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DAILY NEWS Published Every Morning (Except Monday Hattiesburg Printing A Publishing Co. Office. 112 Front Street. H. A. CAMP, President. M. J. EPLEY, Vice President. EDGAR G. HARRIS, Editor. E. E. 8MITH, Circulation Manager. Telephones: Cumberland, 90A Home, 30 Subscription: One Month, by carrier . Due Year by mail or carrier.. .$6.00 50c HEARST TELEGRAPH AND CA BLE SERVICE received dally, the ex clusive franchise for which Is owned by the Daily News. Entered as second-class matter on May 22, 1907, at the postoffice at Hattiesburg, Miss., under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE NEW COUNTY OF FORREST. LABE --w-Sa, ■*> FOR CONGRESS. We are authorized to announce HON E. J. BOWERS of Hancock county as a candidate in the Democratic primary for re-noml natlon to the 61st Congress from the 6th district of Mississippi. ❖ In modern journalism editors •> <• must be alert with substantial ❖ <• evidence in support of their con- •> ❖ tentions. Newspapers are the v <• ever watchful guardians of the ❖ ❖ public weal. They are detectives, <• ❖ prosecutors and public account- ❖ ❖ ants. Criminals hate newspapers. •> ❖ scheming politicians bitterly as- •> ❖ sail them, incompetent public of- ❖ ❖ ficials treat them with affected <• <* scorn Only the honest man with ❖ ❖ his life free from possible entan- <• <• glements looks upon the newspa- •> ❖ pers as his friend. ♦ Business Announcenent. As a part of its plans incident to a change from tne morning to the after noon field, the Daily News will per manently discontinue its job pointing department. This is in line wi'h steps already taken by a majority of Mississippi dailies, and is made only after care ful consideration on the part of the paper's business management. Men who achieve in this age of the world cannot afford to divide their en ergies, and those charged with the publication of a dally newspaper have little time to devote to other pursuits. Hattiesburg has several exclusive job printers who are not engaged In newspaper work. They are prepared to take care of the local trade and a-e entitled to your patronage. Give them your business. Hattiesburgans who line the streets to see Fred Sullens, Dave Holt and Editor Mos grove in the press par ade should not forget to take a peep at Burgess Dixon, the handsome young gentleman who presides over the edi torial destinies of fhe Greenwood En terprise. He Is worth going miles and miles to see. Hon. W. S. Vardanian has been de feated for mayor Of Greenwood by Gid Montjoy, Sr. Both are good men and the people of Greenwood ought to he satisfied if Mr. Montjoy measures up to the standard set by his predeces sor. No town anywhere ever had a better mayor than Will Vardaman. When the Governor of South Caro . lina met the Governor of North Caro lina at that conference of Governors and the usual amenities changed, we'll bet the bananas that Governor Noel, of Mississippi, reniged. were ex Rich people who now and Uu n make propositions to give certain s, provided poor people will come across with like amounts, should cut the strings and make their donations regardless. . jr a z ; ' ' = If Mrs. Gunness had only adver tised herself as a red-headed widow, with dimpled cheeks, she might have converted the whole state of Indiana Into a cemetery. Joe Bailey's victory in Texas was probably nothing to brag about, but If Bryan does as well in November the country will be saved. Governor John A. Johnson's thrill ing rescue of the South from the clutches of Mr. Bryan will not be staged this season. > man prefers to he lied An Afternoon Newspaper. With this issue, the Daily News abandons the morning Held and be comes an afternoon newspaper. This change has been under consideration for several weeks, but per manent arrangements for the change were not Consummated until yester day, when arrangements were made with the Hearst News Service for the full afternoon report of that great news agency. As a morning newspaper, the Dally News has done well—better than mlgth have been expected under the trying business conditions of the past six months. But there are several serious obstacles In the way In the first place, it of morning newspaper publication in Hattiesburg, has been impossible to secure electric power service to drive presses and typesetting machinery from 2 to 4 o'clock each morning. Just at the time During the late hours of the when most needed by a morning paper, night, when the electric plant is running, the direct current is