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RIVAL TOWNS GREET FLEET £ Glorious Windup to the Stay of the Ships at Santa Barbara Held Last Night. SANTA CRUZ AND MONTEREY WILL DIVIDE THE HONORS Big Fleet Will Divide, One Half View ing Each of the Rival Town*—8anta Cruz Wit the Firet Capital of Stah> of California. San Francisco, April 30.—Officers and men of the Pacific fleet entered today , upon the glorious windup of their entertainment toy the people of Santa Barbara and tomorrow will find the mighty battleships again headed northward with the ports of Santa •Cruz and Monterey as their objective points. These are rival towns, and, as the ships of the fleet will be divided between them, each will seek to out do the other in the lavlshness of it* celebraUon. It was originally planned to have the entire fleet rendezvous at Santa Cruz, but the people of Mon terey sent up such a cry and clamor that the navy department succumbed and ordered a division of the fleet. This did not please the citizens of Santa Cruz, who desired to have the whole show to themselves, but Mon terey is Jubilant and its business men are intent upon showing the rival city Just how a battleship fleet should be entertained. To a misinterpretation of some ord ers sent out from the navy depart ment to Rear Admiral' Evans seems to be due the controversy between Santa Cruz and Monterey. On ac count of this misunderstanding It was originally decided that Santa Cruz should have the whole fleet, leaving Monterey in the cold. Thereupon Monterey citizens got busy. They set forth that their town was entitled to as much consideration as Santa Cruz; that it was the first capital of the state and had many historical At tractions for the men of the fleet; that with its own population and that Immediately adjacent more residents would And - it convenient to igo to Monterey than to Santa Cruz, and that In any event Santa Cruz had noot the necessary facilities to entertain all the fleet, eithpr in its harbor or in Its hotels. - > Messages flew back and forth be tween Washington and the rival towns Monterey put up a strong flght and gained Its point. Hence each town will receive half the ships for the full period of the scheduled stay. ' „ LONDON PRINTERS COMING TO STATES Lord Mayor of Dahlia, Once a Printer, WUI Head the Delegation. y London, April 30.—At a meeting to day of the executive committee of the London Sooiety of Compositors, which has a membership of <jver 12,000, it was decided to send *. delegation of English printers to confer with the International Typographical Union of America at the concention o'f the lat ter in Boston next August. The so- < ciety will invite the Loyd Mayor of Dublin, who yas formerly a union printer and who still retains- his card, to head the British delegation to .Am<, erica. SUNDAY EXCURSIONS WILL BE RESUMED . Sunday May 3, 1908, the Gulf ft v ship Island Railroad company will ruWJtt.fwi, &>n4ay «cu»*ipg .of this season to Gulfport, continuing each Sunday thereafter until further ad vised. * The usual low fares will be in 'effect stations on th* Gulf ft Ship bland railroad to Gulfport TUV.wiltfliv** *****4 <>* ««> great pier has been arranged for the a from all, tomra IN, -PHONE 136- SOUTHERN GROCERY CO. FRESH VEGETABLES. The Owl jfii Drug Store WILLIAMS GILLIAM The Store for the Rexall Remedies. Both Phone* 165 OPPOSITE! HOTEL HATTIESBURG. CITY BAKERY E. S. SCOTT, JProprietor. n Hark, the heavenly angel* sing, Scott's bread Is Just the thing, Peace on earth, good will to men. Five cents per loaf and two for Fruits of all kinds—High-Grade Canned Goods, Fresh Wafers, Cakes, etc.—Femdell and White House Brands of Coffee. 