Hattiesburg daily progress., October 30, 1903, Image 2

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Hattiesburg Daily Progress
Published Every Evening Except Sunday
Weekly on Friday.
hater, d at the poetofflce at Hmtttaaburg, Mis*.
u fcond-clMMM mall matter.
J. J. HAYME, Editor and Proprietor.
GAINES S. DOBBINS, City Editor.
Advertising rate made known on
application to this office.
Subscription Kates:
$ 6.00
Dally per year..
Daily per month
.60
Telephone 65.
FRIDAY, OCT. 30, 1903.
The police of Meridian made n
raid on a blind tiger of that city a
few days ago, and captured 48 empty
and 5 full keg6 of beer.
The Clarion-Ledger says t^at Mis
sissippi will not have to fire a cannon
next Tuesday to let the nergoes know
there is going to be a fair election.
The New Grenadian, which sprang
up and flourished for a brief time at
Grenada, was sold under the sherilf's
hammer at that place the other day,
Mr. Buchanan, editor of the Sentinel,
buying it.
The old sober-sided Vicksburg Her
ald gsts funny oscasio»ally, as will
be seen by the following:
Penny, of Washburn College, Topeka,
Kansas, is making war on church rag
time music. lie says it "reminds
him of Yankse Doodle,
hates." The professor needs recon
struction."
"Pref.
which he
The Forest Register says that "on
the first of September of last year
there were 94 saw mills in operation
on the line of the Gulf and Ship Is
land railroad. Since that time the
number has increased to 214, and the
mills in operation have a capacity of
three and one-half million feet of
lumber per day."
The West Point Leader makes the
following reference to the Southern
Female College of that, city: "The
uniforms recently adopted at the
Souh tern Female College are both
■tjliah and becoming. Dark gray in
color, stylish and fetching as to cut
aud make, they are calculated to ap
peal to the feminine eye."
Regarding the cotton crop it ie
pretty much as the Scott, Cnnnty Pe«
iater puts it in the following notice:
"During the flue weather we have
been having great progreaa has been
made in picking the cotton crop, not
only iu thia county, but all over tha
It ia stated that the principal
part of the crop will be gathered by
the middle of November."
state.
Editor Dears of the Natchez Bulle
tin couldn't survive if he didn't get
funny occasionally. Here's his latest:
"Some of onr exchanges are bragging
about the man who can pick the most
What, ie needed to be brag
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cotton.
ged about now is [the [man who
find the moat cotton to pick; we do
not think he lives in this particular
looality. "
An exchange refers to the W. C.
T. U. meeting to be held next week
at Canton as follows:
sippi W. C. T. U.
esssion at Canton next week,
ton ia one of the few towns in the
state where saloons are still in full
blast, and the white ribbonera will
probably endeavor to show its citizens
the error of their ways while in ses
sion there.
"The Missis
meets in annual
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An exchange telle how mnch Mis
sissippi has missed in the following:
"The housekeepers of Minnesota and
Wisconsin claim to have solved tha
servant problem by employing and
training Indian girls to do tha work
about their homes,
months' training the Indian girl is
declared to make one of the best ser
vants that hae ever be«D discovered.
And jast to think all the Choctaws
have left Mississippi. "
After a few
in
The Columbus Commercial says
that "according to a statement recent
ly given out by State Superintendent
of Education Whitfield of Mis
sissippi, the state has dur
ing the two years ending Sep
tember 1st last, raised three hundred
thoneand dollars more for educational
purposes than in any two previous
years. Most ot this sum has been
raised by additional tax levya in the
various counties and has been appro
priated to the rural schools for longer
terms and increased salaries for the
teaehers
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The old beforethe war darkies are
The West Point
fast passing away.
Leader makes mention of one who
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prominent figure among the oolored
people of this place for a great many
was Uge Saxon.
