The Vicksburg Post from Vicksburg, Mississippi • Page 6

THE VICKSBURd EVENING POST, SATURDAY. FEBEUAHY 14, 1914. PAGE 6 MAY HAVE FARM FOR THOSE IN JAIL JicVson, Feb. It. Plans are Pearces Theatres ooooooooooooooooo post a publbred r.ti.y Sunday 0 0 J.

P. CASHMAN SONS. ALAWU IHLATRE Dfv? a ml and ENORMOUS ATTRACTION ooooooooooooooooo being suggested about the city nail whereby th idle piUoners in the city Jail may he made to earu a portion o-r their livin? and not become a burden npoa the city. There are in th ciiy jail at all tlnu-s a large number tf men and women who are unable to iay their fines and are held for various reasons, who are able to work, and yet, as there is nothing for to do, they lie ia idlenesa anj are fed by the city. The law Is of the opinion that this "ROBIN HOOD" Progiamme Extraordinaiy! "The Woman Bijou Dream ALICE JOYCE AND TOM MOORE.

In a Powerful Two Part Kalem Drama. "TBE HAND PRINT MYSTERY" Two Part Efianay Teature. "TOE GRIP OF CIRCUMSTANCE" Thrilling Drama of a Society "Raffles." is not punishment at all and many regard the city jail as a gJod place in which to he kept after being ar- rt-stei sentenced. Those who favor tho purchasing of a farm tn the outskirts or the city claim that the negroes In the Jail can then be made to raise at least enough vegetables and produce for the con THANHOUSER FOUR REEL PRODUCTION Of the Life of the Great Adventurer of the Middle Age Everyone knows this World Famous Storv and should see this Stupendous Production. "PATBE WbW All the Latest News in" Pictures.

sumption of the jail and say that the labor can be worked at little cost. Pay They argue that the cotmiy ond state it HOW BURKE AND do not allow their prisoners to rest In Idleness and to become a burden, but makes them a source of revenue. BURKE MADE GOOD" Hide Splitting Vitagraph I'his system of county and state farms A Three-part Offering with Some Tremendous and Effective Situations Is worked with great success and has proven a source cf revenue. They be believe that it will work equally as successfully with the city prisoners. THAT JACKSON VISIT.

Tin iiu-iN' f. cuiriinii-i-i'i'i' altuiiiey' ul ii impunird by a iiiimliiT ol' piutiiiiieiit citizens nf Hie till ily, were in Jackson -toidiiy where they imiI before eotn-liiillw) of tlm b'ishiliiK' rebitnn to lull m-ik1 mi'iuing the control (if ttlilcr WOlkK llll'l olllCt IIHIIIIripnl rtCCI'Hhl I l-4. Till- ttllt IT VMIlkft KJHtl'lll (if Vicksburjfl is owned liy a private concern Binl tin- iity nf Vioksbiirtr is attempting to buy mil this colirciii ill order to senile lii'tti-r llll'l fhclipei seiviee, They claim Unit tin' liill ihiw pending will put thrill nt tlir merry of thn private ili'lit i'lunls who i' ii llio wiiti-r fi' itlirir Iiikii iiml fur Hint niiMiii aic lililm the Tint (1ni M.li ik mi-taken iln aluloiiionl niiuli' in tin' li'i'i'-'iiin article, thill "tin- i-ily "I' 1H attempt lllr; to buy mil thl ill older lii senile heller and cheaper service," Ah a waller ol tart, the it in not "attempting to liny it I tut COIIl'ITII ttlllrll ipitt OWIlH till' li mbing WMler Wolls -ti-Ul, hilt IK at- tomlping tn Ij 1 1 i ii nyisti-m of its '( (a municipally owned ninl operated system) which will hr ready to ply thi pic i'i' Vifkslmrtf with Wilier, when thn charier of the ptiM-cut ualor-works company, or private- COHcertl, expires. For iniiiiy si roust reasons, some ni which we will tin' ui early iluy, The number of negro women In the jail Is always large anj as these cannot be made to work ufion the chain gang, It Is argued that they should be made to raise vegetables. GORE LAST TO TAKE TIE STAND THE AGE OF CONSENT.

It is to be hoped that the logis'a-ture will not adjourn without grnn'ti-ing the insistent request made Ly the various organizations of Missis episode. "That's all a damn lie," said Knrp. never talked with (lore abo'it that; that's some of Jacobs' He's conked that up." Airmdiiij: to Nowells testimony, the newspaper story declared, and Knrp tot tiled today, that (lore told him the after the allowed assault, speaking of Mrs. Bond that he "loved her up a liltle" but was in lie woman," and that she "fought like a hyena." (lore had not been called nt the noon recess, hut no other important defense witnesses are remaining. "A Doctor's Deceit" I startling play, a different play, keen and gripping in every scene.

Featuring Leah Baird and William Shay In two parts, Imp. sippi for a statute raisin? the age of consent. All persons who have fully investigated this subject will agree wiih the minority report submitted by. the lower house, committee that the pres. ent age limit nt which a girl may 1 09SKHBV71EH EAR UPRISING tin- Semite bill not becomeU .,...1 I'lm! mcdicls thnt it ALAMO THEATRE IN MEXICO CITY consent to her own ruin is a reflec tion upon the manhood of Mississi-pi.