irregu lar and unreliable and has necessitated much provoking delay and need less expense. When the News first entered the morning field. It was assured that the all night power service would be furnished within a short time, but subsequent conditions have prevented the construction of the new plant and the service has not Improved. All newspaper readers know that It costs more money to Issue a morn Men will not work at Lights are ex Ing paper than to print an afternoon edition, night for the same salaries they receive for day labor, pensive and the newspaper office which remains open all night consumes lots of electricity. These and other reasons have impelled the present management to make the change. And we have no apologies to offer. As an afternoon paper, the News will continue to print the NEWS, and all of It. Editorially, it will remain fair, but fearless—earnestly en deavoring at all times to promote the best Interests of Hattiesburg and South Mississippi. The circulation of the News is larger than ever before in its his It Is larger, by several hundred, than any Hattiesburg newspaper tory. has ever before enjoyed—and we believe that a majority of our readers will gladly go with us into the afternoon field. The paper will appear promptly Monday afternoon, in regular eight page form, and on each afternoon thereafter. Tuesday will be the paper's first birthday and our issue of that date , will be especially interesting. Manship's Blunder. Acting Governor Luther Manship has granted a full and uncondi- * tional pardon to William Starling, sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of five years for wrecking the Merchants and Planters Bank of Greenville, Miss. This pardon, granted in the absence of Governor Noel on a petition that has been pending for nearly a year, is without Justification, warrant or precedent, and the acting governor will receive deserved ceSsure from ail law-loving Mississippians. * Starling was the trusted cashier of one of the largest and most pros perous banks in the Btate, and deliberately took unto himself the fun Is of the depositors—including the savings of the poor and the sustenance of widows and orphans—aggregating many thousands of dollars. Despite the fact that he belongs to one of the most influential fam ilies in the State and had ample means to employ the best legal talent to defend himself, he yas tried In a court of law, before a wise judge and twelve of his countrymen, convicted and sentenced to the State pen itentiary for five years. He has served one year of that time. The dispatches from Jackson assert that Lieutenant and Acting Gov ernor Manship took into consideration the prominence of the family—their sorrow and humiliation passion for the good mother of the embezzler. Governor Manship's friends gere afraid that he would not measure up to the responsibilities of the Governorship; they anticipated the fact that he was possessed of an emotional nature, and that his goodness of heart might lead him astray. But only a few days ago he stated to the newspapers that he would do nothing during the absence of Governor Noel that Governor Noel would not himself sanction. - How bitterly he has disappointed us! . Which reminds us of the fact that the man with the mind of a child has no business with the responsibilities that belong to maturity. And that Governor Manship'g friends made a serious mistake when they did not prevail upon him to refuse even the temporary responsibil ities of the place. . Starling may be a reformed man. He may return the money stolen from widows and orphans—make glad again the homes and hearts which he wronged. We doubt it. In all probability he will return to Greenville to live off his loot'; to revel In sportive luxury in the facts of those whom he has rendered des titute. nd that the pardon was granted out of com In any event, justice has been cheated of Its prey and the penitentiary is robbed of an example that might have prevented others from yield ing to the all too common temptation to appropriate other people's money. An English physician says that ex cessive talking produces disease. He Isn't acquainted with Mr. William Jennings Bryan. The officer who has "made good" de serves a second term. The officer who hasn't "made good" doesn't deserve anything. The Birmingham Ledger doubts that Henry Watterson's surrender to Bryan was unconditional. Thit'a treason. The first volume of the Daily News will be completed May 19. The second will be bigger and better. The paper trust investigators have | Republican party . made out a strong case against tho Aim high if you would suceeed. Bui be sure that your gun Is loaded before you shoot. If love is blind during courtship It ought to remain that way after mar riage. Laying all jokes aside, isn't Hatties burg a mighty good town to live in? Nobody has as yet accused Mr. Taft of being a 2x4 politician. Maybe the Hearst Independence League is going to endorse Debs. BEST FLOUR CHEAP. W. M. Conner sella White Heath Flour at $5.75 per barrel. 