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The retiremefiThr Oor
man who led gie Gordon Highlander*
when they stormed the heights of
Dargai some years
ous story of how he came to Join that
famous regiment. The gallant colonel
4s not a Scotsman, but a Welshman,
■and It was owing to a slip of the pen
that he Joined the renowned Seventy
fifth regiment. "1 was intended," he
'says, "to go into the old Ninety-fifth
•IBglment, but nine and seven are
Avery much alike, and by a slip of the
■pen I was gazetted to the Seventy
fifth." A story is told concerning Col.
Mathias when he was leading the fa
mous charge at Dargai. "Stiff climb,
eh, Mackie?" he Bald, breathlessly to
the color sergeant by his side. "I'm
not so young as I was, you know."
"Never mind, sir," the sergeant re
plied, "ye're going verra strong for an
aul mon."—Tit-Bits.
ago, recalls a curl
Healthy Italians.
Italians of the poorer, class are noted
for their general good health. This
is to some extent attributed to toe
fact that the working people of Italy
eat' less meat than those of any other
European nation.
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THE
NEW BICYCLE SHOP
Agent for the worlds best bicy
cle. Price from 35.00 to $70.00
If you ride a horse sell him and
buy a bicycle and Jsave $20.00 per
month horse board.
A $50.00 bicycle lasts ten years
5.00 a year. Always ready to ride
The easiest thing in the world
to ride.
S. PARKER
Back of Bufkin's Drag Store,
Home Phone 771
P. O. Box 358
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H. L. WATTS
DENTIST
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White'. (People Only
208 Front Street
Over Doziers' Dsug'Store
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J. C. JOHNSON
WATCHMAKER, JEWELER
and ENGRAVER :-: :-:
Repairing a SpecialtyJ „ ■?.
Moore Bros. Grocery,
Pine St.
< KEYES & HUMMER
Meat Market
We Appreciate your Patronage.
^1 Phone Us Your Order
PALMER SHEET METAL
WORKS
Hemphill Street
All kinds of Metal Work
Roofing and Skylights
THE CITY PRESSING CLUB
M. A. Sallis, Mgr.
We give all work prompt atten
tion and guarantee satisfaction.
Home Phone 545
Polk Bldg.
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THE POLE-STOCK L'B'R CO.
Yellow Pine Lumber
Cumberland
Phone 11
Ross Building
rooms 304-305
k R . E . LEE
V Architect
616, 517, 518 Ross Building
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CALL FOR
Mississippi Bottling & M'f 'g Co. '
Celery Phosphate
AT ALL FOUNTS
IT'S THE BEST
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ST. LOUIS ISSUES
TO BRIDGE THE RIVER
Hearst News Service.
St. Louis, June 10.—Bids will be
opened today for $6,600,000 worth of
municipal bonds, for delivery July 1,
bearing 4 per cent Interest. No bids
for less than $1,000 were received.
Two and a half millions of the money
received from the sale of the bonds
Hearst News Service
ered the address at the commencement
Lawrence, Kan., June 10.—Governor | exercises of the University of Kan
John A. Johnson, of Minnesota, deliv-1 sas today.
Milwaukee, Wis., June 10,—For the
thirey-third consecutive year the tree
growers of the United States met to
day for the annual convention of the
American Association of Nurserymen
The Planklnton House Is the scene of
the big assemblage, which was called
tol order this morning by President J.
W. Hill, of Des Moines, la. An ad
dress of welcome by Mayor Rose, the
City of Mexico, June 10.—Shrlners
from various parts of the republic
are gathered here today to take part
in a ceremonial session of the Mystic
Shrine. Arrangements will be made
for a big excursion of Mexican Shrin
erg to the convention In St. Paul next
month.
HILL TAKES
LONG TRIP
Hearst News Service.
New York, June 10.—Former Gov
ernor David B. Hill has engaged pass
age on the steamship Baltic and will
sail for Europe tomorrow. It will be
his first viBit to the countries of the
old world. He is not expected to re
turn until after the Democratic nation
al convention.