The effort to hide behind the phase of this problem, which has or. several occasions recent years been offered as an excuse for the defeat the hill, is nothing short of cowardly. Even the age of eighteen years, as proposed in the pending measure, too low. Jackson News, Feb. 13.

nUahona City, Feb. 11. --The thai Senator tiore woti-d be the la-! iv. si in Mi. Bond's uuhshlI crowd.

exjccteJ to he in by toai-hl. I.i. kli-ier of the Ulive ltaptiH jf'hUri'h, and rforetary of the Min- Alliance, testilied tltatM is. id mid coniiuilteeni.nl Jacobs niitted a statement of the affair Alliance, but the committee appointed to investigate reported the matter was not witlitn the province of the Alliance. Tressed closely, Liekliiler admitted Mrs.

Bond sicakins," was not member tiie chinch, "in Jtood standiiijl." SI hnsdwi unactive for two years, but her nn me still is on the rolls. T. if. Hubert son denied be told attorney Fischer he framed up the rape case on (lore, to either collect twenty-five hundred dollars, or put him out of the senatorial race. V.

Marshall Nowells testimony greatly strengthened the defense's case. N'ewells said Dr. J. 11. Knrp.

a striinj; plaint ilT witness, came to here in April, with flippiiu from nn Indianapolis newspaper hear- ilipf printed story of the (lorp-lbvtd COMING TOMORROW, SERIES NO. 3. Our Mutual Girl" 66 Follow the Story of Each Installment, a Pleasing Difference in each Number. Watch for No, 3 Next Sunday, February 22nd. will not bi'ciiiiui tii w.

)n INCREASE IN COTTON CONSUMED. Washington, IVli. 1 IThe census showed filtl.HTl running bub's of cut-tun consumed to 1st, as compared with lust year. WORST BLIZZARD IN YEARS. Now York, Feb.

trains stalled mul snowfall of six to ton itu'lu'K in ninny of the linger cities, nml gale lushing the Atlantic coast, vfilh vessel repoitod in distress in many points, seventeen persons lire dead here mill the enliro east is in the fjiip of the wmM blizud in veins, Mexico City, Feb. attacked Mazatlan this morning, General Felipe Angeles, who deserted the feJ iwals recently, Is leading the attack. It Is reported several hundred rebels are In the attacking qiarty, and that the city Is seriously menaced. Three machine fcuns from the British warship Vera Cruz wiere mounted today on the i'ngllsh embassy. The foreign defense committee 1s preparing for an expected uprising In the capital.

O'Shaughnessey thinks the situation too uncertain to permit his return to New York, where his father la 111 with RELATING TO COLORED PEOPLE The community was greatly disappointed at being deprived of the pleasure of bearing Mine Anita Patti Brown, the great singrr on Thursday, the anniversary of Lincoln's Birthday. The ainger and her companion Mine. Lou Klia Smith came to the city on time, but the weathei assisted by Judge Robert B. Anderson, one of the brightest of th younger lawyers in Mississippi. Both of these gentlemen were on lb ground at Grand Gulf when tte was such that it was impossible for any one to venture out.

The enter shooting took place, and are able Ml that account to make a showing that the unfortunate shooting was not mai lieious or wilful. The sale of the unclaimed exprea and the attorneys all concluded to dismiss. There were at least fifteen hundred of these ease waiting for settlement. Reports received here from Mound Bayou are to the effect that the Masonic Benelit Association is improving in its collections, and there is a well defined growth in the confidence in the order on the part of the membership in the state. Tiie suit of Isom Williams filed this week for twenty-five thousand dollats for the death of his wife Millie Williams brinsiB to mind the tainment was for the benelit of the roof fund for Saint Mary's Episcopal church.

It rained in the pews to such an extent as to emphasize the ANDREW CARNEGIE POSES PRESIDENT 13 BETTER. AVnsliliiKton, Keh. 1 1. Tl'O pros I-ilent'H cold In better to.luy, but Dr. Urayaou foiliailo lilin lmivlng big bedroom.

Toiluy's ennutri'ineuts wero cnncelliMl, tncliiilliis a conferenco -with McCmnb'a on th Now York Bltttiitlon, ltd 1I10 Orld Iron Imniuiet tonlKbt "old hoss" today has brougHt sw necessity for the covering. colored people from out of town to get the advantage of the annual WITH OUR MUTUAL GIRL A number of friends of Y. P. Harrison the well known druggist met at his place on Washington Street on Wednesday evening, and expressed killing of this good woman while rid Moitciir lntiney, Warren tsmnry reiriBcntHtlve, in lholoday, themselves in speeches of congratulations upon the passing of one sue- ing across the track above Demera-bra's store on the evening of the fvyeutk'Uj of RMflinber 1910. Ham- eesstul year of business.