He
brawny
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blacksmith, a typioal Bi
Vulcati in hja powerful frame md
muscles. On Monday night, the 20tb,
at the advanced age of 82 years, he
surrendered his life. He was an in
dustrious, polite aud peaceable colored
man; one well worthy the emula
tion of his race.
is still in evidence, an exchange ie
fprring to it iu this way: 1 lie so
lotion of the negro problem I. farther
away tha. e.er, my. Dr. Gladden.
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Since this is also true of the
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involved in the "education and as
simulation of the Philippines,'' is it
not time that we realize that the
The following from the Columbus
Commercial will prove of interest to
many, since the minds of some are not
"Some people
are under the impression that iu vot- j
ing for railroad commissioner iu the I
general election next Tuesday that!
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The Biloxi Herald thinks that the
Sooth Mississippi syrnp superior to
any on the market. Here is what it
says: "The open kettle syrnps made
by the farmer# in south Mississippi
are saperior to the syrnps made by
the big sugar refineries where chemi
cals are used for bleaching the sogars
and the syrups. Then, too, thsre is
a happy medium of boiling in the
country by which the syrup wil 5 keen,
and ^either, torn to sugar nor ionr,
and whan that homemade syrnp ie
spread ou gool home-made country
butter—oh heart, cease thy palpita
tion !''
The solution of the negro problem
problems have been approached from
the wrong side or by the wrong men,
or that there is something radically
wrong in the principles underlying
the attempts ^
The same might be
sa ^ financial problem and that
of the national prosperity.
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clear npou the laws governing the
point touched upon:
If Money and Brains linked with long
years of experience could obtain bettor results in men's wear,
either from a stylish or meritorious stand point we would
change our line.
It goes without saying that we are the "guardian angels
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of this town" in clothing and men's wear, and as evidence of
our faith in this statement, we will refer to the past instead
of the future for our ratification, by saying if any man has
purchased a Schloss Bros- suit of clothes in this store either
in the past spring or the previous fall, that did not prove what
we say, the same will be replaced. If this fails to interest
you, the proposition is '"up to you" our motto is "your money
back if you want.
See our fall line.
THE MEN'S OUTFITTER
A. K. MdNNlS,
Hattiesburg, Miss.
they must vote only for the nominee
Such,
for while
in their respective districts,
however, is not the case,
the commissioners were nominated by
districts they are elected by tha entire
state, and all voters should cast bal
lets for all three of the regular nomi
nees, Messrs. Kiucauuon, Bradley and
McNair."
The Vicksburg Herald gives the
following piece of ooiton crop news
which will prove interesting now
that statisticians are bobbing up
everywhere making guesses as to what
the 1908 crop will be: "A. J. Bos
ton, the Liverpool crop estimator, haa
taken a crack at the bull's eye. His
guess iis 11 250,000 bales. And says,
since writing the above several frost
telegrams have been received whioh
read,' crop mneh improved si
examined . 1 Frost has helped
ially." Liverpool had be!
aad give him a m
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The progress of the SI., J. & K. C.
grading work and other matters con
cerning'tbe road, all of which willj
prove of interest to our readers is
given in the following from the Jack-j
Clarion-Ledger:
Webb of the Mississippi railroad com
mission, has received a letter from
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Mr. W. W. Hayden, assistant chief
engineer of the Mobile, Jackson and
KausasTCity railroad, returning a
map'of the state which had been sent
him, showing the completed part of
that road, with the namei of all its
stations and locations, as welt as the
distance between _them.
proposed location ns far north as PC1W
totoo. Track laying Mr. Hayden says,
is new progressing between Beaumont
and Laurel, aud the grading is near
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county, as well as being under way
to Mathison. Snb-coDrtactors are
getting along well north of Mathison,
jj j s hope of the management
b „ ott of Irack , avill8 „„ tM ,
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pari or toe line win noruv otgio.