Luminous Birds.
'Owls do not appear to be the only
luminous birds. The authors of "The
Water Birds of North America" allude
to the phosphorescent plumage of the
great blue heron. The breast feath
ers of this species. It appears, are fur
nished with a downy, light-emitting
lubstance.
is the "bird-lantern."
that the luminosity may be of service
to the bird, both''by attracting ti^e fish
tnd enabling it to see them.
The bird Itself .is known
It Is suggested
JUNE AGAIN,
and June means a busy jewelry mark
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et, June weddings, June commence
inents and June social events.
These glorious opportunities arefl*
into suceesful sales with the aid of
our SUPERIOR DIAMOND STOCK
and ney goods in every branch of our
business.
Let us cinch the sales by you seeing
our unapproachable stock.
H. H. GRAHAM JEWELRY CO.
Front Street.
> Look for the big clock.
J9-3L
will be used In the erection of a new
municipal building. A half million
will be used for the free bridge across
the Mississippi. The city hospital
will get $800,000, and the balance will
be used In improvements of the fire
department, bridges, viaducts, high
ways and parks.
president's annual address and the re
ports of officers and standing commit
tees occupied the initial session.
Election of officers will take place
tomorrow, after which addresses will
be made on all phases of the fruit
growing business by authorities from
Maine to California and from to
sota to Texas. The seslon will close
Friday.
OUR FIRST PATENT.
Granted at Boston In 1648 and Was
Called a Monopoly.
To the general court of Massachu
setts belongs the honor of granting
the first American patent. This was
In 1048 and was then designated as a
monopoly. It was confined to the re
gion controlled by Massachusetts, and
the one issue apparently lucluded all
the invention of the inventor connect
ed with englues that depended upon
water for their motive power. The
limit of the monopoly waa fourteen
years, and the court not only retained
power to forbid exportation, but to
prevent exorbitant charges upon the
public for tbetr use. The patent wna
issued In this form:
"Jenkes Monopolye.—At a> gcnerall
Courte at Boston the tith of the 3tb
Mo 1048. The cor't consld'lnge ye ne
cessity of raising such inauil'acturcs
of engins of mils to go by water for
speedy dispatch of much worke with
few hands, and being suflieiently in
formed of ye ability of ye petition to
peforme such workes grant his peti
tion (yet no Othr per sen sbuil set up
or use any such new Invention, or
trade for fourteen yoares without ye
license of him the said Joseph Jenkes)
so farr as concernes any such new in
vention, & so It shall lie nlwayes in ye
powr of this co'te to restrain ye ex
portation of such manufactures & ye
prizes of them to moderation if occa
sion so require."
This inventor, Joseph Jenkes, or
Jenks, as it would now he spelled,
came from Hammersmith, Euglaud,
settled in Lynn lu 1043 and died In
1082-3, aged eighty-one. • He was a
blacksmith and machinist, made the
dies for the coining of the "Pine
Tree" money and built the first fire
engine in this country, altogether a
man of great inventive genius and the
ancestor of a large number of descend
ants. One of his sons removed to
Rhode Island, where be built several
mills.
Origin of Myths.
The human mind, whether that of
the savuge or the civilized man, la
naturally u thinking machine. In early
times, before science was bora, the
phenomena of nature required an ex
planation, and the savage , beholder
shaped the myth, which satisfied bis
untutored mind. It Is oot- of man's
uatural craving to know the "reason
why" that all myths are bora. As
the distinguished anthropologist, Tylor,
puts it, "When the attention of a man
In the myth making stage'of Intellect
drawn to any phenomenon which'
has to him an obvious reason, he In
vents and tellG.a story to account for
It" In such way all mythology orig
inated.
WE BUY SECOND HAND
FURNITURE.
M. S. Halsfleld, 128 Front street,
Home
m28-lmo
next to Palace Restaurant,
phone 743.
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if The Wedding Bell.