8pot cash every barrel. Guaranteed equal to the Hi DAILY NEWS ECHOE8. Hearken, will you, with both ears wide open, to this lilting lay from the pen of Edgar Harris, of the Hatties burg Dally News: "Spring is here at last. From her long sleep Nature has awakened. She has caught- the notes of triumph of her resurrection, and garlanded with rdses, "with the soDgs of birds herald ing her march, her pathway strewn with flowers and lighted by rare and radiant sunshine, she now moves in majesty toward hei^eo Whirls all rigff,*hf«course, from the .viewpoint of glittering rhetoric. Spring couM hardly demand a more cordial welcome, especially In view of _lta outrageous behavior, hut our contemporary forgot a few things that should have been mentioned in nection with the gladsome event. For instance, he says nothing whatever about filthy back yards that need cleaning up. He utterly neglected to say that mosquitoes and redbugs have resumed their usual occupations. Be sldstepped the fact that some of are still wearing our winter clothes and can't raise the wherewithal to buy new spring raiment. He Is apparently In Ignorance of the relations between cucumbers and colic, and the cramps that follow first communion with the watermelon crop. In fact, there are a goodly number of things about spring with which our Hattiesburg contemporary Is unac quainted.—Jackson News. ❖ © a nutation." con us T Coplon «• THE PRESS ASSOCIATION. ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ A DANGEROUS CHARACTER. Editor Fred Sulllna, of the Jackson News, who never drinks, will be at the State Press Convention with a demmyjohn, a funnel and a syphon. Hattiesburg police take notice. He is not dangerous unless aroused while taking liquid nourishment; then he be comes as fierce as a Back Bay rab bit, and will fight like an infuriated mullet.—Biloxi Herald. MOSGROVE SEND8 REGRETS. Owing to a rush o* business the editor of the Journal cannot be in at tendance on the Happy Hattiesburg press convention, but we assure Brer Harris and the rest that we shall be with them in spirits.—Gulfport Jour nal. EDITORS ALREADY ON THEIR WAY TO PRESS CONVENTION Secretary J. G. McGuire, of Yazoo City, writes the editor of the News that he will reach Hattiesburg Mon day evening to get things In shape for the press convention. From the num ber who have sent in their annnual dues, Mr. McGuire thinks that the at tendance will be up to the average. Mr. Horatio N. Goodwin, manager of the Atlanta branch of the Ameri can Press Association, writes us that he will be In Hattiesburg Tuesday, ready for a frolic with the boys. Fred SuLlens, the genial editor of the Jackson News, and Editor Mos grove, of the.Gulfport Journal, say that It will be Impossible for them to attend. Hon. Joseph E. Norwood, editor of the Magnolia Gazette and past presi dent of the Association, writes us that he can't come because of the serious illness of Mrs. Norwood. It is to be hoped, however, that she will Improve and that he will yet he able to attend the meeting. Hon. R. H. Henry, editor of the Jack son Clarion-Ledger, is coming, and despite the fact that he has four very lively opponents for congress in his district. Dave Holt will turn the Biloxi Her ald over to the office devil and come anyhow. Burgess Dixon, of the Greenwood Enterprise, will he here. His good wife will come along to keep him straight. • Claude Cunningham, of the New ton Record, will be on hand. He is to be the next president of the Associa tion and will make a good one. President B. T. Hobbs, of Brook haven, will reach Hattiesburg Monday evening over the Mississippi Central. He has engaged rooms at Hotel Hat tiesburg for his family. Capt. P. K. Mayers, of Scranton, the venerable treasurer, will arrive with the wampum early Tuesday morning. Mrs. Mayers will he with him. Charley Harris, of the Canton Her ald, will start Monday and should get here Tuesday morning unless he takes the wrong train. Joe Richardson, of the Indlanola Tocsin, cables us that he Is on the way. He'll probably