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Clarion-Ledger gives the fol
lowing as the status and magnitude
of the lumber industry of the United
States: "Mr O. VV. Price of the
government bureau o p forestry denies
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tl.at the work being dons by that de
partmeut is antagonistic to the lumber
iutsrests of the country, aud his state
ment will be very generally believed,
The lumber ilidastry of the United
States represents an invested capital
of $611,000,000, and an annual product
of $100,000,000. It gives a means of
livelihood to over a million persons,
and it is hardly probable that the
'government would be engaged in any
work that would tend to cripple the
industry. On the other hand, the
bureau of forestry is intended to pro
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by bringing into existence more tim
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"It seems that the board of direc
tors of the Beauvoir soldier's home
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will soon be ready to open that insti
tnt j 0Q t0 t ], e ma ny needy veterans
w j 10 are ma king application for ad
mittance to their hospitality,
organization has about $3,500 to ex
pend in eqoipping ood foroishing the
horn, the Daughter, of the Oonfeder^
acy W1 (, maintain the place, with
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what funds they have on hand for
thj|t purpoge nut)1 the legislature
mee ^ 8i when it is hoped aud believed
that some appropriation will be made
to assist the Sons and Daughters of
the'Confederacy in its maintenance
and further equipment,
< >It ig the Iiregent int ention of the
0 tH cer8 G f the Mississippi! division
Unite 1 Sons of Confederate veterans
who directed the directorate of the
«oldi,f. home to open the place for
the reception of guests by the latter
pftrt q{ Novenjber> at wh ioh time they
w j]j ab i e ro accommodate thirty or
standing and growing,
iness of the bureau to tbow and. to
tsach the lambur" 3 * 11 how to eave aud
the untoral forests from de
struction and bow to make new ones
for the future generations. The tim
ber supply camiot last always, it is
being rapidly exhausted, and a great
deal of it estimated at 50 per cent,
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waited. "
BEAUVOIR TO OPEN.
Under the above heading the Bil
oxi Daily Herald gives out the follow
ing information relative to the open
ing of Beauvoir, which will be read
with interset by every Mississippian:
The
forty veterans.
"This work 19 one iu which all
Miesissippians should fe°l a pride and
interest. It would be too bad if af
ter inviting veterans to share their
hospitality, thjy should be allowed to
want. This we hold to he impossi
ble."
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Was bought for the purpose of describing
my many good bargains but owing to rapid
changes of property 1 havent time to give
a detailed list today and as all the wise
speculators and home seekers know I can
accomodate them at any time to the best
to be had.
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I'll simply say=-if you are LOOKING for
What you WANT, come to see
Thos. M. Ferguson,
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Case 24 Full Pints $10.4.8 Express Paid.
HOLBERG MEKCAMILE CO.
P. O. Box No. 294.
The Big Mail Order house .
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Our Former|Home.
Write for Our Price List on Jutj Goods.
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J- R. LITTLE. Sec'y and Treas
HURRAY WHEELER. President.
ALABAMA IRON WORKS
ENGINES. BOILERS, MACHINERY
Repairing of All Kinds.
Architectural Iron and Brass Castings. Light and Heavy Forgings.
All kinds of Machinery Supplies. Special attention given
to Mill and Steamship Repairs.
Mobile, Alabama.
Phones: Bell 64. Home 94. [sepll-3mol 152. 154, 156 and 158 S. Commerce St
O'Donnell <Sc Williams,
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(Successors to O'Donnell & Stewart.)
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.. .Staple and Fancy Groceries. . .
and Country Produce of All Kinds.
all goods delivered.
Hattiesburg, Miss. l\
No 207 Front Street.
FINE CIGARS AND CIGARETTES '
NICELY FURNI8HBD ROOMS
THE WINDSOR CAFE
COFFEE 8 A LOON AND
..LUNCH COUNTER..
T. M. NEVILLE,
WM. HOWE,
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Hattiesburg. -
'Phone No. 248.
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Campers! Cottagers!
How relreshlng after a morning
plunge in the surf, lake or river is a
nice, hot buscuit made from Town
Talk Flour.
HAWKINS & CO.
SOLE AGENTS FOR HATTIESBURG, MISS
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