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In the northern land of Sweden,
where the young girls have fair
plexlons, light hair anil blue eyes, there
lived a man named Jacobson. He had
gathered some means by hard work,
which would descend at his death to
his son John. Old Jacobson
daily desirous that bis sou should at
his marriage enhance the family pos
sessions by taking a wife with a dowry
equal to the Jacobson inheritance,
but John sadly Interfered with his
father's plans for him by falling in
love with Lucy Peterson, one of the
blue eyed, light haired, fair complex
loned maidens before mentioned. Lucy
had no fortune in prospect, and, ns for n
dowry, there was no one to give her
one, for her parents and all here rela
tives were poor as church mice.
Nevertheless young Jacobson inter
viewed bis father on the subject, only
to receive the alternative of giving up
Lucy or being disinherited,
would have chosen the latter had It
not been for Lucy, who would not con
sent to the sacrifice. Her lover pleaded
with her, but without efTect. She said
that a dowry was necessary, and If she
could not get one there must be no
marriage.
Old Jacobson was very much inter
ested in a uew church, the ouly edifice
for religious worship for miles around.
There had been subscriptions and fairs
and all manner of devices whereby to
raise money for its building, and when
it was finished every one
the struggle,
that the church remained without a
bell, and everybody knows that a
church without a bell Is like a clock
without bands. One day when young
Jacobson was trying to Induce his
father to relent and permit him to
marry Lucy the young man said:
"How much of a dowry do you re
quire, father?"
It happened that the old man's mind
was at that very moment on the liefl
"You may marry
111 provide a
bell for the church. It must he the size
to fill the tower provided far it and
must have 20 per cent of silver In its
composition."
John turned away disheartened. lie
knew very well that Lucy had no mon
ey for such a purpose and that the re
quiremeut was equivalent to saying
that he could not marry Lucy at all.
When he saw his sweetheart again he
told her what his father had said. She
made no remark at the time, but the
next time she saw John she said:
"Do you love me well enough to wait
for me for a long while?"
"I will never marry any one else."
John replied.
"Very well. Go to the crossroads
Just beyond the church. There In a de- j
serted garden you will find a corn
stalk growing. Pluck the ears, which
are ripe, and bring them to me."
John, woudering, brought her the
ears. Lucy put them away and the
next spring planted them at one end of
her father's garden. When the autumn
came she gathered so much seed that
there was not room for even a small
portion of it in the garden. She took a
measure to one farmer, another mens- I
lire to another, and so on. until she had i
exhausted her seed, asking them to
plant the kernels and telling them that
the crop was to go to buying a bell for
the church. They were all Interested
and gladly did as she suggested.
The next autumn there were a num
ber of farmers who had seed to spare,
and Lucy gave the surplus to others,
and the next spring there was not a
farmer Interested in the church who
did not plant a portion of his ground
with coru for the church bell. But
long liefore this ull knew that they
would not only get the bell for the
church, but that Lucy, whom they all
loved, would get her lover for a hus
band. Another year passed, and the
crop was so large that It was with
difficulty enough prepared ground was
found to plant it, but there were rea
sons why every one should help to the
utmost, and every kernel was planted.
And so the increase went on till at
the end of the fifth year the whole
crop was sold, and there was plenty of
money to buy a bell large enough to
fit the tower nud with a greater per
centage of silver in Its composition
than had been stipulated.
Old man Jacobson was so delighted
with Lucy's plan that be willingly ful
filled his promise, though
the Interest in the matter among the
farmers that if he had not they wonld
have turned him out of the church.
But it was decided that I he marriage
should not come off till the bell bad
been cast and put Into the tower and
that its first strokes should celebrate
the wedding of the one whoso plan had
resulted in its procurement. Bo a com
mittee went to the city, contracted for
the casting, and in due time It was fin
ished. There was a dispute about the
Inscription to be put on It some wish
ing to call.it the coru bell, while others
wished it to be inscribed as the wed
ding bell. The latter prevailed.