as a dnis-d n.LJifanawtf It willXee-limbered, that Hawdson bought out DECIDE NOT TO I gamble. The most of the purchaser! get patent medicines, but colord people can always': 'find an ailmeat that fits the cure alls. Some wta want seal skin overcoats are gettiaf fans and linen dusters, while low who thought he was getting Four Roses got empty niiHt bottlt while another getting some blankets, pd 's wearinnjajirel. Su) and MW? buyers. Why bs constipated when yen son i.oun aiToiaJnyeof.the dead wo-mjia was killed at the same time.

llThe court mora ia full li tyle stoekj'orthe fate W. F. Howard, list a year ago and by close attention Ifriends relatives "off; Will Middle- ASK FOR BAIL ton who is on trial onlahfapplieation' for a writ of habeas corpus, 'alf of whom are taking much interest In the proceedings before Judge Birehett. Middleton is ably defended by the elegant and able John C. McMarttn, buy IJV-VER-LAX at Bloeb-HwOj to business and polite and agreeable' conduct has won many friends.

Harrison attributes much of his success to the advertising columns of the Post, in which he has shown his belief. Welborne son of W. E. Molli-sim, member of the sophomore class in Oherlin Collope has just been awarded a scholarship which is of substantial value in a pecuniary way. as well as the satisfaction which it Drag Co, Application bail been tmule for a IiiiIm'iih corpus bearing this itiorniit)! lieforc Tbeo.

tl, Hirehett to se-cm the liberty of Jim Carter, recently arrestetl in a ileltn county tor the miiiiler tit Itovina of a mvro in A. A. Chancy, attorney for the oeiiseil, ronferrcil witlrthe witnesses who bail been summoned this iitnl after the conference tleriilel to witmliaw tbe application for Carter was remanded to jail bail to await (ho action of the praml jury which will assembU' in March. Metals and Minerals IthE PRODUCTION, CONSUMPTION, EXPORTS, IMPORTS, VISIBLE SUPPLY AND PRICE of IRON, STEEL, COPPER, LEAD, TIN, COAL, GOLD AS CTrvro hp TArTDRi? WHICH Vw hM' i-li 77 4 VP Trv nn ti-hptt tup rrir-VTRY'S CO kv. iinii inn luj-' OPPBiTTOYO UTTSTNESS WHO DESIRE TO KNOW THE ACTUAL COV DITIOXS OP THINGS SHOULD POST THP-SELTE3 ON THESE IMPORTANT FACTOR "iiLV-ii JJlIVUVllj)! MERCIAL TRANSACTION, FROM THE SAW gives his parents and friends.

He has just received reports that he has passed all his with credit. The dismissal of the eases against the Yazoo 'Mississippi Valley Rail-Mad, for damages growing out of the famous Mound Bayou-Booker Washington Excursion in November, 1012, brings to an end one of the largest single cause for damage suits ever known in Mississippi. From the best information obtainable there had Iteen filed over four hundred of these cases. They were pending in every county from DeSoto to Claiborne and were from two hundred to twenty thousand dollars. No one has ever conntcd np what all the declarations footed tip.

Tbe sums must have gone into the millions. The trial of tiie Bankston case was the only one ever tried in this county. In Issa- 87 PHILADELPHIA BABIES ABANDONED. uf A COMPLETE RAILROAD SYbit td ax-c rTTflV NORMA rillLUrS, who, as "Our Mutual was throw violently from a bif bay horse in Central Park last week, celebrated her recovery by resuming her role in the picture presented to Andrew Carnegie in front of his New Vdrk mansion, in Fifth Avenue. Carnegie not only allow ed him-f to be photocraphed in front of THE MONTHLY REPORTS ON TRADE C0 DITIONS, ISSUED BY THIS BANK.

CO DEFINIT.ELY AND COMPLETELY THE look to their hard-earned laurels. What seemed to impress Mr. Carnegie most was tbe fact that the scenes were taken in such a short space of time. He responded to Director Noble's coaching like a veteran actor, and seemed genuinely pleased to meet Miss riiillips, especially after he had learned of her recent mishap. "Onr Mutual Girl" is meeting the most-talked-of men in New York public life.

District-Attorney Whitman. Deputy Commissioner of Police Geo. S. Dougherty. Finger-Print Expert Faurot and Mayor Mitchel are among her latest new-found friends, as are many persons prominent in society.

his beautiful home, but did some pic-J Philadelphia, Feb. 14. Eighty-seven babies were abandoned by tbir parents last year iii Philadelphia ac cording to figures on file today at the, Children 'a Aid Society. The same list aliow that of 310 mothers found to lie in destitute cireumstanees only tlesedetl their children One hundred and thirty seven of tbe father ii'scrted their families. TIAT 'H-TTTTnT-T rvtkinv top THE ASb lure.

-acting tu Ins garden, which, according to Pirector Jack Noble, who irtaking an enviable record for him-srlt in obtaining film records of dis-'ingiiisbed personages, should make ni of the popular screen favorites Merchants National Ban Vkksburfc Miss. tfluena and Sharkey the railroad woo,.