stop over In Vicksburg to lay In a supply of refresh ments. (Continued Monday Afternoon. LOCAL MILITIAMEN WILL GET NO. PAY Continued from page one. quashed on account of alleged de fects, In each Instance appeals being taken to the supreme court where the lower court was sustained. Starling belongs, to one St the most prominent families in the state, being a son of Major Starling, years chief engineer of the lower levee board. His case aroused much sympathy, as he has a wife and two small children, and a petition signed by more than a thousand citizens of Greenville and other towns In the delta was sent to the Governor's of for many lice asking that he be released. The wife of Starling made a personal ap peal to the Acting Governor for clem ency In behalf of her husband. TO THE PUBLIC. All persons are hereby notified that I, J. B. Eure, have sold out mv entire interest In the post card depot and will not be responsible for any debts that may be hereafter created. This notice given this the 15th day Of May, A. D. 1908. ml6-3t J. B. EURE. a sells It for leas. BISMARCK French and English Publishers Ne* gotiating For Unpublished Manuscripts. Special Cable to The Dally News. Hearst News Service. * Zurich, May 16.—The last volume of Prince Bismark's memoirs, suppressed by Emperor William, may yet see the light. A copy of the manuscript is in the hands of an attorney here and negotiations with French and English publishers are pending. The owner of the manuscript wants 100,000 francs cash ($20,000), besides unusually high royalties. The book rights of Blsmark's mem oirs—all of them—originally belonged to the famous publishing house of Cot ta. When the Kaiser' forbade publi cation of the last volume, and the CottaB offered to submit their case to the courts, Kaiser Wilhelm sent for the head of the house and asked him as a personal favor to suppress the book. This request was granted. The manuscript now In this city is a transcript of the original entrusted to the Cottas by Prince Blsmark himself. Whether the original has been destroy ed by the Kaiser's request Is uncertain. We have bargains in all kinde of second-hand Furniture.. M. S. Haie field, 128 Front St., Home phone 743. m!6-6t 1(M LINEN 8HEETING8. 5 12 6t McLEOD'8. AGED MAN MURDERS WIFE AND HIMSELF Hearst News Service. Peru, Ind., May 16.— Mrs. James Clear, aged 40, is dying and her bus band, aged 65, is in the county jail with his throat cut, the result of a tragedy which occurred early this mornin*. Clear was Jealous of his wife. At the jail he said he regretted he had bungled the job, as he wanted to die and take her .out of the world at the same time. THAW WON'T PAY. . New York, May 16.—According to the World, Harry K. Thaw has un paid bills against him amounting to approximately $200,000, and refuses to pay out a dollar to his creditors as long as he is officially.Insane. One of the large creditors stated that Thaw told him he could not pay his bill, because as he was legally a lunatic, nobody would honor hlht checks. The creditors are said to number about' 10 with claims rang ing from $35,000 down. PISTOLS ARE USED TO QUELL MUTING (Continued from page one.) employes and the company, the com pany has systematically laid off tho old union men, reduced them to the ex tra list, supplanted them with Forest City men and had given every indica tion that It was the purpose of the Mu nicipal Traction Company to force the union men out of the service and used arbitration as a cloak only for delay. The vice president, Behner, com menting on the strike situation today said: "1 am pleased with the outlook. All the men are loyal to the union and we expect them to stick until we win. There Is no doubt that we will win in the end." "Rioting will not be tolerated,* de clared Chief of Police Kohler today. "Any outbreaks on the part of the street railway men, or any attempt to interfere with cars running will not be permitted and shall be dealt with se verely." STRIKERS U8E VIOLENCE. An attempt to run cars on the Payne avenue line early today was frustrated by a crowd of strike sympathizers. They took away the controller lever of a car, pulled down the trolley and cut off the trolley rop& The motorman and conductor left the car standing In the atreet. Later it was hauled back to the hams. At the junction of Colllnwood and Suclidbeach lines, the Eastern suburb, a switch point was broken off and a telephone pole was thrown across the tracks, effectually tying up fhe pro gress of cars In that section tor tho time being.