7 We have in stock everything to be found in a High-Grade Drug Store. : : : : : Our Stock of Cigars, Tobaccos and Smoker's Supplies is complete. : : : : : s r e Receive Fish mULOUNDERS On Tuesdays an< SPECKLED TROUT; ten. r Cold Drinks Fresh Candies We have plenty of "We Want Your Trade MM. Greater Hattiesburg J. F. Evans [MRS. McMILLAN -■ Photographer West Pine Street "MY TAILOR" Over Blount's Store Meridian L. L. POWELL & CO. Druggists ;patent medicines, druggist SUNDRIE8>nd TOILET ARTICLES] 528 Main Street HATTIESBURG PRESSING Co. $ 1.00 Eaat ' Pine Home P Jackson \ i Si * j* A. F. PARKER & SON Retail Butcher SOUTHERN EMPLOYMENT COMPANY Suppliers of Competent Skilled Help of all kinds—Gratis to the Employer. HATTIESBURG, MISS. Phone 197 Dealer In . . . All Kinds of Produce | , Cor. Mobile and Pine.Streets Natchez UNION PRESSING CLU J. E. HERMAN GENTS FURNISHING [GOODS Front Street. "The Store of Quality Hattiesburg la a thriving city of ap proximately 25,000 population, growth is one of the marvels of the fast expanding South, due to natural resources such as are possessed by no other town or city in Mississippi. Hattiesburg is the center of the yel low pine belt of South Mississippi, the greatest timber belt in the world. Four great systems of railroad radiat ing in seven fllrections, with numerous baranch lines, make Hattiesburg the wholesale and retail distributing point of all this vast country for a distance of more than fifty miles in all direc tions. Hattiesburg has numerous manufact uring plants and wholesale and Job* blng houses representing practically all lines, and the merchants of the smaller towns within a radius of fifty miles can buy cheaper in Hattiesburg than in the larger cities, deducting the difference In freight rates. The retail trade of Hattiesburg is second to that of no city in the State. Stores are large and stocks are com plete. Prices are always reasonable. Its HATTIESBURG SANITARY PRESSING Phones 377 1 Mclnnes Bl< *. THE CITY PRESSING CLU M. A. Sallis, Mgr. We give all work prompt atte: tion and guarantee satisfacticy * Polk Bldg. PALMER SHEET METAL WORKS . Hemphill Street All kinds of Metal Work Roofing and Skylights 2;M Home Phone 54 Mobile Agents For j ■i ■■. i W. L. DOUGLASS SHOE Ligon G. Smith, INSURANCE — All Kinds — Gutjporthk Scranton Also carry a full line of Dry Goods, Groceries Fe^ stuffs, etc. Main Street Room 316 Ross Bldg. N. B. BLOU THE POLE-STOCK L'B'R C New Orleans THE JONES COMPANY The Men's Outfitters 202 - 204 Pine St. Hattiesburg, Yellow Pine Lumber ! CUMBERLA Phone I Ross Building Rooms 304-305 Hattiesburg has four trunk lines of railroad. Hattiesburg has the finest hotel in South Mississippi. Hattiesburg is ten times as large as it was ten years ago. Hattiesburg is the largest yellow pine lumber center in the world. Cars for the Mississippi Central Railroad are built in Hattiesburg . Miss. — THE — PEOPLES EMPLOYMENT Ct POSITIONS SECURED Kennedy Bldg. Your Watch Not Going Righl Take it toj d. f. McDonald He Will Put It Right High-grade Jewelry Repairing Ross Bldg. l r D. B. HENLEY PHOTOGRAPHER Oldest Established in the City. ' SI ■f; / R. E. LEE KEYES & HUMMER Meat Market The assessed valuation of personal property in Hatties - Architect burg exceeds $7,000,000. We Appreciate your Patronage. Phone Us Your Order 516, 517, 518.Ross Building < Wholesale grocery houses in Hattiesburg do an annual business of more than $3,000,000. Cutover lands in the Hattiesburg district produce the finest fruits and vegetables in the world. Hattiesburg has four flourishing banks, with combined capital and surplus of more than $1,000,000. B. M. THOMPSON J. C. JOHNSON WATCHMAKER, JEWELER and ENGRAVER Repairing a SpecUl-y Moore Bros. Grocery, Livery & Sale Stable West Pine Street Telephone 94 Pine St. CALL FOR Mississippi Bottling & M'f'g Cc Celery Phosphate j $ MISS EDMONSON Fashionable Modiste M ®nnis Bldg. ' A' $ta Room 8 t ITTM •V"\ Century Drug Store IF TIRED A. J. HARRIS FIRE INURANCE Corner Railroad and Short St.- We have just put in our beautiful soda fountain and are serving delicious nbw drinks. : : : : A Complete Stock of Fresh Druggist Sundries, Of waiting for an Up holster or Repair Man Call up Foster, The Furniture Man. The Foster ■ i neu Room 205 First National Bank Building l\ - Articles, et m joaves tj • ,e * u t renoj r % ■ py^pg Sit 4"