When it was set up In the tower old
Jacobson provided a tine wedding, at
which every man. woman and child
who bad planted the seed was present,
As the wedding party moved to the
church those who had been Instrumen
tal In the bell's production heard a sil
very peal come from the tower, and all
gave a Joyous shout In reply. Then
when the wedding party left the church
ngalu it was to the music of the bell.
They proceeded to a house that hail
been built for the couple, where they
found plenty of wlnainmi jfidJacob
sou's vineyard, in At
the health of the gl® i
them how to get th« ; *
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was espe
John
was tired of
The consequence was
clent church boil.
I.ucy," he said, "If she
great was
I WANT
to buy for
cash 10
good n e*
gro houses
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M. y. Epley
Bouie Tribe No. 48, Red Men—
Council fire kindled every Wednes
. t .. .o , ,
day night at 8 o'clock at Odd Fellows
hall.
IN FRATERNAL CIRCLES
Albert Henley prophet; L. M
Williams sachem; A. F. James senior
sagamore; L. Caplan, junior
more; F. C Hall, chief of records;
Burke Jones, keeper of wampum.
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ODD FELLOWS.
Hattiesburg Lodge No. 127, I. O. O.
F\—A. F. James, noble grand;
Busby, vice grand; R. P, Anderson
cording secretary; H. Katz, financial
secretary; H. H. Orr, treasurer. Meets
Monday nights in I. O. O. F. hall at
8 o'clock.
Wm.
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Petal Camp, No. 823, W. O. W.—J.
B. Clack, C. C.; W. E. Ward, clerk;
J. A. Pace banker,
third Saturday nights in each month
at its hall in Petal.
Meets first and
Grove, Circle No. 36.—W. O. W.—
Mrs. T. B. Boucher, guardian; Mrs.
J. W. Brookshire, clerk.
WOODMEN OF THE WORLD.
Leaf River Camp, No. 28.—W. O. W.
—B. F. Miller, C. C., W. J. Fowler,
clerk; J. A. Shannon, banker, ileetr
Tuesday nights in Odd Fellowr' ha ,
at 8 o'clock.
Sunday Excursions
To Gulfport
€j|The usua l Summer Excursions from
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Hattiesburg to Gulfport have been re
sumed over the Gulf & Ship Island
Railroad and low fares are in effed from
all Stations.
€JJThe pavilion at the sea-end of the
great pier has been arranged for the
accommodation of excursionists.
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General
Passenger
Age
Carpenter* and Joiner* of America
Local Union No. 213. A. A. Eathrldge,
president; Wm. G. Jones recording
secretary. Meets Thursday nights at
7:30 o'clock in the commissioners'
room at -he county court house.
Brotherhood of Railway Clerks.—
S. Hammock, presl
A. T. Ambrosy, secretary.
Local No. 83.
dent;
Meets second and fourth Monday
nights in Odd Fellows' hall at 7:30
o'clock.
Petal Grove Circle, No. 107—Meets
first and third Wednesday nights at
the W. O. W. hall. lone L. Baker,
Guardian; J. P. Hearst, Clerk.
LADIES' AID SOCIETIES.
Catholic Ladies' Aid Society.—Mrs.
John M. Cassll, president; Mrs J. L.
Kearney, secretary; Mi3s Josephine
I Dolphus, treasure. Meets every first
Friday in each month at the convent
for business session; every second
Thursday in each month at the home
of some member for social session.
Hour of meeting is always 3 o'clock
in the afternoon.
Hattiesburg Encampment, No. 40, I.
O. O. F.—J. U. Allen, chief patriarch;
A. F. James, high priest; Wm.
Busby, senior warden; George Maur
er, Junior warden; J. A. Shannon,
w, rl .? e; Y' J \ F u orce ' treasurer. Meets
Wednesday nights in I. O. O. F. hall
at 8 o'clock.
Hattiesburg Typographical Union,
No. 647.—Wiley Bullard, president; A.
J. Seeley, secretary-treasurer,
at Martin Printing company first Sun
day in each month.
