-hat
j if it goes into effect that In the end It
to I will result in a decrease in the volume
to of business,
j made by the G. & S. I. Shipments are
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charge has ever been
No wharfage
! loaded direct front cars to vessels in
A vigorous protest
j nearly all eases,
is certain to be made.
, to
the
of
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is certain to be made.
PROSPERITY FOR
UNCLE SAMUE!
ry Experts To Have Moie Mon- j
June JO Than P
ev Oi
Two Years pant
the
Washington, June H». —The euu ->f
this month promises to find the fed-
-ral treasury in a betler condition
4 :han tor two years. While the fiscal
of I , . ..
year already shows an ordinary sur- ;
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pU , t of more than $6,000,000 as ,
»sainst a deficit of *13,000,000 a year,
! «<«> at 'his time, there is promise that |
'. the total deficit, now standing at * 21 . ,
s jooo.OOO, may be much reduced before !
( t h e next fiscal year begins. !
, All corporations taxes should he in j of
! by the end of the month. Nearfy $2.
; 000,000 has been paid so
In- j month.
pay-j( rom that source Is $26,000,000. All j
in- ( sources of income except customs re- ]
^ eefpts have produced more this year
, than last
s |,ow little change.
In- _
this
The estimated total Income \
far
Expenditurea will ,
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up
se
Marl, is conducting
UNIQUE Cl FAN-UP
CAMPAIGN IN TEXAS
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Marl, Texas» June 15.—The city of
inique clean-up
! '-ampaign. The nlan is on the "honor
roll" system, and is being conducted
l v the Commercial Club, and Ladies
& Civic League.
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the.
al- a
A trip of thspectlou is made once
week by joint committees from the
j two organizations and each store, of
fice and bank is visited and graded as
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a teacher grades her examination pa
pers. The report is then published in
the local paper, and the system has
created a friendly rivalry between dif
ferent firms and business concerns,
and Mart Is fast becoimng one of the
j cleanest Utile towns In Texas.
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the
dr. b. f. ward shakes his fist
IN "PRIVATE" JOHN ALLEN'S
FACE—CAUSTIC WORDS.
JUDGE BLOUNT OFFENDS MR. HILL
The Sentiment of the Crowd Was
Divided and There Was an Uproar
All the Time—Scenes Seldom
Equalled and Never Excelled.
Winona, Misa., June 15.—The de
bates between John M. Allen, or Tupe
lo and Judge 1. T. Bfount, of Water
j Valley, representing Senator LeRoy
! p erC y an d former Governor Jas. K.
j Varadaman, respectively, candidates
j f or ti le United States Senate, subject
to the Democratic primary to be held
Aug. 1, terminated In a performance
here today seldom rivaled and never
excelled, a series of interruptions and
sensations probably not equalled In
display of passion and thoughtlessness
. In the political annals of the state.
Those who predicted that some
thing would happen when the debat
ers struck Dr. B. F. Ward's town have
reason to congratulate themselves on
their foresight, for John Allen had not
spoken ten minutes when Dr. Ward
was shaking hie list In Allen's face
and the entire aggregation was wild
and scrambling over each other In or
der to get a little nearer the princi
pals, than the other fellow.
Blount likewise had not proceeded
i far when he gave unintentional of
_ _ .
j fen8e *° w - s - «M. wh ° Presided, and
i for thirty minutes the crowd surged
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It
shed made famous bv Sam Jones, and
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some more.
The speaking was held today, be
j which, on more than one occasion, has
veil as
Sheltered revival meetings, as
every political gathering of conse
quence since its erection. There were
seats provided for 1,500, and some
body sat or stood on every seat. The
platform was provided to accommo
date about fifty, but the fl*ty Invited
, to occupy It Interfered very little with
the other 100 that used It. Estimates
of the crowd are varied and irreeon
j cilable. The Allen followers claim
- I they Interrupted Blount longer than
j Blount's followers Interrupted Allen,
: and the Blount adherents claim that
in
,
j Allen's crowd could not he heard more
than two miles away, while Blount'»
nen could be heard to yell "Varda
nian and "Bilbo" for three miles; but
■ onservattve estimate would be that
crowd
the
niiniber.-d something over
as badly Ivlded. >.
Allen Spoke Flist.
Aller wa« I hi first speaker.
hi id
->f
jjn,* speakers had not agreed when
thev readied iti 44 stuiin which wmild
■ 1 sianu wmen ran
; sneak first and Mr Allen hewan in a
1 ' ana ' lleri ln *
as , manner to indicate that whatever
warming up lie needed had been done
| before beginning his speech. _
. , ferred to himself as an ex-warhor»e,
! Tolin "Private - Allen, and that a dta
! tlngulshed physician had accused him
in j of having hook-worm, and prescribed
$2.- thymol for him. He declared that a
Join
He re
All j had taken away all his lassitude and
re- ] brought him into the fray,
better remedy than thymol had been
\ provided the threat of Vardamanism
There were calls for Vardanian, fol
will , lowing that statement, which led the
j speaker to remark that If they would
j bring him h.- would join In the cheers.
Then they yelled for populism and
some one in the audience announced
that "we arc red necks," and another
! answered: "Yes, and proud of it."
Then somebody said: "Hurrah for
j Bill. h." n il Allen. pointing toward
him, said:
"Now, (here is a man with r real
strong stomach."
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Seeing that he was making no pro
gress, mighty little impression and be
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fng unable to make himself heard by
others. Allen changed the dint of his
argument and began ou the Mobile
and Ohio Railroad merger bill and the
discussion of Vardaman's veto.
Turning to Dr Ward, who sat on
the stand, and pointing hie finger
toward hlm, Allen said:
"I now want to address s few words
once
the
of
as
pa
in
has
dif
the
to the mao who said I performed the
part of Judaa Iscariot."
(Continued
page eight.)