Meets
Harmon Grove, Circle No. 73, V
O. W.—Mrs. R. W. Thames, guardir •
Mrs. G. W. Coker, clerk; Dr. S. L,
Knight, banker,
fourth Wednesday
month in Odd Fellows' hall at 7:30
o'clock. «
Meets second and
nights in each
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KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS.
Knights cf Pythias, Crescent En
campment No. 47.—A. Foote, C. C • J
B. Burkett, V. G.; George Hartfleld
K. R. S. Meets Monday nights over
Citizens' bank at 8 o'clock.
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JUNIOR ORDER UNITED AMERI
CAN MECHANICS.
Junior Order United American Me
chanics—James E. Hewlett, council- •
lor; William Busby, secretary. Meets
second and fourth Thursday nights in
Odd Fellows' hall at 8 o'clock.
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ORDER OF EAGLES.
Fraternal Order of Eagles, Aerie No.
1557.—Mr. A. F. James, president.
Meets Thursdav nl-hts in hall in the
Pitts building on Railroad street, at 8
o'clock.
MASONIC.
Hattiesburg Royal Arch Chapter No,
114—R. F. Barton, H. P., G. & S I
freight office; J. D. Bennett, Secret
tary. Meets Thursday nights in the
Masonic Temple at 8 o'clock.
Hattiesburg Lodge No. 397, A. F. &
A. M.—G. W. Batson, W. M., 608 Main
street; J. D. Bennett,
Meets Monday nights in
Temple at 8 p. m.
Liberty Council No. 7.—W. M. Con
ner, T. I. M., 617 Main street; J. D.
Bennett, Secretary. Meets Friday
nights in the Masonic Temple at 8
o'clock.
Order of the Eastern Star.—Mrs. S
C. Eaton, W. M.; Mrs. M. Dunn Secre
tary. Meets Friday nights in the M
sonic Temple at 8 o'clock.
Brotherhood of Railroad Tralnmen-1
Local Union No. —. P. M. Grahan
master; H. E. McGregor, financier
W. A. Smith, secretary. Meets set
ond and fourth Sunday Dights in eaq
month.
Secretary.
Masoni*
UNITED DAUGHTERS OF THE COh
FEDERACY.
United Daughters of the Confedel
acy, Hattiesburg Chapter, No. 42&-J',
Mrs. D. B. Holmes, president; MIA
M. Anna Allen, secretary; Mrs. E. m!
Gregor, treasurer. Meets first Taefi
day afternoon of each month at tty.' 1
Hotel Hattiesburg at 3-30. The Mlfcj
torical Club, Miss Florence b-asor
historian, meets second Saturday U
each month at homes of members *•
U. D. C. Visiting Daughters are r?-.
quested to attend these meetings.
ORDER OF ELK8.
Benevolent Protective Order of Elki
No. 599.—M. J. McGrath, E. R.; W. j
McLeod, secretary and treasure)
Meets Tuesday nights in their room
on West Front street at 8 o'clock. |
Hattiesburg Camp, No. 449.—W C
W.—A. J. Morrison, C. C.; J W
Brookshire, clerk; J. A. Welsh, ttri.t
er. Meets Thursday nights In Oi'i
Fellows' hall at 8 o'clock.
united Commercial Traveler!
-Regd
iar meetings will be held on the firs
Saturday nights of each month
Hattiesburg Commandery No. 21
Knights Templar—A. A. Montague, H
C„ office in Hattiesburg Trust anj
Banking company's building; J. W
Montague, Recorder. Meets Tuesdal
nights in the Masonic Temple..at j
o'clock.
Hattiesburg Camp No. 21 U. C. V.
Meets at court house at 10:30 a. m. o:
,
the first Saturday of each month, j
p. Carter commander, W. P. Chamber
adjutant.
Rebekah Lodge No. 17 I. O. O. F.
»^ rs p, g Trombley, noble grand
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Mls8 I<Ja CoWart ' VlCC grand ' MrS '
Ramsey ' treasurer. Meets Thursdaj
nights in I. O. O. F. hail at 8 o'clock.)